Grosvenor Defends Third Term Stance Amid McKinley Debate
Representative C. H. Grosvenor of Ohio explains his role in prompting McKinley’s non candidacy for a third term. He contrasts his statements with press misquoting, defends George Washington, and shifts blame toward Senator Depew. He also comments on Southern modernization and Republican discontent over northern manufacturing decline.
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Washington
C. H. Grosvenor
Ohio
McKinley
Washington Post
Depew
Cincinnati
Gen. Grosvenor
Times
George Washington
Chauncey M. Depew
New York
Gen. Washington
United States
Senator Elkins Dismisses Senate as Path to Presidency
Washington report notes Senator Elkins dismisses Senators as presidential candidates. He recalls past routes via Vice Presidency and Britain mission fading. He predicts a party realignment on business issues with gains anticipated in Alabama Tennessee Georgia Louisiana North Carolina South Carolina and Florida.
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Washington
Elkins
Senate
Great Britain
Garfield
Harrison
United States
South
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Louisiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Allison Not a Presidential Candidate Declares Stance
Senator Allison of Iowa visited the White House and stated he would not enter the Presidential race. He reiterated he has not changed his mind and is not a candidate, with reports he may have written Gov. Shaw on the subject.
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Allison
Washington
Iowa
White House
Gov. Shaw
Jones predicts Bryan nomination unlikely and Philippine policy could define next year
Senator Jones of Arkansas head of the Democratic National Committee says Bryan unlikely to be renominated for president. He expects the next campaign issue to center on Philippine government and constitutional questions after the Supreme Court ruling. Jones advocates independent Filipino government soon and notes the ship subsidy bill may be revisited as res judicata.
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Washington
Senator Jones
Arkansas
Democratic National Committee
Bryan
Jones
Congress
Philippines
Supreme Court
Oil finds in Montana spark two booming prospects
Reports from Kalispel and Forsyth describe new oil discoveries in Montana. A six member prospecting party led by James Fuller and P W Francis of San Francisco claims large claims and plans to report to capitalists. Oil from Kalispel springs could bring 4 to 6 dollars per barrel with a new boom anticipated.
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San Francisco
Fuller
Kalispel
B. J. Holloway
Dawson County
Forsyth
Bethlehem Steel Deal Moves Toward Vickers in Shipyard Pact
Philadelphia reports the latest Bethlehem Steel tale centering on Vickers Sons Maxim gaining the big plant after Charles M. Schwab’s control, with Schwab’s stake possibly sold to Vickers. Bethlehem Iron stockholders face Aug 15 vote on selling to Bethlehem Steel and next day bond authorization of 7.5 million dollars.
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Philadelphia
Bethlehem Steel Company
Vickers’ Sons & Maxim
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem
Vickers
Linderman
Schwab
Bethlehem Iron Company
Ethlehem Steel Company
New York
Mr. Schwab
Taylor Arraigned In Grand Rapids Bribery Case
Thomas F. McGarry and Henry A. Taylor of New York were arraigned in Grand Rapids Superior Court on Grand Jury indictments charging bribery and conspiracy in an attempt to secure a water contract. Both pleaded not guilty, bail set at 5000 each, case adjourned to June 24 for trial timing to be decided.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Thomas F. McGarry
Henry. A. Taylor
New York
Superior Court
George E. Nichols
Ionia
William Alden Smith
Charles W. ‘Watkins
McGarry
Henry Spring
W. S. Gunn
W. A. Gunn
Philip J. Klingman
Taylor
Newnham
Serrae
Luxury train ad for Overland Limited to San Francisco
Advertisement promotes the Overland Limited from Chicago to San Francisco via Chicago and North Western Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Bus. It lists the Northwestern Line address at 461 Broadway.
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Overland Limited
Chicago
San Francisco
Chicago & North-Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
North-Western Line
Big Man Hunt in Texas Rocks Southwest Texas
Gunmen killings of three figures prompt a massive posse sweep across Southwest Texas led by sheriffs from multiple counties and Governor Sayers detaching Rangers. Mexican population flees to towns for safety as authorities search Mexican homes for Gregorio Cortez and his alleged crew.
