Shea Re-elected President of International Brotherhood of Deamsters
In Chicago Cornelius P. Shea won re election as president by 169 to 22. The margin shows suggests secessionists may have returned to the fold. Also noted are indictments for rebating against railroads and oil firms, the Bank of America settlement plans, a bank failure aftermath, a deadly house fire in Omaha area, and a Williamsburg fire destroying a six story tenement and a picture frame factory with several rescues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius P. Shea
International Brotherhood of ‘Deamsters
Chicago
Daniel D. Healy
Bank of America
New York City
Jamestown
N. Y
Sugar Trust
Pennsylvania Railroad
Standard and Vacuum Oil Companies
Nebraska
Thomas O’daniels
Seymour Park
Omaha
Williamsburg
Frank Singer
Martin Short
William Pohlers
Smpire
Numerous 1900s Briefs Report Various Tragedies and Labor Strikes
Process servers capture AH. Clay Pierce summoned as witness in St Louis oil inquiry. Toronto carpenters strike for 35 cents hourly and union recognition, over 1,000 workers out. John Weink, son of Mme Secehumann-Heink, works in Springfield jewelry to fund stage studies. Walter Felinski kills 18-year-old Joseph Mielka at Felinski’s home during attempted assault on wife. Thomas O’Daniels of Omaha loses wife and five children to a gas explosion. he loses his own wife and child to lightning earlier, son then kills himself. Frank J Kowalski, bank teller in Chicago, dies by own hand, linked to Stensland looting. Erie telegram reports Abraham Goldsmith killed beneath Lake Shore Limited wheels in Cleveland. Robert Bohemen dies of heart disease while leading a military band in Forest Park, witnessed by large crowd. Largest wool clip in America shipped from Billings weighing 1,500,000 pounds, forty-four cars needed. Fort Worth and Denver train wreck near Fritzland, Texas. 75 injured after cars derail. Estella Bloomingdale of Marietta injured leaping from train window near East Madisonville, Ohio. prognosis grim. Government crop report August wheat yield 75,930,000 bushels, highest ever. corn expectations strong. Thomas McKenna, waiter at Grand Hotel Cincinnati, throws third child from third-story window then leaps. child dead, parent dies en route to hospital. Divorce suit in McBride case. French court grants divorce to Mrs McBride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Weink
Mme Secehumann- Heink
Springfield
Walter Felinski
Detroit
Joseph Mielka
Mielka
Felinski
Thomas O’daniels
Omaha
Frank J. Kowalski
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Chicago
Stensland
Erie
Tpa
Abraham Goldsmith
Cleveland
Lake Shore Limited
Forest Park
St. Louis
Robert Bohemen
America
Billings
Mont
Fort Worth
Denver
Fritland
Texas
Estella Bloomingdale
Marietta
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Easst Maditorville
ER arTs
Ban’ Srancisco
Detver
William B. Schofield
Payminster
United States Army
Pbn
Thettate
John M. Schofiel
San Fran
Cisco
Photographers’ “Association of America
Clarence J. Vandeventer
Decatur
Illident
W. F. Medlar
Spencer
Iowa
Dayton
Hering
Milwaueekee Avenue State Bank
John H. Pride
Phillpgburg
Harry A. King
Oakley Methodist Episcopal Church
Kansas City
Edgar Brown
John D. Rockefeller
Sault Ste. Marie
Claude Porter
Seattle
Wash
Cedar River
Mamie Richards
Jacob Richards
Norertstown
Joseph Williams
Burglary at Lestershire Post Office and Local Disasters
A rush of reports describes a Lestershire New York post office robbery with stamps worth 1000 dollars and 75 in cash. Nearby, freight wrecks kill three train workers near Harmony Pennsylvania and numerous other incidents unfold across cities from New York to Pittsburgh including heat deaths and accidents.
