Foreign affairs and labor unrest dominate the week
Paris dispatches discuss socialist agitation at Montceau les Mines and fears of a general strike. Baudin, France’s public works minister, orders railroad workers to a twelve hour limit with one rest day monthly. London papers debate ransom refusals and Bulgarian arrest demands in the Eden Stone incident.
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Arme
Paris
New Sige Times
Montceau-Les*Mines
Temps
Baudin
Stone
London Globe
Eden
Joral Fickinson
Bulgaria
Death in a New York Tunnel Collapse
A rapid transit tunnel at 166th Street and Eleventh Avenue in New York caved in killing and injuring workmen. Sixty tons of rock and earth bury those remaining. sixteen to eighteen are known to have perished. The tunnel lies 105 feet below the surface. No blame has been assigned yet. Owen Biy, the section foreman, is under arrest pending investigation.
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166Th Street
Eleventh Avenue
New York
Ainder
Bat Owen ‘Biy
Sander
Mormons Choose Successor to Late President Snow
At a regular meeting of the apostles in the temple at Salt Lake City Utah Joseph F Smith was set as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints succeeding the late Lorenzo Snow with John K A Winder and Anthony H Lund as his first and second counselors Brigham Young was set apart as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apostles of “Mormon Church
Temple
All Lake
Utah
Joseph F. Smith
Art
Church of Jesus Mghrist
Latter Day Saints
Lorenzo Snow
John K. A.winder
Anthony H. Lands
Brigham Young
Quorum of Twelve Apostles
Four Million Acre Land Deal Closed for Steel Trust
The Gete Miltion Commission reports a land transfer of four million acres in Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky to United States Steel. The base price stood at 15 million dollars with Major John Losee of Ohio owning most of the land and Dr John Flood of New York receiving a 3146 dollar commission for consummating the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gete
Deserters from U S Training Ship Buffalo
Advisers to the Berlin Tageblatt report ten Buffalo sailors failed to rejoin after leaving port. The ship’s commander offered a reward of 49 dollars each for capturing the deserters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Navy Department reshuffles as Hackett retires
Frank W. Hackett Assistant Secretary of the Navy will retire soon. Judge Charles H. Darling of Bennington Virginia is named to fill the vacancy. The President has chosen to appoint three to the open post as the vacancy occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Frank W. Hackett
Navy
Charles H. Darling
Bennington
Ten Year Old Tragic Fratricide In Sazaning Mich
A 10 year old son of Frank Allen fatally shot his brother after a quarrel over a trivial matter. The incident occurred in Sazaning Michigan where the master resided. The case reflects a child’s violent act amid broader civil unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Allen
Sazaning
Mich
Steamer State of Michigan Sinks Near White Lake Harbor
The Lake Michigan steamer State of Michigan sank northeast of White Lake harbor and lies in sixty feet of water in the eastern shore area. The incident involves Temple Attractions and Fort Wayne, with coast steamer paths affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Kegon
Mich
Barry Esteamer
Temple Attractions
Fort Wayne, Ana
Opened Indian Land Brings New Crop Prospects and Climate
The Kiowa Comanche Apache country opened to homesteaders shows cotton as a likely main staple, with some corn oats and wheat possible. The landscape is level to rolling with red sandy soil and gypsum strips, crossed by the cross timbers and scattered timber suited for fences and fuel.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Weedie Hills
Wichita and
Rainy Mountain
Cross Timbers
Henry Watterson Seeks Higher Office and Other News
Henry Watterson the prominent Kentucky editor and political figure signals ambition for governor and possibly president. Other items include an Ohio bank embezzlement case, a New York store sale, a Pottsville dress rule, a Tyrone bank cash loss, a Connellsville mine tragedy, a trunk theft probe, and a Monroeville bank burglary thwarted by residents.
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Abarobut
New York
McHinley
John B. Smith
New Jersey
Edvin Longenecker
Brown Preparatory School
Philadelphia
Longenecker
Tt Is
Henry Siegel
Siegel, Cooper, & Co
Chicago
Simpson, Crawford & Simpson
Board of Health of
Pottsville
David M. Wolf
First National Bank
Tyrone
Wolf
John Gilleland
Connellsville
James
Winfield
Police Department of
New
Monroeville
Ohio
Irnuer
Prolific list of 1900s U.S. news events from a wide array of locales
The item catalogs deaths, political wins, crimes, business setbacks, natural events, and legal notices across many states. It notes figures such as Lansing Warren of the Milwaukee Sentinel death, I N Horton at Hicksville Ohio, and Edward A Cudahy reward changes, plus Chicago and Kansas incidents, trials, wrecks, and census figures.
