Sugar scandal defence reheated in Senate inquiry
Senate investigators press Brice, Gray, and others on sugar stock dealings and tariff tie-ins as they probe connections to the American Sugar Refining concerns. Witnesses deny improper influence, with Brice denying prior wealth tied to legislation and recounting a Toledo hotel discussion about sugar policy.
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Gray
Brice
Edwards
Philadelphia
Senate
Aur
Botl
Orentein
Ohio
Havo Songi
Philadelpha
Tiny
Finance Commission
Armor Plate Frauds Tested in Congressional Hearing
Testimony on armor plate frauds continued before the congressional investigation committee. The inform er Sill detailed the schemes and exposed how fabricated reports were sent to government officers. He noted Superintendent Kline altered figures to meet government requirements and mapped the lengthy process of verifying each entry.
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Tofermyr
Wasainatos
Jone
Sill
Congressional Investigation Committee
Kline
Tomike
Political turmoil and notable local fires and trials
The article reports Abd ul Azizding proclaimed sultan of Fese, a supreme court ruling on senatorial apportionment in favor of Democrats, and the pope's health update. It notes a mixed Spanish proposal to settle Cuba-related tensions, a large fire at Brown's Mill damaging property worth about 250000, and arrests including Edward Mulligne for forgery. It also mentions a Lenigh university presidency, a recovery of a missing woman, and a murder trial with two defendants acquitted.
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Abdul Azizding
Fese
Uiinola Sustreme
Spain
Sarita
W. Fi
Brown
Brown's Station
Monongahela
Pittaburg
Edward J. Mulligne
New York Lowrance Company
Tn Mont Clair
Lenigh University
Inoky
Robert PL Lndermay
Bethlehem Iron Companty
Dollly Wettig
Para
Conderoga
San Yuigut
Lainbster
Harry Moore
Jimmes Geran
Charles Mennony
South Chester
Dangary
Balen DOW TO A FINE ART
Lexow committee sessions reveal organized liquor dealer dues fund for ward protections and police complicity. Testimony details Bohemian saloon protection schemes, ward captains, and payments amid widespread corruption in New York. George Appo describes green goods rings backed by police and staged coercion by steered criminals.
Notable Local Figure Granted Leeway by Police
A well known local figure, connected with the Grean Gods men, guided victims through the streets using the alias "yaya." He steered them past police who recognized him yet allowed his actions with impunity.
Alleged WholesalE Poisoning Rumor In City
Reports say Martha Nordly a widow has been arrested on charges of poisoning a lodger named Joneken with uremic. Preliminary inquiry hints her husband three children and Joneken's brother may have died from poisons administered by the prisoner. A separate item notes Representative Dick Quay denying candidacy for Pennsylvania secretary of the commonwealth under Hastings in Wasakwa.
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Aronio
Lboveni
Mere
Martha Nordly
Joneken
Poised
Strike Compro Mined Ratified In Pittsburg District
The Pittsburg coal miners convention endorsed the national and district officers salary compromise by a vote of 89 to 0. President Cairns said the terms were better than any in years and will resume work Monday as about 4,000 miners in the district, most operators, approve the new scale.
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Pittsnone
Pittsburg
Boniandy
Dullara
Howe
Ion
Gartah Sveare
Jiland
Minera
Pitteouryg
Two Hundred Killed in Mining Disaster in Austrian Silesia
A mining explosion at Branzitzka and consecutive blasts at Joannes pit in Karwin cause heavy loss of life. About 120 miners die at Branzitska. eighty more die at Joannes pit as rescue efforts continue and only twenty injured workers are recovered.
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Trorrau
Austrian-Silesia
Kurwin
Joann
Frapziska
Branzixka
Wilnea
Johanes
Karwin
President McBride Talks on Miners Settlement
Interview quotes President McBride explaining public tools that could sway miners to accept the settlement. It notes the miners union launched the strike in weak condition and faced constant risk of collapse, with national officers seeing the end as compromise or defeat.
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CoStyupcs
McBridean
Thor Release Bein Celebrated by Parading Strate
In Ripauway Pennsylvania on June 15, miners formerly jailed ten years ago were paraded free after arraignment. Sixty three men charged with conspiracy and riot were admitted to bail of 200 dollars each, six leaders at 1000 dollars. Noble mine employs imported Black workers as miners. a marching band led the parade.
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Ripauway
Noble
Riot trial ends for fifty Stickle Hollow strikers in Asiostown
The trial of fifty Stickle Hollow laborers for riot and unlawful assemblage concluded this morning. Citizens of Connellsville faced arrest lists after last Monday's riot. In Trotter, thirty families were evicted and one hundred black residents moved into the vacated homes.
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Asiostown
Stickle Hollow
Connellaville
Trotter
Strike Notes Halt Work In Brownsville Meeting
Brownsville strikers meet and decide to refuse work on Monday as the strike continues. Miners at Bolt Lewin and Yates Mining company Punzetttawny accept 40 cents per ton offer and plan resumption early next week.
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Brownsville
Bolt, Lewin & Yates Miningg Company
Punzetttawny
First Historical Mention of Any Animosity to Wool
In the Senate debate Vermont's Senator Proctor invoked biblical references to attack the wool industry with a historic note of hostility to sheep husbandry. A Peffer amendment sought to alter the McKinley wool classification, nearly carried, while general debate on Indian appropriation and wool schedules continued. The House proceeded with an order to limit debate on the Indian appropriation bill amid partisan recalls and a disputed land charge involving Mr Richardson.
