Washington Aids Currency Office and Army Officers Stage Camp Perry Meet
Washington appoints Willis J. Fowler as second deputy controller of the currency at five thousand dollars yearly under the new office. An army order bars civilians from shooting in matches at Camp Perry Ohio this summer. Taft allows army officers to accept gifts for duty acts. Quito Ecuador expo appointment discussed for William W. Russell. Roosevelt names Col William S. Marshall as chief of engineers in the U S Army replacing Brig Gen Alexander Mackenzie who retired May 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Willis J. Fowler
War Department
Camp Perry
Ohio
Taft
Army
W. L. Simpston
Carroll A. Devol
B. K. Ashford
H. K. Bailey
State Department
William W. Russell
Notable Obits and Headlines From The Era's Wide Sweep
The sultan of Turkey awards Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Miss Roosevelt a Cherakat. Gen. David Vickers, Idaho adjutant general and Civil War veteran, dies in Boise. Vaudeville star Harry Leonard dies in Philadelphia at forty-eight. Pittsburgh publisher R. P. Nevin, of Daily Leader and Times, dies at eighty-eight. father of composer Ethelbert Nevin. Gov. Hughes dismisses charges against Manhattan elections chief William Tracey. Prof. William Osler named independent candidate for Edinburgh lord rector. Winston Spencer Churchill and George Wyndham head Liberal and Conservative bids for office. Herbert Moore and Clarence Smith drown in Derby Conn. Fire starts kerosene blaze in Iowa City injuring four, one fatally. Oil-tank blaze destroys Sourlake Texas lease property. losses $130,000. Fire gutts Frederiksstad central business quarter. damages $560,000. A three-year-old loses a foot near Iowa Falls after mower incident. Explosion and fire in San Francisco grocery kills four, injures three. Bell rope man John Kaara dies at Calumet Mine for signaling error. Gas chief M. L. Hall killed by train near Machpelah Junction. Brevard County jail and sheriff’s home burn. prisoners rescued and guarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Cherakat
Theodore Roosevelt
Pittsburg
Ethelbert Nevin
Herbert Moore
Clarence Smith
Derby
Conn
Iowa City
Iowa
Sourlake
Texas
Texas Company
Revolutionists Win in Paraguay Establish New Government
Buenos Ayres reports that Paraguayan revolutionists overthrew the government and formed a new cabinet led by Emiliano Gonzales Naveiro. The Liberal and Colorado factions unite with ministers including Manuel Gondra Eusebio Ayala and Adolfo Rigulme, flooding Asuncion with fighting. Many former officials seek refuge in foreign legations as streets suffer damage and casualties are now thought to total about 500. Telegraph links to Asuncion expected to resume soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Paraguay
Legation
Asuncion
Revolutionary Party
Emiliano Gonzales Naveiro
Manuel Gondra
Brazil
Eusebio Ayala
Alviro Jara
Adolfo Rigulme
Manuel Franco
Liberal
Colorado
Manuel Benitz
Cecilio Baez
Gen. Ries
Adolfo Solvér
Carlos Isasi
Admiral Thomas Dead After Sudden Apoplexy in Del Monte
Rear Admiral C. M. Thomas died suddenly of apoplexy Friday night in Del Monte California. Mrs. Thomas and daughter Ruth accompany the remains which will be sent East. He had just given up command of the Atlantic battleship fleet after one week to allow his successor Rear Admiral Charles B Sperry time to learn the fleet before its world voyage from San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Monte
Cal
C. M. Thomas
San Francisco
228 Bodies Recovered From Kikovsky Mine Disaster
An official report states 228 bodies have been recovered from the Kikovsky coal mine in European Russia after a gas explosion. Nineteen workers are hospitalized. The mine fire is out and eight miners were saved earlier. Sixty five bodies were recovered yesterday with thirty identified and buried. more burials expected today as an inquest opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yusovo
Russia
Kikovsky
Potter May Recover Bishop Codman Good Chance
Cooperstown New York July 7 hope grows for Bishop Henry Codman Potter as doctors see improved condition from stomach and liver troubles. He walked Saturday night and showed further improvement yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperstown
N. Y
Henry Codman
Potter
Murderer Is Captured in Alabama Woods
Birmingham July 7 Joe Hingon an Italian who chopped off the head of Charles Bassford with a axe at Eastlake Saturday was captured in the woods near Irondale yesterday. He admitted the crime but said he acted in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Joe Hingon
Charles
Bassford
Eastlake
Irondale
Balloon Race Ends With Nine Balloons Landings Across Canada and U S
The Chicago to Ocean balloon race concluded with Fielding led by F J Fielding of San Antonio landing 800 miles from start in West Shefford Quebec. Nine craft faced thrilling escapes from water and trees with several crews rescued near Glen Island and Benton Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West Shefford
Quebec
Fielding
F. J. Fielding
San Antonio
Tex
Ville de Dieppe
Lake Michigan
A. E. Mueller
George Schoeneck
Benton Harbor
Mich
C. H. Perrigo
J. D. Case
Illinois
Lake Ontario
Bay of Quinte
Glen Island
Perrigo
Case
Clinton
Columbia
Cincinnati
Covert
Tlnois
Fourth of July fatalities and injuries tally across the nation
The summed report shows forty eight killed and 1124 injured on Independence Day nationwide. Cities with deaths include Chicago Philadelphia Cleveland New York Boston St Louis and Indianapolis among others. Fire losses reach 145510 with blame placed on carelessness and foolishness in celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Philadelphia
Butte
Mont
Canningburg
Rice Lake
Wis
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Missoula
Harrisburg
New York
St. Louis
Tacoma
Wash
Indianapolis
Leominster
Mass
Battle Creek
Mich
Boston
Springfield
Milwaukee
Nelson Wins Lightweight Title in Seventeenth Round KO
