World News Briefs From Washington and Beyond
Treasury reports net general fund balance 129 million with a 12.8 million deficit this year. McDermott bribery accusations tie to loan shark bill and pawnbrokers. Panama canal excavation July 3.24 million cubic yards. Wilson backs current currency reform. rural credit postponement. Reynolds dies chasing boys in DC. Mahoning river bridge collapse floods eight feet. Army of the Philippines reunion opens in Denver. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw fears for life. Thaw escape prompts prison queries. Gideons raise 25k for New England Bible distribution. Camp Perry rifle matches begin with international contest ahead. Calumet mining fight kills one, wounds two deputies. Duprey acquittal in Chicago shooting. Diggs photographers clash at San Francisco federal building. Glynn refuses to bow to impeached governor. St Mary's home in Binghamton destroyed. 60 children escape. Fatal car crash near Westfield. three dead. Bommer family and Miss Paegels die in Buffalo area.
Revolt and International Tensions Hit Headlines
News digest covers Wilson Huerta communications and responses. Huerta denies US-Mexico tension. Wilson chastises ambassador Wilson and apologizes to Britain. Reports on Kitchener plot rumors, Tarnowski death, The Hague peace congress, Panama exposition stance, and Canton fighting casualties. Also notes Montreal scandal, weather bureau official reinstatement, Knights Templar election, New York shooting, Harold Shaw case, missionary Holbrook, Gov. Foss, Thaw escape, and a curling iron accident endangering Misa Devoe.
Governor Sulzer Faces Impeachment Trial in New York
Governor William Sulzer has been impeached by the New York Assembly on charges of perjury larceny of campaign funds for stock speculation and other high crimes and misdemeanors. The senate has been directed to try him with the circuit court of appeals as a court of impeachment.
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Albany
N. Y
William Sulzer
State Assembly
Senate
Sulzer
Circuit Court of Appeals
Frawley Committee
Frederick L. Colwell
New York Stock Exchange
Boss Murphy
Tammany Hall
New York State
State Department
Murphy
Mra.Murphy
People's House
Philadelphia
Mignon
Polly) Hopkins
Miss Hopkins
New York
Assembly
Tammany
Frawley
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Congress
A. B. Spriggs
Montana
Louis M. Josephthal
Boyer, Griswold & Co
Charles H. Reynolds
Big Four
Tongue of Three Medally Boneless Strike
A witty note claims the tongue, though boneless, can strike harder than a Boston Transcript, using sharp wordplay to compare speech to forceful impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Parochial Creatures and The Mating of Lydia Mentioned
In a period commentary, Mrs. Humphrey Ward’s The Mating of Lydia is cited for its critique of women’s roles as narrow and parochial. A separate report notes a British prisoner harmed by removal from prison with his pet mice denied access, provoking public sympathy for his plight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephorn
Humphrey Ward
Lydia
Steamer State of California Sinks Off Gambier Bay Alaska
Thirty people die when the State of California strikes an uncharted rock off Gambier bay Alaska and sinks within minutes. Survivors cling to rafts and life boats while the Jefferson ferries them to Juneau and Seattle. Ten passengers remain hospitalized from exposure as crews search for missing aboard the ill fated voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Seattle
Wash
State
California
Quacific Coast Steamship Co
Gambier Bay
Alaska
Juneau
Ward
Jefferson
State of California
San Francisco
T. H. Cann
Valencia
Cape Beale
B. CG
Lifesavers Fail To Rescue Bathers At Rehoboth Beach
Lifesaving crew near Rehoboth Beach ignored cries for help after several false alarms, costing Vincent Trombetta 19 of Baltimore his life. Vincent J Demarco, also bathing with the victim, would have drowned but for pleas from women cottagers prompting response. Investigation to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Rehoboth Beach
Atlantic
Vincent Trombetta
Baltimore
Trambetta
Vincent J. Demarco
Gettysburg Storm Destroys Historic Cupola
A severe storm hit Gettysburg Pennsylvania flooding streets and tearing down the old cupola atop the observatory used by General Lee before the battle. The battlefield and town suffered damage as the storm swept through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Lee
Market Prices for Corn, Hay, Oats, Wheat and Livestock
A detailed listing of commodity prices including corn white and colored grades, hay timothy and clover mixes, oats red and white, wheat red grades, eggs prime firsts and standard eggs, poultry prices for various bird weights, cattle shippers and butcher steers, hogs from packers to sows, and sheep markets with ranges for quality levels. Prices are given per unit with fractions, capping at multiple decimals and including assorted animal types and weights.
