Wanamaker offers Philadelphia 2.5 million for transit rights
John Wanamaker sent a written offer to Mayor Ashbridge to pay 2,500,000 dollars for the rights and franchises granted by the rapid transit street railway ordinances. He deposited 240,000 dollars as a guarantee and the mayor rejected the letter, saying he did not want it. The offer argues the ordinances were rushed and seeks fair return for public privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wanamaker
Ashbridge
Philadelphia
Wanamaker
Real Estate Title and Trust Company
L. H. Meyers
United States Mint
Meyers
Samuel H. Ashbridge
Commonwealth
Max Regis Fights Duels in Paris Wrist Wound Ensuing Provocation
Paris June 13 Max Regis Algiers mayor and anti Semite fought Gerault Richard manager of the Petite Republique in a sword duel. The bout ends the duel series though Regis was wounded in the second exchange. Regis refuses to shake Richard's hand citing dislike for politeness. Spectator challenged by Regis but bystanders intervened.
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Paris
Max Regis
Algiers
M. Laberdesque
Gerault Richard
Petite Republique
M. Regis
Third Term Unpopular Says Grosvenor in Athens
From Athens Ohio June 13 Congressman Charles H Grosvenor commented on President McKinley s third term statement calling it wise and timely He said no child born today would live to see a man nominated for a third term and that Washington never sought to bind the country with a permanent view on the presidency or foreign policy
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Athens
Ohio
McKinley
Charles H. Grosvenor
United States
Washington
Depew Aligns With Grosvenor On Statement
Senator Chauncey M. Depew in his Grand Central office stated after reading Congressman Grosvenor's remarks that they express his views precisely. He added that he had nothing more to say.
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Depew
Grosvenor
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Grand Central Station
Painters Fall Sixty Feet at Doyle's Pavilion
Two Philadelphia painters, James Paton and Charles Sanders, plunged sixty feet from a scaffold at Doyle's pavilion on the Atlantic City boardwalk. Both men were rushed to City Hospital in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Atlantic City
Doyle’s Pavilion
James Paton
Charles Sanders
Philadelphia
City Hospital
Doctor Imprisons Patient in Rock Springs
In Rock Springs Wyoming on June 13 Dr Jacob Giacomo was arrested on charges of assault with intent to kill Lizzie Brown and unlawful detention. Brown, a former patient, refused marriage leading to her confinement in the doctor's apartments. Her mother sister and a policeman demanded release. Giacomo resisted with a revolver and was beaten during the struggle.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Jacob Giacomo
Lizzie Brown
Old Horse Wins and Dies in City Race
In Altoona a gray horse of doubtful age raced a train from Water Street to Mt Etna, outrunning the express through fog. At Mt Edna the steed swerved off the track and collapsed dead, while the locomotive engineer watched the frightened animal die on the roadside.
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Philadelphia Times
Altoona
Petersburg
Water Street
Mt. Etna
Water Street Station
Mt. Edna
Old Pike
Thieves Blow Safe At Coyle Nab Loot And Flee
At Coyle twenty miles from Guthrie two men blasted a Santa Fe safe with dynamite securing 1500 dollars and escaped. One of the pair, Ben Cravens, had killed two posse members near Pawnee two months earlier and had previously escaped from the Kansas State Penitentiary last winter. he reportedly held the guard at bay with a toy pistol.
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Guthrie
C. T
Coyle
Here
Ben Cravens
Santa Fe
Cravens
Pawnee
Kansas State Penitentiary
Money for the Park Speedway
A city council committee on Fairmount Park referred an ordinance to a subcommittee including Stinger Hagan W H Brown Sayre and Carson. The measure would appropriate 210000 for a speedway along Cha mounix drive in the park.
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Fairmount Park
Stinger
Hagan
W. H. Brown
Sayre
Carson
Chamounix Drive
Opera Star Christine Nilsson Ill in Scandinavia
Christine Nilsson the Countess de Miranda famed opera singer is seriously ill at Gothenburg in southern Scandinavia. Her condition is reported from Hamburg on June 13.
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Hamburg
Christine Nilsson
Countess de Miranda
Gotherburg
Scandinavia
Three Boys Die in Leonard Quarry Water Hole
Baltimore dispatch reports Arthur Barkman 19, Arthur Kalbfleiech 18, and Edward Sheets 18 were found dead in a water hole at Leonard's stone quarry. They left home yesterday with two dogs. dogs returned at 4 pm, sparking a search that uncovered the bodies this afternoon.
