Senate Passes Tariff Bill Amid Long Debate
The Senate approved the tariff bill by 38 yeas to 28 nays after six weeks of debate. The vote included paired members and shifts among parties. Conferees will be named for House consideration, with expectations of rapid progress toward final passage.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Senate
Mottrill
Hoar
Harris
Massachusetts
Pasco
Mr. Hoar
Mr. Murphy
Platt
Aldrich
Morrill
House
Allison
Burrows
Jones
West, Jones
Arks
White
Finance Committee
Ark
West
Caffery
Gray
Allen
Congress
Chicago Firm To Buy 1.5 Million Gallons of Whisky
Chicago firm L. Rosenfield & Bro. plans to purchase 30 000 barrels of Kentucky bourbon whisky in Louisville this week. The stock totaling 1 500 000 gallons will be left in bond until market conditions are favorable.
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Chicago
Kentucky
Commercial Tribune
Louisville
L. Rosenfield & Bro
First Negro Marshals in Kentucky Appointed
Dr A D James named two colored Deputy United States Marshals for Kentucky. P H Kennedy of Henderson and Walker Blackburn of Russellville win Western Kentucky posts. It marks the first time a colored man in Kentucky may arrest in official capacity.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
A. D. James
United States
Kentucky
P. H. Kennedy
Henderson
Walker Blackburn
Russellville
Woman of 120 Disappears From Louisville Home
Matilda Smith a colored woman reportedly 120 years old vanished from her Eleventh street residence between Hill and Maxwelia in Louisville after several days unseen. Family says she was in good health and sound in mind. Police seek information to locate her.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Matilda Smith
Eleventh Street
Hill
Maxwelia
Japan warns of force over Hawaiian dispute
The Japan Herald editorial warns of Japan pressing a just claim on Hawaii. It cites a rumored Japanese plan and notes a 25 000 strong local Japanese population with 18 000 men ready for duty. It suggests two main harbors would be seized to enable a swift landing.
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San Francisco
Japan Herald
Hawaiian Islands
Sandwich Islands
Japan
Hawaii
America
Honoolulu
Hilo
Tariff Bill Full Text For Senate Passed
The complete tariff bill as approved by the Senate will be printed in the document on pages seven and eight, detailing the enacted duties and schedules for import categories.
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Pettigrew
Japan
Senate
Lodge
Mass
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Militia riot over food at Kentucky camp
Hunger among the State Guard troops in Louisville sparks a lunchroom riot at Fountain Ferry Park. Soldiers seize potatoes and bread, kick over coffee pots, chase cooks, and two men desert camp before a large food supply pacifies the outbreak.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
State Guard
Fountain Ferry Park
A. J. Gross
Tony Landenwich
Bardstown
Rollins and
Overstreet
Ballard County
McKinley Pushes Currency Reform Plan To Congress
President McKinley, after a Cabinet meeting, plans to send Congress a message urging creation of a nonpartisan currency commission. The proposal, drawn from the Indianapolis Currency Convention, seeks a stable monetary system while preserving the money supply and avoiding risks to the gold reserve. The aim is to report at the next regular session with a cross‑party commission.
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Washington
McKinley
Congress
House
Senate
Indianapolis
Sugar Tariff Proposal Aims Tax On Refined Sugar
Washington July 7 Treasury officials support Secretary Gage's idea to amend the tariff to tax one cent per pound on refined sugar produced from pre act imports. The plan would raise about 14 to 16 million dollars in six to twelve months.
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Senate
Treasury
Cool Courage Saves Wife and Baby in Park Rescue
In Findlay Ohio Thomas J. Ray and his wife from Houston Texas drove into Water Works Park to cross a foot bridge. The frightened horse backed into fifteen feet of water trapping the buggy wheel. Ray held up his wife and infant as a boy brought a boat. the baby was rescued and the horse drowned. Ray freed his foot and saved his wife.
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Commercial Tribune
Findlay
Thomas J
Houston
Tex
Water Works Park
Ray
Car Falls Through Draw Drowns Woman and Three Children
In Hart Michigan a electric car bound for Saginaw plunged through an open bridge abutment, sending seven aboard into the river. Mrs. McClelland and three local children drowned. Motorman Riley and Conductor O'Brien escaped with minor injuries. Several male passengers were injured, including E B Gerkens and Frank Mayo. T P Klump suffered severe injuries with poor prognosis.
