Treasury balances and assorted 1901 U S notes news
Washington reports show available general fund balances and gold reserve, recent treasury bond purchases, and coinage totals for the year. Other items include famine relief remittances from the Christian Herald, AFL nine hour day funding, postal salary grants for Toledo, and local incidents from Cedar Bluffs flood to Iowa Masonic loss.
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the Treasury
General Fund
Secretary of the Treasury
Wu Ting Fang
The
Christian Herald
Tien Tsin
Shansi
Li Hung Chang
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Postoffice Department
Toledo
Postoffice
United States
Ellery P. Ingham
H. K. Newitt
Pennsylvania
Jacobs
Mass strikes and fires hit Pa yards and neighboring towns
Two hundred machinists strike at Coxton yards in Pittston Pa. Fires destroy a large breaker at No 2 mine in Wilkes Barre Pa, with $100000 loss. York Pa machinists strike ends. Treasury issues warrants for prize money shares. Jersey City docks burn. A $1 million electric plant is planned on Susquehanna River to power the Baltimore railways, costing $5 million. Malden Mass landmark Cox factory fire causes $35,000 loss. Jersey City felonious assaults lead to 5 year terms.
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Coxton
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Pittston
Delaware & Hudson Co
Wilkesbarre
York
Treasury Department
W. T. Sampson
French E. Chadwick
Court of Claims
National Storage Co
Jersey City
Susquehanna River
Lark County
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Power and Paper Co
Conewingo Falls
United Railways of
Baltimore
Malden
Mass
George P. Cox
George G. Barker
Hudson County
John Keller
Arfington
Thomas G. Barker
Ardington
Karthaus
Frederick Robinson Mith
Binghamton
N. Y
Annapolis
New York
John J. Scannell
Scannell
W. L. Marks
United States
Canada
Albany
Interocean ‘Telephone and Telegraph Co
Cleveland
Buffalo
Irving C. Smith
Soldier Ettinger Dies by Suicide in New Orleans
Private Joseph W. Ettinger of the United States Artillery at Jackson Barracks shot himself in New Orleans on the 25th. The death is reported as a fatal self-inflicted wound with no further details given.
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Joseph W. Ettinger
United States Artillery
Jackson Barracks
New Orleans
Artillery accident on Isle of Wight claims captain and man
During practice on the Isle of Wight on the 25th a 12 pounder shell burst killing a captain of the Twelfth regiment and one enlisted man. Eight others were wounded, three in critical condition.
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Isle of Wight
Damaraland
Cape Colony
Narvegas
Schmidt Drift
Czar
Shan-Si
Li Hung Chang
Notable Deaths and Disasters Chronicle A Turbulent Era
Obituary notes Rev. Dr. Byron Sunderland dies at 83 in Catskill after cerebral embolism. Other items report New Jersey glass factories ending a strong season, Canadian Pacific railroad washouts in Quebec, and no Cuba force reduction. Also noted are the death of Mrs. Eliza Rogers Potter, a machinist strike stance, a Alton fire loss of 70000, mint foreign coin values drop, and a Duluth lep rosy sufferer Ole Kinseth who hanged himself after long illness.
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Byron Sunderland
Washington, D. C
Catskill
N. Y
Orrin Day
New Jersey
Canadian Pacific
Albury
Quebec
War Department
Cuba
Wood
Eliza Rogers Potter
Henry C. Potter
New York
Devens
National Metal Trades Union
Siebold
Alton
Ill
Ole Kinseth
Duluth
Minn
Judge Woods Dies Suddenly in Indianapolis Home
Judge William A. Woods of the U.S. circuit court died in his Delano apartment on East Michigan Street after a sudden heart attack. Born 1837 in Farmington Tennessee, he rose from farm boy to judge, author of the Debs injunction, and served on the Indiana supreme court and federal bench across decades. His widow and two children Floyd A. and Alice survive in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William A. Woods
United States Circuit Court
the Delano
East Michigan Street
Dr. Jameson
Judge Woods
William Allen Woods
Farmington
Marshall County
Tenn
Wabash College
Marion
Woods
Thirty-fourth
Indiana
Supreme Court
Arthur
United States
Walter Q. Gresham
Harrison
Seventh Judicial Circuit
Floyd A
Alice
Neighbors Fight Ends in Fatal Shootings in Dayton IA
In Dayton Iowa a bitter neighborhood feud ends with C D Guild and his 19 year old son Clarence dead from shotgun and revolver fire. Oliver Bricker is believed to be the shooter and both Brickers are jailed on bonds of 10000 and 5000 dollars.
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Omaha
Neb
The
Bee
Fort Dodge
C. D. Guild
Clarence
Dayton
Oliver Bricker
Guilds
Bricker
Guild
George
Brickers
George Bricker
Costly Trial Results in First Degree Murder Verdict
Seattle report says George O'Brien found guilty of murder for killing Lynn Relfe Fred Clayson and Lawrence Nelson on the Yukon river trail in December 1899. He is sentenced to be hanged at Dawson on August 23. Trial costs are estimated at $100,000.
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Seattle
Wash
George O’brien
Lynn Relfe
Fred Clayson
Lawrence Oleson
Yukon River
B. Dawson
De Giers Transferred to Munich Post
St. Petersburg June 29 The Russian minister at Peking M de Giers has been appointed minister of Russia at Munich Bavaria.
