Tariff Bill Passes Senate by 35 to 28 Vote in Washington
The Senate approved the tariff bill by 35 yeas to 28 nays after a six week debate. Conferees were named for a House-Senate conference, with key figures including Allison Aldrich Platt Burrows and Jones Nev Ark and White.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Chamber
Reed
Dingley
House of Representatives
Yeas
Allison
Baker
Burrows
Carter
Clark
Cullom
Davis
Deboe
Elkins
Fairbanks
Foraker
Gallinger
Hale
Tianna
Hawley
Jones
Wedge
McBride
McEnery
McMillan
Mantle
Mason
Morrill
Nelson
Penrose
Perkins
Flatt
Conn
Platt
N. Y
Pritchard
Proctor
Quay
Sewell
Shoup
Stooner
Warren
Wellington
Wetmore
Wilson
Bacon
Bate
Berry
Caffery
Cannon
Chilton
Clay
Cockrell
Faulkner
Gray
Harris
Kan
Ark
Kenny
Lindsay
Mallory
Martin
Mills
Mitchell
Morgan
Pasco
Pettus
Rawlins
Roach
Turner
Turpie
West
Walthall
Nevada
Kansas
Allen
Butler
Heitfeld
Kyle
Stewart
Teller
Aldrich
Finance Committee
House
Tre
Congress
National Education Association closes with address on growth and taxation
Milwaukee July ninth. The National Education Association convention ends after a closing general session led by James M. Greenwood and sessions on growth in maturing and higher education in the South. The association reaffirms commitment to nonpartisan school governance, longer teacher tenure, broader college access, and stronger support for the Bureau of Education.
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Milwaukee
National Educational Association
James M. Greenwood
Kansas City
Tuichard
G. Boone
Michigan State Normal School
George ’ Winston
Texas University
South
American College
Bureau of Education
James Greenwood
Senator Harris Ievened in Washington Visit
Washington reports Senator Isham Harris arriving Thursday after inauspicious delays. Born February 1818, Harris highlights ongoing political engagement as he plans further talks this month.
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Harris Ievened
Washington
Isham Qa
Harris
The Terrible Influence Of Evil Literature On Youth
A nineteenth century tale recounts two French brothers drawn from Paris to Louisiana by adventure. They read crime fiction and commit murder, tortured by the victim’s memory, leading to their capture, confession, and death sentences. The narrative warns about exposing youth to criminal stories.
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Paris
Louisiana
New Orleans
New York's Lost Children Highlight Summer Strain on Police
The article notes that Matron Travers oversees lost children at police HQ as summer swells cases, with about 400 youths picked up daily. Most are boys around 80 percent, many found miles from home after sleeping on steps, and only one family claims their child. Peter M. says rightful claimants always own them.
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Central Station
Peter Masterson
Wn. Y. World
In This Country There Are About 265000 Coal Miners
The article notes that about 265000 coal miners work in the United States, with nearly a third of them employed in Pennsylvania. It presents a ledger-like statistic amid a broader discussion on labor and industry.
