Week of unrest across cities and districts prompts investigations
A jumble of incidents dominates the week with Gov. Olivier probing evolving problems in Jumahka. In New York Battery Bradford explosions kill one coast artillery man George Thommond and injure four others. In Billings only nine enter for Huntly project homes, lowering totals from twenty. North Dakota and Minnesota hailstorms hurt crops. a Great Northern train windows shatter near Langdon. A New Haven Kentucky boiler explosion at the New Haven Wire Company kills Watlington Crown and injures several. Coal companies in Lebish Valley claim world’s largest reserve, while a Victoria fire devastates a downtown area destroying blocks of shacks and prompting urban firefighting efforts. The piece closes with a summary on baseball clubs’ standings.
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George Thommond
One Phindrediin Company
Coast Artillery
Ineli
Bradford
F Terry
Tham Island
N.Y
Billings
Mont
Huntly Project
Grand Forks County
North Dakota
Polk Coun
Minnesota
Great Northern Langdon Line
Grand Forks
New Haven Wire Company
New Haven
Watlington Crown
Victor
Wes Badhers
Dolas Dawer Tialbert
Sy Hart
Miek Lebish Valley Coal Congeany
Tle
Victoria
Beiler
Albion Works
Teraid
Chatham Streets
Government Street
Storer Street
Quadra
Herald and Chathen
Mosquito smoking girls in Cleveland raise alarm
A report cites Cleveland girls taking up cigarette smoking to ward off mosquitoes. Other items note Emperor William ordering officers to adopt simpler living, Lawrence mills destroyed by fire with 125000 loss, and a series of violent incidents and military discipline events across the U.S. and abroad.
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Cleveland
William
Germany
Lawrence
Mass
Frank E. Chandler
Boston
John Wutyna
Minneapolis
Intrigues in Korean capital threaten throne and stability
Telegrams from Seoul report extensive intrigues and a palace ruled by conspiracies. Jealousy between the mothers of the new Emperor and Prince Ying fuels political distrust as disaffection grows and riots are anticipated. Japanese troops guard arsenals while plans push for expanded resident-general control and a restructured Korean government.
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Seoul
Korea
Princess Ming
Prince Ying
Hasegawa
Hayashi
Japan
Wisconsin License Fees Barred by Supreme Court Ruling
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that license fee collections for Patna and St Paul roads before Feb 1, 1899 are barred by the statute of limitations. The Interstate Commerce Commission names experts to test block signal safety devices under a joint Congressional resolution. The Southern Railway seeks an injunction in North Carolina against reduced 2 cent passenger rates, likely reaching the Supreme Court. Interstate rail to allow separate colored cars with equal accommodations is reaffirmed, and a Nashv ille-Chattanooga case concerns this. John H. Stalin plans Newark New York City one rail transit, a four track system at 60 to 100 mph, using the American monorail design. Department of Justice will prosecute railroads under safety appliance law in 26 states. Chicago railway presidents back the 2 cent rate, but lawyers anticipate challenges in higher courts.
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Northwestern
St. Paul
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Southern Railway
United States Circuit Court
North Carolina
Virginia Corporation Commission
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lane
Georgia Edwards
Nashville, Chattanooga
St. Louis
John H. Stalin
Rapid Transit Board of
New York City
Newark
Honard H. Tunis
Baltimore
Department of Justice
Twentysix States
Chicago
Clash of Authority as NC judge voids rate law
United States Judge Peter G. Pritchard in Asheville struck down North Carolina’s penalty clause in the state rate bill as unconstitutional, warning it would devastate railroads and defy federal courts. Governor Glenn orders an appeal while Virginia officials prepare similar action under a new fare law.
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North Carolina
Port
Glenn
United States
Pritchard
Asheville
James H. Wood
Southern
C. Wilson
Reynolds
Washington
Judge Pritchard
Peter G. Pritchard
Roosevelt
Indicted 1524 Counts Targeting Standard Oil
Dispatches from Memphis report the federal grand jury for the West Tennessee district returned an indictment with 1,524 counts each charging a separate offense against the Standard Oil Company.
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Memphis
Federal Grand Jury
West Tennessee
Standard Oil Company
Japanese Merchants Appeal to halt attacks on Japanese residents
Seven chambers of commerce in Tokio sent an address to the principal chambers of commerce in America and to President Roosevelt. They fear that if incidents like the California attacks are not quickly stopped the ill feeling toward a section of the United States may endanger future commercial relations and cause great loss to both countries.
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Seven Chambers of Commerce
Tokio
Commevce
America
Roosevelt
California
United States
Startling charge in Warner scandal over stepmother blood
Pension Commissioner Vespasian Warner alleges his stepmother Isabella Robinson Warner and his half-sisters carry Negro blood. The claim arose during a will contest over a $1,650,000 estate. Warner says affidavits support his case while the widow and daughters threaten libel suits.
