State Takes A Hand In Cleveland Strike Turmoil
Riot conditions persist as state arbitration withdraws, police and militia guard transit routes. A 19 year old Henry Cornwell was killed by conductor Ralph P. Hawley during a clash on the Broadway line near Orange street. Hawley faces murder charges as crowds block tracks and hurl bricks and wood. troops are put on alert to quell further violence.
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Cleveland
State Board of Arbitration
Henry Cornwell
Ralph P. Hawley
Broadway
Hawley
Orange Street
Cornwell
Manley
Ferry Street
Woodland Avenue
Yaden
Mayfield
Hague Peace Conference Final Act and U S Position
The Hague rounds up conventions on pacific dispute settlement laws of war and restraint on weapons with five opinions. Andrew D White says the arbitration plan lays a base for future peace, while the U S rejects prohibiting dum dum bullets citing duty to avoid hindering military invention.
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the Hague
The
Hague
Andrew D. White
People of
America
Washington
United States
Crosier
Explosion at Grindstone mine entombs 70 workers
In Brownsville Pennsylvania a gas and fire damp explosion at Redstone Coal Oil and Gas grindstone mine entombed 70 men. Four rescued as two died and two injured. two miners remain unaccounted. Injured sent to Connellsville hospital. all verified victims are Hungarians.
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Brownsville
Redstone Coal, Oil and Gas Company
Grindstone
Connellsville
Kruger Resignation Rumor Follows Public Dismissal
Cape Town July 25 President Kruger of the Transvaal Republic tendered his resignation at Pretoria on Monday but the volksraad reportedly did not accept it. Kruger later denied resigning amid ongoing friction over concessions to the dynamite monopoly and desired reforms, though legislators still show confidence in him. At 4 a.m. it was announced that Kruger has resigned.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Kruger
Transvaal Republic
Pretoria
Volksraad
Washington
Alger
Wisconsin Brewers Hit With Tax Fraud Allegations
Milwaukee reports show brewers in Wisconsin and Minnesota accused of tax fraud with reports of $40 000 to $50 000 in fines and Buick taxes collected by Internal Revenue Inspector McCoy over the past three months. More than 15 Wisconsin breweries and several Minnesota firms face revenue law violations for false reports and selling beer without stamps. In Boston small bill scarcity prompts government aid request as silver hesitancy grows. Rev Dr Thomas J Sawyer noted Universalist writer and educator dies at 95.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Internal Revenue
McCoy
Death of Col Robert G Ingersoll at Walston on Hudson
New York July 22 Col Robert G Ingersoll died suddenly at his home Walston on Hudson near Dobbs Ferry from heart disease. Born August 11 1833 in Dresden New York he moved to Illinois as a boy and became a lawyer and politician. He served as a colonel in 1862 and later rose as a famed speaker and author opposing Christianity.
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Col
Robert G. Ingersoll
Dobbs Ferry, N. Y
New York
Walston-on- Hudson
Dobbs Ferry
Sfriday
Robert Green Ingersoll
Dresden
N. Y
Robert
Illinois
Shawneetown
Eben
Congress
Peoria
Eleventh Illinois Cavalry
James G. Blaine
Germany
Moses
Defaulter Ex-School Official Graham Faces Shortage
Chicago July 19 William A S Graham ex school agent clerk and secretary of the board of education confesses a shortage of 34800 dollars. He left a letter authorizing conveyance of his property to liquidate the debt and fled the city with bondsmen seeking restitution. Authorities believe stock speculation caused the downfall.
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Chicago
William A. S. Graham
Board of Education
Graham
National Surety Company
New York & City Trust and Safety Deposit Company
Philadelphia
D. J. McMahon
Mob Hangs Five Sicilians Near Tallula Louisiana
In Madison parish Tallula six miles from the river five Sicilians Joe Defatta Charles Defatta Frank Defatta Sy Deferrodi and Joe Cereno were hanged by a mob on Friday suspected of involvement in a plot to murder Dr Hodges a prominent local physician who was shot and fatally wounded the day before. The outbreak is linked to a surge of lawlessness blamed on the gang.
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New Orleans
Tallula
Madison Parish
Joe Defatta
Charles Defatta
Frank Defatta
Sy Deferrodi
Joe Cereno
Hodges
Eighth Biennial Review Opens for Knights of the Alaccabees
Port Huron Michigan reports the Knights of the Alaccabees supreme tent biennial session opening with 85 delegates from most states and Canadian provinces. Supreme Commander Markey notes a net membership gain of 43 485 for the period and total order membership at 180 331 with a surplus of 462 036.
