Brooklyn Trolley Strike Paralyses Much of Brooklyn Lines
Brooklyn workers walk out over overtime pay and ten hour limits, crippling service on Nassau Avenue and other lines. Police guard barns as about 1,000 officers monitor routes and 50 percent of veteran crews report to work later in the day. President Rossiter refuses arbitration while Knight of Labor backing signals ongoing conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Workman Parsons
Workman
Pines
Brooklyn Traction Company
Traction Company
Manhattan
Bronx
Putnam Avenue
Flatbush
Vergen Beach
Nostrand Avenue
Gates
Ralph
Myrtle Avenue
Third Avenue
Nassau Avenue
Fifth
Seventh
Park and
Varnderbit Avenues
Douglass and
Cutler Streets
Nassau Avenue Road
Hnemen
Broadway
Flushing
Vyhird Avenue
Rossiter
Ampere
City Hall
Coney Island
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Howard Jackson
Wickes
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Brooklyn Heights
Parsons
Brookliyn
Messrs. Delehanty and Webster
State Board of Mediation and Arbitration
Knigths of Labor
Illinoios Banker Deanth Dies at 70 at Sherman Farm
Titus Sud duth, president of the Farmers' National Bank of Springfield and a major landowner and stock raiser, died Sunday at a tenant farm near Sherman aged 70. Born near Mount Sterling Kentucky he moved to Illinois with his parents in 1854 and owned 45,060 acres across Sangamon Logan McLean and De Witt counties. He had been residing in Normal near Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Titus Sudduth
Farmers’ National Bank
Shernan
Mount Sterling
Sangamon
Logan
McLean
de Witt
Normal
Bloomington
One Boat Sinks. Frank Ray Is Rescued on Ohio River
Cincinnati July 17 Frank Ray with Catherine Wimsey and Clifford and James Shannon went upriver in a naphtha launch towed by a small flat boat. Ray jumped into the John boat and others followed until the boat sank leaving Ray alone saved. In Barcelona on same date a French squadron of 20 ships arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Frank Ray
Catherine Wimsey
Clifford
James Shannon
Ohio River
John
Ray
Barcelona
Pingree Defeated as Street Railway Purchase Fails
Detroit July 17 Gov. Pingree suffers another setback as Tom Johnson withdraws from the deal to transfer the city street railway system. Metropolitan Railway declares transfer plans infeasible and hints at possible five cent fares, while officials pledge not to raise fares. The mayoral veto looms as the citizens committee stays ready to resume the battle if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
H. S. Pingree
Detroit Municipal Railway
Majestic
Metropolitan Railway Coo
Bernard Clark
Johnson
Judge Speed
Pingree
Citizens’ Committee
Lover's Mad Rage in Mason City Cemetery Murder Suicide
Roy Sutton aged 20 shot Leona Smere aged 18 in Mason City cemetery then killed himself. Sutton claimed they planned to die together and offered no further statements. Miss Smere died at the scene from two wounds, one in the back and one through the breast. Sutton died Sunday morning after refusing to discuss the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Mason City
Here
Roy Sutton
Leona Smere
Sutton
Young Sutton
Manner of Prince's Death Details Released
The czarowitz died after riding a benzine motor from Abbas Tuman on July 10. He slowed when turning, spit blood, and died soon after, with a peasant woman aiding him. The place of death is railed off at the palace. Big cargo of tea arrives in Tacoma as Olympia unloads 3000 tons from China and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Czarowitz
Abbas Tuman
Tacoma
Wash
Olympia
Northern Pacific Line
China
Japan
Jeannette Schwerin Dies a Leading German Rights Advocate
Berlin obituary notes Jeannette Schwerin long the most prominent figure in Germany’s women’s rights movement has died. In Washington Admiral George Dewey filed a naval bounty claim from the Manila Bay battle on May 1 1898, the first in this court class with an estimated 4900 to 5000 similar claims expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannette Schwerin
Berlin
Germany
Dewvey
Washington
George Dewey
Court of Claims
Manila Bay
Magistrate orders destruction of rotten Lipton factory fruit
London July 17 a magistrate ordered the destruction of 14 tons of rotten fruit seized in the boiling room of Sir Thomas Lipton’s jam factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
London
BAPTISTS CHOOSE DENVER AS 1901 MEETING SITE
Richmond Va July 17 vote by the executive committee of the Baptist Young People's union selects Denver for 1901 meeting with 17 votes to 2 for Charleston Rev Dr E E Chivers of Chicago reelected general secretary and editor of the Baptist Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Baptist Young People’s Union
Denver
Charleston
E. E. Chivers
Chicago
Union
