Increasing Trade With Porto Rico Shows Rapid Growth
Porto Rico trade with the United States expands sharply with 1903 exports rising to about twelve million dollars and imports near twelve million. Domestic shipments from the U S to Porto Rico for ten months ending April totalled 10.06 million, while Porto Rico to the U S reached about 2.83 million. The pattern marks a strong contrast with 1898 totals and indicates sustained growth in both directions.
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Washington
Porto Rico
United States
Ica
Anta
Sarto Rico
Plunged Knife Attempt at Memphis Hospital
A. B. Gsdwin, an ill Memphian, tried to stab a fellow patient at the city hospital after waiting for staff to vanish. He wounded himself in the chest but was restrained by another patient until nurses and orderlies could intervene.
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Memphis
Teso
Scimitar
A. B. Gsdwin
Italian Cabinet Crisis in Rome Resigns Likely
Italian cabinet ministers announce resignations after the lower house votes against navy inquiry. Signor Golletti led the inquiry effort and faced pressure as the cabinet collapses over the crisis. The king summoned Golletti to withdraw his resignation, delaying an official communique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Navy Department
Signor Golletti
Quiennal
Courtesy Ended in Death in Sixth Ave Car
Adrian Ferre sacrificed his seat for a woman on a Sixth Avenue street car. As he stood at the railing to give way, a passing car caught his clothing, dragging him into the street where he was killed instantly. He died in a curbside accident sparked by his act of courtesy.
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New York
Sixth Avenue
Adrian Ferre
Gilbert Moyers
Mr. Moyers
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
South
Coal Carriers Won Out In High Court Ruling
Judge LaCombe of the United States circuit court upholds railroad companies in the interstate commerce commission case seeking coal transportation contracts and witness testimony. Only President Truesdale of the Lackawanna and Western is ordered to answer questions on general expense details. other expense documents already in evidence.
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New York
LaCombe
United States Circuit Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. R. Hearst
Truesdale
Lackawanna and Western
LuCombs
Ccoal
Love at ninety not insanity in law
New York judge dismisses Mortimer Brown's suit to annul his father banker’s marriage to a 30 year old woman. After hearing testimony, the court found no insanity and noted the elder’s will favored the woman described as “an angel sent from God” in a diary. The diary recounts his attempts to remarry amid repeated failures.
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New York
Maren
Supreme Court
Mortimer 5
Brown
Mexican Currency Matter in New York Debate
A Mexico City dispatch notes a silver decline underlining currency stabilization needs. Merchants expect prices to hold, but a rising gold premium undermines confidence. There is strong support for a fixed peso to gold. Reports from China of a ruling party favoring a gold standard worry silver prospects globally.
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New York
Mexico City
China
Costa Rica and Nicaragua Strained Relations Rise
Diplomatic circles report Costa Rica professes friendship while aiding revolution and cooperating with other Central American states to overthrow President Zelaya. Nicaragua seeks talks with Costa Rica to prevent further interference, sending Secretary Sanchez to confer with the Costa Rican president.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Sanchez
Troops to Subdue Strikers In Arizona Mines
A New Mexico region report says 300 U S regulars 200 militiamen and 650 peace officers and rangers will guard Morenci and Clifton Arizona mines as superintendents press to resume work despite strikers. Strike leaders are arrested and the district is under martial law.
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Dallas
Tex
el Paso
United States
Morenci
Clifton
Arizona
Supreme court justices condemn chief for politicking
Six members of the Illinois Supreme Court denounce Chief Justice D B Magruder for alleged political maneuvering while Springfield debates judicial independence and policy influence.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
D. B. Magruder
Mother and Child Burned in Brooklyn Lamp Explosion
New York report states Mrs Mary Trusley twenty five and her seven month old daughter suffered severe burns when an oil lamp exploded at their home in Brooklyn. Mrs Trusley, her clothes afire, grabbed the infant and ran into the street. bystanders restrained them. Both are expected to die from the injuries.
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New York
Brooklyn
Mary Trusley
Trusley
Great Flood Hits Oregon Towns and Surrounding Areas
Reports describe a catastrophic flood driven by Willows creek near Heppner Oregon washing away infrastructure and trapping towns. An estimated 350 to 500 drowned near Ione while 105 bodies were recovered by Tuesday morning. Traffic in eastern Montana stalls after cloudbursts. Albuquerque experiences heavy rains threatening Rio Grande flood. Lexington reportedly swept away. relief trains dispatched from Daltes.
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Spokane
Wash
Arlington
Ore
Heppner
Willows Creek
Ione
Morrow County
Ie Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Portland
Butte
Mont
Montana
Park City
Northern Pacific
Valley Creek
Albuquerque
N. M
Jemez Mountains
Rio Grande
Albuquerne
Los Cerenos
Lexington
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Daltes
Gloucester sailor gives up Atlantic crossing attempt
Ludwig Eisenbaum of Boston returned to Gloucester after leaving three weeks ago in a small oven dory to cross the Atlantic. He voyaged about 350 miles eastward against the Gulf Stream but encountered heavy fog with no shelter on board. He grew numb with rheumatism and feared he could not navigate the boat.
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Gloucester
Mass
Ludwig Eisenbaum
Boston
Atlantic
Gulf Stream
Eisenbaum
Peter Karageorgevitch Accepts Kingdom News
Geneva dispatch reports Prince Peter Karageorgevitch telegraphed rulers of Russia and Italy announcing his election as monarch and expressing hope to work for the good of Serbia within the European framework.
