Wanamaker Offers $3 Million for Philadelphia Rail Franchises
Ex-Postmaster General John Wanamaker writes to Robert Foerderer offering $2.5 million to the city plus a personal bonus of $500,000 to Foerderer and associates for the city rail franchises. He argues the deal would fund Delaware river works and public schools, with terms to resume control after ten years and a plan for reduced streetcar fares. The letter defends the offer as a legitimate bonus for restoring property wrongfully obtained and denies any malicious intent.
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Philadelphia
Jane
Ashbridge
John Wanamaker
Robert H Foerderer
Foerderer
Alan
Delaware
Yau
PfoGt
Clir
Printing Pressmen Debate Militia Rule At Convention
Washington June 4 The printing pressmen in their International convention decided against joining military organizations preferring to retain individual independence. A motion to concur in a report favorable to the resolution was voted down. The convention also rejected a readjustment of presses’ pays with the Typographical Union.
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National Guard
Washington
Mon
Committee On Law
Inpels
Oss
Ais
Geler Center
Air Arnatives
Tia Americen
Publishera
Strikers Plan Rush of Mines Amid Tense West Virginia Crisis
In Matewan and surrounding towns coal fields face a growing strike crisis as union agents arrive and plan concerted action. A federal restraining order bars interference with six mines, while guards and police brace for potential clashes as non union workers risk eviction and a looming Monday confrontation.
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Matewan
W. Va
Juna
Thacker, Matewan and
Dingess
Miro
Sheriff Hatfields Sitl
Thia Wil No Dowbé
Parsersburg
John J. Jackson
United States Court
Enioining Lodge Noss
United Mine Workers of America
Hlat Top
Thacker
Meteor Earthshake Follows Brilliant Mexican Airfall
June 21 Tucapa Sonora reports the largest meteor in the region fell between Los Molina and Altara at 1 am. It lit the sky toward the southwest as the sun rose. Spanish paper Progresso notes locals near Altar felt a violent tremor, mistaking it for an earthquake. An expedition will search the Altar area to locate the impact site.
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Tucapa
Aziz
Pueblos of
Los Molina
Altara Sonora
Mexico
Tucson
Altar
Vanderbilt Directors Meet. Newman Reappointed Lake Shore President
New York June 21 The Vanderbilt railroad directorates met at Grand Central depot. The key action was the re election of Wilam F Newman as president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company and the election of W C Broad, formerly general manager of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy, as additional vice president and general manager of both the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and the Lake Erie and Western railroads.
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New York
Vanderbilt
Grand Central
Wilam F Newman
Leake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railway Company
W. C.browd
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Lake Erie and Western Railrads
Oil Excitement Rises in Montgomery Alabama
In Montgomery Alabama a mild oil excitement spreads as artesian wells dot the level country south of the city. At the Devade Nobie parcel three muled out, a small amount of petroleum emerges with the water. The owner has received several offers of options but plans to sink the well deeper at his own expense.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Devade Nobie
President Signs Commissions In Diplomatic and Army Appointments
Washington June 21 The president signed the commissions of appointees recently announced including diplomatic transfers West Virginia judicial nominations and a long list of second lieutenants in the regular army among them sixty denied men promoted to second lieutenancies. McKinley steady I reprieves. Washington Jane 2 Pitchy sant after his visit to Mrs McKinley today his patient continued to improve.
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Washington
West Virginia
Barker Found Guilty in Killing Attempt Case
In New York Arlington a jury found Thomas G. Barker guilty of shooting at Rev. John Keller, with the verdict unanimous. Barker faces up to seven years and a 2000 dollar fine, jailed on 10000 dollar bail pending sentencing and possible appeal to the supreme court.
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New York
Thomas G. Barker
Arlington
N. d
John Keiler
Barker
Keller
Erwin
Couran
Seeault
Supreme Court
Harker
TL Dia
Seaboard Air Line names new vice presidents in New York
At a Seaboard Air Line meeting in New York J William Middendort was elected third vice president and WE McBee the present general superintendent was elected fourth vice president. The board confirmed Nicholas P. Maher as general superintendent, currently division superintendent of the Norfolk and Western railway.
