Mark Hanna in Control at Ohio Republican Convention
The June 23 Ohio Republican state convention named a full ticket headed by Governor Asa Bushnell with Hanna backed, and adopted a platform demanding protections for wool growers. The Dick slate won key Central Committee seats, while Hanna was praised for oratory and party unity. The new Central Committee elected Harry M. Daugherty as chairman, with Durr as secretary and Fisher as vice chairman.
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Tolepo
Republican State Convention
State Central Committee
State Committee
Katz
Hanna
Bushnell
Cleveland
Washington
Jones
Grosvenor
Charlies F. W. Dick
C. H. Grosvenor
Kurtz
Columbus
Hawaii
Senate
Congress
Board of Arbitration
Ohio
Foraker
United States Senate
M. A. Hanna
United States
Asa W. Bushnell
A. W. Jones
Jacob F. Burkett
Frank Monnett
Samuel Campbell
L. D. Bonebrake
Board of Public Works
C. A. Goddard
New State Central Committee
Harry M. Daugherty
C. R. Fisher
Peter Durr
Daugherty
Durr
Dickmen
Fisher
Kurtzman
Collision Blocks Rails at Glassboro Pike Crossing
A rear end collision at the Glassboro pike crossing with the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad in South Woodbury damaged an engine and multiple freight and passenger cars. Few injuries, none serious, and crews cleared one track by midnight as investigators probe why the freight ran on the same block as the express.
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Glassboro Pike
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
South Woodbury
Cape May
Camden
Woodbury
Daniel Pittinger
Maurice River
William Cross
Woodbury Hose Company
John D. Courtny
J.H. Spearer
F. A. Mitchell
West Philadelphia
Martha. Brick
South Eleventh Street
Arthur W. Spooner
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Jacob Soble
Spruce Street
Ernest Schuthing
Holly Beach
Daniel Parker
Joseph Weston
William Lloyd
Cross
City Notes and Local Incidents Mixed With Civic News
City Notes reports a lean summer treasury for the Country Week Association while Baldwin Locomotive Works prepares to build thirty locomotives for Japanese railways. Flower Mission distributed 1,000 bouquets to hospitals and the poor. Charles E. Morgan Jr. of the Board of Education is home in Germantown with a broken leg. George Devlin, 22, injured seriously after a fall from a cherry tree near Green Lane and Ridge Ave. Judgment entered in Common Pleas against William Bohanna for 1061.92 with execution. L H Baer fined five for reckless bicycle riding near City Hall. reserve officer Leutwine testified of a prior collision.
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Country Week Association
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Charles E. Morgan, Jr
Board of Education
Germantown
George Devlin
Riley Street
Mitchell
Green Lane
Ridge Avenue
St. Timothy's Hospital
Common Pleas Court
Holmes & Clark
William Bohanna
L. H. Baer
Powelton Avenue
Leutwine
Baer
City Hall
Fire Destroys New York Factory. Detectives Save Women
A June afternoon blaze at a seven story Greenwich Laight Street building caused $250000 in losses and drew most city firemen. R. E. Dietz & Co and B. Dreyfus & Co occupied floors with 115 staff, including 15 women. Three detectives entering the doomed building guided panicked workers to safety as the fire rapidly spread and smoke filled the street.
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New York
Greenwich and
Laight Streets
B. Dreyfus & Co
R. E. Dietz & Co
Chicago
United States
Walker & Williams
Japanning
Fire damage estimates from overheated stove scorch firms and building
Fire casualties were not confirmed though flames were said to have started from an overheated gas stove. Police rough estimates put loss at R. B. Dietz & Co. 100,000 dollars, B. Dreyfus & Co. 20,000 dollars, and building damage 75,000 dollars, with expected increases.
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R. B. Dietz & Co
B. Dreyfus & Co
Attacked by a Horse on Fairfield Farm
Henry Koons visited a Fairfield area farm when a horse attacked, pawing him to the ground and injuring his left arm by biting and tearing muscle. His brother saved him by striking the animal with a heavy club, preventing likely death.
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Williamsport
Fairfield
Henry Koons
Koons
Contractor's Plight as Italians Block Hotel Exit
June 23 Trenton A mob of about 200 Italians surrounds Hoagland's Hotel in Morrisville Pa guarding employer F G Wheeler and refusing to let him leave until one month’s pay is paid. Foremen guard Wheeler while Italians threaten action if funds are not delivered. officers failed to disperse crowd. Demayo has lien on trolley franchise for 5300.
