Miners Reject General Strike Vote to Aid Anthracite Relief
At Indianapolis on July 19 the United Mine Workers adjourned after opposing a general strike and adopting a plan to raise 350000 for striking anthracite miners. The convention urged district and local unions to contribute funds, levy assessments on members, and distribute support pro rata to districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
Nichols
Joesus
American Federation of Labor
Girl Killed by Street Car on Madison Avenue Line
Fourteen year old Elsie Meyer of 409 East Eighty-second Street was run over and killed by a Madison Avenue street car at Seventy-ninth Street. Motorman Patrick Gunshenon of 215 East One Hundred and First Street was placed under arrest after claiming he rang the bell as the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Meyer
East Eighty-second Street
Madison Avenue
Seventy-ninth Street
Patrick Gunshenon
Gunshenon
East One Hundred and First Street
Raising Fowls by Wholesale at Cincinnati Magnifies Hobby
William T. Simpson of the American Rolling Mill Company plans a vast hennery near Dupont Indiana, with 2,000,000 incubator eyes and 5,000 Plymouth Rock broilers expected by February 1903. He aims for a 200 by 38 feet facility with trained staff, driven by passion for birds rather than profit.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
Plymouth Rock
William T. Simpson
American Rolling Mill Company
United States
Dupont
Ind
Plymouth Rocks
Simpson
Twenty-Five Pound Baby Born at Coney Island
Mrs. James McKane gave birth yesterday at the Arcade Bathing Pavilion on Coney Island to a baby boy weighing twenty five pounds. Doctor Hill of Neptune Avenue attended and deemed the birth unprecedented but hopeful for the child’s survival. The mother is reported in favorable condition. McKane was a brother of the late John Y. McKane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McKane
McKane
Arcade
Coney Island
Hill
Neptune Avenue
John Y. McKane
Naval Battle Off Panama and Other Debates
A miscellany of brief items notes a naval engagement off Panama, a Santos-Dumont airship test, miner vote results against a strike, and missing major figures. Other items mention London Berlin Paris cable news, local editor letters, and assorted society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Santos-Dumont
Esceseesesces Eens
London
Berlin
Paris
Ccscas
Seta
Sao
Washington News
Leta Atarite
Mr. Crimmins
Ireland
Lake Champlain
John W. Gates
Wall Street
Geert
Pennsylvania
King’s Book
Boston
Annes
Mr. Morgan
Tenement Department
Poland
Manhattan
The Man in the Street 2.5 12 The Genial Idiot
A collage of column titles and notes shows a parade of sketches and dramatic pieces including The Genial Idiot and A Texan Cowboy in New York with scattered page cues and theater hints across an old newspaper page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ectathera Ivan Bhatt
Jion Weldon Kennedy
New York
atYeister
Wrall Street Clerks
Sea Sect
Poke Edlens
Madam Darcourt
Queen of the Circus
The
Magic Stone
Bellicose
Erie
Eno
Gotem
Callum’s Co'tin
Poland Water Depots Advertise Kidney and Stomach Cure
Poland Water promotes its mineral water as prescribed for kidneys and stomach diseases and typhoid fever. It claims a positive cure for acute Bright's Disease and offers a free Poland Water book. The ad lists contact points at Cortlandt Street and Park Place in New York with manager O A Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Cortlandt
Park Place
New York
Insurgent Gunboats Clash With Panamanian Forces
Panama officials exchange fire with rebel vessels Padilla and Darien near Flamenco and Ottigue Islands. Government gunboats Chucuito Clapet engage. Ranger and Boyaca are involved in the surrounding action. Authorities fear a larger battle at Agua Dulce as Gen Herrera’s forces face setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Colombia
Padilla
Darien
Flamenco
Ottigue Islands
Gov
Salazar
Chucuito
Clapet
Boyaca
Herrera
Berti
Agua Dulce
United States
Ranger
Chiriqui
Flamenco Island