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Vespasian Wiarner
Illinois
United States Commissioner of Pensions
Isabella Robinson - Warner
John Warner
Warner
Vespasian Warner
Flora Warner McDennett
Robinson
Isabella Warner
Stephen Robinson
Commissioner of Pensions
Newvalk
Ohio
Phe Warner Will Case
John Warner & Co. Bankers
Clinton
Congress
Tavenity
de Witt
Olinvis
Strikes show higher success for organized labor says Bureau data
Over 25 years 33,303 strikes and lockouts affected more than riv en employees. Organized labor won 49 percent of strikes while unorganized labor won 34 percent. Wage demands were the main cause in 41 percent of cases.
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Bureau of Labor
American Roads Most Deadly Railways Compare Worldwide
Ilerr Guillery of the Prussian railway archive presents a table showing the United States as the deadliest rail system. Among 10 000 workers the U S death rate is 26.1, England 12.3, Switzerland 2, Russia 7.8, India 6.7, Belgium 4.4. For injuries among travelers France is lowest. the United States has far higher injury rates, up to 40 times Russia and 22 times Italy and England.
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Ilerr Guillery
Archive Bureau
Prussian Railway Administration
United States
Europe
England
Switzerland
Russia
British India
Belgium
France
Italy
Germany
Big Rush to Europe Drives Steamship Passenger Surge
Steamship lines report record business with 43 102 more passengers in the first half of this year than the same period last year. The sharpest rise is seen in third class travel, reflecting broad demand for transatlantic voyages.
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Europe
Noted Scientist Hoeilprin Dies in New York
Prof. Angelo Hoeilprin, famed for researching Mont Pelee eruption in Martinique five years earlier, died suddenly in New York City on July 17, leaving a mark in scientific circles.
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Angelo Hoeilprin
Mont Pelee
Martinique
New York City
Thirteen Die as Trains Collide Near Salem Michigan
A Pere Marquette excursion train bound from Ionia to Detroit collided with a westbound freight in a cut near Salem Michigan. Thirty people died and over seventy were injured, many seriously, when the fast passenger train struck the freight at a sharp curve.
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Salem
Plymouth
Mich
Pere Marquette
Ionia
Detroit
Sater
Michigan
Saginaw
Grand Rapids
Tonia
Ed Corwan
Knowles
Relef
Population figures show German and Irish majorities in NYC
NYC’s population includes 789000 people of German heritage and 733000 of Irish, with 250000 Russian and 223000 Italian. The Catholic Educational Association names Cardinal Gibbons honorary president and calls for more college building. California fruit field workers win an eight hour day replacing sunrise to sunset work.
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New York City
Catholic Educational Association of the
United States
Cardinal Gibbons
California
Trade Conditions Show Steady Activity Amid Heat
Despite high temperatures and vacation shutdowns, commercial defaults stay above last year but pose no major credit threat. Banks remain positioned to meet mercantile needs while preparing for crop cash drains. Wholesale movement thrives in dry goods boots and shoes clothing furniture and food. Grain movement totals 6,34248 bushels this port versus last week and a year ago. Livestock receipts 298,329 head, bank clearings 237,746,630 dollars, and Chicago district failures 21. Dun's Review of Trade.
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Chicago
Dun
Weather and trade wrap from New York mid July
New York reports seasonable travel and crop conditions with generally quiet wholesale markets. Tail trade improves, wool steady with firm prices, shoes and leather show conservative buying, iron and steel softening while copper declines. Cotton goods production hits record levels but cannot meet demand. business failures US week to July 18 total 177, with Canada at 26. Bradstreet's Commercial Report.
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United States
Bradstreet
Commercial Report
Commodity Price Snapshot Across Markets
Chicago cattle and hog markets show prime to common ranges from $4.00 to $7.85 for cattle and $4.00 to $6.25 for hogs, with sheep at $3.00 to $35.85. Grain bids include wheat No 2 at 89¢ to 90¢, corn No 2 at 52¢ to 53¢, oats 42¢ to 48¢, rye No 2 around 85¢ to 87¢, plus hay and dairy prices. Regional quotes cover Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York City, and Toledo with varied bids for wheat, corn, oats, rye, and seeds.
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Chicago
York
Detroit
ST Louis Pd
Cleveland
Weston Ol
Washington
Phildelphia
American Association
Toledo
Milwanker
Minneapolis
Louisvills
Columbus
Indianapolis
Kansas City
St Paul
Omaha
Denver
Lincoln
Sioux City
Des Moines
Pueblo
St Louis
Ste. Cincinnati
Milwaukee
New York
Williams College President to Retire. Garfield to Succeed
Henry Hopkins, president of Williams College, plans retirement. Prof. Harry A Garfield of Princeton, son of the late President Garfield, has been chosen to succeed him. Feathers from Germany to London noted, annual shipment of 20 million birds for millinery use.
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Germany
London
Henry Hopkins
Williams College
Harry A. Garfield
Princeton
Garfield
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New York Assay Office
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Norea
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Rudolph Price
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Wilson
Supreme Court of the United States
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