Heat Wave Records Fatalities as City Endures 102 Degrees
New York City endures extreme heat with 57 deaths and 141 prostrations in Manhattan and the Bronx from Monday to midnight. Brooklyn reports 21 deaths and 86 prostrations, while Philadelphia hits a record 102 degrees. Ambulances exhausted as horses and crowds struggle in torrid conditions.
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Philadelphia
United States
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Bellevue
Harlem
Weather Bureau
Broadway
Twenty-third
Madison Square
Brooklyn Bridge
Coney Island
Heat waves grip cities as death toll climbs nationwide
Reports from Philadelphia to Williamsport detail brutal heat with 14 deaths in Pennsylvania, 23 in Pittsburgh, and record highs from 98 to 106 degrees. Hospitals overflow, workers prostrated, and several plants halted. Camden and Harrisburg also report fatalities and widespread exhaustion.
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Kensington
Cramps
Baldwin
Midvale
Camden
N. J. Wilkesbarre
Wyoming Valley
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Harrisburg
Mercury
Martin V. Graffins
Pennsylvania Railroad
Johnstown
York
Lancaster
Dennis Sherry
New Strasburg
Engleside
Williamsport
City Hall
J. F. Moorehead
Senator Kyle Dies After Malaria Heart Ailment
United States Senator Kyle died at his Aberdeen home after amalarial illness that struck he heart and caused renewed concern. He had shown brief signs of improvement last week but suffered a relapse, with physicians reporting the danger point passed and recovery likely though slow. The illness, noted in St. Paul dispatches, followed a prior similar attack and years of fragile health.
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Aberdeen
S. D
United States
Kyle
St. Paul
Minn
Strikers Return to Work at American Locomotive Shops
Seventy-one men, mostly boiler makers, resumed labor at the CHM street shops of American Locomotive works in Scranton on the same terms as before the strike. The move represents another division in the ongoing strike impact with workers rejoining the ranks.
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CHM Street
American Locomotive Works
Vast Coal Combine Panies to Pool retail interests in Cleveland
Cleveland July 2 The Leader reports that by September all big bituminous coal producers east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio will unite into one organization akin to the United States Steel corporation. A parallel retail coal pool for Cleveland is planned within ten days. The movement centers on J P Morgan, aims to control Ohio and West Virginia fields, and links the Pittsburg and Monongahela coal companies with Illinois and Massillon properties, creating a single nationwide coal monopoly with offices along Lake Erie.
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Ilinois
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Massillon
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Norfolk and Western Railroad
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Fairmount Coal Company
Hocking Coal Company
Massillon Coal Company
General Lake Shipping
Mississippi
Ohio and
Potomac
Mt. Morgan
Europe
Newspaper Pass Ban Proposed in Alabama Assembly
Montgomery July 2 Reynolds of Chilton introduced a resolution in the constitutional convention proposing that no newspaper or its representative may receive free transportation from any railroad operating in the state. Violators would face fines of at least 5000 dollars per violation, with the railroad company fined if it issues to such persons.
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Reynolds
Chilton
Public notice on presses tied to railroads and public good
The ordinance bases citations on the belief newspapers serve the public good and warns that accepting passes would create obligations to railroads, implying a conflict of interest concern and intent to regulate press interactions with rail companies.
News In Brief Covers Political Scandals and Local Incidents
Willam H Kimball, ex president of Seventh National Bank New York denies guilt in bank failure. Martin Lawrence prison keeper Frankfort Ky thwarted plot to release James Howard and Caleb Powers tied to Goebel murder. South Carolina challenges liquor tax. War department insular bureau reports Philippine imports 7 765 100 and exports 26 731 462 fiscal year. Interior Hitchcock plans forest protection and expansion. US tea consumption steady while Europe increases imports. Empress dowager China refuses Pekin return names Kai Feng Fu future capital. Cuban constitutional convention to discuss electoral law. General Wood improving after illness. Weyprecht Lancaster Pa found dead of apoplexy. London rapid transit plans spark interest. Wilkesbarre Pa smallpox quarantine raised. siege cost over 200. Bethlehem Pa Moravian Church 150 month anniversary observed with love feast. Yardley Pa Rev Jeremiah Brandreth sermons to Civil War veterans. Wilkesbarre Pa Martin Corigan run over by freight train. Johnstown Pa Michael Lavatt burned carrying hot pitch. injury to head and arms.
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Seventh National Bank
New York
Martin Lawrence
Frankfort
James Howard
Caleb Powers
Goebel
South Carolina
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Insular Bureau of the War Department
Philippine Islands
Hitchcock
United States
Washington
China
Pekin
Grand Council
Kai Feng Fu
Henan
General Wood
Henry L. Weyprecht
Lancaster
Conestoga Traction Company
Lancaster and Strasburg
Engleside
London
Wilkesbarre
Bethlehem
Yardley
Jeremiah Brandreth
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wilkeshbarre
Martin Corrigan
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Johnstown
Michael Lavatt
Cambria Hospital
Harris
National Games Yesterday Across Major League Baseball
Baseball results from yesterday include Boston beating Cincinnati 4 to 2 in a first game, New York and St Louis 105 to 8-10 innings, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh 0, Cleveland 8, Milwaukee 5, and Chicago-Detroit rain. Western matches featured Columbus 5 over Grand Rapids 6, Indianapolis 1 over Dayton 2, Fort Wayne 10 over Toledo 6.