Western items and notable events briefed
West shielded by terse notes on Frank Harolt a miner killed his wife and fled executive council raises Iowa railroad property tax to 62289775 the Colorado and Concho rivers rise thirty feet many drownings reported Wong Wing Guey pleads guilty in Helena to smuggling involving David Hoover a Chicago customs deputy a bakery receiver appointed for Frederick E Coyne Michael Czolgosz seeks Cleveland police job demented woman in South Bend sets blaze killing two women and injuring a man more demands unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Council
Iowa
Colorado
Concho
Wong Wing Guey
Helena
Mont
Canada
David Hoover
Frederick E. Coyne
Chicago
Michael Czolgosz
Assissin
McKinley
Cleveland
South Bend
Ind
Suspect Sought in Umbrella Point Incident and Newark Visitor
A report details a blunt assault at Umbrella Point injuring a man and the police hunt for suspect Harris. George J. Mitchell of Newark New Jersey, a traveling iman visiting Cincinnati, discovered a booth with a large sum of money and papers after retrieving a pocketbook for its owner. Separately, officials announce the first Elkins law victory against Standard Oil with a Chicago grand jury indictment of nineteen counts for rebates. Fire in West Elkton Ohio leads to dynamiting of a store to halt spread. one death, Mrs Maurice Reed, is linked to the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
George J. Mitchell
Newark
N. J
Gibson House
Cincinnati
Ita
Ght
Standard Oil Company
Elkins
Chicago
Oil Trust
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company
West Elkton
Ohio
Maurice Reed
Black executions and mob violence across states
The report lists multiple fatal incidents including William B. Wilcher hanged in Lexington for murder, a Salisbury mob lynching three Black men, W. J. Cooke dying after a polling booth fight in Memphis, W. G. Wellington killed in Chicago area unrest, Mamie Scott injuring her father to stop abuse in Serepta, Scott McCormick dying after Owensboro saloon raid, and coroner Dr Watkins citing heart failure from raid excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Wilcher
Lexington
Henry J. Smith
Salisbury
N. C
W. J. Cooke
Memphis
Tenn
W. G. Wellington
Chicago
Mamie Scott
Serepta
Miss
Owensboro
Scott McCormick
Watkins
Global turmoil and disasters reported in brief dispatches
Reports from around the world describe a Vistula ferry disaster with many drowned near Wilnaowo, a Polish farities clash in Sonora, and the Sirio wreck with 300 passengers lost off the Spanish coast. Additional notes include royal reception incidents in Spain, Yaqui hostilities, and Japanese seal raid consequences near St Paul and Dutch Harbor.
Deaths and violence span distant regions in troubled times
Reports detail a yellow fever death near Havana to the Louisiana board of health, a Scottish youth fatally shooting the 13 year old daughter of his employer in Guelph Ontario, and Indian school graduates Edoward M. Ellis and others joining the U S Navy. Mexican trainmen report a clash with an American master mechanic near Torreon leading to fatalities as rural forces intervene. The events are tied to an alleged Mexican-American expulsion conspiracy and copper mine unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Louisiana Board of Health
Cubs
Peter Wylie
J. Swackhamer
Guelph
Ont
Edoward M. Ellis
Red Cloud
Carlisle Indian School
American Navy
Ellis
Torreon
Mexico
Grgené
Candnea
New York Central Official Forecasts Record Grain Harvest
W C Brown vice-president of New York Central toured eight thousand miles through Dakota Kansas Nebraska and Missouri to study crop conditions. He reports Kansas will yield about 90000000 bushels of wheat up from 87000000 last year and that corn crops in Kansas and Nebraska look superb with town crops reaching 850000000 bushels and possibly 355000000 in Missouri except four northeastern counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
W. C. Brown
New York Central System
Indiana
Diasatet
Towa
Kansas
Brown
United States
Missonfil
Regulation Over Meat Handling Under New Law
