Enthusiasm at Detroit Progress Through National League Meeting
Detroit hosts the National League of Republican Clubs opening address by President Woodmansee. Governor Pingree and Colonel Duffield welcome delegates as the league reports debts paid, efforts for unity, and plans for a unified convention day across states. McKinley praised as president and ally in the league’s growth. Continued on Page 6.
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National Republican League
McKinley
Detroit
National League of Republican Clubs
Woodmanses
Pingree
Michigan
Henry P. Duffield
F. M. Dingley
Kalamas
Michigan League of the Republican Clubs
National League
League
National Assembly
Jis
Abraham Lincoln
Ling
Min Ie Willam McKinley
William McKinley
United States
Washington
Republican League
Mount Gretna
Scranton
Lehigh Valley
Hastings
South Side
West Side
Lackawanna County
Whitney
Crippled Desperado Terrorizes Kokomo After Shootout
A one legged gunman, freed man and parolee, who survived a 14 shot spree on July 13 in Kokomo Indiana, hid by a mirror in his room and evaded officers after a night long chase. He was captured late that day and faces return to prison. The 20 year old desperado had earlier been wounded at Flora fair and paroled after two prior terms.
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Kokomo
Ind
Desperado
Flora Fair
Anderson
Junction
William Swartz
Panhandle
Senate push on Cuban policy seeks Melton release
Washington July 13 Senate foreign relations panel plans a new push to force admin policy over Cuba. A Berry resolution urges the president to demand Ona Melton’s immediate release from confinement aboard the Competitor after thirteen months. The committee will draft a strong report arguing Melton, a noncombatant and American journalist, must be freed and US steps taken to secure compliance.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Berry
Arkansas
Ona Melton
Davia
Senate
Richelieu
Holton
Melton
Cuba
Spain
Armor plate price cut in Senate armor bill debate
Washington July 13 Senate debated armor plate costs for three new battleships under construction. An amendment limited armor price to 400 dollars per ton, 125 dollars under the committee and Navy Department minimum. A second amendment calls for a government armor factory study and report to the next Congress.
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Washington
Senate
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Hawaii Offers Arbitration on Immigration Question
Washington reports that Hawaii proposed referring the immigration dispute with Japan to arbitration but Tokyo has ignored the idea. The state department has received telegraphic updates, making it possible to deny earlier claims that Japan agreed to arbitrate the matter with the Dole government.
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Washington
Hawaii
Japan
Tokio
State Department
Dole
American steel rails for India shipment underway
The City of Dundee began loading 3,500 tons of rails at Maryland Steel works Sparrows Point for Calcutta British India. The total order is 7,000 tons with the remaining 3,000 tons to be loaded soon on the British steamer Westminster.
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Baltimore
Dundee
Maryland Steel Works
Sparrows Point
Calcutta
British India
Westminster
Barckley Peak Denied Pardon in Fatal Killing Case
The New Jersey Board of Pardons rejected Barckley Peak's pardon application. Peak, serving twenty years for the killing of Katle Anderson, faced an adverse decision announced in Trenton on July 1.
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Trenton
N. J
Board of Pardons
Barckley Peak
Katle Anderson
Striking Miners Hold Firm Amid Wage Dispute in West Virginia
West Virginia operators grant five cent a ton advance to miners but doubt it prevents strikes. In Beaver county and Mercer county, mines idle as workers rally for 69 cent rate. Debs to confer with President Ratchford as arbitration floated.
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Doiiu
Pittsburg
Banning
Fayette City
West Newton
Snowden
Cannell
Warner and Morgan
Beaver County
Mercer County
Columbus
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Rachford
Katchford
West Virginia
Sovereign
Knigits of Labor
Eugene V. Debs
Ratchford
Mrs Hay Narrow Escape In Omnibus S Care
Mrs Hay wife of the United States ambassador escaped serious injury when an omnibus pole pierced the carriage panel where her head had rested moments before. She shifted position at the last moment and a fatal injury was avoided. The omnibus driver has been arrested.
One Damaging Recollection in Batavia Trial
Nellie Devera testified in the Howard Benham wife murder case that he and May Wiord were in the front room when she poured them beer. He said, Never mind, May, we’ll be happy some day, and May warned her with a look to be careful what she said.
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Batavia
Howard Benham
Nellie Devera
Benham
May Wiord
May
New religious sect in Papillion founded by Mrs Lewis Figg
In Papillion Nebraska on July 10 a new religious sect named after founder Mrs Lewis Figg has emerged. Adherents claim Figgites can discern if God or the devil is in a visitor upon entering their presence. The piece notes the sect’s status as a local belief of old settlers.
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Papillion
Neb
Scvwt
Lewis Figg
Devil in Gretna Church Chased by Panic Stricken Citizens
A Gretna churchgoer claimed to have spotted the devil in Jo nas Crowal a well known local. A half insane woman shrieked and pursued the figure through the church yard and into a cornfield as others joined the chase. The crowd aimed to drive the devil away.
