Seatex Foraker Nominated. Dangers, Disasters and Deeds
Weekly Seatex Foraker was nominated for governor of Ohio by acclamation. Mile. Marie Litta, the prima donna, was in a dangerous condition. The steamer Magnet ran on rocks at Cedar Island Sunday night and remains stuck. Henry Schuben died by his own hand at Tucson, despondent over finances. Oregon iron and steel works ordered 500 cottages for a new rolling mill. William Stevens, formerly an oarsman, found drowned at Poughkeepsie, missing since December 5. The anti secret society convention denounced secret societies as the root of bad government. Joseph E Temple donated $50,000 to Philadelphia zoo for open public access two days a week. George Sherman arrested in Chicago for embezzling about $3,000 while clerk for American Steamship Co. Oliver’s mill drawers yielded to a 5 percent wage cut after a 10 percent cut, work to resume tomorrow. Pickneyville miners arrested after disruption. fourteen jailed. Gowannus canal works fire caused by spontaneous combustion. loss $10,000. Tea cargo arrived in San Francisco for Chicago merchants. samples to New York for inspection. James Dolan, pardoned by Massachusetts governor, arrested in Woonsocket after alleged gang leadership. Oxbridge woolen company to shut down. remaining mills to close as stock runs out. Hinsdale Bros. mills to run three days a week with 4–500 workers affected.
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Foraker
Ohio
Mile
Marie Litta
Magnet
Lake Superior
Cedar Island
Oregon Iron and Steel Works
Portland
William Stevens
Poughkeepsie
New York
Montpelier
Joseph E. Temple
Zoological Party of
Philadelphia
George Sherman
Chicago
American Steamship Company
Oliver’s Mill
Pittsburg
Pickneyville
Ill
New York & Brooklyn Fire Apparatus Company
Gowannus Canal
Treasury Department
San Francisco
James Dolan
Butler
Massachusetts
Woonsocket
BR. I
Dolan
Woolen Company of
Oxbridge
Hinsdale Bros
Hinsdale
Civil service exams announced for San Francisco
The civil service commission set competitive examinations for admission to the public service in San Francisco between June 19 and July 3. Applications must be sent to the commission in Washington with proper blanks supplied. Treasury buys 865000 ounces of silver for mint deliveries. Captain Michael V. Sheridan becomes major and assistant adjutant general. William W. Thomas and David M. Dunn named to overseas posts.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
San Francisco
Treasury Department
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Michael V. Sheridan
7Th Cavalry
Mitchell
Wm. W. Thomas
Maine
Sweden
Norway
David M. Dunn
Indiana
United States
Valparaiso
Panic at Fifth Street primary school causes chaos
A scholar shouted fire at the Fifth Street primary school in New York causing a rush to the stairs. Teachers struggled to maintain order as hundreds of children crowded the exits and several were crushed with torn clothes though police report no serious injuries.
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New York
Fifth Street
Usly
China Ready to Fight
Paris reports on a large scale war buildup in China with three corps ready and a Chinese fleet ordered to sail for Tonkin. Dodge City notes Adjutant General Thomas achieved an amicable settlement between warring factions after a 24 hour stay.
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China
Paris
Tonquin
Dodge City
Kan
Thomas
Damages Awarded in Brooklyn Liquor Suit
Adelaide Smith sues liquor dealers Patrick Dempsy and Cornelius Clark under the civil damage act for 10000 dollars alleging they sold her husband liquor and caused his drunkenness. A verdict awards her 2500 dollars in Brooklyn on June 6.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Adelaide
Smith
Patrick Dempsy
Cornelius Clark
Sugar commission sails to Hawaii as heat eases
In San Francisco on June 6 the sugar commission departs June 9 for Hawaii. The city saw a 96 degree day, the hottest since records began, then cooling to 70 as trade winds returned. Officials feared crop damage from hot north winds yesterday but report no danger now.
