News of the World Condensed Weekly
A sweeping weekly digest covers domestic and foreign items, including political arrests in East St. Louis, a lynching in Clayton Louisiana, a vast canned meat shipment to Japan, deaths of Rev. Dr. Lemuel Moss and Mrs. Clements, factory blazes, shipyard and banking news, legal rulings, and ongoing international conflicts with notes on casualties and diplomatic moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Scott
United States
National Liberty Party
East St. Louis
Clayton
Jesse Hilliard
Hilliard
Pacific
Yokohama
Lemuel Moss
New York
Kentucky
J. Eisman & Co
Portsmouth
Sharon
Metzger
Delaware, O
Cascad
Osborn, O
Parker Declines Comment On Bryan Statement
Judge Parker declines to comment on Mr. Bryan's statement. Mayor Cyrus W. Davis of Waterville is nominated for Maine governor at the Democratic state convention. Parker, the Democratic presidential nominee, spoke at Eso pus before about 1,000 people but steered clear of politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Parker
Bryan
Cyrus W. Davis
Waterville
Maine
Esopus
Charles W. Fairbanks
Mackinac
Henry G. Davis
McKinley
Samuel M. Jones
Toledo
Memorial Hall
Cloudburst Floods Cause Fatality and Property Loss Near Manila
A cloudburst northeast of Manila floods San Juan del Monte, destroying property and killing about 200 people. Damages are estimated at $2,000,000 as floods leave 37 houses wrecked and nine dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
San Juan del Monte
Mikado
Port Arthur
Kuropatkin
St. Petersburg
Paul Kruger
Transvaal Republic
Clarens
Switzerland
Chili
Valparaiso
Yinkow
Newchwang
Kent Loomis
Abyssinia
Rufino Lopez
Irapuato
Mexico City
Mex
Fair Heath
Transvaal
Russia
Dardenelles
London
Red Sea
Lifeboats From Danish Steamer Norge Reach Orkneys
Two more lifeboats from the Norge, which foundered off Rockall Reef on June 28, wash ashore on the Orkney Islands and are empty. Separately, Boston meat cutters receive offers to Chicago with expenses paid and steady work at five dollars daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norge
Rockall Reef
Orkney Islands
Chicago
Boston
Ways and Means Committee
Western Federation of Miners
Red Cross Society
Cripple Creek
W. L. Protsman
Fairmont
W. Va
David Wilson
Wilson
Protsman
Rosebud Reservation
Bonesteel
Fairfax
Yankton
S. C
Brooklyn
N. Y
Indianapolis
New York City
Master Carpenters’ Association
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Notable Personal Items From Verbal Gleanings
George F Bowermann named new district librarian in Washington. A W Payne of Bangor Maine claimed as oldest practicing attorney in the United States. Miss Hobhouse plans to bring Venetian lace makers to South Africa to instruct Boer women. Mme Loubet to receive France charity decoration. Manhattan clipping bureau tallies 8714 Hanna stories. album of 3312 pages, eight volumes, 16521536 words. Admiral Makaroff spoke on submersibility of warships ten years before Petropavlovsk sinking. Astor devotes time to electrical science in his Fifth Avenue estate. John Philip Sousa promoted to Officier de lInstruction Publique France. sole American to receive it. He also holds the Royal Victorian Order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Bowermann
District of Columbia
A. W. Payne
Bangor
United States
Miss Hobhouse
New York
South Africa
Mme. Loubet
France
Manhattan
Hanna
Elmer Dover
Burelle
Admiral Makaroff
Petropavlovsk
St. Petersburg
Fifth Avenue Palace
John Jacob Astor
John Philip Sousa
Officer de
l’Academie Francaise
Officier de l'Instruction Publique
Mr. Sousa
French Academy
Royal Victorian Order of England
Edward VII
Far East conflict updates from St Petersburg to Aden
Reports from Port Arthur and Tatchekino show continued Japanese retreat and Russian probing gains. Cossack ambushes near Yin Kow slow Japanese advance while Russian and British reaction to Russian volunteer steamers stirs international scrutiny in Red Sea and Aden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Port Arthur
Tatchekino
Liao Yang
Samsonoff
Yin Kow
London
Constantinople
The
Standard
Chernomoretz
Bosphorus
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Red Sea
Smolensk
Russia
Sakharoff
Chasseurs
Siakhotan
Kanchi
Kechinaha
Fenshui
Motien
Tokio
Imperial Headquarters
Kuroki
Mo Tien Pass
Keller
Kuropatkin
Aden
Arabia
Persia
Prinz Heinrich
Nagasaki
Daily Mail
Dalmatia
Suez
Port
Far East
Strikes Ordered on New York Contractors Outside Cities
