Fight Over Tariff Dominates Two Month Senate Session
Washington July 25. Extraordinary session called by President McKinley closed with the tariff bill the central issue. After two months of debate in the Senate it passed with 872 amendments then proceeded to conference. Appropriation bills and Indian policy also defined, while Congress adjourned amid broader fiscal and foreign policy actions.
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Congress
McKinley
Affrey
Koon Miareh U
Bath Houses
Bast
Ways and Means Committee
House
Whys and Means
Senate
Committee On Finance
New York
Secretary of the Navy
Cuba
Mississippi
Ransport
India
Universal Postal Convention
United States
Cleveland
Great Britain
Religius
Commerchal
House Committees Named by Mr Reed
Washington July 23 Speaker Reed announced distribution of House committee assignments with many Pennsylvania names. Grow chairs Education, Davenport Elections No 1, Bingham Appropriations and Post Offices, Adams Foreign Affairs and Mississippi improvements, McAleer Inter-State and Foreign Commerce, Young Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Harmer Library and DC, Butler Naval Affairs, Wagner Expenditures in Post Office and Interstate Commerce, Kirkpatrick Elections No 1 and Pacific Railroads, Ermentrout Banking and Currency and Post Offices, Brosius Reform Civil Service and Banking, Connell Mules and Mining and Agriculture, Williams Mines and Mining and Railways, Brumm Claims, Olmsted Elections No 2, Coiling Elections No 3 and Presidential Elections, Packer Indian Affairs and State Department Expenditures, Kulp Public Lands and Manufactures, Mahon War Claims, Benner Revision of Laws and Presidential Elections, Hicks Patents and Public Buildings, Robbing Militia and Immigration, Dalsell Rules and Ways and Means, Stone Appropriations and Private Land Claims, Acheson Rivers and Harbors, Showalter Railways and Canals and Labor, Sturtevant Invalid Pensions and Claims, C W Stone Coinage and Private Land Claims, Arnold Pacific Railroads and Presidential Elections.
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Reed
Pennsylvania
Grow
Davenport
Bingham
Adams
Mississippi
McAleer
Committee On
Naval Affairs
Young
War Department
Harmer
District of Columbia
Butler
Wagner
PostoMce Department
Kirkpatrick
Ermentrout
Brosius
Connell
Williams
Brumm
Olmsted
Coilding
Packer
State Department
Kulp
Mahon
Benner
Hicks
Robbing
Dalsell
W. A. Stone
Exodus from Washington Senators and Representatives Departing
Washington sees a sustained exodus of lawmakers after adjournment with many taking early trains for home. Speaker Reed remains with plans to depart soon. Chairman Dingley stays in Maine for the moment. The president and cabinet also plan vacations, leaving the capital increasingly deserted by week’s end.
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Washington
Congress
Speaker Reed
Dingley
Maine
Helen Gould Donates 500 Dollars to Mt Holyoke College
Special to The Tribune Tunkhannock July 5 Miss Helen M Gould gives her check for five hundred dollars to Miss Hope Northrop for Mt Holyoke College endowment. The sum will be credited to the class fund of which Northrop is a member.
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Tunkhannock
Helen M. Gould
Hope Northrop
Mt. Holyoke College
Northrop
Fatal boiler blast hits Cortez lumber mill
Punxsutawney reports a boiler explosion at Kino & Kiser lumber mill in Cortez killed Pete Duff and seriously injured ten others. The mill was badly wrecked and a fourteen foot boiler fragment was blown four feet, leaving about four hundred workers affected.
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Punxsutawney
Kino & Kiser
Cortez
Pete Duff
Drowned in Potomac Two Children in Boat Accident
William D Laun man aged 2 and Palmer Launman a cousin about the same age all of Washington drowned in the eastern branch of the Potomac today when their skiff capsized during a boating trip. Rescue efforts failed as the children disappeared beneath the water.
