Steamship Sirio Wreck Off Cape Palos Survives Many
A Cartagena dispatch reports the Italian steamship Sirio with about 800 aboard was wrecked off Hormigas island near Cape Palos. Three hundred immigrants, mostly Italians and Spaniards, perished and the captain died by suicide. The bishop of San Pedro, Brazil, is missing along with another bishop. Surviving passengers and crew were rescued by boats from shore. some rescuers, including fishermen, drowned. Survivors are at Cape Palos in dire need of food and clothing as Sirio sank stern first after striking Bajos Hurmigas reef.
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Cartagena
Spain
Cape Palos
Genoa
Barcelona
Calais
Montevideo
Buenos Ayres
Hormigas Island
San Pedro
Brazil
Sirio
Albany warehouse fire destroys largest storage structure
The Henry Russell floor storage warehouse in Albany New York, linked to Pillsbury, burned down. The sprawling structure ran a third of a mile along the New York Central railroad with a 60 000 barrel capacity. Eight thousand barrels were lost as fire raged. A massive roof sign 1800 feet long valued at 5 000 stood atop. Building and contents losses are put at 3 000 000 with partial insurance coverage and NY Central ownership of part of the building.
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Henry Russell
Albany
N. Y
New York Central Railroad
Pillsbury Company
United States
New York Central
Two Cars In Lake Shore Crash Kill Two Passengers
A head on collision on the Lake Shore Electric line west of Vermilion Ohio killed two and fatally wounded a third. The west bound limited telescoped into the east bound No 12 after a curve meeting at high speed. About eighty on board. Injured were taken to a Lorain hospital.
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Lake Shore Electric Railroad
Lake Shore Electric Limited
Vermillion
Ohio
Lorain
Duel ends in two deaths in Chadwick street
Charles Freeman a Chadwick merchant and Robert Keene an 18 year old youth fought a pistol duel in Chadwick Mo. Freeman had sued Keene for assault on Freeman's 14 year old daughter. Freeman reportedly vowed to shoot Keene on sight. Both men fired as they met on the street. Freeman was killed by shots to the forehead and heart. Keene died after being struck in the heart. Spectators found both men dead at the scene.
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Chadwick
Charles Freeman
Robert Keene
Freeman
Keene
Fire destroys Italian Hungarian pavilion at Milan exposition
Fire devastates the decorative arts section for Italy and Hungary and the exhibits pavilion at the Milan International Exposition. Damage estimated at 800000 dollars. Firemen and carbineers among the injured. Also reports a separate Danville Urbana line wreck where a loaded car plunged down a ten foot embankment after a drawbar failed, killing constable I Kelly Smoot and injuring twenty passengers.
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Italy
Hungary
Milan
Danville- Urbana
Danville
I. Kelly Smoot
Three Trainmen Killed in Freight Wreck Near Harmony
Three railroad workers died when a freight train ran into an open switch on the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh line near Harmony Pennsylvania. Authorities reported the accident caused the fatal crash and are investigating the switch failure.
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Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
Harmony
Rear Admiral Train Dies in Asiatic Fleet Command
A Che Foo special reports Rear Admiral Charles J. Train, commander in chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet, died there of uraemia. His death marks a sharp datum in naval leadership during the period.
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Che Foo
Charles J. Train
United States Asiatic Fleet
Uraemia
Marcus hanged for murder of wife on Sullivan's Island
William A. Marcus was hanged in the Charleston jail yard for the murder of his bigamous wife Maggie Marcus on Sullivan's Island near Charleston last April.
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William A. Marcus
Charleston
C. Marcus
Maggie Marcus
Sullivan’s Island
Train collision injures twenty on Frisco road at St Genevieve
A head on crash between a passenger train and a freight engine on the Frisco road near St Genevieve Missouri injured twenty people. The engines were demolished and tracks torn up for a considerable distance. The injured were moved to St Louis on a special train.
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St. Genevieve
St. Louis
Gages Son Ed A Gage Ends Life in Seattle Hotel
Ed A Gage son of former Secretary Lyman J Gage shot himself in a Seattle Tourist Hotel room after a two week spree of alias hotel registrations and heavy drinking. His wife and child sought him at a Grey Stone boarding house as detectives aided their search. At death he left about 750 dollars after depositing 211 earlier. associates note his long winded Alaska and Yukon trading company ties and prior near fatal incident in Cirero City in 1806.
