Elihu Root Chosen Secretary of State for Roosevelt Era
Oyster Bay announces Elihu Root will become secretary of state. He will take the oath in a couple of weeks and not move to Washington permanently until September to wind up affairs. President Roosevelt expresses gratification and notes Root’s personal sacrifices for cabinet service.
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Oyster Bay
L. L
O McTal
Elihu Root
Roosevelt
Washington
Mr. Root
Root
State Department
Peace Envoys to Meet at Portsmouth New Building Yard
Assistant Secretary Peirce says Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries will meet in Portsmouth New Hampshire for the peace conference sessions outside Washington. The talks will be staged in the newly completed government naval yard building at Portsmouth.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Washington
Peirce
Russia
Japan
Government Naval Yard
Eleven Men Die in Chippewa River Wisconsin Tragedy
A crew of seventy four men hired to break a log jam at Lit e Falls dam near Chippewa Falls Wisconsin suffers eleven drownings after a boat capsizes in swift water. Only one rescuer survives, a ten year old boy Eddie Martin. A rescue boat later capsizes but with no further deaths.
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Louis Gokey
Flambeau
Sau Brack
Eau Claire
Max Billard
Ole Horn
Chippewa Falls
Joe Hoquin
Drywood
Andrew Cagnon
Falls
Oscar Bocquest
Anson
Rt Larry
Byron Ferguson
Ippewa City
Adolph Toutant
Ca- Ott
Patrick Leiden
Stanley
Chippewa
Gokey
Eddie Martin
Opewa Falls
Deakin forms Australian cabinet after Wednesday vote
A new Australian cabinet was formed on Wednesday by Prime Minister Alfred Deakin. The roundup of news includes a fatal ore train incident in Escanaba Michigan, record attendance at the Lewis and Clark exposition, and various other national and international items from politics to crime and science.
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Alfred Deakin
Escanaba
Chicago
Ig Spe
United States
Jucie B. Tyng
Peerigg
Ill
Elmira
N. J
Canal plan to import 2000 laborers for 100 day contract
Panama Canal commission moves to import 2000 laborers of various nationalities to test work capacity and contract handling methods for a 100 day term, with proposals to supply workers soon and plans to reduce reliance on labor through machinery while needing thousands more.
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Washington
Panama Canal Commission
Fifty One Miles An Hour Markable Santa Fe Train Run
Chicago July 1 The Walter Scott special on the Santa Fe from Los Angeles to Chicago arrived at Polk Street at 11 54 PM. The train completed the 2144 miles in 44 hours 56 minutes beating the usual Santa Fe Limited by twenty hours and the original schedule by three hours and four minutes.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Polk Street
Rescue Efforts Fail to Save Doomed Miners
Thirty nine miners in a Prussian coal mine were cut off by a fire Monday and rescue attempts have failed. Officials fear all are dead as the blaze continues to rage at Rimund.
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Rimund
Prussia
Theussia
Eight Men Blown to Bits in Railroad Blast
Eight workers for P. B. Kerbaugh & Co. were killed and two injured by a premature blast of rock powder during Pennsylvania railroad double-track work near Cumberland. Bodies mangled and scattered flesh and bone over 200 yards. explosion rattled Harrisburg and broke windows across the region.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Cumberland
Kerbaugh & Co
Pennsylvania Railroad
Enola
Calhoun Named Special Commissioner to Venezuela
William J. Calhoun of Chicago has been appointed by President Roosevelt as a special commissioner to Venezuela. He will conduct a thorough investigation into conditions in Venezuela affecting United States interests.
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Oyster Bay
S. 1
William J. Calhoun
Chicago
Roosevelt
Venezuela
Calhoun
United States
Reformer's dynamite spree wrecks three Iola saloons
In Iola Kansas on a July day, dynamite destroyed the Red Light Blue Front and Eagle saloons in West street causing about 100000 dollars in damage. J E Thorpe owner of one saloon injured but not seriously. No arrests reported. Explosions also damaged nearby stores and shattered many windows. The blasts were heard nine miles away in Humboldt.
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Yola
Kan
West Street
Iola
J. E. Thorpe
Palace Shoe
Campbell & Burrell
Cowan & Rusherman
Humboldt
Flood Ravages Bad River Area Near Fort Pierre
Severe flood in Bad river near Fort Pierre leaves seventeen houses lost to the Missouri and forty three more damaged while other ranches vanish under rising waters. Three deaths reported Perry Rifenberg Ed Cook and Fred Trumbo were at the Rifenberg ranch when the flood swept away the house. Albert Rifenberg survived by breaking through the roof.