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Pennsylvania
Coal Goes Up as Miners Push Wage Battle
Pittsburgh finds coal prices rise amid a widening miners strike as operators seek coal from West Virginia. Ohio Indiana arbitration boards arrive as Springfield and Danville districts push wage increases to break the walkout. Cincinnati reports 10 million bushels of coal in harbor with heavy draws to Chicago.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Cleveland
Wheeling
Baltimore & Ohio
West Virginia
Ohio and
Indiana State Board of Arbitration
United Labor League of Western Pennsylvania
Chicago
Terre Haute
Ind
Pawnee
Kelly
Westville
Danville
Illinois
Springfield
Cincinnati
Heat Death Toll Climbs Across Midwest States
Chicago reports twenty dead and sixty prostrated from record heat on Friday, with Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio all suffering extreme temperatures from 95 to 110 degrees. Prostrations and fatalities spread across cities including St Joseph Paris Waukegan Galesburg Lyons Quincy Dayton Joliet Madison Dubuque Kankakee Alton Cincinnati Racine Bloomington Naperville Kansas City Burlington Cedar Rapids Elgin St Louis Milwaukee and Racine. Mills and quarries halted as workers succumb.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
St. Joseph
Atal
Paris
Preston Crum
Waukegan
Ill
George Decker
Galesburg
Gus Thor
Lyons
John Thedens
Quincy
Barney Brink
Dayton
Charles W. Mack
George Taylor
Percy Cummin
Joliet
Consolidated Barb Wire Company
Madison
Wis
Michael Murphy
Dubuque
Ernest Goodman
Kankakee
Charles Reecke
Banfield
Alton
John Kemp
Cincinnati
Racine
William Tepz
Milwaukee
Willam Weinke
Bloomington
John Little
John Manning
Frank Trotter
Naperville
Complé
Andrew Johnson
Kansas City
Burlington
John Swanson
Charles McCann
Cedar Rapids
W. Hinter
Charles Sparenberger
Elgin, Sr
John Lenner
Charles. Prouty
Anton Anderson
St. Louis
Hugo Knell
Appletom
Milton
Whitewater
Osh- Rosh
Fairbury
Robert Watt
Arcola
H. Barrick
Jeffersonville
Belle Plaine
Here
Deep River
Carnforth
Williamsburg
Presbyterian
Willam R. Jones
Audubon
Fritz Meiser
Prairie du Chien
Cook County
New York
Cleveland
Suffalo
N. Y
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Paul
New Orleans
Louisville
Indianapolis
Boston
Toledo
Peoria
Gates Charged In Rochester Wife Murder Case
William H. Gates was arrested at his Gates town home on Sunday and charged with fatally shooting his wife Carrie Gates who had been living apart for some time. He allegedly gained access to her room and opened fire.
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Rochester
N. Y
William H. Gates
Gates
Carrie Gates
Miners Strike Enters Its Third Week Across Regions
United Mine Workers reports 125000 to 130000 miners idle amid a national strike excluding West Virginia Flemington Wheeling district and certain Pittsburgh gas firms. Pittsburgh hosts a vast labor leaders conference urging arbitration and broader cooperation to end the suspension with a negotiated settlement.
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Columbus
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Flemington
Wheeling
New York and Cleveland Coal Gas Company
Pittsburgh
United States
Messrs. Gompers
Ratchford
Counuhan
Messrs. Ratchford
Dolan and Warner
Kentucky
Tennessee
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
National Charity Conference in Toronto Debates Reform Plan
The Conference of Charities and Corrections in Toronto discusses organizing charity bureaus nationwide, tracking migratory paupers, tightening vacancy laws, and creating a presidential commission and a charity clearing house to coordinate nationwide efforts. Delegates deliver addresses on relevant topics.
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Toronto
Ont
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Alfred O. Crozier
Grand Rapids
Mich
Committee On Organization of Charity
Kansas farmers seek help to harvest wheat
Work for Wiking Men Topeka Kansas July 12 reports farmers appealing for labor at up to two dollars a day as swarms of tramps refuse work. Thousands of acres of wheat lie stacked on the ground because harvest crews are unavailable.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Madrid Declares Quarantine for Ships From Costa Rica Ports
The government imposes yellow fever quarantine on vessels arriving from Costa Rican ports due to outbreak concerns.
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Madrid
Terrific weekend storm across the Midwest areas
Heat waves and deadly storms hit cities from Chicago to Omaha with flooding, lightning, and wind damage. Reports list fatalities in Illinois Iowa Indiana Wisconsin and Michigan, plus hundreds of heat related deaths and prostrations across major cities and states.
McKinley Pleads for Florence Maybrick Pardon
President McKinley directed Ambassador Hay to petition the British crown for the release of Mrs Florence F Maybrick who is serving a life term for poisoning her husband in 1889 The request was framed as an international courtesy regardless of her guilt or innocence and followed London dispatches.
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Washington
London
Hay
Florence F. Maybrick
McKinley
Publishing House Fails in Rockford and More July 12
The Monitor Publishing company failed with a 4000 dollar judgment held by People's Bank, assets and liabilities near 20000. The firm prints the Monitor weekly prohibition organ and Lever of Rockford and Chicago, will continue publication. Also notes a fatal lightning strike in Newton and a political bid by Senator Quay for another term. A tornado in Ohio destroys derricks near Here and St Marys with no fatalities.
