Delegates Welcome Southern Industrial Convention in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on June 12 delegates from the southern states gathered for the annual Southern Industrial Convention opening a four day session in Horticultural Hall. The north and south anticipate mutual business gains, with welcome addresses by Governor Stone and Mayor Ashbridge and a city hall lights display. Afternoon river excursion and speeches by Hoke Smith and others followed. In Pittsburgh, Walter Dorman testified in the John Biddle murder case, detailing the crime and Biddles role. A New York robbery attempt on a bank messenger ended with recovery of funds, and Charles F Jones, once secretary to the late J. D. Rockefeller heir William Marsh Rice, lies dying in a private sanitarium.
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Philadelphia
Stone
Ashbridge
Longino
Mis
Delaware river
Interior
Hoke Smith
Atlanta
xbert C. Ogden
city hall
Dorman
Biddle
Pittsburg
John Biddle
Thomas D. Kahney
Fitzgerald
Walter Dorman
Met Washington
Kahner
John Bidde
Howard Biddle
Jones
New York
Charles F Jones
WHliam Marsh Rice
Tas
Boston
Edwin L Shnrey
Dayton
Young Men's Christian association
Mechanics’ building
William E. Dodge
Mechanics’ Hall
Gen. McCook
McKinley Denies Third Term Bid in National Address
Washington June 12 President McKinley rejected third term plans stressing the grave national questions before the administration. Secretary Cortelyou released a statement that McKinley would not seek or accept a renomination, urging secrecy until public announcement. The cabinet supported timely disclosure, praising his judgment in quashing third term talk. Three killed by Mexican robbers. English mine manager Remmel shot. lightning fatal to Francis Morris in Pittsburgh. trap shooting team notes from Lonton meet with wind affecting scores.
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Washington
McKinley
Cortelyou
Cornelyou
City of
Mexico
Tyre
Robert Remmel
Coronas
Remmet
Retmet
London
England
Pittsburg
Homestead
Francis Morris
Minnie
Morris
Four to Hang For Burglary in Asheville Case
In Asheville North Carolina Rush Gates Frank Johnson white and Ben Foster Harry Mills colored were found guilty of burglary in the first degree. Under state law the penalty is death and all four men will be sentenced to be hanged before the term ends. They robbed the store and post office at Emma two miles from Asheville on February 8.
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Asheville
N.C
superior
Rush Gates
Frank Johnson
Ben Foster
Harry Mills
North Carolina
Emma
Suffrage and constitutional changes headline Alabama convention
The Alabama constitutional convention adopted the first part of a new constitution creating a lieutenant governor, raising the governor’s salary to 5000 dollars, and lengthening executive terms to four years with no reelection. The governor cannot seek U.S. senate candidacy within one year of term end. A sweeping suffrage plan excludes several groups, potentially reducing black voting significantly. Harvard student Bigelow killed by Cambridge fire engine amid crowd unrest. President O'Connell reelected at the International Machinists gathering in Toronto. Ex-consul McElrath dies in Colorado Springs.
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Montgomery
Ala
United States
Burns
Burnsville
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Bigelow
Buffalo
Cambrides fire department
Wallis
John Dowdis
O'Connell
Toronto
International Machinists’ association
J. Conlin
Sioux City
George Preston
Detroit
Milwaukee
Washington
Mrs McKinley’s Condition update from June reports slow improvement
Washington June 12 Mrs McKinley’s improvement was less marked yesterday though she held her own at night Warm weather is thought to hinder recovery. In Baltimore June 12 painters Marion Johnson and Louise Buskey suffered serious injuries after a 40 foot scaffold collapsed in front of a house they were painting.
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Marion
Johnson
Louise Buskey
Baltimore University hospital
Newark
N. o
Hen Schaub
Schaub
Pennsy
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Steel company
Pennsylvania Railroad company
Pennsylvania railroad
the
International Navigation company
Sparrow's Point
Bethany college suspends junior class for disruption
In Wheeling West Virginia the entire junior class at Bethany College was suspended for breaking up a Freshmen meeting. President McKinley received an engraved gold plate invitation to an event. A tornado near Lesteria killed a baby and injured several others while destroying many buildings. A Dominion government committee in San Francisco studied Chinese immigration effects in the United States and Canada. Two Boers were court martialed and shot for attempting to escape Pretoria after taking an oath of neutrality. The Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce denied a membership application. The article notes a centure with the largest coal production in the United States and continued US dominance among coal producers.
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Bethany college
Wheeling
McKinley
Lesteria
Dominion
United States
Canada
San Francisco
Pretoria
Minneapolis
Com- Terce
Irs Tl
H. Passmore
cty
Death of Governor Samford Ends Alabama's Political Era
William J. Samford, governor of Alabama, died in Tuscaloosa after weeks of illness from heart disease. He served in the state senate and Congress and was inaugurated December 19. W. D. Jenks, president of the state senate, will succeed him.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Willam J. Samford
Alabama
Samford
State university
Flo
Montgomery
natie
state senate
congress
W. D. Jenks
Fifteen Dead in Port Royal Mine Disaster
Port Royal Pa June 12. A mine explosion killed many and destroyed property near the Pittsburg coach. Officials list many dead, including superintendents and foremen, with several yet entombed. Rescue efforts faced another explosion. officials doubt survivors. The inquest considers lamp use versus gas ignition.
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Port Royai Pa
Port Royal
Pittsburg
famier
Toliows
William McCune
John Canto
Darr
Sam Act Talley
MMarchanie
John Stickle
Jerry Daly
Bernard Ball
John Peeples
David Tames
Harry Beverage
Arthur Smith rannot
coal company
Westmore-tanu
Peeples
Davenport
Stickle
Daly
Bernard Callaten
Callahen
Girl Student Indicted For Thefts in Northampton
The grand jury indicted Mabel L. Burt, former Smith College student, on 12 counts for larceny of money and jewelry. She pleaded not guilty as bail set at 1000 by her father Mr Burt, who plans to place her in a Pennsylvania sanitarium.
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Northampton
Mass
Mabel L. Burt
Smith college
Heavy Sentences For Burglary in Reading
Milton Games received two years and Jacob P Miller fifteen years in Eastern penitentiary after pleading guilty to twenty three burglary charges. Accomplice Sylvester Yeager was sentenced to three years. Stolen goods valued at over were recovered.
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Reading
Milton Games
Jacob P. Miller
Sylvester Yeager
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COHN N. ‘CLARY
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Meller
Tutt
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TA MODICAL Co
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Chicago
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Drngelst
Frederick, Md
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DOCLINE
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Aguinaldo
Emilio Zurbano
Tabayas province
Tabayas
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war department
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Maine Central railroad
Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen of America
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Wanan
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