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Y Cci&ity
Mich
Saginaw
High Fron
Wm. McClelland
Herbert Riley
James O’brien
E.B. Gerkens
Michigan Central
Frank Mayo
Essexville
T. P. Klump
Geneva
Convicts Shot Down Near Scott's Station
Three white state convicts working near Scott's Station fled a guard ambush last night. Harry Lawrence and Dan Cantrell were killed or fatally wounded. Tom Rafferty possibly injured and the third escaped. Lawrence, a hotel burglar, had ties to Hot Springs and Liverpool, England connections.
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Little Rock
Ark
Worther Place
Scott’s Station
Tom Rafferty
Sebastian County
Harry
Lawrence
Garland County
Dan Cantrell
Pennsette County
Eastern Resorts
New York
Liverpool
England
Miners Challenge English Sale of Tennessee Kentucky Mines
Miners in Tennessee and Kentucky protests threaten to derail a planned sale of regional mines to English capitalists. They accuse operators of a 15 percent wage cut to mislead buyers into believing wages are lower than in Ohio and Pittsburgh districts. The miners vow to expose the scheme to English representatives and block the deal.
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Commercial Tribune
Canooga
Tenn
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Pittsburg
Deadly Minnesota cyclone leaves many victims
Fourteen people are confirmed dead as a cyclone and cloudbursts lash Minnesota centering near Glenwood. Homes were torn from foundations, a baby was carried away, and rail lines were crippled as wrecks halted traffic. Losses exceed 1 million dollars with more fatalities feared.
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Commercial Tribune
Duluth
Minn
Minnesota
Glenwood
Lavan Toliff
Samuel Morrow
Winnie Morrow
Oswald McGowan
Alfred Morrow
Morrow
Wm. Norris
Great Northern Railway
St. Cloud
Chas. Washburn
W. H. Pepper
Washburn
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Faribault
Captain Fowler Dead In New York City Area
Captain William Fowler died at his Greenville New York summer home on Tuesday at age 70 from apoplexy. A veteran builder before the war he constructed the Olympic Theater Broadway Niblo's Garden Bellevue Hospital Ward and Randall Islands La Forge House and the Broadway Central Hotel among others. He served throughout the war and was twice wounded and he organized the Thirteen Club.
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W York
William Fowler
Greenville
N. Y
Broadway
Niblo’s Garden
Bellevue Hospital
Ward's
Randall's Islands
la Forge House
New Broadway Central Hotel
Thirteen Club
Wise Opens Eighth Annual Rabbis Convention in Montreal
The Central Conference of American Rabbis begins its eighth annual meeting at Temple Emanuel in Montreal with Rabbi Dr. I M Wise of Cincinnati presiding. Delegates include Meitziner Levi Margolis Samfield Berkovitz Stolz and Leucht among others. The opening speakers welcomed by Lt Gov Chapleau and Mayor Smith. Rabbi Wise delivers the keynote address as the convention runs through Saturday.
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Montreal
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Temple Emanuel
I. M. Wise
Cincinnati
The
American Israelite
Meitziner
Charles S. Levi
Max Margolis
University of California
M. Samfield
Memphis
Tenn
Henry Berkowitz
Jewish Simmer School
Philadelphia
3B. Schrieber
Toledo
Joseph Stolz
Chicago
H. L. Leucht
New Orleans
Philipson
Hebrew Colt
Chapleau
Smith
Rabbi Wise
Rabbi Schulman
Kansas City
St. Lawrence
Monongahela River Declared Free to Morgantown Voyage
At 313 p m the Monongahela River above Pittsburgh to Morgantown West Virginia was declared free. George D Meiklejohn Assistant Secretary of War and John Tweedale chief clerk delivered the warrant for 3 601 615 46 to the company treasurer. The Cruiser and Voyager waited at Lock 1 as the first through. The Tide and the Cruiser rushed the lock with the Cruiser first. The Cruiser blew sixteen whistles as boats shouted in concert.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Monongahela River
Morgantown
W. Va
George D. Meiklejohn
Washington, D. C
John Tweedale
Police theory links Copeland to Nelson shooting in Chicago
Chicago detectives entertain a theory that Prof. C D B Copeland caused the fatal shooting of bicycle rider Charles Nelson by mistake. Copeland drew $700 in Chicago after arriving from Delaware and was followed from the bank by a rough dressed African American.
