Terrible Richland mine explosion vents deadly blast near Dayton
A coal dust explosion at the Richland mine in Dayton Tennessee killed 21 white miners and badly burned nine others. The blast followed a blown blast practice at quitting time, igniting accumulated dust and sending flames 300 feet into the air. Rescue teams retrieved bodies as families gathered outside the mine.
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Dayton, Tenn
Richland
Dayton Coal Iron Company
Were
Dayton
Dayton Coal & Iron Company
Presidential train continues homeward voyage
Sidney Nebraska May 28 report says the presidential train completes its third day of travel toward home. Passengers note calm stops with Mrs McKinley in good spirits while crowds greet the procession across Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain descent.
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Sidney
Neb
Wyoming
Sherman
Rocky Mountains
Brooks Locomotive Works Strike Settled in Dunkirk
The Brooks Locomotive Works machinists strike ends with all workers to be rehired without discrimination. A 55 hour four week schedule is set and wages rise by 1 percent, aligning with the union’s main demands.
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Dunkirk
N. Y
Brooks Locomotive Works
Opening date set for cup races at Royal Water YC
The Royal Water Yacht Club cabled the New York Yacht Club approving September 21 as the opening day for the cup races. A new submarine cable between England and Germany was laid, funded by a British company with German government support and a German firm contractor.
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New York
The
Royal Water Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
England
Germany
Postal Orders Move and New Washington Post Offices
The Susanville Oregon post office in Grant county has moved three quarters of a mile northeast with no postmaster change. A new Midford post office in King county will receive special service from North Bend. Daily mail messenger service is authorized between Seattle and West Seattle.
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Washington
Susanville
Grant County
Midford
King County
North Bend
Daily Mail
Seattle
West Seattle
Mineral Oil Exports See Record Growth As Oil Discoveries Rise
U S treasure bureau figures show mineral oil exports in the coming fiscal year likely to top all previous. From 1875 to 1900 exports rose from 204 to 721 million gallons with value near $1.2 billion. Despite rising exports, consumer prices fell from 15 to 5 cents per gallon, aided by efficient US refining.
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Washington
Texas
Pacific Coast
Treaseury Bureau of Statistics
United States
Russia
Bureau of Statistics
Explosion Injures Engineer as Dynamite Loads Detonate
An accident on the Great Northern Railroad near Skykomish yesterday injured Engineer John McGroaty and caused heavy property damage. A push car with 48 dynamite boxes was struck by westbound No. 15, triggering a massive blast that destroyed three freight cars and 500 feet of track, wrecked a nearby steam shovel, and stunned a watchman. McGroaty suffered a scalp wound, tongue injury, and spinal damage, and was taken to Everett hospital with other injured workers.
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Wash
Great Northern Railroad
Skykomish
John McGroaty
McGroaty
President McKinley and Cabinet Read Delima Ruling on Extra Session
As President McKinley and his cabinet travel Iowa they read the Supreme Court opinion in the Delima case and discuss its implications. A ruling could require refunds of duties on Philippine goods and open U S ports to Philippine merchandise until Congress acts. The Spooner resolution and Downes case influence this debate as they weigh the need for an extra session and the constitutionality of policy.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
McKinley
Supreme Court
Delima
Philippines
Congress
United States
Porto Rico
Spooner
Downes
May Go Free Threat to Washington Murderers
Seattle May 30 serious danger faces condemned murderers in Washington as a new law moving executions to the penitentiary could apply ex post facto to those now jailed. Prosecuting Attorney Walter S Fulton warns solitary confinement may double as punishment, risking legal challenges and potential release if not corrected. Governor Rogers may be urged to convene a special session to fix the defect and preserve executions for future cases.
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Seattle
Washington
Walter S. Fulton
King County
Fulton
Rogers
Seed Potatoes and Fodder Practices Compared in Farm Notes
Massachusetts Ploughman discusses seed potato size and cutting methods, preferring eggsized pieces over large or small cuts for cost efficiency. He notes maturity and shoot strength similar to larger seed, warning against long term tests across seed sizes. Also covers sorghum fodder harvest, keeping, and feeding value for hogs cattle and horses.
