May Tie Up Coal Mines In Indiana Weekend Tie
Indiana miners threaten broader work stoppage as railroads withhold coal cars and unloaders, risking a two week tie up. Operators report reduced shifts to two and a half days weekly. officials warn of statewide disruption if cars and supplies are not moved.
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Indianapolis
Lyne
Haute
Iilinois
Bob
Indiana Miners
Bayle
W.D. van Horn
Boyle
Food Aid Sent From Cincinnati to Striking Miners
Funds from the National headquarters in Indianapolis furnish provisions for striking miners and families in West Virginia. Three car loads of food leave Cincinnati daily for the strike district as legal actions loom. Chief counsel Darrow and others retain legal teams to defend strike leaders arrested at Ikersburg amid injunctions sought by Judge Jackson. Hearing scheduled for 10 pm Tuesday.
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John Connoff
Wheeling
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Mitchell's Statement Questioned in Mine Labor Row
New York officials and mine operators dispute President Mitchell's remarks about miner exploitation. Olyphant of Hudson Company condemns the statement as unreliable, claiming Mitchell overstates danger and misleads the public while urging arbitration and avoiding strike action.
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M. Olyphant
Hudson Company
Ing
Dent Mitchell
America
Mitchell
Thomas B
Miners War Watch At Pocahontas Fields About Output Rise
Norfolk and Western officials report Pocahontas coalfields exceed expected labor, with Saturday’s output higher. Tug River closes to mining about one car daily. United Mineworkers posters warn cease work after June 21 with penalties, while sheriffs see no outside help needed yet.
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Pocahontas
Ufiich Valley
Thacker Fields
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Met
United Mineworkers of America
Miners in Pa to Form New Political Alliance
Special Despatch reports that the anthracite region may form a new organization within ten days uniting miners unions with a political group led by President Itchell. With 147,500 on strike, the vote bloc could pressure state power.
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Commercial Tribune
Wilkesbarre
Itchell
Paris
One Hundred Men Return to Work at Winifrede
Charleston W Va June 23 Nearly a hundred men returned to Winifrede today as operators expect the restart after a mine shutdown. Raymond City near Charleston may go out tomorrow while men transfer to Ohio mines continues. Read & Co has halted in state but operates in Ohio. Supplies from headquarters are delayed and Charleston officials seek subscriptions to aid striking miners.
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Winifrede
Raymond City
Ohio
Ayers
Read & Co
Fifty Three Coal Carriers Idle in Baltimore Port
Fifty three sea going coal carriers with about 100000 tons capacity sit in Baltimore harbor awaiting cargoes. The embargo stems from Virginia port closures tied to the West Virginia mine strike and a shortage of rail cars on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to move coal from mines to markets.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Whipped by Mother In Law Ended in Suicide
Juan Micaba an Acoma Pueblo man living near Las Cruces New Mexico killed himself after a family quarrel and being whipped by his mother in law He had earlier whipped his wife and then took a six shooter to end his life The incident is noted as the first death by own action among the Acoma Pueblo people and is attributed by elders to schooling at government institutions.
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EL Paso
Tex
Juan Micaba
Acoma
Penny Democrats Gather for State Convention
Erie Pa June 23 There is strong attendance planned by prominent Democrats at the Democratic State Convention to nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of International Affairs. Governor contestants include Robert E Pattison James Kerr and G W Guthrie with rival headquarters set up at the Reed House.
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Sec Tery
Robert E. Pattison
Philadelphia
James Kerr
Clearfield
G. W. Guthrie
Pittsburg
Alléghén County
Reed House
Clevelandes Headed for Buzzards Bay Summer
Former President and Mrs. Cleveland and their family departed Princeton this afternoon to spend the summer at Buzzards Bay. They expect to return to Princeton around October 1.
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N. J
Cleveland
Buzzards Bay
Kaiser Appoints New Minister
RERIAN reports Cologne Gazette claim that Herr Von Thielen resigns as Minister of Public Works who was appointed June 22, 1891 and General Budde is named his successor.
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Cologne Gazette Today
Preperer
William
Herr von Thielen
General Budde
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Cure for Scrofula
The passage claims scrofula may be mild in childhood and progress slowly to stomach upset digestion and glandular swelling. It advises ensuring freedom from the condition and cites Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine for eradicating all humors.
Lorain Snowstorm Drops Sooty Snow Cover
Special despatch reports Lorain waking to ash colored snow covering sidewalks after a light snow and sleet in the early hours. Residents compare it to ash from a distant source while almanacs fail to explain the strange coating. Weather staff deny losing position despite local rumors.
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Commercial Tribune
Lorain
Census Department to shed 200 workers next week
Washington reports the final cut in census staff will occur Monday with 200 employees on special projects dropped, leaving 75 clerks. The permanent census act takes effect July 1 and ends Assistant Director Wines’s term as an early appointee. J J Langley will remain as disbursing officer.
