Neely Arrested in Cuba Embezzlement Case and Global Dispatches
The former Cuban Postoffice Department treasurer Charles F. W. Neely, a Muncie Indiana man, faces arrest for allegedly embezzling 86000 from the Cuban government. Reports note the US transport Ingalls leaving with Inspector General Col. Burton bound for Washington. The piece also covers labor unrest in Michigan and related mine disputes, a San Antonio cyclone demolishing a bank building, and a Union Pacific wreck near Rawlins with fatalities and injuries.
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Cuba
Havana
Charles F. W. Neely
Postoffice Department
Neely
Muncie
United States
Ingalls
Col. Burton
Fortress Monroe
Washington
Locusts Ravage Crops in Michigan's Southwest
Report from Troy in Berrien County describes a swarm of millions of locusts that darkened the sky and devastated all vegetation across the region, leaving fields bare and crops ruined.
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Troy
Berrien County
Michigan
Drop in Lima crude oil prompts price reductions
The price of Lima crude oil fell by three cents and has dropped about twenty cents per barrel over two months. Prices for eastern products followed suit with similar reductions. Insurgent actions in Luzon forced 50 American sailors to shelter aboard ships after 3,000 fighters burned Bulan on May 6.
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Columbus
Lima
Bouthern
Luzon
Bulan
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
St. Louis
Parkersburg
W. Va
Freight House Burned in Grand Rapids Fire
The Michigan Central freight house at Grand Rapids Michigan near the union depot was burned to the ground. Nineteen carloads of freight were destroyed. The Kelly Ax Manufacturing Company of Alexandria Indiana has resumed operations employing 700 men after a period of idleness.
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Michigan Central
Grand Rapids
Mich
Union Depot
Kelly Ax Manufacturing Company
Alexandria
Ind
Motha
Cleveland
Lig Consolidated Street Railway Company
Fort Madison
Ebinger
Iowa
Frank Bhreener
Promises a Million Dollar Gift From English Cleric
Rev. T. H. James a Methodist pastor in Oakley Kansas has claimed a $20,000,000 English inheritance and announced plans to found in Kansas City the greatest Methodist university in the world with an initial gift of $1,000,000. He says $5,000,000 is immediately available. James, a young Englishman who moved to Oakley eight years ago, converted and began preaching after his fortune claim drew attention from Western Methodist circles. Local clergymen have been shown his inheritance story as proof of sincerity.
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Kansas
T. H. James
Oakley
Kan
Kansas City
James
England
Fatal Fires in New York Claim Four Lives
Four men were killed in New York fires the other night with a fifth fatally injured. John Curran a marine engineer died in a lodging house blaze on South Street. Fireman Daniel Mullin died after being thrown from a ladder. Fireman James Fitzpatrick died when a dump truck overturned. The Stern & Co fat and tallow factory in West Fortieth Street exploded and two men Thomas McGuire and Joseph Drum were believed buried under rubble as rescuers searched all night.
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New York
South Street
John Curran
Daniel Mullin
James Fitzpatrick
Joseph Stern & Co
West Fortieth Street
Thomas McGuire
Joseph Drum
Big Railroad Strike Ends in Amicable Settlement
The New York Central and Car Repairers' Association reached an agreement in Buffalo after talks with Superintendent Wall. Strikers will not return until car repairers on other lines resume their former positions or reach similar terms.
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New York Central
Car Repairers’ Association
New York Central Railway
Wall
Motive Power Department
Buffalo
Central
Riot on a river steamboat ends in drownings and stabbings
On the Mississippi steamboat Sidney at St. Louis a riot erupted from a roustabout dispute. A negro named Bad Eye stabbed John Nikes, another negro who tried to intervene, and after dispatching the peacemaker he pursued Charles Hogan, who jumped overboard and drowned. The clash stemmed from a fight among crew.
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Sidney
St. Louis
Bad Eye
Charles Hogan
John Nikes
Hogan
Virginia Stranded on Diamond Shoal Drowns Six Crewmembers
The British steamer Virginia bound for Baltimore from Daquiri Cuba with iron ore ran aground on Diamond Shoal Virginia in heavy weather. Six sailors died after two lifeboats were swamped while fifteen crew escaped in a boat. The five survivors later returned to the wreck and were rescued by Creeds Hill and Cape Hatteras life saving crews.
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Virginia
Daquiri
Cuba
Baltimore
Diamond Shoal
Creeds Hill
Cape Hatteras
Prices and Demand Fall Amid Labor Turbulence
Bradstreet notes a further decline in demand and prices as unsettled labor conditions dampen distribution. Reports show wholesale quiet and large flour shipments with weekly wheat including flour at 1 037 022 bushels versus 3 803 863 last week, and corn exports at 3 411 015 vs 3 620 604 last week.
