Carnegie Phipps Cut Steel Prices Six Dollars A Ton
A dramatic $6 per ton price cut on steel plates announced by Carnegie Phipps & Co. threatens to dominate the U S steel trade. Competitors condemn the move saying it may force layoffs and shift wage scales while firm supporters claim it follows market needs. Homestead works may start soon with prices far below prior levels. California?
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Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Abbot
Aboott
Thomas Iron Company
Andrew Carnegie
Amalgamated Association
Carnegie
Carpergie, Phipps & Co
Homestead
Talon Iron Mills
Sudden wage reduction sparks perplexity among manufacturers
A discussion among manufacturers reveals shock at a sharp wage cut with one leader deeming it diabolical. Officials avoided predicting outcomes, noting the issue arose abruptly and would be reconsidered after further thought.
Gas From Naptha Up Gas Plants
The Solar Refinery makes fine quality naphtha from Lima oil used in artificial gas. A Standard-led syndicate plans to buy gas plants or form new firms to supply cheaper gas, with tests by Lima Gas Light Company led by Calvin S. Brice. The new gas burns brighter and is superior to coal gas.
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Lra
Standard
Solar
Lima
Ing
Chicago
Detroit
Lima Gas Light Company
Calvin 8. Brice
Et Gas
Powderly Clarifies Knights of Labor Unity Idea
In Cuiiac o July 18 the Knights of Labor executive committee led by Mr. Powderly reported leasing its coal mine near Cannelsburg Indiana to current lessees. Powderly denounced a circulating report of an amalgamation plan and stressed the Knights as a general association embracing all trades and crafts despite other bodies existing within its ranks.
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Powderly
Cuiiaco
K. of L
Cannelsburg
Ind
Knights of Labor
Trades and Crafts
Deemon Labor
Federation of Railway Employes
Poolroom manager vanishes with cash after race fix
In New York at 80 Park Row a poolroom owner Hal and bookie Blackie Cohen faced an angry crowd after Benny Faulk the manager fled with about $600 from the till following the fourth race. Faulk left to change a $1000 bill and did not return, with rival bets frozen until morning.
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New York
ATCH
Hal
Park Row
Benny Faulk
Faulk
Blackie
Mr. Hall
Cohen
Blackballing Sparks Heat At Republican Club
New York July 18 The special election at the Republican Club produced a heated moment as Lawyer Sidney De Kay faced blackballing. De Kay of New Bright 8 S is connected to Richard Watson Gilder and Charles De Kay editor mugwump. He was proposed by John B. Smith and seconded by Philip Cross and ex-Judge Gedney with endorsements as a good square Republican.
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New York
Republican Club
Sidney de Kay
de Kay
New Bright
8. S
Richard Watson Gilder
Charles de Kay
John 8. Smith
State League of Ublican Clubs
Philip Cross
Gedney
Glass manufacturers oppose wage rise and push more apprentices
At the Eastern Association of Glass Manufacturers semi annual meeting in New York on July 18, workers demands on wages and apprentices were rejected. The association insisted American boys should learn the trade rather than import foreigners when skilled labor is scarce.
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New, York
Eastern Association of Glass Manufacturers
Lincoln Visits American Team at Wimbledon Camp
Mr. Lincoln the United States Minister visited the Massachusetts riflemen camp at Wimbledon and received a hearty reception. The American team later toured Crystal Palace and planned to sail from Liverpool for home on July 18.
British Minister Paineclote Visits State Department
Sir Julian Paineclote, British Minister to the United States, met State Department officials. He plans to sail from New York on the Etruris for England and will return to Washington in October with his family.
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Wasnixotos
Sir Julian Paineclote
United States
State Department
New York
England
Washington
Secret Service Net Seizes Bogus Money in Dayton Raid
In Dayton on July 18 Secret Service Officer Bell captured 25000 dollars in counterfeit currency with accomplices. The princeps reportedly escaped after firing at officers as the operation targeted the ring.
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Dayton
Secret Service
Bell
Wes Dee
Yon
Princep
Earl of Fife to Be Made Duke in Royal Match
Loxpox July 18 reports the Queen will confer a dukedom on the Earl of Fife who is to wed Princess Louise of Wales. The royal announcement confirms the forthcoming marriage and title upgrade.