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Austin
Robert M. Glover
Gonzales County
W. T. Morris
Karnes County
Tony” Schnabel
Texas
Travis
Hays
Bee
Bexar
Falls
Bastrop
Kerr
Kendall
Star
Atascosa
Webb
Emmett White
Sayers
State Rangers
Gregorio Cortez
Cortez
White
Gov. Sayers
Commissioner Evans’s Case Rumors Stir Washington DC
In Washington Senator Burton and Representative Curtis signal a push to replace Pension Commissioner Evans with ex Representative Peters of Kansas. Reports claim Peters will be appointed, while Evans denies knowledge of any removal and references a meeting with the President. Supporters defend Evans amid alleged Kansas pressure and pensioner discontent with claim agents.
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Washington
Burton
Curtis
Kansas
Evans
Peters
Commissioner Evans
White House
Congress
Sigsbee Defends Anthony Story On Sinking Vessel
Capt. Sigsbee rejects a Washington dispatch misquoting him about Anthony and the sinking report. He praises Anthony as gallant and cool, noting the act was plain duty and not dramatic. He recalls Anthony boarding through darkness to reach his cabin and report.
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Anthony
Lee
Washington
Sigsbee
Washington Dispatch
Union Veteran Legion
New Train to Buffalo From Grand Central
The New York Central has placed in service an entirely new train to Buffalo leaving Grand Central Station at 9 20 A M and arriving Buffalo at 9 20 P M. It offers a daylight ride along the Hudson River and through the Mohawk Valley to Buffalo.
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Buffalo
New York Central
Grand Central Station
Hudson River
Mohawk Valley
Umbrella Borrower Faces Harsh Indiana Court Penalty
Obe Frye of Bloomington admitted borrowing Dr. Rogers’s umbrella during a thunderstorm. Judge Martin sentenced him to one to three years in the Southern Reformatory, fined $1, and disfranchised for five years. This unprecedented punishment for umbrella borrowing sparks calls for a pardon.
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New York Times
Bloomington
Ind
Obe Frye
Rogers
Martin
Southern Reformatory
Indiana
Frye
Fairmont Coal Company Formed With 12 Million Capital
The Watson coal interests and New York capitalists create the Fairmont Coal Company with 12 million dollars in capital. The deal includes 36 modern plants and 60 000 acres of land, employing about 1 450 miners houses and 3 800 cars. Possession is set for July 1.
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Fairmont
West Va
Watson Coal Interests
New York
Fairmont Coal Company
Montana
Aurora
Montana Coal and Coke Company
Gaston
Gaston Coal Company
New England
Shaft
West Fairmont Coal and Coke Company
Fernum, Hurry
Enterprise
Beechwood
Gipsy
Maulsby
Harbert
Viropa
Solon
Glen Falls
Durham
Brier Hill Coal and Coke Company
Meadow Brook
Ahlen
Melrose
Worthington
Luther, Lynch, and
Reynolds
Hutchins Coal and Coke Company
Chieftain
Columbia, Ocean, Highland, and
Anderson
Highland Coal and Coke Company
Palatine
Palatine Coal Company
Monongaly
Monongah Company
Middleton
Middleton Coal Oke Company
Companiow
J. C. Watson
J. E. Watson
S. L. Watson
C. W. Watson
A B. Fleming
Planet Sailed With Scourge of Scorbutic Crew and Dead Officers
The German bark Planet, in ballast from London to an unknown port, was intercepted by the Crown Point north of Queenstown. Captain Buskenneth died of scurvy after being stricken May 12. The second officer Bryant piloted the ship into harbor. he died May 24.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Penn
Crown Point
Wall
London
Bryant
Queenstown Harbor
Buskenneth
Queenstown
Miner Investor Backs Unions Amid Cripple Creek Projects
Winfield Scott Stratton, who has reinvested 10 million dollars in Cripple Creek mines, applies for membership in the Carpenters Union of Colorado Springs. He argues unions elevate labor and insists on paying $3 to $5 a day, supporting union labor with 50 thousand dollars monthly in mining development.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Winfield Scott Stratton
Cripple Creek
Carpenters’ Union of
Pin
Spartan Father Preaches Through Tragedy as Daughter Dies
In Kalamazoo Michigan on June 17 Reverend H H Dieperink Langereis continued a Sunday sermon despite his daughter bleeding from a severed artery after injuring her hand by a window pane. She died en route to hospital while mother and sisters aided. The cleric completed his discourse before collapse.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
H. H. Dieperink Langereis
Second Holland Christ Reformed Church
Celery
Burnett’s Extract of Van Is Purportedly Pure T
A short note promotes Burnett’s Extract of Van as the best and perfectly pure highly concentrated product.