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Potomac
Washington
William D Launman
Palmer Launman
Japan Throws Down the Glove in Pacific Clash
San Francisco dispatch notes Count Okuma's interview opposing U S annexation of Hawaii and urging restraint. Urbi and others push diplomacy as Japan protests to England Germany and France while Pacific tensions rise amid shipwreck and a fatal gas incident at Woo Sung with casualties and official inquiries.
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China
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Count Okuma
Vancouver
Yomiuri
Count Obama
Hawaii
United States
Japan
England
Okuma
Japan Gazette
Pacific
America
Europe
Canton
Woo Sung
Queen Victoria’s thanks sent for Jubilee services in New York
Through the British consulate in New York the queen’s thanks were conveyed to all subjects who marked her Jubilee. Rev. Dr. DeCosta read the dispatch at St. John the Evangelist church as morning and evening services honored the sixtieth anniversary of the queen’s accession. The letter, dated July 23, 1897, from Acting Consul General A. Percy Bennett, praised the congregation for their participation and the services’ success.
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New York
Victoria
Church of St. John the Evangeliet
DeCosta
Marquis of Salisbury
A. Percy Bennett
St. John’s
Young agitator Benjamin Simon drowns in Hudson
New York July 21 Benjamin Simon a 14 year old schoolboy despondent over failing to pass an NYC College drawing exam drowned himself in the Hudson River Saturday night whose body was recovered today He left a note to his parents detailing his failure to study and his intent to join the labor movement by overthrowing the capitalist system and building a cooperative commonwealth
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New York
Benjamin Simon
College of the City of New York
Hudson River
Co-Operative Commonwealth
Socialist Labor Party
DenjJamin Simon
Frozen to Death by Ammonia in Buffalo Cold Storage
John Griffin eighteen, a Buffalo Cold Storage Company laborer, died after falling twenty feet while fastening a band on a cooler. Ammonia fumes injured others. Herbert Gardner, David Clarke, and John Clacher attempted rescue as Griffin lay unconscious.
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Buffalo
John Griffin
Buffalo Cold Storage Company
Griffin
Herbert Gardner
Gardner
Grifin
David Clarke
John Clacher
Hotel Fire Destroys Spring House at Richfield Springs
A blaze at the Spring House hotel in Richfield Springs noon today nearly leveled the building. About 160 guests and 100 employees were present. all escaped. Notable guests included Mayor William L. Strong and ex Consul General Collings. Loss estimated at 90,000 with 72,000 insurance. proprietor T. R. Proctor plans a brick rebuild.
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Joseph J. Andermen
Washington
E. L. Boyle and Family
Philadelphia
P A. Collins
Beaton
A. Coates
Mixes Coates
Henry M. Clinton
Lawrence Kip
William L. Strong
New York
Strong
George HK. Reynolds
Frank van der Veer
Magruder
Kip
Henry Clifton
Richfield
T. R. Proctor
Tony Was a Woman at Yonkers Hat Factory
Yonkers New York July 3 Three years ago a factory helper named Antonio Letan, later known as Tony, worked in John T Waring's hat factory. Tony, a favorite among female workers, never proposed. Three weeks ago he was fired for breaking rules. Now revealed as Annie Leesa a woman, she married and is honeymooning in Koeton as Mrs Atcerlin.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Antonio Letan
John T. Waring
Leesa
Tony
Aome
Annie Leesa
Hushani
Mra. Atcerlin
Koeton
Chester ex-city clerk James B Campbell killed in steamboat tug accident
James B Campbell former Chester city clerk was fatally struck by a taut hawser from a steam tug at the Wilmington passenger steamboat wharf. The rope wrapped around his neck, lifted him ten feet, and snapped his neck, leaving spectators horrified as they rushed to aid him.
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Chester
James B. Campbell
Wilmington
Del
Campbell
Lynched in South Carolina scarred by deputy failure
Solicitor Bease telegraphed the governor that the negro Gray was hanged by a mob at Ora last night after being moved from Laurens. The deputy sheriff did not pursue the escape, staying at Goldville for eight hours, allowing lynchers to learn of his absence.
