Global news items flood 1906 briefings in scattered notes
A digest of international developments reports upheaval in San Romingo with a deposed government and brimming crisis around President Vasquez. It notes Dreikbund renewal by Berlin diplomats, a Mexico US extradition treaty change over bribery cases, violence in China and French dominion shifts in Tunis. King Edward’s health improves, Pirncipal haute lines touch on Russia, Haiti, Indo China, and a raft of domestic political moves in the United States.
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Haiti
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Sioux Falls
Indo China
M. Beau
Pekin
Fanl Doumer
Indo-China
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Annapolis
Brooklyn
England
Endings and beginnings sweep 1900s week in review
A week of endings from an American view marks peace in the Philippines and a Philippine civil government shift following a July 1 proclamation. Congress adjourns after a seven month session with canal, civil government, and tax milestones. Roosevelt attends Fourth of July events. a new U S Army war college opens in Washington. treasury shows a large surplus. International moves include Berlin alliance, Russian riots, and a Mexico treaty. Coal strike activity continues with mixed outcomes as steel earnings rise.
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President's Summer Plans and War Expenditures
President Roosevelt departs Washington for summer duties, visits Pittsburg then Oyster Bay with White House staff stationed closer to his property. Treasury reports show war costs near 117 million, navy up to 70 million, total military outlays mirroring high public debt but cash reserves at a multi-year peak. National bank data note 487 banks authorized. six new warships named Louisiana, Tennessee, Connecticut, Washington, Paducan, Dubuque.
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Maeterlince in Paris Drama Return Draws Praise
Maurion Maeterlince the Belgian poet and playwright has reentered drama with a Paris performance supervised by the artist himself, described as a success. Colonel Asa Gardiner offers a gold medal for a new tune to the national hymn America via the Society of the Cincinnati, opposing the use of the common English German tunes. Raffaelli in Paris unveils solid oil paint sticks, promising tone retention and brushless convenience, drawing attention. Berlin royal opera to open a school of opera chorus with four corps of renowned instructors this fall. Teresa Carreno, famed Madame, marries pianist Arturo Taglia Pietra in Berlin, her fourth husband and brother of a former spouse.
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Berlin
Madam Carreno
Teresa Carreno
Arturo Tagliapietra
New York
Social woes and reform across states and cities
Sociological notes report abuse in Illinois and Indiana where a Black school resembled Tuskegee yet was broken up with buildings insured crops destroyed and teachers and pupils displaced. New York appoints women doctors for tenement districts while Mayor Low urges burning waste for energy.
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New York City
Hlt
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Halfway World
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Pittsburg
John M. Burke
New York
Yale men launch north China mission education drive
An undenominational foreign mission movement by Yale men aims to establish a north China mission with evangelistic medical and especially educational work. A $20,000 fund is raised and two Yale graduates will study language in China this fall.
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Patton
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Schurman
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Andover
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New York
College Sree
Paris Vienna Race Winner Penalized For Rule Violation
Marcel Renault won the Paris to Vienna motor race first prize despite breaking a rule by not stopping at the final control. He covered the distance in 16 hours 22 minutes at an average speed of 51 mph. Coney Island debuts the tip-up ride a twin Ferris wheel device on a 150 foot steel framework. The National Tennis Association releases this year's event schedule with doubles in two sections at Chicago and Longwood and singles at Newport. Victor Regal sets a standing start motor cycle record at Plymouth England while Albert Champion wins a 20 mile motor paced race at Manhattan Beach and breaks the track record.
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Albert Champion
France
World Religions Gathering Promises Global Dialogue
Representatives from diverse faiths convene for a world congress of religions aimed at fostering interfaith dialogue and mutual understanding across cultural divides. The event highlights shared humanitarian values and collaborative approaches to global challenges.
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Om Sde
Congress of Religions of
Storms toll and turmoil ripple through the South
Reports detail a Tennessee storm with many lives lost and great property damage. Armour in Chicago buys a Birmingham bank stake. A Kentucky farmer’s wife borrows eggs to incubate with her husband’s heated body. Preachers denounce gambling in Columbia as strikes halt 11 000 Birmingham miners. A escaped condemned murderer is in South Carolina. Confederate veterans quarrel in Raleigh. Whitecaps and a man shot hostage explode a pocket dynamite. P A Rush embezzlement case opens in Hinds county Mississippi. Night Writer J W Davis drowns in Galveston harbor tow. Fourth of July is celebrated across southern cities.
