Grounding of the Oregon Near Che Foo Detailed by Navy
Navy dispatches from Washington and Che Foo describe the Oregon stranded off How Ki island in dense fog with water in forward compartments. Iris and Zafire sent to aid, lightening and rescue planned. hydrographic notes warn of three to five knot current and ten foot tides. Officials assess salvage prospects amid storms in Chinese waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Oregon
Che-Foo
How Ke Light
Gulf of Pe Chi Li
Pinnacle Rock
Rogers
Remey
Tinnacle Rock
How Ki Island
Sao Lu Shan
Hydrographic Bureau
Naval Hydrographers’ Office
Wilde
Gen Wheeler welcomed as new lakes department head
In Chicago on July 1 Gen Joseph Wheeler formally received a public welcome as the new commandant of the department of the lakes. He arrived with his daughters and staff, escorted by the 1st Illinois regiment to the armory where Major Harrison spoke, and the mayor introduced the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
Joseph Wheeler
Child Shoots Self by Refusal to Obey Mother in Shelbyville
In Shelbyville Indiana on July 1 Albert Metzler aged unknown took his father's revolver, disobeying his mother. While cleaning the weapon the gun discharged fatally entering the boy's right eye. The incident occurred as the mother warned that Albert was intent on killing himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
St.Paul
Albert Metzler
Albert
Robbers Break Into Athalia Store Steal Cash and Goods
Gallipolis July 2 robbers entered Clark Bros store at Athalia and pried the safe open with crow bars. They secured 150 dollars and a quantity of goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clark Bros
Athalia
London Wool Market Dull Before Auction Openings
Last week in the wool trade was dull and inactive with spirits low ahead of pending auction sales. Weekly offerings total 41,550 bales and closes with June 28 arrivals.
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London
Four Fishermen Drowned in Boston Harbor Catboat Disaster
A Boston fishing party of eight lost four men when a 23 foot catboat capsized in the harbor. The dead are John Colson William D Ingwell Harry Neal and Walter Loud. The tragedy occurred during a day of activity with weather conditions not detailed. The remaining party members were rescued or retrieved later by local crews.
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Boston
John Colson
Wm. D. Ingwell
Harry Neal
Walter Loud
Democratic Convention Moves Toward Bryan Nomination
Kansas City July 2 three events standout as convention nears. David B Hill arrives from New York and departs to Lincoln after a telegraphic summons from Bryan. Leaders discuss platform and a potential Bryan nomination on July 4 while many delegates insist the people will shape the platform. The vice presidential field remains wide open with numerous candidates cited. The platform is set to favor 16 to 1 silver coinage unless Bryan shifts stance.
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Kansas City, Mo
David B. Hill
New York
Lincoln
Bryan
Jones
Croker
Murphy
Mr. Bryan
Hill
Johnson
Stone
Missouri
J. M. Guffey
Pittsburgh
George Fred Williams
Massachusetts
Kansas City
Wm. Sulzer
Elliott Danforth
A. B. Parker
Benjamin F. Shively
Indiana
Charles A. Towne
Minnesota
Carter H. Harrison
Ulhors
Benton McMillin
Tennessee
James Hamilton Lewis
Washington
Robert A. Pattison
Pennsylvania
Arthur P. Gorman
Maryland
D. J. Campau
Michigan
David S. Rose
Wisconsin
David Overmeyer
Kansas
Wm. J. Stone
McKinley At Home In Canton On Vacation Day
President McKinley spent a quiet day at his North Market street home in Canton with sun on the lawn and a cigar. He attended morning services at the First M. E. church with Dr. Rixey, then entertained the Barbour family for dinner and drove with Mrs. McKinley in the afternoon. Judge Dey visited, and many friends called. nomination notification is set for July 12, with plans for a town parade and monument ceremonies on the Fourth of July.
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Canton
McKinley
North Market Street
Washington
M. E
Rixey
C. E. Manchester
Barbour
Barber
Judge de
Havana Elects Gen Alejandro Rodriguez First Cuban Mayor
Havana celebrated the inauguration of Gen. Alejandro Rodriguez, the first Cuban elected mayor, amid unprecedented enthusiasm and excitement never before seen since the American occupation began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Alejandro Rodriguez
Minnesota Guards Deploy To Rainy Lake Uprising Scene
Duluth Minnesota July 2 Company A 8d regiment M N G left here on a special train under orders from Gov Lind to proceed to the scene of the Indian uprising in the Rainy lake region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
8D Regiment
Gov. Lind
Rainy Lake
Fire Engulfs Ships at Hoboken Pier 3 Causing Heavy Loss
A blaze at Pier 3 of the North German Lloyd dock at Hoboken destroyed most of three large liners and damaged barges and harbor craft. At least 18 bodies recovered and official losses exceed $10,000 in property with extensive wreckage and unclear personal fatalities.
