Keystone pensions and Western Pennsylvania firemen meet
Pensions totaling small amounts were granted to a list of named individuals in McDonald Houtzdale Leetsdale and other towns. Elaborate preparations for the Western Pennsylvania Firemen's Association convention in New Kensington August 14 to 17 note funds nearly $3500 in hand and 3000 to 4000 firemen expected with 25 60o visitors. A railroad survey from Castle Shannon toward Bentleysville is planned along coal regions to Pittsburgh. A major coal deal near Greensburg to 59 000 acres across Washington Greene counties is reported. A burglary near Chicora saw $900 cash a $5 check and papers stolen. a check later found in an orchard. Commissioners in Lawrence County refuse to pay $2300 to Perkins detective agency in Blevins murder case. Brewing company charter sought for Meyersdale with artificial ice machinery planned costing over $50 000. Public party notes and mining union convention plans appear amid local civic updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry PF
McDonald
David E. Conrid
Houtzdale
Henry Crimpenshaw
Grade Run
Layton Morris
Leetsdale
William Baker
Sharpsburg
James D. Leech
Joseph Coty
West Alexander
Robert L. Marohtran
Bridgeville
George T. Hartrey
Springdale
Anna_E. Brought
Lewistown
Frederick Deyche
Meadville
George Shaffer
West End
Tobias Fisher
Berlin
Marshall Sibaugh
Hopewell
Thomas A. Prideau
Smith Mill
William F. Young
McKeesnort
Elizabeth Marshall
Uniontown
Western Pennsylvania Firemen's Association
New Kensington
Soo
Corps of Engineers
Castle Shannon
Monongahela & Washington
Bentleysville
Washington County
Pittsburg
Ellsworth
Somerset
John Kerr
Greensburg
J. M. Steck
River Coal Combine
Aimwell
South Franklin
North Franklin
Morris
East
West Finley
Buffalo
Washington and
Greene County
Archibald Black
Chicora
Lawrence County
Perkins Detective Agency
John Blevins
Perkins
John A. Guiler
E. C. Higbee
Connellsville
Arthur Lorentz
E. D. Leonard
Hugo Lorentz
Meyersdale
Meyersdale Brewing Company
Harvey Martin
New Castle
People’s Party
Prohibition Party
Blair County
United Mine Workers of America
Clearfield
Maryland
Union Station
H.R. Brightbill
Saxton
Bedford County
Charleroi
Washington
Old National Pike
Yoders
Edward L. Dwyer
Harrisburg
Fowler
Chefu
Conger
Peking
Schley
Honduras
Dodie
Zion
Chicago
Mansfield
Ohio
Windy City
William Carmichael
Leggetts Creek
Scranton
Earl of Minto
Canada
Lady Minto
British Columbia
Joseph Toad
Alpha Portland Cement Works
Easton
Armstrong
Providence
R. L
Arthur McCleary
Atlantic City
New York
Tete de Boule
Lake Barriere
Ottawa
Can
Greene Counties
Maj. Smith
Seventy-first New York Regiment
Fraserburg
Norris
Harvey, IL
United States
Stowe
Kroonstad
Michael Benning
Fayette County
David McNamara
Worcester
Mass
Colonel Lynch
Irish Brigade
Paris
Storms, strikes, and trials headline tumult across nations
Severe storms swirl over the United Kingdom while Honduras rejects settlement in Frank Pears case. Paris drivers strike for rent relief as a Buffalo fire kills two and damages seven buildings. In Missouri a murder trial ends in acquittal as Edward Dwyer’s loss looms large. Across Africa and Asia, officials report political tension, medical concerns, and military moves as domes shift globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Honduras
Frank Pears
Baden
Rustenberg
Paris
Shah
Francois Salson
Chicago
Kaiser Wilhelm
Count von Buslow
Germany
China
Henry C. Cochrane
United States
President McKinley
Alexander Jester
Missouri
Gilbert Gates
Buffalo
Ignatius F. Horstman
Cleveland Catholic
Cleveland
Cape Nome
Wilkesbarre
Westmoreland County
William M. Snyder
Homewood
Edward Jarvis Gave
London
Alpha Cement Works
Phillipsburg
Anarchist Riot in Chicago Sees 28 Bruised and Five Arrested
Sunday riot in Chicago leaves 28 bruised in clashes with four police. Five arrested including Mrs. Lucy Parsons widow of Alexander Parsons executed in 1887 for aiding the Haymarket bombing. Parsons charged with disorderly conduct obstructing a street and resisting an officer. A mass meeting at Westside Turner hall planned with speeches by Parsons on The Execution of the King of Italy. Police secure poetry cards and anarchist literature after the disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lucy Parsons
Alexander R. Parsons
Haymarket
Hertbatl
Westside Turner Hall
Commission Ready Enabling Philippine Legislative Body
On September 2 the Taft headed commission becomes the insular legislature with power to appropriate funds, establish judicial and educational systems, and pass laws. It will appoint judges and officials, while General MacArthur acts as executive head until a civil governor is appointed. Manila banks form a ring to cut exchange rates, provoking indignation and commerce difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Philippines
