Michigan News Roundup From State Weathers and Events
Michigan reports delay in sending troops to Port Riley due to funding gaps after the militia bill failure. Other items note beet sugar factory cornerstone in Charlevoix, a washout halting Gull Lake line cars, pestering mosquitos, new Harrisville seed elevator, and a first in state charter filings by Thomas F. E. Clark Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Co. A mix of weather, crops, accidents, lamplight contracts, and local industry updates fill the page, including drownings in Cass Lake and a spike in prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union City
Charlevoix
Augusta
Gull Lake
Michigan Postmasters Association to Meet in Saginaw
Hr A Hopkins of St Clair secretary treasurer of the Michigan Postmasters Association sends the meeting program for the annual gathering to be held in Saginaw on September 4 and 5. A banquet is expected on the 4th with several congressional candidates and prominent politicians in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hr. A. Hopkins
St. Clair
Michigan Postmiasters’ Association
Saginaw
Dndulge Daa Gabfest
Drowning of Two Girls in Carrowboat Tragedy
Anna Vanderploog aged TO and Tettie Varederwaal aged 8 drowned in a Carrowboat incident. Anna's sisters Ph aged and 10 were saved by standing on the sunken boat, keeping their heads above water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Vanderploog
Tettie Varederwaal
Ana
Starding
Copper Crown Mining Company Pays Large Secretary Fee
The Copper Crown Mining Company of Tren River and St Louis Missouri paid the largest franchise fee at the Secretary of State's office in some time. The firm has capital stock of 2,000,000 dollars and paid a fee of 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Copper Crown Mining Company
Tren River
St. Louis
St Joseph County Formers Back Threshermen Pact
County farmers at Centerville organize to join the Threshermen's Protective Association which has raised threshing prices. They plan to buy their own machines and handle threshing duties themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph County
Centerville
Threshermen’s Protective Association
The Townsend House as Temporary Executive Mansion
The Townsend house at Jackson Place Washington has been leased by Secretary Cortelyon for President Roosevelt as a temporary executive mansion. It is a four story twenty room building near the Ro chambean statue. The first floor will be the President's office and the upper floors his household quarters. Mrs Townsend had enlarged the house but moved to a larger residence in a quieter area. The building will be used modestly since Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay and will not return permanently until White House work ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdale College
Thomas FE. Clark
Miehtran
Frank Smith
Marengo Township
Oakland County
Harrisville
Alpena
Bellevue
Belding
Paw Paw
Parshall
Tlavana Mills
Warren
John Case
Phil Reek
J. W. Clett
Bay City
Exander du
Salisary
SPQ
Edward Walker
Genesew
Sidnaw
Houghton County
Siaeka
Cadilae
Boyne Balls
Church
Herbert Bearl
Galesburg
Berrien County
Scio
Channcey Crutz
Townsend
Jackson Place
Washington
Cortelyon
Roosevelt
Rochambean
Jackson Square
Roosevelts
Oyster Bay
White House
Congress
House
Senate
Capitol
ISNG
Republican Committee
Supervising Architect of the Treasury
James K. Paylor
ISO
Taylor
Greenville
Tenn
National Museum
Ao Municipal
Columbia
War College
Arsenal
McIkhimn, Mead & White
Shaw
Treasury Department
Logan Carlisle
England's new premier Arthur James Balfour named
The retirement of Lord Salisbury ends the Victorian era in British politics. Nephew Arthur James Balfour succeeds as premier, a skilled statesman noted for his influence in the Commons and his role in Ireland’s pacification amid fierce opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Salisbury
England
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Arthur James Balfour
Hhase of Commons
Balfour
Ireland
Mr. Balfour
Passenger rate war looms in eastern traffic officials say
Valle reports rising indications of a passenger rate war in eastern traffic. Fourth of July passenger business on Chicago roads set record highs, two to three times last year. New York Central orders Hall Signal electro-gas block system for one division. Burlington leads grain receipts into Chicago with 23 percent share. Illinois Central ties for third with 18 percent alongside Chicago and North Western and Rock Island. Michigan Central pays Michigan 385,425 in current year taxes, slightly up from last year.
