City National Bank of Buffalo Placed Under Temporary Receiver
Controller of the Currency Dawes appoints EB J Vaughan as temporary receiver after a special examiner's report found serious bank condition. Dawes says bank insolvency is alleged but losses to depositors should not be large. liabilities listed at 3,802,109 with loaned funds on poor security cited.
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Washington
Dawes
City National Bank of
Buffalo
N. Y
City Bank of Buffalo
Lynch
EB. J. Vaughan
National Bank Examiner
City National Bank of Buffalo Receivers Appointed
The City National Bank of Buffalo faced a surprise as a receiver was appointed in Washington. President William C. Imwell and director Joseph E. Gavin expressed shock and disbelief, noting they had no warning of trouble or reasons to doubt the bank’s stability.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Washington
City National Bank
William C. Mmwell
State Bankers’ Association
City Bank of Buffalo
Joseph E. Gavin
No Officer of the Seventh National Bank Arrested
United States Commissioner Shields ruled that evidence to justify warrants against Seventh National Bank officers was insufficient. Applicants’ lawyers can present more evidence by next Monday. The Times notes stockholders agreed to reorganize the bank, close doors, and levy a 106 percent assessment to fund the plan, with Cromwell outlining two ongoing investigations and bank receivership.
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New York
United States
Shields
Seventh National Bank
Marquand & Co
National Park Bank
the Times
William Nelson Cromwell
National Bank
Ewner
Rayner
Pe Bank
Investigation Begins Into Henry Marquand & Co Affairs
An expert accountant is examining the books of Henry Marquand & Co to determine liabilities and assets. Receiver Frank Sullivan Smith said a formal schedule or statement may be delayed for days, and he cannot estimate total assets or liabilities yet. He doubted reports of $8,000,000 liabilities and noted securities backing loans are strong, but the firm’s exact status with the Stock Exchange remains unclear.
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New York
Henry Marquand & Co
Frank Sullivan Smith
Mr. Smith
Stock Exchange
Panic in a Hotel Brunswick Chicago Fire
Firemen arrived at the Brunswick Hotel on East Adams street to quell a panic among women facing jumps from upper windows. Several were carried or helped down ladders as others were escorted via stairs. Rescued individuals included Anna Morrison, Feets, Mrs May Lyons, Anna O Day, Lizzie Michaels, Mrs Clara Hitler, and Matches, with the blaze said to have started from items stored in a linen closet on the third floor.
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Chicago
Brunswick
East Adams Street
Anna Morrison
Arty
Feets
May Lyons
Anna O'Day
Lizzie Michaels
Clara Hitler
Blue Book from Kitchener on Roberts Boer Correspondence
Lord Kitchener reports Boer attack on Delagoa bay line near Brugspruit Bight on June 26. An armored train dispersed the Boers with four killed and twenty casualties carried off. Field Corner Depricz surrenders at Pietersburg with forty four men amid a blue book showing Roberts and Boer authorities disputing farm destruction and war methods.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Delagoa Bay
Brugspruit Bight
Field Corner Depricz
Pietersburg
Lord Roberts
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Botha
de Wet
Boers Arrive in Bermuda on Transport Armenian
The British transport Armenian arrived with 990 Boer prisoners and anchored west of Darrell’s Island. Medway and Medina guard ships flanked the vessel while crowds gathered in boats. Martial law is proclaimed on Darrell’s Island area and mutineers were restrained after an attempted uprising.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Darrel's Island
Medway
Medina
Darrell’s
Pro Boer Demonstration Follows De Wet Lecture
In Brussels a large pro-Boer demonstration formed after Andries De Wet delivered a lecture at the Alhambra Theater. The crowd unharnessed horses from the lecturer’s carriage and pulled the vehicle to his hotel before marching toward the British legation. Police dispersed the crowd after an ovation.
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Brussels
Alhambra Theater
Andries de Wet
de Wet
Legation
Dutch Arbitration Union forms new branch in The Hague
The Hague today witnessed the formal establishment of the Dutch branch of the International Arbitration Union. Honorary members named are Messrs Kruger Wesselx Fischer and Wolmarans. The group decided not to seek mediation from The Hague court to resolve the South African troubles.
