Various Notes From Across The Nation And Abroad
Short news items cover dividends on Lake Erie & Western preferred stock, a world record in target shooting by five men, preparations for a tercentennial naval representation at Annapolis, a Chicago physician's death at 87, a Morton Virginia bank closure, and a Cuba bound cyclone impact. Other items mention a Denver election fraud grand jury, apoplexy in Eastport Long Island, Bunker Hill anniversary observances, a Kansas murder conviction, drownings in Ohio and Montana, Romanian crop losses, a missing banker, and military gun tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Erie & Western Railroad Co
Bloomington
Til
State
St. John's River
Annapolis
Nova Scotia
United States
Detroit
Topeka
Nathan Smith Davis
America
Chicago
Morton
Wise County
Santiago de Cuba
Havana
Santiago
Goodland
Ind
F. D. Gilman
Mississippi
Alton B. Parker
William E. Hermon
Pitkin
Col
Gunnison County
Tim Sullivan
Sullivan
Grand Jury
Denver
Supreme Justice
Eastport
Long Island
Bunker Hill
Boston
New England
Roxbury
Mass
Joseph Warren
Kansas City
Kan
Louis Gregory
Roy Martin
Kansas
Grand Rapids
M. N. Bryan
Gertrude
McComb
Bruner Holbrook
Hoytsville
Bryan
A. Sachs
Bnking Co
Allegheny
Board of Ordnance and Fortifications
Gen. Crozier
Zach Muthall
Strock
St. Louis
San Francisco
Ernest Morgan
Frank Reed
Boss Hostler
John Murray
Louie Smith
Hame
Lexington
God
Mackay
Fred Burnett
Cape Henry
False Cape
Currituck Life Saving Station
Battle Updates From Wafangtong and Port Arthur
War bulletin reports Japanese superiority in guns and tactics at the Wafangtong battle. Russian losses at Varangon tallied 17 officers and 519 men killed, 7 officers and 1,988 wounded, 21 officers and 793 missing. A convoy of wounded moves north from Kai Chou as fighting continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stakelberg
Wafantgon
Port Arthur
Lodon
Central News
Mukden
Battle of
Varangon
Liao Yang
Kai Chou
Japanese Losses Reported as Regiments Sunk Near Port Arthur
Mukden dispatches claim an entire infantry regiment and its commander were sunk with transports Hitachi and Sado. Chinese statements say Japanese attacks on Port Arthur were repulsed with heavy losses. Survivors from the Izumi reach Hakata and Maiguro, with Russian raids sinking Yawata and Ansei off Yezo. In total five Japanese ships destroyed by Russian raiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Mukden
Hitachi
Sado
Port Arthur
Nagasaki
Oshima
Hakata
Maiguru
Gromoboi
Ko Island
Okushivi Island
Yezo
Tsugaru Strait
Hsashi
Correspondent Hector Fuller Reports Port Arthur Release
Indianapolis dispatch says Fuller, the News wartime correspondent, was imprisoned five days in Port Arthur and released to a Chinese junk. He reports continued supplies arriving from Chinese ports, contradicting starvation stories, and asserts the Japanese blockade is ineffective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hector Fuller
Che Foo
Port Arthur
Panic on a Street Car in Fulton Line
A trolley car on the Fulton street line blew a fuse at high speed causing a blaze at the front. Nine passengers were injured as panic ensued with many jumping and being trampled while the car was brought under control.
