Strike Crisis Across Railways and Building Trades
Reports describe a critical strike environment with a Great Northern Railroad showdown after an ultimatum over doubleheaders, 1,500 tallymen and timber inspectors idle, 75 lumber yards affected, and potential industries disruption in Chicago. Denver and Jackson labor actions add to mounting tensions while Mobile and Ohio in St Louis warns strikers to return or be replaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern Railroad
General Executive Committee
Ward
St. Paul
Chicago
Denver
Colo
Jackson
Mich
Mobile and Ohio
St. Louis
No Doctors Called Woman Dies After Illness
Mrs. Clarence W. Byrne dies in Kansas City Missouri after a month with no medicine or physician. Her eleventh child, born a month earlier, left her weak and anaemic. She and her husband were Christian Scientists refusing medical aid, and he defended the choice against calling a doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanasee City
Clarence W. Byrne
Kansas City
Kansan Supreme Court Rules Whisky Sale Not Recoverable
The Topeka based Kitnas supreme court decides that prices set for intoxicating liquors illegally are unenforceable. Dreyfus & Jon of Kansas City sued Goya & Powell of Ti gin, Kan., for payment on a barrel of whisky voided. Goss & Powell argued the sale violated state law and thus the price could not be recovered. The court upheld that view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansan
Kitnas Supreme Court
Topeka
Dreyfus & Jon
Kansas City
Goya & Powell
Tigin
Kan
Goss& Powell
Supreme Court
Murder Plot Arrests Shake Chinese Societies in San Francisco
Police arrest four of eleven Lee Yup society presidents amid a murder plot feared to threaten 341 members of the Chinese Society of Munglish Education. Two leaders Gee Hong-On of On-Yick and Tong Lee Ying of the ban Leung Tong confess. seven more presidents are in hiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Lee Yup Society
Chinese Society of Munglish Education
Gee Hong-On
On-Yick
Tong Lee Ying
Ban Leung ‘Tong
Rioting and labor disputes across cities reported
Reading from Brooklyn to Mindanao and Chicago unrest strains labor and security. Strikes persist in subway and laundry sectors while police clash with rioters in Brooklyn. In the Philippines, Moros attack a rear guard near Bacolod, wounding officers. A $1,000 reward is offered in Lorain for a murderer.
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Perebing
Peur Bacolod
Igluid
Mindanao
Lieut
Rutogles
Ottawa Fire Devastates Lumber District Forcing Hundreds Homeless
A large Ottawa blaze destroyed hundreds of houses and millions of feet of lumber after an origin suspected to be incendiary. John White, released from prison for arson, was caught near the scene and will be charged. Fifteen million feet of lumber burned, with property losses around 1.4 million dollars and 500 to 600 families left homeless. water mains damaged hampered firefighting.
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Ottawa
Ont
John White
Margaret and
Preston Street
Rochesteraville
Krerr Hayne
Cook
Fierce Forest Fires Threaten Pennsylvania Lumber Town
A major forest blaze in the Allegheny Mountains near Dunia threatens lumber camps and the town of Donto. Firefighters battled the flames for hours as fear grew for missing lumbermen who may have perished. Residents frantically worked to save homes and other buildings.
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Pennsylvania
Allegheny Mountains
Dunia
Big Coat
Lumbeemen
Big Sum for Loss of Beauty in New Jersey verdict
A New Jersey jury awarded Mrs Myra Rose Searles twelve thousand dollars after her attorney argued the trolley crash damaged her beauty. The case, in Elizabeth County Court, involved Mrs Searles and her sister being struck by a trolley in August 1902. Her husband, Dr Searles, received three thousand dollars for the loss of companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Elizabeth
N. J
Myra Rose Searles
Plainfield
Dr. Searles
Gary
Back to School After Strike at Holy Family Omaha
Omaha children from Holy Family and St Philomena schools resume classes while arbitration settles routes and demands. Officials and parents pledge thorough inquiry into student concerns amid cautious optimism for a settlement.
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Omaha
The
Holy Family
St. Philomenu's Seheeds
Russians Rouse Far East Tensions Near Manchuria
Reports from New Chwang indicate Russian forces have occupied New Chwang Forts and moved toward Tien Shwang Tai, with 14,000 troops between the Tino mouth and Port Arthur. Movements along the Yalu and into Korea are alleged, prompting protests from Japan as fear of broader war grows.
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Russia
Far East
Per Kin
New Chwang
Liao River
A& Mort
New Chang
Tien Shwang Tai
Tino River
Port Arthur
Luo Yung
Yalu River
New Chwane
Offettia
New Chwang Anya
Manchuria
London
Rosaiana
Yokohama
Korea
Wiju
Midsummer Festival Promises Sioux City Fair Carnival
Sioux City plans a grand midsummer festival from June 29 to July 4 featuring the Labour Carnival and Circus Company with about one hundred performers and a three hour show headlined by A Night in Japan. The program includes Japanese acrobats, a Jap Noel wedding, a twenty four dancer ballet, fireworks, three tent shows, two bands, and an industrial street with mercantile displays. The event aims to be the region’s greatest Fourth of July celebration with wide public attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Lioux City
Labour Carnival and Circus Company
Japan
Mile
Rege-Eityth
Premiera Dinkeuae
Excitement subsiding after mob threat at Temome
Reported mob violence in Fremont Ohio over Otto Maischke murder cooled by 4 a m Sunday. Three accused negroes jailed in Norwalk as crowds demanded their removal, Sheriff Mason resisting entry with Mayor Fugel ordering city saloons closed. Sigtera AreaKeunited. Lizzie and Linnie Dauck reunite in Lincoln after ten years, adopted as infants and separated for years. Governor Beckham of Kentucky offers 500 reward for arrest of J B Marcum assassins. County Judge Hargis prompted the call. Nine hurt in trolley car incident near North Beach on New York and Queens Railroad.