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Ed A. Gage
the Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
Chicago
Red Light District
Seattle
Tie
J. W. Gorst
Greystone
Alaska
Cirelo City
Plb
Weare
Jo. Healy
Gage
Northwestern Steamenip Company
Eavy
Mutinies at Cronstadt Sveaborg Ended But Reval Turmoil Sparks Civil War Fears
More than 2,000 sailors mutinied at Cronstadt triggering fierce fighting with casualties. Sveaborg surrendered after mutinying units were shelled by ships. The Pamyat Azova mutinied off Reval coast. loyal crews retook the cruiser. A general strike spreads in St Petersburg as authorities declare martial law and brace for wider revolt amid royal palace fears.
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Cronstadt
Sveaburg
Pamyat Azova
Esthenian
St. Petersburg
Pranier Stolypin
Count Heyden
Alexander Guebkoff
Prince Nicholas Looff
Paul Vinogradoff
Oni Forthet
Sveaborg
Shiva
Begatyr
Roval
Reval
Niga
Liban
Panivat Avova
Peterlof
Tsarakoe Selo
Peterhof
Tsarskoe Selo
Prades Unionists Back AFL Campaign Program
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor publishes a general campaign program urging organized labor to push for the March 21 bill of grievances. It accuses Congress of serving vast corporations and predatory wealth and calls Americans to demonstrate a labor friendly political will. A three member committee comprising Samuel Gompers James OConnell and Frank Morrison leads the effort to influence labor nominations.
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Prades
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
United States
Congress
Republic
Samuel Gompers
James O'Connell
Frank Morrison
Trowmart Inn Hotel for Working Girls Opens in New York
A new Trowmart Inn at Abingdon Square New York City will serve wage earning women aged 15 to 35 earning $16 or less. A limited number of rooms will be for transients with rooms and meals priced at 4.50 to 5 dollars. The 250 seat dining room, free sewing washing ironing library and reception rooms are provided. Backer W F T Martin expects the venture to pay for itself.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Society For the Protection of Children
Coplin
Bureau of Health and Charities
Abbott
Bureau of Health
Society
Weir Mitchell
Alc
George W. Doneherty
W. W. Tlawke
Alfred Gorgon
Charles Ik. Mills
Louis Starr
Fred Freley
T. C. Wessells
A. C. Butcher
Alfred Gordon
Abingdon Square
New York City
Mills
W. FT. R. Martin
Drowning at Lake George and Marseille Fire Reported
Sophia and Corinne Viddian of Brooklyn drowned while boating on Lake George. The Franco-American Oil Company warehouse at Marseilles burned injuring six. Ferdinand Von Saar, Austrian Reichsrat member, died by self-inflicted gunshot. Mutinous sailors from the cruiser Terek were landed in Spain and sent back to Russia by the Russian consul.
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Sophia
Corinne Viddian
Brooklyn
Lake George
Marseilles
Ferdinand von Saar
Austrian
Reichsrath
Terek
Spain
Russia
Baltimore Railway Merger Plans Bond Replacement
The board of directors of the United Electric Railways of Baltimore approves merging transit and lighting firms in the area. The consolidated company will issue 5 percent thirty year bonds replacing the 4 percent income bonds of joining parties.
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United Electric Railways of
Baltimore
Steps Toward the Russian Revolution Chronicle
A timeline recounts reforms and upheavals from 1861 to 1906 including emancipation of serfs by Alexander II, noble petitions for representation, 1863 64 unrest after the Polish revolt, Nihilist activity and czarist assasination attempts, 1885 87 outrages, persecution of Jews, Finland’s Russification, student revolts, agrarian and industrial unrest, 1901 1902 famine, and the 1905 1906 drive toward an elected legislative assembly culminating in the Douma in 1906.
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Alexander II
Alexander
TSU
Finland
Ukase
Zemstvos
Winter Palace
Russia
Poland
Legislative Assembly
Douma
Minnesota Railroads Ordered to Produce Records
The Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission issued a sweeping order after a sensational rate hearing. It demands every railroad with testified figures to bring all base statistics records to the state capitol for inspection, starting with Great Northern.
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Minnesota
Sue Railroad and Warehouse Commission
State Capitol
Great Northern Railroad
Severance
Staples
Manahan
Hastings
Minun
Northern Pacific Railroad
Illinois
Prince Murat Killed Near Munich in Auto Overturn
Prince Muzene Murat died when an automobile overturned near Munich Bavaria. A fire destroyed the Washington Brewing Company plant in Winleyville Pa causing a loss of 50000 dollars.