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New York
Fulton Street
Banker Laidley prompts assets from gambling losses in bankruptcy probe
In Chicago on June 22 W H Laidley president of the alleged bankrupt W H Laidley & Co faced an examiner who asked if losses at poker could be assets. Laidley replied he could not tell within 50000 dollars how much he lost last year. Lawyers argued that every gambling loss is an asset creditors may claim. Laidley traced beginnings in Marquette with 1100, moving to Chicago, five private wires, and office furnishings costs. He admitted owing about 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W. H. Laidley & Co
W. H. Laidley
Jacob Ringer
Laidley
Marquette
Mich
Detroit
Strike Ends in Boot and Shoe Workers at Selz Schwab
In Chicago 650 Boot and Shoe Workers Union members called off their strike against Selz Schwab & Co after a district council decision following a wage scale dispute with an arbitration board. Workers expected to return to prior positions if possible. In New York Henry Binns, a painter, narrowly escaped lynching amid a mob, police rescue, and later allegations of assault on a minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Selz, Schwab & Co
Workers’ District Council
Selz-Schwab
New York
Henry Binns
Upper East Side
Binns
Richard R Quay Attends Republican National Convention
Beaver Pa June 21 Richard R Quay son of the late Senator M S Quay left for Chicago to attend the Republican National Convention as substitute for his father. His credentials bear an endorsement honoring Senator Matthew Stanley Quay and transferring credentials to Richard R Quay from the Twenty fourth district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver, Pa
Richard R. Quay
M.S. Quay
Chicago
Matthew Stanley Quay
Twenty-fourth Congressional District
Richard R
Quay
Bryan Attacks Parker Reorganizers At New York Convention
William J. Bryan spoke at a crowded Cooper Union anti Parker meeting in New York on June 21. He refused to name a preferred presidential candidate and savagely attacked the reorganizers while opposing Judge Alton B. Parker's nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cooper Union
William J. Bryan
Alton B. Parker
Metcalf slated to head commerce and labor department
In Washington on June 21 it is stated that Representative Victor H. Metcalf of California's Third district will succeed Secretary George B. Cortelyou as head of the department of commerce and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Victor H. Metcalf
California
George B. Cortelyou
Department of Commerce and Labor
Sparrowhawk Sinks Near Saddle Islands
British torpedo boat Sparrowhawk struck an uncharted rock off Hang Chow bay during a Saturday voyage and was totaled. Guns were recovered and no lives were lost in the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Saddle Islands
Hang Chow Bay
High Ball Wins American Derby at Washington Park
High Ball won the American Derby at Washington Park over a mile and a half. The race carried $25,000 added and was decided by a length and a half. Wood son finished second and Rapid Water took third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Ball
Chicago
Washington Park
Woodson
Rapid Water
Long Island Offers Diversified Attractions for Investment and Leisure
The article extols Long Island as a premium region for investment farms residences or summer homes with a mild climate cooler summers and warmer winters. It highlights abundant water sources underdrained terrain thriving agriculture diverse shorelines and strong transport links including LIRR routes trolleys steamship lines and proximity to New York City. It notes thriving markets for berries cranberries asparagus oysters clams and poultry plus abundant sport fishing boating golf tennis and yachting opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
New York Harbor
Vermont
Yucatan
Mexico
Sound
Long Island Sound
Great South Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Block Island
New England
Empire City
Rockaway Bay
Moriches Bay
Peconic
Gardiners Bay
Plum Island
United States
Coney Island
Long Beach
Fire Island
Montauk Point
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Customer
A testimonial from Mrs. May Fairanks of Minneapolis praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing headaches organic pains and weariness. She urges other sick women to write for advice and notes the firm offers a $5000 for original letters proving genuineness. Address Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Pinkkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
May Fairanks
South 7Th St
Minneapolis
Minn
Fairbanks
West
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carnegie
American Steel and
Sharon
Standard Oil Co
Rothschilds
Baku
John T. Sullivan
New York City
Rose Coghlan
Wii
Chicago & Joliet Line
Lockport
Taft
Panama
Harry Bullock
Ernest Rich
Bullock
Bitter Root River
Montana
Rich
Anna Strong
Chicago Federation of Labor
Albert Kraal
Middle Village
L. L
Kraal
Newport
R. 1
Boston & Maine Railroad
Plymouth
N. H
International Association of Machinists
South America
Shields
England
Employers’ Association of Chicago
Teamsters’ Union
Roosevelt
Jacob H. Schiff
General Slocum Relief Committee
Relief Fund
Havelock
Neb
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Kent J. Loomis
Loomis
Kaiser Wilhelm Sr
Europe
Mr. Loomis
Abyssinia
President Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Grossecup
Cassatt
Max Riebenack
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Iki
Baron T. Kuroki
Yamagata
Cortelyou
Antic
Ocean
Long Island Railroad
Fifth Avenue
Howard M. Smith
H. B. Fullerton
Chieca Goce
Allon Srallw
Gro. J. Charltow
Chicarz, Til
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