Finger Shake Sparks Pennsylvanian Party Battle at State Committee
At a Pennsylvania Republican State Committee meeting in Harrisburg on June 10, Pennypacker and Elkin factions clashed over contested seats. Quay and Elkin exchanged finger shoves as they traded threats, with Elkin declaring he would win the nomination if the people will. Penrose named temporary chairman. committee actions shifted seats in Luzerne and Schuylkill districts, and Elkin supporters gained seats as the fight moves to the convention.
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Harrisburg
Penn
Pennypacker
Elkin
Republican State Committee
Senator Quay
Reeder
United States
Penrose
Quay
Chester County
United States Senate
Mr. Elkin
Mr. Quay
Jie
Fennypacker
Tie
A. S. L. Rhields
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Luzerne
Watres
Schuylkill
State Committee
Elkinites
Clarke Lauded as Democratic Senate Nominee at Arkansas Meet
At the Arkansas Democratic State Convention in Little Rock on June 10 ex Governor James P. Clarke received an ovation after a 420 to 72 vote adopting a resolution naming him the Democratic candidate for United States Senator to succeed James K. Jones. Congressman Thomas C. McRae was chosen permanent chairman and spoke on federal appropriations. Gov Jefferson Davis was unanimously named the primaries winner for County support, while Col J W Rector of Hot Springs was withdrawn from contention.
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Little Rock
Ark
James P. Clarke
United States
James K. Jones
Jones
Clarke
Col. J. W. Rector
Hot Springs
Davis
Prang
Burnett's Cocaine Kills Dandruff Hair Growth Claim
Advertised claim states Burnett's Cocaine product kills dandruff allays irritation and promotes hair growth. The notice appears in the classifieds alongside market data and page references for the newspaper. No independent verification is provided in the fragment.
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Burnett
Adv
State officials nominees named as Berry term ends in 1905
The slate includes State J W Crockett for Deut Attorney General George W Murphy for Little Rock State Treasurer H C Tipton of Harrison State Superintendent J H Hinmon of Pine Bluff State Auditor T C Monroe of Magnolia Associate Justice B B Battle of Little Rock State Land Commissioner F R Conway Railroad Commissioners J C Phillips of Newport B B Hudgins of Harrison J E Hampton of Fordice Commissioner Mines Manufactures and Agriculture H T Bradford of Lonoke The convention adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Berry
Repay Ete
J. W. Crockett
Deut
George W. Murphy
Little Rock
H. C. Tipton
Harrison
J. H. Hinmon
Pine Bluff
T. C. Monroe
Magnolia
Supreme Court
B. B. Battle
F. R. Conway
J._C. PHILLIPS
Newport
B. B. Hudgins
J. E. Hampton
Fordice
Mines, Manufactures
H. T. Bradford
Lonoke
Sandusky to Host Ohio Democratic State Convention
The Ohio Democratic State Central Committee decides the state convention will be held in Sandusky on September 2 and 3. Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland is chosen temporary chairman after a tight vote. Sam E. Johnson of Cincinnati and J L Zimmerman of Springfield receive smaller tallies. The move aligns with Mayor Johnsons preference for a short campaign.
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Sandusky
Tom L. Johnson
Columbus
Ohio
Democratic State Central Committee
Cleveland
Sam E. Johnson
Cincinnati
J. L. Zimmerman
Springfield
E.johnson
John R.mclean
Johnson
Judge Rules Drunkenness Requires Voluntary Use
Boston report: Judge Samuel R. Cutler of Chelsea Police Court ruled that to convict for drunkenness the prosecution must prove the defendant became intoxicated by voluntary use of liquor. Alexander McDonald of Chelsea was charged, found drunk, but no evidence showed voluntary consumption.
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Boston
Samuel R. Cutler
Police Court of
Chelsea
Alexander McDonald
Cutler
Glassmaking machine to replace blowers and gatherers
The American Window Glass Company starts practical operation of machine—designed to automate glassmaking and cut labor—at Alexander Indiana. Twelve units installed in the De Pauw factory. invention by J Lubbers with patents held by company officers and director T Hart Given. Royalty plan may yield large profits and disrupt skilled labor across trusts’ plants.
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Pittsburg
Penn
American Window Glass Company
Alexander
Ind
de Pauw
Window Glass Trust
Trust
J. Lubbers
James A. Chambers
M. K. McMullin
Manger George E. Moore
T. Hart Given
American
Reichsrath in uproar over anti Polish speech
In Vienna the Reichsrath lower house faced a violent protest by Dr. von Klofal against Emperor William's anti Polish remarks delivered at Marienburg. He pressed the government to curb Slavism, was twice rebuked, and the Radical Czechs called the government cowardly. The session was suspended.
