Leaders and delegates arrive at capital in tight race
Columbus Ohio July leaders and delegates reach the capital for the state convention with Kilbourne’s gubernatorial nomination assured. Contesting delegates from Montgomery Union Portage and Butler counties challenge credentials while reformers push for reorganization around McLean Johnson and Kilbourne factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
McLean
Jomeon
James Kilbourne
Montgomery
Union
Portage
Bviler
State Central Committee
Colonel Kilbourne
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
J. R McLean
Johnson
Cuyahoga
Jones
Toledo
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Cherie
R-Ser
Futon Firmbeate Fera Cleveland
Committee On Resoilutions
Baker
Palmer and
Buckner
Judge Harmon
Grover Cleveland
Harlan Cleveland
United States District Attorney
J L. Zimmerman
J. C.welty
Isaac B. Sherwood
A W. Patrick
Kilbourne
Zimmerman
EB. M. Heisley
Joseph Poe
Anthony Howells
C. H Peeples
Dennis Donavin
B. Smith
William Denman
John Cassaday
Mayor Hoskins
Supreme Court
E. B. Finley
Joseph Hidy
W Courtwright
G. M. Stoltzgardner
Frank Southard
Edward Dempsey
F. 3. Monnett
H. A. Mykrantz
B. M. McCarthy
M. Cc. Burns
P. P. Aleshire
Ad. H. Morris
Justus D. Smoots
David Fisher
Franklin BP. Edison
Board of Public Works
James Holman
Frederick Leete
TD. Paul
Pleasant Day at McKinley Home Aides Restful Outlook
Canton Ohio July 7 A quiet pleasant day is reported at the McKinley home with President McKinley and Mrs McKinley and Mrs Barber visiting West Lawn cemetery to place flowers on the graves of the McKinley children and relatives. They spent the afternoon at home on the porch enjoying a cool breeze while Mrs McKinley’s condition remains favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Canton
McKinley
Barber
West Lawn Cemetery
Attendance at Exposition Near Two Million Mark
Buffalo July 7 The Pan American Exposition attendance to date is 1 779 868 It is believed July and August will push total above five million September and October will supply the rest of the ten million The event will recoup costs from eight million paid admissions and concession revenues President McKinley will visit in September with a Freient’s day planned in his honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
McKinley
Freient
Outwitted by the robbers in Wagner train hold up
Anaconda Mont July 7. Special dispatches report slim chances the Fergus County posse will catch the robbers who held up the Great Northern express train at Wagner last Wednesday. The pursuers have been outwitted and the criminals remain at large.
Emperor William Addresses Prince Estel Frederick Entry
Potsdam July 7 Emperor William spoke at the entrance of Prince Estel Frederick into the First Guards regiment. He said the noblest task is defense of the fatherland, the noblest weapon the sword, and the finest uniform the Prussian soldier. He urged an earnest, ironlike soldier, loyal to discipline and traditions. He added the son should be responsible only to God and his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potsdam
Estel Frederick
William
Potedam
XHENLOHE ON THE EMPEROR Prince Hohenlohe letters revealed
Berlin notes that Emperor William received deep sympathy from royal houses including Emperor Nicholas after Prince Hohenlohe's death. The Times Paris correspondent De Elowitz cites confidential letters portraying William as restless and omnivorous in aims, with remarks on the Jameson telegram and his self described burden as imperial chancellor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeBlowitz
Berlin
Emperor William
Prince Hohenlohe
Nicholas
London
Prince Hohenliche
Times
Paris
M de Elowitz
William
Minister cites Chinese deadlock due to excess authority
Pekin July 7. A minister from a great power told the Associated Press that committees overstepped in handling China and promised terms other ministers later rejected. He cited the commercial issue and most favored nation clauses as a major stumbling block that must be eliminated for progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Associated Press
China
Claus
Cuban Electoral Law Stalemate Delays Constitution
In Havana on July 7 the Cuban constitutional convention stalled over the electoral law as delegates were mostly absent. Conservatives push for a plural vote for property holders and professionals, while radicals oppose. Some argue to wait for U S approval before drafting laws based on the constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Havana
