Miners Union Leader Bashes Coal Operators at 3rd Anniversary
Thomas D. Nichols of United Mine Workers spoke at Harmonie Hall Philadelphia on the miners’ demands. He urged an eight hour day a price scale and a written contract to prevent cheating in weighed coal and tonnage. He warned operators refuse arbitration yet vowed to fight if needed.
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United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Harmonie Hall
Eleventh Street
Spring Garden
Thomas D. Nichols
United Mine Workers of America
Mr. Nichols
Nichols
Carpenters’ Union
Philadelphia Times
Quiet Anthracite Region Amid Miner Strike Fallout
The anthracite fields remain largely quiet as operators mine no coal and fail to recruit strike-breakers to replace deserters. A heavy rain could flood mines beyond repair, preventing clearance for a year. Mr. Nichols is due back in Scranton this morning.
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Nichols
Scranton
Inventions on Exhibit at Franklin Institute Meeting
A Franklin Institute gathering showcased Viscose and Its Applications by Dr J Merritt Matthews of the School of Industrial Art Philadelphia. J Allen Heany described a simple new arc light, while E D Dorsey demonstrated the addressograph claiming 4 000 envelopes in 58 minutes. W N Jennings presented Birdseye Views from Washington Monument via stereopticon and Professor Ritchie showed Orion nebula photos from Yerkes Observatory.
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Franklin Institute
J. Merritt Matthews
School of Industrial Art
Philadelphia
J. Allen Heany
E. D. Dorsey
Washington Monument
W. N. Jennings
Washington
Orion
Yerkes Observatory
Ritchie
Burglars Beat and Rob Milton in Desperate Fight
Alexander Milton of Gladwyn faced two intruders in his Hollow and River roads home. They beat him until unconscious, stole 105 dollars in cash, silverware, two insurance policies, and killed his watchdog with a blackjack before escaping. Police suspect a tramp gang.
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Alexander Milton
Gladwyn
Milton
Hollow and
River Roads
West Manayunk
King of fakirs markets a mysterious focal telescope
A conjurer called the king of fakirs tours Thirteenth and Filbert streets selling a small four eyehole telescope labeled scientific. He claims it can reveal rear approaches via a right eye and left eye closed and may spy through keyholes. Upside down use supposedly shows people walking with feet in the air and even colors of stockings.
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King of
Thirteenth and
Filbert
Philippines
Archbishop Ryan Awards Prizes in St Josephs College Elocution
Archbishop Ryan presided at St Josephs College auditorium awarding elocution prizes. George J. Pequinot won the medal among finalists. Class prize winners included Samuel Bentrnck Edwin D. Sanders James A. Dilks and others. Medals were given for geometry algebra arithmetic and oratory with several students named.
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St. Joseph's College
Seventeenth and
Stiles Streets
Archbishop Ryan
Charles B. Branton
John A. Fasy
Louis J. Humbert
James C. Herron
Arthur E. McCarran
William F. McFadden
J. Wilfred Parsons
George J. Pequinot
Samuel B. Bentrnck
Willis W. Murphy
Edwin D. Sanders
David V. Griffin
Walter Breithaupt
James A. Dilks
William F. Mitchell
John McMenamin
Albert Dunner
Walter F. Keenan
Michael A. Kelly
Edward D. Sanders
James F. Barner
Hendy G. Steinhart
Despondent 18 year old woman in poisoning attempt
Lillian Hoffman of 333 Leverington Street Manayunk was found in a semiconscious state with a bottle of corrosive sublimate beside her and taken to St Timothy's Hospital. Her aunt reported she had been troubled after receiving a letter from a young man but Hoffman denied attempting suicide, claiming she took the medicine by mistake for lime water.
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Lillian Hoffman
Leverington Street
Manayunk
St. Timothy's Hospital
Ingram
Philadelhia Times
Clark Talks of Retiring From Naval Post
Admiral Charles E. Clark, head of the United States Naval Home in Washington and recently promoted to junior rear admiral, reportedly plans to seek voluntary retirement under the new act. He could receive $5,625 annually if he retires. Clark could not be reached for comment as he was in Washington awaiting the week’s end. The Senate yesterday confirmed Captain Clark’s promotion to rear admiral.
