England's Task in India Explored as Continental Vastness
The article argues India is a continent not a nation, noting 14 races, 347 languages, and 685 native states besides 259 administered districts. It contrasts Himalayas to Madras and highlights diverse creeds, customs, and frontier tribes across 5,700 miles to Afghanistan and Central Asia.
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England
India
Wangland
China
James
Hubbard
Atlantic
Europe
Measia
Himalayas
Madras
Onc A
Bombay
Calcutta
Constantnople
London
Eglish
Great Britain
Afghanistan
Asra
Sailor in Navy Uniform Denied Service At Philadelphia Eatery
The Philadelphia Ledger notes another case of naval uniform discrimination at a city restaurant. It questions why a well behaved sailor or marine should be excluded while upholding a keeper’s right to refuse disorderly patrons. It cites Navy candidate standards and the Atlantic fleet cruise as evidence of disciplined sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Atlantic
Asquith's Rise From Lawyer to Liberal Leader
The article traces Arthur Balfour’s early rise, noting his legal career drew attention from Sir Charles Russell who later became Lord Russell. In 1889 during the Parnell inquiry he helped as junior counsel and conducted a famed cross examination of John Macdonald, Times manager, earning wide acclaim and a Queen's Counsel appointment the next year.
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Wir
Asquith
England
Sir Charles Russell
Lord Hussell
Killowen
Parnell Commission
Charles Russell
John Macdonald
The
Times
Q Ween
Plague in La Guatra prompts quarantine after truth to light
A Venezuelan town La Guatra faced bubonic plague with a health board declaring perfect sanitary conditions to foreign consuls. The American consul resisted the false report, a physician jailed for reporting cases, and the town was quarantined by the government. An American ally helped reveal the truth amid calls for extermination of the weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
la Guatra
Businesa
Board of Health
Weekly Review of Notable Events Across Nations
A busy weekly digest lists Frederick Gies as a murder suspect. Secretary Wilson tours the west on department business. James Sherman receives a grand Utica welcome. Hapgood and Kilby face fraud charges. Uncle Remus author Joel Chandler Harris ill near Atlanta. Peary plans another polar attempt. Prouty nominated for Vermont governor. Taft transfers duties to Luke Wright as campaign heats up. Maine and Maine Republicans pick Bert Fernald. Dudenhofer convicted of embezzlement. ten year old Robert Jardine accused of a deliberate murder. Mrs. Philip Moore elected president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Gies
Curtis Publishing Company
Philadelphia
William H. Wilson
Wilson
West
James S. Sherman
Utica
N. Y
Herbert J. Hapgood
Hapgoods, Incorporated
Brain Brokers
Broadway
New York
Ralph L. Kilby
George H. Prouty
Vermont
William H. Taft
Luke Wright
Bert M. Fernald
Poland
Maine
Ferdinand Dudenhofer
New Orleans
Robert Jardine
Lesueur, Minn
Philip N. Moore
St. Louis
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Global turmoil and local disasters dominate modern news
Reports from Asuncion detail a successful Paraguayan revolution and a new government led by Dr Naveiro with about 500 killed or wounded. Other items describe widespread fire in Port au Prince, a duel killing near St Petersburg, balloon descents with near drownings, ship arrivals including Alabama and Maine, a fatal electric car crash near Los Angeles, a crime in Springfield, a Caruso marriage woe, a deadly railway collision in Ontario, and political shifts in Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paraguay
Dr. Naveiro
Asuncion
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Sumarakoff-Elston
Prince Yussupoff
Manteuffel
Horse Guards
St. Petersburg
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Quinte Bay
Lake Ontario
Fielding San Antonio
Weat Sefford
Que
Nathaniel B. Treat
Monroe
Wis
Treat
Sanker
Bishop Potter
New York
Alabama
Maine
Los Angeles
Cal
C. A. Ballard
Springfield
Ballard
Enrico Caruso
Italan
Numerous Disasters and Notable Events in global headlines
Bleachers collapsed at a New Bedford ballpark injuring many. Boxer Joe Gane lost in San Francisco to Battling Nelson who became lightweight champion. Treasury Secretary Cortel issued an optimistic statement. 214 bodies recovered from Rikovaky mine disaster in Yosovo, European Russia, with fire added tragedy. U S trade news and political moves also reported alongside a string of fires, deaths, and political shifts across cities and nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
Joe Gane
San Francisco
Nelson
Hegewisch
Ill
United States
Treasury
Cortelyou
Rikovaky
Yosovo
European Russia
United Box Board and Paper Company
Chicago
San Diego
Cal
Mexico
Philadelphia
Ida May Wolff
St. Louisa
William Howard Taft
Taft
Charlie
Hot Springs
Cleveland
Fort Summers
Guadeloupe County
N. M
Marquis Saionji
Japan
Coldwater
Mich
Libro Lombardi
Cascanzo di Gio
Sheriff Beck
Houghton
Rikovsky
Yusovo
Russia
Milwaukee
Las Vacas
Texas
Bischoff
New York Supreme Court
Batavia
Denver
Col
National Education Association
Francis G. Bailey
Export Shipping Company of
New Jersey
Albert W. Bailey
Charles H. H. Myers
Albert Oxley
Utstein
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
P. W. Beery
New York Police Department
Minnesota
Jacob F. Jacobson
Madison
Switzerland
Frances Thompson
Fargo
N. D
Walter J. Bartnett
Eien M. Colton
Minneapolis
Frank Frazer
Besker
Lincoln
Wiliam Webber
Springfield
Among the Hoosiers: Fatal Fourth of July Runaway
Stockwell Indiana fatal Fourth of July crash after firecrackers exploded under a farmer Summer Williams and his family. The horse leaped a railroad embankment. Mrs Williams died, Hazel Hanger age 6 died, Lucy Everhart injured.
