Week's News Record of Political and Labor Upheavals
Senator McLaurin refuses Roosevelt appointment to a Court of Claims post amid accusations of scandal. A rumored agreement between Balfour and Chamberlain stirs British politics. Robbery fears trigger a run on Chicago Masonic Temple vaults. Indianapolis prepares for a historic strike fund drive as UMW leaders anticipate strong support. Severe flood harms European Russia town Noeff with fifteen drowned amid storms and floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLaurin
S. C
President Roosevelt
Court of Claims
A J. Balfour
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Chicago
Masonic Temple
Keh
Pour
Ambush kills planter Frank White in Hopkins County
A brief dispatch reports Frank White a planter was fired on from ambush and killed near Hopkins. Other items note a census value of U S farms, an earthquake near Malone New York, and various political and criminal updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank White
Pear Hopkins
Ccensus
United States
Malone NY
Naval Review
As Halt Trust
United Gold Beater National Union of America
Ellsworth
Wis
John Gibbins
Decatur
Terre Haute
Western News: Fires, Explosions, Politics and Deaths In Brief
July storms in Chicago and floods in Iowa and Missouri cause damage estimated in the millions. National politics feature La Follette as a Wisconsin candidate and a New York financier's university plan in Indiana. Miners die in Utah, a Cuban War hero rescues a drowning girl, and a Civil War veteran is fatally stabbed in Missouri. Duels, bank swindles, labor arbitration and a gas well yield in Ohio close the roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Uhnon
Iowa
Missouri
la Follette
Wisconsin
F. A. Palmer
New York
Muncie
Ind
Hibernian Convention
Denver
Robert M. la Follette
Daly-West
Park City
Utah
George D. Wick
Youngstown, Uhino, Tron, Sheet and Tube Company
Hobson
Mississippi River
East St Louis
Milwaukee
Nebraska
Corn Exchange National Bank of
Tuley
State Bar Association
Mount Varnen
Ohio
Logan Natural Gas and Oil Company
H. G. Greenland
Ben Bearman
Okarche
I. T
Greenland
Rand
Bearman
William Choka
Nabreka
St. Joseph's ‘Hospital
Turbulent era headlines haunt 1906 city life
A sweeping batch of incidents across cities includes a 50 000 strong strike in New York, a Baltimore tornado killing thirteen, a Boston firm death in Old Orchard, a Philadelphia fire at Josiah Thompson & Co, and a raft of lawsuits crimes and corporate maneuvers from New York to Reading Pennsylvania and Worcester Massachusetts. Major figures include King Victor Emmanuel and Andrew Carnegie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paterson
N.J
Bra
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Europe
Baltimore
W. Mills
C. Mills
Boston
Old Orchard
Josiah Thompson & Co
Philadelphia
Wellington Wells
Brookline
Mass
Harrisville
Eastman Kotik Company
M. A. Seed Dory Plate Company
St Louis
United States
Clark University
Worcester
Andrew Carnegie
Jonas G. Clark
Carnegie
George F
James Devlin
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Steerton
Krause
I Vlin
Henry F King
Foundling Asylum
Board of Trade of
Lynn Mass
Streeter
Watchman Kirk
Chicago
Wiliam Force
Minnesota
Northwestern Securities Company
United States Circuit Court
Tulsa
I.T
Charles Mingo
de Lemagne
San Francisco
Mattie Beals
Charles W. Payne
Lawton
Jerome C. Lewis
Paw Paw
Mich
Charles F. Crossman
Kalamazoo
Crossman
Lewis
Dooley-Harris
Frank Harris
William Dooley
Loughboro
Dooley
William Harris
Frank
Doe Run
Gill
Plattsmouth
Neb
Jom Speyer
New Orleans
Kansas City
Speyer
Robert Hayes
Stove Avenue
Hayes
Edward Dillon
Dillon
Multistate Violent Incidents and National Updates
Reports outline racial violence in Orangeburg South Carolina and Owensboro Kentucky with killings and mob actions. Other items note a Dallas race clash in Tennessee and a Shreveport style shooting near Caseyville Kentucky. Additional items cover Cuban governance, trusts, immigration, and revenue policy changes.
Vatican to withdraw friars from Philippines amid US request
The Vatican will pull friars from the Philippines as the United States requests. Other Spanish priests will replace them. Also noted are deaths, disasters, and international tensions including a boarding typhoon in Luzon, a naval tragedy, and reports on cholera, earthquakes, and geopolitical moves.
