Mob Turns on Alleged Attacker After Chrildhood Assault Near Glenolden
A mob near Glenolden Delaware County captured Albert Benton after an alleged attempt to assault Edith MacBrine, a seven year old girl. Constable George Taylor led a search with neighbors and riders from Horn Town to Primos. The girl identified Benton, who was jailed in Media after a formal hearing.
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Edith MacBrine
Glenolden
Delaware
Albert Benton
George Taylor
Edith
Albert Taylor
Taylor
Persae
Geor Taylor
Primos
Central
Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad
Robert Moore
Bell Telephone Company
Moore
Secane
Bunting
James Rhoads
Little Edith MacBrine
Humphrey Ash
Delaware County
Benton
Ashland Avenue
Providence Road
Mr. Ash
Trouble at Honolulu
The Cop tic arrives from Honolulu with May 31 news showing Japan Hawaii tensions over immigration worsening. A Japanese cruiser Nainiwai is at Honolulu with a second warship en route and a third vessel expected from Yokohama. Mrs Shimamura plans to leave for Japan on June 5 amid ongoing diplomatic friction and unsatisfactory Hawaiian government replies.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Japan
Hawaii
Nainiwai
Yokohama
Shimamura
Tokio
Funeral at Urbana Sets Tone After Tragic Week
In Urbana on June 6 the community catalogs sobering progress as wounded improve and two fatally wounded are expected to recover. Upton Bakers funeral occurred this afternoon and Harry Bells is planned for Monday. Only three of seven coroner subpoenas yielded testimony amid inquest inquiries. Authorities note National Guard involvement and a mayoral statement placing the prisoner under sheriff control as Urbana residents plan a mass meeting to seek capital punishment for criminal assault.
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Ursana
Upton Baker
Harry Bell
Kirby
National Guard
Ganson
National Guards
Urbana
Urbana Woman Sends Thanks After Lynchings
Mrs. T. M. Gaumer thanks friends for sympathy after assault by Mitchell, the black man lynched by a mob last Friday. She laments Urbana’s afflicted homes and calls for Christian sympathy, praising the lynching victims as heroes who died for home and family.
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Urbana
Ohio
T. M. Gaumer
Mitchell
Attlefield
Cashier Pouillaud Vanishes With Company Funds
Police hunt for E G Pouilland a 40 year old cashier at Harr Hardart on Ninth below Filbert after he disappeared with about $160 from the drawer and receipts. Former French professor at Bryn Mawr and private tutor he left after a rumored dismissal and may have taken the 3 20 train toward New York en route to Canada.
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E. G. Pouilland
Harr & Hardart
Ninth Street
Filbert
Pouillaud
Bryn Mawr College
Hardart
Pouilland
John Stretch
Stretch
City Hall
Western Union
Poulllaud
Market Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Canada
Queen Lane
Germantown
Suits Against Bankers Set for Trial in Blair County
Two hundred twenty five suits to recover deposits totaling 300000 from Gardner Morrow Co bank partners will be called in Blair County Courts tomorrow. Judge Bailey will preside. The case centers on whether the late Judge James Gardner estate can be liable for the bank's debts. Reverend Paul Gardner, once ready to relinquish 30000, now contests. A strong lineup of legal talent will attend the trials.
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the Times
Hollidaysburg
Gardner, Morrow & Co
Bank of Hollidaysburg
Blair County
John M. Bailey
Huntingdon
James Gardner
Paul Gardner
North Sewickly
Ex-Mayor Stuart Suggested for Postmaster Slot
Republican insiders discuss potential Postmaster candidates to succeed W. Wilkins Carr. Ex-Mayor Edwin S. Stuart is favored by some leaders as a unifying choice, though he denies interest, while Col. Robert Ralston and William B. Gill are noted but regarded as unlikely options.
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W. Wilkins Carr
Carr
Senate
Durham
United States
Quay
Penrose
William B. Gill
Western Union Telegraph Company
Senator Durham
Washington
Robert Ralston
Senator Penrose
Ralston
Common Pleas
Robert R. Dear$e
Thirty-second Ward
David Martin
McKinley John 8. Warner
Twenty-second Ward
Martin
Warner
Germantown
Young Men's Republican Committee
Eckersly
Stuart
Edwin S. Stuart
Congress
H. H. Bingham
Francis Schlatter Die In Mexico After Fasting
Francis Schlatter died near the Sierra Madre foothills thirty five miles southwest of Casa Grande Chihuahua Mexico after a period of fasting. He had claimed to perform miraculous cures by divine power and drew about two hundred thousand visitors in Denver from August 22 to November 13 1895 seeking treatment.
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EL Paso
Texas
Francis Schlatter
Sierra Madre
Casa Grande
Chihuahua
Mexico
Denver
Schlatter
Ganges Collides with Diana in Tyne Fog Sinking
In dense fog off Tyne mouth the British steamer Ganges under Captain Dykes from Montreal May 18 collided with the Norwegian steamer Diana and sank her. Diana’s crew clambered aboard the Gauges and were saved.
