Roosevelt praise and appointment of Root as Secretary of State
President Roosevelt lauds John Hay and announces Elihu Root has accepted the post of secretary of state with intent to take the oath within weeks. He stresses Cabinet patriotism, notes wealth critique, and honors Hay’s service, highlighting Root’s sacrifice and readiness to serve.
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Root
Rivatas Bay
Okelal
Doday
Tuwusevell
Loeh
Washington
Kent
Woost Binsell
Thalo
Roy
Roosevelt
John Hay
National Pallentienal Association
Quean Grove
Has
Hiss
Elihu Root
Huy Aid Root
Meblii Fe
Plao
America
Mhera
Flay
Daughters Rights and Boer War Honor Given Miss LaFollette
Miss Iola La Follette daughter of Wisconsin governor will be proclaimed daughter of the regiment by Boer and British soldiers in a ceremony near July 10. General Cronje presides as she receives the insignia and a silk sal t clasped with a silver buckle symbolizing England and the Starry Republic. She declined a railroad pass opting for a ceremonial transport.
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Iola LaFollette
New York
Iola la Follette
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Brigitton Beach
Cronje
Miss la Follette
Joke nearly fatal ducking ends in multiple drownings
In Clarksville Indiana on July 1 a pond forty feet deep drew four men including Rev H H Kuhn pastor of Christian church Rev W B Warriner Methodist pastor Dr Mure and Jesse Kessler who could not swim They ducked Kessler and all four men vanished beneath the water as divers searched Kuhn and Warriner failed to surface before others rescued them all were brought to the bank exhausted and unharmed but shaken by the near tragedy
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Clarksville
Ind
H. H. Kuhn
Christian Iehurch
W. B. Warriner
Methodist Church
Mure
Jesse Kessler
Kessler
Rey
Wartiner
Me. Kuhn
Mugg
Black Hand Crime Victim Kills One of Murderous Band
In New York three men claiming to be a Black Hand society demanded $100 from Pietro Caputon of Mamaroneck. Caputon fatally stabbed one assailant after being slashed and stabbed during the encounter, wounding the others who escaped. Caputon then found a shotgun and killed the assailant who struck him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Black Hand
Pietro Caputon
Mramoneck
Caputon
Clark and Heinze Form Montana Political Alliance
In Bulle, Montana on July 10 Senator W. A. Clark and Augustus Heinze announced a new political combine. The alliance aims to boost Clark's bid for the U.S. Senate and Heinze’s influence to shape the legislature and courts in Butte. Support from outside counties remains crucial.
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Bulle
Mont
Ww. A. Clark
Augustus Heinze
Montana
Montani
Clark
United States Senate
Helnze
Supreme Court
Butte
Heinze
Lutte
Engineer Survives After Train Wreck Near Beloit
A WL freight train derailed east of Beloit Wisconsin injuring two workers. Engineer J F Williams of Racine crawled from beneath the overturned locomotive and escaped serious harm. Two crewmen on the work train were seriously hurt as others fled the wreckage.
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Beloit
Wis
Milwaukee Road
J. F. Willams
Racine
Sixty Injured in Great Northern Wreck at Springbrook
About fifty persons were injured when a Great Northern passenger train wrecked at Springbrook due to spreading rails. All passenger cars burned. many victims were in critical condition. Names listed include Conductor M D Tierney and Mrs Mary J Lewis among the injured.
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Minol
Great Northern
Springbrook
M.D. Tierneyerleleat
H. Strickler
Oisa City
Idaho
Mary J. Lewis
Danville
Collision Kills Three on Boston and Maine Railway
A head-on crash near Wachusett station on the Boston and Maine line left three railroad workers dead and two injured. The Eastbound and Westbound trains collided, causing extensive property damage and temporary air traffic disruption on the main line. Kendall, the engineer of the Engli nd train, T. A. Bhm, head brakeman of the Eastbound train, and Clifford A. Smith, the engineer of the Westbound train, are named in reports.
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Boston
Cliwford A. Smiti
Explosion in coal mine injures Italians near Vivian
An explosion at the Uledewealer Goal mining near Vivian, twenty miles west of town, injured nine Italians and killed two who died in hospital. Three more miners remained in precarious condition with limited hope of recovery. The dead were Antonio Bu… The blast occurred around 8:30 am, with officials attributing the cause to a heavy shock in robbing the rockets and dust ignition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Udewealer
Vivian
Vadis
LE Mo“Atitag
Antonio Bupisimo
Plunges Through Draw at Night in Canal Incident
A Pennsylvania freight engine plunged through an open draw into a canal at midnight near Buffalo. Three crew members Krathus Niedeling and Austin were injured. Schreck and others were rescued. The engine rests about twenty five feet underwater blocking the canal.
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Buffalo
Pensylvania
Vllain
Krathus
Henry Niedeling
Walter Austin
Ariel Joseph A. Schreck
Confesses awful crime in Pennsylvania killing son and attempting another
Gustave A. Glosson of Morrisville admits poisoning one son and trying to murder another after a police interrogation. Walter Cilosnon, age 10, died May 79. Coroner’s investigation spurred the confession as Glosson, a flagman at a railway crossing, faced charges and possible jail time.
