Great Northern Train Held Up by Masked Bandits
Three masked men hijacked the Great Northern express near Wagner Montana. They dynamited the safe, took about 83 thousand dollars in valuables, and fled into the Little Rockies as a posse chased them. Authorities expect a daytime capture as pursuit continues with reinforcement and siege plans near Buck Allen's ranch.
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Great Northern
St. Paul
Wagner
Hinsdale
Tendar
Freien DeEes
Winchester Belfs
White Horse
Little
Rockies
Milk River
Griffith
Buck” Allen
Old Fort Belkap Reservation
Pouchette Rier
Beaver Creek
Grifith
Miseeu
Fort Hawley
Allen
Sheri” Griffith
Mik River
Eis
Little Rocky Range
Fort Belknap
Taft Inaugurated Civil Governor of the Philippines
Taft was sworn in as civil governor in Manila with General MacArthur and General Chaffee present. The ceremony at the palace plaza featured salutes from Fort Santiago and announcements of future native commissioners. McKinley’s congratulatory message was read as Taft assumed command, amid a crowd of Americans and Filipinos.
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Taft
MacArthur
General Chaffee
Plaza Palacio
Philippine Islands
Arellano
MacaArthur
Fort
Santiago
Waldo Letavera
Benito, Legarda
Jose Luzuriaga
United States Philippine Commission
Interior
Worcester
Commerce
Wright
Justice and “Finance
Ide
Public Instruction
Moses
Watt
Ivernor
Concent Postal
Enue
Congress
McKinley
Tribune
Chaffee
Kempft
United States
Supreme Court
Vansuis
Illpinos
Manila
William McKinley
Fourth of July Observance at Camp Columbia
Soldiers and civilians attended a field day at Camp Columbia for the United States Independence Celebration. The event drew American and Cuban participants in a spirited display, marking the holiday with military salutes and public revelry.
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Halivane
United States
Camp Columbia
Free Trade Motion Passed by Porto Rico Assembly
In San Juan on July 4 the Porto Rican assembly unanimously approved a free trade resolution in a three hour session. Governor Allen signed the measure and urged a July 26 proclamation establishing a Porto Rican holiday. The action follows Hollander’s report and outlines a local tax system to fund insular government without port revenues.
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San Juan
Porto Rican Assembly
Allen
Congress
United States
McKinley
Alien
Porto Rico
Hollander
Agland
Senor Morales
Dallas Celebrates Fourth Natal Day With Race Parade
Dallas July 4 Thousands joined a natal day celebration at the Texas state fair grounds featuring athletic events an automobile race claimed as the southwest’s first its ten mile contest won by I S Thorne vice president and general manager of the Texas and Pacific railroad.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas State Fair Grounds
I.S. Thorne
Texas and Pacific Railroad
New Orleans Celebrates Fourth of July in Grand Old Time
New Orleans observed the centennial Fourth of July in traditional fashion with lavish hunting displays and fireworks. Public business paused as City Park hosted a large free festival featuring military displays, patriotic speeches, and crowds from clerks grocers and street railway workers. An amateur game drew spectators at the haze ball park.
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New Orleans
City’ Park
Ball’ Park
Declaration of Independence Read in Jackson After Forty Years
In Jackson Mississippi the Fourth of July celebration featured the first reading of the Declaration of Independence in forty years. Secretary of State Power and Dr Junlud Jordan president of the Arkansas university spoke at the event held in representatives hall amid patriotic speeches.
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Jackson
Miss. Jackson
Miss
Power
Junlud Jordan
The
Arkansas University
Hobson Speaks at Boston Carnival on Slavery Question
Captain Richmond F Hobson addressed the Jamaica Plain Carnival Association in Boston on July 4, after an introduction by Mayor Hart. The amphitheater crowd numbered thousands as he tied the country’s early development, its conflicts, and internal strife to the slavery issue, also touching economics and defending the south. After the exercises he officiated at pond sports and attended a late dinner.
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Richmond
Hobson
Jamaica Plains Carnival Association
Hart
Spain
Hebsey
South
Detroit
Monat
Jamaica
Fourth of July Celebrated in San Juan Under Allen Committee
San Juan Puerto Rico observed Independence Day with extraordinary enthusiasm led by Governor Allen’s committee. Thousands attended parades, schoolchildren numbered 2600, troops 900, and a review by the governor. Fireworks and illuminated boat parade planned. other towns reported patriotic observances though Ponce lacked funds.
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San Juan de Porto Rico
Allen
Assembly
Guand Army of the Republic
Agimental Band
Yankton
Bayamon
Areciba
Coamo
Two Days of Elaborate Fourth of July Celebrations in Santiago
Santiago de Cuba holds two days of festivities marking the Fourth of July with a salute to Spanish wrecks and ovations by a Spanish noble, while Americans and Cubans join in a mass demonstration and a unanimous call to make July Fourth a permanent holiday in the Cuban republic. A banquet at the Cosmopolitan Club ends the celebrations with fireworks.
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Santiago de Cuba
Cervera
Cuba
Cuban Republic
Cosmopolitan Club
Glorious Fourth in Mexico Celebrated by American Colony
In Mexico City an outdoor Fourth of July fete at the Tivoli del Eliseo drew about 4000 attendees. President Diaz and Mayor Lands arrived to a 21-gun salute as General Agramonte read the Declaration of Independence. General Powell Clayton gave the day’s oration while American children sang and patriotic songs.
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Mexico City
Tivoli del Eliseo
Diaz
Mayor Lands
John Butler
Agramonte
Powell Clayton
United States
Father Hunk
J. B. Frisble, Jr
Fourth Honored in France at Paris Chamber Banquet
The annual banquet of the American Chamber of Commerce in Paris was held at the Hotel du Quai d’Orsay with a French war ministry guard detail. General Porter, the United States ambassador, praised the chamber’s work while M. Millerand, minister of commerce, attended and spoke.
