Provide Lock Box and Get Your Mail
Special to The Philadelphia Times reports the July 1 start of rural free delivery on Star Routes north of North Carolina and east of Ohio. Boxed roadside mail deposits are allowed with carrier delivery, risk to owner, and no design requirement beyond a lock. The system expands access, with hundreds of carriers serving thousands of miles and millions of mail pieces, transforming rural mail service nationwide.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
W. 58
Shallenberger
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Reading
John Doe
Richard Roe
United States
Southern Republicans eye Brownlow as 1904 VP pick
In a June 23 interview Congressman Brownlow of Tennessee argues a Southern man should be Republican vice president in 1904. He names four Southern potential candidates and notes shifting Southern sentiment toward tariff protection and expansion, with North Carolina Tennessee and Kentucky leaning Republican.
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Washington
DB. C
Congressmaan Brownlow
Tennessee
Brownlow
Henry Clay Evans
Pritchard
North Carolina
Evans
Yerkes
Kentucky
Scott
West Virginia
Hikins
New England
North
Population by sex in western states shows male majority
Census Bureau bulletin reports 1900 population by sex for Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut. Males predominate in nearly all groups with Alaska near 72.1 percent and California 55.3 percent. Notes slight excesses in Alabama and Arkansas and near balance in Colorado.
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Alaska
Arizona
Colorado
Alabama
Arkansas
Connecticut
California
Washington
Census Bureau
Cocopens
Alt
Sickles hints on Evans successor for Pension Commissioner
General Daniel E. Sickles says he knows who will replace H. Clay Evans but cannot reveal the name. He criticizes Evans for claiming to aid veterans while portraying the Grand Army of the Republic as thieves. Sickles urges President McKinley to appoint a successor immediately or risk Republican losses. June 23 report from New York notes Tanner’s lobbying and a letter urging action.
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New York
Evans
Daniel E. Sickles
Corporal Tanner
H. Clay Evans
McKinley
Sickles
Portugal
F. B. Loomis
Grand Army of the Republic
Woman Beats Politicians in Kentucky Post Office Fight
In Washington a female candidate for public office, Mrs. Gertrude Saunders, has retained her postmistress role in New Castle, Henry County, Kentucky after politicians led by Senator Deboe and Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Curetin pressed for her ouster. The Post Office Department offered no official statement, but politicians left town, signaling Saunders’s victory.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Deboe
Gertrude Saunders
New Castle
Henry County
Debor
Internal Revenue
Curetin
Mrs. Saunders
Post Office Department
Insects Carry Disease Warns to Protect Patients
Washington June 23 Surgeon General Wyman issues a general circular to marine hospital service medical officers stressing insects as disease vectors. Mosquitoes linked to malaria and filariasis. plague via rat flea. typhoid and cholera risk from fleas. Netting over beds, fly screens at openings, especially kitchens, and sulphur fumigation for large rooms advised.
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Washington
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Simond
Virginia Governorship Hopes Highlight Red-Headed Politicians
June 23 report from Richmond notes Virginia political contenders in both parties sport red hair. Montague, Braxton, Glass, Marshall, Weecott, Brown, Barnes and others are singled out for fiery locks, with Montague nicknamed Red Fox and Glass praised for his hair’s impact on convention debates.
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Richmond
Virginia
Montague
Thomas Jefferson
Red Fox
A. C. Braxton
Carter Glass
Jim’ Marshall
N. B. Weecott
J.thompson Brown
Bedford
Délegate Brown
Thomas H. Barnes
D. QO
Lotte
J. Co
Brooke
J D. Tucker Vention
Davitt Visit Noted in Chicago Report
Fragmentary Chicago dispatch notes Davitt visit and reception by Irish patriots and local societies. The incomplete text records a meeting or event in the city with references to Irish figures and associated supporters, though many details are garbled.