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Pennsylvania
Lestown
Joly F
Gustave A. Glosson
Morrisville
Walter Cilosnon
Glossop
Lay
Glosson
Fraihead
Tullytowar
Schwarzechild and Sulzberger Decline Injunction Appeal
Schwarzechild and Sulzberger refuse to seek an injunction to halt federal prosecutions in the beef case. Attorney Joseph Weissenbach says the firm has not joined the alleged combination for three years and will fight on the merits, aiming for trial next week and expecting indictments to fail. The company plans to contest the charges vigorously and believes the government cannot sustain a case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwarzehhild & Sulzberger
Chicago
Schwarzchild & Sulzby
Schwarechild & Bulzberger Company
Joseph Weissenbach
Five Men Killed in Pennsylvania Mine Blast
In Connellsville Pennsylvania a dynamite blast at Seabright mine killed five men and injured one seriously with several others hurt. Officials say the accident was probably caused by a premature explosion of dynamite.
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Pennsylvania
Connellsville
Seabright
Gorky Stands By Russia Refuses Lecture Tour
St Petersburg report says Kokola village writer Gorky, a constitutionalist leader, declines a U.S. lecture tour to aid Russian emancipation. He donates much of his income, praises Roosevelt, and views the war with Japan as a harsh but enlightening episode pushing change.
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St. Petersburg
Miaxene Corky
Kokola
Tinoland
United States
Jhe
Russia
Gorky
Tritter States
Roosevelt
Lfe
Japan
Plan of Bouligan plan excludes Jews from vote in assembly
Petersburg July 7 the Novgorod morning prints alleged text of Bouligan plan for a representative assembly. Universal suffrage for men and women proposed with proxy voting. Jews, those of Russian nationality, criminals, and certain officials barred until statutes defined. Emperor to appoint chamber presidents and prorogue power. Telegram from Nonssk protest calls for a republic like America. intelligentsia attempted demonstration but was broken up by Cossacks.
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Bouligan
Petersburg
Novgostthia
Pathe
Jaustice
Nonssk
Pisce ‘Roubetski
Gemsive Congress
Bouligun
Yemste
New Shell A Terror Demonstrated At Sandy Hook
A July test at the Sandy Hook proving grounds showed a 12 inch shell loaded with a small dynamite charge is the world’s most effective explosive capable of crumpling even the heaviest armor if it strikes near, though it may fall short of its mark.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Danger In Log Boom Threatens Minneapolis Homes
A massive log jam of about a hundred million logs blocks the Mississippi near north Minneapolis three miles north of Wanneden. If the current increases and the boom breaks, bridges and all houses along the edge face extreme danger and property valued in the thousands of dollars is at risk.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Suri
Mississippi Flats
Wamnden
Lynching of Joe Woodman Ends Elopement Drama
A Black man, Joe Woodman of Rives Arkansas, was lynched in St. Louis after eloping with a white girl, daughter of J Small. The pair fled on a train to Samo. authorities separated them, and Woodman was later found hanged from a tree near the jail as dawn broke. The incident followed tensions from the alleged elopement and violent response by local figures.
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St. Louis
Dubwis
Ark
Joe Woodman
Rives
J. Small
Jamesa Gould
Pine Bluff
Samo
Oper
Nile
RETAIN SUSAN B ANTHONY Re-elects S B Anthony President
Portland July 10 The National Woman Suffrage Association unanimously re elected its officers except for vice president at large and second auditor The board lists Susan B Anthony New York as president Florence Wesley Nineis as vice president Kate M Gordon Louisiana as corresponding secretary Alice Stone Blackwell Massachusetts as recording secretary Harriet Taylor Utton Ohio as treasurer Laura Clay Kentucky as first auditor Dr Annice Jeffreys Meyers Portland as second auditor
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Portland
Ore
Woman Suffrage
Susan B. Anthony
New York
Florence Wesley
Nineis
Kate M. Gordon
Louisiane
Alice Stone Blackwell
Massachusetts
Harriet ‘Taylor Upton
Ohio
Laura Clay
Ixentucky
Annice Jeffreys Meyers
Governors on Warpath Mead of Washington Defies Extradition
Paul Minn July 10 War declared against Governor Johnson of Minnesota as Governor Mead of Washington refuses to honor extradition papers for Ida Johnson the alleged Minneapolis baby farmer. Local officials are aroused and a clash between state governments seems likely as Mead cites previous refusals to recognize his own extradition papers.
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Mead
Washington
Paul
Minn
Bee
Johnson
Minnesota
Ida Johnson
Minneapolis
Milnan Neapolis
Purple Ties and a Braver Heart Triumph in Love
Courtenay and his wife endure a bitter quarrel sparked by a purple tie and a reckless hunt. Courtenay is injured after Vixen falls, but a doctor and steadfast care save him. On recovery, Gladys gifts purple ties while he vows never to quarrel, choosing harmony and lifelong love.
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Fle
Mrs. Courtenay
Courtenay
Alf
Haid
Hat
Darling
Barnes
Freddy
James
Daisy Bell
Ingain
Ing
Tim
Flenderson
Gladys
When an Iceberg Turns Turtle in Thinks of Northern Seas
Leslie's Magazine describes the vast reach of iceberg discharges from Greenland into the Labrador Sea and the Atlantic. It explains why bergs roll, due to heavy detritus shifting their center of gravity as they voyage southward. It also cites the Grand Banks as submarine plateaus formed by glacial deposits over ages.
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Leslie's Magazine
Rhode Island
Labrador
Gulf Stream
Lee
Greenland
Atlantic
Ccange
Yast
Tandy
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Brightening the coins in circulation a Philadelphia notice
A trolley car conductor notes improved coin quality as the government recalls worn pieces for reissue. Banks drop worn coins, treasury redeems them for new. He cites England’s clean banknotes as a model, while unrelated items mention Torquay’s language law and Count von Lewenhaupt.
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Philadelphia
Treasury Department
England
Bis Country
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Ooss
Count von Lewenhaupt
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