Washington News Briefs Highlight Army, Postal Pay Increases
President Rickinley accepts Grand Army of the Republic invitation for Chicago encampment. War Department orders return of Second Fifth and Eighth Infantry from Cuba, likely taking days. Postal Service raises salaries for 3155 railway mail workers. 96 chief clerks gain 200 yearly. Patent Office reports 1358228 cash receipts and 26540 patents. 6354 troops to the Philippines prepare for possible China deployment to relieve volunteers.
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Rickinley
Grand Army of the Republic
Chicago
War Department
United States
Cuba
Post Office Department
Duell
Patent Office
Philippines
China
Fall River Cotton Mills Vote to Shut 4 Weeks
The Fall River Cotton Manufacturers Committee voted to recommend a four week mill shutdown amid a 2,000,000 spindle curtailment. The plan foresees a loss of about $500,000 in wages for 19,000 operatives as production drops to match reduced demand.
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Fall River
Mass
Riverside
Elmwood Beach
Buffalo
N. Y
Hickory Reef
Grand Island
West Point
N. Y.) Military Academy
Christian Endeavor
Boston
Francis FE. Clark
United Society of Christian Endeavor
United Christian Party
United States
Clark
Hoboken
N. J
Jersey City
Webster, Macs
Webster & Dudley Street
Worcester & Webster Road
Canada
Scranton
John Jermyn
Fire destroys Cramp Shipbuilding plant building in Kensington
Fire broke out early on the morning of the 8th at the Cramp Shipbuilding Co plant in Kensington Pa. The angle building, 209 feet long, was completely destroyed and the loss is set at 200000 dollars.
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Cramp Shipbuilding Co
Kensington
Angle
Excommunication of Rene Villatte Reveals Vatican Rift
The pope excommunicates Rene Villatte former head of the Old Catholics in the United States after his submission to Rome was announced years ago. The report notes his separation from church authority and implications for American Catholic factions.
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Rene Villatte
Mexico
International Congress of American Republics
Republic
Three
Americas
Gen. Dodds
China
Manila
James S. Pettit
Thirty-first Volunteer Infantry
Presidente Medell
Zamboanga
Juan Ramos
Medell
Baltimore to San Francisco armored train move noted
A special Bethlehem Steel ordnance train left on the 9th carrying 130 tons of finished armor for the transport Wyoming, now nearing completion for service in the Orient. In New York City marine and fire insurers will not pursue a formal Hoboken fire investigation, nor advance rates. Gen Greely seeks telegraph operators for the Philippines and China. Fall River cotton mills agree to four weeks of curtailment. American Sugar Refining Co reports ten point advance in refined sugars. Personal estate of the late Vice President Hobart valued at 26,28941. John L. Pennington, former Dakota governor and Alabama journalist, dies at 75. Dr Henry D. Cogswell dies at 80, famed for public fountains and prohibition work. Dutch duck owners’ strike in Rotterdam involves soldiers shot at. troops and warships deployed. Virginia Coal and Coke clerks strike at Middlesboro.
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Bethlehem
Philippines
China
Greely
Fall River
Wass
Nnlls
American Sugar Refining Co
Trosbart
Taterson
Hobart
John LK. Pennington
Dakota Territory
Tiss
Vae Niston
Ala
Oxford
Henry D. Cogswell
San Francisco
Union
Carmen
Rotterdam
Holland
Virginia Coal and Coke Co
Middlesboro
Roosevelt Visits McKinley in Canton for Ovation
In Canton July 7 crowds packed the McKinley yard and adjacent streets to greet President McKinley and Gov. Roosevelt on the first meeting of the Republican presidential and vice presidential nominees since the Philadelphia convention. McKinley and Roosevelt spoke briefly before retreating inside as the crowd clamored for more remarks.
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Roosevelt
McKinley
Canton
Philadelphia
Cox Resignation Accepted by Hanna in Ohio Committee
Cincinnati July 4 George B Cox receives a letter from Chairman Hanna replying to Coxs June 20 resignation as the Ohio member of the national Republican committee Hanna expresses appreciation for the loyal spirit and accepts the resignation in the same spirit The communication confirms Coxs step from the Ohio post of the committee and reflects party unity within the GOP leadership.