Associated Press
Gunger
la Boca
Brave Fireman Rescues Two Year Old From Train
In Trenton New Jersey on July 19 a fireman leapt from a cowcatcher to pluck a toddler from the path of an incoming train at the Newtown Railroad near Bristol Pennsylvania. The heroic action saved the child just before wheels could crush him.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Joseph Herman
Newtown
Bristol
Penn
Bees Swarm Pole At Telegraph Office
A million bees occupy the cable box atop a fifty foot pole in Morristown. A. P. Green, manager of the Postal Telegraph Company in Chester, found the swarm and sealed the box before fleeing. Officials seek a fearless man to ascend the pole and remove the bees and honey, while wires to Chicago and St. Louis are said to be stuck together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Morristown
A. P. Green
Postal Telegraph Company
Chester
Suit Over A Mexican Mine Involving Alvarado And Brown
A Parral Mexico dispute pits Pedro Alvarado billionaire against Dr. Dillon Brown and Eduardo Primero over a two year lease on the Palmillio Viejo mine. Four million dollars at stake with possible U S State Department involvement if Mexican courts rule against the plaintiffs. Alvarado, once poor, built churches and a grand palace amid vast wealth from the Palmillio mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Parral
Mexico
Pedro Alvarado
Mexi
Dillon Brown
Eduardo Primero
Alvarado
United States State Department
Washington
Primero
Viejo
Brown
Palmillio
Twenty Lives Lost in a Typhoon Typhoon toll rises in Hong Kong
eHONGKONG July 19 reports a severe typhoon causing extensive damage in Hong Kong and surrounding areas with an estimated twenty fatalities. The storm's impact prompted emergency response and ongoing relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehongkong
980 Miles in 20 Hours The 20th Century Limited
The New York Central and Lake Shore announce their daily service linking the East and West cutting travel time to 20 hours for busy travelers. The fast schedule promises a significant saving of time for commuters and business travelers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Bragg’s Criticism Recalled At Hobart Talk
Geneva residents recall Gen E S Bragg visit as Hobart College orator four years ago when he criticized education noting West Point entrants lack geography spelling and modern knowledge. He warned high schools to focus on essential facts rather than classical lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Geneva
N. Y
E. S. Bragg
Cuba
Hobart College
Hobart
Bragg
West Point
Gen. Bragg
Earthquake Shakes St Vincent City Amid Panic
Several shocks hit Kingston St Vincent with a morning tremor at 9 45 causing furniture movement and damaged buildings but no deaths. The quake may stem from volcanic gas or steam with notes on La Soufriere activity and later reports from St Thomas DW I describe additional tremors and panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingstown
St. Vincent
la Soufriére
ST. Thomas
Island of
Croydon Trolley Riot Suits Filed in Bucks Court
Three damage suits totaling 25,000 20,000 and 5,000 were filed in Bucks County Court against the Pennsylvania Railroad over the Croydon trolley riot. The suits seek to bar further interference with the Philadelphia Bristol and Trenton Passenger Railway and allege damage to utilities and rail facilities by 300 Pennsylvania Railroad workers. Named plaintiffs include the Bucks County Heat Light and Power Company Neshaminy Elevated Railroad Company James L. Frazer and William R. Molinard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Bucks County
Pennsylvania Rairoad
Croydon
Pennsylvania Company
Philadelphia
Bristol
Finder Was Not Keeper in Engagement Ring Suit
In Waterloo a suit over a lost engagement ring ended with Maci Maleszki ordered to return the band bearing Francis Draheim and her husband initials. He could not pay costs, offered a note, and the judge suspended a thirty day sentence after Draheim persuaded leniency.
