Spain's Morocco Stirs as Weyler May Lead
New Orleans reports rising insurrection in Moroccan Spanish zones with fanatical tribes attacking settlements. Spanish forces repel assaults as Moors adopt modern tactics. Spain plans large troop redeployments and funding, despite domestic protests against war. Weyler is discussed as potential supreme commander.
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New Ileans
Morocco
France
Spain
Weyler
Cuba
Phillippines
South Africa
North Africa
United States
Celebration in Turkey marks constitutional anniversary
Constantinople celebrated the first anniversary of the Turkish constitution as a national holiday. Sultan Mehmed V reviewed fifteen thousand troops before the bill of liberty and laid the foundation stone for a monument to fallen soldiers. The Sultan ordered suspension of new prosecutions for those linked to the late revolutionary upheaval, but arrestees and fugitives remain unreleased.
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Constantinople
Mehmed V
Treasury
New York
Charles H. Treat
Chinatown Exhibition Ended by Six Companies
Chinese Six Companies in San Francisco announce they will no longer allow Chinatown guides to exploit tourists. They condemn the display of opium use and gambling by Chinese in the area and vow to stop the practice to protect their reputation.
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Chinatown
San Francisco
Cal
Quiet in Pennsylvania as strike leaders face hearings
Pittsburg dispatch reports only a magistrate hearing for eighteen alleged strike leaders at the Schoenville plant of the Pressed Steel Car Company. Five men were discharged, thirteen held for later appearance. Authorities fear violence when strikers are evicted from their homes on August 1.
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Pittsburg
Schoenville
Pressed Steel Car Company
Drydock 4 Finish Key to Wyoming Class Battleships
New York reports there is no drydock on the Atlantic coast large enough for Wyoming class dreadnoughts. The Navy Department focuses all effort on completing Drydock No 4 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, determined to finish it despite expense and trouble.
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New York
Atlantic
Navy Department
Brooklyn Navy Yard
France Needs Lesson Says Morton Urges Boycott
Paul Morton of the Equitable Life Assurance Society says the United States should boycott French goods to teach France a lesson. He cites French bankers proposing tariff concessions to list American securities on the Paris Bourse and a government official hinting at preferential tariffs for French imports to facilitate such listings. He rejects the idea, asserting it would not be entertained.
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New York
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
United States
France
Paris
Morton
America
Georgia Prohibition Fight Reignites at Mid-Session
Georgia lawmakers resume the prohibition clash as antiprohibitionists threaten filibusters in a twenty day session. Drys push for morning daily sessions at 9 am and vow an extra session if new dry laws are not enacted promptly.
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Atlanta
Slaves Found in Mott Street Tale of Chinese Maids
Two young Chinese maids testified before Justice Wyatt in the Children's Court claiming they were held as household slaves by elderly Celestial merchants after their disappearance from Chinatown. An agent from the Children’s Society accompanied them as they described harsh treatment and long hours.
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New York
Wyatt
C Cildren's Society
Chinatown
East Side
White residents oppose park use by black residents
In Springfield Illinois white residents protested the Pleasure Drive and Park District trustees granting negro residents use of the Washington Park pavilion for a dance. The petition was kept secret until revealed, triggering indignation and a likely boycott of the park.
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Springfield
Pleasure Drive
Park District
Washington Park
Work on Panama Canal Progress Reported by Commission
Washington reports show substantial progress in canal construction along the line. American excavation now reaches about 80,000,000 cubic yards, nearly equal to the dirt removed by the French during their period of operations. Fewer than 100,000,000 cubic yards remain to be removed from the ditch.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
The
American man dies of cholera in Koenigsburg
Roger Whinfield a Fond Du Lac Wisconsin businessman and his wife arrived July 21 from Russia to Koenigsburg Prussia. He died a few hours after arrival from cholera confirmed by bacteriological examination. The body was buried quietly to avoid alarming the town.
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Koenigsburg
Prussia
Roger Whinfield
Fond du Lac
Wis
Russia
Madrid eyes 40000 troops for decisive Moorish drive
General Marina, commander of Spanish forces at Melilla, has informed the government he will require 40,000 men to secure a decisive victory over the Moorish tribesmen. The dispatch signals intensified military action in northern Morocco during the Melilla operations.
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Madrid
Marina
Melilla
Charles C. Dickens
Mobile
Carrie C. Dickens
Dickens
Morocco
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Collection Grows to Two Thousand Specimens
The Roosevelt expedition collection now totals about two thousand specimens including mammals birds reptiles and insects. Roosevelt’s bull hippopotamus shot in the lake measures fourteen feet and is part of the display.
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Naivasha
London
Washington notes on Taft tariff fights and flights
W A Clark named Gulfport post master. Warmoth contest brief filed. Wright made two flights at Fort Myer. Panama Canal bonds may renew canal type debate. Taft dinner with Republicans. tariff bill fights continue. Navy to give the Louisiana figurehead to Baton Rouge. Senate- House tariff splits persist. Freeman reform: mosquito netting victory. Concrete plans for river transport, steel ships on the Asp. various rates proposed on iron ore hides lumber and petroleum.
