Indictments in Sherman Antitrust Case Hit Meat Packers
Federal grand jury charges prominent meat packing figures and four Schwarzchild & Sulzberger officials with rebating and restraint of trade. Indictments cover Armour & Co. Swift & Co. Nelson Morris & Co. Cudahy Packing and Fairbanks Canning with ten counts each. Also notes last Perry Expedition survivor John S. Sewall.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Company
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Nelson Morris & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
Fairbanks Canning Company
J. Ogden Armour
Armour Company
Charles Armour
The
Arthur Meeker
T. J. Connors
P. A. Valentine
Samuel McRoberts
Louis F. Swift
Charles Swift
Lawrence A
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger
Trafic Department
Samuel Weil
B. S. Casey
C. E. Todd
W. D. Skipworth
Flood Devastates Guanajuato as Hundreds Die
Reports from Guanajuato Mexico indicate a catastrophic flood with 500 to 1000 dead. The city, built in a mountain gorge, is described as completely flooded with water reaching upper floors. Marafilo below is wiped out and Lapita dam feared destroyed. Telegraph lines down, trains washed out, and residents flee uphill carrying valuables by mule or on foot.
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Guanajuato
Mexico
Mexico City
Lapila
Robinson
Mexican Central Railroad
Marafilo
Hotel Union
Lapita
Mexican Central
Irapuato
Queretaro
The Mormons Big Organ A Deseret News feature
Deseret News recounts the construction of a monumental Mormon organ built over ten years starting 1863. It notes pine from 300 miles away, homemade glue, 4000 new pipes added a year ago, 408 stops across five organs, and a speaking pipe range from a quarter inch to thirty two feet.
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Young
Mammoth Tabernacle
Salt Lake
Deseret News
Hungry Trout Bite Worst Theory of an Angler
An old angler argues that trout bite scarcity isn t due to fullness but to the right timing. He claims off days show trout mechanically take bait with empty or full stomachs and that peak feeding coincides with abundant prey, a paradox readers can verify by examination.
Marriage Rules in Japan Favor Family Ties Over Love
The article explains Japanese marriage customs where love plays little role. Parents seek advantageous matches, verifying a suitor’s family and means before approval. A go between arranges marriages, and daughters typically do not choose their husbands.
Tommy's Astonishment at the Musician's Handled Organ
A visiting boy tells his mother to hear the organ-grinder with the handle producing comical sounds. The scene captures a child’s first impression of street music in the city.
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Tommy
New York Times
Epworth League Opens Sixth International Convention in Denver
World briefs report Epworth League’s seventh annual international convention in Denver amid 1,000,000 supporters. Other items note Major General Wood possibly needing surgery, Mrs. Augusta Chapin’s death, Treasury change from Ellis Roberts to Charles Treat, Roosevelt aide arrest at Sagamore Hill, and rumors of Miles’ romance.
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Epworth
Philippines
Augusta Chapin
New York
Charles H. ‘Treat
Ellis H. Roberts
United States
Roberts
Utica
N. Y
Oyster Bay
L. I
Henry Seymour
Wantage
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Hay
Joseph H. Choate
Nelson A. Miles
Philadelphia
Dr. Huidekoper
John Deeny
Chicago
St. Petersburg
Vera
Tsarsko-Selo
Dr. Parkhurst
Madison Squire Presbyterian Church
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Bouligan
Count Ignatieff
Kieff
Public Safety
Law and Order Society
Santiago
Chile
Arica
Lapaz
Bolivi
Eleventh Infantry
Sloan’s Lake
Cheyenne
Admiral Sigsbee
John Paul Jones
France
Virginia Capes
Valdez
Alaska
Glassford
Borisoff
Russia
Hingham
Mass
W. W. Blackmar
Grand Army of the Republic
Oscar
C. Hague
Sweden
Norway
Washington
Legation
Hague
Cherbourg
Convention of the Industrial Union
Northwest States 4 A roundup of regional news and incidents
A compilation from Spokane to Walla Walla reports on a funeral in Walla Walla, school writing methods in Spokane and Seattle, a visit by J H Gillis and family, Spokane excur sion dates to Coeur d Alene, and a range of regional events. It notes a new First National Bank of Sedro Woolley, a Panama Canal engineering appointment, a Washington Water Power fatal accident, and trains returning to Spokane Medical Lake line by August.
