Strike settlement hoped as Shaffer delays general order
Pittsburg reports a faint hope for peace in a vast steel strike. President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association delays a general order while pressuring United States Steel Corporation firms Federal Steel National Steel and National Tube to settle within ten days. Officials foresee possible action next week with aid pledged by major unions, though sympathetic strikes are unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Aus
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Federal Steel
National Steel
National Tube Companies
American Tin Pirate Company
American Sheet Steel
American Steel Hoop Companies
Warner Arms
American Tin Plate Company
United States Steel Corporation
Arms
Federal Steel Company
National Steel Company
National Tube Company
Association
Fred Williams
Alabama Fields
Williams
South
Trust
Federation of Labor
John Pierce
Western Mills
Shafter
Powell
Wheeling
Simon Burns
National Window Glass Workers’ Association
Knights of Labor
Destruction of Exposition Building By Fire
A boy set rubbish on the floor of the derelict exposition building at Twelfth Street and Kansas Avenue in Kansas City. Fire swept through the vacant structure, costing over $200,000 to build yet declared a nominal loss as it burned within two hours. Circus spectators fled as flames roared, but no injuries were reported. The building had stood unused for ten years and was slated for demolition with dynamite next Saturday by a syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Twelfth Street
Kansas Avenue
Houseman
Morris Rosenthal
Rosenthal
William Jones
Jones
Cone McClemmy
McClemmy
Patrick Quigley
Quigley
Albert Mountain
Mountain
Locust Street
Explorer Decorated on Antarctic Voyage Visit
King Edward visited the British Antarctic steamer Discovery with Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria. He inspected the vessel and praised the science driven voyage, presenting Captain Scott the Victorian order and wishing success to the expedition. The royal party later met Empress Eugenie aboard her yacht.
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London
Edward
Frederick
Discovery
Queen Alexandra
Princess Victoria
R. S. Scott
R. N
Fhows
Scott
Eugenie
Million Dollar Palace at Pocantico Hills Rumored
Westchester reports, via the New York Tribune, that John D. Rockefeller plans a marble palace at Pocantico Hills costing about 1 million dollars. The estate includes 2000 acres, a granite stable nearing completion, and pontential purchase of fine coaches and horses in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Westchester County
New York Tribune
John PD. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
England
Scotland
Rockefeller
Westchester
Rockefeller Estate
Treasure Found Crown Among Rich Quiche Relics in Guatemala
In Mexico City on August 5 the official journal of Jalisco reports a Mexican resident of the Quiche district in Guatemala unearthed part of the ancient Kings of Quiche treasure. The find includes a crown valued at about a half million dollars and numerous jewels idols and other gold and silver objects.
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Mexico City
State of
Jalisco
Quiche
Republic of Guatemala
Man burns self to death at asylum furnace
Provo Utah Aug 5 James M Wilson patient at the insane asylum attempted suicide by fire. He first plunged headfirst into an open furnace door and was badly burned. While being attended he escaped again and jumped into the furnace, suffering fatal injuries.
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Provo
Utah
James M. Wilson
Insane Asylum
Wilson
Locust Street Explosion Kills and Destroys Several Buildings
A blast on Locust Street above Tenth in Philadelphia wrecked five buildings, injuring 30 plus and killing many. A gasoline barrel is suspected as the cause. Rescue efforts, fire spread, and hospital admissions followed as crews pulled survivors from the rubble and searched for the dead.
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Philadelphia
Locust Street
Tenth
Rescue Efforts Continue After Large City Explosion
Firemen and policemen labor to clear wreckage from a major blast. Dozens are missing or injured with forty to forty five hospitalized. A rescued eighteen year old colored girl, Lizzie Watkins, survived four and a half hours in ruins. A second body, a negro man, was later found unidentified.
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Pennsylvania Hospital
Samuel Gale
Florence Gale
Rosenthal
Minnie
Lizzie Watkins
Explosion Blows Driver to Atoms in Ohio
On Aug 5 near Bowling Green Ohio a nitroglycerin wagon exploded as driver Wm Radabaugh of Hercules Torpedo Co tried to cross train tracks. He perished instantly while eight hundred quarts of explosive detonated. nearby house damage injured Mrs Teal and two sons. Several others injured. Earlier incidents included nitroglycerin wrecks at Lima and an accident at Hedgewick Illinois involving crushed workers.