General MacArthur
Commission
McKinley
Manila
Tornado Rips Through North Dakota Farm Country
A hurricane like tornado began near Thompson North Dakota at 7 am Saturday, sweeping northwest into Minnesota and across the Red Lake Reservation. A band eight to ten miles wide and two miles long was shredded with houses partially wrecked and hundreds of barns destroyed. Wheat and oat crops half harvested were pounded flat by hail. No immediate deaths. many injured likely to prove fatal. Estimated financial losses unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
N. D
Minnesota
Red Lake Indian Reservation
Prominent Kentuckian Shot by Buckskin Bill’s Rough Riders
In Marton Kentucky C C Wheeler of a well known family was killed by Buckskin Bill’s Wild West show Rough Riders after an incident with townspeople. At the depot Wheeler met about 20 rough riders and a fight followed with gunfire. Wheeler was found dead near the station with three gunshot wounds and a fractured skull. Seven showmen were arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marton
C. C. Wheeler
Kentucky
Rough Riders
Buckskin Bill
Wheeler
Mine Wages Reduced for Alabama Coal Miners
Alabama coal miners accept a 2 percent cut in wages effective August 1 under the July 1 contract. The new digging price tops at 55 cents a ton while No 1 foundry iron sits at 11 dollars per ton. Each 50 cent drop in iron price triggers a 2 1/4 cent per ton wage cut, as agreed by the miners' committee on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Coal Miners’ Committee
Japanese Minister Takahira Presents Credentials at White House
The new Japanese minister Kogoro Takahira laid his credentials before the President on Friday. Secretary Hay escorted him to the White House where he was received by the President. Speeches avoided references to China. The President praised Japan's material progress while the ministers called for expanding growing interests between the nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kogoro Takahira
Hay
White House
China
Japan
Bold Train Robbery Near Hugo Colorado
Two gunmen stopped a Union Pacific passenger train after leaving Denver and took money from passengers in the Pullman sleepers. An elderly California resident, Wm. J. Fay, resisted with a fired shot, was killed, and the robbers fled after stopping the train several miles west of Hugo, Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Denver
la. m
Hugo
Col
Wm. J. Fay
California
Fay
Rebels More Active In Luzon Ambushes Rise
The last three weeks show increased insurgent activity with ambushes against American forces. First Lieutenant Alstaetter and fifteen engineers were captured in Nueva Ecija after a fight leaving one dead and three wounded. Lieutenant Bodon Hubsberge was killed near Santa Cruz Laguna. Five Twenty-fourth infantrymen were captured in Nueva Ecija. Sergeant Schmidt and seven others killed five captors. Captain Lara of the Manila native police was fatally shot amid corruption accusations and enemies among Filipinos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alstaetter
Engineer Corps
Nueva Ecija
Luzon
Bodon Hubsberge
Santa Cruz
Laguna
Sova Ecija
Schmidt
Lara
Manila
Explosive Blast Injures Many in Scranton Bank District
Twenty seven people were injured when a gas leak in the bank cellar ignited, destroying three buildings on Lackawanna Avenue and damaging twenty more. The blast sent ambulances, carriages, and fire wagons rushing victims to hospitals amid gas fumes and widespread debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Lackawanna Avenue
Pittston
Island Cession to United States at Tutuila Samoa
Commander Benjamin F. Tilley reports an instrument of cession signed by 22 Tutuila chiefs on April 17. The United States will govern from Pago Pago while preserving town autonomy and land rights, with fair compensation for land if taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin F. Tilley
United States
Tutuila
Samoa
Navy Department
Pago-Pago
Yellow Fever Reported in Tampa City
Florida health officer Dr J Y Porter received a Tampa message from Dr Weedon announcing two yellow fever cases and a belief that the infection is general. The outbreak is thought to be confinable to Tampa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
J. Y. Porter
Florida
Weedon
North Carolina Election Result Shows Democratic Victory
Democratic majorities across North Carolina total 64,678 with fusion support at 5,125, yielding a net Democratic edge of 50,553. Contests loom in several counties amid irregularities allegations in Randolph Harnett Wilkes and Chatham. In Chatham fusionists accused of burning ballots at Atwater precinct. Senate includes 38 Democrats and nine fusionists with three seats in doubt. House lists 93 Democrats and 13 seats uncertain. only two Populists expected in Legislature, from Senator Butler's county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Randolph