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Burnett
Porto Rico Readies Free Trade Proclamation
Gov Allen reports Porto Rico ready for free trade under the Hollander act as the Legislature fixes July 4 for a special session to declare the new policy. Officials say island receipts will cover administration after July 1 and urge suspending further Foraker act operation.
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Washington
Hay
Gov. Allen
Porto Rico
San Juan
United States
Allen
Hollander
José C. Barbosa
José Gomez Brioso
Executive Council
Francisco Acuna Elected Federal Party Leader in Puerto Rico
At a mass meeting in San Juan on June 17 Francisco Acuna was chosen to lead the Federal Party after Munoz Rivera. A visiting committee including Acuna, Santiago Palma, and Diaz Navarro met Gov. Allen to offer cooperation toward mutual interests. Allen expressed confidence in the administration and predicted freer trade with the United States would bring prosperity to Porto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
Federal Party
Francisco Acuna
Munoz Rivera
Sefiores Acuna
Santiago Palma
Diaz Navarro
Allen
Gov. Allen
United States
Yale Party Heads to Hudson Bay for Bird Collecting
Charles Arthur Moore Jr and eight Yale students will sail from Sydney July 20 aboard the Alterine to hunt rare birds along the Labrador coast and Hudson Bay. The expedition, returning about October 1, follows prior trips with Peary and Bartlett and includes Robert Rutherford McCormick and other notable participants.
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Greenwich
Conn
Charles Arthur Moore, Jr
Brooklyn
American Protective Tariff League
Pacific Coast
Yale
Mr. Moore
Hope
Peary
Greely
Bartlett
Newfoundland
Robert Rutherford McCormick
Austria
Samuel Dwight Ward
Albany
George A. Goss
Worcester
Stewart Hotchkiss
Hotchkiss Rubber Company
New Haven
William H. Peckham
New York
Harry Cox
Newark
Lindon Bates
Australia
Harry Whitney
Stephen Whitney
Moore
Old Orchard
Bellehaven
Sydney
Cape Breton Island
Alterine
Labrador Coast
Hudson Straits
Cape Chudleigh
Hudson Bay
Hopewell Narrows
Devil in the Council Stirs New Brunswick License Debate
In New Brunswick New Jersey the Anti-Saloon League clashed with the Common Council after the city granted all liquor license applications despite signers being disqualified or repeated. Pastor Rev. James Moore denounced the council claiming devilish influence and calling licenses breeding places of hell and sinks of iniquity.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Anti-Saloon League
James Moore
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Common Council
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Hell
Tariff Revision Hinted by Democratic Leader
Underwood of Alabama confirms reports that Representative Babcock who introduced a bill to curb trust power failed to present it to the House. Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee offered him an opportunity to move the measure, but the chance was not seized.
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Washington
Underwood
Alabama
Babcock
House
Democrats of the Ways and Means Committee
Underwood comments on reciprocity and tariff strategy
Mr. Underwood questions sincerity on tariff revision and notes Republican papers expect reciprocity treaties to be pressed when Congress meets. He warns reciprocity equals partial free trade and suggests the administration may push legislation next winter for insular possessions to exploit any resulting confusion for tariff measures.
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Underwood
Babcock
Aoe Republican
Congress
Mr. Underwood
Kaiser to Meet M Loubet in Cherbourg
Cherbourg dispatch says Emperor William plans to greet returning German troops from China with a naval squadron. President Loubet and a French squadron will join the reception at Cherbourg.
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China
London
Daily Express
Cherbourg
Emperor William
President Loubet
Constitution Yacht Arrives After Repairs at Newport
The Constitution yacht, after overhauling its mainmast at Bristol, reached its moorings west of the torpedo station with Mount Morris nearby. Capt. Rhodes steered while Duncan and guests Commodore Lewis Cass Ledyard and Arthur Kemp observed. Duncan doubts entry for Glen Cove races on the 25th, plans tuning trials to ensure seaworthiness.
