Pennsylvan ia crew wins Henley trial race at Thames
At Henley on the Thames the University of Pennsylvania eight defeated the London Bowling Club by three boat lengths in 7 minutes 5 seconds, outracing Leander and New College in a heat that paves the way to a final against either Leander or the Belgian Ghent crew. The Pennsylvanians dominated from start to finish amid warm, sunny conditions.
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Philadelphia Times
Henley
University of Pennsylvania
Thames
London Bowling Club
Leander
England
New College
Pennsylvania
London
Bucks
London Rowing Club
Temple Island
Fawley
Regatta Committee
Remenham Hill
Ireland
Dublin University
Harvard
Associated Press
Gardiner
Ellis Ward
New Colege
Leanders
Trinity Hall of Cambridge
Christ’s College of Cambridge
Royal Artillery
H. Johnson
Twickenham
Worcester College
Jesus College
Cambridge
Eton College
Eton
Kingston Rowing Club
Trinity College
Oxford
Trinity Hall
Trinity
Dublin
Killarney
Thames Rowing Club
Yale
Cornell
Virginia hotel fire at Virginia Hot Springs destroys The Homestead
A early morning fire gutted The Homestead hotel at Virginia Hot Springs Bath County due to a defective wire. About 120 guests escaped in night attire with valuables lost. no injuries reported. Loss near 300000, largely insured. The hotel will be rebuilt promptly. guests and staff cared for.
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Richmond
Virginia Hot Springs
Bath County
W. M. Blakesley
Magee
George Wood
Philadelphia
W. D. Porter
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
King
Pittsburg
Julia Marlowe
Fires of Yesterday in Globe Arizona Destroy Fourteen Buildings
Fourteen structures burned in a one day blaze of unknown origin at Globe Arizona. Ten miner families left homeless as losses reach eighty thousand dollars. Timber along the San Juan forest reserve suffered extensive damage. Officials report stray embers started the fire and stables were scorched. Local authorities flag potential causes amid the destruction in the mining town.
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Globe
Ariz
Oaeeday
San
Metsepeltion
Scabies St Tooth
Bouton Ot
Secretary for Committee of 9 Rothermel Campaign Names
Philadelphia report details the selection of Samuel M. Clement Jr as secretary and member of the nine-person Reform City Committee aiding P. F. Rothermel Jr. for district attorney reelection. Shippen arranges eight colleagues, lists ward representatives, and plans a Republican meeting to organize the county campaign and counter the independents.
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P. F. Rothermel, Jr
Edward Shippen
Academy of Music
Rothermel
Samuel M. Clement, Jr
Clement
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
Sir
Committee of Nine
Citizens of
Eow Surpren
Citizens’ Auxiliary
Republican City Committee
Union League
The
Young Republicans
Shippen
Asheville
N. C
Hart
Reform City Committee
William Reed
Republican City
John Dunn
James B. Anderson
Samuel M. Clement
John E. Reyburn
Robert Osborn
Henry Clay
Samuel B. Gilpin
John Virdin
William J. Ron
Thomas Harbot
Massive Opium Imports Reported From San Francisco
The report by Customs Collector Stratton shows that from January 1, 1880, to June 30, 1901, 1,804,548 pounds of opium prepared for smoking were imported at San Francisco, with $13,861,180 in duty collected. This underscores the vast consumption of opium by smokers in the United States.
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San Francisco
United States
Stratton
Death in insect bite linked to tropical pest in bananas
Baltimore reports a fatality from a poisonous insect bite, with Henry Ransch identified as the deceased. Investigators believe a tropical pest, described as a pecabug or spider, arrived with bananas or pineapples. Coroner Sawra and physicians note the insect resembles a centipede with a different head, and plans for further study are sent to the Maryland Academy of Sciences.