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the Hague
International Arbitration Union
Messrs. Kruger
Wesselx
Fischer
Wolmarans
Hague Court
G A R Cleveland Surpasses Fund Goal in 51 Days
The National G A R Encampment finance committee reports Cleveland citizens have subscribed 51600 to the entertainment fund through fifty one days. City and suburban street railways and other transportation firms have yet to contribute, expected to push total over 60000. John D Rockefeller led with 5000, followed by Hanna and General James Barnet at 1000 each. numerous subscribers donated one dollar.
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Cleveland
G. A. R. Encampment Finance Committee
John Ye Rockefeller
Hanna
James Barnet
General strike ordered by Amalgamated Association of Iron and Tin Workers
Pittsburg reports a definite general strike of all union sheet steelworkers after the American Sheet Steel Company refused to sign the current wage scale. About twenty thousand workers in twenty-four plants will be affected as nonunion mills join the action seeking unionization of all mills.
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Pittsburg
T. J. Bhaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
American Sheet Steel Company
Persifer F. Smith
Dewee & Wood
Elmer Kline
Combine
Smith
Amalgamated Association
Sheet Steel
Union
Pittsburgh Iron Scale Settlement Ends Labor Standoff
In Pittsburg at 12 30 this morn the bar iron scale was settled after a two day conference. The manufacturers accepted the Milwaukee convention scale with no change while the Amalgamated Association had urged a 5 to 6 percent general advance. The boiling rate remains 1 cent per ton, up from last year. The Republic Iron and Steel Company approved the base and related scales with minimal changes. National Secretary John Wil Nama hailed it as the best puddling scale yet and 107 000 men may return to work after plant repairs. The sheet scale awaits final decision but is expected soon.
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Smith
American Sheet Steel Company
Amalgamated Association
Lincoln
Shaffer
Eee
Combine
Pittsburg
Milwaukee
Republic Iran and Steel Company
John Wil- Nama
Indiana Iron Works
Muncie Iron and Steel Works
Republic Company
Palmer Iron and Sterl Works
Boldtree Works
Heningray & Port Glass
Ballrothers
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Flint and Green Glass Workers
Beard
Midland e@teel
Fee Tree
Ls A
Arnesle
Is Company
Trouble Expected in Adjudicating Iron and Steel Workers' Wages
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Muncie Indiana reports that on June 4 the Midland steel works associated with American Sheet Steel faces anticipated complications in resolving wage disputes.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie, Ind
Midland Steel Works
The
American Sheet Steel
Major Glass and Iron Works Close for Summer Shutdown
The Indiana Iron Works and related facilities including Muncie Iron and Steel Works and Ball Brothers glass jar plants shut down for the summer, risking thousands of jobs. Iron and steel unions face renewed pressure as Pittsburg reports signal widespread strife while Dayton and New Jersey glass firms plan summer closings after a strong season.
Flow Workers Strike at Kingman Plow in Averyville
All 250 members of the Flow Workers Union at the Kingman Plow Company plant in Averyville walked out on June 2. They refuse to return until nonunion workers in the machinery department are discharged, a strike ordered by the Federation of Labor.
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Peoria
Flow Workers
Kingman Plow Company
Averyville
Federation of Labor
Speedy settlement reached in Reading road boiler makers strike
Meadville Pa June 9 Developments indicate a speedy settlement of the boiler makers strike on the Reading road. President Neill of the union is at Susquehanna. The men return to work in one week. Both sides have made concessions. The strike has lasted since January.
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Meadville
Reading Road
Neill
Tho Or
Susquehanna
Alabama coal miners and operators renew wage scale
In Birmingham Alabama on June 2 after a week of talks coal miners and mine operators agreed to renew the old wage scale with a maximum of 49 cents per ton and to refer local conditions at certain mines since last July to a joint arbitration committee for settlement.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Striking Newport News machinists vote to stay out
Newport News shipyard workers, by unanimous vote, decided to remain on strike until the yard meets their demands, signaling intensified labor action in the Virginia port.
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Newport News
Panic on a Steamboat Stemmed After a Long Conference
Seven hundred John W. Green hat factory employees returned from Glen Island on the steamer Mohawk when it struck a rock. A panicked scramble ensued as passengers were saved by nearby launches and the Myndert Stearn, with injuries reported including a broken arm. The crash resulted from the pilot’s navigation error near the buoy guiding island traffic. Passengers were taken to South Norwalk and then by train to Danbury.
