Rebates Abolished by Community of Interest Admit by Railroad Clerk
At the Interstate Commerce Commission in Philadelphia J B Boyer chief clerk to Chief of Motive Power Gibbs at Altoona admitted taking 46000 in three years from a tonnage takeoff on coal from five producers He said others wished to deal with him but he preferred familiar partners Following his admission he was discharged by President Cassa tt Joseph B Aiken another rail official disclosed stock purchases totaling about 75000 He also testified to cash gifts from coal operators and monthly store payments James McCrea first vice president of the Pennsylvania lines west stated rebates were abolished to serve the community of interests He noted some roads benefited from rebates but the system harmed others Three more deaths were reported from last night's tornado in southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin with damage near 200000
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Philadelphia
J. B. Boyer
Motive Power
Gibbs
Altoona
Joseph
Boyer
A. W. Gibbs
Pennsylvania Railroad
A. 7. Caasatt
Joseph K. Aiken
Monongahela
Fle
Pennsylvania Lines
James McCrea
Pennsylvania Lines West
McCrea
Clements
Baltimore & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
Glasgow
McGrea
Pennsylvania
Joseph I. Atkins
Copa
Zulus Killed in Battle In Zululand Clash
British forces under Col Barker clash near Zululand borders as 350 Zulu fighters including Chief Meliokazulu are killed. The battle lasts for hours until darkness, with British losses described as insignificant and a possible daylight follow up anticipated.
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Zululand
Barker
May
Mackenzie
Meliokazulu
Indiana Democrats Endorse Bryan at State Convention
The Indiana State Democratic convention in Indianapolis nominated James I. Cox of Columbus for Secretary of State Marion Bailey of Liseton for Auditor John Isbenbarger of North Manchester for Treasurer Walter J. Lotz of Muncie for Attorney General The party platform strongly endorses W J Bryan for the presidency.
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Indiana
Indianepolis
James I. Cox
Columbus
Marion Bailey
Liseton
John Isbenbarser
North Manchester
Walter J. Lotz
Muncie
W. J. Bryan
Lockhart Will Case Settled After Heir Compromise
The will dispute of Charles Lockhart of Pittsburg, who left about 125 million dollars with a $300 000 allowance to his daughter, is resolved. Union Trust Company has issued receipts for Mrs Flower. Reported that other heirs paid roughly 5 million to end any contest.
Storm in Ontario Leaves Hamilton Wrecked
A violent wind and rain storm swept across Ontario striking Hamilton at 4:85 Pm causing 40 buildings under construction to collapse, trees uprooted, and plate glass shattered. Wires and poles lay in tangled mess as linesmen assess damage and fruit belts report thousands of dollars in losses.
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Hamilton
Ontario
Ham Hon
Maryland's New Senator Whyte Named to Fill Gorham Seat
Governor Warfield of Maryland appoints William Pinkney Whyte to serve as United States senator replacing the late A P Gorham until the 1908 legislature can elect a successor. Whyte, over 80, is a veteran leader who previously served as senator from 1875 to 1880 and governor from 1871 to 1874, with a history of bitter rivalry with Senator Gorman.
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Warfield
Maryland
William Pinkney Whyte
United States
A. P. Gormian
Whyte
Senate
Gorman
Charges Against Jerome Prompts NYC Civic Complaints
Five New York City citizens file with Governor Higgins alleging Meekel Attorney Jerome engaged in public scandal and perversion of justice. They accuse him of accepting campaign contributions as a reward for compounding felony and seek an official investigation. Signatories include Chapman Dwight Edward P White Robert Baker Joseph Hurley and William Amory.
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New York City
Gov. Higgins
Meekel
Jerome
New York
Chapman Dwight
Edward P. White
The
Produce Exchange
Robert Baker
Brooklyn
Joseph C. Hurley
Standard Finance Company
William N. Amory
Helps foreign meat trade boosts New Zealand export to England
The Savill Line and the New Zealand Shipping Co. cut frozen meat and provisions freights to England by 20 percent, leveraging Chicago scandals to expand the New Zealand meat export trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New Zealand
Savill Line
New Zealand Shipping Co
England
Carnegie Gives 20000 To State College For Building
Andrew Carnegie donated 20000 to State college at Lexington Kentucky to fund a new building. Fireman F H Richards of St Louis was killed and 22 injured in a collision of St Louis Memphis trains on the Iron Mountain line near Mango, 115 miles south of St Louis. A Feliela Florida murder case ends with lynching of Jim Davis by masked men in Inverness after troops were late. Mexican mine strike at Cananea drives American miners south into Arizona. A new mining town Arnest on the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh line near Indiana Pennsylvania reports a clash between state police and striking miners, leaving two dead and five wounded.