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New York Times
Geneva
N. Y
Waterloo
Francis Draheim
Draheim
Maci Maleszki
Maleszki
Draheir
Youth Arrested in Forged Check Attempt at Bank
Louis Bonnin, eighteen, was arrested in Plainfield New Jersey for trying to cash a forged check at City National Bank. The signature of Ellen G Voorhees a wealthy resident in Europe was forged. Blank checks were found on his person. He faces a hearing before Judge Runyon on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Plainfield
N. J
City National Bank
Louis Bonnin
Ellen G. Voorhees
Europe
Runyon
Santos-Dumont Airship Exhibited at Brighton Beach
The Santos-Dumont airship was shown yesterday in a shed near Brighton Beach as work proceeds. The craft features a sixty-three foot frame, a forty-five horsepower motor, a seventy foot balloon, and a system of ballast bags. A trial trip from the beach to the Statue of Liberty and back is planned within two weeks, with Santos-Dumont arriving from France Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santos-Dumont
Brighton Beach
M. Santos-Dumont
France
Parkway Baths
George Francis Kerr
Kerr
Poisoned brandy kills manager in Atlantic City case
Thomas Ormrod manager of Clabbis's Hotel died after drinking brandy at the bottling plant of Charles Forman. Nathan Leehan, a merchant, lies dying from likely strychnine poisoning. An analysis of the brandy is underway as doctors race to save him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Thomas Ormrod
Clabbis’s
Nathan Leehan
Charles Forman
Ormrod
Leekan
Lake Michigan Depths Probed by University Scientists
The Academy of Sciences and Zoologists of the University of Chicago conducts deep freshwater explorations off Jackson Park. Teams survey shoals five to six miles offshore at depths of forty to sixty feet seeking data on the lake’s unseen fauna and bottom characteristics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Academy of Sciences and Zoologists
University of Chicago
Lake Michigan
Jackson Park
Lake
Michigan
Attorney General moves to oust Cleveland City Council
Attorney General Sheets filed quo warranto in the Circuit Court asking the court to remove the Cleveland City Council. Judge Caldwell issued a restraining order blocking further franchises or special privileges until the case is heard. The state says the Federal municipal plan is unconstitutional and the council is an illegal body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Sheets
Circuit Court
Caldwell
State Supreme Court
Mastodon Skeleton Nears Completion for Vassar Museum
Canandaigua New York July 19 Messrs Eaton and Wilbur taxidermists have spent six years mounting the bones of a mastodon to assemble a complete skeleton for the Vassar College museum. The 20 foot long 9 foot high nearly 1000 pound sculpture features nine foot tusks in fine preservation.
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The
New York Times
Canandaigua
N. Y
Messrs
Eaton
Wilbur
Vassar College
New Yacht Planned for J J Astor at Crescent Shipyard
Plans are drawn at Lewis Nixon's Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethport for a new yacht for John Jacob Astor. The vessel is about 300 feet long and will have quadruple expansion engines to reach an estimated 22 knots. Cost is expected to exceed $500,000.
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Lewis Nixon
Crescent
Elizabethport
John Jacob Astor
Glass Workers May Quit in Pittsburg Strike Action
In Pittsburg on July 19 the American Flint Glass Workers Union orders all members employed at United States Glass Company works to quit. Since the 1897 strike the factories have remained open, with union men allowed to work if they keep up assessments. A committee proposes closing all open houses to association members and expelling those who refuse to leave. The move would affect hundreds of workers.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
American — Flint Glass Workers
United States Glass Company
Defundt Bank Notes Reappear as Forged Currency
In New Brunswick New Jersey 1878 dated notes from the old State Bank of this city that failed in 1873 are circulating as genuine. Henry G Parker of the National Bank of New Jersey reports daily inquiries about value. A New York man mailed four $20 bills with D S Lloyd as President a forged signature.
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New York Times
New Brunswick
N. J
Old State Bank
Henry G. Parker
National Bank of New Jersey
New York
D. S. Lloyd
Lloyd
Missing Major Strong and Elopement Ties With Jewelry Theft
Major Putnam Bradlee Strong son of late Mayor William L. Strong and May Yohe, once engaged to Lord Francis Hope, vanish amid reports of stolen jewels valued at over 100 000 dollars. A safety vault holds many items. fears grow it may be empty when opened. Lawyer Emanuel M. Friend says Strong may have fled with another woman, while Pinkerton men search for clues.
