Week's World News Roundup of Fires and Trials
International and domestic items include Copenhaver and Jackson hanged in Michigan City for murder, a Kentucky fire destroying May’s Lick business district, Chicago strikes by hotel and restaurant workers, and a rebuke of Illinois Supreme Judge Magruder. Also noted are floods near St Louis, Bryan's political stance, Bank of Commerce at Tessmer closing, rate-cut pressures on the Western Railway system, oleomargarine tax effects, and various court actions affecting coal and trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Copenhaver
Indianapolis
William Jackson
Evansville
Michigan City
Ind
Mays Lick
Chicago
B.D. Magruder
Illinois Supreme Court
Springfield
Alice Roosevelt
Loeb
Cowles
Washington
Cleveland
New York Supreme Court
St. Louis
William J. Bryan
Bank of Commerce
Tessemer
Ala
Western Railway Passenger Association
Judge Grosseup
Roosevelt
Supreme Tode A. C. U. W
St. Paul
Minn
William H. Miller
Supreme Workman
Webb
Lacombe
New York
Clifton
Aziz
Kansas City
Kan
Bradstreet
Weekly Review
Sneedville
Tenn
Lewis Bolin
Bolin
Exchange
East Bottoms
Multiple 1900s Events Spark National Pulse Across U.S.
The week features Barker jailed on embezzlement charges in Stevens Point Ohio a flood report downplaying Kansas crop damage a national league and American league baseball standings a large Hustler fire in Wisconsin Shamrock JIT arrival in New York flood aid appeals in Kansas City and broader notes on rail labor eight hour work day bids flag anniversary celebrations and political moves in Panama and Servia plus a Baltimore sangerfest and airship flight at Long Champs race course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome L. Barker
Stevens Point
Wis
Gerow
Kansas
New York
Chicago
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Hustler
Shamrock Jit
Thomas Lipton
Kansas City
Kan
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Railroad
A. Hopson
Wise Court House
William Cocker
Clayton
Ala
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Panama Canal
B. J. Ewen
Jackson
United States
Alvard Cooley
Civil Service
James Q. Garfield
Waldom
Sangerbund of America
Baltimore
Personal and Political Deaths and Mariages in 1900s
Conrad Kahler newspaper folding innovator dies in Chicago at 68. Ruth Hanna weds Joseph Medill McCormick in Cleveland with President Roosevelt among guests. Gen. McCook dies in Dayton of paralysis. Maj. Gibbes, said to fired first Civil War shot, dies in Columbia. John F. McKinney dies in Piqua at 76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Kahler
Chicago
Ruth Hanna
M. A. Hanna
Cleveland
Joseph Medill McCormick
Roosevelt
Alexander McDowell McCook
Charles Craighead
Dayton
W. H. Gibbes
Fort Sumter
Columbia
John F. McKiney
Piqua
Assassination of King Alexander and Queen Draga at Belgrade
Conspirators killed King Alexander and Queen Draga after surrounding the palace. Two cabinet ministers, the queen’s brothers, and four officers defending them also died. Prince Peter Karageorgevitch declared ruler as the Servian people accept the act and await next Monday’s selection. The Sultan of Turkey releases 1,400 Bulgarian prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Draga
Belgrade
Peter Karageorgevitch
Turkey
Kishineff
Russia
United States
St. Petersburg
Count Cassini
Castro
Venezuela
Francis Joseph
Vienna
Provisional Ministry
Heppner Flood Drowns Hundreds After 20 Foot Wall Of Water
Reports say Heppner Oregon nearly wiped out by a cloudburst with a 20 foot high wall of water washing through the gulch. about 500 people believed drowned. Other items note the East St Louis flood receding with 11 known dead, and a broad set of national news items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heppner
Ore
East St. Louis
Upper Michigan Peninsula
Roosevelt
Baltimore
Fred Mink
Newton Harris
Sarah Mink
Pittsfield
Scranton
Arbitration Commission
St. Thomas
Ont
Elgin Loan and Savings Company
Prince Peter Karageorgeviteh
Servia
Belgrade
Alexander
Charles F. McFarlane
Anti-Policy Society
New York
William Spencer
Minor News Snippets from Early 1900s Items