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Norwalk
Conn
John W. Green Hat Factory
Glen Island
Myndert Stearn
Danury
Lost son of Springfield man found alive in Ohio village
A Springfield hardware dealer Henry Smith learns his two year old son, believed drowned in the Johnstown flood, survived. Mrs Smith perished on a train swept away by the flood. The grown boy, living in Ohio, was positively identified as his son after a birthmark matched.
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Springfield
Osborn
Johnstown
Henry Smith
Blunder by Revenue Agent Hoists British Flag at Skagway
Washington reports say the British customs officer at Skagway allegedly hoisted the union jack over his office. Canadian official E S Busby then raised and later saw down the flag after an encounter with an American. Attorney George Miller of Eugene, Oregon, handed his card.
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Washington
Skagway
State Department
Vancouver
B. C
Busby
Ottawa
George Miller
Eugene
Ore
Miller
Joaquin Miller
California
Skagway News
C. L. Andrews
United States
Fray and Financial Strain Persist Without Panic
The piece notes ongoing financial strain with no signs of improvement. It says there is no indication of a general crash or panic, suggesting a cautious, uneven market mood rather than a sudden crisis. The tone reflects steady concern amid slow economic pressures.
Ohio Republicans elect new state executive committee
At a Columbus meeting the Republican state central committee chose Representative Charles Dick as chairman John R Malloy as secretary and W F Burdell as treasurer The committee includes Matthews Fleischmann Matting Fitch Hoover Dunham Hogg Patterson Paterson Parmen ter Brown Hollenbach and others Chairman Dick said the state headquarters will open in Columbus in a few weeks and the campaign likely starts mid September
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Columbus
Republican State Central Committee
Charles Dick
John R. Malloy
W. F. Burdell
P. Matthews
Dayton
Julius Fleischmann
Cincinnati
H. A. Matting
Ironton
John H. Fitch
Youngstown
Har Hoover
Newark
George C. Dunham
Toledo
Charles M. Hogg
Cadiz
L. Patterson
Waverly
Myrony
Herrick
Cleveland
A. ©. Sands
Logan
W. Ll. Parmenter
Lima
Jere A. Brown
H. H. Hollenbach
Chardon
An American's Complaint Over German Enlistment
Fred Heller, a Lansing resident who returned from Germany after three years, says he was drafted into the German army and fined 30 marks immediately upon arrival. He appealed to the American consul but received no reply, claiming injustice by the German government while he remained a U.S. citizen.
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Lansing, Mich
Fred Heller
Germany
United States
Quadruplets This Time
Memphis report notes Mrs W H Burnett of Dunlap Tenn gave birth to four children all doing well. The couple has ten children in five years including the four newborns a set of triplets and a set of twins.
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Memphis
Tenn
Scimitar
W. H. Burnett
Dunlap, Tenn
Debating Chamber Strife Over Ferrara Incident
In Rome on June 29 the Chamber of Deputies halted its session amid a heated debate on the Ferrara clash of June 2 and 3 between agricultural strikers and troops. Giolitti cited foreign labor as the spark while San Martino denied drunkenness claims. A revenue surplus of 30 million lire was announced as tranquillity returned and cheers rose for the king and leadership.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Ferrara
Signor Giolitti
Interior
Bissolati
Count San Martino
Guiccardini
N Cat
Victor Emanuel
Chamber
Heat Wave Eases After Cool Breeze In Louisville
Louisville reports one of the hottest weeks eased by a cooling breeze around 10 PM. Earlier a late afternoon downpour threatened, but passed without a storm. Temperatures reached around 96 degrees with a few prostrations and no fatalities reported.
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Louisville
Canada Doubts Skagway Flag Incident Significance
Ottawa officials say the Skagway flag affair is likely overstated. Canada lacks a customs house there and operates a transit office to ease through shipments to the Yukon, with officers typically at railway stations and a special Skagway office for inspections.
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Skagway
Dominion
Yukon
White Pass
Tacoma
Seattle
Chicago
Duluth
Portland
Definition of mixed flour under new tax rule laws
Washington June 29 Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes defines mixed flour as food produced by grinding or mixing wheat or wheat flour with other grains or materials, with wheat flour as the principal constituent over 50 percent or intended for sale as wheat flour. If wheat flour is not the principal constituent, the product is mixed flour only if intended for sale as mixed flour.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Yerkes
Perry Monument Dedication in Yokohama Promises Great Interest
Correspondence from Yokohama notes the planned July dedication of a Kurihama monument honoring Commodore Perry. A joint American Friends Society and American Asiatic Society event will feature a native stone slab inscription and a ceremony with US and Japanese naval squadrons. The piece also mentions a state cabinet reshuffle and political shifts in Japan.
