Judiciary sees cipher telegrams sought in Powers trial
Testimony in the Powers murder trial adds corroboration to prior statements. Subpoenas duces tecum are issued to the Postal and Western Union offices to produce cipher telegrams, executive journal records, and other documents. Witnesses recount remarks predicting more bloodshed if Goebel were seated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Robert Noakes
F. Wharton Golden
McKenzie Todd
Taylor
Henry Youtsey
Postal and Western Union Telegraph
Frankfort
Secretary of State
Adjutant General
Executive Journal
McDonald
W. H.cCulton
Lester
Goebel
Berry
R. P. Berryman
Ella Smith
Barboursville
John Powers
Powers
Mr. Powers
James Fletcher
Knox County
Post Office to Extend Domestic Postage Rates for Soldiers in China
Washington reports the post office department plans to issue an order within a day or two extending domestic postage rates to United States soldiers stationed in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
United States
China
Hot Weather Garments At Half Price Sale
On a hot day shoppers can grab light wash or crash suits at about half price. The sale highlights lightweight Tweed Crash or Wash Suits and linen trousers or Wash West for men and children. Choices include various colors and latest styles at two dollars.
Striking Fishermen Standfirm as Military Marin Guard Fraser Rivers
Vancouver July 24. Three thousand Japanese fishermen with 1500 boats operate under six regiments protection at Steveston as Colonel Worsnop warns lethal force against any attack. Strikers refuse 20 cent rate, demand 24 cents, while cannery owners back the Japanese protection amid martial law.
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Vancouver
B. C
Fraser River
Steveston
Fraser
Fishermen's Union
Worsnop
South Africa
Contests Rule Land Claims Near Belt and Great Falls
Washington confirms three contests decided by the Helena land office. Glynn loses against Jacobs over 160 acres near Belt. Dedrick wins against Laraway over a Great Falls homestead. Binney loses to Dick on a timber claim near Great Falls.
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Standard
Helena
Helena Land Office
Washington
General Land Office
Thomas F. Glynn
Andrew F. Jacobs
Belt
Curtis H. Laraway
Louis Dedrickeon
Great Falls
Joshua Binney
F. Dick
Binney
State Board Hears Railroad Valuation Issues
Special Dispatch reports the Montana state board of equalization hearing railroad representatives on road bed valuations. No conclusions reached as sessions continue tomorrow with Oregon Short Line and Burlington missing today. Likely changes to branch line assessments, including Elkhorn branch of the Northern Pacific, with total road valuations near 15 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
State Board of Equalization
Oregon Short
Burlington
Elkhorn
Northern Pacific
Sheepmen Raid Copperton Warn Prospector Towns in Wyoming
A posse of sheepmen attacked Copperton near a western mining town, firing on saloons and buildings to drive prospectors away from the sheepmen range. Miners vow to resist further raids.
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Wyo
Copperton
Here
England's Costly War Figures Rise for South Africa
London reports supplementary war costs due to the prolonged South Africa conflict total 11,500,000 pounds, raising overall South Africa war votes to 34,500,000 and the total army estimates to 76,309,153 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
South Africa
Prescott miner dies by own hand on Fourth of July
Harry Ari nott, locator and part owner of the Little Annie mines in the Big Bug district, Prescott, committed suicide by taking strychnine. Despondency from ill health was the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott, Ariz
Harry Arinott
Little Annie
Big Bug District
London dispatches on Liscum and Pekin relief efforts
London reports July 25 on Sir Claude Macdonald’s relief appeal as a prelude to confirming the massacre. Dispatches describe miscommunications among powers, Chinese resistance at Tientsin, and calls for substantial foreign reinforcement to reach Pekin.
Prince approves Churchill Weet marriage in London dispatch
London dispatch says the Prince of Wales formally endorses the marriage of Lady Mandolph Churchill to Lieutenant Cornwallis Weet, reversing an initial opposition. The royal assent is seen as final and the wedding is planned for the first week of August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Prince of Wales
Mandolph Churchill
Cornwallis Weet
Farmer in Oakesdire Takes Own Life in Public Convenience
George Spudiey, a farmer of Oakesdire, Washington, killed himself today by severing his jugular vein with a jackknife while under arrest on a warrant from Stevens County for attempting to burn a house in Rossburg. He had just arrived by the O R and N and was hired to work in the harvest fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakesdire
Wash
George Spudiey
Stevens County
Rossburg
Draw Ends in Fight at Tattersalls in Chicago
Tommy Ryan of Syracuse and Jack Root of Chicago fight to a six round draw amid boos from about 6 000 spectators.Root held the edge in weight but the bout devolved into sparring. several preliminaries also produced knockouts and draws.
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Chicago
Tommy Ryan
Syracuse
Jack Root
Tattersalls
Ryan
Root
Joe Chovnski
Tommy White
Jack Jeffries
Harry Gilmore
George Siler
Young Garfield
Pat Hogan
New Orleans
Tommy Larkins
Streator
Ill
Dick Fitzpatrick
Turkey Point
Bill Smith
Philadelphia
Bill Huntley
Hammond
Ind
Kid" Rollo
Kid” Abele
Henry Yanger
Tipton
Young Mowatt
Mowatt
Yanger
Naval Etiquette Dispute Sparks Gun Salutes at Taku
London reports Admiral Kempff disputes salute counts with 11 guns as rear admiral under British and American rules. Endymion regulation ambiguity prompts mockery as vessels at Taku salute various rear admirals with 15 and 1? guns. Washington notes U S rules grant 13 guns to junior rear admirals, while Britain varies by seniority.
