Knox doubts bargain in Washington amid political maneuvers
Special Despatch to Commercial Tribune reports Attorney General Knox reflecting on leaving a lucrative practice for public service. The piece discusses Republican aims to reclaim four Populist districts in Nebraska and analyzes the political landscape ahead of the fall campaign.
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Robinson
Hays
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Antimonopo Ust
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Rep
Hannible
Pro
Holliday
Duke Archduchess Betrothal Ends in Break
Special Cable reports Archduchess Maria Annunziata of Austria and Duke Siegfried of Bavaria have ended their betrothal. The engagement, public since June 15 in Vienna, drew European royal congratulations. No reason is given, but sources say the break was mutually agreed upon.
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Commercial Tribune
Munich
Bavaria
Maria Annunziata
Austria
Siegfried
Vienna
Europe
Firmin Forms Provisional Government in Haiti
The Firm inist party sets up a provisional government at Gonaives with M. Firmin as President and a Cabinet including Killick as War Minister Bourand as Finance Minister Henriquez as Foreign Minister St Louis as Public Works Minister Chicayo as Interior Minister and Lamour as Agriculture Minister. Troops prepare to aid General Nord in an attack on Firminists.
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Gonalves
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M. Killick
M. St. Louis
M. Chicayo
M. Lamour
General Nord
Gonaives
Firmin
Artibonite
Northwest
Castro Again Goes Forth to Give Battle
Castro, president of Venezuela, leaves Caracas with 3,100 troops to pursue the revolutionists. He expects 3,500 more from La Victoria and Valencia, aiming to assemble a stronger force as delays favor his campaign. Four million cartridges and 10,000 Mauser rifles arrived, boosting arms supply.
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Curacao
Castro
Venezuela
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la Victoria
Valencia
King's health in doubt as second operation looms
London reports confirm a July 7 dispatch about a possible second operation on the King. Physicians fear risk of a dangerous procedure, likely appendix removal, but coronation proceeds amid optimism for a rally if the operation goes well. Public updates remain cautiously positive despite medical uncertainty.
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Three Rebel Officers Executed at Barrigona
In Barrigona Camp between Honda and Ambalema the Revolutionary Generals Antonio Suarez La Croix and Juan Vidal and Colonel Julian Lecama were executed by a court martial. La Croix from a wealthy Colombian lineage warned Bogota of the sacrifice and cited revolutionary strength nationwide in a letter to the United States written four days before his capture.
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Antonio Suarez la Croix
Juan Vidal
Julian Lecama
Barrigona
Honda and
Ambalema
Magdalena River
Colombia
Bogota
United States
la Croix
Barcelona under siege as revolutionaries surround city
News from Venezuela reports Barcelona held by about 800 revolutionaries led by General Platero. Government troops in the town total 200, with little expectation of resistance, as the insurgents press for surrender.
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Famous Painter Sued for Divorce in New York
W Bruce Crane a leading American painter is sued for divorce by his wife who names her daughter from a former marriage as co respondent. Testimony before Registrar Isaac Fromme precedes a Supreme Court report. Crane holds multiple art society posts and is widely regarded among peers.
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Roosevelt favors Crane over Hanna for National Committee role
Boston dispatch reports a local bulletin that Governor W Murray Crane is preferred by President Roosevelt to succeed Senator Hanna on the National Committee. Roosevelt sees Crane as best to manage the national campaign and fund raising and expects him to become Treasury Secretary eventually, with possible chairmanship of the National Committee.
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Hanna
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Washington
Kruger to Meet Steyn in The Hague Visit
Former Transvaal president Kruger was visited today by General Lucas Meyer and plans to call on former president Steyn of the Orange Free State in The Hague.
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Steyn
Hague
Transvaal Republic
Lucas Meyer
Orange Free State
Soldiers Hold Line as Shenandoah Tensions Rise
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania troops patrol amid unrest as Brigadier General Gobin anticipates possible field additions. Two Lithuanians, Klimovitz and Zukowski, were arrested in riot aftermath after being shot in the foot. bail set at 2000 dollars each. Deputy Sheriff Beddall testified to the shootings.
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Anthony Klimovitz
Sidhilaus’ Zukowski
Gobin
Company I
Twelfth Regiment
Squire W. H. Shoemaker
Lithunians
Waldo Rowinski
Thomas R. Beddall
Klimovitz
Zukowski
Girardville
Haggerty case opens over contempt in Clarksburg
Habeas corpus actions against Thomas Haggerty and others jailed for contempt of court began before Judge Goff. Miners' lawyers argued the Clarksburg Fuel Company not bound by the injunction and that trespass on its property was not proven. Judge Goff to rule tomorrow, affecting the case’s outcome.