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Baltimore
Arthur Barkman
Arthur Kalbfleiech
Edward Sheets
Leonard's
Cubans Form a Government With US Oversight Promised
Washington reports that Cuba’s Constitutional Convention accepted the Platt amendment without changes, clearing the path toward a Cuban republic with U S supervision. Elections will wait until after an electoral law is enacted and U S troops remain until a stable order is shown, likely late fall.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Cuba
United States Congress
Congress
Wood
War Department
United States
Baa
Platt Amendment Adopted by Cuban Constitutional Convention
The Platt amendment, now part of the army bill, outlines Cuba’s future ties with the United States. It prohibits Cuban treaties that threaten independence, limits foreign loans, allows U.S. intervention to preserve Cuban independence, ratifies wartime actions, and commits Cuba to sanitation and protection of life and property under U.S. guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Cuba
Spain
Cuban
United States
IIT
Provisions for Cuban Boundaries and US Bases
The text outlines Cuba's proposed terms to exclude the Isle of Pines from its boundaries, allow future treaty adjustments, and permit the United States to acquire lands for coaling and naval stations to defend both nations. It also calls for embedding these provisions in a permanent treaty with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cuba
Isle of Pines
Mrs McKinley Improves Steadily as Plans For Removal Form
The June 13 bulletin from Washington reports Mrs. McKinley’s condition steadily improving though slow. President McKinley is encouraged and more active in the White House while Dr. Rixey notes a comfortable day and rest at night. Officials discuss a Canton move once a safe condition allows.
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Washington
Police on Blondin Trail Suspect Wife Killed In Lodging
Boston detectives believe Margaret Blondin was murdered at 48 Green Street and her body placed in a trunk and shipped to Chelmsford where it was decapitated to hide the identity. They think she died April 27 by suffocation and that Blondin checked the trunk April 30. Police head toward Montreal to locate Blondin with two detectives en route to St. Polycarpe and Montreal police alerted.
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Philadelphia Times
Boston
Mass
Margaret Blondin
Green Street
Chelmsford
Blondin
Montreal Express
Montreal
St. Polycarpe
Quebec
Doctor Sues Rival Over Township Practice
Dr. E. G. Kriebel of Worcester township seeks an injunction against Dr. J. R. Care of Norristown to stop practicing within five miles of Worcester. Kriebel alleges Care violated a 1899 agreement by practicing in Worcester despite selling his practice for 6250 dollars with six families allowed.
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Philadelphia Times
Norristown
E. G. Kriebel
Worcester Township
J. R. Care
Care
Dr. Kriebel
Dr. Care
Kriebel
Johnson Declares Two Year Contract as Cleveland Mayor
The Daily Democrat reports Tom L. Johnson rejected any bid for Governor. He says no truth to Democratic nomination rumors and would decline if offered, stressing he remains bound by a two year mayoral contract with Cleveland.
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Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Hamilton
Daily Democrat
Tom L. Johnson
People of
Kennedy murder case heads to jury after rulings
In Kansas City on June 13 the Lalu Prince Kennedy case moves to a jury. Judge Wofford barred a pretrial conversation and limited yesterday's admission that Kennedy had ruined Lulu Prince. Kennedy appeared distressed, crying several times during court.
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Kansas City
Lalu Prince Kennedy
Wofford
Kennedy
Lulu Prince
Court awards damages to Mrs Deane in United Railway case
In Annapolis on June 13 the Court of Appeals awarded Mrs. Frank H. Deane of Baltimore $4,500 in a suit against United Railway and Electric Company. Her husband was killed by a drunken passenger on the same car, Gelsenkotter, whose blow caused the fatal injury.
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Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Frank H. Deane
Baltimore
United Railway and Electric Company
Cloudburst Claims Three Kellet Children in Ohio Creek
In Bellaire Ohio on June 13 three sons of Lawrence C Kellett Arthur 15 Wilber 9 and Roy 6 were swept away by floodwaters in Captina creek during a cloudburst and drowned with their bodies not recovered.
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Lawrence Kellet
Bellaire
Oho
Lawrence C. Kellett
Captina Creek
Arthur
Wilber
Roy
Assyrian Aground as Storm Dashes Vessels Off Cape Race
The steamer Assyrian of the Leyland Line lies doomed off Cape Race as a fierce northeast gale drives wreckage toward the cliff. Tug Petrel, nearby, narrowly avoids entanglement with the Assyrian while both vessels risk destruction. crews abandon ship but captains remain on board to preserve legal control. The Algerine and coast craft flee, and near by residents gather as the doomed liner likely breaks in two and underwriters face losses.
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Philadelphia Times
ST. Johns
N. F
Assyrian
Leyland Line
Cape Race
Petrel
Petre
Algerine
Assyria
Dingle
Trepassey
Hit By Engines And Unharmed
A man, Louis Govans, was struck and tossed down a track embankment as a Reading locomotive hit him near Shamokin. He rose and walked home with only a slight bruise on the right hip. A separate incident near Pittston involved an unknown woman struck by a fast express on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Rail Road. she was hurled high, buried en embankment, yet she also arose and walked away uninjured.
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Philadelphia Times Shamokin
Louis Govans
Reading
Pittston
Delaware, Lackawannan and Western Railroad
Miners Demand Independent Rules in Fairmont Region
In Fairmont, Mother Jones and United Mine Workers organizers report resistance from Cumberland miners who oppose UMW rules. Workers here earn 40 to 75 dollars monthly and want governing standards that reflect their local conditions in Monongahela and Clarksburg regions.
