Plan to general strike threatens national coal supply
W. B. Wilson of the United Mine Workers warns the current anthracite reserve could run dry in under three months if work halts nationwide. He cites 147,000 miners across 30 states and predicts widespread factory shutdowns as the July 17 convention debates a general suspension.
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Indianapolis
Ind
W. B. Wilson
United Mine Workers of America
National Convention of
United States
Wilson
Idaho
Nevada
California
Dakotas
North
Virginia
West
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Knois
Iowa
May Try to Lynch Dalton at Marysville Jail
Sheriff Guthrie arrived from Texas with James Dalton who is alleged to be the murderer of Sheriff Batterson four years ago. Dalton is confined in the cell from which he escaped as a large crowd gathers at the station. A heavy guard shields the jail to prevent mob violence.
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Marysville
Kan
Sherif Guthrie
Texas
James Dalton
Batterson
Dalton
Unloading Time Change Proposal Faces Southwest Interests
The southwest cattle interests opposed the current law requiring five stock to be unloaded from cars every twenty eight hours for rest feed and water. The House Committee on Commerce ordered a favorable report on a bill to set the period at forty hours claiming it would ensure humane treatment without unduly burdening shippers.
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Washington
Theo
Southwest
House Committee On Commerce
Invitations to Roosevelt West Visit Pour In
Washington dispatch reports invitations for President Roosevelt to visit western cities continue to pour in. The breadth of inquiries signals strong public interest in a presidential trip as volunteers and civic groups seek engagements and tours across multiple states.
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Washington
West
Roosevelt
Find Young Warner Dead In Rooming House
Charles D Warner 24 son of Maj William Warner US district attorney and ex grand commander of the G A R was found dead in a Southwest Boulevard rooming house. Three empty morphine bottles on the dresser indicate poisoning. He had been dead several hours when found. He leaves a widow and one child.
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Kansas City
Chas. D. Warner
William Warner
United States
The
Southwest Boulevard
Warner
Charles Warner
Monument honors Wilson as Strauss presents Cleveland letter
At Washington and Lee University June 20 the statue unveiling for late president and former congressman William L. Wilson featured a keynote by Hon. Strauss of New York. He read a public letter from President Grover Cleveland praising Wilson’s tariff reform work and urging rest for his strained condition.
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Lexington
Washington and Lee University
Sador Strauss
New York
William L. Wilson
Wilson
Cleveland
Strauss
Washington, D. C
Mr. Wilson
Grover Cleveland
Militia Ordered Out to Paterson in Newark Turmoil
At midnight Governor Murphy ordered part of the First regiment of infantry and the entire First troop of cavalry to Paterson to preserve order. General Campbell assumes command, coordinates troops and transportation, and Erie Railroad is to dispatch trains at once. Soldiers assemble and will guard mills from 7 a.m.
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Newark
N. J
Gov. Murphy
Paterson
Campbell
Erie
Bates for a Major General
Washington June 20 the senate committee on military affairs ordered favorable reports on army promotions John C Bates and George W Davis to major generals Theodore J Wint Frank D Baldwin Jesse M Lee William H Carter and H Bliss to brigadier generals W Forwood to be surgeon general with brigadier rank Jacob A Augur to be colonel cavalry and Charles H Noble to be colonel infantry
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Charles H. Noble
Taft Reports Progress Toward Friar Lands Titles
Cablegrams from Governor Taft to the war department say negotiations with Vatican authorities are advancing on obtaining titles to the friar lands. It is believed bases of agreement are set and details are being discussed.
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Washington
War Department
Taft
Vatican
Death of famed Short Horn breeder Thomas Westrope
HARLAN I a June 20 Thomas R Westrope died Sunday morning of an apoplexy after an illness of three quarters of an hour For many years he was one of the best known Short Horn breeders in the United States and won several national championships at famous stock exhibitions He leaves a large estate.
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Thomas Westrope
Harlan
Thomas R. Westrope
United States
President nominates land office officials and agent
The president sent to the senate nominations for Registers of Land Offices Daniel Arms of Missoula Montana and William R Dunbear of Vancouver Washington and an Agent for the Indians William R Logan of Fort Belknap Montana.
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Washington
Senate
Registers of Land
Daniel Arms
Missoula
Mont
William R. Dunbear
Vancouver
Wash
William R. Logan
Fort Belknap
Peach crop in Gage county will nearly fail this season
Beatrice Nebraska June 20 The peach crop in Gage county faces near total failure this season with cherries, apples and other fruit expected to yield about half a crop.