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Vatican
Philippines
United States
John W. Mackay
London House
Luzon
Shearwater
London
Ixing
Edward
Alexandra
Matsukata
Japan
St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Seoul
Corea
Seoul-Fusan
I. G. Longworth
Cairo
England
Egypt
Czar
Russia
Hague
Belfast
Ireland
Newry
Down
Armagh
Orange
France
St Etienne
Department of Loire
Furens
Marconi
Cronstadt
Cornwall
Skagen
Denmark
Bunder Abbas
Persia
Ateaner Limpress
India
Hat-Chee
Nanking
Atage
Hsia Kuan
Manchuria
It Ia
Inka
Kharbin
Miners Back Million Dollar Arbitration Drive
United Mine Workers at Indianapolis adopt Mitchells recommendations urge public support for arbitration in the anthracite strike. They call for a million dollars monthly, maintain contracts, and oppose general work stoppage while Mother Jones energizes delegates against government injunctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Othrs
United Mine Workers
Omaha
Choka
Park City
Utah
Daly-West
Anl
Harry Tracy
Oregon
Oklahoma
Miners’ Convention
United Mine Workers’ Convention
America
Mother Jones
Mitchell
Wilson
Todiana
Picnic for relic-hunters at the White House
Relic hunters gather outside the White House as renovation finishes unlock timber for fragments and boards. They seize historic lumber with zeal, naming pieces after presidents Lincoln Jefferson Monroe and others and fashioning canes and keepsakes from the old floors and beams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Moe
White House
Lincoln
Jefferson
United States
Louisiana
Monroe
Blair Named for Wakeeney Land Office Register
The President designated Albert Houston Blair for the Wakeeney Kansas land office register. Andrew Carnegie donated 12500 toward finishing the Lambeth library system in London. Cholera spreads among the Chinese in Pekin with no reliable victim count. Lae Denver and Rio Grande Railway agreed to raise telegraph operators’ wages from 250 to 10 per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Houston Blair
Register of the Land Office
Wakeeney
Kan
Andrew Carnegie
Lambeth
London
Pekin
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Trade Review Summary from Dun and Co Spread Across Markets
The weekly Dun and Co trade review notes mixed conditions with weather hindrances and new labor disputes. Rail earnings rise 2.0 percent in June. pig iron hits a July 1 record of 352,590 tons. steel demand strong for structural lines. Corn dominates domestic markets. 6,000,000 bushels controlled by speculators push prices up, while farmers’ reserves shrink. Wheat market steady with high Chicago corn futures and a record-low world wheat stock. Cattle fetch $8.70, hogs up 22 percent, and sheep weaker amid mixed receipts and a heavy week for livestock markets.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Department
United States
Cuba
Great Britain
France
Spain
Switzerland
Nicaragua
Costa Iea
Guatemala
Jacob H Smith
Dun & Co
John W .Giates
Steel Trust
Hussia
Santiago
Williams
Internal Revenue Bureau
Rey York
Ostes
Jweather
R. G. Dun & Co
Pittsburg
Chicago
Leiter
Lasly ‘Rade
Market quotes across cities with live cattle and grain prices
The report lists bid ranges for Cattle Hogs and Sheep in major markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee New York Buffalo and lands in the Seminole nation. Prices cover grain futures and farm staples from wheat and corn to butter and eggs with varied No 2 grades and mixed lots.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Tle.com
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
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Noeff
European
Chieff
National Baseball League
Louis
Brooklyn
Etunda
Cleveland
Edward Williams
Eldora
Syracuse
Koch
Robert Lenzhin
Albert Miller
Benjanin Watts
Aurora
Adolph S Hs
Atlantic
Casero
Steanstup Primus
Hamburg
Poissoners
Hansa
Babe
George
Alton Hailway
Doyie Flynn
Smiente
Marshal Mo
Bay of Panama
Canal
Minneapolis
Smith
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Havana Harbor
Wood
Western
Maine
Cramp’s
Yavana Harbor
Midadelphia
Delaware
Putnam Bradlee Strom
May Yohe
Harvard
Isles of Shoals
New Hampshire
Brylxon Steel Casting Company
Reading Pa
Jubn W. Bookwalter
Springted
Latra Bizsar
Henry M. Bennett
John Mitchell
Knight
Mosier
Southern
Orangeburg
Isaac Smith
Josh Anderson
Owensboro
Stockbridge
Dollie Miller
Rachel Roberts
William Odey
Clayton
Miss
Odey
Virginia Tucker
Russell Sage
Mississippi
Tenn
C. W Bradshaw
Chicago Tennessee Con] and Iron Company
David 8. McMullen
Ohio River
Caseyville
Samuel Sturgis
Sturgis
Union County
Ok Island
Saginaw
Newark
Texas
Seminole Nation
Indian Territory
Dawes Commission
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