Four killed by lightning in wheat field near Lodi farm
A storm at dusk on a J. C. Halbert farm near Lodi, Indiana, killed four harvest workers: Frank Bridgewaters, Anderson Webster, John Wiggle, and Samuel Stewart. Webster was a prominent local farmer with nearby holdings and large families mourn the losses.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Sentinel
Brazil
J. C. Halbert
Lodi
Frank Bridgewaters
Anderson Webster
John Wiggle
Samuel Stewart
Halbert
Minneapolis
Minn
Holly Bennett
Dell Eck
Morey
Times
West Superior
Wis
St. Paul
la Crosse
Norwegian Lutheran Hospital
Sacred Heart
Honeycombe
Superior
Bold Robbery at White Residence in West Virginia
Six masked men raided Jacob L. White's palatial home at Brothers Station near the Baltimore and Ohio line. They overpowered seven occupants, bound and gagged them, and stole 3000 dollars plus similar in jewelry. White his wife and daughter were tortured with lighted matches and needles but no further valuables were recovered. Miss Sidney Mackey freed herself and called for help. attackers identity remains unknown. White is a millionaire oil operator. The victims are not seriously hurt.
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Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Jacob L. White
Brothers Station
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania Line
Sidney Mackey
White
Manchester Settles with Creditors in Bankruptcy
The Duke of Manchester won creditor acceptance of a 12s 6d in the pound composition in court. Unsecured debts stood at about £30,710 but trustees proposed £19,714 with £5,000 in assets. He attributed his failure to heavy losses in theatrical speculations.
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Manchester
London
Duke of Manchester
Prosperity Despite Bank Failure Says Weekly Review
R G Dun and Bradstreet Weekly Review of Trade reports the country remains prosperous with favorable harvest prospects and strong merchandise movement despite a small New York bank closure. It notes local labor disputes settled, coal region tensions contained, and construction and railway orders buoying activity. Wheat and corn prospects are improving with steady prices and seasonal demand. Failures for the week totaled 204 in the U S and 23 in Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Wall Street
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Desperate Negro Shot Follows Mob in West Virginia
In Panther West Virginia on June 29 Peter Price a black man accused of insulting a lady fled into a saloon rear room. A mob battered the door Price used two knives against them wounding Charles Davis and fatally injuring George Hooks and F M MecGraw before leaping from a window and being captured. He was sent to Welch jail to prevent further violence. Hooks and McGraw were prominent locals.
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Panther
W. Va
Peter Price
Price
George Hooks
F. M. MecGraw
Charles Davis
Atraeger
Here
Hooks
Morgan
Davis
Welch
McGraw
Eight Deaths From Heat In New York City Area
New Yorkers faced the year’s hottest weather with a 92 degree official reading at 4 pm and street thermometers near 100. Humidity was 64 percent as eight deaths and 50 heat prostrations occurred in Greater New York up to midnight, while New Jersey towns reported about 20 prostrations but no deaths.
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New York
Greater
Jersey City
New Jersey
Wolseley Praises U S Army As Finest Of Its Size
Lord Wolseley, former commander in chief, told the house of Lords that the United States army is the finest of its size in the world. He attributed its superiority to good wages during Friday's debate on the army reorganization bill.
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London
House of Lords
Lord Wolseley
United States Army
President to Visit Buffalo Exposition on July 18
Senator Patterson of Ohio said President McKinley would attend the Buffalo Pan American exposition July 18. The Ohio commissioner helped arrange the state building declaration for that day.
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Buffalo
Patterson
Ohio
McKinley
Noted Mason Parvin Dead in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 29 T S Parvin longtime grand secretary of the Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge died Friday. He was among the country’s best known masons and likely the last of Iowa’s original pioneers.
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Philippines
Cedar Bluffs
Washington
Plaintrick
Harold M. Pitt
Manila
P. I
Evans & Co
Brinson
Omaha, Kansas City & Eastern
Kansas City & Northern
Quincy
Springfield
Kansas City
Atlantic Seaboard
Atlanta
Hawks
Philadelphia
Pierre
S. D
United States
Alaska
Louisville
Evansville
Tell City
Schooner Point
Ind
William Dresbach
California
San Francisco
Frank C. Forrest
Louise Strothoff
Strothoff
Alt. T. S. Parvin
Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge
Cedar
Cedar Rapids
T. S. Parvin
Iowa
Marquand & Co. Fail Sparks Bank Collapse Ties
The New York firm of Henry Marquand & Co. bankers and brokers assigned to Frank Sullivan Smith after the Seventh National Bank failure. Liabilities expected near 8 million with 6 million to banks and 2 million to Henry G. Marquand. Assignee Smith takes charge, pledging to review books and issue a statement.
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New York
Henry Marquand & Co
Seventh National Bank
Stock Exchange
Frank Sullivan Smith
Henry G. Marquand
Smith
Frank B. Poor
House of Marquand & Co
Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern Railway
Frank S. Smith
Marquand & Co
Henry Marquand
National Park Bank
Pittsburgh, Shawmut, & Northern
Clearing House
Comptroller of the Currency
Wealthy farmers in Cataract quarrel ends in stabbing
A probable fatal stabbing occurred Thursday night at a Cataract barn-raising when Charles Starck and James Church argued over a wrestling match. Starck stabbed Church in the groin with a jackknife. Church lies near death. Both men are wealthy farmers from La Crosse area.
Murder in Elk Rapids Over Fence Line Dispute
D. J. Dickey, a prominent Elk Rapids resident, shot and killed neighbor Fritz Huegli Friday over a fence line quarrel. Dickey surrendered to the sheriff and was jailed.
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Michigan
Elk Rapids
Mich
D. J. Dickey
Fritz Huegli
Dickey
Navy department backs naval militia support
Washington reports the navy department is ready to encourage the naval militia. This statement follows rumors that the department might abandon the militia, and it clarifies official stance and ongoing backing.
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Naval
Washington
Navy Despartment
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