Filipino Junta Moves From Hong Kong To Lebuan Island
Reported relocation of the Filipino junta from Hong Kong to Lebuan Island, a British colony off Borneo, as American officials curb insurgent arms supply. The transport Warren sails Sunday with the Colorado regiment and Maj. Brad ley Strong and Maj. Young. Prof. Schurman is set to arrive in San Francisco aboard the China. The war department notes heavy rains and typhoons delaying transport unloads at Negros, with Colorado’s departure followed by Idaho, North Dakota, and Wyoming moves once Grant is ready.
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Hong Kong
Lebuan
Borneo
Warren
Colorado Regiment
Bradley Strong
Maj
Young
Supreme Court
Utah
Prof
Schurman
San Francisco
China
War Department
Washington
Negros
California
Colorado
Idaho
North Dakota
Wyoming
Grant
Otis
Murderer Shot to Death in Georgia Jail Mob
In Gainesville Georgia July 17 Si Smith Habersham county farmer who killed Wm Bell a traveling Atlanta merchant months earlier was shot to death in the jail by a masked mob. Sheriff Munday awakened by a man claiming to be Gilmer county sheriff found armed men inside the jail who forced entry and shot Smith six times after a staged admission of a prisoner on the premise.
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Gainesville
Si Smith
Habersham County
Wm. Bell
Atlanta
Munday
Gilmer County
Smith
Fire Devastates Gallatin Retail District
A major blaze in Gallatin Tennessee on Sunday night gutted A D Fitzgerald's wholesale and retail grocery, engulfing blocks including M Wiles dry goods store and F P Dillard's bookstore. The opera house block and multiple nearby shops suffered total loss as flames spread across the public square. Estimated total losses reach 125000 with about 60000 insure. exact figures pending.
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Gallatin
Tenn
Tennessee
A. D. Fitzgerald
Public Square
South Water Street
Fitzgerald
M. Wiles
F. P. Dillard’s
Opera House
Ewing Bros. & Co
Louisville
Broderick & Lane
William Smith
H. B. .Lucas
Argentina United States treaty cuts tariffs on key goods
Buenos Ayres Times correspondent reports the Argentina United States treaty provides tariff reductions on Argentine sugar hides and wool and on American canned goods timber and certain foods.
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Loxpon
Buenos Ayres
the Times
Argentina
United States
Gen Wheeler Spends Quiet Sunday in San Francisco
Gen Joe Wheeler and his daughter Miss Annie Wheeler spent a quiet Sunday in San Francisco as he attended to extensive correspondence.
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Gen. Wheeler
San Francisco
Joe Wheeler
Annie Wheeler
German Flag Torn Down Incident Sparks International Attention
On the Fourth of July in Victoria British Columbia Carl Klemme owner of the Orpheum hotel flew the American flag over his building and left the German flag displayed beneath it. J H West ordered it removed, gathered soldiers, tore down the German flag and replaced it with red white and blue bunting. West was fined $100 for malicious mischief.
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J. H. West
Klemme
West
Sherman
New Jersey Black Colony Vision Near Flemington
A plan to establish a Black colony at Oak Grove near Flemington New Jersey takes shape. The former Sheriff Lake farm is chosen, with maps for a modern town including a shoe factory a railroad branch and a camp meeting grove. Prominent Black leaders fund a tract for an industrial school and buildings are planned.
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New York
Oak Grove
Flemington
N. J
W. Howard Lake
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Henry C. Smith
Christian National Industrial and Mutual Order of New York
Estate of Roswell Burrows nearly exhausted after legal fees
Papers filed in Burfato New York Supreme Court reveal Roswell S. Burrows estate once valued at two million dollars has shrunk to about one hundred thousand. Lawsuits filed by creditors have consumed over 1.9 million in costs and fees, with a son allegedly drawing fifty thousand more than his share.
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BurFato
N. Y
Supreme Court
Roswell S. Burrows
Burrows
Contempt Matters Tied to Indian Walla Tonka Case
Washington reports say federal judge may punish Choctaw authorities for contempt if they refuse to recognize a writ of habeas corpus in the Walla Tonka case. The Department of Justice claims no jurisdiction, leaving enforcement to the judge’s discretion.
