Vatican plan to retire friars shifts Taft talks course
The Observatore Romano cites an interview with Bishop Thomas O Gorman stating Taft negotiations ended to Vatican desires. It notes four Augustinian Franciscan and Recolleto branches in Manila totaling about 450 friars will depart in stages to ease future talks. The Vatican may replace Spanish Augustinians with Americans as pressures ease.
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Observatore Romano
Vatican Organ
Rome
Italy
Thomas O'Gorman
Sioux Falls
S. D
Vatican
Augustiana Dominican
Franciscan
Recolleto
Manila
Taft
Apostolic
Root
United States
Chose a weary walk from Richmond to Dayton
A young Baltimore couple eloped from Dayton four months ago and walked from Richmond to Baltimore seeking work. The 27 year old man and 17 year old wife chose a walking trek after losing a trolley job and facing limited funds. Officials refused to name them but provided shoes for the journey.
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Richmond
Dayton
Baltimore
Washington
Four Trainmen Killed In Ont. & Western Collision
A head on railroad crash at Hortons Delaware county New York between two milk trains killed four men named Andy O Neal of Norwich Robert Reese fireman Michael Tully trainman Frank Monroe trainman and Benjamin St John engineer of the other train. The wreck damaged two engines and several cars with one engineer jumping from the cab to escape serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario & Western Railroad
Hortons
Delaware County
New York
Andy O’neal
Norwich
Robert Reese
Michael Tully
Frank ©. Monroe
Benjamin St. John
Trial Ordered for Paymaster Penrose in Court Martial
A court martial is ordered to try Passed Assistant Paymaster Charles W. Penrose, pay officer on the cruiser Michigan, on charges of carelessness in keeping accounts. The court will convene at Erie, Pennsylvania, soon after the order is received. The charge involves no moral turpitude. Penrose has been lax in bookkeeping, hindering Treasury accounting officers.
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Charles W. Penrose
Michigan
Erie
United States Treasury
Exports of Manufactures Show Net Rise in Other Articles
The year ending June 30 reports total manufactures exports at 403,800,763, down from 412,156,066 in 1901. Iron and steel exports fall from 117,819,820 to 98,652,562, a drop of 18,766,758, more than the overall decline. Copper ingots and plate exports rise to 288,720,655 pounds valued at 39,190,619, but this value slips 2,069,757 from 1901.
Insurance firms to cancel policies after store arson attempt
On charges of attempting to burn the C. X. Bowling general store at Jackson Kentucky, tied to the Hargis Cockrell feud, insurers will cancel all policies held in that locale.
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C. X. Bowling
Hargis
Grass Wound Proves Fatal In Mattoon Incident
Walter Kilner a wealthy retired businessman of Mattoon Kansas died after a lawn mowing accident when a grass blade caused a cut that led to blood poisoning. He endured severe pain before death.
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Mattoon, Ku
Walter Kilner
Ball Cartridges Issued as Shenandoah Strikers Guarded
Strike leaders urge troops to withdraw from Shenandoah though town is promised protection for citizens. General Gobin remains vigilant as the Eighth regiment is mobilized after ambush attacks. District President John Fahey and Organizer Miles Dougherty work to keep strikers coordinated while miners accuse illegal certificate issuance and say mining will begin soon.
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Shenandoah
Restedetaoin Shrdlu
Gobin
Entira Eighth Regiment
John Fahey
Miles Dougherty
Fahey
Wilkesbarre
Bread Poisoning Sickens Ten in St Louis Area
Ten people fall ill in St. Louis as carbolic acid contaminates bread. C. J. Warner, a baker, admitted using the acid to cleanse milk cans, with liquid seeping into flour barrels, triggering the poison outbreak. Physicians oversee treatment across the neighborhood.
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St. Louis
C. J. Warner
Robbery Strikes Chicago Hall Stealing Postal Cards
A theft at a Chicago building hall saw a thief take 6000 postal cards. Three robbers escaped as a pursuing crowd, later aided by police. No further details on suspects or motive were provided.
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A Voy
Chicaco
Yankee Gunsoulet Race of Mob in Cape Haitien
U S forces intervene in Cape Haitien to protect foreigners and noncombatants as a mob seizes control. Commander McGrea aboard the gunboat Machias reports readiness to prevent bombardment without warning, with U S officials endorsing protective action and adherence to international law. The Machias, 1177 tons, carries eight four inch guns and a crew of 11 officers and 143 men.
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United States
Cape Haitien
McGrea
Machias
McCrea
Bureau of Navigation
Hill
Republic
State Department
Navy Department
Russia Seeks to Shield Sugar Trade in Treaty Clash
The Russian finance ministry says replies from powers to the anti trust note will be negative. If duties on Russian sugar rise, Russia will deem treaties infringed and may disregard them. Routkowsky says a countervailing duty would not trigger a European anti American coalition. Russia aims to show it will not wage a trade war but defend its sugar interests at Brussels talks.
