Rival rail alliance targets Pittsburg Philadelphia route
Reading and Western Maryland plan a through line from Chambersburg to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia via East Broad Top coal fields. The proposed 100 mile expansion would connect Harrisburg to Baltimore, offering a strong, non aggressive freight challenge to the Pennsylvania line and broad coal traffic prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Reading Road
Western Maryland Railroad
Reading Railroad
Gowen
Hood
East Broad- Top
Chambersburg
Maryland
East Broad Top
Broad Top
Connellsville
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Harrisburg and
Potomac
Reading
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Potomas
Piteburg
Baltimore
Cumberland
Jubilant leaders plan anti bribery tactics at pols next Tuesday
The Philadelphia Prohibitionists report effort to thwart liquor interests through election officer appointments. Liquor men allegedly plan to buy victory by delaying overseer appointments while Wanamaker's partner pledges to back the amendment. Prohibitionists rally, organize 200 overseers, and denounce fraud schemes as campaigns head toward Tuesday's ballot.
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John Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Prohibitionlsts
Prohibition
Geiger
Walker
Academy of Music
Prohibitioniss
Palmer
Reddig
Philadelphia
Disratem
Heelers
Ward
Joke Wanamaker
Prohibition Debate Shapes Philadelphia Political Rift
A dispatch discusses how the Postmaster General’s time is devoted to the public, not private matters, and notes Robert Ogden’s stance on prohibition. Ogden may vote against prohibition, favoring high license, while floods relief work pulls him from Philadelphia. The piece anticipates GOP convention tensions if the amendment fails or passes, affecting party dynamics and voter beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wanamaker
Robert ©. Ogden
Dispatch
Prohibition
Ogden
Philadelphia
Beaver
Philadelphia Prohibition Election Forecast From Press Correspondent
Staff correspondent reports Conservative estimates from state party chairmen suggest the prohibition amendment will be defeated in tomorrow's vote. Telephone surveys from 54 counties show lower turnout and indicate a percentage drop versus the last presidential year. Counties listed include Juniata Lackawanna Lancaster Somerset Sullivan with nonresponsive counties noted.
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Philadelphia
Tollowa
Juniata
Lackawanna
Lanr
Somerset
Sullivan
Shooting Affray in Cedar Creek Texas Leaves Negroes Fleeing
Reports from Cedar Creek Texas describe a deadly shooting affray with conflicting tolls. Some say six killed and nine wounded. others list three dead Alexander Nolan George Schoep and a negro named Bell plus four wounded. A posse searches for Wilson the negro constable blamed for starting the clash.
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St. Louis
Cedar Creek
Tex
Alexander Nolan
George Schoep
Bell
Offcers
Austin
Cedar
Fire Suspect Caught In Act Of Vicious House Fire
In Towra Michigan on June 16 an arsonist was caught setting a residence ablaze. The occupants were nearly suffocated before awakening and being rescued amid public demand for swift justice. Local anger rose after the incident with threats of lynching a suspect from another port.
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Towra
Micn
Lynch the Mag
Yoman
Michigan
Swede’s Rejected Love Ends in Suicide in New York
Charles Peterson, a Stockholm native and furniture spring maker, moved to New York 19 years ago. After years of pursuing Mrs. Maggie Bendel, who refused him, he threatened her, fired a pistol, and later killed himself at the corner of Forty eighth Street and Madison Avenue. Envelopes found with payments totaling $231.85 reveal his financial support and Swedish notes professing love and despair. Bendel learned of his death and recalled his insistence on marriage.
