Jeffries Defeated by Johnson Stirs Nationwide Riots
The Reno boxing bout ends with James J. Jeffries losing to Jack Johnson. Jeffries collapses in the fifteenth round as Johnson dominates with superior speed and technique. Riots flare in eleven cities including Roanoke and New Orleans amid mixed white and Black reactions to the outcome.
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Corbett
Jeffries
Johnson
Roanoke
Reno
Kansas City
Norfolk
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Little Rock
Kansas City man shoots in quest for daughter
Robert Higginbotham of Kansas City sought to regain possession of his daughter Evelyn in East St. Louis Illinois. He shot and killed Michael Moser husband of his divorced wife and the girl herself. Higginbotham was shot through the head and likely to die. In a separate incident a bull fight in Pueblo Mexico left one woman and two men dead.
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Robert Higginbotham
Kansas City
Evelyn
East St. Louis
Ill
Michael Moser
Higginbotham
Pueblo
Mexico
Deadly railway wreck in Middletown Ohio claims nineteen
Nineteen people were killed and about a dozen injured in a head on collision near Middletown Ohio when orders were misunderstood. Most victims were aboard the passenger cars as a passenger train and a freight train collided on a crowded siding.
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Middletown
Ward
Poston
C. H. & D. Filer
Rural Route Deliveries Seen as Civil Service Peak
P V DeGraw fourth assistant postmaster general cites morale and records to praise rural free delivery. He notes 41 089 routes served by 41 007 rural carriers with only 175 dismissed for cause last year. Federal funding totaled 37 260 000 for year ended 1910 and 38 860 000 for the current year. Since inception about 206 430 800 has been spent expanding and supporting the service.
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Raleigh
N. C
P. V. DeGraw
United States
Justice Melville Fuller Dies in Sorrento Maine
In Sorrento Maine the long life and death of Melville W Fuller chief justice of the United States occurred at age 77. He passed away suddenly of heart failure in the room where his wife died six years earlier. He died with his daughter Mrs Francis and granddaughter Miss Aubrey Francis present, along with Rev. J. E. Freeman of Austin Minnesota.
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Sorrento
Maine
United States Supreme Court
Melville W. Fuller
Mr. Fuller
Francis
A ‘Brey Francis
J. E. Freeman
Austin, Minn
Wind Toll in Hillsboro Texas Stormkills Child
A powerful wind and electrical storm hit Hillsboro Texas early this week causing one death and several injuries. Homes and crops sustained significant damage including the destruction of Henry Mitchell’s Massey area home where a child was killed.
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Texas
Hillsboro
Tex
Henry Mitchell
Massey
Estrada exchange proposal refused by General Rivas
Wire flash notes Estrada proposed exchanging William P Pittman for Colonel Salamanca but General Rivas refused the plan without President Madriz's consultation. It also recalls the Valley Stream Crossing disaster where two Crawford daughters died after their car was struck by a train.
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Estrada
William P. Pittman
Salamanca
Rivas
Madriz
Andrew Crawford
Valley Stream
Long Island
Diaz Faces Reelection in Mexico Even Stranger Than It Seems
The Picayune reviews Porfirio Diaz’s eighth presidential term in Mexico. It argues elections were not free, notes Diaz’s firm rule stabilizing the country, and questions post Diaz leadership and its impact on American interests. It warns Americans to consider future policy continuity after Diaz.
New Railroad Rates Not To Be Indiscriminately Suspended
Beverly mass president Taft met with Interstate Commerce Commission chairman Knapp to discuss the administration of the new railroad rate law. The added authority is not to be used arbitrarily but only in exceptional cases and after hearings. The commission has already denied a suspension on horse vehicles and automobiles and will set no fixed rates for railroads. The law is being tested and aims to protect investors while avoiding profit-taking by bears.
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Diaz
Mexico
Beverly
Mass
Taft
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Aready
Rates Wen
Bears Shocked by Government Cotton Report
New York reports a mild shock to the bear element as the second Government crop report of the season sets cotton condition at 80.7 percent on June 25, down from 82 a month earlier and lower than last year and 1908. Prices rose briefly amid shorts scramble before easing, with signs of a possibly smaller crop due to heavy rains and drought in the eastern belt and Texas. Meanwhile Boston mills halt operations until July 11 to trim output, affecting about 100,000 workers across New England and Rhode Island factories as conditions worsen.
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New York
Texas
Boston
United States
Fall River
Amoskeag Corporation
Manchester
N. H
New England
Dwight Mills
Chicopee
Fall River Company
B. B. & R. Knight
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Aerial Passenger Service Ends After Dirigible Disaster
Berlin reports a catastrophic accident ends the newly started aerial passenger service in Germany. The dirigible balloon Deutschland carrying over twenty passengers including newspapermen, wrecked in a high wind, toppling into trees and destroying gas envelope and passenger car. No lives lost, but the crash will dampen interest and hit costs for owners of the costly rigid airship.
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Berlin
Germany
Deutschland
Acci
Chattahoochee Rises Threatening Flood Near Columbus
Heavy rains across the region push the Chattahoochee toward danger levels. The central railroad bridge loses much woodwork, crops in lowlands may be wrecked, and nearby cotton mills have halted operations due to the high water.
