Quebec Celebrates Her Tercentenary In Grand Pageant
The 300th anniversary of Quebec's founding by Champlain opened with cannon salutes on the Plains of Abraham. Prince of Wales presided as Vice President Fairbanks praised England and America while US officials welcomed the royal guest aboard the USS New Hampshire. A Champlain voyage pageant and a civic address underscored Franco British Canadian ties in a ceremony tracing Quebec’s long history from 1608 to 1769 and the 1867 birth of the Dominion of Canada.
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Quebec
Plains of Abraham
City of
Champlain
Prince of Wales
United States
New Hampshire
Cowles
Winslow
Samuel de Champlain
Canada
France
Fairbanks
Mob Attacks Consulate In Curacao Protest Against Venezuela
Violent crowds in Willemstad, Curacao, protest Venezuelan actions against the island. They attack the home of a Venezuelan publisher, surround the German Consulate, and compel troops to guard the Venezuelan Consul Lopez’s residence after shots were fired but no injuries reported.
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Curacao
Venezuela
Willemstad
Curacano
West Indies
Castro
Senor Lopez
Appeals To All Smiths For Lt Governor Nomination
Colonel Frank H. Smith of Dwight has launched a bold campaign appeal targeting every Smith in Illinois. He mails portraits and a letter urging Smiths to unite behind his bid for lieutenant governor with the sign-off “Frank H. Smith, Candidate for lieutenant Governor.”
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Frank H. Smith
Dwight
Strick
Getic
Mlinois
Legion
Smith
H, Smith
Horse Makes Record on Terre Haute Track
Jack Leyburn set two world records in the 2:09 trot at the Great Western circuit meet in Terre Haute Indiana. One record was 2:04% for the fastest third heat and the other marked the three fastest heats ever trotted by a gelding with a 2:06 average, just one third of a second slower than Alix’s world mark set 14 years earlier on the same track.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Jack Leyburn
Alix
Fleet Sails for New Zealand and DeBeers Mine Closure
Honolulu and Auckland reports indicate the Atlantic battleship fleet sailed July 22 bound for Auckland New Zealand with the Minnesota delayed to await the San Francisco mail steamer. In Kimberly DeBeers plans to shut down its largest diamond mine on July 1 due to retrenchment.
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New Zealand
Honolulu
Auckland
Minnesota
San Francisco
Kimberly
DeBeers Company
DeBeerg
Storm Strikes State Camp in Pennsylvania
A severe electrical storm at the Pennsylvania National Guard encampment in Clettysburg killed at least three troopers and injured many others. Dead are Private Bert Barbe Waynesburg. Private Clyde Morrison Old City. Corporal Milton Garver Washington. Injured include Paul Nell Waynesburg and numerous others from multiple companies. Governor Stuart’s tent collapsed but he was uninjured as the camp faced flooding and panic with tents blown down and guardsmen seeking the injured. Severe lightning struck Battery B and the Tenth regiment guard tent.
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Clettysburg
Pennsylvania National Guard
Bert Barbe
Waynesburg
Clyde Morrison
Old City
Milton Garver
Washington
Paul Nell
White
Adams
Brown
Biker
Long
Boyd
Hilhnan
Fleeson
Cline
James A. Saunders
Erie
Orlo J. Genning
Warren
Morrison
Butler
Christley
Stuart
Tenth Regiment
Governor Hughes Signals Nomination Willingness in New York
Governor Charles B. Hughes states he will accept a renomination if the Republican Party of New York wants him as its candidate. He declares himself and defines treasons he says influence his decision.
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Charles B. Hughes
Republican Party
Retrial Ordered for Standard Oil Merits
President Roosevelt affirmed the administration will retry the Standard Oil case on its merits. He rejected the Chicago circuit court of appeals ruling as not affecting the core issues and said the action will be brought before the courts again to avoid technicalities impeding a meritorious decision.
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Standard Oil
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Twenty Five Workmen Drown in Bernese Tunnel Disaster
Twenty five men were working inside the Loetschberg tunnel in the Bernese Alps when a hidden subterranean lake flooded the shaft. A wall between the tunnel and the lake collapsed, unleashing water and mud that filled the tunnel and killed all on site.