The
Baptist Union
Congressman Roberts
Utah
Young People’s Baptist Union
Maurice P. Franks
Trenton
N. J
T. J. Villers
Indianapolis
Ind
G. Whitman
Buffalo
T. L. Shepperson
Hamilton
N. Y
Chivers
Medal for Miss Gould
During the Spanish American War Miss Helen Gould of New York donated cuts for Cuban soldiers. The Sixth Ohio regiment in Toledo organized fund raising to buy a large medal for her. The medal will bear a canteen motif and inscription thanking an American woman for patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Spain
Helen Gould
New York
Cuba
Sixth Ohio Regiment
Gould
Ohio
Lone Navigator Capt. Andrews Fails Atlantic Crossing
Capt. William A. Andrews, famed as the Lone Navigator, left Atlantic City on June 15 in a 12 foot craft The Doree to cross the Atlantic. He was found exhausted July 2 about 700 miles from the Irish coast and left adrift after the craft failed. The Holbein picked him up near Liverpool after meeting Camperdown on June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Holbein
Sherlock
New York
Manchester
William A. Andrews
Atlantic City
Atlantic
Andrews
Azure Island
England
Camperdown
Gold Riches Return on City of Seattle Voyage
Victoria date July 17 reports the steamer City of Seattle arrived from Alaska with about 200 passengers and $600,000 to $700,000 in drafts and dust. The wealthiest aboard is J Larsen of Montreal who has long worked Eldorado creek and the Klondike. Other miners show fortunes including a passenger with $13,000 from Sulphur creek and D W Hope of Tacoma with $15,000 plus property. Many of the 130 miners aboard are prospering, including W Gasford of Tacoma with $20,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B.C
Seattle
Alaska
J. Larsen
Montreal
Eldorado Creek
Klondike
Sulphur Creek
D. W. Hope
Tacoma
Seven Drowned and Local Suicides Reported
A schooner from Alaska brings word of seven men drowned at Turnagain Army in June when their small boat overturned in a tidal wave. Names known include A B Johnson Malone Jil Louis Peterson Chris Madison Porter Hutchinson and Rockford ill. Also reported a suicide by Ailt Van Boening state grand master of the Knights and Ladies of Honor after a domestic dispute near Copperas Creek dam. Will McNeals of Monroe county Pa was murdered at Thacker with P R Hamm under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Geneal Siglin
Cook’s Inlet
Alaska
Turnagain Army
A. B. Johnson
Malone
Jil
Louis Peterson
Chicago
Chris Madison
Porter
California
Hutchinson
Rockford
Ill
Peoria
Ailt van Boening
The
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Bald Eagle
Copperas Creek
U. W
Huntington
W. Va
Will McNeals
Monroe County
Thacker
Mingo County
P. RK. Hamm
Hamm
Victim of Lockjaw in Springfield UL
George Saxer Jr aged 15 died after lockjaw followed a self inflicted gunshot wound to his right hand while handling a revolver during Fourth of July celebrations. The boy died Sunday morning at his parents home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
George Saxer, Jr
George Saxer
Lockjaw
Welcome Home Oregon Volunteers in San Francisco Parade
San Francisco headlines on July 15 celebrate the landing of Oregon volunteers and the California signal corps before marching to the Presidio for two to three weeks of camp. Gen Shafter Gov Geer and officers reviewed the troops as crowds cheered and fire crackers lit from a building roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Regiment of California Volunteers
Philippines
Oregon Volunteers
California Signal Corps
Presidio
Palace Hotel
Third
Market
Kearney
Shafter
Gov. Geer
Oregon
van Ness Avenue
National Tube Company Formed In Major Steel Consolidation
William Nelson Cromwell and C Converse complete consolidation of wrought steel iron and tube industries into the National Tube company. The firm, with $80 million capitalization, will employ about 25 000 and operate manufacturing in Pittsburgh with headquarters in New York. It targets global markets including Russia Bulgaria Japan and Canada. Edmond C Converse serves as president. Current year earnings are projected at 6 to 7 million dollars and annual savings between 2 and 3 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Nelson Cromwell
C. Converse
National Tube Company
Steel and Iron Corporation
Krupp
Carnegie
Combine
Edmund C. Converse
Pittsburgh
Strikers Win in Pennsylvania Coal Strike Settlement
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers announced a telegram from the Buffalo Rochester Pittsburg Coal Company confirming an agreement. Five thousand miners will return to work immediately in district No. 2 in central Pennsylvania after securing a two and a half cent per ton wage advance for machine mined coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Mitchell
United Mine Workers’ Union of North America
