Five Mines Abandoned by Owners Prompt Idle Workforces
Shenandoah August 6 William Stein state mine inspector reports five collieries in his district valued at about 1.5 million have been flooded and permanently abandoned by their owners. Four belong to Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company and one to the Shearer estate Pottsville. About 2,000 miners face idleness with many seeking work elsewhere as repairs would take up to four months. Gobin orders civil authority support and a new signal system first since Homestead riots.
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Shenandoah
William Stein
Bear Run
East Bear Ridge
Kohinoor
Preston
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Stein
Wyoming
Lackawanna
Coal Company
Gobin
Reading
Pennsylvania Railroad Station
New York
Paul Pulaski
United Mine Workers
Hanes
Siew
Big Tanker Broadmayne Drifts Adrift In River Storm
The British tank steamer Broadmayne broke from moorings at Marcus Hook during a storm and drifted down the river with fires banked. Captain Hayne raced from Philadelphia to Martelle Hook after news arrived by crewman ashore. The 334 foot tanker carried 1,275,000 gallons of refined petroleum and was bound for Dover. Built in 1888 at Palmer & Co. Newcastle, it measures 8,120 gross tons with triple expansion engines.
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Marcus Hook
Hayne
Broadmayne
Philadelphia
Martelle Hook
Alfred Turner
Dover
Palmer & Co
Newcastle
England
Shaw to Probe Cuban Loan Plan
Acting Secretary of State Atlee has sent Treasury a copy of a Havana cablegram about two Cuban loans totaling 89 million dollars. Shaw is away but expected back tomorrow to review the matter with Solicitor of the Treasury to assess Platt amendment conflicts.
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Washington
Atlee
Secretary of the Treasury
Squires
Havana
Shaw
the Treasury
Britain Faces Deficit Debate Over China and Europe
In the House of Commons debate on the appropriation bill critics assail Britain’s Europe and China policy. Viscount Cranborne defends the government, citing secret treaties, evacuation of Shanghai, most favored nation treatment, and hopes for a commercial treaty. Sir Michael Hicks Beach seeks authority to issue treasury bills to cover a £15 million shortfall. Prime Minister Balfour vows to create a joint military department and improve war readiness.
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London
House of Commons
Europe
China
Lord Salisbury
France
Spain
Turkey
Italy
Russia
Germany
Viscount Cranborne
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Cranborne
Shanghai
Michael Hicks-Beach
Treasury
J. Edward Seely
A. J. Balfour
Chaffee Plans Final Philippine Tour
General Chaffee will depart Manila next Monday aboard the Ingalls for a final tour of the Philippine Islands. He will visit the main stations in the southern islands including Lake Lanao in Mindanao Moro country.
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Manila
Chaffee
United States Army
Ingalls
Philippine Islands
Lake Lanao
Mindanao
French View Of Kaiser Visit
Paris reports the Kaiser’s visit to Reval seen as natural courtesy in the French capital. The Kaiser is praised for talks with the Tsar while honoring a historic aim to maintain good relations with Russia.
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Kaiser
Paladesper Times
London
Paris
Times
William
Reval
Russia
Water Works Sale Rumors Stir City Councils
A Philadelphia Times report claims an ordinance to sell the city's water works has been prepared and may be acted on when Councils reconvene in October. A former Council member says leaders intend to push the sale, though no buyer is present, with plans shifting to next spring amid political battles and past delays.
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Philadelphia Times
Petty’s Island
Carmon
Soge
Train Robbery at Marcus Charleston Route Across the Mississippi
Daring six masked robbers seized Emerson’s express train on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line near Marcus five miles north of Savannah. One bandit was killed. about $2,000 in silver was taken. Express Messenger Bye fired five shots. passengers were unmolested.
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MT. Carroll, II
Marcus
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Savannah
Emerson
Little Station
Hanover
Bye
Mississippi
William Bye
Burlington Road
Ence Company
Railway Company
Dailey's Boom Launched At Thirty-fourth Ward Outing
The Thirty-fourth Ward Business Men's Association hosted its first annual outing and dinner at the Lazaretto. Ex-Mayor J. R. Kinney presided while A. C. Christ served as toastmaster. Councilman J Lancaster Dalley urged building new schools to serve 500 to 600 children and discussed ward leadership plans.
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Thirty-fourth Ward
Race Streets
Sixty-second
Lancaster Avenue
Dalley
Dunlop
Chinese Smuggling Trio Held On Exclusion Law Charges
Ung Chien Ung Soo and Ung Look Tung laundrymen at 724 South Second Street were held on $1000 bail each by Commissioner Craig for trial on charges of violating the Chinese exclusion law. They sought legal registration papers claiming intent to visit China and return, with McCoach's questioning through Lee Toy, Chinatown mayor acting as interpreter.
