Heat records, fires and deaths mark July in multiple states
Missouri records a heat spike in St Joseph while a Independence Day oration speaker collapses in Union. A mill plant burns in another state, and a senior public figure faces a critical condition. Officials report treasury balances and fraud probes as Dowie followers are driven from Evanston. International notes include Cuba and British figures, with numerous other brief items across politics, crime, and society.
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Missouri
St. Joseph
Mortimer Nye
Union Mus
St. Levis Milling i Cap
Nedisie
Phl
Jose Fiske
Montena
Une Bdaube
Interior Department
Aff
W. Bish
Theachrota
Ft Et
Twentieth International Christian Endeavor Session Opens in Cincinnati
Cincinnati hosts the Twentieth International Christian Endeavor Convention with delegates and visitors expected to set a record attendance. President Clark delivers the annual address. Secretary Baer reports on growth, missions, and the organization’s wide international reach in more than a dozen countries and numerous national societies.
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The
International Christian Endeavor Society
Clark
Baer
Cincinnati
Christian Endeavor Conention
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Hight
Washington Park
Him Street
Mosic
Auditorium Endeavor
Power Hall
Auditorium
Williston
Torfientorial
Haliis
Auditorium Ohio
Odeon Haliis
Tennis S. Hamlin
Washington
FL Jacobs
Brook- Isnas
Samuel Patlows
Chicago
Percy 3. Foster
D. C
Mucogg
At the McKinley Home Quiet Day in Canton
President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley visited West Lawn cemetery to place flowers on the graves of the McKinley children and relatives. The day at home was calm with few visitors and Mrs. McKinley’s condition described as favorable.
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Canton
McKinley
Judge Day
Parish Priest Arrested in Mexico City Case
In Mexico City Father Ieaza of Santa Catarina parish has been arrested and imprisoned incommunicado on grave charges of crimes against women. Accusers include the husband of one victim and former editor Terrazas of a fanatic ultraclerical weekly. The case will be heard by Judge Perez Leon Del Valle and is expected to be a major judicial event of the year.
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Mexico City
Father Ieaza
Church of Santa Catarina
Senor Terrazas
Perez Leon Delvalle
Ambassador Charlemagne Tower Hosts Luncheon in St Petersburg
The United States ambassador Charlemagne Tower will host a luncheon on Wednesday for the secretaries of embassies and legations to honor Edwina V Morgan the newly appointed second secretary of the U S embassy A dinner will follow aboard Mrs Robert Goelets steam yacht Nahma as the party continues Greek cruiser Neuarchos Miaulis sailed from Port en Prince bound for Havana clippings note the cruise visit and port movements.
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St. Petersburg
Charlemagne Tower
United States
Edwina V. Morgan
Robert Goelet
Tower
Havana
Port-en-Prince
Neuarchos Miaulis
Conference of Amalgamated Officials With Iron and Steel Leaders in Pittsburgh
Theodore J. Shaffer announces a major wage conference in Pittsburgh at Hotel Lincoln to settle grave labor capital questions. High Amalgamated officials from across the country and key steel employers will attend, amid tensions from the Wellsville case and current Ohio association issues.
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Amalgamated Association
Iron and Steel Industries
Pittsburgh
Capital and Labor
Lincoln
Iron and Steel
Alabama
Sam
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Theodore J. Shaffer
Shaffer
Carnegie
American Sheet Steel Co
Organized Labor
Wellsville
Chappell
Ohio Association
Labor Temple Seen as Goal for Chicago Unions
The Chicago Federation of Labor moved toward a labor temple by adopting a resolution empowering the executive committee to study purchase or construction. The temple would serve as a home for all Chicago unions with meeting space offices and social clubs to improve life beyond trades organizations.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Lfe
Factory fires rekindle in three Muncie industries
Muncie Indiana July 9 fires have been kindled in three large local industries. After a brief summer shutdown, these plants including Indiana iron works Murcle iron and steel works and the nut and bolt works of the republic and steel Co have resumed operations. The Anchor Plate silver works employing 250 hands will also resume after a two week shutdown.
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Muncie
Ind
Indiana Iron Works
Murcle Iron and Stee Works
Nut and Bolt Works
Republic and Steel Co
Anchor Plate Silver
Bicycle path vandalism case in St. Paul area
St. Vani Minn. July 9 J G Kalkes a bicycle repairer and Albert Smith a boy in his employ were convicted of strewing broken glass and tacks on a bicycle path ostensibly to increase business. Both were fined.