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Washington
Charles E. Clark
United States Naval Home
Amiral Clark
Sestral Clark
Senate
Clark
Smallpox to Persist Through Summer Says Health Officials
Health authorities in Frankford report ongoing smallpox outbreak in the Hungarian settlement with the belief the disease will linger through the summer. Officials have begun sanitation measures and germicide treatment in affected alleys and streets to curb spread.
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Frankford
Baptism Denounced By Reverend Over Kaiserin The Elephant
Kaiserin the new elephant at the Zoological Gardens drew controversy after water was sprayed on her in a christening noted by Rev Dr Russell H Conwell. The ceremony sparked calls for respect for religious rites with critics calling the act cruel and a burlesque. Zoo director Dr Thomas Biddle and keeper George Harrison defended the event amid congregation disapproval.
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Kaiserin
Zoological Gardens
Hamburg
Russell H. Conwell
R. H. Conwell
Conwell
South Worthington
Mass
Temple
George A. Peltz
Thomas Biddle
Society
George Harrison
Fire at Willow Grove destroys band shell instruments
A blaze in Willow Grove band shell started by an electric light wire with woodwork, during intermission. Musicians lost several instruments as flames spread. brigade quickly extinguished the fire. A hose carriage injured a man named Williams en route. total loss about 200 dollars.
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Willow Grove
Williams
Man Shoots Self in Presence of Sweetheart in Philadelphia
Walter Wallace, 26, broke into Pauline Hackenburg’s North Howard Street home and attempted suicide in her presence. He was wounded in the breast, treated at Episcopal Hospital, and jailed. Wallace, married, sought divorce from his wife to marry Hackenburg, who is 18. A revolver and love letters were found. the couple planned marriage after divorce.
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Walter Wallace
Pauline Hackenburg
Episcopal Hospital
Wallace
Fourth
York Streets
Miss Hackenburg
North Howard Street
McKeesport
Philadelphia
Mrs. Hackenburg
Pauline
Howard Street
Convict Jacobs Charges Fail in Quarter Sessions
Judge Beitler disposed of the case of William M. Jacobs against George Gebbie for obtaining a $10,000 assignment by falsely claiming wealth. The indictment was abandoned as Jacobs, the prosecutor, was present in a Southern prison, with Sterer address removed and United States Prison Atlanta, Ga. substituted.
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Beitler
William M. Jacobs
George Gebbie
Jacobs
K -Jacobs
Gebbie
United States Prison
Atlanta
Missing priest gets $8000 in Camden after disappearance
The Rev. Francie Tobin, a Catholic missionary long missing, is found in Camden and receives an $8000 amount. Relatives had advertised for months and his mother had recently died in Camden. He was returning from work in New Orleans and Camden as soon as he learned of the incident.
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Francie Tobin
Camden
Father Tobin
Enrleans
Admiral Schley Visits Chester as City Guests
SPECIAL TO THE PHILADELPHIA Times reports Admiral Schley visiting Chester last evening as the guest of Alfred and Clarence Deshong. He was entertained by Colonel A. K. McClure of Wallingford Judge Isaac Johnson Honorable Cooper and Dr. Stetl among others.
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Admiral Schley
Chester
Philadelphia Times
Alfred and
Clarence Deshong
Disbrow Proclaimed Innocent In Death Case Link
Special to the Philadelphia Times reports attorney Rowland Miles says Thomas A. Disbrow is innocent amid a case tying his son Louis A. Disbrow to the disappearances and deaths of Clarence Foster and a New York girl. Foster's body was exhumed. coroner Nugent finds drowning the sole cause. A subpoena for Louis Disbrow to testify is set for Friday.