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the Dispatch
New York
Charles Peterson
Stockholm
Sweden
First Avenue
Maggie Bendel
West Twenty-ninth Street
East Forty-eighth Street
Patterson
Patterson Called On Mrs. Bendel
Peterson
Forty-eighth Street
Madison Avenue
Oley & Moon
Twenty Ninth Street
Three Men Formed Sugar Trust and Rob Sugar Stock
Three men George H. Cogswell John Mohler and Vantine of Vantine Weirhamm grocers were arrested for a sugar theft scheme in New York. They admitted collusion stealing up to 350 barrels valued around 8000 from the Brooklyn Sugar Refining Company and Austin Nichols & Co with barrels diverted but Vantine denying direct theft claims he paid market prices. The case awaits court decision on liability between the Brooklyn company and Austin Nichols & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
S Suger Trust
George H. Cogswell
John Mohler
Vantine
Vantine & Weirhamm, Grocers
Spring Street
Cogswell
Brooklyn Sugar Refining Company
Mohler
Austin, Nichols & Co
Hudson Street
Byrnes
Vantine & Weizmann
Nichola & Co
Chinese Dramatic Company to Open in New York
The Chinese Dramatic Company of San Francisco, via manager Tom Lee, books Windsor Theater for a two week engagement starting June 24. Mott street displays bright red posters and Chinatown restaurants repaint for the event. Chinese merchants plan a half holiday and women prepare to attend in large numbers, with a program featuring MH Lon Tan Moo as leading performer.
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New York
Chinese Dramatic Company
San Francisco
Tom Lee
Windsor Theater
Mott Street
Chinatown
Royal Wedding Unites Grand Duke Paul and Princess Alexandria
Petersberg June 16 reports the marriage of Grand Duke Paul to Princess Alexandria of Greece at the Winter Palace chapel. The ceremony at 2 pm drew officers diplomats and society. attire featured medieval Russian dresses and a silver mohair bridal gown with silver floral embroidery.
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Petersburg
Grand Duke
Paul
Alexandria
Greece
Winter Palace
Terrible Kansas Flood and Cyclone Report
Meager details reach Kansas City of a flood and cyclone sweeping Uniontown. A separate message from Wheeling notes a historic Berkeley County storm on June 10 with destructive winds and thunderstorm damage and loss of life.
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Kanene
Kansas City
Kansas
Uniontown
West
Cyclone Hits Town Causing Homes Damage Estimated at 10000
A cyclone swept through the town this afternoon damaging buildings and shading structures. Early estimates put the property loss at about ten thousand dollars.
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Iyp
Cearin
Doomed Drift Fires as Major Plans Debris Cleanup
Johnstown reports over 100 barrels of coal oil poured on Gorge debris. Major McCandless outlines a five day removal plan with 125 workers, dynamite blasting every two hours, and a burning method to clear wreckage while addressing deadly stench from animal remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
McCandless
Dispatch
Phillips
John A. Fox
Fox
Conemaugh
Stony Creek
Johnstown Labor Camp Sanitation Report Favors Reforms
Major Mccandless reports on sanitary conditions at Johnstown debris removal camps. Quarters need cleanliness improvements and more disinfectants. proposes regular carts to remove debris and burn refuse. Water supply is good. overall conditions judged acceptable with recommended reforms.
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Johnstown
McCandless
Silliman
J. KH. Silliman
N.G. P
W. R. Jones
Deserters Sought by Three Manaway Soldiers at Rt Dodsworth Post
A Johnstown dispatch reports Lieutenant Schenck of Fort Dodsworth U S Army Post visiting Johnstown on June 16 to track three deserters missing since the flood news. Local residents recall the men were last seen with work crews and may be headed toward the post.
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Manaway
Dodsworth
Aetavy Correspo
DUENT
Jousstons
Schenck
Fit
U. S. Army
Johnstown
McSwhoak
Still Figuring High Number Of Johnstown Flood Victims
The account quotes Johnstown residents estimating far higher deaths than official figures. Farmer John H Dodson asserts 6500 lives at minimum and suggests 10000 or more, claiming many entire families vanished with no survivors. A letter carrier adds he believes about 10000 drowned, arguing the loss is underreported.