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Bowling Green
Radabaugh
Hercules Torpedo Company
Cincinnati
Hamiltton Darton
Abraham Teal
William
Roeland
Teal
Eric Johnson
John Peruchiti
Prince of Wales
Regent Group
Michigan
Rhoda Bros
Lima
Stephen Worstulewice
Iflinoine Car and Equipment Company
Hedgewick
Jacob Moore
Charles Clapp
Neely case depositions in Mancie details disclosed
Special to the Indianapolis Journal. In Mancie Indiana August 5 attorney J J M La Follette assistant federal district attorney testified before United States Commissioner Ellis in the Neely Cuban postal robbery case. Depositions from Muncie witnesses who will not testify in Cuba were read. Katz bank deposits and Neely related charges emerge, others deemed unimportant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Mancie
Ind
J. J. M. la Follett
Indiana
United States
Ellis
Neely
Muncie
Ross J. Cowan
Neely Printing Company
Harry Richey
Uncle Post Office
Cuba
W. Trute
la Follette
W. PD. Katz
Union National Bank
Coercion at the polls in Servian elections
Vienna dispatch reports troops and gendarmes used to intimidate opposition voters in Gra dishte and Sagubica. Voters were driven in and even irons used, sparking riots and injuries. Belgrade says eighty three ministerialists were elected, seventy one Radicals, with liberal laws and 262000 registered of 285000 eligible. Balloting secrecy achieved via rubber balls and urns amid party booths.
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London
Vienna
Morning Leader
Gradishte
Sagubica
Belgrade
Servia
American official reports Chinese arsenals fueling war prep
London dispatch cites Brill, a former American government employee, saying Fu Chow Han Yang Nankin and Chen Tu arsenals are turning out smokeless powder and hundreds of rifles daily. He adds the Ho Nan army is being drilled by Germans and Japanese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Brill
China
Calcutta
The
Times
Fu-Chau
Han-Yang
Nankin
Chen- Tu
Ho-Nan
Revolt in Klausenberg as German residents clash with Hungarians
A Vienna dispatch to the Daily Express says Klausenberg Transylvania is in open revolt against Hungarian rule. Germans form a majority and have stormed the municipal building and the prefect of police house, occupants escape with their lives. Urgent troops summoned to quell rising with numerous casualties reported.
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London
Klausenberg
Transylvania
Vienna
Daily Express
Carrie Jones Killed In Street Car Tragedy
Miss Carrie Jones daughter of ex Governor T G Jones was killed in Montgomery Alabama when struck crossing in front of a street car near the executive mansion. The twenty year old woman died after her head was crushed in the accident witnessed by the former governor. Local authorities reported the fatality this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Carrie Jones
T. G. Jones
Dowager Empress Frederick Dies at Cronberg
The Dowager Empress of Germany died quietly at 6:15 PM in Cronberg after a long illness. Emperor William and the royal family rushed between Homburg and Friedrichshof. Britain’s King Edward and Queen Alexandra were informed as flags half-masted in Europe.
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Emperor William
Frederick Augusta
Reavers
Spielhagen
Farwell
Homburg Castle
Homburg
Friedrichshof
Marshal Haupt
Cronburg
Cronburs
Friedrichshot
William
Frederick
Hamburg
Edward
Characteristics of the Late Empress Dowager
A retrospective on Victoria Adelaide May Louise born at Buckingham Palace in 18 she was heir for a year before Alfred Edward’s birth. Her wit, intellect, and fearless Anglo-Saxon independence shaped Britain and Germany, influencing political economy, arts, and court life. She mentored rulers, helped form a German women’s advance, and oversaw wartime nursing and hospital work. She bore eight children, including Wilhelm and Victoria, with a strong, outspoken mind and a significant role in royal and national affairs.
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London
Associated Press
Buckingham Parade
Marlborough House
Mansion House
Herajesty
St. Paul's Cathedral
Richie
the Hague
Legation
Edward
Alexandra
Cowes
Berlin
Hohenzollerns
Bismarck
Daily Telegraph
Great Britain
Germany
Victoria
Duke of
Saxe-Coburg
Victoria Adelaide May Louise
Queen Victoria
Buckingham Palace
England
Alfred Edward
Prince Consort
Prussia
St. James
Frederick
Hamburg
Wilhelm
Charlotte
Henry
Sigismund
Waldemar
Man Dies by Own Hand in Wichita Hotel
A 23 year old man, lodging at the Hamilton Hotel in Wichita, committed suicide by taking laudanum. He removed his name from his clothes and left an unsigned note asking for his body to be kept for three days until Elmer Scriptures of Westport Ind would claim it. A bank clerk is suspected. he carried a letter from a Hope Ind bank and used the fictitious name R J Harding of St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Hamilton Hotel
Elmer Scriptures
Westport
Ind
Bank of Hope
Herbert Robbins
R. J. Harding
St. Louis
Dowager Empress Frederick Death Noted in Berlin
Berlin reports the death of Dowager Empress Frederick with praise for her dignity and endurement. Newspapers recall her quiet strength during her husband Frederick the Noble’s illness and note half mast at public buildings. Interment is expected at Friedenskirche Potsdam beside Emperor Frederick, date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Frederick
Freisinnige Zeitung
Friederichshof
Friedenskirche
Potsdam
Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
William
Hohenzoleras
Malvar Proclaims Continuation of Insurgent Campaign
Miguel Malvar, named Aguinaldo’s successor by the Filipino Junta in Hong Kong, issues a July 16 proclamation from Batangas promising ongoing active resistance. The document accuses Americans of atrocities, cites losses of guns and four American officers, and threatens Caillles with treachery. Police work to prevent distribution.