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Trenton
Hoagland
Morrisville
F. G. Wheeler
Wheeler & Beady
East Penn Traction Company
Seville
Yardville
Wheeler
Alfred Demayo
Burgess Ettinger
Wharton
Gorman
Demayo
Trolley Company
Suspicious Death of A L Ewing in Scranton
A L Ewing 25, commercial traveler for Hese & Co. Rochester tobacco firm, died in his Scranton living apartment under suspicious circumstances. Son of Alex Ewing of Elmira, he had been out most of the night and awoke to nap until morning. Wife could not awaken him. physicians failed to help. a half-filled phial was found.
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Scranton
A. L. Ewing
Hese & Co
Rochester
Alex Ewing
Elmira
New York
Timeline of U S Innovations and Landmarks 1838 1898
A concise chronology outlining key U S milestones from 1838 to 1898. Items include the Great Western voyage, rubber patent, envelopes use, early photography, telegraph lines, sewing machine patent, base ball match, printing press, postage stamps, California gold, machine-made matches, Harvard Yale boat race, petroleum refining, Japan U S treaty, first women’s hospital, transcontinental rail, postal cards, typewriter use, Bell’s electrical research, Centennial events, bicycle manufacture, Egyptian obelisk relocation, type casting advances, lawn tennis, urban lighting, and the Chicago World’s Fair.
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Great Western
Bristol
New York
America
United States
Washington
Baltimore
Elias Howe
Hoboken
N. J
Knickerbocker
San Francisco
Patti
Lucia
Alaska
Alexander Graham Bell
Newport
Chicago
Fire Destroys Building as Engines Battle Flames
Water hosed hundreds of tons into the burning building while streams from engines spurted through. Flames reached upper floors storing varnish and oil as horses were driven from a stable. Primary School No. 11 housed 250 children who were led to the main room and later sang America as the alarm grew.
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America
City man found with morphine tablet stash
A man identified as Ewing, described as a man about town, was found with a hundred eight grain morphine tablets in his pockets. The stomach was removed by the Coroner's physician for analysis and the body was shipped to the deceased's father. He had been dissipating for several months.
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Ewing
Fatal Shooting in Alabama Kills Merchant in Belknap
Selma Alabama June 24 Frank Riggs a prominent Belknap merchant was shot and instantly killed William J Reese was seriously wounded in a Belknap shooting last evening A Sewall father in law also took part in the incident
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Selma
Ala
Frank Riggs
William J. Reese
Belknap
A. Sewall
Prize Singing Contests End With Prominent German Choirs
A musical festival closes with a finale by Carl Attenhofer and many named German American choirs from New York Newark Trenton and beyond. Conductors include Trossbach Ho dapp Riethman and Marcks as federations perform Drei Augenblicke and Swedish Folk Song selections amid varied choral rosters.
Immense Order for Westinghouse Electric Company
At the annual meeting Westinghouse Electric Company announced a massive order from St Lawrence Construction Company of New York for fifteen 5000 horsepower generators. The deal, the largest single electrical apparatus order to date, totals nearly one million dollars and will keep the firm’s works in full operation.
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Tum Times
Westinghouse Electric Company
St. Lawrence Construction Company
New York
St.Lawrence
St. Lawrence
Shot His Sweetheart Then Blew Out His Brains
Kasson Minnesota June 28 Bert Van Nostrand an architect shot and seriously wounded Jennie Geelsie aged 16 and then killed himself.
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Kasson
Minn
Bert van Nostrand
Jennie Geesie
Musical meeting reshapes as Volksfest for Saenger visitors
Visiting Saenger groups depart after a lively musical interlude and a citywide Volksfest. Delegates met at Young Men's Hall with Brooklyn chosen as the 1900 meeting site amid a new rule restricting singers to one class. Third class prize singing drew notable city federation entries with self-selected songs.
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Saengers
Lierz
Washington Park
Maennercher
Brooklyn
Washington
Lentz
Second day of prize contest at Saenger Hall draws crowds
Enthusiastic audience fills Saenger Hall for second day of prize competitions among third class societies. United Singers of Hudson County win first place, with Camden rising suburb second, as judges weigh merits of entries from New York City Newark Baltimore and Brooklyn.
