Czars and Kaisers Hold Two Conferences Aboard Imperial Yachts
News from St. Petersburg reports the czar and Kaiser meeting on the Hohenzollern and Pole Star in the gulf of Finland. Officials keep details secret but warn of possible French unrest and potential shifts toward a Franco British alliance. The talks influence Portsmouth peace negotiations set for next month.
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St. Petersburg
Kaiser
Hohenzollern
Gulf of Finland
Russia
Roosevelt
France
Czar
Portsmouth
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Grand Jury to Probe Cotton Reports Tie to Holmes Case
Washington July 24 grand jury for the District of Columbia met to consider allegations of manipulation in cotton crop statistics and department reports. The action follows the department of agriculture disclosure and the dismissal of Edward S. Holmes associate statistician.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Department of Agriculture
Department
Edward S. Holmes
Shell Explosion Wounds Coeur d'Alene Boys
In Coeur d Alene Idaho on July 22 Clyde Durdy and Frank Hubbard were breaking an old 10 pound shell with a hammer when it exploded. Durdy suffered a severe foot wound and Hubbard sustained facial burns from the blast.
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Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Clyde Durdy
Frank Hubbard
Coeur d’Alene City
Durdy
Hubbard
Lansdowne Waltz Leads UK Dance Votes at Meeting
The annual convention of professional teachers of dancing in London held an impromptu ballot to gauge dance popularity. Lansdowne waltz received eight votes, followed by skating waltz four, and several others tied with two votes.
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United Kingdom Alliance
London
Sylvia
Japanese Torpedo Boats Land Near Vladivostok in Gulf Action
In thick mist and rain on Sunday Japanese torpedo boats approached bays near Vladivostok and sent a landing party ashore in the gulf of Gashkeyvitch near Possiet Bay. The move occurred amid tense naval activity in the Far East theater.
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Vladivostok
Gulf of Gashkeyvitch
Possiet Bay
Twelve Tanks of Oil Ablaze at Humble Texas Fire
A lightning strike caused a massive blaze at the Texas Oil Company tank farm in Humble Texas. By early Monday 12 tanks burned with over 1,000,000 barrels of oil consumed. About 50 workers were surrounded and presumed dead. mass casualties reported.
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Humble
Texas
Texas Oil Company
Texas Company
Wheat Market Slumps on Optimism and Weather
Chicago July price fell 55 cents for July delivery while the September option slid 33 to 31 1/4 cents. Denial of black dust damage and favorable northwest weather spurred profit taking and a weak close with September down 3 at 31 3/4 cents.
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Chicago
Dakotas
Minnesota
Northwest
Minneapolis
May Renew Chicago Strike Sees Employers Stand Firm
In Chicago a mass meeting of over 200 employers ruled that no strikers will be reinstated until all unions call off the strike. The decision could revive the teamsters dispute. A teamsters joint council meeting is set for Tuesday to decide on renewed action, with threats of a general strike by about 35,000 men if employers do not concede.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Employers’ Association
Teamster’ Joint Council
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Self Destruction Mystery In Michigan Bank Family
Lucy Monroe the daughter of three Michigan bank presidents died in a dramatic fire near her father's country home after leaving Chicago society. Friends propose two theories:婚 she burned herself to emulate a novel heroine or she could not marry an English nobleman. Gasoline and a concealed fire started her end. family found her charred body after an hour.
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South Haven
Mich
Rider Haggard
Lucy Monroe
Michigan
Chicago
Monroe
Consul Dies in Paris Heat From Venezuelan Official
Venezuelan consul in London M. J. H. Schottbergin died in Paris on Sunday due to heat. In Washington, policemen have been ordered to ensure proper helmet wear.
