Delegates Gather for Southern Industrial Convention in Philadelphia
Southern Industrial Association opens its convention in Philadelphia with governors mayors and national figures like Hoke Smith and Wu Ting Fang expected to address attendees. Sessions run through Friday featuring tours on the Delaware River and discussions on southern resources and industrial progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Southern Industris
HH. Hargrove
Southern Industrial Association
Stone
Asheridge
Theodore C. Search
Jean H. Converse
John F. Tawls
Wargrove
A. H. Longino
Mississippi
J W. Rigens
Waco
Tex
Delaware River
Hon Hoke Smith
Atlanta
South
Robert C. Ogden
Southern Educational Conference
Wu Ting Fang
Tetsuero Inumura
Department of Commerce and Agriculture
Japan
McKinley for a Third Term Advocate Says Re‑Election Feasible
Cincinnati June 9 Congressman Charles H Grosvenor declares there is no unwritten law against a third term for McKinley. He lauds McKinley as the most popular president in years and argues Washington’s fear of defect led to the tradition.
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Grosvenor
Cincinnati
McKinley
Charles H. Grosvenor
McKinle
Washington
United States
The
Times
Wreck on Vestal Claims Five Killed and Seven Injured
A Vestal collision on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western last night killed five men and injured seven, with trainmen among the survivors. The engine and freight cars were destroyed, and wreckage blocked lines as rescuers freed victims amid shattered homes and windows in Vestal and Union. Names reported include John P. Kelly head brakeman, R. Polhamus conductor, Elmer Polhamus trainman, John Colter fireman, and Fred Witherby fireman. several injured later recovered.
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Binghamton
Killel
Vestal
John P. Kelly
R. Polhamus
Elmer Polhamus
John Colter
Fred Witherby
Delaware, Lackawanna
Western Allroad
Wild Cat
No. Fi
Vestal and
Union
Fitzhugh Lees Son Wounded in Philippines Battle
Manila June 10. In a battle with insurgents at Lipa Batangas Lieutenant Anton Springer Twenty first Infantry was killed Captain William H Wohelm also of the Twenty first Infantry Lieutenant Charles Ramsay and Lieutenant Fitzhugh Ue Jr and five enlisted men were wounded in the action.
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Manila
Lipa
Batangas
Anton Springer
Twenty-first Infantry
William H. Wohelm
Charles Ramsay
Fitzhugh Ue. Jr
Change for the better Mrs McKinley rallies hope rises
Washington reports a slight improvement in Mrs McKinley's health as doctors say she passed a comfortable night and continues to improve though the case remains grave. Dr Rixey makes tri daily visits and a long drive accompanies the update while officials and cabinet members leave cards expressing sympathy.
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Washington
McKinley
California
Rixey
Charles Emory Smith
Long
Miles
Cowles
Navy
Banger
Shriners to Open 27th Imperial Council Meeting in KC
Kansas City prepared for the twenty seventh annual Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine gathering. Shriners from across the country will attend a four day program featuring parades concerts and exhibitions at Exposition Park and Convention Hall. Philip Shaffer of Philadelphia is expected to be elected imperial potentate.
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Imperial Council of Mystic Shrine
Kansas City
Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine
Kansas City Club
Convention Hall
Exposition Park
Cliens
Mecca
Philip Shaffer
Philadelphia
Refused to Dismiss Wedge in Siegel Sanders Case at Kansas City
Judge Gib son in the circuit court refused to dismiss Utley Wedge, receiver of the Siegel Sanders Live Stock Company, upon minor stockholders request. Wedge was appointed ten weeks ago on Frank Rockefeller's application, with stockholders alleging bias in adjusting affairs. Siegel has been arrested for misappropriation exceeding $100,000, and Rockefeller testified about blank guarantees later used in a $750,000 sum.
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Fudge Gibson
Kansas City
Gibson
Utley Wedge
Siegil- Sanders Live Stock Commission Company
Wedge
Frank Rockefeller
Cleveland
Rockefeller
Siegel
Frm
They Should Keep Up Studies Benjamin Wheeler Says
Benjamin Ide Wheeler urges that army officers remain in study while in service. He commended West Point but called for ongoing professional education through periodic study and longer fellowships abroad, recommending a four to six month furlough every four years to study foreign military methods.
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Benjamin Wheeler
West
New York
United States
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
NLY
University of California
West Point
United States Military Academy
Wheeler
France
Germany
Russia
Fatal bicycle collision kills Clyde man in New York
Ernest Smith, 33, confidential assistant to Clyde steamship General Traffic Manager T. B. Eger, died of a fractured skull after a head on collision with a bicycle on Eighty sixth Street near Central Park West. The other rider, described as a burly negro, fled the scene. Smith was unconscious since Thursday morning and died in an uptown hospital. Police seek the other cyclist. Smith worked for Clyde Line twelve years. Paris Steeplechase winner Calabrate led a four mile race at Saint-Cloud before crowds cheering President Lourdt.