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United Singers of
Camden
N. J
BE. M. Hall
EK. Schauss
Trenton
Edward Knapp
Schwedisches Volkslied
Schulz-Weyda
Hudson County
N. Y
Franz Gross
Erwin Forschner
New York City
Carl Hein
Die Koenigskinder
Fred Siegert
United Singers
Newark
Carl Heller
Carl Haeser
Baltimore
J. ©. Frank
W. B. Becker
Saenger
Supreme Court
New York
Hudson County Singers
United
E. M. Hall
Co Federation
Brooklyn
Haeser
Siegert
Das Kerehlein
Becker
Great Saengerfest closes with vast audience applause
A huge crowd filled Saenger Hall for the final concert of the festival. The event marked a history making musical climax with a masterful program and a chorus during the Star Spangled Banner as an immense flag unfurled from the rafters.
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Saenger Hall
Tragic Couple Lovers Face Unsolved Cause
A couple described as lovers died in a tragedy with authorities not yet revealing the cause. Investigators are reviewing evidence and pursuing leads, while neighbors recall a quiet relationship and a shared routine before the incident.
Representatives charge alliance on Baker bill and school plan
A Harrisburg telegram reports Representatives W. F. Stewart and Samuel Crothers charging a coalition between the Becker three-fifths bill supporters and a new school appropriation. They cite that fifteen Philadelphia members voted for the plan despite it costing the city over 140000.
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Harrisburg
W. F. Stewart
Samuel Crothers
Friends
Becker
Philadelphia
Assault on 12 year old girl sparks large Texas posse pursuit
In Kaurnmann Texas on June 23 a 12-year-old girl, daughter of T. J. McReynell, was knocked down and assaulted by a white man five miles northeast of town. Sheriff Jim P. Keeler leads a posse of 150 men in pursuit. The girl is reported in critical condition.
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Kaurmann
Tex
T. J. McReynell
Here
Jim P. Keeler
Indictments Against Four Freeholders Found Unacted
Special Telegram to Tuy Times from New Brunswick reports indictments against four Freeholders Frank Mulvey David Mc Closkey Joshua Liddle and S J Chamberlin have not been acted upon The charges allege excessive expenses for admitting insane persons to the asylum The December grand jury handed down the indictments but they remain unused
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Tuy TiMes
New Brunswick
Frank Mulvey
David McCloskey
Joshua Liddle
S. J. Chamberlin
Man Found Dead in Canal Near Marietta
The body of an unknown man, about 60, was found in the canal at Marietta with a stone tied around the neck. A hat, coat, and a bundle of clothes were found under a nearby bridge. no clues to identity. Last seen about a week ago, he disappeared Saturday and is believed to have committed suicide.
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Lancaster
Marietta
Mercer County Farmer Fatally Injured by Cultivator
Special Telegram to THE TIMES reports Harrison Wilber a prominent Mercer county farmer was fatally injured when he fell under a cultivator he was operating. He was dragged several hundred yards and severely mangled. He leaves a wife and family.
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the Times
Sharon
Harrison Wilber
Mercer County
Heat suffocation at Thirteenth and Willow hospitalized man
Joseph Harly, 48, working at Thirteenth and Willow streets yesterday at noon, was overcome by heat and admitted to Hahnemann Hospital. He lives at 1421 Holly Street and had been in ill health recently.
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Joseph Harly
Thirteenth
Willow Streets
Hahnemann Hospital
Hanly
Holly Street
Forecast for Thursday in Eastern PA New Jersey Delaware
Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware forecast for Thursday calls for fair start with afternoon showers. Winds from the south bring a slight warmth with yesterday’s high around 70 and peak 85.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Best assortment in America at Miller's sale
Discover Miller's at 255 and 257 South Third Street for a wide selection and low prices across the best assortment in America. Shop now for bargains on everyday items and goods.
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America
Miller's
Third St
Dress Par Excellenc e at Queen's Jubilee
Amid showy uniforms and court dress, the U S Special Envoy wore ordinary Full Dress of an American gentleman. Mr Reid's suit from Perry's may be best value, though not superior, and Perry 4 Co. promotes moderate guaranteed prices for well dressed citizens at 1520 Chestnut Street.
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United States
Mr. Reid
Perry
Perry's
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