Bank Teller Firestone Defaulter and Embezzler
Dillsburg bank teller J B Firestone admitted guilt after a depositor called while he was away to withdraw funds. He waived a hearing and was sent to the Eastern Penitentiary awaiting trial. Firestone allegedly deceived the bank for years, with losses around 35 000 dollars, later covered by bondsmen as household effects were seized.
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Firestone
Eastern Penitentiary
Dillsburg
J. B. Firestone
Dillsburg National Bank
Eastern
Beitzel
Bank
Dirlsburg
Cook
Econ
Hoey’s Bad Night Raises Mental Health Concerns
William F. Hoey caused a disturbance at his mother in law Mrs. M T French home in New York. He sang and acted in public as his famous character and only recognized his wife Helen French once upon returning from Mount Clemens. A doctor warned the ailment could become permanent and Hoey may be kept at home or sent to a private sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William F. Hoey
M. T. French
Helen French
Mount Clemens
Hoey
Workmen Refuse Copper Dept Demand at Columbia Mill
Workmen in the copper department of the Columbia Milling Company plant refused a 100 percent pay cut set to take effect after July 1 and did not report to work. This marked the third reduction in less than eighteen months, with an excess stock of 500 barrels left before quitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Columbia Milling Company
Missing Chester Husband Prompt Police Search
Katie Petschke the bride of seven weeks in Chester seeks help as her husband Louis Petschke vanished two weeks after their wedding. A butcher at Great Western Beef Company reported missing after traveling to Philadelphia to buy machinery. He is about 28, five feet two, dark complexion, wearing a black coat and vest. Police in the Twenty third district have searched hospitals and locations without success.
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The
TIMES
Chester
Katie Petschke
Seventh
Stillwell Streets
Polic
Twenty-third
Philadelphia
Louis Petschke
Great Western Beef Company
Elias Unger
Stillwell Street
Katie Feller
Albright Arrested in Wife Death After Childbirth
George Albright of Altoona was arrested on murder charges after his wife died following threats and drunken conduct to celebrate their newborn son. The inquest by Coroner McCartney found him guilty of murder. the 16 year old Mrs. Albright had been driven to insanity by the事件.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Albright
Altoona
McCartney
Albright
George B. Miller
Wakeman
Ohio
Burglars Shot at Wood Mill Robbery in Buffalo
In Buffalo, forty miles north of Springfield, Frank Taylor was killed and his brother John wounded during a failed robbery of a wood mill. Police say the Taylors, part of a Dallas county gang, were informed that an ambush would occur and were surrounded by Sheriff's men who fired when they refused to surrender. The informers were jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Buffalo
Here
Frank Taylor
John
Taylors
Dallas County
John Taylor
Children Fatally Scalded In Two Accidents At Once
Pottsville reports 18 month old Herbert Bishop fatally scalded when a kettle of hot milk toppled over him. In Tamaqua four year old John Sober fell from a swing into a large boiler of hot water, sustaining severe scalds to back and limbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
Herbert Bishop
John Sober
Tamaqua
Silvela Demands Tough Cuba Policy From Madrid Leader Publishes Manifesto
Don Francisco Silvela, head of the dissident Conservatives, calls for an energetic Spanish government stance toward the United States over Cuba. He denounces Canovas del Castillo's reform plan and the Liberal autonomy proposal in his Madrid manifesto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Don Francisco Silvela
United States
Cuba
Senor Canovas del Castillo
Luetgert Arraigned in Murder Case Without Bail
Adolph L. Luetgert, wealthy sausage maker, charged with murdering his wife and disposing of her body in acid at his factory. Judge Gibbons denied bail and ordered trial. Luetgert pleaded not guilty as his attorney asked for a speedy trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CubcaGco
Adolph L. Luetgert
Gibbons
City Notes Heat Burns and Accidents Reported Across City
City notes recount Annie Getty overcome by heat at Madison and Vine and taken to Hahnemann Hospital. Thomas Burns fractures his skull falling from a car at Seventeenth and Titan. David F. Lewis falls from bicycle on old York road near Tabor lane, breaks collar bone, taken to Jewish Hospital then home. Michael Margen crushed between carts at Broad and Chestnut and sent to Hahnemann. Weekly city deaths total 428, up 34 from prior week and down 70 from last year. 189 under 5 years. Magistrate fines and bail set for cruelty to horse and a Knickerbocker ice wagon driver injured by a trolley car at Franklin and Columbia. Harry Holmes held on gambling charge at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Getty
North Fifteenth Street
Madison and
Vine Streets
Hahnemann Hospital
Thomas Burns
Manton Street
Seventeenth
Titan Streets
St. Agnes’ Hospital
David F. Lewis
Lansdowne
Old York Road
Tabor Lane
Jewish Hospital
Michael Margen
North Thirteenth Street
Broad and
Chestnut Streets
Yesterdy
John Pinck
Ward Leaders Seek Harmony With Mayor Over Fall Nominations
Ward leaders of the Republican League of Philadelphia press for a talk with Mayor Warwick to prevent factional fighting over the Register of Wills and Treasurer nominations. Warwick travels to Washington to confer with U S Senator Quay before meeting the leaders, who aim to harmonize the process and decide supported candidates later this week.