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San Francisco
Sugar Commission
Hawaii
Monseigneur Benert Named Prelate of Papal Household
A cablegram from Ft. Wayne reports Rev. Julian Benert vicar general of the Roman Catholic diocese has been named Monseigneur and appointed prelate of the papal household in Rome. He came from France as a missionary forty years ago and is the seventh U S priest to receive the honor.
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Ft. Wayne
Julian Benert
Rome
Benert
France
United States
Denver Exposition Plans Add Two Large Annexes
Unprecedented demand for space at the National Industrial exposition opening July 1 in Denver leads to the construction of two annexes. One annex will house agricultural implements and the other mining machinery as plans are approved and work begins. The event is described as the finest ever held in the western United States.
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Denver
Suit Aims at O Connor Estate Over $104000 Profit
Nashville reports a likely lawsuit against the estate of Thomas O'Conner seeking $104000 as profits from a joint Tennessee bonds speculation with ex-Treasurer Park. The state sues to recover the defaulting treasurer’s share of the profits.
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Nashville
Thomas O'Conner
Omaha & Northern railway incor poration filed to Cedar county
Articles of incorporation filed for the Omaha & Northern railway to run 130 miles from Omaha to the Cedar county line opposite Yankton Dakota with an eighty mile branch through Dodge and Colfax to Stanton. General Manager Clark of the Union Pacific is an incorporator along with Omaha capitalists. Capital 2 million authority to 10 million. Survey and work to begin at once. The Wakefield depot safe on the Omaha & St Paul road was blown up and robbed of about 300 dollars.
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Omaha
Omaha & Northern Railway
Cedar County
Yankton
Dakota
Dodge
Colfax
Stanton
Stanton County
Clark
Union Pacific
Wakefield
Neb
Omaha & St. Paul Road
Mormon church leaders arrive in Denver en route to Utah
Joseph F. Smith Wilford Woodruff Brigham Young An gus N Cannon John Morgan and Thomas E Taylor travel from Salt Lake to Conejos County to inspect the Mormon colony there and arrange land purchases for new converts. Brigham Young says reports from Europe and the United States justify an expectation of 20000 converts this year.
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Denver
Salt Lake
Mormon Church
Joseph F. Smith
Wilford Woodruff
Brigham Young
Angus N. Cannon
John Morgan
Thomas E. Taylor
Woodruff
Young
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Morgan
Southern States Mission
Taylor
John Taylor
Conejus County
Utah
Europe
Train wreck near Fermington leaves four dead
At 4 p m a Louisville and New Albany passenger train derailed when a water damaged trestle gave way three miles south of Seymour. Killed were engineer David Hutchinson fireman Miller Humes baggage master Geo Ammons and a Pullman sleeper porter. No passengers killed. The engine baggage Pullman and chair cars are wrecked and flooded.
Sensational $1000-a-side trotting match set in Chicago
Chicago racing officials announce a premier match race between St. Julian and Clingstone for $1,000 a side with $5,000 added by the association and a $1,000 bonus to the race winner who bests 2 10. The event, a best three of five on July 9 at the Chicago trotting meeting, is fully arranged with $1,000 per side held by Secretary Hall.
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Chicago
Hall
Indians on the warpath in Mexico led by Geronimo
A Washington dispatch notes Lieutenant Davis reports Chihuahuas and Warm Springs on the warpath in Mexico after surrendering at San Carlos. About 100 to 150 fighting men remain with 300 plus women and children. The Chiricahuas at Fort Thomas totaled 107 fighting men. General Crook faces difficult terrain in the Sierra Madras while pursuing them.