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Major Putnam Bradlee Strong
William L. Strong
May Yohe
Francis Hope
Major Strong
Miss Yohe
Hope
Emanuel M. Friend
Major
Lord Hope
Hastings-on the-Hudson
Japan
Europe
Hastings
New York
W. L. Strong
Lenox
Mass
Yohe
Mr. Friend
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Strong
Pinkertons
Wall Street
San Francisco
Morris Park
Gravesend
Sheepshead Bay
Oats Reaches Highest Price Since 1874 In Chicago
July oats climbed to 65 cents amid record short covering as rains threaten new crop receipts. Brokers say shorts bought 200,000 to 300,000 bushels on the 7 cent advance, with potentially 1,000,000 more to cover. Prices last exceeded this level in 1874. past peaks include 81 cents in 1864 and 74 in 1868.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Shorts
Norton
Patten
71-Year-Old Alleged Swindler Targeting Schools and Firms
Chicago dispatch reports Thomas Cowley aged 71 jailed on charges of swindling Catholic schools, businesses, and individuals as an agent for Birds and All Nature Picture Company. He allegedly posed as a Quaker, using thee and thou to solicit money on orders. Victims include Sisters of St. Joseph Hoboken Mable Morrison New Rochelle and others with losses from $2 to $5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Birds and All Nature Picture Company
Thomas Cowley
Sisters of St. Joseph
Hoboken
N. J
Mabel A. Morrison
Mount Verypon
N. Y
F. Field
Brooklyn
Stephen Paulson
Burling Lane
New Rochelle
Carrie Bosworth
New York City
Descendant of Robert Fulton Found Starving in Ohio
Palmer Fulton, a Shelby Ohio man and descendant of Robert Fulton who launched the first steamboat, was found dying from starvation in a Walnut Street hovel and was taken to the Richland County Infirmary. He had worked at the Shelby tube factory for seven years but constant sickness left him destitute. his uncle Joseph died recently in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Bucyrus
Ohio
Palmer Fulton
Robert Fulton
Hudson River
Fulton
Walnut Street
Shelby
Richland County
Shelby Tube Factory
Joseph
New York
Vanderbilts Establish Newport Boston Auto Record
Alfred G. Vanderbilt set a Newport to Boston automobile record with Reginald as pacemaker. Alfred left at 11 A M with Willing Spencer. Reginald’s car broke down but Alfred continued to Boston and returned, completing the roughly seventy five mile journey in under three hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Boston
Vanderbilt
Alfred G
Reginald
A. G. Vanderbilt
Willing Spencer
W. E. Carter
Reginald Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Place
Ex Secretary Herbert Stricken with Typhoid Fever
Hilary A. Herbert, secretary of the navy under Cleveland's last administration, lies very ill in a Washington hospital suffering from typhoid fever. The report notes Herbert is an ex secretary and is currently hospitalized in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hilary A. Herbert
Cleveland
Herbert
Lillian Russell’s Cedar Lawn Shed Fires Prompt New Auto Purchases
Jesse Lewisohn buys two large automobiles to replace the cars burned in the shed behind Lillian Russell’s cottage at Cedar Lawn Far Rockaway. The purchase occurred Thursday morning and the vehicles are described as very large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Lewisohn
Lillian Russell
Cedar Lawn
Rockaway
St. Very
Low Rates Colorado Utah California Rail Offer
Rail advertisement lists low rates across Colorado Utah and California. Travel via Missouri Pacific and Denver Rio Grande routes with dining cars and meals at a la carte. Office 335 Broadway.
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Colorado
Utah
California
Allman
Missouri Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande R. Rds
Broadway
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Ney
Pennsylvania Railroad
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New Landing
129Th St
Statue of Liberty
Cleveland Council
Vassar College Museum
J. J. Astor
Nixon
Defundt Bank
Emanuel M
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