Ohio Republicans Fix Slate for State Convention
Columbus Ohio June 23 The Republican State convention will meet in Columbus tomorrow The slate includes Governor Nash Lieutenant Governor Caldwell Attorney General Sheets State Treasurer Cameron Public Works Johnson Supreme Judge Crew The convention will select judges and a Clerk of the Supreme Court plus a Legislature to apportion districts and consider local option Senator Foraker will deliver the keynote and Hanna is expected as permanent chair Numerous Ohio Republican Congressmen attend as delegates and Asa W Jones leads the Mahoning County delegation with Harry M Daugherty also seeking gubernatorial nomination.
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Columbus
Ohio
George K. Nash
John A. Caldwell
John M. Sheets
J. D. Cameron
State Board of Public Works
G. W. Johnson
W. B. Crew
Supreme Court
United States
J. B. Foraker
Senator Foraker
Marcus A. Hanna
Hanna
Grosvenor
Skuiles
Hildebrandt
Taylor
Shattuck
Belcler
Kyle
Nevin
van Voorhis
Mahoning County
Asa W. Jones
Bushnell
Harry M. Daugherty
Fayette
Harmony in Cleveland Politics Splits Over State Committee
In Cleveland, Hanna's effort to unify local politics falters as McKissonites oppose Hanna picks for Cuyahoga county State central committee. Leach and Stewart are named candidates but antis threaten to defeat them and install Batt and Bushea. Holcomb also enters race in Twenty first district against Stewart and Bushea.
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Philadelphia
Cleveland
Ohio
Hanna
McKissonites
Charles F. Leach
James W. Stewart
State Central Committee
Cuyahoga County
Leach
Stewart
Edward Batt
Harry Bushea
James W. Holcomb
McKisson
Twenty-first
Bushea
Montague Leads in Fight for Virginia Nomination
In Richmond on June 28 special to The Philadelphia TimEs, Attorney General Montague gains momentum in the Democratic gubernatorial race with 600 of 1,071 votes. Swanson and Echols trail as Montague secures expected delegates. Echols’ withdrawal looms. Montague plans state committee changes but vows no radical purge or solid delegation whip.
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Philadelphia
Richmond
Montague
Swanson
Echols
Marshall
Cumberland
Claude Swanson
Chatham
State Committee
Norfolk
Democrats Refuse Fusion in Kansas Party Split
The Democratic State central committee of Kansas rejected Populist invitations to form a new fusion party under a distinct name. The meeting in Topeka was led by State chairman J. Mack Love with 23 members absent and 10 represented by proxy.
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Topeka
Democratic State Central Committee of
Kansas
Democratic Committee
J. Mack Love
Kaiser Visits Mrs. Goflet on Nehma in Berlin
Emperor William yesterday paid a long visit aboard Mrs. Robert Goelet's steam yacht Nehma in Berlin. After the regatta he will witness his second son enter the First Guards at Potsdam on July 7.
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Berlin
William
Robert Goelet
Potedam
General Grant En Route to Russia
Brigadier General Frederick D. Grant travels through Berlin with his wife and son Ulysses on a journey toward St. Petersburg, signaling a diplomatic or military postures during the transit.
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Grant
Russia
Berlin
Frederick D. Grant
Ulysses Oa
St. Petersburg
Prince Albert of Belgium Lamed by Fall
BRUSSELS June 23 The fall from a horse received by Prince Albert of Belgium a month ago will leave him lame for life. The prince remains confined to his couch as he recovers.
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Prince Albert
Belgium
Brussels
Prince Albert of
Shah's Declining Health Shapes Handover Prospects
AP reports from Teheran that the Shah’s probable illness prompts his heir to join state affairs, while the monarch’s gout remains not immediately fatal though limiting. It notes possible German Emperor Wilhelm II’s summer visit to Russia and Grodno maneuvers, with no confirmed Balkan invitations from the Czar.
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Associated Press
ST. Petersburg
Teheran
William
Germany
Russia
Grodno
Filipinos To Learn Politics As Cailles Surrenders
Santa Cruz Laguna Province June 23 General Cailles to surrender tomorrow with 600 riflemen and 800 bolomen. They will march into Santa Cruz carry flags attend Mass in review and take oath before General Sumner. Cailles seeks liberation for officers and men. Private Meekin deserts from American army and stays with Cailles.
