Terms of settlement steel strike unity opens mills
Pittsburg July 31 A conference outlines terms ending the steel strike. Amalgamated association will drop contention for a uniform scale and all mills become open shops with non union placement allowed. New mills covered include McKeesport Wood Lindsay McCutcheon Pittsburg Clark Monessen and Wellsville plans. Crew losses noted in a separate steamship collision.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
W. Dewees Wood
McKeesport
Painter, Lindsay and McCutcheon
Clark Mills
Monessen
American Steel Hoop Company
Wellsville Sheet Steel
Monessen Tin Plate
Wrellsville
Allegheny
Mingo Junction
Riverside
W. Va
American Tir Plate Company
Whites and Negroes in Nevada County Clash Over Whipping
News from Leake township reports a white party warned to whip a negro, he and his son fired on the group killing Lewis Haynie and Hop Halton. The shooting follows long brewing racial tensions with about 400 Negro residents and 30 whites in the township. Surrounding white parties head to the scene as the negro's house remains surrounded.
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Camden
Ark
Leake Township
Nevada County
Lige Seigler
Siegler
Lewis Haynie
Haynie
Hop Halton
John Halton
Stephens
Twin Knoxville killings as officers clash in Isoline
A crossville dispatch reports Policeman Pink Pass and W E Knox killed in a street fight in Isoline Tenn a mining town near Crossville Key events follow as Shirley Pass is fatally wounded, and officers Hill Lowery and Swofford retreat then engage gunfire before Pass is killed. The transport Thomas sails from San Francisco July 25 with 500 teachers bound for Manila.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Crossville
Pink Pass
W. E. Knox
Shiry Pass
Isoline
Policeman Pass
Knox
Hill
P. Lowery
E. E. Swofford
Shirley Pass
Pass
Swofford
Lowery
San Francisco
Thomas
Manila
Honolulu
Philippines
Cuban electoral bill aims universal suffrage with reader tests
Havana members debate a draft electoral law that would grant universal suffrage while requiring literacy for officeholders. It sets birth and naturalization rules for governors, legislators, congressmen, and the president, with provinces by population and regional representation outlined. The plan envisions two elections and separate elector groups with presidential electors chosen in a two-stage process.
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Havana
Electoral Commission
Santa Clara
Santiago
Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
Puerto Principe
Nearly Half a Crop From Rains in Kansas and Missouri
Kansas City reports after heavy showers since Sunday morning the drought breaks. Colonel George W Veale notes Kansas may yield nearly a half crop of corn as late plantings revive and tasseled fields recover. Forage feed for cattle improves and fall pastures should green up within two weeks.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
George W. Veale
Legacy tax rule on estate value at death in New York
New York July 31 Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes rules that legacy tax assessments must use the estate value on the testator's death. The ruling frees accumulations from taxation but imposes liability for full assessment even if the estate loses value before distribution.
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S.S.S
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
New York
American Line
Allegheny
Cartagena
Colombia
Abel Murillo
Murillo
Uribe-Uribe
Washington
Internal‘’Revenue
Yerkes
Outbreaks Rise in Shan Tun as Boxers Rebound
The North China Daily News reports a renewed Boxer uprising in Shan Tun province following allied villagers’ success in Chi Li against Li Hung Chang’s troops. Yang Lu, former imperial treasurer and later generalissimo, becomes controller general of the revenue board.
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Shanghai
North China Daily News
Shan Tun
Chi Li
Li Hung Chang
Yang Lu
Revenue Board
Navy offers limited ensign appointments for petty officers
Only two petty officers have used the act allowing six per year to apply for ensign commissions. The application period closed with two on file: Gunners Joseph Hill and Francis Martin. Navy boards also consider armored cruiser plans with larger dimensions, proposing 12,500 to 14,000 tons.
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Washington
Joseph Hill
Francis Martin
Naval Board of Construction
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Burley Smith
Negro
Tennessee
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Matt J. Johnson Company
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Pipestone
Mina
A. J. Bick & Company
Huron, S. D
Legacy Tax Law
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Geo. C. Fullinweider
Standard Savings Bank
Huron, Souta Dakota
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Huron
South Dakota
Kielley’s Land Agency
C. A. Kelley
Lewis Shuster
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