Washington News in Brief From The Nation
Postmaster General Meyer creates an accounting section. John C. O Laughlin named secretary to the American commission to the Tokyo exposition in 1912 with a 5000 dollar salary. War department adopts white web belt for enlisted men at recruiting stations. Captain Alfred Reynolds to command the new cruiser Montana under construction at Newport News. Secretary Straus warns strict enforcement of steamboat regulations as excursion season opens. Colonel H M Lord, Missouri army department paymaster, called to Washington to consult on tariff revision with Ways and Means. noted tariff expertise.
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Meyer
Roosevelt
John C. O'Laughlin
Washington
Tokio
War Department
Alfred Reynolds
Omaha
Secretary of War
House Committee On
Col. Lord
Notable Obituaries And Honorary Judges Named
Col R H Hunt former Kansas City mayor and Leavenworth quartermaster is dead. Miss Jessie Shay the pianist who toured with Kubelik and the Boston Symphony died in New York. James W Milliken Michigan state senator died on a New York Central train. Willis G Vanauken Saginaw lumberman died at Tawas Michigan. Eugene D Ryan Pacific fleet paymaster acquitted of drunkenness and restored to duty. Rabbi Joseph Komisarsky head of Chicago Orthodox church died after surgery. Maj H O Bissett USMC placed on retired list. Everett Mills Newark baseball star died at home. Andrew Carnegie agrees to judge the Chester Pugsley prize for international arbitration essays.
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Col
R. H. Hunt
National Soldiers
Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas City
Jessie Shay
Kubelik
Boston Symphony Orchestra
New York
James W. Milliken
State Senate of Michigan
New York Central
New York City
Willis G. Vanauken
Saginaw
Mich
Tawas
Eugene D. Ryan
Joseph Komisarsky
West
Chicago
H. O. Bissett
United States Marine Corps
Marine Barracks
Maj. Bissett
Maryland
Everett Mills
Newark
N. J
Mills
Eurekas
Red Stockings
Andrew Carnegie
Chester Pugsley
Lake Mohonk Conference On
Multiple Disasters Reported Across North America Fatal and Destructive Events
An explosion at Cook Creek mine in Fernie Man kills three miners. Tamaqua Manufacturing plant in Tamaqua Pa and Fulton Michigan suffer major fires with losses of 200000 and 50000 respectively. Snyderville Ohio sees a lightning strike wrecking the Victor Rubber plant with 125000 loss. Portland Railway plant in Cazadero Oregon nearly destroyed by fire causing 110000 loss. A naked unidentified man’s body found in the Hudson River near 115th Street. murder or accident unclear. Three youths crushed in Billings Montana rail yard. at least one likely to die. Fort William Ontario water works tunnel disaster kills Frederick Jeffrey and John Crowley, injures William Jock.
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Tamaqua Manufacturing Company
Tamaqua
Fulton
Mich
Victor Rubber Company
Snyderville
Ohio
Portland Railway, Light and Power Company
Cazadero
Frederick Jeffrey
John Crowley
Lock-Limond
Fort William
Ont
William Jock
Papal health concerns renew Rome departure
The pope advised to leave Rome for a healthier climate due to fainting spells with physicians in attendance. Santo Domingo’s congress re elected Gen Ramon Caceres as president for six years in a solemn ceremony. A son was born to Queen Victoria of Spain and Queen Ena. marriage to King Alfonso occurred in Madrid on May 31, 1906. Mme Anna Gould and Prince Halie de Sagan plan England wedding. George Gould remains in Paris. Salazar states powers will send a warship to Tangier to protect foreigners with troops possible if Moroccan officials request it.
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Rome
National Congress of
Santo Domingo
Ramon Caceres
Republic
Victoria
Spain
Ena of Battenberg
Alfonso
Madrid
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Halie de Sagan
Paris
England
France
George Gould
Eno Salazar
Tangier
Multiple Tragedies Spark Stirring Local Crimes and Pardons
A wave of violent incidents and legal actions strands across several states. Carl Watson killed Charles Ginger in Camden NY after a quarrel over a girl and fled. Mrs James Comstock of Sunbury Ohio was decapitated stepping before a fast train. Kentucky Acting Governor Cox pardoned ten infirm and blind convicts, a record in thirty years. Gertrude Kendie of Erie Pa ended her life over love. John P Turner killed Arrowwood in Can oe Kentucky after a brutal election quarrel. George Anderson of Pelkie Mich killed himself amid illness. Ole Nordahl found guilty of first degree murder in Lewiston Montana for burning a widow’s house and four deaths. Frederick J Immel of Columbus Ohio sentenced for bribery in a Cleveland Trinidad Paving case. John Kelley of Cleveland killed his wife and attempted suicide over money quarrels.