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M. J. H. Schottbergin
London
Paris
World News Roundup of 9 Major Global Events
A broad weekly summary reports the death of Austro-Hungarian agent Herr Mueller in Salonica, rising warehouse activity in Whitman and Latah counties, Seattle’s $1500 contribution to Nome’s Lewis and Clark exhibit, and a deadly bombing in Bielstok. It notes Edward Nash of American Smelting & Refining dies, memorial day observances in St. Petersburg, critical condition of ex-congressman Jerry Simpson, and the Paris death of painter Jean Jacques Henner. Additional items include a deadly Spokane railroad incident, electric-car collision in Portsmouth, a plan to speed the Imperial Limite, Russian stock purchases in East Aurora, Komura’s railroad welcome, and Japanese education pledges. It closes with fort Wright escapees, their identities, and rewards.
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Herr Mueller
Macedonia
Salonica
Whitman County
Washington
Latah County
Idaho
Seattle
Nome
Bielstok
Russia
Edward Nash
American Smelting & Refining Company
Omaha
St. Petersburg
Roswell
N. M
Jerry Simpson
Kansas
Salt Lake City
Daniel J. Quinn
Nutting
Portsmouth, N. H
Canadian Pacific Railway
Imperial Limited
Montreal
Vancouver
East Aurora
N. Y
Japan
Baron Komura
New Orleans
California Raisin Growers’ Company
Old Cooperative Association
Baron Jutaro Komura
D. C
East
Fort Wright
Spokane
Frank Burton
Joseph Carroll
James Collingwood
Herman W. Lamp
Harry Linden
Bomb Kills Twenty Four in Constantinople Explosion
A Turkish inquiry reports a bomb explosion in Constantinople killed 24 people and wounded 57, with 55 horses injured. Preliminary findings point to two Hungarian attackers behind the outrage.
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Constantinople
Body of Admiral Jones Arrives in Chesapeake Bay
Remains of John Paul Jones travel from Paris to Virginia waters aboard the cruiser Brooklyn. The flotilla, including Galveston Tacoma and Chattanooga, sails under Rear Admiral Sigsbee toward Annapolis for final interment on the naval reservation. The French cruiser Jurien de la Graviere joins the ceremonies, traveling from Baltimore to Annapolis.
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John Paul Jones
Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk
Paris
Horace Porter
United States
France
Virginia Capes
Brooklyn
Sigsbee
Atlantic
Galveston
Tacoma
Chattanooga
North Atlantic
Evans
Davis
Capes
Admiral Evans
Cape Henry
Admiral Davis
Annapolis
Jurien de la Graviere
Baltimore
Tornado Levels Nevada Town West of Battle Mountain
Elke Nevada July 25 a powerful tornado swept west of Battle Mountain destroying trees fences and 52 telegraph poles. It touched Battle Mountain toppled chimneys and damaged a hotel windmill. No injuries but livestock killed and telegraph service disrupted. Heat over 100 degrees likely fueled the cyclone.
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Elke
Nev
Nevada
Battle Mountain
Southern Pacific
Western Union
Rilroad
Lamont Dies After Brief Illness Former War Secretary
Daniel Scott Lamont former secretary of war during Cleveland's second term died at his Millbrook home in Dutchess County New York from heart failure. He collapsed after a drive and ill after dinner. Dr Stewart of New York treated him but he died within a half hour with his wife and two daughters Frances and Bessie at his side.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Daniel Scott Lamont
Cleveland
Millbrook
Dutchess County
Chinatown to get eight to ten page Chinese daily
A new morning Chinese language daily will be published in San Francisco Chinatown. It will be the sole such paper printed outside China, printed along American lines, and illustrated. The publication will promote a new political party formed in China and the United States.
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Chinatown
San Francisco
China
St. Louis Police Enforce Sunday Closing Across County
Governor Folk directs city police to aid county enforcement of Sunday saloon closings in St. Louis. A wide police deployment leads to 14 arrests on charges of keeping saloons open on Sunday.
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Folk
St. Louis
Flood Damage at Fairbanks Hits Tanana Overflow
Flood damaged property in Fairbanks Alaska on July 11 as Tanana River overflow caused several thousand dollars in losses.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Tanana River
Bennington Disaster Leaves 49 Dead In San Diego
The steamship Bennington explodes in San Diego harbor killing forty nine crew members and injuring many others. A small boiler leak was being repaired when the blast occurred. President Roosevelt is shocked and awaiting full details.