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Warwick
Washington
United States
Quay
Beaver Statesman
Horatio B. Hackett
Register of Wills
Republican League of Philadelphia
Quay Frst
Hackett
Register
David Martin
Fatis Y Med
Senator Quay
Patton
League
Senator Durham
Durham
Glass blowers season ends in South Jersey
In Clayton New Jersey on June 26 the glass industry winds down for vacations. Moore Bros closes one factory this afternoon and the other furnace will be banked on June 30. T. M. Pierce & Co also shuts their glass works on that date. Work was steady with high grade glass produced and reopening is planned for September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
N. J
South Jersey
Moore Bros
T. M. Pierce & Co
Squeeze in Wheat Climbs on Armour Short Squeeze
July wheat rose 114 cents to 76 in New York and 3 percent in Chicago as Armour squeezed local shorts. Market held by July contract with bullish crop news and bearish cables barely moving prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Armour
Glyndon Schooner Crew Attacked in St. Lawrence
The Glyndon schooner from Lunenberg Nova Scotia docked at St. Lawrence to refill water casks when local inhabitants disrupted the crew. During the ensuing trouble one man was shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunenberg, N. S
St. Jonas
N. F
Glyndon
Lunenberg
N.S
St. Lawrence
Argentine government to assume Buenos Aires province debt
Buenos Aires June 26 report that the Argentine government will assume the debt of the Buenos Aires province, using port of La Plata customs receipts as security for the loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Buenos Pea
Brubaker Aims at City Water Rates in Lancaster Court
Lancaster June 26 Judge Brubaker sparked a courtroom moment in the equity suit brought by Frank A. Rieker brewer and Lancaster Hotel Company. He criticized city water policy noting Pennsylvania Railroad pay of 1400 dollars yearly for engines passing through town and urged businesslike city management to pave 20 to 40 blocks annually with contractors paid on delivery of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Brubaker
Frank A. Rieker
Brewer
Lancaster Hotel Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Smeltz
Frailey
Notley Hall Excursion Disaster Drags Fifty Into Potomac
In Washington on June 26 a large all colored excursion party of about 1000 people visiting Notley Hall fell into the Potomac after an old rotten wharf section gave way. The steamer crew threw life preservers and planks. no lives were lost though many were bruised and several sustained broken limbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Potomac River
Notley Hall
Fatal Field Accident Near State College
In Bellefonte on June 26 George Taylor was killed when his mowing team bolted on the Robert Henderson farm near State College. Dragged by the horses, he was drawn into a cutting knife and killed, leaving a widow and children. The team ran away a half mile or more, the field trail scattered with Taylor’s remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefonte
Robert Henderson
State College
George Taylor
Taylor
Sunk in the Delaware Schooner Juanita Capsizes
The schooner Juanita, captained by W W Fuller of Lisbury Mass, was struck by a squall near Brandywine Shoal and capsized in seven fathoms. Three crew were rescued by the companion schooner W W Fuller. The vessel and cargo likely total losses with clothing and effects lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewes
Del
Juanita
W. W. Fuller
Lisbury
Mass
Brandywine Shoal
Boy Faces Rail Signal Tampering Charge in Reading
Leroy Hilberton a 12 year old from Reading was held on $1 000 bail to answer charges of altering signals on the electric railway to Caraemonia Park The 1860 code sets penalties up to $1 000 fine and ten years imprisonment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Leroy Hilberton
Caréoonia Park
Train Through Trestle Rumor Reports Fatal Wabash Crash
In Kansas City on June 26 rumors spread that a northbound Wabash passenger train plunged through a trestle near Missouri City, Missouri, with several killed and others injured. Officials could not verify the report at that hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas City
Missouri City
Adirondack Snow and Global News Briefs
Snow fell at Blue Mountain Lake and Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks yesterday afternoon. News briefs report a July dividend at Postal Telegree County and a Detroit convention address by Senator Hanna. Edward Ratcliffe returned to Chicago after a northern assault case. others include Hawaii treaty support, a Rhode Island mill reopening, embezzlement sentences in Nebraska and Ohio, a China orphanage plan, Newfoundland railway outing, a Clinton factory shutdown, and a Ohio man’s suicide after his wife’s death.
