Uprising and U.S. Involvement Signal Cuban Crisis
The text traces August to October events in Cuba with insurgent activity in Pinar del Rio, a government mobilization, bandit actions near Las Lajas and Santa Clara, Taft and Bacon’s diplomatic visits, and the arrival of American troops under provisional governor Magoon as the United States steps in to restore peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Las Lajas
Santa Clara
Tanzas
Santa
Taft
Clara
Des Moines
Bacon
Havana
Palma
Chas. BE. Magoon
Mass Earthquakes and Volcanic Upheavals Across The Americas
A chronology of seismic and volcanic events reports Mont Pelee eruption in February and widespread shocks across the West Indies. April 18 San Francisco quake and fire devastate the city with massive damages and homelessness. Congress and the War Department mobilize relief and funding. August brings Valparaiso disaster and widespread ruin in Chile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont Pelee
West Indies
Heart of
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Congress
War Department
Vesuvius
Valparaiso
Chili
Quillota
Government and Political Highlights Across States and Nations
A condensed timeline of political events from January to December detailing legislative actions, resignations, court rulings, and notable elections. Key items include calls for Depew’s resignation over insurance exposure, Ohio and Indiana political shifts, the Moro island battle, passage of quarantine and meat inspection measures, statehood moves for Oklahoma, and the broader 1907 congressional session developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Depew
Hanly
Indiana
Sec
Tj. M. Patterson
Ohio
Iowa General Assembly
Wisconsin
Venezuela
Root
Patterson
J. G. Brady
Alaska
J. M. Patterson
Chicago
Public Works
Green
Island of Jolo
National Supreme Court
N.W
Gilbert
Congressional
Sherrick
C. S. Francis
Austria-Hungary
Bellamy Storer
Ohio General Assembly
House
David
Rose
S. M. Becker
Milwaukee
Ilinois Supreme Court
Indiana Supreme Court
Congress
Senate
Burton
Senate Committee On Privileges
Neill Reynolds
D. N. Carter
E. W. ‘Hoch
Kansas
Standard, Oil Co
Supreme Court
Reed Smoot
Utah
Conpublican
Supreme Court of
Ilinois
Lipton's Yacht Race and Major Boxing and Sports News
A calendar of sports results and incidents from Jan to Dec includes Sir Thomas Lipton racing in New York against a yacht club for the cup, Herrera stopping Young Corbett in five in Los Angeles, Hoppe winning world balkline billiards titles in Paris and New York, plus various boxing, wrestling, and mining disaster notes with dates and locations across the United States and abroad. The record also notes the 16th American Whist League congress in Boston, and multiple mine explosions, fires, wrecks, and other calamities with fatalities or injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
New York “Yacht Club
Herrera
Young Corbett
Los Angeles
Willie’ Hoppe
Maurice Vignaux
Paris
Boan
Harvard University
New York
Demogeot
Ormonde Beach
Fla
Battling Nelson
McGovern
Philadelphia
Hoppe
Slosson
Frrank Gotch
Tom Jenkins
Kansas City
Boston
Johnstone
Emilie
Polo Grounds
N. Y
Chicago
Joe Gans
Goldfield
New
Fred Tenny
Roy Thomas
Nationals
Harry C. Pulliam
National Baseball League
Notable figures listed in scattered obituary notices
A long chronology lists deaths and notable events from January to December, naming figures such as W. R. Harper, Marshall Field, Susan B. Anthony, Henrik Ibsen, and J. E. Gary. It covers politicians, publishers, and public figures, with dates and locations including Chicago, New York, Rochester, and Milwaukee, plus summaries of notable assassinations, fires, and legal actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Harper
University of Chicago
Chicago
Col
R. G. Tns
Galveston
Marshall Field
Prince
New York
H. B. Hurd
Illinois
Evanston
D. B. Henderson
National House of Representatives
Dubuque
S. P. Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Aiken
S. C
Hogg
Texas
Houson
Susan B. Anthony
Rochester
N. Y
John St. John
Head of Great Lakes
Superior
Wis
Johann ™ Most
Cincinnati
T. E. Barrett
Cook County
Blanco
Cuba
Madrid
A. Warwick
Constitution Democrat
Kéokuk
Max Judd
St. Louis
Henrik Ibsen
Christiania
Robert Adams
Philadelphia
Washington
A. P. Gorman
Maryland
Robert B. .Roosevelt
Sayville
L. I
J. Smith
Roxbury
Mass
G.Y. Wisner
Detroit
H. C. Adams
Wisconsin
G. P.wanty
Michigan
London
Alfred Bell
Russell Sage
Lawrence
L. L
E. A. Gage
Seattle
Wash
E. Rosewater
Omaha Bee
Omaha
H. Oelrichs
A. T. Bliss
Milwaukee
Albert J. Adams
Samuel Jones
Little Rock
Ark
Jefferson Davis
R. F F. Davis
Massachusetts
Fall River
Bishop Nicholson
Milwaukee Episcopal Diocese
Joseph E. Gary
Rockwood Hoar
Senate
Hoar
Worcester
Wm. R. Shafter
Bakersfield
Cal
Otto Young
Lake Geneva
Mark Hassler
G. E. Seymour
Ear
Springfield
Ill
A. Garcelon
Maine
Lewiston
F. Henrotin
Billy Willam
New ‘Oreans
Senator Brown
Utah
Annie Bradley
C. C. McCabe
M.E. Church
New ‘York
Fragmented World Events From Jan to Dec List