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Massachusetts
Machinists Confident as City Strikes Continue
In San Francisco on May 30 the strik ing machinists report 22 shops signed the union agreement. Several strikers opened small shops and began independent business. The Amalgamated Society of Engineers supports the strike and levies an assessment for strikers’ benefit. Over 1,000 Risdon Iron Works workers were paid off after tools were returned. Union iron works workers get paid today. Marine painters return to work after a $3 daily raise. Ship Owners’ Association demands only union sailors sail on association ships.
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San Francisco
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Risdon Iron Works
Union Iron Works
Ship Owners’ Association
Sailors’ Union
Striking Newark Machinists Face Prolonged Fight
The first week of the Newark New Jersey machinists strike ends with about 1800 idle workers. Strikers grow less confident about winning a nine hour day with full pay. Some small shops grant the demand while larger firms resist. American Engine works at Plainfield may join the walkout after agreeing to nine hours but cutting 15 cents from ten hour pay.
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New York
Newark
N. J
Plainfield
Settlement With Peru Over 1885 Claims Reaches Closure
The U S Department of State accepts 8000 silver soles from Peru to settle a longstanding claim by a United States consular agent for destroyed horses and looted property during July 1885 amid General Caceras forces in Lima. The case is officially closed.
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Washington
State Department
Peru
Dudley
Lima
Department
United States
Caceras
Coal for Army Transports in Puget Sound
Seattle May 30 Quartermaster Ruhlin authorized by the quartermaster general to award the coal supply contract for all army transports loading on Puget Sound for the Philippines and Alaska ports during fiscal year 1901 02. The contract totals about $100000 with an estimated 30000 tons needed. Ruhlin to award based on bids opened weeks ago.
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Seattle
Quartermaster Ruhlin
Quartermaster General
Puget Sound
Philippines
Body with heavy chains found near Budapest
Budapest police report a dead body pulled from the Danube near Budapest. Authorities believe it may be Ramagnoli the anarchist said to have been sent from America to murder the German emperor. Police across Europe and America have been notified.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Budapest
Danube
Ramagnoli
America
Europe
Homecoming of Volunteers Sails Described
The article notes volunteers expected to sail home before July from Manila. It reports transports departing with regiments including the Forty seventh, Forty ninth, Thirty eighth, Forty second, Forty third, Sixth battalions, Kilpatric and Logan, and the Grant. The May 29 update confirms ships Thomas Aparri June 1 departures.
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Manila
Forty Ninth
Thirty Eighth
Thomas
Ohio
Kilpatric
Logan
Aparri
Fined for Cheating the Government in Chicago Case
Albert Dow proprietor of the Fertile Valley Creamery Company was fined 10000 dollars and sentenced to six months in the county jail for evading about 40000 dollars in revenue payments. It stands as the heaviest fine ever imposed in a federal court.
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Chicago
Albert Dow
Fertile Valley Creamery Company
Dow
New York Chamber to Visit Windsor and London
The visitors from the New York chamber of commerce will tour Windsor castle on June 1 and be received by the king. A conference with the London chamber of commerce is scheduled for June 3.
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London
New York Chamber of Commerce
Windsor Castle
London Chamber of Commerce
Riots Spread in South Russia Over Antisemitic Play
A St Petersburg dispatch reports rioting in Kutais after the anti Semitic play The Smugglers. Thousands gathered at the theater and stoned police as Cossacks charged. Thirteen policemen, 15 Cossacks and two officers were severely injured.
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London
Russia
St. Petersburg
Kutais
Bear May Have to Give Up Trip
Seattle May 30. Machinists strike may delay repairs on the revenue cutter Bear delaying her voyage north to Siberia. If the repairs miss the window, the 300 reindeer herd will be abandoned and Lieutenant Berthiolf may spend the winter on the Siberian coast.
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Bear
Seattle
Siberia
Berthiolf
Siberian
Withdrawal of Germans from Pekin begins in May
A Cologne Gazette dispatch reports German marines withdrawing to Sing Tau and the German quarter of Pekin temporarily handed to Chinese authorities for a fortnight as an experimental measure.