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Lansing Warren
Milwaukee Sentinel
Chicago
N. Horton
Nataral Bank
Hicksville
Ohio
Kansas
I. O. Breeden
Iowa
American Christian Missionary Society
Minneapolis
Henry Flaapiin
Repubican
Congress
Michigan
Pinconning
Minn
Dover Street
Chieae
Mars
Ann Taylor
St. Joseph
Per Crowe
Cudahy
Omaha
Edward a. _Cudahy
Willdrone
Bapesaare
Growth and decline in southern plains and a journalism pioneer
The text notes extensive elm, walnut, and pecan groves with the China tree common to the South. Mesquite dominates grass, hay is shipped to Kansas City and Wichita for high prices, and the area remains good wheat land. Indians hold most bottom lands. homesteads will shift to high lands. It then shifts to a biographical sketch of Henry Wooterson, a newspaper man who rose from reporter to editor and shaped journalism in Kentucky and Democratic politics.
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Kansas City
Wichita
The
Star
Richmond
Nashville
Te Press
Louisville Journal
Courier
Henry Wooiterson
Kentucky
Vast pasture reserves set aside in frontier land strip
Government reserves 386000 acres for cattlemen forced from southern pastures. Additional reserves include 50000 acres in the east, 30000 in the northwest, 50000 in the Keechee Hills, 50000 acres of woodlands, and 30000 acres of park in the Wichita Mountains.
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Kreeche
Thias
Timbers
Wichita Mountains
Slaughter in Samar Bolomen Attack on American Troops
Five hundred bolomen attacked a detachment of forty six men of the Ninth Infantry at Bangajon on the Gandar river island of Samar. Ten were killed and six wounded. The remainder of the company arrived on the scene in time.
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Ninth Infantry
Bangajon
Gandar River
Samar
McKinley Memorial Association Formed for National monument
An organization named the McKinley National Monument Association is formed to raise funds for a memorial to President Abraham Lincoln. Officers include William R R Day as president Marcus A Hanna as vice president Monroe T Herrick as treasurer and Ryerson Ritchie as secretary. The initial aim is a memorial in Canton where McKinley lived and is buried with any surplus to be used for a national memorial.
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Abe Kiniey
McKinley National Monument Association
William RR. Day
Marcus A. Hanns
Mrron T. Herrick
Ryerson Ritchie
Canton
American Horses Exports Reach 250000 In Five Years
Trade in horses for export shows about a quarter of a million dollars earned abroad over five years. Sales of horses reportedly totaled around 7.5 million in value.
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Asco
Japanese steamer Tsuruhiko wrecked near coast
The report notes the Japanese steamer Tsuruhiko has wrecked offshore. Ales mention scarce patches of calm, and British capital sources from daily despatches hint at peace constal.
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Constal
Aait
Ars Capital
Britain
Market Reports Chicago and Indianapolis Livestock and Grain Prices
Chicago cattle range from 3.00 to 6.75 per cwt hogs 4.25 to 6.72 sheep 3.50 to 3.85 wheat No 2 69 to 2? corn No 2 34 rye No 2 53 to 0.65 creamery butter 20 to 21 fresh eggs 0.48 potatoes 0.65 per bushel Indianapolis cattle 3.00 to 6.00 hogs 4.00 to 6.13 sheep 3.06 to 3.25 wheat No 2 Te oats No 2 white 2 to 0.58 dairy prices listed.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
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Sion
Snow
Northampton
England
Ief
Vernor Beckham
Murray
Pkins
Bint
Henry Watterson
Henry Watterson i
Washington
Tennessee
HENRY
Watterson
Western
Jesse Ames
St. Joseph, Mo
Vpronetty
Shamrock
Oliver C. Sands
University Place
Lincoln
Neb
Missouri “University
Agnew
San Francisco
Charles Douglas
Douglas
Wolfe
Roe Trust
Indiana
Martha Grasnik
Edgewater Park
Cleveland
Col. Radlett
Anadarko
N. T
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Antonio Magsio
Silver City
N. M
McWinley
Federal Grand Jury
Burghss
W.A. Craig & Son
Shreve
Ohio Interurban
Hamilton
I. Childers
Trenton
HL Parker
AL Bluffton
Bluffton Milling Company
Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs
Swomen
Jake’ Struman
Thomas Bardur
Andrew Nowiskiaml
Gustave Gonsier
Duncan
Strumin
Tnd Citizens’ Bank
Tire
Ohin
Ammevien Aist
House of ‘Deputies of Episcopal Convention
Mont Blanc
Yeak
Bar Point
Victoria
B. C
Cocos
Nova Scotia
John Dea
Callais
John
Dea
Cocos Island
Dun & Co
Canada
Hobart
Cuike
M’kinley
Market Reports
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