Street Car Strike Ties Up Milwaukee Transit Lines
A strike by 900 Milwaukee Electric Railway andLight Co. workers began Sunday after demands for higher pay union recognition and minor concessions were rejected. Officials refuse to negotiate wages or arbitration while minor grievances may be discussed. the walkout halted service as cars were pulled into barns and crews left for better terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
Leitiz
Payne
The
Roc
Wyman
Loring
Audience With Wilhelm A Uhl Opens German Embassy Visit
United States Ambassador Edwin F. Uhl was presented to the German Emperor in a rain drenched ceremony. The embassy staff rode in gilded carriages down Unter den Linden as guards saluted and the Empress hosted a brief private audience before the envoy and his suite returned to the Kaiserhof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uhl
Edwin F. Uhl
United States
Germany
Theodore Runyon
Kaiserbot
Baron Usedom
J. %. Jackson
Emassy
Mr. Uhl
Baron Usurom
Brandenburg
Unter den Linden
Mir
Jackson
Baron von Bliebach
Kaiserhof
Cremation Believed Following Fire In Cripple Creek
A shoe drummer said to represent the Standard Shoe Company at Cincinnati was seen entering his Portland Hotel room inebriated about thirty minutes before a hotel fire began and has since disappeared. Two trunks marked S. & Co. Cincinnati were recovered from the ruins and remain unclaimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Shoe Company
Cincinnati
Portland
Cripple Creek
Cinecinman
Commander McMurty Dead At League Island Navy Yard
Commander Felix McMurty of the League Island Navy Yard died Sunday from heart failure. A venerated naval officer, he served worldwide and faced danger under fire more than forty times, noted for his intrepidity and long-standing service.
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McMurty
Felix McMurty
S. N
League Island Navy Yard
Austin double murder in a family quarrel shocks city
Sunday morning in Austin Texas James Nixon shot and killed his brother in law Dempsy Brown. Brown fired back with a double barreled shotgun, wounding Nixon in the face before dying. Separate items note Mrs Burtlin Tucker of the Salvation Army ill in San Francisco with engagements canceled and a Hong Kong plague report listing seventy five new cases and seventy five deaths in the past week.
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Austin
Texas
James Nixon
Dempsy Brown
Brown
Nixon
Booth-Feeker Ty
Burtlin Tucker
Salvation Army
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Northwest
New York
Hong Kong
William Robinson
Mong Kong
Insurrection Forces Strike Spanish Column Near Zanja
Cuban rebel commanders Garcia and Gomez win notable successes in Santiago de Cuba province. Garcia’s 1500 men clash with Munoz’s 2500 near Zanja by the Vauto river, sinking many Spaniards and forcing retreat to gunboats. Gomez advances with 1200 troops toward Matanzas, aiming for Havana province. Weyler braces for a dual assault from Gomez and Maceo as troops rush to the front.
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Parriors
Airey West
Fla
Intergents
Ualixto Garcia
Santiago de Cabo
Cuba
Garela
Munoz
Zunja
Vauto
Garcia
Manoz
Manzanillo
Manzanfllo
Rabi
Hodinghans
Zanja
Murozs Eslumus
Murozs
Gomez
Matanzas
Havana
Troeha
Maceo
Chinese Laundry War Starts Fight With Six Companies
New York firm Lea company enters the battle against San Francisco Six Companies over laundry dominance. The newcomer pledges a 10 percent price cut with an additional larger cut to follow as Ak Sing of the Chinese mission in Boston warns the dispute could demoralize the laundry market nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boster Standard
Lea Company
New
San Francisco
Ak Sing
Boston
On the Trail of the Trust in Chicago Gas Firms
Attorney General Moloney probes charges against officers of four major Chicago gas companies. The case seeks to enforce a mandate barring dividends on stock certificates held by the Fidelity Company of Philadelphia as part of the trust action.
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Moloney
Chicago
Fidelity Company of
Philadelphia
Destructive Cyclone Strikes Boone Audrain Monroe Counties
A severe cyclone moved through Boone Audrain and Monroe counties north of Centralia Missouri damaging farms. Trees and fences toppled. J W Sexton and J L Sappington orchards barns outbuildings farms suffered. No fatalities reported.
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Missouri
A&a
Boone
Audrian
Monroe
Centralia
J. W Sexton
J. L. Sappington
Wisconsin Cloudburst and Fire Strikes Wisconsin Town
An electrical storm in Sheborgan Wisconsin sent a heavy flood through streets and knocked down utilities. Two dwellings burned as a result and the Chicago end Northwestern track was washed away. Water stood a foot deep in places.