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Philadelphia Times
Santa Cruz
Laguna
Cailles
Caballes
Pagsanjan
General Cailles
Santa Cruzat
Sumner
Callles
Manila
MacArthur
Philippine Commission
Meekin
Educational reform proposals reach Li Hung Chang in Peking
In Peking on June 23 a wave of memorials favors reforms. Eighty former university students endorse a plan to open an English school led by Allerbyce, with two Chinese assistants. Chen Pi's memorial condemns Chinese acting as English interpreters. Ministers call for immediate investigation before foreign troops evacuate.
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Philadelphia Times
PEKIN
Li Hung Chang
Allerbyce
Han Lin University
Chen Pi
Chinese Converts in Peril Near Paoting Fu
Cable report notes renewed persecution of Christian converts around Paoting Fu. Many have fled to the city for safety while Catholic converts fortify positions. Dr. Sheffield delivers 16,000 taels from Muncho to cover losses and chapel destructions.
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Paoting Fu
Philadelphia
Pekin
Sheffield
American Board of Foreign Missions
Muncho
Russia Education Reform Sparks Debate Across Provinces
AP correspondence reports broad discussion over education in Russia after General Yannoffsky’s appointment as Minister of Education. Articles claim rural women largely illiterate, literacy varies by region, and calls for legal instruction in schools. A Moscow society meeting adopted phonetic spelling to simplify reading and writing.
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Petersburg
Yannoffsky
The
Nedelya
Russia
Giria
Bessarabia
General Vannofsky
Moscow
Municipal approves six kopecks fare for electric omanibus
In St Petersburg on June 23 the city fights a proposed hundred million dollar overhead railroad while the Technical section of the City Council endorses M Rowanoff's electric omanibus model. It advocates concessions for several streets with a six kopecks fare.
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ST. Petersburg
M. Rowanoff
Omanibus
Formation of Cultural Syndicate Reported in Petersburg
Gracee Methods In Czar's Domain. In Petersburg on June 23 a formation of a so called cultural syndicate is announced. It is said to be modeled after the American Grange and Farmers Alliance and the German Agrarian League, but without their political programs.
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Petersburg
F Cultural Syndicate
American Grange
Farmers’ Alliance
German Agrarian League
Rhodes Paralyzed After Cape Town Incident
Rh odes, believed injured in a Cape Town incident, lies paralyzed. Reports indicate serious injuries with officials stating no further details available at this time.
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Rhodes
Cape Town
Pune
Geell Rhodes
Aostral
Lowden S
Cape A
New Horse Disease Spreads Across Cities
June 23 report from New York describes a new infectious equine illness rising rapidly among horses. Dr. E. N. Leary notes it resembles acute laryngeal catarrh of germ origin, likely spread by air rather than contaminated water, with 3 percent mortality currently and possible rise to 20 percent if complications occur.
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Philadelphia Times
New York
Newark
Philadelphia
E. N. Leary
Pullman considers pension plan for 15000 workers
The Pullman Palace Car Company weighing a pension scheme for nearly 15,000 employees is under review. Preliminary studies assess headcount, wages, and tenure with a plan reportedly as liberal as those of the Pennsylvania Northwestern or Illinois Central Railroads. About 7,000 of the workers are black porters, with remaining staff including conductors, office workers, and shop workers in St. Louis Detroit and Wilmington.
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Pullman Palace Car Company
Pennsylvania
Northwestern
Illinois Central
St. Louis
Detroit
Wilmington
Year 1809 lightning losses hit New York buildings
Weather Bureau statistics show 5527 buildings destroyed or damaged by lightning in New York in 1809, with 729 catching fire due to proximity to other struck structures. Estimated total losses reach $3,016,000 in 2825 cases, while 3431 cases lack reported figures, many buildings lacking lightning rods.
