Clarkson 10 Capture South for Roosevelt
Washington July 4 J S Clarkson newly named Surveyor of the Port of New York spent a week in Washington conferring with Postmaster General Payne and other Roosevelt allies about the 1904 campaign. Clarkson is identified as the key figure in winning Southern delegates, with Payne and Quay shaping the broader strategy.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
J. S. Clarkson
Roosevelt
Port of
New York
Payne
Clarkson
Platt
Senator Hanna
Quay
Pennsylvania
South
Hanna
Osborne
Mr. Quay
McKinley
White House
Smith
Senate
Burrows le
Burrows
Iowa
Indian Princes Honored at London King Edward Ceremony
The Prince of Wales hosted Indian princes at the India Office in London in a lavish evening attended by Queen Alexandra and the royal family. Decorations cost around 50,000 pounds with 3,000 guests, including nobles and London dignitaries. The event featured palm and orchid decor, an artificial Indian sky ceiling, and electric illumination. The Prince of Wales received swords from Indian officers in a formal ceremony, followed by supper and music, with plans to illuminate rooms again due to demand.
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Prince of Wales
Edward
India Office
Queen Alexandra
Turkey
Prince
Princess of Wales
Foreign Office
Indian Council
Princes of Wales
Bais
Secret of Clarkson’s Political Move Meets Opposition
Insiders praise Mr. Clarkson as First Assistant Postmaster General and a leading Republican figure, confident he can sway Southern delegates from Roosevelt. They cite his political record to support entrusting him with the task.
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Clarkson
Hanna
Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
Span's King Signs Anti Clerical Decree
Madrid decree regulates non official instruction directed at religious teaching establishments. King Alfonso signed the measure after rumors of refusal, with a drastic scope likely pared in practice. The action follows Sagasta government anti clerical reform efforts. King Alfonso also awarded the Grand Cross of Alfonso XII to Benito Perez Galdos.
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London
Madrid
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Times
Alfonso
Sagasta
Alfonso XII
Benito Perez Galdos
Reid and Mrs Reid Visit England After London Embassy
Whitelaw Reid who was to attend the King Edward coronation has left the British authorities and closed the U S embassy in London. They visited Colonel Gordon Lennox at Broughton Castle Banbury and plan to spend July 4 with the Earl and Countess of Jersey at Osterley Park Isleworth.
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Whitelaw Reid
United States
Edward
Reid
Lord Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox
Broughton Castle
Banbury
Earl and Countess of Jersey
Osterley Park
Isleworth
Man Shot by Policeman Sparks Incipient Riot at Delaware Park
Philadelphia man Michael Lally, 31, was shot in the breast by a special policeman during an attempted arrest for alleged disorderly conduct at Washington Park on the Delaware. Officers scattered the crowd after a brief melee and released a detainee. Lally was taken to Arch Street wharf and then to Pennsylvania Hospital. His condition described as not serious.
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Delaware
Arch Street
Pennsylvania Hospital
Fifth
Race Streets
Michael Lally
South Hicks Street
Poison theory grows around O Malley case mystery
Detective plans to travel to South Bend to probe deeper into Professor Austin O Malley illness and alleged poisoning while jewelry theft and elopement are treated as secondary charges. Mrs O Malley and Hearin remain jailed as hearings approach.
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South Bend
Ind
Aline Ellis O'Malley
William J. Hearin
New York
Professor O'Malley
Burglar Found Drunk in Office Holds Up Stamps
R F Walsh a commission merchant at 204 South Front street found a stranger asleep near his office door with a whisky bottle beside him. Reserve Policeman Fowler detained the man who called himself William Long. Stamps were missing from a desk. Magistrate Kochersperger remanded Long in $1200 bail.
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R. F. Walsh
South Front Street
Two Governors Lay Keel of Nebraska Battleship
In Seattle on July 4 the keel of the battleship Nebraska was laid at Moran Brothers yard with Governors Savage of Nebraska and Henry McBride of Washington driving the first rivet. Executives and crowd witnessed the ceremony as officials exchanged welcomes and a three cent check with vouchers for each governor.
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Wash
Nebraska
Moran Brothers & Co
Savage
Henry McBride
Washington
Josiah Collins
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Judge Burke
Burke
McBride
Three Detectives Die In Train Collision
Three Central Railroad of New Jersey detectives aged 25 to 27 were killed when struck by an east bound train between Claremont and Jersey City. The men Robert Smith John Cosgrove and William J Hanson lived in New Jersey and their bodies were found by a track walker near the rails. The trio had been guarding freight cars recently robbed on the siding and were last seen at Claremont station at 2 am before the tragedy. The bodies were taken to the Jersey City Morgue.
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Philadelphia Times
New York
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Claremont
Jersey City
Robert Smith
Pine Street
John Cosgrove
Phillip Street
William J. Hanson
Whiton Street
Jersey
City
Hanson
Militia mobilized in chase for escaped convict Tracy
Tracy the escaped convict eluded capture overnight moving from Seattle to Ballard six miles away. Neil Rowley died after a pistol wound from Tracy. Governor McBride ordered National Guard Companies B and D to assemble and militia to mobilize under Col. George B. Lamping with plans to avoid troops unless Tracy is captured alive to prevent lynching.
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Wash
Tracy
Ballard
Neil Rowley
McBride
National Guard
George B. Lamping
More Barracks Needed
Washington reports Secretary Moody clears private correspondence while Secretary Root consults with Corbin Ludington Young and Major Rublen over $3 33 million in military post appropriations. Demand grows for extra quarters as troops return from the Philippines and construction aims to start quickly.
