Quake terror grips California towns near Los Alamos
A sequence of earthquakes devastated Los Alamos in Santa Barbara County, California, harming the village, damaging shops and homes, and forcing residents to flee. The worst shock at 10:30 a.m. twisted hills, opened fissures, and altered the valley topography, with losses estimated around 30 000 dollars and each merchant reporting at least 500 dollars in stock damage.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Los Alamos
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara County
Western Union Oil Company
Cartiga Ranch
Thei Omes
Railroads form vast merger network shaping southern traffic
A sensational plan would unite Southern Railway, Louisville and Nashville, Illinois Central, St. Louis and San Francisco, Atlantic Coast Line and others into a nearly 25 000 mile system. Tennessee alarms at loss of traffic control as merger moves advance. Legal fights and political impact across the South loom asWall Street financiers push consolidation.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Wall Street
Southern Railway Company
Louisville & Nashville
Lake
Chicago
Gulf and South Atlantic
J. P. Morgan
John W. Gates
Tennessee
South
Northwestern
Southern Combine
Southern Railway
Illinois Centras
St. Louis
San Francisco
Atlantic Coast Line
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Indianapolis
Louisville
Evansville
Terre Haute
Gulf
Moore Succeeds R. R. Cable in Rock Island Reorg Move
Formal notice of the Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railway reorganization. W H Moore nearly takes over after R R Cable as stockholders are invited to deposit shares by Sept 1 1902 in exchange for 100 par value stock 70 preferred stock and 10 common stock in various Rock Island entities. The plan centers on 4 percent gold bonds of 2002 secured by trust deposits.
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New York
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co
Iowa
Central Trust Company
Rock Island Company
New Jersey
The
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Devery Plans Opera House Benefit For Women
William Devery proposes August 6 and 9 matinee and evening performances at the Grand Opera House to aid women who missed yesterday's show. Frank Farrell funds Devery’s Ninth District primary campaign, spending over $20,000 to back Devery with Tammany Hall backing and 50,000 voters in the field.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
William
Devery
Four Corners
Edward Schneidler
Grand’ Opera House
Frank Farrell
Richard Croker
Tammany
Farrell
Tammeny Hall
Tarife Talk May Cause Deficit in National Funds
A Treasury expert warns tariff revision agitation could turn a current surplus into a deficit by July 1 1908. He cites exporters withholding shipments and importers reducing stocks in hopes of early reductions, noting past lessons from similar episodes.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Treasury
Iowa
American man freed from Isle of Wight prison after forgery conviction
John B. Davis of Munson Geauga County sailed to England in 1898 and was jailed on the Isle of Wight for forgery after meeting two confidence men. He says he was allowed limited letters and that Ohio friends paid his transportation home. Davis, born English and naturalized at Chardon in 1982, was married and is now divorced.
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Commercial Tribune
Chardon
John B. Davis
Munson
Geauga
England
Davis
Isle of Wight
Atlantic
W. G. King
Desertion Case Stuns Indiana Couple in Elkhart
In Elkhart Indiana on July 31 Frea Westfall aged 88 was arrested for deserting his wife on July 11 after two weeks living with her. He claimed he learned she was a man explaining the desertion. Mrs Westfall, daughter of a Garrett merchant, has gone to her mother in Syracuse and prosecutors aim to induce her to appear.
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Commercial Tribune
Elkhart
Ind
Frea Westfall
Blake
Westfall
Garrett
Syracuse
Hile
Tolima rebel chieftain surrenders in Colombia
A cablegram from U S Minister Hart in Bogota reports the surrender of a key Tolima Province chieftain to Colombian authorities. The government foresees rapid pacification of Tolima, leaving Panama as the lone province where the revolutionary movement may linger.
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Washington
United States
Hart
Bogota
Colombia
Caycebo
Tolima
Panama
American Cotton Invasion Reaches England
Frank G. Carpenter reports in Next Sunday's Commercial Tribune that one American ship carried 20,000 bales of American cotton to England, signaling a large export movement and potential impact on wartime markets.
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Commercial Tribune
England
Frank G. Carpenter
Murder tied to track crime at Kokomo after body found
Albert Knotts, worker at Sipeshow training quarters, was found dead along the Lake Erie and Western Railroad in Kokomo Indiana. Two dollars were missing from his pocket and authorities suspect a robbery gone wrong tied to a local gang near the races.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
Albert Knotts
Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Knotts
Sipeshow
David Brown
Stephen Vanclere
Washington Officer Pleads Guilty in Housebreaking Case
George Hambacher of the Washington police force pleaded guilty at a preliminary hearing after his arrest on two charges of housebreaking. The incident occurred last night as details were presented to the court.
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Washington
George Hambacher
Washington Police Force
Mitchell Enjoined by U S Court Over Starvation Statement
Federal Judge Keller denied issuing any order restricting supplies to striking miners and said the so called starvation order was misrepresented. He stated the injunction aimed at correcting false statements and referenced the labor capital conflict.
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Charleston
Wessa
Keller
May Yohe denounces Strong over pawned jewels
London dispatch says May Yohe, fresh from Plymouth aboard the Fuerst Bismarck, charges Putnam Bradlee Strong with pawning her diamonds. She claims $400,000 in goods were pawned, says $22,000 went to Shat tuck and attorney fees, and vows to recover money via Lord Hope bankruptcy dispute. She plans Genoa travel for jewels including a tiara and diamond heart.
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London
Plymouth
New York
Batchelors
Putnam Bradlee Strong
Strong
A. R Shattuck
Emanuel Friend
France
Genoa
Kamcchatka
Lord Hope
Hope
May Yohe Dithers Between Plymouth and London in London
May Yohe’s movements since arriving at Plymouth show indecision as she detains a ship for a friend, then plans to go to Southampton and Cherbourg before deciding to return to London. She mocks claims about a library sale and criticizes an officer while hoping to meet Sir George Lewis and travel from Paris to Genoa.
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Plymouth
Plymouth Harbor
Southampton
Cherbourg
Sir George Lewis
Paris
Genoa
Desertions Grow Aboard President’s Yacht Mayflower
Oyster Bay July 31 The Mayflower sailors continue deserting with nine gone to date and four recaptured. One sentenced to two years and three in irons awaiting trial. Two swam three miles to freedom. A bluejacket criticized the aboard dominance and lack of smoking as reasons for desertion.
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Commercial Tribune
Oyster Bay
Blue Jackets
Coal Co Suit Heads To Court Over Purchase Contracts
A lawsuit filed by C. & Co. Coal Co. targets operators not supplying coal under contract terms. The action alleges breach of agreement and seeks remedies as part of a broader trade dispute.
Permanent injunction sought in West Virginia coal dispute
Federal bill filed by Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Agency against fifty coal firms United Mine Workers of America and individuals led by John Mitchell seeks to curb intimidation and labor blockades. Judge Keller granted a temporary restraining order and a hearing is set for November 18, 1902 in Charleston to decide on a permanent injunction.
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Charleston
W. Va
John Mitchell
Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Agency Company
New Jersey
City of
New York
New River Fields
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
W. B. Wilson
J. W. Carroll
J. A. Richards
United Mineworkers of America
United States
Keller
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