Turn of the Tide as Ohio Democrats Seek Unity in Bryan Issue
Ohio Democrats divided over William J. Bryan prompt a national debate yet promote state focus. Leaders like John R. Read and William T. Creasy praise moved unity, cautioning that states may dodge Bryanism while others endorse his views.
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Ohio
Bryan
Pennsylvania
William T. Creasy
Democratic State Central Committee
Thiay
State Committee
Ohio Democrats
Ohio party leaders praise ticket as strongest since Foraker era
Special to The Philadelphia Times reports that top leaders of both parties in Columbus believe the new Democratic and Republican ticket and platform formed yesterday are more formidable than any since Senator Foraker sought a third term as governor. The GOP and Democrats anticipate strong impact on the upcoming political race.
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William J. Bryan
Bryan
Abraham Lincoln
Ohio
Philadelphia Times
Columbus
Senator Foraker
Washington
Buckeye
Greenback Party
Sam Carey
Grover Cleveland
James E. Campbell
McKinley
Campbell
Foraker
John R. McLean
Tom L. Johnson
Sone
L. A. Russell
Cuyahoga County
Kansas City
South
Mr. Bryan
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Middle Western
New York
Connecticut
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Ilinois
Michigan
Middle West
Ohio Republicans fall in line after money controversy
The strongest party men in Ohio have returned to politics since 1896 over the money controversy. Democratic business leaders join the ticket, while the liberal German vote in Cincinnati, Toledo, Columbus, and Dayton may rally as Republicans renominate Tom Clark. If a GOP majority returns, the Clark local option bill could reemerge.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Toledo
Columbus
Dayton
Tom Clark
General Assembly
Georgia Democrats Endorse Bryan Dethronement At Ohio Convention
Governor Candler and Senator Clay comment on the Ohio Democratic platform. Candler says free silver is no longer an issue and the fight should focus on other topics. Hoke Smith praises the platform as conservative and aligned with democratic principles.
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Philadelphia Times
Atlanta
William J. Bryan
Ohio
Candler
Hoke Smith
Isms
Clay
Ohio Democrats adopt sound money stance shifting the national race
Ohio's Democratic convention endorses sound money and free silver opposition wanes. The shift signals a national trend as Bryanism loses ground. Ohio's rebuke of free silver raises expectations of other states following suit and sets a fast pace for the presidential race.
Mosquito Breeds Differ Sought for Study in New Jersey
Professor John B. Smith of the New Jersey State Agricultural Department asks Bayonne Board of Health for live mosquitoes gathered locally. He theorizes malaria spreads by mosquitoes and aims to localize and exterminate them, seeking samples of every NJ breed.
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Philadelphia Times
New York
John B. Smith
New Jersey State Agricultural Department
Board of Health
Bayonne
N. J
Smith
New Jersey
Hartford uses kerosene against mosquitoes in flood areas
Special report from Hartford notes kerosene treatment as a mosquito control method. Spring floods along the river create pools near South Meadows and residential districts, providing breeding grounds for pests, and the Board of Health adopted kerosene to combat them with some success.
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Philadelphia
Hartford
Conn
Board of Health
Burglars Enter Peter Marvel Home on Fortieth Street
Burglars entered the house of Peter Marvel at 400 South Fortieth Street. Police Officer Brown of the Avenue Station found the ransacked residence on a night shift, but details were incomplete due to missing information in the report.
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Peter Marvel
South
Fortieth Street
Policeman Brown
Ad Avenue
Hutchin Steel Strike Agreement Progress at Pittsburgh Meeting
The Amalgamated Association and three Steel Trust reps failed to settle the steel strike. The Trust offered to sign the union scale for all plants but refused to unionize nonunion plants, citing not forcing workers. Leaders expect a settlement at tomorrow's talks with concessions possible on unionizing plants.
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Philadelphia Times
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Steel Trust
Combine
Amalgamated
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Trust
Combine Conferrees
Warner Arms
American Tin Plate Company
Veryl Preston
American Steel Hoop Company
William Leeds
American Sheet Steel Company
T. J. Shaffer
John Williams
M. F. Tighe
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John Pierce
Elias Jenkins
Youngstown
Ohio
J. H. Morgan
Cambridge
David Rees
Walter Larkin
Martin's Ferry
Charles H. Davis
Newport
Clem Jarvis
Anderson
Ind
John F. Ward
F. J. Williams
Birmingham
Ala
John Chappell
New Castle
John W. Quinn
Granite City
Ill
W. C. Davis
Chicago
Five Hurt When Plate Glass Breaks at Kokomo Works
A 122 by 190 inch plate weighing 2200 pounds shattered at a Kokomo Indiana glass plant injuring ten workers. Five men were struck on heads and shoulders as the plate broke during transfer to a grinding table. The five severely injured face potential loss of arms or death.
