Telegraphic Gleanings Condensed News Briefs
The Wisconsin Fire and Marine Insurance bank in Milwaukee closed due to money market strain. Panama reports Leon revolutionists capture Managua. Ripley & Bronson of St Louis assign assets near 150000 liabilities. Fires devastate Jones & South in Hagerstown. new anarchist Die Brandfaikel appears in New York. Martinsville bank liquidates due to estate division. J Oberman Brewing assets 500000, liabilities 294000. Bangkok blockade warned. Hawaii provisional government doomed per Spreckles. United States judge appoints receiver for Oil Well Supply Co in Pittsburg. Parkhurst & Williamson assign after confession of judgment. Joseph Jefferson ill but not dying. miners deserting mines in Pittsburg and Weir City. Missouri anticipates August 1 strike. Findlay National and Montana National banks fail to open. farmers Bank Findlay closes as comptroller acts. Jefferson rebuts cancer rumor. confidence grows among striking miners. Findlay National and Montana National banks report assets but illiquid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Fire and Marine Insurance Bank
Milwaukee
Denver
Col
New York Herald
Panama
Nicaragua
Managua
Ripley & Bronson
St. Louis
Jones & South
Hagerstown
John Emmett
Wishard
Die Brandfaikel
The
Flaming Torch
New York City
O. Timmerman
Alexander Berkman
Pittsburg
Frick
8. M. Mitchell Bank
Martinsville
Ind
Indianapolis
J. Oberman Brewing Company
Wis
Wisconsin Maring
Insurance Company
Brewing Company
Cincinnati
Ricks
United States Court
John Eaton
Ohio
Oil Well Supply Company
Edward H. Cole
Continental National Bank
Chicago
Parkhurst & Willinaon
Iron Merchants
New York
Joseph Jefferson
Jefferson
Anerica
Edwin Booth
Charles W. Clingman
Stern
Jackson Park
Ohio Well Supply Company
Findlay
Fostoria
Marietta
Kissing Sun
van Wert
Montana National
United Press
Buzzard’s Bay
Mass
Weir City
Kansas
Alabama
Missouri
Farmers’ National Bank
Findlay Q
Pete Ae
Financial Turmoil Shocks Banks and Labor Movements
Surplus of 44000 and assets 296000 liabilities 170000 linked with regional failures and liquidations. Bristol Bank and Trust dissolves. Land Loan Agency faces 500000 liabilities. Mt Sterling Farmers Bank closes with deposits near 300000 and 600000 in strong assets. Louisville and Nashville firms falter. Louisville Deposit Bank's fall triggers multiple local losses. News touches bank failures, labor shifts, and court actions across the South and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol, Tenn
Bank and Trust Company
Birmingham
Ala
Leavenworth
Kas
Land Loan and Collection Agency
Murphy and Bolant
Dallas
Texas
New
Farmers’ Bank
Mt. Sterling
Jake Schwartz
Louisville
Moses Schwartz
Louisville Deposit Bank
Ocala
Fla
New York
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company
Henry Singleton
Lula Payne
Jackson
Miss
Singleton
Llano Improvement and Furniture Company
Llano
North Texas National Bank
North Carolina
Central
Louisville Ky
Nashville
Sulzbacher Bros. Lowenthal & Son
M. J. Levy & Son
City National Bank
W. H. Pope
Lerche’s Bank
Washington Gossip and Money Matters In Congress News
Signs of opening congress appear as about a dozen house members and several senators arrive. Gold shipments include 100,000 dollars to New York and 500,000 from Havana. cholera cases in Naples rise. banks in Kendallville and Big Rapids show stress but may resume. Yellow fever quarantine control shifts to Brunswick. Sen Morgan plans return August 5. Distillers seek ninety days delay on whisky taxes. Ainsworth status debated amid Ford Theater case. Miller and internal revenue figures revised. Cleveland’s upcoming message centers on finance and potential silver coinage reforms. Comptroller Eckels criticizes a fallacy in a Missouri bank report. seeks resumption with depositor support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Havana
C. B. Young
Marine Hospital
Naples
Italy
Wyman
Eckles
First National Bank
Jim Tillman
Washington
Columbia
D. C
United States
England
Cincinnati
Vicinity
Carlisle
Ainsworth
Army
War Department
Lamonthis
Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
Department of Government
Cleveland
Congress
Eckels
D. A. Cooke
Missouri National Bank
Kansas City