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Associated Press
Yokohama
Kurihama
Commodore Perry
American Friends Society
American Asiatic Society
United States of America
United States
Marquisio
Gomez Arrives in New York With Urban Gomez
General Maximo Gomez and his son Urban arrived in New York with Alexander Gongales private secretary to General Wood. They were greeted by Cuban and American friends at the Pennsylvania Railway ferry dock. Gomez refused interviews and said he would have something to do Monday but gave no details.
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New York
Maximo Gomez
Urban
Alexander Gongales
Wood
Pennsylvania Railway
T. Estrada Palma
Cuban Junta
Cuban Revolutionary Party
Waldorf Hotel
Gomez
Urban Gomez
A. Selenide
Ann Son
Old Sol Frenzy Grips Nation With Heat Wave
Nearly the entire country contends with extreme heat as Indianapolis reaches 92 by 3 p.m. with no breeze. Mills close and eastern cities suffer. A Denver mini tornado injured eighteen and Indiana storms follow. Officials warn the heat will persist for days as thermometers hit 100 in places and crowds seek relief in parks and pools.
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Weather Bureau
Fair Bank
Indianapolis
Charles Rumsey's Death in Heat at Saloon
Charles Rumsey a 33 year old colored porter at John Ritter's saloon on North Alabama Street collapsed at work and died about 6 pm. He had been ill for months and the coroner ordered an autopsy. Rumsey resided with a relative at 234 East Wabash Avenue.
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Charles Rumsey
John Ritter
North Alabama E Street
Rumsey
Brayton
Rumsey Hyed
East Wabash Avenue
Man Held After Heat Affected West Indianapolis Incident
Thomas Jones of 14 Silver Avenue West Indianapolis was taken to the police station last night and locked up. Police say intense heat may have affected his brain as horses nearly ran over him and his children in an incident bound to stir concern in the neighborhood.
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Thomas Jones
Silver Avenue
Indianapolis
Heatwave Sweeps Gotham as Deaths Rise in Prostrations
June 2 reports from New York describe extreme heat and a wave of prostrations across cities and villages. The Weather Bureau predicts renewed storms. deaths total eleven in one city, with Brooklyn reporting five fatalities and twelve prostrations. Two hundred horses died or were prostrated, and government records show a mercury peak of 92 degrees before easing as the sun set.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Tion
Government Mercury
Brooklyn
Two Deaths At Pittsburg Heat Hits Factories
Pittsburg marked a record hot test day with a 4 degree reading at the government weather bureau shortly after 3 p m Two deaths Francis Mills and Mi Dermo occurred with many prostrations The Soho and Eliza furnaces suspended operations and more plants may close if heat persists This is the first summer in years with so much heat trouble for workers St Paul reports a cooling trend after storms yesterday with temperatures around 67 degrees continuing today
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Pittsburg
Governement Weather Bureau
Francis Mills
Soho
Eliza
ST. Paul
Intense heat persists in St. Louis amid rising temps
St. Louis reports ongoing extreme heat with no relief in sight. Thermometer readings at 7 am showed 91 degrees, climbing to 98 by 10 am as the day advances, signaling continued hot weather for residents.
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St. Louis
Heatwave Grips New England With record temperatures
Boston June 3 heat remains intense across New England with some readings above yesterday. Temperatures range from 100 to 110 degrees as Nashua reports 1 Joy Say.wad this report notes widespread disruption as many manufactories suspend operations due to the extreme heat.
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Boston
New England
Nashua
Reneenery
Newland
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Serprise At
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Shafer
Muncie
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Metal Workers
National Cash Register Company
Sapa
Metal Workers’ Union
D. Douglas Wilson
International Machinists’ Union
J. Lynch
Internatonal Union of
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International Association of Allied Mechanics
Cash Register Company
William Levitis
John Bickford
Machini
Devens
National Metal Trades Association
Millville
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Eer
King Edward
Ohio
Financial Statement
Perry Monument
Japan
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Mercury
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