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Ministry of Finance
M. Routkowasky
United
Routkowsky
United States
Russia
Proclamation Date Set for Coronation in London Gazette
News brief lists a slate of international items: the London Gazette fixes August 9 for the coronation, anarchists arrested in Rome, consular reports on Mrs Wilson visiting Nicaragua, a mixed train derailment near Calcutta with casualties, and a deadly mine explosion at Mount Kimbla in Australia with extensive injuries and post-disaster risks. Also noted are pardons, medical relapses, ministerial appointments, Chinese rebel clashes, religious persecution reports, royal comments on the coronation, a Lourdes fire disaster, Italy’s armament talks, U S senate probe papers dispute in Cuba, and several Legion of Honor appointments for American officials and New York figures.
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London Gazette
Wollongong
Australia
William of
Germany
Lieut
Hildebrand
Blaskowitz
Makay
London
England
G. Carlin
Italy
Great Britain
D. Boucart
Washington
J. R. Pioda
United States
Canton
China
Sze-Chuen
Arrested for Alleged Swindle in Pittsburgh Firm
Edward E. Kemerer, based in the Schmidt building Pittsburg, conducts Karson & Co. brokerage. Deputy Marshal Henry arrested him on a mail fraud charge after a Post Office Inspector O'Brien report to Commissioner Lindsay. Estimate places losses over $100,000.
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Edward E. Kemerer
Schmidt
Pittsburg
Karson & Co
United States
W. M. Henry
Post Office
Frank A. O’brien
W. T. Lindsay
National Capital News In Brief From Washington Dc
Reports include Wu Ting Fang to stay as Chinese minister, naval academy study shift to Spanish, and death of Lieut. Jossman in Mindanao fighting. Also notes cholera death in Manila, asphalt contract low price, road train aid from Great Northern, and White House temporary office building plans. Marriage announced for Alice Hay and James Wadsworth Jr. Military promotions and Caribbean maneuvers projected, plus Mindoro trial details and indemnity questions to The Hague. Anarchist photos sent to immigration officials and ongoing Colombia dispatch on Salazar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wu Ting Fang
Naval Academy
Albert Jossman
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Manila
Mindanao
War Department
Sanford G. Baker
Ohio
Insular
Asphalt Trust
Washington, D. C
Great Northern Railroad Company
United States Department of Agriculture
Educational Good Roads
White House
Alice Hay
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Fells
Newbury
N. H
Hay
S. B. M. Young
Army
Miles
Navy
Caribbean Sea
Pensacola
Culbra Island
Sargeant
Turkey
Mindoro
Philippine Islands
China
Hague Tribunal
United States
Salazar
Riots in Shenandoah End With Deaths And Troops Sent
A riot in Shenandoah Pa. left Deputy Sheriff Thomas Bedall and his brother Joseph Bedall among those severely beaten or shot. More than 20 strikers, all foreigners, were wounded and at least two are to die. Gov Stone ordered militia as the Third Brigade moves to Shenandoah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Joseph Bedall
S. Rowland Bedall
Frank Urattis
Fry
Poiceman Rengheisher
Bedall
Pottsville
Ferguson Hotel
Gov. Stone
Thomas Bedall
Philadelphia
Reading
Gobin
Gold turned into pennies in Boston bank robbery case
In Boston police court Frank Bornstein was held for the Grand Jury on larceny charges after $2,500 in gold coins vanished from Barnard Bennett. Bennett, lured by Bornstein and an accomplice, received 500 gold coins in a tin can with strong acid poured inside. Returning home, he grew suspicious when only pennies spilled out, and a police officer seized Bornstein.
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Boston
Mass
Frank Bornstein
Barnard Bennett
Bennett
Bernstein
Bornstein
Wisconsin and Michigan railway announces new ore facilities
The Wisconsin and Michigan railway plans over two million dollars in improved ore handling. Tracks will extend into Norway Quinnesac and Lake Superior Amber belt with side tracks to nearby mines. Ore loads start at mines, move to Peshtigo, then South Chicago by barge, and on to eastern furnaces in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Wisconsin and Michigan Railway
Norway
Quinnesac
Lake Superior
Vulcan
Quinneseee
Wisconsin
Michigan
Peshtigo
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Dakota Hurricane Strikes Lisbon North Dakota
A fierce hurricane and heavy hail devastate Libson and surrounding area. Crops across ten or more miles north west to many miles south are ruined. Barns and outbuildings destroyed, dwellings damaged, and windows shattered. Flooding from rain floods homes. stock scattered and thousands of birds and poultry killed. No fatalities reported though some injuries occur. Nearby towns suffer damage as well.
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Libson
North Dakota
Lisbon
Cardinal Lauds Schley Accepts Vice Presidency
Cardinal Gibbons accepts the vice presidency of the Schley Triumphal Arch Association. In his letter he praises Admiral Schley's victory, pledging to help erect an enduring monument and urging Maryland citizens to warmly support the patriotic project.