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Vienna
Reichsrath
von Klofal
William
Marienburg
Tunnel accident suits moved to Westchester County trial
Word from White Plains reports that the Appellate Division has sustained a judge’s ruling denying a change of venue for the New York Central Railroad tunnel accident damage suits. All cases must be tried in Westchester County.
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White Plains
N. Y
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Wilmot M. Smith
New York Central Railroad
Fourth Ave
Westchester County
Gen Isaac Pearson Plans American Citizenship
Gen Isaac Pearson the Boer envoy in the United States has announced his intention to become an American citizen after securing naturalization papers. He will return to South Africa to engage in mining and predicts King Edward will proclaim Boer independence and England will maintain only suzerainty. American capital would follow in South Africa.
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Washington
Isaac Pearson
South Africa
Gen. Pearson
Edward
England
Harvard Princeton Baseball Train to Princeton
Special train via Pennsylvania Railroad leaves New York June 11 at 12 15 from West Twenty third Street Cortlandt and Des presses Streets at 12 40 Brooklyn 12 10 arriving Princeton 2 10 P M Returning after the game Round trip rates from New York 2 15 from Brooklyn 2 30 Adv.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
West Twenty-third Street
Cortlandt and Despresses Streets
Brooklyn
Princeton
Carlsbad Sprudel Salt Promoted as Gentle Remedy
An import labeled CARLSBAD SPRUDEL SALT is advertised as Aperient laxative and diuretic with a gentle effect and no irritation, marketed as a genuine foreign product.
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Carlsbad
Shipyard Combine forms United States Shipbuilding Co with $20 million capital
Details announce a New Jersey incorporation of a shipbuilding consolidation to be named United States Shipbuilding Company. Joiners include Union Iron Works Bath Iron Works Hyde Windlass Crescent Samuel L. Moore & Sons Eastern Shipbuilding Harlan & Hollingsworth Cana da Manufacturing. Directors listed and contracts on hand total $36,046,000 with projected profits and earnings outlined for 18 months and three years.
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New Jersey
United States Shipbuilding Company
Union, Iron Works
San Francisco
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Hyde Windlass Company
Crescent Shipyard
Samuel L. Moore & Sons Company
Elizabethport
N. J
Eastern Shipbuilding Company
New London
Ex Assemblyman Indicted in Rockland County Fraud Case
Five indictments for attempted fraud were returned by the Rockland County Grand Jury against ex Assemblyman Frank P Demarest of Clarkstown. He was arraigned in County Court before Judge A X Fallon. Indictments accuse him of presenting false claims for services as counsel totaling 3000 dollars to Clarkstown town. The cases arose from actions of the Rockland County Taxpayers Association. Demarest, a four term Rockland legislator, has prior legal troubles and now chairs the county Democratic Committee.
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Nyack
N. Y
Rockland County
Frank P.demarest
Clarkstown
A. X. Fallon
David B. Hill
United States
Democratic Committee
Texas wool yield heads to Eastern markets
Austin June 10 T P Zanderson, Texas' largest wool buyer, contracts 500000 pounds of Spring clip for shipment to Eastern markets. He notes about seven eighths of Texas Spring clip is sold and total Texas yield is about 6500000 pounds, down from 9000000 last year, not counting the Fall clip of about 2000000 pounds.
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Austin
Tex
T. P. Zanderson
Texas
Ex-Mayor Washburne Leads Chicago Subway Plan
Ex Mayor Hempstead Washburne William A Alexander and S S Gregory plan a city wide Chicago subway. They seek council approval for a 40 to 50 million project with a 15 year city transfer and later compensation terms. Work to begin 30 days after passage and take about three and a half years to complete. Capital for the project is secured.
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Chicago
Hempstead Washburne
William A. Alexander
S. S. Gregory
Washburne
Gates Interested in Iowa and Dakota Central Railroad
Chicago June 10 News that John W Gates may back the Iowa and Dakota Central Railroad formed at Sioux City Iowa. The same incorporators as Iowa and Missouri share the set up with C E Dearborn American Steel and Wire chief engineer as head of both projects and who recently visited Sioux City to inspect terminals including in the text.
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Chicago
John W Gates
Iowa and Dakota Central Railroad
Sioux City
Iowa
Missouri
C. E. Dearborn
American Steel and Wire Company
Gates
Iowa and Missori
Iowa and Dakota
Central
Mr. Dearborn
Tammany Triumvirs to Issue a Statement Today
Tammany Hall leaders McMahon Murphy and Haffen plan a semi official statement to deny Deveryism and absentee leadership. They vow to speak for the Executive Committee and push for official honesty in municipal matters. A General Committee meeting is expected to confront potential trouble from Croker Sullivan factions.
