Conference on Cuba Fails of Results
A June Washington conference of Republican Senators on Cuban reciprocity ends with no agreement leaving the next session to the chair. Administrations men press for a pro president line while beet sugar senators stand firm against a treaty that benefits the Sugar Trust and Cuba reciprocal legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Washington
Allison
Administration
Hale
Maine
Senate
Mr. Roberts
Massachusetts
Congress
Sugar Trust
Index to Departments and Page References
A survey of content marks across the issue listing finance wheat corn cotton iron butter and markets on pages 12 to 14 with notes on amusements arrivals and other sections. Other pages cover legal notes fires real estate railroads weather and society items with references to yesterday's fires and various departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service
Weather Report
Pocono Mountain Special Leaves For Delaware Water Gap
The Pocono Mountain Special departs from Delaware Water Gap Stroudsburg and Mt Pocono sections Fridays and Saturdays at 2 PM via Lackawanna Railroad with no stop between New York and the Gap Returning Sunday nights and Monday mornings Resort Bureau 429 Broadway corner Howard Street adv.
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Pocono Mountain
Delaware Water Gap
Stroudsburg
Mt. Pocono
Lackawanna Railroad
New York
the Gap
Resort Bureau
Broadway
Cor
Howard St
Advertisement Claim for Jo Hann Hoff's Extract
A vintage ad touts Jo Hann Hoff's Extract as the premier summer tonic with a bold claim that nothing else matches its quality and effect. The line emphasizes exclusivity and high confidence in the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johann Hoff
Republicans Hear Cuban Reciprocity Debate At Senate Conference
At the Washington conference of Republican Senators on Cuban reciprocity eight or nine speakers supported reciprocity while two opposed. Foraker urged unity and Cuba relations. Beveridge stressed expanding trade. Lodge and Aldrich urged a solid party front. Hanna linked aid to Cuba with McKinley’s Buffalo speech. Burton defended beet sugar Republicans and Burrows quoted McKinley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clapp
Dietrich
Roosevelt
Administration
Foraker
Beveridge
Lodge
Aldrich
McComas
Hanna
Iender
Platt
Connecticut
Mr. Hanna
Burton
Burrows
Mr. Burton
Cuba
Washington
Warren
Hale
McKinley
Buffalo
Kansas
Senator Platt
Senator Foraker
President McKinley
Mr. McKinley
Colorado Special to Denver One Night Route Ad
The Colorado Special departs Chicago for Denver for a single night trip leaving Chicago at 6 30 P M daily. Low excursion rates apply every day via Chicago and North Western and Union Pacific Bus. Offices at 287 and 461 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Denver
Chicago
Chicago & North-Western
Union Pacific Bus
Broadway
Edgewood Inn Opens in Greenwich Near Grand Central
The Edgewood Inn in Greenwich Connecticut opens June 14 as a modern hotel offering forty five private bathrooms and located forty five minutes from Grand Central Station. Frank F. Shute serves as Manager.
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Edgewood Inn
Greenwich
Conn
Grand Central Station
Frank F. Shute
Richfield Springs Sleeper Leaves Daily 8:45 P M
Rail ad announces a Richfield Springs sleeper via Lackawanna Railroad leaving New York each night at 8 45 P M with a parlor car on the 10 A M train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richfield Springs
Lackawanna Railroad
New York
Trust Company President Sought Over Embezzlement Plot
Police hunt Henry B. McDowell president of the United States Trust Company with offices in Philadelphia. He is accused of embezzling securities valued at up to 250000 dollars after the firm collapsed. Authorities say he deceived investors by pledging backing and moved assets to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
New York
Henry B. McDowell
United States Trust Company
Witherspoon
McDowell
Frank Reeder
Albert L. Taylor
State Bank Examiner
Charles L. Brown
Gen. E. McDowell
Century Building Company
New York City
Holmes Brothers
Broadway
Automatic Machine Company
Hubbard & Rice
Liberty Street
Taber
Bank Examiner
Albany
W. S. Hergesheimer
G. A. Widener
Miller
Brown
MeDowell
Theodore F. White, Jr
Nelson S. Easton
Col
Charles A. Fuller
Boston
Bronxville
Forest fires menace towns in Western Washington
Torrential fires threaten Buckley Enumclaw and Hot Springs with destruction. Dozens of homes mills and timberlands burn as two weeks of dry weather leaves tinder dry. Fire crews from Tacoma battle the blazes to rescue surrounded workers and protect escape routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Washington
Buckley
Enumclaw
Hot Springs
White River Lumber Company
White River Valley
Tacoma Fire Department
Toether
Mountain
Northern Pacific
Puget Sound
Montauk Steamboat Co resumes Block Island service
