History of a Week Brings Disasters and Conflicts
A Chicago based column summarizes recent disasters and incidents from across North America. It notes the Bon Voyage steamer fire near Lake Superior with five Altman family members drowning, insurgent pursuits in the Philippines, a Philadelphia money haul, a fatal freight boiler explosion at Mount Dallas, a Fort Sheridan sentinel killing, a Ottawa hotel fire, nickel armor plate compromise, an ice jam delaying the steamer America, Paducah mill fire, and Chippewa armament rumors at Pine Point.
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Lake
Burns
Houghton
Mich
Duluth
Lake Superior Ship Canal
Altman
Laurium
Bose
Wall Street Activity and Arctic Gold Find Reported
The week’s trade review notes strong Wall Street activity aided by steady prices and improving factory work, offset by dull textiles and cheaper cloths. Sensational gold discoveries in a Arctic placer district are confirmed, with reports of rich finds and high pan yields. ASeattle visitor finds tragedy at a family reunion as pneumonia claims two brothers and a child disappears after a quarrel.
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Wall Street
R. G. Dun & Co
Arctic
Francis Tuttle
Bear
T. W. Wyatt
Cutter Bear Mining Company
Turtle
Wyatt
Mre
Wwe
Tomleyon
Tuttlecrock
Bedruck
Redringstra
Horace Mann
Adolph Werner
Ohio
Tourace Mann
Seattle
Visi
Arsenals Abolished to Cut Transportation Facilities
Secretary Toot issues order abolishing arsenals at Kennebee Augusta Me Wort Monroe Fort Monroe Va Allegheny Pittsburg Indianapolis Indianapolis Ind and Colombia Columbia The properties will be disposed of by staff departments and personnel reassigned to duty The department states more facilities are not needed to support a larger force Pension plan for retiring staff set with 290000 in fund and annual set aside up to 100000 for pension payments Michigan's Orator is First in Northern Oratories League contest Carroll L Story Michigan wins London prize 100 Bertram G Nelson Chicago second 30 Otto Brackett Iowa third Rush to Secure Free Homes Hundreds of men flock to Oklahoma reservations for August opening government land ready for settlement soon G Maims Mother to Hide Crime Emily Weeks accused of bolstering forged checks by harming her mother with carbolic acid Postmaster Ends His Life Henry M Smith of Oblong Alabama dies by suicide after deficit found in accounts Four Children Are Cremated Muskegon Michigan scene Torpedo Lost Barney makes 29.3 knot trial faster than required St Louis Fair Louisiana Purchase Exposition Board elects President Ex Gov David R FrancisMary Sankey mentioned
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Toot
Kennevee
Augusta
Wort
Michigan
Oratories League
Opera House
Town City
Carroll L. Story
Bertram G. Nelson
Chicazo
Otto Brackett
Towa
Two Deaths From Mock Lynching At Davenport Brewery
A noon frolic at Independent Malting Company in Davenport ended in two deaths during a mock lynching arranged by brewers. August Blanck was bound to a rope and fell when a timber gave way, killing Blanck and injuring Emil Mohr and Charles Stie. Blanck later died, while Mohr and Stie perished instantly.
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Davenport
Independent Malting Company
Laws
August Blanck
Maxon
Blunck
Emil Mohr
Charles
Arson Ring Linked to Insurance Swindle in Missouri
Six men and one woman are charged with direct complicity in a Missouri arson ring aimed at defrauding insurers. Five arrests made. warrants issued for John Prince and his wife whose Ardmore area home burned on March 22. Suspects include Grant Gipson Leroy Summers Milton Summers and W. D. Donovan. Summers convicted elsewhere sent to penitentiary. Estimated losses exceed $46,000 as ten schoolhouses were burned amid unrest with local policy. Province and Donovan reportedly confessed.
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Macon County
Missouri
Turner
John Province
Grant Gipson
Ardmore
Leroy Summers
Milton Summers
W. D. Donovan
Would Profit by Her Crime Widow Pension Case in Poughkeepsie
Tizzie Halliday, inmate at Matteawan, seeks a widow’s pension under the June 27 1890 law. Her husband, not a soldier, was murdered by her at their Warwick New York home over three years ago. He vanished for days before his body was found concealed under a pignon while she was committed as a ravings maniac. Colonel W L Delacey, pension attorney, argues the act excludes no widows who murder their husbands and she may be entitled.
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Saldler
Poughkeepsie
Tizzie Halliday
Matteawan State Hospital
Warwick
N. Y
Matteawap
W. L. Delacey
Thomas Blythe
New Orleans
Blythe
Blyd
Robbers fire on porter in Geneva hardware store raid
In Geneva Ohio a four man gang robbed a hardware store owned by D B Morris. A porter at midnight confronted them, shots were exchanged, one robber was wounded and three captured by the village marshal. The wounded man, McNanny of Toledo, is expected to die.
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Morris
Geneva
Ohio
McNanny
Toledo
Panic on Wall Street as Northern Pacific Surges Then Crashes
A historic stock market panic grips the New York exchange as Northern Pacific climbs to preposterous levels near 1000 before collapsing. Brokers flood the floor amid chaos, four failures are reported by noon, and even A. A. Houseman dies at the exchange door amid the turmoil. The collapse drags down United States Steel and many rail shares, while the market teeters between ruin and sudden rallies.
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Tocks
New York Exchange
Northern Pacific
Wall Street
A. A. Houseman
Stock Exchange
Exchange
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