Peace Envoys Arrangements for Portsmouth Conference
Preparations for the peace conference progress rapidly in Portsmouth New Hampshire with arrival due Aug 5 aboard the Mayflower and Dolphin. Washington and New Hampshire cooperate to provide hospitable surroundings including hotel Wentworth quarters and a naval store building adapted as the meeting place. The plenipotentiaries will land at the navy yard then visit Admiral Mead while salutes welcome them.
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Oyster Bay
Dolphin
Washington
New Hampshire
Kittery
Navy Yard
Newcastle
Wentworth
Pierce
Navy General Store
Mead
Marine Guard
Maine
Piscatauqua River
Shington
Thole
Newcast
Kite Tery
Ocean
Oceanside
Admiral Mead
First-Class Tornado Scorches Nevada Near Battle Mountain
Eiko Nev July The most destructive Nevada tornado swept east of Battle Mountain destroying trees sage brush fences and telegraph poles. It touched Battle Mountain lifting a windmill onto a hotel roof while tearing chimneys and porches. No injuries but livestock killed and telegraph service out for hours. Heat wave with temps above 100 degrees cited as likely cause.
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Eiko
Nev
Nevada
Battle Mountain
Southern Pacific
Western Union Company
Allroad
Anderson Held for the Murder of Truikka
Red Lodge July 4 after a coroner's jury found that Andrew Truikka died from a gunshot wound inflicted by Louis Anderson following an unarmed altercation. Witnesses said Truikka carried no weapon. Under Sheriff Gebo and Dr. W. H. Allen corroborated the identification of Anderson as the assailant. Anderson will face murder charges at the next district court term.
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Red Lodge
Fox
Andrew Truikka
Louis Anderson
Anderton
Trulke T
William Gebo
Anderson
Truikka
W. H. Allen
Sheriffs Win First Round in Constitutional Case
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports that in Judge Clements court the first round of litigation on the constitutionality of owners and tents was decided today. W. T. Pigott and RR Purcell argued for the sheriffs and Attorney General Hall for the state. Judge Clement did not issue an opinion.
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Standard
Elena
Clements
W. T. Pigott
RR. Purcell
Hall
Clement
Cage
Scharren- Droich
Regimental Shoot Won by Big Timber in Montana Guard
Helena July 24 The Fort Harrison range contest among seven companies of the Second Regiment Montana National Guard closed with Big Timber winning by points. Glendive’s Company T placed second, 100 points behind. Rapid fire at 200 yards pending results will not alter the outcome. Individual scores await tabulation to name Montana’s representatives for Seagirt New Jersey.
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Stannard
Helena
Fort Harrison
National Guard of Montana
Big Timber
Glendive
Montana
Seagirt
N. J
Ane Rouncea
Blakely Promoted to Western Freight Role at Northern Pacific
S. G. Woodworth of Northern Pacific announces Henry Blakely as western regional freight agent with Ta coma Washington headquarters. Blakely becomes division freight agent based in St Paul with Aug 1 effective date. Fulton resigns as Portland assistant general freight agent. Blakely will oversee business in Washington Oregon Idaho.
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St. Paul
S. G. Woodworth
Northern Pacific
Henry Blakely
Western Reigat
Tacoma
Wash
Blakely
S.G. Fulton
Portland
Wasanston
Oregon
Idaho
Riots Swoop Through Nishni Novgorod City Streets
Reports from Nishni Novgorod say rioters controlled the city for five hours, attacking strangers in the streets. Numerous deaths and injuries occurred as mobs broke into houses seeking victims and terrorized residents.
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St. Petersburg
Nishni Novgorod
Funeral of John Paul Jones Body Honored at Naval Academy
Annapolis July 24 The body of John Paul Jones rests on American soil in a plain vault at the Naval Academy near the unfinished chapel. A solemn procession of white uniforms, naval bands, and crews accompanied the ceremonial transfer from ship to shore. Salutes rang as the coffin moved to a tomb guarded by marines and midshipmen, with the bier draped in flag and the sword of John Paul Jones on view. The ceremony featured prayers, a naval funeral march, volleys, and taps, followed by a formal procession to Hernon monument area and a 40 minute shore event overseen by Rear Admiral Sigsbee, with plans for a dinner aboard the Brooklyn and ships sailing to Tompkinsville and Hampton Roads.
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John Paul Jones
Naval Academy
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Brooklyn
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Standish
Wiley
Sigsbee
Davis
Auong
Porter
Jackies
Nicholson
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Academy
Sandy
Tilley
Reeder
Sigsbée
Gervais
Taussig
Naval Academy Band
Chopin
Cherbourg
Cartere
Dand
Admiral Sigsbee
Carr
Fleet
Bayard
Poon
Sigsboe
Bryan
Alabama
Harry George
R. F. Nicholson
T.H. Low
W. W. Dunlop
Sleshee
Tompkinsville N.Y
Battle
Will
Hampton Roads
Yellow fever scare being removed in New Orleans
New Orleans authorities intensify inspection under state and federal supervision to detect new fever cases, while a mosquito ordinance is prepared. The health system, including Marine Hospital Surgeon White and Army Surgeon Moss, aims to prevent outbreaks as residents relocate from resorts. Washington reports Surgeon General Wyman’s return to oversee the situation. mobile quarantine tightens against gulf towns due to lax precautions.
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United States Marine Hospital
White
State Board of Health
United States Army
Moss
San Antonio
United States
Chattanooga
Washington
Wyman
Glennon
Mobile
Ala
Mississippi
Were
Mobile Board of Health Tay
Gulf Coast
Mississippi Board expands quarantine to Louisiana
July 24 report that the Mississippi board of health amended quarantine orders to include the entire state of Louisiana, extending public health restrictions across the region.
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Jackson
Mise
Mississippi Board of Health
Louisiana
Death reports and camps planned near New Orleans
Washington received word from Surgeon White that yellow fever deaths occurred in New Orleans today outside the district where previous fatalities occurred. Detention camps will be set up at Kenner Avondale Wavesland and other rail line towns near New Orleans. The camps will be supplied from Fontainebleau Missouri. New Orleans mayor Behrman urged residents to follow health advice urging proper sanitation screening houses nets over cisterns and covering water pools.
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Washington
Glennon
Public Health Fund Marine Hospital Service
White
New Orleane
Kenner
Avondale
New’ Orleans
Gover
Fontaineblead, Mies
New Orleans
Behrman
They're Getting Along Without Any Troops Fort Gibson Report
A July 1903 telegraphic rerun from Fort Gibson Alaska notes that roads near Fairbanks are largely safe with 20 to 30 armed men transporting gold dust. Local officials and the marshal report no active threats since July 10, while telegraph lines remain down to Fairbanks.
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Washington
Fort Gibson
Alaska
War Department
Fairbanks
Chene
United
Perry
Wickersham
Gray
Tanna
Thave
Colombian envoy’s remark sparks tension over arbitral ruling
A statement from Lima reported that Gen Uribe Uribe, Colombia’s minister to Chile, said Colombia must accept the king of Spain’s arbitral decision on Peru and Ecuador. The comment touches disputed territories claimed by Colombia and unsettles Peru and Ecuador relations.
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Equator
Lima
Peru
Uribe Uribe
Colombia
Chile
Sp Pute
Ecuador
Comombia
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