Sail of Sagamore Sinks After Collision on Lake Superior
The whaleback barge Sagamore sank after a collision with the Northern Queen near Vent Iroquois, Lake Superior. Of eight crew, two drowned and one missing amid dense fog. A crowded week includes mobs in Kansas, a cyclone wreck near Mamblin, ants swarming Hamilton streets, and rail and hotel actions tied to broader tensions. Fleet standings show National League clubs Pittsburg leading with 48 wins, Boston 37, New York 34, and others in pursuit.
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Sagamore
Northern Line
Northern Queen
Vent Iroquois
Lake Superior
Colfrich
Kan
Rock Island Road
Mamblin
Hamilton
Ohio
White Pass & Yukon
White Horse
Fort Selkirk
Yukon
Dawson
Five Finger
Leake Township
Ark
Lige Siegler
Siegler
Louis Hayne
Hayne
Hop Halton
John Halton
Stephens
William J. Reid
Chicago
Kansas City
Won Gemma
Horace H. Stoddard
Reid
Nels Peterson
Bhenjamin Anderson
Belle Plaine
Mine
Peterson
Anderson
William Radcliffe
Leu
Grand Mesa Lakes
Delta County
Colorado
Washington
State Department
Guine Wahen
Radcliffe
Radclife
King Edward
W. LL. Pittsburg
Boston
St. Lous
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Various brief items from Kansas to South Carolina
Brevities report coal price hikes in Kansas, a Richmond Indiana postal supervisor appointment, a fatal boiler explosion at Winyah Lumber in Georgetown South Carolina, youthful lead coin counterfeiting in Minneapolis, Chicago horse disease, New York epidemic spread, El Verde Rio Oil Company’s Utah incorporation, Dr. Milo B. Ward’s Kansas City death, a Memphis murder within a cousin quarrel, St. Paul forgery and fraud charges against County Commissioner Whitehorn, and a Dodge City double shooting suicides by E Kirby over property.
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Kansas
Col. Swain
Richmond
Ind
Ohio
New York
el Verde Rio Oil Company
Ogden
Utah
Green River
Milo B. Ward
Kansas City
McKinley
Chickamaqua
W. & Bowers
Memphis
Tenn
Albert Bowers
George Roy Whitehorn
St. Paul
Johnson
E. Kirby
Park Hotel
Dodge City
Kan
Kirby
Strikes and incidents sweep New York area workers
Fifty thousand garment workers in New York and Newark strike impact. Fisk University to replace deceased president Dr. BE Cravath. Harrisburg murder tale ends with hanging of Elmer Barner. Pittsfield Fosburg verdict not guilty after judge’s instruction. Multiple flare ups include a Brooklyn bridge inspection, Nashua fire loss, and a Lima oil gusher among extensive early 20th century news items.
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New York
Newark
J. G. Merrill
D. D
Fisk University
BE. Cravath
Elmer Barner
Harrisburg
Isaac Millerm
Halifax
Pittsfield
Mass
Fosburg
Stevens
Proctor Brothers
White Mountain Freezer Company
Nashua
N. H
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan
Bronx
Thomas Lloyds
Garrettson
Staten Island
Finot
Lewis Silva
5Silva
Pitsburg Wire and Steel Company
Americar Locomotive Company
Tts
Schenectady
N.Y
Samuel S. Cramer
Hanterdon County
Cramer
Western News Highlights From Across The Nation
Items report John Martin of Chicago saving three from drowning at St Joseph Michigan. Arthur Bryant in Savannah Missouri commits suicide amid heat. Crescens sets new mile trotting record in Cleveland at 2.02. Sulu filed at Enid Oklahoma to block Kiowa Apache reserve opening. Davenport Iowa fire destroys property worth 700000, displacing hundreds. St Louis records 22 heat deaths and 55 prostrations in a day. Hemp and Co sheet metal works in St Laws nearly destroyed. loss 400000 insured. Five telegraph operators jailed for striking on Oklahoma Gulf line. A young man likely Henry Armstead of New York stab and may not recover on a Butte Montana train. James Winters killed near Sandusky Montana. suspected Kid Carry. John Metlish, Toledo contractor, flees bankruptcy. liabilities 95000 assets 11500. Church Brothers pressed brick works at Golden Colorado destroyed by fire. loss 100000. Fritz Pfluger suffocated in Portland lodge fire. suspected incendiary. Eraffaello Farmacco, Italian foreman, surrenders after yearlong manhunt in Cleveland. Allen Huel and Allen Harris drown bathing at East Battle Lake North Dakota. from prominent families. Thunderstorms around Cincinnati turn cyclonic from Newport to Fort Thomas and into Ohio. no lives lost. Section men on rail lines into Columbus, Ohio protest details not disclosed.