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Seaboard Air Line System
New York
Seaboard Air Line Railway
J William Middendort
J Wiliam Middendort & Co
Baltimore
WE McBee
Nicholas P. Maher
Norfolk and Western Railway
American Engine Combine Picks New Directors in New York
The American Locomotive Company stockholders met in New York on June 2 and elected directors Pliny Fisk George B. Sheldon RF Callaway W Seward Webb A J Pitkin J Bryan F H Stevens C Miller J E French G W Hoadley and L Echoonmaker. Officers chosen include President RF Callaway First Vice President A J Pitkin Second Vice President RJ Gross Secretary Leish Best Treasurer C B Denny Comptroller CH Patterson.
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New York
Amerian Locomotive Company
Pliny Fisk
George BR. Sheldon
RF. Callaway
W. Seward Webb
A. J Pitkin
J. Bryan
F. H. Stevens
C. Miller
J. E French
G. W. Hoadley
Ro Callaway
R J. Gross
Leish Best
C .B. Denny
C. Hi. Patterson
Mother and babes burned in lamp explosion tragedy
Rogers Texas June 2 Miley Calhoun and her three children burned to death when a kerosene can exploded as Mrs Calhoun filled a lamp a child struck a match triggering the blast Calhoun was badly burned. Indicted for wholesale lynching Alturas California June 21 Modee county grand jury indicts three men for murder in the May 30 lynching of Calvin Hall and others. Police Captain indicted New York June 1 grand jury indicts Captain John D Fosby for neglect of duty at a contentious anti crime station.
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Rogers
Tex
Alturas
Cal
Modee County
Calvin Hall
Three Seas
Daniel Yantis
Robert Leventon
Sam Hades
James W. Brown
Thersons
New York
Grand
Tonia
Pattee
John 1D Fostiby
Tornado devastates Nebraska families with seven killed
Reports from Stuart and nearby towns describe a tornado that struck at dusk, killing seven in one family and two in another, with multiple others fatally or seriously injured. The Greening family suffered two fatalities, including Margaret and Maggie, while Grace and Jacob Greening were among the injured. The Anderton and Anderson families also reported deaths and severe damage as communication failed. Clothes and belongings were torn away, and homes were demolished with horses and cattle killed by lightning. The storm followed bright sun six hours earlier, moving along the river and destroying all in its path.
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Omaha
Neb
Wnaper
Stuart
Jacob Greening
Grace Greening
Margaret Greening
Maggie Greening
John Greening
Anderton
Ida
Clara
Dauhter
Bertha
Theodore
August Anderson
Bowe
Jacob Berg
Metz
Greening
Anderson
Keya Pohs
Andersons
Greenings
Homeopathy group moves against Mrs Eddy doctrines
In Richfield Springs on June 21 Dr H R Stout of Jacksonville Fla spoke before the American Institute of Homeopathy on Christian Science as a menace to public health. Dr M Belle Brown of New York denied Christian Science is spreading among women who practice homeopathy. The institute is preparing united action against Mrs Eddy's doctrines, which recently labeled homeopathy as a stepping stone from allopathy to Eddyism.
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Institute
Eéay
Assassination of Former Japanese Minister Hoshi Toru
In Yokohama on June 2, Hoshi Toru formerly minister of communications and former president of the house was stabbed during a city assembly meeting and died shortly after. The killer, about fifty, is described as a man of good social standing. the motive is political.
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Yokohama
Hoshi Toru
Law
Tto
Hoshi Tor
Washington
House
Hoshi Tory
Navigation of United Kingdom shows shifts in shipping
A blue book from London dated June 21 reports Britain’s navigation in 1500. Inward shipping fell to 119,242 tons and outward by 28,600 tons, while foreign trade shipping rose, inward to 2,483,33 tons and outward to 2,470,678 tons. Agoneillo leaves his Paris apartment and returns to his homeland.
