Gettysburg Reunion Draws 40000 Civil War Veterans
At Gettysburg Pennsylvania on June 30 regular army officials estimate about fifteen thousand veterans blue and gray will arrive, bringing total near forty thousand for the six day reunion. The vast camp covers 280 acres and features an emergency hospital setup and field hospitals. speeches by Chief Justice White Secretary of War Garrison and Governor Tener will mark the events while veterans recall Pickett’s charge and Cemetery Ridge battles.
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Gettysburg
Lee
Meade
Bufford
Wheeler
Blue and Gray
Beggins
Luing
Shippensburg
Carlisle
Chambersburg
Justice White
War Garrison
Governor Tener
Pickett
Reynolds
Cemetery Ridge
Culp's Hill
Round Top
Battlefield Reunion to Honor Irish Brigade Veterans
In Gettysburg a July reunion will feature 50 000 soldiers wandering the battlefield around the monument to the Irish Brigade. Veterans recall brave acts under fire and dashing into the enemy. many were killed in the fighting.
Dissolution Plan Approved for Union Pacific Southern Pacific Merge
Judges Sanborn Hook and Smith of the US District of Utah approve dissolution plans for the Union Pacific Southern Pacific merger. The decree becomes effective upon filing in Salt Lake City next week. Union Pacific will swap 38 million SP shares for equal Pennsylvaniab Beltimore and Ohio stock. remaining 80 million SP shares go to public via a trust. Attorney General requests to delay final order are denied.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Sanborn, Hook and Smith
United States Court of the District of Utah
Lrion
Southern Pacific
Salt Lake
Union Pacific
Pennsylvania
Boldidnes
Beltimore
Ohio
Eleven Boys Drown at Lawrence Mass
Eleven bodies recovered from the river after a crowd fell from a walk to the municipal bath house. The number missing is unknown.
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Lawrence, Mass
Portland to adopt new city government plan
Portland Oregon June 2 By virtue of the declaration of the voters in the recent election the city will shift to the commission plan tomorrow Dr J Alber an insurance man is to be the first mayor under the new plan He will serve four years with commissioners J G Dieck civil engineer William Waly local labor leader William A Preacher attorney and C A Vigelow merchant comprising the citys new governing body
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Portland Loder Commission
Phen
Portland
Ore
Cone Mission Plan
Albe
J. G. Dieck
William Waly
William A. Preacher
C. A. Vigelow
Japan Sends Note on California Alien Land Law
Viscount Chinda informs Secretary H organ that Japan has sent a note supplementing the last rejoinder on the California alien land law. The communication is expected within a day or two and suspends Bryan's nearly finished reply.
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Washington
Viscount
Guaymias Taken By State Troops
A message from Guaymas reports the city captured by constitutionalists. Federal forces surrendered after most of the city fell, with defenders driven to the waterfront. Mexican gunboats could not halt the defeat due to poor artillery.
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Guaymias
EL Paso
Texas
Guaymas
SOC Federain
Executions Reported At Juarez In Dynami te Probe
El Paso June 30 report states 23 men were executed at Juarez after arrests linked to a dynamite discovery under the federal building and arms found at several residences. Federal authorities deny the executions.
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EL Paso
Texas
Juarez
Federal
Senate approves tariff reform with broad customs cuts
The Senate caucus approves the revised tariff plan cutting customs districts from 162 to 49 and eliminating 113 collector positions. Officials estimate annual savings of four to five hundred thousand dollars, with Canada border offices also affected and personnel losses totaling about twenty thousand yearly.
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Associated Eee
Washington, D. C
Democratic Senate
Hate Tonight
Sec
Wi Ag
Offiiciale
Conference On Banking Postponed Until Monday
Washington June 30 The conference of Democratic members of the House committee on banking and currency postponed consideration of the bill until next Monday.
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Washington
DL. C
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Wilson Interest Grows as Lobby Probe Expands
President Wilson shows keen interest as Senate lobby committee reopens with Wall Street witnesses. Martin Mulhall of Baltimore is cited for ties to Congress and campaign financing, prompting further interrogations into recent lobby disclosures and Lovett charges about phone messages from alleged congressmen. Some House members call for Mulhall inquiry.
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Senate Committee
Wall Street
Martin Mulhall
Baltimore
Congress
Robert Lovett
New York
Mulhall
House
House Committee
Wilson
Manufacturers committee to tour Australia and New Zealand
A National Association of Manufacturers committee sails from San Francisco to study modified state socialism and its industrial effects. John Kirby Jr of Dayton Ohio and David M Parry of Indianapolis, former NAM presidents, lead the group along with a member noted for experience in American industrial conditions.
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San Francisco
Cal
National Association of Manufacturers
Australia
New Zealand
John Kirby, Jr
Dayton
David M. Parry
Indianapolis
National Association of Vufacturers
Pr. Albert
Colquitt Pushes Full Disclosure On Penitentiary Finances
Governor Colquitt addresses the investigating committee and calls for a complete, nonwhitewashed review of Texas penitentiary finances. He demands full exposure of all facts and criticism of his own actions and those of others connected to the system.
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Austin
Texas
Colquitt
Postmaster Resigns Refusal and Shipping Trust Change
Postmaster Fisk refused to tender his resignation requested by the Postmaster General Uurleson in San Francisco with the Taft appointment holding until 1916. In London, J Bruce Ismay’s resignation as president of the International Mercantile Marine Company became effective, with Harold Sanderson succeeding him after long association with the firm.