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Delaware
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Charles Nelson
Washington Park
Staples
Nelson
W. B. Mann
First National Bank
O. K
Copeland
American Exchange Bank
Prof
Prof. Copeland
Prof Copeland
Trials of Evangelists Trigger Local Court Row
Dr Justin R Rig and wife Margaret Rice street evangelists appeared in the Recorder's Court in Laton Kentucky. Rig was charged with vagrancy and dismissed. Rice faced four charges for disturbing peace and noise with songs and cries. one warrant led to a $1 fine plus costs, others continued. Defended by Breckinridge Smith and Davis, Judge Falconer said arrests followed his instruction to police chief prompting defense to seek another judge.
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Tribune
Lgton
Justin R. Rig
Margaret Rice
Recorder’s Court
W. C. P. Breckinridge
J. Soule Smith
J. F. Davis
Falconer
Chilef
Breckinridge
Ohio Eclectic Medical Meeting Opens in Put-in-Bay
The thirty third annual Ohio State Eclectic Medical Association convened at Put-in-Bay with over one hundred members present Papers were read by H. W. Felter Cincinnati John Ari Lloyd L E B Cook W E Biloyer W N Mundy Dr McMillan and Dr Russell Cincinnati doctors in attendance include Drs Scudder Freeman Wintermute Russell Felter Bloyer Spencer and also Drs J Canon and Locke of Newport Ky
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Commercial Tribune
Put-In Bay
Ohio State Eclectic Medical Association
H. W. Felter
Cincinnati
John Ari Lloyd
L. E B. Cook
W. E. Biloyer
W. N. Mundy
McMillan
Russell
Freeman
Bloyer and Spencer
Drs. J. Canon and
Locke
Newport, Ky
Paroled to Marry in Prison Wedding in Ohio Penitentiary
Henry T. Barker, imprisoned for bigamy in Loraine County, wed Mary Brucker in the Columbus penitentiary reception room after parole. Barker had lived with Brucker for a year while his first wife was presumed dead and was allowed to marry under parole conditions. Chaplain Winger officiated as witnesses looked on.
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Henry Barker
Henry T. Barker
Loraine County
Mary Brucker
Barker
Miss Brucker
Saxby
Winger
Bushnell Seeks Arbitration for Miners Strike
Governor Bushnell backs arbitration to settle the miners strike and seeks cooperation from Illinois Indiana authorities. Secretary Bishop travels to enlist support while Bushnell favors a national arbitration board and aims for peaceful settlement in the interests of business and miners. President Ratchford opposes arbitration at present.
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Columbus, CO
Bushnell
Bishop
Board of Arbitration
Indiana
Illinois
Board of ‘Arbitration
Ohio
Ilinois
Ratchford
United Mine Workers
Ohio's credit surpasses Massachusetts on bond sale
Ohio's credit is cited as higher than Massachusetts after selling 250000 five year refunding bonds above par. The Sinking Fund Commission reports borrowing ability at 8 percent and plans to be debt free by July 1902. Bond redemptions include 250000 funded debt bonds due July 1 1897 and 250000 sinking fund certificates.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
Massachusetts
Union
State Sinking Fund Commission
New York
Sinking Fund Commission
Denounce Mob Law as Governor Seeks Pardon Opinion
Lieutenant Governor Worthington, relieved as acting governor, denounces mob rule as Kentucky debates pardoning George E Dinning who was sentenced to seven years for killing Jodie Conn during a lynch mob incident. Worthington urges the governor to speak out on mob justice and protect citizens.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Worthington
Bradley
Colorado Springs
George E. Green Dinning
Frankfort
Jodie Conn
Dinning
Kentucky
Commonwealth
Franklin
George Dinning
Davis Calls Foreign Relations Meet on Hawaiian Annexation
Senator Davis chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee has summoned a Friday meeting to discuss the Hawaiian annexation treaty. Supporters now aim to report the treaty this session after earlier doubts about action.