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F. H. Richards
St. Louis
W. G. Greene
Ariaona
Arnest
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
Indiana
Scientists Dedicate $2,000,000 Boston Temple
A historic dedication of the Christian Science temple in Back Bay Boston drew attendees from across the United States and worldwide. Officials estimate more than 40,000 Christ Scientist members participated in the Sunday ceremonies marking a major religious milestone.
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New England
Christian Science Temple
Back Bay
Boston
More Men for Army and New Machine Gun Detachments
A War Department order adds 965 men to the army and creates a machine gun detachment for each infantry and cavalry regiment. Each detachment will include one sergeant two corporals and 18 privates.
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Secretary of War
Blackfeet Lands Opened for Survey and Settlement
Under suspension of the rules the house passed a bill to survey and allot lands within the Blackfeet Indian reservation in Montana and open the surplus to settlement. The surveyed area amounts to about a million and a half acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackfeet Indian
Montana
Government must pay the cost of much respection under subsclutes for Beveridge amendment
A brief note states the government should bear the expenses related to substantial respect under substitute provisions connected to the Beveridge amendment. The item indicates financial responsibility tied to legislative changes and policy adjustments, reflecting ongoing budget considerations.
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Beveridge
Explosion Kills Eleven at Pennsylvania Dynamite Plant
Eleven men die and several injured after a dynamite plant near Peaque, Pa., along the Susquehanna River explodes. Bodies blown to pieces, unknowns identified later, and the cause remains untoned as workers and families cope with the disaster. The plant, owned by G. R. McAbee Powder and Oil Co of Pittsburgh, sat between Peaque and Martin Forge.
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Sileven
Peuquea
Susquehanna
Benjamin G. Ebhardt
George Rineer
Benjamin Rineer
Frederick Rice
Collins Parker
Phares Shoff
William Funk
John Boatman
York County
Walter Brown
Martin Reener
George Cravy
Chas Cramer
Jacob Shoff
G. R. McAbee Powder and Oil Company of
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Peaque
Martin Forge
Plot to Kill the Pope Arrests in St Peters Rome
Alleged anarchists were seized in Rome as authorities tightened security for a papal beatification at St Peters. A Paris-communicated plot traced to France and America prompted a 400-strong police guard and the removal of suspects described to match a Paris alert. A woman was said to feign fainting to lure guards.
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St. Peters
Rome
Vatican
St. Pete's
Paris
Pont
Secret Service
France
America
St. Peter’s
Union block yards improvements cost city estimates
Chicago authorities will spend about 1 000 000 dollars on Union block yards improvements after a recent building inspection. Building Commissioner Bartzen provided the cost estimates for the planned work.
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Union Block Yards
Chicago
Bartzen
Labor Riot in Belgium Spurs Widespread Strife
Rioting laborers across Belgium disrupted daily life with a focus at Vevylers on the Vesdre where yarn spinners machinists brewery workers and oiler tradesmen demanded shorter hours and higher pay. Authorities banned a planned Sunday demo. leaders were arrested as a mob of roughly 5000 attacked a police station, swords drawn by gendarmes dispersed the crowd after many injuries and arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Vevylers
Vesdre
Strucuure
Senate Passes Naval Appropriation Bill With Dreadnaught Debate
The Senate approved the naval appropriation bill carrying over 103 million dollars. Debate centered on objections to building a large Dreadnaught type battleship for England. Senator Hale offered an amendment requiring the Navy Secretary to report vessel dimensions and displacement before issuing construction proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
England
Hale
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Railroads Under Fire in Inter State Commerce Probe