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San Francisco
Cal
Fisk Bes
Uurleson
Taft
London
J. Bruce Ismey
International Mercantile Marine Company
American Shipping Trust
Mr. Temay
Harold Sanderson
Unsettled Weather Tuesday Reports Mixed Temperatures
A fragment notes unsettled conditions on Tuesday with scattered temperatures. It mentions a high around 73 and a low near 63 with small precipitation or fluctuations. The text is incomplete but indicates variable weather in the period.
Washington forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday
Generally fair conditions are forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington. Local DB weather desk notes mild trends with light winds and no significant precipitation expected across the region.
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Washington
DB. C
Objections Stymie Tax Bill Exemptions Debate
Democratic caucus fails to resolve exemptions clash in income tax section of the new tariff bill. Members clash over married versus single differences and other provisions, delaying progress and raising doubt about a timely vote as sessions continue. London hosts the International Bureau for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic congress with broad international participation. Delegates from the United States and Canada attend as plans for uniform laws to suppress trafficking are discussed ahead of a royal reception.
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Washington, D. C
London
International Bureau For
United States
Canada
Wildeor
King George
Queen Mary
Gill Tendered His Resignation As Insurance Commissioner
Ben L. Gill, Texas Commissioner of Insurance and Banking, has resigned to take effect by July 10. He will become vice president of Seaboard National Bank in New York. Governor plans to choose a successor without solicitations and will prefer a practical banker over another insurance man.
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Austin
Texas
Ben LL. Gill
Insurance and Banking
Seaboard National Bank of New York
Gill
Catholic Summer School Opens at Plattsburg
Catholic Summer School of America opens in Plattsburg New York with prelates clergy and laymen from across the country in attendance. Lectures will cover a wide range of subjects by noted educators including Thomas H Dowd and Prof Charles F Aiken of the Catholic University along with other clergymen and educators.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Catholic Summer School of America
Thomas H., Dowd
Heaton
Charlea F Aiken
Catholic University
Washington
Michigan Honors Zacharias Chandler Statue Unveiled
Michigan honors Zacharias Chandler with a statue unveiled in Statuary Hall at the Capitol. The ceremony also honors Lewis Case, noted Civil War general, former Michigan territory governor, and secretary of war under Van Buren, who joins Chandler in state recognition.
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Michigan
Zach Chantler
Washington, DC
Zacharias Chandler
Interior
President Grant
Statuary Hall
Capitol
Lewis Case
Michigan Territory
van Buren
France
Buchanan
Battle Rages as Bulgarians Clash with Servians in Macedonia
In Belgrade on June 30 Bulgarian forces attacked the Servians and Greeks along the line in Macedonia. Fierce fighting occurred at Ren ta Zletovo Neogasi and Valandovo while King Constantine left Athens for Salonika and the Greek fleet was ordered to Tragesi near the Salonika Gulf.
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Belgrade
Renta
Zletovo
Neogasi
Valandovo
Constantine
Athens
Salonika
Tragesi
Salonika Gulf
Five Inch Rain Falls at Slaton
Slaton Texas June 30 the Slaton South Plains is soaked after heavy rains yesterday and last night totaling five inches with some places reporting six inches. Ground is saturated and standing water covers fields delaying farming for days. Farmers hope for more rain but the present downpour is praised as the best in years and promises to boost early crop yields and values despite travel delays.
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Slaton
South Plains
East Texas
Record Rain Drenches County in 24 Hours
Weather report notes heavy rain across YSHORA Texiem area: 1.25 inches Sunday evening and 4.12 inches Monday morning, total 5.87 inches in 24 hours. Authorities say the rain will help crops and was widely reported across the county.
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Yshora
Texiem
Rain Totals in Floydada as Weekend Downpour Continues
Rain at Floydada Texas shows five and one half inches by 7 a.m. Sunday from Saturday night as the entire area remains under steady showers.
Heat Wave Death Toll Surges Across Central West
Agency report says at least seventy four dead from a heat wave spanning six days from Denver to Pittsburgh north to Lake Superior with widespread suffering. In Chicago forty six deaths announced with a record one hundred two degree high and over one hundred heat prostrations. hospitals crowded and many victims elderly.
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Central West
Denver
Pittsbuirg
Lake Superior
Wisconsin reports thirteen dead from heat in Milwaukee
Milwaukee weather toll rises as Wisconsin reports thirteen heat related deaths on June 30. Authorities warn of extreme temperatures and urge residents to seek shade, hydration, and cooling centers as the heat wave continues.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Eastern New Mexico and Northwest Texas Cooperative Clubs Formed
The Eastern New Mexico and Northwest Texas Cooperative Commercial Clubs association was perfected at Amarillo after a Clovis started effort. Delegates from New Mexico and the Panhandle adopted by laws, named officers, and organized committees to unite chambers and clubs across the region.
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New Mexico
Northwest Texas
J. Ft .Pytot
Marilla
Texa
Ith
Ance
B.D
Ovis
N. M
Oldham
Boskin
Hereford
Farwell
Folman
Amarillo
Clovis
Reid
Joames
Roswell
N. Konning
Albuquer
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