New Musical Arts Society Forms in New York
Bettors place wagers on a major boat race as New Yorkers discuss a new Society of Musical Arts and its planned winter performances at the New Astoria Hotel. Former City Chamberlain Joseph J. O Donohue dies at 63. funeral at St Patrick's Cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. O’donohue
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
The
Society of Musical Arts Incorporated
Society of Musical Arts
New Astoria Hotel
New Society
FP. Lorillard Ronalds, Jr
Cooper Hewitt
Norman de R. Whitehouse
Stanford White
George R. Glaegner
Edward H. Wales
Robert Reid
Messrs
Ruben and Andrews
Clarence Andrews
Paris
W. Bourke Cockran
Europe
Corrigan
Rome
Leo XIII
Vatican
Cochran
Joseph J. O'Donohue
Mr. O'Donohue
Long Island Ferry Company
New York and Brooklyn Ferry Company
O’donohue
New York
Gilroy
Flanbeur
Salvation Army Arrests Spark Campaign of Reprisals
Captain John Wallace filed charges against three men for disturbing a Salvation Army meeting at Vine and Sixty-first streets. Magistrate Hughes issued warrants, while Colonel Evans criticized city noise and noted possible remedies but said little could be done legally.
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Wallace
Salvation Army Corps
Sixty-First
Vine Streets
Hughes
Evans
Salvationists
John Wallace
Sixty-third
Vine
Salvation Army
Philadelphia
Forty-first
Aspen Streets
Husband told to stand by wife in di vorce case opinion
Trenton June 26 Vice Chancellor Gray denies Edward S. Hewitt a limited divorce from Annie Hewitt finding there is no extreme cruelty despite Mrs Hewitt’s violent temper and foul language on occasions. He says a husband must support his wife and not side with his children against her.
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Trenton
Gray
Edward S. Hewitt
Annie Hewitt
Hewitt
Chisen
Suit Involving 2 Million Dollars Starts in Philadelphia Court
Thomas A. Shedd of Boston sues George Troutman of Philadelphia over a 2 million dollar claim linked to the Lombard Investment Company failure in Kansas City. Key issues include whether a creditor can sue a stockholder directly without suing the company and whether a Kansas corporation selling its business to a Missouri firm required creditor consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Company
Lound Investment Company
Missouri
Kansas Corporation
Impersonators Target Seely Promoter at Walnut Street
A note from 1859-1907 warns readers to avoid Seeley impersonators calling themselves Original Promoter and Muoafac. of oae ibber T Cauthon. The alert cites 1087 Walnut St as a reference point for the promoter or promoter-advertiser activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Seeley
Walnut St
Orig
Oae Ibber
T . Cauthon
Seeley
Holland submarine torpedo boat completes first test run
John P. Holland’s Holland submarine torpedo boat made a secret test from Nixon’s Ship Yard on Staten Island Sound. The craft reached five knots due to battery readiness, with propulsion and ballast systems easily controlled. Built for the Holland Submarine Boat Company, it measures 50 feet 3 inches, costs $100,000, and claims ten knots on surface and eight submerged, with three torpedo tubes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Holland
Holland
Holland Submarine Boat Company
No. 25
Pine Street
John P. Holland
Judge Rules Duty Applies Before Bonded Smelter Refining
United States Circuit Court Judge Kirkpatrick reverses Board of General Appraisers ruling and sustains the Newark Collector of Customs in assessing one cent per pound duty on crude lead before refining. The decision impacts Balbach Smelting and Refining Company and Wilson tariff law interpretation in a high stake test case.
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Trenton
Kirkpatrick
United States Circuit Court
United States
Balbach Smelting and Refining Company
Newark
Board of General Appraisers
Collector of Customs
Balbach Company
Senate Finance Committee Redefines Hide Duty Rate
In Washington on June 26 the Senate finance committee shifted the hides duty from a per pound charge to ad valorem at 20 percent. The leather clause was revised to include compensatory duties corresponding to the new hides levy.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Washington Notes Support for Dry Dock Repair and Appointments
The President signed a bill allocating 100 000 dollars for immediate repair of Dry Dock No 8 in New York. George A White was named pay clerk aboard the United States steamer Detroit. Lieutenant F B Carter was detached from the Independence with two months leave. Senator Chandler Bedi announced an amendment to tariff provisions outlining rate adjustments for unground products and ground at several cents per pound.
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New York
George A. White
United States
Detroit
Carter T Haa
Independence
Chandler Bedi
Atlantic City Bus Driver Charged With Assault and Robbery
Gale a bus driver in Atlantic City is charged with assault and battery and attempted highway robbery after a late night incident with hotel guest KE Money. Gale, held without bail, and accomplice Lewis Simpkins, held on $1000 bail, were arrested following Money’s identification and pursuit on Indiana Avenue.
