Thurber admits Havana money tied to Cuban reciprocity debate
Francis B. Thurber testified before the Senate sub committee that funds from the War Department and Henry Havemeyer of the Sugar Trust supported his pro Cuban reciprocity literature. General Wood confirmed Cuban treasury payments totaling about 8 000 to 9 000 dollars to boost reciprocity sentiment. A voucher for 2 880 dollars was shown as payment by the Cuban military government to Thurber for distributing 8 000 circular letters to leaders of thought in the United States.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Senate Committee
Cuba
Teller
F. B. Thurber
New York
War Department
Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
General Wood
Mr. Thurber
Thurber
United States
Elkins
Senate
Culberson
Platt
Connecticut
Burrows
Nevada
Francis B. Thurber
United States Export Association
Senator Teller
Export Association
Asalan
Wood
Island of
Department of
Havana
Frank McCoy
Banco Nacional de Cuba
American Sugar Refining Company
Root
Mr. Havemeyer
Ways and Means
Monroe Doctrine Upheld by Oxford Scholar in London
Sir Frederick Pollock of Oxford addressed the London Chamber of Commerce defending Monroe Doctrine as a defensive pledge of English speaking nations. He traced its origins to the Holy Alliance and argued the United States seeks peace and progress, not anti British aims, and Britain may share in the doctrine through Canada.
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London
London Chamber of Commerce
Frederick Pollock
Corpus
University of Oxford
Law Reports
Monroe
Holy Alliance of Europe
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Doctors argue on leprosy spread in fish theory
In London the Rural Medical and Chirurgical Society debated whether leprosy is contagious or can be spread by eating badly cured fish. Dr Hansen urged contagion and called for proof of a leprosy bacillus in cured fish, noting Norwegian emigrants and segregated patients.
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Philadelphia Times
London
Rural Medical and Chirurgical Society
Jonathan Hutchinson
Hansen
Hutchinson
Norway
United States
J. Thin
Jonathan Hutchinson Waar
Arrest Warrant Sworn for Grace African Baptist Pastor
Judge Beitler issued a warrant for Rev. John A Read a former Grace African Baptist Church pastor on perjury charges. Read allegedly claimed church property as his and pledged $800 bondsman for Henry Peterson, for which he paid $37.50. Read failed to appear in court, later surrendered on bail concerns as detectives pursued the case.
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Hay Fewaerens
Miller
Houseman
County Leaders Head Home After Party Convention Tear
Harrisburg reports say Elkin supporters and machine lieutenants clash over the Republican convention outcome. Leaders worry about loyalty of county workers and the potential rise of the Citizens' party while Pennsylvania Democrats aim to capitalize on the rift.
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Harrisburg
Elkin
T. Larry Eyre
Snyder
Chester
Frank McClain
The
Commonwealth
Lancaster
Ben Focht
Union
Frank Reeder
Northampton
Republican Machine
Penrose
Philadelphia
Chester County
Pennsylvania
Quay
Luzerne
Schuylkill
Pattison
Erie
Allegheny
Citizens’ Party
Red Men Reform Meeting Voices Tax Opposition
The Great Council of the Improved Order of Red Men of Pennsylvania meeting at Lebanon opposed tax increases and a national orphans guardian fund. They favored a state controlled guardians fund and reduced national council expenditures, with efforts to prepare laws for governance and reapportionment.
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Libanon
Great Council of Improved Order of Red Men
Pennsyvania
Great Council of
United States
Great Council
State Council
Great Council of the SS
State militia and Red Men stage dramatic "Custer's Last Charge"
The report notes an orphans' guardian fund committee to report next year, Itaska Tribe 184 of Philadelphia won the state flag for membership gains, W B McFarren removed from State reservation prompting a scramble for his post. Nominees include Hollin Connell Miller Trout Philadelphia Crawley Wiconiaco Harvey Sexton Scranton Boyer Reading. Red Men went to Mount Gretna this afternoon.
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Pennsylvania
State Council
Philadelphia
W. B. McFarren
W. G. Hollin
Truss Connell
John Miller
R. M. Trout
Philip Crawley
Wiconiaco
Harvey Sexton
Scranton
T. A. Boyer
Reading
Mount Gretna
State Militia
Sons of Veterans
Custer
Consolidation Plans Form United States Shipbuilding Company
The United States Shipbuilding Company will be formed with 20 million dollars in capital and 16 million dollars in bonded debt. Nine million dollars of the debt will be offered to the public, with subscriptions via the Trust Company of the Republic. Directors include Henry T. Scott Irving M. Scott Linseed Hyde and others from major shipbuilding firms.
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Philadelphia Times
New York
United States Shipbuilding Company
Trust Company of the Republic
Henry T. Scott
Union Iron Works
John 8. Hyde
Hyde Windlass Company
Linseed Hyde
Bath Iron Works
A Nixon
Crescent Shipard
Charles R. Hanscom
Eastern Shipbuilding Company
Irving M. Scott
Charles J. Canda
Canda Manufacturing Company
Horace W. Kone
Harlan & Hollingsworth Cmpany
Daniel Leroy Dresser
The
Donation for Wes leyan University Lab Memorial
Donors Charles Scott Sr of Philadelphia and Charles Scott Jr of New York pledge 75000 for a new physical laboratory at Wesleyan University in Middletown Connecticut. The building will honor John Bell Scott class of 81, chaplain of the St Paul during the Spanish American War who died in 1898 from illness contracted in service.