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Kokomo
Ind
Plate Glass
Conflicts on Quelpart Island Reported with Mass Fatalities
A Seoul dispatch notes ten days of clashes on Quelpart Island between Roman Catholic missionaries and pupils and locals. About 300 pupils and 15 natives killed. Governor blames pupil support of illegal taxes. Corean Government orders investigation by Huan Kian and an American court official and sends infantry to Quelpart.
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Berlin
Cologne Gazette
Seoul
Corea
Quelpart
Corean
Huan Kian
Boy Drowns in Delaware River Tragedy at Mifflin Wharf
Ten year old James McLaughlin of 1818 South Surtain Street drowned while bathing with brothers Charles and Thomas West at Mifflin Street wharf. The trio, ages 11 and 9, battled deep water. James disappeared after rescue attempts exhausted the boys. Police tug Visitor searched into midnight without recovering the body.
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James McLaughlin
South Surtain Street
Delaware River
Miffilin Street
Charles
Thomas West
Miffiln Street
McLaughlin
West
Charles West
Visitor
Wreck from Unknown Vessel Drifts Ashore at Ocean City
The wreck of an unknown steamship and its cargo of cocoanuts washed ashore at Fifty-ninth Street Ocean City New Jersey on the flood tide. Seamen believe the boat belonged to the Quaker City Steamship Company. Government life guards say the vessel was wrecked several miles offshore and are awaiting clues to its identity.
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Philadelphia Times
Ocean City
N. J
Fifty-ninth Street
Quaker City Steamship Company
Wreckage Washes Ashore from Ranald near Ocean City
Wreckage including hundreds of cocoanuts and a medicine chest with surgical instruments washed ashore at Ocean City. The Ranald capsized off the city over a month ago due to its asphalt cargo. Wreckage remains in navigational path and will be blown up by the government.
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Philadelphia Times
Atlantic City
Ocean City
Ranald
Spanish Steamer Uriarte No 4 Wrecked Near Ocean City
The Spanish steamer Uriarte No 4 bound from Bilbao to Philadelphia with iron ore broke in two after hitting Great Gulf Bank about eight miles southeast of Ocean City Maryland. All twenty eight crew members deserted in boats and were rescued by a fishing steamer and taken to Assateague. The ship and cargo are a total loss. the crew will travel to Philadelphia by rail after notification to the Spanish Consul.
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Philadelia Times
Lewes
Uriarte
Great Gulf Bank
Ocean City
Assateague
Rich
Assateague Life Station
Philadelphia
Bilbao
Spain
Russia's Crops Ruined by Heat and Drought in Russia
A Daily News dispatch from Odessa reports there is no hope of saving any major crops in Volga regions including Amara Saratoff and Kasan plus other districts. Prolonged drought and tropical heat for seven weeks pushed temperatures to 130 to 150 Fahrenheit as streams dried up. The crops in Southern Russia are said to average the usual yield.
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London
Daily News
Odessa
Volga
Amara
Saratoff
Kasan
Russia
Newport News Shipyard Machinists End Strike to Return
Union machinists at Newport News voted to resume work Monday at old wages after meeting with Acting Superintendent Hopkins. The walkout caused ships to stall and losses to mount as the yard halted vessel progress while outside replacements were blocked and the old crews reinstated.
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Philadelphia Times
Newport News
Hopkins
Honolulu editor free as perjury charge withdrawn
Honolulu report states Walter G. Smith the editor was cleared when perjury charges were dismissed at the prosecution's request. The case stemmed from his testimony about alleged bribe attempts to lawmakers over a railroad franchise in Hawaii. An attorney named M Lennon was arrested for passing worthless checks while leaving the area.
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Honolulu
Vancouver
B. C
Walter G. Smith
Smith
Hawaii
M. Lennon
San Francisco
Alleg
Funeral for Prince Von Hohenlohe in Bavaria
Prince Von Hohenlohe laid to rest in Bavaria today with attendance by Crown Prince Frederick William and German princes. The coffin moved to the family vault as Imperial and royal officials marched, including Baron Von Richtofen and Baron Von Mirbach, amid delegations and schoolchildren.
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Interior
Herr Thielen
Baron von Mirbach
Baron von Richtofen
Stationary Firemen poised to strike in Pennsylvania
The Stationary Firemen's Union members in Pennsylvania plan a strike on July 15 after the International Association sanctioned action. The workers demand an eight hour day and gave employers until the 15th to concede.
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Philadelphia Times
Wilkeps Baard
International Association Today
Pennsylvania
Mrs Hanna Eludes Sheriff in Ohio Custody Case
May Harrington Hanna wife of Dan Hanna and mother of three eluded Sheriff Cleveland to flee to New York. A court had restrained her from taking the children from Ohio, but she boarded a Lake Shore train before the injunction could be served. The divorce decree granted her custody years ago.
