Heat Wave Grips Greater New York and Midwest
A sweeping heat wave battered the East and Midwest with scores of deaths and hundreds prostrated. New York and Pittsburgh reported severe conditions with temperatures near 100 to 104 degrees and numerous heat related illnesses. Washington and Cincinnati also endured extreme heat as officials anticipated relief by midweek.
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New York
Philadelphia
Washington
St. Louia
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Louisville
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Zanesville
St. Joseph
Essecce
Kansas City
Burlington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Chicago
Jacksonville
Fla
Omaha
Neb
Davenport
West Virginia
Iowa
Lower Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Ever Lake
New York City
Record Heat Wave Grimly Strikes New York City
The July heat on July 1 pushed temperatures to 98 degrees in Manhattan as humidity stayed around 48 percent. Dozens died or were prostrated in the city and boroughs, with horses collapsing and ambulances overwhelmed.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Bellevue
Harlem
Weather Bureau
Broadway
Twenty-third
Madison Square
Coney Island
Greater
Heat wave bakes St Louis as record July begins
In St Louis on July 1 the city endured a brutal heat wave with temperatures rising from 9 degrees to 100 by midmorning and cooling later as nightfall approached. Reported heat fatalities include Keller, Stauber, aglo, Schuette, and Annie Nannie, with several others added to the prostration list such as Eberhardt, Murphy, Curhoy and Rabbit.
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ST. Louis
Dureau
Vhn Keller
John
Henry Stauber
Frank Ag Lo Negro
Henry Schuette
Annie Nannie
Julius Eberhardt
Patrick Rabbit
Ke Murphy
Je Curhoy
Severe storm breaks spell of heat in Cincinnati
Cincinnati July 1 a sudden southeast squall ended a week of extreme heat that caused death and prostration. The storm arrived with winds near sixty miles per hour, bringing rapid change to the city weather.
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Cincinnati
Heat Wave Toll Grows As Storm Cuts Wires
After a thunder shower the city saw a sharp drop in temperatures to 7 percent, ending a week of heat. The storm disrupted telegraph and telephone lines, with suburban areas hardest hit. Government stations logged 3 percent highs. Five deaths from heat were reported today John Stofer Joseph Fusse Michael Gibbon George Elrich and Michael Deloughey bringing total heat fatalities to seventeen since the spell began. Numerous prostrations occurred and about twelve remain in serious condition at City Hospital.
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John Stofer
Joseph Fusse
Michael Gibbon
George Elrich
Michael Deloughey
Veritable Furnace Sweeps Pittsburg as Heat Breaks Late
Pittsburg endured a blazing day with temperatures rising from dawn and peaking around 8 pm. The heat shattered records, causing an uptick in deaths and widespread distress among workers and the elderly. Cooling relief arrived after midnight with a breeze and predicted rain. Boston and New England also suffered, with multiple deaths and rising infant mortality during the heat wave.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Washington Heat Wave Breaks Local Temperature Record
In Washington the heat wave intensified with the Weather Bureau recording 103 degrees in the afternoon, accompanied by high humidity. Fifty heat prostration cases were reported, with two fatalities: Lewis Ashton and John Farrell, both laborers. Continuous coverage noted on the next page.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Lewis Ashton
John Farrell
Constitution Defeated by Columbia in Narrow Newport Race
The Constitution, a new Herreshoff yacht, lost to Columbia by 48 seconds in a tight Newport race marked by a jib mishap on the Constitution that left it without its jib for ten minutes. Columbia finished 2:22:38 to 2:23:33, with its main boom buckling after crossing.
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Newport
R. I
Columbia
Herreshoff
New York Yacht Club
Colonia
Constitution
Sharps
Starboad
Lightning Tragedy Strikes Pier Shelter. Eleven Die Nearby
In Chicago a violent thunderstorm driven crowded a zinc lined shanty on a north shore pier. Twelve people sought shelter. ten men and boys plus one other man died as lightning twisted and toppled the group leaving Willie Anderson the sole survivor. Percy Keane aided in the rescue and police revived Anderson and recovered the bodies.