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New York
North German Lloyd Co
Hoboken
N. J
No German Lloyd Steamship Co
Lloyd
Saale
Bremen
Gustave Schwab
Lloyd Line
Main
Norfolk navy yard readies for warlike buildup
Norfolk VA July 1 Apparent warlike preparations surge at the navy yard as 159 extra mechanics are called in with more to follow daily until rush work ends. Ships including the coalers Satun Hannibal Caesar Alexander and Southey will load coal per navy orders while night work may occur. Monitors and torpedo boats, plus the Puritan and Manley, arrive from Annagelis to be made combat ready. About 12 warships are currently at the yard. St Johns NF June 30 The Belle Isle mines near strike site close as companies shift staff to Canadian operations, preferring to meet union demands with relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Yard
Satun
Hannibal
Caesar
Alexander
Southey
Navy Department
Manley
Annagelis
Navy Yard
Life Sentence Forgery Case in Houston
Houston June 30 George Isaacs who was serving life for murder was found guilty of forging a pardon. He secured release from the penitentiary. W J Dent received a life sentence to penitentiary for the forgery offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
George Isaacs
W. J. Dént
Prohibition Ticket Nomination At Chicago Convention
The prohibition Convention adjourned after nominating John G. Woolley of Illinois for president and Henry B. Metcalf of Rhode Island for vice president. Woolley faced Silas C. Swallow in a two man presidential ballot, Swallow withdrawing to aid Woolley. Metcalf led the vice presidential ballot against two rivals. Swallow accepted the vice presidency after a brief conference. The over $7,000 campaign fund was raised. The platform denounces McKinley expansion as immoral and harmful. Woolley, a descendant of Emanuel Woolley, has moved from lecture work to public life. Metcalf, 71, from Pawtucket, RI, is a bank official and church superintendent who shifted from the Republican party to prohibition.
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Chicago
John G. Woolley
Illinois
Henry B. Metcalf
Rhode Island
Mr. Woolley
Silas C. Swallow
Pennsylvania
Hale Johnson
Woolley
Homer L. Castle
Pittsburgh
H. B. Metcalf
Thomas IR. Caskardon
West Virginia
J. L. Eaton
Iowa
Metcalf
Dr. Swallow
Dr. Wallow
Retso
National Committee
Tropics
First Philippine Commission
William McKinley
Hn G. Woolley
Emanuel Woolley
Geo
New England
New Sewers
Aftic
Providence County Savings Bank
Church of Our Father
Pawtucket
R. I
Prohibition Party
Republican slate named at Grand Rapids convention
Grand Rapids June 29 The republican state convention nominated a full ticket headed by governor candidate Col Aaron T Bliss with C W Robinson as lieutenant governor Fred M Warner for secretary of state Daniel McCoy for treasurer Perry F Powers for auditor general N M Oren for attorney general Edward Wildey for state land commissioner Delos Fail for superintendent of public instruction and James H Thompson for state board of education.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Col
Aaron T. Bliss
C. W. Robinson
Fred M
Warner
Daniel McCoy
Perry F. Powers
N. M. Oren
Edward Wildey
Delos Fail
State Board of Education
James H. Thompson
Republican state ticket named at St Paul convention
In St Paul Minnesota on June 29 the Republican state convention nominated the ticket for the forthcoming election. Governor Samuel R Van Sant Lieutenant Governor Lindon A Smith Attorney General W B Douglass Chief Justice Charles M Start Assistant Justice L W Collins State Treasurer Julius Block Secretary of State P S Hanszon The body adjourned sine die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Samuel R. V van Sant
Lindon A. Smith
W. B. Douglass
Supreme Court
Charles M. Start
L. W. Collins
Julius Block
P. S. Hanszon
Alabama Republican Ticket Nominated for August Election
The state Republican committee met in Birmingham on June 29 and nominated a full state ticket for the August election. Nominees include Governor John A. Steele Secretary of State John Porter Attorney General Chas. D. Alexander Treasurer Pope M. Long Auditor J. C. Swan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
State Republican Committee
John A. Steele
John Porter
Chas. D. Alexander
Pope M. Long
J. C. Swan
Speaker Henderson Renominated by Acclaim at Waterloo
Waterloo Iowa June 29 Speaker Henderson was renominated by acclamation by the Third district Republican convention for his tenth term in Congress. The nomination came amid great enthusiasm. Henderson delivered a short acceptance speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Waterloo
Nomination On 19th Ballot At Grand Rapids Convention
Grand Rapids Mich June 29 Co A T liss nominated for governor on the 19th ballot Thursday afternoon. Over Ferry Stearns Os born O'Donnell and Campbell were in contention as the convention remained deadlocked for two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapwis
Mich
A. T.liss
Ferry, Stearns
Osborn
O'Donnell
Campbell
Harvard Wins From Yale Boat Race in New London
Harvard led Yale by two lengths in the Thursday boat race at New London. Yale showed poor form and appeared distressed afterward.
