Doings Through the Week News of the World in Brief
A digest of global items notes the death of Bishop John P. Newman, $30,000 fire damage to Witner seminary in Irvington, and a $100,000 loss at Brunswick Beacon Light plant. U S agents detain five in Pittsburg over suspected counterfeit activity. Fourth of July celebrations vary from Europe to Manila while yellow fever quarantine limits in the Americas. Fires devastate Reno and Memphis, a passenger train tragedy near Columbus, and multiple political and social events across cities and nations are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Newman
Methodist Episcopal Church
Witner Seminary
Irvington
Cal
Beacon Light Company
Brunswick
N. J
United States Secret Service
Pittsburg
Europe
Santiago
Odeasa
Company B
Colfax
Tacoma
Company A
Manila
William Ludwick
Rockwell City
Bertha Whitside
Des Moines
Mali Adali
Charles Moth
Havana
Virginia
Center
Reno
New
United States
Paris
California
Memphis Paper Company
Memphis
Tenn
Cleary
James Ryan
Gayoso
Montello
Marquette County
Wis
Volta
Como
Italy
St. Paul
Minn
Sam T. Hall
Jim Jeffries
Jeffries
New York
Navy
Henry Wanklin
Roxborough
Penn
Ydis Storke
Santa Barbara
Grant Jackson
Egeria
Australia
San Francisco
Fakuimah
London
Ont
Marguerite Dickinson
Dickinson
Washington, D. C
Missoula
Mont
Verdie Spurgin
Greenwood Athletic Club
Tommy Sullivan
Brooklyn
Johnnie Richie
Chicago
William Edwards
Rossland
B. C
P. H. Moxham
Vineland
Montana
Bay
William Reinhard
Columbus
Ohio
Drunken assault ends in fatal lamp fire in San Francisco
In San Francisco on July 7 Cornelius Manning in a drunken frenzy tried to kill his mother by tossing a lamp. Mrs Kennedy, visiting, saved by chance but suffered severe burns likely to prove fatal. Paul Kennedy and Maud Kennedy injured. Manning fled with a friend after a quarrel escalated and a lamp exploded on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cornelius Manning
Manning
Jones and
Greenwich
Taylor
Court martial action on Cervera officers misreported as acquittal
Reports from Acquittal Madrid claim the court martial did not acquit Admiral Cervera and others for the 1898 destruction of the Spanish fleet off Santiago de Cuba. Judgment was postponed and the officers released, a move seen as an acquittal. Only Captain Moren of the Cristobal Colon and General Parede, aboard that ship, face prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Cervera
Santiago de Cuba
Sampson
Moren
Cristobal Colon
Parede
Polygamy Charge Against Utah Mormon Leader
A warrant issued by County Attorney Putnam based on a New York newspaper representative's complaint seeks the arrest of President Angus M. Cannon of the Salt Lake Mormon church on polygamy charges. The case cites sections 4209 and 4210 of Utah laws of 1808 as the basis. Wool is manufactured into 32,000 goods. 26,700 spiders would be needed for one pound of web.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Utah
New York
Putnam
Angus M. Cannon
Mormon Church
Labor Trouble at Burke Idaho Rises in Murky Threats
In Burke Idaho on July 10 masked gunmen under armed troopers warn workers to quit the Coeur d'Alene district or face violence. They strike at The Standard mine, pressuring fireman R L Hudson, engineer Wayne, and toolman Ellis Hale to abandon work or risk killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke
Idaho
Kneebone
R. L. Hudson
Joplin
Hudson
Coeur d'Alene
Qoshaw
Wayne
Freman
Hale
Montana
Shortage in Cash Shows Banks Decline in New York
The Financier notes that weekly banks in New York hold less surplus cash than nearly any time since the 1893 panic except September 1898. The July disbursements and averaging obscure totals, with about $10 million in cash lost and loans up nearly $7 million, driven largely by National City and Chase National banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Banks of
National City
Chase National Banks
Accidental Shooting Fatality in Cavalry Troop
In San Francisco July 10 H R Drake of troop F Sixth U S Cavalry was accidentally shot by Private Cassaway of the same troop. The weapon was believed unloaded. The ball entered Drake’s neck and lodged near the spinal column and is deemed fatal. Cassaway is in the guard house. The incident occurred during a playful act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
H. R. Drake
U. S. Cavalry
Cassaway
Drake
Industrial Notes Reflect Regional Trade And Development
A compilation of Western industry updates including wool price in Grant County Oregon at 1244 cents per pound, a 60 000 bushel grain elevator planned for Scio Oregon, a cherry yield from Ashland Oregon, and Big Bend Milling Co of Davenport Washington ordering 2 550 barrels of flour for Japan. Reports cover lumber shipments, railroad progress, coal, a possible white lead factory in Portland, and local legal cases in Idaho and Washington details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant County
Scio
Himer Patrick
Ashland
Big Bend Milling Company
Davenport
Wash
Japan
Palouse River Lumber Company
Palouse
College
Pullman
Thornton County Coal Company
Bucoda
Portland
