Delaware River Channel Contract Awarded to Local firm
The United States government awarded the Delaware River dredging and retaining-bank project near Reedy Island to American Dredging Company of this city for 96000 dollars. Captain Spencer Cosby noted bid disparity and timing shifts after river and harbor bill passage as reasons for price differences. Prof. Haupt protested dumping dredged material on Duck Creek artificial island, arguing the plan and basin capacity are impractical and urging alternative containment methods.
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Delaware River
Spencer Cosby
United States
American Dredging Company
Reedy Island
Stony Point Shoal
Cosby
Morris & Cummings Dredging Company
New York
Morris Company
Lewis M. Haupt
Reaction Jetty Company
Duck Creek Flats
1897 Plan for Training Wall to Deepen River Channel Near Stony
Proposal urges a six mile training wall along the channel edge to deepen a thirty foot river passage from Stony to Finn's Point. It describes riprap construction, 23 feet depth, 30 feet height, and avoid touching fast land. No costs submitted due to lack of authority.
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Stony At
Paterson Mob Leader McQueen Captured in New York
William McQueen, an anarchist sought for inciting Paterson mill workers to riot, was arrested at Delancey and Eldridge streets by Detective Sergeants. He was released to headquarters after confirmation of indictment, and posters urging continued strike activity were found on him.
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New York
William McQueen
Paterson
N. J
Delancey
Eldrdge
Delaney
Sullivan
Barrett
Titus
McQueen
Titus McQueen
Scotland
Channel widening plan for Appoquinimink harbor project
The article outlines a contract to widen the channel at Appoquinimink creek by 100 feet on each side without lengthening the channel. The 80 foot deep channel will be expanded to 600 feet wide, with work to start and hopes to utilize river and harbor funds once congressionally approved. L. Y. Schemerhorn of American Dredging explains bidding strategy and urgency to start after contract execution.
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Gillespie
Alexander McKenzie
Duck Creek Flats
L. Y. Schemerhorn
American Dredging Company
Philadelphia Times Veseray
Meaning of Ship Trust in Anglo American Rivalry
A reflective critique arguing America’s growing capital and shipping interests reshape British maritime power. It outlines three options for Britain to respond to American influence, notes Morgan’s role, and warns war risks if Britain cannot align with the United States while detailing food and capital dependencies between England and America.
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American Shipping Trust
Great Britain
Canada
Britannia
John Smith
America
North Atlantic
Mr. Morgan
England
United States
Russia
New York
Unspecified Strike Leader Sentences McQueen to Paterson
The speaker urges fighters to ignore cautious leaders and proceed with the strike. McQueen will be taken to Paterson tomorrow on a requisition from Governor Murphy.
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McQueen
Paterson
Murphy
Silk mill strikes ripple across New Jersey cities
In Paterson about 20 percent of silk mill workers stayed home as talks between worker committees and dyers' unions continued. In Jersey City between 8,000 and 10,000 were on strike, with plans to press mills to close pending Paterson’s dyers’ helpers strike settlement. Summit reports 750 workers joined a sympathy strike with Paterson, though local, separate relations remain peaceful. Detectives arrested Frank Schneider, accused of shooting Patrolman Charles Robinson during Bamford mill violence.
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Charles Robinson
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Schneider
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Toronto Strike Ends After Wage Compromise
Toronto reports the street railway strike nearly settled by a new wage scale to start at 17 to 21 cents per hour, with 18/3 cents for the first year and later. Workers may ballot to adopt the scale. company will not recognize a union but allows appeals to the general manager. About 1,600 militiamen arrived from Niagara on the Lake, but strikers remained orderly as cars were not run.
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Ont
Niagara-on-the Lake
New Food for Cattle Could Transform Southern Cattle Industry
Flaus derived from cassava root are being developed for cattle feeding after year of consideration. Chicago packers experiment with cassava fed fattening on large tracts in Northern Florida and Southern Alabama. Plan envisions Florida land settlement, widespread cassava cultivation, and cattle shipments from stockyards to feedyards, possibly shifting cattle center to the South.
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Florida
Alabama
Judge Rules for Attorneys in Novel Client Fee Case
The court ruled in favor of attorneys J Howard Weatherby and J Frederick Hartman after a client Harbach tried to divert a mandamus payment. Harbach owned three Broad street lots in Logan and had been awarded damages of 143.42 before a road jury. The rule to surrender the mandamus was made absolute and the lawyers collected the fees.