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Washington
Wines
J. J. Langley
Whiteware Pottery Plants Combine Form New Company
A six-plant combine in the whiteware pottery industry has been consummated and the charter granted. The new company likely will be the American Pottery Company with capital of 5 million dollars. Colonel John N. Taylor leads with the President and L. T. Agron of Pittsburg as Vice President. The member firms are Knowles Taylor Knowles Homer Laughlin China D E McNeill Pottery Taylor Lee Smith Edwin M Knowles China and Harker Pottery.
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Pittsburg
American Pottery Company
John N. Taylor
East Liverpool
L. T. Agron
Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Company
Homer Laughlin China
D. E. McNeill Pottery Company
Taylor, Lee & Smith Company
Edwin M. Knowles China Company
the Harker Pottery Company
Bryan Terms New Democratic Party a Trust Side Show
The article argues that William Jennings Bryan and his supporters frame the Democratic Party as controlled by plutocracy and trusts. It accuses Cleveland and backers of pushing tariff reform as a sham, denouncing trusts while courting them for funds, and framing the fight as Democracy versus Clevelandism. It warns that financiers and militarist interests influence the party’s platform and strategy.
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NEW Democratic Party
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Hopkins
Illinois
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Hill
Ten Minds Combine For One Grand Prize Giveaway
An appeal invites you to gather nine friends to contribute their brains in exchange for using yours. Ten estimates could yield a tenfold boost in chances to win one of the 1,490 prizes in a $34,000 prize pool.
Legend of Gunpowder and Saint Barbara Tale
A fragmentary account links Saint Barbara to gunpowder myth via Berthold Schwarz. A German officer notes her honor for gunpowder's invention and a monk’s read of her martyrdom inspires him to mix salt sulfur and charcoal, hinting at powder creation.
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Berthold Schwarz
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Special Grand Jury to Target Judge Miller Allegations Stir City
Rumors say Judge JK Mower will convene a special grand jury at the urging of the Law and Order League. The plan centers on saloon cases but aims to indict Judge J J Miller for oppression in office after he ordered Grover Rockfield sent to the reform farm against Mower's orders following a suspended sentence.
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Spain
C. Tiare
JK. Mower
Law and Order League
J. J. Miller
Grover Rockfield
Prince Henry Receives Special Coronation Honor Amid London Festivities
Ras Makonnen, envoy of King Menelik, dominates the scene as arrivals include Prince Henry of Prussia and Archduke Francis Ferdinand. London buzzes with processions, royal receptions, and crowded streets ahead of the coronation.
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Sweden
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Gervais
Mgr
Merry del Val
Coronation Preparations At Westminster And Southampton
King Edward's coronation week shows full court pageantry with the Duchess of Redle and other nobles bearing the Queen's canopy. A Bavarian transport ship is sighted off the Lizard en route to Southampton for the festivities as diplomatic guests arrive in London.
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New York Butchers Organize to Fight Meat Trust
The New York butchers announce a new association with capital of 1,000,000, two thirds subscribed, led by Edward F. O’Neil. They plan to secure 2,000 head of cattle weekly and start shipments in about a month, with local demand in the city estimated at 10,000 to 15,000 head daily.
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Hope Butchers
Edward F. O'Neil
Tew
New York
Western Union deal ends at 3 500 Pennsylvania offices
Negotiations conclude with the Postal Telegraph Company to acquire 3,500 Western Union offices and lines from the Pennsylvania Railroad. Possession to begin January 1, forcing Western Union to surrender trunk lines. Deals include allied lines. contracts to expire within three to four years. No local officials knew details. Also, a $34 000 Estimating Contest offers 1 490 prizes in a chance to win.
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Postal Télégraph Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
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W. A. Baker
E. C. Bradley
Cassatt
Allied
New York
Cherbourg June arrivals and sailings amid world voyage notes
June 23 reports show several ships arriving at Cherbourg and Kinsale with crews and cargo. The Barbarossa and Grosser Kurfürst reach New York while other vessels sail toward Suez, London, or Queenstown via Plymouth and Yokohama routes.
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Liverie
Sermon Sparks Soldier Gag Over Watches in Cuba
A chaplain in a Cuban regiment sold second hand watches at low prices. He planned a sermon titled Pools which drew smiles as soldiers joked about missing his sermons because they did not buy his watches. A soldier asked another if he would attend that night’s preaching, joking about his purchase.
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Grésverier
Houége Oligarchy
Committée On Rules
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Washington
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Gill
Steubenville
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Wreck in Lake Shore yards halves freight cars. rider killed
A Lake Shore & Michigan Southern yard wreck in Fort Wayne tonight damaged many freight cars and killed a rider. Ern, in charge of a trick pony bound for Montreal, reportedly died. he lived in Winamac, Wisconsin. The incident delayed hundreds overnight.
