Constitution and Columbia Yacht Race Ends Close
Newport July 1 Constitution loses to Columbia by 48 seconds in first real race for the Herreshoff yacht. Mishap to Constitution jib slowed start by about a mile. Columbia boom buckled after finish and towed in for repairs. Both boats favored by wind. result seen as far from decisive with more races scheduled.
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Constitution
Columbia
Newport
R. I
Herreshoff
New York Yacht Club
Colonial
Sharps
Columbia Beats Constitution In Windward Race At Sea
In a close windward duel the Columbia held a higher course speed, recovered after a jib failure on the Constitution, and finished about two minutes ahead. Later, Columbia led the return run while Constitution gained on the wind, finishing 13 miles later in 3 hours 52 minutes for Columbia and 2 hours 52 minutes 52 seconds for Constitution. Clark challenges Lipton for Shamrock V race on similar America's Cup courses.
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Lumbia
Constitution
Columbia
Clark
Lipton
London
Glasgow
Kenneth M. Clark
Chicago
Sir Thomas Lipton
College Boat Races Readiness and Weigh-Ins Report
Coaches declare crews in good condition for the annual college boat races held on the river at Poughkeepsie New York with all rowers healthy and practicing. Heat weighed effects showed Cornell and Columbia lighter due to heat while Wisconsin delayed and wagers surged as betting intensified on multiple matchups.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Cornell
Wisconsin
Columbia
Syracuse
Pennsylvania
Georgetown
Associated Press
Hudson
Manhattan
Ola
Augustus Schermerhorn
Edwin Gould
Nadal
Samuel Boyle
President signs Taft commission for Philippine civil govt
The president signed commissions including War Department appointee Wintorg H. Taft of Ohio as civil governor of the Philippine Islands and Joseph T. Davidson as quartermaster with rank of captain. Officials note the move is tied to inauguration arrangements for civil government on July 4.
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Washington
Wintorg H. Taft
Ohio
Philippine Islands
Joseph T. Davidson
Taft
Islands
War Department
Philippines
General Chaffee Plans Push in Southern Luzon
General Chaffee prepares to push Malvar in Southern Luzon and transfers the fifth infantry from Northern Luzon to Batangas. Mindoro plans are unsettled while Mindanao Mindoro prisoners are recaptured and oath-taking occurs in Banatng. The Albany sails to the Mediterranean and an English gl.......
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Maivat
Luzon
Manila
General Chaffee
Judge Taft
Malacanan
Chaffee
Mailvar
Batangas
Malvar
Benseral
Joseph PB. Sanger
Grote Hutcheson
Sixth Cavalry
Calapan
Mindera
Vna
Mindoro
Board of Health
Philippines
United States
Albany
Mediterranean
Caino
Bataang
Adams
Albay
Fourth Infantry
Lake Taal
Gonzales
Bancas
Brown
Rigsby
Garfield
Coast Artillery
Stau
General MacArthur
Two Lives Lost in Butte Lodging House Fire
A deadly blaze at the Pullman house on West Galena Street in Butte at 1 am claimed two lives and left several inmates injured. Details describe James Ryan and a second unidentified victim as killed by suffocation, with many residents escaping via windows and wires before firefighters arrived.
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Butte
Pullman House
West Galena Street
Sam Mix
Ole Berg
Galena Street
Record Heat Wave Hits Northeast with Fatal Prostrations
Washington July 1 The hot spell continues with no relief for 48 hours as Philadelphia sets a July record of 102 degrees. Fifty heat prostrations are reported and three deaths confirmed, while other cities register high temps from 90s to 100s across the region. The weather bureau notes widespread heat in the Midwest and East with limited humidity.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Chicago
Jacksonville
Fla
Omaha
Davenport
West Virginia
Iowa
Lower Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Missouri Valley
Upper Lake Region
Ohio Valley
New York City
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Atlantic
New York Sizzles as Heat Record Shatters All Time High
New York faced a blistering July with a 98 degree high and 48 percent humidity, the hottest on record. The heat caused 87 deaths and 166 prostrations in five days, overwhelming ambulances and sending residents to hospitals, parks, and seashore areas as horses collapsed in the streets.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Manhatta
Bronx
Bronklyn
Bellevue
Harlem Hospital
Broadway
Madison Square
Heatwave in Pittsburg Breaks Death Records
Pittsburg Pa July 1 heat wave dominates the day. From sunrise to dusk the city saw a drastic rise in temperature with no breeze. Deaths from heat more than doubles prior records, affecting infants and the elderly and causing mills to operate relief shifts. Between 7 am and midnight 19 deaths reported. Continued on page eight.
