Tariff Conferees Deadlock as Republicans Ready to Vote
Washington dispatch reports a tariff conference stalemate with Democrats and Republicans at odds over bill details. Senator Voorhees ill and the conferees adjourned, while Aldrich pressed for immediate Senate action and Republicans signaled willingness to vote. House members split, with several ready to stay in session into next March if needed. A caucus planned for Thursday to push a resolution.
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Mecars
Wilson
Montgomery
Turner
McMillan
Tennessee
Serata
House Democrata
Bons Democrats
Senate Conferata
Vilas
Isconsin
Capitol
Springer
Mlinoia
Crisp
Committee On Rules
McRlac
Committee On Roles
Joking Ghost Prank Ends in Shooting at Neowhern
Dr C Beck visiting his sweetheart Miss Grace Cohoe at Neowhern last night when she tried a ghost prank. She lured him to a veranda and frightened him, but the joke turned deadly as a gun discharged.
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Har Lover
Conompus
Ind
Dr. C. Beck
Mice Grace Cohoe
Neowhern
Ghost
Sudden Intruder Shot by Doctor Injures Woman
A woman named Cohee was shot by a doctor when a figure appeared at her home during a failed intrusion. The doctor fired three times after warning. One bullet struck her abdomen and another in her leg. her condition is described as likely fatal.
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Drek
Miss Cohee
Prominent Philadelphia Bruisers Fight Ton Roura Draw
Prominent Philadelphia fighters Tead Collins and Myra Coons battled to a ten round draw on the outskirts of Philadelphia this afternoon for a purse of 150 dollars. Coons weighed 105 pounds, Collins 118, and about 200 spectators observed the bout as both men endured heavy blows with Collings suffering a broken nose and swollen eyes yet finishing as a valiant contender.
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Ton Roura
Chester
Tead Collins
Myra Coons
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Coons
Ocolling
Owen Zasigler
Jim't McReavy
Collins
Jack” Morrissey
Paving Ordinances to Be Considered by Common Committee
The paving committee of the common council will meet Thursday night to consider the West Lackawanas avenue and Pine street paving ordinances. They were referred to common council from the sect body July 26 and July 12 respectively.
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Common Dounail
Lackawanas Avenue
Pine Street
Common Council
Suluc
Damages filed against Chicago and Cook County over rail strike losses
Notices served on mayor and city and county officials claim railroads suffered extensive damage during the American Railway union strike. Shippers list damages totaling at least 200000 with many claims for cars burned after July 1. Railroads contend city and county failed to protect freight and will pursue further claims as losses mount.
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Onlrado
Samuel DT. B. Foster
Lake Erie and Western
Detroit
Grand Haven
Milbaukee
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago
New York Central and
Hudson River Railway Company
Monon
Flint and
Pierre Marquetta
Chicago and Erie
Swift Refrigerator Line
Armour Refrigerator Line
Central Car Trust Company of
New York
Chicago and Grand Trunk
Grand Trank Railroad
Grand Trank Company of Canada
Foster
General Managers’ Association
Alove
Shipnera
Tragic Philadelphia trolley accident claims boy
A Philadelphia Traction trolley on Belmont avenue struck a four year old boy named Willie Shaw as he ran from behind a fire wagon. The car crushed him under the front wheel. he died twenty minutes later at a hospital.
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Chestnut
Philadelphia Traction Company
Belmont Avenue
Hon
Willie Shaw
Numerous 19th Century News Blurs From Pennsylvania
A patchwork of local incidents reports fountains shut in Lebanon to save water and Walliamsport councilmen rushing to bus due to neglect of sewer work. A Pittsburg court sends Thomas Diurray to the work house for neighborly assault amid a cap intact capitol facelift in Harrisburg. A mine accident near Luxertve causes fatal lockjaw from rock fall. A Kane gas well explosion with glycerine magazine blast shakes the region. A Girardville game injures Patrick Mahan, feared mortal. UPenn and Lehigh students help found a Pittsburg Alpha Tau Omega chapter. Minnie Shealenstuhler of Pittsburg loses $1100 to bank distrust theft. Lightning injuries strike Shamokin homes and barns during a display. Simon Bonner suffers a large 7000 loan and stock losses. Twenty fourth Republican district deadlock breaks with F F E Acheson nominated on the 250th ballot. Hopewood retires after 249 ballots.
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Walliamsport
Thomas Diurray
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
T. Havensteiner
Kane
Girardville
Patrick Mahan
Bynerville
University of Pennsylvania
Lehigh
Alpha ‘Tau Omega
Minnie Shealenstuhler
Sara
Shamokin
Simon Bonner
Whittsburg
F. F E. Acheson
Washington County
Hopewood
Fayette County
Kow Shang Sinking Report Sparks Wave of War News
A Hong Kong dispatch recounts Japanese cruiser fire and torpedoes sinking the transport Kow Shang with about 2000 aboard including foreign officers. German passengers fled by boat but were shot. Chinese troops, Chinese steamers, and Korean fronts are cited amid reports of Chinese counterattacks and Japanese sea dominance.