The Inter State Commerce Commission in Philadelphia re opened hearings on railroads linked to soft coal and oil interests. New York Central Buffalo Rochester Pittsboro and Baltimore Ohio officials testified that some executives held coal and oil stock. Vice President E V W Rossiter said Beech Creek Coal & Coke Co gifted 6000 shares of stock for traffic weapons, later exchanged when merged for 1.5 million dollars in stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Road
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Philadelphia
Buffalo, Rochester , Pittsboro
Baltimore & Ohio
Clements and
Cockrell
E. V. W. Rossiter
Beech Creek Coal & Coke Company
Beech Creek Company
Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Company
Relics of Lincoln Burn in Fire at Jambert Home
A fire destroyed Maj William H Jambert's Lincoln relic collection in Fermantown Pennsylvania. The blaze consumed Lincoln library manuscripts portraits and Thackeray writings. The origin remains a mystery and the loss includes 1000 volumes 610 books and several historic desks and chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
President
Maj
William H. Jambert
Johnson Street
Fermantown
Lincoln Museum
Thackeray
Directors Win Mutualization Plan At W Equitable
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court ordered the mutualization plan by the directors of the W Equitable Life Assurance Society to be carried out. The society’s petition to modify the injunction against adopting the plan was granted, clearing the path for stockholders to approve the modified charter at the June 18 meeting and for directors to act at the June 20 adjourned session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Equitable Life Assurance Society
Appelate Division
Supreme Court of New York
Society
Franklin B. Lord
Oregon election results show GOP sweep, Chamberlain reelected
In Oregon, Republican George S. Chamberlain leads to a likely 5 000 majority for U S Senator. Democrat George S Chamberlain, not to be confused, wins governor by 1 000 to 2 500 margin. Other Republicans lead in House races. woman suffrage defeated by a large margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
George S. Chamberlain
Oregon
James Withyesomb
John, Bourne, Jr
W. BR. Elis
J. H. Graham
W. ©. Hawley
C. W. Galloway
Fire destroys Hopkinsville tobacco factory and warehouse
A boiler explosion at Kennedy and Tilegin's tobacco factory in Hopkinsville Kentucky caused a total loss of about 100000 dollars. The blaze destroyed the warehouse the Consumers Ice and Coal Company plant a residence and several small outbuildings. Two hundred hogsheads of tobacco and eight thousand pounds of loose tobacco were burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy & Tplgin
Hopkinsville
Consumers Ice and Coal Company
Rebels Repulsed As Guatemalan War Presses
Advices from Washington report rebels repulsed at every point of engagement with government forces in Guatemala. Revoltaries attempted to enter from Honduras Mexico and El Salvador but were met and repulsed. American Minister Combs in Guatemala City says large revolutionary forces still threaten borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Washington
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Salvador
Combs
Guatemala City
Guatemalan
Twenty Strikers Killed in Russia Confrontation
In I saritsin, Russia, a clash erupted between Persians hired by local contractors to replace striking longshoremen and a mob of strikers. About twenty strikers died in the melee amid the labor dispute and civil unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
I Saritsin
Protection for Italians to be aided upon arrival in U S
The Italian government plans to prevent exploitation by padrones or bosses by directing immigrants upon arrival to welcoming regions. Substantial assistance will be provided to ensure a proper start, with officials meeting newcomers and guiding them to favorable areas and opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
United States
Republican State Tigret Residents Policy Endorsed
The Pennsylvania Republican State Convention nominated Edwin S. Stuart for governor with 271 votes on the first ballot, outlining a platform favoring a two cent railroad rate, abolition of mileage book deposits, and broader railroad and utility regulation. It backs Roosevelt policies, state canal recovery, eminent domain for trolley and utility franchises, and creation of a state transportation commission.