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Berlin
Cologne
Sing Tau
Pekin
Washout on Great Northern near Wenatchee disrupts trains
A washout on the Great Northern main line two miles west of Wenatchee damaged track for 150 feet. Passengers on east and west bound trains were transferred at the scene with no delay in arrivals or departures for the trains involved.
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Seattle
Great Northern
Wenatchee
Cuban Platt Amendment Accepted by Constitutional Convention
Havana May 30 The Platt amendment was accepted by the Cuban constitutional convention in a 15 to 14 vote. The majority report of the relations committee was adopted with explanations of certain clauses amid a heated Radicals opposition and near personal clashes.
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Havana
Committee On Relations
Ice House and Cooling Chamber Plan for Dairy Use
A Hoard’s Dairy correspondent outlines a combined ice house and cooling chamber for milk. The structure measures 12 feet by 14 feet by 12 feet with a partitioned cooling area 8 by 6 feet. The floor should sit about three feet below ground to leverage earth cooling.
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Hoard’s Dairyman
Growing Onions Crop Seed Quality and Transplant Methods
The article explains seed age, testing for at least 80 percent germination, and the benefits of under glass transplanting to avoid unfilled rows. It notes onion seed deteriorates quickly after one year unless airtight storage, and compares transplanting to dry sets, highlighting labor and growth advantages.
Selecting Clover Seed by Eye and Magnification
The text warns farmers to learn weed seed identification in clover seed. It urges using a magnifying glass, avoiding impure seed like a Vermont lot with 59310 weed seeds per pound, and collecting labeled samples of plantain sorrel pigweed smartweed curled duck and foxtail to study.
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Vermont
Sowing Sorghum After Corn in Prairie Farmer Report
A Kansas cor respondent advises sowing sorghum in late June after corn, to avoid early ripening in heat. Plant two bushels per acre, broadcast thickly to prevent sparse growth, so the crop can be cut before frost and keep without souring.
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Kansas
Prairie Farmer
Sowing Clover Seed Practices and Seed Density
The Department of Agriculture notes 1 bushel contains 17 856 000 clover seeds and 1 pound holds 297 600 seeds. With 43 560 square feet per acre one pound yields about 6 percent seeds per square foot. Advising eight to ten pounds per acre to provide 54 seeds per square foot, while encouraging dense stands, costs more for seed that may fail to germinate if not cleaned and plump.
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Department of Agriculture
Parsnips for Milch Cows in Winter Pasture
Parens for Milch cows describes parsnips as a top root crop that can stay in fields until spring and supply feed until grass returns. It notes deep rich soil like carrots, weed challenges, and a method of mixing radish seeds to mark rows for easier weeding.
Keeping Country Boys at Home
The piece argues rural depopulation driven by city growth seen across censuses in the U S and abroad. It urges farmers to feed their children's ambition with practical opportunities to foster industry, pride, and contentment in country life.
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Europe
Indianapolis News
Cutting Asparagus Growth Practices Questioned
A discussion from Meehan's Monthly on whether to cut all asparagus shoots as they appear or leave light growth to strengthen plants for next season. Observers note that continual cutting may weaken the plant, while some advise preserving weak shoots to fortify future growth.
Time to Sow Tobacco Seed Guidance by Frost Dates
A farming note outlines sowing tobacco seed based on spring frost risk. Domestic seed beds should be planted six weeks to two months before the local latest killing frost. Imported Cuban seed is planted about one month later and Sumatra six weeks later than acclimated seed.
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Sumatra
Do Not Spray Fruit Trees In Bloom Says Expert
Professor Beach told beekeepers at a convention that spraying fruit trees during bloom is wasteful and harmful. He warned the practice would reduce fruit yields and cost fruit growers thousands of dollars nationwide if followed widely.
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Beach
Beekeepers
Farm Notes and Agricultural Tips From Historical Text
The passage discusses global apple markets and renewed farming interest in New England. Advice covers soil preparation before sowing alfalfa, manuring if initial attempts fail, training farm horses to gauge disposition, and cautions about using sulphur on soils to prevent potato scab. It notes Bordeaux mixture aids tomato growth and flea beetle control, and mentions large flocks fattened on beet pulp with corn in Rocky Ford, plus a reference to another waste product turned into cotton.
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Rocky Ford
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