Multiple incidents and notes from across the country
Reports from San Angelo to Hill County and beyond include a fatal shooting near Tennyson, a DeLeon canning factory’s first run, heat prostrations in Denton, jackrabbit damage to cotton, Guatemalan ants destroying boll weevil, a new Amarillo mining find with copper and trace gold and silver, and political buzz about Speaker Cannon. Incendiary fire destroys a gun in St Elmo County, a balloon damaged in Havre, a Buffalo firm head kills wife and self, a Chicago ele vator fire, and various obituaries and local accidents.
Russia seeks powers opinions on Smolensk actions
In St. Petersburg on July 18, reports say the volunteer steamship Smolensk and the ship St. Petersburg now patrol the Red Sea, stopping neutral merchant vessels and searching for contraband. Diplomats weigh how nations may view Russia’s rights and the Dardanelles transit as well as the contraband coal issue.
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St. Petersburg
Smolensk
Red Sea
Russia
Dardanelles
Paris
Baltic
Far East
Germany
Delagoa Bay
Great Britain
Heinrich
Train wreck on Eastern Texas line leaves two dead
Regular mixed freight and passenger No. 2 wrecked near Druso in Houston county. Conductors Snow and Engineer Roberts lost on the rear coach as it derailed, killing two and injuring several. Passengers aided by fellow travelers. traffic resumed Monday. A separate later incident found track foreman Kramer dead beneath a trestle after a Sunday ride.
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Lufkin
Texas
Eastern Texas Railroad
Kennard Mill
Druso
Houston County
Snow
Roberts
Uoon
Missouri
Kramer
Kennard
Brakeman Killed by Beam at Tennessee River Bridge
Huntaville Alabama report states Jackson a resident of Inka Mississippi and brakeman on the Southern railway was killed at the Tennessee river bridge when struck on the head by a beam as he stood on a car.
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Huntaville
Ala
Sd Jackson
Inka, Miss
Southern Railway
Tennessee River Bridge
Injunction Blocked Strikers in East St Louis Plants
Judge Holder of St. Clair county court issued an injunction restraining Thomas Morgan and John Smith and all union members affiliated with the Amalgamated Association of Meat Cutters and Butchers' Workmen from interfering with packing plants in East St. Louis and non union workers hired to replace strikers. The order was sought by Armour Swift and Nelson Morris Packing Companies.
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St. Louis
Belleville
St. Clair
Thomas Morgan
John Smith
Asociation
East St. Louis
Armour, Swift and
Nelson Moris Packing Companires
Cudahy Packing Distributes Revolvers to Nonunion Workers
In Sioux City Iowa the Cudahy Packing Company distributed revolvers to all non union employees for protection against strikers. Plant conditions were quiet with no violence reported. The plant is to resume operations with a strong workforce Monday morning. The company asked the mayor for added protection upon his return after weeks away.
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Sioux City
Cudahy Packing Company
Cuban Embezzler Dariere to be Returned to Havana
George B Dariere a Cuban embezzler arrested in Vera Cruz will be sent back to Havana His defalcation totals 33000 dollars Mexico and Cuba share no extradition treaty but a prisoner exchange could prompt treaty negotiations to formalize the arrangement
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Havana
Mexico City
George B. Dariere
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Cuba
Death of Very Rev Stephen Kealy in New York Chapel
Very Rev Stephen Kealy provincial of the Passion Order in the United States died after collapsing while celebrating Mass at St Michael's chapel West Hoboken. Born in Ireland September 22 1848 he marked the silver jubilee of his ordination last year and had led the Passionists since August 2 1899, reelected two years ago.
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New York
Stephen Kealy
Passion Order
United States
St. Michael’s Chapel
West Hoboken
Father Kealy
Ireland
Passionists
One More Effort Aims to End Stockyards Strike
Chicago July 1 One more effort to settle the stockyards strike by arbitration will be attempted. President Donnelly of the striking unions plans to send a letter to the packers seeking a conference and proposing to consider whether it is wiser to concede the single disputed point about displacing workers. If rejected about 13 000 allied trades will be called out. Joseph Morton warned the packers that unless a speedy settlement is reached his men will quit.
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Morton
Lhe
President's Finger in Small Pie at the Exposition
Lieut. T. Sidney Haight, military aide to President D. R. Francis, resigns after Roosevelt disapproves of suggesting to the colonel of an Illinois negro regiment that troops encamp apart from white soldiers. Haight to a Far West posting. Exposition officials seek a successor.
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St. Louis
T. Sidney Haight
D. R. Francis
Roosevelt
Illinois
Haight
Bates
Far West
United States
Meat for the Army: no trouble expected in meat supply
Washington reports the commissary department of the army does not anticipate trouble in securing supplies despite a butchers strike. A large stock of meat, especially bacon, has been sent to the army, with possible difficulty only in canned meats for the Philippines. Fresh meat for the Philippines comes from Argentina.
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Washington
Commissary Department of the Army
Philippines
Argentina
Weevils Reported in Duval County Cotton
Assistant Postmaster of the Laredo office returns from Duval County with cotton bolls and squares filled with boll weevils. He warns the county will struggle to produce a bale to five acres of cotton due to the infestation.