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Earl of Fife
Earl of
Tragic drowning case of Gilchrist family near Youngstown
The body of Mrs Glibriet and her two daughters was found in Yankee Run six miles north of Youngstown. Authorities say Mrs Gilchrist drowned the children first and then herself in a shallow stream. William Gilchrist identifies the victims and notes a missing banked sum. He recalls a happy 15 year marriage and suspects money loss on a train led to the tragedy.
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Youngstown
Yankee Run
William Gilchrist
West Wood Street
Gilchrist
Hubbard
Heartless Wife Accused in Mrs Breeze Murder Case
A Cobourg poisoning case ends with the coroner finding Nellie Breeze, 30, guilty of murdering her husband George Breeze, 60, by lacing tea berries with rat poison. Breeze died after days of suffering as witnesses said he refused a doctor and the wife waited downstairs. Lena, 10, first wife’s daughter, revealed the plot.
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Toros Ro, O
Cobourg
George Breeze
Brighton
Lena
Breeze
Congo
Nellie Breeze
Glassblowers District 143 adjourns as leaders plan merger
Atlantic City July 18 delegates of District No. 143 glassblowers adjourn after a successful convention. Arrington is re-elected president for the coming year with expectations of a merger with the Window Glassworkers' Association and Coffey to lead the combined body.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Glassblowers’ Convention
Coffey
Father in Despair Shoots Self at Children's Graves
A 43 year old man James Coupland of Amityville attempted suicide at Greenwood Cemetery by shooting himself near the graves of four children. He formerly ran a fish stall in Fulton Market and owned a home in Brooklyn. The death of his 14 year old son Edward and subsequent child fatalities are blamed for his breakdown. He is not expected to survive.
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Dispatch
New York
James Coupland
Amityville
Greenwood Cemetery
Coupland
Fulton Market
Brooklyn
Edward
Detective Golden Fatally Wounded Handling Revolver
Erie July 18 detective Hubert Golden of the Erie police was fatally shot after a riot at Pittsburg docks. While returning from the scene his party stopped at Beaver Falls Fishing Club camp where Louis Craft accidentally discharged a revolver piercing the lung.
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Erie
Hubert Golden
Pittsburg
Beaver Falls
Louis Craft
Sullivan and Maid Travel St. Lawrence to Montreal
Ogdensburg dispatch says John L. Sullivan with William Maid crossed the St. Lawrence this morning aboard the Passport, a Royal Mail Line steamer, en route to Montreal.
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Utica
Ogdensburg
John L. Sullivan
William Maid
St. Lawrence
Royal Mail Line
Montreal
Refined Lady Fights Off Brotherhood Blackmail Over Estate
Duchess county. Mary L Mowatt seeks to recover 110000 taken from an estate valued at 400000 after threats to ruin her reputation. The suit names Theodore C Augustus W Wines B and John M Mowatt Hester C McFarland Adelia Hopper and Nicholas Hopper as defendants with Judge Barnard issuing arrest warrants. The action targets defrauding the legatee and halting collection of Mexican business property yielding about 200000 and 20000 annual income.
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Jeyecian Trenguam
Tice
Newsome
N. Y
Supreme Court
Duchess County
Barnard
Mary L. Mowatt
Theodore C
Augustus W. Wines
John M. Mowett
Hester C. McFarland
Adelia Hopper
Nicholas
Helen B. Saunt
James C. Mowatt
Mattzawan
Miss Mowatt
John M. Gardner
Newburg
Mowatt
Fishkill
Malleawan
Muatteawan
Brooklyn
Mary
Mexico
Augustus H
Matteawan
Poughkeepsiee
Nicholas Hopper
Fishkill Landing
Cook
Whic
Quassik National Bank
Thomas C. Mowatt
Elmsford
Tarrytown
Abandoned Factory Sparks Union Glass Work Dispute
The Union Glass Works in this city will not operate next year as union rules bar any worker until Forbes Holton’s debt to former employers is fully settled. Pittsburg unions backed the stance. George Greer and William Becker were to purchase the plant, which employs about 100 when active. The property will be sold at sheriff’s sale in August.
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Union Glass Works
Pittsburg
Messrs
George Greer
William Becker
Forbes Holton
Sa Omnis
R. Holton
Diphtheria Claims Four McCracken Children
Four children of Robert McCracken near New Carle have died in a week from diphtheria. Others in the family are ill.