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Prince Muzene Murat
Munich
Bavaria
Washington Brewing Company
Winleyville
W. Baldwin Johnson
Washington
Ambassador Reid
Barnet
England
Starry Spayd
Ohio
Indiana
United States Army
Logan
San Francisco
Philippines
Islands
Lee Lindel
Henry Wilkes
Columbia
Tenn
Columbia Post Office
Southern Pacific
Shutting Out Women in Chicago Business World
A movement to replace women with men appears in Chicago industry. The Barber Asphalt Co worker quit under orders on July 1. The Post Office bans women. County Treasurer Hanberg bars women from all office work. The Chicago pension office and the Northwestern Railway also removed women from jobs. An officer said women stenographers cannot rise to department heads due to perceived limitations, arguing a man in the same role has growth potential. The order signals a broader policy rather than an absolute rule.
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Ghigago
Barber Asphalt Company
Chicago
Busse
Hanberg
Chicago United States Pension Office
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Gorky Finds Rust on Liberty Statue Reflects American Commercialism
Maxim Gorky, during a brief visit, notes green rust on the bronze Goddess of Liberty in New York and argues that youthful democracy has corroded with money hunger. He portrays Americans as trapped in a labor treadmill, lacking beauty in free creation, and calls New York especially tragicomic in its vast stone and glass phantasmagoria.
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Appleton
Booklovers
Maxim Gorky
New York
America
Rate Law Begins Enforcing New Railroad Valuation
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders appraisal of every railroad in the United States to set fair rates. Prof. Henry C. Adams of the University of Michigan is invited to help devise a uniform bookkeeping system and appraise railway value. Aiming for operation by July 1, 1907 with a fiscal year aligned to the government.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Henry C. Adams
University of Michigan
Interstate Commerée Commission
Comiision
Standard Loses Big Pennsylvania Rolling Stock Contract
The Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg canceled their rolling stock fabrication contract with Standard Oil after Interstate Commerce Commission disclosures. Ten years show the railroad saved 1.906 million by secret liberal terms, while commission lawyers claim rebates and prices at least 50 percent higher than independent rivals.
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Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
Standard Oil Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Commission
Standard
Short News Notes Across U S as Reports Reach Readers
George Snyder 80 a Carnegie steel works clerk Littsburg died by self inflicted throat cut. Tenry Kraft Bellaire saloon keeper shot fatally and his porter Michael Maxson wounded by two masked robbers. Andrew L Davenport Negro hanged in Newport News jail yard for murder of William Thomas Davenport confessed. Mrs George J Jackson drank carbolic acid after quarrel in Los Angeles. Thomas Reid and Martin Krafee injured when runaway electric car hit telegraph pole in Worcester. Ignatz Krewzyp insane patient in Scranton asylum killed two and mortally wounded an attendant. Mark Smith and L C Cowan Tucson sold Mexican mines to British for 250000. Charles Davenport sentenced to 15 years for poisoned candy plot against daughter. Sager presses perjury charges against Gutke disposing of boodle cases.
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George Snyder
Carnegie Steel Works
Littsburg
Tenry Kraft
Bellaire
Ohio
Michael Maxson
George J. Jackson
Fort Worth
Texas
Los Angeles
Thomas Reid
Martin Krafee
Worcester
Mass
Ignatz Krewzyp
Scranton
Ann Golden
Ann van Valen
Richard Davies
Mark Smith
L. C. Cowan
Tucson
Ariz
Congresso
el Senado
Hermosillo
Mexico
Charles Davenport
Trenton
N. J
Josephine
Sager
St. Louis
Nille
Charles A. Gutke
House of Delegates
Chicago Business Prospects Rise Amid Busy Summer Activity
Chicago reports record midsummer activity across industries with iron and steel leading demand and high prices. Building, machinery and electrical goods show strong forward work while grain and livestock movements rise. Bank clearings and deposits improve. failures toll up modestly in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dun’s Review of Trade
Multiple U S Grain and Live Stock Prices by City
A long OCR list shows regional price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains across markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. It records bid ranges for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and related commodities with varying quality grades and unit prices.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Ste. St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Ste
Toledo
Roy Ferguson Dies by Own Action at Sioux Falls
Roy Ferguson an 18 year old resident of Canby Minnesota committed death by own action at Sioux Falls on the 8th day. He is survived by none named in the report. The incident is recorded as a suicide in the local notes of the paper.
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Roy Ferguson
Canby, Minn
Sioux Falls
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