Navy Captains Seek Retirement as Seniors Fill Ranks
Eleven navy captains and commanders have voluntarily applied for retirement and been granted. The Treasury holds Fremont Leidy’s internal revenue collector appointment in abeyance awaiting James M. Simpson’s expected resignation in Kansas. Freight rates for lemons from southern California to eastern markets were cut from 1.15 to 1.00 per hundred pounds by the interstate commerce commission.
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Washington
Navy
California
Commerce Commission
Senate
Senator Day
Gore
Republican
Democratic
Treasury Department
Fremont Leidy
Leon
Kas
Internal Revenue
District of Kansas
James M. Simpson
Leidy
Port Arthur opens to all nations and other world news
The official gazette in Tokyo announces the July 1 opening of Port Arthur to shipping by all nations. Chile plans to invite tenders in September in the United States and Europe for a 22 000 ton battleship construction. Miss Anice Lulu Stockes claims a historic American land prize won from a Monte Carlo bank. Anna Sutter of Stuttgart Opera is shot in bed by former conductor Alois Obrist, who then killed himself. France and Virginia arrange August 18 for Houdon’s Washington statue presentation in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Tokio
United States
Europe
Anice Lulu Stockes
Carrington Stockes
Monte Carlo
Anna Sutter
Royal Opera
Stuttgart
Alois Obrist
Obrist
French Foreign Office
Virginia
Houdon
State of
Washington
France
Paris
Roosevelt to aid Beveridge in re election bid
Reports indicate General Roosevelt will assist Senator Beveridge in his campaign for re election. The bleached flour case favored the government. Western Union ends broker service in ten eastern cities. Former Governor John H. McGraw of Washington died in Seattle. Missouri river rate case re hearing motion filed by railroads. Ballinger-Pinchot committee to draft a report in Minneapolis in September. Some railroads seek time extensions to meet safety laws. Porter Charlton holds in Jersey City for murder in Moltrasio, Italy case. Remaining Chippewa pine lands in Minnesota to be sold, about 375 million feet over 152 849 acres. Over twelve tons of eggs seized in New York from Chicago as unfit for consumption. Socialists Democrats in Wisconsin 5th district and Victor Berger face fall election. Western Union Postal Telegraph companies decry news dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Bever ‘Idge
Western Union
John H. McGraw
Washington
Seattle
Ballinger-Pinchot Committee
Minneapolis
Porter Charlton
Jersey City
Moltrasio
Italy
Interior Department
Minnesota
New York
Chicago
Democrats of the Fifth
Wisconsin
Fay
Victor L. Berger
Western Union Rand
Postal ‘Telegraph
Various 1900s News Items Include Political Scandals and Disasters
A wide ranging roundup notes events from 1909 to 1910 including the first bubonic plague death in Honolulu in centuries, political shifts in Nebraska and New York, tax and land policies, postal savings banks, and gentry like Roosevelt Pinchot Garfield forming a new party. It mentions labor wage demands, a boxing match between Jeffries and Johnson, a Reno bout result, and the first 1910 cotton bale auction price. Also reports on immigration figures, Confederate veterans’ Springfield visit, and Greece-like geopolitical issues.
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Honolulu
Jim’ Jeffries
Oklahoma
Count Zeppelin
Taft
Ella F. Young
Chicago
National Educational Association
Joseph Wendling
Alma Killner
Louisville
Houston
Texas
Dr. Hyde
Kansas City
J. F. McMurray
Gore
Norris Brown
Congress
Interestate
Commerce Commission
Germany
Treasury Department
Burrows
Lorimer
Post Office Department
Jeffries
Roosevelt
New York
Bryan
Nebraska
Sioux City Y. M. C. A
Grace McKinley
Grace Mack
Indianapolis
Sedalia
J. R. Wilson
Wilson
Excelsior Springs
Gifford Pinchot
James R. Garfield
Oyster Bay Pilot
Louisiana
Jared Y. Sanders
United States Senate
London
New York World
Helen Kelly Gould
Frank J. Gould
W. J. Bryan
Peter Smith
Newark
N. J
Johnson
Reno
Nev
Springfield
Mass
Petersburg
Virginia
Grand Army
United States
Keefe
Johnson Declares One Year Silence From Boxing
Jack Johnson announces he will not fight again for a year amid anti Negro demonstrations in the south following his latest match result. Congressional campaign committees plan vigorous warfare and figures like Richard claim Jeffries was disqualified. Chief Justice Fuller served twenty two years and later died at his summer home in Sorrento Maine. Concurrently W J Bryan issues a broad statement on party duty while Secretary Ballinger meets the president at Beverly.