Weekly Trade Review Reports Strain Yet Stable Markets
Dan & Co notes a week of varied conditions with bank failures, easing money markets, and generally stable business. Cotton and wool deals slow, wholesale buying weak, and multiple regions show mixed signals from Denver to Nashville. Failures rise to 467 in the U S and 25 in Canada, with capital losses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Atlanta
Macon
Augusta
Columbus
New Orleans
Galveston
Mobile
Jacksonville
Charleston
United States
Canada
Growth of the South shows rapid industrial expansion
A weekly review details new firms and expansions across the South including the Consumers' Tea Company in New Orleans, Keystone Mining in Roanoke, a Savannah cotton mill, Star and Crescent Coal in Coleman, and several other ventures. Twenty-seven new industries formed, with several enlargements and new buildings planned nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
New Orleans
Cossunwrs' Tee Company, Ltd
N. D. Wallace
Keystone Mining Company
Reanoke
Jno
FL Bartlett and Associates
Savannah
Southover Land Company
Star and Crescent Coal Company
Capital
Coleman
Texas
J. W. Gibson
Northwestern Louisiana Land and Immigration Co
Benton
C. J. Hughs
Worthington Corl and Coke Co
Fairmont
W. Va
Eads- Nell Manufacturing Company
Atlanta
Jelico, Tenn
Hickory Grove
N. C
Terrell
Jellico
Tenn
Haley, Ky
Little Rock
Ark
Richmond
Galveston
Tex
Knoxville
Tennn
Corinth
Miss
el Paso
Huntsville
Louisville
Bulding
Paris
Chattanooga
Comptroller Denies Banking Panic Threats
The comptroller argues that bank closings do not doom the system. He cites cash and liquid assets totaling 708,228.25 dollars and notes that panic and unjustified runs cause closures rather than real financial failure.
Trouble Brewing in Kansas Mine Strikes and Stockade Prep
Kansas City report says Central Coal and Coke Company and Kansas and Texas Coal Company plan a looming crisis in southeastern Kansas strikes. Stockades near Weir City and Sammon completed. workmen housed inside. President Keith promises to operate mines by week’s end. He warns miners may defend themselves as state protection is unlikely. Deputies arrive at Weir City issuing restraining orders to strike leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas City
Central Coal and Coke Company
Kansas and Texas Coal Company
Weir City
Sammon
Keith
Stockades
California
France Moves Toward Blockade Over Siam Crisis
Paris reports that France plans to blockade Siam’s coast after a pressed ultimatum to Prince Devawongse. Paye, Siam’s French minister, told Bangkok he would depart within a day, and Humann may enforce a blockade if hostilities begin. The Uprising moves stir anxiety as powers await formal notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Deyelle
Siam
M. Develle
Admiral Humann
France
Menam River
M. Payie
Bangkok
Prince Devawongse
M. Paiie
London Daily Chronicle
Theovernment
Marley le Roi
Carnot
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Georgia Supreme Court Affirms Mistrial Rule In Stocks Case
The Georgia Supreme Court ruling on the Porter Stocks murder case at Atlanta upholds Judge Clark's mistrial order and rejects a plea of former jeopardy. The decision, unprecedented in American legal history, stems from a juror whose fellow jurors learned his mother had died after proceedings began, leading to a discharge and subsequent mistrial before a third jury. The court notes no comparable case exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Georgia
Porter Stocks
Atlanta
Union
Clark
Alph Cassin
Superior Court
Clarke
Stocks
Supreme Court
Iowa
Horrible Torture Fails In New York Electric Execution
A New York prison execution of William G. Taylor failed when the electric chair did not receive a continuous current after a 1700 volt shock. A morphine dose followed as authorities sought a return of power from the city's dynamo. Taylor endured over an hour of intense agony before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William G. Taylor
Silver mass meetings rally in San Francisco and Butte
