Global Week in Review Totals Crops, Disasters and Honors
A sweeping weekly record notes 10 000 blackberry pickers at Liberty Missouri for this year’s harvest of about 60 000 crates the largest on record. It covers cyclones in Roslyn Kansas and Asneris France killings from lightning at Iowa State University and Taylor Station Missouri and various stock market and labor developments with remarks from R G Dunn. It also mentions a cyclone near Roselle Kansas a fire in Montgomery Alabama and a visiting speech in Cologne by Emperor William I with other incidents across the United States and Europe.
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Liberty
Rosl Norton
Roslyn
Washington
Roselle
Larned
Kas
Rogers
Nelson W. Durham
Spokesman Review
International Gold Mining Congress
Denver
Asneris
France
Nicholas Ford
St. Joseph
Mr Donald
Miltonville
Mass
Iowa State University
Iowa City
James H. Smith
Samuel H. Hickman
Taylor Station
Hickman
Boston
Wall Street
R. G. Dunn
Weekly Review of Trade
Glucose Trust
United States
Gulf States
Memphis
New Orleans
Western Union Telegraph
Montgomery
Ala
Japanese protest against tariff bill over tea and silks
Washington June 21 The Japanese government formalizes a protest through Minister Toruoshi noting potential retaliation if tariffs pass. It argues duties on light weight silks handkerchiefs matting hemp jute rugs carpets and tea threaten Japanese commerce and US relations, warning tea industry fears.
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Washington
Torusoshi
United States
Japan
Fever and disease devastate Cuba as war looms
A Havana dispatch describes a collapsing population due to fever and dysentery, with rising death rates and widespread contagion. It notes pacificos vaccination gaps, insurgent attacks near Havana, and that General Rivera may be executed if US action is not taken.
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Cuba
New York
Havanna
Trocha
Managua
Havana
San Miguel
Rivera
United States
Burglars Blow Safe In Sumner Hardware Raid
Burglars blow open the Baker and Foster hardware store at Sumner Washington using dynamite wrecking the safe. No cash recovered but thieves take about $50 worth of merchandise and escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Baker & Foster
Sumner
Hawaiian annexation question stirs London papers
London readers discuss Hawaii annexation as a international issue with the United States, Britain, and France in similar positions. The Washington Senate vote on floor matting marks a major opposition victory for the tariff bill.
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London
United States
The
Globe
Great Britain
France
Hawaii
Washington
Senate
State Wins Preliminary Suit Against Vandalia Railroad
Indianapolis on June 21 reports the state has won in preliminary proceedings in the suit against the Vandalia Railroad Company. The attorney general sought 2 million dollars claimed to be due the school fund under the company charter. The case proceeds to a merits hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Vandalia Railroad Company
Lightning Strikes Illinois Natural History Building
The natural history building at the University of Illinois in Champaign was hit by lightning on June 18 causing damage estimated at $75,000. It served as the entomologist’s headquarters and housed the agricultural experiment station library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Ill
Natural History
University of Illinois
Agricultural Experiment Station
United States and Cherokee commissioners fail to reach accord
Tahlequah Oklahoma June 18 The two commissioners representing the United States and the Cherokee nation have adjourned without reaching an agreement.
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Tahlequah
I. T
United States
Boston Sailors Strike Reaches About Thirty Five Hundred
Sailors at the port of Boston are on strike for any wages, with about 3500 men reported. Michael J. Lyons, a longtime Puget Sound resident, was murdered by burglars Friday night at his saloon in Seattle.
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Boston
Michael J. Lyons
Puget Sound
Seattle
President McKinley sends Hawaii annexation treaty to Senate
Washington June 17 the treaty for annexation of the Hawaiian Islands reached the senate chamber and was read to the body. The president describes a continuing close relation and protectorate history with Hawaii and notes prior offers to annex in 1851 and 1893. The six article treaty cedes sovereignty, lands, and establishes a territorial government with veto power to the president.
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Washington
Hawaiian Islands
Senate
McKinley
Gray, Mills
Pasco
White
Caffery
Pettigrew
McEnery
Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Gray
United States
Hawaii
Samoa
Great Britain
Germany
Harrison
John W. Foster
Congress
Hawaiian Executive Assembly
Japan
Kyle
Queen Victoria's Jubilee Services Held Across Empire
London June 21 Queen Victoria began her jubilee celebration with quiet devotions at St George Windsor and in churches nationwide. In Windsor the queen sat in state as royals and guards attended, and a touching farewell scene followed with Empress Frederick and family kissing the queen on the cheek before she departed in tears.