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Do Spe
China
China Merchants’ ‘Trading and Steaship Company
Japan
Galsworthy
von Handkin
Side-Le-Camp
Tertif
Korea
Qharter
Snap
Asan
FAITH AT FORTY HEALING MIRACLE AT RESCUE MISSION
Mrs. Henry aged 40 reportedly fell and used crutches after an accident. At Rescue Mission Holiness Christians Rev. William P. Austin prayed and she was anointed, then walked home without pain declaring she is healed. The event described as a miracle.
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Uriah
Henry
William P. Austin
Chased into a steeple in Cincinnati incident
A reported unknown black man climbed into St. Philomena's steeple 200 feet above ground after being found hiding in a priest’s cellar. He fired at officers who pursued him and took refuge on a beam, then fled toward the belfry as police closed in.
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Cincinnati
St. Philomena
Escaped Seeker Vanishes Up Steeple After Jump
A man leaped forty feet from a chair loft to the floor then sprinted through a door to the steeple and disappeared atop the structure, sparking a search by authorities.
Reading Iron Company Reopens Mills After Months Idle
After months of stoppage the Reading Iron company's rolling and shoot mills resumed today, employing 250 workers. The sewer trench laborers, 400 men, went on strike for six weeks of back pay. Contractors Lesher and Ben blame city sewer bonds for the stoppage, with $17,000 received from the city to date. Councils may aid the contractors and bring the men back to work tomorrow.
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Reading Iron Company
Lesher & Ben
Tragic Junction Crash Kills Man Wife Child Horses
A Waynesburg Junction collision with a train results in the deaths of James Wally, his wife, and one child aboard a Wilming ton and Northern train carriage. Two other victims are severely injured as two horses die in the wreck.
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West Coaster
Waynesburg Junction
James Wally
Wilmington and Northern Railroad
Wally
Deputies Sworn to Guard Pardee Mines in Beech Creek Area
A large number of men from the area were sworn in as deputy sheriffs today and will be sent to the Pardee mines operated by Magee and Lingle. The move aims to start mining at a 40 cent rate, risking a broader pullback by old workers and potentially affecting ten to twelve thousand miners in Central Pennsylvania. Osceola and the Hatszile district are also expected to see mines open at the same rate as leaders push to prevent a return to higher wages.
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Pardee
Magee & Lingle
Beech Creek
Osceola
Hontziale
Pennsylvania
Favoring General Scohefield Plan For Enlisting Workmen
Tierre Havre Indiana July reports President Debs endorsing Major General Scohefield's plan to enlist up to 60000 idle workers during a strike. The proposal aims to defend shops against rioters and redirect unemployed labor to productive roles until crisis passes. Debs says he is in favor as a sensible measure to insure order and deter disorder.
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Bobs
Scohefield
Tierre Havre
Ind
Debs
Daba
Schofield
Impeachment Petitions Against Attorney General Olney Filed
The first two petitions to impeach Attorney General Olney over late strike troubles were prepared by Knights of Labor officers and submitted in Washington. The documents originate from South Dakota citizens and were presented to Congress today.
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Wasutatos
D. C
Daly
Olney
Knights of Labor
Washington
South Dakota
Flyer and the Freight Kills B and O Engineer and Fireman
A royal blue B&O south western flyer struck a freight train two miles west of Aurora Indiana thirty miles from Cincinnati at 6 o'clock. The engineer and fireman of the passenger train were killed. A tramp was also killed. Passengers unhurt.
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Royal Blue Flyer
Baltimore
Oho
Western
St. Louis
Aurora
Ind
Cincinnati
Murders, fires and disasters headline vivid 1900s event rundown
A flood of brief calamities and crimes unfolds as an 18 year old daughter is found dead in a Griffin lake after three days. Contempt fines are imposed in Hartford. A $833,000 shortage is uncovered in ex treasurer Ferguson’s Mississippi Laveo board account at Greenville. A Ky man assaults a rival over a daughter, a Northeast Texas college burns at Cooper, and two deaths occur from electrical hazards near Fort Wayne and Dallas legal battles over hanging. An elderly man near Cambridge escapes heat in a hammock as debris claims him.
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Amos Jones
Griffin
Thowas McIntyre
Hartford
W. Ferguson
Mississippi Laveo Board
Greenville
Misa
Wilbur Hughes
Claude Haddoe
Allensville
Mayo College
Texas
Cooper
Delta County
Iowa
Frank Magner
Fort Wayne
Ind
Sue Gray
Frank P. Miller
Dallas
Tex
George Bateman
Cambridge
Mass
Bateman
Senate Session Focused by Heat and Bills
The Senate faced intense heat and apathy as only a fraction of members attended. Debate touched an appropriation of a million dollars to extirpate the I ndian thistle, a housing relief plan by Senator Allen, and a resolution recognizing Hawaii.