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Gage
Beatrice
Neb
Gage County
Submit Plan to the Pope
A Tribune dispatch from Rome says cardinals have submitted first conclusions on the American Philippine proposition to the pope. Secrecy is tight as they seek methods to yield without seeming to concede and without risking reproach.
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New York
Tribune
Rome
Senate backs Panama route in isthmian canal vote
The Senate approved the Spooner substitute for the Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill by 42 to 34 after two amendments. The plan would let the president pick the Panama route if clear title to Panama Canal Company property is obtained, otherwise he would choose Nicaragua. Debate closed at 2 p.m. with the amended measure adopted 42 to 34.
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Washington
Senate
Spooner
Panama
Panama Canal Company
Nicaragua
House
Morgan
Alabama
Hay
Nutridge
South Dakota
Costa Rica
United States
Clark
Montana
Statehood Bill Motion Likely Not Pressed
Senator Quay signaled in the senate that he probably would not press to discharge the committee on territories on the omnibus statehood bill when it returns Monday. Republican leaders agreed to defer the question to the next session with plans to report the bill and bring it up early in the new session for fair consideration.
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Washington
Quay
Senate
Committee On Territories
Italian Ambassador Expresses Annoyance Over Chicago Inquiry Findings
Signor Mayor des Planches the Italian ambassador called at the state department and told acting secretary Hil that he was greatly annoyed by the publication of the court of inquiry findings into the cause of the American naval officers of the Chicago imprisonment.
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Signor Planches
Washington
Signor Mayor Des Planches
State Department
Hil
Hay
Chicago
Refined Sugars Marked Down in New York Trade
NEW YORK June 20 The following refiners reductions were made in refined sugar today Grades 5 6 and 7 ten points all other grades five points The report lists price changes across multiple refined sugar grades for today’s market activity.
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New York
Silk Mills Shut Down in Hudson County
In New York on June 20, most silk mills in Hudson county New Jersey closed due to the Paterson dyers strike. About 10,000 workers lost jobs with numbers expected to reach 13,000 within a day as manufacturers shut down indefinitely.
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New York
Hudson County
New Jersey
Paterson
Alk
Hudson
Bishop Advises Negroes to Defend Themselves
In Chicago on June 17 Bishop Alex Walters of Ohio urged Black residents to rely on themselves for protection, warning of trouble ahead. He spoke at Olivet Baptist Church, president of the Afro-American council, urging steps to shield Eldorado and Harrisburg residents from riots and the Louis Wright lynching case. A resolution was sent to Governor Yates requesting immediate protection for colored people and property.
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Chicago
Alexander Walters
Colored Church of Ohio
Olivet Baptist Church
Eldorado
Harrisburg
Ill
Louis Wright
Missouri
Yates
Revolt Favors Castro Opposition Gains Boost in Trinidad
Herald report from Port of Spain says exodus of Castro supporters from Venezuela and recent defeats boost revolutionary hopes to topple Castro next month. Four hundred government troops at Soro were defeated by General Corcega with seventy killed and 150 prisoners. General Mato’s army nears Caracas en route to Guarico where reinforcements await. Guarico occupied by revolutionaries as Conde leads forces into Barabobo.
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New York
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Castro
Venezuela
Soro
Quira
Corcega
Mato
Caracas
Carines
Guarico
Barabobo
Pedro Conde
SURRENDER OF BOERS IN SOUTH AFRICA COMPLETES
Lord Kitchener reports 915 Boers surrender at Pretoria on June 16 completing Transvaal surrenders. By June 17 another 700 surrendered at Bloemfontein. Totals show 11,225 surrendered in Transvaal and 5,395 in the Orange River Colony with rifles turned in 10,813 and 5,280 respectively.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Transvaal
Bloemfontein
Orange River Colony
Trust bill proposed to tax watered stock and public companies
Representative Bell of Colorado introduced a bill based on industrial commission recommendations. It calls for annual filings with the treasury detailing interstate public business, classifies stock as cash paid or inflated, and taxes the inflated category at 2 percent per year.
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Washington
Bell
Colorado
Industrial Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Changes Bankruptcy Law Moves Through House
Washington June 18 The house debated judiciary bills with the bankruptcy reform as the centerpiece. The minority tried to repeal the law but was defeated 6 to 137. The measure amends the law in fifteen points, including a key change on preference per a Supreme Court ruling and four added grounds to refuse discharge.
