Union Pacific Expands Hiring as Strike Breakers Move In
Union Pacific reports daily new workers entering Omaha shops and across the system as it builds a larger non union force. Superintendent MeKkeen returns from Cheyenne while North Platte and Omaha add dozens of new hires this week. The company says departures of recent hires are fewer than claimed and insists manpower is now greater than expected.
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Union Pacific
Omaha
Tta
MeKkeen
Cheyenne
North Plate
Mitchell Opposes General Strike At UMW Convention
President Mitchell urges aid to striking eastern miners through assessments and charity, ruling out a general walkout. Delegates debate, caucuses favor Mitchell’s plan to fund relief, levy a weekly assessment, and pressure operators to arbitrate. An adjournment follows with broad support for avoiding a strike.
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Indianapolis
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Tomlinson Hall
Mitchell Quilines
Illinois
Ohio
Iowa
Breaker Is Started Up in Anthracite Region
Wilkesbarre reports the first attempt to operate a breaker in the anthracite coal region, marking a milestone in local mining technology. The event signals progress in processing coal at new facilities and foreshadows broader adoption of breaker operations in the area.
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Wilkesbarre
Carmen Demand a Raise From Santa Fe Officials
A large Santa Fe carmen committee from all system shops travels to Topeka to press for higher wages. They plan to notify the company and threaten a strike if demands are ignored while Superintendent Henderson is away settling Gulf lines disputes.
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Topeka
Santa Fe
Kan
Carring's Union
Carmen’s
Santa I*4
Henderson
Gulf Lines
Man shoots two nuns at New York foundling asylum
Henry K. King, 30, entered the New York foundling asylum office and shot two sisters of charity. He then shot himself in the left breast, though only a flesh wound. Taken to police court, he was committed for examination tomorrow. Sister Angela, 45, and Sister Ceddiid, 30, were wounded but not fatally. King, a frequent visitor, is believed demented.
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Sisters of Charity
New York
Henry K. King
New York Foundling Asylum
King
Angela
Ceddiid
Foundling Asylum
Train Robbers Fail Near Fort Worth
Two masked men attempted a south bound Rock Island train holdup between Saginaw and Newark north of Fort Worth. They piled telegraph poles on the track but the engine stopped after striking them. The crew fired on the robbers who escaped into the brush as the train arrived four hours late. posses search the timber.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Rock Island
Saginaw
Newark
Knight
Mosier
Tracy Again Eludes Pursuers
Tracy escapes again after eluding King County sheriff and posse near Black Diamond Washington. Three fugitives fled by rowboat to the east of Sawyer Lake while authorities searched three miles from town. The posse arrived hours later and abandoned the chase.
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Tracy
Black Diamond
Wash
King County
Sawyer Lake
Cudihee
McKibben and McFadden Fined After Diamond Row
In Colorado Springs on July 18 Manager McKibben and Pitcher McFadden of the St. Joseph team and Umpire Cole were involved in a disturbance on the baseball diamond. Both McKibben and McFadden were fined 25 dollars plus costs and suspended by Western League President Sexton pending an investigation.
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McKibben
McFadden
Colorado Springs
St. Joseph
Cole
Justice Court
Sexton
Saloons May Open Later By Solar Time Discovery
Sioux City reports ex-County Attorney S J Quin cy claims Iowa saloons can extend closing from 10 to 10 26 p.m by using solar time rather than standard time. The issue will be tested in court with statewide interest.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Clity
S. J. Quincy
Yale golf champion Byers defeats Travis in amateur final round
At Glenview Golf Course Illinois on July 18 E M Byers Yale champion 1900 1901 now of Allegheny club Pittsburg beat W J Travis in the third round one up at the last hole. Byers medal score TT Travis 78 six and five under bogey. Byers won after appearing hopelessly beaten.
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Travis
Byers
Glenview Golf Course
E. M. Byers
Yale
Allegheny Club
Pittsburg
W. J. Travis
Fourteen Drowned As Pleasure Trip Sinks Near Shoals
A schooner carrying six waitresses and other youths capsized off Shoals during a sudden squall. Fourteen occupants drowned, three survived by fishermen rescue. Harvard students Farrington and Alward among the dead. most victims were young teachers from Massachusetts.