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London
Victoria
City
United Kingdom
Empire
Church of England
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
Prince Consort
Duke of Devonshire
Lord Rosebery
Knights of the Garter
Order of the Garter
Barry
Frederick
Duke of Connaught
Emperor William I Promises Peace at Cologne Statue Unveiling
Berlin reports a Cologne banquet for the Emperor William I statue where he recalls his grandfather and father among Cologne’s citizens. He says his father would have stood here, but Providence willed otherwise, and vows to follow his grandfather by maintaining peace and defending German rights and markets.
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William B. Prescott
International Typographical Union
Henry Castle
Treasury
Post Office Department
Senate Civil Service
Washington
Cologne
William
Emperor William 1
Berlin
William I
Telegraph operator attacked by soldiers in Cheyenne
Charles Erswell a telegraph operator in Cheyenne fights off a group of 10 to 12 soldiers from Fort Russell after being ambushed on the way home. He fires twice, wounding two soldiers, one seriously, as police arrive and guards surround his home. Both wounded men are from Company G and unnamed.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Charles Erswell
Fort Russell
Erswell
Brswell
Company G
London capitalists seek sale of four Rossland mines
A joint meeting of Homestake Lee and Gopher to be held July 12 in Rossland will consider selling the Maid of Erin and three other claims. London investors propose a 125000 working capital for a new company with 750000 capital stock. old shareholders may convert at 12 1/2 cents per share, possibly with cash options.
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Rossland
London
B. C
South Belt
A. F. Corbin
Homestake and Gopher Companies
Homestake, Lee and Gopher
Maid of Erin
R. E. Lee Gold Mining Company
Glucose Trust Said to Involve Most U.S. Factories
Chicago reports a glucose trust formed with nearly all major U S factories included except two. Brokers note price rises in long sweetening amid inactivity while refiners send quotations. Conrad H Mat the son of the Chicago Sugar Refining Company is named as a key mover in the new trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Conrad H. Mattheson
Chicago Sugar Refining Company
United States
Combine
Queen Victoria Leaves Balmoral for Windsor
Queen Victoria departed Balmoral Castle on June 18 heading to Windsor as the first step in a long program marking the 16th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
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Victoria
Balmoral
Scotland
Windsor Castle
Fishing Boats Lost Shocks Belgian Dutch Coasts
Seven fishing boats and their crews vanish off the Belgian coast near Antwerp while twenty boats go missing off Scheveningen on the Dutch coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Scheveningen
Assault at Merrimac Highlands Ends in Robbery Death Plot
In St Louis on June 17 C Collins a wealthy Tennesseean was lured to a clump of bushes near Merrimac Highlands and bludgeoned by Martin Ensley of Memphis. A $6000 ransom was seized, witnesses saw the assault and escape, and Collins was taken to Kirkwood for treatment. Ensley captured after a night pursuit, a hammer covered with blood found at dawn.
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St. Louis
C. D. Collins
Martin Ensley
Memphis
Colonel Ensley
South
Ensley
Collins
Merrimac Highlands
Colling
Merrimac
Charles Felter
Kirkwood
Busch
Clayton County
Merrimac Heights
Kirkwood Inn
Clayton
Fair Grounds
Nashville
Adams Sentenced for Embezzlement of County Funds
Denver June 18 Matt Adams former district court clerk was found guilty of embezzling county funds and sentenced to five years in the state prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Matt Adams
District Court
Earthquake Devastation in Assam Reported Losses Over 6000
Simla dispatches reveal that more than 6000 lives have been lost due to the recent earthquake in Assam. Officials from the region describe widespread destruction and ongoing relief efforts as aftershocks continue.
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Simla
Assam
Persimmons Wins Gold Cup at Ascot Races
London reports Persimmons owned by the prince of Wales won the gold cup at Ascot racing meeting, continuing the horse’s success from last year’s derby.
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Persimmons
London
Prince of Wales
A Letter to Women Endorses Lydia E Pinkham Product
Mrs Jennie L Surry of Philadelphia testifies nine weeks bedbound with ovarian inflammation and constant discharge improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She cites cost of doctors and medicine and praises the remedy as a complete cure and blessing to women
Claiming Exclusive Use of CASTORIA Trade Mark
Dr Samuel Pitcher of Hyannis Massachusetts asserts rights to the word CASTORIA and PITCHER'S CASTORIA as his trade mark. He notes that PITCHER'S CASTORIA bears the facsimile signature of CHAS H FLETCHER on wrappers and claims no one else is authorized to use his name except The Centaur Company led by Chas H Fletcher.
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Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Chas. H. Fletcher
Mothers of America
Centaur Company
Samuel Pitcher, M.D
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Arapahoe
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Metropole
J. W. Know
Latah
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Wilson
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Toledo
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Renova Chemical Co
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