Week’s News Recap of Domestic and World Events
A fire destroyed the Northwestern Coöperage shop in St Paul with heavy losses. Shawneetown fire leveled 11 buildings causing $70,000 damage. Indian child murders shock Nevada. Lima Ohio car crash injures passengers. Union Grove fire devastates town. General Slocum disaster toll rises. relief funds pass $100,000. Hawthorne centennial events and Roosevelt nomination noted. Multiple deaths and sensational crimes reported across the U S.
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Northwestern Cooperage Company
St. Paul
Agricultural Department
Wiley
Shawneetown
Eagle Valley
Nev
Lima
Seth Ellis
Union Reform
National and Ohio Granges
Waynesville
Emil L. Johnson
Cripple Creek
Denver
Col
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Salem
Mass
Roosevelt
White House
Slinois Supreme Court
Federal Grand Jury
General Slocum
St. Louis Exposition
Union Grove
Wis
St. Louis
Mary Jane Sned
Freeport
Ill
James Payton Remington
W. J. Hussey
University of California Astronomical Department
Lick Observatory
F. R. Chaffee
Chaffee
Houston
Tex
Kansas
Carlos D. Shelden
Michigan
Houghton
Mich
Frederick Field Bullard
Boston
Charles A. Swayse
Detroit
Effie Alvard
Gov. Peabody
Colorado
Annex
Chicago
Ingomar
New York
Leavenworth
Kan
Henry B. Brown
United States Supreme Court
Josephine Bunting Tyler
Crosswicks
Trenton
N. J
Taft Orders Dingley Tariff for Panama Canal Strip
Secretary Taft issues a rule applying Dingley tariff rates to the Isthmus of Panama canal zone. Cabinet changes note Moody succeeding Knox as secretary of the navy and Metcalf succeeding Cortelyou as secretary of commerce and labor. Campaigns move to nominations of Fairbanks and Miles amid party conventions.
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Taft
Dingley
Panama
Navy
Moody
Knox
Paul Morton
Illinois
Victor H. Metcalf
California
Cortelyou
Commerce
Labor
Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Gen. Miles
Cleerland
MccClure
Chicago
la Follette
Madison
Qrover Cleveland
Indiana
St. Louis
Nelson A. Miles
Prohibition Party
Global turmoil flares as battles rage in Asia and Europe
Reports detail brutal hail storms and flood fatalities in Moravia and Hungary, heavy Russian losses near Kaichou, and Japanese advances under Oku and Kuroki. A railway disaster in Teruel kills thirty, while diplomacy sour in Haiti and Tangier sees Pardicaris and Varley freed. The Salvation Army holds its third international congress in London with thousands in attendance.
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Moravia
Hungary
Oku
Nodzu
Kaiping
Kondratsvitch
Wafunko
Kaichou
Hayti
Port Au Prince
Pedicaris
Varley
Tangier
Teruel
Spain
Jiloca
Europatkin
St. Petersburg
Kaichan
Kuroki
International Congress
Admiral Togo sinks ships at Port Arthur in action
Admiral Togo reports a naval action at Port Arthur on Thursday in which one Russian battleship was sunk and another damaged along with a cruiser. Japanese fleet uninjured. Russian armies retreat as Oku and Kuroki advance with 130000 men toward Kuropatkin. Five die in a Tampico railroad wreck. Archbishop Guidi dies in Manila.
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Togo
Port Arthur
Clement Scott
London
Chtomsky
Oku
Kuroki
Kuropatkin
Tampico
Manila
Guidi
Elevated workers strike in NY may be avoided
The1867 ascent labor dispute summary notes a possible end to the Otis Elevator Co strike as the executive committee abandons the June 17 action. It mentions other global items including a Russian Asia dispatch death, Narva organ grinders’ arrest, and a post office resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otisk Elevator Co
H. J. Middleton
Associated Press
Liao Yang
Manchuria
Narva
Russia
Baltic Coast
New York City
Fortuna
New York
Cork
Ireland
Cronstadt
Vladivostok
Blaine W. Taylor
West Virginia
Postoffice Department
Merritt O. Chance
Illinois
Postofice
Secretary of War
Taylor
John Bailey Tyler
Chicago
Alexian Brothers
Tyler
Treasury
Global misfits and reforms in late 19th century notes
A compilation of observations from several nations describes conditions in England Japan Holland and Abyssinia. Topics include a powerful English port light at Sunderland doctors in Japan dispensing medicines only and charging for medicines, a US envoy's progress by telephone to Emperor Menelik, educated Greeks lacking jobs, a Cologne murder convict seeking a new trial, Japan vs Russia in trade and labor, Dutch public relief farms and forced labor colonies, Treptow women’s footraces with bizarre attire and accidents.
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England
Roker Pier
Sunderland
Japan
United States
Skinner
Abyssinia
Menelik
Greece
Cologne
Manchuria
Siberia
Vladivostok
Holland
Treptow
Berlin
Russo Japanese War Specials From Port Arthur Demonstration
Chicago June 25 A special to the Daily News from Che Foo reports a third demonstration off Port Arthur. Firing from forts began at 10 a m and lasted until 1 p m with destroyers and torpedo boats using similar tactics as the day before. An auxiliary cruiser remained off the islands then moved east. At 8 30 p m firing resumed from the bluff with searchlights active signaling torpedo craft. Later firing sounded from land side Port Arthur continuing to 2 3 Friday morning with a brief renewal at 5 a m.