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Ung Chien
Ung Soo
Ung Look Tung
South Second Street
Craig
Internal Revenue
William McCoach
China
McCoach
Lee Toy
Chinatown
San Francisco
Ung Sook Tung
Omaha
Boy Crowned in Schuylkill River Mishap
A nine year old boy, Frank Dindaroe of West Manayunk, fell into the Schuylkill River near River Roar on the shore yesterday. He was rescued and found to be safe.
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Schuylkill River
River Roar
West Manayunk
Frank Dindaroe
West
M K
Dark Mid Afternoon Storm Visits City with Explosions
A violent storm blanketed the city in near night darkness for minutes as high winds felled timber and debris. Lightning struck the Blabon oilcloth works injuring workers, and 50,000 cartridges exploded at the Bridesburg Arsenal causing damage to Tacony chemical works estimated at $5,000 with an employee injured.
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Chestnut Street
Blabon
Bridesburg
Philadelphia
Blabon Oilcloth Works
Nicetown Lane
Reading
Bridesburg Arsenal
Tacony Chemical Works
Frankford Creek
Charles Lange
Chemical Works
Boys Fall From Roofs In Separate Accidents
Two boys suffered serious injuries from rooftop falls in separate incidents. Seven year old William Stewart tumbled two stories from a hammock at 2600 Frankford Avenue and suffered concussion. Eight year old Charles Newhall, from 1945 South Iseminger Street, fell from a tin roof after climbing a trapdoor and sustained concussion as he lies in St. Agnes Hospital.
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Frankford Avenue
Wiliam Stewart
Episcopal Hospital
Charles Newhall
Iseminger Street
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Young Newhall
McKean
Iseminger
Surrender Habit Grows In Philadelphia Police Case
A man claiming to be W T Wilson of 825 Seventh Ave New York surrendered to Acting Captain Bond of detectives last night. He admitted taking over 100 dollars as a collector for furniture dealer Ludwig Baumann at 5000 Eighth Ave. He is the third man to surrender to Philadelphia police recently amid a murder warrant and a separate wanted-for-sea incident.
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W. T. Wilson
Seventh Avenue
New York
Bond
Ludwig Baumann
Eighth Avenue
Wilson
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Manhattan elevated workers face no imminent strike
Officials from Manhattan Railway Company deny any pending walkout by engineers and motormen over hours and pay disputes. Grand Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers says he does not expect trouble and notes a long standing 1885 contract as context.
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New York
Manhattan Railway Company
Manhattan L
Mr. Skitt
Sixth
Ninth Avenue
Second
Third Avenue
William L. Jenks
The
Engineers’ Brotherhood
Jenks
Cleveland
P. M. Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Manhattan Elevated
Canada
Youngson
Manhattan
Associated Press
Water wrecks a train east of Florence
A Rio Grande special passenger train carrying 300 tourists was ditched east of Florence near Swallows after a wall of water eight feet high swept down Peck creek from heavy mountain rains. A brakeman warned passengers in the rear cars to move to the front before a water surge broke couplings and hurled coaches from the track. A sleeping car blocked by the wall saved a farm house and its occupants by diverting the flood. The engine and remaining cars were recovered by a wrecking train from Salida. passengers were cared for.
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Florence
Col
Rio Grande
California
Swallows
Peck Creek
Here
J. G. Roberts
Salida
Immigrant Anarchists Sought as Nederland Arrives
United States Secret Service agents aided Immigration Bureau at the American Line pier for the Nederland from Antwerp. They sought three Italian anarchists driven from Constantinople who may have friends among Paterson reds, but no matches were found among the passengers. One man was hospitalized after landing with scarlet fever.
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United States Secret Service
American Line
Nederland
Antwerp
Constantinople
Paterson
N. J
Moyamensing Hospital
Aged Servant's Queer Will In Paris Contest
Margaret A Ber gen longtime maid to William Shakespeare Caldwell left 14000 of 19000 saved to Baroness Von Zedwitz and the Marquise des Monstiers Morinville daughters of Caldwell. Will to be contested by Caldwell relatives. notice filed by nephew Charles Katen of Stamford Conn.
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Philadelphia Times
New York
Margaret A. Bergen
William Shakespeare Caldwell
Richmond
Paris
Baroness von Zedwitz
Marquise Des Monstiers Morinville
Charles Katen
Stamford
Conn
Rosenthal Sues Lederer Amusement for 50000
Jacob J. Rosenthal claims damages of 50000 from the Lederer Amusement Company over the She Telephone Girl dispute. He leaves for New York to pursue a separate action for 80000 damages after a series of injunction attempts and Supreme Court rulings in Toledo and New York.
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Philadelphia Times
Toledo
Jacob J. Rosenthal
Lederer Amusement Company
New York
Supreme Court of New York
Man loses fingers in saw mill circular saw accident
Henry Shaw of 2237 North Hope Street, employed at a saw mill on Hancock and Master streets, had the first and second fingers of his right hand cut off by a circular saw yesterday. A prior accident left him without three fingers on his left hand.
