Fate of Andre and companions reaching York factor
Rev Dr Farlies reports new details on the disappearance of explorer Andre and his two companions after a balloon landing 1800 miles north of York factory. Eskimos witnessed the event and natives attacked, killing three explorers and looting gear near Fort Churchill. Information from Old Huskie via Hudson Bay Company agent Ralph Alstine is deemed credible by Dr Farnes.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Farlies
York Factory
British Territory
Andre
York
Fiskimos
Arctic
Huskie
Ralph Alstine
Hudson Bay Company
Farnes
Civil Service Promotion Rule Bans Outside Influence
President Roosevelt issues an order amending rule 11 of the civil service code to bar outside recommendations for promotions in the classified service. Only supervisors may forward promotions, with any other outside suggestion leading to debarring from promotion and possible removal upon repeat offense. Proctor, head of the civil service commission, says the rule has congressional support but came from lawmakers urging its necessity.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Proctog
Civil Service Commission
Congress
Siamese Crown Prince to Visit United States Soon
The Siamese crown prince will travel to the United States in a few weeks to meet with Secretary Hay. Phya Akharaj Varadhara and secretary Loftus arrived in Washington from East Gloucester to discuss arrangements for the visit, which will occur before September due to the coronation being abandoned. The government expects a cordial reception. Berlin reports both Humperdinck and Wagner are drawing on the same German sleeping beauty source for new fairy operas.
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United States
Washington
Phya Akharaj Varadhara
Loftus
Legation
East Gloucester
Mass
Hay
Crown Prince of
Siam
Crown Price
Berlin
Humperdinck
Siegfred Wagner
Roosevelt to Rush Fight on the Trusts
President travels from Pittsburg to Oyster Bay with plans to push trust regulation. He met with Knox and Littlefield to draft a bill for Congress at the next session, and will hold frequent talks on details. He vows vigorous action and will speak on the issue during fall trips.
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Pittsburg
Congress
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
L. I
Knox
Sattlefield
Maine
Littlefield
Longe Island Railroad
Friends
Asso
Strait-jacket death of Nora Ferris shocks Ohio reform system
In Columbus the state board of charities says Nora Ferris, an inmate at a girls reform school, died from punishment by Strait-jacket. Governor sends report to attorney general urging criminal action review with Delaware County prosecutors.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Board of Charities
State
Industrial Schools For Girls
Nora
Ferris
Delaware County
Gaston and Alphonse Stall in Goofball Cap Race
In a 3:05 start, Chauncey Foote set a five minute handicap for Gaston Matthews as 4,000 spectators cheered. The Evening Journal notes the popular pair Gaston and Alphonse, seen in The Sunday Constitution, visiting an extinct volcano and drawing wide public amusement.
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Chauncey Foote
Gaston Matthews
Gaston
The
Evening Journal
Alphonse
Sunday Constitution
Sweden forms new cabinet under Bostrom leadership
King Oscar approves Erik Gustav Bostrom's cabinet formed after the resignation of Admiral Baron von Otter. The new ministry names Bostrom premier and lists Lagerheim as Foreign Affairs minister, Bergen as Justice minister, J I Cruse Bjorn as War minister, A A L Palander as Marine minister, Went Ring as Interior minister, Ashter Buhring as Finance minister, Carl von Friesen as Worship minister, and A T Odenburg as Agriculture minister. The War Marine and Zeroculture posts remain held as before.
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Bostrom
Oscar
Stockholm
Sweden
Erik Gustav Bostrom
Baron von Ottey
Erix Gustav Bostrom
Carl H. T. A. Lagerheim
Bergen
J. I Cruse Bjon
A. A. L Palander
Went Ring
Ashter Buhring
Carl von Friesen
Agriculture
A. T. Odenburg
War
Marine
von Otter
Swift & Co Fire Causes Half Million Loss at Stock Yards
A fire at Swift & Co stock yards plant in Chicago tonight caused an estimated loss of 500000. The blaze confined to a four story brick building at Packera avenue and Broadway housed wholesale meat on the first floor, shipping on the second, and offices on the third and fourth floors with over 300 employees on one floor. Firefighters battled spread to adjoining Armour & Co and Libby, McNeil & Libby facilities but could not save contents. Insurance fully covers the loss.
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Chicago
By & Fire
Swift & Co
Packera Avenue
Broadway
United States
Armour & Co
Libby, McNeil & Libby
Fre
American Extradited Citizen Convicted in Japan
Francis S Mayer, an American citizen, was extradited from the United States and on June 17 convicted by Japanese courts, marking the first extradition since Japan joined the modern international community.
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Tokyo
San Francisco
Francis S Mayer
United States
Japan
Henry Watterson accuses Cleveland of seeking comeback
St. Paul report quotes Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier Journal, alleging Mr. Cleveland has long used officeholding as a career. He claims Cleveland rode the free trade issue yet shifted tariff policy after 1892 and that a Tilden Club hints at a planned political return.