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Pittsburg
Pittshute
Fighting Steel Trust Fails to Break MoraI on Strike
Pittsburgh July 1 The Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers strikes against United States Steel core producers American Sheet Steel and American Steel Hoop. plants idle and many workers on strike as officials claim 35 000 to 40 000 affected. No decisive moves expected for at least a week as the dispute stalls.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
American Sheet Steel Company
American Steel Hoop Company
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Amalgamated Steel Strike Threat Looms Over Mills
Reports from Chicago describe a potential two week shutdown as heat and wage disputes drive the Amalgamated Association’s leadership toward a prolonged struggle. Officials warn of a near month to prepare while non union plants face pressure as two mills contested by both sides become focal points in a broader union drive.
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Wll
American Steel Sheet Company
American Steel Hoop Company
American Stee Hoop Company
Monessen
Duncanville
American Hoop Company
Shaffer
Aucusi
Combine
Amalgamated
Amalgamated Association
American Sheet Steel Company
Old Meadows
Scottsdale
Saltsbury
Sheet Steel
McKeesport
United States Steel Corporation
Greater Combine
Senator Kyle of South Dakota Dies at Aberdeen
Senator Kyle, born February 5 1844 near Xenia Ohio, died at 5 PM in Aberdeen after a malarial heart condition. He entered politics as an independent in 1840 and later served in the U S Senate from 1891 to 1895, succeeding Gideon Moody. His career included teaching mathematics and engineering and ministerial work in Utah and South Dakota.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Senator Kyle
Senator Kyles
James Venderson Kyle
Xenia
Ohio
University of Tennois
Oberlin College
Western Theological Seminar
Noesheng
Utah
South Dakota
Yankton College
Yankton
State Senate
United States Senate
Gideon Cl Moody
Tragedy as 16 die in Chicago lightning storm
Crowded under a zinc lined shanty near a North Side pier 16 boys and young men plus an old man die when a violent thunderstorm strikes. Willie Anderson survives after being trapped beneath the bodies. Police revive him and recover the other victims. Names include George Brabinet Meyer Jacobs George Priebs Frank Coosey Carl Kruze Edward Bloch and two unknown men and three unknown boys.
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North Shore
Willie Anderson
George Brabinet
Meyer Jacobs
George Priebs
Frank Coosey
Carl Kruze
Edward Bloch
Broderick
Marquette Terrace
Water Works
Montrose Boulevard
Chicago
Percy Keane
Keane Percy
Young Keane
Nolice
Ditfieuliy
Anderson
Convict Author at Work in Letters From Helena July 1
Special dispatch reports Governor receives manuscript of two stories by Launcelott Livingston a convict from Silver Bow county who recently penned a piece for a San Francisco paper. Also in Helena a federal suit has begun seeking 375208 from Bitter Root Development Co and others for timber allegedly cut on public land with 35 district causes of action.
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Standard
Helena
Launcelott G. Livngston
Silver Bow County
San Franciseo
Wether
The
Bitter Root Development Company
Treaty Claims Commission Sets Testimony Scope
The Spanish treaty claims commission ruled this afternoon that testimony may be taken in cases whether located in or outside the United States. The ruling will require congressional legislation on the issue next winter.
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Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
United States
Carlson Is Out of Danger in Great Falls
Oscar Cartana who was assaulted on Rest Friday night is recovering and will soon be about again though he still declines to identify his attackers. No arrests have been made. The Detroit Carnegie Library board member George W. Radford reports a letter from Andrew Carnegie promising 875,100 toward a new public library building in Detroit.
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Dogge
Nan
Sam Mix
Anaconda
Copper City
Wiliam J. Murphy
Mix
Butte
Richards
Adolph Jadoin
Adolph Jadocin
Mr. Nadeau
Sithe
Ole Berg
Sutton
Missoula
Wilam D. Camp
George Hennigan
William W. Murphy
Ryan
Mihir
Carnegie Library
Detroit
Mich
George W. Radford
Detroit Pabiie Lbrary Board
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
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Fighting Steel
Amalgamated Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
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