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Allen
Nebraska
Hawaii
Boutelle
Washington
TPHE
Morgan
House
Committee On Finance
Union
Treasury
Fighting Flames Near Milwaukee and Medford
Advices from Wisconsin Central report high winds easing northern fires, trains resuming on time and repairs to continue by night. Three hundred citizens battled fumes at Fifield, danger averted with help from Phillips. In Medford area farmers threatened to lynch a man who started a forest fire, but he had left with Governor Peck’s party. plans announce city rebuilding with brick and stone.
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Wis
Wisconsin Central Road
Tonlzit
Fifield
Phillips
Medford
House of Man
Peck
Health of the City Deaths Fall in Week
City records thirty six deaths from all causes in the past week, down six from the prior week. One death stemmed from a contagious disease typhoid fever, while three typhoid cases and two cases of war fever occurred. Fourteen burial permits were issued yesterday, signaling a potential rise in mortality.
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Board of Health
Gettysburg Battle Lecture At Armory Tonight
The 13th regiment and the general public are expected to attend Rev. C Logan's lecture on the battle of Gettysburg tonight at the armory. The talk aims to prepare the regiment for its upcoming battlefield encampment visit with a vivid stereopticon demonstration.
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Logan
C Logan
Gettysburg
Exhibition of sereopticon views by Rev D W Skellenger
An exhibition of sereopticon views will be presented by Rev. D. W. Skellenger. The program promises visual demonstrations and commentary as part of the religious and educational offerings of the community.
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D. W. Skellenger
Workmen Face Aggressive Bees While Demolishing Ellicott City Church
July 20 0 Ellicott City Maryland workers demolishing the old Presbyterian church encountered a large colony of bees nesting in a cornice. Bees defended their home and had to be smoked out and bagged before roof removal could continue. The stored honey filled a tub and pail totaling near 150 pounds.
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Ennicott City
Ellicott City Presbyterian Church
Cow Barn Fire Noted In Pleasant Street Farm
A cow shed on John Mc Trure’s Pleasant Street farm caught fire around 1 am in a mysterious manner. The blaze was discovered and extinguished with a few buckets of water before significant damage occurred, and the alarm from box M4 arrived after the fire was already out.
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John McTrure
Pleasant Street
Police prices alleged to buy protection in Chinatown
New York reports that the Hig Sing Tong, led by Tom Los, assigns weekly protection fees to police during the Lexow committee adjournment. Wong Get testified that the Ching were paid for protection, but critics doubt the society delivers results. Rates listed include 16 a week for rambling resorts, 10 for opium joints, and 3 for a room of ill fame.
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New York
Tom Los
Chinatown
Hig Sing Tong
Wong Get
Lexow Committee
Get
Lexow
Achionale
Man falls from wall. drunken stumble ends with minor injuries
Police detain a heavily intoxicated man who fell 12 feet from a retaining wall near Lackawanna Iron and Steel. Found unconscious with only minor bruises, he could not identify himself. Officers note a sober person would likely have been seriously hurt or killed.
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Po Hce
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company
Lackawanna Lumber Directors Inspect Potter County Tract
A group of Lackawanna Lumber Company directors departed on a Pullman car attached to the morning 1210 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western train to Mina, Potter County, to inspect the company timber tract. The party includes Cyrus Jones, William Connell, G P Davidson, J L Connell, Henry Belin, J W Pook and F L Peek.
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Lackawanna Lumber Company
Potter County
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Mina
Cyrna Jones
William Connell
GP. Davidson
J. L Connell
Henry Belin
J. W. Pook
L. Peek
Thief Arrested After Bottle Theft in Early Morning Chase
A man identified as Asa Conmquanon of Carrying Weights allegedly stole a bottle of dark brown tuble remover from the Jackson Hone at dawn and fled down a dark alley. Officer Meinzer quickly pursued, captured, and jailed the suspect.
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Asa Conmquanon
Ethiopia
Meinzer
Social Evening Programme by Miss Anna Ansley at YWCA
Miss Anna Ansley will provide the programme for this evenings social at the YWCA rooms 205 and 200 Washington arena. Misses Pearl and Lelia Porter and Miss Elin Griffiths will participate. A hearty welcome will be extended to all young women, especially arrangers in the city.
German infantry warm to aluminum pontoon材
German infantry praise their aluminum pontoon craft as easier to handle, needing only a third the manpower of old boats. Prince Bismarck to meet a 70 member Posen delegation at Varzin in September for a review and defense of policy toward Social Democrats.
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Prince Bismarck
Posen
Varazin
Social Democrata
Weather Forecast for Eastern and Western Pennsylvania
Wasiingtor July 30 forecast for eastern Pennsylvania calls for fair conditions with light winds. Western Pennsylvania may see local rains and variable winds.
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Pennsylvania
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