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Cincinnati I
Cincinnati
Lycunc
Philadelphi Pittsburg
New York St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Chicago
Columbus
Grand Rapids
Indianapolis
Dayton
Fort Wayne
Toledo
Pittsburghs
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Philadelphia
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Cincinnati Samad
W. L. Pet
Wheeling
Marion
Priests of Other Nations Sought to Alter Cuban Philippines Clergy
Vatican circles report that Cardinal Gibbons and Cardinal Rampolla discussed countering Spanish influence in Cuba and the Philippines by inviting Dutch Belgian French and American clergy. The plan aims to dilute pro Spanish sentiment among the priesthood, and is said to have been favorably received at the Vatican.
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Vatican
Anticipated Movement Falls Short in July Stock Expectations
New York markets did not rise as anticipated on Monday with July disgorgements delaying effects. Foreign markets were buoyant after Berlin settlement day, but U S Steel and other steel shares sagged amid strike news. Declines spread across rail and utility issues while drought fears in Missouri, Kansas, and Texas dampened investor sentiment and kept money scarce.
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New York
Berlin
London
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
United States Steel Corporation
Twe
United States Steel
Colorado
Tennessee Coal
United States
Stein
Bears
Drouth
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
St. Paul
Rock Island
Illinois Central
Union Pacific
Texas and Pacific
Atchison
Iowa Central
St. Lon
Read ing railroad president claims shop strike settled
Trading Pa July 2 The statement by President Baer that the shop strike is settled follows a conference with men Beecher of the employees fee The terms will be presented at a meeting of strikers and all are to return with increased wages and other concessions The iron works strike is believed to be settled soon.
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Trading
Markets Brief from Titesbarg July Edition
The market report notes receipts and prices for hay, butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, and live cattle. Eggs and butter show steady or improved tones, with cheese including brick and Swiss varieties. Cattle and sheep markets are reported as fair to dull with varied price movements across grades and weights.
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Titesbarg
New York
Ohio
Wisconsin
Ely Hetea
Taft Appointed Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands
President McKinley appoints William Howard Taft as civil governor of the Philippine islands with military control transferring to civil authority on July 4 as insurrection wanes. General Chaffee to assume command Thursday. Taft may later join the Supreme Court if a vacancy occurs.
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Washington
William Fr. Taft
Ohio
Philippine Islands
Archipelago
War Department
Supreme Court
Taft
Supreme Bench
McKinley
Philippines
General Chaffee
Pingree Remains Arrive in New York Harbor
Remains of former Michigan Governor Hazen S. Pingree arrived aboard the Zealand in New York. Pingree Jr. accompanied his father. the body was not removed at once and will be taken to an undertaker’s shop before shipment to Detroit. Frank S. Pingree, Mayor William B. Maybury, and R. G. Solomon met the ship’s party at the dock.
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New York
Hazen S. Pingree
Michigan
Zealand
Hazen S. Pingree, Jr
England
Detroit
Frank S. Pingree
Mr. Pingree
William §&. Maybury
R. G. Solomon
Newark
Feather Dealers’ Committee
Mob Hangs Black Man in Virginia Jail Outrage
In Richmond on July 2 a mob abducted Joe Walton a Black man jailed for alleged criminal intent toward Miss Kate Clarke daughter of J H Clarke near Triplett Brunswick county. About 50 to 75 men rode into Lawrenceville at midnight freed Walton from jail chained him to a county bridge four miles from town and hanged him. The mob dispersed after the execution.
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Richmond
Joe Walton
Kate Clarke
J. H. Clarke
Trippler
Brunswick County
Lawrenceville
County Bridge
Mitchell
Walton
Divorce bill vetoed in Harrisburg action
Gov Stone vetoes a bill allowing a libellant in divorce actions to be a competent witness on all matters material, where service of the subpoena has been made, and in cases with two sheriff returns of non est inventus and publication notice. The veto fears opening a wide door to obtaining divorces.
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Harrisburg
Stone
Judge Reprimands Ministers in Contempt Case
On July 2 Judge Palmer of the district court reprimanded Rev. M A Rader and Rev. W E L Talmage for contempt of court and discharged them. The case against Walter D Wenkoop, secretary of the Christian Endeavor society, was dismissed. No decision was announced on continuing permanently the injunction in the saloon cases, in which Rader Talmage and Wynkoop were cited.
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Trenver
Palmer
District Court
M.A. Rader
W. E L. Talmage
Walter D. Wenkoop
Christian Endeavor Society
Messrs. Rader
Talmage
Wynkoop
Law and process for silver dollar weight and assay
The article explains tolerance limits for silver coins, detailing allowable weight variations in dollars and galt pieces. It describes a treasury process: weighing, rolling into a ribbon, punching disks, sampling from the lot, and assaying to confirm uniform fineness and value of the coins. It cites the Saturday Evening Post as the source.
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Treasury
Washington
Saturday Evening Post
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