Highlights include Harry Vardon winning the Prestwick world open, China approving a Shanghai Nanking railroad by a British Chinese firm, and the National Prison Association meeting in Louisville. Also notes on Yale fashion, a Kansas prison sentence, a Kufstein statue unveiling, a sale of Anaconda for 10000, Lutherans funds, a refused Boston call, and 1902 lodge membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Vardon
London
Prestwick
Scotland
China
Shanghai-Nankin
National Prison Association of the
United States
Louisville
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Jessie Morrison
Lansing
Kan
Olin Castle
Kufstein
Austria
Joseph Madersperger
J. W. Bronson
General Synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Baltimore
George C. Lormer
Madison Avenue
Russia
New York
Wall Street
W. H. H. Hart
Howard University
Coal dealers found guilty in price fixing conspiracy case
Chicago June 13. Members of the Retail Coal Dealers Association of Illinois and Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Soft Coal Dealers Association were convicted by Judge Horton. Eighteen companies faced $500 fines, nine association officials were fined $100 each. An appeal was filed on writs of error. The indictments allege conspiracy to fix prices and curb competition, injuring public trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Retail Coal Dealers’ Association of Miners and
Wisconsin
Northern Soft Coal Dealers’ Association
Horton
Northern Illinois Soft Coal Dealers’ Association
Retail Dealers’ Association
Retail Dealers’ Association of
Illinois
W. M. Sanford
C. 8. Lusk
F. EF. Lukens
Gus Alcutt
E. H W. Keefer
F. M. McTeewen
F. Mi. Durkee
S. S. Maston
R. S. Brown
Hilnois Soft Coal Dealers’ Association
Gen McCook Dies After Third Stroke in Dayton
Gen. Alexander McDowell McCook U.S. Army retired died in Dayton at 6:30 a.m. after a third stroke. He had arrived from Washington weeks earlier, earlier strokes had varied in severity, and he passed at his daughter's home on West Monument Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, CO
Alexander McDowell McCook
U.S. A
Charles Craighead
West Monument Avenue
McCook
Washington
Banks Suspend in Bessemer Amid Cornwell Flight
Twe Banks suspend in Bessemer Alabama as manager T J Cornwell flees. George H Stevenson and Thomas C Smith named receivers for the Bessemer Savings Bank and the Bank of Commerce. Savings bank liabilities reach 235000 with deposits 230000 and assets 35000 while Bank of Commerce shows liabilities 43000 and assets 67000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Bessemer Savings Bank
Bank of Commerce
Bessemer
T. J. Cornwell
George H. Stevenson
Thomas C. Smith
Lyons dies after fugitive standoff in Indiana
Arthur Lyons, sought for killing his father's wife, shot himself in a farmyard near Shoals as a hundreds strong posse closed in. The tragedy happened about 4 30 p m on George Swayzee’s farm near John Goldsberry’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoals
Ind
Arthur Lyons
George Swayzee
John Goldsberry
Woman Confesses to Poisoning Murphys in Kalkaska Case
Kalkaska Michigan June 11 Prosecutor Smith says Mrs Mary McKnight confessed to poisoning her brother John Murphy his wife and baby Gertrude Murphy with strychnine. She reportedly admitted the act voluntarily Tuesday night and implicated the infant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalkaska
Mich
Smith
Mary McKnight
John Murphy
Legislature Adopts Bill to Expand Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing June 11 both houses ended sessions with the senate passing a bill to increase the state supreme court membership from five to eight. The vote followed hours of debate as lawmakers urged reforms to handle caseloads and modern judicial needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Senate
House
State Supreme Court
No Roast Beef Rule Sparks Domestic Discord
A man who is harsh to his wife and then reframes the issue at dinner in a sw restaurant claims he can only eat roast beef at home, a paradox that underscores a tense domestic moment discussed in the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Woodby
Philadelphia Press
Summer Excursions Via Grand Trenk Railway System
