Trade Weakens as Mills Close and Prices Fall
Dun & Co weekly review notes 1900 midyear failures rise to 5,262 with large bank and firm liabilities. Iron market drops from 25 to 18 per ton, plates from 8.10 to 3.08, overall iron and steel products down 25 percent since January. Textile mills in Fall River shut or cut output. woolen works reduced. Wheat exports continue but outward movement slowed amid price volatility.
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New York
Dun & Co
Fall River Committee
Pri
Massacre Reports Reach Pekin With Foreign Slayings Alleged
A Shanghai dispatch dated July 5 cites mass killings of foreigners in Pekin and claims 50 native Roman Catholic converts butchered. Wing Su killed by rival officials. edicts urge merciless extermination of all foreigners. Russia backs Japan. Japan plans to deploy 20,600 more troops. Baron Wayashashi says transport to China may take about ten days.
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Laspon
Far East
Pekin
Shanhai
Wing Su
Tuwn Tang Li
Tang Fuh Sian
Japan
China
Baron Wayashashi
London
Keane May Not Accept Dubuque Metropolitans See
Archbishop Keane of the Catholic University may refrain from taking the Dubuque archbishopric amid a strong German clergy opposition in Iowa. They favor Father Cartoli, a seminary professor, as their candidate and urge Rome to deny Keane. Keane reportedly is not eager for the post and would accept only at the pope's request, with rumors of a papal interview.
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Keane
Catholic University
Dubuque
Lowa
Rome
Father Car- Toli
Ne West
Iowa
Fieme
A Mother's Sacrifice in Minn and Other Local News
The paper reports Mrs. Roman Hand of Mapleton Minn dying from burns after saving her children from a lamp fire she caused while bathing them. Her husband was burned but not seriously. Mrs. Hund was 32 with six children. Ada Arington in Penuty Minn killed an intruder, John Reesberg, who allegedly threatened her home. In Albany Lea Minn F W Kater was shot near his home as he left his place of business. Merry Wajn Rogers of Northwestern University has joined Yale Law as instructor. Mrs. Mary T. Lemiah killed her baby with chloroform and then tried to kill her elderly relative before leaping into the Ohio River. The London wire reports Chinese Army at 3,720,000 with 900,000 Mausers imported recently. News from New York notes 136 bodies recovered from the Arth River disaster. 123 still missing from the German Lloyd steamship sinking.
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Mannato
Minn
Roman Hand
Mapleton
Penuty
New St Louis
Duluth
Ada Arington
John Reesberg
Reesberg
Justn
Superior
Albany Lea
F. W. Kater
Henry Rogers
Yale
New Hayes
Coun
Merry Wajn Rogers
Northwestern University
J. Phelps
Yale Law Department
Calamitous Tank Car Explosion Shocks West Virginia Yard
A 6000 gallon oil tank car exploded in the Parkersburg yard injuring and killing multiple workers. Engineer Will Carr and fireman George Hupp were aboard train No. 85 when a collision ignited the oil causing a massive fire. One man died soon after and several others were fatally injured as debris and pressurized gas ignited, with witnesses describing a scene of flying bodies and a deafening blast.
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Farkeraburm
W. Va
Kitts
Myre
Parkensturma
W. Vai
Ohio Railroad
Will Carr
George Hupp
Carr
Latime
7. H. Hamilton
Cuba School Superintendent Declines War Department Complaint
Alexis E Frye superintendent of Cuba schools will not complain to the secretary of war against Capt J W McHarg commander of the US army transport Sedgwick over an assault on board at Sagua. Capt Mellarg reportedly grabbed Frye by the collar and Frye jolted him knocking him into a partition amid the Sedgwick’s main passage. Ships officers report McHarg as a bullying figure but deny the strike.
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Cuba
Boston
Mass
Alexis E. Frye
Secretary of War
J. W. McHarg
United States Army
Sedgwick
Sagua
Mellarg
Frye
Melarg
McHarg
Transport Service
Prye
Philippine Peace Move Behind Obstacles Eased
The censor released text notes obstacles to the peace movement among former insurgents were removed when Senor Paterno’s parole ended and the meeting he called was forbidden. Paterno later took the oath and was released. Buencamino is not connected with the movement, and efforts to win amnesty and peace proceed from the June 21 meeting.
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Masta
Senor Paterno
Paterno
Senor Buencamino
Emperors Death Sparks Ritual Suicide and Fire Incident
The event reports the death of the Chinese hereditary ruler Kwang Su by suicide under Prince Tuan’s compulsion. The empress dowager reportedly took poison but survived. A separate incident in Chicago notes Christina Johnson’s self-immolation attempt during heat, causing severe burns and hospital care. Washington dispatches Cuba troop recalls as a step to replace volunteers in the Philippines, while a Ohio incident recounts a deadly electric car crash near Harrison with multiple injuries.