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Columbia
Bease
Ora
Laurens
Aehorift
Goldville
Hin
Short
Gomes Stands Firm for Cuban Independence
Madrid July 25 Gen eral Maximo Gomes leader of Cuban insurgents reaffirms his refusal to accept compromise with the government and insists on absolute Cuban independence.
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Gomes
Madrid
Maximo Gomes
Cuba
Steamship Arrivals at Havre and Liverpool
Havre arrivals include La Not manne from New York and Southampton bound Friedrich Der Grose from New York to Bremen. Liverpool reports Lu cant a sailing for New York.
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la Notmanne
New York
Southampton
Friedrich der Grose
Bremen
Liverpool
Lucanta
Deputies Await Orders in Canonsburg Mining Tension
Sixty deputy sheriffs were ordered out and waited at Union station with a secret destination, likely to join New York and Cleveland Gas Company mines amid a possible raid. Miners held a large meeting at Reissing and planned another country tramp to reinforce 100 strikers. Women joined the agitation as numbers mobilized from Cecil, Re releasing and Bridgeville.
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Union Station
New York and Cleveland Gas Con
Canineburg
Kelesing
Allican
Aglatera
Cecil, Releasing
Bridgeville
Allison
Tramps Shoot Pittston Transient In Fatal City Incident
James Clarke a tramp from St Louis lies between life and death after a gunshot wound to the heart at Pittston Junction on the DL&W platform. Found by a station watchman at morning quiet, Clarke was taken to Pittston Hospital where doctors fear he cannot survive. Police have no clue to the assailants believed to be local hoboes who quarreled with Clarke.
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James Clarke
St. Louis
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Pitteton Junction
Clarke
Jie
Infants Found in Seville Church Tower No Crime Found
A Madrid dispatch reports no crime in the discovery of twenty six infant bodies hidden in the tower of St Peter's church in Seville by the church warden. The mother of the deceased, who faced arrest, has been released as investigations continue.
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London
Madrid
Tower of
St. Peter's Church
Seville
Orellana
Woman Fatally Burned In Wilmington Stove Explosion
In Wilmington on July 21 Mrs Frances Sobernicki poured oil from a can onto a low flame then placed the oil can on the stove. An explosion occurred burning her fatally.
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Wilmington
Del
Franciska Sobernicki
Second Cousin of Ingersoll Attempts Suicide in Brooklyn Drug Store
In Bath Beach Brooklyn tonight a man identified as Robert Ingersoll's second cousin ingested laudanum in a drug store after a despairing mood. He collapsed at the door, was given antidotes and received medical care from ambulance staff and physicians, and regained consciousness after hours of treatment.
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New York
Noc Ingersoll
Robert G. Ingersoll
Bath Beach
Brooklyn
Ingersoll
Tedrageist
Coney Send
Mr. Ingersoll
Shot Small Boy Lynching Narrowly Averted in Chicago
James O'Donnell of Chicago fired at a crowd of playing boys near his home injuring Thomas Good 12 and Frank Spears colored badly Spears likely to die. A mob gathered at O'Donnell’s house as police redirected. guards kept him from lynching by a narrow margin and a patrol wagon intervened.
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James O'Donnell
Chicago
Thomas Good
Frank Spears
Spears
Nelahborn
Donnella
O'Donneal
Death by Own Action of First Cousins
Patrick Sullivan and his cousin Annie Sullivan were found dead by asphyxiation from gas in a West Chester village hotel room. The couple, once rumored to wed, had reportedly decided to marry against family wishes and were discovered fully dressed with a chair wedged under the door knob, indicating suicide by gas. Local farms and community ties are noted, with Annie's watchman father involved in the family history.
