Strikers Convicted and Ultimatum at Packing Plant Erupts
Ten striking miners were convicted in federal court for conspiring to intimidate black miners employed by Kansas and Texas Coal. They armed themselves, searched homes, and forced negro workers to attend a meeting where many vowed to quit. At Chicago, unions seek testimony in a separate boycott case. In Kansas City, Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing Co threatens to hire union and non union labor if disaffected workers do not comply, affecting about a thousand employees.
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Ark
Kansas and Texas Coal Company
Rogers
Chicago
Jacob Newman
Union Pressed Brick Company
Dunne
J. B. Robinson
Chicago Hydraulic Pressed Brick Company
Kansas City
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing Company
Meat Workers’ Union
Prominent Michigan Cedar Dealer Shot Dead in Accident
Jephenson July 15. Henry, a noted cedar dealer from Nadeau, was accidentally shot while handling a gun. The bullet entered under the chin and exited the top of the head, killing him instantly. He leaves no family and an estate near $100,000.
Cashier Valen tine Surrenders Over Bank Shortage
George M. Valentine cashier of the Middlesex County bank at Perth Amboy New Jersey surrendered and was jailed amid estimates of a shortage up to 165000. The Middlesex County bank and Perth Amboy Savings shared operations causing a run on the savings bank but president A B Watson assured depositors the savings funds remain safe, while the extent of the theft remains unclear.
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New York
George M. Valentine
Middlesex County Bank
Perth Amboy
N. J
Perth Amboy Savings Institution
Savings Bank
A. B. Watson
Perth Savings Institution
Savings Institution
Valentine
Studebaker Tigers raise funds for Lawton sword gift
Members of Company I 157th Indiana volunteers began a drive to present a sword to General Henry Ware Lawton, with over $50 pledged in minutes. The plan seeks a gold and diamond mounted blade, restricted to Tigers members and tied to Studebaker's famed unit.
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South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Lawton
One Hundred and Fifty
Brigham Young Discusses Mormonism and Roberts Case
Brigham Young, son of the church's former head and an apostle, speaks in Chicago about Mormonism and Utah politics. He avoids detailing Roberts polygamy ties, asserts Roberts will likely sit in Congress, and praises Mormon growth while criticizing anti Mormon pressure. He confirms personal ties and children but dodges specifics on wives.
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Brigham Young
Roberts
Chicago
Mormon Church
Utah
United
Young
Congressman Roberts
Salt Lake
Congress
House
Apostle Young
Talmac
San Francisco
Temple
Doxtator Case Sets First Impression in Michigan Rail Line Suit
Michigan Supreme Court rules railroad not liable for not returning amputated legs of Thomas E. Doxtator, a Grand Rapids incident. Widow awarded 2760 in circuit court. decision notes lack of similar precedents and marks first impression ruling issued Tuesday. The June 1897 accident left Doxtator a switchman with crushed limbs cremated after amputation.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan Supreme Court
Grand Rapids
Supreme Court
Thomas E. Doxtator
Ferguson's Romance Opens After Eight-Year Gap
English Indiana July 15 Ferguson son Carroll of St Croix reappears after eight years in Peru. He explains selling his Montana ranch and sharing estate with his parents before returning to Peru. He finds his former sweetheart now married with eight sons. he plans to return.
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Ind
Carroll Ferguson
St. Croix
Seattle
Wash
Ferguson
Montana
Peru
South America
Narrow escape from charged fence at Lincoln Park
In Racine Wisconsin on a July evening John Kostermann nearly died when a guy wire hooked to a barbed fence carrying an electric railway line shocked him as he tried to help a cow struck by the live fence. He burned his hands and required hours to recover with weeks of healing ahead.
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Racine
Wis
John Kostermann
Lincoln Park
Electric
Kostermann
Cape Colony Parliament Opens Amid Franchise Debate
Cape Town reports the Cape Colony parliament opened with Sir Alfred Milner present as the Volkaraad adopts the first two sections of the franchise bill. Chamberlain blamed for unrest and Britain’s role noted. In Washington, the U S expresses sympathy with Britain over uitlander concessions. Berlin dispatch says the German cruiser Geler heads to Guatemala to back creditor allies.
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Pretoria
Volkaraad
Great Britain
Joseph Chamberlain
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Alfred Milner
South Africa
Caele Sam
Transvaal
Washington
Kruger
State Department
South African Republic
Paris Bastille anniversary reviewed with Loubet in parade
Paris marked the 110th anniversary of the Bastille fall with a grand Longchamp review. President Loubet, war minister Gallifet, and premier Waldeck Rousseau led processions as Major Marchand drew cries of Vive Loubet and Vive la Republique.
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Paris
Old Delaunay
Bastile
Sans-Culottes
la Lanterne
Longschamps
Loubet
Elysee Palace
Marchand
Fashoda
Vive Marchand
Vive l'Armee
France
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