Tulloch Defends Post Office Charges in Washington Letter
Seymour W. Tulloch former Washington Post Office cashier denounces charges of maladministration as mercenary and details payroll practices. He disputes allegations about false vouchers and improper payments while outlining corrective steps and interactions with Postmaster Merritt and higher officials.
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Washington
Seymour W. Tulloch
Washington @fty Postoffice
General Payne
Merritt
Washington Postoffice
Tulloch
Postoffice
Washington Post Office
Civil Service Commission
Fulloch
Wilett
Willett
Porto
Rico
Porto Rico
Cuba
Heath
Post Office Department
Resumption of Business After Kansas City Flood
Kansas City reports rapid cleanup in West Bottoms Union Depot and packing districts with Armour plant among first to reopen. Railroads suffered heavy damage but more tracks and freight services expected to resume. losses run into millions across Kansas with widespread crop and farm hardships anticipated due to flood.
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Kansas City
West Bottoms
Union
Armour
Missouri
Kaw
Burlington
Harlem
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago & Alton
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
Wabash
Kansas City Southern
St. Joseph
Kansas
North Topeka
Lawrence
Salina
Manhattan
Wamega
St. Mary's
Blue Rapids
Clay Center
Enterprise
Concordia
Junction City
Solomon
Abilene
Ellsworth
Lindsburg
Hutchinson
Minneapolis
Emporia
Morence
Lincoln Center
Atchison
Hill City
Beloit
Argentine
Kan
Suburbs
Imprisoned on an Island in the Mississippi Flood Destroys Mills
A flood isolating Union South Carolina and sweeping away bridges and mills causes extensive property damage. Pacolét Nos.1 and 2 mills are destroyed. others suffer severe damage. Parishioners and hotels at Pacolet are wrecked. Relief efforts activate as citizens rally for aid and the American Cotton Spinning Company plans fundraising.
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Union
8. C
Lockhart Mills
Pacolet
Southern Railroad
Bread’ River
Spartanburg
Columbia
Lawson's Fork
Missie
Tiger
Enoree
Pacolét
Pacolef
Clifton
Converse
Dexter Mills
Clit Mls
Glene Mills
Charlotte
Convicesman Johnson
Flood conditions worsen in Hannibal and river tops 22.2 ft
Flood conditions grow worse in Hannibal Missouri as the Mississippi River reaches 22.2 feet, up four inches in a day. Business halts and seven railroads entering Hannibal are nearly paralyzed with rail traffic reduced to a single Burlington line train from St. Louis.
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Hannibal
Mississippi
St. Louis
Burlington
War Department to Aid Flood Sufferers in South Carolina
Washington June 7 Abnox relief in rations medicines etc will be provided by the War Department to flood victims in South Carolina following yesterday's disaster An appeal from local authorities to Secretary Root led to orders to General Chaffee commander of the Department of the East to send an officer from Atlanta with supplies to meet immediate needs as with Gainesville catastrophe
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Ington
Root
Cowpens
Peek
Glendale
Washington
War Department
South Carolina
Chaffee
Department of the East
Atlanta
Gainesville
Cloudburst Causes Damage in Maryland Towns
A cloud burst in Mt. Savage Maryland June 7 swelled small streams and damaged several manufacturing concerns. The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad tracks were undermined and residents were rescued from flooded homes by skiffs.
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Maryland
MT. Savage
Méd
Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad
Topeka Plans Further Aid for Flood Homeless
Captain J F Ellison of the Chamber of Commerce announces 7000 homeless must be fed and housed after the flood. He will wire 7 for relief, bringing Topeka’s total contribution to 1750 with additional funds still needed. Subscriptions go to the Chamber Relief Committee.
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Chamber of Commerce Wisit
Topeka
J. F. Ellison
Chamber of Commerce
Ghem- Béror Comtrette Relief Committee
President Loubet to Visit King Edward in July
London reports President Loubet will arrive July 6 for a three day stay as guest of King Edward at St James Palace. He then departs July 9 returning to Paris. King Edward telegrams Italy’s King to explain a November visit with Queen Helena.
