Markets See Mixed crops and steel slow in wartime
A weekly trade review notes farmers hold reserves while attractive prices fail to increase receipts. Wheat and corn futures leap on weather and supply fears, with state yields forecast high but stocks of wheat at a record low aside from a prior year. Cattle hogs and sheep show varied prices and weeklong movement, with hogs up and cattle firm at peak July levels.
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New York
Ates
TL 4
Dun & Ge
Pirisburg
Speenhiters
Chicago
Devender
Jdeavy Stare
Daily Trade Bulletin
Leiter
Grain and Live Stock Prices Across Major Markets
The report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices by region including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and Toledo with grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye and clover seed. Prices show wide ranges by grade and market with cattle hogs and sheep leading the day’s notes and livestock futures referenced along with farm staple prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwauker
Townsend House as Temporary Executive Mansion in DC
The Townsend house on Jackson Place in Washington is being used by Secretary Cortelyou for President Roosevelt as a temporary executive mansion. It is a four story, twenty room building near the Chambeau statue, with the first floor as Roosevelt's office and upper floors for his household. Roosevelt has joined his family at Oyster Bay and will not return to Washington permanently until White House work is finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend
Jackson Place
Washington
Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Rochambeau
Jackson Square
Coal Miners Meet Deliberate on General Strike Decision
The United Mine Workers held a Thursday national convention in Tomlinson Hall Indianapolis with many proxies. President Mitchell refused to state his stance on a general strike while saying the decision would be made by the convention as delegates debated vital labor questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Convention of the United Mine Workers
Tomlinson Hall
Tudianapolis
Indianapolis
Mitchell
Wilson
Michael McTaggart
Inber
England's New Premier Balfour Succeeds Salisbury
Rt Hon A J Balfour becomes Britain's prime minister as Lord Salisbury retires ending the Victorian era. Born 1848, Balfour rose from Parliament to lead the Commons and steer Ireland toward pacification amid fierce opposition. He is widely liked in British politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Balfour
Lord Salisbury
England
AL. Balfour
House of Commons
Gnd
Arthur James Balfour
Rail transit battle hints widen in eastern traffic
Present indications point to an imminent passenger rate war in eastern traffic. Charles O. Kalman becomes assistant auditor for the Chicago Geert Western Railway with headquarters in St Paul. Fourth of July passenger business on Chicago roads shatters prior records, running two to three times last year. New York Central offers a division for Hull Signal Company's automatic electro gas block system. Louisville and Nashville challenges Kentucky property assessments in federal court. A Chicago and Northwestern right of way survey targets a third track and faster Milwaukee to Chicago service. Lake Shore reports twenty hour Chicago to New York trains growing, while twenty four hour trains hold patrons. Great Northern’s Hill and Northern Pacific’s Mellen pledge no discontent over fall grain rates and plan to attend a farmers rail conference in Davenport, Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O. Kalman
Chicago Geert Western Railway
St. Paul
Chicago Roads
New York Central Railroad
Hull Signal Company
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
State of
Kentucky
Chicago and Northwestern
Milwaukee
Chicago
Lake Shore
New York
Hill
Great Northern
Mellen
Northern Pacific
Northwest
Davenport, Wash
Where the Coal Miners Are to Be Found
The 1903 article notes 466,873 U S coal miners with about 400,000 in the United Mine Workers of America. It highlights states including Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Maryland and Virginia. It discusses union contracts in force by April 1, 1903 and maps miner distribution across states and territories.
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United States
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Tlinois
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Alabama
Kansas
Missoury
von Neaser
Colorado
Maryland
Virginia
Michigan
Iowa
Arkansas
Indiana Territory
Farmers Suffer by Storms in Red River Valley
Terrific storms devastate Red River Valley, including Grand Forks North Dakota, causing great damage to crops and heavy losses for farmers as growers face extensive crop destruction and economic hardship.