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Tropics
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Henry Asch
Ransch
Joseph Sawra
Imeas
Maryland Academy of Sciences
Not Guilty After 4-Hour Kiss Trial In SC
In South Carolina a Clifton Manufacturing official, C Hopper of Spartanburg, faced an assault and battery indictment for kissing 16 year old Maggie Cudd. The jury decided the kiss was not a penitentiary offense and acquitted Hopper after four hours of deliberation amid public interest in the historic case.
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Philadelphia Times
Columbia, &. C
Baily
South Carolina
C. Hopper
Clifton Manufacturing Company
Spartanburg
Maggie Cudd
Hopper
Cudd
Mr. Hopper
Three Drownings in Squall Near Lighthouse Work
Three men drowned when a skiff overturning during a sudden squall near the Green Reef lighthouse claimed Patrick Morrison of Philadelphia John Fallon of South Norwalk Conn and John Harris man of Kingston N Y as others survived or risked life in rescues. A naphtha launch crew and nearby residents aided survivors and rescuers.
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Philadelphia TimEs
Stamford
H. Davis
Howard Morrison
Mr. Howell
Bell Island
W. G. Hoyt
John M. Brown
Dudley Hoyt
South Norwalk
Roton Point
Boers Active in Cape Colony Reported Skirmishes
A Cape Town dispatch says Lategan's commando moved through Elandsfontein toward Richmond while Boers operate in small numbers near Naauwpoort with sniping reported. Boers attacked a post near Barkly West, were repulsed, and burned their convoy. British pursue. Transkei incursion deemed failed. Lord Roberts testified on deportations of Netherlands Railroad staff amid foreign export claims.
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Philadelphia Times
London
Cape Town
Lategan
Elandsfontein
Richmond
Naauwpoort
Barkly West
Transkei
Fouchee
Drakenstein Range
Seymour and
Wheat Sprouting in Boy's Ears Reported in Philadelphia Times
Special to The Philadelphia Times from Wilmington July 3. Fourteen year old George Risler of 509 North Franklin street consulted a physician after ear pains. The doctor found several grains of wheat in the ear, with some having sprouted.
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Philadelphia Times
Wilmington
George Risler
North
Franklin Street
City Notes: Regiments Camp. Hospital Reports and Notable Incidents
The First Pennsylvania Regiment will hold its annual camp at National Park on the Delaware from July 6 to 13. Arthur Threw faces fines for beating a horse tied to United States Express Company. Willie Walker, 4, ingested corrosive sublimate, sent to Presbyterian Hospital. recovery likely. Richard Ree held on $600 bond on a watch-related charge. June hospital report shows 2,364 treated. 108 remain. Rose Daniels sentenced to 30 days in County Prison for causing a street fracas. Mrs Auns de Bennylella Mear, 84, falls from a window on Oak and York. injuries attended. Weight arrested on charge related to a baby in his care. Bessie Conway charged with assault on thirteenth street. case to be heard this week. Jennie Hanna, 18, charged with larceny at Brothers Street. remanded to hospital for examination.
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Pennsylvania
United Boys’ Brigades of America
National Park
Delaware
Rose Daniels
Forty-first
Ludlow Streets
Thornton
Forty-first Street
Lancaster Avenue
Auns de Bennylella Mear
Oane
Teseantae
Oak Ane
York
Weight
Omate Hinshouse
Williams Burned for Third Time in Williams
Phoenix July 3 Williams, a railway and lumbering town, was practically destroyed by fire yesterday with losses estimated around 500,600. The blaze swept the town and affected its suburbs as well, crippling local rail and lumber operations.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Williams
Cara Ceke
Flood Hits Champaign Urbana After Cloudburst
Champaign and Urbana suffered flooding last night after a cloudburst whose two hour downpour inundated business districts. Lightning struck, and water damaged storefronts and property. Authorities assess the storm as a rare weather event with significant local impact.
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Champaign
Urbana
Wood's Disease Typhoid Fever Diagnosis Now Given
HAVANA July 3 The illness afflicting Governor General Wood has been officially diagnosed as typhoid fever. Last night the fever ran high but today it moderated as doctors reported on the condition of the official.