The agriculture secretary outlines rules governing interstate meat products including slaughtering packing canning and labeling. Sanitation is mandated with daily cleaning of tools and facilities, clothing standards, separated toilet rooms, tuberculosis exclusions, and annual reports to inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Great Northern CEO backs dividend cap on earnings
Vice President Farrington told Minnesota warehouse officials that no matter how strong Great Northern earnings, a rule from President Hilt limits stockholder dividends to seven percent. Surplus proceeds fund improvements and loan repayment, with stock sales boosting treasury. Commissioner Staples calls the method excessive while the railroad reports about 19 million dollars in outstanding bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrington
Great Northern
Minnesota, Warehouse Commission
Hilt
Staples
Debs Speech at St Lears Warns of Labor Action
Debs spoke at St Lears on the Industrial Workers world gathering. He threatened that St Haywood Moyer and Pettibone face actions by 1,000,000 workers who would sue in Sevol and lead an army of Freres to mobilize a 150,000 membership drive as the trial starts on new measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debs
St. Léars
Ansiy
Industrial Workers of
Eugene V. Debs
Freres
Tae A
Comptroller reports rise in bank numbers and surplus
The Comptroller of the Guernsey reports as of June 18 an increase in the number of national banks to eighty five, with total capital stock and a rise in surplus. The document notes circulation and deposits, reflecting a year-over-year change and financial activity across accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xsicrensé
Hanks
Gurréney
Nuiber
National
Banka
Chicago Market Figures Hint Autumn Trade Strength
The report notes rising freight and commodity movements, with iron ore and lumber in active demand. Grain shipments at the port reach 7,780,000 bushels, livestock 207,512 head, and lumber 52,812,000 feet, while bank clearings total 212,883,582 dollars. Failures in Chicago district drop, and mercantile signals show improving trade into fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Genintdad
Chicago and Midwest market prices mixed across livestock and grains
The report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Milwaukee and other markets. It covers No 2 wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs potatoes and more with varied bid ranges and freight terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Petis Gs
Bsc
Milwaukee
Roman
Ciotene
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Stern League
New York
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
St Louis
Phil'delphia
Boston
Phil
Delphia
Washington
American Association
Columbus
Louisville
Toledo Eee Co
St. Paul
Minneapolis
AH. Clay Pierce
Carpenters
Toronto
Lestershire
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
Harmony
Thomas W. Lawson
Scituate
Mass
Army of the Potomac
McClellan
Brant, Mass
Julian P. Thomas
Roy Elinabenshue
N. W. Hart
Atlantic City
Chaton B Wray
Pittsburg Bank
Evergreen
I U
David J Richardson
Cosmopolitan National
John W. Neff
Warsaw
Buffalo
Auburn
Gilbert T. Rafferty
League Island Navy Yard
Augustus Hartje
John L. Welsbons
Clifford Hope
Hartje
Panhandle
Edward Culm
Mathew Brandon
Thomas Faulkner
Ellis Island
Harry Thaw
Paul McDonald
Martin
East Pine Knot
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Pottavale
Hamburg
Allen J. Romig
Janesville
Wis
Washington Street
Grand Island
Neb
John Hamblin
Rachael Engellies
Hamblin
Phoenix
Ariz
Congress
Bisbee
Charles Wheaton
Michael Troxel
Lima
Troxel
Wheaton
J.B Martin
Alaska
Prohibition Party
Paul O. Stensland
Kansas City Council
Susan Judy
Washington D. H
Forest Kitchen
William Welsh
Kitchen
Welsh
Ram Worthington
Frank Staffer
St. Mary’s Hospital
Staffler
John Garris
Toas
Western
Frank Harolt
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Winnipeg
Wilnaowo
Germany
Charles J. Train
United States Fleet
Asiatic
Chefoo
Philippine Islands
Wood
Col. Wood
Maria Christina
France
Ban Sebastian
Spain
Abuyon
Leyte
South America
Sirio
Sonora
Las Guasimas
Sebastopol
Skrydloff
West
John L. Cowan
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