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Jack Johnson
South
Richard
Jeffries
Fuller
W. J. Bryan
Ogden
Young Toughs
Ballinger
Beverly
Melville W. Fuller
Supreme Court
Sorrento
Poindexter
Washington
Oyster’ S Bay
Roosevelt outlines aim to nominate best man for New York governor
Oyster Bay July 13 Theodore Roosevelt signs on to back a governor who wins broad support from Republicans and independents. He implies active involvement in the nomination after meeting Governor Hughes, who departs for New York then Washington to arrange a move and a future supreme court appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
Hughes
Wm. R. Wilcox
Frederick M. Crossett
Hotel Astor
Washington
Supreme Court
Eagles Convene North Dakota State Aerie Meeting in Fargo
About 100 delegates from all nineteen genies in North Dakota attend the annual convention of the state aerie of the fraternal order of Eagles in Fargo. Bernard Mullen opens the session in Loyal Knights hall with state officers present. committees are formed and plans outlined for laws to aid subordinate aeries. The day includes a baseball game, trolley rides for ladies, and a banquet, reception, and ball at Metropole hotel and Stone’s Music Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
Order of Heagles
Bernard Mullen
Grand Forks
Mullen
Ficketts
Metropole Hotel
Eagles
Stone's Music Hall
Leaders Under Arrest in Cuba Conspiracy Case
Cuban secret police seized seven men tied to a planned uprising. They found a trunk shipped from Havana containing arms and dynamite en route to Vieja Bermeja, Matanzas, with documents implicating others. A Havana university janitor held dynamite. prior April arrests followed General Estenez’s detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Jorge Valera
Vieja Bermeja
Matanzas
Havana University
Cuban Republic
Evaristo Estenez
Independence Party
Estenez
Gomez
Eagles Parade Highlights Fargo State Meeting
Fargo hosts the Fraternal Order of Eagles state meeting with a 10 AM street parade, seen as respectable despite light turnout. At 2 PM the league enters secret session to hear committee reports elect officers and plan the 1911 convention location, with adjournment expected at 6 PM.
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Fargo
Fraternal Order of Eagles
State Aerle
Fake Uprising Ties to Stock Broker Behind Cuban Conspiracy
Havana reports that Colonel Jorge Valera and four associates were arrested on suspicion of seeking American intervention. Officials say a conspiracy planned to blow bridges and railways and damage foreign property, with a broker supplying details. One conspirator claimed the plot was a sham to shake the local stock market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Joorje Valera
Secretary of the Interior
Viaja Bermeja
Valeriana Pico
Murderer Gets Thirty Years
Ellendale North Carolina July 13 Robert Boatner found guilty of second degree murder in the death of Richard A Mock over a five dollar wage dispute The jury sentenced him to thirty years in the penitentiary The trial ended after midnight with the jury out five hours Mock was shot twice and died May 6 after being taken to a Minneapolis hospital The defense claimed self defense and the state argued premeditation
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Ellendale
N. C
Robert Boatner
Richard A. Mock
Forbes
Mack
Minneapolis
Boamer
Nation V Whide Strike Possible.
The general strike committee of 60 000 cloak makers announced a possible nationwide cloak makers strike. Union representatives in major cities are meeting in New York with strike leaders and ready to call a strike at a moment's notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nation
Whide
New York
Pinchot to Aid California Campaign for Johnson
Gifford Pinchot announced he will travel to California to stump for Hiram Johnson who seeks the gubernatorial nomination. The move follows a conference with Colonel Roosevelt and Marshal Stimson in Los Angeles. Politicians infer Roosevelt may back Johnson despite no formal pledge.
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Johnson
Mr. Pinchot
Marshal Stimson
Colonel Roosevelt
Mr. Johnson
Roosevelt
Express wreck near Hudson injures thirty five
The New York Central train 59, St Louis and Chicago express, wrecked at Newtonhook nine miles north of Hudson at 3 am. Five killed and thirty injured, later reports raise fatalities to three trainmen. Doctors and surgeons rushed to the scene. passengers largely shaken but able to continue journeys.
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Albany
N. Y
St. Louis and
Chicago Express
New York Central
Newtonhook
Hudson
Poughkeepsie
New York
Roosevelt's Coming Sure to Fargo Labor Day Parade
A telegram confirms Theodore Roosevelt will visit Fargo around Labor Day in September 1910. L. B. Hanna and Congressman Hanna will coordinate, with President Fraser of the Trades and Labor Federation to appoint committees. A large parade is anticipated with broad public participation.
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New York
L. B. Hanna
Fargo
N. D
Theodore Roosevelt
Hanne
Roosevelt
Fraser
Trades & Labor Federation
Central Committee
Dispatcher Albert Smith Fired Over Middletown Wreck
Cincinnati July 13 Albert Smith a train dispatcher for the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton railroad at Dayton has been relieved of his position for his connection with the Middletown wreck in which twenty three people died July 4.