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Port Huron
Mich
Supreme Tent
Knights of the Alaccabees
Supreme Commander
Markey
Great Camp
Ladies’ Organization
Fatal Bullfinch Explosion Kills Nine in Solent Trial
On Friday a catastrophic explosion aboard the torpedo boat destroyer Bullfinch during a Solent trial killed nine and injured four. The vessel, a latest 30 knot destroyer design, faced the worst naval accident in Britain in two decades as engine room crews suffered severe burns from boiling water and steam.
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London
Bullfinch
Solent
Epworth League Convenes in Indianapolis Adjourning to San Francisco
The Epworth league convention in Indianapolis adjourned to meet in San Francisco in 1901 after a four day session marked by sermons and testimonies. About 20 000 delegates attended with visiting ministers expanding church activity across cities. Resolutions condemned polygamy and urged constitutional changes to define marriage as monogamic and expel polygamists from Congress.
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Indianapolis
Ind
San Francisco
D. Fuller
Topeka
Kan
Germantown
Opera House
G.J. Bond
Roberts Park Church
International Pworth League
Griggs
Edwin A. Schell
Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Congressman Roberts
Epworth League
Congress
Utah
Roberts
House of Representatives
Senate
Fifty-fifth Congress
United States
Brigham H. Roberts
Peck Buys Muckross Estate in Ireland for 537000
A G Peck of Cohoes Falls New York purchased the Muckross estate on the lakes of Killarney for about 537000 pounds or 1850000 in money value. The property spans about 400 acres plus vast demesnes including Brickeen and Dilis islands and the abbey ruins. The larger estate totals around 20000 acres with famed cascades and deer forests.
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New York
A. G. Peck
Cohoes Falls
N. Y
Muckross
Killarney
Lord Brandon
Tomies
Purple Mountain
Cabernabone
Mangerton
Tore
O’sullivan
O’sullivan’s and Tore. the Famous Muckross Abbey
McCarthy
Fire devastates Phenix City business district across river
The business section of Phenix City Alabama across the Chattahoochee from Columbus was destroyed by fire Sunday night. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars. Three African American suspects were arrested on suspicion of starting the blaze.
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Hurned
Columbus
Phenix City
Ala
Chattahoochee River
Alger Resigns as Secretary of War with August 1 Effective Date
Secretary Alger tendered his resignation as war secretary to President McKinley, effective August 1. The letter accepts his resignation and thanks him for loyal service during a demanding period. The move leaves only three original cabinet members and highlights a flurry of changes in the administration.
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of War
Alger
R. A. Alger
William M'Kinley
Messrs
Gage
Long
Wilson
Sherman
Day
United States
McKenna
Supreme Court
Gary
Bliss
Interior Department
New York
Desperate Battle Near Iloilo as U S Troops Repel Babaylones
Gen Smith reports a Wednesday clash at Bobong Panay where Capt Byrne with 70 troops repelled a 450 strong Babaylone force. 115 of the enemy died, one American was killed and one wounded. Captured supplies and arms add to Byrne's gains at La Carlota Negros.
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Manila
Smith
Iloilo
Panay
Bobong
Byrne
Sixteenth Infantry
la Carlota
Negros
Detroit Ends Three-Cent Streetcar Fares Return Likely Five-Cent Rate
Detroit residents will stop using three-cent fares today after a week of universal transfers. Streetcar companies announce the end of three-cent fares and expect the old five-cent rate to resume, with six for a quarter possible. Pingree officials have no immediate plans for municipal ownership.
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Detroit
Mich
Pingree
Schooner John Breden Founders After Lake Huron Gale
A Free Press dispatch from Port Huron reports the schooner John Breden foundered off Lexington in a heavy north gale. Three crew members drowned, with only Jane Conners, the cook, named among the dead. The vessel left Detroit for Bay City with coal from Ohio ports, towed by the Winslow.
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Detroit
Mich
Port Huron
John Breden
Lexington
Lake Huron
Jane Conners
Cook
Breden
Bay City
Winslow
Ohio
Editor George Geddes Dies From Crawfish Poisoning
Springfield report says George Geddes publisher of the Republican died from crawfish poisoning. Remains to be sent to Mansfield Ohio for burial. Several others who ate crawfish with him became ill and remain sick.
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Springfield
George Geddes
The
Republican
Mansfield
Geddes
Peace Conference Ends First Committee Work At The Hague
At a July session Baron De Staal chaired the plenary for the peace congress finalizing the first committee. Prohibition of dropping explosives from balloons was approved, asphyxiating projectiles faced US and UK abstentions, and expanding bullets sparked debate. Mr White argued against banning dumdum bullets citing future crueler alternatives. Capt Crozier proposed prohibiting cruel bullets. his form was rejected 17 to 8. The Karnebeck version passed with only UK and US opposing, Portuguese abstaining.