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N. Y
John Nugent
Southampton
Thomas A. Disbrow
Louis A. Disbrow
Clarence Foster
John S. Lawrence
New York
Rowland Miles
Disbrow
Foster
Nugent
Smith
Louis Disbrow
Arch Street Burying Ground to be Cleared for Eight-Story Building
Trustees of Arch Street Presbyterian Church moved to dig up and remove bodies from the Arch Street Burying Ground to other cemeteries to make way for an eight story building. The John Winston Company plans to purchase the site and the church tower, a Wren design, stands 165 feet tall, with the church dating to 1813 and the 1823 dedication noted.
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Arch Street Burying Ground
Arch Street Presbyterian Church
John ©. Winston
Winston Publishing Company
Charles Wadsworth
Herrick Johnson
Chicago
J.S. Sands
Marylebone
London
Christopher Wren
Arch Street
Fifth Presbyterian
Locust
Eighth Street
Musical Fund Hall
West Arch Street
Value of Dean Hoffman's Estate Revealed in Broker's Estimate
Edgar R Holdridge, Hoffman’s broker, sets the dean's personal estate in the millions but caps realty at about 10 to 15 million. He notes no ownership of the Hoffman House, explains division of Samuel V Hoffman's estate between the dean and his brother, and highlights Fifth Avenue properties yielding about 80,000 annually each.
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Phia Times
New York
Dean Hoffman
Edgar R. Holdridge
Hoffman
Samuel V. Hoffman
C. F. Hoffman
Redfern
Fifth Avenue
Elbridge T. Gerry
Macy’s elevator plunge injures twenty two women
In New York at 2 15 this afternoon an elevator at Macy & Co on Thirteenth street fell from the third floor to the basement. Twenty two women patrons were seriously injured as the crowded store erupted in panic and the car crashed to the bottom amid loud shrieks and crashing timber.
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New York
Thirteenth Street
R. H. Macy & Co
Black Diamond Anthracite Co chartered at Trenton
The Black Diamond Anthracite Company was chartered with capital of 1 million dollars in shares of 1 each. Terrance V. Powderly, ex Immigration Commissioner and former Knights of Labor president, heads the venture. It will acquire the Stow Tract in Branch township Schuylkill county and aims to develop a cooperative mining industry with independent railroad links to tidewater.
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Trenton
Black Diamond Anthracite Company
Terrance V. Powderly
United States Immigration
Knights of Labor
Stow Tract
Branch Township
Schuylkill County
Tidewater
Fast train wreck near Mexico Kansas City Missouri headline
A Chicago and Alton passenger train bound east from Kansas City to St Louis derailed two miles west of Mexico Missouri. Engineer John Keller was killed and twelve passengers injured in the afternoon incident.
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Chicago and Alton
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Mexico
John Keller
Kitchener Grant Passed by House After Debate
London reports the House of Commons approved a £50,000 grant to Lord Kitchener for his South Africa services by a vote of 227 to 48 after opposition from Nationalist and Radical members and closure was used. The piece lists past English grants to notable officers, including Marlborough, Nelson, Wellington, Roberts, and Kitchener himself.
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London
House of Commons
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
England
Duke of Marlborough
Flanders
Blenheim
Woodstock
Rodney
West Indies
Lord Nelson
Duke of Wellington
Strathfieldsaye
Lord Keane
Lord Hardinge
Lord Seaton
Lord Napier of
Magdala
Lord Wolseley
Lord Roberts
Khartoum
King Edward Needs Rest Before Coronation Pace
London June 18 King Edward's physicians urge rest due to coronation strain and avoid public engagements for several days Neither he nor Queen Alexandra attend Ascot races today The Prince of Wales represents the royal family at the meet The King and Queen are expected to attend the races in state tomorrow
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London
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Prince of Wales
Westminster Abbey Ready for Show in Coronation Dress
London Times reports Westminster Abbey, closed to public and press, is nearing completion for the coronation. Inside, a vast hall with timbered roof, square pillars, carved arches, tapestries, old armor, and lances from the Tower create a majestic scene. Rich drapes, blue and gold velvet, and carpeted floors enhance the formal setting.