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Union Pacific
Dale Creek
Rocky Mountains
Sherman
Wya
Lima
Ohio
Choctaw, Oklahoma
Gulf Road
Palestine
Ark
Shelley
Simmons
Little Rock
J. L. Collins
Masonic Temple
Chicago
Nevada
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Portsmouth
Charles Wallace
Allen Grant Montgomery
Denver and
Rio Grande
Marshall Pass
Colo
Irene‘anning
Goshen, Tod
Barre
Abe
East Barre
Boonville
Main Street
British War Department
Smallwood
Indianapolis
Union Station
Pittsburg
de Graff
la Crosse
Wis
Morrigan
Arthur Bryant
Savannah
Cleveland
E Reno
Okla
Davenport
Iowa
St. Louis
Hemp & Co
St. Laws
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Henry HH. Armstead
New York
Butte Mont
James Winters
Sandusky, Mont
Kid Carry
John Metlish
Toledo
United States
Church Brothers Pressed
Golden
Fritz Pfluger
Burnside
Portland
Ore
Erafaello Farmacco
Weriony
East Battle Lake
N.D
Allen Huel
Allen Harris
Cincinnati
Newport
Fort Thomas
Columbus
Southern Mob At Elkins and City Park Fatalities
Reports detail a mob in Elkins West Virginia assaulting a Black man in the park after a police chief was shot during an arrest. Other items include a Tennessee indictment death, a Virginia constitutional convention proposal, Memphis child fatalities from a train strike, knife fight in Kentucky, accidental shooting in Louisville, calls for a senator’s resignation, and a Tampa cigarmakers strike.
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Elkins
W. Va
John Arnold
Hoover's Gap
Tenn
Dan Branch
Stella Jackson
William Jackson
Memphis
George Brown
Jim Brown
Winchester
William Hobson
Louisville
G. W. Steen
Steen
Democratic State Executive Committee of
South Carolina
Tillman
Alabama voting to end dueling under new constitutional reform
The article notes factory workers agreed to halt production and walk out. It reports growing anti dueling sentiment in Alabama culminating in a constitutional convention that adopted a reform allowing the legislature to enact penal laws to suppress dueling.
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Alabams
Tramatic global calamities and notable scientific note
Prof Koch of Berlin claims tests show bacillus of consumption cannot pass from animals to humans. A five member new Chinese board led by Prince Ching is created. A massive petroleum explosion in Batum destroys the city center with unknown casualties. Gen Delaney informs Klerksdorp commando there is no European intervention left to pursue the war. Explosion aboard the Louise Adelaide in Stockholm kills Captain Orr and 14 crew plus 4 customs officers. A hailstorm in Tamboff ruins crops and kills livestock. Yangtze floods threaten vast areas with embankment breaches and mass homelessness. A sleeping car on the Moscow St Petersburg line derails near Okoulovka injuring 13.
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Prof. Koch
Berlin
China
Prince Ching
Pekin
Batum
Russia
Delaney
Klerksdorp
Stockholm
Sweden
Orr
Schlatzk
Tamboff
Yangtse
Wuhn
Moscow-St. Petersburg
Okoulovka
Beard
Boston
Harmin
San Francisco
Mr. Calendar
New York
Admiral Schley and a sweeping inquiry announced
Admiral Schley calls for a full inquiry into the Santiago affair and the court of inquiry will include Admiral Dewey and Rear Admirals Kimberley and Benham retired. The telegraph line to Dawson will be completed soon and Porto Rican duties will be refunded after Foraker act passage. The grain states saw rain end drought fears while a large chair trust is formed. Fire in La Prairie destroys 29 houses and a convent with about 100000 dollars loss.