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Birmingham
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P. A. Rush
Mississippi
Hinds County
J. W Davis
Galveston News
Southland
Georgia News Roundup From July Reports and Events
A Macon citizens committee visited Washington to invite President Roosevelt to the Warm Springs National Congress in October. A Waycross farmer killed himself after six months of marriage. A Southern railroad wreck near Macon killed a fireman and injured others. An insane Acworth youth dueled with the homeowner after breakfast. both were hurt. Burton Smith elected president of the Georgia Bar Association in Warm Springs. Independence Day observed statewide. A lightning strike wrecked a Columbus church. Thomas E. Watson spoke at Barnesville chautauqua and Senator Timin of South Carolina at Marietta on July 4.
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John Whitten
Acworth
Burton Smith
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Columbus
Thomas HE. Watson
Barnesville
Timan
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Marietta
Georgia Democratic Nominates Terrell for Governor on First Ballot
In Atlanta the Georgia Democratic convention nominates Hon Joseph M Terrell for governor on the first ballot. The party endorses local option law and reelects B T Brown as chairman. Crawford W Long selected to represent Georgia in Washington statuary hall.
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B. T. Brown
Fulton
Crawford W. Long
Washington
Atlanta Posto
Atlanta
Post Offices
C. E. Dowman
Emory College
Industrial and oil land deal headlines steam across era
The Pittsburgh based Manufacturers Light and Heating Company absorbed three natural gas firms in a deal valued at 1,500,000 dollars. Across Pennsylvania the South Penn Company, a Standard Oil subsidiary, bought about 25,000 acres of oil lands with 8,700 wells producing 50,000 barrels daily, the largest oil property sale on record. Armour & Co. expanded in rivalry with the Swift company by purchasing the Omaha Packing Company. Half-year dividends totaling roughly 125,000,000 dollars were paid to stockholders of major corporations.
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Pittsburg
Manufacturers Light and Heating Company
Pennsylvania
South Penn Aon Company
Standard Oil Company
Armour
SWIFT
Armour & Co
Swifts
Omaha Packing Company
New York Journal of Commerce
United States
German Atlantic Cable Company
Germany
Kansas City
W. B.S. Whaley
South Carolina
New Jersey
Legal and civic notes from a Wisconsin newspaper
A Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling states that labor agreements cannot criminalize employment choices and that the right to work is a fundamental liberty. A U S circuit court decision declares Algeria part of France with reciprocal treaty rights. New York court rejects damages for a portrait rights case on privacy and feelings. Secret Service reports 572 arrests under federal law with one counterfeit note. New Jersey chancellor upholds whisky trust plan to dissolve Spirits Distilling. Chicago passes an anti smoke ordinance via Municipal Art League to curb pollution with boiler inspections and anti smoke devices.
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Algeria
France
United States Circuit Court
New York Court of Appeals
Rochester
Misa Abagall Roberson
Rochester Folding Bow Company
New York
Secret Service
Wilkie
Whisky Trust
New Jersey Vica
Distilling Company of America
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Spirits Distilling Company
Chicago
Municipal Art League of Chicago
Unprecedented rainstorm spans nation causing widespread damage
A June 29 to 80 rainstorm stretched from the Rockies to the Atlantic coast bringing 1 to 2 inch totals and high winds. St Louis suffered $250,000 in damage while farms across Tennessee faced widespread losses. Chicago compared to a November storm. Record customs duties in New York reached 165,500,126.06 for the year. New Jersey oyster beds hit by drum fish prompting dynamite efforts. NYC bridge congestion prompts plan to enclose the Brooklyn end with a large building for subways and trolley transfers.
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Atlantic Coast
St Louis
Tennessee
Chicago
New York
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New Jersey
State Fish and Game Commission
Brooklyn Bridge
Par= gon
Rapid Transit Commission
Brooklyn
No Real Natural Laws Says Langley in Washington
Smithsonian professor Langley told the Philosophical Society of Washington that there are no fixed natural laws. He argued laws are human abstractions from observation and must adapt as science evolves, with gravitation cited as a rare factual exception.
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Smithsonian Institution
Philosophical Society of Washington
Juan Vidal
Finland
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