Strike news shows mixed results in Illinois plants and Wheeling
Pittsburg reporters note that Amalgamated workers at South Chicago Joliet and Bay View refused the general strike order. Other plants remain operating amid anticipated trouble. Shaffer hints at surprises as leaders promise progress while awaiting guidance from federation and labor groups.
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Shaffer
Wheeling
Pittsburg
South Chicago
Joliet
Bay View
Federation of Labor
Amalgamated Association
Pennsylvania
Bay View Lodge Refuses to Obey Strike Order
Milwaukee August 12 The Bay View lodge of the Amalgamated Association votes unanimously to ignore President Shaffer’s strike order. Illinois Steel plant in Milwaukee runs as usual with no work stoppage today. Members emphasize the new 5 percent wage increase dating from July 1 and consider contributing to eastern strikers.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Bay View Lodge
The
Amalgamated Association
T. J. Shaffer
Illinois Steel Company
W. C. Davis
Fourth District
Shaffer
Pittsburg
Joseph Redfern
Lodge
Chicago
Redfern
Mlinois Steel Company
Heinze Detectives Target Amalgamated Figures in Montana Case
Warrants issued for E L Waters and J W Waters Amalgamated Copper detectives over testimony in Minnie Healey mine case alleged to involve a corrupt decision. Judge Harney and Mrs Brackett named in charges perjury claims. B L Waters a woman. County Attorney Breen supports moving the affair forward.
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Butte
Mont
Taylor
Heinze
E. L. Waters
J. W. Waters
Amalgamated Copper Company
Judge Harney
Brackett
Minnie Healey
B. L. Waters
Harney
Breen
Typographical Union Meets in Birmingham Convention Opens
The forty seventh annual convention of the International Typographical Union begins in Birmingham Alabama with delegates from across the United States and Canada attending the sessions.
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Typographical Union
Seasion
Birmingham
Ala
International Typographical Union
United States
Canada
Beveridge Arrives at Port Arthur on Peking Philippines Trip
Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana arrives at Port Arthur en route to Peking and the Philippines. Newspaper publishers Frank Munsey and Albert Pulitzer are also reported to be present.
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Beveridge
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Peking
Philippines
Frank Munsey
Albert Pulitzer
YACHT ERIN TOWS SHAMROCK II OFF SANDY HOOK
New York reports at 11 30 p m yesterday the yacht Erin with Shamrock II in tow off Sandy Hook. Sugar cured hams and bacon show lower prices at Todd Stuarts as part of a local market note.
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New York
Erin
Sandy Hook
Todd Stuart
Iowa Central Railway Sells Clear Lake Tickets
The Iowa Central Railway offers round trip tickets from Brighton to Clear Lake Iowa from August 1 to 10 at 5.50. Tickets are valid for travel on the sale date and must be used by October 31 1901.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Iowa Central Railway
Brighton
Signor Crispi Dies in Naples at 7 45 PM
Naples August 12 Signor Crispi former premier of Italy died at 7 45 last evening surrounded by family and close friends The news was telegraphed to King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena The body will be taken by steamer to Palermo for a large public funeral A rumor says Crispi will authorize a prominent politician to review his papers and publish his memoirs.
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Naples
Signor Crispi
Crispl Hews
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Talermo
Cadillac Wins First International Yacht Race
Cadillac defeated Invader by eight and a half minutes in the first of the international yacht races sailed on a seven mile triangular course. The Cadillacs light skimming hull contrasted with Invader’s deeper draft as Detroit Boat Club’s center-board yacht gained seven minutes in the last leg. The silver cup trophy, donated by Toledo, Ohio, is now held by Chicago after Cadillac’s victory.
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Chicago
Cadillac
Royal Canadian Yacht Club
A. W. Masters
Chicago Yacht Club
Detroit Boat Club
Canada
Invader
Toledo
Gnesee
Genesee
Mourning in Quincy Over Death of John Moore’s Pug
Fawley Place in Quincy Illinois mourns the death of Moore’s pug Tom Paine. The dog was put to death with chloroform by a veterinary surgeon after illness. Moore cared for the animal daily and planned embalming and joint burial in one casket with his own body destined for cremation in St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Fawley Place
John Moore
Tom Paine
Moore
Daugherty
St. Louis
Dayton Safe-Cracking Attempt at Internal Revenue Office
An early morning break in attempt aimed at the government building safe in Dayton Ohio drilled two holes in the door. Officials could not confirm entry as the lock remained inaccessible and no explosion was detected.