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Temome
Fremont
Otto Maischke
Fugle
Sigtera
Lizzie
Linnie Dauck
Lincoln
Neb
S’riday
New York
Fiji
Queens County
North Beach
Council Bluffa
Taabell Eferton
Buxton
Neal Jordan
Galt
Chas, Whipple
Burlington Journal
Fairfield
Bran- Ron
Archbishop Keane
Dubuque
Iowa, Timola
Wisconsin
Muscatine
Aeri
Sampson
Tite Agricultural Department
Des Moines
J.D. Verree
Ottumwa
Cresco
Gustave Kruger
Florenceville
Kruger
Cummins
Weasley Bikins
Clayton County
Fort Todge
Hulda Nelson
J. HE. Durkee
Buena Vista County
Coon Township
Salem
Phoebe
Barrett
Harrison County
Henry Downey
Woodbine
Lanceboro
Webster Township
Kdewards No
Warren Beebe
Beebe
Iwigheburg
Avoca
Ella McDaniel
A. M. Livix
Melbourne Fire and Other Iowa News Snapshot
A mixed Iowa roundup reports a missing Bank cashier from Winnebago County, a 75 year old man killed crossing a freight line near Adel, and a Melbourne fire causing 44000 dollars in losses. Other items include a 7 year old boy crushed at a Shellsburg site, a girl burned in Grinnell, a death from choking on false teeth in Davenport, Edgewood fire losses, and local political and civic notes across the state with assorted arrests, appointments, and legislative updates.
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Helisburg
Melbourne
L. C. Long
Shellsburg
Edgewood
St. Joseph
Iowa Republican State Committee
Desa Moines
Grandy County
Buena Vista
Col. Lane
Lewis
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
School For the Deaf
Davenport
Muscatine North and South Railway
Milwaukee
Wall
State Nav
Rock Island
Avoca
Atlantic
William Too
Sac County
Cummins
Tog
Eastern Iowa Mutual Hall Association
Deift
Typhoid, fires and trials across Iowa towns
Reports from multiple Iowa towns detail outbreaks and arrests, including typhoid at Marshal town and Frank Farrell’s arrest in Clinton for horse stealing. Fires destroy buildings in Hiteman and Webster township, with losses cited. Population figures, new public works, court actions, and local incidents populate a wide mix of regional items.
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Marshal Town
Matt Hunter
Supreme Court
Frank Farrell
Clinton
Hiteman
Davenport
Washington Commercial Glub
Thos. Conroy
Williamenburg
L. J. Bell
Wick
Martin McCormick
Waterloo
Magnolia
Iowa
Howard Cunningham
Knoxville
Blackhawk County
Fort Dodge
Socialists gain in Copenhagen mayoralty and UK figures noted
The piece reports on Copenhagen politics with Conservatives losing grip as Socialists back Maler Jensen for mayor, and Liberals fading. It mentions General Tyner resigning amid postal-service probes, Hanna Bey's Turkish diplomacy, and the Carnation League of America growing to honor McKinley. It also covers labor leaders John J. Lynch and James R. Garfield, plus a court ruling on Osie Barsett in Chicago.
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Hornang
Copenhagen
Maler J. Jensen
Maler 4
Jfnstn
Central Council
Trade Unions
Socialista
Denmark
Liberdsa
Tyner
Postotice
Jameb ON
Indiana
Washington
Congress
Hee Wan
P. C. Hanna Boy
Maedavelli
Turkey
Hanna Bey
Hfe
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Estherville
Windicator and Republican Co.,‘ Publishers
Great Northern
Unt
Concessiona
Newel
Brooklyn
Anionie
Wen
Lorain
Confectioners’ Review
Cineinnati
Michigan
Pietruit
Peanuit Industriea
American Not Company
Norfolk
Taok Woodmen
Walter K. Crandall
Crandall
Woodmen
Amer Aah
Muat Berge
Tetuan
Newshaw
Tangiers
Moracan
Towa
Secor
David Secor
Magon City
Winnebago
Forest City
Plankinton Hotel
Becor
South America
Andrew Cornelison
Adel
Aunt Cole
Lucile
Grinnell
Laura Beckman
Mercy Hospital
Carnation League of America
McKinley
Lewin G. Reynolds
Dayton
McWinley
Juin J Lynch
Mearmakers’ International Union
Eream Lynch
Tudge
Himelf
Union
James R. Garfield
Department of Commercs and Labor
United States
Gattenau
Garfield
United States Civil Service
Garfeld
Migs Newell
G. Gasr.u
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Oisie’ Barsett
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