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London
Tyne
Ganges
Montreal
Diana
City Notes Collision Near Hud son with Bicyclist
City notes report a 60 year old resident of 2021 North Siechendt street was in a bicycle collision near Hud son with another cyclist at the Toll Gate area Camden. The injured party was treated at Cooper Hospital.
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Cermyn
Siechendt Street
Yeaterday
Frank Kuhn
Tenth and
Berks Streete
Hudson
Don Avenue
Camden
Cooper Hospital
Paris Chamber Mayhem Over Jaures Incident
London dispatch describes a chaotic Paris Chamber scene when M Brisson suspended the sitting to remove M Jaures amid socialist uproar. Insults like traitor and old rascal sparked the bout as Brisson struggled to control the chamber and the session ended abruptly.
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London
Paris
Chamber
M. Brisson
Jaures
Monsieur Brisson
Bas
Brisson
Cataille de Brisson
Morta Brisson
Reactio
Rascal
Socialist Party
Fatal Fire in Frisco Kills Three Firemen
A noon blaze in a four story brick building in southeastern San Francisco costs three firemen their lives. John Mahoney, Frank Keller, and James Hallenin die as walls collapse amid a rapid flames, with $100,000 property loss and $60,000 contents damage to a biscuit factory. The fire, at the Standard Biscuit Company site, started mysteriously with work halted at 5.50 yesterday afternoon.
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San Francisco
John Mahoney
Chemical Engine
Frank Keller
James Hallenin
Schoth and Westerfield
Standard Biscuit Company
John Erwin
W. Cook
Cook
Erwin
Mahoney
Salvation Army
Woman severely burned trying to start fire with coal oil
Mrs. Mary Davis a 37 year old of 1014 Ash street poured coal oil on live coals to hurry heating a fire then a blaze ignited her clothes. Neighbors heard screams and James Burk smothered the flames with a carpet. She lies at St Marys Hospital in critical condition with burns head to foot. recovery not expected.
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Mary Davis
Ash Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
James Burk
Woman Dies By Own Action In Acute Melancholia
Mrs Maud Myers wife of William Myers an engineer in the Pennsylvania Railroad car shops and sister of Frank Jogs cashier of the Second National committed death by own action at noon today in a state of acute melancholia by taking an ounce of prussic acid. She left a note to her husband stating she was unable to bear life.
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Altoona
Maud Myers
William Myers
Pennsylvania
Frank Jogs
Second National
Canovas Retains Power in Cuba Cabinet
Maprio June 6 report says Queen Regent renews Senor Canovas powers and keeps cabinet unchanged. Weyler likely to remain Captain General. opposition expresses surprise and displeasure at conferences result. Senior senators deputies and three marshals advised Weyler recall. Government signals no immediate Cuba command change.
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Maprio
Senor Canovas
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Weyler
Cuba
Queen's decision on Spanish cabinet resignations reported
Washington June 6 Spanish Minister Dupuy De Lome received a cablegram announcing the Queen's decision after consulting former Premiers and marshals. The dispatch names Sagasta and Martinos among the former officials and notes Weyler's replacement. Secretary Sherman received a ciphered message from Taylor in Madrid, likely about events there, but details were not disclosed.
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Washington
Dupuy de Lome
Senor Sagasta
Martinos
Cuba
Weyler
de Lome
Sherman
United States
Taylor
Madrid
General Surprise in Madrid Over Cuban War Policy
The Madrid Times correspondent reports a general surprise at the possibility of a policy shift in the Cuban campaign. It notes expectations that high military leaders Campos Blanco and Dominguez would push for radical changes, while Canovas seeks to vindicate Liberal pride before acting to alter course.
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London
Madrid
The
Times
Marshal Campos
Marshal Blanco
Marshal Dominguez
Senor Canovas
Weégler
Cabinet Moves to End Stalemate Before Cortes Reopens
The cabinet plans reforms to satisfy the Liberal side and end the deadlock, likely awaiting Cortes reconvening after several months. Expected changes may include replacing Captain General Weyer with another commander.
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Weyer
Satisfaction in Havana over Madrid cabinet crisis outcome
In Havana on June 6, political circles express keen satisfaction that Senor Canovae has gained renewed royal confidence. La Gaceta published reforms by the Queen Regent in council. Senor Jose Congosto, Spanish representative on the Ruiz Investigating Commission, sailed yesterday for New York.
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Havana
Madrid
Senor Canovae
la Gaceta
Senor Jose Congosto
Ruiz
New York
Duel Between Deputies on Field of Honor in Paris
Paris reports a duel between two French Chamber of Deputies members, Thomson and Mirman, sparked by an article by Mirman attacking Thomson. Mirman sustained a slight forearm wound. Mirman, a radical Socialist, had earlier protested being confined in a barracks as a conscript during elections for a successor to Casimir Perier.