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Blue Mountain Lake
Raquette Lake
Adirondacks
Washington
R. I
Bartley
Nebraska
Omaha
Geare
Charles N. Cunningham
B. T. Hamilton
C.C. McCabe
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hing Hua
China
Newfoundland
Massachusetts
Bigelow Spet Company
Clinton
Mass
Saeto
Railing Collapse Injures Dozens at Philadelphia Bicycle Meet
A grandstand left-field railing collapsed during the South End Wheel men’s meet at Philadelphia Ball Park. About 100 spectators fell to the track. ten were seriously injured and rushed to Samaritan Hospital. Names and injuries of the seriously hurt are listed. several others received cuts or bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ball Park
Samaritan Hospital
Harvey Frankinfield
Walnut Street
William Edinger
R. H. Rinewwalt
Sydenham Street
Clifford Graham
Charles Dugan
Diamond Street
Alfred Green
Bouvier
Edward Fitzgerald
North Eighth Street
Willin AM Ulery
Ambler Street
Thomas Phelan
Race Street
J. H. Carter
Ace
Tucker Nominated for Master Warden of the Port in Philadelphia
At a meeting of the Commercial Exchange of Philadelphia the board adopted resolutions and sent them to Governor Hastings urging the appointment of William R. Tucker as Master Warden of the Port following the death of Christian K. Rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Exchange of Philadelphia
Hastings
William R. Tucker
Christian K K.rose
Jewelry Recovered After Camden Stop Nets Stolen Goods
Camden officer Hall Beard recovered over 600 dollars worth of jewelry and goods stolen from New York man Charles A. Rosenthal. Suspect Louis Rothkugle, captured in Merchantville, later yielded a missing diamond ring after a search near Camden City Hall. Additional pieces traced to Philadelphia and New York pawnshops.
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Hall
Beard
Camden
Charles A. Rosenthal
New York
Louis Rothkugle
Merchantville
Rothkugle
Camden City Hall
Philadelphia
Tuberculosis Case At Columbia Hospital
A 17 month old child of Calvin Bair from Marietta is diagnosed with tuberculosis at Columbia Hospital. Disease began at 5 months after using milk from diseased cows. doctors note no known cure though treatment provided brings relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Bair
Marietta
the Times
Columba
Columbia Hospital
Blair Hollidaysburg Republicans organize for fall campaign
June 2 Blair county Republican committee organized for the fall campaign. Ex Legislator John K. Patterson of Altoona elected county chairman with Claude Jones Tyrone Edgar Jacobs Hollidaysburg Frank Fay Williamsburg and E B Burley Altoona as secretaries. W N Schwartz of the Altoona Tribune withdrew from the chairmanship race. Patterson to coordinate with Bedford Cambria and Somerset counties to abolish the conferree system in the district.
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Hollidaysburg
Blair County Republican Committee
John K. Patterson
Altoona
Claude Jones
Tyrone
Edgar Jacobs
Frank Fay
Williamsburg
Burley
W. N. Schwartz
Altoona Tribune
Harmony
Patterson
Bedford
Cambria
Somerset
Two Boston Railroad Workers Killed in Yard Accident
In Boston on June 26 James Welch aged 24 and Jeremiah Maloney aged 26 brakemen on the New England Railroad were killed when an engine jumped the track in Congress Street yard. They were on the buffers at the rear moving freight trucks when the engine toppled and several cars ran over them.