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New Caarle
New Caste
Robert McCracken
STARS IN THE FLAG North and South Dakota dispute arouses talks
Public Property and Obligations clash as North and South Dakota’s joint commission debates the division basis. The convention discussed labor blacklists and trusts, arbitration boards, and legislative apportionment. A five judge plan, minority representation ideas, and U S Senate seats were on the agenda.
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Bismarck
Labor
Joint Commission
North and
South Dakota
Ste
Olympia
Supreme Bench
United States
Helens
Mont
Rickards
Ryan
Sermon Sparks Turmoil At Red Forest Church
Rev Hernel's Sunday sermon on the Tamar case shocks a large crowd. He denounces the unwomanly act as sin and prompts a congregational gathering amid public sympathy for the woman. The old farmer accused reportedly leaves quietly, with rumors of a marriage to follow.
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Schaefferstows
Hernel
Red Forest
Tare
New Castle Woman Tracks Husband in Chicago and Confronts Mistress
Mrs. George C. Hagan of New Castle Pennsylvania pursues her estranged husband in Chicago after he eloped with Rachel Hogan the family servant. Hogan has a $3500 stake in a Wabash Avenue confectionery store and the trio’s movements include Omaha. The wife telegraphed the police chief to arrest him.
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New Castle
Chicago
Aquile
Dispatch
Curiaco
George C. Hagan
City Hall
Rachel Hogan
Hogan
Wabash Avenue
Alan
Omaha
Wanamaker Ocean Rest Opens for Bethany Church Members
Postmaster General Wanamaker opened Ocean Rest a seaside resort near Ocnawa Creek New Jersey for the Bethany Presbyterian Church where he serves as Sunday School Superintendent. The modern terra cotta interior cottage will house about 50 with two matrons in charge and costs kept by the congregation. It will operate until October and is expected to be self sustaining.
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Philadelphia
Dispatch
N. J
Wanamaker
Ocean Rest
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Two Poor Old Maids Die by Arsenic in Jackson County
Special Telegram to The Dispatch reports Annata and Miriam Boggs, sisters and unmarried, living just over the Jackson County line in Point Pleasant area, committed suicide by arsenic on July 16. They left a note saying they were tired of life and there was nothing in their outlook. they had fair circumstances but no living relatives.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Annata
Miriam Boggs
Jackson County
Distatch
Waintreeton
Quay
Leach
Post Office Department
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
Colonel Holliday
Customs
Secret ballot votes to resume work in Brazilian coal mine
In the black coal region of Brazil on Sep 18, miners weighed returning to work at operator offered prices. Early results suggest a strong tilt toward resuming work, with a roughly four to one on a partial count.
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Brazil
Campaign tensions in Virginia wart on tariff issue and Mahone plan
National Executive Committee stays out of General Mahone's Virginia campaign to avoid political backlash. A Mahone anti Mahone compromise seeks a united Republican front under a protective tariff, with a State Convention call being drafted to reflect Virginians will while avoiding direct NEC interference. Senator Quay and aides met with Mahone men to craft credentials and terms for delegates as talks continued in Washington.
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Mahone
Virginia
Old Dominion
Protection
Clarkson
Dudley
Fessenden
Connecticut
Arlington
Virginia Republican Committee
Chamberlain’s
Yeen
Dom
Brady
Rolle
Quay
Philadelphia
Improving the Ohio Canal at Loudonville Falls to Aid Coal Tows
A special dispatch reports Major Stickney, chief engineer, says the Portland canal project near Loudonville will advance. The upper canal wall is to be enlarged, 90000 cubic feet of rock removed, and completion targeted for October. Funding seeks 300000 for next year. coal tow channels may be added to ease coal traffic and relinquish the falls to other commerce. Excavations at the canal's lower end face delays from high water.
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Stickney
Indiana
The
Ohio
Board of Officers
Treasury Offices appoint new division chiefs
The Secretary of the Treasury selected E. M. 8. Young as chief of a division in the Auditor's Office and Willa Henry of Pennsylvania as chief of a division near the Second Comptroller's Office, replacing William J. Neal who resigned.
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Treasury
Pennsylvania
Washington
Secretary of the
Lee
E. M
Young
Willa Henry
William J. Neal
Chinese In Transit Rights Question Referred for Opinion
The Treasury asks the Attorney General for an opinion on the right of Chinese nationals to pass in transit through United territory. The move aims to clarify legal status and potential transit restrictions.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Education Convention Opens with Polk Reception and Jackson Descendant
Secretary Canfield stirs enthusiasm at the Educational Convention in Nashville. A great grandson of Old Hickory Jackson, Albert Marble Jackson, is welcomed at the Hermitage, and Mrs Polk presides over a cordial reception with 75 guests. Education topics include high school needs and state supervised schooling, with Oregon kindergarten and schoolwork displays praised as the finest in the Capitol hall.
