Dingley Tariff Bill Passes House In Late Session
The House approved the conference report on the Dingley tariff bill by 185 to 118 at 12 15 am and will send the measure to the Senate noon today. Dingley led the debate on sugar while Bailey of Texas confronted wool duties amid sharp exchanges.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
House
Reed
Senate
Dingley
Grosvenor
Bailey
Texas
Committee On Ways and Means
Benton McMillin
McMillin
William R. Morrison
Mr. Bailey
National Democratic
Payne
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Speaker
Mr. Dingrey
Treasury
Sugar Trust
Tragedy Strikes Wealthy Contractor's Son in Rail Accident
Jan Trabue, son of a Louisville contractor, was struck by a train on the Ohio River Railroad Saturday night. Found wandering injured and dazed, he is in a coma at the Ohio River Railroad Hospital in Parkersburg, with death hourly expected.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Trabue
Louisville
Ohio River Railroad
Thirty Years in the Army Sergeant Krebs Retired
John Krebs first sergeant of Company A Sixth Regiment U S A completed thirty years of active service and was placed on the retired list He has served across the West and South and fought in several Indian encounters He will depart for New York after arriving from Camp Taylor Fort Thomas and the centennial event in Nashville Tennessee.
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Commercial Tribune
Nashville
Tenn
John Krebs
U.S. A
Camp Taylor
Ft. Thomas
New York
Czar Threatens Sultan Over Thessaly Evacuation
A special dispatch reports Emperor Nicholas telegraphed the Sultan demanding Thessaly’s immediate evacuation or Russian troops will cross the Turkish frontier. Berlin sources say all powers except Britain consented to this course.
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Berlin
Nicholas
Thessaly
Great Britain
Populist State Convention to Clash Over Fusion Split
In Columbus on August 10 the Populist State Convention will draw a large delegation, with anti fusion forces led by Thos G Fitzsimmons contesting credentials and resolutions to oppose McLean for the Senate. The middle of the road wing may walk out if representation is not fair. Hugh Cavanaugh is likely to seek the chairmanship following last year.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Republcan
Democratic
Thos.g. Fitzsimmons
Cleveland
Fitzsimmons
Committee On
McLean
Senate
Hugh Cavanaugh
Cincinnati
Debs Day Draws Crowds as West Virginia Miners Stage Few Walkouts
Debs spoke in Fairmont drawing large crowds but miners largely stayed at work with only 800 of 4,000 idle. Kanawha Valley mines closed and half of those resumed as organizers labor on. Ohio side quiet, rail disruptions denied. statewide operator gains offset by Fairmont losses.
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Kanawha Valley
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Stike
Elkhorn
Thacker
Pocahontas
Flat Top
Ohio
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Dillonvale
Debs
Fairmont
Gompers and
Ratchford
Clarksburg
Pittsburg Councils Urge President to End Coal Strike
Pittsburg officials in regular session pass a resolution asking President McKinley to use his influence for arbitration on a uniform basis to avert an industrial war that could disrupt public peace and business. Details of potential moves include railway aid and an arbitration meeting set for Wednesday as strikers and mine owners brace for renewed action.
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Pittsburg
McKinley
John Little
Ohio State Board of Arbitration
W. P. de Armit
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
East
Arbitration Commission
Bridgeville
Allison, Boone and Enterprise
Tragic death of Asheville ex-mayor's wife in gunshot
Mrs Minnie L Cocke wife of former Asheville mayor William J Cocke shot herself in her room in Asheville North Carolina and died instantly. She had lately been ill with anaemic poisoning and possibly insanity. The couple married in 1896 and she was from Cynthiana Kentucky and expected a child. Remains to be moved to Kentucky for interment.
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Commercial Tribune
Asheville
N. C
Minnie L. Cocke
Wm. Johnson Cocke
Princeton Firm Raises Wages as Orders Boil Over
John Maule, president of Maule Coal Company of Princeton Ind, announces wage increases effective July 18. Mine run adds 10 cents per ton to 45 cents, drivers rise to 2.00 per day from 1.70, machine men to 2.25 per day from 2.00. Company overwhelmed with orders. Maule seeks more miners in St Louis while workers stay at work awaiting a general strike.
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Commercial Tribune
Princeton
Ind
John Maule
Maule Coal Company
Maule
St. Louis
Death of Asheville banker’s wife shocks Cynthiana society
Report from Cynthiana Kentucky dated July 19 states Mrs Minnie Cocke formerly Miss Minnie Lyne of the city died suddenly in Asheville North Carolina. She was the daughter of the late R B Lyne and a leading society figure with a large fortune. She had married last fall to W J Cocke mayor of Asheville and banker's residence there. Cocke’s friends say no self harm was involved.
