Shafter Retired as Young Receives California Command
At the Presidio Major General W R Shafter retires and transfers command to General B M Young. Four volunteer regiments are mustered out disbursing over 1 million dollars and issuing nearly 4000 tickets as troops head home. Remaining regiments to be discharged include the Forty-third Forty-seventh and Forty-first. In Austin Governor Sayers asks Interior for Kiowa Comanche Apache openings to be delayed to Aug 1 to allow cattle removal. delay seen as preventing a cattle market panic.
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San Francisco
Presidio
W. R. Shafter
Shafter
Department of California
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Slayden
Hitchcock
Here
Secretary of the Interior
Betting clash looms over Butte race track
Butte authorities clash over legality of betting at the track with city officials pushing to allow wide open gambling while county officers vow strict anti gambling enforcement. A separate report notes a Mobile and Ohio train collision near Red End injuring crew and a Greensburg wreck from former circus workers.
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Butte
Monit
Trac
Red End
Ills
Mobile and
Ohio
Thorpe
Harper
Here
St. Louis
Rattlesnake Bend
Cotton condition falls from June figures in 1100 replies
The Journal of Commerce reports a decline in cotton condition compared with the June Department of Agriculture figure. About 1100 correspondents submitted data, yielding a general average condition of 77 for the cotton belt.
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New York
the Journal of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Governor declines to intervene in Sanchez case
Silver City New Mexico July 1 Governor Otero refuses further interference in Jose Sanchez case. Sanchez is sentenced to July 5 and remains under sentence as the legal process proceeds.
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Silver City
N. M
Otero
Jose Sanchez
Sanchez
Barker case from Arlington assault moves to court of errors
Thomas Barker has filed a writ of error to appeal his five year sentence for assaulting Rev. Dr. Keller at Arlington. While the appeal proceeds Barker will be at liberty. Governor Utero reportedly refused further interference after investigators questioned Barker's sanity. The action follows a July 1 report from Trenton.
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Utero
Trenton
N. J
Thomas Barker
State Penitentiary
Dr. Keller
Arlington
Court of Errors and Appeals
Barker
South Carolina Seeks Tax Refund Over Dispensary Charges
South Carolina petitions the U S Internal Revenue Service for a refund of 4916 dollars in taxes paid on wholesale and retail liquor under the dispensary law. The state argues federal internal revenue laws cannot tax state instrumentalities. Commissioner Yerkes has the refund claim under consideration and a Supreme Court ruling is anticipated.
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Washington
South Carolina
Ommissioner of
Internal Revenue
United States
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Cooley
Yerkes
Supreme Court
Terrorizing Miners Arrests Across Tug River Area
Nine men were arrested on the Kentucky side of Tug river for terrorizing WV miners by shooting at those who could not give the proper strikers sign. They were jailed in Williamson to await Kentucky court action. Charles Burke, UMWA local president, held on a separate injunction-related charge. Chicago reports an electric car collision injuring about twenty picnickers with one killed. Rev Dr Byron Sunderland of Washington died at 83, long associated with the gospel and First Presbyterian Church in Washington.
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Thacker
W. Va
T. L. Feltz
John Justice
United States
Kentucky
Tug River
West Virginia
Williamson
Charles Burke
The
United Mine Workers of America
Hufford
T. L. Felts
Parkersburg
Jackson
Chicago
Irving Park Boulevard
Catskill
N. Y
Byron Sunderland
Washington, D. C
Sunderland
Gospel
First Presbyterian Church
Washington
Cleveland
Folsom
Lynching After Accusation Near Triplets Virginia
In Suffolk on July 1 a mob of about 100 men removed Joseph Walton from Lawrenceville jail and lynched him after he was accused of invading the bedroom of Miss Kate Clark near Triplets Virginia Walton protested his innocence and Miss Clark had no chance to identify him.
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Suffolk
Kate Clark
Triplets
Joseph Walton
Lawrenceville
Walton
Granada Council Chooses Kai Feng Fu as Future Capital
Pekin reports a Granada council notice designates Kai Feng Fu in Ho Nan province as the future capital, outlining the official administrative plan and its provisional status. The decision involves regional authorities and pending formal approvals.
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Pekin
Granada Council
Kai Feng Fu
Ho Nan
Triplets Born Near Wawaka Set Pradesh Record
Gave Birth to Triplets Wabash Ind July 1 Mrs William Card wife of a farmer near Wawaka gave birth to triplets two girls and a boy Their combined weight is 27 pounds The physician thinks all will survive They are said to be the largest triplets ever born in this section of the state.
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Wabash, Ind
William Card
Wawaka
Coal oil found in Clarksville indent in brief
Indications of coal oil have been found at Clarksville Tennessee. Lum Hall of McKinney Texas is under arrest charged with killing his mother Mrs Ollie Hall who died Saturday. Dudley Yacom a mute was run down and killed by a train at Brazil Indiana He was 40 Erastus Welsh a farmer near Kokomo Indiana fell dead while running after a swarm of bees.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Lum Hall
McKinney
Tex
Ollie Hall
Dudley Yacom
Brazil
Ind
Erastus Welsh
Kokomo
For Sale 300 Acres Near A and M College Road
Property offers 300 acres adjoining the A and M College road described as desirable hill land. It is well located near two state railroads and close to Bryan developments including a cotton factory and other institutions. Sold by W R Cavitt.
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A. and M. College Road
Bryan
College
Arceline Convent
Free Will Baptist College
Central Texas Fair
W. R. Cavitt
Death of Mrs Eliza Rogers Potter in New York
Mrs Eliza Rogers Potter wife of Rt Rev Henry C Potter Protestant Episcopal bishop of New York died suddenly early Sunday at the family residence. Heart failure induced by intense recent heat caused her death in New York City.
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New York
Eliza Rogers Potter
Henry C. Potter
Dowager Empress Hides From Trap in Shanghai
Dispatch from Lian Fu reports Marquis Tseng relaying the dowager empress fears a capture trap and will not appear, prompting officials in Shanghai to reassess security and possible evacuation plans amid rising tensions with rivals.
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Shanghai
Marquis Tseng
Lian Fu
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