Everett Railway & Electric Company
Pacific Coast
Charles Marvin
Crescent Creamery
Tacoma
Hoquiam
Aberdeen
Cosmopolis
Pacific & Idaho Northern
Welser
Seven Devils
Board of Audit and Control
Washington
Tacoma, Olympia & Chehalis Valley
Northern Pacific
Hanford Creek
Cowlitz
Great Falls
Mont
Washington Red Cedar
General Carrier of
Elgin
Mountains
Grays Harbor
Coamopolis
George Biehn
Dewey Reception Planned by Congress and President
A Washington dispatch reports Secretary Long will present Admiral Dewey with the congressional sword on the east front of the capitol in a ceremony attended by the president and Washington residents. The president has approved the program for the reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Wife Charged with Murder in Erie Railroad Tragedy
Clarence E F Shattuck was shot and killed in Erie Pennsylvania. His wife Ella Shattuck is in custody charged with murder after an examination showed gunshot injuries to the head neck and arms and the body was placed on motor line tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Clarence EF. Shattuck
Ella Shattuck
Sixty Thousand for the Big Fight in San Francisco
The Glen Park managers raise the Jeffries Sharkey purse to sixty thousand dollars hoping for a large open air fight. General admission would be one dollar with an anticipated crowd of about one hundred thousand. The venue would be an outdoor arena as stormy weather threatens the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. Martin
Chico
Cal
Len
Spokane
Washington
Navy
Driggs-Seabury Company
Derby
Conn
Lewis McElroy
Richelieu
San Francisco
Chicago
William G. Weld
Kinyoun
Marine Hospital Service
San Francisco Board of Health
Kid” McCoy
Westchester Athletic Club
Joe Choynski
Westchester
N. Y
Brazos
Texas
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
Fairbanks-Foster Alaska Boundary Party
White Pass
Skagway
Dyea
Mike Sheridan
Central Pacific Railroad
Elko
Nebru
Los Angeles
George Hinchcliffe
Chicago Masons and Builders Association
Becauss
Seattle
Manila
Cavite
M. Daniel
Isle du Diable
Dreyfus
M. la Soucan
Omaha Winnebago Indian Reservation
Yellow Smoke’s Lodge
Decatur
Nebraska
Glen Park
Jeffries Sharkey
Two veteran regiments to be raised for the Philippines
President names lieutenant colonels for volunteers and outlines regimental designations. Otis cables that two veteran regiments will enlist about 2000 men and suggests names for second lieutenants. Corbin cautions that Philippine regiments will be numbered Thirty sixth and Thirty seventh United States volunteer infantry to avoid confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Otia
United States
United States Veteran Volunteer Infantry
Corbin
jOtis
United States Volunteer Infantry
Bell
Philippines
Herbert G. Sergeant
Fifth Immune
Spain
John Od. Brenton
Twenty-third Infantry
New Jersey
West Pome
Twenty-fourth Infantry
San Juan Hill
Capuin
Plummer
Tenth Infantry
Santagu
Ameer Targeted as Afghan Plot Reported
London July 7 The St Petersbug correspondent of the Globe says advices from Cabal Afghanistan report an Afghan fired at the ameer but missed him with the bullet lodging in a general's shoulder. The ameer's brother Tahak allegedly tried to bribe a cook to poison the ameer. Ishak led the cook to Russian Asia land and the cook was hanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Petersbuug
The
Globe
Saya
Cabal
Afghanistan
Ameer
Wreck Near Winnemucca Reports Rail Cars Overturned
A Southern Pacific train eastbound No. 1 jumped the rails 170 miles east of Winnemucca Nevada. The box car and the line of day coaches and Pullmans derailed and overturned. Ten people injured including a rider in critical condition and a porter with both legs broken. One person reported killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnemucca
Nev
Southern Pacific
Here
Increase Rates on Fruits in San Francisco July
The Fruit Grow Express and the Continental Fruit Express announce an 81-3 percent advance in icing charges. All shipments of green fruits going east after this date will be taxed under the new rates. A Vienna burglar aged 28, with 17 prior sentences, is charged with over 400 burglaries and thefts in the last 10 months.
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Commi
Work
Washington
Nicaraguan Canal Commission
Admiral Walker
Ernest
Burr
Morrison
Manama
Paria
Panama Company
Kiel
Isthmus
Panama
Darien
San Blas
San Francisco
Pra’ Express
Continental Fruit Express
Vienna
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Edward Fischer
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Corvallis
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United
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Booth Fork
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Bear Lake
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Bailey
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F. Copeland
Kootenaya Railway and Navigation
Kamlo & Slocan
International Nav. & Trading Co
Kaslo & Blocan RY
Sandon
Way
Kaslo
International Nav, & Trad, Co
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