Washington News Digest of Reform and Royalty
A weekly summary from Washington covers anti reciprocity moves by Grenna and Thornton, Wickersham's railroad coal mine separation push, and a treaty on pelagic sealing signed with UK, Russia, and Japan. Navy experts study the Maine hull. Hitchcock proposes rural carrier pay rise and parcels post plan. Plus foreign arrivals and royal notices from Kingstown and Turin.
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Wickersham
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Russia
Japan
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Maine
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Works
California
North Dakota
Hitchcock
Congress
Battleship Delaware arrives in Boston at naval review
The Delaware the era's largest warship reached Boston for the coronation naval review off Spithead. A fire in Chicago destroyed Dixon Transfer stables killing 263 horses. Cleveland faces an ice famine as all companies halt service to private customers.
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Boston
Dixon Transfer Company
Chicago
Cleveland
Ohio
Smith Ely
New York
Fifth Avenue
Archbold
United States Circuit Court
Madeline O'Brien
St. Joseph’s Academy
Emmitsburg
Washington
McNamara
Los Angeles
Atwood
Hamilton
Atlantic City
Karl von Metz Meyer
Brooklyn
Lincoln
Norfolk
Richmond
The
Osteopathic Society
Heat toll in Philadelphia tops twenty-one as others suffer
The report lists twenty one deaths in Philadelphia from heat while other incidents touch Lenox Massachusetts where Walcott Gregory suffered frost bite after being locked in a refrigerator. It notes government control of weather observations at a New York arsenal and various legal and civic items across the country.
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Philadelphia
Walcott Gregory
Lenox
Mass
United States
Arsenal
Central Park
New York
Enos -Warner
South Dayton
N.Y
Libby
Eganville Fire With $500000 Loss Quietly Stirs Canada News
Reports describe a lumbering and manufacturing town in Ontario suffering a major blaze causing about 500000 dollars in damage. Other items note political protests in Dublin, clashes in Manchester, and King George visiting Maynooth.
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Eganville
Ontario
Maderoist
Torren
Gov Wilson on Lawyers and Their Role in Nation’s Life
Gov Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey addressed the Kentucky State Bar Association in Louisville on The Lawyer in Politics. He urged lawyers to act as public officers serving the state, shaping policy and upholding the corporate conscience of the profession.
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Kentucky State”Bar Association
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
England
America
Wilson
Gov. Wilson
State Bar Association
Master Key Stolen From House Office Building
Washington report says the master key to all door locks in the House office building is lost or stolen. Guards are doubled and entry after 6 PM requires written congressional authorization. Several chairmen and members see significance but have no definite suspicions. The possessor could access every office if not stopped.
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Washington
Congress
Abundant Grain Harvest Report Reveals Large Yields
Washington government crop report as of July estimates wheat yields at 702.9 million bushels and corn at 2.956 billion bushels with oats at 817.8 million. Based on planted area these figures suggest record or near record production, with wheat ranking among the largest in U.S. history except for 1909 1906 and 1901 when yields were higher.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Record $3,000,000 in Gold Shipped to Memphis for Cotton Land Purchase
E R Lamb supervised the transfer of $3,000,000 in gold from England to a Memphis bank. The funds were paid to Mississippi planters for cotton lands in Bolivar and Washington counties, marking a probable new record in Southern finance.
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England
Memphis
Tenn
E. R. Lamb
Mississippi
Bolivar
Washington Counties
Wreck of Federal Express Kills 12 Injures Dozens
Bridgeport, Conn. Twelve persons die and fifty are injured when the Federal Express derails near Fairfield Street embankment at fifty miles an hour. The train, en route Washington to Boston, carries twenty two St. Louis National League players who escape injury. Authorities pursue cause amid debates over a crossing switch and a likely official inquiry.
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Boston
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New York
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St. Vincent's Hospital
Wright Hospital
Federal Express
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C. W
Philadelpha
Curtis
Arthur M
The
Rogis
Gwendolyn
Washington, DC
Rogers
Sergt
George E. Rogers
Ryan
Walter A
Freman
Saunders
George
Norwich
Wall
Governor Hoke Smith Reaches United States Senate
Governor Hoke Smith will join the United States Senate to fill the unexpired term of Senator A S Clay as 127 votes were cast for Smith in the two houses of the Georgia General Assembly with 115 needed for a joint election.
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Atlanta
Hoke Smith
United States Senate
A S. Clay
Smith
General Assembly
Drowning Tragedy Marred Fox Hills Film Rescue
A planned film of a dramatic lake rescue in Fox Hills Staten Island ends in tragedy as Albert Brighton, 35, drowns while attempting to save a young woman who ultimately saves herself. The incident halted production and shocked the cast and crew.
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New York
Fox Hills
Staten Island
Albert Brighton
New Jersey Farm Livestock and Bees 1910 Census Figures
The Thirteenth Decennial Census details New Jersey livestock on farms and ranges for 1910. Value of all domestic animals, poultry, and bees rose to 24.554 million, with horses leading at 13.494 million and dairy cattle totaling 154,236 head valued at 37.131 million.
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Washington, D. C
New Jersey
Falkntr
le Grand Powers
Bureau of the Census
Earling
Court voids Collingswood water works drive
The Court of Errors and Appeals reversed, holding that both the State Board of Health and the State Water Supply Commission must approve before the borough of Collingswood may proceed. The General Water Company, holder of a contract, sponsored the case. Justice Swayze ruled that dual approvals were required before voters could be asked to authorize a municipal plant.
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Court of Errors and Appeals
Justice Swayze
Collingswood
Camden County
State Board of Health
AW Water Supply Commission
General Water Company
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