Wood Likely Named to Oversee Canal Construction Task
Oyster Bay July 14 Special General Leonard Wood is likely to be chosen by President Roosevelt to supervise the Panama or Nicaragua canal construction if the Panama route title is not clear. Wood has been invited to Sagamore Hill in August as part of the discussions. Senator Spooner’s Sagamore Hill visit touched on the Panama Canal title investigation, with Justice Department involvement and a Paris trip planned for examiners. The president’s party also visited the Mayflower and the Havana dry dock issue awaits decision on naval stations placement.
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Oyster Bay
Leonard Wood
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Nicaragua, Canal
Cuba
White House
Cortelyou
Wood
Spooner
John c. Spooner
Sagamore Hill
War Root
Panama Canal Company
Congress
United States
The
Partment of Justice
Paris
Senate
Root
Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Lambert
McKim
Sagamore Iui
New York
New England
Havana
Navy Department
Spain
Enably
King and Czar Break Bread at Welcome in St Petersburg
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy and Emperor Nicholas II visited Krasnoe-Selo and St. Petersburg. They were greeted by officials, inspected troops, and saw a grand military tattoo with 2,500 musicians despite rain. The royal party dined at the palace and planned a theater outing and a review the next day.
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St. Petersburg
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Alexander TH
Evacuation of Tien Tsin and Concession Issues
Washington officials welcome word that foreign ministers have agreed on terms to hand Men Tsin to the Chinese and applaud American diplomacy for easing harsh conditions. Concern grows over reimbursing concessionaires for grants from the provisional government, with fears of draining the Chinese treasury and potential government pushback to protect funds.
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Washington
State Department
Pekin
Men Tsin
Tien Tsin
Preparations Underway For King Edward Transfer Today
London July 14 The ambulance prepared to move King Edward from Buckingham Palace to the railway station was taken to the palace this afternoon. Six blue jackets will remove the king after an earlier couch removal rehearsal under nurse direction. He will travel with Queen Alexandra Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark, and the private secretary Francis Knollys and the attending physician. A bulletin is not expected until the king is aboard the Victoria and Albert tomorrow evening. Cholera Spreading in the Philippines Manila July 14 Cholera is spreading somewhat in the islands with Manila maintaining the ratio and rising tide rains not significantly hindering the disease.
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London
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Ueen Alexandra
Prince
Princess Charles
Denmark
Francis Knollys
Victoria and Albert
Philippines
Manila
Fall of Venice Campanile Destroys Landmark Tower
July 14 reports describe the St Mark campanile collapse in Venice injuring a few, with immense statues and a Veronese painting lost. The loggetta and palace library were damaged, a winged angel toppled, and public funds plus private subscriptions were set to rebuild.
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Venice
Italy
St. Mark
Sansovino
Paul Veronese
Campanile
Apollo
Municcipal Council
Margarita
Count von Bue Jow
Grand Canal
Gindeecca
Smooth Schmidt at the Bar and a Bank Collapse Trial
Adolf Schmidt, ex managing director of Trebert Rockning Grain Drying, faced cross examination at Leipzig as directors of Leipziger bank were tried. He admitted irregularities like backdated entries, claimed they were to shield the firm from newspaper attacks, and said the bank was the main revenue source during the crisis. He cited hopes tied to an alcohol distilling invention and a planned American market agreement. The testimony referenced Schmidt’s war fortune and the directors’ combined larges sums.
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Berlin
Adolf Schmidt
Trebertocknung
Leipziger Bank
Leipzig
Schmidt
Trebert-Rockning Company
Gardener Ordered Home From Tayabas Probe
The board investigating charges against American officers and soldiers led by Major Cornelius Gardener of the Thirteenth Infantry. findings to be announced from Washington. Gardener has been ordered home and will likely depart July 20 aboard the US transport Buford.
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Manila
Cornelius Gardener
Thirteenth Infantry
Tayabas
Washington
Gardener
United States
Buford
Bandits Loot Western Taal Train Near Chester Colorado
A Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge train was held up at 8:50 am by four masked men near Chester in Marshall Pass. They dynamited two safes, robbed passengers of money and valuables, and fled on horseback into the ravines. Engineer Ruland was struck, head swollen but able to continue. no one else hurt. Sheriff and county officials pursue. Report dated July 14 from Denver. Also notices Seaboard Air Line excursion to Wrightsville Beach on July 17 with round trip $3.50.