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
William H Peak Swiss bell ringer and harpist dies
William H Peak, famed Swiss bell ringer and harpist and the original leader of a temperance trio, died in Belvidere Illinois at age 65. He first appeared publicly at age seven and predated Dan Rice. Peak's quartet toured for temperance societies in Boston with John B Gough and then traveled across the United States under their own auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niles
Mich
William H. Peak
Belvidere
Ill
Dan Hkice
Peak
Boston
John B. Gough
New England
United States
Dawes resigns as LaFayette memorial treasurer
Charles G. Dawes comptroller of the currency resigns the office of treasurer of the LaFayette memorial commission due to inability to supervise the sale of 50000 souvenir coins voted by Congress. E. A. Potter, president of the American Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, is appointed as successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles G. Dawes
LaFayette Memorial Commission
Congress
E. A. Potter
American Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Unknown Man Found Murdered In Wheat Field Near Elbow Lake
The body of an unidentified man was found Wednesday night seven miles east in a wheat field with a crushed skull. He had been murdered and robbed and appeared to have been dead two weeks. Police could not identify him and no crew was found at the coroner's inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbow .Lake
Minn
Admiral Dewey Signals From Port Said
The Morning Record received a July 14 dispatch from Admiral Dewey in Port Said stating he is recovering slowly and hopes to gain strength in a cooler climate. He has made no plans beyond Trieste and expects to reach New York in October as planned.
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Chicago
Dewey
Port Said
Trieste
New York
Globe National Bank Liquidates Stockholders Meet
Providence R I July 13 The Globe national bank wound up its affairs at a stockholders meeting. A liquidation dividend of 120 percent was paid on each share. The capital stock to be liquidated is 300000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. L
Globe National Bank
Notable North Eastern Teachers Association Convention Ends
Los Angeles hosts the large N E A gathering with over 12 060 visiting teachers registered. Friday evening featured diverse talks by Aaron Gove Alfred E Winship and David Starr Jordan. O T Carson elected president and welcomed after singing America. Next convention slated for Charleston in 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Aaron Gove
Denver
Alfred E. Winship
Boston
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
O.T. Carson
Columbus
Association
America
Charleston
D. C
Taylor Nominated by Republican State Convention
Louisville Kentucky July 14 The Republican state convention adjourned after a long session ratifying the Deboe Taylor slate for most posts The ticket includes Governor William S Taylor Lieutenant Governor John Marshall Secretary of State Caleb Powers Attorney General Clifton J Pratt Auditor John S S Sweeney Treasurer Walter R Day Superintendent of Instruction John Burke Commissioner of Agriculture John W Throckmorton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Deboe-Taylor
William S. Taylor
John Marshall
Caleb Powers
Clifton J. Pratt
John S.S. Sweeney
Walter R. Day
John Burke
John W. Throckmorton
Paris Steamer Cleared From Rocks and Moved for Salvage
London July 12 The American line steamer Paris is clear of rocks and moved 150 yards astern to ease diving work. Salvage crews shifted position slightly eastward. three salvage boats freed the liner from danger. Falmouth July 13 The Paris entered harbor safely near midnight and preparations to beach her in the tide harbor are under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Falmouth
England
Tramps Killed in Chicago and Alton Wreck Near Glendale
Three tramps died and five others were badly injured when a freight train wreck on the Chicago and Alton road near Glendale Missouri toppled ten cars loaded with merchandise hogs and cattle. A man remains missing and a woman in male disguise escaped unharmed from an empty stock car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chicago & Alton Road
Glendale
Robbers Stop Southbound Train Near Folsom
Four men robbed Colorado & Southern No. 1 five miles south of Folsom New Mexico at 10 30 Tuesday night. They forced entry to the express car with dynamite but took nothing. Wells Fargo officials report no loot. few passengers aboard were unharmed. Some claim the express held a large sum of money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
Col
Colorado & Southern Railway
Folsom
N. M
Wells-Fargo Express
Attempt to Assassinate Booth in Stockholm
