Seed contract dispute dominates claims docket
An affidavit by Charles Kingsley alleges A. Nellis of New York ordered no books and light weights in seed deliveries for a government contract. Secretary Wilson froze $18,000 payment for alleged non performance, with bond of $35,000 in government hands. The White House says no Louisiana appointment. The same report notes a bid decision for a $45,000 savings by Paul Herman and reveals revenue collection efficiency in Peoria and Norfolk dredge moves. A Bostonian plans a 1500 foot obelisk monument in Washington, and the navy awards a gunboat contract to Gas Engine and Power Company for Paducah at $355,000.
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Washington
Nellis
Court of Claims
Charles Kingsley
Falls Church
A. ©. Nellis
New York
Wilson
Neilis
White House
Louisiana
Robb
Post- Office Department
Wynne
Paul Herman
Navy Department
Gas Engine and Power Company
Morris Haights, N. Y
Paducah
Intimations of Russia Refusing Petition to Czar
Pro Russian sources hint that if President Roosevelt sends the B nai B rith petition on Jewish treatment in Russia the Russian government will refuse to receive it. Reports note strong intimations after Hay Cassini talks and promise a new cable link from Sagamore Hill to Manila Bay, reaching Taft via Luzon. The Commercial Cable Company aims for a northern Luzon landing to ensure contact even if land lines fail.
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Roosevelt
Russia
Simon Wolf
Washington
Hay
Count Cassini
United States
Manila Bay
Sagamore Gill
Taft
Manila
Commercial Cable
Luzon
Steamer Cramiumvam Strands Nearby Station. Captain Dead
Saluria Texas life saving station reports the Mexican steamer Cramiiuvamwrecked twelve miles northeast. captain killed, thirteen crew saved poorly. Charles Bonaparte of Baltimore will volunteer as assistant to the attorney general in US cases against McGregor and Upton for mail pouch fraud and related matters. Ambassador Meyer draws Rome press ire over speeding in city traffic amid suggested misreadings by Italian papers.
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Kimball
The
Life Saving Service
Saluria
Charles Bonaparte
Baltimore
United States
McGregor
Upton
Meyer
Rome
Rppslo Romao
Public reply and naval move reported in 1907 notices
Charles Emory Smith replies to charges over the post office probe as government advances a Bay of San Francisco site with a land option and title work. Rear Admiral Bradford approves the site for the navy. Roosevelt boosts chief petty officer pay to 70 dollars monthly and water tender rate to 50 dollars. Only permanent appointees after exams affected. Captain George E Townsend, friend of General Grant, hanged himself in St Louis amid cancer illness.
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Charles Emory Smith
Payne
Taloch
Post Office
Bay of
San Francisco
California City
Navy
Navy Department
Bradford
Roosevelt
George E. Townsend
General Grant
St. Louis
No Punishment For Murderers In Belgrade Reception
Belgrade reports King Peter held his first reception after reappointing the ministry. Only the Russian and Austrian ministers attended. Several nations showed willingness to recognize King Peter, but not the Servian cabinet, including Colonel Maschin, a conspirator. Kaljevic says the cabinet was reappointed to trust men parliament had confidence in, with new elections likely to form a second cabinet.
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Belgrade
Garcan
Peter
Pater
Maschin
Alexandar
Qizan Denga
Kaljevics
Ane
Big Experimental Station to Grow Tobacco in Texas
The U S department of agriculture will establish the world’s largest tobacco experimental station at Nacogdoches Texas just north of Beaumont on the Southern Pacific line. A curing plant opens August 1 to test tobacco from southern states with leaf tobacco experts in charge. Government tests place East Texas soil on par with Cuba’s Vuelta a la Nueva district for quality tobacco.
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New Orleans
United States Department of Agriculture
Nacogdoches
Texas
Beaumont
Southern Pacific
Sothern
Department
East Texas
Vuelta Aoviaja
Pinar del Rio
Cuba
Greek Immigrant Barred From Landing by Labor Law Ruling
Judge Lacombe of the United States circuit court sustains the immigration board in a case involving Charalambia a young Greek who was denied landing. He had come to look after the interests of a Greek fruit company and his admission was refused as it would violate the contract labor law.
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New York
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Charalambia
Lacombs
Conference of steamship owners reports from Oshnabruck
A special dispatch from Oshnabruck says that Hamburg American, North German Lloyd, Holland American, and Great London steamship lines held a conference. It is assumed the meeting was connected to the shipping situation in the United States.