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Boston
James Welch
Jeremiah Maloney
New England
Congress Street
Found Dead on the Track at Pelham Manor
Antonio Giovanni aged 30, employed by contractor A Daly, was found dead near the New Haven Railroad suburban line tracks in Pelham Manor. Police suppose he was struck by a late night train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham Manor
Antonio Giovanni
A. Daly
New Haven Railroad
Attempted Train Wreck Near Watertown Discovered
An act to wreck a Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad passenger train was carried out on the outskirts of Watertown New York last evening. A heavy pine tie lay across the track but the Utica bound train struck it and remained on the rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
N.’Y
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg
Utica
Woman Kills Herself in West Philadelphia Home
A 50 year old Mrs. Wilson died by a self inflicted pistol shot in her lounge at 657 Union Street West Philadelphia. A note to her son Joseph claimed they would meet in heaven and spoke of a broken heart. Her son found the revolver beside her as police and neighbors learned of a possible religious mania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Street
Robert Wilson
Taylor
Sixteenth
Joseph
Jos
Wilson
Philadelphia
Missing clergyman from Reading reported in Lancaster
Rev. H R Strudeck of Reading attended the Lutheran Synod in Lancaster but disappeared after the sessions. A friend informed police who have no clue to his whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Strudeck
Reading
Lancaster
H. R. Strudeck
Lutheran Synod
Strudeck
Stone Fall Delivers Fatal Blow in Quarry Accident
In Sharon a stone quarry accident today leaves Charles Budd with a fractured skull. A six pound stone fell fifty feet striking his head and he is expected to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Charles Budd
Wreckage at Sea Sighted by Steamship Christiania
The steamship Christiania arrived from Hamburg on June 24 and reported seeing wreckage at latitude 41.20 longitude 63.50. Floating debris included part of a cabin deck from a sailing vessel, indicating a recent sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Christiania
Hamburg
Pushed From Boat Claims Life Of 19 Year Old Man
In Pittsburg on June 25 a 19 year old colored man J G Nicholson was pushed from an excursion steamer and died. His body was recovered the next day. His sweetheart Pocahontas testified she saw the act. Elven Jackson and Percy Fields were arrested and charged with the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
J. G. Nicholson
Nicholson
Pocahontas
Elven Jackson
Percy Fields
Woman badly burned lighting gasoline stove in explosion
In Wilmington on June 26 Mrs Sophia Kirby of Thirty first and Market streets was lighting a gasoline stove when it exploded. She was badly burned and is in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Sophia Kirby
Latimore Named Sheriff at Montour County GOP Convention
In Danville on June 26, W. H. Latimore was unanimously nominated for sheriff at the Montour County Republican convention. Wellington Rote was elected county chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montour County
Danville
W. H. Latimore
Wellington Rote
Victor Whiskey Best for Medicinal or Family Use
Thomas H. Gills Son at 540 N. Second Street advertises Victor Whiskey as suitable for medicinal or family use with telephone contact 5125.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
Thomas H. Gill
Second ST
Miller's Fireworks Ad at 255 and 257 So Third St
Excelsior Fireworks advertises the best assortment in America and lowest prices, inviting customers to Miller's at 255 and 257 South Third Street for a wide display of fireworks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Miller's
Third St
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Luetgert
Joseph McCartney
North Forty Eighth Street
Hughes
Cobb and Gordon
Twenty-ninth District
Lancaster County
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Bald
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Cooper
Lehigh Avenue
Gordon Fulton
Union Traction Company
Tucker
Blair
New Haven
N. Y
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New Jersey
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Fairmount Park
Cincinnati
Wissinoming
North Georgia Avenue
Atlantic City
N. R. Melborn
Church of the Incarnation
Forty-sixth Street
Kingsessing Avenue
G. W. Muckley
Church of Disciples
Joseph V. O'Connor
St. Teresa's Church
Broad and Catharine
St. Columbkille
Iona
Ninth Presbyterian Church
Sansom
First Baptist Church
Broad and Arch Streets
Spring Garden Unitarian Church
Girard Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Frederic A. Hinckley
Model Church
Harcourt
Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Park Avenue
Norria Street
Mrs. Wilson
Excelsior Fireworks
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