The Block Island service of the Montauk Steamboat Co will be resumed on June 26. Steamers will depart New York Pier 3 East River weekdays except Saturdays at 5 30 PM and Saturday July 3 at 1 00 PM with July 4 services added. Burnett's Extract of Vanilla promoted for hotels and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Block Island
Montauk Steamboat Co
New York
E. R
New York Central Route to Catskills Advertised
A travel ad promotes the New York Central line from Grand Central Station to Catskill Landing then by Catskill Mountain Railroad. Inquiries are directed to New York Central ticket agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catskills
New York Central
Grand Central Station
Catskill Landing
Catskill Mountain Railroad
Anti Trust Law Void Illinois 1891 Unconstitutional Ruling
Judge Elbridge Hanecy of the State Circuit Court declares the Illinois anti trust law of 1891 unconstitutional and void in all parts. He rules in favor of the Butler Street Foundry and Iron Company in a case brought by the People on relation of the Attorney General. The decision affects many actions seeking fines for non compliance with the act. Early 1899 officials began 1200 suits in Cook County to recover 8500 dollars per defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Elbridge Hanecy
State Circuit
Butler Street Foundry and Iron Company
Aiken
State of Illinois
Deneen
Cook County
Illinois Democrats Face Bleak Springfield Faction Ties
Reports from Springfield say the Cook County rule of ruin fights threatens a state ticket. Defections spread across Illinois as leaders fear county battles will cripple the party. Pickering may withdraw from Clerk of Supreme Court race. Reed Green and Williams supporters weigh similar moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Springfield
Cook County
John L. Pickering
Supreme Court
Chris Mamer
New State Central Committee
Reed Green
Congress
Cairo
Williams
Kerns
St. Clair County
George Duddston
Duddston
Randolph Macon Woman's College Adopts Graded Salaries
The Randolph Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg announces a new graded salary system for its faculty, a model said to be unique in the South and second only to Harvard in the nation. The plan, approved June 19, sets salaries at 1250 for a first year, 1800 for a fifth year, with full professorship status and benefits including a one year leave with half pay after ten years, plus emeritus positions at age seventy with one third pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Randolph-Macon, Woman's College
Lynchburg
Harvard
South
W. W.W. Smith
Randolph-Macon Systems of Schools and Academies
Miners Union Estimates Coal Supply Shortage Looms
Indianapolis June 20 Roughly 450 000 coal miners across 30 states could halt work if a general suspension is called at the national convention July 17. W B Wilson of the United Mine Workers warns above ground coal may run out in under three months, with Western Pennsylvania Indiana Ohio and Illinois pivotal in the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
W. B. Wilson
United Mine Workers of America
National Convention of
United States
Wilson
Idaho
Nevada
California
Dakotas
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Union
Indiana
Buffalo
Great Lakes
Canada
British Isles
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Iowa
Express System Allows Deposits At Express Offices
Chicago Savings Bank launches an express system with about 100 branch sites where customers may open accounts and deposit funds. Deposits receive a certificate and may be made by factory workers at their office, though withdrawals remain only at the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Savings Bank
United States
Hak
Mrs Ethel L Kirk Granted Divorce From Milton W Kirk
Mrs Ethel L Kirk won a divorce from millionaire soapmaker Milton W Kirk in Chicago Illinois with Judge Bishop fixing alimony at 60000 dollars. The court found Mrs Kirk’s desertion charge against her husband untrue while his charge against her was found true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ethel L. Kirk
Milton W. Kirk
Bishop
Kirk
Saratoga Limited Sets First Run of Season Soon
The Saratoga Limited announces its season opening with the first trip scheduled for Saturday June 21 from Grand Central Station, leaving New York Central at 1 50 P M. This advance item confirms the train’s revival and timing for travelers seeking the famed service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Limited
Grand Central Station
New York Central
Summer Resort Directory Ad Highlights Hotels and Boarding Houses
Advert announces a complete resort directory with detailed listings of Sum mer resort hotels and boarding houses. The piece promotes a handsome illustrated magazine supplement free with tomorrow's Brooklyn Eagle and notes a Pennsylvania Railroad express service twenty hours from New York to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
New York
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Miners Limited to Four Working Days Weekly in Pact
