Pope Leo's condition varies as prayers rise
Rome reports Pope Leo XIII remains “no worse” after two weeks of illness. Doctors note persistent pleural fluid around 1200 grains and improved spirits following stimulants. Cardinal Rampolla meets the pope, while Vatican staff prepare conclave provisions and roast for cardinals.
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Leo
Choate Receives China-Russia Open Ports Assurances
London dispatch reports Ambassador Choate informed Secretary Hay of Russian assurances on opening Manchuria ports. The half hour conference with Foreign Secretary Lansdowne preceded Choate taking the result to Washington. Officials would not disclose details or comment further.
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Choate
Hay
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Russia
Manchuria
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Landsdowne
Washington
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Vatican Death of Pope Spur Italy To Respectful Neutrality
Rome reports the pope’s faltering health but no immediate crisis as ministers decide not to join public mourning. Italy will avoid official mourning but will keep order and honor the conclave by law, while preserving state dignity and public liberty.
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Rome
Vatican
Italy
Paris
Chinese protest mass meeting calls for tariff retaliation
Honolulu July 18 by Pacific Cable. Chinese will hold a mass meeting to protest exclusion from the United States. They will urge tariffs on American goods if immigrant restrictions are not removed. Brigadier General Leonard Wood will be promoted to major general. Davis to retire July 29. General Young to step down.
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Honolulu
Pacific Cable
United States
Carmelite Madonna Procession Curtailed by Pope's Illness
In Rome a famed Carmelite Madonna procession was shortened due to Pope Leo XIII's illness. Normally crowds line the Tras Tevere streets as women girls priests and monks bear the Madonna image amid hymns and flower strewn routes. This year the image was moved privately to a church as prayers for the pope intensified.
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Pope
Rome
Leo
Trastevere
Receiver Appointed for Southern Car and Foundry
Judge Kirk Patrick of the U S circuit court appointed Thomas A. Gillespie of West Orange New Jersey as receiver for the Southern Car and Foundry company a New Jersey corporation with plants at Gadsden and Anniston Alabama and Memphis and Lenora Tennessee The liabilities are about 2300000 dollars in floating debt.
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Kirk Patrick
United States Circuit Court
Thomas A. Gillespie
West Orange
Southern Car and Foundry Company
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Gadsden and Anniston
Ala
Memphis and
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Ex President Cleveland Welcomes a Son
Ex-President Grover Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland celebrate the birth of a son at their summer home in Buzzards Bay Massachusetts. The announcement notes the couple as happy parents and marks a family milestone.
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Buzzard’s Bay
Mass
Veterans of Santiago Campaign Banquet Reported
Detroit July 18 veterans of the Santiago campaign attended a banquet at the Masonic temple Friday night. John M. Thurston spoke on Our Country while General Joseph Wheeler replied to The Cavalry Division toast.
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Santiago
Detroit
Mich
Masonic Temple
John M. Thurston
Joseph Wheeler
Cavalry Division
Builders Wage Pact Ends Strikes for Carpenters and Bricklayers
New York reports the arbitration plan of the builders union extends for another year, likely bringing 75 000 workers back to jobs. Fifteen of twenty two Carpenters and Joiners locals have accepted, signaling a broader end to the building trades tie up.
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New York
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Army Promotions Ordered to General Officers
The president directs commissions for army promotions. Major General Young to lieutenant general, replacing Miles who retires August 3. Brigadier General S. S. Summer advances to major general, succeeding the retiring officer.
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Washington
Young
Miles
Ang
S. S. Summer
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