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Wisconsin
Sheborgan
Wis
Chicago
Minister Willis Very Te Albert Ill in San Francisco
United States Minister to Hawaii Willis is seriously ill with pneumonia in San Francisco and not yet out of danger. The report notes he is improving but remains at risk while hospitalized in St. Louis. The Comptroller of the Currency authorized the Commercial National Bank of St Louis to organize with capital of 1,500,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Very Te Albert
Willis
United States
Hawaii
San Francisco
St. Louis
Comptroller of the Currency
Commercial National Bank of St Louis
Miu
Louisville Offers Ward Manager Job For City Ball Club
John M. Ward, a Louisville baseball figure, is offered 5000 dollars to manage the Louisville Baseball Club both on and off the field, signaling a high stakes appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Ward
John M. Ward
Needle Threaded Skiing Mechanism Featured in Trop Age
A Trop Age story recounts a delicate mechanical feat where an expert craftsman drilled a full length hole through a common sewing needle, just large enough for a single hair to pass. The work showcases precision and minute engineering skill in Ski mechanics.
Widespread business decline noted in weekly trade review
Kk. G Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade reports price levels for raw materials and manufactured goods down about 7 percent from April 1, with a 16.7 percent drop since October 1892. Wheat, wool, and woolen goods soften. wool exports fall, and warehouse stocks rise. Coal prices slip 5 cents per ton. Weekly U S and Canadian failures total 233 and 31 respectively. Brown resigns as pastor of First Congregational Church in San Francisco after a contentious vote, with lingering questions about his future assignments.
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Dun & Co
Trada
de Iaund
United States
Canada
Conference of California
Dubugie
Towa
Murder in Chicago Ends in Immediate Death
J. J. Wyckoff an engineer employee of Buessner Baking Company shot William Wagner a wealthy Chicago manufacturer through the left breast at Lake and Market Streets. Wagner died within minutes. Neighbors and adversaries, a row over alleged abuse to Mrs. Wyckoff sparked the fatal act. Police quelled a crowd and riot with clubs as Wyckoff was taken to a patrol wagon.
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Chicago
J. J. Wyckoff
Buessner Baking Company
William Wagner
Wagner
Wyckeft
Lake and
Market Streets
Wyckoff
Bicycle in Cuban War Supplies New York to Cuba
Report notes bicycles are to aid Cuban insurgents with wheels shipped from New York on the steamship Arbandho to Neuvitas Cuba. Officials say the rainy season will test the airworthiness and utility of the bicycle in war. Additional supplies were reportedly dispatched aboard the same steamer.
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New York
Neuvitas
Cuba
Ohio Murderer Executed at the Penitentiary
William Paul was executed at the Ohio penitentiary at 12 10 Wednesday morning. His neck was broken and life extinct in eleven and a half minutes. He confessed innocence on the soul though guilt is clear for killing his father in law Joseph Yockey at Brown County near Ripley on July 5 1894. A separate incident describes a daughter in law killing her father in law near Chetopa Kansas after an argument over eggs. Another case reports Albert Rieuliff shooting his wife and then himself at Jealousy following jealousy.
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Ohio
William Paul
Ohio Penitentiary
Paul
Joseph Yockey
Brown County
Ripley
Market Quotations from Sioux City and Midwest Grains
The report lists cattle prices in Sioux City, cattle and hog prices across Kansas City and South Omaha, with stockers, feeders, and beef steers priced from about 2.90 to 4.15 dollars. Hog prices run from roughly 3.10 to 3.40, while grain futures show wheat and oats values, and a note on No 1 hard wheat on track with various futures months.
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Sioux City
Kansas City
Catre
South Omaha
Northern
Shah assassinated in Teheran amid palace intrigue
Nasr ed Din of Persia is slain in Teheran while leaving the shrine of Shah Abdul Azim. A secret society is linked to the act as conspirators aim to disrupt succession. Officials report no broad conspiracy, but regional powers Britain Russia and Persia face potential turmoil. The assassin, a Bub member, is under arrest.
