Telegraph Tales of Business War Tornadoes and Fires
A brisk review notes Gold abroad and iron prices fall while U S money is cheap amid European turmoil. A Texas tornado damages Blum and injures several, a Ottawa fire leaves thousands homeless, and bank loot totals $6,000 in Coulterville. Detroit printers strike for standard wages as a farmer near Logansport is crushed by a horse. Cholera rages in Godra, Mumbai camps, killing and dumping corpses. A Strasburg bank robbery nets $5,000, a Prince of Wales gift to a rescued station master, and a Bronxville inn burns with $150,000 loss. A Fort Valley rail wreck leaves multiple fatalities.
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the Business World
R. Gun & Co
Review of Trade
Treasury
Europe
South Africa
Alaska
America
Farmers Offer High Pay Prompting Worker Demand in North
Agriculturists in northern Illinois and Wisconsin flood state agencies with requests for labor. Singles preferred, families acceptable. The shortage stems from many men knowing fieldwork but not milking. Wages rise from 16 to 24 dollars monthly with board and lodging. Agencies restrict referrals unless transport or an emissary visits the office.
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Mllinois
Wisconsin
Chicago
Thomas Devenish
Irregular Trade Conditions Amid Weather and Price Pressures
Bradstreet reports more irregularity in trade and prices this week due to weather and ongoing price pressure in iron and steel. Yet basic conditions remain favorable with heavy railroad earnings, weaker bank clearings from holidays and stock speculation, and rain and cool weather depressing trade and collections. Wheat and corn exports show weekly gains: 3,898,451 bushels of wheat and 3,158,747 bushels of corn versus prior weeks.
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Bradstreet
Actor Gray survives morphine suicide bid in St Louis
Edward Gray, a 22 year old actor, swallowed morphine to end his life in St Louis. An attendant saved him by forcing movement and calming restraint as Gray fought to lie down. He cited life weariness and his mother Lizzie Gray is a former actress with father in Chicago.
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Edward Gray
St. Louis
Gray
Lizzie Gray
Chicago
New U S Battleships Planned Bigger Navy Rapid Fire Guns
The naval board approves plans for three new battleships to surpass any in speed and armament. Enlarged Iowa type with 12 inch turrets, 8 inch and 6 inch guns, 19 knot speed, about 15500 tons, nearly 440 feet long, secondary 14 pounders, built to fit shallow harbors and extended length to carry weight.
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United States
Naval Board On Construction
Iowa
United States Navy
Fire Tears Through Philadelphia Paper Factory District
A major blaze began on the top floor of J. W. McCausland's paper spool factory at 227 Church Street Philadelphia and spread to adjacent properties. Total damage near $250,000 with McCausland losses around $25,000 and the Dobsons carpet warehouse about $200,000. Additional firms Fisher Bruce & Co. and Fleming & Chapman faced $25,000 each in losses.
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J. W. McCausland
James Dobson
Dobsons
McCausland
Fisher,Bruce & Co
Fleming & Chapman
Boundary Jumping Ignites Immigration Debate
Immigration Agent Healy warns that thousands of Japanese are entering British Columbia and the United States by crossing the unprotected Blaine Seattle border. Healy cites 5,000 arrived, 5,000 more en route, and 25,000 likely by summer end, urging joint action to curb law evasion and prevent labor market strain and cross border friction between Canada and the US.
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Healy
United
British ‘Columbia
British Columbia
United States
Blaine
Seattle
Puget Sound
Vanished Florence Leonhardt St Louis Girl Mystery
Florence Leonhardt a sixteen year old from St Louis disappeared after escorting her younger brother to a dentist, vanishing from outside the office while promising to wait. The event remains baffling and unresolved.
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Florence Leonhardt
St. Louis
Man-Killing Elephant Rajah Dies in Kansas Winter Quarters
Rajah the famed man killing elephant died at the winter quarters near Argentine Kansas from brain fever. One of the largest elephants ever brought to the country the animal was three years old during his career and credited with killing nine men.
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C. BE
Moreledge
Kansas City
Baker- Vawter Company
Chicago
Harry C. Easter
Peter Miller
Rajah
Argentine
Kan
To Reopen Mills Prices Cut to Dispose of Surplus Stock
President Lambert of the company and President Gary of the federal company announce plans to reopen the idle mill. Prices of steel products will be cut to move surplus stock and restart production.
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Burplus
Lambert
The
and Wire ‘Company and
Gary
Federal‘company
A Queer Fix: Gold Discovery Claims on Farmer’s Land
D M Tuttle of Candstota N J discovers gold on his farm but cannot enjoy the proceeds. State law declares such discoveries public property and the first claimant gains all metals within the claim. Neighbors, aware of the law, staked claims on his land while he slept. He seeks redress for damages from excavations.
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D.M. Tuttle
Candstota
Tuttle
Boy 17 Breaks Into Store Aims for Prison To Join Father
Harry Little of Marietta Ohio admitted guilt to house breaking after entering R E Flace store. Mayor Sykes heard the case as his father had just been sentenced to the Ohio penitentiary for perjury. The boy, homeless and seeking to join his father, was sent to jail when bail could not be posted.
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Harry Little
Marietta
Ohio
R. EB. Flace
Sykes
St Louis Schools Install Nine Portable Classrooms
St Louis will add nine portable school houses to ease crowding in crowded districts. The first has been dedicated with ceremony. Each unit will stand in the yard beside the regular building and host ninety pupils. They are light, airy and equipped with modern improvements. Housed moved as crowding shifts. board says this plan is cheaper and better than renting nearby rooms.
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St. Louis
Major Northwest fires claim cattle barn and eight homes
Prairie fires devastate Farnham and Davidson ranch near Carrington North Carolina burning a large barn and machinery shed and fatally injuring foreman W M Rice. Nearby Beaton Minnesota eight farmhouses burn leaving families destitute as Minneapolis Printers Exchange suffers major damage in fire totaling about 75000 dollars.
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Northwest
Carrington
N. C
Farnham
Davidson
W. M. Rice
Beaton
Minn
Commodity Prices Across Markets
A condensed list of regional price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with prices for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and pork on offer. Includes variances by grade and quality across multiple cities.
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Chicago
Indiannapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Congress Debates Hawaiian Civil Government Bill
The Senate considered the conference report on the Hawaiian civil government measure with final action postponed to Saturday. Debate covered the Alaska civil code, naval armor provisions, and seating or denying Quay in Pennsylvania. The House debated the naval appropriation bill, post office funding, and civil administration laws for Porto Rico, with amendments on wages, charters, and pneumatic tube service.
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Foraker
Lorenzo Danford
Ohio
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Maine
Missouri
Bacon
Secretary of War
Representative Settle
Kentucky
Quay
Pennsylvania
Chandler
Kenney
Penrose
Platt
Connecticut
Quarles
Senate Foraker
Porto Rico
Post Office
N. Y
Morgan
Ala
McComas
Turley
Tenn
N. H
Teller
Colo
Allen
Neb
Scott
New York
New Orleans
Kansas City
Newton
Kan
Census
National Capital awards and regional reorgs announced
The National Capital award will be accepted while Delagoa Bay Railway work proceeds. A 20 000 acre buffalo reserve is favored in New Mexico. Warships will not use additional turrets. The Philippine army numbers 88585 officers and men. Havana and Pinar del Rio departments are consolidated. Pure food legislation is expected this session.
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National Capital
Delagoa Bay
New Mexico
Philippine Army
Havana
Pinar del Rio
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