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FT. Wayne
Ind
Lake Shore & Michigan
Subscribing to the Commercial Tribune Promised in Ad
An advertisement urges readers to subscribe by sending an estimate of payment to clear the mind. The offer states a payment of 34000 dollars and invites immediate action. It presents subscription as a simple mental relief.
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Commercial Tribune
Toronto Street Railway Strike Ends In Compromise
Toronto Ontario June 3 strike of street railway employees ends with a compromise. The wage scale set by the company remains in place until July 1. If employees approve a new scale offering ten cents per hour for the first year and twenty cents thereafter, the company will adopt it.
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Ontario
Leonard Wood Receives LL D at Williams College
General Leonard Wood was awarded the degree of LL D by Williams College in Williamstown Massachusetts tonight. The event marks an honorary recognition for his service and leadership.
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Washington
Léeonard Wood
Williamstown
Ma&c
Williams College
Quinine Tablets Box Claim Cited by Grove
E. W. Grove states that the phrase This had me must appear on every box of the genuine neparative aay Quinine Tablets, the appears in copy surrounding his product.
Nurse Acquitted by Insanity in Massachusetts Murder Case
Miss Sane Tappan a nurse was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the murder of Mrs. Mary D. Gibbs of Wataumet by poisoning on August 12 1901. The trial lasted about six hours and she was ordered committed to Taunton Insane Asylum for life. Several other deaths of patients she cared for were reviewed in connection with the case.
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Mary D. Gibbs
Wataumet
Supreme Court
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Boston
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Taunton Insane Asylum
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Gibbs
Alden P. Davis
G. D. Gordon
Cataumet
Israel B. Dunham
Cambridge
Hanna and Burton Settle the Fuss in Easy Fashion
Congressional debate centers on House Rules oligarchy claims as Beveridge faces opposition. Grésverier defends the Rules Committee while Grosvenor notes diminished oligarchic influence. Navy recruiting targets industrial areas hit by strikes for sailors. plans detail stationing and office changes.
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Hanna
Burton
Tompkins to Be Permanent Chairman at Columbus Convention
Congressman Emmett Tompkins is set as Permanent Chairman of the Republican Congressional Convention in Columbus on Saturday. The county committee members have seized all temporary posts, naming E Howard Gilkey as chairman and Charles R Dixon and C E Bond as secretaries with Wm Lauer as sergeant at arms.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Emmett. Tompkins
County Central Committee
E. Howard Gilkey
Charles R. Dixon
Wm. Lauer
Prohibitionists Name Congressional and County Ticket
In Mansfield Ohio on June 23 the Prohibitionists of the Fourteenth District nominated Rev John Getchell of Oberlin for Congress and formed a committee to coordinate with Fifth Circuit Prohibitionists for a Circuit Judge candidate. Richland County Prohibitionists listed a county slate with Probate Judge J W Sharp County Clerk T I Gather Commissioner C F Mitchell Infirmary Director Andrew McFarland.
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Commercial Tribune
Mansfield
Fourteenth Congressional District
John Getchell
Oberlin
Congress
Fifth Circuit
Richland County
J. W. Sharp
T. I Gather
Bellville
C. FP. Mitchell
Shelby
Andrew McFarland
Barnes
New Consul Hol iday to Santiago and a Wilmington Wedding
Ross E. Holiday a Republican leader in the Legislature heads to his new post as United States Consul at Santiago. He will leave tomorrow and be married in Wilmington to Miss Harriet Curl, daughter of Dr. Charles Curl.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ross E. Holiday
United States
Santiago
Wilmington
Harriet Curl
Charles Curl
Wilaington
Mahoning County Sets Solid Front for Kennedy at Salem
Mahoning County closed entries for the Congressional race at noon with a single candidate James Kennedy paying $750. He will lead the county delegation to the convention at Salem marking the first solid county-wide support for one candidate in years.
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Commercial Tribune
Youngstown
Mahoning County
James Kennedy
Salem
Parrott Nominated for Common Pleas Judge in Batavia
J S Parrott was nominated by Democrats of the first subdivision of the Fifth Judicial District in Georgetown today without opposition for Common Pleas Judge.
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Commercial Tribune
Batavia
J. S. Parrott
Fifth Judicial District
Georgetown
Common Pleas
Mystery Pool in Susquehanna County Baffles Scientists
Workmen enlarging a reservoir near Uniondale unearthed a bright green pool under a rock ledge. The water turned blue when exposed, edges housed strange mosses, and creatures including eyeless fish with green-to-blue scales appeared. Horned toads and bizarre beetles occupied crevices as scientists probe the find.
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Chicago
Susquehanna County
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