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Bernese
Switzerland
Loetschberg
Bernese Alps
Democrats Choose Mack To Lead National Committee
Chicago Norman Mack of Buffalo was chosen chairman of the Democratic national committee and the party announced a hard fight to carry New York. The selection signals renewed effort to win the Empire State in upcoming elections.
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Mack
Chicago
Norman Kk. Mack
Buffalo
Democratic National Committees
Empire State
Killed by Lightning in Camp at Gettysburg
Second Lieutenant Paul Morley of the First regiment National Guard of Pennsylvania was struck and killed by lightning in front of the guard house at the camp in Gettysburg. Morley resided in Rosemont, Pennsylvania.
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Gettysburg
Paul. Morley
National Guard of Pennsylvania
Morley
Rosemont
Apple Dealers Fair and Gangliated Firm Collapse
Apple Dealers Fair of Gallupolis Ohio and H Graham Riggs Co, noted as the area’s largest apple dealers, faced failure with liabilities at 171 000 dollars and assets at 71 000 dollars due to low prices. Separately Hight West Point cadets, including a Pennsylvania youth, were dismissed from the military academy over hazing allegations with the secretary of war to decide their fate, potentially expulsion.
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Apple Dealers Fair
Gallupolis
O—Graham Riggs & Co
Ohio
Minneapolis
New York
Hight
West Point
Pennsylvania
Military Academy
Secretary of War
Roosevelt Calls For First Class Fighting Navy At Newport
President Roosevelt opens a Marine Conference in Newport Rhode Island urging a first class fighting navy to deter war. He leads a private post speech session and backs plans for new ships. Attended by Newberry Porter and ten rear admirals with officers from Fort Adams and Fort Greble.
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Newport
R. 1
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Washington
Newberry
Horace Porter
Navy League
Navy
Fort Adams
Fort Greble
Desperadoes in Boston Gunfight Ends in Cemetery Death
In a two night spree, a trio leader shot up Winterson and McManus saloon in Jamaica Plain, killed a man, stole 90 dollars, and then killed another man while wounding ten people. Early the next morning police killed him at Forest Hill Cemetery after a fierce gunfight with 100 bullets fired. witnesses say he may have shot himself.
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Boston
Winterson & McManus
Jamaica Plain
Forest Hill Cemetery
Desperado
New Gould Merger Shakes Denver Railroads
Denver and Rio Grande merges Denver Rio Grande Railway and all Colorado and Utah subsidiaries except Rio Grande Southern. The consolidated firm will issue bonds totaling 150 million dollars and stock of 88 million. Directors elected include George J. Gould E T Jeffery Winslow Pierce Amos Calef Howard Gould Edwin Gould C H Schlacks Joel F Vall. T Jeffery to be president.
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Denver, Col
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company
Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
Colorado
Utah
Rio Grande Southern
Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company
Consolidated Company
George J. Gould
E. T. Jeffery
Winslow
Pierce
Amos H. Calef
Howard Gould
Arthur Coppell
Edwin Gould
C. H. Schlacks
Joel F. Vall
T. Jeffery
Trouble for Sublime Porte Revolt Near Constantinople
Rumors report 7000 Turkish troops in the Monastir district in open revolt and 32000 more ordered to the scene. Officers of the Third army corps threaten mass action unless officers awaiting court martial for aiding the Young Turkey agitation are freed, or Macedonians face death as the army marches on Constantinople to demand the constitution.
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Constantinople
Monastir
Third Army Corps
Cincinnati celebrates peace expo plan 1915
A chamber of commerce meeting in Cincinnati approved a plan to celebrate the North and South peace by staging a great Southern exposition in 1915 and dedicating a Southern peace monument in the city. The proposal received enthusiastic support from members.
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Cincinnatii
Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce
Railroad Blamed for Wreck in Greenwich Verdict
Greenwich Conn July 16 wreck of the White Mountain express blamed on spreading rails. Jury found negligence by the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad Company for not re plating the entire track.
