Global Happenings Capture Week in News Ledger
A broad recap notes Captain Nathan Appleton's death in Boston, potential English prizefighter invasion, and Roosevelt naming Basil Miles as first secretary to the St Petersburg embassy. Also reported are a postmaster's suicide in Ruthven, a navy repair move for Marblehead, and various international incidents from Europe to India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Appleton
Boston
Spokane
Baptist Young People’s Union
Roosevelt
Basil Miles
Pennsylvania
St. Petersburg
L. Anthony
Ruthven
Marblehead
Mare Island Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Guerday
Chicago
Atlantic
William
United States
Tiflis
Prince Palavandoff
Okoni
Grand Army of the Republic
Mexico
Sonora
West Fourth Street
Mercer and
Greene Streets
New York
Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny
M. Edmond Rostand
M. Catulle Mendes
Council of the Legion of Honor
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Piggott
Ark
Frank Polsgrove
St. Francis
Gaekwar
Baroda
Scotland
New York Reporter
London
Mme. Melba
Queens of Song
Kiel
Bank President Dies Uninformed of Bank Failure
Sylvester Hickley, president of the First National Bank of Chelsea Massachusetts, which closed August 17, died Sunday after months of illness. He did not know the bank had failed before his death.
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Sylvester Hickley
First National Bank of
Chelsea
Mass
Roosevelt Proclaims Aid For Chile Earthquake Victims
President Roosevelt urges national aid for Chile after Valparaiso and other cities were destroyed by earthquake. He cites San Francisco’s recovery, notes reliance on European and American generosity, and mentions Red Cross collection efforts. Oyster Bay August 25 1906.
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Roosevelt
Chile
Republic
Valparaiso
San Francisco
Europe
Asia
Americas
National Red Cross Association
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
West representatives form national post office clerks union
In Chicago six western city post office clerks convened and formed a national union under the American Federation of Labor. Other items note indictments against Standard Oil over rebates, ships sold as hulks, and various political and misfortune events.
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West
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Standard Oil Company
Bethea
United States Circuit Court
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Navy Department
American Bar Association
St. Paul
Coeur d’Alene
Dalny
Dorothy Davenport
Pasco
Roswell
N. M
J. S. Mersham
Portales
Kenna
Victor
Thomas Simpson
Elida
Rowsell
China
von Siarlarski
Warsaw
Russia
Deadly cargo for Cuba ships from New York to Havana
The Ward line steamer Mexico departed New York last Saturday with arms for Palma's Cuban government. In its hold it carried 15,000 Remington rifles, 800,000 rounds of ammunition and six Gatling guns. The Kansas will sail Thursday with 3,000,000 rounds and 5,000 Remington rifles for the same cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Havana
Ward Line
Mexico
Palma
Kansas
Shriners Plan Fixed Auto Race At Spokane Fair
Spokane residents fear a deliberate plan to fix the Shriners auto race on September 26 during the Spokane Interstate Fair. E. E. Hutchinson leads the event with unusual rules allowing a Shriner to leave a car and assume the lead by jumping into another machine as the race unfolds.
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Spokane
Shriners
E. E. Hutchinson
Trade Report Highlights Wall Street Rise and July Building Permits
R G Dun notes Wall Street saw notable gains with stocks near the January high as public interest pushed money rates to the legal maximum. In July building permits, total value dipped slightly from last year due to large local projects, while outside New York a heavy increase occurred.
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R. G. Dun
Wall Street
New York
Palma Presses Peace Effort as Cuba Reads Amnesty Plan
Havana reports President Palma and his cabinet discussing a 30 day amnesty for insurrectionists to lay down arms and return home. A $2,000,000 defense fund is set, army expansion continues, and liberal and insurgent factions clash over peace terms and elections.
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Havana
Palma
Partes
Treasury
Santa Clara
Mendez Capote
Alfredo Zayas
Liberal Party
Insurgent Leaders Vote to Disband If Immunity Granted
Insurgent leaders signaled willingness to quit if guaranteed immunity for insurrectionary acts. With word of their intent to disband, no further enlistment will occur. A separate report notes Louis Mochorosky, a 17 year old Diamond thief, jailed in New York after a multinational chase and capture linked to diamonds valued at $5000.
