Navy and Army Prepare Coastal War Exercises This Summer
Washington reports detailed plans for two summer maneuvers off the Atlantic coast. A naval drill in August will simulate an enemy fleet and landing along New England. A joint army navy defense will counter a hostile coastal attack with Forts in Narragansett Bay and New London under active command.
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Washington
Army
Atlantic
Navy
War Departments
North Atlantic
Higginson
New England
Kearsarge Akebama
Massachusetts
Olympia
North
Department of the East
Coast Artillery
New Bedford
Mass
Long Island Sound
Marragarsett
Henry C. Hasbrouck
New London
3. M. K. Davis
Narragansett
Adabs
Wetherill
Kreble
Rhode Island
Rodman
Trumbull Conn
Mansfield
R. L
H. G. Wright
Miche
Terry
New York
New York City
Evacuation of Tien-Tsin Agreed By World Powers
Secretary Hay secures agreement from France Germany and others for evacuation of Tien-Tsin. Foreign generals will be instructed to withdraw, with limited Chinese forces kept at a distance of 980 kilometers from Tien-Tsin. Negotiations expected to conclude soon.
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Tsien-Tsin
Washington
Hey
Yuan Shu
Kai
Tien-Tsin
Hay
France
Germany
United States
Vatican Reply to Taft Note on Philippine Religious Affairs
The Vatican delivers a twelve article plan for Philippine religious matters, outlining land purchases, arbiters, transfer of deeds, monetary terms, and ecclesiastical property. It rejects withdrawing friars but states openness to American clergy, urging pacification and cooperation with Taft on education policy.
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Rome
Vatican
Taft
Philippines
Cardinal Rampolla
O'Gorman
Sioux Falls
Porter
Army
Washington
Holy See
Roosevelt
Medical College of San Jose
United States
Tribunal of
Philippine Islands
Paris
Spain
Manila
Afro American Council Chooses Louisville For Next Meeting
In St. Paul July 9 the Afro American Council, led by Bishop Alex Walters, held sessions and heard T. T. Fortune H. T. Johnson and W. E. DuBois speak at House of Hope. J. D. Clancy urged Louisville Ky as the site while critics noted Jim Crow laws inKentucky and the council debated moving meetings north toward the center of the Black population. Bishop Clinton defended Louisville saying fair treatment and that Jim Crow laws were not enforced there.
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Clinton
Kentucky
Louisville
Priscilla Collides With Powhattan Off Narragansett Bay
In dense fog the Fall River line steamer Priscilla struck the Powhattan off Point Judith, sinking into damage with a dead Portuguese deck hand, John Munig, in a collision that forced evacuation of passengers by candlelight. The Priscilla, bound for New York, remained afloat by pumps as the Powhattan’s bow penetrated twenty feet into its hull. Authorities differed on signals and timing as the two ships exchanged blame.
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Newport
Fall River Line
Priscilla
Puritan
John Munig
Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company
Powhattan
Narragansett
Point Judith
Fall River
New York
Brenton Reef Light
Farms in South Carolina Value Totals Reported by Census
Census Bureau bulletin shows South Carolina farm property aggregate value of 153 million. Lands worth 399.8 million dollars, buildings 26.9 million, machinery 6.6 million, livestock 20.2 million. Farms number 155,355 with 5,381 operated by Negroes. cotton dominates 65 percent of farm area.
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Census Bureau
Washington
South Carolina
Georgia recruit near drowning at Naval Academy creek
Emett Horine of Georgia, preparing for the Naval Academy, nearly drowned while swimming across a quarter mile wide Bpa Creek at Annapolis. Fellow candidate Herbert French of Missouri rescued him, keeping him above water until a shore boat arrived.
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Naval Academy
Annapolis
Emett Hotine
Georgia
Herbert French
Missouri
Destruction Causa High Water in Iowa and Mexico
Des Moines reports describe record flooding across central northern and southwestern Iowa with rivers over banks destroying crops livestock and property. Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Johnson county suffer homes flooded bridges swept away and power shut off. A Mexico cloudburst and dam breaks in Coahuila caused 400 000 in damage and the Patagolana and San Lorenzo dams destroyed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ivestock
W Oter
Woodbury
Mona
Marshaltown
Iowa Valley
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Linn County
Skunkiver
Squaw Creek
Storer County
lAberty
Jacob Nedheiser
Johnson County
Sixth Avenue
Chicago Great Western
Raccoon
Mexico
Monterey
Mex
Coahuila
Patagolana
San Lorenzo
Salaries Held Up for Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Washington reports that the comptroller ruled that the Louisiana Purchase exposition commission cannot be paid beyond June until the act providing 9 million dollars is conditioned on directors closing gates to visitors on Sundays during the fair. The treasury secretary consulted the comptroller, who affirmed the condition precedent and the need to honor every statute word.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Comptroller
Tracewell
Lumber Men of the South See Likely Yellow Pine Price Rise
The Southern Lumber Manufacturers' Association adjourned in St Louis after discussing values and crop prospects. They expect prices to rise with yellow pine possibly up about $1 per thousand feet and plan to meet again in Memphis in winter. The president was authorized to appoint a committee for the St Louis World's Fair.
