French Senate and Chamber Uphold Laybory Policy Vote
The French Senate and Chamber of Deputies backed the government, 208 to 287 in the chamber and 187 to 25 in the senate, securing a majority to continue the ministry. Stormy session saw Marquis de Gallifet under attack as radical papers criticize Meline while praising the cabinet victory and unity. A Paris report notes a Tage cruiser departed with Dreyfus aboard and returned after fog and pigeons were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis de Gallifet
Revolutionary Socialista
la Commune
M. Millerand
General de Gallifet
Waldeck-Rousseau
Chamber
Senate
M. Meline
Chamber of Deputies
Sonata
Poris
Brest
France
Sfax
Dreyfus
Éailora
Tage
General Strike Averted as Packers Offer 1883 Wage Scale
Chicago packing firms, after granting a 25 cent day rise to unskilled workers, faced renewed pressure as skilled labor demanded higher wages. Armour Killings room idle. several firms refused hog purchases. Packers proposed reverting to the 1898 wage scale, signaling a potential end to a threatened general strike. Other items note insurance ruling on assessment policies, Harper leaving Chautauqua, and railway through-train policy in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ontanao
Armour & Co
Swift, & Co
Nelson Morris & Co
Lipton & Co
Maher Quickly KO's Morrissey in Rare Irish Bout
New York June 21 Peter Maher Irish heavyweight scored a rapid 55 second victory over fellow countryman Mike Morrissey of Tipparary at Lenox Athletic Club. Morrissey weighed 182 pounds while Maher tipped 174 as the Irish rivals met. a swift right cross and light chest blows finished the match with Maher dominant throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Morrisey
New York
Peter Maher
Mike Morrissey
Tipparary
Bas
Lenox ‘Athletic Club
Morrissey
Maher
Loubet to Ask Bourgeois to Form New French Cabinet
Paris June 21 reports President Loubet will invite M. Bourgeois former premier and foreign minister to form a new cabinet as a prolonged crisis grips the administration. Dupuy and Lockroy urge relief from office while a potential combination includes Bourgeois Brisson Poineau and Waldeck Rousseau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Loubet
M. Bourgeois
MM. Dupuy
Lockroy
St. Michaels
Azure Islands
Sfax
Dreyfus
France
Bourgeois
The
Hague
MM. Bourgeois
Brisson
Poinesra
Waldeck-Rousseau
War Possibilities for Natal Volunteers in Readiness
Natal volunteers have been ordered to hold themselves ready for active service. War department activity on certain requisitions is suspended as regiments prepare to leave Capetown for Kimberley on short notice. An engine driver near Kimberley reports armed men drilling at Houtkraal, Dearr, and Pontfontein, said to be Dutch aiding the Boers if hostilities resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natal
Capttown
War Department
Capetown
Kimberley
Cape Railway
Houttkraal
Dearr
Pontfontein
Dreyfus Trial Draws Crowds to Rennes Hotels
The Paris Rennes voyage anticipates Dreyfus arrival with crowds of foreigners filling Rennes hotels at high rates. Precautions protect Brest and Rennes routes. Dreyfus may land elsewhere than Brest on June 30 per Le Figaro. Federation vote in Sydney shows 11,045 for and 10,551 against. Victoria votes pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreyfus
Paris
Rennes
Brest
The
Figaro
Breast
Sypnty
Sydney
Victoria
Loxton
the Times
New South Wales
Queensland
Destructive hail and rain flood Bartley Ravenna area
A severe storm struck Bartley and surrounding country with hailstones six and a half inches in circumference and heavy rain. The B and M track flooded, boats usable around town, and farmers face major losses with little hail insurance. In Ravenna five inches of rain caused streets to flood, cellars to fill, and Beoley's mill dam to be at risk as washouts appear near Burlington yards and along the line to Broken Bow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartley
Ravenna
Barney
Neb
Beaver Creek
Beoley
Burlington Yards
Broken Bow
St. Michael
Timothy Dwight Retires From Yale After Final Sermon
Yale New Haven June 26 venerable President Timothy Dwight preached his last baccalaureate sermon before the graduates marking the 50th anniversary of his own graduation. Old classmates filled Baptism Chapel as Dwight spoke in retrospective, personal terms and delivered a solemn farewell valedictory with evident emotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
New Hayer
Timothy Dwight
Yale University
Dwight
Battel Chapel
Sioux City Bank in a Suit over Defrauding Stockholders
In Sioux City on June 26 stockholders filed in federal court to block a transfer of controlling interest from the First National Bank to Farmers' Loan and Trust Co, alleging plans to defraud holders by levying a large assessment and seeking a receiver. Separate notes report murder suspects Matt Smith and Coffee Brauer sought by Chicago and Michigan police in Curacao. Troops in Pana, Illinois, influence miners as black residents refuse mine reentry without guard. Locusts and drought threaten famine near St Petersbourg in Asiatic Russia under Prince Paratinski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
First National Bank of
Farmers’ Loan, and Trust Company of
Martin Meier
Curcaco
Matt Smith
Brauer
West Fifty-seventh Street
Smith
Michigan
Chicago
Pana
Als
Penwell
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Waldeck- Rousseau
Laybory
Kansas Ory
Phillips
Rosa B. Jarman
Knights Templar and Masons’ Life Indemnity Company
Harper
Chautauqua
Onspaco
William RB. Harper
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Des Mores
Iowa Railroad Commissioners
Aplington
Board
London
Daily Mail
Shaoghai
Kiao Chou
Tituni
Kau Mai
Saragones
Saracossa
Saragossa Gerale
Sievers
Denver
Laincoln
Deaf and Dumba Institute
Lincoln
William Sievers
Omaha
Bronxy
Friedrichshaven
Hales
D. B. Henderson
Town
House of Representatives
Henderson
Iowa Statesman
J. W. Babcock
Wisconsin
Babcock
Drs Mores
Daly
Marcus Daly
Montana
Colorado
American Smelting and Refining Company
Bucharist
Roumania
Slatina
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Boston
Loutaville
Baltimore
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Washington
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Buffalo
Columbus
Kansas City
Paol
Feeradt
Incunmapoliiede
Maier
Sioux City Bank
Petersuvne
Caspian
Asiatic
Russia
Caucasus
Prince Pariatinski
F. P. Worthing
Ag Ae
Brown
Hinaware
Co. W. Brown
China Hall
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