Silver Stands Still in Senate Free Coinage Fight
The silver bill stalls as filibuster and party maneuvering delay action. Senators friendly to free coinage expect a favorable Coinage Committee report, with 7 of 12 members in Washington backing the measure and 5 opposing. A conference planned to fix a schedule, and absent members threaten to punish deserters.
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D.C
Utah
House
Washington
McKeichan
Nebraska
People’s Party
Omaha
McKeighan
Senate Bill Adds Nearly a Million to Pension Trust
In Washington July 6 the Senate passed a bill to raise pensions for disabled veterans adding 700 000 to pension charges. A horse pension bill for Indian war survivors was recommitted after extensions. River and harbor conference report approved and a final adjournment resolution referred. Kyle's slums investigation resolution adopted.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
United States
Committee On Pensions
Aldrich
Committee On Appropriations
Kyle
Yeas
Nava
Senate Appropriations Panel Backs World’s Fair Funding
The Senate Appropriations Committee finished work on the sundry civil bill and sent it to the Senate. The bill provides 356,797,798 dollars, up 11,574,516 from the House figure, with 5,103,000 dollars aid for the World’s Fair and a provision that the Fair shall not operate on Sundays.
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Wastrrsxerox
D.C
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Senate
Springer Opinion Urges Kansans to Vote People's Party Electors
Congressman M Springer urges Kansas Democrats to back People's party electors in November. In a letter to delegates W A Eaton and T W Hagan he suggests Democratic nominating same electors as the People's party, arguing no loss of principles but noting possible presidential outcomes and a House tie.
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Chicago
Kansas
M.springer
People’s Party
Springer
W. A. Eaton
T. W. Hagan
Tadelezate
People's Party
Harrison
House of Representatives
Seopie
Whitelaw Reid
Republican
Senate
Stevenson
Engineer and Fireman Die in Loca nspor t Rail Wreck
Locansport Indiana July 6 A southbound passenger train from Chicago reached Locansport with the bodies of engineer Pierce Richardson and fireman Otto Fiendling who perished in a wreck while in charge of the first section of westbound freight No 87. The incident occurred after a sidetrack delay to permit Armour’s fast meat train to pass.
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Locansport
Ixp
Chicago
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pierce Richardson
Otto Fiendling
Richardson
Fiendling
Armour
Tragic railway accident claims two workers before meat train
Minutes before the Armour meat train arrived, Richardson and Fiendling rested between the switch and main track and fell asleep. The train struck them at 40 mph, killing Fiendling and crushing Richardson’s skull and breaking his shoulder blade. Both men were known to be sober and worried workers.
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Richardson
Fiendling
Race Riots Threaten Florida City as State Troops Guard Jail
Jacksonville July 6. Local tension erupts into armed black mobs near the county jail. Police and deputy sheriffs exchange shots with assailants as 300 state troops and volunteers guard the scene. Leaders demand protection for alleged killer Ben Reed while a Mississippi man’s threats fuel chaos.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Hitchcock
Winchester
Williams
Wilson
Tallahasse
St Augustine
Gainesville
Dayton
Ben Reed
Mississippi
Reed
Brazil and Italy in clash over Corumba seizure and riots
Rio de Janeiro reports Government forces captured Corumba from revolting troops and calm returned in Sao Paulo amid hostility toward Italians. Diplomatic strains rise as Italian crews Provania and Veneiro are ordered to report to the Italian Legation in Rio.
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Rio Janesro
Corumba
Sao Paulo
Rome
Provania
Veneiro
South American
Rio Janeiro
Aged Mendicant Wilson Hobson Arrested for Vagrancy
Wilson Hobson of Virginia was arrested in Manchester Allegheny last night on vagrancy charges. He claims to be 80 years old and says he came from California to Virginia years ago, became a mendicant after failing to find relatives, and wandered across states. Public sympathy grows as officials consider help for the old man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Hobson
Manchester
Allegheny
California
Virginia
Inquest Delay on Walker's Mills Barrel Tragedy
Coroner McDowell did not attend Mane field to hold an inquest into John McGuire's death on Tuesday night. Squire McMillen may have conducted it but reported nothing. Skelly denied the event occurred at his house and stated he was away at work at the time.