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Bad River
Fort Pierre
Missouri
River
Miliand
Bluff
Bovine
Bowley and
Hollis Ranch
Perry Rifenberg
Ed Cook
Fred Trumbo
Alfred Rifenberg
Rifenberg Ranch
Squaw Creek
Newlin
Albert Rifenberg
Judge appoints receiver for Dakota, Wyoming and Missouri River Railroad
Upon petition by William T. Coad of Rapid City Judge Carland of the U S court at Sioux Falls names George B Hurt of Chicago as receiver for the Dakota Wyoming and Missouri River Railroad Co The line runs about thirty one miles linking Rapid City and Mystic in the Black Hills Rumors say Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway may buy the road to extend from the Missouri river to the Pacific coast.
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William T. Coad
Rapid City
Forest O. Murdock
Carland
United States Court At
Sioux Falls
George B. Hurt
Chicago
Dakota, Wyoming and Missouri River Railroad Company
Mystic
Black Hills
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Company
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Dozen Unaccounted After Western Floods Seven Die
Dozen others missing after floods in the western part of the state. seven deaths confirmed including Arthur Austin of Midland Joe Braheke of Bovine the Wheeler boy near Fort Pierre Verne Torrence of Pedro Perry Riseberg Ed Cook and Fred Trumbo of Nowlin. Search parties scoured the area to locate those swept away and determine if any survivors remain.
All Wolves Not West of River Claim Sudden Wolf Bounty Rise
The first wolf bounty claim for the new year comes from Clay County for a wolf killed on July 1. The note from a among the state’s oldest counties indicates wolves are present east of the river.
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Clay County
Martial law proclaimed in Tiffis district Cau casia
A proclamation of martial law is issued for the town and district of Tiffis Cau casia. Mrs Helen K Johnson mother of Cleveland mayor dies at Brooklyn home. Morton of Equitable Life plans to keep Gage E Tar bell on staff. Lewis appointed Chicago corporation counsel. Chicago council approves Metropolitan Railway freight and express rights for ten years.
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Tiffis
Caucasia
Helen K. Johnson
Johnson
Cleveland, C
Brooklyn
Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Gage E. Tarbell
J. Hamilton Lewis
Weekly Crop Bulletin July 17 1905 for crops and weather
The week was warmer with much sunshine, favoring growth. Wheat improved heading. rust minor. Oats barley spelt rye satisfactory. barley filling and ripening. Corn grew well. some late in southern counties. Grass excellent. haying begun. Alfalfa cut by Black Hills region due to showers. Potatoes flax millet advanced. flax abundant. New potatoes plentiful. early flax in blossom. More flax sown than usual. Livestock in good condition. ranges show very good pasture. Some hail damage in several counties.
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Black Hills
Clark
Deuel
Astoria
Grant—Milbank
Hamlin
Dempster
Kingsbury
Moody
Sanborn
Ashton
Northville
Aurora
Harrison
Bon Homme
Charles Mix
Wakonda
Davison
Gregory—Fairfax
Lincoln
Yankton
Missouri Valley
Hughes
Hyde
Meyer—Rosebud
Sully
Milford
Butte—Vale
Custer
Fall River
Lawrence
Pennington
W. Glenn
Huron
Northeastern and Missouri Valleys crop reports summarized
County by county crop conditions across the northeastern and Missouri Valley sections show widespread improvement. Corn generally grows rapidly, small grains head and ripen, flax and oats perform well, with localized damage from hail, rust, or flooding on lowlands. Wheat timing varies from heading to ripening, and potatoes, barley, and rye show mixed yields with some rust or water-related issues.
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Tex
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Sadie Earle
Buck Earle
Lawrence Pillow
Mr. Tomlinson
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Philippine Commission
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Louis Glass
San Francisco
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W. F. Sanders
Montana
Henry €. Frick
American Academy of Arts of
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Hanson County
South Dakota
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George McCarthy
Miller
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Piedmont
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Justin Fink
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Kenosha
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Reeds Ferry
John Selby
Tacoma
Wash
Joseph Moore
Earlham College
Richmond
Ind
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