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Bertha Graham
Minnie McDonald
Eva
May Adams
Catherine
Elizabeth Goews
Bessie Chase
Anna Shehan
May Marshal
Isabell Kapuska
Laura Gilmore
Aliee Hagerty
Lizzie Bresnahan
Fred Miles
Farrington
Alward
Eva Marshal
Harvard University
Foraythe Hall
Massachusetts
Two Children Cling to Floating Log In Missouri River
A Missouri river log with a child on each end drifted past Omaha between the Fail Omaha and Douglas street bridges. A bridge watchman spotted the log as it appeared downstream after coming from upstream. With no rescue means at hand he watched the log whirl and race away, while police at Douglas street bridge waited for over an hour but the log and two children never surfaced.
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Missouri
Omaha
Missouri River
Douglas Street
Cloudburst at Plattsmouth floods business district
A July cloudburst in Plattsmouth Nebraska produced the city's largest flood. Main street sidewalks carried by three feet of water swept through stores while cellars and basements including the Bank of Cass County and Gering drug store flooded. Electric plant shut down and stocks damaged.
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Plattsmouth
Neb
Main Street
Bank of
Cass County
Gering Drug Store
Herald Dry Goods
Burington
Work of Wind at Chicago Leaves Thousands in Damage
A powerful storm struck Chicago last night with winds from the southwest reaching 68 miles per hour. Property damage runs into thousands of dollars across several districts and several people were injured. The Chicago weather office notes this as one of the city’s strongest wind events, approaching Galveston storm velocity records.
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Chicago
Iike
Plan to Check Cholera in Manila Slums
The Manila municipal health board plans to move about 40 000 residents from slums to suburban camps to halt cholera spread. Camps will be sanitary, cleaned and disinfected, with grounds rented and feeding provided to residents.
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Manila
Municipal Health Board of Manila
Train Passes Bridge Incident Near Mineola Texas
A July news item reports a train passing a bridge in Mineola Texas with limited readable details from the bound text. The report mentions a passenger context and adjacent textual fragments.
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Bridge
Mineola
Tex
Pacife
La Follette Renominated in Wisconsin State Convention
Wisconsin Republicans nominated Robert M. La Follette for governor by a large majority. The convention also selected candidates for state treasurer and railroad commissioner amid factional maneuvers. In other news, the battleship Maine showed impressive speed on trials, and Idaho began selling lands within the Fort Hall reservation's five mile limit with little buyer interest.
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Stelwart
Uirin
Joseph and
Sheboygan
Uoon
John W. Thomas
Chippewa
Jonas Swenholt
Ta Follette
Idaho
Pocatello
Fort Hall Indian Reservation
Richards
Waverington
Sultan of Zanzibar Dies After Relapse
Sultan Hamid Bin Mahomed Said, ruler of Zanzibar, died this morning after a paralysis relapse. The news comes as officials report all is quiet in Zanzibar City.
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Sultan of
Zanzibar
East Africa
Hamid bin Mahomed Said
Sultan
Last Rites for Archbishop Feehan in Chicago Cathedral
In Chicago the Roman Catholic Church held the last rites for Archbishop Patrick A Feehan with Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop Spalding, and Archbishop Ryan officiating. The body lay in state at the Cathedral of the Holy Name while over 75,000 viewed, and 1300 visiting priests were admitted amid overwhelming demand. The remains were moved to Calvary Cemetery for eventual burial at Mount Carmel.
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Chicago
Patrick A. Feehan
Cathedral of the Holy Name
Cardinal Gibbons
John Lancaster Spalding
Peoria
Ryan
Philadelphia
Cal Vary
New Cemetery
Mount Carmel
Bishop Conaty explains why Gaelic chair removal occurred
Denver July 18 Bishop Thomas J Conaty rector of the Catholic university at Washington told the Ancient Order of Hibernians the deposition of Dr Richard Henneberry as Gaelic professor ends calls for reinstatement The college sought to keep the Gaelic chair funded by a $50 000 gift from the Hibernians Dr Dunn trained in Gaelic schools in Europe was to take the chair and a Gaelic professor from Harvard was teaching there at present
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Hibernians
Henneberry
Denver
Thomas J. Conaty
Catholic University At
Washington
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Richard Henneberry
Ireland
United States
Dunn
Europe
Harvard College
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