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Moody
Root
Corbin
Ludington
Young
War College Board
George Rublen
Quartermaster’s Department
Philippines
Pratt Declines Susquehanna State Senate Nomination
Col Charles C Pratt of New Milford plans to decline the nomination for State Senator of the Susquehanna Wayne district. He will ask county delegates to reconvene with Wayne to seek agreement without state committee intervention.
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Susquehanna
Charles C. Pratt
New Milford
Susquehanna-Wayne
Susquehanna County
Wayne County
Puzzlers Elect Officers In Eastern Potsiers League
The Eastern Potsiers League met at 17686 North Twentieth Street for its semi annual convention and elected officers. George L. Gassner of Philadelphia was named president, Frank T. Koons of Baltimore first vice president, John W. Schlabahm of New York second vice president, and James J. Bradley of York was chosen treasurer.
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Eastern Potsiers League
Semanpual
North Twentieth Street
George L. Gassner
Mayors fight over Petty's Island hospital site
City Solicitor questions legality of purchasing 150 acres on Petty's Island for 480000 to house a hospital almshouse and insane asylum. Action looms to restrain Mayor Ashbridge from signing the ordinance until courts decide legality. The plan hinges on hospital outside county lines and whether the city can control such facilities.
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Philadelphia Times
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Law Committee
Hepburn
State of
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Supreme Court
Girl Falls From Moving Trolley in Germantown Crash
Aille Hopkins, 19, fell from a Chestnut Hill trolley at Main and Price streets Germantown while returning home on Pastorius street. She sustained lacerations to the scalp and other injuries and was taken to Germantown Hospital.
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Aille Hopkins
Chestnut Hill
Main
Price Streets
Germantown
Hos i
Parson Pitches Ball Game For Fern Rock Team
Rev J R Hawn pastor of Fern Rock Methodist Church pitched for Fern Rock against Oak Lane and led his club to an 11 to 6 win. After the Oak Lane celebration he gave a stirring address then returned to the mound in clerical garb. He struck out many opponents and starred in key defensive plays.
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J. R. Hawn
Fern Rock Methodist Church
Fern Rock
Oak Lane
Lawton’s Old Scout Rafael Roma Dies in Indian Camp
Rafael Roma a native of Mexico who served as a scout in the Indian wars under Generals Miles Casr Lawton and Phil Sheridan died yesterday in his Indian camp near Eueno He was a member of the Second Colorado Cavalry in the Civil War and accompanied Miles and Lawton in their pursuit of Geronimo the Apache chief.
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Rafael Roma
Mexico
Miles
Cas R. Lawton
Phil Sheridan
Eueno
Second Colorado Cavalry
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Geronimo
Funeral halts flag raising in Mantua tribute
The Mantua Association postponed a flag raising at Thirty-seventh and Brown streets to honor neighbor John Forbes. As the funeral passed, attendees moved to the house, the coffin was brought out, and the flag was placed on it. About 200 people stood with uncovered heads while students sang Nearer, My God, to Thee.
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Mantua
Thirty-seventh
Brown Streets
John Forbes
Mine Guard Elopes With Striker's Daughter
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on July 4 John Cassidy of Pittsburg, a coal and iron policeman, married Mary Keating, daughter of a striking miner, in secret to avoid strife. They plan to wed and return to Pittsburgh after the strike ends amid bitter tension between strikers and guards.
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Philadelphia Times
Wilkesbarre
John Cassidy
Pittsburg
Mary Keating
Binghamton
N. Y
Cassidy
Daughers
Man leaps from roof to escape capture in society hall break-in
John Allen, accused of attempting to enter a three story building adjoining a society hall at Twentieth and Moore, jumped from the roof to elude arrest. He appeared before Magistrate Kochersperger and is held in $800 bail. A janitor and officer observed two men climbing the shed roof Thursday. one jumped to the yard below but the suspect remained uninjured.
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Society Hall
Twentieth and
Moore Streets
John Allen
Kochersperger
Man Survives 30 Foot Fall in Railway Collision
Bernard Lawler aged 28 from 1202 Green Street was hurled from a rear car in a collision on the aerial railway at Washington Park last night. He fell thirty feet, was taken to Cooper Hospital in Camden, then walked out after doctors found no serious injuries.
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Washington Park
Bernard Lawler
Green Street
Cooper Hospital
Camden
Mayor Lee Toy Leads 60 Foot Firecracker String in Philly
In Philadelphia yesterday Mayor Lee Toy of Chinatown ignited the largest firecracker string yet, over sixty feet long, secured with a heavy block and fall. The ignition at 10 05 P M lasted eight minutes, ending with two giant bombs at the string’s end, and Toy also set off four additional long strings nearby.
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Lee Toy
Chinatown
Philadelphia
Navy officials to inspect Monroe water batteries
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Darling and several officials arrived in Newport News on July 4 to inspect the water batteries at Monroe. The visit aims to assess coastal defense fortifications and battery readiness.
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Newport News
Darling
Monroe
Woman shot dead in doorway of mother's house
Mrs. Mary Snee, 27, in front of the Clark cigar store on South Fifth Street, was shot and killed while preparing for a Fourth of July family outing. The gunman, unknown, fired from a passing car or nearby corner. authorities failed to identify the shooter. The coroner’s surgeon said the 82 caliber bullet pierced her arm and breast, killing her almost instantly.
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South Fifth Street
Fairmount Park
Massey
Thirteenth Street
Mrs. Snee
Joseph Snee
Quaker City Driving Club
East Suffolk Park
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