Riot in Henry as Mexican laborers clash on railroad crew
Fifty Mexican workers on a railroad gang based in Henry fought among themselves in a brutal confrontation. A man was shot dead and two others were mortally wounded by bullets and blades. The town panicked with residents fleeing to the outskirts as the riot unfolded and subsided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gust Penman
Champaign County
Harold A. Shaw
Urbana
Shaw
Henry
Small Souls and the Nets That Fail Them
Upton Sinclair comments on millionaire malefactors who evade punishment by being too small for the net. He notes the difficulty in understanding how these figures escape retribution, implying a system that overlooks lesser defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upton Sinclair
Mr. Sinclair
How He Would Have Them
A waiter asks how the eggs should be cooked and the cautious customer with a brimless hat suggests cooking them on a slice of ham, easing his worries about cost. The brief exchange shows a quirky street conversation and a practical workaround.
Impossible Dreaming in a Comfortable Theater Vision
A startled speaker proclaims immense comfort and senses in a theater dream sequence. He notes perfect sight and equal hearing, contrasting reality with an unreal, vivid stage setting. The line blurs between dream and theater, ending with a wry massed remark.
Old Nurse Persuades Doctor to Drink Postum
An experienced doctor credits an old nurse with steering him to Postum over tea and coffee. He says insomnia faded after a month, weight rose twenty pounds in three months, and tea and coffee are now unused at home. He praises Postum as refreshing and nerve-strengthening, notes sugar substitutes, and mentions versions Regular and Instant with brewing tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington
U. S. Treasury
James T. McDermott
Chicago
J. H. McMichael
House
McMichael
McDermott
District of Columbia
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Wilson
White House
Lake Michigan
Perry
Europe
William J. Price
Kentucky
Panama
C. Leslie Reynolds
National Botanical Gardens
Reynolds
Mahoning River
Youngstown
Army of the Philippines
Denver
F. Warner Karling
Kansas City
Arthur Hammerstein
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Martin H. Glynn
John B. Riley
Raymond F. C. Kieb
Matteawan State Hospital
Harry K. Thawser
New England
The
Gideons
Old Orchard
Me. A
Camp Perry
Ohio
National Rifle Association of America
Calumet
Seeberville
Edward J. Duprey
Henry Gronvion
S&j
Duprey
Maury I. Diggs
Federal Building
Diggs
Marlin H. Glynn
St. Mary's
Binghamton
Westfield
Peter C. Bommer
German Evangelical Church of
Buffalo
Bommer
Alice Paegels
Rochester
Huerta
Henry Lane Wilson
Ambassadora
Paris
France
United States
Mexico
Mexico City
V. Huerta
London Daily Express
Viscount Kitchener
Egypt
St. Petersburg
Tarnowski
Kieff
Prince Henry of the
Netherlands
Twentieth Universal Peace Congress
Hague
Germany
Canton
China
Montreal
H. B. Hersey
United States Weather Bureau
Arthur MacArthur
Troy
Knights Templar
Colo
Los Angeles
Joseph Rocke
Sullivan Street
Thirty-first Street
New York City
Charles H. Holbrook
Massachusetts
Souchier
Asiatic
Turkey
Constantinople
Eugene N. Foss
Stanford White
Matteawan Insane Asylum
South Norwalk
Conn
Whitman
Thaw
Misa Mayme Devoe
Menominee, Mich
Charles Robinson
Kansas
Harrison Reed
Florida
William W. Holden
North Carolina
Powell Clayton
Arkansas
David Butler
Nebraska
Warmoth
Louisiana
Adelbert Ames
Mississippi
Bright
Robert Smith Co
Schofield
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Aigr
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