President to Send Currency Message and Annexation Talks
Washington July 7 Special Senator Davis, chair of foreign relations, calls Friday meeting to consider the Hawaiian annexation treaty. President McKinley holds cabinet today to decide on sending a currency commission proposal to Congress and potential tariff changes before conference. Senate plans final tariff vote before adjournment. House adjourns until tomorrow.
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Congress
Washineron
Davis
Committee of Foreign Relations
Friends of Annexation
McKinley
Senate
House
Interurban Car Crashes Open Draw. Five Missing or Injured
Bay City Michigan July 7 Special An inter urban electric car en route to Saginaw plunged through an open draw of a high bridge two miles south of town at 11 this forenoon. Seven passengers were carried into the river. A woman and three local children drowned and three men were seriously injured but expected to recover.
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Bay City
Mich
Saginaw
Here
Almost Total Suspension of Work in Pittsburg District
Reports from the river mines in the Pittsburg district indicate almost total suspension of work. Monongahela City says only fifty river miners are at work while seven thousand men lie idle in the Monongahela valley. The bitter feud between river and railroad miners, which hindered strikes, has disappeared.
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PittsbuRg
Monongahela City
Monongahela Valley
Miners Strike Hits Pittsburg River District
Miners' officials report suspensions nearly complete along the river in railroad mines. Major mines such as Mark Hann's are idle except the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company. President Dolan says at most 8,000 miners are still at work, with many expected to quit by week’s end.
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Pittsburg
Mark Hann’s
New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Dolan
Gold Mining Convention opens in Denver with 400 delegates
The international gold mining convention was called to order this afternoon in Denver as about four hundred delegates gathered. Delegates from twenty states and several foreign countries were represented, with Governor Adams of Colorado elected temporary chairman.
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Denver
Col
Adams
Colorado
Bryan Receives Historic Welcome in Bakersfield
When the special train bearing William J. Bryan and committee arrived here today it was met by the largest crowd ever assembled at any political gathering in this county. Bryan was given a hearty reception and spoke twenty minutes.
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Bryan
Bakersfield
Cal
William J. Bryan
Death of a Well Known Odd Fellow in Indianapolis
John Reynolds publisher of the Odd Fellows Talisman and a famed Odd Fellow died of heart disease in Indianapolis on July 7.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Reynolds
Odd Fellows Talisman
Odd Fellows
United States
St Croix Lake Rises Fourteen Feet. Large Log Breakaway
STILLWATER Minnesota July 7 The St Croix lake has risen fourteen feet and forty million feet of logs have broken away in a sweeping log jam disaster impacting timber companies and regional waterways officials.
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Stillwater
Minn
St. Croix
Weather forecast for Chicago ahead of Thursday
The forecast for the next twenty four hours in Chicago on July 9 calls for fair and warmer weather. Winds will be light to fresh and predominantly from the southeast with mainly south easterly directions noted later.
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Chicago
Illinois
Walton
Wm. Walton
Stephenson St
D&w
Cyclone Devastates Pope County With Ten Believed Dead
A deadly cyclone struck Pope county last night near GLeenwood Minn causing extensive damage. While exact death toll is unavailable, authorities believe at least ten lives have been lost in the disaster.
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Gleenwoop
Minn
Pope County
Markets Climb on Wheat Strength at Freeport and Union Yards
Chicago quoters show July wheat at 70 cents, September 66 4, and corn futures firm amid bullish foreign buying. Union Stock Yards reports 27,000 hogs and 15,000 cattle, with steady prices. Freeport Board of Trade notes bullish wheat from foreign demand, improved export clearances, and active corn trading, plus estimated tomorrow’s shipments and receipts across major regions.
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Ontcago
UNION
Freeport Board OF Trade
Freeport
Schwartz, Dupee & Co
St. Louis
New York
Manitoba
A Day's Notations and Local News Notes Rounding Up
A collage of society and civic items from Freeport including births, visits, travel plans, club meetings, and local incidents. Notables: Will Bender welcomes a baby boy. Miss M. L. Stevens returns to Chicago. Freeport teachers attend the National Teachers Association in Milwaukee. Rev F W Keator heads to Chicago. a Boy Scout-style note on a bicycle spill. Miss Lilly Thomas and John Farley visit Dubuque. Knights of the Globe finance committee meets. Josel's island discussed as connected by land. Minor injuries at Rockford celebration and a dogged pace of trotters prepared for Peoria races. One Minute Cough Cure promotion closes the list.
Galvanic soap advertised for easier laundry and cleaning
The article extols the celebrated Galvanic soap claiming it makes laundry drudgery vanish and woolens shrinkproof. It also notes carpets can be cleaned on the floor and woodwork cleaned with less labor while dishes look glossy and glassware shines like crystal. Sold by E. D. Kingsley.
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E. D. Kingsley
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