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Lafayette
Ind
Stockwell
Summer Wiliams
Hazel Hanger
Lucy Everhart
Williams
Settlement ordered in American Tribune New Colony case
Master Commissioner J P Baker reported to Judge J L McMaster that Fitzgerald should turn over 106141 81 to the receiver in the Wallace Markwell suit. The filing alleges stockholders paid 500000 for land in Geral dine Arthur county Texas, with Fitzgerald diverting about 150000 for his use. Baker said 4138 000 was received by Fitzgerald for various purposes, 166641 81 still due, and 4060 stockholders in 14 states.
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Indianapolis
Ind
J. L. McMaster
Superior Court
J. P. Baker
Wallace Markwell
Pheander H. Fitzgerald
American Tribune
New Colony Co
Fitzgerald
Colony Co
Geraldine
Arthur County
Tex
Baker
McMaster
Accused President to Face Bribe Charge in County Case
Indianapolis prosecutor set July 26 for the arraignment of John McGregor president of the county board on an indictment accusing him of taking 3800 dollars from Atlas Engine Co salesman Arthur Wilcutts to push a machinery contract. A second indictment charges McGregor Thomas Spafford and Wilcutts with conspiring to bribe ex commissioner John McGaughey. In New Albany Joseph Meyer 39 a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars asked for transport to Evansville after being robbed of 18 dollars in Baltimore and walking from Brooklyn West Virginia toward his daughter’s home. Meyer enlisted in Madison Indiana for both wars.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Hooton
John McGregor
Board of County Commissioners
Arthur W. Wilcutts
Atlas Engine Co
McGregor
Thomas Spafford
Wilcutts
John McGaughey
New Albany
Joseph Meyer
Indiana Infantry
Indiana
Evansville
Baltimore
Brooklyn
W. Va
Meyer
Madison
Accidentally Killed Her Cousin in Vincennes
Miss Mamie Baker twenty from Evansville was shot and killed by her cousin Mrs Ollie Ellis in Vincennes while Mrs Ellis fired at Chas Ingle who had annoyed her. Ingle was wounded by two bullets and torn to run a mile calling for a doctor as Baker’s death is reported.
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Vincennes
Ind
Mamie Baker
Evansville
Ollie Ellis
Pitched battle with Roman candles injures boy in Shelbyville
In Shelbyville Indiana a clash on the public square involved a score of boys using Roman candles and revolvers. Windows broke and property damage occurred. Edward Ferleman was shot in the left arm and will require amputation. Will Shaw sustained facial burns from a Roman candle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
Edward Ferleman
Will Shaw
May Move To Richmond In Lathe Factory Talk
John Rahn Jr secretary and W H Carpenter president of Rahn Carpenter Co Cincinnati manufacturers of lathes and tools met Richmond Southside Improvement Association directors and stockholders to discuss moving their factory from Cincinnati to Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
John Rahn, Jr
W. H. Carpenter
Rahn-Carpenter Co
Cincinnati
Southside Improvement Association
Letter Found May Furnish Crew
A letter found on the highway asks the finder to locate the writer who says his father was a doctor in Seeleyville and that locals closely watch him. Dr. Byers of Seeleyville, father of five year old Rich kidnaped four years ago, is pursuing the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Seeleyville
Dr. Byers
Seeleyvile
Federal judge grants temporary restraining order in Bar rett law bonds case
Indianapolis federal judge Anderson issued a temporary order restraining Edward J. Robinson county treasurer from depositing in public depositories money collected from municipal street improvement bonds known as Barrett law bonds.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Anderson
Federal
Edward J. Robinson
Barrett Law
Balloon Chase Fatal in Evansville
The body of Louis Stone, eight, was found in a pond in Evansville Indiana. He apparently drowned on the Fourth of July after chasing a balloon. he was last seen alive chasing the balloon before his death.
