Global unrest and labor strikes shake Western Union and more
A broad summary of world events notes a Western Union telegraph operator strike spreading from Chicago to Kansas City Denver Dallas Fort Worth Colorado Springs Helena El Paso and Salt Lake. Additional protests involve the Postal Telegraph in Chicago and New Orleans. Reports cover price discrimination against Standard Oil Formosan fighting Japan disasters in the U S and Europe and various accidents and political shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western Union Company
Western Union
City
Kansas City
Denver
Dallas
Fort Worth
Colorado Springs
Helena
el Paso
Salt Lake
Postal Telegraph Company
New Orleans
Smail
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Standard Oil Company
Herbert Knox Smith
Formosa
Taikokan
la Crosse
Wis
Belfast
Leopold
Cienfuegos
Japan
John Foley
Foley
Foley Bros. & Kelly
St. Paul
St. Louis
San Francisco
Mountain Grove
McKenna
Hamilton Club
Santa Fe
California Limited
Hart
Memphis
Tenn
J. S. Summerfield
Burns-Barry Company
Boulder
Col
John J. Lane
Abyssinia
Brighton Beach
Alaska
Harriman and Kahn Summoned in Alton Control Case
United States District Attorney Stimson filed in the circuit court a petition to compel E. H. Harriman and Otto H. Kahn to answer questions about control of the Chicago & Alton railroad. Questions concern stock purchases by Union Pacific via Kuhn Loeb & Co and related holdings. Returnable before Judge Lacombe on October 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Stimson
United States Circuit Court
E. H. Harriman
Otto H. Kahn
Sim of Kulu, Loeb & Co
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago & Alton
Bonaparte
Union Pacific
Alton
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Harriman
John A. Stewart
John J. Mitchell
Mr. Harriman
H. H. Rogers
H.C. Frick
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Minors Central
Southern Pacific Road
Kahn
Kahn, Loeb & Co
Illinois Central
Mr. Kahn
Lacombe
Fatal riots in Belfast as troops fire on crowd
Serious and fatal disorders erupted Monday evening near the constabulary barracks on Cullingtree road. A woman and a man were shot dead, with others seriously wounded as soldiers faced a hail of stones and brickbats during clashes with rioters after the riot act was read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Constabulary
Cullingtree Road
Grain elevator destroyed by boiler explosion in Omaha
An explosion in the basement of the ten story Merriam Humquist elevator at Sixteenth and Nicholas streets Omaha blows out the east end. The building contained grain likely to be a total loss. No one was injured. The damage will be heavy.
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Uae
Earl of Ilchester
New York
International Stomatological Congress
Academy of Medicine
Paris
E. S. Talbot
Chicago
Gov
Comer
Alabama
Southern Railway
Democratic Executive Committee
Mississippi
Williams
Vardaman
Austria
Bohemia
N. F. Frazier
Citizens’ State Bank
Kansas
el Dorado
Kan
Western & Atlantic Railroad
Dalton
United Mine Workers of America
Wyoming
Russell Sage
Long Island Railroad
Young Men’s Christian Association
Long Island City
American Spice Trade Association
San Francisco
California Promotions Committee
Anna Markowitz
Dayton
Dana Gilman
Edward Mulvaney
Brooklyn
Robert Sealander
Mulvaney
Sealander
Western Union
Godiva
Coventry
England
Clear Lake
Lake Mills
Hanlontown
Winona
Minn
Springfield
Golden Cycle Mining Company
Colorado City
Col
Milwaukee
Okauchee
Venezuela
Belgium
Michele Berardinello
Department of Justice
St. Louis
Scranton
Grand
Perry County
Southern Railway Company
Julian
St. Petersburg
Czar
Seg
Omaha
Neb
Merriam & Humquist
Sixteenth and Nicholas Streets
Wild Tribes Menace Mazagan Spurred Desert Flight
A steamer carrying 240 refugees, mostly Europeans, reached Tangier on Monday from Mazagan amid threats by wild tribesmen outside the gates demanding money and vowing to raze the town if denied. French forces from Casablanca pursue the disorganized Waziri tribe bands in the hinterland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Mazagan
Galilee
Casablanca
Orime
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Man After 1897 Illness
A Indianapolis veteran recounts severe kidney trouble in 1897 with headaches dizziness sleeplessness and dropsy. After using Doan's Kidney Pills the swelling subsided the urine stabilized and pains disappeared. He has remained well for nine years. 59 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Frank Doremus
Roosevelt Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Grand Opening of Cheap Irrigated Land in Routt County
Routt County Development Co announces a Carey Act project in the Little Snake River Valley Routt County Colorado. Land and water offered at 25 50 per acre with 5 25 per acre down during the opening Sept 5 excursion rates. Located at 814 17th St Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Snake River Valley
Routt County
Colo
Marcus Aurelius and a Dependent Epigram Exchange
A dialog fragment shows Marcus Aurelius praising epigrams and adages as wise. The dependent responds, noting their value for popularizing an administration and reinforcing the ruler’s public appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Aurelius
Calf Moves by Leaps Like Kangaroo Despite Short Front Legs
A newly born calf in a western state stands out with noticeably shorter front legs and no tail. It moves by rapid leaps rather than typical calf steps, resembling a kangaroo or jack rabbit in its motion.
Teetotalers Prove Bad Company for Drunk Scot
A Scotsman appearing before a London magistrate admits his drunkenness and explains he came up with bad company from Glasgow. The magistrate quips teetotalers are the best company for such a man, and the prisoner adds he drank a bottle of whisky himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Glasgow
Humely
Breakfast Recipe Teaser Promises Value of Diet Change
A quirky kitchen note suggests trying a fruit based breakfast as a cue to the value of a complete diet change, mentioning a sample dish titled A Little Fruit Mee in Oe as an illustration.
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U.lingis
Theresa Sullivan
Michael Sanders
George L. Seeberger
Peary
North Pole
Roosevelt
H. B. Short
Center
Tex
Mike Paul
Standard Oil
Mori
Island of
Celebes
Grand Jury
Jamestown
Vacuum Oil Company
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Grosscup
Standard Company
Landis
Pius X
Sistine Chapel
Emerson B. Brownelle
Kalamazoo
Mich
Pacific Division
Southern Pacific
Bill Quantrell
Quantrell
Kentucky
Quatsino
Vancouver Island
John Sharp
James H. Rodebaugh
Niagara Mill & Elevator Company
Charles N. Chase
Milling Company
Rodebaugh
Daniel J. Tobin
Boston
John McClintock
Edna Rogers
Bloomington, Jr
McClintock
Miss Rogers
A. L. C. Atkinson
Territory of
Hawaii
Gov. Patterson
Tennessee
Nashville
Canton
China
Harry Liebe
Portland
Ore
Ella Pittman Liebe
Mil Miner
Canadian Pacific Railway
Kamloops
J. W. Clarke
W. J. Woods
A. F. A McClosky
Westminster
British Columbia
Morocco
Rabat
W. J. Ramnsy
Colorado
Steve Adams
Telluride
Chicaso
Kahn Also IS Involved
Chicago & Aiton
Fielding
Lewis
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