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Commercial Tribune
Clarksburg
W. Va
Thomas Haggerty
Goff
Clarksburg Fuel Company
Strikes in Galicia Escalate with Scores Killed
Vienna reports Galicia peasants clash with troops as strike spreads to new districts. Uhland detachment attacked 500 peasants at Pothering, 178 arrests made, prisoners held in crowded stables before transfer. In two days twenty three clashes left thirteen dead and 118 wounded.
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Galicia
Miss Edith Sweetser Married Despite Critical Condition
In Marion Indiana on August 5 Miss Edith Sweetser then gravely ill with malaria fever revived briefly and a wedding was performed with Dr B C Dale after efforts to wait. She had asked for the ceremony to take place last evening but remained unconscious until today.
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Commercial Tribune
Marion
Ind
Edith Sweetser
B. C. Dale
White resigns as Berlin ambassador due to age and ill health
Ambassador Andrew D. White mails his resignation to take effect early in November. President Roosevelt may decide on a broader reorganization of U S representatives in Europe with Bellamy Storer as a likely successor. Tower and Storer tied to potential moves, with Henry White proposed for Spain, amid Berlin transfer talk.
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Spain
Russia
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London
Tower
Andrew D. White
Germany
Resignation Rumors Do Not Yet Reach Washington
Washington August 5 No information has reached the State Department about Ambassador White resigning though earlier reports suggested he would retire at seventy. Diplomats named as possible Berlin replacements include Dr David Jayne Hill now First Assistant Secretary of State and Hon Bellamy Storer minister to Spain.
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State Department
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Berlin
David Jayne Hill
Bellamy Storer
Spain
Tinklepate Adventure With Betty Blossom Featured
The tale follows Little Tommy Tinklepate in another mischievous episode alongside Betty Blossom making her first appearance in the series Our Boys and Girls with Next Sunday's Commercial Tribune.
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Tommy Tinklepate
Betty Blossom
Betty
Guidi Named Apostolic Delegate to Manila
Rome reports Mer Guidi, then in Cardinal Rampolla’s office, appointed Apostolic Delegate at Manila. The Vatican delays aimed to please Washington. Father Santiago Paya departs for Manila with high hopes for the archipelago’s religious settlement.
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Philippines
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Rampolla
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Father Paya
Spain
United States
Archbishop Ryan Clarifies Philippines Friars Stance
Arch bishop Ryan returns from Oyster Bay saying he was misquoted on friars in the Philippines. He states his view is not expulsion but leaving friars to the Pope and exchanging their generals for members of other nationalities, noting Filipino opposition may stem from friars being Spaniards.
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Ryan
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Philippines
Court declines mandamus to sue Germany over forced detention
Ferdinand Holzendorf petitions District Supreme Court to compel Secretary Hay to initiate actions against Germany or Prussia for 500000 in damages from his alleged unjust confinement in a German insane asylum. Justice Hagner calls the matter political and denies the writ.
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Washington
Ferdinand Holzendorf
District Supreme Court
Hay
Empire of Germany
Kingdom of Prussia
Hagner
Holzendorf
Germany
Siam Legation Denies Siamese King's Assassination
The Siamese Legation in London stated it had heard nothing about the reported assassination of the King of Siam and did not believe the rumor to be true.
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London
Siam
Mrs Campbell Confesses to Infant Deception in Chicago
Chicago August 5 Mrs Nellie Campbell confessed to Inspector Wheeler that she was not the mother of six infants who died while in her care She admitted obtaining infants from midwives and hoodwinking her husband about twins while securing them from a midwife The police plan further investigations into midwives and the three cemetery lots she maintains
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Nellie Campbell
John Wheeler
Inspector Wheeler
Baker
West Monroe Street
Kester
May Street
Dr. Swartz
West Adams Street
Hedrick
Carroll Avenue
Retrick
North Side
Blanco
Calvary Cemetery
Grandfather Counters Violation Claims Over Viola Reed
Special Despatch to Commercial Tribune from London Ohio reports Hiram Gatton, grandfather of Viola Reed of Chicago, confirms Viola is his granddaughter born near Lilly Chapel. He cannot confirm if the Chicago woman is his daughter, notes Viola visited last winter, and mentions another daughter at home. He does not know what became of Mr Reed.
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London
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Viola Reed
Chicago
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Lilly Chapel
Cincinnati
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German Emperor to Attend Kaiser Wilhelm II Launch
Berlin August 5 Emperor William will attend the launch at the Vulcan Shipyard Stettin on August 12 of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II. The ship, 707 feet long 71½ feet beam depth 39 feet draft 29 feet 19500 tons 39000 horsepower, will be fastest and largest with 1000 passenger capacity.
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Emperor William
Vulcan
Stettin
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