Trend of Events at Washington Reported in Detail
The piece outlines a broad push to extend postal investigations across the Post Office Department including mail transport, star route contracts, and mail equipment. It notes large yearly star route funds over 7 million and alleges long‑standing corruption in railroad and steamship company dealings with Congress. It also covers Porto Rican lawyers seeking DC bar admission, treasury countervailing duties on Russian sugar, and looming Russian retaliatory options.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Congress
Bristow
Society seeks congress support for manuscript mail rate change
The Society of American Authors plans to press Congress in the next session for carriage of authors manuscripts in the mails at third class rates or two ounces for a cent. The proposed reduction would align U S postage with European levels and with Universal Postal Union members. Manuscripts currently move between Great Britain Italy Canada and the United States at a fraction of the rate, under the Union rules.
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Society of American Authors
Congress
United States
Europe
Universal Postal Union
Postal Union
Great Britain
Italy
Canada
Cabinet Confident of Two Years More
London reports the British cabinet is reasonably certain of another two years in office. The Liberals lack strength to force immediate dissolution of parliament, and the passage of the Irish land bill through the Commons seems assured.
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London
House of Commons
United States stalls on Servian dynastic recognition
The U S government mirrors England by delaying recognition of the Servian government formed after the assassination. Mr Jackson as U S minister to Greece and Servia will not present credentials to King Peter for now, since credentials for King Alexander were never delivered. Trade between the U S and Servia is minor, reducing potential embarrassment.
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United States
England
Jackson
Greece
Servia
Peter
Alexander
Athens
Belgrade
German winemaker Dr William Schlamp von Hofe trial fined
State department notes detail the trial in Nirestein on the Rhine where Dr William Schlamp von Hofe was convicted of adulterating wine with excessive sugar solutions and fined 1500 marks. The case, tied to pure food law effective July 1, shows he used raisins labeled as grape juice to mask quantities. The report also covers riparian rights talks on the Great Lakes and Conger Russia Manchuria reports.
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State Department
Germany
William Schlamp von Hofe
Nirestein
Rhine
Department of Agriculture
United States
von Hofe
Forts Moultrie and Getty Names Restored and Exhibits Planned
The War Department reversed a designation on Sullivan's Island forts, keeping Fort Moultrie name for Sullivan’s Island defenses and naming Naragansett fort Fort Getty after Col George W Getty. Officials deny a deficit in the Philippine Islands treasury. Greece will build a pavillion at the St Louis World’s Fair and show ancient statuary reproductions among exhibits.
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War Department
Sullivan’s Island
Charleston Harbor
Fort Getty
Fort
Treasury
Phillippine Islands
Greece
St. Louis
injunction blocks navy from Galveston launch in Richmond
Judge Grisnac of the Richmond chancery court granted an injunction restraining Lieutenants Theiss and Grosdeck of the United States Navy from proceeding further toward the launching of the cruiser Galveston, under construction in the Trigg shipyards here.
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Theiss and Grosdeck
United States Navy
Cruier Galveston
Trigg
King Peter Faces Death Threats Over Servia Crown
Berlin cables report King Peter of Servia warned by Russia and Austria that punishing the murderers of Alexander and Draga could trigger his own death. The czar and Francis Joseph press for justice while Germany doubts his grip, accusing him of complicity and predicting danger.
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Nashville
Tenn
Berlin
Peter of
Servia
Alexander
Francis Joseph
Draga
Peter
Francis Jospen
Germany
Peter Karageorgrench
Russia
Lynchings in Montana Reach Fatal End
In Glasgow Montana William Hardee the condemned murderer who escaped with three others after killing a guard and beating two more was shot dead in the Bad Lands seventy five miles away after a fierce clash with Sheriff Conner s posse One posse member died from a wound A companion McKinney escaped A mob formed back in town seizing Jack Brown from jail and hanging him from a window in the county courthouse
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Glasgow
Montana
William Hardee
Conner
McKinney
Hardee
Jack Brown
Rio Grande Still Making Trouble in Albuquerque
In Albuquerque New Mexico residents fear Rio Grande floods as breaks in dikes at Alameda fifteen miles upriver send a surge toward Acequia embankment. Citizens rushed to Acequia with sandbags to reinforce the embankment and avert inundation of the city.