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Jonnstown
John H. Dodson
Johnstown
Mr. Son
Pennsylvania
Heinrichs
Destruction Hits Local Colored Community in Flood
Johnstown on June 16 reports hundreds of colored residents displaced by flood. William Peters notes about 700 colored workers from Cambria Iron Company lost homes behind Portage Street. Several drowned include Oliver Badger D W Smith and Daniel W Parker Noble Grand of the I C C F. Complaints arise over commissary provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
William Peters
Fourth Avenue
Cambria Iron Company
Conemaugh Borough
Portage Street
Oliver Badger
D. W. Smith
Daniel W. Parker
McSwican
Search for Miss Paulson in deep cistern near pad gasworks
Captain J T Hammond and four engines arrive to aid in the search for Miss Paulson. A cistern near the Baltimore and Ohio tracks, 15 feet deep, is the likely site where bodies may lie, with authorities hopeful and veterans involved in the anxious operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny Astons
J. T. Hammond
Philadelphia Fire Department
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Miss Bryant
Miss Paulson
J. N. Rogers
Bureau of Information
Hasting
Foster
Iment
Hammond
Hernicua
Bedford Street Hospital Reports Light Sickness Total
At Bedford Street Hospital in Jongstown on June 16 eight sickness cases were recorded, all mild and noncontagious. Chemist H. H. Babcock from Pittsburgh helped, while Dr. Foster established and staffed the facility. Sisters of Mercy initially served before physicians took over. Pharmacy filled over 100 prescriptions daily.
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Correer
Jongstown
Bedford Street Hospital
H. H. Babcock
Pittsburg
Babcock
Sisters of Mercy
McSwican
Disease Breeding Dirt At Camp Sparks Health Alarm
In Joh nstown on June 16 officers of the State Board of Health were urged to act as physicians managing camp sites report piles of refuse on railroad tracks behind soldiers tents and decomposed hides on river banks. If not removed disease could spread among troops and locals.
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Johnstown
State Board of Health
Foster
Lee
Ie Ae
New Woodruff Confession Targets Sullivan In Cronin Case
Curiaco June 14. Ward Woodruff says all prior confessions are bogus and that he now names Alexander Sullivan directly as involved in Cronin murder. He describes meetings with McDougall Williams and Coughlin, a trunk transfer at Carlson cottage, and a planned disposal of Cronin’s body in Chicago. He claims additional motive and asserts a guarded defense plan through a lawyer.
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Curiaco
Woodruff
Cronin
Canada
Chicago
Coughlin
McDougall
Williams
Sam
Alexander Sullivan
Europe
Clark Street
Carlson Cottage
Niagara
P. O. Sullivan
Lincoln Avenue
Dean
Ashland
Lincoln Avenues
Melville
O'Shea
Mike McDougall
Philadelphia
Wichita
Kaw
Peoria
P. ©. Sullivan
Mellville
Lake Michigan
Lincoln Park
Edgewater
Anid
Sullivan
Cerane
After the Prisoners
Chicago detectives sent to identify Cronin suspects Maroney and McDonald arrived in New York. Prison officials asked if the Chicago men could identify the prisoners. the request was refused by the District Attorney and district authorities.
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Chicago
New York
Maroney
McDonald
Cronin
Tombs Prison
Chiesgo
Detectives Plan Tombs Visit to Identify Suspects
A detective party including State Agent Fer rer Sheriff Williams and others will appear at the Tombs tomorrow morning to identify their men. The group met at the depot at 8 A M and proceeded to Byrnes headquarters, with Hatfield connected to the furniture and Throckmorton renting the room while Martin son moved the furniture.
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Ferrer
Williams
Watfeld
Throckmorton
Martinson
Ee — Gerichten
Byrnes
Hatfield
Williams Brothers
Cronin Murder Theorized as English Spy Plot
John Fitzgerald President of the Irish National League of America questions the Cronin murder verdict. He argues Cronin may not be dead and that Sullivan bears no proven link to the crime. Fitzgerald suggests English secret service involvement remains plausible amid disputed inquest evidence.
