Census estimates show Canada population and regional splits
The census department of Canada places the present population at 7,350,000 with Maritime provinces 1,037,112 Quebec 2,088,461 Ontario 2,619,025 Western provinces 1,371,164 and unorganized territories 58,309. It notes sustained growth due to births and immigration and cites wide consumption of foreign goods and home industry support. Argentina trails in wealth growth and immigration from Spain continues to Cuba and Argentina, reflecting Iberian emigration.
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Census Department of
Canada
Dominion
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
Western Provinces
Mexican Herald
Argentina
Spain
Cuba
Rubber replaces tobacco as rival staple in world trade
The article notes a swift rise in rubber production and imports into the United States driven by demand for tires and other uses. Sumatra reports planters converting tobacco estates to rubber, though tobacco farming in Connecticut, Kentucky and other states is not expected to be overtaken.
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United States
Sumatra
Connecticut
Kentucky
American States
Auto, Airship and Wireless Telegraph Parade in 1900s Era
A Newport summer resident driving his car became stuck in soft sand. a local farmer with his ox team pulled the touring car free. The piece notes autos are useful and here to stay, though breakdowns may leave machines idle briefly.
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Newport
Drony
New Compass Combines Wyroscope For Naval Use
A test on the scout cruiser Birmingham features a compass that blends the conventional compass with the Wyroscope to remove needle deviation. Placed interiorly it resists enemy missiles. While valuable for naval service the device could aid commerce by solving steering deviations on steel ships, reducing wreck risks.
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Birmingham
Census Adds Sixty Cities in United States Population List
Census officials expect to add the names of 60 cities nationwide with populations over 25 000 from a 1900 compilation perhaps more will be included. Machinery for the farm is cited as a factor contributing to urban rise.
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United States
Heiress Forced to Work to Pay Board, Estate Dividing Fury
A New York girl heiress to a fortune of 6 million dollars is compelled to work to cover her board as lawyers rush to divide the estate. The case fuels debate over the give while you live theory.
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New York
Pair Parisiennes Adopt Hobble Skirt Bathing Style
The report notes Parisiennes have adopted a hobble skirt bathing suit style making swimming impossible in ordinary water. They would likely only enter water in private spaces such as bathrooms if they wished to swim.
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Parisiennes
Graft taint on Illinois Central car repairs revealed in court
F H Niles, ex Blue Island Car Equipment president, testified in Municipal Judge Bruggemeyer’s court about a two year scheme that paid $400000 in dividends on $37500 capital. He named Ira G Rawn as a chief beneficiary and described checks issued to Central officials for “dividends” while bills were padded and currency named on back of notes.
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Chicago
Ill
Illinois Central
Ira G. Rawn
Bruggemeyer
F. H. Niles
Blue Island Car Lquipment Company
Niles
Rawn
Walter L. Fisher
Minors Central
Tinois Central
Ilinois Central
Fisher
Waters Pierce Oil Discrimination Charged in Oklahoma
Guthrie Oklahoma Waters Pierce Oil company is accused before the state corporation commission of price discrimination. W H Rainbill of Purcell claims Waters Pierce sold oil at 16 cents a gallon while other dealers paid 19 cents. The firm recently compromised in an oyster suit in Garfield county paying 75000 dollars and promising better business practices.
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Guthrie
Okla
State Corporation Commission
Waters Pierce Oil Company
W. H. Rainbill
Purcell
Waters Pierce Company
Garfield County
Robbers mistreat woman in Latrobe assault
Mrs James Resborough, 60, of Blairsville near Latrobe, Pa., is in serious condition after two burglars beat her for not revealing her money. Found by her husband, she was buried under furniture with feet tied to a stove, hands bound, and turpentine-soaked cloth in her mouth. No suspects identified.
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Latrobe
James Resborough
Blairsville
Illegal fishing costs men limbs in dynamite accident
William Bruce, 40, and his son Ira, 20, both suffered severe injuries after dynamite fishing went wrong on Skillet Fork river west of the city. A stick in the hands of Roster Green exploded prematurely, setting off blasts in Bruce and Ira. Each man lost an arm and may lose sight, with Green also injured.
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Pairfield
William Bruce
Ira
Roster Green
Skillet Fork River
Green
Death of William Holman Hunt Painter in London
William Holman Hunt, 83, celebrated painter and one of the three founders of the pre Raphaelite movement, died in London. He began exhibiting his pictures in 1846 and received numerous decorations including the Order of Merit.
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William H. Hunt
London
Eng
William Holman Hunt
Holman Hunt
Marit
Injunction Denied Over Buck's Union Shop Agreement
Judge McPherson refused to block the American Federation of Labor and Buck's Stove and Range Co from moving Buck's plant to a union shop. The suit by Chas W. Post of Battle Creek, filed in St. Louis, names Gompers Morrison Mitchell and about fifty AFL leaders. The case stems from July Cincinnati meeting lifting a boycott on Buck's products.
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Red Oak
Iowa
McPherson
United States District Court
Chas. W. Post
Battle Creek
Mich
American Federation of Labor
Buck's Stove and Range Co
St. Louis
Stove Concern
Post
Chambers
SANE FOURTH KILLS 131 Best Record Since 1903
Chicago report notes the Fourth of July celebrations this year show improvement due to stricter laws. Journal of the American Medical Association summarizes 2923 injuries and 131 deaths, with most fatalities from tetanus, firearms, powder explosions, cannons, and fireworks burns to girls.