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Commercial Tribune
Cynthiana
Minnie Cocke
Asheville
N. C
State authorities move to grimly ready National Guard
Parkersburg West Virginia July 19 authorities report a rumor of potential trouble among striking miners if continued importation of nonresidents continues. State leaders quietly prepare the National Guard for immediate service. An officer sent East confirmed the rumors.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
National Guard
No Affidavits Filed as Merchants Stand Firm
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune from Muncie Indiana notes merchants resisted the Young Men's Christian Band action by threatening prosecutions for Sunday business. The band convened in secret with under twelve members present and decided not to file affidavits against violators, but warned those involved they will be punished if open again next Sunday.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Debs
Fairmont
Courthouse
Pritchard
Monongah
Muncie
Ind
Mittee
Sunda
Missing Treasurer of Hibernians Left Accounts in Order
Columbus July 18 Michael Stanton of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Treasurer P J McKenna of Cleveland have examined the books of the missing Secretary of the order Mr O H are. No shortage found though O H are remains missing with no word received.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Michael Stanton
The
Ancient Ord
Hibernians
P. J. McKenna
Cleveland
O'Hare
WED OVER THE FALLS Ferguson Marries Miss Maguire Hidden Wedding
John D. Ferguson ex County Attorney of Jeffersonville and Miss Lyle Maguire of Lexington Ky were secretly wed July 4 by Squire Keigwin at midnight on the Ohio River Bridge near the falls of the Ohio The groom is son of Judge Cc P Ferguson and will join a Chicago law firm The bride s father is said to be worth 500000
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Commercial Tribune
Jeffersonville
Ind
John D. Ferguson
Lyle Maguire
Lexington
Squire Keigwin
Ohio River
Here
New Albany
Falls
Ohio
Cc. P. Ferguson
Chicago
Sisters of Miss McGuire Deny Marriage Report Baseless
Special Dispatch Lexington July 19. The claim that Lula McGuire of Lexington wed ex County Attorney John Ferguson on July 4 is unfounded. The McGuire family says they know nothing of a marriage and the sisters insist the rumor started from seeing the pair in a carriage after a picnic.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Lula McGuire
John Ferguson
Miss McGuire
P. F. McGuire
Louisville
KILLS HIS STEPSON AT WARSAW HOTEL
Frank Fletcher shot Andrew J. Baldwin in front of the Commercial Hotel in Warsaw Kentucky after Baldwin slapped him. Baldwin died Sunday afternoon as Fletcher escaped. The two had been related by Fletcher's divorce from Baldwin's mother.
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Commercial Tribune
Warsaw
Andrew J. Baldwin
Frank Fletcher
Commercial
Baldwin
Fletcher
McKinley to Meet Bryan at Fremont G A R Event
The executive committee coordinating Fremont Ohio G A R celebration invites William Jennings Bryan ex President Grover Cleveland and Horace Chapman Democratic Ohio governor nominee to be guests of the city on September 2 when President McKinley will visit.
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Commercial Tribune
Fremont
McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
Grover ,Cleveland
Horace Chapman
Ohio
Oil Tank Jail Used On Drunken Raider at Waverly
Parkersburg July 19 A sharyboatman known as Dump Sherman raided Waverly Thursday and was confined in an oil tank used as a lockup. The tank was rolled by a crowd, beaten with clubs, and Sherman was released hours later sober and gone. Waverly reportedly uses the oil tank as a jail for disorderly prisoners.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Sherman
Waverly
Grasshoppers Ravage Wheat Crops in Michigan
A Bristol dispatch reports vast hordes of grasshoppers across southern Michigan and Bristol causing extensive damage to the wheat crop and heavy losses. The oat crop is also being destroyed and the insects are killed by the bushel with little effect.
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Commercial Tribune
Ligonier
Ind
Bristol
Michigan
Death Toll in Ohio Storm and Tennessee Senator Appointed
A severe electrical storm across Marion Ohio killed five people and injured many others. four men near Radnor were also killed. In Tennessee Governor Taylor appointed Thomas B Turley of Memphis to the U S Senate to succeed Isham G Harris. Turley, born 1845, served in the Civil War and later practiced law in Memphis with Turley Wright.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Taylor
Thomas B. Turley
Memphis
United States
Isham G. Harris
Turley
Tennessee
Thomas J. Turley
Flora C. Tu
William Jattle
Maynard Rifles
154Th
Tennessee Regiment
Shiloh
Peach Tree Creek
Atlanta
Nashville
Camp Chase
Ohio
University of Virginia
Lightning sets Miller barn ablaze near Alliance
A thunderstorm struck E. J. Millers barn south of Alliance, burning it with losses under 3000 dollars. Columbiana suffered a cloudburst and the Fort Wayne road flooded four feet. A washout on the Pan Handle disrupted service with trains rerouted via Cleveland Pittsburg Fort Wayne.