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London
Globe
Taku
Kempf
Yokohama
United States
Kempff
Newark
Washington
London Globe
Navy Department
Admiral Kempff
Remey
Populist convention rejects Jerry Simpson for U.S. Senate
In Fort Scott on July 24 the populist convention turned down ex congressman Jerry Simpson for the U.S. Senate, with a heated clash over endorsement. The vote denied Simpson by a two thirds margin as the three parties argued over the Topeka agreement allocating offices.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Jerry Simpson
Tne
State Committee
United States
Committee
Simpson
Topeka
Gaynor Case Hearing Adjourned For Intermission
In New York the conspiracy trial of John F. Gaynor W T Gaynor F E H Gaynor and Benjamin D Greene paused for two weeks to allow defense to verify hundreds of vouchers and checks. Prosecution will resume with a three day summary, likely pushing the hearing to late September.
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New York
John F. Gaynor
W. T. Gaynor
FE. H. Gaynor
Benjamin D. Greene
United States
Shields
Erwin
William H. Flagg
Reed & Flagg
Captain Carter
Lackawanna
Robert F. Wescott
Carter
Wescott
Alfonse de Guiscard
American Exchange Bank
Green
William T. Gaynor
Japan Pressures Chinese Viceroys Over Northward Troops
Tokyo dispatch reports the Japanese foreign minister urging southern Chinese viceroys to mobilize troops and march north to restore order after Tientsin. The move aims to align with foreign troops and show China’s commitment to crush rebels and honor treaty obligations, with the emperor’s party regaining influence in Pekin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
China
Tientsin
Pekin
Russians Claim Control Of Taku To Pekin Railroad
Tientsin notes the Russians announce plans to hold the full railroad from Taku to Pekin until hostilities end with a proposal to return it to Chinese afterward. Admiral Seymour disapproves allowing repairs beyond Tientsin and argues the British should undertake and supervise repairs.
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Tientsin
Taku
Pekin
Seymour
Travis Leads Sharp Round in Shinnecock Golf Meet
At The Links Southampton N Y July 24 Walter J Travis amateur champion carded 81 in his first run with four others matching the score C P D Barnes T M Robertson and Charles Hitchcock Jr. A M Brown and Roderick Terry Jr followed with 82 and three more players posted 82.
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Southampton
N. Y
Shinnecock Hills Links
Walter J. Travis
C. PD
Barnes
T. M. Robertson
Charles Hitchcock
A. M. Brown
Roderick Terry
Brown Excels In Afternoon Round Near Course Record
George Clark and R C Watson joined St A M Brown who played superbly in the afternoon on the links. Brown finished in 7s, one stroke from the course record of 77 set by Rod erick Terry Jr, a mark never equaled.
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George, Clark
R. C. Watson
St. A. M
Brown
Roderick Terry, Jr
Death of Seaman Hagan In Action On Mindanao
A dispatch from Captain Edward Strong of the Monadnock reports the death in action on July 14 of James F. E. Hagan an ordinary seaman on the gunboat Callao at Oriquito Mindanao during operations near Mindanao.
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Washington
Edward Strong
Monadnock
James FE. Hagan
Callao
Oriquito
Mindanao
Engineer Killed In Rio Grande Western Train Wreck
A Rio Grande Western freight train on the Utah Central branch left control near Park City and toppled on a sharp curve. Engineer J. P. Ferguson was killed instantly and Fireman Wiseman badly scalded.
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Salt Lake
Utah Central
Rio Grande Western
J. P. Ferguson
Wiseman
Park City
Alaska Rail Link Hinted by Burlington Route
A Sterling Colorado dispatch reports the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway plans to enter Alaska railroad building. February filings for the Akron Sterling and Northern line from Sterling to Akron were amended to allow a route from Valdes Bay head to Keystone Canyon via Dutch Valley to Thompson Pass.
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Denver
Republican
Sterling
Colo
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey Railway Company
Alaska
Akron
Akron, Sterling & Northern
Burlington
Valdes Bay
Keystone Canyon
Dutch Valley
Thompson Pass
Dandruft Germ Disease Kill the Germ
A historical medical notice discusses Dandruft described as a germ disease killer. It outlines purported benefits and cautions about its use, signaling public health claims and consumer warnings from a period newspaper brief.
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Postal and Western Union Telegraph Companies
Butte, Mont
The
Land Matters
England
London's Oriental News
Liscum
London Nawapapers
Part L
Claude Macdonald
Conger
Daily News
Dorwood
Fushima
Daily Mail
Africa
Chinee
Li Hung Chang
Shanghai
Times
Saye
Sung Wah Lin
Yu Ho
Tung Fuh Siang
Karl Li
Heianfu
Earl Li
Hongkong
the Times
Canton
Daily Telegram
Tokio
Daily Express
Reagan
Forbes
John Reagan
Brooklyn
Clarence Forbes
Seaside Sporting Club
Coney Island
David Martin
Kansas
Preferencia
L. S. Cohn
Havana-American CO
Gaynor
Japan
Siegel’s
Diegel Clothing
Butte
Montana
Seaman Hagan
Munyon
Arch Street
Phila
Newbro
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