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Henry Shaw
North Hope Street
Hancock
Master Streets
Shaw
Brother Killed in Children's Quarrel
In LaFollette Tennessee August 6 Ira Balten seven years old shot and killed his five year old brother with a .22 caliber rifle during a dispute over compliance. Police and investigators are processing the scene as details emerge.
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Lafollette
Teco
Ira Balten
Revolver Taken From Cunningham in Violent Arrest
Police from Buttonwood street station subdued James Cunningham of 818 Wood Street after he resisted when officers attempted to confiscate a revolver. Cunningham, shot and battered, is in Hahnemann Hospital in serious condition, feared not to live. He had threatened to kill his landlady Mrs Louise McNeal who alerted police through Officer Ritchie.
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James Cunningham
Wood Street
Buttonwood Street
Cunningham
Hahnemann Hospital
Louise McNeal
Ritchie
Vine Land teen saves boy at railroad crossing
Clarence Gaskill, 17, acted quickly to rescue Emerson Montgomery from oncoming express at the West Jersey and Seashore crossing in Vineland. He pulled the unconscious boy from the tracks just as the northbound train blurred past, Montgomery escaping with minor injuries and both lauded for the daring act.
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Philadelphia Times
Vineland
Clarence Gaskill
Daniel Gaskill
Elmer Street
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Emerson Montgomery
Gaskill
Montgomery
Power suit hardens as court cites Power for contempt
The Peter Power suit challenging the Northern Pacific merger reached a peak in the U S Circuit Court where Power was ordered held in contempt for thirty days after ignoring court summons. George Alfred Lamb was ordered to appear August 20 to answer why he should not be suspended for unprofessional conduct. Power remains missing as efforts to locate him continue.
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New York
Peter Power
Northern Pacific
Power
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
George Alfred Lamb
Lamb
A Hamilton County Farmer Prays Upon Debt Clearance
Enos Randall of Hamilton county visited Noblesville to cancel two notes from the First National Bank. After receiving the canceled notes he knelt at the teller window and offered a public prayer of thanksgiving, his voice heard by a large street crowd.
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Indianapolis
Enos Randall
Hamilton County
Noblesville
First National Bank
Adall
Trap shooter Marshall named Democratic nominee in Illinois district
MONMOUTH IL August 6 Thomas A Marshall mayor of Keithsburg famed trap shooter wins the Democratic nomination by acclamation for Congress in the Fourteenth Illinois district.
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Monmouth
Thomas A. Marshall
Keithsburg
Illinois
City Fathers Trip Delayed by Criticism and Illness
In Wilmington on August 6 the council faces opposition to a proposed trip to Grand Rapids Michigan at city expense. Some members may stay home or pay their own way. Council President Charles H Blaine is detained by family illness.
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Philadelphia Times
Wilmington
Grand Rapids
Mich
Charles H. Blaine
Dr Florence Watson to Europe for Zurich hospital service
Wilmington August 6 Dr Florence H Watson assistant superintendent of the Delaware State Hospital for the Insane leaves the institution tomorrow and sails on Saturday for Zurich Switzerland to enter the service of a hospital there.
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Philadelphia Times
Wilmington
Florence H. Watson
Delaware State Hospital For the
Zurich
Switzerland
Cotton operatives strike called off in Augusta meeting
At a meeting of the National Council of United Tile Workers of America in Fall River Massachusetts on August 6 the strike of cotton operatives at Augusta was called off and the workers were directed to return to work.
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Fall River
Maes
National Council of United Tile Workers of America
Augusta
Girard College Picnic At Willow Grove Park
Six hundred Girard College students attended the annual picnic yesterday at Willow Grove Park under the supervision of General City Trustee and staff. The event followed organized activities and raised funds for the institution’s welfare.
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Girard College
Willow Grove
Willow Grove Park
General City Truste
Vatican says friars hold minor shares in Philippine land firms
Vatican reports most friars real estate in the Philippines sold before American occupation to New York headed syndicates and corporations. Friars hold only minority shares, Pope pleased with Archbishop Ireland’s praise of Taft-Vatican talks. Vatican notes Taft unaware of the land control shift.
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Rome
Vatican
Philippines
New York
Associated Press
Ireland
St. Paul
Taft
Taft Explains Transfers of Philippine Lands to Companies
Governor Taft testifies before the Senate Committee on the Philippines detailing war department actions and Secretary Root reminders. He says friars moved titles to companies to avoid hostilities while retaining ownership, and notes protests by stockholders. Root directs lists of land titles and stock if negotiations close.
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Root
Taft
Senate Committee On the Philippines
Commission
Rome
War Department
Music as Death Beckons in St Joseph
Samuel Pryor father of famed trombonist Arthur Pryor lies dying in St Joseph Missouri. As death neared this afternoon he summoned his band and ordered four airs for a final concert under his sick bed while a band played in the home.
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Joseph
Samuel Pryor
Arthur Pryor
Professor Pryor
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