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West Chester Village
Patrick Sullivan
Annie Sullivan
Sullivan
Unionport
Metropolis
Annie
Lawrence
Mount Morris
Patrick
Mink Sullivan
Martin Rite
Littl
West Chester
Road House
Ritz
Sullivans
Miner Peter McAffee Drowns After Startled by Policeman
Peter McAffee a miner aged unknown of Parsons Wilkes-Barre was awakened by a policeman at 2 am while sleeping on the river common. Startled he ran and in the darkness fell from a steep riverbank into the Susquehanna and drowned before rescue.
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Wilkes-Barre
Peter McAffee
Parsons
River Common
Susquehanna
Death of Dr Malcom M Dana in Brooklyn
Dr Malcom McGregor Dana of Brooklyn dies after long illness in his home. He was about sixty, born in Brooklyn, a 19th century Amherst graduate and Union Theological Seminary alum. He served pastorates in Connecticut before 1878.
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New York
Malcom McGregor Dana
Brooklyn
Amherst College
Union Theological Seminary
Connecticut
Wisconsin Senator James Reod Doolittle in Critical Condition
Providence R I July 21 reports Senator James Reod Doolittle of Wisconsin is gravely ill at Dr Burge's home in Pawtucket and is not expected to survive the next twenty four hours.
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Hix
James Reod Doolittle
Wisconsin
Burge
Pawtucket
Carlist Leaders Plan Nationwide Political Propaganda
Madrid July 2 Carlist leaders announce an active political propaganda campaign across Spain amid universal unrest among all factions and political parties.
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Spain
Madrid
Universi
Extraordinary Session Coverage and Regional News
News briefs recap the extraordinary Congress session, Klondike enthusiasm, a coal miners strike statue note, and local Scranton items. Includes sports: Scranton Seaot to Syracuse games, betting notes, and a new transfer system in effect on Main Street hallway. Also reports on local obituaries and cyclists bound for Philadelphia with regional notes and commerce.
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Lackawanna County News
Gold Fever Spreads as New Yukon Venture Forms
Ex Governor J H McGraw and General B M Carr head a New York backed $5 million Yukon Caribou Gold Mining Development Co to open a new Klondike route via Striking River and Cassiar. Moran Brothers secure three vessels for the Strikine run as London miners flock to Canadian diggings amid fresh transport lines.
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British Columbia
Klondike
Strikine River
Cassiar
Dominion
Desea Lake
Cassiar County
Yukon
London
New York
Atlantic Transportation Company
South Africa
Indian War Threat Over Alaska Freight Route
A miner from Alaska reports 20 Stick tribe Indians plan to travel to the coast to pack freight over the divide and raft it to the Yukon milling fields. The Chilkat expect clashes and warn other tribes against entering coast industries, a disruption long controlled by the Chilkat.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Alaska
Portland
Learcony
Dyoaine
Yukon
Lawsuit Over Loss of Services for Insanity Claim
John B. Burkhart of Fast Hempfield township sues Elam H. Stoner for 600 damages claiming his daughter Amelia was driven insane after being exposed to fumes from a bottle and rendered unconscious by Stoner in November of 184. The filing alleges mysterious fumes caused loss of services and mental collapse.
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Lancaster
John B. Burkhart
Fast Hempfield
Elam H. Stoner
Burkhart
Bronor
Amelia
Robbers Torture Woman in Bleterville Oil Region
Ex masked men tortured and robbed Mrs. Shreve, 60, near Smithfield, burning feet and beating her with switches. They seized $1,000 found hidden, but $85,000 believed hidden elsewhere eluded them. the victim may not recover.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Mra. Shreve
Smithfield
Bleterville
Weather Outlook for New York and Northeast Inland
The Herald's Weather Prognostication notes warmer conditions across the middle states and New England with light to fresh southwesterly winds. Increasing sultriness expected, possibly followed by local rain in western districts and on the coast. Tuesday brings fair to partly cloudy skies, slightly warmer and more sultry weather with light to fresh southerly and southeasterly winds, followed by local rain and thunder storms in this section.
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