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Philip Yenney
Walla Walla
Spokane
J. H. Gillis
United States Navy
Coeur d'Alene
Stevens County Pioneer Association
Colville
Auguste Peterson
Harvey
N. D
Sedro-Woolley
First National Bank of
John F. Stevens
Panama Canal
Arthur H. Holmes
Washington Water Power Company
Spokane Medical Lake
Poindexter
Seattle
Bellingham
Japan
Klickitat County
J. Z. Culter
John Campbell
Valley
Campbell
Idaho Squibbs Admits Hayrick Accident In Weiser Area
George Golderoy a prominent rancher near Weiser was seriously injured when a large hayrick fell on him while stacking hay. Officials order gambling cessation in Weiser. Three men John Bailey John McHargue and William Burgess were arrested and fined. Grand jury summoned at Boise to investigate the Ida-
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George Golderoy
Weiser
John Bailey
John McHargue
William Burgess
Boise
Bank of Belt Burglarized in Montana Theft
The Bank of Belt was robbed with the big safe blown open by dynamite. About $1000 in silver was secured but the inner steel chest holding funds was not opened. the burglars fled in fear.
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Bank of Belt
Kendall
Fergus County
Jerry Sullivan
Amalgamated Copper Company
Silver Bew
Epworth League Chapters Form Portland Union
Roy H. Miller former cashier of the Bank of Sumpter is sentenced to three years in the penitentiary after being convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses by issuing a $15000 check during the bank purchase.
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Epworth League
Portland
Roy H. Miller
Bank of Sumpter
Negotiations for Armistice Reported In Progress
St Petersburg reports that Russia and Japan are negotiating an armistice, likely in Washington, with Japan weighing ceding gains against the costs of another big battle. The outcome hinges on Japan, as decisive victory prospects remain uncertain after Liaoyang and Mukden. A separate note mentions a pigeon recovered from a steamer at the Mersey with a metal band marked H. P. 1901 622.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
Washington
Liaoyang
Mukden
Vladivostok
Mersey
Mutiny at Kniaz Potemkine Sparks Desertion Rumors
Reports from St Petersburg claim 300 sailors deserted the battleship Kniaz Potemkine on Saturday, seeking mercy as mutiny rumors spread. Dispatches note uncertain allegiance, tightened harbor defenses, and possible heavy punishments while Cronstadt strikes linger and Odessa Libau unrest grows.
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St. Petersburg
St. Andrew's
Kniaz Potemkine
Odessa
Aise
Krueger
Georgia Pobiedonosetz
Kniaz 'Potemkine
Vechi
Makhslutin
Constantinople
Cronstadt
Libau
Fire and Riot Devastate Odessa Harbor District
Reports describe groups of soldiers guarding streets at 100 pace intervals and authorities cutting gas and electric lights. Four days of disrupted northern rail service followed a massive harbor fire with 300 bodies in a shed. A mob of 12 000 to 15 000 faced rifle and machine gun fire, with casualty estimates around 1400 plus burn deaths.
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Odessa
Judge Tracy Named Associate Justice of Philippine Supreme Court
Judge James F. Tracy of Albany was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of the Philippine Islands today. A dispatch from St. Petersburg states that General Sakharoff, minister of war, has resigned.
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James F. Tracy
Albany
Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands
St. Petersburg
Sakharoff
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John S. Sewall
Commodore Perry
News OF the World
National
Joseph White
Malvern
Australia
Fiji Islands
Wisconsin
Northwest States
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Washington Notes
State Board of Control
F. C. Tubbs
Soldiers’ Home
Lewis County
Riffe
Chehalis
Mack Justice
Julian Coleman
Coleman
Justice
Lewiston
Thomas Herle
Nampa
Snake River
Ross Baker
Capitol Building Commission
J. E. Tourtelette & Co
Capitol
Supreme Court
School of Science
University
Daughters of the American Revolution of
Hamilton
Bozeman
Anaconda
Silver Bow Station
George E. Pierce
Valley County
Pierce
Harrisonville
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