Britain plans new battleships and torpedo destroyers
The British Admiralty announced a 191 set of naval builds including three battleships in a new class, six Monmouth class cruisers, and ten improved torpedo boat destroyers. Ships will feature 18,000 horsepower and 12 knots, with eight to nine inch armor and six inch guns in a unified battery. Also planned are hospital ships and wireless telegraphy across vessels.
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France
Russia
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Balloon mishap saves boy. $100 purse raised
In Muscatine County a Fourth of July balloon ascent went awry when Carsten Meyers, a West Liberty boy, was caught by a rope and carried five miles before landing unhurt. Admirers later raised a $100 purse for him. In La Porte Indiana Frederick Wright fell 150 feet during a balloon ascent and parachute leap, was found unconscious and probably will die.
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New Carlisle
State of siege declared in Buenos Aires amid anarchist unrest
On July 5 Buenos Aires proclaimed a state of siege due to anarchist participation in local disturbances. Quiet has since returned. Finance minister Enrique Berou has resigned. Washington reports no word on political agitation from Buenos Aires and no immediate need for martial law or deployment of ships.
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Russian Bank Fails and Earl Russell Trial Set
In St Petersburg the Kharkhoff Commercial Bank failure led to the Commercial Bank of Bikatereinostaff suspending payment and total liabilities of 1,250,000 roubles. In London the lord chancellor informed Earl Russell that he will be tried by the house of Lords on July 18 for bigamy.
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Band of Boers Captured Telegraph Reports From London
London dispatch dated July 6 reports Lord Kitchener sending word to the War Office from Pretoria dated July 4 describing Boer losses and captures. The telegraph notes a band of Boers taken and mentions troop movements and equipment, with terse lines indicative of battlefield news.
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Retoria
Grenfell
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Mexican Church Scandals Prompt Papal Inquiry
Prominent Catholics in Mexico City send a message to the pope regarding recent church scandals. The Vatican is expected to dispatch a representative to investigate conditions. Public unrest grows as liberal papers amplify charges and a clerical scandal faces imminent criminal court action.
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Mexico City
Vatican
Pape
Criminal Court
Englishman Leads Rebels on Mindoro Island Warfront
An English commander identified as Howera heads insurgent forces on Mindoro Island, with entrenched positions at Caiapan and Nangun. Reports say he commands fighters armed with rifles, supported by a few American recruits.
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Sappelee
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Bank director dies by own action in 1905 banking firm
Karl Felix Schaeffer, director of the Leipzig bank and member of Berger Voigt, shot himself this morning. The firm says Schaeffer's death does not affect it, noting he sold his share yesterday on favorable terms. An audit of the Casset Grain-Drying Company disclosed a deficit of 14,500,000 marks amid rumors of pledged securities and large director owes.
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Britain Considers New War Loan For Inevitable Conflict
The Statist argues a fresh war loan is practically certain and urges Parliament to authorize treasury loan powers before adjournment. It notes the last consols loan would leave about £16,000,000 surplus after July 31st to meet existing forces in South Africa, but continued hostilities at £3.5 million weekly could exhaust the surplus by October 15th.
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Treasury
South Afries
Postal Regulate Higher Rates for Periodicals
Washington July 5 the cabinet spent two hours on postal revenue issues. Postmaster General Smith outlined that current classifications keep revenue low by charging one cent per pound for many periodicals. The plan is to raise rates to eight cents per pound for this class. Regulations to enforce this change will be issued in a few days. Secretary Hitchcock announced the Wichita Kiowa and Comanche lands settlement proclamation will be published next Monday. the opening date will be announced then.
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Smith
Postal Service
Hitchcock
Oklahoma
Lorillard in grave condition after ship transfer
Pierre Lorillard, reported slightly improving this morning after being taken from the Deutschland to the Fifth Avenue hotel in New York. His daughters Mrs. Tayler and Mrs. Kent, and son Pierre Lorillard Jr., remain at his bedside as doctors note the illness is very grave despite some cautious optimism.
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Pierre Lorillard
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Dynamite Plots Target Farmer and Sawmill Scene
In Mona Arkansas a dynamite plot aimed at farmer J W Lance failed last night. Samuel Jones confessed, implicating Larry Archie Maud Wiley with arrests expected. Lance knew of guilt tied to William Wiley who was moved to Texas on murder charges. Dynamite stolen from a nearby camp. In Frankfort Indiana an explosion nearly destroyed Seth Central Middlefork sawmill after a saloon fight linked to John R Mason’s imprisonment. Ratcliff allegedly provoked threats and offered a reward for the perpetrators.
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Suit against Grand Lodge seeks 35000 damages
Allen O Myers files in US district court in Columpus Ohio for 350000 damages against the Grand Lodge of Elks alleging wrongful expulsion from the order, stoppage of his newspaper The Elk, depreciation of his History of the Elks, and improper appropriation of the ritual he authored. Myers was expelled five years ago for causing a disturbance and faced imminent statute of limitations.
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Leading Factor in the New Orleans Trade Expires Suddenly
New Orleans July 5 Special I. F. Glenny, one of the city’s leading cotton men, died at his home tonight of heart failure. An English native who became an American citizen, he dominated New Orleans cotton for nearly fifty years and left a large fortune to his grown children.