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Greenwich, Conn
Doten
White Mountain Express
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Thaws Privileges Curtailed in County Jail
Harry K Thaw remains confined to a single corridor and may receive only his attorney and wife as visitors. He cannot freely use the jail telephone, unlike prior arrangements, as authorities enforce stricter isolation in Poughkeepsie New York.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
High Court Cuts Fine in Standard Oil Indiana Case
The United States circuit court of appeals reverses and remands the Landis verdict in the Standard Oil Indiana rebate case. The government may file a rehearing petition within 30 days. The three-judge panel holds each carload was not a separate offense and recalculates fines based on settlements.
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Chicago
Grosscup, Seaman and Baker
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Landis
District Court
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Whiting
Ind
St. Louis
Ill
Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company
Kearsarge Steam Pipe Burst Injures Sailors
Five sailors were seriously injured when a seven inch steam pipe burst in the forward starboard boiler of the battleship Kearsarge while anchored offshore. Fire control was restored and the steam plant disabled for nine hours. injuries later reported as superficial. Names listed include Wilson, Watson, and Pomplum among the worst affected.
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Honolulu
Kearsarge
Wilson
Watson
Pomplum
Prince Welcomed in Quebec by Vast Royal Reception
The Prince of Wales arrived from the battleship Indomitable on the 22nd as guns roared from a fleet of British French and American warships. Fifty thousand locals gathered on wharves and terraces to witness a royal display with a modern British Dreadnought. He was greeted ashore by Governor General Harl Grey Premier Laurier and numerous dignitaries amid cheering troops and crowds.
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Quebec
Prince of Wales
Prince
Harl Grey
Canada
Laurier
China Thanking America for Boxer Indemnity Rebate
An edict from Pekin directs Tang Shao Yi governor of Mukden to travel to Washington to convey China’s thanks for the partial restoration of the Boxer indemnity. The order elevates Tang to president of the government board and to proceed to the United States.
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China
Pekin
Tang Shao-Yi
Mukden Province
Washington
America
United States
Earnings Fall Off for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio reports fiscal year results ending June 30 showing a $5,635 decline in gross earnings and a $7,905,000 drop in net earnings. Six months into the year saw gross figures well above the prior year, with May being the weakest month and April recording a $2,082,000 gross decrease and a $1,354,000 net drop.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
New York
Baltimore & Ohio
Ten Killed in Feud Over Local Politics in Mato Grosso
Rio Janeiro reports a fatal political feud in St. Ann du Paranhauba Matto Grosso where a general armed contest killed ten men including two magistrates and involved only two influential families.
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Politica
Rio Janeiro
St. Ann du Paranahuba
Matto Grosso
Premature blast kills three near Shippensburg
In Shippensburg Pennsylvania three men died and two were fatally injured while blasting rock at the Summit cut-off of the Cumberland Valley Railroad. Ten others were seriously hurt as a 60 pound dynamite blast went off unexpectedly when an iron rod struck by accident. The dead include Michael Maloy Edward Butler and John London. Charles Johnson Canton Boyne were among the injured. The blast followed alleged disobedience of orders by Maloy.
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Shippensburg
Cumberland Valley
Michael Maloy
Edward Butler
John London
Charles Johnson
Canton G. Boyne
Summoned into Court Gompers and Others to Explain
Justice Anderson of the district court summons Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell to appear September 8 to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of the injunction in the Bucks Store and Range case. The company alleges violations by public utterances and a federation article reflecting on the court. Gompers is quoted favoring rights over injunction compliance. Mitchell had a January vote at a United Mine Workers meeting proposing fines for members buying the Bucks range.
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Gompers
Mitchell
Washington
Bucks Store
Justice Anderson
Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
Executive Council
Bucks Store and Range Company of
St. Louis
Gould
Federationist
Federation
Bucks Stove and Range Company
United Mine Workers
Farmers Help Steel Brightens Iron Trade Outlook
The Iron Trade Review forecasts steady though slow gains in iron and steel amid farmer prosperity. Demand lifts wire, bars for implement makers, and railroad shop activity. Wage scale agreements ease labor tensions, while southern miners' strike causes minor disruption without furnace curtailment.