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Weather Bureau
New York
Shelby Steel Tube Company Sold to United States Steel
United States Steel Corporation, via J Pierpont Morgan's firm, has acquired Shelby Steel Tube Company, once a top rival to National Tube Company. Shelby supplies tubing to the American Bicycle Company, a major maker with about sixty percent of U S wheel production. Shelby was incorporated in New Jersey on February 9, 1900 and is a leading seamless tubing manufacturer with authorized capital of 15 million dollars, issued capital totaling 13.175 million across preferred and common stock.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
United States Steel Corporation
Shelby Steel Tube Company
National Tube Company
Steel Trust
Shelby
American Bicycle Company
Shelby Directorate
Bicycle Trust
New Jersey
Mormon Converts Baptized in New York Bay Crowds Watch
Believers of the Latter Day Saint faith baptize three women in New York bay in front of hundreds. Two converts are from the Protestant Episcopal Church and one is an agnostic. The spread of Mormon proselyting in the Eastern States Mission grows notably with recent high profile conversions.
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New York
Brooklyn
New York Bay
Protestant Episcopal Church
Joseph Smith
Eastern States
Young People's Christian Endeavor Society
Port Moris
Locomotor Ataxia Cure Promised by League Plan
Victims form the National Locomotor Ataxia League to operate a sanitarium for care and research aimed at a cure. Two members offer a $10,000 reward for the first permanent guaranteed cure, with applicants funding experiments on two advanced cases under league supervision at the Metho dist Book Concern building, 150 Fifth Avenue.
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National
Locomotor Ataxia League
Methodist Book Concern
Fifth Avenue
League
Henry C Frick sails for Liver to collect specimens
Henry C Frick, Pittsburg iron and steel magnate, sails with family for a four month voyage to Liverpool to gather specimens for the Pittsburg Museum of Natural History. He aims to please his eldest son Childs Frick, an 18 year old who favors science over steel making.
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Henry C. Frick
Pittsburg
Peacemaker Beaten to Death in Saloon Fight
Four men are under arrest after a stableman named Harper was fatally beaten while intervening in a Second avenue saloon quarrel. He died from a fractured skull several hours later.
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Harper
Second Avenue
Clark heir sued for slander in Supreme Court
Charles W. Clark son of Senator William A Clark of Montada faces a Supreme Court suit by William Mason seeking $20 000 damages for alleged slander Mason accuses Clark of defaming him while arranging a Democratic labor demonstration involvement remains disputed through legal action in the court.
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Charles W. Clark
United States
William A. Clark
Montada
Supreme Court
William Mason
Democratic
Senator Clark and Son Accused in Silver Bow Club Affair
In Butte at the Silver Bow Club witnesses hear that Liam A. Clark the Montana senator was allowed 2000 for expenses. The complainant alleges Senator Clark's son accused him of diverting funds to scientific pursuits.
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Liam A. Clark
United States
Montana
Silver Bow Club
Butte
Clark
Man Woman’s Versatility At Williamstown Hotel
Felix Glenn, a person described as man-woman and possibly Corn Allee Cunningham, worked at M. J. Byers hotel in Williamstown. She carpentered, repapered, painted, laid sidewalks, and ran the butcher and barber shops. Attorneys plan to call a woman witness to identify E. B. Glenn as a man.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Felix Glenn
Corn Allee Cunningham
Williamstown
Glenn
Bert
M. J. Byers
Byers
E. B. Glenn
Non partisan census reform urged after Maryland frauds
National Civil Service Reform League released an advance sheet citing Maryland census frauds to argue for a merit based, non partisan system for appointing enumerators and supervisors. The report accuses patronage appointments of bias and inefficiency and calls for classified service with competitive exams.
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Philadelphia Times
New York
National Civil Service Reform League
Maryland
League
Charles and
St. Mary's
British labor saving gear to aid Portsmouth dockyard work
The London Mail reports the Admiralty will introduce American labor saving appliances in Portsmouth dockyard No 8 shop. A pneumatic rivet and drill plant will be installed alongside the building slip, after successful trials on the cruiser Kent. Other American tools are on trial, signaling a shift from past board methods.
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London Mail
Portsmouth
Admiralty
Portsmouth Dock Yard
Kent
Ates
Ek Sane
Lars Aed
Boone
Mason and Dixon line monuments replaced with cast iron markers
The Baltimore Sun notes vandals have damaged the Mason and Dixon boundary monuments, with plans to replace them using cast iron markers. The relocation advances rapidly as eastern stone markers at one mile intervals are replaced after many stones were removed or destroyed. The western portion used wooden posts secured by earth or stone mounds, reflecting the difficult terrain of the era.