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Cincinnati
George B. Cox
Hanna
Cox
Ohio
National Republican Committee
Ohio National Republican Committee
Dick Named Chairman of Ohio Executive Committee
Canton reports President McKinley has authorized Gen. Dick to lead the Ohio executive committee. Dick will retire as secretary of the national committee to accept the chairmanship and is likely to become the Ohio member on the national committee to fill Coe’s vacancy after resignation.
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Columbus
Canton
McKinley
Gen
Ohio
National Committee
Coa
Youngstown Club Won’t Transfer Franchise This Season
Youngstown officials announce the baseball club will remain in town for the season. Manager Finn will operate with newly pledged funds from local businessmen including Gus Doericht who guaranteed salaries due by July 1, backed by President Power.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Baseball Club
Finn
Gus Doericht
Power
Two Men Die as Electric Car Plunges in Ohio Gorge
In Cincinnati on July 5, an electric car carrying 50 passengers jumped the track on a curve near Harrison. William Lohe of Cleves was killed and Neal Batscher of Harrison fatally injured. Fifteen others were bruised as the car plunged into a bank.
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Cincinnati
William Lohe
Cleves
Neal Batscher
Harrison
Suicide of former railroad president in Sandusky
Frank Stewart aged 47 shot himself at the Sloan house in Sandusky on Friday morning. He was formerly president of the Cleveland and Hocking Valley road and had been contracting for railroad supplies. Recent reverses are believed to have preyed on his mind.
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Sandusky
Frank Stewart
Sloan House
Cleveluna & Hocking Valley Road
Exemption Opinion Upholds Tax Law for Secret Societies
Columbus July 6. Assistant Attorney General Todd issued an official opinion confirming that the recent legislature's law exempting all property of secret societies from taxation is constitutional.
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Columbus
Todd
Murderous Assault In Pike Township Leaves Farmer Near Death
Springfield reports Elyah Sturgeon and family from Pike township are jailed on no charge of assaulting Frank Deaton, a prominent farmer. A fence rail was used. Deaton is near death, and the incident is under investigation.
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Springfield
Elyah Sturgeon
Pike Township
Frank Deaton
Deaton
Tragic Cincinnati Woman Kills Baby Then Throws Self Into River
Magen T Lehnis, 25, widow, murdered her infant by chloroforming it at home on a Wednesday. She attempted to kill another child during the chaos and later hurled herself from the Chesapeake and Ohio Bridge into the Ohio River.
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Cinginati
Magen T Lehnis
Chesapeake & Ohio
Ohio River
Tragic Carbale Pat Wacky Death In Lake View Park
In Lake View park near Wood street Mrs Anna Klot 21 swallowed a quantity of carbale pat wacky on Tuesday morning and died later in Lakeside hospital. The incident is under local inquiry with medical authorities evaluating the circumstances of the ingestion and the woman's sudden death.
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Cleveland
Lake View Park
Wood Street
Anna Klot
Lakeside Hospital
Nash Seeks Wallace Resignation as Ohio Institution Head
Nash urges trustees of the state institution for the blind to resign Rev Brow Wallace, superintendent. Wallace, a Methodist minister, has preached in nearly every Methodist church in Ohio, reflecting broad church connections and influence.
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Columbu
Nash
Brow Wallace
Wallace
Ohio
Two Men Sentenced to the Penitentiary in Lisbon Case
In the common pleas court Dominick Fletcher an Italian was convicted of attempted criminal assault on a 3 year old child and sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary. George Heckathorn, recently released for burglary in east Liverpool and captured in Colorado, pled guilty and received a two year penitentiary term as his second offense.
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Lisbon
Common Pleas
Dominick Fletcher
Leetonia
George Heckathorn
Liverpool
Colorado
Conger Last Letter Tells of Boxer Suppression Efforts
Washington reports Minister Conger’s Pekin May 21 letter detailing how foreign ministers pressed the Tsung Li Yamen for immediate measures as Boxers grew bolder around Pekin. He cites executions and church burnings near Chow Chow and Paoting Fu, notes China’s promises of suppression, and warns that only actual repression will prove action to protect American citizens and Christian converts.
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China
Washington
China Mail
State Department
Conger
Pekin
Tsung Li Yamen
London
Chow Chow
Paoting-Fu
Shantung
Perilous voyage as stranded boat reaches shore on rough Buffalo bridge
Passengers aboard a stranded vessel on a shuddering bridge fight surf and rising seas near Buffalo NV. A severe storm Sunday toppled yachts from moorings and inflicted damage on small craft. The large passenger steamer Pearl backed to shore at Crystal Beach, listing badly, forcing 200 plus men women and children to crawl across a waving deck amid heavy seas.