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Wood
Havana
Fifteen Die in Mine Riot at Smuggler Mine Telluride
Denver dispatch reports a violent outbreak among Smuggler mine striking miners near Telluride Colorado with the post office blown up and fifteen men killed. Miners from Liberty Bell Tom Boy Revenue and Camp Bird joined the Smuggler strikers and 800 men surrounded the mine as shooting continued into the night.
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Denver
Col
Telluride
Ouray
Camp Bird
Thomas Walsh
Washington
Liberty Bell
Tom Boy
Revenue
Citizens’ Committee
Paying for Independence Fires and Burns in Fourth Records
Fourth of July incidents report fires burns and lacerations among youths. A firecracker explosion caused $300 damage at 3658 Woodland Avenue in a Willam Eber cellar fire risk. Herman Lascher age 14 suffered a severe burn and shattered fingers from a toy cannon blast. Edward Miller age 14 burned to face and eyes by a pistol premature explosion. Elisabeth Smith age 12 injured eye from a firecracker explosion.
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Willam Eber
Woodland Avenue
Herman Lascher
North Mervine Street
Edward Miller
North Sixth Street
Elisabeth Smith
Price Street
Seventh National Bank to reorganize and pay depositors in full
New York July 3 Special to The Philadelphia Times reports that directors of the Seventh National Bank met to plan paying all depositors, taking up the Marquand loan, and reestablishing solvency. They await examiner reports, with liabilities around five million, and consider buying out Marquand & Co. assets.
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I’hiladelphia Times
New York
Seventh National Bank
Thomas
Kimball
Perry Heath
Fletcher Heath
Cromwell
Marquand & Co
Run on two Buffalo banks ends with bank liquidity
Two uptown Buffalo banks the Union and the Metropolitan faced a run on July 3 but prepared for it. Clearing House committee examined the books and securities and sent 500000 dollars in currency this morning. Banks met all demands and had money to spare.
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Philadelphia Times
Buffalo
N. Y
Union
Metropolitan
Clearing House Committee
Patients taken to the Park from Philadelphia Hospital outing
Two wagon loads of patients from the Sp ent of the Philadelphia Hospital were taken to the Park for a day outing. Expenses were provided by the Mary Shields fund. Ward keepers and nurses accompanied them. Games were arranged and refreshments served.
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Philadelphia
Mary Shields
Paris Ex-Governor Laferriere Found Dead In Bed
A Paris dispatch reports M. Laferriere, former Governor of Algeria, was found dead in bed yesterday at Bourbonne-Les-Bains. The London rumor of a Baldwin-Ziegler ex tion weakening is denied. A rain-storm flooded the Salgbir river area in Simferopol with two children drowned.
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Paris
Bourbonne-Les- Bains
M. Laferriere
Algeria
Herr Schwedler
Leipsic
Zwickau
Leip Bank
New Art Association
Bagatelle Grounds
Bois de Boulogne
Guayaquil
Mace
London
Baldwin-Ziegler
Simferopol
Crimea
Saepol
Vesday
Salgbir River
Attila P
Senn
Beale
Knife Attracts Lightning Kills Woman at Supper
A Maryland storm caused a fatal lightning strike at the Phillips home near Salisbury. Mrs. Phillips died instantly and Bertha Phillips died later after receiving a shock while the family ate supper. A steel knife in Mrs. Phillips’s hand is believed to have attracted the bolt.
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Philadelphia Times
Salisbury
Maryland
Ross Phillips
Two New Arrests In Union Traction Fraud Scheme
I H Varilla and S W Brubaker were committed to prison after a magistrate hearing on charges of defrauding the Union Traction Company. Varilla claimed injuries from a car fall at Fifteenth Street and Erie Avenue, naming Brubaker as a witness. Brubaker allegedly confirmed the tale and later confessed, detailing the conspiracy.