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St. Vani Minn
J. G Kalkes
Albert Smith
Boer force burns town of Murraysburg in Cape Colony
Cape Town dispatch reports Scheeper's Boer command entering Murraysburg Cape Colony and burning public buildings and residences. The town lacked a garrison.
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London
Cape Town
Scheeper
Murraysburg
Cape Colony
Indiana political veteran Mortimer Nye dies after paralysis
Mortimer Nye former lieutenant governor of Indiana and longtime Democrat dies at Laporte after paralysis struck July 4 while operating at Union Mills. He led the Cleveland campaign ticket and served on the supreme court commission. Other reports note WW era soldiers welcomed home, a wreck attempt near Rochester, a northern Indiana telecommunication consolidation, and Indiana wheat outlook with improved yields despite some fly damage.
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Laporte
Ind
Mortimer Nye
Indiana
Nye
Union Mills
Cleveland
Supreme Court Commission
Indianapolis Ind
Opened Kiowa Wichita Apache Comanche lands August 6 1901
President McKinley announces opening of Kiowa Wichita Apache and Comanche reservations for settlement at 9 a.m. on August 5 with two registration offices at El Reno and Lawton. Eligibility certificates available July 10 to 26 and in person registration required. Drawings begin July 29 at El Reno. Sooner claims barred and repeaters penalized. Land limits include neutral strip and townsite provisions with final entry costs at 1.25 per acre. Over 190,950 expected claimants for about 13,473 available lands.
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Washington
McKinley
el Reno
Okla
Lawton
Fort Sill
Okia
Da.m
Postal
Westcott marries Grace Carter in Richmond ceremony
John M. Westcott reputedly the wealthiest man in the area wed Grace Carter of Indianapolis. The 67 year old widower married the younger Mrs. Carter with Rev. Charles F. Bacon officiating. Westcott owns a large home in Richmond.
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Richmond
Ind
John M. Westcott
Grace Carter
Indianapolis
Charles FE. Bacon
Westcott
Danville Housekeepers Form Trust To Raise Rates
Danville Indiana housekeepers announce a trust to raise prices for cleaning tasks including carpet beating window washing floor scrubbing and other chores traditionally dodged by women. The move signals higher costs for local households as of July 2.
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Danville, Ind
Danville
Wabash Editor Sharpe Shot At Near Window
An unknown assailant fired at Will H. Sharpe editor of the Wabash Star late at night in Wabash Indiana. The bullet grazed his ear, shattered the window glass, and lodged in the wall behind him.
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Wabash, Ind
Will HL. Sharpe
The
Wabash Star
Sharpe
Standard Oil completes Cudahy pipeline takeover
In Wabash Indiana on July s the long project to remove the Cudahy pipeline nearly 200 miles was finished. Standard Oil bought the line a year ago to secure exclusive control of transportation to Chicago.
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Wabash. Ind
Judy S
Chicago & Erie Road
Rochester
Wabash, Ind
Cudahy
Standard Oil Company
Chiceairo
St. Andrew's Catholic Church Dedicated After Fire
The new St. Andrew's Church was dedicated with elaborate ceremonies. It cost $75,000 to build on the site of the church destroyed by fire last August.
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Redmond
St. Andrew's Catholic Church
Disqualified From Homestead Entries Under New Circular
Washington July 9 Commissioner Hermann of the land office issues a general circular naming disqualifications for Wichita Kiowa Comanche Apache lands. It lists persons with existing entries those who abandoned or relinquished after June 6 1900 married women under certain conditions non citizens under 21 at head of family unless wartime service proprietors of over 160 acres those who have or are acquiring multiple 160 acre entries under public land laws and whose combined non mineral land totals exceed 120 acres.
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Washington
Hermann
Genial Land Office
Homstead
ISUU
Treasury Ends Farm College Endowment Allocation
The treasury department issued warrants totaling 1 200 000 dollars 25 000 for each of 45 states and two territories under the 1890 act for agricultural and mechanical colleges. The act set a 15 000 minimum rising to 25 000 over ten years by land sale proceeds.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Peru Girl Dies After Wabash Wreck Toll Rises
Angelina Mc Caria eleven year old victim of the Wabash railway wreck at Peru Indiana died days after the crash. The disaster now totals fifteen deaths as her mother and sister were killed at the time. In Muncie Indiana on July 8 Ed Senfesty a railroad van shot himself through the head after his wife left him ending a suicide.