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McDowell
Manefield
John McGuire
Walker's Mills
Squire McMillen
Skelly
Missing Saddler Theodore Zeade Spreads Worry in Southside
Friends fear for Theodore Zeade a saddler of Eighteenth Street Southside last seen on Saturday. No reason for disappearance known with foul play or self harm suspected. Zeade worked for H Strahley and was a trusted employee.
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Theodore Zeade
Eighteenth Street
Southside
H. ©. Strahley
Wornle Seeks Arrest Of Nephew In Pocketbook Theft
Mrs Annie Maria Wornle of Rebecca Street Allerheny has caused the arrest of her nephew Fred Kellner accusing him of stealing a pocketbook containing 19 dollars from her house. Alderman Braun sent Kellner to jail for a hearing this evening at six. Mrs Wornle also reports missing a judgment note for 1000 dollars.
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Annie Maria Wornle
Rebecca Street
Allerheny
Fred Kellner
Alderman Braun
Kellner
Wornle
Police roundup of local arrests and larceny claims
A string of city cases shows William Ott and others arrested for various offenses. Detectives nabbed two well dressed men for begging on Franketown avenue. Charles Haas charged for firing a revolver recklessly on Banquet street. J W Muans sues Thomas Devine over a lent horse. Devine says the horse died. I P Gray and Ida Stein jailed for desertion and keeping a disorderly place with July 6 hearing set. Steve Halpin and Charles Gormley charged with burglary at No 4 Leciie street. $17 and a revolver reported stolen. R J Connors, Walter Watt and August Christian to face Alderman Madden tonight on larceny charges. Plaintiff claims $200 taken at a McKee’s Rocks saloon on July 4.
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J. W. Muans
Kerr
Thomas Devine
Vallee
Devine
I. P. Gray
Ida Stein
Alderman Gripp
BR. P. Gray
Alderman McKenna
Steve Halpin
Charles Gormley
Leciie Street
R. J. Connors
Walter Watt
August Christian
Alderman Madden
George Hovanagle
McKee's Rocks
Liberals Gain Some Ground in UK Election
Totals show Liberal gains but short of Tory victory. Liberal Unionists win in Edinburgh and Glasgow dissension costs Liberal seats. Labour gains in Manchester and Burns wins plurality. Rioting reported in Cork and Donegal amid ongoing vote counts and events across Britain and Ireland.
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Dispatoh
Loxpon
Edinburgh
Scotland
Gladstone
Sir William Harcourt
Hull
Woodcock
Glasgow
Thomas Sexton
West Belfast
Sexton
Chamberlain
Birmingham
Ma“Cha
Ladstone
Penn
John Morley
London
Newcastle
Kilkenny
Waterford
Cork
Burns
Balfour
Manchester
James Ferguson
Corstershire
Perth
Ireland
Dublin
Stranather
County Donegal
Donaldson
E. T. Herdman
East Donegal
D. B. MecCorkell
North Donegal
Balboa
County Mayo
John Dillon
Daniel Crelly
North Mayo
Father Conway
Mr. Crelly
Cholera Spreads Across Regions With Government Censorship
Cholera reaches Tuaritsin and Saratoff with dozens of cases and deaths reported. In Baku daily deaths exceed 100 as Caspian ports suspend shipping and convert ships to hospitals. Newspapers are barred from publishing non government verified cholera news. Sanitary corps move to Baku and Tiflis. Kostroma reports possible outbreak. Nyii Novgorod fair may be banned to curb infection.