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Berlin
Tyoe
Oshnabruck
Hanover
Hamburg-American Line
North German
Lloyd and Holland-American Steamship Companies
Great London Steamship Lines
United States
Old Bale of Cotton Offered On New Orleans Cotton Floor
A bale of cotton ginned in 1872 by Thomas H. Greer of Betts county Georgia is offered on the New Orleans cotton exchange floor. It is classed strict good middling and has been held for 31 years in good condition with a price of 16 cents requested.
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New Orleans
Cotton Exchange
Thomas H. Greer
Betts County
Delegates Sent Home Over Arrests at Lima Congress Opening
In Lima Peru delegates were sent home after government arrests. Reports say illegal documents were found in deputies baggage and they were detained as the congress opened. The action has caused general anxiety among officials and observers.
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Lima
Peru
Congress
Gould Mining Stock Cheap Hoax Probe In Washington
Washington orders investigation into a New York mining concern accused of selling stock abroad with bold ads offering rapid riches. The ad lists phantom officials such as a state senator, U S comptroller, and treasury official, all unverified. The company reportedly sent stock to foreigners and the treasury department will probe. The president says ads are full of typos and the named comptroller is a New York customs official.
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New York
Washington
Citicas
Fortign
Board of
Manatars
Comnasad
Ojo
United States
Traasuraz
Taere
Treasury
Treasury Department
Comptroller of the Treasury
New York Customhouse
Innocent Victims From Murdered Queen Seek Aid
Vierna sisters of the late Queen Draga arrived June 13 in poverty after escaping their sister’s fate. With no baggage and dwindling funds, they seek a lawyer to claim millions allegedly deposited in a Brussels bank. Emperor Frank Joseph provided some aid, but they lack funds for legal representation and have offered a large commission.
Cattle Buy Censure Move Defeated in OttawaHouse
In Ottawa Mr Pope a Conservative member moved a vote of censure in the house of representatives over imperial government cattle purchases in the United States for re stocking the Boer farms. Sir William Murlock and Sydney Fisher defended the government, calling the resolution an attack on home authorities. The resolution was defeated.
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Ottawa
Cpt
Pope
House of Representatives
United States
William Murlock
Sydney Fisher
US Minister Leaves Belgrade for Athens Route
State Department reports United States Minister Jackson has departed Belgrade for Athens via Constantinople, without presenting credentials to King Peter. His move aligns with other powers, which have not recognized the new Servian government.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Jackson
Belgrade
Athens
Constantinople
Peter
Great Britain
Germany
France
Murder of Mills Arrest Reported in Indian Territory
Los Angeles sheriff receives telegraph notice of the arrest of E. A. O'Niel in the Indian Territory for the April murder of George L. Mills, a money broker lured to an unoccupied house where he was killed. O'Neil vanished around the crime time.
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Los Angeles
Cal
White
Indian Territory
E. A. O’ Niel
George L. Mills
Mills
O'Neil
Relief for Kishineff asks moratorium for bills of exchange
Finance Minister Witte received a Kishineff mercantile delegation of two Jews and a Christian seeking a moratorium on bills of exchange and other credit facilities to rehabilitate those harmed by the Kishinev events. He promised to do everything possible to meet the requests.
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St. Petersburg
Witte
Kishineff
M. Witte
French commission named on international exchange talks
Paris announces the French delegation to confer with United States and Mexican exchange commissioners. The panel is headed by George Palaisn, Governor of the Bank of France, and includes Auguste Navier, director of the mint, Stanislaus Simon, Governor of the Bank of Indo China, Andre Baenz, chief of the treasury accounting division, and Prof. Raphael Georges Levy.
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International Exchange
Paris
Rouvier
United States
George Pallain
Bank of France
August?nesnaver
Mint
Stanislaus Simon
Bank of Indo-China
Andre Baenz
The
Treasury
Raphael Georges Levy
Fugitive Banker in Mexico Reported by Birmingham
A Birmingham dispatched report from Montgomery says Robert Reed traveling auditor for the Pullman Palace Car Co met T. J. Cornwell the missing president of the defunct Bessemer Savings Bank in Mexico City. Cornwell said he would leave Mexico the next day and Reed did not know he was wanted.