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San Diego
Cal
Bennington
San Diego Harbor
City Morgues
San Diego Bay
Young
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Pension cut from Equitable founder’s widow under Morton
Mrs Henry B Hyde widow of Equitable founder and mother of James Hazen Hyde loses her $25,000 yearly pension from the Equitable Life Assurance Society after Paul Morton, new board chairman, orders retrenchment. Despite pressure no pension remains on record. Hyde's stock and James Hyde’s board role are now the remaining traces of Hyde influence.
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New York
Henry B. Hyde
James Hazen Hyde
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Paul Morton
Morton
Equitable
Hyde
James Hyde
Escape Plot Foiled at Fort Columbus Prison
A plan to move military prisoners from Fort Columbus and Castle Williams on Governors Island was stopped when Frederick R. Snyder was shot in the right arm by Private Lyons. Snyder and six others tried to overpower sentries and flee to nearby tugboats, but the shot alerted others and halted the escape.
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New York
Fort Columbus
Castle William
Governors Island
Frederick R. Snyder
Snyder
Lyons
Company E
Nat Goodwin Buys Hotel in San Francisco
Nat Goodwin the actor buys the Hotel Lafayette on Sacramento Street near Octavia from A. W. Wilson for 135000 dollars. The property is a premier San Francisco apartment house with a monthly income of about 1200 dollars.
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Nat Goodwin
San Francisco
Lafayette
A. W. Wilson
Sacramento Street
Octavia
Massive dynamite blast clears Hendersons Point in Portsmouth
In Portsmouth New Hampshire a 45 ton blast of dynamite removed Hendersons Point from the Piscataqua river after three years of work. About 400 charges created a widened 1000 foot approach to the Navy Yard drydock at Seaveys Island. The $749 000 project was financed by federal appropriation and drew hundreds of spectators to witness the historic event.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Henderson's Point
Piscataqua
Henderson’s Point
Navy Yard
Seaveys' Island
Henderson's Ledge
Traveling Doctor's Snake Release Terrorizes Basin Wyoming
A traveling doctor named Arnold released 25 rattlesnakes in Basin, Wyoming, to attract customers for eye medicine. He was arrested for practicing without a license, fined sixty dollars and jailed a week. The snakes roamed streets at dusk before Arnold fled on horseback amid a fear-filled night.
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Basin
Wyo
Arnold
Montana
Funeral for Civil War veteran Wilmon W. Blackmar
Generals and veterans from the Grand Army of the Republic and affiliated societies honored Wilmon W. Blackmar. The body lay in state at Memorial Hall and was viewed by about ten thousand people. Funeral rites at Second Unitarian and burial in the Blackmar lot at Tuxedo Grove cemetery followed after escort by state cavalry.
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Sons of Veterans
Woman's Relief Corps
Wilmon W. Blackmar
Memorial Hall
State House
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Blackmar
Curtis Guild, Jr
Secretary of the Navy
John D. Long
John L. Bates
John Q. Brackett
Patrick Alins
Tuxedo Grové Cemetery
Blackmar Lot
Neponset River
Autopsy Confirms Yellow Fever Death in New Orleans
An Italian patient in New Orleans died after an autopsy confirmed yellow fever. State health officials including Governor Blanchard and health officers from Mississippi Texas and Alabama were notified. Arrangements are made for a detention hospital to treat remaining cases.
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New Orleans
Soucho
State Board of Health
Blanchard
Mississippi
Tex
Alabama
Japanese Law Prohibits Boys Under Twenty From Tobacco
The Japanese government rigidly enforces a ban on tobacco use by males younger than 20, reflecting strict age restrictions and public health policy. The rule aims to curb underage smoking and uphold legal age limits across districts.
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G. A. R. Leader
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