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Rockford
Monitor Publishing Company
People’s Bank
Monitor
Lever
Chicago
Lina
Here
St. Marys
Endeavorers Gather in San Francisco for World Convention
The Christian Endeavor event fills San Francisco with 35,000 visitors. Leaders greet delegates as Rev. Clark speaks on a world encircling religious movement. Reports show 3,000,000 members in 1897 across 50,780 societies. Scotland and Canada noted for large increases and missions support nears half a million dollars.
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San Francisco
Christian Endeavor
Endeavor
Christian Endeavorers
California
F. R. Wilke
Philip Y. King
Benton
Committee of 07
Rolla V. Watt
Golden Gate
John Hemphill
Jeter
Ira Landrith
Nashville
Tenn
Clark
Berlin
Transvaal
Alps
Switzerland
Orange Free State
Stockholm
Karoo
South Africa
Paris
Wellington
Cape of Good Hope
Jesus Christ
God
John Willis Baer
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Illinois
Ontario
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Massachusetts
Mexico
Spain
Kansas
New Hampshire
England
Australia
Scotland
Wales
India
Ireland
Madagascar
France
Japan
West Indies
Turkey
China
Africa
Germany
Canada
Emerald Isle
United States
Presbyterians
Congregationalists
Baptists
Cumberland Presbyterian
Methodist Protestants
Church
Eee People's Societies
Moderate trade volume noted by Bradstreet in July
Bradstreet reports a moderate national trade level with declines in demand in the West and Northwest due to heat and storms. Good crop prospects support a hopeful tone for autumn consumption while a coal miners strike disrupts industrials. Clothing and hardware orders grow in Baltimore Chicago and Omaha amid midsummer stock-takings. Prices rise slightly and outward price flows begin to reverse.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
West Virginia
Baltimore
Chicago
Omaha
Endeavorers Conclude San Francisco Christian Convention
The San Francisco convention of the Endeavorers draws tens of thousands to Mechanics Pavilion and city churches. Treasurer William Shaw outlines growth from 253 societies in 1885 to 50,700 in 1897 with 3 million members in 40 nations.
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San Francisco
San. Francisco
Christian Endeavor
Mechanics’ Pavilion
L. Hill
Salem
Kaw
William Shaw
Boston
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Mechanics
Trinity Presbyterian Church
First Christian Church
Emanuel Baptist
J. G. Gibson
Gibson
Mechanics’ Pas Villion
Clark
McKinley to Revoke Cleveland Pension Agency Reduction
President McKinley plans to revoke Cleveland's February order cutting the United States pension agencies from eighteen to nine. The reversal would keep all current agencies open, delaying consolidation and the transfer of payments from Buffalo Detroit Milwaukee and Topeka to other offices.
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Washington
Cleveland
United States
McKinley
Concord
N.H
Augusta
Boston
Mass
Buffalo
New York City
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Louisville
Knoxville
Detroit
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Chicago
Des Moines
Topeka
Kan
St. Louis
Powers Reply and Crete Frontier Tensions Rise
A telegraph dispatch from Constantinople reports reactions from Queen Victoria Emperor William Emperor Nicholas President Faure and King Humbert to the sultan s circulars on the frontier issue They decline Turkish pretensions and warn against reinforcing Crete Meanwhile a Turkish note signals a possible move to reinforce Crete drawing power from the crisis.
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Constantinople
Victoria
Emperor William
Nicholas
Faure
Humbert
Francis Joseph
William
Porte
Crete
Turkey
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Brooklyn
Wids Fair
Conference of Charities
President McKinley
Mrs. Maybrick
Newton
Albert Mitchell
Harrisburg
Senator Quay
United States Senate
Powers
Sultan
Union
E Erastus Brown
Annie Foervinger
Villa Ridge
Lodi
Albert Lamont
Samuel Brown
Essen Coal Ecompany
Mary
Beadling
New Rochelle
Westchester County
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