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Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
Robert Reed
Pullman Palace Car Company
Mexico City
T. J. Cornwell
Bessemer Savings Bank
Reed
Cornwell
Mexico
Cotton Gins Arrive In Porto Rico For First Time In Forty Years
Five cotton gins have arrived from the United States and will be immediately installed. They mark the first gins in forty years as Porto Rico expands its cotton plantations now reaching 11,000 acres. San Juan remains the trade center.
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1 Juan, P. R
United States
Porto Rico
San Juan
Richmond Youth Shot for Crying Scab in Fulton
Richmond Virginia News reports 16 year old Lester Wilcox was wounded in the hand and hip after shouting scab at a car in Fulton the lower end of the city and refusing to stop when ordered to do so.
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Richmond
Lester Wilcox
Fulton
Missouri Pacific tour party sails for Gould lines Arkansas
Two hundred representatives from the Missouri Pacific passenger and immigration department depart St. Louis for a guided tour over the Gould lines in Arkansas. They travel as guests of the Missouri Pacific system and the Little Rock board of trade New York. The Brooklyn grand jury has indicted George S Miller, agent of the Brandt-Dent Automatic Register Company, with aiding former Congressman Driggs to violate federal statutes.
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St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Arkansas
Missouri Pacific System
Little Rock Board of Trade
New York
Federal Grand Jury
Brooklyn
Georges
Miller
Brandt- Dent Automatic Register Company
Driggs
Telegrams greet Peter I on Serb accession
Telegrams from Emperor Francis Joseph and Prince Ferdinand of Bungaria congratulate King Peter I on his accession and extend wishes for blessings upon his majesty and the Servian people.
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Belgrade
Francis Joseph
Prince Ferdinand
Bungaria
Peter
Peter I
Earthquake Shakes Erian Hungary
Four violent shocks were felt in Erian Hungary causing several suburban houses to collapse and widespread damage to most buildings. Inhabitants were panic stricken and authorities assessed the aftermath.
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Erian
Hungary
Manning's Force and Aden Labor Strikes Update
In Aden, Arabia, General Manning's forces in Somaliland report no opposition as a Berbera flying column reached Damot. In Bedford, Indiana, a long quarry strike ending May 1 resumes work with hundreds returning to construction sites.
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Manning
Aden
Arabia
Somaliland
East Africa
Berbera
Damot
Bedford
Ind
Foot and Mouth Disease Quarantines Steamer Bulls
Two bulls aboard a New York steamer, reported by a Buenos Aires Herald dispatch, developed foot and mouth disease. Authorities order quarantine of the ship and the burning of the animal carcasses to prevent spread.
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New York
Buenos Ayres
Dr. George W Jewett Removed From Customs Post
New York report states Dr George W Jewett a forty year veteran United States customs examiner at the port has received notice from the treasury department of his removal from office. The reason for dismissal was not learned. He handled examinations of drugs and similar articles.
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Ett
United States Customs
Treasury Department
Jewett
Regatta wins and global notes flow of late dispatches
Cornell swept three events at the Poughkeepsie regatta in New York. King Edward invites the American rifle team to a London military review. Rumors say the Brown cotton clique will pay for every bale offered them. Presidents and officials in Ireland, Porto Rico, and the United States appear in a flurry of public moves and international tensions as rail, canal, and defense issues unfold worldwide.
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Cornell
Poughkeensie
N. Y
King Edward
London
New York
Queen Alexandra
Ireland
Leslie Lumsden
Marine Hospital Service
San Juan
Porto Rico
Mississippi River Commission
Washington
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Murray
Jackson
Gus Steadman
Alabama City
Ala
Atlanta, Ga
Livinog- 3Toc
Captain Petty
Patty
Western Union
Postal Telegraph
Atlanta
White House
Thomas Lipton
Colombia
Thomas A. Hendricks
Rochester
N.Y
Cebu
Philippine Islands
Havana
United States
Cuba
Constitution Club
Teguciagalpa
Honduras
Bonilla
Cortez
la Pimen
United Stat
Great Britain
England
Germany
State Department
Beaup
Bogota
Senate
M. W. Seau
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A. C. Nellis
Peoria
Ill
Solicitor of the Treasury
War Department
Trigg Shipbuilding Company
Mississippi River
Norfolk
Government
Despradelie
Mooumant
Rodin
America
Nacogdoches, Texas
Mary Patterson
New Iberia
Cunard Line
Journal of Commerce
Barrett
Conference of Steamship Owners
Gould Mining
New York i
Draga
Vienna
Canada
Dr. Jewett
George W. Jew
Globe
Abyssinia
Daciares T
Cers
Diets
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