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Philadelphia Times
Cumberland
Jones
William Warner
Thomas Hagerty
United Mine Workers
Fairmont
United Mine Workers’ Organisation
Monongahela
Clarksburg
Statute of Limitations Frees Man in Larceny Case
NORRISTOWN Pa June 138 George Quigg of Bridgeport was arrested weeks ago on a four year old larceny charge and today discharged by his attorney after proving the statute of limitations prevented prosecution.
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Philadelphia Times
Norristown
George Quigg
Bridgeport
Indicted Girl Mabel Burt Returns Home to Bridgeton
Bridgeton June 18 Mabel Burt a Smith College girl accused of stealing from college chums is back home from Northampton. She refuses interviews and only relatives are admitted. A relative says her parents plan to place her in a Philadelphia private sanitarium for treatment. She appears unconcerned about the case.
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Philadelphia Times
Bridgeton
Mabel Burt
Smith College
Northampton
Miss Burt
Philadelphia
Dr Daly Linked to Losses in Embalmed Beef Scandal
Baltimore reports heavy speculation losses tied to Dr William Hudson Daly, former major and surgeon in the US volunteers, who killed himself in Pittsburg after controversies over the Alger Board inquiry and his wife’s death. A large sum check dated before his death indicates substantial local securities losses.
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Baltimore
William Hudson Daly
United States Volunteer Army
Ten Men Enter Burning Mine to Recover Bodies
A party of ten miners descended into the Pittsburg Coal Company mine at Port Royal to try to reach missing coworkers from Monday's explosion. They returned stating recovery was impossible amid pervasive gas and ongoing fire. The coroner's jury attributed deaths of McCune, James, and Gunsaulus Sr. to the disaster, with another inquest planned for tomorrow.
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Port Royal
Pittsburg Coal Company
W. F. McCune
D. James
T. Gunsaulus
Governor vetoes personal registration constitutional bill in Harrisburg
Harrisburg reports the governor vetoed a bill akin to Senate 399 that would require early public submission of a proposed constitutional amendment on personal registration. The veto aims to kill the measure. a separate bill authorizing partial state liability for county bridge projects and payment methods was also disapproved.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Commonwealth
American seeks English chaperon for daughter in London
An American gentleman offers 25,000 dollars for an English titled lady to chaperon his daughter during a three month stay in England. The Times lists the ad with an honorarium of 5,000 pounds.
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London
Times
England
Porch Collapse Injures Dozen at Ridgway Parade
The Commercial Hotel porch in Johnsonburg collapsed during the Knights of Pythias parade, sinking onlookers and injuring about fifteen to sixteen women. Miss Kate Hyde of Kane was among the seriously hurt, and Mrs. Ruth Burnell narrowly escaped.
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Philadelphia Times
Ridgway
Commercial
Johnsonburg
Knights of Pythias
Ruth Burnell
Kate Hyde
Kane
Pullman Wife Seeks Divorce Over Desertion
Mrs. Lyn Pullman filed for divorce from George M. Pullman in Cook county circuit court citing desertion as the ground. The action was announced from Chicago on June 13 with no further details provided.
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Geo. Pullman
Chicago
Mra
Lyn Pullman
Cook County
George M. Pullman
Weather Forecast For Friday And Saturday Overview
Unsettled conditions across the region with fresh southeasterly winds. Eastern Pennsylvania Delaware expect warmth Saturday while New York New Jersey see partly cloudy skies Friday and Saturday. Western Pennsylvania and New York forecast showers Friday with improving conditions and rising temperatures by Saturday.
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Pennsylvania
Delaware
New York
New Jersey
Hagginbotham Alibi Questioned in Mutter Murder Case
Reporters note police doubt Hagginbotham guilt despite Superintendent Quirk stating belief in his involvement. Investigators focus on Mary Wright, the servant, whose inconsistent statements and alleged thefts tie her to the crime scene at about 2 pm. Authorities say no firm motive for Hagginbotham is proven. timelines show his movements from 11:30 am to 2 pm.
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John
Mary Wright
Quirk
Miller
Wright
John Hagginbotham
Hagginbotham
William Thompson
Thirty-ninth
Irving Streets
Smith
Thirty-ninth Street
Powelton Avenue
L. T. Bailey
Witnesses dispute charges in Hagginbotham case at 1530 Chestnut
William Hagginbotham's brother asserts the accused man was at his office at 2 pm on the day of the alleged crime and that the woman Wright fabricates her story to shield herself. A police official supports innocence, citing drug use and a nervous condition. The case centers on competing alibis and a suspected theft ring involving clothing and jewelry.
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William Hagginbotham
Chestnut Street
Joseph
John
Quirk
Wright
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Fast Express
Money For the Park Speedway
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Christine Nilsson III
Gotenberg
Mrs. McKinley
Tom L. Jounson
United States Weather Bureau
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Ted
Ebe
Janee
Weath
Mes.w
Norfolk
Palestine
Tex
Adaote
New Orleans
W. A
St. Paul
E. NE
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Police
Son
Miss Ferner
George S. Graham
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