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New York
Ernest Smith
T. B. Eger
Clyde Steamshine
Eighty-sixth Street
Central Park
Weet
Smith
Taft Explains Tax Payments in Philippine Province
Manila June 9 The Philippine commission returned from Nueva Bella where Captain Jacob Kreps governed San Isidro as governor with Lt Day treasurer and Lt Lyles supervisor. Judge Taft outlined funding via internal taxes if customs powers are limited and warned free trade could raise land values and taxes. Northern tour postponed. Insurgent activity noted with six killed and twenty three captured near Atimonan. General Calles surrenders rumor denied.
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Manila
Philippine Commission
Nueva Bella
Luzon
San Isidro
Jacob KH. Kreps
Twenty-second Infantry
Richard C. Day
Thirty-fourth Volunteer Infantry
Dewitt C. Lyles
Taft
Washington
United States
American Astronomical Commission
Sumatra
Wray
Sorsogan
Atimonan
Tayahas
Callles
Platt Amendment May Be Accepted by Cuban Convention
Havana conservatives in the constitutional convention expect the Platt amendment to be accepted. Several radicals may join the Fifteen delegates who previously voted in favor. Outside pressure and changed radical views push toward adoption to settle Cuban affairs. The convention meets in secret tomorrow with a vote expected after several days.
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Havana
Washington
Chinese Joy As Court Plans Pekin Return In September
Chinese express satisfaction at the court's intention to return to Pekin in September. Foreign troops except the legal guards are to withdraw by mid September. Japan may pull back once other powers evacuate. General Voyron orders leave a brigade in China. French transports head home. Britain to complete departure by September end with ten transports to India.
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Pekin
Legation
Japan
Notce
Voyron
China
India
Apostolic Delegation Jurisdiction Targeted for Cuba and Philippines
Reports from Rome say Cardinal Gibbons, in talks with Cardinal Rampalla and Archbishop Nozaleda, aims to extend the apostolic delegation’s jurisdiction from Washington to Cuba and the Philippines while also settling Philippine church property issues. A fire in Menasha, Wisconsin, gutted the Menasha Wood Spit Company works, causing about 360000 in losses with 200000 insured. rebuilding is doubtful.
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Wackington
Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Rampalla
Btrte
Monelgncr Nozaleda
Manila
Sind
Philippines
Cuba
Washington
Henasha
Wic
Menasha
Wis
Menasha Wond Spit
Death by his own act of Major W H Daly on Miles staff
Major W H Daly surgeon on General Miles Porto Rico staff shot himself in the temple. Body found by housekeeper Miss Mary Short in a bathroom, revolver on floor, death several hours old. Dr Daly, 59, widower, insomnia and sleepless nights suspected. General Miles mourns the loss and recalls Daly’s wartime service and duties.
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Pittsburg
W. H. Daly
Miles
Porto Rico
Mary Short
Foster
Ones
Miss Short
Daly
Washington
Dr. Daly
Charles BR. Greenleaf
Former Monticello Cashier Sears Ends Life Jumping From Windmill
A Monticello Wisconsin special reports that John F Sears former cashier of the Bank of Monticello was found dead June 28 at the windmill on his farm, believed to have committed suicide amid financial embarrassment. Bank directors sought examinations, creditors grew uneasy, and Sears left debts around forty four thousand dollars with assets about two thousand. He also led a creamery company.
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Sears
Monticello
Wis
Milwaukee
Jobn F. Sears
Bank of Monticels
More Stolen Gold Found in Mineral Point Vault Near Hotel
The Sentinel reports $13,000 more gold coin stolen from the First National bank in May has been recovered. Detectives traced the treasure to a earth vault in a common outhouse behind the City hotel, near where prisoner Stoward Joles boarded. Detective Shipley dragged out five bags containing $9,000 and $1,000, $1,000, $1,000, with $5,000 in currency still missing.
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Mineral Point
Milwaukee
Wis
Mineral Foint
First National Bank
City Hotel
Stoward Joles
Shipley
St. Louis
Independence Sails Cup Defender Shines In Light Breeze
The Independence performed a short sail in moderate wind off Boston this afternoon. The yacht showed speed and windward skill, maintaining an average of about 5 points and improving by roughly twenty seconds in tacking and pace.
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Boston
Independence
Amooth
Headless Woman Found Near Chelmsford Centre Mass
A headless female body, about twenty, was found two miles from Chelmsford Centre in a lonely spot this afternoon. E. E. Hildreth, farm superintendent, and William Baker located the body. a search for the head was unsuccessful.
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Chelmsford Centre
Mass
Lowell
E. E. Hildredth
Willam Baker
Chelmsford
Boer Relief Fund Appeals From Pretoria Missionary
Rev H D Von Brockhuizen and his brother Dr H J Von Brockhuizen arrived in New York to raise funds for Boer women and children in refugee camps run by the British. He described camps as horrible with appalling death rates and insufficient food, citing official reports and claiming the Boer army is growing and armed with Lee Metford rifles and buried ammunition.