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United Kingdom
London
Fireworks store explosion devastates Paterson tenement
A Paterson four story frame building housed Abraham M. Rittenberg's fireworks shop on the ground floor. An unimaginable blast and subsequent fires killed many, injured dozens, and destroyed the structure. Rescue crews pulled charred remains, while a setup of smaller blasts followed the initial explosion. Firefighting efforts were hampered as upper floors collapsed burying Capt. Alten and two firefighters. Rittenberg likely faces arrest as investigators probe the catastrophe.
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Paterson
Abraham M. Rittenberg
Lucinds Adamson
Charles Williams
Harold Ritterberg
Henry Elsasser
Bert Bamberg
Charles Bamberg
Bamberg
Andrew Elvin
Mary Elsanser
Joseph Eivin
Burns
Clarence Burns
Anna Fontemann
Annie Lennigan
Langigan
J. Dessup
Jessup
Bamber
George Loder
Nicholas Hitman
Optom
Edward Slingiand
John McGlone
Rittenberg
Navy to use captured nene garenipe for coast survey
Washington June 21 Government plans to employ captured nene garenipe for coast survey work. Two ships, the Alvaredo and Sendoval, are down commission while one, Rar, has been at Annapolia. The Rar is ordered to move to Nor fale to begin survey work along the shore of North Gerona later.
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Washington
Navy
Alvaredo
Sendoval
Annapolia
Tina
Norfale
North Gerona
Mob Seizes Texas Train Headed for Trinity
Houston dispatch reports a special train carrying Houston rivairy company and Light Guard en route to Trinity to guard a black man named Spencer accused of attempting an outrage. A mob surrounds the soldiers to prevent escape. Twenty nine soldiers guard Spencer inside a schoolhouse while several hundred townspeople protest. Captain McCormick vows to protect the prisoner at all hazards.
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Houston
Tex
Houston Rivairy Company
Light Guard
Trinity
Spencer
McCormick
No Yellow Jacek in Havana Quarantine Eased
Havana reports no yellow fever for nearly two months and no cases on the island. Major Glen non of the marine hospital corps recommends lifting quarantine for Cuban passengers headed to northern ports as southern boards oppose entry of non-immunes despite no recent cases. The move would reopen northern U S ports while Cuba remains free of new infections.
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Havana
Glennon
Marine Hospital Corps
Cuba
Maryland
Boards of Health of
New York
United States
Cailles to Yield Monday in Luzon military move
General Cailles, insurgent commander in Laguna with many riflemen, is near Pasanjan a day from Santa Cruz. He plans to surrender Monday and assist in bringing in Malvar, whom he acknowledges as his superior officer.
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Malvar
Manila
Cailles
Laguna Province
Pasanjan
Santa Cruz
Laguna de Bay
Gaules
Monéar
Four Men Held in Death of Officer DeBray in West End
A murder case in Atlanta links Erwin to the fatal shooting of Officer DeBray. A key witness, A. L. Williams, a contractor, identified Erwin as the shooter after standing near the scene. Three suspects Jim Br Win, Hw Loyd, and Tor Siammond remain jailed, with Isaac Hammond corroborating some accounts. Rewards totaling 700 dollars were approved by city officials to aid capture and conviction.
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DeBray
West End
Jim Br Win
Hw Loyd
Tor Siammond
Ieaac T Hammond
Offer DeBray
Erwin
Jim Loyd
Tom Hammord
Isaac
Tom
Jim Erwin
Williams
Sandtown Road
Gorton Street
Willams
Jennings
Gordon Street
Wilaros
Wil
Yanis
Isaac Hammond
Jase
Ervin
Lfe
Luck
Pearinn
Waylay
Kil
Peters Street
Arelock
English
Police Board
Hall
Candler
Mima
PeBray
Mre Deter
Mims
Courcil
Cty
Atlanta
Fee Gt
DeBrays
Pete Fieeho
Weer
DoBra
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Wiling
City
Wanamaker
Militia
United States Circuit Court
Matewar
Jackson
United Mine Workers
Earth
Newman
Lake Shore Railroad
John Kelley
Mas
McBeh
American Engine Combine
Christian Science
Agoneillo
Philippines
Paris
Aguinardy
Marneilles
Don Dooley
Alten
Ritenverg
DE Bray
Officer de Bray
Texas
Jacek
A. T. Williams
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