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Paris
Monsieur Thomson
Monsieur Mirman
Chamber of Deputies
Casimir Perier
Floods in France Hit Mills and Factories Hard
A cloudburst in Isere southeast France caused the Morge river to overflow flooding Volrom and Motrans. One person drowned and property losses are placed at 10 million francs with four thousand factory workers left unemployed.
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Paris
Isere
France
Morge
Volrom
Motrans
Street Railway Strike Paralyzes Vienna Already
A general street railway strike in Vienna halts service as all employees including reserve men walk out. Only a few cars run under police guard, with no violence reported and strikers pursuing orderly actions to meet their aims.
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Vienna
Jumped to his death at Cambria furnaces
JohesTOWN June 6 Woods Graham an employee of the Cambria blast furnaces leaped from a hot pig bed at the furnaces tonight directly in front of a train. He was run over and killed leaving a wife and three children in destitute circumstances.
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Johestown
Woods Graham
Cambria Blast Furnaces
Durham Visits Pittsburg to See Governor Lyon
Senator Durham of Philadelphia was hosted by Lieutenant Governor Lyon in Pittsburg. The visit, described as social, occurred before Durham's departure to Harrisburg at 7 P.M. They gave no indication it related to the Ripper bill.
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Philadelphia
Lyon
the Times
Pittsburg
Senator Durham
Harrisburg
Mrs Cecilia Fitler Moore Dies Suddenly at Devon Residence
Mrs Cecilia Fitler Moore widow of Joseph Moore and sister of the late Mayor Fitler died suddenly yesterday at her Devon summer home. She is the mother of Joseph Moore Jr president of the National Bank of Northern Liberties who was at her bedside.
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Cecilia Fitler Moore
Joseph Moore
Mayor Fitler
Devon
Despondent Plymouth girl dives to river rescue attempt
Jennie Smith, a farm girl from Plymouth Luzerne county, Pa., wandered into Philadelphia and after losing wages and work tried to end her life by jumping from a Riverside dock. Two rescuers, Special Policeman Downey and Agent Cantrell, battled the muddy Schuylkill to pull her from the water before she was taken to Manayunk station.
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Jennie Smith
Plymouth
Luzerne County
Thin City
Jennie
Rosa Bunting
Ridge and
Roxborough Avenues
Bunting
Ridge Avenue
Riverside Mansion
Schuylkill
Roxborough
Thomas Downey
Riverside Park
George Washington Cantrell
Bke
Fairmount
Agent Cantrell
Special Downey
E Shultz
Thirteenth District
Manayunk Station
Collision in the Thames sinks steamer Ystroom
London June 6 two steamers Bittern and Ystroom bound for Amsterdam collided in the Thames early today. The Ystroom foundered with two passengers drowned and two from the Bittern's crew also drowned. The Bittern was damaged and towed to shore with other passengers rescued.
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London
Bittern
Ystroom
Amsterdam
Thames
Bulgarian Invasion Report Near Kossana
Bulgarian bands cross the frontier near Kossana and a large troop force moves to the point. Reported from Constantinople on June 6.
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Kossana
Constantinople
President Barrios Proclaims Dictatorship in Guatemala
A Panama dispatch to the Herald reports President Barrios has publicly declared himself dictator of Guatemala, signaling a decisive consolidation of power. The announcement comes amid constitutional turmoil and regional political tensions.
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Guatemala
New York
the Herald
Panama
Barrios
Victims of a Runaway Will Recover
Reverend and Mrs C C Bitting of 1625 Diamond Street were injured in a Wissahickon Drive runaway Saturday afternoon. Doctors say injuries are not serious and expect a full recovery in a few days.
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C. C. Bitting
Diamond Street
Wissahickon
Perry’s Suits Offer Unmatched Value at Sevenifty Ten
Perry’s promotes its clothing with strong claims of best quality and fair methods. Prices are advertised as low as seven fifty and ten dollars, promising wonderful value for suits.
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Horn & Hardart
Dearden
Warner and Eckersly
Gill
Col. Ralston
Frisco
Salvation Barracks
Canovas
Spain
Minister de Lome
Uents
Board of Surveyors
Devon Polo Club
Passyunk Square
Board of Port Wardens
Law School
Dickinson College
University of Pennsylvania
Houston Hall
Board of Education
Girls’ High School
Wight
C H. Woolston
Front Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Front
Laurel Streets
Drexel Institute
Universal Postal Congress
Ninth Regiment Band
Belmont Mansion
Fairmount Park
Port Warden
S. S. Talbot
James R. Ludlow
Ludlow School
John M. Campbell
New German Baptist Home For
Old Second Street Pike
Lawndale
Chestnut Street Opera House
Fraga Hartman
Krishna
Theosophical Society
Ping
Trig
Shriver
Sugar Trust
Washington, D. C
Cambria
New Jersey
Iratur
I Acm
Riverside
Mitchell's
Chestnut Street
Perry
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