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Newport
Cup
Constitution
Bristol
Mount Morris
Capt. Rhodes
Mr. Duncan
Commodore Lewis Cass Ledyard
New York Yacht Club
Arthur T. Kemp
Duncan
Glen Cove
Suit Against E C Converse In Greensburg Case
E C Converse through his counsel describes service of notice of a suit at Greensburg Penn last week. He details travel by two special cars through Pittsburg McKeesport and National Tube plants and says a man aboard handed him a subpoena and stated it was notice of a suit. He accepted service and the man thanked him.
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E. C. Converse
Greensburg
Penn
United States Steel Corporation Executive Committee
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania
National Tube Company
Continental
McKeesport
National Tube Works
National Tube
Pennsylvania Railroad
Eastern Mail
Gary
Murray
J. L. Devinny
Mr. Converse
Jilted Bride Ends Wedding Over Beer Toast
Rose Shoemaker of Allentown, Pennsylvania, spurned fiancé Charles F. Clewell an hour before their wedding after he treated his prospective father-in-law to a glass of beer. Clewell had accompanied Shoemaker and her father to obtain a marriage license, but the toast prompted her to call off the marriage.
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Allentown
Penn
Rose Shoemaker
Charles F. Clewell
Clewell
Miss Shoemaker
Cheerful in Declining Years
Georgia State Treasurer R E Park quotes a letter from the widow of Jefferson Davis. She speaks cheerfully about aging, health fading yet not appearing sick, and plans to spend the winter in New Orleans while tending to matters before “rendering an account of deeds” done in the body.
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Atlanta
R. E. Park
Georgia
Jefferson Davis
Park
New Orleans
Mr. Davis
Rthday
Lillie Cowling Legacy Paid to Plainfield Church
In Plainfield New Jersey during children's day services Pastor G K Newell received the Lillie Cowling legacy from a seven year old crippled girl. The 1 15 was kept to buy a doll carriage but with her death she willed it to the church. The church mortgage was paid off at Easter after the funds were added and framed coins were displayed in the Sunday school room.
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Plainfield
N. J
Hope Chapel
G. K. Newell
Lillie Cowling
Johann Hoff’s Mast Extract Promises Strength and Fortitude
An advertisement touts Johann Hoff’s Mast Extract as a remedy to fatigue poor sleep and loss of appetite. It claims the product builds up body and brain, turning weakness and nervousness into vigor and vitality.
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Johann Hoff
Hoff
Arlington Clergy Shooting Trial Opens in Jersey Court
The trial of Thomas G. Barker of Arlington New Jersey charged with shooting Rev John W Keller rector of Trinity Mission Church began before Judge John A Blair in Hudson County Court of General Sessions Jersey City. Barker claims he acted to avenge a wrong against his wife and Keller denies the charges.
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Thomas G. Barker
Arlington
N. J
John W. Keller
Trinity Mission Church
John A. Blair
Hudson County Court of General Sessions
Jersey City
Beach Street
Midland Avenue
Fort Lee
Barker
Commercial Cable Company
Keller
Gloryiny
New Jersey
Starkey
Newark Episcopal Diocese
Commercial Cable, Company
John S. Erwin
Asault
Marshall van Winkle
Albert Wall
Jersey
Prosecutor Erwin
Thomas Starkey
Newark
Alexander Mann
C. S. Abbott
Christ Church
Belleville
George S. Bennett
Grace Church
Daniel F. Warren
D. D
St. Mary’s
William Richard
All Saints’ Church
Orange
John G. Ewens
Holy Innocents
Hoboken
August Fleidner
Trinity Mission
Library Tables and Desks Choicest Patterns
Chas E Matthews advertises library tables bookcases chairs and desks in a range of choicest patterns at 275 Canal Avenue.
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Chas. E. Matthews
Canal
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H. A. Taylor
New Yorker
Sheriff’s
State
Pension Office
Bill
Maine
Umbrella Law
West Virginia
Colorado
Charles A. Moore, Jr
Devil
Council
Westcott Express Company
Caesar
Steel Corporation
MR. Keller
T. G. Barker
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