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Tammany
McMahon
Murphy
Haffen
Tammany Hall
Croker-Sullivan
General Committee
Executive Committee
Tammany Triumvire
Grand Central Hotel
Carroll-Van Wyck
Richard Croker
T. D. Sullivan
Tammany Executive Committee
Edward C. Sheehy
Andrew Freedman
Lewis Nixon
Alleged nobleman missing sparks mystery and claims
Mrs Eliza Mitchell says Carlo Cattapani known as Marquis de Cordova vanished from 58 East Eighty sixth Street since Saturday. She describes a noble patent and a hunt for stolen papers showing joint ownership of a $2 000 000 Spanish estate. He left with detective Attilio Gajo en route to a rendezvous for documents.
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Carlo Cattapani
East Eighty-sixth Street
Eliza Mitchell
Marquis de Cordova
Spain
England
Colorado
Attilio Gajo
West One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
Cattapani
Record Rail Train Speeds West to Omaha in 40 Minutes
The east-bound Union Pacific fast mail from Fremont to Omaha covered 46 miles in 40 minutes with two stops. Engineer Cunningham, an veteran, piloted the run despite a half hour delay in the state’s western part. He cleared the schedule to reach Omaha on time amid government penalties for delays.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
Fremont
Cunningham
Kingdon Jewelry Recovered in Odd Box Delivery
Stolen $10,000 worth of Mrs Charles D Kingdon jewels reappeared in a small box sent to detective Vallely at 41 West Ninety eighth Street. The package, with a handkerchief bearing initial K, included a gold chain purse, peacock breastpin, a Tiffany diamond watch, a chatelaine pin, a five and a half karat diamond emerald ring, and three gold coins. Detectives Titus and Vallely pursue the mystery and identify a boy messenger as a possible link to the thieves.
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Charles D. Kingdon
George J. Gould
Waldorf-Astoria
J. F. Vallely
West Ninety Eighth Street
Kane
Strip
Kear
Vallely
Detective Vallely
Capt
Titus
West Twenty-fourth Street
Baltimore Girl's Romance Ends in Marriage in Greece
Miss Clara Adt of Baltimore and Prof Jeane de Mot of the University of Brussels wed after a romance sparked during a Greek ruin tour. The couple exchanged correspondence after her return to Baltimore and renewed their love during a Belgian garden party hosted by King Leopold in Brussels.
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Baltimore
Greece
Clara Adt
Jeane de Mot
University of Brussels
Albert Adt
Miss Adt
Herbert Weir Smyth
de Mot
Continent
Leopold of
Belgium
Brussels
Glenn court martial returns to Manila after Samar trip
Manila reports say the Glenn court martial members returned to Manila from Catbalogan Samar where Major Sidwin F Glenn of the Fifty Infantry faced charges for alleged water cure practices. The court refused to admit evidence alleging 1804 New York City police water cure methods connected to Brig. Gen. F D Grant and officials including Major Glenn and surgeons Jones and Rhodes.
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Manila
Sidwin F. Glenn
Fifty Infantry
Catbalogan
Island
Samar
Glenn
New York City
F. D. Grant
Grant
Jones
Rhodes
Lackawanna’s New Mountain Train Plan Outlines Route
The Lackawanna announces a new mountain train to Delaware Water Gap Stroudsburg and Mt Pocono with trains Friday and Saturday at 2 PM and return Sunday nights or Monday mornings. No intermediate stops between New York and the Gap. Resort Bureau 429 Broadway.
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Lackawanna
Delaware Water Gap
Stroudsburg
Mt. Pocono
New York
the Gap
Resort Bureau
Broadway
Cort Howard St
Arabs Massacre Hundreds Reported Near Kowhan
London June 11 Vienna corre spondent reports from Constantinople that Arab tribesmen massacred a caravan of wealthy merchants in the desert about 100 miles from Kowhan in Asiatic Turkey. Only twenty of the 500 in the caravan escaped. The item appears in the Daily Express dispatch.
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London
Vienna
The
Daily Express
Constantinople
Kowhan
Asiatic
Turkey
Fire destroys sanitarium in Lakewood
Fire gutted Dr. A M Heron's Piney Top Towers sanitarium on River Avenue in Lakewood between 3 and 3 30 am. An overheated range is blamed for the blaze. Loss estimated at 10 000 to 15 000 with about one third insured. Doctor his family and other occupants escaped in night clothes.
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Lakewood
N. J
A.M. Heron
Piney Top Towers
River Avenue
Colorado Special Luxurious Train Chicago to Denver Ad
The Colorado Special offers a luxurious return by the daily train leaving Chicago at 6 30 P M. Prices include a one night journey to Denver via Chicago North Western and Union Pacific Bus. Offices located at 287 and 461 Broadway.