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Bradstreet’s
Boy Kills a Friend for Three Dollars in Jersey City
A New York lad confessed to killing his workmate Henry Maas for the $3 wage to hide a discharge from Sharp & Allen. The body was found in a Jersey City cellar and the suspect, John Garrabrandt, was arrested the next day.
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New York
Henry Maas
Jersey City
John Garrabrandt
Garrabrandt
Maas
Sharp & Allen
Manas
Morse Convicted in Mail Fraud Case Targeting Widows
Benjamin H. Morse was found guilty in the United States Circuit Court at Kansas City of using the mails to run an illegitimate mining stock scheme. He targeted widows of national figures, sending stock certificates after a husband’s death and seeking overdue assessments. Sentence deferred. The investigation was sparked by the widow of Richard P. Bland of Missouri.
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B. H. Morse
Benjamin H. Morse
United States
Kansas City
Morse
Richard P. Bland
Missouri
Armour in oil ventures links to Los Angeles capital
Chicago packer Philip D Armour joins Los Angeles investors to back Armour Oil Co with 1,500 acres of oil land near Los Angeles secured and drilling contracts set for three wells. The merged capital stands at 300,000 with crews demanding higher wages as sector activity expands.
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Los Angeles
California
Philip D. Armour
Chicago
Pasadena
Armour
Armour Oil Compans
Markets Show Wide Ranges Across Regions
Chicago and multiple cities report mixed commodity prices. Cattle and hog values vary by market with No. 2 wheat pricing around mid to high cents, and oats and corn fluctuating per regional reports. Eggs and butter listed with creameries, while potatoes and clover seed appear in regional notes.
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John W. Springer
National Live Stock Association
Colorado
Chicago
Cournon
Prine
Choice Creamery
Bermuda
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Senate and House Action Across Army and Naval Bills
The Senate and House advanced multiple measures including the army appropriation bill at 114 951 500, fortifications 7 733 628 and national guard funding 1 000 000. Amendments on Alaska telegraph lines and Cuban cable issues were debated, with several resolutions on conservation and naval surveys discussed or postponed.
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Senate
Stewart
House
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Wilderness
Spottsylvania
Virginia
Hoar
Clark
Mason
Philippines
Nicaragua
Committee On Elections
Montana
Julia Macv. Henry
Guy V. Henry
James Longstreet
Margaret M. Badger
Commodore Badger
Harriet Gridley
Captain Gridley
Navy
Army
Naval Committee
McKinley
St. Elizabeth
Me. Teller
Great Britain
Me. Chandler
Marine Corps
Pension Office
GALT
National Guard
Suiser
N. Y
Odde and Enda Charter of New York Revised
The city outlines revisions in the charter as Odde and Enda push for changes. Reports say many Ladians in Arizona face near starvation amid unsettled conditions.
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Odde and
Enda
New York
Arizona
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Indiana
Lonaconing
Martin
United Mine Workers
Warner
Eckhart
Midland
San Antonio
Texas
San Antonio Loan and Trust Company
Arkansas Pass
Corpus Christi
Cleomargarine
Secretary of the Treasury
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Ways and Means Committee
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Neillside Crack
Rawlins
Shah
Hin
War Office
Gen. Roberts
South Africa
Topeka
Walter N. Allen
James Butler
Fartners’ Federation
Nansaxs
Big Four
Structural Ironworkers’ Union
Barrett
Minn
Tire
Christian Party
United Christian Party
Rock Island
Ite
Silas C. Swallow
Harrisburg
John G. Woolley
Catubig
Island of
Bamar
Forty
Robert R. Hillas
Minneapolis
Magarden
Life Savera
Bradatreet
Oiher
Mallory Line
Uo Pier
Maiden Line
Hust River
Stoo
Veron Thie Ald
Charles Lewis
Sherwood
Sandon
B. C
East Kootenai
British Columbia
Louisville
Joseph W. Morey
Moulders
Akron
Ohio
J.B. Valentine
San Francisco
Molders’ International Union of
Aserion
Athens
James Chapman
Tie
Oliver L. Stewart
Laird Malleable Iron Works
Huntingdon
Marty Burke
Cincinnati University
Ohl
Ohio State Board of Agriculture
Denver
Platte River
Denver, Colo
Union Water Company
Goose Creek
Platte Canyon
Water Company
American Ax and Tool Company
Glassport
Pittsburg
Logan
Rainy River Railroad
Port Arthur
Ont
India
Calcutta
Grantsburg
Ill
Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Express
Orangeville
Finols Central
Usineis Ceneral
Central City
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