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Pino Guerrera
New York
Louis Mochorosky
Mochorosky
Europe
Denver
United States
Isaac Wolf
Bowery
Wolf
Sloane Murder in Spokane Shocks City
In Spokane on August 29 James F. Sloane a pioneer merchant was murdered in his bedroom his body dragged through the streets in a wheelbarrow and dumped in an alley Sidney Sloane his son is held and has confessed claiming heat of passion. The motive cited was a $500 inheritance and the motive and timing are under police scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
James F. Sloane
Sloane-Paine Company
Sidney Sloane
Young Sloane
Waller
Cooly
Sloane
White Sox rally fuels pennant chase in 1906 season
The article notes Chicago teams lead the league races with the Nationals under Husk Chance and the White Sox gaining momentum toward pennant contention. It also mentions Harvard planning to race Cambridge on September 8 and a boxing dispute with Gans vs Nelson involving referee changes and a 4 PM September 3 fight time.
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Chicago
Nationals
Husk Chance
Ute Sox
Harvard
Cambridge
Gans
George Siler
Larry Sullivan
General Min Murdered by a Young Woman at Peterhof Station
In St. Petersburg an assassin shot General Min, commander of the Seminovsky guard, five times on the Peterhof station platform. Mme Min wrestled the pistol from the attacker who claimed she carried out the sentence of the Social Revolutionists. The young woman, unnamed, said she acted for the revolutionary group while Min had faced execution for harsh repressive actions with the regiment.
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St. Petersburg
Stolypin
Min
Seminovsky Guard
Peterhof
Moscow
Mme. Min
Social Revolutionists
Minyay
Seminovsky Regiment
Were Up Nearly Twenty Four Hours Ballon Flight
Dr. Julian P. Thomas and his brother Jefferson Davis Thomas completed a balloon ascent near New York. They remained aloft for about 24 hours traveling through two states and reaching roughly 10 000 feet. The propeller performed well enabling turns and even a sleep break before a forest landing guarded by a tree anchor.
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Julian
Jefferson Thomas
New York
Julian P. Thomas
Jefferson Davis Thomas
Augusta
Thomas
Higher Education for Farmers
Prof L H Bailey of Cornell University renews arguments for farm youth education. His September Century paper, based on student research, discusses The Agricultural College and the Farm youth, urging higher education for farm youth with factual support.
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L. H. Bailey
College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Bailey
Agricultural College
Chicago a Billion Dollar City
The board of review sets Cook county and Chicago real estate values. County totals reach 1,638,463,770 full value with 327,692,754 assessed value. City real estate totals 1,515,039,660 full value and 303,700,932 assessed value, up about 40,000,000 in full value from last year.
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Board of Review
Cook County
Chicago
FIGHTING FOR CONTROL OF GREAT NORTHERN RAIL TIE UP
A $25 million cash battle for control of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway system pits J Pierpont Morgan and James J Hill against E H Harriman and Canadian Pacific controllers Sir William Van Horne Sir Thomas Shaughnessy with James H Smith and William Rockefeller as neutrals leaning to Harriman. The outcome could extend the St Paul line to the coast, affecting Great Northern and Northern Pacific traffic.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
J. Pierpont Morgan
E. H. Harriman
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Northern Pacific
Wall Street
J. P. Morgan
James J. Hill
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
William van Horne
Thomas Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific
Harriman
James H. Smith
Spokane Markets Offer Broad Range of Produce and Livestock
The Spokane market summary lists prices for vegetables fruits and meats across categories. Notable items include cabbages 2.25 2.50 per cwt onions 25 cents a dozen and apples Red June 2 dollars per box. Livestock beef and mutton prices plus dairy eggs and butter also appear with regional variation.
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Walla Walla
Ford
Minnesota
California
Spokané
Valparaiso Earthquake Causes Massive Property Loss
A conservative estimate places Valparaiso property losses at 200 million dollars after an earthquake and fire. The devastation covers residences of landowners and laborers, with huts destroyed and bridges fences and telegraph and telephone posts knocked down across districts.
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Valparaiso
Mystery in Murder of Two in Portsmouth
On a crowded Sunday in Portsmouth Ohio John Harry and Flora Hughes were shot dead by a man alleged to be Hughes husband Jarret O Hughes who leapt from a crowd on the way to church and fatally killed both victims.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
John Harry
Flora Hughes
Jarret O. Hughes
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News OF the World
Cuba
Report On Trade
Guzman
Cienfuegos
Faustino
Pino) Guerrero
Pinar del Rio
Guerrera
Dolz
Moderate
Germany
Berlin
Wolf Avers
J. F. Sloane
Spohting News
P.C Tacoma
Butte Wen
Oop
Rene Autes
Warwicks
Dodd Clothiers Oon
Rapp & Lloyd
Powell-Sanders
Jones & Dillingham
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston Wren
Gen. Min
Empeor
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Northwestern Wheat
Portland—Club
Bluestem
Valley
Tacoma
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