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Peru
Ind
Angelina McCaria
Muncie
Ed Senfesty
Appointed Postmaster in Portland Indiana
James S. Culbert has been appointed postmaster in Portland Indiana as of July.
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Portland
Ind
James S. Culbert
Deaths of theater manager Col. Groves and editor Mason Jernegan
Indianapolis theater manager Col. Thomas Groves aged 60 and Civil War veteran dies. He served on the city council and led Grand and People's theaters. Mishawaka editor Mason Sherman Jernegan, 30, former editor of the South Bend Morning Reporter and long editorial writer for the Detroit Free Press, dies.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Groves
Grand
People’s
Mishawaka
Mason Sherman Jernegan
South Bend Morning Reporter
Detroit Free Press
Mills resume at Republic Iron and Steel Co after shutdown
After a week’s shutdown for repairs the Republic Iron and Steel Co mills restart. About 25 000 iron workers in 25 mills return to work with a general wage increase of about five percent. An unconfirmed rumor claims Gov Herried offered the Senate seat to A B Kittredge. Soldiers drown after boat incident near Kehl Bavaria.
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The
Republic Iron & Steel Co
Youngstown
Republic Iron and Steel Co
Bar Iron Combine
Sioux Falls
S. D
Palmetto Leaf Paper Patent Claim Draws Attention
In Jacksonville Florida papers a St. Cloud company reports success making paper from palmetto leaves. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology held London exams for Boston admission while The London Engineer notes rising American competition in the field.
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Jacksonville
Frs
St. Cloud
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
London
Boston
Younger brothers parole hearing on 1876 Northfield crime
The Minnesota state pardon board considered parole for Cole and James Younger, life prisoners in the 1876 Northfield bank robbery and murder case. The decision was reserved after debate, with Chief Justice Start opposed to release and constitutional objections noted by Attorney General Douglass. Gov. Vansant awaited further action, amid letters from ex Gov. Stone and Sedalia businessmen urging clemency.
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St. Paul, Minn
State Pardon Board
Cole
James Younger
Northfield
State Board of Pardons
P. Vansant
Douglass
Start
Younger Brothers
Frederick D. White dies by own hand in Syracuse
Frederick D. White son of Andrew D. White United States ambassador to Germany and heir to the White estate killed himself at his Syracuse home. Officials cite prolonged ill health and a nervous disease as the cause after a rifle bullet ended his life in the bathroom. he had shown no warning and previous health issues included typhoid, stomach trouble, and neurasthenia.
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William Bansbach
Louis Bansbach
Morrisonville
Central Hospital For Insane
Jacksonville
Wabash
Porto Rico
United States
Winfield Scott Stratton
Colorado Springs
Col
Denver
Sophia Adelaide
England
Prince Albert
Queen Victoria
New York City
Leander Rowing Club
London
Crack Aquatic Organization
University of Pennsylvania
Henley
New Orleans
Durbin
Secrh Africa
Syracuse
N. Y
Frederick D. White
Andrew D. White
Ger- Meany
White
Consul General Stowe Resigns Over Cape Town Salary
Washington reports the resignation of James G. Stowe United States consul general to Cape Town citing inadequate pay. The $3000 salary could not cover a family's cost of living in wartime South Africa and the vacancy remains unfilled.
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Washington
James G. Stowe
United States
Cape Town
State Department
South Africa
Congress
United States Consult General
Cape
Stowe
Kansas City
Debts of Illinois Towns Under Wood Law Ruling
Joliet Illinois July 9 Judge Dorrance Debell in the circuit court ruled against Joliet in a dispute over a $24,000 waterworks plan under the Wood law. The five percent debt limit applies to water certificates, cannot be avoided, and the decision will be appealed.
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Joliet
Dorrance Debell
Illinois
Debell
Charbon Ravaging Mississippi Valley Farms and Livestock
In Jackson Mississippi on July 9 farm losses mount as charbon devastates the Lower Mississippi Valley. State senator FE Moore of Bolivar says the epidemic is worse than a flood with hundreds of cattle hogs and other livestock dying daily in the region. In Chicago twelve firemen were trapped by a collapsing floor at 190-92 Watson Street while handling hose and were rescued after the building’s basement debris caved in.
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Jackson
Miss
Charbon
Mississippi Valley
FE. H. Moore
Bolivar
State Senate
Hig County
Chicago
Waton Street
Mc Heaney
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