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London
Westminster Abbey
London Times
Physician Tries to Debunk Koch Theory in Tuberculosis Test
Paris reports Dr. Garnault challenged Professor Koch by inoculating himself with cow tuberculosis matter after blistering his arm and applying gland poultices. He aims to prove contagion possible or not, planning guinea pig injections, with potential fingertip intravenous followup if needed. outcomes unknown.
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Paris
Dr. Garnault
Professor Koch
London
Berlin
Garnault
la Villette
Theodore Smith
Boston
Mass
Koch
Humbert Pictures for Sale in Paris Auction
In Paris on June 19 the sale of Mme Humbert’s collected pictures begins to run tomorrow and Saturday. The consignments have been moved to Georges Petit’s rooms on Rue de Seze after removal from earlier locations, promising a sensational event.
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Paris
Mme. Humbert
Angelus
Georges Petit
Rue de Seze
Noted French Painters Gathered in Historic Exhibition
A historic art exhibition showcases Corot Daubigny Diaz Henner Isabey Meissonier Monet Rousseau Schreyer and a host of other revered painters, highlighting an era of vibrant impressionist and academic works. The event underscores the era’s diverse school representation and the enduring appeal of 19th century French art.
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Corot
Daubigny
Diaz
Henner
Isabey
Meissonier
Monet Rousseau
Schreyer
Kitchen er thanks Boer leaders in South Africa
Lord Kitchener telegraphed to Louis Botha De Wet and De larey expressing high appreciation for their energy and tact in facilitating his work and the High Commissioner. He said the King is pleased with burghers accepting changed conditions and that reconciliation across races has dawned in South Africa.
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Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
Louis Botha
Delarey
Christian de Wet
House and Senate agree on White House renovations plan
Conferees reach consensus on an urgent deficiency bill allocating 360000 dollars for extensive White House alterations. Work aims to be finished by December 1, with many significant building changes included in the package.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
Newark man arrested after threat at White House
Cary J. McAlister of 45 Crawford street Newark New Jersey visited the White House this afternoon and was arrested and held for examination into his mental condition. The 26 year old man claimed the revolver he carried was meant to kill a mesmerist who he said planned to kill him. He said his troubles began after a Newark girl rejected him.
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Washington
Cary J. McAlister
Crawford Street
Newark
N. J
White House
Ways and Means Committee Proposes Fewer Merchandise Appraisers
Washington June 18 The Ways and Means Committee ordered favorable reports on bills to cut the number of appraisers for merchandise at Philadelphia and Boston to operate at each port instead of two.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
The
House
Philadelphia
Boston
Driver collides with trolley injuring man beside him
Adam Huey of 33 Cameron Street yesterday afternoon drove a two horse wagon into a trolley on Eleventh and Master streets. The wagon pole penetrated between the seats, seriously injuring J. B. Sehommans of Seed Spe seams aaa.
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Adam Huey
Cameron Street
Eleventh
Master Streets
Soe
Sehommans
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Fakirs
Dr. Conwell
Small Blaze
Sweetheart
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Humbert Pictures
Joc
John Kendrick Bangs
E. W. Kemble
Philadelphia: Times
Botha
de Wet
Atlantic City
Marlborough House Stone
Ocean Front
Josiah White & Sons
Lexington
Pacific and
Missouri Avenues
Beach
New House
Etay
Matthew Baines
Hotel Champlain
Kentucky Avenue
Pote of the Malvern
Chestnut St. Phila
M. Leach
Grand Central Hotel
Penna Depot
Cuisine Francaise
F. L. Addor
W. J. Imel
Rudolf Gooet
Charles
R. Myers
Shelburne
Best Equi
E. R. Ramsey
Whetwoode
MES
P. A. Dempsey
Cape May
Hotel Lafayette
Tracy & CO
Congress Hall
CBSE
Ocean
Orch
Chestnut St
Phila
R. A N
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Sea Isle City
W. J
New Jersey
Long Branch
West End
Broadway
W. KE. Hildret
Innes
Fred WN. Jones
É F. Innes
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