Dewey testifies on Aguinaldo and Manila surrender
Admiral Dewey answers during Senate hearing about Aguinaldo and Philippine affairs. He discusses pressure from Consul Pratt, speculation Aguinaldo sought gold, and his view on Filipino self rule. He says he would have supported Filipino leadership if offered Manila’s surrender before U.S. troops arrived.
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Ple
Admiral Dewey
Aguinaldo
Consul Pratt
Uoonsul
Manila
Senator Beveridge
Miral
Olympia
Beveridge
First
Philippine Commission
Senator Carmack
New Piano Invention Adds Extra Sounding Boards
Florence J. Heppe of C. J. Heppe & Son unveils an improvement in piano design by attaching two additional sounding boards in front of the main board. The extra boards receive vibrations and distribute resonance outward, addressing objections to the muffled tone of upright pianos.
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Florence J. Heppe
C. J. Heppe & Son
Mwaln
Mitchell to Visit West Offices in United Mine Workers Tour
ILKESBARRE June 28 President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers leaves for the West to visit the national headquarters in Indianapolis and to meet district officers in Chicago. He aims to explain the strike prospects in the anthracite region and the potential impact of a general suspension. He has not learned of any Congressional or legal actions against coal companies.
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Philadelphia Times
Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Wright
Roosevelt
Knox
Balloons for strikers threaten private meetings
W B Wilson Mine Workers official warned that if courts keep issuing injunctions, 400 000 U S coal workers would need balloons to meet without violating the orders. Wilson said he had not yet been served and would defy an injunction preventing private conferences with Mother Jones and Chris Evans.
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Indianapolis
Ind
W. B. Wilson
Mine Workers’ Organization
Keller
Fairmount
Chris Evans
Mother Jones
Wilson
Judge Keller
Mother’ Jones
West Virginia
Riot at Sternbergh plant leads to arrests of 23 workers
June 28 report says twenty three Negroes brought to break the strike at American Iron and Steel Sternbergh plant were arrested on organizer Thomas H Flynn AF of L orders. Three Negroes accused of shooting remain jailed as strikers circulate petitions urging Mayor to remove workers for sanitary and public welfare reasons. Sternbergh seeks police protection amid fears of further violence.
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Philadelphia Times
Reading
Sternbergh
American Iron and Steel Company
Thomas H. Flynn
American Federation of Labor
J. H. Sternbergh
Two Dollars a Shave and Union Strike Conspiracy
Warrants issued for arrest of John Hudrick John Ernest Stephen Dorsdick Edward Malloy and others for conspiring with merchants at Sheppton and Oneida to refuse non union goods at Coxe Bros collieries except at high prices. Local boycott forces payments for beer and shares. travel to Hassleton is required. Des Moines reports sympathy strike by electrical workers and linemen on local telephone exchanges. Chicago reports ending Pullman car cleaners strike after June 18 with some workers returning and higher pay cited.
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Philadelphia Times
Pottsville
John J. Huderick
John Ernest
Stephen Dorsdick
Edward Malloy
Sheppton
Oneida
Coxe Bros
Hasseton
Des Moines
Iowa
Central
Chicago
Pullman Company
How a Fish Became Sacred to Miners
In Rogers, Indiana a Sich story from a coal mining belt area tells of a large mine draining into the White River. The narrative describes a river reach about a thousand feet long and notes deep sewer-like flooding at certain points.
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Washington
Ind
Rogers
Here
White River
Fish breaks sewer blockage in mining town dig project
Miners tried many methods to open a clogged sewer. A sturgeon was sent into the sewer with a cord tied to its tail. After 500 feet, the fish stopped then resumed, reaching the full length of the sewer and breaking the blockade. The fish bore a ring and was released. The Rogers miners will check future sturgeon for the ring.
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Rogers
Indianapolis News
Chinese Sailors and American Seafaring Debate
A New Englanders account counters Senator Turner's claim that Chinese crews are untrustworthy in emergencies. He cites three experiences praising Chinese sailors aboard Pacific Mail ships and contrasts them with concerns about native American sailors and piracy, noting his twenty years of observation and encounters with crews from China Japan Lascar and Malaya.