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Gulfport
Iiss
H. C. Warmoth
National Waterways Commission
Europe
W. F. Willoughby
Taft
House
Senate
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Federal Geological Survey
Louisiana
White House
Emery
Nicaragua
Congress
Washington
Navy Department
Baton Rouge
New York
Nelson
Minnesota
McCleary
Knok
Mississippi River
St. Louis
New Orleans
Panama Canal
Water Power Trust
United States
South
Senator Foster
Ransdell
Representative Tawney
House Appropriations Committee
Francis J. Heney
Heney
Tawney
Payne
Asp
Tariff Conference Committee
Riots and violence across multiple nations
Wire summaries report Morocco Spain and other regions in turmoil including riots over war opposition in Spain and Memphis threats, lynching of Albert Lawson in Paris Tenn, clashes in Alabama and Georgia, and a deadly building collapse in St. Petersburg. Also noted are treaty, cabinet, and political shifts in France, Spain, and Bolivia, with various criminal cases and maritime progress.
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Masontown
W. Va
Morocco
Spain
Tennessee
Mobile
Blairtown
N. J
Japan
China
Albert Lawson
R. M. Compton
Paris
Tenn
M. Briand
France
William E. Thompson
Memphis
United States
Honduras
American Telephone 10 Control Plan Centralizes Local Lines
A plan by American Telephone and Telegraph to acquire majority stock in subordinate companies will end their separate identities. Bell interests President Bethell says goal is nationwide efficiency and standardized operation with centralized administration. Stock exchanges have transferred ownership to the parent company.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
A. M. Bethell
Bell Telephone Company of
Philadelphia
New York and New Jersey
Prohibition Drive Tops Alabama Special Session Agenda
Montgomery report says the Alabama Legislature opened a special session with sixty five subjects on the call nine of which are prohibition measures from constitutional amendment to liquor location rules. Three constitutional amendments are planned including prohibition biennial sessions and new counties. A determined fight to defeat the amendment is anticipated with a groups organized to oppose submission.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Cashier Robs Bank Then Flees With Cash
Noah R Marker, assistant cashier at First National Bank Tipton Indiana, robbed the bank of about 60000 dollars. He set the safe time lock for 9 am then left on a traction car to Indianapolis. He told his wife he would visit relatives and left a note stating he had gone forever with enough to cover expenses.
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Tipton
Ind
First National Bank
Indianapolis
Marker
William Marker
Riots In Guadalajara Spark Violent Clashes In Mexico City
In Mexico City and Guadalajara a political riot led to some dead and many injured. Police arrested over two hundred after a meeting supporting Diaz and Corral was disrupted. Rioters damaged the Hotel Garcia and looted nearby facilities amid chants against Diaz.
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Mexico City
Guadalajara
Diaz
Corral
Reyes
Garcia
Elizabeth Dandridge Taylor Dies in Virginia Home
Mrs Elizabeth Taylor Dandridge, daughter of General Zachary Taylor and sister-in-law of Mrs Jefferson Davis, died at her Winchester Virginia home Monday. Death caused by heart failure after a long illness. Commissioner General notes no Chinese smuggling involved. Traffic is reported as Mrs Bety Taylor Dandrigde.
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Bety” Taylor Dandrigde
Combs
Winchester
Elizabeth Taylor Dandrigde
Zachary Taylor
United States
Jefferson Davis
Dandrigde
Intruder Stabs 15-Year-Old Girl in Gadsden Home
An unknown man entered Anna Turner’s room in Gadsden Alabama and stabbed the sleeping 15-year-old seven times with scissors or similar blades. The father, Matt Turner, heard screams, fired, and the intruder fled through a window. The motive remains unclear with burglar or jealous sweetheart theories. the girl's prognosis is cautiously hopeful.
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Gadsden
Ala
Anna
Matt Turner
Wireless burglary gang broken up by Los Angeles police
Four youths aged 14 to 17 were arrested in a deserted shack at Blades and Winter streets. Police say they ran the citys most modern Burglars Club with wireless telegraphy as a key feature. Arthur Smith, 17, led the group and operated the main wireless station. four stations were run, with members kept informed of each others moves by wireless.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Blades
Si 7
Arthur Smith
Light Across Channel French Aviator Crosses to Dover
A French aviator, flying from Calais to Dover in a small monoplane, crossed the Channel in under a half hour. He took off at about 4 30 a m from Les Basiques three miles from Calais and landed in Dover after tracking low over the sea. His average speed surpassed forty five miles per hour with occasional bursts near sixty.
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Calais
Dover
England
Bleriot
Les Basiques
Aldrich and Payne Clash at Tariff Conference
Washington report says bitter exchanges occurred between Senator Aldrich and Representative Payne near the end of a Sunday tariff conference session. An attempt by Aldrich to force a vote on a measure to raise hides duties to 7 1/2 percent was reportedly rebuffed.
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Washington
Aldrich
Payne
Notable Early 20th Century Briefs Reach Across Americas
Brief items report Captain Englestad’s death by lightning in the Norwegian Navy, Taft’s optimism on tariff negotiations, a possible Taft Diaz meeting in San Antonio, Orville Wright’s 20 minute 30 second flight at Fort Myer, Vicksburg reunion and monument dedications, a Louisiana rice belt tour by Union Irrigation financiers, a Monroe gas strike, Confederate camps tribute in Mississippi, Vardaman’s 1911 Senate bid, and Morgan deals affecting Honduras amid Spanish unrest.
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Englestad
Taft
Diaz
Mexico
San Antonio
Tex
el Paso
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Pennsylvaniania
Union Irrigation Company
Louisiana
Monroe
Mississippi
Margaret Davis Hayes
Vardaman
United States Senate
Spain
Morocco
J. P. Morgan and Co
Honduras
Immigration Chief Keefe Reports Border Smuggling Controlled
Commissioner General of Immigration Keefe returned to Washington after a month away, saying the smuggling of Chinese into the United States across the Mexican border is pretty well under control. He had inspected many immigration stations during his absence.
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Washington
United States
Keefe
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Safe and Sane League
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