Silver glut halts Philadelphia Mint coinage plans
The Ashton Gazette reports that a temporary surplus of silver at the subtreasury has led Congress to suspend work at the Philadelphia Mint. Superintendant Landis notified all employees that operations across all departments will pause until further orders, with potential delays beyond the usual three weeks for summer repairs. The silver supply is exhausted, delaying new coin production while circulating existing bullion remains the priority.
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Congress
Philadelphia
Landis
Three Men Die in Battle with Rustlers at Jacksons Hole
A bloody chase near Jacksons Hole Wyoming ends after a sixty mile running fight. Three men die including two rustlers named Robinson and Lewis and one settler. Many wounded crown the clash as ranchers pursue the rustlers who stole about ninety head of cattle headed for a rail point. The rancher’s name is not learned.
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Jackson's Hole
Wyo
Robinson
Lewis
Bigelow Begins Prison Term In Leavenworth
Frank G. Bigelow, Milwaukee banker, began a ten year sentence at Leavenworth Prison. reports say he is near a physical breakdown and housed in the prison hospital. officials expect weeks to pass before Bertillon measurements and further processing can proceed amid his confinement and smoking withdrawal.
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Milwaukee
Frank G. Bigelow
United States Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kan
Bigelow
Flames Destroy 100 Autos in New York Garage Fire
A major fire at the Ranier garage and livery barns at 27th street and Yth avenue New York destroyed about 100 autos including six Seeing New York cars. The blaze sparked panic on a Ninth Avenue elevated train with smashed windows and frightened passengers as guards intervened.
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New York
Ranier
27Th Street
Yth Avenue
9Th Avenue
Steel Workers Win Increase After Detroit Wage Talks
Representatives of Republic Tron and Steel Company along with the Amalgamated Association of Tron Steel and Tin Workers reached a compromise for the year ending July 1, 1906. The agreement grants an average wage increase restoring the 1908-04 scale.
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Republic Tron and Steel Company
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
Detroit
Paris Bank Wrecked in Illinois Town During Robbery Attempt
A Thursday morning explosion wrecked the Edgar County National Bank in Paris Illinois demolishing adjacent stores while the safe remained intact. Hundreds of townspeople watched as burglars vanished without a trace. Bank bookkeeper Walter Juntgen claimed a brick broke his arm from the blast.
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Illnois
Paris
Edgar County National Bank
Walter Juntgen
Bradshaw
Wetzel
Doomed man denied aid as court upholds strike slayer death sentence
The Supreme Court in Jefferson City affirmed Edgar A. Bailey's murder conviction and death sentence for the Kansas City strike violence. Bailey and two companions, union hack drivers, formed a wrecking crew to oust nonunion workers, leading to a quarrel at a livery and the fatal shooting of Albert Ferguson. July 18 was set for Bailey's execution.
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Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Edgar A. Bailey
Kansas City
Bailey
James Forsha
William Moon
Albert Ferguson
Ferguson
Tragedy Follows Quarrel in Cleveland Married Couple
John Bran of Cleveland shot his wife Lottie after a family quarrel at 1573 Clark Avenue, then killed himself. Bran died instantly. Lottie Bran’s wound was slight. Bran was her second husband. her first was Bran's brother who killed himself five years earlier. Bran's sister in Kansas was murdered years ago. another brother recently drowned in Cleveland.
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John Bran
Cleveland
Lottie
Clark Avenue
Bran
Kansas
Rich Man Marries Waitress in St Louis
James R. Broderick a wealthy St. Louis contractor has married Miss Martha Matilda Remarks a waitress. The couple met when the groom was served by the future bride in a restaurant.
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James R. Broderick
St. Louis
Martha Matilda Remarks
Nebraska cattle barons found guilty in public land case
Herman and John Krause of Sheridan county Nebraska were convicted by a jury for fencing public domain and enclosing about 4 500 acres. John Krause was also found guilty of threatening homesteaders and killing one settler. prosecutors say more officials will pursue charges. Max penalties include a $1000 fine and a year in prison per offense. The brothers face a 20 day window to file a new trial motion.
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Herman
John Krause
Alliance
Sheridan County
Neb
Theodore Re
Edward Whetstone
John Use
Krause Brothers
Nebraska
Forty Union Men jailed over bridge builder shooting
Forty members of the National Structural Iron Workers and Bridge Builders Union were sent to Philadelphia jails without bail as Edward Joyce, a Washington-born bridge builder, lies dying in a hospital after a shooting at a union meeting. Joyce refuses to identify the shooter and the others arrested remain reticent.
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National Structural Iron Workers and Bridge Builders’ Union
Philadelphia
Edward Joyce
Joyce
Washington
Bridge Builders’ Union
Five Mahoning County Officials Accused of Misused Funds
Special examiners W C Tisdel and J A Bliss filed a report with the Ohio governor detailing a county audit of Mahoning County offices. They found $12,858 taken without legal authority by multiple officials including County Clerk Edwards $5,681 Sheriff Thomas $1,881 former Sheriff Denormandie $1,838 Coroner Blott $848 and Judge Ewing $826.