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Dayton
Internal Revenue Office
Excommunication of Seward Priest Confirmed
Lincoln August 12 Bishop Bonacum of the Lincoln diocese has issued formal notice of excommunication for Father William Murphy of Seward following past clashes with local clergy and ongoing church controversy.
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Lincoln
Neb
Bonacum
New Plot Claimed to Threaten Brazilian Republic
Rio Janeiro Aug 12 government papers report a new plot to overthrow the republic and restore monarchy. Authorities are pursuing conspirators and taking steps to defeat the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Three Girls Drown While Bathing at Asbury Park
In Long Beach California on Saturday Elsie Walker 16 Imogen Walker 18 and Cora Wallace 14 drowned while bathing at Asbury Park about a mile from Long Beach. All three were residents of Los Angeles.
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Long Beach
Cal
Elsie
Imogen Walker
Cora Walace
Asbury Park
Los Angeles
Pretending sultan flees Atchin after clash with Dutch
An official dispatch from Atchin in the Dutch East Indies reports that the pretending sultan has fled. He is wounded, while his wife and several Atchin chiefs have offered to submit to the Dutch government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Hague
Atchin
Dutch East Indies
Death by Own Action of Fort Wayne Bookkeeper
Miss Lifie Richey aged 80 a bookkeeper for the Citizens Trust company Fort Wayne Ind died by shooting the cause given as nervous ailments at the time of the incident occurred on August 12 authorities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Lifie Richey
Citizens’ Trust Company
World Wide Reputation Chamberlains Remedy For Sale
Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is praised for its universal cures. It never fails and is pleasant and safe to take. Available at Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook and Sherman.
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Stewart's Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Notice on Subscription Wood Credit Policy at The Journal
The Journal announces a limited program allowing a few cords of wood to be applied toward subscription payments. Readers may request the wood credit option through the JOURNAL office, subject to availability and offer terms.
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Journal
Guaranteed Kidney Cure Claim Prompts Refund Offer
An advertisement touts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure as the only guaranteed remedy with a druggist refund if not satisfied after one bottle. The offer states a fifty cent price and promises full satisfaction.
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Smith
Agricultural drought and delayed corn crop feared in belt
The August 1 crop condition averages show corn at 54.0 with other staples. Secretary Wilson reports the corn belt has suffered from wet springs late planting and dry heat, causing stunted growth, partial pollination failures, and potential frost risk in September.
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Wilson
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Iowa and Midwest Corn Prospects Warn of Rain Shortage
The report notes light corn in southern Iowa Nebraska and Kansas worse with central Iowa better stalks but incomplete fertilization. Rain is needed now to salvage crops. sod land with good cultivation fares better. Northern Iowa Minnesota show green crops but need rain. overall full damage unseen until later. Wheat fares well. oats barley light. potatoes hurt south of Minnesota. hay excellent.
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Lowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Great
Corn Belt
Minnesota
Diedrich Deputy Shot in DeKalb County Grudge Case
Eugene Diedrich deputy sheriff of DeKalb county residing at Malta was shot in the throat on Saturday by a man identified as Johnson who allegedly held a long standing grudge. Johnson was captured in Sycamore and jailed.
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Sycamore
Ills
Eugene Diedrich
DeKalb County
Malta
Johnson
Diedrich
Foul Play Suspected in Death of Richmond Farmer
Richmond Ind Aug 12 Hiram Robbins an aged wealthy farmer died suddenly a few days ago of cholera morbus Suspicions have arisen and Coroner Watts has begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Hiram Robbins
Watts
Candidate announcement for County Treasurer race
I will be a candidate for nomination to the office of County Treasurer subject to the action of the Republican convention of Washington County. E. W. Swisner.
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Washington County
E. W. Swisner
Rest and recreation advertised at Clear Lake Iowa
A promotional notice invites readers to visit Clear Lake Iowa for rest and recreation. It highlights fishing sailing and bathing with low tourist rates via Iowa Central Railway and advises asking a ticket agent for particulars and a booklet.
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Clerk
Clear Lake
Iowa
Iowa Central Railway
Winters Confesses Solo Gold Heist at Selby Smelter
San Francisco reports Jack Winters confessed to stealing 280000 dollars in gold bullion from the Selby Smelting works. He led officers to a bay site where he had sunk 141000 worth, after hours underwater search. He says no accomplices aided the crime.
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San Francisco
Jack Winters
Selby
Winters
Kopp
Baseball Standings for Two Chief Prizes
Chicago August 12 tables show standings of clubs contending for the two major baseball prizes. Leaders and tail-caude maintain reputations, with key teams and positions highlighted across the standings.