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Davis
Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Committee On Foreign Relations
Eloped Fifty Years Ago Judge Jackson Celebrates Golden Wedding
PARKERSBURG W Va July 7 Judge John Jackson of the United States Circuit Court and his wife mark their golden wedding tomorrow. They eloped to Marietta fifty years ago after license delays, wed in West Alexander Pa and later settled in this city. The couple has long been a civic fixture and receives widespread congratulations. MARTIN S FERRY O July 7 Nine members of Newton Stilwell's Crescent family suffer malignant typhoid fever: the mother and eight children.
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John Jackson
U. S. Circuit Court
Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
United States Court
Carrie C. Glime
Marietta
West Alexandria
Pittsburg
Martin’s Ferry
Newton Stilwell
Crescent
This County
Governor Bradley Returns Beardless From Colorado
Gov Bradley returns to Frankfort after a month in Colorado Springs. He resumes duties at the Executive Office tomorrow as friends barely recognize him with his beard shaved off.
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Colorado
Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Bradley
Oe Springs
Col
Prisoner Loses Leg After Train Escape Near Crestline
One Spade, an inmate at the County Jail, escaped by leaping onto an east bound train near Crestline. He tried to dodge arrest there but fell under the wheels as the train moved, losing a leg and leaving him crippled for life. The incident occurred near Bucyrus Ohio on July 7.
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Commercial Tribune
Bucyrus, O
Spade
Crestline
Ohio Delegates Arrive for Christian Endeavor Convention
In San Francisco delegates pour in for the Christian Endeavor gathering with Ohio delegates leading the Buckeye State cheer. The Mechanics Pavilion hosts early sessions as eleven simultaneous meetings begin in San Francisco and Oakland on July 7, focusing on The Life Filled with the Spirit.
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San Francisco
Mechanics’ Pavilion
Ohio
Buckeye
Oakland
Officer Stricken While on Duty In Lexington
Police Officer Rayburn Baker, tracing the assailant of Mrs. Maria McCann, suffered a hemorrhage and is in critical condition tonight. The incident occurred in Lexington Kentucky on July 7 as the investigation continued.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Rayburn Baker
Maria McCann
One-Legged Rider Winds Tenmile Ride in Kenton
Frank L. Brittain, a one legged wheelman who carries crutches, rode from Belle Centre to Kenton in one hour ten minutes and covered four miles to Four Miles south of Marysville at nearly ten miles an hour.
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Commercial Tribune
Kenton
Frank L. Brittain
Belle Centre
Marysville
Glassworker dies in jail after hospital transfer
Martin Cavanaugh, a New Albany glass worker, died in Muncie jail from delirium tremens. He had been in City Hospital three days before being placed in a jail cell without medical care, causing anger among local glass workers who had hoped for treatment. Scars indicate head injuries from beating against walls and floors.
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Commercial
Tribune
Muncie
Ind
Martin Cavanaugh
New Albany
Deputies Guard Mines as Mine Strife Grows in Ohio
United States Marshal Devanney leads twenty deputies from Cincinnati and one from Columbus toward Dillonvale Ohio to guard three Wheeling and Lake Erie mines after 900 workers, mainly Hungarians and Slavs, quit. Arrests and escorts may follow to prevent violence while receivers safeguard railroad property. C. Henri Ware reports from Newark.
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Commercial Tribune
Newark
Dil Jonvero
Jefferson County
United States
Devanney
Cincinnati
Columbus
Dillonvale
Blickensberfer
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
Wheeling
Richards
Steubenville
McKenna
Long Run
Marshal Harness
Marshal Devanney
Heher
Catkins
West
Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio
C. Henri Ware
Mining politics in Ohio race stirs miner minds
Jackson July 7 miners strike draws attention as Horace L. Chapman Democratic gubernatorial nominee holds large mining interests in the county. miners delayed strike till last night and may announce backing workers to return at demanded wages, then suspend to claim hard times profits.
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Commercial Tribune
Jackson
Horace L. Chapman
Ohio
Chapman
Miners See Edge in Pittsburg District Strike
Forty eight hours after the coal miners strike began in Pittsburg district the miners report a clear advantage. Estimates state 16000 to 18000 on strike with 3000 to 5000 still working. Patrick Dolan aims to win over NY and Cleveland Gas Coal Company workers to join the strike. Operators claim more converts and a heavier shipping list as Monongahela River navigation is freed.
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Pittsburg
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Patrick Dolan
Monogahela River
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