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Geneva
Peter Karageorgevitch
Russia
Italy
Servia
Cincinnati Boilermakers Strike Halts Work
Over 1000 boilermakers, the entire Cincinnati union, went on strike after employers refused the union’s demand that only those deemed competent by the union be hired and after the union sought a 10 percent wage increase.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Union
16 year old girl succumbs to rare disease myelotis
Pauline Burkhardt of New York, 16, is diagnosed with myelotis at St Luke's hospital. Doctors report rapid paralysis from the waist down within two weeks after onset, noting she had no prior illness. The case is described as one of the rarest forms of paralysis.
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New York
Pauline Burkhardt
St. Luke’s Hospital
Riflemen Sail for England Palma Trophy Team Arrives
American riflemen bound for England to contest the Palma trophy have arrived at Sea Girt New Jersey. The twelve man squad includes four substitutes and features four New York competitors among members from Massachusetts New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio and the District of Columbia.
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New York
England
Canada
Sea Girt
R. I
Lucania
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
District of Columbia
Panama Delegation Favors Hay Varian Treaty Ratification
Panama and Colombia report three Panamanian lawmakers Senor Obida do Dr Samuel Quinterin and Senor Jose Maria Jovane have departed for Bogota to push for ratification of the Hay-Verran treaty. The Panamanian delegation includes two senators and four representatives in favor and one senator and one representative opposed.
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Panama
Colomba
Senor
Obida‘do
Samuel Quinterin
Jose Maria Jovane
House of Representatives
Bogota
Fanama
Flag Day in San Juan Puerto Rico Sets Record
Flag Day celebration in San Juan Puerto Rico set a record with a grand display of Americanism. Fifteen hundred flags were carried in the parade by public school pupils, and patriotic exercises filled the theatre, which wore the Stars and Stripes. Other cities on the island reported similar observances.
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San Juan
San Juan P. R
Porto Rico
Island
Diamonds Stolen From New York Hotel
Eight thousand dollars worth of diamonds vanished from a New York hotel owned by J. H. Taylor and wife. Alice Howard, a hotel employee, and Norman H. Powell were arrested. No diamonds or pawn tickets found at their home. notes and silverware were located there.
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New York
J. H. Taylor
Alice Howard
Norman H. Powell
Attempt to Dynamite Courthouse in Petersburg
An attempt was made to blow up the Petersburg courthouse with dynamite and powder. The dynamite failed to explode but the powder caused considerable damage. It is believed indicted men attempted to wreck the building to destroy records.
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Petersburg
More Inspectors Needed on the Boundary Line
Tacoma chief immigration official Frank P. Sargent plans to urge fifteen additional immigration inspectors on the boundary line after returning to Washington. He reports satisfaction that numerous Chinese are crossing. The White House announces Alvord Warriser Cooley of West Chester New York appointed civil service commissioner replacing William Dudley Foulke.
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Tacoma
Wash
Frank P. Sargent
Washington
White House
Alvord Warriser Cooley
West Chester
N. Y
Wiliam Dudley Foulke
Cooley
Forest Fires Threaten Upper Peninsula Areas
Forest fires rage three days near Eckerman and other spots in the east end of the Upper Peninsula. Without rain, losses are expected to be heavy as firefighters battle the blazes.
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Marquette
Mich
Eckerman
Upper Peninsula
Germany Opens Talks on Territorial Exchanges
Reports say Austria has begun confidential parleys with German and Dutch authorities to assess possible territory swaps near the British New Guinea frontier. Other notes: a Western Union president resignation rumor denied, a steamer Rubens capsized with several drowned, UVA president search paused until July 28, and a riot in St Louis where naval reserve member Clifford Stanley was killed.
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Germany
Melbourne
British New Guinea
Naval Reserve
St. Louis
Hast St. Louis
Clifford Stanley
Naval Reserves
Trend of Events at Washington
National Irrigation advocates discuss storing flood waters in Mississippi Valley headwaters to irrigate arid western lands. The piece notes secondary storm effects, proposed reservoirs, and potential crop gains, while touching on other national topics.
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Mississippi Valley
Washington
West
Mississippi
Missouri
Guy EK. Mitchell
National Irrigation Association
Roosevelt Post Office Probe May Put Payne in Forefront
New York World report says Roosevelt plans to credit Payne as the sole beneficiary of any good from the post office inquiry and to overlook others including Wynne and Loud. Cassini's farewell visit to the White House and Hay's stance on Russia are noted, along with Manila dispatches about the Bamshi and Panama Canal lobbying in Colombia. Rio Grande floods, Morenci calm, and Virginia University ties also appear.
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New York World
Washington
Roosevelt
Payne
Wisconsin
California
Postal Congress
Bristow
Wynne
Yarn Spinners to Merge in Southern Conference Call
Percy H Brundage Victor J Camerock and Henry I Leving of New York issue a general conference call for Southern cotton yarn spinners to meet in Charlotte. They say interviews with leading spinners show demand for merging interests if a workable plan can be developed.
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Raleigh
N. C
Percy H. Brundage
Victor J. Camerock
Henry I. Leving
New York
Charlotte
South
Landslide Blocks Southern Railway Through Western North Carolina
A massive rock and dirt slide from a mountain side between Spartansburg and Asheville, North Carolina, covers the railroad cuts and halts southbound traffic along the line. Large sections of track and embankment are buried, with repair work required to restore service.
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Asheville
N. C
Southern Railway
Spartansburg
Ashevile
Carlina
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