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New York
H. D. von Brockhuizen
Pretoria
South Africa
Volksraad
Kruger
H. J. von Brockhuizen
Orange Free State
von Brockhuteen
Maxwell
von Brockhuizen
Ronald PB. McKenzie
Von
Court Held in Grove at Galena Murder Hearing
Two thousand spectators crowd a grove where Mrs Stallion and relatives face preliminary murder charges in the death of Alice Stallion. The proceeding, under a tree with two justices, draws wide attendance as authorities guard the defendants amid threats. The body of the 16 year old may be exhumed for ballistic and assault inquiry.
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Galena
John Stallion
James Crabtree
Frank
Charles Crabtree
Alice Stallion
Rockefeller Gift Placed in Hands of Medical Men
Dr H F Blager Kansas City says John D Rockefeller has funded medical research through renowned scientists from Columbia Johns Hopkins Penn Chicago and other institutions. They will review the field and advise practical steps while Rockefeller remains silent on the plan. He also notes English TB controls and Buffalo cancer origins as related efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Chicago
Stocketeler
Bleger
Pan American Exposition reports strong May attendance and editor visit
The Pan American Exposition executive committee on admissions issues a favorable May financial report showing average crowd expenditure of 11 cents per capita, up from 1 cent in May at the start of the fair. Total admissions reach 15,492 as large Sunday attendance is recorded. On June 12 editor and publisher visitors, including about 1900 from the National and state press groups, will attend meetings at the Temple of Music with Sousa, the Mexican Artillery band, and other musical entertainments.
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Buffalo
Department of Admissions
Buchanan
National Balterial Association
Temple of Music
Sousa
President Diaz
Mexico
Hnea
Broker Cage Dies At Wife Bedside In Kokomo
Kokomo Indiana June 1 Cage a well known Kokomo broker was summoned to his wife Su s bedside as she neared death from consumption He arrived to find her dying and collapsed dead himself from paralysis of the brain Mrs Cage witnessed his collapse The note adds a Labor assembly forecast of a general factory resume around September 1 in Mineola Indiana and windows glass blowers prepare to restart nationwide.
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Cage
Kokomo
Ind
Sue
Mra. Cage
Minele
Indune
Labor Assembly
United States
Meere
Fire guns in the air to ward off hail in France
Professor Wills T. Moore challenges foreign hail protection schemes, saying weather events are too vast to be controlled. He warns Americans against adopting cannon firing for hail or frost defense, noting past U S rainmaking failures and urging counteraction of imported delusions.
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Monre
Washington
United States
Lyon
France
Wills T. Moore
Weather Bureau
Wilson
Europe
Consul Covert
They mobbed the motorman in Chicago riot
Rioters attacked a streetcar during a religious Italian procession at Eighteenth and Clark streets. Windows were smashed, a man injured, and officers from the Twenty-second Street station intervened to protect the motorman and conductor as order was restored amid intense fighting.
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Chicago
Eighteenth and
Clark Streets
WILL STRIKE ON JULY FIRST Nine Hour Day Demanded by Chicago Woodworkers
Members of the Amalgamated Woodworkers union in Chicago vote to strike starting July 1 if wage scales and a nine hour day are not granted. Workers in saloon, store and office fixture making oppose a proposal offering $2 for cabinet makers and machine hands, $1.50 for finishers for nine hours, claiming a 10 percent cut from last year. About two thousand workers would be affected in the action.
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Chicago
Amalgamated Woodworkers Union
Stratton Redeems Mine For Tebor Widow In Leadville
Leadville, June 9. Stratton the Cripple Creek mine owner has redeemed the Mateh lesa mine for the widow of late Senator Tabor. Years ago Senator Tabor lent money to Stratton when he was a poor miner and Stratton remembers this. The sheriff sale completed months ago and final title will pass on July 4. Stratton plans to exploit the property deeper and aid the widow's interests amid ongoing efforts to salvage the Mine.
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Tebor
Leadville
Col
Winfield
Stratton
Cripple Creek
Matehlesa
Iate
Tabor
Tatar
Senator Taber
Not So Large as Reported Fortune Found in New Haven
It now appears that the fortune reported to be discovered by William Warner of New Haven amounted to 8400 dollars instead of 296000 as previously stated. Arthur Warner of this city, manager of a local plumbing establishment, was the finder.
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New Haven
Conn
William Warner
Arthur Warner
Fe Tocal Plumbing Establishment
Officer Quinn Shot Times in Peachtrea Street Standoff
Private J L Barry from Fort McPherson drew a pistol on Patrolman J F Quinn on Marietta near Peachtrea streets, firing four shots and grazing the ear, thumb, and coat. Quinn defended himself with a club, disarmed Barry, and the scene drew a large crowd before both men were taken to hospital and custody.
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J. L. Barry
Fort McPherson
J. 4. Quinn
Marietta
Peachtrea
Jim
Quinn
Grady Hospital
J. L Barry
Company A
United States
Barry
Marty
Recorder
Rat
Marietta Street
Peachtree Street
Aos
Don
Quint
Fred
Omeer Quinn
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the Independence Sails
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