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Pany
Gretna
Jonas Crowal
Fusion politics as Democrats and Populists split county slate
Democrats seek to fuse with Populists to defeat Senator Hanna. At the Populist county convention the Democratic leaders urged delegates to break away and form a separate convention claiming regular representation. The split delegates endorsed the Chicago platform and the Democratic state ticket while a separate Populist ticket is urged.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mark Hanna
Senate
Chicago
Sultan Still Saucy
Constantinople July 18 The Turkish ministry met in a special cabinet session to discuss the replica of powers to the circular note from the Porte A large majority urged the sultan to push on the Penelos frontier The Porte believes powers would fail to agree on any coercive measures.
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Constantinople
Penelos
Porte
Bear attack near Marble ends with fatal bear shot
Henry Sutton and Daniel Hart fought for their lives when a bear charged them in dense undergrowth. Hart wounded the animal and Sutton stabbed Hart to protect himself as the bear rammed Sutton. Hart killed the bear with a shot. the 62 pound, 6 feet 10 inch bruin attacked after a female bear and cubs were nearby.
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Colo
Henry Sutton
Daniel Hart
Hart
Sutton
Bruin
Tariff Bill Progress Derailed Over Wool and Sugar
Washington reports the conference on the tariff bill made little progress with the wool and sugar schedules. No final agreement was reached on either, though hope persists that the wool schedule can be settled once other issues gain final form. Senator Platt and Senator Quay were in close discussion as the day ended.
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Pratt and Quay
Washington
Congress
Isete
Senator Platt
New York
Senator Quay
Ice cavern found near Cow Mountain by Cripple Creek
Photographer Yalton returned from Cow Mountain near Cripple Creek California with word of a great ice cavern opened by a prospect shaft. A laborer struck through rock into a hollow space that held stalagmites and stalactites of pure ice suspended from the ceiling and standing like trees. The party descended with a rope but halted fifty feet in when a yawning abyss appeared and chunks of ice rattled down the shaft.
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Cripple Creek
Cal
Yalton
Cow Mountain
Trouble in a Tin Plate Mill Riot
In Cleveland on July 13 trouble erupted near the Crescent tin plate mill as six non union men confronted a crowd of union workers with hands in pockets. The assailants fled after being grabbed by unions and then pursued by loiterers. John Vanek was badly beaten and a large crowd gathered until police dispersed the rioters.
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Cleveland
Crescent Tin Plate Mill
John Vanek
Indian elopement leads to alligator execution in Florida
In Fort Lauderdale on July 1 an Indian named Tiger Cat eloped with a chief's wife. The tribe pursued and captured them, holding a council trial. They were bound to stakes, exposed to the sun for a day, and then devoured by alligators. A dog tied between them was killed as lures. The couple and dog were attacked and torn apart by saurians.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Tiger Cat
Insurgent Leaders Reported Killed and Surrenders in Cuba
Official dispatches from Pinar del Rio say Pancho Rivera has been killed and Pablo Oliva has surrendered with sixteen followers. Spanish forces under Colonel Almendardi report fifteen dead in the Poho mountains. The Baleares battalion in Pinar del Rio province claims eleven insurgent deaths.
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Pinar del Rilo
Pancho Rivera
Pablo Oliva
Avigador Commercial
United States
Lee
Washington
Almendardi
Poho Mountains
Baleares
Suicide of Colorado town founder Nicholna Co Creede
Nicholas Co Creede of Creede Colorado, after whom the town is named, killed himself with morphine in Los Angeles following a separation and failed reconciliation with his wife. They had agreed to divorce without legal action in January, with $10,000 cash settled for her, and he later attempted to avoid her before her return from Alabama.
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Loa Angeles
Cal
Creede
Alcohite
Alabama
Los Angeles
Heatwole Pursues Currency Commission Move in House
Representative Heatwole of Minnesota has introduced a currency commission bill and is seeking a special order for its consideration if a commission is recommended by the president. With the session late and Senate action unlikely, he believes financial plan action will wait until next session. The House mood is that tariff business will dominate remaining time unless resolved.
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Washington
Heatwole
Minnesota
Hi For & Currency Commission
Committee On Rules
House
Senate
English Engineers Strike Expands as Lockout Enters Stage
London July 13 engineers strike drags on with no arbitration accepted. Lockout launches with employers and workers refusing mediation. By evening about 100 000 engineers idle as yards of several shipyards are picketed and forty London firms join the action.
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London
C. T. Ruehle
Board of Trade
Japan Navy Expected to Dominate Pacific, Globe Says
The Globe comments on Japan's Hawaii stance noting Japan knows the US navy's strength and would likely overwhelm American forces in an ocean clash. It adds that Japanese ships would disrupt trade if conflict arose, and Spain might seize the chance in such a scenario.
