Miners Strike Momentum Seen in Pittsburg District
Columbus reports indicate national leaders expect widespread work stoppages with Pittsburg miners set to back the action. Ohio operators delay response while Indiana foresees broad participation. holiday slow reporting skews early totals.
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Columbus
Ratchford
United Mine Workers
Pittsburg
Ohio
Ohio Coal Association
Detroit
Terre Haute
Ind
G. W. Knight
Indiana Miners’ Association
Sullivan
Indiana
Those Gold Clause Mortgages Claim Invalidity Over Silver
Fort Scott Kansas July 7 Samuel Webb Pyle a penitentiary guard and former populist agitator has a mortgage foreclosure defense arguing the gold clause renders the loan invalid by precluding silver payment. The suit by Abbie H. Trask against Lombard Investment Co. seeks 1400 dollars. Judge Biddle and County Attorney Sheppard support the defense alleging forgery of the word gold during 1896 campaign.
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Fort Scott
Van
Samuel Webb Pyle
Abbie H. Trask
Lombard Investment Company of
Kansas City
Biddle
Sheppard
Pyle
Whist League Congress Opens at Put-In-Bay
The seventh annual American Whist League congress starts at the Hotel Victors in Put-In-Bay Ohio with clubs nationwide set to compete for trophies. The event promises to be the largest and most interesting gathering of whist players in the country, noting several changes in the methods.
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Put-In-Bay
Victors
Thielmann to be recalled as secretary of the treasury
Official papers announce Baron Thielmann the German ambassador to Washington will be recalled and reassigned to the post of secretary of the treasury. The report notes he will be a strong choice to handle financial affairs.
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Thielmann
Berlin
Baron Thielmann
Washington
the Treasury
Younger brothers near possible pardon by state board
Missouri bandits the Younger brothers expected to be released next week by the state board of pardons. A Sentiment shift favors clemency citing their conduct and a hope they will prove themselves honest citizens in life ahead.
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Missouri
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
State Board of Pardons
Pioneer Press
Spanish Statesman Warns of Yankee Encroachment If In Power
Marquis Vega Arajo, ex-president of congress and foreign minister, told a Saragossa house meeting that if his party gains power it will halt what it calls humiliating Yankee policy. He urged navy patrols to seize filibustering vessels under the American flag aiding insurgents and warned of a potential war with the United States over Cuba.
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Madrid
Marquis Vega Arajo
Congress
Saragossa
United States
Cuba
Star Pointer Wins The Race At Hartford Harness Meet
Star Pointer defeats Gentry and Ryan in a free for all pacing at Charter Oak Park in Hartford. Attendance reaches 25 000 to 30 000 as the card features multiple races with times and placements for each class.
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Gentry
Ryan
Hartford
Conn
New England
Charter Oak Park
McCleary
Star Pointer
Frank Agan
Pointer
John R. Gentry
Oye
Grace Hastings
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Siyeeth
Maple Valley
Fred Ce Seein Bone
Scpnus
Forest Herr
Weseseaedee
Sidsworth
Pentland
Keannette
Aitieisisla
S.etyace LD
Crete
Teasle
Bnene Vossesseeesees
Aig
Baptismal Party Fights Off Attack by Alligators
In Sanford Florida a baptismal party in the St. John s river was attacked by two large alligators. The minister and a convert were seized and dragged under briefly. Gowns tore, but they were released. Bank onlookers armed with clubs joined a hot struggle until a fishing party arrived and wounded one alligator.
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St. John's River
Sanford
Fla
St. John’s River
Bryan to keynote California banquet
William J. Bryan will be the guest of the Silver Republican Club banquet in Los Angeles tonight. He departs for northern California tomorrow. The British Aborigines Protection Society estimates Africa's native population at 200,000,000.
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Bryan
California
Los Angeles
William J. Bryan
Silver Republican Club
Northern California
British Aborigines Protection Sosciety
Africa
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