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Chicago
Whitney, Bayard and Vilas
Offier
Cleveland
Congress
Gorman
Beott
St. Louis
Homestead
White House
Princeton
Tilden Club
Haiti Election Turmoil Delays Parliament Elections
In Port au Prince Haiti July 4 M Delinois won first deputy for Port au Prince by a plurality of 80 in 12 000 votes. After the announcement an attack on the arsenal by rivals was repulsed wounding many. Widespread disorder left most towns without elections and a quorum unlikely to organize the chamber or elect a new president.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
M._Delinois
M, Delinois
Chamber of Deputies
France Threatens Turkey Over Smyrna Incident
Vienna reports France may issue an ultimatum to the Porte after Turkish policemen boarded a French ship to arrest a spy at Smyrna. In New York, Andrea Grähe, captain of the Frederica, is found dead in the Erie Basin, believed to have killed himself following criticisms from ship owners after an accident. he was 35 and Austrian.
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Repulse
Porte
Vienna
France
Turkey
Smyrna
New York
Andrea Gr Ahe
Frederica
Erie Basin
Head found near LaLoma Park sparks murder speculation
In Berkeley California a middle aged man's head was found on a creek bank at LaLoma Park. Medical experts believe it was severed by someone not skilled in surgery and suggest the head may have been kept by a medical institution. Meanwhile Chicago's labor unrest looms as nearly 9,000 freight handlers threaten a strike for higher wages.
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Berkely
Cal
LaLoma Park
Chicago
Ephethera
Tigy
Peruna claims aid for female ailments and coughs
Letters from women across the United States praise Peruna medicine for relief from menstrual pain, catarrh and other female weaknesses. Testimonials cite months of pain reduced, weight gain, and improved health, with Dr Hartman offering free guidance from Columbus Ohio.
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The
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Bright
Jennie Rose
Eilen Thompson
Battle Town
Eien Thompson
James Bightey
Graps
Mich
James Eighmey
John Meyers
Erhart
Peruna
Ida Baker
Portsmouth
Alice Scott
Verona E. Roach
United States
Roach
North Dakota
Verona Roach
Larimore
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Ohio
Packing plants merged into a gigantic combine
Chicago July 5 A U S packing industry consolidation is complete with John D Rockefeller at the financial center. Swift Armour interests consolidate control over most national packers, with minor firms still negotiating. Armour & Co. gain control of G H Hammond and seek Cudahy Nelson Morris. Libby McNeill Libby and Anglo-American ties deepen. Swift says Rockefeller has no stock or involvement.
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Chicago
United States
John D. Rockefeller
Swift and Armour
Swift & Co
Sioux City
Libby, McNeill & Libby Co
Anglo-American
Mr. Rockefeller
Chastain Arrested Over Scalp Ticket Use in Atlanta
Montgomery livery stable owner J W Chastain was arrested in Montgomery on a Georgia charge related to using a scalper ticket on the West Point line and signing the original owner’s name. He bonded in Atlanta after surrendering on a warrant and was released. Rail officials seek the person who issued and sold the pass.
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J. W. Chastain
Montgomery
Ala
Atlanta
Chastain
Atlanta and
West Point
J. W. English
J W. Chastain
Georgia
Drum Point Harbor Planned in Drum Point Railroad Deal
Negotiations continue for the purchase of the Baltimore and Southern Railroad Company known as the Drum Point railroad. Edward Lauterbach of New York, president, conducts talks with Fuller or Gould syndicate owner of the Western Maryland railroad seeking a harbor at Drum Point.
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Maryland Railroad
Baltimore
Baltimore and Southern Railroad Company
Thje
Drum Point Railroad
Edward Lauterbach
New York
Fuller Or Gould Syndicate
Western Maryland Railroad
Drump Point
National Educators Gather in Minneapolis Convention
Delegates flocked into Minneapolis to the forty first annual National Educational Association convention opening Monday. Officials anticipate about 5 000 attendees as the gathering runs through July 11.
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Minneapolis
National Educational Association
Riot at Rochester Industrial School Ends With Wounding
A mutiny at the State Industrial School in Rochester last night left a 16 year old inmate, Joseph Clever, wounded in the temple after officers fired a shotgun during a riot that saw attackers hurled bricks and iron from the roof. Several inmates escaped as they sought to drop over the wall while visitors watched fireworks.
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Rochester
State Industrial School
Joseph Clevet
Wilpot
Ut A
Queen Alexandra's cable to President Roosevelt
Washington July 6 The president has received a cablegram from Queen Alexandra The message from London July 4 expresses gratitude for King sympathy and notes the king is progressing favorably The fragmentary text suggests rapid diplomatic exchanges between England and the United States during the era the item reflects
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England
Washington
Alexandra
Tondon
Fachington
Grat
Drowned While Bathing Near Michigan Coast
In Benton Harbor Michigan Rudolph Steffick and Ruth Steffick of Chicago perished while bathing in St. Joseph River. Their companions John Thorpe and another unnamed party survived after a strong gale at St Johns Newfoundland and a wreck of a timber. The storm lashed the seaboard, damaging fishing property and threatening ships on the Grand Banks.
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Rudolph Sheffick
Benton Harbor
Mich
Ruth Steffick
Steffick
Chicago
St. Joseph
John Thorpe
St. Johns
N. F
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