Prisoner Wells Nearing Execution After Moving Sermon
A dramatic morning at the Tower as condemned man Wells, facing death within hours, addressed prisoners and visitors with calls to repent and live. Mrs Wells, two sympathetic women, and Millard Lee reacted profoundly, while Wells sang along in a touching solo. the warden planned the hang to occur just after 10. His funeral wishes, family burial plans, and last hour religious services were arranged.
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Christ
Wells
Millard Lee
Lita May Burtles
Lee
Goodman
Wells. Oe
Wails
Murderer's Row
Murderer’s Row
Wella
Darkey
Richard
BSS
Comstock
Fils
Ower
Janer
Colombian Minister Seeks Panama Canal Protocol Edits
Secretary Hay sent modifications to Minister Concha in Washington to align the Panama canal protocol with Spooner amendments. Colombia's legation says the instructions are not broad enough to accept changes without home government guidance. Concha aims to shape the instrument for favorable congressional action.
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Washington
State ‘Department
Panama Canal
Secretary Bay
Concha
Panama
Spooner
Senate
Legation
Hay
Houses of Congress of Colombia
Admiral Watson Returns From London Coronation Visit
Rear Admiral John W. Watson arrived in New York aboard the St. Louis after attending King Edward VII’s coronation in London. He traveled with his son and Commander W. S. Cowles, along with Mrs. Cowles, and commented on the English public’s calm reaction to the king’s illness and the busy naval scene in Britain. He noted Whitelaw Reid’s expected July return and reported Lord Grenfell’s toast to President Roosevelt, plus a brief exchange with General Wheeler.
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London
New York
John
Great Britain
Whitelaw Reid
Choate
Lord Grenfell
Roosevelt
General Wheeler
Captain Newman Sighting A 38-Foot Atlantic Voyage
Captain Henry Newman and his 16 year old son on the Ablel Abbott Low, a 38 foot kerosene engine launch from College Point, left July 9 for a 3000 mile voyage to England. They were sighted July 18 by the St Louis near lat 41.94 N long 55.35 W, exchanging colors with the liner. Newman expected England arrival in under a month, having covered about 875 miles in nine days at nearly 100 miles daily.
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Atlantic
New York
Ablel Abbott Low
Henry Newman
New England
College Point
L. 1
Talmouth
England
Tourville
Nantes
Hner
St. Louis
Southampton
Cherbourg
Newman
Vatican Rejects Taft Concordat Offer
The Temps reports the Vatican declined Governor Taft’s offer, effectively rejecting indirect concordat terms with the United States. The note would have allowed the apostolic delegate direct access to Roosevelt without an American intermediary, and the Vatican’s stance halts a gradual expulsion of congregations in the Philippines and blocks an American concordat policy.
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London
Taft
Vatican
Paris
Philippine Islands
United States
Apostolic Delegate
Washington
Roosevelt
Ireland
Philippines
Sultan Sends Friendly Note to American Commander
The sultan of Balacod Mindanao, who earlier insulted the American expedition and threatened August offensives, writes a letter to the American forces commander disavowing any wish to fight and says he will confer with them in the future. The general reports the situation as favorable.
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Manila
Balacod
Mindanao
Lake Leno
Flood Damage In Mississippi Valleys On Immense Scale
Keokuk Iowa July 20 massive floods on the Mississippi frontier render fields into lakes and farms submerged. Descriptions of two miles wide river mouths, floating crops and ruined levees accompany warnings of continued rise and multi million losses, with Iowa Missouri towns like Alexandria Gregory and LaGrange overwhelmed and riverside farms abandoned.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Mississippi River
Keokuk South
St. Louis
Associated Press
Missouri
Hannibal
House of God
LaGrange
Silver Crescent
Louisiana
Calon
West Quincy
Warsaw
Quincy
Thinois
Holton
Hainois Bluffs
Missouri Bluffs
Burlington Route
Lone Tree Prairie
Bluffs
Fabius River
Mississippi
Lamotte
Laverton
Busch Station
Clemens
Ashburn
Illinois River
Peoria
Ilnois
Utica
Ang
Sawlangs
Gots
Hay
International Markets Mixed Amid Quiet Week in Berlin and London
Berlin and London markets showed little activity with only select securities moving. American shares lagged, while Russians and Spanish bonds drew demand. fears of dividend cuts and wage reductions shaded sentiment as money markets remained easy and gold flow potentially Londonward.