A compact survey of international incidents and political shifts. Notable items include Rodriguez attack in Puerto Plata and San Domingo defeats. Denmark crowns and dies. France cabinet resignations. Italy Lake Iseo sink. Jesuit leadership changes. Spain UK royal wedding threats. and other 1900 era upheavals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian
Denmark
Copenhagen
Frederick VIII
Tavernola
Italy
Iseo
Reyes
Colombia
Weil—M. Sarrien
France
Palma
Cuba
Black Forest
Germany
Louis. Martin
Rome
Paris
Alfonso
Xiii
Spain
Victoria
England
Madrid
Palajanes
Leyte
Haakon VII
Queen Maud
Norway
London
Haakon
Lady Curzon
Sirio
Ormigas Island
Father Wernz
Hong Kong
China
Anna Gould
Countess de Castellane
Count Boni
Chamber of Deputies
Bank Closures and Labor Strikes Across States in 1903
Historical ledger lists a wave of bank failures and closures from Cleveland to Philadelphia, with liabilities ranging from 4 million in Chicago to 130 thousand in Cleveland. It also tracks major labor events including strikes by bricklayers in St Louis and wage settlements for miners in various regions, plus national AFL activities and notable political assassinations and riots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons, Snyder & Co
Cleveland
Boliver County Bank
Miss
Southern Bank & Trust Co
Ft. Smith
Ark
Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Freedom
Wis
Examiner
Teis, Smith & Co
Bankers
Pekin, Ill
Delmont National Bank
Delmont
American Reserve Bond Cqg
St. Louis
Farmers’ State Bank of
Clearfield
State Bank
Milwaukee Ave
Chicago
State Bank Examiner
Real Estate Trust Co
Philadelphia
Bates National Bank
Butler
Middleport
Bank of Beckwith & Co
Evanston
Wyo
C. V. Chandler
Macomb
Colchester
Pate
Inl
Byohn Mitchell
Kansas City
National Executive ‘Committee
United Mine Workers
Michigan
Aspen
Col
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
American Federation of Labor
Minneapolis
Samuel Gompers
Minnneapolis
Cascade of murders and crimes shocks states
A compiled list notes multiple violent acts and legal cases across Idaho Michigan Minnesota Indiana Illinois and Massachusetts. Ex governors, tax collectors and mob actions figure among crimes including murder by bomb axe slayings and arson with investigations and indictments linked to labor and political figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stennenberg
Idaho
Boise
Clarence Barnum
Rochester
Mich
Self
Mathew. Styer
Caledonia
Minn
Sweetheart
Nels Nelson
Walkason
Indiana
Indianapolis
J. A. Linn
Chicago
Cout
J. W. Watters
Fall River
Mass
Steunenberg
Johann
Hoch
Springfield Oak
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. A. Dupont
J. E. Roddicks
Delaware
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Panama
Beveridge
Iowa
A. B. Cummins
J. S. Harlan
Interstate Commerce Commission
C. E. Littlefield
Konsessnsnyassen
Chas. E. Hughes
W. R. Hearst
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Colorado
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
South
John W. Riddle
Roumania
Servia
Meyer
St. Petersburg
Panama Canal
Strauss
Bonaparte
Metcalf
Coaldale
W.va
Haverstraw
N. J
Poteau
I. T
la Salle
West Virginia
Maitland
Meridian
Adobe
Camden
N. Jr
Winfield (Col
Cuban
Trinidad
Bellevue
Tex
Altoona
East
Providence
Rocky Ford
Mont
Lafayette
Ind
Ind., Mrs.‘S. Gobbay
Sag- Gai
Cedar Rapids
Omana
Neb
T. C. Daniels
Lang Hollow
Naugatuck
Conn
Cimarron River
Okla
Jellico
Tenn
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Ala
Pensacola
Florida
Central America
Johnstown
Kan
Chamber of Commerce
Atlantic City
Dix
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway Co
Lynchburg
Clifton
Ariz
Westfield
Ithaca
Cornell University
Vicksburg
Enderlin
N. D
Richard Ivens
Bossie Hollister
D. H. Sherrick
Cook Co
Green and Gaynor
Savannah
Japa
Moy
Phillips County
H. G. Goll
First National Bank of Milwaukee
Goll
Ft. Leavenworth
Reading
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Madison Square Roof
Garden
Evelyn Ness
Ghat I. T
Salisbury
N. C
Stensland
Tangier
Morocco
A. Segal
Atlanta
H. W. Hering
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of Chicago
Sente
San’ Francisés
Abram Ruef
Enrico Caruso
Joseph F. Smith
Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
Littleton
W. Va
Jerteyn
Rutland
Duluth
Mars
Standhone
White Pigeon
Austin
Buffalo
Evening Times
Boone
Boone Cereal Co
Duck Hill
Fire -In- Armour Pecking
South Omaha
St. Paul
Wentzville
Tiburon
Birmingham
Bristow
Richland
Princeton
Tobacco Trust
Fraince
Reichstag
James Bryce
Durand
Failleries
Russia
Moscow
Riga
Hazenpot
Tiflis
Stolypin
Sebastopol
Ekaterinoslav
Elizabethpol
Doubasoff
W. H. Stuart
Batum
Chuknin
Sevastopol
Imperial Ukase
Viborg
Finland
Sveaborg
Aptekarsky Island
Min
Young
Woeman
Peterhof
Siedlce
S—Commission
Sveakor
Cronstadt
Chopote
Kazan
Alexis Ignatieff
Council of ‘Empire
Eral
Kiev
Volhynia
Podolia
Tver
C. T. Yerkes
Traction
John Alexander Dolwie
Zion City
Voliva
South America
Wisconsin Railway
Hill
Great Northern ‘Railway
Steel Corporation
Standard Oil Company
Findlay
Wyoming
Brownaville
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Porto Rio
Norwegian
Industrial Peace’ Commission
Findlay, O
Common Pleas Court
Paul O. Stensiland
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