Rev William Booth head of the Salvation Army arrived from England to aid a revival in Soedermalm Stockholm. An unknown man leaped onto the carriage step and struck with a heavy iron pipe but was warded off by an officer. Booth escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth
Stockholm
William Booth
Salvation Army
England
Soedermalm
Health of Volunteers in Manila Campaign
Advices from Manila dated June 11 report volunteers greatly debilitated after three months of tropical weather. Since mid May no volunteer regiment has had a sick list below 20 percent, with many at 25 percent and some regiments down to less than a third on duty. The Nebraska regiment endured the worst losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Newport
Manila
Nebraska
Tragedy in Texas over fence dispute leaves multiple wounded
In Bowie county Texas at New Boston July 15 one man is dead two fatally wounded and three badly hurt after a shooting affray. Parties Willis Hayes Hall Hayes and Simon Hayes faced off against Jack Fricks John Fricks Thomas Fricks and Ira Smith over a barbed wire fence separating the Hayes and Frick farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ark
New Boston
Bowie County
Tex
Willis Hayes
Hall Hayes
Simon Hayes
Jack Fricks
John Fricks
Thomas Fricks
Ira Smith
Hayes
Frick
Failed Chicago magnate in bankruptcy probe
Albert Crosby of Brewster Massachusetts formerly wealthy in Chicago where he owned Crosby’s opera house and Mc Avoy Brewing faced bankruptcy hearings. His assets listed as worn clothes. wife claims vast cash real estate and loans. Debts trace to timber lands barrel making in Indiana and large Chicago judgments. Crosby says he has owned nothing since 1875 and lives by borrowing from his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albert Crosby
Brewster
Mass
Chicago
Crosby
Opera House
McAvoy Brewing Company
Cape Cod
David A. Gage
Indiana
Queen Brings Heavy Klondike Gold Cargo To Seattle
The Queen arrived from the north with the heaviest gold cargo this year. About 14% tons moved from steamer to assay office and banks, carried by 25 Klondikers. Richest miner J B Heacock brought 1000 pounds of dust worth $250000 from Bonanza claim. John Wilkinson of San Francisco had $50000 and was first to stake on El Dorado creek after Carmack’s Bonanza discovery. El Dorado dubbed richest of the two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle. Wash
Queen
J. B. Heacock
Yukon
John Wilkinson
San Francisco
Fe] Dorado Creek
George Carmack
el Dorado
Review of Trade signals cautious optimism amid strong business
Dun and Co reports 63.7 percent higher trade volume than last year and 75.5 percent above 1892. Failures total 169 in the United States and 24 in Canada, while exports of staples and rail traffic rise. Bank of England tightens lending. Europe and Mexico attract attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Tin Plate Company
Bank of England
Europe
United States
Canada
Deputies Seek 27 Over Refused Stay in Goings Case
Deputy Bert Brown and a posse left Antlers for Ali chi with warrants for 27 persons for contempt for refusing to grant a stay of execution on a writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Thomas in the case of William Goings known as Walla Tonka who was shot Thursday for murder. The warrants target the Wolf County sheriff Third Choctaw district district attorney judge clerk and several deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antlers
I. T
Bert Brown
Alikchi
Thomas Wednesday
William Goings
Walla Tonka
Wolf County
Third Choctaw
Bank cashier surrenders amid Middlesex shortage in Perth Amboy
George M Valentine, cashier of the Middlesex County Bank of Perth Amboy New Jersey, surrendered himself and was jailed over a bank shortage estimated between 165 000 dollars. The event shocked local business leaders who trusted the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George M. Valentine
Middlesex County Bank
Perth Amboy
N. J
Middlesex County
Eternal Hills
Immigration total for year tops 1896 levels at 314611
The fiscal year just closed saw the largest immigration stream since 1896 with 314 611 aliens landing in the United States, about 100 000 more than in 1898. Commissioner T W Powderly released the compiled returns from across the country detailing the yearly figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
T. W. Powderly
President Delays St Paul Trip to October
The president will postpone his trip to St Paul until October if Mrs McKinley's health prevents an earlier departure. He plans to attend the Chicago celebration in October and would extend the journey to the Twin Cities if the St Paul trip is moved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
St. Paul
Hatfield Surrenders to West Virginia Governor in Gray