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Middletown
Conn
Wesleyan University
Charles Scott, Sr
Philadelphia
University
Charles Scott, Jr
New York
John Bell Scott
St. Paul
German Warships Sent to Venezuela Amid Revolution
Berlin reports the German cruisers Gazelle and Falke have been dispatched to La Guaira Venezuela at the request of the German charge d affaires in Caracas due to a revolution in La Guaira suburbs. The move follows bombardment of the town by forts and Venezuelan warships.
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Berlin
Gazelle
Falke
la Guaira
Venezuela
Caracas
Herr von Pilgrim- Baltazzi
la Gruaira
Choate Hosts Edward VII and Queen at State Dinner
King Edward and Queen Alexandra attended a state dinner at the Choate residence in Carlton House Terrace. A large American and British guest list included J Pierpont Morgan, Mrs Reid, Mrs Roosevelt’s sister, and U.S. diplomats, with crowd watchers outside the embassy.
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London
United States
Choate
Carlton House Terrace
Edward
Queen Alexandra
King Edward Receives Mr Reid at Buckingham Palace
London June 11 Whitelaw Reid special ambassador of the United States to the coronation called at Buckingham Palace. The King received him cordially and noted pleasure at seeing him again. Reid presented credentials and a Roosevelt letter of congratulation. The audience lasted long and officials called it private but lengthy.
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London
Whitelaw Reid
United States
King Edward
Buckingham Palace
Mr. Reid
Reid
Roosevelt
Edward
Old Germantown Site and Relic Exhibit Opens in Alumni Hall
The Site and Relic Society opened its colonial relics exhibition in Alumni Hall Germantown with items from the 17th to early 19th centuries. Highlights include a 175 year old Chew family coach, Washington portrait valued at 10000 dollars, Germantown Bible of 1742, Beissel Beweis copy, Franklin press books, and Beehive encyclopedia, all protected by fire guard details and a large display of period furniture and tools.
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School House Lane
Greene Street
Germantown
Old Germantown
Academy
Chew
Pennsylvania
Washington
Carleton W. Henry
Samuel W. Pennypacker
America
Christopher Saur
Conrad Beissel
Frankfort Land
William N. Johnson
Charles Marshall
Francis Daniel Pastorius
C. Stuart Patterson
Chestnut Hill
Cotesworth Pinckney Norris
General Washington
General Lafayette
King of Prussia Inn
Main Street
Charles J. Wister
Andre
J. A. Murphy
John Ashmead
William Ashmead Schauffer
Frank E. Marshall
Philadelphia
England
Naaman Keyser
Robert R. Haydock
Guernsey Moore
William J. Campbell
Cornelius N
Sudden Blindness Strikes Local Man Near Home
William Sweigert, 730 North Front Street, went blind while walking on Brown Street yesterday. A policeman assisted him as he collapsed in fear and agony. Taken to St. Joseph's Hospital doctors called the event rare and hopeful that sight may return in weeks as optic nerve paralysis could dissipate suddenly.
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William Sweigert
North Front Street
Brown Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sweigert
Young financier Jay Cooke 3d fined after speed trial arrest
Jay Cooke 3d, son of the Cooke financial family, faced a hearing after a high speed auto chase through Fairmount Park last Sunday. A guard recounted chasing the crimson car while Cooke and his driver were apprehended. Cooke claimed no fine. A woman who allowed her children to damage Lemon Hill flowers was ordered to pay 7.50 per child.
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Haled
Fairmount Park
Jay Cooke
Cooke
Chaffeur
Captain Chasteau
Park Guard
Mr. Cooke
Wissahickon
Locust Street
Lemon Hill
Murderer Returns to Court on Theft Charge
George H. Wilson, released after serving twelve years for murder, appeared in court on a theft charge for stealing $5.70 from his employer. The sentence was adjusted from nine months to one year in the Eastern Penitentiary. Wilson had been previously convicted in May 1887 of murdering Wakefield Gaines with his body found in Torresdale creek. Mary Tubbs was also arrested and sentenced to two years, but Wilson later secured a new trial and pled guilty to second degree murder.
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George H. Wilson
Reitler
Wilson
Eastern Penitentiary
Wakefield Gaines
Gaines
Torresdale Creek
Mary Tubbs
Hare
Colonel Smith Relieved From Philadelphia Duty
Colonel Jared A. Smith of the Corps of Engineers is relieved from duty in Philadelphia at his own request and is assigned to Wilmington Delaware. Captain Spencer Cosby is temporarily in charge of the public works project and will report to the United States.
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Jared A. Smith
Corps of Engineers
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Spencer Cosby
United
Ala
Illinois Towns Devastated as Tornado Claims Twelve Lives
A massive Illinois tornado stretched about one hundred miles wide and two hundred miles long, blasting McLean and nearby counties with 100 mph winds. The disaster killed at least twelve people and injured many, with widespread destruction from Merna to Champaign. Major losses hit churches, parks, universities, and several towns, as telegraph lines failed and rescue efforts furiously mobilized.
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Bloomington
Livingstone County
McCoup County
Illinois
McLean
McLean County
Merna
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