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Schley
United Mine Workers report no members back to work
At a Sha moking Pennsylvania executive board meeting reports from all locals show no union member has returned since the strike and none intend to resume until officers order them back to the mines.
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The
United Mine Workers
Shamoking
$66 Million Combine For Major NYC Realty Firms
Plan to fuse the George A. Fuller Company New York Realty Corporation Alliance Realty Company and Central Realty Bond and Trust Company real estate assets into a single corporation with a 66 million capital has been disclosed. Backing banks include National City Bank and 8 Stillman-Rockefeller faction United States Steel interests led by Charles M Schwab and lenders Mutual Life Insurance Company and Equitable Life Assurance Society.
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George A. Fuller Company
New York Realty Corporation
Alliance Realty Company
Central Realty Bond and Trust Company of
New York
National City Bank
Stillman-Rockfeller
United States Steel
Charles M. Schwab
Great Money
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Robbery and shooting at Lynnville post office
Two masked men entered the Lynnville Indiana post office, shot postmaster L D Zimmerman through the heart, then hid behind the letter case to seize a mail box with money and stamps worth about $500. The incident occurred about 20 miles from Evansville.
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Lynnville
Evansville
Ind
L. D. Zimmerman
Omaha Park Rules Limit Automobiles on Boulevards
Park commissioners in Omaha Nebraska order motorists off boulevards and out of parks. Police instructed to enforce due to uneducated horse reaction to cars. Chauffeurs must keep vehicles on common traffic and dirt roads until horses accept the automobile as a fixed institution.
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Omaha
Neb
Judge Rules Against Johnson In Cleveland Tax Mandamus
Judge Phillips of the Common Pleas court in Cleveland rules against Mayor Johnson and the city of Cleveland in mandamus proceedings to compel County Auditor Craig to place the 18 million dollar additional tax assessed by the city board of equalization against five large local corporations on the tax duplicate.
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Phillips
Common Preag Court
Cleveland
Johnson
Craig
City Board of Equalization
Arctic traveler DeWindt arrives at Port Townsend
Harry Dewiurdt the Arctic traveler completes an overland journey through Northern Iberia and across the Bering Sea. He arrives in Port Townsend, Washington aboard the steamship Topeka from Skagway, accompanied by Viscount de Clinch amp Belligarde, George Harding and Stephen Rastofuyeff.
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Harry Dewiurdt
Iberia
Bering Sea
Port Townsend
Wash
Topeka
Skagway
Viscount de Clinchamp Belligarde
George Harding
Stephen Rastofuyeff
Beaumont and Chicago note sweep of historic events
A wide array of late reports covers oil wells in Beaumont losing gush, Lipton plant fire in Chicago with losses, treasury surplus projections, Porto Rico telegraph school, Iowa governance probe, cholera in Manchuria, indictments for blackmail, executions, political races, ship arrivals, drownings, labor clashes, and court actions. The items reflect widespread events across politics, crime, industry, and society.
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Beaumont
Texas
Thomas J. Lipton Company
Chicago
Shaw
Treasry
Porto Rico
San Juan
Gov
Cummings
Iowa
Rock Island
Manchuria
Russia
Mayor Ames
F W. Ames
Minneapolis
George D. Middleton
Clinton Prison
Dannemora
Elkins
Weat
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Charles Green
John Richards
Austin J. Crowe
Buffalo
Denver
Prince Alexander
Malacca
Neil Campbell
Internal Revenue Bureau
United States
Mohican
Honolulu
William A. Phillips
Tenth Infantry
Paragua
Philippine Islands
United States Bankers Corporation
Boston
Anna D. Collier
Worcester
Jean Brown
Detroit
Mich
Low
New York
Partridge
Rabbi Joseph
Cleland Davis
Bethelehem
Jacob H. Smith
San Frisco
Philipppines
David Wail
P. Miller
Stoner Wait Paper Company
Des Moines
Aint Glass
Atlantic City
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Arias
Archipelago
Richmond, Va
Dayton, O
Ontaro & Western
Iron and Steel
Guarda
Baker
M’crea
Cape Haitien i
Casle
Alexandra
Whippingham
Isle of Wight
Cowes
Tarbes
Lourdes
Onur
Squiers
Rathbone
Neely
Senate
Paris
France
Patrick A. Collins
Legion of Honor
Paul Capdeyrelle
New Orleans
Thomas &J. John
Kilted
Dakota
Cardinal Lauds Schley
Triumphial Arch Association
Cs. M. Schwab and
the Steel Corporation
Omaha Parks and Boulevards
Schurman
Cornell University
Chautaqua
Mingo Mines
Niddlesboro
Warren Smith
Calvin Senter
Senter
Smith
Birmingham
Ala
George Leonard
Hollis B. Parrish
Association of Manufacturers of Food Products
Barbados
Susa
Africa
Kheir
Hamma Chiekh
Chytraus
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
American Tube Works
Somerville
Sargent
Camden, N. J
James Bland
John Morrisey
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