Elias Hatfield son of Devil Anse Hatfield surrenders to Gov. Atkinson in Gray West Virginia following a shootout with Sheriff Ellis. Hatfield who killed a sheriff during the feud era seeks acquittal on self defense grounds amid mounting posse resistance in Kentucky mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Elias Hatfield
Anse” Hatfield
Atkinson
West Virginia
Gray
Hatfield
Ellis
Kentucky
More Victims of Pistols Rise Near New York
New York report shows eight deaths from lockjaw in and near the city on Thursday with twenty one deaths since July 4. Five new cases were reported and one fatality linked to Fourth of July pistol wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Rallies Open Young People Union Meet in Richmond
Delegates of the Baptist Young People's Union of America hold state rallies in Richmond churches. Dr. P B Henson of Chicago speaks on Disciples Indeed before a large audience as officers are elected for the next year. The ninth annual convention continues through Sunday at the exposition grounds auditorium with about 4000 attendees. Next year's gathering is set for Cincinnati after a pledge from the Business Men's league to cover costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Young People’s Baptist Union of America
P. B. Henson
Chicago
John H. Chapman
L. J. P. Bishop
New York
W. W. Garner
Atlanta
L. McNeil
Pasley
Ont
W. Reed
Wisconsin
Frank Moody
Baptist Young People’s Union of America
Exposition Grounds
The
Baptist Young People’s Union
Cincinnati
Business Men's League
Three-Cent Fares Adopted in Detroit Amid Municipal Ownership Debate
Detroit announces three-cent streetcar fares as a consumer lesson from Gov Pingree and Tom L Johnson. Three-cent tickets offer full fare as long as not withdrawn, fueling public opposition to selling Detroit street railways to the Detroit Municipal Railway Company and fears over costs and future ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
No Parole for Spaulding Continued in Illinois
The state board of pardons extended Charles W. Spaulding's parole application for one year. The Chicago banker, jailed in Joliet penitentiary for embezzlement, will remain imprisoned until October as the board holds one year’s imprisonment insufficient to fulfill the parole law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Jr
State Board of Pardons
Charles W. Spaulding
Chicago
Joliet
Spaulding
Drought Broken as Showers Reach Jim River Valley
The Jim river valley received substantial rainfall Wednesday breaking four days of heat. Wheat suffered severe damage with some fields beyond recovery, while rye and barley nearing harvest look fair. Corn shows good progress and escapes drought impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
Jim River Valley
Beet sugar law ruled unconstitutional by attorney general
Lansing authorities report Attorney General Oren informed Auditor General Dix that the one cent per pound beet sugar tax is unconstitutional. The auditor will deny beet sugar factories $24,000 for January and February sugar, with the constitutional question to be settled by the supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Oren
Auditor General
Dix
Supreme Court
Death by Own Hand of Noted Washington Landlord
Washington July 12 Charles E. Gibbs 41 a once prominent hotel man shot himself Tuesday afternoon in the city. Former proprietor of the Ebbittt house and later Wormsleys hotel the latter venture failed. Brunt of misfortune including his wife’s death is given as cause for the rash act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E. Gibbs
Ebbirtt House
Wormsley’s
Postponement in Anglo American High Joint Commission
Reliable reports from St Johns Newfoundland indicate indefinite postponement of discussions by the Anglo American high joint commission on disputes between the United States and Canada. Sir James Winter the premier does not expect to be summoned to Quebec before the new year in any event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johns
N. F
Anglo-American High Joint Commission
United States
Canada
James Winter
Quebec
Navy to honor Dewey with Manila Bay medal
The Navy Department has dispatched to Admiral Dewey the congressional medal commemorating the battle of Manila Bay. The admiral’s medal is identical to those sent to the fleet, with the exception that his own name is engraved on the edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Dewey
Congress
Manila Bay
Exceptio
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Ofkin
Young People’s Union
Far West
Miss Gould
Capt. Andrews
Strikers
Buffalo, Rochester & Leiah Gabobilateal Coal Company
O. T. Corson
Taylor
Paris Crear of the
Texas
Saya
Hrrondike
Review OF Trade
Dunn
Hatfield Surrenders
Finn
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