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Evansville
Ind
Louis Stone
Millionaire Lumberman Henry Maley Dies at 67
Edinburg Ind Henry Maley millionaire lumberman died at his home after a brief kidney illness. He was a noted hardwood lumberman of the United States and aged 67.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburg
Ind
Henry Maley
Mr. Maley
Reading
United States
Alleged Burglar Accused After Gunfire in Lawrenceburg
John W. Steicks, 59, injured by buckshot while resisting burglary at Mrs. Mary Shouse’s George street home in Lawrenceburg. Steicks, a career criminal with over 25 years in prison for grand larceny, says he wants to return to confinement.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
George F. Smith
John W. Steicks
Mary Shouse
George Street
Steicks
Lfe
Convicted Shoplifter Gets Indeterminate Term For Prison Shirts
Laporte Indiana five year prison shipping clerk at Indiana state prison Michigan City sentenced by Judge J C Richter to an inde terminate term of one to four teen years for stealing ninety five dozen shirts valued at 450 dollars made by convicts. Hough shipped the goods to confeder ates in Indianapolis from which city he came to work in the prison and will begin sentence likely returning to his old position.
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Laporte
Ind
W. F. Hough
Indiana State
Michigan City
J. C. Richter
Hough
Indianapolis
Peru Engineer Kills Wife Then Himself
Frank Wells railway engineer of Peru Indiana killed his wife and himself at Huntington. He was brother to Clarence E Wells train master of the Wabash railroad. Friends attribute the double crime to insanity caused by continued ill health.
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Peru
Ind
Frank Wells
Huntington
Clarence E. Wells
Wabash Railroad
Electrical worker killed in railway wire accident
South Bend workers suffer fatalities after crossed wires on the South Bend and Southern Michigan railway claim ten lives in six days. The latest victim is Henry Tingley, 63, of South Bend.
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South Bend Ind
South Bend &Southern Michigan Railway
South Bend
Henry Tingley
Muncie Fisherman Henry C Kleine Dies On Lake James
Henry C Kleine of Muncie dropped dead while fishing in a small boat on Lake James near Angola. Official statements indicate apoplexy as the probable cause.
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Muncie
Ind
Lake James
Angola
Henry C. Kleine
Kleine
Slashed With Razor In Indiana Park
Vincennes Indiana Eddie Beech a pitcher for an Illinois league team was likely fatally cut with a razor by rowdies while protecting two women at Lakewood park. Sheriff Smutzer will investigate. Laporte Indiana Julius C Trnelson a New York man jailed in Vernon Texas for forgery and said to be an accomplice of Sg Belle Gunness will get another visit soon from Sheriff Smutzer.
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Vincennes
Ind
Eddie Beech
Rowdies
Beech
Lakewood Park
Smutzer
Laporte
Julius C. Trnelson
New York
Vernon, Tex
Belle Gunness
Mrs Young Dies in Evansville Dancer Katherine Young
Katherine Young mother of Frank Young a prominent soft shoe dancer dies at her Evansville home. Young rose to fame in Cincinnati theater circles and was known across the United States.
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Young
Evansville
Ind
Katherine Young
Frank Young
United States
Cincinnati
Lightning fire Claims Breeze Home in Muncie
A fire caused by lightning destroyed the home of Harry Breeze in Muncie Ind killing Mrs Breeze and her baby. Mrs Mary Bell and her thirteen year old daughter Marie were seriously injured in the blaze.
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Babe
Muncie
Ind
Harry Breeze
Explosion injures three in Marion family
In Marion Indiana E W Cull suffered severe burns to both hands his wife sustained a mangled right hand and a daughter’s finger was blown off while their son was seriously and perhaps fatally injured by a giant cracker blast. Jeffersonville Indiana Louis Wilson reported arrival at the reformatory from Jeffersonville Indiana.
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Marion
Ind
E. W. Cull
Health Brings Happiness Once a Happy Woman Now
Mrs. C. R. Shelton of Covington Tennessee credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring her health after kidney disease rheumatic pain and headaches. She reports rapid improvement after starting the medicine and notes it restored strength. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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C. R. Shelton
Pleasant Street
Covington
Tenn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Unobtainable Doctor’s Wife in a Witty Exchange
A brief dialogue centers on Jane and a doctor’s wife discussing her husband’s death. Jane admits she lacked a proper medicine prop as prescribed and attempted to borrow a broken prop from Mrs. Green, implying legal or medical implications in a domestic scene.
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Jane
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