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Manila
Miguel Malvar
Aguinaldo
Hong Kong
Batangas
Caillles
Malwar
Agenecillo
Europe
Malvar
Chosen Friends Seek 30000 Damages in Bond Case
Cyrus J. Clark and Andrew Trippe as receivers of the Supreme Council of the Order of Chosen Friends sue Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland in Baltimore Court of Common Pleas for 26000 damages over alleged nonfulfillment of contract. The bill claims bond securing William Wilson of Newark NJ, supreme treasurer, for 9000, with annual premiums paid. alleges order suffered 34000 in losses from Wilson and says guaranty company refused to cover the amount.
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Baltimore
Cyrus J. Clark
Andrew (. Trippe
Supreme Council of the
Order of Chosen Friends
Court of Common Plena
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
Hip 3 and Deposit Company
William Wilson
Newark
N. J
Wilson
Guaranty Company
Death of Dowager Empress Frederick Aboard Royal Yacht
King Edward learns of Dowager Empress Frederick's death aboard the royal yacht at Cowes as dispatches arrive in London confirming the news.
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London
Edward
Empress Frederick
Cowes
Long Lost Girl and Crimes Hit Indiana News in Omaha Style
Special reports from Huntington and Wabash detail the fall of the Commercial Bank at Andrews, forged notes, and bond troubles faced by J. M. Key. Additional warnings recount Key’s attempts to secure funds from other banks, with suspicious timing around drafts and telegrams.
Avilla Bank Failure Sparks Bankruptcy Petition
Fort Wayne Aug 5 Avilla residents William H Meyer John L Henry and Sumner K Randall filed for bankruptcy seeking an order to set aside a preferential claim from Roberrs B Clear They accuse Henry W Leach proprietor of the bank of removing personal property with intent to defraud and claim sums of 1 plus 1 20 in surety модер
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Avilla
Wiliam H. Meyer
John L. Henry
Sumner K. Randall
Henry W. Leach
Leach
Meyer
Henry
Snon
Randall
Bank official cites Key arrest over forged notes
An official of Capital National Bank said James M. Key, president of the Commercial Bank of Andrews Indiana, was arrested after forged notes Key gave to Capital National Bank as collateral were found. The bank expects a small loss as some collateral is good and the potential loss would be 2700 if all notes had been seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital National Bank
James M. Key
Commercial Bank of
Andrews
Ind
Key
Capital Nationsal Bank
Outgrowth of a quarrel ends in fatal shooting
Oakland City Ind Aug 6 Frank Osborn a young farmer was shot and killed by James Harbinson this afternoon. Both men from the vicinity were young farmers. About two weeks ago Osborn shot at Harbinson while hunting, threatening to kill him but Harbinson fired first. Harbinson surrendered and is held on the fatal shooting charge with several witnesses present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Oakland City
Ind
Frank Osborn
James Harbinson
Ay Osborn
Hanting
Tiron Alao
Harbinson
Fred Firet
Harebingen
Bretrat
Osborn
Arrest of Abe Buchanan on child assault charge in Greensburg
Abe Buchanan, 34, a Greensburg day laborer, was arrested at Williamstown and jailed on a charge of criminal assault against his nine year old daughter Jennie. The affidavit was filed and the case designated for hearing by Justice Thomas Powers on Tuesday morning. The girl reported the assault to her mother and nine neighbors after a physician was alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Greensburg
Ind
Abe Buchanan
Williamstown
Davin
Hinds
Jennie Buchanan
Cal
Thomas Powsers
Buchanan
Suicide attempts and deaths in Indiana notices
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Mrs. Gideon Jackson leapt into a cistern in Madison Indiana but was rescued alive amid health and domestic troubles. She recently relocated from Warsaw Kentucky. In Laporte Indiana Fred Menea aged forty eight of Michigan City died by his own hand in a suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Madison
Ind
Gideon Jackson
Warsaw
Laporte
Fred Menea
Michigan City
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