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Peterspurc
Tuaritsin
Volga
Saratoff
Baku
Caspian Sea
Caucasus
Caspian Steamship Company
Moscow
trans-Caspia
Tiflis
Russia
Kostroma
Nyiii Novgorod
French gunboats bombard Dekames villages on Coromandel coast
Report says two French gunboats bombarded villages in Dekames district after inhabitants attacked tribes that were friendly to the oh, amid tensions along the Coromandel coast in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Coromandel
Coas
Dekames
Umbrella Language Revealed In Social Exchange Code
A humorous exposé outlines a quirky system of umbrella signals at clubs and gatherings. It suggests exchanges signal romance or marriage, and various holds or loans imply danger or folly, all interpreted as social codes from a bygone era.
NORWAY'S WAR CLOUD AND NORWEGIAN SEPARATISTS
The Times correspondent at Christiania warns that unless the Norwegian Separatist movement is checked, it could fracture the kingdom and trigger a war with Sweden. Meanwhile Berlin notes German holdings of the French Fair. Bearworthy reports a 10,000,000 mark municipal vote for an international exhibition by 1898 to preempt Paris 1900 plans.
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London
Times
Christiania
Norway
Sweden
Bearwry
Tables Turned on Crespo in Venezuelan War
A Caracas dispatch reports Crespo's army crushed by Generals Mendoza and Monagas in the battle of Acumitos. Crespo remains a fugitive as government troops pursue him amid renewed fighting and heavy losses with no decisive outcome.
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Caracas
Bolet Peraza
Venezuela
Washington, D. C
Crespo
Luciano Mendoza
Domingo Monagas
Acumitos
Virtecas
Eer
Palacio
Iowa's City Saloon Plan Gains Support
The unnamed plan to establish a city saloon in Sioux Falls, backed by United States Commissioner Lyon, advances as a city council committee is tasked with oversight. Rev. Grant of the Unitarian Church endorses the idea, while Lyons and Grant seek county moral support. commissioners refrain from official action yet express private approval.
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United States
Lyon
Grant
Unitarian Church
Messia
Lyons
Man Believed Ike Mullen Found Dead in Ohio River
Superintendent of Police O Mara received a telegram from Marietta Ohio reporting a man thought to be Mike Mullen from this city found dead in the river and buried. He was about 56, weighed 200 pounds, and matched the missing Ike Mullen description. Coroner McDowell was notified.
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O’ Mara
Marietta
Ohio
Mike Mullen
Ike Mullen
McDowell
Boy Fractures Fall From Cliffside Hill
A boy named Fritz living on the hillside above South Fourteenth street was badly injured yesterday afternoon when he rolled over a precipice and tumbled down a deep cliff. The injuries are painful but not serious.
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Fritz
South Fourteenth Street
Body found floating in Ohio near Davis Island Dam
An unidentified man about 30 was found floating in the Ohio near the Davis Island Dam yesterday. He weighed around 200 pounds and wore a dark striped coat and pants with a blue flannel shirt. The body was taken to the morgue.
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Ohio
Davis Island Dam
Mercees
Mrs Mercer Heads to Summer with Milligans
Mrs. Captain Mercer wife of Captain George T. Mercer of the Eleventh ward left yesterday to spend the summer with Mr and Mrs John Milligan of North Salem. The Milligans have recently been visiting at Captain Mercer’s residence.
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Captain Mercer
George T. Mercer
Eleventh Ward
John Milligan
North Salem
Prominent Pittsburgers Registered at New York Hotels
A July list records many Pittsburg residents staying at top New York hotels. Names include L King and J Lenkowitz at Astor and others at Grand Union, Bartholdi, Sturtevant, Metropolitan, and more, with multiple Hafen James and Imperial listings.
