Roosevelt in West Praises Spanish War Veterans in Detroit
President Roosevelt spoke to Spanish-American War veterans in Detroit praising their service and echoing unity with comrades. He received a thunderous reception, recalling Appomattox ideals and the hard work behind heroism as his train moved through Ohio Indiana Nebraska Minnesota and other states visiting multiple cities and events.
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Detroit
Roosevelt
Spain
Armory
Washington
Michigan
Lee
Grant
Appomattox
Cincinnati
St. Nicholas Hotel
Fair Festival Grounds
Music Hall
Marsh Hall
Patty
Logansport
Kokomo
Tipton
Noblesville
Indianapolis
Muncie
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Fair Grounds
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Exposition Building
Commercial Club of
National Civic and Improvement Teague
Sioux Falls
Yankton
Sioux City
Arion
Denison
Nebraska
Kearney
Grand Island
Hastings
Lincoln
Fremont
Omaha
Omaha Club
Oil as Warship Fuel Advances in Naval Power
Oil may supplant coal in fleets as discoveries widen crude petroleum supply. Texas and California fields boost oil propulsion research for ships, with the Mariposa proving oil can power long ocean voyages. Other news notes include a Spain gypsy riot toll, English tobacco market fears, a Shawnee bank charter, Ardmore delivery routes, Swift & Co. labor gains, Venice Campanile cornerstone, and Venice rebuilding costs.
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Texas
California
Gulf
Pacific
Atlantic
San Francisco
Tahiti
Izurza
Spain
Louisville
English Tobacco Trust
Comptroller of
State National Bank of Shawnee
O. T
Ardmore
I. T
Swift & Co
Chicago
Venice
Italy
Forest Fires Rampage Across Rockies Widespread Destruction Expected
Fire outbreaks sweep timberlands from the Wyoming line into central Colorado. Government inspectors and forest brigades struggle to contain the blazes. Ranchers and miners supply aid while new fires are reported daily, wiping out vast tracts of untouched timber with little chance of extinction. A map of fire districts and scenes accompanies the report.
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Orest
Rocky Mountains
Wyoming Line
Colorado
Monument to Gen Slocum Unveiled at Gettysburg Battlefield
A large granite base supports a 31 foot monument honoring Gen Henry Warner Slocum. The bronze statue depicts Slocum at the head of the Twelfth Army Corps on July 2, 1863, with a famous Meade council of war quotation nearby. The equestrian figure stands 15 1/2 feet high, weighs 7,500 pounds, and the total cost reached $30,000.
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Gettysburg
Barre
Army of the Potomac
Meade
Slocum
Twelfth Army Corps
Short News Notes From The Nation
The New Orleans Maritime Exchange creates a cottonseed product inspection department. Nelson Hutchinson and Peter Spicer die in a boiler explosion at a sawmill near Martinsburg Ohio. Lightning causes a fence strike near Ottawa Kansas injuring a horse. John Taylor of Toronto elected president and Dr J B Stone of Chicago chaplain of St George's Union of North America in Philadelphia. German Baptists plan next national meeting in Bellefontaine Ohio. Southwest Kansas Oklahoma Implement Dealers Association to oppose the new harvester combine with a farmers boycott plan.
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New Orleans Maritime Exchange
Nelson Hutchinson
Peter Spicer
Martinsburg
Ohio
Ottawa
Kaw
Ned Rathjen
St. George’s Union of North America
Philadelphia
John Taylor
Toronto
J. 8
Stone
Chicago
Cannon Seen As Likeliest Speaker After Henderson Exit
Congressman Joseph G. Cannon, regarded as the leading choice for the House speakership, succeeded D. B. Henderson after retirement. First elected from Tuscola in 1872, he has long represented Illinois in the Fourteenth then Fifteenth Districts, moved to Danville in 1876, and has chaired the appropriations committee for four years. He played a key role in the 2 cent letter postage and the Porto Rico bill.
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Cannon
House of Representatives
D. B. Henderson
Congress
Tuscola
Illinois
Danville
House
Appropriations Committee
Treasury Plans Release of 8.2 Million in Holdings
Secretary Shaw announces an immediate circulation plan by releasing 8.2 million dollars of treasury holdings. The move aims to ease Wall Street strain and bridge the crop-mating season, with four million to be re-allocated as part of the suspension of rigid liquidity measures.
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Shaw
Treasury
New York
Treasury Department
Wall Street
Crisis in Venezuela marches to a doomed capital stand
Dispatches report the Venezuelan crisis worsening with government forces in flight and rebels led by Castro drawing near Valencia to unite with remaining Garrido troops for a final stand. Insurgents claim government collapse is near as battles near Tinaquillo confirm rebel gains over government forces.
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Castro
Valencia
Garrido
Amelsat
Willemstad
Tinaquillo
Veneseeciz
Mendoza
Batalla
Riera
Torres Cardenas
Presdent Castro
Tinagnillo
Treasury Plans Bond Moves Amid Money Stringency
The government pursues free bonds loaned by banks not government depositories, with distributions of 50000 plus an extra 4200000 circulating through anticipated October interest. Secretary Shaw notes success of the bond deposit scheme and says presses print national bank circulation while seeing no immediate cause to compel banks to buy bonds at high rates.
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Treasury
Shaw
New York
Weather and Farm Work Across Regions
The report notes rainier northern areas and favorable conditions for spring wheat in major states except North Dakota where winds slowed work. Very cool weather delays cotton opening while picking progresses in the central and western cotton regions. labor remains tight in some states.
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Mississippi
Georgia
Pacific
North Dakota
Peary's Ship in Port Sparks Campaign Talk in Senate Race
Gen. K. A. Alger former Secretary of War says he is willing to run for the Senate seat to succeed James McMillan. His statement arrived as Peary's ship returned to port fueling political chatter about the upcoming election.
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KR. A. Alger
War
Senate
James McMillan
Notable figures tied to labor and politics across era
Col Giroaud draws government plan for continental railway progress northward to complete the line. Carroll D Wright, famed statistician and labor commissioner, contributed to studies of the anthracite strike and U S census. Gen Gobin and Gen Gorin noted for military and political influence. Timothy Healy, Irish leader, shapes policy since 1881. Angelo Heilprin’s safety urged after volcanic activity at Mount Pelée.
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Carroll D. Wright
Stu
Prof. Wright
Ireland
Bantry
Timothy Healy
Healy
Trish
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West
JRE
Lorese
Chicago American
Gen. Slocum
Henry Warner Sto
Joseph G. Cannon
Henderson
Pressue
Venezuela
Hay
United States
Europe
Roumania
Balkan States
Jowa
Benderson
Eekly
Peary
Col. Girouard
Cecil Rhodes
Iron Horse Ccrosm
Gobin Plein Crain
Shenandoah
Lebanon
Gorin
Angelo Heilprin
Hera
Mount Pelee
Peof, Heilprin
C. D. Wright
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