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Lockjaw
Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal
Did King Shoot Lord Kilmar nock at Balmoral Hunt
London reports King George, famed as England’s best shot, is suspected of accidentally wounding Lord Kilmanock during a Ballater hunt near Balmoral Castle. Sir Victor MacKenzie was present. details are suppressed as the king returned nervous, with Kilmanock hit in ear nose and arm at about 40 yards.
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London
England
King George
Lord Kilmarnock
Ballater
Balmoral Castle
Victor MacKenzie
Kilmarnock
Estate of Grover Cleveland Valued at 39650
New York surrogate office filed the late Grover Cleveland estate valuation showing 39650 gross, after taxes and commissions residue 32378 largely for the widow and children.
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New York City
Grover
Cleveland
New York
Shopmen Pot on Strike in Texas and New Orleans Rail
Houston and several Texas lines join a sweeping strike with over one thousand workers, about 300 in Houston. Car repairers builders checkers and inspectors press for union recognition a contract and seniority in employment. Strikes affect shops from New Orleans to El Paso with work halted at Houston Lafayette Algiers Beaumont Galveston and El Paso.
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Houston
Texas
New Orleans
Galveston
Harrisburg
San Antonio
el Paso
Lafayette
Algiers
Beaumont
Pin Scratch Causes Death In St Louis Inquest
The coroner held an inquest into the death of Mrs. Marie Craig who died of blood poisoning after a minor scratch from a safety pin on her left thigh. The report notes a riot in Portland with 2,000 men present and 12 arrests, referenced at the close of the piece.
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St. Louis
Marie Craig
Portland
Ora
La Follette Wins Wisconsin Primary Landslide
Wisconsin returns show United States Senator Robert M. La Follette winning renomination by about four to one over Samuel A. Cook. Governor nominee Francis E. McGovern defeats three rivals by a margin around 8,000. Townsend defeats Burrows in Michigan. Vermont elects John A. Mead governor by about 18,000 as Mead defeats Watson amid third party ticket activity.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Samuel A. Cook
Neenah
Francis E. McGovern
Lewis
Strang
Barker
Townsend
Burrows
Detroit
Mich
Julius C. Burrows
Kalamazoo
Charles E. Townsend
Jackson
Chase S. Osborn
Sault Ste. Marie
The
State University
Vermont
Burlington
John A. Mead
Rutland
Mead
Charles D. Watson
St. Albans
Reverend Gow Unfrocked Over Immorality Verdict
Plattsburg Missouri Reverend Clyde W Gow was found guilty of immorality related to the death of Elizabeth Gleason of Lincoln County and was unfrocked by the Missouri conference of the M E B church south in session. The committee verdict was read amid silence and Gow faced a possible appeal to the general conference led by Reverend J A Mumpower of Lawson.
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J. A. Mumpower
Methodist Church
Lawson, Mo
Gow
General Conference
Lone Bandit Robs Train in St Louis Night Alarm
A lone robber boarded Chicago Burlington and Quincy Train No. 15 at Union Station in St. Louis killing flagman J M Wine and throwing him overboard. The bandit held the conductor and shot at the train electrician, robbed three women passengers, and escaped from the Pullman sleeper at Carr Street and the Terminal tracks as the Pacific Coast express headed for St Joseph and the West.
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St. Louis
Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy
Pacific Coast Express
Union Station
St. Joseph
West
J. M. Wine
Carr Street
Long Oil Pipeline Reaches New York Harbor
New York reports the completion of a 1500 mile pipeline from Oklahoma wells to New York harbor making oil movement longer than any pipeline in the world. The project connects oil fields to eastern markets and marks a historic transportation feat.
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Oklahoma Fields
New York Harbor
New York
Oklahoma Wells
Prosecution Planned Against Jo H Choate by Watt
James R. Watt filed charges before the American Bar Association against Jos H Choate and states he intends to prosecute the charges. He will institute proceedings in New York.
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Choate
Chattanooga
Tenn
James R. Watt
American Bar Association
Jos. H. Choate
institute _proceedin
Sin Nework
Illinois Labor Day moved to White City over carpenters strike
Illinois state board used non union carpenters at the state fair grounds prompting Springfield Federation of Labor to move Labor Day celebrations to White City after Indianapolis union official Frank Duffy withdrew consent to speak if the event remained at the fair grounds. Other Illinois items note new Carnegie library in Wartren, dedication of Edwardsville high school, typhoid cases in Mattoon linked to infected wells, land price in Tazewell county, broom corn cutting near Paris, factory resumption at American Bottle in Streator, and various local incidents across towns.
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Springfield
State Board of Agriculture
Springfield Federation of Labor
White City
Frank Duffy
Indianapolis
International Union of Carpenters and Joiners
Fair Ground
Wartren
Andrew Carnegie
Edwardsville
William Eakles
Mahomet
James
Nichol
Mattoon
Washington
John Schoon
George Hagenstor
Tazewell
Paris
American Bottle Company
Mt. Carmel
Wabash Riot Power Company
Grand Rapids
Mount Carmel
New York
Illinois
Colorado
Nashville
Henry Kreft
New Minden
Sterling
Peoria
Adoph G. Allquaire
New York Custom House
Kewanee
Rock Island
Galesburg
Dixon
Roy Miller
Patrick McFall
McFall
Franklin Grove Road
Quincy
Commission
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Sioux
City
Kansas City
Kan
Madison
Vermillion
Moline
Axel Anderson
Moline Plow. Company
Anderson
A. Mehine
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