Minor Items Of News From The Nation
Worms denude trees in Minnesota. Wisconsin wins nearly all events in Chicago intercollegiate meet. Rhinelander Wisconsin drug store robbed. clerk shot. David Law former La Crosse mayor dies. Death fright from a child’s snore in Brooklyn. California governor grants reprieve to Walter Worden until July 8. Mrs Patrick Pearse prepares Trematon Castle lodging in England. French trawler Liberta lost near Iceland with 23 crew. Rear Admiral Samuel P Lee dies in Virginia. California gas bills signed. Chicago gas trust may consolidate saving 250000 annually. Tramp fight near Camden New Jersey results in two deaths.
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Rhinelander
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David Law
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Tanner
Chicago Gas Trust
Pea Shore
Camden, N. J
New York Capitalists Close San Xavier Mines Purchase
New York financiers have completed the purchase of seven San Xavier mines near Tucson Arizona from Boston owners. The mines are well developed and sit about 16 miles south of the city. Count Manfred von Matuschka of Silesia and Miss Ella Walker of Detroit Michigan were wed in Detroit on Tuesday. Miss Walker is granddaughter of Hiram Walker founder of the Walkerville distillery in Ontario.
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New York
San Xavier Mines
Boston
Tucson
Manfred von Matuschka
Silesia
Ella Walker
Detroit
Mich
Monster Meeting Merges Miners at Camp Determination
In Pirrsotra on Aug 3 a massive miners march heads to Turtle Creek for an 11 o clock gathering at McCreas schoolhouse with projected attendance near 6000. Local authorities vow orderly behavior and warn against disturbances while Dolanon is jailed on riot and unlawful assembly charges.
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McCrea’s
Burgess Teats
Lowry
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio
de Armitt
Finleyville
Gastonville
Snowden
Whitehall
Banksville
Sandy Creek
Plum Creek
Dolan
Sandy Crek
Thomas P. de Armitt
Justice’s Office
Warner
Cameron
Miller
Miners Win Partial Gain in Southern Iowa Fields
Centerville Iowa August 3 delegates from Southern Iowa coal mines report a partial settlement after a unanimous vote raises mining pay by 10 cents to 80 cents per ton. The new rate will hold until further notice with winter rate undecided. Some miners threaten to strike while others will work. Delegates head to Ottumwa August 9 for a state miners convention amid talks of a possible statewide strike.
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Centerville
Iowa
Ottumwa
West Virginia Mine Talks Hint Additions in Region
Fairmont reports John W. Rea predicting multiple local mine additions within 48 hours as he conducts nightly meetings in schoolhouses and halls. Rea, elated, believes West Virginia will come out ahead. Kanawha and New River miners telegrammed from Charleston seeking 50 cents per ton and a check weigh man.
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Fairmont
W. Va
John W. Rea
Rea
West Virginia
Mahon
Charleston
Kanawha
New River
Inquest Finds Guilty Verdict in Scottdale Strike Killing
Coroner Owens conducted an inquest into the death of William L. Cummings a nonunion man killed during a quarrel with strikers. William Hubbs was found guilty by the jury and immediately arrested.
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Scottdale
Owens
William L. Cummings
Nonution mi
William ©. Hubbs
Northern Pacific Assessments Move Pushed by City Council
Farco North Dakota August 3 The city council votes to send Mayor Johnson to Bismarck to present before the state board of equalization seeking a higher assessment on Northern Pacific property. They contend the county board of equalization eased the road too much.
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Farco
N. D
Johnson
Bismarck
State Board of Equalization
County Board of Equalization
Panic on a Street Car in Milwaukee
A fuse burned out on an electric car on the Russell Avenue and Holton Street line causing a panic among 75 women and children. Four persons were seriously injured in the incident.
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Milwacker
Russell Avenue
Holton Street
Amendments to Civil Service Rules Issued by McKinley
Washington July 30 President McKinley issued major changes to civil service rule 11 removing personnel without just cause upon written charges. Rule III expands classified service to all customs offices regardless of headcount, and Rule VI relaxes exams by adding limited exemptions for customs and internal revenue posts in each district and sub-port.
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McKinley
Washington
Custom House
Customs
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue District
Treasury Department
London Britain strengthens Halifa x station report
Various brief items note strengthening of British military at Hali fax, possible resignation of Secretary Sherman and succession by White law Reid, a large brewing company formation, Woodford sails to Spain, and a fifth annual convention of local building and loan associations at Detroit. Also mentioned are earthquakes near Antigua St Kitts and Guadeloupe, arrival of McKinley bust in Columbus, a fatal shooting near Albia Iowa, a Milwaukee government building bid, a lost vessel Florence with five casualties near Cape Race.
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Sherman
Whitelaw Reid
Stewart L. Woodford
United States
Spain
United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations
Det Vit
Antigua
St. Kitts
Guadeloupe
Leeward
President McKinley
Columbus
Naples
Jim Napier
R. H. Kirkman
Albia
Kirkman
Secretary of the Treasury
Hennessy & Cox
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Boston
Liverpool
Florence
Cape Race
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pills Promote Health
It proclaims a foundation of health through pure nourishing blood and warns against narcotics. Hood's Sarsaparilla is touted to purify blood while Hood's Pills act on the liver and bowels to cure sick headaches.
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Hood
Labor Leaders Meet Largest Assembly in U S Labor History
In Wheelabrook or Wheelie West Virginia on July 29 a historic labor leaders conference convened to promote a speedy coal strike settlement. Over 50 leaders from across the nation attended as Samuel Gompers presided and M D Ratchford spoke on the miners’ suspension in bits regions. A manifesto urged national and international unions to support United Mine Workers and organize in West Virginia and Pennsylvania with plans for 100 organizers and mass meetings August 5.
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W. Va
Heads of Labor Organizations of America
M. D. Ratchford
United Mine Workers
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Miners’ Organization
Samuel Gompers
Messrs
Ratchford
Pearse
Columbus
Sovereign
Morrison
Federation
Mahon
Rea
Debs
Fairmont
Askew
International Organization of Labor
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Gompert
Eighty Nine Coal Firms Attend Pittsburg Meeting
Representatives of eighty nine coal companies in the Pittsburg district attended the operators uniformity meeting. River and Westmoreland field operators did not participate. The sessions produced little action and a committee reported the old agreement with new clauses for discussion. Colonel Read presented a sharp minority report attacking the conference procedure.
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Pirrssure
Pittsburg
Twe
Westmoreland Field
Coal Exchange
Westmoreland
W. P. Read
Coal Strike Sees Little Change in West Virginia
At Fairmont the Monongah miners boosted their workforce to 160, about two thirds of pre strike levels, while the Watson mines run at full capacity and the overall situation in the state remains largely unchanged.
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Wueeiee
W. Va
Fairmont
Monongah
Watson
Miners' Cause to Expand Into Anthracite and Bituminous Districts
The United Mine Workers Journal editor says the miners' cause will move into Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania. Anthracite and bituminous districts will be involved as their output is shipped to the Atlantic seaboard.
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Cotumeus
United Mine Workers Journal
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Seaboard
May Not Hear From Andree This Year
Gothenburg Sweden July 29 Lieutenant Svendenborg son in law of Dr Otto Nordenskjold reports from Ascension that if nothing is heard from Herr Andree in six weeks it is not likely that anything will be heard from him this year.
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Gothenburg
Sweden
Svendenborg
Otto Nordenskjold
Ascension
Herr Andree
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