Strikes of plumbers gas fitters steam fitters and helpers were ordered on all contracts of New York contractors in outside cities to force a system of exchange of cards with unions in outside cities. The NY Plumbers union is accused of resisting a regional card system to block non locals from competing in New York builds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Old Plumbers’ Union of
Board of Building Trades
Russian and Japanese casualties near Port Arthur and Tongshuo
A Chinese account reports heavy fighting near Tongshu eight miles east of Tatchekiao with Russian losses about 2100 and Japanese about 1200 in a multi day clash. The skirmishes extend east of Haicheng with numerous minor actions as a broader battle lines shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Che Foo
Port Arthur
Chicago
Daily News
New Chwang
Tongshu
Tatchekiao
Haicheng
London
Red Sea
Smolensk
St. Petersburg
Malacca
Suez Canal
Libau
Baltic
Gorman Asked to Lead Democratic National Committee
In New York on July 20 Senator Gorman was asked to chair the Democratic National Committee after meetings with prominent Democrats. He will likely decline. William F. Sheehan is the next choice but may also refuse. If both decline, uncertainty grows on a successor. Judge Parker has not indicated who should be chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hintz
Milwaukee
Augusta Piskie
Muskego
Wis
Batavian Bank
Janesville
Wisconsin
Chicago
West
Ludwig
Tailors’ Union
New York Supreme Court
Lillian Nordica
Roosevelt
New York
Slocum
Alex J. McLeod
Angus Ross
Marjorie Ross
Halifax
Gorman
Democratic National Committee
William F. Sheehan
Sheehan
Judge Parker
Gay
Name Carved On Turtle Finds Nearest Kin
A Barrackville West Virginia man, W B Ice, keeps a turtle bearing the initials J L Ice and the date August 17 1883. The turtle was found on Ice’s run near Tom Ice’s house where it has wandered for years near its home. J L Ice died two years before the carving and was his brother. The shell inscription dates 1888 and marks a long remembered keepsake now cared for by neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carver
J. L. Ice
W. B. Ice
Barrackville
W. Va
Tom Ice
Ice
W. .B. Ice
Keeps Husband in Storage Near Niagara Falls Farm
A Niagara Falls area woman delays funeral for Lyons who died last December. Neighbors learn the body is stored in a metal casket in a barn as officials seek a course of action. The widow, a Christian Scientist, awaits a son’s return before burial, prompting local dissatisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lyons
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara County
Garter Snake With Knife Sighted In Harrisburg
Reports from Harrisburg describe a five foot garter snake seen in the upper part of the city carrying a knife in its mouth. The animal was noticed by two citizens who followed its dragging sound along the pavement. the snake dropped the knife and escaped under a porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Uncle Sam's Big Checks Across the World
The Boston Herald notes a huge Panama payment as the largest yet in U S overseas disbursements. It recalls past large warrants including Spain 20 million for the Philippines in 1898 sent in four 5 million warrants, Alaska 1868 eight million, and Halifax fishing infringement awards to England of five and a half million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Panama
Boston Herald
Spain
Philippines
Russia
Alaska
England
Halifax
Eastern man tainted by cough funds cigar charity scam
A Chicago Daily News report notes a man from the east who has extracted $40,900 from donors using a feigned illness. He likely resents every new cure for consumption he reads about.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Man regains strength after Grape-Nuts diet
A man near 55 recounts a dramatic recovery from a crippling grip illness aided by Grape-Nuts and cream. He credits the food with restoring digestion, energy, and mental sharpness, claiming he now works fifteen hours daily and appears much younger. He encourages others to try the product and mentions Postum Co. as the sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
San Francis
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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St. Louis Exposition
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
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