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Chicago
North Shore
Willie Anderson
Rc Brabinst
Meyer Jacobs
George Priebs
Gfrank Coosey
Carl Kruse
Edward Bloch
Broderick
Marquette Terrace
Water Works
Montrose Boulevard
Wiliie Anderson
Percy Keane
Percy
Young Keane
Young Anderson
Severe wind storm hits Cambridge destroying buildings
A severe wind storm struck Cambridge this afternoon in Madrid Iowa. Several small buildings were demolished, electric lines were prostrated, and communications were interrupted. The damage disrupted local services and left residents assessing casualties and repairs.
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Madrid
Cambridge
Tornado Rumors Sweep Iowa Areas
Tornado rumors spread from Holstein to Cambridge and other Iowa points as reports surface, but details and confirmations are scarce. Local residents await authoritative updates from weather authorities as storms move through the region.
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Des Moines
Holstein
Cambridge
Iowa
Vacation Religion Sermon Encourages Sunday Recreation
The Rev Dr Minot J Savage at the Church of the Messiah argues against puritanical views of Sunday. He calls for Sunday use for worship in the morning and recreation afterward, including walking sailing driving or golf, as long as it does not dissipate.
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New York
Minot J. Savage
Maine wreck raising delayed as contractors seek extension
Havana reports three months past due on raising the Maine hull. Contractors N F Chamberlain & Co have not filed a 35000 bond nor begun the salvage. Captain Lucien Young weighs unavoidable delay due to the contractor's illness and a March extension clause.
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Havana
Havana Harbor
N. F. Chamberlain & Co
Lucien Young
Chamberlain
Captain Young
Wreck Removal Urged After Battleship Hull Sinks
Shipping interests urge government action to clear the wreck of the battleship's metal machinery ammunition and souvenirs. Engineers estimate wreck removal costs at several hundred thousand dollars and cutting up the hulk could equal building another battleship as a dangerous bar forms around it.
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Poesia
Bank National Bank in Buffalo Fails to Open
The City National Bank in Buffalo New York did not open after being placed in receivership by Controller Dawes. A. D. Lynch chief of the division of insolvent banks and special Bank Examiner W A Mason assumed charge awaiting the temporary receiver. About fifty people were present at 10 am as events unfolded.
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Buffalo
N. Y
City National Bank
Dawes
A. D. Lynch
W. A. Mason
Pca
Five Americans Captured by Chinese Troops Near Peking
Five men calling themselves Americans were captured by Chinese troops about fifty miles from Peking and handed over to Maj. E. Robertson of the U S legation guard. The armed group demanded 5,000 teia from a pawnshop keeper and obtained 50 before firing at carts with plunder. They retreated when town forces engaged one hundred Chinese troops. The legation was notified and the men were brought in.
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Peking
Maj. E. Robertson
United States Legation Guard
United States Legation
Senator James H. Kyle Dies In Maryland
James H. Kyle former Presbyterian minister and banker turned politician died at his Aberdeen home after a malarial heart condition worsened. Born February 2 184 he studied at Illinois University and Oberlin later serving as state senator in 1891 and United States senator in 1891 as an independent. He supported low tariff policy and often aligned with Republicans. survived by wife and two children Ethelwyn and a baby son.
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Aberdeen
M. D
James H. Kyle
East
Ethelwyn
James Henderson Kyle
Xenia
University of Illinois
Oberlin College
Ohio
Presbyterian Seminary
Pittsburg
Ist
Utah
South Dakota
Ipswich
Yankton College
United States Senate
Passavant Dies After Sudden Illness In Pittsburg
Rev William A Passavant a Pittsburg philanthropist and Lutheran preacher died suddenly of apoplexy at age 60 He was noted for founding hospitals in Pittsburg Jacksonville Milwaukee Chicago Rochester and Zelienople andreligious charitable work shaped by his long ministry in the Lutheran church
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Pittsburg
William A. Passavant
Jacksonville
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Rochester
Zeeilienople
Death of B B Winston Prominent Minneapolis Mayor and Democrat
Chicago July 1. B B Winston senior partner of Winston Brothers railroad contractors of Minneapolis died here of heart failure. Born in Virginia in 1844 he served as Minneapolis mayor from 1888 to 1896 and was a longtime Democratic figure. He attended the Kansas City convention as a delegate at large from Minnesota.