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Buffalo
Lale Erie
Peark
Vstal Beach
Ontario
Crystal Beach
Boer Attacks Repulsed in South Africa News
London reports late on July 9 that Boer forces ineffectively attacked Gen. Buller’s escort between Standerton and Weitdelberg on Saturday. They also struck Fielsburg garrison at midnight Tuesday but were driven off after 45 minutes. Gen. Urhart occupied Dernberg between Senekal and Winburg on July 6, using it as a base for raids on convoys of Col. Mahon’s Sut ton’s mounted troops.
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London
Southfrica
Buller
Standerton
Weidelberg
Fielsburg
Urahant
Dernberg
Senekal
Winburg
Col. Mahon
Sutton
Broukerspruit
Fights at Tien Tsin as Allies Press Chinese Defenses
News from London dated July 10 reports renewed fighting at Tien Tsin with allies driving Chinese troops from their works but incurring 30 casualties. Prince Ching opposes Prince Tuan while aiding foreigners, and Pekin remains precarious amid civil war as reinforcements and naval activity shift attitudes. The Empress Dowager resists factional violence.
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London
Pekin
Prince Ching
China
Taotai Sheng
Shanghai
Sheng
Yang Lu
Prince Tuan
Pekin News
Daily Mail
Tien Tsin
Claude MacDonald
Robert Hart
Baron von Ketteler
Tiensin
Tuan
Taku
Pe-Chili
Shantung
Che Foo
United States Infantry
Venezuelan Minister Reports Colombia Revolution Impending
Kingston Jamaica July 10 Gen Gorsiera Venezuelan minister to Colombia arrived en route to Caracas to report on the Colombian revolution He warns another revolution is impending in Venezuela A private dispatch says starvation exists at Carthagena and rebel general Cribs was recently near Bogota the Colombian capital
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Kingston
Jamaic
Gorsiera
Colombia
Als
Caracas
Venezuela
Carthagena
Colonbiny
Cribs
Bogota
Umbrella Mix Up At Seaside Boarding House
A Boston area summer boarding house keeper, while returning from a repair errand, accidentally swapped umbrellas at Hovey's. She forgot her own bundle and took another woman's umbrella. The rightful owner challenged her. The next day she retrieved her lost umbrellas in Cambridge and later met the grateful but pointed neighbor who had witnessed the misstep.
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Seashore
Boston
Boston Transeript
Hovey’s
Cambridge
Hovey's
Swats
Choate and the Baby at Acton Library Visit
American ambassador Joseph H. Choate spoke at Acton free library in England. A baby disrupted the address with loud cries while Choate quipped on babes and wisdom and noted Ecclesiastes says there is no end to making books.
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Acton
England
Joseph H. Choate
Great Britain
San Francisco
Mr. Choate
Lord Bishop
J. Choate
Ecclesiastes
West Woman Seeks Cabinet Interview Amid Cuban Fraud Scandal
A determined western woman visited Washington to press a cabinet member on a matter of interest. She offered 50 cents to a messenger after being refused admission by orders not to disturb the secretary. The messenger declined, noting his higher salary to keep her card out.
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Washington
Darky
N Tribune
Twain at the Telephone in Hartford
Mark Twain at his Hartford home was interrupted by a telephone call while composing humor. He spoke sharply, then heard an astonished voice asking to identify him. The caller, an eminent divine, questioned if he was speaking to the doctor as the line confusion persisted.
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Mr Clemens
Metamorphosed Verse Echoes In Indian Vernacular
A translated hymn phrase transforms into a ritual line as a missionary hears converts sing with pious fervor. The anecdote centers on a pundit asked to render a well known hymn into the local tongue and the surprising outcome. The tale invokes San Francesco Wave as a cultural reference.
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San Francesco
Lydia E Pinkham Product Ad Promotes Cure Claims
An old newspaper snippet touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy claiming women can cure ailments by using the product. It frames the medicine as a universally effective tonic and urges readers to follow its advice.
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C. J. Phelps
Amanda Johnson
Albert Johnson
Lake Pontchartrain
John C. Spooner
Wisconsin
American Missionary Board
North China Missions
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Pinkham
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