Washington
Pierre Lorillard Dies at 68 After English Derby Triumph
New York July 7 Pierre Lorillard died this afternoon at the Fifth Avenue hotel after traveling from Europe aboard the Deutschland. He leaves a wife, son Pierre Lorillard Jr and daughters Mrs T Suffern Taylor and Mrs William T Kent. He founded Tuxedo Park, built a fortune in tobacco, and was the first American to win the English Derby with Parole and Iroquois. His estate is valued in the tens of millions. Greenwood burial set for Grace Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pierre Lorillard
Lorillard
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Deutschland
Europe
Mr Lorillard
T. S Tafler
William Kent
Pierre Lotilard, Jr
Pierre Lorillard II
Lorillar
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-sixth Street
Atlantic
Tuxedo
Pierre Lorillard, Jr
T. Suffern Taylor
William T. Kent
London
Inhuman Atrocities Alleged by Boers Describe by Mail
London reports in The Daily Mail quotes from Vinktonten dispatches alleging Boers used martinis to kill wounded and dead, turning over bodies to check for life then shooting them. The Daily Mail protests censorship of these sensational details.
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London
Daily Mail
Vinkionten
Dairy Mail
Williamson man fatally harms wife and injures child then escapes
Sylvester Green of McDowell County fatally wounds his wife with a sharp object and assaults his child with a rock after his wife refuses him money to gamble. He fled to Kentucky after the attack, a serious case pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
W Va
Sylvester Green
McDowell County
Green
Kentucky
Why the town was burned and Filipino treachery alleged
A letter from Private John E Watson details the burning of a Filipino town linked to Captain A. Rowan. Insurgents planned a massacre during the captain’s presumed death. Corporal Daly was killed by a spy. About 100 men fought in the bush, fifty insurgents died, a dozen captured were killed escaping, and the town was burned with a few Filipinos killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kas
Rowan
John E Watson
Jaqua
Bahul Island
Captain Rowan
Corporal Daly
Daly
Iit
Fight at a Negro Dance Near Index Arkansas
News from Texarkana reports a deadly melee after a dance near Index nine miles north, leaving two men dead and two wounded. The incident occurred at Little River county across the river from Index after a dance at a nearby location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ark
Index
Here
Kansas City Southern Railway
Little River County
Open lands for settlement under Indian ceded lands proclamation
Washington July 7 President McKinley opens ceded Indian lands to settlement under the homestead laws. Registrations start August 10 at Reno and Lawton land offices for Wichita, Comanche Kiowa and Apache cessions with a drawing to determine entry order during the first sixty days after opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McKinley
United States
Reno
Lawton
Hhimeel
Ig One
Bat
Hi Reno
United States Land Office
Okla
Secretary of the Interior
Evangelical Endeavor Week Draws Large Cincinnati Attendance
Cincinnati July 7 The Christian Endeavorers gather across the city with three morning meetings in large churches and three simultaneous afternoon evangelistic sessions in Music Hall. Notable talks include Rev Charles M Sheldon and Rev J C Blackburn. Attendance runs high, with 10 000 visitors expected and many staying for post meeting services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles M. Sheldon
Topeka
Kans
Music Hall
AF. Swengel
York, Pa
J. C. Blackburn
Covington
F. H Jacobs
Brooklyn
John Hillis
Greencastle
Ind
William Phillips Hall
New York City
Hall
Christ
Au Gitarium Williston
John Willis Baer
Boston
Perry B. Foster
Washington
Grace W. Beeman
Dayton
Margaret Koch
Waterville
Rhena Mosher
Westfield
Ohio
Clarence E H. Eberman
Lancaster
H. C. Lincoln
Philadelphia
William H Shaw
Kate H. Haus
St. Louis
Frances E Clark
Clark
Christian Endeavor
German Christian Endeavor Society
Philippus Church
Great Loss at Versailles Fire Destroys Versailles Town