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Canfield
Marble
Polk
General Exton
Ohio
Hall
Miss Fall
Clara Conway
Tennessee
James H
Kansas
Colonel Parker
Illinois
America
State University of Kansas
John Jay
New York
Dwight
Columbia College Law School
W. J H. Po
Nashville
Hall of Representatives
Capitol
State of
Oregon
Junior Order council adjourns as Williamport chosen meeting place
The State Council of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics adjourned after electing officers and selecting Williamsport as the next meeting site. Resolutions limited liquor at entertainments, restricted European migrants, and adjusted council terms and representation before final adjournment.
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Williamaport
Hrrrissare
State Council of the
Junior Order of United American Mechanics
Congress
Europe
State Council
Johnstown
National Council
Peter Berkmyer
Siatington
I. V. Robbins
Wilkesbarre
Stateard
Birmingham postmaster charged with throwing rotten eggs
Special Telegram to the Dispatch reports Robert L. Houston, Republican postmaster of Birmingham, accused by Republicans of tossing spoiled eggs at speakers. The charge, filed in Washington, aims to block his Senate confirmation next winter. A clash in Guam between Republican and Democrat meetings led to violence with eggs and firing but no injuries.
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Bream
Guam
Ala
Birmingham
Robert L. Houston
Houston
Senate
Severs
Linston
Washington
Rates on hard coal appeal cases set for hearing
Chairman Walker of the Inter State Commerce Railway Association says the Executive Board will meet next Thursday to hear two applications from the Chicago St Paul and Kansas City road. One seeks to apply new commodity rates from Chicago to Des Moines St Joseph and intermediate points and the other asks to adopt the Chi basis of rates on hard coal between Duluth and Southwestern Missouri river points. Both proposals were considered last week and were sent to the Executive Board.
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Walker
Inter-State Association
Carcasco
Inter-State Commerce Railway Association
Chicago, St. Paul and
Kansas City Road
Chicago
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Duluth
Missouri River
Harrison Man to Be Appointed Port of Philadelphia Surveyor
Captain Lewis Walters of Phenixville will succeed John M. Campbell as Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia when Campbell’s term ends. The appointment follows influence from Senator Quay. Walters had sought Naval officer and led in many ballots at the National Convention before this selection.
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Philadelphia
Lewis Walters
Phenixville
John M. Campbell
Quay
Iain Walters
Harrison
From Paganism to Christian Civilization in Cardinal Gibbons
The book by Cardinal Archbishop Gibbons argues that core Christian truths can be demonstrated by reason and revealed by Christian revelation. It contrasts paganism with Christianity, contending Buddhism has no superior points, and praises Christian civilization including a labor chapter and reflections on postwar reconciliation.
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Gibbons
Baltmore
James Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Associated Press
Cet
Congress
Egypt
Bank president swindled by Chicago man in gold brick scam
William McKellop, president of the First National Bank of Corunna, and a companion, James Streeter of Chicago, were duped in Lansing after McKellop bought a $20,000 gold brick for $4,000. Streeter disappeared, likely to Canada, and McKellop exposed the ruse after testing the brick.
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rverEc
sPaTon
Launsing
Mican
William McKellop
First National Bank of
Corunna
Shiawassee County
James Streeter
Chicago
McKellop
Streeter
McKes
Runna
California
Lansing
State House
Canada
Constitutional Question Raises Fees While Sheriff in Office
Ex Sheriff Kurtz renews suit against Franklin County for 10524.76 dollars claimed for boarding prisoners. He argues his constitutional right prevents fee reductions during his elected term under a late legislative act. Several counties in Pennsylvania watch the case.
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Sherif Kurtz
Chambersburg
Kurtz
Franklin County
Iatiff
Pennsylvania
Dr McDow Expelled From South Carolina Medical Society
In Chantestox at a special meeting the South Carolina Medical Society voted to expel Dr McDow who is accused in connection with the Dawson case. The resolution states he has been proven by notification to have violated society standards and must be exonerated by the body.
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South Carolina Medical Society
Chantestox
D. C
Mc Dow
Captain Dawson
T.ard McDow
McDow
Vod
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