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Philadelphia Times
Cleveland
May Harrington-Hanna
Dan Hanna
Ohio
New York
Lake Shore
Jamaican laborer emigration halt to Ecuador railroad
Jamaica bans emigration of Jamaican laborers to Ecuador for the McDonald syndicate railroad amid reports of mis treatment by American contractors. About 1,000 Jamaicans are already employed on the line, with Barbadoes authorities expected to follow suit.
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Jamaica
Ecuador
McDonald Syndicate
Barbadoes
Engineers to Study Jamaican Locomotive Shortfalls
Two engineers representing an English locomotive builder will arrive in Kingston Jamaica to investigate why English engines fail to match American railroad locomotives. The government railroad engines are still unsatisfactory, and their visit follows a government protest.
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Kingston
Jamaica
London Feels The Heat As Thermometer Reaches 85 In Shade
London endures a blistering day with 85 degrees in the shade and 123 in the sun. Sunstroke cases surge and ambulances run busy while horses suffer. Inquests record verdicts of apoplexy accelerated by the heat.
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London
Counterfeit Mexican Silver Dollar Reaches U S Hands
Secret Service operative Matthew Griffin seized a Mexican counterfeit silver dollar found in circulation. The coin appeared flawless with accurate weight and fine workmanship though the milling was slightly heavy and Liberty’s chin mildly doubled, illustrating a high quality but detectable forgery.
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Mexico
Secret Service
Matthew Griffin
Goddess of Liberty
United States
National German American Teachers Hold Annual Session in Indianapolis
Telegraphic briefs report the National German American Teachers Association concluding its annual session in Indianapolis. A Denver blast at a Grant smelter injures and kills several, while Levi Slocum of Cleveland dies after leaping from a viaduct to escape fare money. In Topeka an office notes the remaining five thousand units of Cheatauaun Green m Sign godsond counties were… sale announced.
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Teachers’ Association
Indianapolis
Grant
Denver
Col
Levi Slocum
Cleveland
Buffalo
United States
Topeka
Kan
Godsond
Baden-Powell In Disgrace Return Said Ordered Home
Boers claim General Baden-Powell is being sent back to England in disgrace. They allege General Lord Kitchener relieved him of command of the Transvaal and Orange River constabulary, citing dissatisfaction with the force's organization.
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Brussels
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
England
Lord Kitchener
Transvaal
Orange River
Kitchener
Celtic Has Her Trial Trip Out of Belfast
The White Star steamship Celtic left Belfast for her trial trip and then headed to Liverpool. Company officers report everything was satisfactory. The vessel, built at the yards of land & or are ther weasel afloat, marks a first Atlantic cable for the Great Santa for?
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Celtic
Belfast
Liverpool
Sanata
Laundryman Sing Kee in jail after ironing woman's face
Sing Kee, a laundryman, was jailed after he chased Joseph Lipman into a nearby store and pressed a hot iron over Mrs Lipman’s face and arms causing her to faint. Lipman escaped. The incident occurred in Atlantic City on July 11.
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Philadelphia Times
Atlantic City
Sing Kee
Kee
Joseph Lipman
Lipman
Lay Corner-Stone Ceremony At St John’s Episcopal Church
Bishop Oxi Whitaker will consecrate the cornerstone of the parish house at St John’s Episcopal Church Third and Brown tonight at 7 30. The parish Sunday school, the first in the area, was founded in March 1815 by Rev Jackson Kemper secretary of the diocese.
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Oxi Whitaker
St. John's
Third
Brown
Ivania
Jackson Kemper
Man Admitted in Coma at Polyclinic Hospital
James Harvard, 58, of 1257 Patton street, was admitted yesterday in an unconscious state. His wife could not awaken him and doctors reported they could not restore consciousness by late night. He is believed to be suffering from uraemic coma.
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James Harvard
Patton Street
Polyclinic Hospital
Harvard
Governor grants respites for two Philadelphia murderers
Perry and Ivory, convicted of killing Professor Roy Wilson White of the University of Pennsylvania, received temporary clemency from Governor Stone. The respites extend from July 16 to September 26 to allow the Pardon Board further review, with final action postponed.
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Harrisburg
Divorce Case Forces Jail Bond For Ex-Wife At Slate Run
A local Justice jailed his ex-wife Mrs. Baker and ex-husband Mr. Shultz on $1,000 bail after a detective uncovered alleged improper relations. The case arose in Slate Run near Jersey Shore where Mrs. Shultz, three weeks married, suspected her husband of infidelity.