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Charles Ginger
Carl Watson
Camden
Watson
James Comstock
Sunbury
Ohio
Cox
Kentucky
Gertrude Kendie
Erie
John P. Turner
Arrowwood
Canoe
Kyill
George Anderson
Pelkie
Mich
Lewiston
Mont
Ole Nordahl
Nordahl
Frederick J. Immel
Columbus
Cleveland Trinidad Paving Company
John Kelley
Cleveland
Margaret
Kelley
Convention in Denver and political moves noted
The data lists the American Society of Civil Engineers holding its fortieth annual convention in Denver, the Republican congressional committee planning a New York branch, and Virginia Governor Swanson accepting W. J. Bryan's invitation to second the Bryan nomination at the Denver gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Society of Civil Engineers
Denver
Republican Congressional Committee
New York City
New York Board of Health
Louisiana
Gov. Swanson
Virginia
W. J. Bryan
Swanson
Death of ex president Grover Cleveland at Princeton
Grover Cleveland died at his West Land home in Princeton New Jersey at to morning. Official physicians cited heart trouble aggravated by long standing stomach and kidney ailments. News prompted worldwide condolence messages including one from President Roosevelt. The private funeral honored his wishes with simple services at the house and cemetery attended by notable figures.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
United States
West Land
College Town
Ilden
Cleveland
Joseph D. Bryant
New York
George R. Lockwood
John M. Carnochan
Mrs. Cleveland
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Cleveland
Tamworth
New Hampshire
Perrine
Esther
Marion
Richard
Francis Grover
Roosevelt
William Wordsworth
Gov. Fort
New Jersey
Hughes
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Princeton University
Self Made Man Grover Cleveland Highlighted
Biographical sketch details Grover Cleveland born in New Jersey in 1838 rising from clerk to sheriff mayor governor and president. Notes his veto mayor tenure and push for reform, marriage to Frances Folsom in the White House, and burial near Princeton with public viewing at the cemetery.
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Grover Cleveland
United States
White House
Cadwell
Essex County
N. J
Grover
New York Institution For the Blind
New York City
William
Rogers, Brown & Rogers
Buffalo
Blackstone
Erie County
Lyman K. Bass
Isaac V. Vanderpool
Lanning, Cleveland & Folsom
State of
New York
Street Duel Fatal to Two in Goldfield
Mayo Taylor a mine superintendent and E W Priest an ex constable died yesterday within three hours of each other after a desperate street duel with pistols last Tuesday in Goldfield Nevada.
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Goldfield
Nev
Ames Student Drowns Near Lincoln in Salt Creek
Fred H. Matteson, a student at Ames Agricultural College, drowned last evening in Salt Creek near Lincoln Nebraska. The accident occurred while he was near the stream on a June evening. Local authorities investigated the drowning.
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Ile
Lincoln, Neb
Fred H. Matteson
Ames
Iowa
Diamond Field Discovered at Luderitz Bay
A Windhoek dispatch reports a diamond field covering nearly ten square miles has been found at Luderitz Bay in Damara Land German Southwest Africa near Berlin. The discovery raises prospects for mining and economic activity in the region.
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Berlin
Windhoek
Damara Land
German Southwest Africa
Luderits Bay
Explosion at Pennsylvania Railroad Cut Kills Two
Two people died and several others were injured in an explosion in the Pennsylvania railroad cut at Thirty first street and Ninth avenue in New York City.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thirty-first Street
Ninth Avenue
Drowning of John Waters in Rock River at Laverne
John Waters aged nineteen drowned in the Rock river at Laverne Minnesota yesterday afternoon. He was bathing when cramps struck and he sank before assistance could reach him.
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Laverne, Minn
John Waters
Rock River
Pardons Ten Convicts In Kentucky Clemency Action
Acting Governor Cox in Frankfort on June 26 pardoned ten infirm and blind convicts, the largest single clemency grant in thirty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Cox
Bold Bandit Raid Across Mexican Towns Reported
A large-scale raid by Mexican revolutionists attacked Los Vacas and later Viesca with about 50 bandits seizing the Bank of Nueva Leon and looting officials. The clash left multiple casualties, telegraph lines cut, troops pursuing the fugitives into Durango after a battle that killed a trooper.
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el Paso
Tex
Los Vacas
Mexico
Texas
Custom House
City of Mexico
Corral
Viesca
Bank of
Nueva Leon
Government Stamp Office
Miguel Cardenas
Secretary of the Interior
Matamoros de la Guna
Durango
Coahuila
Expressions on Cleveland Death Bind Spanish American Republics
Ex-President Cleveland’s death prompts friendly expressions from Spanish American republics. The replies, framed as statements of friendship, are being sent to the state department, strengthening ties among the American republics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Washington
State Department
Train collision near Baroda kills fifteen, injures three hundred
Bombay reports a collision between an express and a freight train near Baroda. Fifteen people died and 270 were wounded. Four passenger coaches and four mall cars of the express train and four freight cars burned in the wreck.
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Bombay
Baroda
Queen Amelie Leaves Lisbon for Rio Janeiro
Queen Amelie widow of King Carlos departs Lisbon for Rio Janeiro carrying gifts intended for President Penna. The journey follows the late king’s planned Brazil visit this year.
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Amelie
Lisbon
Amele
King Carlos
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Carlos
Penna
Raymond Wells Fall From Fourth Floor In Chicago
Raymond Wells twenty years old son of R M Wells president of Bankers National Bank was fatally injured yesterday after falling from a fourth floor window in Chicago setting a grim inquiry into the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falle
Chicago
Raymond Wells
R. M. Wells
Bankers’ National Bank
Judge Rules Reciprocal Demurrage Act Unconstitutional
Federal Judge Jacob Trieber in Little Rock declares the reciprocal demurrage act of the last legislature unconstitutional as a violation of the fourteenth amendment.
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N. G
Little Rock, Ark
Jacob Trieber
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Mgr. Meer
Montana
Cook Creek
Fernie, Man
Billings
David R. Forgan
John M. Roach
Chicago Consolidated Traction Company
Grosscup
Connecticut
Kent Iron Company
Salem
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Mass
McKinley
Canton
Felix M. Bopp
Cleveland Diocese
Seward Peninsula
Alaska
Blaine
North Dakota
South Dakota
Union
Congress
Benjamin Harrigan
University Town
Francis Folsom
Land
Aimple
Presbyterian Church
Benedic
Vandeventer Avenue
Old Nassau Hall
India
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