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Assenger
Chicago Roads
New York Central Railroad
Hall Signal Company
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
State of
Kentucky
Chicago and Northwestern
Milwaukee
Chicago
Lake Shore
New York
Hill
Great Northern
Mellen
Northern Pacific
Northwest
Davenport
Wash
Michigan Central Road
State of Michigan
Burlington Road
Ilinois Central
Northwestern
Rock Island
Floods and Lightning Ravage Midwest Farmland
Intense storms across Iowa Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Nebraska and Colorado flood rivers ruin crops and kill several. Des Plaines at Joliet rises as hail and heavy rain strike, while two children and three others are killed by lightning near Millstadt. Des Moines river swells threatening Keokuk Hannibal area with unprecedented damage to corn and wheat valued in the millions.
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Mississippi
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Nebraska
Colorado
Ilinois
Towa
Iowa
Ita
Joliet
Des Plaines
Denver
West
Maryland
Ohio
Missouri
Keokuk
Mississippi River
Missouri Bluffs
Hannibal
Des Moines
Skunk
Quincy
Weather Bureau
Upper
Lagrange
Eddyville
Millstadt
St. Clair County
Fred Weickbrod
Jacob P. Muskopf
Tippecanoe County
Harvey Reeser
Jessie Morrison In Prison Begins 25 Year Term
Jessie Morrison, convicted of murdering Mrs. Olin Castle in Eldorado Kansas, has begun a twenty five year sentence in the state penitentiary. The jury found Morrison guilty of second degree murder after a swift verdict following her June 1900 trial, her third trial after appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Jessie Morrison
Castle
Eldorado
Kan
Miss Morrison
Gale Rips Chicago in Fierce Windstorm and Rain
A severe storm swept Chicago Thursday night bringing a 90 mph wind and half an inch of rain in ten minutes. Lightning flashed, temperatures swung from 80 to near 62, and damage and injuries were reported as ships faced rough seas and passengers endured terror on the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Chicago
Rogers Park
Evanston
Highland Park
Russia suggests conference on trusts to curb price manipulation
Baron de Staal, the Russian ambassador in London, said a note from M. de Witte proposing an international conference to curb artificial price declines was presented to the British government and circulated to Brussels sugar convention powers. It urges joint action against trusts and cartels that affect global commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Baron de Staal
London
M. de Witte
Agricultural notes reveal farm counts and crop data across states
The report highlights 1901 cheese production on over 16 000 U S farms and suggests surplus-milk utilization. It notes a peach orchard near Alpin Iowa protected by mosquito netting boosting yields, a Kansas wheat labor shortage, and only 500 of 10 000 needed workers responding. Pennsylvania farm values total 1 051 620 173 with machinery and livestock worth 50 917 240 and 192 439 183 respectively. Cited tobacco industry figures show 124 090 871 capital and 253 075 546 goods sold. cigars and cigarettes output nears 9 500 000 000 with 118 000 000 pounds of tobacco used. France uses early-mrafted plows running on petroleum costing 2 280. Northern Michigan and Wisconsin land leases for cattle ranches draw attention to sector shifts after lumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
American Agriculturist
Alpin
I.a
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Census Bureau
Government activity and architecture surge in Washington
Washington sees a flood of educational pamphlets and speeches mailed to constituents as members of Congress push distribution. The Treasury’s supervising architect plans 125 competitive public buildings plus nine major projects in Washington, with land purchases under way, while the Geological Survey seeks an egg daily for photo lithography.
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Michigan
Fort Riley
Bliss
Corbin
Port Rie Jey
United States Army
Secretary of War
National Guard
Port Riley
War Department
State Military Board
Frank van Thoren
Gwossa
Yaad
Melville M. Bigelow
University of Michigan Law School
Beeston University Law School
Sparta
Rooroin
Kent County
Albert
Lindquist
Nervas
Fond Pratuers
Levine Broonisen
Arolf
Moeromines
Emdair
Upper Peninsula
Aroe
Utica
Chiease
Northwestern Road
Menominee
Hiw
Feneth
Anthony Rukano
Adolph Budetier
Detroit
Cass Lake
Dime
Wildey
Lansing
Hinds
Pou
Aldl Thamesmound Consort
Sir John Whitworth
Dtabuth
Lake Erie
Port Austin
Thomson and Whitworth
Pittsburg Steamship Company
Stecan Boat
United States Steal Corporation
Valle
Charles O. Kalman
Chicago Great Western Railway
St. Paul
Miss Jessie Morrison
Gale Rocks
Agricultural News
France
Thunder River
Walcott
Geological Survey
Civil Service Commission
Interior Department
Den
United States Theological Survey
Philippines
Secretary of the Treasury
Charles J. Jones
Buffalo
Jones
Yellowstone Park
Bureau of Navigation
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