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Jersey Shore
Slate Run
Here
Frank Shultz
Joseph Baker
Shultz
Tomb
Supposed Elope Return Leads to Reconciliation
Michael Meara, a Westchester bartender, returns with money after a four week absence that coincided with Mary Whyte's departure. He says the alleged elopement was resolved with his wife by letter and declines details of his whereabouts, mentioning only a Boston stay. Whyte is believed with relatives in Baltimore.
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Philadelphia Tigers
Westchester
Michael Meara
Mary Whyte
Michael
Miss Whyte
Boston
Baltimore
Drowning Suspected After Bathing Accident In Atlantic City
Julia Cardish a 23 year old Philadelphia resident nearly died in a beach accident at Georgia avenue shore. A large breaker knocked her off her feet and hurled her against a beach pavilion where she was stunned but pulled from the surf by bystanders in time to avert drowning.
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Philadelphia Times
Atlantic City
Georgia Avenue
Julia Cardish
Philadelphia
Sluin
Have Courted for Thirty Years Wedding in Woodbridge
Invitations have been issued for the marriage of Miss Sarah Anna Cutter and Freeman Rowland of Woodbridge near New Brunswick New Jersey. The couple have courted for thirty years and both are in their sixties. Rowland is a real estate dealer with offices in New York City but has always lived in Woodbridge.
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Philadelphia Times
New Brunswick
N. J
Sarah Anna Cutter
Freeman Rowland
Woodbridge
Here
Owland
New York City
New Salvation Army Leader Succeeds Coast Chief
More than 500 Salvation Army members at Thirteenth Street Methodist Church welcomed Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. J. E. Margetts as new Atlantic coast province officers, succeeding Lieutenant Colonel W. J. Cozens. Colonel Higgins introduced the officers.
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Thirteenth Street Methodist Church
J. E. Margetts
W. J. Cozens
Atlantic Coast Province
Higgins
Army
United States
Man sues Woodmen of the World for goat ride injuries
S. W. Mitchell of Yorkville files a $15,000 damages suit against the Woodmen of the World at Hickory Grove alleging injury from being compelled to ride a goat during initiation on July 11.
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Philadelphia Times
Yorkville
S. W. Mitchell
Woodmen of the World
Hickory Grove
Chicago Population Tops 2.1 Million In Census
Chicago gains 75,000 people in the last year to reach a total population of 2,100,000, according to a newly completed directory census.
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Chicago
Philadelphia Times
Mrs. McKinley Drives With Abner McKinley in Canton
President and Mrs. McKinley and Abner McKinley took an extended forenoon drive in Canton Ohio as part of a public outing. The event reflects routine presidential activity during the visit with no incidents reported.
Weather forecast for the tri state area
Partly cloudy with morning showers for Friday. Saturday expected fair with variable to fresh winds. Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York show similar trends with showers in the morning and fair conditions by Saturday. Delaware also forecast warm, generally fair through Friday and Saturday with variable winds.
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New Jersey
New York
Delaware
Coneee
New
Hbo
Local Weather Report for Philadelphia July 11 1901
United States Weather Bureau Philadelphia report shows to day temperature 78 with normal 76, excess 2 degrees, rainfall since July 1 0.88 inch and since January 1 1.54 inches. Aiming to present seake sea time bar and general weather notes for the period.
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United States Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Arrivals of Ocean Liners From New York
Several ships arrive with passengers and cargo from New York. The Pennsylvania Hamburg Furet Bismarckth Gervanic Liverpoo and Werra Naples are listed among the vessels docking at port.
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Pennsylvania
Hemburg
New York
Furet Bismarckth
Ace of Nebraska
Gervanic—Liverpoo
Werra
Naples
Governor vetoes pension relief bill and state appropriations
Harrisburg July 11 Governor Stony vetoed the indigent soldiers relief tax bill and several funding measures. He also questioned the constitutionality of inspectors offices and cut numerous hospital and charity appropriation requests, while allowing a small start on an Gettysburg battlefield memorial.
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Philadelphia Times
Harrisburg
Stony
Lydia
Whitley
William A. Whitley
Regent
Pennsylvania
Stone
Polk
Allegheny General Hospital
State Insane Hospital
Warren
Garvin
Adams
Gettysburg
New Apportionment Expands Congress To Thirty Two
Governor signs the apportionment bill increasing Congressmen from thirty to thirty two to fit federal distribution. Philadelphia and Allegheny counties gain seats. no election until 1902 with terms starting March 1908. Democrats secure three districts York Adams Berks Lehigh and Northampton Monroe Carbon Pike. Ford education bill repeals prior acts and mandates day schooling for ages 8 to 16 within district sessions unless excused.
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Allegheny
York-Adams
Berks-Lehigh
Northampton-Monroe-Carbon-Pike
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