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Turner
Washington
Andrew Farnéeth
Pacific
Furpseth
Furnseth
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
America
San Francisco
Yokohama
Japan
Doane
Morse
Pacific Mail Company
China
Warsaw
Swatow
Manila
Maine
Ee Ee
Big Dividends Declared by New York Banks Amid Pilgrimage News
New York banks and trust companies report several first declarations of higher dividends this year as capital in local banking expands. The Morton Trust and First National lead in distributions, with about 20 percent increases, while the Amsterdam Trust pays 32 percent. Also notes dozens of new banks forming with total capital of 8.3 million dollars. Pilgrim delegation to Rome sails soon for the Pontifical Jubilee with religious and educational aims, plans a July 24 audience with the Pope and visits to Lourdes on July 17.
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Philadelphia TimEs
New York
Bank of America
Sao Bese
Sec. & Trust
Lidfice
Niameburg Trust
Astor Bank
Morton Trust
First National
New Amsterdam
Rome
Leo XIII
Padua
Purray le Monial
Lourdes
Sistine Chapel
Cardinal Martinelli
Factory Women of Old England
The article contrasts English factory and shop workers who actively seek reform with American workers who rarely push legislative action. It cites petitions from Lancashire Yorkshire and Cheshire totaling 68 000 names presented to Parliament, with deputations appealing for shorter hours leisure and rational living. It notes franchise as bread and butter politics for women workers and mentions leaders Mrs Frederick Nathan and Miss Jane Adams as figures others look to.
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England
Lancashire
Shire
Yorkshire
Cheshire
House of Commons
London
Chelsea
Miss Riddish
Frederick Nathan
Jane Adams
Baltimore
Catching Catfish With a Hand for Bait by Nesting Fishermen
In Elizabethtown Kentucky a fisherman named Logsdon used nesting to catch large catfish. He faced a monstrous yellow cat weighing about fifty pounds, swallowing his hand before he seized the gills and landed the fish after a tremendous struggle with two companions aiding a raft through the gills.
Odor Dispute Keeps Tenant In Sec ond Street Store
A Milwaukee jury ruled that Carrie Eldredge may stay in possession of her Second Street and Grand Avenue restaurant until her lease expires despite a clause allowing termination on thirty days notice if kitchen odors become noticeable. Eldredge, who took the 1895 lease from Otto Streigguth and renewed for five years, faced complaints from a neighboring business about fried onion and boiled cabbage scents.
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James Graves
Carrie Eldredge
Second Street
Grand Avenue
Milwaukee Sentinel
Man and wife injured in street runaway collision
Mr and Mrs Bonner of Lane Downe were hurt last night when a horse owned by florist F Pennock bolted. The animal shied at an automobile on Fortieth street and Baltimore avenue, then lurched into a residence, causing severe contusions before they were taken to the University Hospital.
Cigarette Causes Fire at Preston B Lees Store
An unidentified man allegedly discarded a cigarette in the bar department of Preston B Lees general merchandise store located at street and Lancaster avenue, sparking a fire last. The incident prompted a response by local fire crews and officials as they investigated the blaze and its origins.
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Preston B. Lee
General Merchandise Store
Lancaster Avenue
Double Decker 10 Bridge Schuylkill for Market Street Subway
Engineers of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company work on plans for a Market Street subway from Broad to the Schuylkill river. A double decked bridge is proposed at the river crossing to blend surface, elevated lines, and foot traffic with delays of about two years for elevated segments.
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Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Market Street
Broad Street
Schuylkill River
Walnut Street
South Street
West Philadelphia
Traction Company
Chestnut
Fisherman Finds Lost Purse Keeps Entire Reward
Robert Thompson, a fisherman living on a boat at the St. Louis River front, found a purse containing 114 dollars lost by Samuel Ridgeway yardmaster at the Mobile and Ohio yards. He used part of the money to gamble and win 20 dollars, then returned the full 134 dollars to Ridgeway and declined any reward. Ridgeway finally convinced him to take a suit of clothes.
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Robert Thompson
St. Louis
Samuel Ridgeway
Mobile & Ohio
Ridgeway
Thompson
St. Louis Republic
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