Versailles Ohio July 7 a major fire destroyed nearly the entire business district and about fifty homes in a blow that may exceed several hundred thousand dollars in damage Insurance runs around sixty thousand with officials counting many buildings and residents left homeless Telegraph and electric service were wrecked and several people suffered non fatal burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio City
Versailles
Ohio
Hawk & Fehnestock
Gasoline Tank Explodes Killing W E Fitzgerald
Gasoline tank in the cellar of W E Fitzgerald’s country house at Lake Nagawicka exploded Saturday night. Fitzgerald died today from severe burns and his coachman William Grunwald lies in a dying condition. Fitzgerald was president of Milwaukee Dry Dock Co and managing director of American Ship Building Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
W. E. Fitzgerald
W E Fitzgerald
Lake Nagawicka Lake
Accident to Automobile near Coldwater injures two men
Rochester N Y July 7 Professor J M Porter head of civil engineering Lafayette college Easton Pa and M L West machinist riding in an automobile from Cleveland to Heston fell down a steep embankment near Coldwater last night severely injured Porter was scalded before he could escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
J. M. Porter
Lafayette College
Easton
M. L West
Cleveland
Heston
Coldwater
Porter
Poisoned Lemonade Sickens Ada I T Three Children Die
Ardmore Oklahoma July 7 Several persons were poisoned at Ada today by drinking lemonade. Three children are reported dead and many seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
I. T
Ardmore
Weather Across Nation Sees Cool Spell With Varying Heat
Washington reports cooler conditions across much of the country east of the Mississippi as a northwest low pressure system favors warmth elsewhere. Highs ranged from the 70s in New England to the 100s in Salt Lake, with Washington spiking to 88 before a 20 degree drop after a heavy thunderstorm.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Mississippi
Northwest
Middle Atlantic
New England
Atlanta
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
St. Paul
St Louis
Memphis
New Orleans
New York
Bismarck
Omaha
Salt Lake
Davenport
Denver
Kansas City
Little Hock
Reassured Shopmen Welch Reads Good Faith Promise
Philadelphia and Reading Railway acts to calm deadlock after Baer’s Europe trip. Welch, acting president, announces contracts will be honored and orders implying bad faith were misunderstood. Shop workers who applied Monday July 8 will receive wages due for Friday and Saturday July 5 and 6. John L Welch, President Pro, signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
President Baer
Europe
Mr Welch
Baer
Reading
Rey Gay
John L Welch
Schwab Spotted At Oriental Hotel Manhattan Beach
New York July 7 The Journal and Advertiser reports Charles M Schwab was at the Oriental hotel in Manhattan Beach yesterday and left last evening He declined to comment on the steel talks A Morgan steel insider said a conference is planned in Pittsburgh between employees of two companies and their unions backed by United States Steel Corporation if demands are not met
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Journal and Advertiser
Charles M Schwab
Oriental
Manhattan Beach
Schwab
Morgan Steel
The
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Executors Decide to Settle in Battle Over Will
In New York on July 7 the Journal and Advertiser reports that executors of Jacob S Rogers’s will will bring the heirs versus the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York for the $3000,000 locomotive builder’s estate before the prerogative court at Trenton New Jersey. Executor William Pennington said the move aims to avoid long litigation and secure court orders for handling and investing funds, prompting a Chancery Court filing to expedite the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
New York
Journal and Advertiser
Jacob S Rogers
Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York
Trenton
N. J
Wiliam Pennington
Artist Eva Reed Fatally Struck Near Louisiana Missouri
Miss Eva M. Reed, 45, assistant librarian at the Missouri Botanical Garden and noted botanical writer, was killed while sketching on Burlington rails about a mile and a half from Louisiana Missouri. She had served as indexer and assistant librarian for over ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva M. Reed
Missouri
St Louisa
Burlington Railway
Lousiana
Insour Botancal Garden
Heed
Missouri Botanical Garden