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Chicago
B. B. Winston
Winston Brothers
Minneapolis
George W Patridge Dies at Seventy in Detroit
George W Patridge longtime private secretary to senator Zach Chandler and former interior secretary died in Detroit at about seventy years old from heart failure. He served in various governmental positions in Washington and once worked as a Washington correspondent for Western papers.
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Detroit
George W. Patridge
Zach Chandler
United States
Michigan
Interior
Washington
Patridge
Huge Coal Trust Aims to Control Nation's Production
Alleged scheme would unite all bituminous mines in Indiana and Illinois into a single trust. Report says financier J. P. Morgan may back the plan, with M. A. Hanna noted as interested. Movement said to be started by Morgan and now being perfected.
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Indiana
Illinois
M. A. Hanna
Retailers to Form Pool All Interests at Cleveland
The Leader reports a planned giant coal trust uniting big bituminous producers from Illinois through West Virginia under one umbrella. Key companies include Pittsburg Coal, Monongahela, Fairmount, Massillon, Hocking, and Illinois Coal, with Lake Erie docks and loading plants folded in. Central aim is a regional monopoly east of the Mississippi, led by Morgan after Europe trip.
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Cleveland
United States Steel Corporation
Big Steel Trust
Big Coal Trust
J. P. Morgan
Ohio
West Virginia
Hocking
Shawnee
Steel Trust
Pittsburg
Monongahela Coal Company
Illinois
Indiana
M. A. Hanna
Massillon
Fairmount Coal Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Illinois Coal Company
Pittsburg Coal Company
Hocking Coal Company
Massillon Coal Company
General Lake Shipping
Lake Erie
Upper Lake
Mississippi
Ohio and
Potomac
Morgan
Europe
Gift to the British Navy from American Ladies
London reports that the hospital ship Maine, fitted by American women and sent to Taku, has been presented as a free gift to the British navy. A letter from President Bernard Baker of Atlantic Transport Co. and the government’s acceptance followed. The Maine committee also donated the ship’s hospital fittings, a gracious act by U S citizens.
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London
Earl of Selborne
Admiralty
House of Lords
Maine
Taku
Bernard Baker
Atlantic Transport Company
Lord Selborne
Ladies of the
United States
Bigamy and Naval Warnings Amid East Coast Storms
Descriptions note a July 15 start for a royal ceremony in the Royal Gallery during the lord high steward presidency. Hurricanes lash the New South Wales coast delaying shipping. two vessels wrecked and ten people drowned. Meanwhile nine hundred thirty Boer prisoners arrived in Bermuda on June 3 aboard the Armenian and were moved to camps on Darrel's and Tucker's stands. Among captives are boys aged eight to ten carrying ammunition and two elderly Boers who crawled down the gangway.
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Royal Gallery
Lord High Ste
Earl of Pembroke
New South Wales
Hamilton
Bermuda
Darrel
Paardeburg
Not Too Hot for Lentz at National Conference
Detroit July 1 Despite oppressive heat the National Social and Political Conference drew a strong turnout. Ex-Congressman John J. Lents of Ohio argued political reform must come first and urged public ownership of telegraph and telephone lines and utilities. Mayor Jones of Toledo criticized parties and conventions. J B Howarth of Detroit and others discussed reforms and party roles.
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Detroit
John J. Lents
Ohio
Lentz
Mayor Jones
Toledo
J. B. Howarth
Pingree
George Fred Williams
Massachusetts
J. O. A. Parker
Nation Committee
Louisville
Seymour Steadman
Social Democrats
Will Change On July 4 With Chaffee Succeeding MacArthur
Manila dispatch reports July 4 as inauguration day for civil government and moving day for the military headquarters. General Chaffee takes command Thursday and will occupy Taft's former residence while Taft moves to Malacanan palace. Chaffee plans to press Malvar in southern Luzon and transfers units from northern Luzon to Batangas.
