Cable firm seeks Pacific cable route via Midway and Manila
The Cable Company seeks to build a line across the Pacific using the Nero surveys for a path San Francisco to Manila via Honolulu Midway Island and Guam. It claims the project is for itself only and no foreign partner joins. The Navy wants rapid lay and safeguards to keep the line American with Midway as a relay and government rate priority and wartime access.
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Pacific
United States
Nero
San Francisco
Honolulu
Midway Island
Guam
Manila
Navy Department
Congress Adjourns Sine Die Amid Jubilation and Debate
In Washington on July 2 the House adjourned sine die after a seven and a half hour session with seventy bills passed. The chamber erupted in singing and cheering led by Speaker Henderson with figures like General Hooker joining in. The Senate also adjourned sine die after a stormy close focusing on the Philippine question and a rebuke of critics by Mr. Spooner.
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Henderson
House of Representatives
General Hooker
Mississippi
Dixie
Candler
Senate
Messrs. Carmack
Tennessee
Spooner
Wisconsin
Culberson
Texas
McComas
Maryland
Lodge
Massachusetts
Carmack
Philippine Committee
Philippines
Philippines Committee
Cockrell
Missouri
Roosevelt Lays Cornerstone for Grace Memorial Church
President Roosevelt placed the cornerstone of the Grace Memorial Reformed church at Fifteenth and O streets in Washington. The ceremony featured a hymn sung by the president, a Ninety sixth psalm reading, and a wooden gavel moment. The church, to be completed in November, will cost 840,000.
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S. M. Roeder
Manchester
J. F. Duncan
Cabinet Discusses Commercial Pacific Proposal for Manila Cable
Secretary Moody told the cabinet that the Commercial Pacific Company is advancing a plan concerning the Manila cable project. The discussion aims to outline commercial terms and potential governmental roles in the undertaking.
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Commercial Pacific Company
Washington
Secreaary Moody
Cmmercial Pacific
President Roosevelt signs civil government and naval bills at Capitol
President Roosevelt visited the Capitol with Secretaries Hay Moody Hitchcock Wilson and Shaw and Postmaster General Payne to sign the Philippine civil government bill the naval appropriation bill and other measures in Congress closing hours. Lodge presented the Philippine bill and a brief executive session occurred before adjournment. Pages collected autographs as the president departed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hay
Moody
Hitchcock
Wilson
Shaw
Payne
Capitol
Congress
Senate
Lodge
Cannon and Livingston Present House Appropriations Totals
Washington July 2 Chairman Cannon of the house appropriations committee released a statement showing appropriations at the present session totaling $750,062,837 not counting isthmian canal river and harbor contracts. Representative Law Livingston of Georgia submitted figures including the canal and other measures totaling over one billion dollars for the past session.
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Washington
Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Representative LawVingston
Appropriations Committee
Cabinet Names Six New Warships
At Secretary Moody's suggestion the cabinet adopted names for the six new ships of war authorized by the naval appropriation bill. The four larger ships will be Louisiana Connecticut Tennessee and Washington with exact battleship assignments still unsettled. The two gunboats will be Paducah and Dubuque.
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Washington
Moody
Louisiana
Connecticut
Tennessee
Paducah
Wheeler
Kentucky
Dubuque
Mexican Minister Presents Credentials In Havana Visit
The Mexican minister to Cuba visited the palace in Havana on July 2 and presented his credentials. A detachment of Cuban artillery and a rural guard stood outside the building during the ceremony.
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Havana
Cuba
Mont Pelee Volcanic Activity Eases in Martinique
Fort de France July 2 The volcanic disturbances have become more reassuring with Mont Pelee showing only slight intermittent eruptions still continuing.
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Fort de France
Island of
Martinique
Mont Pelee
Roosevelt Heads To Oyster Bay During Summer
After attending the Fourth of July celebration in Pittsburg Roosevelt will proceed to Oyster Bay New York where executive headquarters will be located for the summer instead of returning to Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pittsburg
Oyster Bay
L. L
State public debt shows decrease to $969 million
Washington report states the public debt at June 30 1902, less cash in the treasury, totalled 969,457,241 dollars, down 18,013,332 dollars from May 30 1902, the drop offset by increased cash on hand.
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Washington
Forty One New Cholera Cases Reported in Manila
Manila reports forty one new cholera cases on Tuesday the largest single day total since the outbreak began. The count highlights the continuing spread of the epidemic in the city.
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Manila
Panama Canal Title Question Referred to Attorney General
The cabinet plans to use the isthmian canal law to secure a legal title for the United States. The attorney general may seek a French legislative declaration or court affirmation of title while sending a representative to Paris to coordinate with French officials. The move aims to enable immediate construction of a Panama canal under U S authority.
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Washington
Hay
United States
Colombia
Chamber of Deputies
France
Russell
Isthmian Canal Commission
Paris
Panama Canal
Nicaragua Canal Project
Panama
New Canal Company
Spooner Panama Canal Bill Passes Congress
Colon Colombia reports the United States Congress passed the Spooner Panama Canal bill last week and the president is expected to sign it shortly. The move aims to regulate canal operations and set terms for future control negotiations.
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Colon
Colombia
United States Congress
Taft and aides prepare note for Vatican on Philippine matters
In Rome, William H. Taft civil governor of the Philippines Major Porter and Judge James F. Smith with Bishop O Gorman prepared a note for the Vatican. The document, translated into French after hours of work, marks Taft s first presentation since delivering prior instructions to Cardinal Rampolla.
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Rome
William H. Taft
Philippine Islands
Porter
Army
James F. Smith
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Taft
O’gorman
Sioux Falls
S. D
Vatican
Root
Cardinal Rampolla
Major Porter
Bishop O'Gorman
Prisoner Slays Fellow Inmate In Burlington Jail
Burlington July 2 John Henderson shot and killed William Trent a color man prisoner in the jail by slashing his throat with a razor while Trent played cards Henderson a white 19 year old prisoner in jail on horse stealing charges carried out the fatal attack Trent was a massage artist who ran a sanatorium until his arrest for attempting a criminal operation
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Burlington
John Hendershot
William Trent
Trent
First Permanent Census Bureau Formed in Washington
The United States established its first permanent census bureau in Washington. All 750 clerks were assigned to divisions, took new oaths of office, and received new commissions.
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Washington
Permanent Census Bureau
United States
Filipino officers face trial in Cebu for oath violation
Manila reports General Marxilo Jose Monticellio and Dionicio Novicio are being tried in Cebu City on charges they violated their oaths of allegiance to the United States.
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Manila
General Marxilo
Jose Monticellio
Dionicio Novicio
Cebu
United States
King Edward steady progress aids coronation hopes
London reports King Edward maintaining steady progress in health and enjoying light nourishment. He takes a light cigar daily, welcomes Queen Alexandra’s review report, and smiles at cheers from Indian troops. His bedside visits include grandchildren and his dog Jack.
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London
H Edward
Alexandra
Jack
Supreme Court Upholds Nebraska Female Labor Law
Lincoln Neb July 2 The supreme court affirms the constitutionality of the last legislature’s female labor law setting sixty hours a week as the maximum for women in mercantile pursuits. Laundrymen face violation penalties under the act.
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Lincoln, Neb
Supreme Court
Telephone Qo extends long distance reach over 2000 cities
The North western Telephone Qo reports long distance lines and connections cover more than 2000 cities and towns across Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin. Copper metallic circuits promise first class service and low rates.
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Western Telephone Qo
Minnesota
Bakata
Iowa
Wisconsin
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