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Union Traction Company
I. H. Varilla
W. Brubaker
O'Brien
Varilla
Fifteenth Street
Erie Avenue
Brubaker
Frank H. Berrell
City grand jury to probe city contract awards
The grand jury votes to investigate how contracts are awarded by the city administration. It targets higher bids over the lowest for projects like the $1,281,000 filter plant contract to Daniel J. McNichol, seeks records, and will summon city officials after consulting the District Attorney.
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Kathermnel
Daniel J. McNichol
Grand Jury
Heir Claims Vast Chicago Estate Suit Over Land Grant
Sidney Smith of Cambridge Massachusetts declared in Chicago that he holds a rightful claim to a property valued at 250 million dollars. The 160 acre tract lies between 35th and 39th streets Rhodes avenue and Lake Michigan near a fine residence. Ground once owned by Jeduthan Smith seventy years ago under a pre emption certificate and patent title, Smith asserts he is the legal heir to the old homestead.
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Chicago
Sidney Smith
Cambridge
Mass
Thirty-fifth
Thirty-ninth Streets
Rhodes Avenue
Lake Michigan
Jeduthan Smith
Smith
Weather forecast for Thursday and Friday
The local forecast calls for warm conditions with possible afternoon thunder showers. New England largely fair and warm with variable to fresh south southwest winds. Eastern New York partly cloudy and warm with possible afternoon storms in the far south. DC and mid Atlantic states warm with possible afternoon storms Thursday, then fair and warm Friday with variable winds. Western regions show partial cloud and gradual warmth with light variable winds.
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New England
New York
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
Local Weather Report Summary Pa United States
The weather report notes a rainy day with a high around 75 and a low near 50. It records a 12 degree excess in temperature for today and an accumulated excess since July, along with rainfall of 0.32 inch since January.
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United States
I. Pa
Bey St
Shipping Lines Move Atlantic Routes Between Ports
A brief report notes ships operating routes from New York to St Louis Southampton and Rhynland ABrow Head from Philadelphia and back to the northeast with Atlantic service adjustments.
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St. Louis
Southampton
New York
Rhynland
Abrow Head
Philadelphia
Heated City Counts 48 More Deaths Amid Heat Wave
The city recorded a 98 degree high with a ten degree fall by 8 PM. Heat and humidity surged leading to 48 deaths and many prostrations, while a mid afternoon thunderstorm began a cooling trend. Rain totaled four hundredths of an inch, humidity rose sharply. An hourly humidity chart followed.
Smithsonian Weather History: Peak Temperatures 1825 to Present
The table lists each year’s highest temperature from 1825 onward. From 1825 to 1871 temperatures come from Pennsylvania Hospital records, pre dating the U S Weather Bureau. From 1871 onward figures are official, drawn from Local Forecaster Townsend’s records.
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Pennsylvania Hospital
United States Weather Bureau
Townsend
Heatwave grips nation as temperatures soar across cities
Kansas City led with 102 degrees while North Platte reached 100 and Atlantic City logged heavy rain. Other cities ranged from 80s to mid 90s as the protracted heat sparked alarm, with fears of plague or epidemic pushing hospitals and volunteers to the limit.
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Kansas City
North Platte
Neb
Atlantic City
Cape May
Atlanta
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Galveston
Tampa
Jacksonville
Key West
Memphis
New Orleans
New York
Pittsburg
St. Louis
St. Paul
Washington
Norfolk
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Theodore Cook
Cami
Lehmann
Justice Porter
Pennsylvania Superior Court
Cape Colony
Arthur Threw
Ellsware
United States Express Company
Willie Walker
Race Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Richard Ree
North Fourth Street
Maglartace Stratton
Harry Williams
Low Street
Bessie Conway
Bet
Ares
West
Bia
Tates Wy Avenue
Jennie A. Hanna
South Seventh Street
Stea
Brothers Ee
Sun
Gible Pathe
Colorado Camp
Traction Company
Massachusetts
N.W
R. Weather Nee
Wye
Eastport
New York City
Orleans
Seetees
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