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Columbus
Chattahoochee
Central of Georgia
Rioting at Lemberg University Between Ruthenian and Polish Students
At the University of Lemberg in Lemberg Austria a clash erupted between Ruthenian and Polish students. Police separated the combatants after many officials and students were seriously wounded. The feud stems from long standing racial tensions within the university.
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University of Lemberg
Lemberg
Austria
World News Roundup of Political and Legal Events
A wide sweep of items covers Spain Vatican ties Britain Lords veto, Taft Roosevelt talks, Barron court settlement, Irish and Sicilian affairs, Nicaraguan interventions, theater bombings in Buenos Aires, floods in Kentucky, a Cairo execution, and European cultural losses. Also noted are a bridge incident in Brooklyn, a Paris fashion curtailment in Piedmont mills, and Rockefeller led grand jury findings on trafficking. Roosevelt and Hughes influence on New York bills ends in defeat.
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Spain
Vatican
New Orleans
San Francisco
Democratic Federation
House of Commons
Taft
Roosevelt
Beverly
Mass
George D. Barron
House of Lords
Department of the Interior
Sabine Islands
Louisiana
Texas
Estrada
Duke of
d’Alencon
Louis Philippe
London
Otto Eppers
Brooklyn Bridge
Buenos Ayres
Argentine Republic
Lick
Kentucky
Ibrahim Wardani
Boutros Pasha Ghali
Cairo
Piedmont
Aloys Obrist
Anna Sutter
Stuttgart
Germany
Sherman
Cannon
Senate
House
5. D. McEnery
Theodore Roosevelt
Hughes
Cobb
New York Assembly
Cumberland Telephone Company
Louisville
Roman Rota
Riospigliosi
Grand
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New York
Metropolis
William P. Pittman
Boston
Bluefields
Bluff
Edwin S. Homles, Jr
Department of Agriculture
Lloyd C. Griscom
Republican County Committee
Forest fires rage across Canadian northwest boundary
Forest fires sweep Rainy River to Lake Superior with smoke hanging over towns. Railway camps and powder magazines destroyed. Government timber losses described as beyond estimate. Flames raced through forests for days, moving atop tree canopies at four miles per hour.
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Canadian Northwest
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Rainy River
Lake Superior
Terrified moose seek safety from fire in lake region
A bush fire rages through Devlin and Layallee in Ontario’s Rainy River district driving moose to seek shelter near lakes. The brief foreign news item notes Queen Elizabeth Carmen Sylva in Roumania recovering from appendicitis.
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Lake
Winnipeg
Devlin
Layallee
Rainy River District
Ontario
Little Lakes
Bucharest
Roumania
Queen Elizabeth
Carmen Sylva
Compromise Averts Threatened Rail Strike in Southeast
Mediators announced an amicable settlement between southeastern railroads and their conductors and trainmen. The agreement includes wage increases and improved working conditions and hours, potentially preventing a strike of about 10,000 workers and affecting some 40,000 others. The exact raise by class is unspecified, but increases range from 10 to 40 percent, with overall labor conditions across thirteen roads improved.
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Washington
Pulling Theodore Roosevelt Back Into Politics
Albany reports Theodore Roosevelt may be drawn into state and national politics after defeats in both the Senate and Assembly. Republican leaders quickly plan to name him party leader in New York, with a national campaign likely to follow a strong New York role in the fall congressional races.
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Albany
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
Assembly
Plannin
New York State
Johnston and Hughes Win Desirable Senate Seats
Washington D C two seats in the Senate chamber vacant by the deaths of McEnery and Daniel have been assigned to Johnston Alabama and Hughes Colorado. Precedence based on filing claims rather than seniority determines occupancy with claims often filed long before a seat is vacated.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Chamber
McEnery
Daniel
Johnston
Alabama
Hughes
Colorado
Zelaya partner buys ship William Coley to Bluefields
Washington reports Zelaya's New York associate bought the 193 ton William Coley and sent her to Norfolk then toward Bluefields. The State Department also received protests from Jose Aramburu of New York over the bombardment of Prinzapulca by the Venus. Aramburu, a property owner, says he will claim losses to his property.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Zelaya
New York
William Coley
Norfolk
Bluefields
Department
Prinzapulca
Venu
Jose Aramburu
Th Department
Teachers Convention Opens in Boston With Taft and Noted Educators
The National Education Association holds its 48th annual convention in Boston. About 250 teachers listen as President Taft, President David Starr Jordan of Stanford, and former Governor Charles B. Aycock address the gathering at Harvard Stadium in Brighton.
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Boston
National Education Association
Independence Day
Taft
Davi Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford
Charles B. Aycock
North Carolin
Harvard
Brighton
Desperate Prisoner Jumps From Moving Train
A jailed man named Hart Joiner leaped through a car window as an Illinois Central train moved, pursued by gunfire from officers. He fled toward liberty in Amite City Louisiana in a dramatic escape attempt marked by a deadly chase.
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Amite City
Hart
the Law
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Reyes
Europe
Teddy
Senator McEnery
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Nicaragua
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