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Chicago
Michigan land and property values rise in 12 months
The state board of equalization reports Michigan has 34,189,861.83 acres assessed this year, up from 33,086,270.41 in 1915. Real estate assessed totals are $1,017,071,643 and personal property $11,561,048, for a grand total of $1,326,632,641.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
State Board of Equalization
Embezzlement Charge In Murphysboro Case
A. L. Adams, an agent for the Singer Sewing Machine company in Murphysboro, is arrested for embezzling over $400. Located by Sheriff Fox at Sedalia Missouri, he used the alias Charles White. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company initiated the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Tus
United States
Secret Service Reports Dimmick Arrest Over Gold Embezzlement
Chief Wilkie receives San Francisco telegram announcing the arrest of Walter Dimmick once chief clerk at the mint on charges of embezzling thirty thousand dollars in gold coin.
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Washington
Wilkie
Secret Service
San Francisco
Walter Dimmick
United States Mint
Whites Only Cuban Artillery Order Sparks Tension
Havana August 12 La Discussion warns that an enrollment order restricting Cuban artillery corps to whites will create racial discord and set a dangerous unjust precedent for whites and blacks.
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Havana
Murder by Mother After Fall Injuries in Glenmore
In Rome New York on August 12 10 year old Alvin Seaton of Glenmore died after his mother cut his throat from ear to ear while he lay in bed wounded from a horse fall. The woman was declared temporarily insane.
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Rome
N. Y
Alvin Seaton
Glenmore
Gates County Constitution Upheld by Wisconsin Judge
Superior Wis Aug 12 Judge Vinj ruled the act creating Gates county constitutional in a circuit court ruling. Taxpayers filed the suit challenging the measure and the decision faces appeal.
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Gates County
Superior
Wis
Juudge Vinj
World News Briefs Flag Half Mast and Fires Hit Cities
The Nicaraguan flag flew at half mast after Dowager Empress Frederick of Germany died. Armstrong British Columbia suffered a total loss fire in its business section worth 90000 dollars. Boer sympathizers in New Orleans attempted a torpedo attack on the Mechanician cargo vessel carrying mules to South Africa. St Louis health chief links Chicago drainage canal to local typhoid. Missouri frets over alleged apple trust. Hafner Lothman factory in St Louis burned for 150000 dollars. Lexington Kentucky fire destroyed Tatersall amphitheater for 50000 dollars. Thirty Puget Sound salmon canneries and Alaska consolidations completed. U S vows to safeguard Chinamen in Colombia amid unrest. David Nation seeks divorce from Carrie who agrees. Baron von Ketteler buried with honors at Muenster. Quelport island clashes kill 300 Christians. Mrs Cauliffe fatally murdered by peons. W H Smith fatally scalded in Belvidere Illinois. Hotel Colenso offers shoe shines. Dave Keltner proprietor.
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Managua
Frederick
Germany
Armstrong
B. C
New Orleans
Mechanician
South Afriica
St. Louis
Chicago
Missouri
Hafner-Lothman Company
Lexington
Colombia
David Nation
Divvorce
Carrie
Willin
Baron von Ketteler
Kheking
Muenster
Westphalia
Quelport
George I’. Cauliffe
Gomez Palacio
Mexico
W. H. Smith
Belvidere
Ill
Clear Lake resort offers low rates for tourists in Iowa
Continuously at Clear Lake the summer resort in north western Towa reached by the Iowa Central Route offers great fishing sailing and bathing with extremely low rates for single tourists or parties of five or upward. Ask ticket agents or address Geo. S. Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa.
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Clear Lake
Towa
Geo. S. Batty
G.p.&t.a
Marshalltown
Lowa
Wells Family Struggles Amid Deaths In Hesperia
In Hesperia Michigan, the Wells family endured a tragic sequence as Dr William Wells aged 78 and Billy Wells near death faced illness, followed by death of Mrs John Wells father and John Wells father in law after an operation. Funeral delays occurred as mother and son traveled sixty miles. The two elderly Wells men survived after a tough period.
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Hesperia
Mich
Wells
William Wells
Billy Wells
John Wells
Reed City
Boy accuses father in Indianacounty murder affidavit
In Washington Indiana on August 12 ten year old Tease Purcell filed an affidavit with police accusing his father Frank Purcell of murdering his mother. The child says Nettie’s marriage the night of the crime followed by the mother’s collapse at the barn door led to her death. A warrant was issued for Frank Purcell, brother of George W. Purcell of the United Mine Workers national executive board.