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Schley
Long
Ie Eee
Santiago
Dawson
Gage
Foraker
Tony
Dewey
Kimberley
Benham
Schley Court of Inquiry
Chaves R. Flint
United States
Porto Rico
Alice Nielsen
London Daily Express
Lady de Grey
Russell
Faust
la Prairie
Montreal
Congregation of Notre Dame
Market Reports Across Cities Reflect Mixed Commodities
Chicago cattle range 300 to 565, hogs 300 to 615, wheat 70 to 71 cents, corn 56 to 81, oats 5 to 80, rye 50 to 6, butter 10 to 20, eggs lic to 12. Indianapolis cattle 300 to 575, hogs 400 to 595, sheep 5 to 325, wheat 61 to 78, corn 56 to 81, oats 3 to 40. St Louis cattle 325 to 580, hogs 300 to 600, sheep 300 to 375, wheat 67 to 67, corn one to 56, rye 38 to 7, Detroit etc.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Steel Strike Ends After Mutual Concessions In New York Pact
A drawn settlement ends the Amalgamated Association of Steel, Iron and Tin Workers strike led by J Pierpont Morgan. Mills remain in union and nonunion, with a wage scale for all mills under American Sheet Steel Company. Total losses cited approach 6.55 million, with improved output and better employer employee relations expected to endure. The strike, notable for lack of violence, began as a wage dispute but settled on principle.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Amalgamated Association of Steel, Iron and Tin Workers
Amalgamated Association
American Sheet Steel Company
Morgan
Shaffer
New York City
Bestar
Combine
Maine Battleship Launched at Cramp Yard in Philadelphia
The battleship Maine was launched at Cramp’s shipyard in Philadelphia with a large crowd witnessing. Sponsor Miss Mary Preble Anderson, escorted by Charles H. Cramp and the Maine’s governor, christened the ship with wine as Admiral Merrill and Captain Sigavee watched. The vessel, larger and more formidable than the original, displaces 12,500 tons, with 16,000 horsepower engines, 18 knot speed, four 12 inch guns, and a 518-man crew. The event drew national attention linking to the Havana episode and the looming war with Spain. Ali Noury Bey, Turkish consul in Rotterdam, is sentenced to life imprisonment for anti-Ottoman writings. Isabella Crane, 14, of Chicago, died by suicide after a rejected lover.
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Weasel Browne
Havwana Harbor
Maine
Cramp
Philadelphia
Delaware
Mary Preble Anderson
Portland
Charles H. Cramp
Admiral Melrile
Sigavee
Havana Harbor
Havana
Sigsbee
Oregon
Massachusetts
Spain
United States
Havana Bay
Secretary Wilson Sees Hopeful Corn Outlook Despite Drought
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson not pessimistic about western crop prospects. He notes moisture shortages in the plains but expects average corn yields from the Missouri to the Alleghenies if farmers extend cultivation two weeks and keep soil mulched to retain moisture.
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Wises Hilde
West
Washington
Wilson
Allegheny
Rocky Mounttains
Northwest
Missouri River
Alleghenies
Iowa
Wisconsin
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
China to Begin Paying Indemnity Bonds Plan
Commissioner Rockhill reports from Pekin that China will amortize bonds issued to pay indemnity by 1902 and fully settle principal and interest by 1910. China is expected to raise about 17 million dollars annually to cover interest and a sinking fund, with no international guaranty.
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Rockhill
Pekin
China
Census bulletin shows school age and male use by state
Director Merriam releases a public bulletin listing persons of school age up to 20 years, militia males, and voting males for Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut and Alaska. It is the first of eleven bulletins in the series detailing demographic figures.
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Merriam
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Territory
Alaska
Weve
Ncner
Peret. Peret. Peret
Peret
Colo
Painter Andrew Hill Survives 100-foot Fall at Sharm Steel
Andrew Hill, a painter, fell 100 feet from a standpipe at the Sharm Pa steel works. He grabbed two ropes that partly broke the fall, but his hands were lacerated. He landed on the ground and will recover.
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Andrew Hill
Sharm
Will Recove
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Baltimore
Norfolk and Western
W. B. Moses
Denver
Maumee River
John Ballard
Hendrick
George Ballard
Rock Island
Tiffin
Coleman
James Younger
Wolfer
Michel Kelly
John RK. Garrett
Leavenworth
Iran
Samuel Hill
J. J. Hill
Minneapolis
Western
John Martin
St Joseph
Mich
J. Pierfont Morgan
Ali Noury Bey
Rotterdam
Ali
Athens
Isabella Crane
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