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Baltimore Sun
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Rao
Pennagivaaie
Did you ever shoot a man Pepperbole Pete tale
From the Ohio State Journal a fragment shows a tenderfoot asking Pepperbole Pete a stark question about violence. The line hints at frontier grit and a dramatic confrontation, capturing a moment of suspense.
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The
Ohio State Journal
Tenderfoot
Reading Strikers Hold Line as Baer Letter Prompts Reply
Special to Toe PuItapweLpHra Times from Reading June 23 reports Reading Railway Company workers awaiting a general answer to President Baer's letter while local committee gears up a reply. Machinists expect orders to strike. older workers face reemployment age limits. Iron works sit under looming action as encampments grow and labor leaders push a firm stance.
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Toe PuItapweLpHra Times
Reading
Reading Railway Company
George F. Baer
Rector
Baer
Seventh and
Chestnut Streets
O'Connell
International Machinists’ Union
Reading Railroad Company
Reading Iron Company
Keystone
Pennsylvania
Fritz’s Island
Tulpehocken Creek
Flynn
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Failure in Schuylkill Strike Fails to Hit Steel Shops
Conservative reports from Pottsville indicate the strike by Philadelphia and Reading car shop workers at Palo Alto St Clair and Schuylkill Haven is a flat failure. Fewer than fifty men joined the walkout and none filed formal grievances or named a committee. Some who quit may try to return tomorrow.
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Tex
Philadelphia Times
Pottsville
Philadelphia
Reading
Palo Alto
St. Clair
Schuylkill Haven
Mormons Plan House to House Canvass in Reading Area
A seventeen elder LDS conference will canvass towns between Reading and Philadelphia and in Berks and Lehigh counties. Riders B. M. Anderson H. P. Ipson A. Rounday Ira A. McCall Ernest Cheney and G. Humphreys will work eastern Berks and Lehigh counties. Anderson says five months of effort yielded no converts yet they remain undeterred.
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Reading
Philadelphia
Berks
Lehigh Counties
B. M. Anderson
H. P. Ipson
A. Rounday
Ira A. McCall
Berks County
Ernest Cheney
G. Humphreys
Lehigh County
Highwaymen Attack Man Near Mahanoy City
Charles Hershey, returning home after an evening in town, was beaten by three masked men who robbed him of a gold watch a revolver and nine dollars. He lies in precarious condition. Earlier Joseph P. Jones was relieved of a watch and a small sum nearby.
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Philadelphia Times
Mahanoy City
Charles Hershey
Joseph P. Jones
Farmman Spots Largest Black Snake This Season
Franklin dispatch reports R Crawford Hasson of Canal township encountered the season’s largest black snake while building a fall fence. The snake coiled around his legs, was beaten back, escaped, then pursued around a tree and finally killed after recoiling. The length measurement is incomplete in the text.
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Philadelphia Times
Franklin
R. Crawford Hasson
Canal Township
Hasson
Burglars Use Chloroform and Get $160
Traces June 23 Philadelphia reports burglars entered the home of Mine Foreman David Hughes at St Nicholas two miles from Mahanoy City. The assailants, who used chloroform, bound the family and fled with $160 from a bureau drawer in an upstairs bedroom occupied by Hughes and his wife. Entry was gained through a rear kitchen window.
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Philadelphia
Mahanoy City
David Hughes
St. Nicholas
Cornerstone Laid at Oakview United Church
Carlisle June 23 cornerstone of the new United church at Oakview laid in ceremony. Local dignitaries attended as the project advances, with details of the event and participants indicated in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Carlisle
New United Gent
Sa Tate
Oakwe
Toad the
Flattman
Sean
Ancient Church Rededicated in Rover's Ford
Zion's Lutheran Church, a colonial era building, was rededicated in Rover's Ford Pennsylvania on June 23, marking restoration and revival for the local congregation amid renewed interest in regional church history.
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ROVER
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