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Salida
Colo
Denver
Hio Grande
Chester
Marshall Pass
Marehall Pass
Herbert
Denver and
Rio Grande
Ohe
Millswit
Express
Ruland
R. F. Rockwell
Gunnison
Lake City
Telluride
Ouray
Interns Reprimanded By Augusta Hospital Board
In Augusta Georgia July 14 the hospital governing board suspended Dr W C Turnebull junior intern for thirty days and required him to apologize. Dr I H Adams ambulance surgeon and the nurses were reprimanded for threatening to leave the hospital over a nurse’s suspension reinstatement.
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Augusta
W. C. Turnebull
I. H. Adams
Ranger Sails for David to Observe Revolutionists
Pursuant to Navy Department orders the gun boat Ranger sailed Saturday from Panama for David on the west coast of the isthmus to observe revolutionists reported active in the area.
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Ranger
David
Washington
Navy Department
Panama
Mortuary notices from Huntsville and Columbus
Miss Alice Price of West Huntsville died after a short illness at 39. She will be interred in Gladstone, Alabama. Marcus Tover, longtime Monarch Tobacco manager in Louisville, died at home. Mrs Sallie Chestnut of Columbus, aged 24, died. her husband Fred Chestnut is in prison for twenty years for a prior murder.
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Alice Price
Huntsville
Ala
West Huntsville
Gladstone
Marcus Daverhofer
Louisville
Marcus Tovernofer
Monarch Tobacco Company
American and
Continental Tobacco Companies
Sallie Chestnut
Columbus
Fred Chestnut
Will Walsh
Remains of Lord Pauncefote Reach Southampton on Brooklyn
The U S armored cruiser Brooklyn arrived at Southampton with the remains of Lord Pauncefote the late British ambassador to Washington. Full naval honors were given and Lady Pauncefote accompanied the coffin to the train bound for Newark upon Trent for the funeral tomorrow.
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Southampton
Brooklyn
United States
Annapolis
Lord Pauncefote
Great Britain
Washington
Lady Pauncefote
Yewark Upon Trent
Queen Marie Henriette in Belgium Relapse Critical
The Queen of the Belgians Marie Henriette, previously improving from heart disease, has relapsed and her condition is now critical.
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Brussels
Marie Henriette
Peruna Urged Against Substitutes Despite Cautions
An old plea promotes Peruna as the sole reliable catarrh remedy, warning buyers not to accept substitutes. It urges readers to write to Dr. Hartman for free advice and cites a Minneapolis testimonial of complete recovery after seven weeks of Peruna use, warning against cheaper counterfeit tonics sold by druggists.
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Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Our
Permay
McAllister
Twinnie
Ag & Cas
Mamitate Peruna
Cloudburst Flood Ravages Keokuk Region Wreaks Havoc on Crops
A cloudburst caused sudden flooding in Keokuk Iowa on July 14. The levee break at Keokuk Canning Company flooded thousand acres of cucumbers, tomatoes and corn, with estimated losses around 910,000 for the canning firm and twice that for farmers. Des Moines river area and lower Des Moines crops face hundreds of thousands in damage as waters rise and threaten Clar county. Official forecasts warn of six inch rise then a one foot fall per day after tomorrow.
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Keokuk
Keokuk Canning Company
Danning Company
Clari County
Iowa
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Carter TKO Beats Weinig in Fort Erie Bout
Carter floored Weinig with a right cross to the jaw in the twelfth round of a hard fought two twenty rounder before a large Fort Erie crowd. Weinig, from Buffalo, suffered a bloody defeat as Carter pressed him from the fifth round onward and finished him at nine in the final count.
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Jay On
Kid
Cartonight
International Club
Weinig
Carter
Rid
Welnig
Eric
N. Ter
Brooklyn
Buffalo
Fort Erie
Jimmy Handler
Jack Bonner
Larry Cobb
Niagera Falls
a_fou
Jimmy Smith
Canada
Black man captured after Lafayette area incident
A Black man believed to have injured Mrs. Wales Philips near Lafayette last week was captured by a posse today at Pigeon Mountain six miles from Lafayette. He was seriously wounded, and hundreds of people gathered as the posse headed toward Lafayette.
Hundred Years Probation Mrs Jones Dies at 104 near Dallas
Mrs Maney Jones aged 104 died after a brief illness Sunday near Dallas Georgia. She was said to have been 104 and until two months ago was strong in mind and body. Her husband and four sons were killed in or near Dallas during Reconstruction riots. She leaves two sons in Paulding County and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Estate valued around 16005 dollars.
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Nancy Jones
Dallas
Maney Jones
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