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WaAsumeTon
Department of Justice
Pittsburgh Wall Paper Co Plans Huge New Plant
Pittsburg Wall Paper Co will operate at New Brighton Pa by September 1 one of the largest wallpaper plants in the world. The plant will produce 120000000 yards of wallpaper yearly to fight the Continental Wall Paper Co the wallpaper trust.
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Wall Paper Trust
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Wall Paper Co
New Brighton
Continental Wall Paper Co
Barn and Sheds Burned Near Camden Farmer Loses Stock
Fire destroyed Anthony Yast's barn and wagon shed near Camden. Five buggies and a wagon, one horse, all harnesses and agricultural implements were lost. Loss estimated at 1500 dollars, partly insured.
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Eatox
Anthony Yast
Camden
Will Wilson Hanged for Murder of Chauncy County Marshal
East Tmay Ga July 15 Will Wilson a solitaire was hanged here Friday for the murder of Marshal Osborn of Chauncy county. He denied any complicity in the crime.
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East Tmay
Will Wilson
Soloree
Marshal Osborn
Chauncy County
Japan’s new treaties with world powers go into effect
A broad set of new treaties between Japan and the United States and many European and South American nations took effect Monday, replacing centuries of vague arrangements. The changes elevate Japan to equal footing in international relations, with dates and signatories including the 1894 U S Japan treaty and nations such as Great Britain Germany France Russia Austria Italy Spain Portugal Belgium Holland Denmark Sweden Norway Switzerland and Peru. France and Austria deferment to August.
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United States
Japan
Europe
Washington
Gresham
Kureno
Great Britain
Germany
France
Russia
Austria
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Switzerland
Peru
Tragic Mutilated Body Found After Fast Mail Collision
In GaLe EsBune Illinois on July 17 engineer Frank Bullard found the body of Mike McLaughlin from Philadelphia on the pilot of the fast mail train. The legs were severed at the pelvic region and authorities discuss where the inquest should be held as the victim’s remains were discovered at the site. The train was moving 70 miles per hour when the man was struck and split in two. Philadelphia relatives are coordinating with local officials.
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GaLe EsBune
Ill
Frank Bullard
Mike McLaughlin
North Ninth Street
Philadelphia
Tepe
Henry County
Marshal Hinpian
Kewanee
Bullard
Gnat and Camel Sermon on Small Sins and Big Frauds
A sermon contrasts scruples over tiny sins with recklessness toward vast wrongs. It denounces Pharisaic focus on trivialities while ignoring major thefts and corruption in business, urging repentance and societal reform. It warns that sin is not excused by size and cites financial schemes, stock watering, and public hypocrisy.
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Apostle Paul
Apostle Judas
Raymond Street
New York
America
Maryland
Church of God
Brookyln street car strike disrupts service and police clash
Nearly all conductors and motormen of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co struck at 5 AM. Non union replacements faced disorder as wires were cut and rails torn up. A crowd of 3000 at Marcy avenue stables resisted police while some lines ran with non union crews. Ocean beach service halted. Tie up less complete than predicted.
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New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co
Marcy Avenue
Death by suicide of state grand master in Prorr Illinois
Ailt Van Boen ing, 46, state grand master of the Knights and Ladies of Honor, fatally leaped from the steamer Bald Eagle above the Copperas Creek dam Sunday evening. Domestic troubles are believed to have caused the act. He also served as a state official in the A. O. U. W.
Silk Mills Shut Down in College Point
The Rhenia silk mills at College Point Long Island, employing over 3800 workers, closed indefinitely due to a slump in the American silk industry.
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New York
Rhenia
College Point
L. I
Kipling Bitten by a Dog in Loxpon
Rudyard Kipling’s right thumb was bitten by a dog at Loxpon on July 17 and is inflamed. He carries his arm in a sling and the injury is not expected to have serious consequences.
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Kipling
Loxpon
Rudyard Kipling
Temptation of Small Sins and Big Truths in Life
The speaker rails against taming sins by magnifying minor faults while condoning greater wrongs. He warns of watchful critics and moral hypocrisy, likening petty judgments to gnats and major sins to camels, urging focus on eternity over temporal gains.
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Labuan
Prof. Schurman
Wm Bell
Honolualu
New Jersey Negro
Galesburg
Aining
Dage
Mankina
Paught
Louis Klopsch
Christ
John Milton
Satan
Liverpool
Saratoga
Paris
Geneva
Custom House
Lebanon
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