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Glenny
England
Evans Calls On McKinley Before Canton Departure
H Clay Evans, commissioner of pensions, visited President McKinley to say goodbye before his trip to Canton. Evans reported taking inventories of pension claims and said his annual report would be ready soon. He asked if the president had any instructions to issue. The meeting was cordial and unchanged in tone.
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Boston Bicycle Races Stop Early At Charles River Park
Rain halted the Golden Wheel race in Boston near the two hour mark with Moran leading by a lap, Stinson second, Nelson third and Champion fourth. Current total mile scores list Moran 341, Stinson 335, Champion 328, Nelson 318 miles.
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Stinson
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Lieutenants Are Provided for Regular Army
The War Department announced July 5 that sufficient quotas exist for regular army lieutenant appointments by appointment and designation for examination. A surplus of applicants is allowed to cover possible failures, and the names of examination takers who fail will not be divulged.
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Washington
War Department
Morgan Keeps Mum at New York Office in July
Morgan was at his office in New York on a July day and received several callers. Among them were James J. Bin of the Great Northern railroad and Thomas F. Ryan, vice president of the Morton Trust Company. Mr. Morton declined to discuss any business ventures in which he is involved.
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J. ‘Faerpont
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Great Northern Railroad
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Morton Trust Company
Hibernian order to affiliate with British groups
National board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America votes to proceed with a plan to affiliate with branches of the order in Great Britain Australia and several smaller British colonies.
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Woman Dies After Firecracker Blast On Sidewalk
Mrs. Bridget Croghan, age 31, of Xenia Ohio, died July 6 from an explosion of several cannon firecrackers placed on the sidewalk in front of her house. The blast caused a nervous collapse and death nearly instantly.
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Bridget Croghan
John 8 Hannah Dead in Chicago Grain Merchant Cause
John 8 Hannah, a well known grain merchant and board member of a Chicago trade firm, died after a protracted illness. The obit notes Hannah’s prominence in the western grain trade and service on a trade organization’s board. Funeral plans are expected to be announced.
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Jewish conference debates teaching Jesus in Jewish schools
The annual American rabbinical conference debated whether Jesus should be taught in Jewish theological schools. The report rejected divinity for Jesus yet supported presenting his moral teachings. the motion was adopted. New Orleans was chosen for the 1902 meeting with officers led by Rabbi Joseph Silverman and peers from Philadelphia St Louis Peoria and Baltimore.
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Joseph Silverman
New ‘York
Joseph Krauskopf
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St. Louis
Charles 8. Levi
Peoria
Rabbi Guttmacher
Baltimore
Maurice 4H
Harris
New
York
Capitalists of Texas and the East form a Company for That- Purpose
Capitalists of Texas and the East organize a Houston based company with 30 million dollars capitalization to handle oil from Texas fields and compete with Standard Oil. The Kirby Lumber Company holds 10 million, and the combined holdings cover 1.8 million acres in east Texas with extensive timber assets. Morston to be home, with separate directorates for eastern and Texas capitalists.
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Standard Oil Company
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Morston
Cattle on the Wichita Reservation Move Authorized
The Interior Department arranged with Oklahoma cattle interests for cattle unable to leave the Wichita reservation by August 6 to be moved to Kiowa and Comanche grazing lands south of the Red River. About seventy two thousand head are on the Wichita reserve and cannot be cleared in time for the opening. The plan allows marketing while remaining stock is removed to Kiowa and Comanche lands.
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Interior Department
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Delaware Republicans mull two senate bids without Addicks
Wilmington July 4 reports say a movement to elect two Republican senators from Delaware is forming without J Edward Addicks. Governor Hann as senator is favored by some Layton backed plan, while Senator Allee blocks. Seven regular Republicans and unionists may back a non Addicks slate. outcome uncertain as efforts continue.
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J. Frank Allee
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Layton
Major Thomas W Hall Dead A Prominent Baltimore Journalist
Major Thomas W Hall longtime Baltimore Sun editor and prominent journalist died at his Ruxton residence. Born 1833 in Baltimore he studied law at the University of Virginia and edited The Baltimore Daily Exchange and The South before the Civil War. He served as a Confederate captain and major, later returning to law and journalism.
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Benefit Great Success at Vaudeville for Letter Carriers
The benefit vaudeville performance at Ponce de Leon springs by the local association of letter carriers raised funds to aid Atlanta carriers at the national convention in Chattanooga. A matinee and night show in September drew large crowds and the event was praised as excellent and greatly appreciated by the carriers. Dorothy Donehoe, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Dan Donehoe, died at five months from cholera infantum. The funeral was held at 225 North Boulevard and interment followed at Oakland.
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Towboat Charles Brown Destroyed by Fire
A Cincinnati towboat named Charles Brown was partially ruined by a fire at its moorings at the foot of Broadway Street tonight. Loss is estimated at $8,000. The vessel, owned by the Pittsburg Coal Company, was tied up for repairs.
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Charles Brown
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Pittsburg Coal’ Company
Pingree Remains Lie In State At City Hall
Detroit mourners gather as former Michigan governor Hazen Pingree lies in state in the city hall corridor. The building is draped in black and national colors, and flowers adorn the bier as thousands pay their respects.
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