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Pennsylvania
Edwin 8
William M. Brown
Stuart
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Congress
Commonwealth
Interstate Commerce Commission
Temperance Law Viewed as Crime by National Association
The National Liquor Dealers' Association opened its annual convention at Louisville Kentucky and issued an address to the nation stating members support temperance, commend temperance societies, and urge that intoxication be treated as a crime while endorsing obedience to the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Liquor Dealers’ Association
Louisville
United States
Tornado Wrecks Gagsel Village in Kansas
A tornado struck the German Mennonite settlement of Gagsel southwest of Hillshore injuring about 80 people. The storm leveled a 200 yard wide strip causing extensive damage to all homes while the Mennonite hospital sustained only light damage and treated the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gagsel
Hillshore
Kan
Capital News Notes Nominations and Senate Action
The President sent nominations for postmasters in Ohio and Pennsylvania, J. H. Fluhart, Continental, C. W. Searles, Madison, and J. A. Wallace, Chester. The Senate postponed a proposed constitutional amendment on uniform marriage and divorce laws. The House urged the Navy Secretary to report armor plate costs and plant details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Ohio
J. H. Fluhart
Continental
W. Searles
Madison
Pennsylvania
J. A. Wallace
Chester
Congress
House
Secretary of the Navy
Boston Wool Market Trading Quiet Amid Stock Shortage
Trading is quiet in the wool market as stock shortages dampen manufacturer demand and goods conditions disappoint. Foreign wools show little activity in South American or Australian grades while territory wools hold steady at 72 to 78 cents for fine and 68 to 70 cents for fine medium. Pulled wools stay dull with A supers at 60 to 64 cents, and leading quotations list Ohio and Pennsylvania ranges from 84 to 444 cents, with other grades detailed for washed and unwashed classifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Territory
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Delalne
Secretary of State Root Plans Brazil Visit After Pan American Congress
Secretary of State Root prepares to travel to Brazil to attend the Pan American Congress. After sessions conclude he is expected to tour additional South American nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Root
Brazil
Carnegie Gives $50,000 to College
Announcement by Rev. John F. Goucher president of the Woman's College at Baltimore states Andrew Carnegie has donated 50,000 to complete a 500,000 fund to relieve the institution's debt. Mark Slater, state printing supervisor, refuses to surrender the office to J W Johnson appointed by Governor Pattison last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
John F. Goucher
Woman's College At
Baltimore
Andrew Carnegie
Mark Slater
State Printing
J. W. Johnson
Pattison
Slaughter House Conditions Hearings Open in Capitol
The House Committee of Agriculture hears Chicago packers chief Thomas E. H. Wilson denying Neill Reynolds report claims on packing house conditions. He invites lawmakers to visit Chicago for direct study and disputes assertions of diseased cattle or hogs being butchered for food while noting some sanitary improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee of Agriculture
Chicago Packers
Neill-Reynalds
Chicago
Thomas EH. Wilson
Nelson ‘Norris Company
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Nelli
A. D. Melvin
Department
Neill
Capitol
Neill-Reynolds
Two Italian Workers Killed In Train Collision Near Uniontown
A work train backing south in the Hutchinson cut struck a handcar with Italian workers. Engineer Love and Conductor Bert Nez led the train. two Italians Latazza and Gentil died. Five men injured, three hospitalized with serious injuries. the workers were near their shanties when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love
Bert Nez
Hutchinson
Uniontown
Latazza
Gentil
Prelates Favor New Laws Advise Vatican on State Change
French bishops vote to advise the Vatican to accept church state separation after stunning government election gains. Three quarters of the bishops believe the people favor the new legislation and its separation measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican
Senate OKs AG in Any Federal Court
The Senate passed a bill allowing the Attorney General to handle cases in any United States Court. A boiler explosion at Lyons Company saw mill near Frenchburg Ky killed three men and injured three others. losses expected to be heavy. Oregon vote defeated a constitutional amendment granting women suffrage by a large margin. A tornado in Stod dard Wis fatally injured one man and injured five. ten buildings were destroyed and much damage caused. General Toledo’s revolutionists won two engagements in Southern Guatemala. government forces retreated as Toledo’s reinforcements arrived. A Madison Square Garden reception will welcome William J Bryan on his return from a world trip, with Democrats nationwide invited. A seven-state immigrant commission is in New York investigating diversion plans. Diplomatic circles cite possible Russia Britain alignment forming in time. Henry H Powers, ex NYSE member, committed suicide in Brooklyn. President Roosevelt declined further investigation into the alleged drug trust before Indianapolis proceedings start. Niagara river control and Niagara Falls preservation bill passed. Port Arthur Texas district collecting bill also approved. D B Grindell and wife, actors, were found dead in Eldon hotel rooms from bullet wounds. Grindell believed to have killed his wife and later himself.
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Senate
United States
Lyons Company
Frenchbureg
Oregon
Stoddard
Wis
Toledo
Guatemala
William J. Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Russia
Great Britain
Henry H. Powers
New York Stock Exchange
Brooklyn
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Niagara River
Niagara Falls
House
Port Arthur
Texas
D. B. Grindell
Eldon
Town
Grindell
Davis
Indiana miners and operators reach 1903 wage scale
An agreement ending the coal strike in Indiana's eleventh district since April 1 was reached by the miners and operators at Terre Haute. The men will receive the 1903 wage scale, which they demanded when they walked out. In other news, Cunard Line launched the new liner Lusitania at the Clydebank yards, touted as the world's largest steamer.
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Indiana
Terre Haute
Ind
Clyde Bank
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Wisconsin
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Lexington, Ky
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Harrisburg
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