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Washington
Ind
Purcell
Frank Purcell
Young Purcell
Nettie
George W. Purcell
The
United Mine Workers
Murder Revealed From Wounds In Wisconsin Woods
The body of a man found near Rummel s Siding between Eagle River and State Line shows four head wounds and evidence of a strangling murder. An autopsy notes a brown canvas lamper around the head, rope and neck strap, a gloved mouth, and a white silk handkerchief marked C BE K. The tall, slight victim was about six feet eight inches.
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Eagle River
Wis
Rummel's Siding
State Line
C. BE. K
Reprimand for Evans over Chandler remarks in book
Washington August 12 Fighting Bob Evans rear admiral US Navy was reprimanded by the Navy department for criticisms of ex Secretary William Chandler in his book A Sailors Log. The action ends the incident unless a further demand for a court of inquiry is made by Evans or Chandler.
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Washington
Bob” Evans
United States Navy
Navy Department
William EB. Chandler
Chandler
Evans
Admiral Evans
Constitution Wins by a Flake Newport RK 1
The Constitution beat Columbia by four minutes nine seconds in a Newport race on August 12. The Herreshoff Newsh-erre racer performed well but a Columbia mishap cost five minutes when bow sprit shrouds were too long forcing the crew to luff and lose the race.
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Constitution
Newport
Columbia
Hne
Burial of Mrs Elizabeth Rector Noted for Family Ties at Funeral
Anderson Ind August 12 The burial of Mrs Elizabeth Rector wife of a pioneer farmer drew remarkable attendance with a large family. She left ten children seventy eight grandchildren thirty eight great grandchildren four sons in law six daughters in law and seventeen married grandchildren all but one daughter attended the funeral the relatives filled the Bueco church.
State banks report growth in resources and deposits in 204 banks
Lansing reports from 204 state banks and three trust companies show growth with total resources of 145,036,929 dollars, up 11,450,000 from February. Commercial deposits reach 42,000,000 dollars, up 5,022,000, while savings deposits rise 6,916,220 dollars.
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Lansing
Mich
Teenage rescuer saves twenty five lives at Chicago beaches
Ten persons were rescued from drowning at the Barry Avenue and Diversey Boulevard beaches on Saturday afternoon. Of those saved one was a woman and the rest boys and young men. James Bean, 17, saved all the Barry Avenue rescues and has now saved twenty five lives at the bathing beach.
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Chicago
Barry Avenue
Diversey Boulevard
James Bean
Christian Science Healer Found Guilty In Spokane
Mrs J Davis a Christian Science healer was found guilty for failure to repay a case of scarlet fever as required by law. She received the minimum fine of five dollars and costs. Christian scientists vow to carry the case to the state's highest court rather than accept the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
J. Davis
Those Lions Can Now Arenathe Freely
Mrs. Chillington of Chicago finished a two week pursuit of mountain lions in Denver Colorado with a red fox scalp hanging from her belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Requiem for Dowager Empress Frederick at Cronberg
Crowds gathered at Cronberg for the solemn funeral of Dowager Empress Frederick. Imperial and royal figures led processions while troops guarded the coffin and the service opened with a Berlin cathedral choir anthem and prayers.
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Cronberg
Frederick
Homburg
Frankfort
Dightieth
Boekenhein Hussars
Coffee Boycott Fears Rise as Puerto Rico Imports Hit Market
San Juan merchants alarmed by Brazilian coffee after tariff removal. Steamer Ponce brought 238 bags. locally priced at about half the Puerto Rican product, threatening the market. Manati and others vote to shun importers. Governor Hunt seeks relief via Washington to limit section 1 effects. Importers threaten to ship coffee back amid calls for boycott.
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San Juan
Vertelico
Ponce
Manati
Brazil
Grovernor Hunt
Washington
Monument to Confederate Dead Unveiled in Springfield
A handsome monument to Missouri's Confederate dead was unveiled Saturday during the state reunion of ex Confederates in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Missouri
Vacation in Clear Lake Iowa with low round trip rates
Tourists are invited to visit Clear Lake Iowa where cool weather and good hotels await. The Iowa Central Route offers very low round trip rates with details from ticket agents or by writing to the postal address provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Lake
Iowa
Iowa Central
Agen
Batty
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Cons
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Joseph Pollard, Jr
Washington, Iowa
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Ver Journal
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PJ. Manley
Washington County Savings Bank
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Klein's
I. Or
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Mercer & Chilcote
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West Main St
Washington, Ia
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ALEY
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Resta
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Traine
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Uscatine
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Pacific
West Points
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N. W
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Peoria
Indianapolis
N. BR
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Towa Central
Owa
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EAS
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Peoria Mail
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