Mass meetings in San Francisco and Butte advocate for free silver. Delegates to the Chicago silver convention elected as speakers like W A Clark and Lee Mantle addressed crowds. A lengthy address from the free coinage association was adopted reiterating silver’s western economic stakes and calling senators to represent constituents over party leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Butte
Montana
California
Chicago
W. A. Clark
Sanders
Maginnis
Lee Mantle
Free Coinage Association
Colorado Silver Union
Fearless Judge Rules Against State Supreme Court on Dispensary
A Columbia special notes Judge Knudson defies state authority, ordering the Darlington dispensary reopenings and calling on local dispensary leaders to show cause why they should not be held in contempt for reopening. The actions follow Pope staying Hudson injunctions until November, after Townsend obtained the order in Newberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Columbia
D. C
Knudson
Darlington
Hudson
Pope
Supreme Court
Townsend
Newberry
Chambers
Troops Mobilized as Weir City Mine Battle Flares
A night clash at shaft No. 347 between deputies and a strikers mob sparked a siege as over a hundred shots rang out. Deputy Grant and guards held the mine while militia from Topeka were ordered to the scene. Meanwhile five hundred armed black workers drilled inside stockades after arriving from the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weir City
Grant
Topeka
Stockades
State Prohibition Convention Planned in Macon
A Georgia Prohibition Association state convention will be held in Macon on Wednesday August 23 at 11 am to discuss state policy on prohibition. Delegates from temperance groups counties churches are admitted. each county has two votes per house representation. A grand mass meeting and rally will precede the convention with invited distinguished speakers. Reduced railroad rates will be requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Prohibition Association
Macuu
House of Representatives
Temperance
New England Faces Financial Strain and Factory Closures
New England banks show a gloomier outlook than a week ago as manufacturing shuts down across the region. Ware mass cotton mills will close for a month with 1,750 workers and a monthly payroll of 50 000. Nearby mills in Warren Palmer Thorndyke Bondville and Three Rivers will cut production accordingly. Arms shipments to Hawaii from a San Francisco dealer are reported with unclear recipients, raising fears of a counterrevolution against the provisional government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New England
Northwest
Hawaii
San Francisco
Kay
Uni County Cotton Mills
Ware
Mass
Warren
Palmer
Thorndyke
Bondville
Three Rivers
Lifesaving Hood's Sarsaparilla and odd food notes
A collage of cures and curiosities. Ed ward Hilbert of Lawrence praises Hood's Sarsaparilla for his daughter Etta’s early heart trouble and improved health. The item mixes medical claims with Parisian snake dishes, a tenant anecdote, eccentricity in shopping, and brief product pitches including Beecham's Pills and Brown's Iron Bitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Edward Hilbert
Lawrence
Etta
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Washington Gossip
Miller
Internal Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue
Louisiana
Florida
Mississippi
Business Review
Dan & Cor
R. G. Dan & Co
Review of Trade
West
Philadelphia
Great Iron Syndicate
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
St. Joseph
Siames
Annam
Cambodia
Stangiren
Khong
Bourke
Valetta
Malta
Victoria
Maurice A. Bourke
Rourke
Weir
Kaw
Executive Committee
C. R. Pricuz
Prohibition Ass'n
J. B. Hoxstcurr
W. G. Wuiwsy
Colton
Rome
Florence
Vincennes Wood
Place de Ia Republique
London Telegraph
New York Weekly
Hostetta
Neptune
Bact
Briwn
California Fig Syrup Co
S. J. Hollensworth &Co
Owego, Tioga ,Co
Albert Burch
Toledo
Hall
Beecham
Boschee
J. H. Hopss
Moffat
Heatox
Laurel St. Philo
Swiet Specific CO
Sileffeans
D.f. Smith & CO
Tulane University of Louisiana
Great Charity Hospital
S. E. Chaille
St. New Orleans
Tai
Ani
Frank E, Housh
Rampage Illustrated
John P. Lovell Arms Co
Boston
Thomson
Judson L. Thomson Mfg. CO
Waltham, Mass
South Carolina
Georgia
Lars
Feder
Atlanta, Ga
H. C. Hudgins & CO
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