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Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Toto
Supreme Court
Pirle
Chicago Title and Trust Company
Oil field drilling resumes with new rigs at Fossil
Water removed from the Utah-Wyoming Oil company well in the Fossil fields. The Wyoming-Eastern Oil company drilling rig, represented by Hubbell & Griffin, has arrived at Fossil and will begin drilling in a few days. Idaho-Wyoming company work is progressing rapidly.
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Kremmerer
Wyo
Utah-Wyoming Oil Company
Wyoming-Eastern Oil Company
Hubbell & Griffin
Fossil
Idaho-Wyoming Company
Nebraska Republicans Nominate Ticket After Long Convention
Lincoln June 19 report details Nebraska Republican state convention selecting Robertson, McGilton, Marsh, Weston, and others for governor and statewide offices. The platform calls for swift constitutional revision, stricter public funds accountability, tax enforcement, and new taxes on non-resident insurance firms to boost state revenue.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Robertson
Black
Wilson
Mickey
George W. Marsh
Charles Weston
United States
Saunders
Morensen
W. K. Fowler
F. N. Prout
C. D. Follmer
Spanish American Treaty Delayed to Autumn
Madrid reports the Spanish American treaty of friendship will not be concluded before autumn. The delay follows the anticipated return of United States minister Bellamy Storer.
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Madrid
United States
Bellamy Storer
Rathbone Rathbone Freed Amnestied Ex-Post Director Sails
E F Rathbone former director of posts who was jailed for post office frauds and fined $35,000 left Havana for New York on the Niagara after general amnesty law signed June 9.
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Havana
Live Stock Market Receipts and Prices From Omaha and Kansas City
South Omaha cattle receipts were moderate with a mix of beef stock and stock cattle. fine stock sold at firm, high figures while inferior stockers lacked inquiry. Hogs rose modestly with steady tops around 7.40 to 7.50 and brisk demand. Sheep and lambs showed weaker demand, with mutton prices down about 75 cents to $1.00 from two weeks prior.
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South Omaha
Kansas City
Wyoming
Kansas City Market Report For Cattle Hogs Sheep And Lambs
Cattle sales steady to strong with highs for the year. Prices listed include Western-fed steers around 6.0 to 6.]+". hogs 7.65 top and most sales near 7.25 to 7.65. sheep and lambs steady to weak with native lambs 7.00. western lambs 6.30. fed ewes around 3.23. stockers and feeders 2.35 to 3.90.
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Kansas City
Texas
PAYS PENALTY FOR MURDER
Walter Gordon hanged in Brandon Manitoba for the murder of Charles Daw and confessed to killing Daw's hired man Jacob Smith. He had planned to buy Dan's farm, fled to Dakota, joined the US Army then Canadian mounted rifles, and was arrested as he prepared to embark.
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Brandon
Manitoba
Walter Gordon
Charles Daw
Jacob Smith
Daw
Gordon
Dan
Dakota
United States Army
Halifax
Canadian Mounted Rifles
South Africa
Vacation begins for Washington's diplomatic corps
The usual summer exodus of diplomats unfolds with Ambassador Cambon leaving for France on Sunday, Ambassador Aspiroz headed to Mexico next week, and Ministers Brun and Proda preparing to Denmark and Switzerland. Wu has read the edict appointing him to adapt foreign laws for China but has not received the edict itself.
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Washinton
Cambon
France
Aspiroz
Mexico
Brun
Denmark
Proda
Switzerland
Boy Crushed Under Wagon Wheels
Waterloo Iowa June 21 Roy Baum ten years old was fatally injured when a heavy drag wagon ran over him on Water street The wheels passed along his body stripping flesh from a leg The boy fell from the seat while riding beside the driver Physicians give little hope for recovery
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Waterloo
Roy Baum
Water Street
Passing of Pioneer Preacher
NESRASKA CITY Neb June 21 Rev J B Green longtime pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian church of this city died at Fort Scott Kan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nesraska City
Neb
J. B. Green
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Fort Scott
Kan
Vatican Accepts Taft Plan on Friar Lands
Rome June 21 The papal secretary of state Cardinal Rampolla told Bishop Thomas O Gorman of Sioux Falls that the Vatican accepts Taft plan for friar lands in all main points while dissenting on minor ones. Official documents are being prepared at the Vatican and will be delivered to Judge Taft.
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Rome
Cardinal Rampolla
Thomas O'Gorman
Sioux Falls
S. C
Vatican
Taft
Philippine Islands
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