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John Fitzgerald
Cronin
Lixcoty
Neb
Irish National League of America
Fitzgerald
Clan-na-Gael Association
Ceme Oe
Reevec
Dr. Cronin
Secret Service
Cheyenne and Sioux clash over language at agency caucus
Commissioners report Cheyennes seek their own interpreter after Sioux interference. Standing Elk, Little Wolf, and Wid Hog lead about 100 families as Governor Foster outlines Congress terms. Indians listen, then express reservations about the treaty promises of 1858.
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Prve Ringe
Dar
Red Cloud
Tanding Elk
Little Wolf
Wid Hog
Standing Elk
Foster
Women in a Beer Hall Temperance Meeting Held at Vernon Avenue Hall
The Women's Temperance Society took over the dance and music hall attached to M. N. Connolly's saloon at 157 Vernon Avenue Hunter's Point and opened a gospel temperance meeting. The hall filled as speakers condemned the rum trade while boys outside pelted the crowd with firecrackers. The society rents the hall for a month and will hold Sunday meetings.
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New York
Women’s Temperance Society
M. N. Connolly
Vernon Avenue
Hunter's Point
Hull
Mathew
Connolly
Jealous Men Duel. Both Shot Dead in Missouri Feud
In Fayette Missouri John O Manion and Richard M Fowler exchanged shots near noon. Manion died from chest and stomach wounds while Fowler sustained neck and arm wounds. The two men fired until both emptied their revolvers and then fought before bystanders separated them. Mrs Manion collapsed from distress amid widespread sensational talk.
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St. Louis
John O. Manion
Fayette, Mo
Richard M. Fowler
Manion
Fowler
Fayette
Aye
Democratic committee calls July county convention for Wallace ticket
Mahoning County Democratic Executive Committee issues call for a county convention in Younesrows on Saturday July 13 to nominate a slate supporting Judge Jonathan H Wallace of Columbiana County for Governor and to select delegates to the Democratic State Convention.
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Younesrows
Mahoning County
Democratic Executive Committee
Teyerante
Johnathan H. Wallace
Columbians County
Kearsarge Departs Brooklyn Navy Yard for Haiti voyage
The United States man-of-war Kearsarge left the Brooklyn Navy Yard dock at 10 o'clock this morning bound for Port au Prince Haiti. Anchor was weighed after Commandant Ramsey and Admiral Gherardi went on board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Youk
United States
Kearsarge
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Ramesy
Gherardi
Three Lepers Found on Cape Breton Island
Ottawa reports three leprosy cases on Cape Breton Island N S two women and one man. Dr Smith confirms infection and will monitor contacts. The three lepers will be removed to Tracadi for care under the Sisters of Charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Breton Island
Jtstatch
Ottawa
Ont
Department of Agriculture
Canada
Smith
Tracadi
N. B
Heroic Sisters of Charity
Mrs Harrison Attends Church Service in Cape May City
Beadla Memorial Presbyterian Church drew a large crowd this morning hoping Mrs Harrison would attend. General Pope and his son arrived about 10 o clock and escorted Mrs Harrison to pose in the chapel. The President’s wife and her father were seen privately chatting before being driven to Sewell's cottage on Windsor Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beadla Memorial Presbyterian Church
Harrison
Pope
Wanamaker
Scott
Cape May City
Mia
General
Sewell
Windsor Avenue
Milwaukees oldest priest Donohue dies at St Marys Hospital
Father Patrick J. Donohue, one of Americas oldest priests, dies at St Marys Hospital Milwaukee. Born 1910 in Dublin, educated and ordained in Philadelphia, he served as pastor of St Johns Cathedral since 1807, became Vicar General, and was named Monsignor in 1884. A postmaster in Missouri is arrested for embezzlement and bond set at $6,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwauvee
Patrick J. Donohue
America
St. Mary's Hospital
Dublin
Philadelphia
Milkee
St. John's Cathedral
Ohenstia
St. Louis
Dyer
Frank L. Woodruff
Lawrence
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Warameker
Wour
Beaver County
Texas
Czar
Indiana
Major McCandless
Staff Corres
Cers
Doctor Cronin
Mr. Sullivan
Aioe
Poster
Warner
Temperates Society
Wallace
Ohio
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