Northern and Central Pennsylvania will be restricted to a maximum of four workdays per week. The measure follows an interview between President Gilday and National President Mitchell outlining the new policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Gilday
Mitchell
Coal Operators to Convene in Kentucky Meeting
A meeting of the Western Kentucky Coal Operators Association will be held at Graysons Springs to discuss a July 17 strike plan. The group, with about 2000000 in capital and mines across Ohio and Kentucky, employs union labor under a yearly contract expiring March 31, 1903. Captain I P Barnard serves as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Western Kentucky Coal Operators’ Association
Grayson’s Springs
Western Kentucky Association
Central City
Capt. I.P Barnard
Ohio
Davies
Union
Webster
United Mine Workers
Quiet Wyoming Valley Strikes Baffle Coal Leaders
In Wilkes Barre on June 20 quiet prevails as strike leaders disperse across the coal belt except for President Mitchell. District President John Fahy arrives and doubts Reading Co plans to reopen a shaft. A fire damages John Snyder’s North Wilkes-Barre home. his wife reports the loss amid ongoing mine disruptions. In Roanoke region, Pocahontas strike activity remains unsettled with sheriff scrutiny but no major railroad incidents reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Wyoming
Mitchell
John Fahy
Schuylkill
Reading
John Snyder
Dorrance
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
North Wilkesbarre
Roanoke
Pocahontas
Tazewell County
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Strike status stalls as miners prep mass march
In Bluefield West Virginia the strike lingers with no new developments for two days. Miners rest then plan a grand march across the field tomorrow as about forty collieries pay off workers. Officials expect a decision on whether the strike continues or ends with Monday work. In Clearfield Pennsylvania Patrick Gilday, district miners union president, orders halting bituminous coal shipments to East to help the anthracite strike, aiming to block output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. Va
Clearfield
Pent
Patrick Gilday
District Miners’ Union
Points East
Rail and River Day Trips Advertised in Sunday Markets
The advertisement promotes the Pennsylvania Special train from New York to Chicago with a dining car and daily service. It also touts Hudson River Day Line excursions with anthracite coal fuel, a new landing at W 129th Street at 9:15 A M, and a Sunday trip to New Haven aboard the Str. Richard Peck for an all water ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
New York
Adv
Hudson River
New Landing
129Th St
Richard Peck
New Haven
Guden Removal Upheld. Dike Installed as Kings County Sheriff
The New York Court of Appeals sustains Gov Odell's removal of Sheriff Charles Guden and appoints Norman S Dike as his successor. The ruling upholds Governor powers in removal, rejects lower court claims, and ends a long political clash in Kings County. Guden challenged the move after earlier charges and a false oath claim. Dike has taken control of the jail and sheriff’s office in the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
Guden
Kings County
Albany
N. Y
Charles Guden
Odell
Norman Ss. Dike
Parker
O’brien
Supreme Court
Second Department
Justice Gaynor
Bert Reiss
Reiss
Michael J. Cady
Higginbotham
Brooklyn
Gaynor
Dike
Carlsbad Sprudel Water Ad Promotes Original Brand
Advert shows Long Island Railroad announces summer schedule changes effective June 23. It urges readers to use genuine imported Carlsbad Sprudel Water and warns against substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlsbad
Long Island Railroad
Adv
Kidnapping of Alice Jennison Shocks Greenwich
Greenwich, Conn June 20 A dramatic kidnapping at the Held House in Indian Harbor abducted four year old Alice Jennison the daughter of Frank E Jennison of New York. Elizabeth Dudley Jennison aided by three men and two women seized the child after knocking down the nurse and disarming James Gibbons the Jennison valet. The captors fled toward Port Chester in two carriages pursued by Constable Nedley and Greenwich Prosecuting Attorney Walsh. The case marks the second kidnap of the child within a week with prior capture in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
Alice Jennison
Frank E. Jennison
Dunscomb
Portchester
Connecticut
New York
Walsh
Alice
New York City
Jennisons
Elizabeth Dudley
Kentucky
Jennison
West Ninety-fourth Street
St. Lorenz Hotel
Seventy-second Street
Lexington Avenue
Grant
Claremont
Buckingham Hotel
Fiftieth Street
Fifth Avenue
Gibbons
E. H. Mase
Wall Street
Thursda
Issu
Brantley, Mooney & Shipman
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The
New York Times
Cannon
White House
Review OF Books and Art
Hunt For Trust Company
Ed States Trust Company
Buckley, Enumclaw
Washington State
Burnett
Hanecy
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Miners’ Union
Express
Chicago Savings Institution
M. W. Kirk
A. Raymond & Co
Nassau
Fulton St
Norman S. Dike
Devvey
H. J. Dewey & Sons Co
Daat
Indian Harbor
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