Fourth of July Banquet in London Honors McKinley
About five hundred guests at the Hotel Cecil in London celebrated the United States' birthday with Americans, British officials, and colonial reps attending. Speakers praised U.S. leadership of world peace, toasted McKinley, and debated constitutional implications of imperial progress and the Insular Cases.
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London
American Society
Cecil
United States
Great Britain
Morgan Richards
Mr. Choate
Robert W. Hanbury
India
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Cape Colony
Ian Hamilton
South’ Africa
King Edward
McKinley
Joseph Parker
City Temple
Britain
McKintey
James M. Beck
Mr. Hanbury
Adelbert Hay
Hanbury Pai
United States Department of Agriculture
America
Choate
American Republic
Chatham, Burke and Fox
Independence Day Observed by Tammany in New York
New York on July 4 held a quiet Independence Day with Tammany Hall’s celebration featuring readings from the Declaration of Independence and speeches by Governor Jennings of Florida and other Democratic leaders. A letter from William J. Bryan was read, praising Tammany’s fidelity and urging strong constitutional control over government.
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Mr. Bryan
New York
Tammany Hall
Florida
William J. Bryan
Washington, D. C
Tammany
Alliance Day at Hague on Lake George Celebrates Ethan Allan
One of New York’s greatest patriotic celebrations drew about five thousand people to Hague on Lake George. Col W A Hemphill of Atlanta and Col Henry Savage addressed the crowd before fireworks and a town hall ball. The speakers praised American unity, wealth growth, and the country’s rise as a world power, urging northern capital to invest in the South. Col Mann directed the program.
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United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Jefferson
Congress
Republic
Northwest Territory
United States
Ticonderoga
New York
Hague
Lake George
W. A. Hemphill
Atlanta
Henry Savage
Army
Town Hall
Col. Mann
Col. Hemphist
Ethan ‘A‘len
Green Mountain Boys
England
Germany
Pike Raised Flag Monument Cornerstone Laid
Cornerstone laid today in Courtland Kansas to mark the spot where Zebulon Pike raised the American flag over the Louisiana Purchase area in 1806. Kansas State Historical Society directs ceremonies. eight acres to become a public park. State appropriated 12000 for fencing and grounds work.
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Courtland
Kas
Kansas
Zebulon H. Pike
Kansas State Historical Society
Pawnee Republic
Elizabeth A. Johnson
Pike
Louisiana Purchase
Don Facundo Malgareset
Spain
Hich
A Quiet Day at Washington Fourth of July Quieted by Firework Rules
Washington marked the Fourth with unusually calm celebrations as strict enforcement of fireworks regulations limited shooting crackers before six and barred large explosions. President McKinley spent most of the day with Mrs. McKinley at the executive mansion, contributing to the tranquil holiday atmosphere.
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Washington
McKinley
Executive
Wu Speaks at Philadelphia Independence Day Event
Several thousand gathered at Independence Square Philadelphia for Independence Day celebrations with Chinese minister Wu-Ting Fane as speaker. He faced a threatening anonymous letter but received a warm reception and strong audience attention throughout his address.
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Philadelphia
Sauare
Wu-Ting Fane
Ayiet
Heat Wave Bends Across Nation With Thunderstorm Relief
Washington reports show extreme heat still grips many regions but several localities record cooler readings due to thunderstorms. Temperatures vary widely with sharp drops in St Paul and Chicago while New York and Washington note declines of several degrees. forecasts hint at a gradual cooling as storms spread.
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Weather Bureau
Mississippi
United States
Minna
Alben Temperaturdy
Cincinnati
Davenport
Denver
Galen
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Fila
Kansas City
Little Rock
Memphis
New Orleans
New York
North Platte
Nebr
Omaha
Pittsburg
East Lake City
St. Louis
St. Paul
Springfield
Ill
Washington, D. C
8 Much Cooler in New York Heat Deaths Drop
New York reports cooler weather on July 4 with a street thermometer at 62 degrees at 11:00 am, compared to 61 yesterday. The day's high was 86 at 4:15 pm as an ocean breeze reduced heat deaths to fifteen in Manhattan and the Bronx by evening.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Death of famed lecturer John Fiske in Gloucester
Gloucester Mass July 4 Professor John Fiske of Cambridge renowned lecturer and historian died today at the Hawthorne inn East Gloucester after arriving yesterday and falling ill The cause was heat He was fifty nine years old long associated with Harvard College in a professional capacity but left eighteen years ago retaining a seat on the board of overseers and dedicating his time to lecturing and historic research
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Suc‘gumbs
Gloucester
Mass
John Fiske
Cambridge
Hawthorne Inn
East Gloucester
Fiske
Harvard College
Beard of Overseers
Dogs Die In Charleston Heat Wave Rages
Heat wave kills many dogs in Charleston as clouds and sea breeze temper the day. Thousands flee to the seashore while no heat prostration or deaths reported among people. Weather relief masks the canine toll as the city endures extreme temperatures.
Five Deaths in Chicago Heat Wave of July Fourth
Chicago records one of the hottest days as the mercury climbs to 95 degrees. The heat drives three people insane, causes five deaths, and leads to fourteen prostrations. Weather bureau notes severe conditions across the city.
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Chicago
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Twelve Deaths' at Baltimore Weather Record Heat Probes
Baltimore reports twelve deaths connected to an extreme heat wave. Weather bureau data show today’s high of 56 degrees, with officials noting prolonged heat as a factor.
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