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Commercial Tribune
Alliance
E. J. Miller
Columbiana
Ft. Wayne
Panhandle
Cleveland, Pittsburg
Storm Damage Hits Ashtabula County Areas
A Sunday storm caused extensive damage in Ashtabula County. barns belonging to M Beck and William Mitton burned. four barns at Kellogsville and one in Austinburg destroyed. the Swedish Lutheran Church suffered extensive damage.
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Commercial Tribune
Ashtabula, CO
M. Beckwith
William Mitton
Kingsville
Barnes
Kellogssville
Austinburg
Mysterious Airship Flies Over Louisville at Dusk
Thousands witness a long slender airship pass over Louisville at 7 15 pm moving from Indiana toward the southwest It was about a mile high and a light burned within its hull witnesses report field glasses confirm the sighting The craft had been seen in the region for months with a prior Louisville flight three months ago
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Kentucky
Indiana
Standard Oil Cuts Lima Oil Prices
Lima oil prices drop by one cent per barrel with North Lima at 48 cents and South Lima Indiana at 43 cents per barrel.
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Lima
Commercial Tribune
Lima, O
Standard Oil Company
North Lima
South Lima
Indiana
500 miners march to Canonsburg amid strike action
About 500 striking miners from Cecil Bishop Reis and Bridgeville in Miller's Run District passed through Canonsburg led by a brass band and drum corps. They halted at Canonsburg Coal Company mines where armed deputies met them and ordered them off the property.
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Canonsburg
Cecil
Bishop, Reissing
Bridgeville
Miller’s Run
Canonsburg Coal Company
President's Cousin Run Down in Kentucky
Harry Mc Kinley of Moreland, said to be a cousin of President Mc Kinley, was seriously injured by a passenger train at High Bridge yesterday. He is expected to recover.
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Danville
Harry McKinley
Moreland
McKinley
High Bridge
Turley Aligns With Democratic Tariff Views
MEMPHIS Tenn July 18 Senator Turley said he has not studied the tariff bill technically but is as near a free trader as possible and favors tariff for revenue only. He backs Democratic declarations and aligns with the Chicago platform on financial questions. He plans to depart for Washington at the earliest moment likely tomorrow night.
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Memphis
Tenn
Congress
Turley
Cuba
Chicago
Washington
Move State Library to State University Buildings
Columbus reports a movement to relocate the State Library from the Capitol Building to the grounds of the State University. Local officials weigh the plan and anticipate implications for access and preservation.
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State Library
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Capitol
The
State University
Pardons Dinning in Kentucky Lynching Case Brady Commends Outcome
Gov. Bradley pardons George Dinning a Black man who killed a mob leader during a tense incident at his home in Simpson County. He notes self defense and commends witnesses who convicted him while denouncing mob violence that burned Dinning’s house.
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Gov. Bradley
Curse to My Family Frank B Story at St Louis Depot
Frank B Story of Indianapolis, wanted for embezzlement, audibly pleaded at Union Station in St Louis that he would blow his brains out if returned to Indiana. Det. King and Det. Howard held him as crowds watched. Story, once assistant bookkeeper for Tolin Totton Tibbs, allegedly stole $700.
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Union Station
Frank B. Story
Indianapolis
Ind
King and Howard
Story
Tolin, Totton & Tibbs
Governor Bushnell Named for Cuban Aid
Columbus Ohio July 19 A political correction notes Governor Bushnell has given away excess of his salary for two years and backed the Cuban cause with a $500 contribution last year as shown in his books.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Bushnell
Monument to Brigham Young Erected for Mormon Jubilee
Salt Lake City hosts a semicentennial celebration with a $50,000 monument to Brigham Young near the Mormon Temple a 36 foot structure including a 12 foot statue. Notables attending include Geo Q Cannon John Smith F M Lyman and Lucy B Young with a full tabernacle choir and 1000 voices plus leading bands. A grand parade will feature floats tracing the country's progress since 1847.
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Commercial Tribune
Salt Lake City
Utah
Brigham Young
Mormon Temple
Geo. Q. Cannon
John Smith
John Henry Smith
Carl G. Maesar
F. M. Lyman
T. G. Webber
Anton H. Lund
H. B. Clawson
W. B. Preston
Lucy B. Young
Tabernacle Choir
Boy Shot and Choked In Lexington Robbery
Eighteen year old Lawrence Gentry son of General W H Gentry was assaulted by an unknown black man while riding to his grandmother. A pistol was pressed to his head, he fled the robber but lost consciousness. He woke to find his horse missing, a bullet wound in his leg, and a sore throat from choking. No clues to attacker or horse. General Gentry a prominent Fayette citizen living five miles from town.