Boston trips offered with single fare and return limits from June 26 27 and July 1 5 with optional plus two dollars, Toronto departures late June with July 5 return, Saratoga in early July return by July 20, Detroit in July path and 16 with August 15 return. Contact Geo. W. Vanx Excursion Dept Chicago MI for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Trenk
Boston
Toronto
Saratoga
Detroit
Geo. W. Vanx
Chicago
Memory and stories recalled in a playful quarrel
Quotes highlight Bangs praising Chinley for his remarkable memory of reading and hearing. Griggs counters that Chinley forgets that he repeats the same old tales 20 or 30 times. Boston Transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangs
Chinley
Griggs
Boston Transcript
Four-Track News Advocates Travel and Education
The Four-Track News markets itself as an illustrated magazine promoting travel across the United States. It argues its articles and art encourage readers to explore varied scenery and climates, benefiting transportation firms and hotels and reinforcing its travel education mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Commercial
Low Rates to Boston by Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Travel deals offer low fares to Boston with June and July return windows. Tickets on sale June 25 26 27 with return by August 1 and July 1 2 3 4 and September 1. Stopovers allowed at Niagara Falls Chau tauqua and New York. Details at City Ticket Office 180 Clark St or C Daly Chicago. KRate-Nellie comment noted in local humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern By
Niagara Falls
Chautauqua
New York
City Ticket Office
Clark St
C. ¥. Daly
Chicago
Panhandle of Texas and Pecos Valley Fruit Growing Pamphlets
Santa Fe passenger department nears distribution of two pamphlets describing the Panhandle of Texas as ideal for small farming with stock raising and Pecos Valley New Mexico as a premier fruit region. The Town Topics note contrasts the two regions and the widow and widower weeds as a quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe Passenger Department
Panhandle
Texas
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
United States
Farming in the Great Southwest and the M K T Ry prospects
The note references close relations and farming in the Great Southwest as a true exponent. It invites copies of this and other publications addressing money making prospects along the M K T Railway. Address given: SKATY, 511 Wainwright Building, St. Louis, Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Southwest
Skaty
Wainwright Bidg
St. Louis
Allen's Foot-Ease and Wartime Ads Compile
Foot comfort ad markets Allen's Foot-Ease for painful feet with a labored pitch. Multiple promotional quips from periodicals promote stoves, trains, temperance, and curing habits with brief jabs at public figures and slogans.
Prominent Club Woman Tells of Cure by Pinkham’s Compound
Mrs. Florence Danforth of St. Joseph Michigan describes relief from prolapsed uterus and associated pains after four months on Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The letter offers free medical advice to women and promises $5000 if authenticity is unproven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danforth
St. Joseph, Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Florence Danforth
Miles Ave
Lydia H. Pinkham
Dean's Kidney Pills Help Restful Nights and Back Pain Relief
An elderly reader aged 68 reports rheumatism relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills. They describe improved sleep after not waking to urinate as often, and a return of energy with a nearly new condition and vanished backache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Dean
Deerfrexp, Inc
Baxter Springs
Kansas
Sapre Davis
Kans
Falmouts
F.S. Nowy
Faln
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Westville
Cebu
P. I
King of
Santos-Dumont
Longchamps
Paris
Upholf
Coal Dealers’ Association
M’cook
Dayton, O
A. M. M'Cook
Twe
Nellie
Minnie
Chelsea Gazette
Man
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Journal
California
Union Pacific
North-Western Line
Rivarol
Oregon
Ram
B. M. Woolley
M. D
Atlanta,Ga
Carter
Weer
Carters
Little . Iver
Atlanta
Bigins
Washington Star
Jxo
Huser
President Ridgeville
Indiana
State Bank
Nam
P.O
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
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