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Senator Preffar
House
Washington
Jane
SPE
Senate
Utah
Procor
Hedia
Abel
Ovin
Thie
Cam
Carrie
Ali
Peffer
Kansas
Peiter
Richardson
Dehnid
Washington News
Woolen Schedule Trouble in Tariff Debate
Washington June 15 The pending tariff bill faces a crisis as a wool schedule compromise under the Jones amendment sets a 50 percent duty on all goods over a certain value per pound. Southern opposition grows, threatening the bill’s passage, with New England and New York manufacturers warning it would ruin property and industry.
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South
Itia
Theta
Demiverstic Party
New England
New York
Sid
Smith
Murphy
Havemeyer Credits Nothing New on Sugar Schedule
Havemeyer offered no new information to the committee. He claimed no knowledge of efforts to modify the sugar schedule and said details about contributions to political parties are unknown to him. He indicated Moser, Soarles, and EL C Havemeyer handled that branch, and he was not in Washington last winter.
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Wasutxeton
Senate
Suzarelock
Die Bielon
Jf Min
Arineton Hotel
BH. L. Terrell
New York
Terrell
Lou
Henry Hovemeyer
Hevemyer
Hovemeyer
Havemeyer
House
Mrr
Pratt
Thia
Leones
McKinley
Smith
New Jersey
Stygar
Mr. Havemeyer
Kia Bien
Theodore A. Hagemayer
H.C. Benedict
Philielphia
Digensaci
Cleveland
Greenwich
Conn
Washington
Sige Tract Mien
Sugar Trust
Chandler
Cill
Carey
Callum
Cole
Hill
Brice
Gorman
White
Caffrey
Murphy
Domemilan
Goff
Oaling Sea
Josep Poanisil
Avenue A
Saventy Third Street
Twent-second Assembly District
Powpisil
New Yorsky State
Bohewan
Posplall
Systematic Brinmay
Ganner
Utne
Samuel Campbell
Popleil
Campbell
Wid Campbell
Eugar
Wasuisaroy
Moser. Soarles
EL C. Havemeyer
Bavemeyer Anid
Tv Brother
Miners Break Out Again at Mount Oliver Stoppage
Advices from Mount Oliver report miners breaking out again and stopping all trains on the Chicago, Fort Wayne and St. Louis railroad. Deputy U S marshals are powerless as Colonel Brinton telegraphs Dep.
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Kpamparicoo
Til
Mount Oliver Arute
Chicago
St. Louis
United States
Brinton
Death of George Marton and wartime police actions
George Marton, a former Stroudsburg resident and gas city worker, died on the railway while traveling to visit his sister Mrs Richard Sampson in East Stroudsburg. Telegrams announced his death en route. his body to be brought home. Marton, about 35 and unmarried, had lived in Stroudsburg thirty years before moving to Gas City.
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Marton
Tfis
Befors
Gas City
Cambria Iron to Build Coke Ovens for Independence
The Cambria iron company plans to erect coke ovens on the hillside above the mill and burn its own coke. A new German process of burning coke will be introduced to ensure independence from strikes and strikers.
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Cambria Iron Company
Erastus Wiman Guilty in Forgery Case
The jury found Erastus Wiman guilty of forgery after a defense invoking the metropolitan bar and the importance of signatures. Judge I Graham highlighted greed for gold and the risks of overdrafts, with a mercy recommendation. Wiman collapsed in court and was jailed pending sentencing, facing up to ten years.
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Metropolitan
Ervanna Wituin
Sinton Island
I Graham
Jnatics Lograham
Hi G. Dun &Lo
Dan
Wiman
Bullinger
General Lragg
Re.quest
Sion
Wichi
Mine funds exhausted McBride defends settlement terms
In Colteupsys Ohio on June 15 President McBride explains the United Mine Workers funds are exhausted and many miners’ conduct jeopardized the strike. He says the goal now is to secure the best possible terms amid depleted resources.
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CoLteupsys
McBride
Sans
United Mine Workers Organization
Strikers Fire a Trestle Halt Brath Creek Line
A trestle was burned near Granger station on the Brath Creek branch of the Columbus Shawnee and Hocking railway. Trains are unable to move and assistance was sent from Zanesville. Striking miners are suspected of firing the trestle.
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Brath Creek Branch
Zanesville
Grangera
Urash Creek
Columbus, Shawnee and Hocking
Capnelville
Minera
Tragic courtroom tragedy ends in double loss for families
The report details a fatal shooting and a suicide linked to a divorce case. William Honghas, a drunken painter, allegedly killed his father-in-law Jacob Sniton and then killed himself. Elis Hl, his father-in-law, and Mrs Henshaw are mentioned in the ongoing divorce proceedings.
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Gnaxo Kapinos
Mich
William Honghas
Jacob Sniton
Henshaw
Toia
Phelps Remains Unchanged in Health Update
At 4 am Hon. William Walter Phelps showed no change since noon. Dr Currie indicated he might survive twenty four more hours while resting more comfortably.
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Ben
William Walter Phelps
Wil Hin Walter Phelps
Currie
Phelpa
Weather Forecast for Eastern Pennsylvania Saturday
Washington reports a forecast for Saturday in eastern Pennsylvania calling for generally fair skies with southerly winds and mild temperatures.
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Washington
Damask Fabric Prices Listed in Cream Tones
The listing shows various cream damask fabrics with widths from 50 to 60 inches and prices ranging from .81 to 87a for 54 to 60 inch widths. It highlights different weaves and values under a fabric sale.
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