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Alberquerqus
N. M
Rio Grande River
Alameda
Aceqgia
Acegia
U S Cruiser Seized by Sheriff in New Jersey
The United States cruiser Chattanooga nearing completion at Elizabethport N J yards of Lewis Nixon's U S Ship building unit has been seized by the Union county sheriff on a boiler maker's claim against Nixon's company.
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Sheriff
New York
United States
Chattanooga
Elizabethport
N. J
Lewis Nixon
United States Shipbuilding Company
Union County
N.J
Nixon’s Company
Austria to Represent at St Louis Exposition
Vienna announces official participation by Austria in the St Louis exposition, as declared by the ministry of commerce.
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Vienna
Ministry of Commerce
Austria
Valet claims higher death toll in Vienna palace murder
Josef Kraus, long serving valet to the late Queen Draga, says he hid with royal staff during the palace assassination in Belgrade and escaped. He asserts many more were killed than reported and that the assassins were drunk.
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Vienna
Josef Kraus
Queen Draga
Pilsen
Belgrade
Cleveland rules out return to public life in 1890s style stance
The World quotes former President Cleveland denying any desire to reenter politics. He says he has no higher aim than peaceful years with family and insists he has not engaged with or encouraged any fourth candidacy. He praises Democratic unity and traditional principles with no personal ambition involved.
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New York
the World
Cleveland
Washington
Brooklyn Eagle
Cotton Mill Merger Plans Formed by Southern Mills
In Charlotte, representatives from about fifteen Southern cotton mills met to discuss a merger plan prompted by New England millers. A draft contract of purchase and sale aims to place the mills under a single management, with a new corporation to be formed in a yet-to-be-selected state. The proposal sets valuation methods, allows first mortgage bonds, and proposes a board of 27 directors with 18 chosen by the largest stock contributors and 9 by the purchasers.
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Charlotte
N. C
New England
Czar Thanks Author of Antisemitic Book in St Petersburg
The Novoe Vremya reports the czar has accepted a copy of a Bessarabia book by M. Kroushveen, editor of Kishineff’s Bessabaretz, and ordered the author thanked in the name of the czar. Kroushevan was stabbed in the neck in St Petersburg by a former Kiev Polytechnic student. the wound is not believed mortal.
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St. Petersburg
Czar
Novoe Vremya
Bessarabia
M. Kroushveen
Kishineff
Kistineff
M. Kroushevan
Kieff
Professor Deutsch Resigns from Hebrew Union College
Dr. G. K. Deutsch, professor of Jewish history and the philosophy of religion at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati for twelve years, has tendered his resignation. He plans to devote his time to editorial and literary work in New York City.
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Cincinnati
G. K. Deutsch
Hebrew Union College
New York City
Army Staff Changes: Young named Chief of Staff
Secretary Root issues order assigning Major General 8. B. M. Young as chief of staff. Major General Henry C. Corbin and Brigadier General William 8. Carter named to general staff roles. Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss to become president of the War College. Order effective August 15.
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B. M. Young
Henry C. Corbin
William 8. Carter
Tasker H. Bliss
The
War College
Salvation Army to open gospel mission theatre in New York
Commissioner Herbert Booth plans a Hall of Representation run by the Scientific Evangelization Society to counter saloons and theaters. The biograph will supply pictures and dramatic lectures on gospel stories with no admission fee. Initial cost eyed at 200000 pounds, annual outlay about 10000 pounds.