Harnett
Wilkes
Chatham
Atwater
Senate
House
Butler
Town Gutted by Fire in Convoy Ohio and Indiana Area
A destructive fire swept through Convoy Ohio located about 20 miles east of Fort Wayne Indiana on Wednesday morning, destroying the post office town hall Columbian hotel six store buildings and several residences with losses estimated between 80000 and 100000. The blaze began in a blacksmith shop and spread rapidly damaging multiple structures in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convoy
Fort Wayne
Ind
State Treasury Balances and Cash Receipts Reported
Balance of the general fund at Tuesday close was 5 712 846 82. Sinking fund holds 2 387 140 84. July receipts totaled 1 545 144 01. Total receipts from November 30 to Wednesday reach 12 363 913 38. Amount due the commonwealth from settlements with corporations is about 800 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania State Treasury
Treasury
Commonwealth
Crimmins Indicates Private Canal Plan For Nicaragua Venture
John D Crimmins of a New Jersey canal syndicate says the company will begin construction of an inter oceanic waterway in Nicaragua under the Eyre Cragin concession. He claims $130,000,000 suffices and urges private development while deferring to government policy. Route remains flexible within Nicaragua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Crimming
Nicaragua
Edward Eyre
Edward F. Cragin
Zelaya
New Jersey
Crimmins
Race War Breaks Out in Keystone West Virginia
Tensions between white and colored miners in Keystone escalate into multiple conflicts. Police shoot and kill John Lowrey during a raid to quell a razor attack on Officer Messer. Negroes vow retaliation, lynching threats surface, and white guards promise gunfire if Messer’s quarters are crossed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone
W. Va
Harry Messer
John Lowrey
Lowrey
Son
Messer
Gold Stock and World Share Cited by Mint Director
Director Roberts cites a May 1 gold stock estimate of 1,045,325,117 with 420,000,000 held by banks and private boards. He notes 600,000 to 800,000 abroad by travelers yearly and 3,500,000 used in industrial arts. He says gold share is driven by trade laws, not regulation, and U S gains stem from usable gold and global trade position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
Prohibition Leaders Denounce Ocean Pier Meeting
The Atlantic City Ministerial Union denounces Prohibition candidate John G. Wolley Rev Dr Swallow of Harrisburg and Homer Castle of Pittsburg for a political meeting on the ocean pier last Sunday with admission charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Plague Outbreak Reported in London Nine Detections
The Marine Hospital Service received a telegram from Post Assistant Surgeon Thomas announcing four plague cases and two deaths in London. Diagnosis was confirmed bacteriologically. No origin or shipboard linkage given. Quarantine officers’ instructions deemed ample and authorities express confidence the disease will not reach this country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Marine Hospital Service
Thomas
Train Caught by a Flood Near Redmond South Carolina
Extraordinary rainfall of one foot in a few hours floods Redmond in Orangeburg county. Redmond Mills bridges and a large section of the Southern railway track washed away. A passenger train bound for Columbia was trapped as water rose to the car doors. An embankment failed, leaving passengers in peril for eight hours until rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redmond
Orangeburg County
S. C
Redmond Mills
Southern Railway
Columbia
Convent Fire Turmoil in Peru Prompts Troop Deployment
In Lima the Ocopa convent, already damaged by two incendiary fires, was completely destroyed by a third on Wednesday. Local peasants blame anti missionary activity, stoking fanatic violence. Government troops have been dispatched to restore order amid rising unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocopa
Lima
Peru
Review of Trade Shows Mixed Signals Amid Declining Prices
R G Dun reports cautious buyers and hesitant sellers as prices fall and demand slowly stabilizes. Iron and steel show activity with 110,000 tons in bars and plates contracted. bar iron for implements and car building rises, while foundry iron bids grow uneasy. Wheat and corn exports run high, weekly and seasonal totals show declines versus last year. several regions log notable weekly failures and ongoing foreign rail discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
South
United States
Canada
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HM Rugans
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