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London
Stock Exchange
T& Premiership
Lord Salisbury
New York
Paris
Berlin
Hamburg-American Steam Packet Company
Lloydine
Hamburg
Bremen
General Industriaia
Manchester
Calcutta
Bombay
Madras
China
South America
All Quiet at Leavenworth After Soldier Riot
Leavenworth Kansas July 20. An incipient riot by several hundred Fort Leavenworth soldiers who demolished a low quarter house followed the stabbing of cavalryman Loucke. After midnight a Fourth Cavalry company rounded up those soldiers who did not return. Loucke has a chance for life and sentiment largely favors the servicemen amid talk of a vigilance committee unless police act decisively.
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Leavenworth
Kana
Fort Leavenworth
HN Loucke
Fourth Cavalry
Loucke
King Jedward Attends Divine Services Aboard Royal Yacht
King Jedward attends morning worship conducted by Commodore Lambton aboard the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert in Cowes Isle of Wight. The king rises at nine, is seen by physicians after breakfast, and his progress continues to surprise doctors. Also notes a freight train collision in Indianapolis injuring three and a Boston minstrel veteran James J Keely, age 68, dies at home.
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Commodore
Cowes
Isle of Wight
King Jedward
Commodore Lambton
Victoria and Albert
Queen Alexandra
Floods and Cloudbursts Hit New York County
A July cloudburst in Coventry and a disastrous flood in Seneca County cause extensive damage. Wheat and hay ruined, gardens washed away, roads washed out, with Covert facing thousands in losses. Afton drowning tragedy reported as Lump Creek overflows and several mills are wrecked.
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New York
Seneca County
Covert
Conventry
Binghamton
Coventry
Afton
James ‘Cook
Groesbeck Defends Waller and Smith In Samar Trial
Col Stephen W Groesbeck former Manila judge advocate arrives in San Francisco en route to Chicago to serve as judge advocate of the lakes department He reviews Major Waller and General Jacob Smith trials He says Waller was a tactician not a leader and no order to kill and burn by Smith was issued He condemns harsh treatment but supports water cure as humane in war crimes and asserts the US must stay in the Philippines with a strong civil government plan.
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San Francisco
Stephen
W." Groesbeck
Division of the Philippines
Manila
Chicago
Department of the Lakes
Groesbeck
Waller
Jacob H. Smith
Samar
Smith
Balangiga
Ninth Infantry
Walter
Kaling
Philippines
Philippine
Removal Sale at 26 Whitehall Street September 1
A removal sale announces the stock of men and young men’s fine fashionable clothing must be sold by September 1 at no reserve. Straw hats and furnishing goods offered with big discounts as the store moves to new quarters at No 26 Whitehall Street.
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Whitehall
Inter-Ocean
Marietta St
Budhouser
United States
Marietta Street
Eleven Killed As Storm Tops Baltimore Harbor Vessels
A fierce storm capsized vessels in Baltimore harbor. Eleven people died including Mrs Schuler and her three children trapped in a cabin while Cooper and Schuler and their wives escaped. A schooner crew rescued survivors and towed the capsized boat to shore. Additional drownings occurred among a rowboat party. property damage ran high across warehouses, gas reservoir, and shipping. The weather center described a whirl wind with 64 mph winds and 0.66 inches rain.
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Schuler
Cooper
Paradise Grove
Powhattan
Liberty Road
William Cornish
Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Bargain Sale On Refrigerators And House Furnishings
The store decries early season shortages and offers remaining Hunnicutt and Bellingrath stock at almost any price. Customers who delayed earlier may now buy refrigerators and other house furnishing goods at generous terms, with Mr. Martin overseeing the sale at the familiar corner location.
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Hunnicutt & Bellingrath
Hunnicutt É& Bellingrath Corner
Martin
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Essig Bros
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Eureka Steel
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