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Laredo
Texas
Duval County
Greenway brothers in Holton robbery attempt
In Holton Kansas the Greenway brothers attempted to rob Arthur Scott, a white boy, fatally wounding him by crushing his skull. They were captured after an exciting chase and taken to Topeka for safekeeping amid brewing tension and potential trouble.
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Holton
Kas
Greenway Brothers
Arthur Scott
Topeka
No Russian Protest Not Made to State Department
The report claimed Count Cassini presented a protest against a war squadron being dispatched to Turkish waters. It is stated positively that no protest was ever made and the subject was not discussed by the Russian ambassador with the secretary of state.
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Washington, D. C
Count Cassini
State Department
Methdist Camp Meeting Opens at Soda Springs Texas
In Luling Texas the annual Methodist camp meeting at Soda Springs began yesterday with Rev W R Worrell of the local church leading services and assisted by visiting ministers.
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Soda Springs
Luling
Texas
W. R. Worrell
Victoria's First Base Cotton Ginned for Market
Victoria Texas reports the season's first base of the county cotton has been ginned and will be marketed here tomorrow. It was raised by Joe Hagel of Massion Valley.
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Victoria
Texas
Victoria County
Joe Hagel
Massion Valley
Turkey Gets a Tip.
London reports the Turkish Government has been notified that the Berlin treaty on passage of warships via the Dardanelles must be enforced with care to prevent evasion. It remains unclear if Britain will enforce the clause herself, though renewed Mediterranean and Channel force deployments suggest robust backing for any action.
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Turkey
London
Berlin
Dardanelles
Red Sea
Mediterranean
Channel
Great Britain
Train wreck blamed on operator and flagman at Midville
New York station operator William T. Richards and rear flagman Ernest Heller were found responsible for a Greenwood Lake division Erie wreck at Midville station a week earlier. Sixteen lives were lost and fifty injured in the disaster.
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New York
William T. Richards
Ernest Heller
Greenwood Lake
Erie Railroad
Midville Station
Tank Car Case Heard in Beaumont Court
Dr. H. S. Griffith of Houston sues Texas and New Orleans Railroad for 30000 dollars over failure to supply tank cars for oil shipments. The defense attacks the constitutionality of the statute imposing penalties in such cases during district court proceedings.
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Beaumont
Texas
H. S. Griffith
Houston
Texas & New Orleans Railroad
District Court
Heat Death Toll Rises in Omaha as City Endures Heat Wave
In Omaha Nebraska two men died and a third man severely ill after 24 hours of extreme heat. Abraham S. Alexander a florist and John Waybright a press man died while George Wenger a laborer remained gravely ill as temperatures spiked to 107 degrees at one point.
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Omaha
Neb
Abraham S. Alexander
John Waybright
George Wenger
Robbers Missed Big Haul on I G N Train
San Antonio reports that I and G N train robbers dynamited the Speers line Friday night but did not seize the mail car. The mail car held five registered mail pouches, many from St. Louis and destined for Mexico. Details on value were not released.
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San Antonio
Texas
International & Great Northern
Speers
St. Louis
Mexico
Heat Kills Two Lads in Mammond District
Two boys died from heat exposure in Mammond Indiana with one age nine and the other thirteen. Both collapsed while outdoors during hot weather. Several horses also died in the heat.
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Mammond
Ind
Fred Sobelski
Henry McKnight
Firing Reported Near Ta Tehe Kiao for Two Days
A Chinese source reports heavy firing outside Ta Tehe Kiao over the last two days. No further details are provided on casualties or parties involved.
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Ta Tche Kiao
Tien Tsin
Ta Tehe Kiao
Fatal strike near Hearne on Glass plantation
In Brazos bottom three miles south of Hearne Texas Sam Bass a Black worker was fatally struck and another Black person employed on the Glass plantation may be involved. Details are not ascertainable.
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Hearne
Texas
Brazos
Here
Sam Bass
Japanese Casualties Declared Trifling at Mo Tien Pass
London Times correspondent reports Kuroki’s HQ states Japanese losses at Mo Tien Pass on July 17 were trifling. dispatch notes minimal casualties amid ongoing fighting.
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London
the Times
Kuroki
Mo Tien Pass
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Tennyson
San Angelo
DeLeon
Hill County
Amarillo
Cannon
Oyster Bay
Nooreve
Antone Schaafer
St. Elmo
Travis County
Santos Dumont
Havre
France
America
Shanghai
Cabling
Chicago Daily News’ Dispatch
Mawan
Port Arthur
Edgar T. Washburn
of Heathfield & Washburn
Board of Trade
Buffalo
N. Y
Friday
Baltimore and Ohio
Eighty-seventh Street
Ontario Avenue
Chicago
John R. Rossiter
Newark
N. J
Vranele Willis
Guthrie
Cordel
John Grimes
Leon
J. T
Kruger
South African Republic
Privy Council
Bogland
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Peru
Butchers
Texas Bar Association
Loubet
Legion of Honor
May
Packers
Presi
Duval
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