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the Hague
Baron de Staal
International Peace Congress
M. Karnebeck
United States
Great Britain
Julian Pauncefote
Andrew D. White
White
Cant. Crozier
Crozier’s
Capt. Crozier
M. van Karnebeck
Admiral Dewey Visits Trieste Upon Olympia Arrival
The US cruiser Olympia with Admiral Dewey aboard reached Trieste on July 21 and planned a two week stay. He may visit Vienna, with 21 gun salute fired and receptions held by US officials and Austrian authorities. A private banquet for 35 guests followed the port ceremonies.
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Trieste
Austria
United States
Olympia
Admiral Dewey
Carlsbad
Vienna
Addison Harris
Legation
Austria-Hungary
Harris
Hotel de la Ville
Dewey
United States Legation
Family Drowned Near Iowa Minnesota Border
A. W. Blades, his wife and eight children perished when a cloudburst flooded a creek in northwestern Iowa near the Minnesota line. Their emigrant wagon was swept away as they camped for the night. only parts of the wagon were found in treetops downstream. Mr. Blades had lived in Tekamah for 20 years.
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Omaha
Neb
Tekamah
Iowa
Minnesota
A. W. Blades
Blades
War department rejects Manila correspondents round robin
Washington reports the war department will not address or investigate the Manila reporters protest. Gen Otis declines to respond to charges, stating correspondents seek to endanger operations and lack support for their claims. He defends naval efforts and cites dispatches to counter the allegations.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Otis
Gen. Otis
Three Killed in Clay County Philpot Griffin Fight
News from Clay county confirms the Philpot Griffin clash of Monday night with three Griffin men killed and three fatally wounded. Two others are seriously hurt as the feud spreads to new families.
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London
Clay County
Griffin
Manchester
Dynamite Attacks Hit Cleveland Streetcar Barn and Euclid Route
A dynamite bomb exploded on the roof of the Big Consolidated Street Railway barn at Lake View in Cleveland injuring no one. A Wade Park avenue car beneath the blast was wrecked and the car roof torn off. A second blast damaged a street car on Euclid avenue at Annandale avenue near Henry A. Everett's home. No crew identified, several passengers frightened but unharmed. In New York City the Manhattan and Brooklyn strike situation largely unchanged with limited police protection on some lines at night.
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Farley
Youngstown
Geneva
Berea
Warren
Norwalk
Adjt
Axline
Tenth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Cleveland
National Guard
Pearl Street
Molmden Avenue
Big Consolidated Street Railway Company
Lake View
Wade Park Avenue
Euclid Avenue
Annandale Avenue
Henry A. Everett
Consolidated Railway Company
New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Manhattan Island
Second
Sixth
Eighth Avenues
Epworth League Opens Amid Baltimore Heat and Unity
Indianapolis hosts the Epworth league opening session with about 10 000 attendees though only 4 000 delegates arrived. Five hundred southern colored delegates mingle with others signaling end of sectional lines. Executive committee selects San Francisco as 1901 meeting site after first ballot shows San Francisco 6, Los Angeles 3, Denver 1 with unanimous veering to the Bay City.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Epworth League
Tomlinson Hall
Epworth
Ayeerhee
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Denver
Golden Gate City
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Iowa
Kansas
No Sign of a Halt in Trade Optimism
R G Dun reports continued prosperity in the current week with no halt in progress. Despite foreign anxieties, Europe buys more food and labor strikes fade. Failures total 145 in the U S and 23 in Canada, railroading earnings surge, clearing-house payments up 48.6 percent from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Europe
United States
Canada
Plan A Pleasure Trip by President McKinley to Lake Champlain
Washington July 20 President and Mrs McKinley plan a weeklong trip for Mrs McKinleys health with a stop at Lake Champlain and possible visit to Vice President Hobart on return They expect two weeks away and a quiet retreat for recovery.
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McKinley
Lake Champlain
Washington
Bank cashier Valentine jailed for $130,000 theft
George M. Valentine, cashier of the suspended Middlesex County Bank at Perth Amboy New Jersey, was sentenced in Middlesex County Court to six years in the New Jersey state penitentiary at Trenton. He pleaded nolo contendere to larceny in connection with his misappropriation of about $130,000.
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New York
George M. Valentine
Middlesex County
Perth Amboy
N. J
New Jersey
Trenton
Valentine
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Marden
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