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Kentucky
Commonwealth
William O. Bradleey
Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Lawrence Gentry
W. H. Gentry
General Gentry
Fayette
Hold Up Poker Game Forces Players Against Wall
Two masked gunmen robbed a 10 PM draw poker game run by the Billy Mobel gang at 3906 Cottage Grove avenue Chicago. They looted a $150 pot and about $100 from players, forcing everyone to line up while Mobel was herded to the center and disarmed before the pair escaped.
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Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Billy’ Mobel
Cottage Grove Avenue
Mobelgang
Robeson Convicted of Wife Killing Sentenced to Electrocution
In East Liverpool Judge Smith overruled a new trial motion for Z S Robeson, found guilty of murdering his wife Agnes Jane Robeson at the Grand Hotel on April 20 last. He was sentenced to be electrocuted November 26 with no money or friends to aid his appeal.
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Dinning
Commercial Tribune
Lisbon
Immigrant George Dinning Plans Move to Indiana
George Dinning arrived in Louisville at 11 pm with a new suit and a bill in his pocket. He announced he would travel to Indianapolis on Wednesday to make it his future home. He said he cannot stay in Kentucky longer and will move his wife and eight children to Indiana as soon as possible.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
George Dinning
Indianapolis
Kentucky
Indiana
Vitriol Victim Beatty Worsens In Parkersburg
Wiliam Beatty, wealthy oil man struck with vitriol by Mrs Edna Hitchens two weeks ago in Parkersburg West Virginia, is reported to be failing and near death. The prosecuting attorney secured an ante mortem statement from Beatty, which has not been released. Mrs Hitchens remains at large.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Mikado Backed to Accept Arbitration on Hawaiian Disputes
A dispatch from Yokohama reports Japanese official press saying the Mikado's Government will likely agree to the Hawaiian proposal to submit the pending disputes to arbitration.
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London
Yokohama
Klondyke Gold Craze Draws Chicago Prospects
Chicago buzzes over the Klondyke rush as offices fill with applicants for steamship tickets and mining gear. A special steamer may sail from Seattle to St Michael's. many plan wintering near Weare Alaska and exploring the Tanana region for riches.
Canada weighs royalty on Klondyke gold exports
Ottawa officials consider a foreign mining royalty as Yukon Klondyke deposits are confirmed to lie within Canada. The plan would tax gold taken from Canadian streams by Americans and others, with a proposed royalty of up to 2 to 15 percent to boost public revenue.
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Commercial Tribune
Ottawa
Ont
Yukon
Klondyke
Canada
Alaska
Boundary dispute over Alaska Klondyke gold on British side
Washington reports a boundary disagreement between US and British surveyors along the 141st meridian near the Yukon River. The discrepancy ranges from 30 to 350 feet, with the Klondyke mines and richest finds claimed to lie on the British side of the line.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Alaska
North America
United States
Yukon River
Klondyke
Last Steamer to Yukon River Opens Season
San Francisco reports only fifty Dawson City tickets sold as Alaska Commercial closes office for the Excelsior voyage on July 28. The last through steamer of the season, it will connect with Yukon River boats. many travelers plan a 600 mile land route to the Yukon headwaters while cattle and sheep head toward mines. Legal disputes loom over Klondike river claims due to surveys, with 1000 claims allowed and 3000 workers. pay claims found along Indian Creek between Klondike and Stewart rivers.
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Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
Klondyke
Dawson City
Alaska Commercial Company
Excelsior
Yukon River
Juneau
Yukon
Indian Creek
Kliendyke
Stewart Rivers
Story of Aladdin Outdone Pay Dirt on One Claim
A San Diego letter from Captain J F Higgins describes the Excelsior steamer’s Alaska trip. He explains Klondyke means Deer River, named Reindeer River on charts, and notes it empties into the Yukon about fifty miles above the main river. Bonanza Creek joins Klondyke two miles above the Yukon with Eldorado feeding Bo.
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Cal
Excelsior
Alaska
J. F. Higgins
Klondyke
Deer River
Reindeer River
Yukon
Big River
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George Stout
Charles Seiter
Wm. Sontag
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Radnor
Isham C. Harris
Ft. Wayne Road
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Simpson County
Jodie Conn
Eddyville
Eddyville Penitentiary
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Wm. Beatty Safa
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