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London
the Globe
Japan
Hawaii
United States
Spain
Steamship Arrivals and Passages Noted in New York
Steamers Berlin from Antwerp and Town Hill from Glasgow arrived. Steamer Paladin passed New York for Hamburg. Kensington arrived from New York at Antwerp. Masdam arrived at Boulogne from New York bound for Rotterdam.
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Berlin
Antwerp
Town Hill
Glasgow
Scilly
Paladn
Hamburg
Kensington
Boulogne
Masusdam
Rotterdam
Mrs Bradbury Free After San Francisco Escape
Mrs John Bradbury wife of Los Angeles millionaire eloped with W R Ward and was arrested in San Francisco. She left for Chicago with her mother declared innocent by a court. Ward is held on a 2000 bond to answer Society for the Prevention of Vice charges. Col Bradbury reportedly plans westward forgiveness.
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San Francisco
John Bradbury
Los Angeles
W. R. Ward
Chicago
Ward
Society For the Prevention of
Banning
Bradbury
Riot follows bull fight in Barcelona arena
Riot broke out after a management change at a Barcelona bull fight on July 1. Spectators threw objects, bull fighters fled, gendarmes intervened, a revolver was fired, and police cleared the ring. Several gendarmes and spectators were seriously injured. rioters attempted to burn the ring amid numerous arrests.
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Barcelona
Authority Granted for Homestead National Bank Formation
National Bank at Homestead Washington reports that authority has been granted for organizing the Homestead National Bank of Homestead Pa with capital of 100000 dollars. The move follows approvals enabling the bank’s incorporation and future operations in Homestead and surrounding areas.
Ray relative commits suicide in New York
Huamilton New York July 1 W W Ray brother of Congressman George W Ray killed himself today by shooting himself in the head authorities reported.
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Huamilton
N. Y
Duel in the Street Wounds Two Buenos Aires Notables
In Buenos Ayres on July 13 Senor Julio Costa former governor and Senor Mariano Paunero deputy with an old feud drew revolvers and fired. Both men were seriously wounded in the street confrontation.
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Senor
Julio Costa
Province of
Mariano Paunero
House of Deputies
Trains Wreck Near Boon Iowa. Eight Tramps Believed Dead
A meat train on the Chicago and Northwestern railway collided with eight derailed cars near Boon Iowa at about six this morning. Eight tramps are supposed killed and several trainmen injured as the entire train was wrecked.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Boon
Weather forecast for the middle states and New England
The middle states will see partly cloudy to fog and warmer weather with rain on the coasts in the morning and variable winds. New England should have cloudy to partly cloudy skies with rain on the coasts and possible clearing this afternoon. Thursday brings fair, warmer conditions in both regions with light to fresh westerly winds becoming variable.
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the Herald
New York
Middle States
New England
Striking Miners Steadily Gain Ground
Local labor action heats up as miners push for better terms while authorities respond with patrols and mediation efforts. Reports detail regional strikes, economic impact, and community concerns across cities including Detroit and Mount Gretna.
Two Killed by Lightning Near Delhi Farm Couple
Edwin J. Betts, a farmer, and his wife were struck and killed while taking shelter under a tree during a storm near Delhi. The incident occurred last evening as they sought refuge from heavy rain and lightning.
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Delhi
Edwin J. Betts
Bicycle Thief Sentenced to Nine Years in Sing Sing
Brooklyn judge As pinall sentences 24 year old James Quinlan to nine years in Sing Sing for stealing two bicycles. He is deemed an old offender and suspected to belong to a gang of bicycle thieves.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Aspinall
James Quinlan
Bing Sing
Bicycle Maids Rally Against Harassing Men at Bridge
Report from Wilmington Delaware on July 1 describes women cyclists angered by young men near the Washington Bridge who hover and make improper remarks. The incident highlights ongoing harassment of female riders by local youths.
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Wilmington
Del
Washington Bridge
Governor Hastings Reviews Camp Merrill Parade In Pa
Mount Gretna Pa July 13 The New Cumberland Pennsylvania National Guard brigade under Governor Hastings completed inspections and drills at Camp Merrill amid sultry weather. Battery G and the Ninth Regiment were inspected. the governor and General Snowden reviewed the troops as visitors arrived by special trains.
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Ageociated
Mount Gretna
Camp Merrill
Stewart
Hundson
C. B. Dougherty
Gohin
Hastings
Snowden
Gobin
Rumor of Guard Duty at Pittsburg Circulates in Camp
Special to the Scranton Tribune from Camp Lewis Merrill Mt. Gretna Pa July 13 A circulating rumor says the brigade may be held in readiness for guard duty at Pittsburgh amid miners strike tensions General Snowden and Governor Hastings deny any discussion of such orders The Thirteenth regiment earns praise for discipline and a silver trophy during Governor Hastings inspection
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Pittsburg
Lewis Merrill
Mt. Gretna
Tribune
Huntings
Harrisburg
Snowden
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London Journal
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Sing Sing
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