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W. C. Tisdel
J. A. Bliss
State Bureau of Uniform Accounting
Ohio
Mahoning County
Edwards
Thomas
Denormandie
Blott
Ewing
Must Die for His Camel and Other 1906 NY Items
Albert Patrick, convicted in the William Marsh Rice murder, must die for his crime as New York’s Court of Appeals sustains a death sentence. Roosevelt brokered peace talks as Russia and Japan agreed to negotiate. Crown Prince Frederick William wed Duchess Cecilia at Berlin. Milwaukee banker Frank Bigelow indicted and later gets ten years. Norwegian flag raised over Akershus fort as peace talks loom. Trolley wreck in Trenton injures many. two die in Chicago river crash. MIT-Cornell merger talks with Harvard move forward. Maude Adams hospitalized after appendicitis operation.
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Albert T. Patrick
New York
Wiliam Marsh Rice
Millionair
New York Court of Appeals
Patrick
World’s highest price paid for 1 Wall Street plot
Sale of the 1 Wall Street site at the corner of Broadway in New York to the Mercantile Trust Company of St. Louis for 700000 dollars on a 4 dollars per square inch basis. The 1170 square foot property fronts Wall Street 39 feet 10 inches and Broadway 30 feet, with a claimed unparalleled value. American and foreign capitalists back a coast to coast airline railroad from Norfolk to San Francisco, with New York the route’s terminus. a 2.02 mile leg to New York, 418 miles shorter than existing paths. The venture is led by bankers J Alden Gaylord & Co. and others.
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Wall Street
New York
Mercantile Trust Company of
Anthony J. Drexel
Morgan Banking House
Broad and
Wall Streets
Broadway
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
Norfolk
San Francisco
J. Alden Gaylord & Co
New York City
DEDICATE A MASONIC TEMPLE Toledo's Finest in Nation
The Masonic Temple in Toledo Ohio was the most elaborate of its kind in the country and furnished at a cost of 425000. It was dedicated Tuesday in the presence of officers and members from across the United States and Canada. Sovereign Grand Commander Henry L. Palmer of Milwaukee officiated. Ceremonies during the dedication and consecration continued four days.
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Toledo
Masonic Temple
Ohio
Canada
Henry L. Palmer
Milwaukee
United States
Burglars Kill Officer in Columbus Bust
Two or more burglars defied Columbus police for a half hour at Horace L. Chapman residence. Shots exchanged in which officer Peete was killed as suspects attempted to bore through police lines.
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Columbus
Horace L. Chapman
Ohio
Peete
Cudanian
Commercial Outlook Mixed as Weather Aids Trade
Chicago business benefited from milder weather and commodity distribution, though labor troubles hinder investment. May cereal options wrapped up. cash dealings constrained by high prices. Export demand weak for bread stuffs. grain receipts rose to 3,546,186 bushels with 2,620,115 shipped. Livestock receipts lagged but demand met. prices varied with uptrends in oats and several grains and declines in corn cattle sheep hogs. Failures in Chicago district fell to 13 from 26. Trade reports note improved conditions in New York, with better weather lifting retail and crop clarity aiding outlook. building remains active nationwide, with labor troubles easing outside Chicago. Downtick in U.S. weekly failures to 154. Canada 16.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Dan
New York
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Wheat Prospects From May USDA Report
The May wheat report shows winter wheat sown area at 29.728 million acres, down 4.6 percent from last fall but up 10.6 percent from last year's harvest. It states an average condition of 92.5, compares to 91.6 on April 1, and projects about 461 million bushels for the crop. Last year's yield was 332,935,248 bushels.
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Department of Agriculture
Commodity prices by city report across midwest and northeast
Chicago to New York market listings show cattle hogs and sheep ranged. grains and dairy with No 2 and No 3 grades cited. Cities include Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York with price spreads and quality descriptors for each commodity.
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Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Unjustly Accused
An excerpt from the New Orleans Times-Democrat portrays a confrontation over alleged theft of two hens from Col Ridgely's hen house. The accused denies the charge, invoking strong exclamations about lies and injustice amid hostile witnesses and tensions surrounding the event.
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Jason
Col. Ridgely
Mistah Jenkins
Mistaly Jenkins
New Orleans Times-Democrat
It Pays to Read Newspapers. Dodd's Kidney Pills Rescue
Frank M Russell of Cox Wisconsin suffered kidney disease Bright's Disease and rheumatism and grew weak after doctors failed. Reading an newspaper testimonial he used two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and recovered fully able to work all day. Russell calls his improvement miraculous and praises the remedy as greatly effective in Chippewa County Wisconsin.
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Cox
Wis
Frank M. Russell
Ife
Dodd
Bright
Mr. Russell
Chippewa County
Wisconsin
New York Central to Quickened Trains Slashing NYC-Chicago Time
At a June 6 conference of New York Central managers it was decided to trim NYC Chicago travel to eighteen hours starting June 18. The Empire State Express and Twenty First Century Limited are cited, with Buffalo to Chicago times extended from fourteen years. The Lake Shore Limited loses an hour, and Southwestern Limited No 11 shifts from 4:00 pm to 2:04 pm, cutting travel to St Louis and Cincinnati by up to 1.5 hours.
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New York Central Lines
New York
Chicago
Buffalo
Grand Central Station
Lake
Letter from rail executive praising Cuticura remedies
S B Hege, a Baltimore and Ohio passenger agent in Washington DC, writes that Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills relieved his three year battle with eczema. He describes initial pimples spreading to hands ears and ankles, with severe itching and burning, noting marked improvement after the first day of treatment and expressing willingness to publicize the cure. Hege dates the note June 9 1904.
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Washington, D. C
B. Hege
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
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