Congress Nearing Adjournment After Farewell Atmosphere
Washington July 1 Congress seems ready to adjourn with a general farewell mood as representatives and senators shake hands. Beveridge and Bailey, despite earlier stances, appear amiable this morning. Beveridge pushes the Oklahoma New Mexico Arizona admission omnibus and plans summer meetings in Indianapolis. Senator Patterson blocks timber land sales in New Mexico and irrigation bonds in Maricopa County citing eventual statehood for the territories.
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Oklahoma
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Territories
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Colorado
Interior Department
Maricopa County
Senate
Closing Hours of Congress Ends With Naval Bill Vote
Washington reports a sparse House session on July 1 as members discussed adjournment times from 3 to 1 p m. The marine hospital service reorganization bill was debated and passed, then the naval appropriation conference report was adopted. An agreement by noon set final adjournment for 6 o'clock.
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Marine Hospital Service
House
Orig Washington
Senate
Taggart backs Hill for president in 1904
Former Indianapolis mayor Taggart returned from New York announcing support for Hill in 1904 and Cleveland's backing. He urges campaign on tariff-focused lines like 1884 and 1892, says Cleveland will not seek a fourth nomination and that Hill backers will organize the party.
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Taggart
New York
Tilden Club
Hill
Cleveland
Queen Alexandra Leads Colonial Troop Review in London
King’s bulletin reports excellent night sleep and strength gain. Queen Alexandra’s review of two thousand colonial troops sparks bright hopes for the king’s recovery. Duke of Connaught leads a brilliant staff as Canadians Australians and twenty two colonies parade past. The queen smiles and nods to cheering crowds.
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Cambia
Devon
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United States Steel Directors to Declare Dividend
United States Steel directorate met this afternoon to declare dividends. The statement is expected to show net earnings of forty million dollars versus twenty six million for the same period last year.
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New York
United States Steel Directorate
Minneapolis Police Captain Convicted Sentenced
Police Captain Norman King, second in command in Minneapolis, convicted of corruption, was sentenced to three and a half years in the penitentiary. Chief Ames, a brother, is next to be stele.
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Minneapolis
Norman King
Ames
Stele
Roosevelt Starts Work On Grace Reformed Church Reconstruction
President Roosevelt began work on the reconstruction of Grace Reformed Church, laying the first mortar on its foundation this afternoon. The rebuilding follows damage that limited crowds attending worship at the site.
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Washington
New Grace Reformed Church
Rescue on island yields crew saved and gold recovered
Valuable rescue report from San Francisco states Abydos saved the crew of the steamer Sammarah and recovered two and a half million dollars in gold from a barren island near Humblin. All persons were landed at Valparaiso.
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Valparaiso
Bailey Attacks Beveridge in Senate Corridor
In a July incident the Texas senator Bailey grabbed Indiana's Beveridge by the throat in the senate corridor over remarks on Penfield and a Mexican mining case. Colleagues restrained Bailey as Beveridge remained seated, both sides trading heated words and threats.
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Beveridge
Senate
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Spooner
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Hailey
Texas
Senator Beveridge
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Hansorough
North Dakota
Indiana
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Georgia
Barney Layton
Freight Handlers Stir Crisis as Strike Looms
Chicago July 1 The freight handlers union led by President Curran refused to let railroads bargain separately with workers prompting a conference request from the railroads. If no compromise is reached by tonight up to 8000 handlers may strike marking the gravest labor clash since 1894.
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Chicago
Curran
Saloon War Ended In Logansport Transition
John Black formerly ran a Burlington saloon and after selling to church members now rents the space to operate a butcher shop. The town supports his new business strongly, and he is reportedly making money. Known as the Blue Goose proprietor, he remains on good terms with neighbors who previously dynamited his saloon several times.
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Logansport
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John Black
Burlington
Black
Blue Goone
Municipal ownership vote on $400000 electric plant bonds
Kansas City voters are deciding on issuing bonds totaling 400000 dollars to establish a municipal electric lighting plant. The city already owns its water works. Earlier today over three and a half inches of rain fell in six hours, the heaviest precipitation in years.
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Kansas City
Fatal Altered Lassoing Death in Wild West Display
Nine year old Andrew Alters of Houghton Michigan died after attempting a lasso on a horse during a Wild West event in St. Joseph Michigan. He used a rope with a noose on one end and a chain with a hook on the other. The hook caught and lodged in the horse, dragging him for over two miles into town. He remained conscious briefly after being released but died minutes later.
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Mich
Andrew Alters
Houghton
Casaden Interstate Railway sold to Pennsylvania syndicate
Huntington W Va July 1 The Casaden Interstate Railway company sold its electric lines in Huntington Central City Ceredo Kenova W Va Cattletburg Ashland Ky and Ironton Ohio plus electric plants in Ironton Ashland and Huntington The syndicate led by John Graham Edmund McCandish John C Henry and William North aims to form a continuous Ohio Valley electric line from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh with Graham elected president of the new company Senator Camden West Virginia was the chief stockholder.
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Ohio Valley
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Pittsburg
United States Steel 10 Percent Wage Increase in 100000 Payroll
The United States Steel Corporation ordered a 10 percent wage rise for about 100000 workers, covering non union and union staff. The raise starts with Carnegie Steel non private scale workers and targets blast furnace, day men, laborers, and machinists, with certain job groups excluded.
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Minnesota Faces Wild Cat Insurance Surge
St Paul July 1 Commissioner Elmer H Dearth warns that Minnesota has become a fertile ground for wild cat insurers after many fire insurance firms left the state last year. He notes thirty nine unlicensed companies flood the market with literature and some locals assist them.
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Elmer H. Dearth
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Stopping the Miners Stop Work Near Hazelton
Striking miners with a drum and fife corps halted access near the Qoke Brothers colliery in Hazelton Pa preventing workers from returning. They declared they will not permit operation and turned back several miners this morning.
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Qoke Brothers
Ofer
Russian shipyards visit impresses U S naval officer
St Petersburg May 1 Commander G B Barber United States naval attache at Paris who arrived a fort night ago has been cordially received by the emperor. The ruler expressed satisfaction with the war ships built by the Cramps and Barber will visit gun works and government shipyards in Russia.
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G. B. Barber
United States
Paris
Barber
Russia
New Jersey State Treasury Reports Large Increase in Revenue
For the year ending yesterday New Jersey's treasury shows a balance of 2,698,202 dollars, nearly half a million more than last year. Recent tax receipts from trusts chartered in 1900 and 1901 largely drive the rise, while taxes on large corporations exceed two million annually.
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New York
New Jersey
Captain Krivetsky Bribery Sentenced at Poltava Court Martial
St Petersburg reports Captain Krivetsky was sentenced to two years in prison by a Poltava court martial for accepting bribes to release recruits from service. Six accomplices received three years and others got various penal servitude terms.
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St. Petersburg
Krivetsky
Poltava
Bred & Gold Granted Divorce Over Long Distance
Terre Haute Indiana reports Bred and Gold were granted a divorce on a letter from his wife who left him three years ago and now lives in Oklahoma. He sent money for reunion or child support but she refused, claiming she had more and did not want help. Local coverage notes the unusual arrangement and ongoing separation.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Bred
Gold
Oklahoma
One Pistol Ended Both Lives
Canfield and wife, longtime residents, were found dead in their home this morning. Authorities believe the man shot his wife and then killed himself, with family troubles cited as the cause. Washington reports Sanator Fora ker is seriously ill, diagnosed as peri toultin, with his doctors stating he is nearly out of danger after an earlier decline.
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Henry
Canfield
Washington
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