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Cleveland
Iron Trade Review
Amalgamated Association
Big Advance in Wages for Rubber Company Workers
Fifteen thousand United States Rubber Company employees in New York Boston Bristol R L Akron Trenton and Newton receive a retroactive wage raise from 15 to 95 percent. The increase applies to work since July 1 with back pay. John J. Watson Jr cites resumption of business activity and strong trade progress as the cause.
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New York
United States Rubber Company
Boston
Bristol
R. L
Akron
Trenton
N. J
Newton
Mass
Bulletina
John J. Watson, Jr
Flood Disaster Reports 2000 Died in Asia Minor
Reports from Sam sum on the Black Sea detail 2000 lives lost in recent floods. Among the dead were 300 prisoners trapped in jail and 600 army recruits gathered in the government house courtyard at Tokat. Only about 100 escaped.
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Asia Minor
Black Sea
Constantinople
Samsum
Tokat
Death of Bishop Potter in Cooperstown N Y
Henry Codman Potter longtime Episcopal Bishop of New York dies at Fernleigh Cooperstown after weeks of illness He was 74 and oversaw the diocese for 25 years succeeding his uncle Horatio Potter Potter born 1835 Schenectady educated in Philadelphia and Virginia Theological Seminary ordained 1858 first served Greensburg Pa about two years
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Henry Codman Potter
Diocese of
New York
Fernleigh
Potter
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Horatio Potter
Alonzo Potter
Pennsylvania
Henry ©. Potter
Elizabeth Scriven Clark
Bishop Potter
Schenectary
Episcopal Academy
Philadelphia
Theological Seminary of
Virginia
Christchurch
Greensburg
Big Mills Resume After Wage Pact Ends Open Shop Rumors
About 3,000 Republic Iron and Steel workers returned to Youngstown plants and more are expected soon after a final wage settlement with Amalgamated. The closure for repairs is over, orders have come in, and a steady run is anticipated. The deal affects nearly 10,000 workers as rumors of an open shop subsided.
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Republic Iron and Steel and Amalgamated
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Youngstown
Amalgamated
Republic
Mutiny in Turkey as troops seize train and threaten officers
Mutinous Turkish soldiers hijacked a military train from Salonica to Uskub, killed the train crew and escort, and seized ammunition. Turkish commanders ordered Eastern Macedonia troops to Salonica, but rebels threatened officers. Reports say Young Turkey sentiment runs deep and several Gaeizas officers have been assassinated.
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Vienna
Salonica
Uskub
Macedonia
Gaeisas
Boston Wool Market Holds Firm Amid Small Odd Lot Sales
Boston traders report wool transactions confined to odd lots with sales average under 100 000 pounds. Manufacturers wait for orders while prices stay steady. Domestic quotes list Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces with varied grades from washed delaine to combing and unwashed staples priced in cents per pound.
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Boston
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Delaine
Machine Company Running Full in Warren, Pa
The Jacobson Machine Company reports completion of contracts that will keep the Warren plant busy at full capacity for an extended period.
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Warren
Jacobson Machine Company
Drenching rains suppress Maine forest fires. losses reach $500000
Telegraphic briefs report heavy rain dousing fires in Maine that had caused $500000 in damage and unsettled many summer residents. Also note floods wash away Juszeyna village on Archduke Stephen estate in Galicia with twenty two drownings. Adlai Stevenson emerges as Democratic governor candidate in Illinois. Railway freight activity increases on Baltimore & Ohio and Western Maryland to coat and coke, with a forecast of near normal by September 1. Westinghouse Electric awarded $115500 electrical equipment contract for Minidoka irrigation project in Idaho.
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Maine
Vienna
Juszeyna
Archduke Stephen
Adlai
Stevenson
Cleveland
Bryan
Ilinois
Baltimore & Oso
Western Maryland
Secretary of the Interior
Westinghouse Electrical and Manufacturing Company
Picaburgh
Minidoka
Idaho
Illinois Central bans liquor on diners south of Ohio River
General Passenger Agent Samuel G. Hatch announced that the Illinois Central Railway will not sell liquor on any diners or buffet cars south of the Ohio River. He cited numerous local option stations along the line for the policy decision.
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Chicago
Samuel G. Hatch
Illinois Central Railway Company
Ohio River
Ohio
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