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Nasr-e-Din
Persia
Teheran
Respring
Europe
Afrernoon
Isi i
Shah Abdul Azim
Eberan
Dhoi
Bub Secret Society
Nasr ed-Din
Herat
Afghanistan
Britain
Russia
Salisbury
Richard P Bland and notable 19th century events
Richard Parks Bland, Missouri silver Democrat and self styled Silver Dollar Bland, helped drive free coinage efforts in Congress from 1872 to 1894. The piece notes his mining ties, moves from Green River country to Rolla and Lebanon, and his failed 1894 bid. It also reports a skin grafting case in Kansas, a marriage notice for Charles Branston in Lexington, and a shooting death in South Dakota, plus a dinner in Boston for Minot Savage.
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Missouri
Richard Parks Bland
Missouri Silver Democrats
Bland
Ma Bigud
Hartford
Green River Country
California
Urebh
Rolla
Phelps
Lebanon
Congress
House
Senate
Hares
Week in Congress Highlights Senate House Debates and Votes
Senate and House proceedings review a busy week with appropriation debates and naval plans. The House passed the Pickler general pension bill while the Senate split over battle ship funding, tariffs, and various measures. A bankruptcy bill and Alaska delegation proposal faced floor votes, with several amendments offered but not adopted.
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Senate
House
Dehara
William H. Crane
Texas
Pacific Railroad
Hubbard
Missouri
Gorman
Afr. Gorman
Sherman
Hale
Ghungler
Maryland
Bailey
Chandler
William Gross
Congress
Territory of
Alaska
Curious world facts and figures from 19th century times
A collection of oddities and statistics outlines diverse topics. England's police force numbers 2,000 men. sunflowers yield paper. Cherokees in North Carolina total 2,885. Blotting paper is made from cotton rags boiled in soda. The Russian crown valued at 6,000,000 dollars. Bank of England notes said to be worth half a penny each. Crocodile eggs tiny, about goose egg size. The Himalayas seen twenty two miles away. Norway rail travel cheapest in Europe. Brazil said to have 300 languages and dialects among Indians. Bermudas accounts settled once yearly, June 30. Moroccan sultan’s army led by Secotedman Baid McL. marching steps 75 per minute, quick 105, charge 150. Healthy man breathes 20 to 36 times a minute. A cloak has reportedly been invented needing winding only every hundred years. Wool production from sheep totals over 165 million pounds. The largest known ocean creature is the “rorgnal” at 14 feet. William Strong is the sole living retired U S Supreme Court justice, aged 86. A Stevens Point census notes a man aged SF and wife aged 35 with a grandchild aged years. Southern States hold 107,146,420 acres of timberlands with yield 3,000 cubic feet per acre. J C Kissinger of Butler County, Da, father of 34 children.
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England
North Carolina
Bank of England
Himalaya
Norway
Europe
Brazil
Bermudas
Morocco
Baid McLin
William Strong
the Suprem Court of the
United States
Stevens Point
Wis
J. C. Kissinger
Buier County
Rhodes and Johannesburg plot Telegrams Stir World Opinion
Reports in London Times cite Cecil Rhodes and Jameson episode as proof of a conspiracy to overthrow the Transvaal. Officials say the evidence shows Rhodes approved revolution, while actual frontier crossing remains unclear. Kruger defends government in a taped interview. Other dispatches note party conventions and a New York murder case. A gas well near Kakomo, Tid, exploded after lightning, with two days of fires and dynamite used to control flames.
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Briglund
South African Republic
Transvaal
Cape Colony
South Africa
Cominy
London Fimnes i
Cecil Rhodes
Rutherford Harris
Kakomo
Tid
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the Kenwick Times
Renwick
Owa
Dr! Meers William
Wileliah
Oscar Lyons
Mayfield, Ky
Fvo
House Committee On Juudiciary
Ohio Buggy Company
Creigston W. Black
Columbus
Booth-Tucker
Sale Sation Army
Elizabeth Street
James T. Rowland
Mud Creek
Indian Territory
Chetop2
Kansas
James Rowland
Albert Rieuliff
Markey
Shah
Richard P. Bland
Mingman
Kan
J. H. Light
Buck
Vendershot
Tve
Charles J. Branston
Liexington, Ky
Blackburn Forces
Kentucky
Anisele Wilson
Clarence Smith
EN Mountain
Custer, S. D
Bye John Sellers
Fey
Minot
Savage
Bostey
Richard PL Bland
Johannesburg
Rhodes
London Times
Arma and Money
Pretoria
Kruger
Cleveland
John Hart Hamilton
Mississippi
Georgia
McKinley
Reed
Vermont
Alabama
Michigan
Tennessee
Plhitfcrm
New York Court of Appagia
Maria Bachert
Gait
Maria Varberia
Domenica Cataldo
John Hays Hammoxd
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