In San Francisco on July 7 Battling Nelson defeated Joe Gans to capture the world lightweight championship. Nelson drove Gans from start to finish, delivering a relentless assault that culminated in a knockout in the seventeenth round, reclaiming the title he lost at Goldfield Nevada almost two years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Gans
San Francisco
Battling Nelson
Goldfield
Nev
Neleon
Heat Claims Four Lives as City Endures Prolonged Heat
New York reports four deaths and nine heat prostrations due to a heat wave. Official maximum temperature reached 88 degrees in the city at 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Man Cremated in Cement Bin at Florence Plant
Antonio Avenich died in a Portland Cement company plant in Florence Colorado July 7 after being cremated in a hot cement bin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Colo
Antonio Avenich
Portland Cement Company
Wright Injured by Water-Tube Burst Testing Plane
Wilbur Wright suffered severe chest and arm scalds when a water tube burst during testing of his aeroplane mechanism at Lemans on July 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Wright
Lemans
Lincoln Flood Ravages City With Seven Lives Lost
Lincoln Nebraska reports its worst flood in history causing five known deaths and possibly two more with several injured. Rail traffic halted and property loss unestimated as hundreds evacuated to public buildings and shelters. Victims include John Nelson and Henry Am eds children, Mrs Schuester, and Dillard Nicolas who vanished after climbing a pole. The downtown gas and electric plant flooded. flood tide waned overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
John Nelson
Stock
Henry Amed
Schuester
Dillard Nicolas
Lincoln Gas and Electric Light Plant
Purdy Named Federal Judge in Minnesota
President Roosevelt nominated Milton D. Purdy of Minneapolis assistant to the attorney general to fill the vacancy caused by Judge Lochren's resignation. Purdy will leave for Minnesota to assume duties. the nomination is a recess appointment due to Senate delays. If not confirmed he would lose compensation and his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lochren
Washington
United States Court
Minnesota
Milton D. Purdy
Minneapolis
United States
Roosevelt
Senate
Purdy
Department of Justice
Attorney General
Taft Plays Baseball with Newspaper Men in Hot Springs
Senator Beveridge and Representative McKinley with Taft discussed Indiana politics in private talks. A baseball game between the statesmen and newspaper reporters ended the day with Mrs. Taft watching as Taft joined the teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
McKinley
Illinois
Burke
Pennsylvania
Taft
Beveridge
Robbery in Deadwood Ends with Stolen Check
Charles Anderson, a Strawberry Gulch miner, was robbed in Deadwood as two men bound and gagged him after he cashed a large check. He kept the money with a friend, leaving his pockets light. Police have arrested several suspects in the wake of the hold-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
8. D
Charles Anderson
Strawberry Gulch
Here
Anderson
Lightning Strike Kills Boy in Menominee Ice House
A lightning storm near Carney Michigan killed one youth and fatally injured another in Felix Chartier’s ice house yesterday afternoon. Four more boys were badly shocked. Fire damaged the Niagara church as a lightning strike ignited flames, but firefighters contained the blaze with heavy rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menominee, Mich
Felix Chartier
Carney
David Golder
Niagara
Break with Venezuela deepens as Sleeper leaves Caracas
New York July 8 The break in US Venezuela relations widens after Jacob Sleeper American charge d affaires withdraws from Caracas. Diplomatic notes show relations completely severed as Sleeper cites persistent refusals for redress and Venezuelan tone. Dr Paul replies in stern terms and rejects a safe conduct request, saying war state not present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sleeper
Castro
New York
United States
Venezuela
Jacob Sleeper
Jose de Jesus Paul
Caracao
Dr. Paul
Roussvelt
Minnesota Caucus Names National Committeeman and Delegation
The Minnesota delegation at its caucus elected F B Lynch of St Paul as national committeeman. F G Winston of Minneapolis was chosen chairman. Martin OBrien of Crookston will sit on the resolutions committee with J M Armstrong of Stillwater on credentials and John Dwan of Two Harbors on rules. J W Pauly of Minneapolis heads the committee to notify the presidential nominee, J R Wise of Mankato the nominee for vice president, and A C Weiss of Duluth for the permanent organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Lynch
St. Paul
Denver
Minnesota
F. G. Winston
Minneapolis
Martin O’brien
Crookston
J. M. Armstrong
Stillwater
John Dwan
Two Harbors
J. W. Pauly
Deadwood Mayor Orders Closure of Red Light Resorts
Deadwood Dalma mayor issues orders to police to shut the lower town red light resorts and to arrest occupants for expulsion from town or long jail terms in a bid for a cleaner city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
Ordera
Adama
Captured While Asleep Jake Schulte Nabbed After Chase
Duluth July 8. Jake Schulte wanted for forgery was captured yesterday in a lonely cabin at the end of the Alger & Smith logging railroad after eluding authorities for months. He was handcuffed before he awoke during a planned sheriff assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Jake Schulte
Alger & Smith
Schulte
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Gov. Hughes
Independence
William Tracey
Manhattan
William Osler
Regius
Oxford University
Edinburg University
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
George Wyndham
Ireland
Frederiksstad
Norway
Julius Balvanz
Iowa Falls
John Sweeney
John Kaara
Allouez
Calumet Mich
M. L. Hall
Hope Natural Gas Company
Kanawha District
Machpelah Junction
W. Va
Brevard County
Fla
Thomas
Nelson
Neb
Lts
Cash
Boy
Carney, Mich
Minnesotans Caucus
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