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Chicago
Daily News
Che Foo
Port Arthur
Explosion Kills Three in Fireworks Store blaze in Philadelphia
Three people died and a dozen injured when a bundle of fireworks exploded at the Diamond Fireworks Co. at 826 Arch street. Proprietor Jacob Jancovitch and employees O Berman and Lena Sempson died after being found alive on the third floor. Fire crews battled flames through the building, with three firefighters injured and total losses pegged at thirty thousand dollars for three buildings and stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Diamond Fireworks Co
Arch Street
Jacob Jancovitch
O. Berman
Lena Sempson
Fireworks Concern
French Hat and Bonnet Frame Co
Jancovitch
Hat and Bonnet
Berman
Miss Sempson
Fireworks Company
Thomas Conway
H. S. Kilner & Co
J. L. Gibney & Brothers
Japanese destroyers sink Russian battleship near Port Arthur
Admiral Togo reports that on June 23 a patrol boat found the Russian squadron near Port Arthur. Japanese torpedo boat destroyers attacked after nightfall, sinking a Peresviet class battleship and disabling the Sevastopol, with little damage to Japanese ships. Simultaneously Russian forces faced Cossack countercharges near the Yalu River.
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Tokio
Togo
Port Arthur
Sevastopol
St. Petersburg
Mukden
Mistchencko
Yalu River
Russian retreat in Far East as Kuropatkin plans move
Reports from St Petersburg and Tokyo describe Kuropatkin deciding to withdraw northward to shorten supply lines while Japanese forces under Kuroki Oku press from Fen-Shui Pass toward Hai Cheng. Takushan division defeats Russian infantry near Fen-Shuiling, with about 100 Japanese casualties and a Dalin Hill fight yielding unclear totals.
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St. Petersburg
Sakharoff
Kuropatkin
Kuroki
Oku
Chapan Pass
Hai Cheng
Associated Press
Fen-Shui Pass
Tokio
Takushan
Fen-Shuiling
Liu Yen
Hai-Cheng
Dalin
Liao Yang
Dissolution Bid Filed Against Standard Oil in New Jersey
Charles D. Henderson Jr of Jersey City and Joseph M. W. Newlin of Philadelphia, counsel for George Rice of Marietta Ohio, filed in the New Jersey chancery court a bill seeking dissolution of the Standard Oil Co. The suit charges the company is illegal and violates federal anti trust laws and state monopoly rulings. It alleges the Ohio entity was declared illegal but the New Jersey company acts as a holding company, asks dissolution and distribution of assets after paying securities, and seeks a receiver.
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Trenton
N. J
Charles D. Henderson, Jr
Jersey City
Joseph M. W. Newlin
Philadelphia
George Rice
Marietta
Court of Chancery
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
United States
Ohio
New Jersey Corporation
Tragic Flood in Spanishtown Conduit Kills 33 Workers
In Spanishtown near Kingston Jamaica thirty three laborers died when a water conduit at the West India Electric Co. plant was opened to full force. Workers had nearly finished removing sand from a mile long pipe when miscommunication or error released the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
Spanishtown
West India Electric Co
Rio Cobre
Guidi Dies in Manila After Heart Failure
Monsignor Guidi apostolic delegate to the Philippines died Sunday in Manila from heart failure. His remains will be interred in Rome. Guidi had served about two years as the Vatican representative in talks with Philippine commissioners over the sale of friar lands to the United States. An agreement reached in December between Gov Taft and the friars provided for the purchase of 403000 acres.
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Manila
Monsignor Guidi
Philippines
Rome
Mer. Guidi
Philippine Islands
Vatican
Boston Elevator Constructors End Strike With Local Pact
Two hundred members of Boston's International Elevator Constructors' union returned to work after reaching a satisfactory agreement. Nationwide sympathy strike of 8,000 men followed, and the pact bars nonresidents from working in Boston or within 25 miles, ensuring Boston unionists perform all local jobs.
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Boston
International Elevator Constructors’ Union
Conspiracy Charge Against Union Traction Co
In Chicago on June 28 lawyers for minority stockholders charged the Union Traction Co. with conspiring to deprive minority holders of their rights. They also alleged the company sought a receiver in federal court by presenting a fictitious indebtedness to cheat and delay creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Union Traction Co
Mack
Dynamite Tragedy In North Carolina Dogs Death
T M Pearsall recounts a northwestern North Carolina incident where a half grown setter retrieved a dynamite cartridge from a pool. The dog exploded moments after crossing a deep ditch as the editor Robertson fled in fright, leaving a lasting local tale.
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T. M. Pearsall
Aycock
North Carolina
Robertson
Wilesboro Hustler
Paris astonished by 178 barrels of American gold arrival
Paris was amazed by the arrival of 178 barrels of American gold, a sight noted by the Philadelphia North American. The paper contrasts the secure barrels with the vulnerability of American tourists’ purses, a sentiment echoed in Paris.
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Paris
Philadelphia
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Rantoul
Edward McCarthy
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May Seguin
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William Hartsuff
Army of the Ohio
Port Huron
John Alexander Dowie
Zion
Mollie Mott
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Anna Kolodzik
George E. Dixon
Lagrange
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Union
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R. Paxton CO
Pope Bldg
A.N. Kellogg Newspaper CO
Ontario Street
Rosebud
South Dakota
U. S
Dakota
Guive
Yagent
Dick T. Morgan
Yankton
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