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Harry
Harbach
Broad Street
Green Lane
Grange Avenue
Logan
J. Howard Weatherby
J. Frederick Hartman
Mr. Hartman
Auto Line in Jersey Forms New Transport Co
Articles filed in Camden County for Mobile Transportation Company of New Jersey with $100000 capital. Incorporators include W Stuart Dilks F Sherwin John A Crawford Irving Turner and John Harris. Plan to operate stage coach style autos between Wenonah Mullica Hill Clayton Woodbury with eight daily round trips.
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Mobile Transportation Company of
New Jersey
Capital
W. Stuart Dilks
F. Sherwin
Mullica Hill
John A. Crawford
New Brunswick
Irving Turner
John Harris
Camden
Wenonah
Clayton
Woodbury
Gloucester County
Salem
Cumberland Counties
Camden Iincorporators
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Philadelphia
Pitman Grove
Test of Automobiles Shows Speed Controls in City
In Belmont drive and St. George's Hill this afternoon a public automobile test will be conducted in the Park with Mayor and law committee members present. Henry G Morris of the Automobile Club of Philadelphia directs testing of about forty electric gasoline and steam autos to study speed control. The event precedes tomorrow's law committee discussion of an ordinance proposed by Edward W Patton to cap speed at five miles in the city center and eight miles elsewhere.
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Belmont Drive
St. George's’ Hill
City Hall
West Park
Henry G. Morris
Automobile Club of Philadelphia
Cornells
Law Committee
Select Council
Edward W. Patton
Telegraph Pole War Off In Cheltenham Township
The Postal Telegraph Company agreed to the township's demand and paid $40 to settle a dispute over pole taxes. Previously the company planned to install eighty poles on Second Street Pike, risking a clash with Cheltenham officials who sought 50 cents per pole per year.
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Cheltenham Township
Second Street Pike
J. L. Blake
Chiltenham
Postal Company
Philadelphia
New York
Blake
Montgomery Evane
Cheltenham
Ex-President Cleveland Leaves for Buzzard's Bay Summer
Ex-President Grover Cleveland and wife with four children Ruth Esther Marion and Richard depart Princeton for Buzzard's Bay to spend the summer. They will return in October with Cleveland planning no engagements away from their summer home and noting fishing and boating as pastimes.
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N. J
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Esther
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Buzzard’s Bay
Washington
New York
Princeton Junction
Buzzeard’s Bay
Largest Petroleum Shipment to Japan on Kennebec
The Kennebec sails from Glasgow to Philadelphia on June 16 and arrives to lead a record shipment of about 200,009 cases of refined petroleum from this port to Japan aboard the new steamer.
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Insane Woman Attacks Invalid with a Club in Camden
Mrs. Lizzie Strang of 313 North Twenty-seventh Street East Side Camden broke into Cyrus Starkey’s home and attacked his ill wife Mrs. Starkey with a club. Starkey disarmed her after a struggle and turned her over to police. She was declared insane and sent to the Trenton asylum.
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Lizzie Strang
Cuban Negroes Demand Equal Rights In Havana Meeting
In Havana on June 23 the Cuban negro inhabitants voted to petition Congress to end military orders that discriminate against them. They denied any revolt or conspiracy, urged equal rights, and said the country belongs to them as it does to whites. They noted offers of eighty police posts and twelve letter carrier positions following the agitation for office.
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Cuba
Allan Line Ship Encounters Immense Ice Berg Off Grand Banks
The Allan Line steamer Peruvian from Liverpool reports a massive iceberg directly in shipping lanes on the Grand Banks, posing a danger to vessels after arriving at St. Johns June 21.
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Allan Line
Liverpool
Grand Banks
Congressional Nominations in Nebraska Fourth and Fifth Districts
Fourth district nominee W. L. Stark selected by Democrats and Populists in Nebraska. Fifth district nominee A Schellenberger chosen by Democrats and Populists.
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Nebraska
W. L. Stark
A. ©. Schellenberger
Boers Steal Sister's Horse In North Transvaal Ambush
A nursing sister riding alone near a town held by the English says two men in scout uniforms rode up in Dutch and claimed to be Boers. They demanded her horse, but returned saddle and bridle later after claiming they feared she would report them.
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Transvaal
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup A Teething Remedy
Rest and health to mother and child. Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has been used for over sixty years by millions of mothers for teething children. It soothes, softens gums, relieves pain, cures wind colic, and treats diarrhea. Sold by druggists worldwide. 25 cents a bottle.
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Mrs. Winslow
Boer War Casualties and Surrenders Reassessed
The British tally of surrendering burghers reaches 16 620 as peace permits. Boer forces, about 50 000 at peak, faced 21 042 British casualties, with 7 702 killed or dying of wounds and 13 250 from disease, in a long campaign noted for duration more than bloodshed.
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Kemp
Pretoria
Transvaal
Kruger
South Africa
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