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Cincinnati
Albert Smith
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Dayton
Middletown
Five Aeronauts Die in Balloon Burst Crash
Leichlingen Germany July 13. Oscar Erbsloch the German aeronaut who won the international balloon race at St Louis in 190% and four companions were killed today when the Girigible balloon Erbsloch burst at a height of several hundred feet and fell to the ground a crumpled mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leichlingen
Rhenish
Fpressia
Oscar Erbsloch
St. Louis
Erbsloch
Stage Goes Over Cliff Near Yosemite El Portal
A four-borse stage coach carrying eleven passengers bound for El Portal fell 100 feet into the Mercer river after a curve named Devil's Elbow. One man and three women were seriously injured. two horses were killed. The driver and other passengers escaped by jumping.
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Yosemite
Cal
el Portal
Yosemite National Park
Mercer River
Officials Renew Ban On Mandan Blind Pig Operations
Morton county officers in Mandan and Bismarck renewed efforts against illegal saloons. Twenty seven injunctions were served to cover all known pigs. Violations will lead to imprisonment, as authorities press the prohibition drive. Mandanites face renewed thirst despite enforcement.
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Bismarck
N. D
Morton County
Mandan
Drown As War Eagle Dump Submerges In Lake
Kenora Ontario reports a War Eagle dump on the Canadian Pacific sank early today causing water to overflow. Passengers from the Kenora local were moved to safety on a special train while a pile driver and crew attempted to salvage the line. Three Galician laborers fell into the water. one drowned as the single track dump near War Bag Thad reportedly withstood for twenty five years.
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Kenora
Ont
War Eagle
Canadian Pacific
Passaic Mayor Bars Pictures of Prize Fight
Passaic New Jersey July 13 Mayor Spencer issued an order prohibiting the exhibition of pictures from the Jeffries Johnson prize fight or any other prize fight in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passaic
N. J
Spencer
Noted Englishman Dead in Channel Flight Accident
Bournemouth July 12 Hon C S Rolls general of Lord Liangatteck and famed for a recent Dover to France flight was killed this morning in a Wright biplane crash. The machine buckled on takeoff from the ground forty feet high, overturned and Rolls died from the impact. The tragic event shocks aristocratic sporting circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bournemouth
Eng
C. S. Rolls
Heat Wave Reaches 2100 Feet Depth in Balloon Flight
Charles J. Glidden of Boston reports a 90 degree air temperature from ground level to 2100 feet during a balloon ascent from Lowell. The unusual heat wave in New England sweltered the region as Glidden ascended yesterday afternoon.
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Andover
Mass
New England
Charles J. Glidden
Boston
Massachusetts
Glidden
Lowell
Powers Lake Farmer Killed In Road Accident
Sheriff Soren reports a homesteader north of Powers Lake was killed Saturday night when his heavily loaded wagon overturned near the village while returning with lumber. The man’s identity could not be learned from the incomplete report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers Lake
Minot
Doan's Kidney Pills Cure Swollen Abdomen and Kidney Disorder
A Portland Oregon reader from Skidmore Street recalls severe kidney trouble with swelling and bloating. After starting Doan's Kidney Pills the dropsical swelling abated and the user was cured. The message promotes Doan's for sale at 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skidmore
Portland
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Portrait in Profile Sparks Mutual Embarrassment
A stylish photographer and a woman with a pronounced squint share a blush of shyness during a reluctant portrait session. The photographer notes one eye’s shyness as a challenging and fascinating natural trait, causing mutual discomfort.
Burning eczema cured by Cuticura Remedies
Four years ago I suffered severely with terrible eczema from head to feet and was bedridden for six weeks. After doctors failed, Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent relieved itching and burning, and within three weeks I was up and about with no ill effects. Mrs Edward Nenning Watertown New York Apr 11 1909.
Unflattering Truth Revealed by Childrens Measles Tale
A Chicago physician entertains five children of faithful patients in a temporary home hospital. He is flattered by their visits until the youngest child reveals their fear of harsh medicine after admitting they wanted to do something naughty. The kids say they stuck out their tongues to the doctor and nurse, who gave them more hor rid medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Yong
Midas Refuses to Fear His Touch Turning Gold
In a biting Puck quip, Midas reaches a career crest where every touch yields gold. His entourage questions the fate of such abundance while Midas coolly predicts others will seek his touch, hinting at forward thinking economics.
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Midas
Puck
Caring for the Baby
A brief dialogue shows a caregiver praised for watching a baby carefully. The boy expresses fear of kidnapping after a dime incident, reflecting a child's cautious moment in a domestic scene.
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Reeset EN
State OF New York
Gate City
North Dakota
Wah Se
Express
St. Louie & Chicago
Hanna
Isd
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