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Manila
General Chaffee
Judge Taft
Malacanan
Chaffee
Malvar
Luzon
Batangas
Tayabas
Mindoro
Hughes
Visayas Islands
Samar
Davis
William P. Hall
Charlies F. Humphrey
Joseph P. Sanger
Grote Hutcheson
Sixth Cavalry
Calapan
Board of Health
Philippines
United States
Albany
Mediterranean
Cubo
Bataan
Adams
Albay
Fourth Infantry
Lake Taal
Gonzales
Lipino
Brown
Vates Rigsby
Gatfield
Coast Artillery
Hur
Taft Appointed Civil Governor of the Philippines
The President signed commissions naming William D. Taft of Ohio as civil Governor of the Philippines and Joseph Davidson as quartermaster with captain rank. Taft had been notified earlier about the civil government inauguration on July 4, while the War Department credits the civil governor appointment to war power. He treats authority as unified across sources.
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Washington
William D. Taft
Ohio
Philippines
Joseph Davidson
Taft
Islands
War Department
Aoper
Ely
Vatican considers clergy immigration to Cuba and Philippines
Vatican circles report a conference among Cardinal Gibbons Archbishop Chappelle and Cardinal Rampolla on countering Spanish priestly sympathy in Cuba and the Philippines. The United States, via Cardinal Gibbons, urged bringing Dutch Belgian French and American clergy to Cuba and the Philippines to dilute pro parish influence. the Vatican reportedly favored the idea.
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Rome
Vatican
Cardinal Gibbons
Chappelle
Rampolla
Cuba
Philippines
United States
Cardinalibbons
Kintuck Released From Quarantine For Seattle Troops
Washington July 1 The War Department reports the transport Kintuck has been released from quarantine at Port Townsend and will sail directly to Seattle with the troops aboard.
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Washington
War Department
Port Townsend
Seattle
Carnegie pledge for Detroit public library building
George Radford of the Detroit Public Library Board announced receipt of a letter from Andrew Carnegie confirming a 75 contribution toward the erection of a new public library building in Detroit. This gift supports the project and reflects Carnegie’s ongoing philanthropy in the city.
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Detroit
George Radford
Detroit Public Library Board
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Two Great Combos Engaged in War for Supremacy
Amalgamated Association of Iron Workers battles the Billion Dollar Steel Corporation in a labor struggle over unionization of mills. Workers seek influence in the labor field akin to capital combinations wielded by employers.
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Amalgamated Association of Workersemen
Steel Corporation
Strike Begins in Indiana Mills Across Amalgamated Union
About 35 000 workers from American Sheet Steel Company and American Steel Hoop Company go on strike as Amalgamated Association clash with United States Steel Corporation units. Nonunion plants linger open while talks and potential shutdowns shape a nationwide labor conflict across multiple mills in Indiana and Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Tron
Tin Workers
American Sheet Steel Company
American Steel Hoop Company
Neat Companies
United States Six Corporation
Gamated Association
Etrita
Eile
Amalgamated Sration
I. W. Jenks
General Voice
Amalgamated Association Tonight
Total
Cveseresececse
Coesenesseressise
Apollo Iron and PN A
Vander- Kilpatrick
Wellsville Plate and Sheet” Iron Mills
Wellsville
Bcottidale Iron and Steel ‘Mills
Bcott- Gale
EE American Steel Hoop Company
T. J. Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
W. Dewees-Wood Mills
McKeesport
Shafefer
United States Steel Corporation
United State Corporation
American Tin Plate Company
Greater Corporation
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Associated Press
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W. A. Passanvant
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Goldsmith's Hall
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Edward II
Cable Notes
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Andrew D. White
MacArthur
Chafce
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Pavespace
Battle OF Giants
Muncie
Amer
Ican Steel Sheet Company and
Steel Hoop Company
Union Sheet Mills
Arena
Peeper Steel Mills
Bridge- Midland Steel Mill
Old Meadow
Scottdale Saltsbury Rolling Mill
Salteburg
Camboiage Iron and Steel Mills
Seeverenas Areassercessing Sa
Canton Rolling Mills
Canton
Faison Iron and Nail Mills
Niles
New Philadelphia
N. Philadelphia
Ececenseecsrrnes
Piqua Rolling Mills
Piqua
Reeves Tron
Canal Dover
Struthers Tron
Struth Corning Steel Mills
Hammet
Lauffman Steel Mills
Paulton
Hyde Tron and Steel Mills
Hyde Barks
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