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Atlantic City
Gale
Ingersoll
Lewis Simpkins
KE. N. Money
Edison
Atlantic Avenue
Indiana Avenue
Auatody
Money
Simpkins
Young People's Society To Send 800 To San Francisco
The Pennsylvania delegation from the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor preparations are complete for a July San Francisco convention trip. Eight hundred members will travel in two train sections starting tomorrow from Twelfth and Market Streets and Broad Street Station. William A. Gillespie coordinated all arrangements.
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Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Reading Railroad
Twelfth
Market Streets
Broad Street Station
Pennsylvania Road
Chicago
William A. Gillespie
Trouble in Corea Shocks Seoul Regents Plot Arrests Reported
The Victoria from Yokohama carries news of turmoil in Seoul Corea. An intrigue aimed at bringing the king to a foreign legation and ousting pro Chinese and pro Japanese factions led to the arrest of tutor Kogen Tetsu and thirty others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Victoria
Yokohama
Seoul
Corea
Kogen Tetsu
Hong Kong
Tai Yuan
Australia
Loosok
Bangkok
Diphtheria In Chewing Gum Spreads Family Illness
Five members of Joshua Abel's family in West Chester contracted diphtheria after a child who had early symptoms spread portions of a gum stick she kept in her mouth. The outbreak began at public schools and led to all infected relatives being moved to the county home by the Board of Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Joshua Abel
Board of Health
Librarians Sail to London for International Conference
About fifty librarians from numerous cities and towns arrive in Boston from Philadelphia after a four day American Library Association session. They sail this afternoon on the Cephalonia for London where the international conference will be held July 18 to 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Philadelphia
American Library Association
International Library Conference
London
Cupid the Beggar and the Call for Women's Health
An 1890s style plea critiques fashion focus vs. health for women, arguing disease of female organs undermines wifehood. It advertises The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser by Dr. R V Pierce, offering free trial and mail order, praising Favorite Prescription for feminine ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Sense
R. V. Pierce
M. D
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
A Mother's Gratitude for Munyon Cures Catarrh
Mrs. Sallie Adams of Philadelphia credits Munyon's Catarrh Remedies and Munyon's Specialists with curing her 8 year old son Herbert Adams of a dangerous catarrh that caused nasal hemorrhages and stomach trouble. The boy's appetite and health improved after treatment and weight gain followed. Munyon's products and free diagnosis are advertised with offers of free trial treatment on Sundays.
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Munyon
Herbert Adams
Southenteenth Street
Philadelphia
Sallie Adams
Herbert
Mjysiciene
Jensen's
Monyon
Republic steamer Republic offers cheap Cape May excursion
The Republic, Cape May’s favorite pleasure boat, charges 75 cents for a round trip with two daily concerts and a minstrel show. The newly added deck over the hurricane deck boosts comfort as crowds grow since the season opened last Wednesday. The steamer leaves Race Street at 7 30 A M daily including Sundays.
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Republic
Cape May
America
Delaware River
Race Street
Penrose at Home Visitors and Tariff Talk
United States Senator Penrose spent Sunday at home with his father before Maine trip. He hosted friends including Senators Durham and Andrews and Councilman Seger. He predicted Senate tariff bill action to finish this week and expected Republican differences to be settled in conference. Penrose will return to Washington tonight. Durham forecasted the Legislature would adjourn by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Penrose
Washington
Maine
Durham and
Andrews
Charles Seger
Senate
House
Durham
Yale Commencement Opens Sheffield Scientific Exercises
Yale's commencement week at New Haven continues with the Sheffield Scientific School graduating class taking the stage on the lawn of Sheffield Hall. George Hamilton Fitnn, Robert Carr Lampshire, Reuben Hitchcock, and Walter Scott Cameron read the class histories, followed by the class song. A reception in Winchester Hall followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Sheffield Scientific School
Winchester Hall
Union Traction Exchange Rumor Swirls
Rumor claims Union Traction Company will scrap the exchange system and charge full fare, but management will not confirm or deny. The union of traction firms has not fully achieved its goals as stock has fallen amid frequent assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Traction Company
Acquitted in dynamiting case at Baker's Mines
After an exciting Blair County trial, Peter Sheridan and John Zimmerman were acquitted of destroying the Altoona Coal and Coke Company store at Baker's Mines with dynamite. The Commonwealth argued they were disgruntled employees acting while intoxicated.
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Peter Sheridan
John Zimmerman
Hides Mines
Hollidaysburg
Blair County
Altoona Coal and Coke Company
Baker's Mines
Commonwealth
King Humbert to Receive General Draper in Rome
Rome announces King Humbert will formally receive General William F. Draper the new United States Ambassador to Italy on Tuesday next June 20 to present credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Humbert
General Draper
Rome
William F. Draper
United States
Italy
Steamer Excursion to Augustine Park Starts June 19 1897
Daily coastal trip from Pier 8 at 8 A M on Sundays 8 30 A M with return at 11 30 A M and 4 P M. Round trip fare 50 cents for adults 25 cents for children 5 to 12. Enjoy shade bathing fishing crabbing boating and park amusements with special rates for churches lodges and charters. Apply 9 A M to 5 P M daily Thursdays to 9 P M at 401 Lippincott Building 12th and Filbert Streets.