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St. Louis
Southern Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Memphis
Tenn
Committee On
Sage Attacks Steel Combine and Withdraws Complaint
Hassell Sage initially sought to join as co complainant in the Newark suit to block United States Steel’s 200 million bond conversion but later said his authorization was withdrawn. Sage, a major stockholder, said he voted for the bond plan and did not want to attack his own property. He instructed attorney Abram S Elkus to withdraw his name as plaintiff after confirming he had given a proxy to Morgan to vote for the issue.
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Newark
N. J
Hassell Sage
McArthur
J. Aspinwall Hodge
United States Steel Corporation
Emery
Sage
United States Steel
United States Steel Common
New York
Russell Sage
Abram S. Elkus
Mr. Elkus
Morgan
Hikus
Hodge
United States Steel Company
Russell Saue
Virulent Yellow Fever Claims Lives in Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz reports an especially virulent yellow fever season with several deaths among long residents who believed themselves immune. A U S government commission studies local conditions and treatment while Dr Miller, who promoted a vaccine, dies in Vera Cruz from brain congestion after presenting his cure to officials.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Mexico City
United States
Miller
McCalmont Named To Succeed Hopetown As Australian Governor
London July 9 It is said Harry Leslie Blundell McCalmont a Jockey Club member and Royal Yacht Squadron member has been chosen to succeed the Earl of Hopetown as governor general of the commonwealth of Australia All traffic suspended Topeka Kans Pacific suspends Blue Valley Hue northeast of Manhattan on Concord due to Republican River rise The Kansas river very high again.
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Lord Hopetown
Australia
London
Harry Leslie Blundell McCalmont
Jockey Club
Royal Yacht Squadron
Earle of Hopetown
Commonwealth of Australia
Topeka
Kans
Pacific
Manhattan
Concord
Republican
Kansas
Chaffee
Hickman
Vatican
United States
Philippines
Taft
Edward
X J
Dynamite Used by Convicts in Jail Escape Plot
In St Joseph Missouri three prisoners James Blade Leck Allen and James Murray rigged a powerful dynamite blast to blow a jail wall at Buchanan county jail Seventy five inmates were confined but guards stopped the escape attempt with winchesters All three attackers were wounded but no one injured elsewhere a flood damage report from Omaha puts Nebraska losses at over a million dollars with some estimates higher due to the recent floods
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St. Joseph
James Blade
Leck Allen
James Murray
Buchanan County
Allen
Blade
Murray
Mberty
Omaha
Nebr
Nebraska
Extradition Row Cuts US Britain Ties in Canada
Assistant Attorney General Marion Erwin urges harsh action on Canada over Greene and Gaynor fugitives in Quebec. He faults Canadian officials and asks Secretary Hay to seek British intervention. The report signals strained relations but states efforts to extradite will continue.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Greene
Gaynor
Quebec
Marion Erwin
Macon
Dominion
Erwin
Hay
State Department
Department of Justice
Arthur S. Batks
Datfaiies
Bar Harbor
Choate
London
Gaynor-Greene
Heyd
Northwest
Ireland
Weather and politics mix in scattered 1900s notes
Fragments report Friday showers and cooler northerly winds along the coast with fair interior weather. Other items mention Sheriff Nelms likely to be elected, estate matters for the heirs of Charles Hill, and various regional events including a Dallas blaze, a state fair prep in Valdosta, and international tensions under strain from Canadian actions.
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Nelms
press+ Association of Georgia
C Dent
Hugh Tinman
Posal ‘Americus Heirs
Charles Hill
Groton
National Gospel Army
G. Dak
Hitg
Atlanta
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China
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Hole
Emmett Horine
Canton
George Fisher
Pittsburg
Texas Copper Company
Albany
Pageal A. Hagel
Glenn McOndon
Robert E. Condon
Gowanda
Asa B. Foster
Edward Jewell
Bostoh Mee
Bothnest
Lumber Men OF the South
Steel
Sage Bentes-G@iving
McCalmont
St. Joseph, Mo
Bistiet
Ervin
D. T. Pyron Ig
J. W. Campbell
Walden
Bibb County
Candler
Valdosta
State Executive Committee
Montgomery
Dallas
Tex
Wiliam J. Bryan
Alabama
Alexander City
Ala
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