Reliance Defeats Shamrock III in Coast Race at Sandy Hook
In fresh south winds the American defender Reliance beat Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock III by seven minutes three seconds after a 15 mile windward and return race. Lipton praised Reliance's perfect handling while noting Shamrock's misfortune including a broken balloon halyard and outer-mark errors.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Thomas Lipton
Erin
Sir Thomas
Burr
Sen
Thomas
Reliance
Sir Thomas Lipton
Mississippi
Shamrock
Wringe
No Hope for Bill Arp in Cartersville Surgery
Major Charles H. Smith known as Bill Arp undergoes a surgical operation revealing gall stones in the gall bladder and liver trouble. Despite endurance, physicians see no hope for recovery as his condition worsens while eight Speaker candidates emerge after primary returns. Benton county reports a higher personal property value and increased polls, with no realty assessment this year.
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Cartersville
Charles H. Smith
Bill Arp
E. N. Thomas
Washington County
M. Smith
Holmes
Kyle
Panola
J. M. Ho
Benton
Benton County
Cole
Ferrid Pasha to Inspect Macedonia Vilayets
Grand Vizier Ferrid Pasha heads to Macedonia to inspect vilayets. Palace orders Turkish garrison to curb excesses. Constantinople military committee ordered sixty fresh battalions of Redifs from Asia Minor.
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Balonica
Ferrid Pasha
Macedonia
Vilayets
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Peas Sprout in Child’s Stomach in Iowa Death
In Creston Iowa a railroad conductor’s ten year old daughter died after ten days illness diagnosed as dysentery. An autopsy revealed she swallowed peas which sprouted in her stomach.
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Creston
Iowa
John Pont
Fire destroys Santa Fe round house in Beaumont Texas
Fire at Beaumont damages the Santa Fe Railroad round house and machine shop. Fire engines and $20,000 worth of machinery are a total loss, with the entire loss estimated at $100,000. The origin of the blaze is unknown.
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Beaumont
Texas
Santa Fe Railroad
Settlement with Hanna mine estates in Wyoming
The Union Pacific Company will pay forty one Hanna mine victims' estates in Rawlins, Wyoming. Each widow receives 800, each child 50, and each single man 45. The Hanna explosion occurred June 30, killing forty one miners. Bertha Harman, aged 14, died in Philadelphia after being struck on the head by a golf ball while watching a game at Sharon Hill links.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Union Pacifia Company
Hanna
Goff
Philadelphia
Bertha Harmap
Sharon Hill
Here
Katy Laborers Strike Over Wage Increase
In Smithville ex Katy coal chutes workers, about thirty laborers, have walked off demanding higher wages. The request was denied and the company is hiring replacements to fill the vacancies.
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Katy
Smithville
Murder in Ardmore Store Shocks Choctaw Nation
Ardmore I T reports the murder of 30 year old merchant T Lynch of Caddo in the Choctaw Nation. He was slain in his store by unknown assailants who fled after eight shots fired. No motive yet known. Lynch's wife is described as a former Texan.
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Ardmore
I. T
R. T. Lynch
Caddo
Lynch
Receiver named for Navesink National Bank
John W Schofield appointed receiver of the Navesink National Bank of Red Bank New Jersey to relieve Bank Examiner W A Mason who was made temporary receiver after the bank closed Schofield to assume control once assets are listed and transferred to him
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Boston
John W.schofield
Navesink National Bank of Red Bank
N. J
W. A. Mason
Mr. Schofield
Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Hospital Moves to New Building
A committee of railroad employees formally accepted the new Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Hospital building and began moving furniture from the old location. The facility matches modern standards, placing Hattiesburg amenities on par with major cities. Dr. T. E. Ross remains manager and Dr. B. F. Mosley house surgeon.
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Gulf & Ship Island Rairoad Hospital
South Mississippi
Hattiesburg
T. E. Ross
B. F. Mosley
Gulf & Ship Island Hospital
Barnes Chosen to Build Mississippi Building at World Fair
J F Barnes the former superintendent of the new capitol building is selected by World’s Fair Commissioner BR Henry to construct the Mississippi Building at the St Louis exposition. The building will reproduce Beauvoir Jefferson Davis home. Start date not yet decided.
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J. F. Barnes
Capitol
BR. H. Henry
Mississippi
Beauvoir
Jefferson Davis
St. Louis
Labor shortage looms as mills struggle to hire unskilled help
In Jackson and across the state planters and manufacturers report difficulty securing unskilled labor amid rising building and crop activity. Oil mills open soon with 20 to 40 workers each, brickyards run at full capacity, and farmers fear insufficient field hands as the capitol commission prepares for a public reception and notes a wave of anticipated circuit judge vacancies.