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Harvard
Yale
New London
Minister killed in Peking amid foreign attack turmoil
Reports from Shanghai and Washington confirm the murder of German minister Baron von Ketteler in Peking on June 18. The German legation and six other buildings burned. many legation servants killed. Dispatches warn of foreign troops and possible war against the Peking government as consuls fear all foreigners may be dead or in hiding.
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London
Shanghai
Baron von Ketteler
Legation Street
Legation
Legations
Powers
Peking
Express
Nanking
Liu Yuh Yih
Yulu
Tien-Tsin
Pao Ting Fu
Liu Yun Yih
Yung Shi Kai
Washington
Navy Department
Rogers
Che- Foo
Holyoke
Handford
Kellizky
Taussig
Capt
McCalla
Rowe
Garrity
Ryan
Quartermaster Conway
McClay
Flaherty
Loyd
Child
Anderson
Jansen
Thomas Thomas
Mare Island
Copenhagen
T. Lannigan
South Front Street
Philadelphia
Benjamin Benson
Mandahl
Norway
Ania Benson
Mendahl
Harry A. Broman
Duluth
Mian
Ida M. Broman
West Superior Street
Harry Severson
Chicago
Laurence’ Severson
Wabansia Avenue
Hay
United States
Goodnow
Yang Lu
Chile
Tuan
Rome
Elba
Taku
England
France
Germany
Fire damages Best Manufacturing plant in Pittsburgh
A Friday morning blaze at the Best Manufacturing Co machine shop on 23th street killed one firefighter and injured seven others. The four story plant, 100 feet square, valued at about 200000 for the building and 100000 for patterns and machinery, burned rapidly within thirty minutes and threatened adjacent property before crews brought the fire under control by nine o'clock.
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Pittsburgh
Best Manufacturing Co
Battleship Alabama and Denver class ships progress
Philadelphia June 30 Work on the cruiser Denver has begun with ninety percent of its material in the yard. Denver class ships will be 17 knot vessels, sheathed in yellow pine and coppered to reduce dockings. The battleship Alabama nears completion at Cramps yard and may not start trial runs before August 1 as turret tops and large guns await final placement. Officers anticipate potential tensions in China and desire Alabama completion.
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Philadelphia
Denver
Alabama
Cramps
China
Execution in Washington Ends in Graphic Hanging
Washington reports the execution of Benj Hill, a four year old? former clerk and offender, who was once employed at the home of the inmate. Snell stood as the largest man executed here, weighing 296 pounds at arrival on August 7 and 237 pounds at the scaffold. The rope nearly severed his head despite a shortened drop due to his size.
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Washington
Benj. Hill Sells
Farmers Object to the Dam in Quemahoning Valley
Altoona June 30 Farmers in the Quemahoning valley armed guard a site Cambria Steel Co plans for a four mile long dam with 75 foot depth at the breast Farmers fear public safety risk to lands below and a Johns town flood repeat The clash between civic engineers and farmers is anticipated at any time
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Altoona
Quemahoning Valley
Cambria Steel Co
Johnstown
Civy
American patient Patrick improves after fever serum trial
City of Mexico reports David Patrick, a yellow fever patient at the American hospital, has greatly improved after another injection of Brazilian fever serum. The government orders a rigid investigation of Dr Bel linghazi's remedy as Patrick's case is deemed highly significant. The serum will be thoroughly tested at Vera Cruz in front of a committee of eminent physicians and army doctors.
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City of
Mexico
David Patrick
Bellinghazi
Patrick
Vera Cruz
Fatal landslide near Decatur suspends work at rock project
A landslide at Hartsell Hill, 13 miles below Decatur on the L and N railroad, trapped laborers as they attempted rock placement to prevent slides. At least three men died, one black and two white, with several others believed lost in quicksand.
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Decatur
Ala
Hartsell Hill
Prominent Southern Man Dead in Georgia
Marietta Ga June 30 Col L N Trammell president of the Georgia railroad commission and a leading public figure in the south died at his home Friday local notice states his death ends a long career in state affairs and transportation diplomacy
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Marietta
Col. L. N. Trammell
The
Georgia Railroad Commission
South
Captain Arthur Magill Dies in San Francisco
Captain Arthur Magill, twenty years manager on the Pacific coast for Phoenix and Home Insurance Co., died in San Francisco on June 29 from dropsy.
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San Francisco
Arthur Magill
Pacific
Phoenix and Home Insurance Co
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Iris
Joseph Wilezler
Wool Trade
M’kinleys
Mrs. McKinley
Belle Isles
St. Johns
N. F
Canada
Prohibition
Ilinois
Henry R. Metcalf
Urce
Co. Bliss
Benj. Hill Snell
Lizzie Wiesenberger
Jules Cambon
Bourke Cochran
Adolph Cohn
Columbia College
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