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Red River Valley
Grand Forks
N. D
United Mine Workers Convenes Over General Strike
The United Mine Workers called a convention to decide on a potential general coal miners strike and to consider financial aid for anthracite miners. Five districts including Pennsylvania anthracite, West Virginia, and Michigan bituminous districts initiated the call, with several other states holding contracts through April 1908. The outcome could halt factories and transport coast to coast, while crop damage from a severe hailstorm and windstorm is reported as extensive, with wheat losses in the hundreds of thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers’ Convention
United States
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West
Atlantic
Pacific
Miss King Dies After Inoculation Mystery
Emma H. King, who volunteered for Dr G D Barney’s tuberculosis inoculation in Brooklyn, died in Shippenport New Jersey after self administering poison. Police investigate as the young woman, mentally and physically worn, smoked constantly and warned of arsenic before taking the medicine.
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Emma H. King
G. D. Barney
Brooklyn
Shippenport
N. J
Missa King
Puison
Miss King
Baseball and cycling notes mix of stars and feats
QL08 ENDS, L- AIOR es Wagner, once a league leader, now ranks 20th among league hitters. Bradley leads the AL in home runs, Keister in triples, and Love Cross in doubles. Amateur Adam B. Gunn of Buffalo proves peerless in the nation, George Davis plays 38 games without a strikeout until Cy Young forces him to strike. Ban Johnson praised for curbing rowdyism in a feisty league. St Louis papers expect Hansa Wagner to join the Americans in St. Louis next season. New York boasts seven college men on its ball team including Mathewson, Lauder, Sparks, Clarke, Hendricks, Washburn, and Georgetown’s Biewett. Kramer, famed for speed, unsettles rivals as he dominates cycle races with riders buffaloed by his pace.
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Wagner
Bradley
Keister
Love Cross
Adam B. Gunn
Buffalo
George Davis
Cy" Young
Ban Johnson
St. Louis
Hansa Wagner
Pittsburg
New York
Mathewson
Lauder
Sparks
Clarke
Hendricks
Washburh
Georgetown University
Biewett
Kramer
Buried in Well for a Day and Fatal Misfortune
Record of a South Bend man John Feninger aged 46 and his wife were involved in a violent incident at Myansville. Feninger shot his wife in the left temple then killed himself after wounding his daughter and son-in-law. His case follows reports of a man named James Chitwood found alive after being buried twenty-five feet deep in a well. The article also notes other suicides and accidents linked to misfortune, including a prominent local manufacturer, Charles Hodson, who drowned near his plant, and a man named William Genins who died while hunting. It closes with various state news items and public notices about infrastructure and local incidents.
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Killa
Wounde Himeach
South Bend
Hunter
John Feninger
Myansvile
Menniver
Feninger Salsa
Feninger
Ile
Weil
James Chitwood
Dublin
Chitwood
Lane Townsend
Charles G. Hodson
Oxford Presbyterians
Henry Meissner
St. Charles Catholic Church
Peru
Herman Gregory
Romney
Wea Creek
Lydia Lest
Wilkinson
Anna Cramer
Wibash
Peter D. Swartzel
Charles Scheller
Madison
Fort Wayne
John O'’Ryan
Chicago
Columbus
Edward Talkington
Marie Morris
Mary van Gerder
Jay South
Forney Behymer
Ward Davis
Loftus Jones
Marion
Joseph Angel
George Camborn
Evansville
Camborn
Morganfield
Angel
Caumborn Angel
Dune Park
Marion Light and Heating Company
Ella Smith
Owensboro
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
R. M. Vanatta
Lcientist
Marion Gas Company
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Balfour
Tennessee
Indian Territory
Arkanany
North Dakota
California
Oregon
Georgia
North Carolina
Utah
Wyoming
Tomlinson Tall
Aior
William N. H. Genins
Nappanee
William Grass
Grass
Ite
Logansport
Rochester
Warsaw
Winona
Kendallville
Logansport and Rochester Company
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