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Jackson
White Ribboners Unveil Statue in Bloomington Monument
Prohibitionists unveil a granite statue in Bloomington to Hale Johnson of Jasper County. Johnson, assassinated on election day last year, was chairman of the state Prohibition Committee and a national committeeman. he also served as vice presidential candidate on the Prohibition ticket.
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Bloomington
United States
Newton
Jasper County
Hale Johnson
Prohibition State Committee
Prohibition
Whitecappers Arrested Memphis to Helena
A U S marshal escorted eleven prominent white men from Poinsett County Arkansas to Helena after they were taken into custody in Wynne. The men face charges over whitecapping of negro laborers at a Poinsett sawmill, which led to its suspension. arrests followed at the urging of mill owners.
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Memphis
Wynne
Ark
United States Marshall
Poinsett County
Helena
United States District Court
Fears Rise Over US Canada Ties On Grand Trunk Bill
Ottawa Senator McMaullen warned of potential danger to Canada from the United States amid the Grand Trunk Pacific Company incorporation bill. He detailed vulnerable points, cited US agitation and Great Lakes gunboats, and urged rapid northern railway construction as a safeguard against a possible US European war appetite after the Spanish conflict.
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Ottawa
McMaullen
Canada
United States
Grand Trunk Pacific Company
Great Lakes
Senate
Spain
Former Banker a Bankrupt in Tyler Texas
H H Rowland once head of a Tyler national bank has filed for bankruptcy in the Tyler Federal court. Liabilities reach 440000 with assets including a 7500 homestead and about 400 in exempt property. Most creditors are in Texas with heavy claims. few outside creditors but substantial amounts.
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Tyler, Tex
H. H. Rowland
Tyler
Texas
Decision Misconstrued On Postal Service Baggage Masters
Washington dispatch notes the post office department did not intend to allow all railway employees to swear into postal service. Protests arise over misinterpretation of bag gage masters acting as custodians of loose newspaper mail on certain trains. The department states existing postal laws already authorize mail on regularly scheduled trains if compensation is accepted.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Panama Declares 100 Peso Sanitary Tax on Steamers
The Panama government, per a decree reported by the Colon consul, imposes a temporary tax of 100 pesos in Colombian silver on every steam vessel over 1000 tons arriving at Panama or Colon ports. Funds are set aside exclusively for quarantine and sanitary measures.
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Washington
Department of State
Colon
Panama
Alvarado Alive Contrary to Death Rumor
Nashville report states Pedro Alvarado of Parra is alive and in usual health. A dispatch from Mexico City to the American rejects circulating death rumors and confirms he remains well despite widespread reports.
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Alvarado
Nashville
Tenn
Pedro Alvarado
Parra
Mexico City
Mexico
French Millionaire Jacques Lebaudy Sail Adventure Under Probe
Paris reports the ministry of the marine has begun an inquiry into Jacques Lebaudy a famed French millionaire who recently sailed toward the near coast of Africa with the aim of establishing a personal kingdom officials are examining his voyage and intentions amid heightened scrutiny of his expedition.
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Paris
Ministry of the Marine
Jacques Lebaudy
Nesr
Africa
Memphis Scimitar editor dies in Chicago hotel room
H P Ricketts associate editor of the Memphis Scimitar was found dead in his Kaierhoff Hotel room in Chicago after several days illness. Doctors had not considered his condition critical and the death is attributed to heart disease.
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Chicago
H. P. Rickets
The
Memphis Scimitar
Kaieerhoff Hotel
Balkan Crisis Eases as Russian Warships Set to Withdraw
In London, reports say Russia will withdraw from Turkish waters after acceptance of Moscow demands. Britain and Italy reportedly abandon plans for a joint naval display. Monastir dispatch notes Turkish bombardment of Krushevo as 360 houses and Greek and Valach property are destroyed, with many left homeless.
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London
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Italy
Turkey
Macedonia
Lansdowne
Belge
Bosphorus
Dardanelles
Associated Press
Monastir
Krushevo
Indiana
Russia
Women and Men Riot in McKeesport Strike Chaos
In McKeesport Pennsylvania striking Port Vuelin mill workers clash with nonunionists as a keg of beer provokes riot. Women join in wielding brooms and household tools beating several workers while two women run a board aiding nonunionists, and shots are fired without injuries.
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McKeesport
Port Vuelin Plate
Announcement Expected on Cancer Cause by London Bacteriologists
London bacteriologists working under the Cancer Research Fund anticipate a major finding in the investigation of the cause of cancer. An official cautions that details will not be released until a definite conclusion is reached by the scientists.
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London
Choate
Foreign Office
Lansdowne
England
Corneo
Great Britain
United States
Cancer Research Fund
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