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New Youk
Astor
J. Lenkowitz
Morton
W. E. Littell
Metropolitan
W. A. McDonald
Cosmopolitan
W. H. Phipps
New York
J. J. Porter
L. Seiffer
J. W. Shannon
Grand Union
H. J. Smith
St. James
E. Stewart
Marlborough
W. W. Venner
C. Wagener
Teachers' Doings At Forty-Eifth Pennsylvania Meeting
Beaver Falls hosts the thirty-eighth annual Pennsylvania State Teachers Association where Pittsburg and Allegheny schools dominate exhibits. Miss Elizabeth H. Fundenberg showcases a natural phonetic method with first graders, drawing praise from Superintendent Luckey while sessions consider constitutional amendments and education topics.
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Beaver Falls
Pennsylvania State Teachers’ Association
Pittsburg
Prince Albert
Sixth Avenue Opera House
Eleventh Street
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
H. T. Bailey
Massachusetts
Miss Coffin
Chapman
Elizabeth H. Fundenberg
Osceola
Opera House
Miss Fundenberg
Luckey
Snyder
Colorado
Leighton Campbell
Widower Arrested in Zacatecas for Ninth Marital Limit
Frank C. Laween, a 40 year old American mechanic living in Zacatecas, is jailed for violating an old Mexican law limiting men to nine marriages. He reportedly married his thirteenth bride after previous wives died, four of whom reportedly predeceased him, prompting authorities to arrest him on multiple counts.
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Zacatecas
Mex
Frank C. Laween
Lawson
Mexico
Ltch
Postponed Action on North Avenue Widening by Allegheny Group
The Allegheny Survey Committee met to approve sub committee work and finances but postponed any decision on a resolution to vacate pavement for widening North Avenue. Nesbit condemned indefiniteness, warning widening would encroach on park property, deemed outrageous.
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Allegheny Survey Committee
North Avenue
Wertheimer
Nesbit
River News and Notes
Spectal telegrams report a clear pleasant day at Loviernor with a stationary river level of 6 feet on the fall and 7 feet 4 inches in the cans. The Graes Morris arrived from Salt River, The Sam Miller is due up, and the Ohio passed up. Departures include Cincinnati, Big Kanawha for Evansville, and James Guthrie.
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Loviervnor
Graes Morris
Salt River
Sam Miller
Ohio
John A. Wood
Nhl
Cincinnati
Liszle Mar
Charleston
Gatehelse
Pittsburg
Andes
Ben Hur
Parkersburg
Scotian
St. Loris
Natchez
Hickman
Otane
Memphis
Motte
Sam Brown
Ohio River
H. F. Frisbee
Cuencinnnati
New South
Weather Summary From Upper Gauces Show
Weather notes show clear and warm conditions in several towns with varying river heights. Temperatures near 47 at 4 PM in Brownsville, with rivers rising or falling and skies clearing.
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Allegheny
Moncax
Brownsville
River Traffic and Weather Across Cities
The report notes river levels and shipping activity across multiple ports. Forts and towns like Charleston Pittsburg Cincinnati Natchez and Memphis record arrivals departures and varying river heights with clear and calm conditions and steady business.
Maritime Notes From The Hudson River Tow Paths
The Hudson report notes several arrivals and movements on the river. The Scotia returned from Cincinnati with a large shipment of blooded Kentucky stock horses aboard. The James A. Blackmore departed yesterday with a heavy tow bound for Cincinnati. The Tide broke a seam near Lock No 1 while heading to Homestead and was aided downstream. The Iron Queen and Telegraph crews are mentioned in final status notes with the Scotia and others.
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Hudson
Hiver
Scotia
Cincinnati
W. Batchelor
Wheeling
G. W. C. Jamsson
Charles Ashbrook
Charles Arnold
Andes
George C. Mouon Lovell
Iron Queen
Maddy
James A. Blackmore
Yesternay
Brennerhasset Bay
James G. Blake
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Washington and Jefferson College
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Lance
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Cincinnat
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Cambrineu
West Virginia
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July
Albert A. McRionald
General Hospital
Toronto
Thomas G. Herron
Asys
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Blackwell
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