Million Dollars in Counterfeit Treasury Notes Plague New York
Government detectives close in on a large counterfeit gang after finding plates and a plant that produced five to one hundred dollar notes and government bonds. Suspects include Russell B. Hoyt and Samuel Massey jailed in Ludlow Street. Italia the primary arrest eased by offering clearance. Investigations link the gang to the Daddy Driggs operation with a suspect possessing a rare Webster head ten dollar plate. broader foreign-port alerts issued.
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New York
Treasury
Forsyth
United States Detective Bureau
Russell B. Hoyt
Samuel Massey
Ludlow Street
Secret Service
Daddy” Driggs
Dayton
Ben Boyd
United States Bureau of Engraving
Joliet
Chicago
May Try to Indict Waite Over Prisoner Surrender
Colorado Springs report says General Brooke will hand over 11 Bull Hill prisoners to Colorado authorities for trial once ready. The issue may be presented to the grand jury with a possible indictment of Governor Waite for shielding prisoners.
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Waite
Colorado Springs
Col
Bowers
Bull Hill
Brooke
Merchants evade San Francisco port crackdown via Mexico
Chinese workers are avoided at the port as returning merchants flee by Mexico after Colonel Heacock’s questionable court actions. Witnesses are hard to find and many merchants await trial on habeas corpus writs from the Southern district court.
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San Francisco
Heacock
Mexico
Justice Department Inspector arrives to probe Judge Ricks
Washington investigator J W Nightingale has arrived in Cleveland to lead the inquiry into Judge Ricks following charges by the Central Labor union. Ricks is away at the sea shore but expected back soon as the probe begins.
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Cleveland
J. W. Nightingale
Department of Justice
Washington
United States
Ricks
Central Labor Union
Nightingale
Platte department says federal troops stay in Montana West
The Platte department announced no withdrawal of federal troops guarding railroad property before September even if violence subsides. The plan is gradual withdrawal as conditions warrant.
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Omana
Department of the Platte
Montana
West
Arrest Made In ChcaGco Riot Case
W P Hall is jailed on inciting riot charges after a mayoral briefing with F B Helms an ARU rail worker. Authorities accuse Hall of leading a July six riot at Thirty First Street and Rock Island tracks that overturned and burned cars and destroyed adjacent property.
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ChcaGco
F. B. Hiems
W. P. Hall
Thirty-First Street
Rock Island Tracks
Helms
Hall
State Troops Sent Home From Stock Yards
Eight companies of infantry one troop of cavalry and one artillery battery of the Second regiment I N G were sent home from the stock yards on Major Hopkins recommendation. The remainder of the First regiment at Pullman is expected to be called in soon unless serious trouble occurs. Four companies of the Second remain at the stock yards and three of the First at Pullman.
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Curiaco
Hopkins
Pullman
Citizens pledge protection for Chicago and Eastern Illinois shops
In Brazil Indiana on August 6 a mass meeting passed resolutions urging railway officials to protect property and employees if the Chicago and Eastern Illinois company leaves the town. Despite the resolutions, workers continued tearing down the buildings.
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Brazil
Ind
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
Strikers Seek Reinstatement Across Railroads
Committees representing strikers in Cincinnati ask railroad officials for reinstatement. The drive stems from A R U and allied unions recent actions, with workers admitting fault in sympathetic strikes and willing to drop Debs and other leaders. President Ingalls pledged a reply Monday for the Big Four system.
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Cincinnati
Debs
Ingalls
Recruiting Men at Lincoln Amid Looming Strikes
Omana Neb Aug 6 report says South Omaha packing houses drafted a large group of men at Lincoln to replace striking butchers and laborers. They plan to depart on a special train this afternoon, prompting warning to South Omaha strikers and expected trouble when the new arrivals reach at 4 p.m.
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Lincoln
Omana
Neb
Omaha
South
City deputy clerk served bill for damages to Jackson Park
John Neumeister, acting deputy city clerk, was served with a $236,000 bill from the Columbian Expo salvage company. The claim alleges the city owes for property damages in Jackson Park caused by mobs and rioters on July 5, during the World’s Fair fire.
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CubcaGco
John Neumeister
Columbian Exposition Salvage Company
Jackson Park
Reading Railroad Reorganization Plan Approved
A plan for the rehabilitation of the Reading Railroad has been perfected and approved by the receivers and the Fitzgerald committee of New York. A team led by George A. Earle of the Finance Company of Pennsylvania will consult with the Olcott committee in New York next week.