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Colorado
Chicago
Denver
Chicago &. North-Western
Union Pacific Bus
Broadway
Two Automobiles Race Thrice Across Town
Two cars raced back and forth across parts of town late last night for about an hour. Both drivers exceeded the speed limit while dodging streetcars and pedestrians, with near-misses including a couple crossing Madison Avenue.
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Twenty-fifth Street
Eighth
Third Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Madison Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Warships Sent to Venezuela Amid Revolt
German cruisers Falke and Gazelle sailed toward La Guayra as Venezuela's Matos rebellion grows. President Castro suppresses papers and banks, arrests officials, and war contributions loom while Caracas banks hold little specie. Gen Mates seizes command near Urica en route to Caracas with about 5,200 to 7,500 troops.
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LT. Thomas
Danish West Indies
Falke
la Guayra
Venezuela
Gazelle
Berlin
Port-Of-Spain
Trinidad
Castro
Mates
Urica
Arupano
Caracas
Coro
Valencia
Barquisimeto
el Tiempo
la Linterna
Bank of Caracas
Castillo
Guzman Blanco
Congress
Tosta Garcia
Société Francaise
M. de Vidale Riga
Davila
el Mocho
Bank of
German naval movement toward Venezuela sparks question
Washington observers, amid no official guidance, speculate Germany deploys ships to La Guayra to press a 6,000,000 bolivar claim from the Berlin Company over Venezuelan railway engagements. State Department papers note coercion discussions, while U.S. policy hints at no guaranteed meddling against non American punishment.
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Washington
Venezuela
St. Thomas
Germany
Berlin
la Guayra
Deartment
United States
Congress
Dress saves a woman from drowning in well incident
Mrs William Carr of Englishtown New Jersey slipped into an open well while drawing water. Her dress snagged on a stone and saved her from drowning. She escaped with help only from a rope and then found her kitchen on fire from an overheated stove, which she quickly extinguished alone.
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New Brunswick
N. J
William Carr
Englishtown
Here
American Telephone Co Offers New Stock
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company directors vote to offer 219370 shares of new stock at par. Each stockholder may subscribe at one new share for every four existing shares.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
The 20th Century Limited Sets 20 Hour NYC Chicago Pace
A new New York Central and Lake Shore train starting June 15 will run from New York to Chicago in twenty hours. The service is named The 20th Century Limited and promises to save a day in travel time.
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New York
Chicago
New York Central
Lake Shore
The
20Th Century Limited
Operators side of coal strike details released
United States Labor Commissioner Carroll D. Wright met with coal carrying company representatives at the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company offices to review the dispute between striking anthracite miners and operators. Wright will report to President Roosevelt, warning that a general strike by soft coal workers under contract would hurt unions.
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United States
Carroll D. Wright
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Cortlandt Street
J. F. Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Coal Company
W. E. Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Wright
Roosevelt
Baer
New York
Philadelphia and Reading Company
Jersey Central
Liberty Street
Betwen
Mitchell
Mine Workers Wage Struggles and Conference Calls 1901
The United Mine Workers of America formed in Indianapolis and began organizing anthracite miners. By 1900 a 10 percent wage advance ended the sliding scale in Schuylkill and Lehigh, with extensions into 1902. In 1901 a Feb 14 letter invited a March 12 Scranton conference to settle a wage scale for 1902 03, with railroads replying and letters from prominent rail executives and coal interests.
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United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Ind
Schuylkill
Lehigh
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Penn
Varion
John Mitchell
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
George F. Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
William E.truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Alfred Walter
W. B. Thomas
Erie Railroad
Thomas P. Fowler
New York, Ontario and Western Railroad
Irving A. Kearns
Coxe Brothers & Co
Anthracite Wage Reform Feasible Says Mitchell President
Baer argues uniform wage scales are impracticable for the anthracite region with its distinct mining, citing failures in the bituminous area. He warns against yearly labor condition upheaval, stresses discipline and management control, and notes a notable drop in mine efficiency from last year due to contract miners.
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Mitchell
Baer
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Arkansas State Convention
J. K. Jones
Marine Intelligence
Tnsted Service
Ohio Democratic Convention
Massachusetts
New York Times
Window Glass Company
Direc
Torate
Beal
Lieut
Connor
Col
Nicholas Roces
Native Constabulary
Roces
Julian E. Gaujot
Tenth Cavalry
Norman E. Cook
Philippine Scouts
Subway
John W. Gates
Tammany Triumvirs
G. H. Daniels
Grand Central Station
West Point
Newburg
Newlanding W. 129Th St
125Th Street
Dress
American Telephone Co
New Stock
President Baer
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