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Kwang Su
Tuan
Chicago
Christina Johnson
Sheffield Avenue
Drowning in river whirlpool claims two lives near dam
In the Sangamon River near the Springfield waterworks dam a boat carrying Mr and Mia, George A Thompson, and W E Thompson capsized after entering a whirlpool. Mrs Shomyson and W E Thompson were drowned. Also reported is the death of Sir Thomas Farrell, famed Irish sculptor and president of the Royal Hibernian Academy, born in 1828.
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Spiingeield
Mia
George A. Thompson
W. E. Thompson
Sanagamon
Springfeld
Bens
Thomas Farrell
The
Royal Hiberniag Jacademy
Massacre rumors sweep Pekin and Tientsin
A sensational dispatch claims all 1,000 foreigners in the British legation at Pekin were killed after a prolonged defense and that riots shut Pekin gates. It reports Emperor Kwang-Hsu and Empress Dowager poisoned, Boxers terrorizing Tientsin, and allied relief abandoned as floods and fires devastate the region.
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Pekin
Kwang-Hsu
Tientsin
London
Shanghai
Seymour
Kwang-Sa
Jie 19
Tuan
Dowsager
Kaiser Blood Up Relations With Germany and China
The murder of German minister Baron von Ketteler in Pekin has pushed German Chinese ties toward crisis as the Emperor speaks on the incident. The report notes strained diplomacy between Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Chinese government amid the upheaval following the assassination and ensuing tensions in Berlin and Peking.
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Germany
Ching
Pekin
Baron von Ketteler
China
Emperor
Deadly Tacoma streetcar wreck shocks city
A crowded Union Traction Co Edison line streetcar No 116 derailed on a sharp Tacoma curve at 26th and O streets tumbling 100 feet into a gulch. About sixty people died and many were injured as rescuers and Hawks, express wagons and private carriages rushed to assist. The motorman faced a fatal failure to shut off power as the car plunged down the embankment.
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Tacoma
Wash
26Th
O Atreets
Marsnes
Union Traction Company
Syatem
Edison
Tacoma Avenue
Pasengers
Bayonne oil fire devastates five hundred acres near Bayonne
A massive blaze swept five hundred acres near Bayonne causing crude petroleum reservoirs to explode amid thunderstorm darkness. Reported chaos included river and bay fires while workers fought the inferno, and the source references the Standard Oil Company's works at Bayonne as a focal point of destruction.
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Bayonne
Standard of Company
German Indignation Over Flag Insult Sparks Military Threats
Reports from Tokyo, Pekin, and Washington describe a volatile crisis as Germany vows exemplary punishment for a flag insult and the Emperor plans sending 50 000 troops to China. Chinese generals claim vast imperial forces ready. southern viceroys reject Prince Tuan and form a loose confederacy centered on Nanking while U.S. officials discuss bolstering troops in China. In Mobile Alabama a catastrophic raid of rain and explosions devastates a plantation, igniting a massive fire across hundreds of acres.
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Kiel
Germany
China
Berlin
Chitos Seis
Pekin
Prince Man
Yang du
Peart
Westwied
Garon von Ketteler
Hig
Nempft
Bioister
Washington
Hay
Leng
Root
Jenzih
Yellow Tiver
Nankiu
Shanghai
May Save the OregonBattleship near Chefoo Reported Safe
A Chefoo dispatch urges the Navy Department to save the Oregon after it ran on uncharted rocks. Pumps keep water down to reduce Hull breach as engineers hasten lightering operations. Admiral Kenji’s favorable status is trusted by Secretary Long based on a Japanese vessel’s aid report.
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Chefoo
Navy Department
Rcpress
Oregon
Kenpi
Secretary Long
Thief and That Peach States Report Great Yields
A collage of brief items notes high yields in peach states and an exhumation in Norwalk Ohio. Rev Ignatius Pouchel’s body found in pristine condition after forty years. Dr Kennedy denied new trial in Dolly Reynolds murder case at Grand Hotel New York. A Chicago paper reports US population near 79 million from a figuree sent by 2006 people nationwide.
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Ignatius Pouchel
Norwalk
Ohio
Kennedy
Dolly Reynolds
Grand Hotel
New York
New York Supreme Court
Chicago
United States
Ottumwa Judge Rules Women Had No Vote In Library Election
Ottumwa judge Eichelberger rules the library measure was legal and that women lacked voting rights under the constitution. The decision says women are not recognized as electors, so they could not participate in the Ottumwa library election. Attorneys anticipate another election limited to men may be required.