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Reading
Philadelphia
Reading Railroad Company
Fitzgerald Committee of
New York
George A. Earle
Finance Company of Pennsylvania
Olcott Committee of
Patent Office Receipts Fall Short Over Two Months
The patent office reports lower receipts for the past two months. July this year totaled about 86 000 dollars versus 88 000 last July, and June reached 90 000 dollars, about a thousand less than June of the previous year, signaling a downturn in activity.
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Washington
Patent Office
Grasshoppers Threaten Crops in Shelby Tipton County Areas
Grasshoppers are said to be destroying crops in eastern Shelby County and adjoining Tipton County in Tennessee. They appeared only a few days ago and great damage has already been reported.
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Tennessee
Memphis
Tenn
Shelby County
Tipton
Cold wave blasts upper peninsula crops and forests
Ishpeming Michigan reports a cold wave across the upper peninsula with frost harming crops. Heavy rains have quenched remaining forest fires and damaged large tracts in Ontonagon Gogebic and Baraga counties.
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Ishpeming
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Ontonagon
Gogebic
Baraga
United States Cordage closes part of Brooklyn works
The United States Cordage company shut down part of its Brooklyn works in New York on August 6, leaving 500 workers, including men women and youths, unemployed. The move is expected to spread to other rope production plants controlled by the trust.
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New York
United States Cordage Company
Brooklyn
Trust
Fire Devours Harrow Ontario Business District
A telephone message from Detroit reports Harrow Ontario in flames with about half the business portion burned. Local officials and firefighters fight the blaze as the situation develops.
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Detroit
Mich
Harrow
Essex County
Ont
Watertown Deadlock Persists After 51st Ballot
The Watertown deadlock remains unbroken as the convention adjourned after the 51st ballot. the vote stands as it has since the start.
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Watertown
Milwaukee
Wis
Receivers Approve Santa Fe Wages Securities Plan
Judge Foster of the U S district court orders receivers of the Santa Fe system to bar 1.5 million dollars to pay wages taxes and expenses at terminals Receivers certificates will be first lien on the property as the form of the securities
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Topeka
Kan
Foster
United States District Court
Tariff Conferees Weigh Sugar Schedule Amid Stalled Votes
Washington and New York dispatches describe ongoing tariff talks over the sugar schedule with Louisiana senators opposed absent bounty provisions. House protests mount as conferees debate main items sugar iron ore coal. R G Dun notes likely action within a week. business outlook improves despite gold outflows and weaker rail earnings.
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Gorman Smith
Jones
Louisiana
House
The Maney Case Disposed By Secretary Lamont
Secretary Lamont ends the Maney case by disapproving the court record and fining no reprimand. First Lieutenant James Maney, tried for killing Captain Hedberg at Fort Sheridan, had been previously acquitted in civil court. The court martial found conduct unbecoming an officer and he was to be publicly reprimanded before Lamont’s action.
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Washington
Lamont
James Maney
Hedberg
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Iee
Maney
Indians Strike Over Berry Picking Pay in Wisconsin
In Northern Wisconsin a large group of Indians living on reservations have walked off berry farms citing low pay. The walkout halts picking as owners fear crop spoilage if not resolved within days.
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West Superior
Wis
Wisconsin
White House conference on sugar schedule proposal
A White House meeting included the president Speaker Crisp and Chairman Wilson. They discussed the new sugar schedule with others present. While no final decision was stated, the participants appeared to favor accepting the proposition, as House conferees later met the senators amid Louisiana objections and a new obstacle.
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Washington
White House
Crisp
Wilson
Gresham
House
Louisiana
Marriage of James Daniell and Mrs Hastings in London
The marriage at St Peters church Eaton square joined James Daniell and Mrs Hastings. Colonel Legent Daniell’s son was given away by Ambassador Bayard with Mrs Mackay and Mrs Goldsmith as escorts. A large American turnout attended before the couple departed for Switzerland.
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London
James Daniell
Legent Daniell
Hastings
Robert Paul Hastings
San Francisco
St. Peters Church
Eaton Square
Mackay
Goldsmith
Ambassador Bayard
Switzerland
Half Million Awarded in Emma Mine Case
Judge Riner awards Margaret Billings and others $540,000 and a one third mine interest in the Emma mine at Aspen after a long court fight. Woods brought suit against Jerome B. Wheeler Aspen Mining Co. for selling property in ignorance of its value. defendants appeal.