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Augustine Park
Arch Street
Lippincott Bidg
Filbert Sts
Smashed Stop-Watch Ends Prize Fight Near Maltby
In Luzerne county near Maltby early June 26 a brutal five round prize fight for 300 dollars a side ended when Hugh Gilmore was knocked out in the fifth round. A dispute over timing prompted a punch at the timekeeper and a riotous melee smashing the stop-watch before the bout continued.
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Wilkesbarre
Luzerne County
Maltby
Hugh Gilmore
Rutherford Tonkins
Queensbury
Gilmore
Republic offers free Cape May trips to wheelmen
The Republic announces an unprecedented liberal offer for wheelmen. Anyone selling five trip tickets for Sunday July 4 or Monday July 5 will receive supper and lodging at Millville on July 3 or 4 and breakfast the next morning. The rider proceeds to Cape May for dinner and a bath, then returns to Cape May on the Republic free of charge. Weatherby House meals in Millville. Tickets and details from Manager Russell at 418 Walnut Street.
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Republic
Cape May
Millville
Weatherby
Russell
Office of the Republic
Walnut Street
Equitable Trust offers model houses in West Philadelphia
The Equitable Trust Company markets several model homes for sale or rent in West Philadelphia. Prospective buyers and renters can visit Fiftieth and Market or Arch to view homes that suit different tastes, comforts, and budgets.
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Equitable Trust Company
West Philadelphia
Mrs Oliphant Dead Novelist Succumbs at Wimbledon
The novelist and biographer Mrs. Margaret Oliphant died at Wimbledon England from cancer. She was 69. Born in 1828 in Wallyford Scotland her output included novels usually about Scottish life and historical works. The President sent nominations to the Senate including Brigadier General Col Caleb Carlton and Arizona Justices Fletcher Dean George Davis and Richard Sloan. Edward Beattie Montana Surveyor General and naval officer cadets were also named.
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London
Margaret Oliphant
Wimbledon
Margaret Wilson Oliphant
Wallyford
Midlothian
Scotland
Margaret Maitland
Montalambert
Florence
Dante
Giotto
Savonarola
Washington
Senate
Caleb H. Carlton
Eighth Cavalry
Hiram ©. Truesdale
Arizona
Fletcher M. Dean
George R. Davis
Richard R. Sloan
Supreme Court of the
Territory of Arizona
Edward W. Beattie
Montana
Navy
Pondvaiet
Naval Academy
Edward Hale
Havre de Grace
William A. Price
Delaware City
Del
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Covent Garden
NEW Musical Society
Bourke Cock
Timms
Novone
Prince
Princess of Wales
York
Prince Edward
Prince of Wales
Astor
Mills
Goelet
Belmont
Drexel
John Hay
Duchess of Marlborough
Bradley Martin
Mackay
Ogden Goelet
Anthony Drexel
Metropolitan Opera House
Abbey
Schoeffel and Grau Opera Company
Faust
Jean de Reszke
Edouard
Kauffman
Plancon
23 Vries
Ancona
Campanari
Cremonini
Melba
de Lussan
Scalchi
Lola Beeth
God Save the Queen
Bames
McIntyre
Marios
van Dyck
Alverez
Renaud
Emma Eames
Tannhauser
Elizabeth
Dick Theure Halle
Nellie Melba
Walter Damrosch
Grand Opera
France
Buckingham Palace
Eames
Damrosch
Cornell
Yale
Harvard
Corbett
Mitchell
William A. Brady
James J. Corbett
Jim
Charlie Mitchell
Brady
Charles Frohman
Frohman
Civic Union
Brooklyn
Cornelius N. Bliss
Amos J. Cummings
Ashbel P. Fitch
William J. Gaynor
Patrick J. Gleason
Seth Low
Morgan J. O'Brien
William Lohmer
B. F. Tracy
Empire Theatre
Charles Fronman
Empire
Herald Square Theatre
Frank Rafter
Paly’s
Au Revoir
Agust 16
el Capitan
Manhattan Beach
Metropolis
de Wolf Hopper
Sousa
Pain
Farmer Dunn
Bourke Cockran
Bage
Colonel Evans
Philadelphian
Kansas
the Times
Christian Endeavor Convention
Librarians
SAIL
International Library
Cupid
Beggar
SPEC
Spee Ae Eee
Chester
Wilmington
W. F. Russell
Walnnut Street
Race Street Wharf
Mammoth Palace
Union Traction Exchanges
Washington Park
Mgton
Lovenberg
Delaware
Arch Street Wharf
South Street Wharf
Camden
Bristol
Columbia
John A. Warner
Chestnut Street
Otis St
Hulmeville
Langhorne
Edal
Reading Terminal
Third
Berks
Reading
DR. Browning
Mrs. Oliphant
England
Hoskins
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