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Washington
Drum
Whipple Barracks
Arizona
Davis
3D Cavalry
San Carlos
Locos
Sierra Madras
Loco
Charlie McComas
General Crook
Crook
Chihuahuas
Warm Springs
Mexico
Fort Thomas
Geronimo
J. H. Marti
Severe storm damages in Muncie and Albany reports
An Eastern storm struck Muncie injuring none but damaging the Tide Water Pipe Line Co tank with 8,000 barrels of oil igniting. Several buildings were struck and Albany suffered about 50,000 dollars in damage including undermined houses and flooded cellars. the Delavan hotel flag staff and the new capitol derrick were shattered.
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Williamsport
Tide Water Pipe Line Co
Muncie
Albany
New Capitol
Delavan Hotel
Tramp deaths feared as Northwestern Marine elevator collapses
Milwaukee reports the Northwestern Marine elevator failed under 115000 bushels of wheat. Seven tramp laborers are missing and believed buried under the ruins. The dock was a loafers’ haven and the death toll may be higher. by midnight no bodies were recovered and the wheat flood remained atop the ruin.
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Milwaukee
Chicago & North Western stockholders meet in session
The Chicago and North Western railway stockholders reelected Sidney Dillon D O Mills Jno M Burke and Marvin Hughitt. W K Fairbanks was elected to succeed D Dawes who declined reelection. Articles of consolidation with neighboring lines were adopted. A 3 percent dividend on common and 2 percent on preferred was declared payable June 28.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Sidney Dillon
D. O. Mills
Jno
M. Burke
Marvin Hughitt
W. K. Fairbanks
D. Dawes
Chicago, Milwaukee & Northwestern
Elgin & Star
Citywide Panic Follows Bank Robbery Plot
Denver reports two arson attempts aimed to trigger a stampede and rob the First National Bank. Seventy three indictments are issued against gamblers tied to the schemes. A vigilance committee patrols the streets as the city posts a hangings threat for any incendiary or shooting incident.
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Denver
Silverton
First National Bank
Grand Jury
Bids Open for New Steel Cruisers July 2 at Navy Department
Washington June 7 News lists maximum sums for four ships to guide bids. The 4,800 ton vessel Chicago is capped at 1,248,000 dollars while the 3,000 ton ships Boston and Atlanta are limited to 783,000 dollars each. The unnamed dispatch boat is set at 399,000 dollars and no bids beyond these figures will be considered. Secretary Chandler delays action on Dezendorf charges at Norfolk yard and plans a fresh board.
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Washington
Navy Department
Chandler
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Dispatch
Dezendorf
Norfolk Navy Yard
Norfolk Yard
Noted Barber Boys Captured Near Tripoli Farm
In a hand to hand encounter four miles southwest of Tripoli and sixteen miles southeast of Waverly Iowa, the Barber brothers were captured after a barn hideout and a house supper request led to a fight. Henry Tegtmere helped alert neighbors. six armed attackers were wounded. Deputy sheriffs moved the captives to jail at dawn.
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Waverly
Iowa
Tripoli
August Tegtmere
Henry Tegtmere
Henry
Tegtmere
Bill Barber
Bill
Ike
Henry Page
Henry Kersting
Henry Karsting
John HH
Karsting
A. Davis
Cartensen
Dubuque
Waterloo
Independence
Lodge Ends Amid Quick Return and New Departure
A brief note indicates the lodge activity ended with a prompt return and a subsequent new departure planning. No further names or places are clearly readable in the fragment.
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Tucson
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Fred
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Thomas Sturgis
Genry G
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W. O. Lane
Abby
Fraser& Chalmers
Office & Works
Corner Union & Fulton Sts
Wat Street
Col. Butte
Man
Kline
Arildayia
P.O
Daily Leader
Parker
Floriston
Eizea
Hiscox & Co
Wm.St
Secuiona
Lunes
Moe
Lars Teal
Tor Buen
Porsone
Nota Truss
Butts
North St. St
St. Lucia
Ais
Mons Hood
Alwiled
MFOG
Parsons
J. 5. Johnson & Co
Mass
Railromen
Faen
Cokes
Ately
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Amon
Uis
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Strar
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Shor
Trai
Tai
Lige
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