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Denver
Riner
United States District Court
Margaret Billings
Emma
Aspen
Jerome B. Wheeler Aspen Mining Company
One Woods
Woods
Hawaiian Recognition Resolution Sidetracked in House
The House Foreign Affairs Committee sidetracked the recognition resolution for the Hawaiian republic after two hours of debate. Democrats won a party-line adjournment vote, with Mr Geary of California siding with Republicans. The issue moves to the next regular meeting Thursday.
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Washington
Hawaiian Republic
House
Boutelle
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Geary
California
Hawaiian Royalists Meet Secretary Gresham Informally
The Hawaiian Royalist commissioners visited Secretary Gresham at the state department for a pleasant informal conference. Mr. Wideman led the discussion while officials could not confirm any specific propositions or whether any were presented.
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Washington
Gresham
State Department
Wideman
Fourth District Judicial Convention Nominees Named
In Suetpon Iowa on August 6 the Republican and Democratic conventions for the Fourth district chose Judge M. Ladd, George Wakefield, F. R. Gaynor and J. F. Oliver. The first three were acclaimed by Republicans. Gaynor is a Democrat. Democrats adopted the same slate.
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Suetpon
8. M. Ladd
George Wakefield
F. R. Gaynor
J. F. Oliver
Gaynor
Poisoning at Sleiding boarding house injures twenty four
A Plattsmouth dispatch reports milk laced with poison at the Sleiding boarding house breakfast. Twenty four guests affected, many seriously, with one merchant Robert Schaefer feared gravely ill though no other fatalities are anticipated.
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Omaha
Plattsmouth
Neb
Robert Schaefer
Indian Inmate Burns Self In Jail Cell
Rostyn Washington August 6 11 p m Bill Trequancy an Indian confined for the night set fire to his cell and was burned to death A coroner s jury exonerated all parties from blame
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Rostyn
Wash
Bill Trequancy
Fire devastates 8 story building at 158 West Van Buren
Curiaco August 4 report says a large eight story structure at 158 West Van Buren burned through its lumber yards with multiple small firms as occupants. Total loss estimated at 80000 dollars. Lieutenant Cunningham of Hook and Ladder 16 was fatally injured by a falling wall and Captain Sullivan of Engine 34 seriously wounded by falling glass.
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Curiaco
van Buren Street
Cunningham
Hook and Ladder Company No. 16
Sullivan
Engine Company No
Knights of Labor Leader Stumps for Kolbite-Populist Ticket
J. R. Sovereign grand master workman of the Knights of Labor spoke in Birmingham urging the Kolbite-Populist ticket. He tried to arraign the Democratic party but was interrupted by the crowd at every effort.
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Birmingham
Ala
J. R. Sovereign
Knights of Labor
Directors of A. R. U. Ordered to Appear on Aug 7
Judge Grosscup compels James Hogan W. E. Burns R. M. Goodwin J. F. McVean and M. J. Elliott directors of the A. R. U. to appear in court on August 7 to answer contempt information filed by District Attorney Milchrist in Chicago.
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ChicaGo
Grosscup
James Hogan
W. E. Burns
R. M. Goodwin
J. F. McVean
M. J. Elliott
Milchrist
Corn Surpasses Wheat on Board in Rare Trade Peak
CuicaGo report notes corn and wheat prices with corn at 52 cents and No 2 hard wheat at 50.44 cents. The rare scenario shows corn exceeding wheat on the board for just the second time in 32 years.
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CuicaGo
Board of Trade
Iowa Nominees Decline Run as Postmasters Named
Des Moines Aug 4. W L Parker of Osceola nominated for railway commissioner and John W Hatfield of Stuart nominated for state auditor by the Democratic convention will be compelled to decline as they are post masters. The state committee will fill their places.
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Iowa
Des Moines
W. L. Parker
Osceola
John W. Hatfield
Stuart
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Hill
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R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
L. Woodworth
National Bank of Dakota
Huron, S. D
Brvall
Qhaler Ik
Culver & Smiteh’s
Culver & Smith
M. Stobin
Frank Wilson
Robin & Wilson
Methops
Second and
Kansas Streets
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HK Lour
JOY Brothers
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Bright
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Sovereign
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