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President Loubet
King
Edward
London
Loupet
Paris
French Republic
St. James Philade
Italy
Helena
Mountain Peaks Stir Sentimental Mountain Couple
Poetic fragment shows a couple alone in the hills with whispered vows and a kiss longing scene. The male narrator swears no witness to their romance, while the female voice imagines the mountain peaks as approving witnesses to their affection.
Roosevelt Delivers Dedication at Grace Memorial Church
President Roosevelt attends the dedication of Grace Memorial Reformed Church in Washington with his family. He urges a peculiar duty toward immigrants, urging church members to aid newcomers and model Christian deeds through service and brotherhood with concrete calls to aid newcomers from overseas.
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Washington
Grace Memorial Reformed Church
Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
J. M. Schick
E. R. Eschbasch
D.D
Frederick, Md
United States
Man Born Blind Sees Sea and World Anew in Greenock Visit
John Carruth, born blind, journeys with a correspondent to Greenock and the Clyde, where his first sight of sea and sky brings awe. He notes tunnels dark yet light in memory, discovers color, water foam, birds, flowers, and people anew, and expresses plans to learn languages, cycle, and read as he adapts to sight.
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Commercial Tribune
London
John Carruth
Greenock
John
Carruth
Prince’s Pier
Benny
Clydes
Mercury
Bute
Dunoan
Kenilworth
Innellan Pier
Innellan
Kames
Houston
Sete
Sete Oan
Houston House
Crosslee
Glasgow
Carruths
No Democratic Organ in Toledo or Columbus
Special Despatch notes that Toledo will lose a distinct Democratic party organ if Milton A McRae consolidates the Bee and Times under one management and the Times remains morning Republican while the Bee becomes independent. Columbus may also lose its Democratic afternoon papers if McRae acquires the Columbus Citizen and Columbus Press-Post. This shifts state and local Democratic influence in the two cities.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Toledo
Milton
McRae
The
Bee
the Times
Times
Bread Riots Shut Down Weaving in Oporto
In Oporto Portugal a strike by weavers left 30 000 workers out leading to riots. Troops were called to quell disturbances as mothers with babies begged for bread while others knelt with children, showing public sympathy with the strikers amid the crackdown.
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Portugal
Oporto
Gelesen
da- Vance
Zionists Federation Opens Convention with New Constitution Draft
Pittsburg June 7 Delegates from all states attend the Zionists federation convention as 200 delegates and visitors fill the hall. Richard Gottheil reads a year in review and outlines plans for the coming year. Reports from officials are presented and 71 new societies are noted along with relief funds for the destitute.
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Pittsburg
Federation of Zionists
United States
W. B. Hays
Levine
Richard Gottheil
Federation
Federation of American Zionists Formed During Convention
Delegates adopted a new constitution creating the Federation of American Zionists to coordinate as the Land Committee for the Zionist Congress. An Executive Council and Board of Deputies will govern from New York, and resolutions by Dr. Leon Magnus urged aid for Russian Jewish distress. A mass meeting at the Bijou Theater followed with calls for united action.
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Federation of American Zionists
Land Committee
United States
Organization of the
Zionist Congress
Federation
New York
Leon Magnus
Philadelphia
Russia
America
Bijou
Fight in Saloon Leads to Raids Across City
John Andrews, 25, colored, from 536 West Fourth Street, entered Charles Held's saloon at Sixth and Plum and asked for a drink. Horace Burrell drew a gun and a fight followed, with Andrews charged under the Owen law. Police raided other saloons including Ewald Pattberg, George Inter, Charlie Inter, and Clarence Devitt for Owen law violations.
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John Andrews
West Fourth Street
Charles Held
Sixth
Plum Streets
Horace Burrell
John Kennedy
Owen
Ewald Pattberg
Barkeeper
George
Plum
Charlie Inter
West Court Street
Clarence Devitt
East Fifth Street
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C. S. Slagle
Westminster
Dr. Fang
Middle Dutch Collegiate Reformed Church
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Catawissa
G. A. Snyder
Hagerstown
J. A. Hoffheins
J. C. Musser
Robert O’boyle
Cremo
Bobbitt Chemical Company
J. E B. Vernon
W. B. Copley
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Zionists’ Federation
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