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Juige Eichelberger
Ottumwa
Eichelberger
Tornado Rips Orange City Areas Causing Roof and Stock Damage
A small tornado struck Orange City damaging city hall roof water tank and homes in multiple blocks east and west including Hinsburger Tohr and Dekruif houses. No deaths. crops damaged. Nearby areas south and west of Sheldon suffer losses. children injured in a Boone raid on liquor stores. later fatal runaway near Trampien. Barn fire and other accidents reported. shortages found in county books and a LeMars shooting slightly injures a man. Fire at LaMars paint shop narrowly contained with stock losses of 3600 dollars.
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Orange City
Fl. R. Hinsburger
A. W. Tohr
P. J. Dekruif
Hospers
John Lankelma
Sheldon
William Oldenkamp
Win
Young Man Jumps Board Bill at Eyerly Station
A youth from Sutherland attempted to skip a board bill at Eyerly. The landlord chased him onto a train and off the premises with a guitar the man carried. A lively scuffle ensued, in which the landlord prevailed.
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Sutherland
Eyerly
Pearls Sold From Floyd River Find Bring $126
Charles Slocum of Merrill sold his pearl collection found in the Floyd River over the past weeks for $126. Slocum works by day on his section and fishes for pearls after hours. A Keota barn owned by Singmaster & Sons, a major U.S. horse importer, burned when struck by lightning, destroying several fire imported stallions.
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Charles Slocum
Merrill
Floyd River
Mr. Slocum
Keota
Singmaster & Sons
Upted States
Mason City pledges for new military college site
Mason City offers a $100000 pledge to attract a new military college with $8000 on hand to help secure the location if Iowa is chosen. A delegation will travel to Syracuse in September to lobby with the Sons of Veterans leaders. Providence and Des Moines also compete as locations unlikely to overshadow Iowa’s central capital.
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Mason City
Military College
Iowa
Guy R. Carson
The
Sons of Veterans
F. D. Jackson
J. E. Blythe
HJ. Green
Syracuse
Sony of Veterans
Bows
Providence
R.4
Des Moines
Iowa Capital
Nevada Library Corner Stone Ceremony and Tragic Deaths
The article reports the laying of the corner stone for Nevada’s new public library funded by the Silliman heirs with a total cost around 7000, after a 3500 gift and subsequent subscriptions. It also covers multiple local tragedies and incidents including a wife murder followed by suicide, a death on a train, a child’s fatal scalding, and other regional news such as Odd Fellows convention hopes, a fire at Star Steam Laundry, a Peculiar accident with a coffee bean, a grand stand collapse, drowning in Dubuque, a Cherokee courthouse clock addition, and a fatal well accident near Benton.
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Public Library
Nevada
W.C. Payne
Library Board of Trustees
W. 11. Johnston
Fort Dodge
Iowa State Library Association
State Library Commission
Silliman
New Iowa Laws Take Effect On Independence Day
Des Moines reports that over half of the recent Iowa laws passed by the General Assembly became effective July 4. Changes include municipal code recodification, state library commission duties, voting law reforms, registration at local elections, and relaxed ballot invalidation rules. City debt limits, special assessments, park levies, and sidewalk material choices are addressed, with updates to school certificate issuance and teacher vocal music exams.
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Des Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
Towa State Agricultural Society
State Bureau of Agriculture
Municipal Code Commission
Capital Improvement Commission
Veterinary Commission
Vicksburg
New State Library Commission
Titus
Park Commissioners
Boards of Supervisors
Legislatue
Attorney General Opinion Shapes Clerk Fees Ruling
Attorney General Reiley told the State Treasurer Herriott that the Supreme Court clerk Christopher T Jones may be compensated for copying costs, but the copying fees belong to the state since done in official capacity. He declined to answer questions unrelated to facts while outlining the ruling that Jones must turn over about 3000 dollars in state funds. The report notes other items: Bedford athletic association, Waterloo derby success, Geneva rural mail route, Fort Dodge courthouse teardown, Fort Dodge street fair August 20 to September 1, Waterloo church dedication, Odebolt pastorate resignation, Qeecala Odd Fellows lodge plans, Muscatine library vote July 12.
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Supreme Court
Reiley
Herriott
Christopher T.jones
Ne Vlerk
Jones
Bedford
Waterloo
Geneva
Fort Dodge
Church of Christ
E. B. Hastings
Presbyterian Church
Odebolt
Odd Fellows
Qeccala
Muscatine
Musser
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