Shortage of Cars Puzzles Railroads in Wheat Move
Kansas City July 7 A car shortage slows wheat marketing as harvest advances and railroads struggle to handle the early movement. One railway contracted for 1,60 new cars this month amid brisk western grain trade. Irrigation Law Declared Constitutional In Kansas Topeka July 7 The state supreme court upholds the irrigation law and the Pawnee Lake project, enabling Barton county scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas
Topeka
Kans
State Supreme Court
Pawnee Lake and Irrigation Company
Barton County
Coal barons plan nationwide control of transport
Philadelphia dispatch states the North American will report a plan to divide coal traffic east of the Mississippi among lines owned by the Pennsylvania railroad Vanderbilt and Morgan interests. The Pennsylvanias and Vanderbilts would haul all bituminous coal while Morgan roads control anthracite. Consolidation is under way with Pittsburg Coal Tilinota Fairmount among participants. total capitalization around 940 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
North American Tomorrow
Mississippi River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Vanderbilt
Morgan
Pennsylvania
Vanderbilt Nes
Morgan Roads
Tennessee
Mississippi
Pittsburg Coal Company
Tilinota Coal Company
Illinois
Indiana
Fairmount Coal Company
West Virginia
Discharge of Twelve Men Complicates Steel Labor Talks
Pittsburg July 7 A disruption may affect the wage scale conference between the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers and Short Steel and Steel Hoop Companies. Twelve men discharged at Wellaville plant, reportedly for union activity, prompt an advisory board ruling and a call for a strike, signaling President Shafer’s stance on universal scale signing. The conference of the mills is expected to open Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tir
Short Steel and Steel Hoop Companies
Wellaville
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
National Steel signs steel scale for Mingo Junction plant
The National Steel Company, a United States Steel subsidiary, signed the special steel scale for the Mingo Junction Ohio plant, its first scale signature, signaling acceptance of the continuous clause for all mills. Last night in Steubenville the La Belle Iron Company scale for puddlers and bar iron men was also signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Great Corporation
Pittsburg
National Steel Company
United States Steel Corporation
Mingo Junction
Carnegie Works
Steubenville
Seale
la Belle Iron Company
Bar
Wrecking Steamers Bring McPherson to New York
Two Merritt and Chapman wrecking steamers arrived from Matanzas with the United States transport McPherson. The vessel ran aground February 4 eleven miles west of Matanzas and required nearly five months of repair. Holes in the hull repeatedly opened due to weather. The McPherson was hauled off June 1 to Matanzas, then loaded for sea after a month of preparation. The three steamers sailed June 30 for New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
McPherson
Merritt & Chapman
Matanzas
United States
Unconstitutional Inquisition Law Test in Fort Scott
In Fort Scott on July 7 a jury acquitted Dana Campbell an attorney summoned under the state new liquor law authorizing county attorneys to summon witnesses. Campbell refused to testify after being arrested, amid a crusade led by Mrs Nation against the law. The case labeled the inquisition law unconstitutional and tied to enforcement of liquor provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
Mra
Dana Campbell
Three More Die From Circus Train Accident In Germany
Berlin reports confirm additional fatalities from the Barnum Bailey circus train wreck near Beuthen Upper Silesia. John Waldson William Waldson and John Smith died of injuries, joining William Smith and CHAH Felton. Several others including David Adam George Illart Stephen Brett Leo Bene and C. H. Thum remain hospitalized in Beuthen in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
William Smith
Chah Felton
John Waldson
William Waldson
John Smith
Heuthen
Upper Silesia
David Adlam
George Illart
Stephen Brett
Leo Bene
C. H. Thum
Beuthen
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Robbres
God and
Father
Xhenlohe
Orine
Hohenlohe
Millionaire
Sermund
Weather Bureau
Shh
Vanderbilt and Morgan Lines
Tury
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