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London
Salvation Army
Gospel Mission Theatre
New York
Biograph
Herbert Booth
Bcooth
Scientific Evangelization Society
Booth
Short crop eyed by cotton seed oil mills in Memphis
Memphis Tennessee The Evening Scimitar reports mill men foresee a short cotton seed crop this year prompting a lively buying season. Planters may push for higher prices if prospects don t improve. A prominent mill man notes fierce competition among many mills and warns a smaller crop could worsen conditions.
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Memphis
Tenn
Scimitar
Plucky Woman Defends Hudson Lighthouse Heroically
Mrs. Nancy Rose, 78, longtime keeper at Stony Point lighthouse on the Hudson, repels an Italian assailant with a poker, sounding the fog bell and securing aid. The lunatic was captured. she has served as lightkeeper for decades. In Guam, a girl is born to Faymaster Ryan, the first American child on the island, celebrated by the community.
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Nancy Rose
United States
Stony Point
Hudson
Guam
Faymaster Ryan
Albatross Sails to Nanaimo for Fisheries Inquiry
The government steamer Albatross, carrying a special congressional committee to study Alaska fisheries, has departed Seattle for Nanaimo. Damage to the vessel was less severe than anticipated.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Nanaimo
Miracle Report Ignites Little Italy Shrine Vigil
In New York New York intense excitement grips Little Italy as worshippers claim an al leged Saint Calogero healing miracle. Crippled believers swarm the shrine on Shrine street kneeling on sidewalk and street. A porcelain image atop the altar depicts the saint aiding a child believed cured as parents prayed.
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New York
Italy
Calogero di Sciacca
Get-Rich Quick Arnold Surrenders in Court
Arnold Turf Investment chief Arnold surrendered at the Four Courts after being charged with fraud in an exploded get-rich-quick scheme. He had been missing since February when his company collapsed. Attorney Roe accompanied him. manager Lumpkin A. Gill also faces indictment and has been missing from the city.
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St. Louis
K. J Arnold
Arnold Turf Investment Company
Four Courte
Arnold
Thomas J. Roe
Four Courts
Lumpkin A. Gill
Open Door Demanded for Chinese Cities by Japan
Japanese minister at Peking files formal demand for opening Menkden and Tung Tai Chi to foreign trade. Chinese officials say circumstances not favorable. American and British ministers support Japan. Minister Conger also demands opening of Harbin, Manchuria.
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Yokohama
Peking
Menkden
Tung Tai Chi
Japan
Conger
Harbin
Manchruia
Valley Forge Evacuation Anniversary Celebrated
At Valley Forge Philadelphia the 125th anniversary of the Continental army evacuation was commemorated by a patriotic celebration with hundreds of citizens participating under the Valley Forge Anniversary Association.
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Philadelphia
Valley Forge
Deadly Earthquakes Hit Van Villages in Turkey
British consular reports confirm twenty three Van villages affected with some completely destroyed. At least seven hundred eighty five lives are known to have been lost.
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Washington
Van
Metcalf appeals to Payne over post office recall
James T. Metcalf, once superintendent of the mercy order division in the post office department, has appealed to Postmaster General Payne to recall the order removing him from office.
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Washington
James T. Metcalf
Mercy Order Division
Post Office Department
Payne
Appeal to Uncle Sam Puerto Cortez dispute
American owners of the Puerto Cortez and La Pimienta Railroad appeal to the United States for protection after the Honduras government consified the line. Rural free delivery routes resume in Washington as of July 1 after prior def icit delays. Reports say electricians on the government building at the St Louis exposition grounds threaten to strike.
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Puerto Cortez and
la Pimienta
Honduras
United States
Washington
Pope's Physician Denies Eating Reports In Rome
Dr Lapponi the physician disagrees with reports about the pontiff involving an alleged Russian organ denouncement. A Moscow letter denounces the assault on the king and queen and calls upon King Peter to respond, reflecting unrest in St Petersburg.
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Assa
Peter Asaasains
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