Search for frozen birds uncovers 49000 killed out of season
The state game inspector ends a New York cold storage hunt finding nearly 49 000 birds killed out of season. Criminal and civil actions are planned against several people. Also noted is the rediscovery of Eugene Field's poem Bucephalus a Trail, linked to 1871 and confirmed as genuine by H W Burke.
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New York City
Eugene Field
Edgar White
Macon
State University
H. W. Burke
St. Joseph
Field
Pullman plans pension system for 12000 to 16000 workers
The Pullman company will establish a pension program for its entire workforce estimated at 12 000 to 16 000 employees. The plan grants six years of service as the eligibility limit and pays one percent of the ten month average monthly pay for each year served. An employee with forty years of service earning $50 a month would receive 40 percent of $50, equaling $20 monthly.
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Pullman Company
Chicago steamer Northman navigates Great Lakes to Hamburg
A northern voyage tests Chicago’s seaport claim as the steamer Northman carries western grain timber and machinery from Chicago through the Welland canal to Hamburg. Her wake marks new patterns in global maritime commerce.
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Sheba
Chicago
Hamburg
Great Lakes
Welland Canal
Patriot donor to give Houdon Washington busts to NYC schools
A Sons of the Revolution member in New York plans to donate colossal Houdon busts of George Washington to all New York City public school buildings. The model by Wilson MacDonald, an elder American sculptor, has been accepted. The donor aims to teach patriotism by keeping the memory of the Father of his country alive in classrooms.
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Sons of the Revolution
New York City
Houdon
Washington
Wilson MacDonald
America
Telephone aids Noblesville divorce in quick ruling
Indianapolis correspondent notes the use of a telephone in a Noblesville Indiana divorce case. Mrs Nagle sued for divorce. On trial day the attorney could not attend and requested a telephonic hearing. The judge consented, witnesses were sworn, testimony was given from thirty miles away, and the attorney argued by phone. The divorce was granted.
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Indianapolis
Noblesville
Ind
Father of the American Medical Association Is Celebrated
Dr. N. S. Davis of Chicago is regarded as the father of the American Medical Association for proposing a national convention in New York in May 1846 to elevate medical education standards. The convention led to the creation of the American Medical Society. Davis, 85, has lived in Chicago since 1849.
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N. S. Davis
Chicago
American Medical Association
New York State Medical Society
New York City
United States
American Medical Society
Davis
Mount Hope man forms anti kissing league
Chicago professor Crook drew remarks against kissing prompting B B Wilson a Mount Hope Kansas merchant to form an anti kissing league. A dozen married men joined. The wife of league secretary T J Cox has filed for divorce after three weeks without kissing. Cox says he has not kissed his wife in years, calling it unmanly. Members pledge to kiss no woman even if she is their wife. Wilson says kissing is for women and a weak show of affection. He asserts his wife supports the view and stands with him.
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Crook
Chicago
B. B. Wilson
Mount Hope
Kan
T. J. Cox
League
Cox
Wilson
Bartlett Statue for France Earns Government Acceptance
Paul Wayland Bartlett, the Washington area sculptor, has received a letter from the French government accepting his plaster statue of La Fayette. The piece, funded by 5,000,000 American schoolchildren, was selected as the successful design by the American jury and will be placed in the Louvre courtyard for final review by the French jury.
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Paul Wayland Bartlett
Washington
Lafayette
France
Bartlett
Louvre
International Epworth League Mass Convention Opens in San Francisco
Delegates to the International Epworth League convention met in San Francisco with morning services at multiple churches and sessions at the Mechanics Pavilion and Alhambra Theater. Bishops, ministers, and speakers addressed church work, youth outreach, press ethics, and missionary effort, amid large crowds and evening mass meetings chaired by officials including Bishop Earl Cranston and Rev. Dr. Shields.
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San Francisco
Mechanics’ Pavilion
Alhambra Theater
Grace Methodist Church
Mission
George Stuart
Cleveland
Tennessee
Centenary Methodist Church
South
I. A. Parson
Aurora
Ontario
Oakland
W. H. Fisher
Los Angeles
Pavilion
Earl Cranston
Portland
Oregon
J. M. Robinson
O. E. Watson
Charleston
South Carolina
William H. Anderson
Springfield
Ilinois
E. J. Helms
Boston
T. E. E. Shore
Toronto
Canada
James M. Buckley
New York City
Mechanic Pavilion
Bliss
Michigan
Shields
Kansas City
W. C. Stadefeld
Samuel Plantz
Appleton
Wisconsin
Henry W. Warren
Denver
League
John J. Gigert
Nashville
James Henderson
Redmund M. Mills
Elmira
New York
I. E. Blake
Schley Defamed by History Used in the Naval Academy
Baltimore dispatch reports Felix Angus demanding intervention to defend Admiral Schley amid Maclay’s third volume of Spanish American War history. Navy Secretary Long orders removal of objectionable language from the text before use at the Naval Academy, while Edgar Maclay defends his assertions and plans revisions without altering established facts.
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Schley
Naval Academy
Baltimore
Feix Angus
the American
McKinley William McKinley
Canton
Ohio
Maclay
Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Secretary Long
Admiral Sampson
Long
Admiral Schley
Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
Santiago
South America
Felix Angus
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Sedley
Wainwright
Royal Academy
Mr. Maclay
York Navy Yard
Dighty House
New York
Edgar S. Maclay
Admiral Sehley
Western Teachers for the Philippines list of Colorado appointees
Washington dates show Colorado favored in appointing teachers for the Philippine islands. Names include Elizabeth Liddell, Mary B. McClellan, Miss Corn EB Fay, James W. Delley, Albert R. Hager, J. M. Schilling, Emma B. Payton, Miss Minnie Webb, and others from Colorado College and State Normal School. Additional picks reflect endorsements from colleges and officials.
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Washington
Colorado
Ces
Philippine Islands
Fred W. Atkinson
Manila
Atkinson
Elizabeth Liddell
Mary B. McClellan
Logan Avenue
Denver
Corn EB. Fay
Colorado Springs
James W. Delley
Schofield
Utah
Albert R. Hager
Salt Lake
J. M. Schilling
Carbon
Wyoming
Emma B. Payton
Florence
Arizona
Minnie Webb
Payson
Colorado College
Ralph Wells
Nellie M. Hill
Mabel A. Spicer
Miss Dunaway
Colorado State Normal School
Greeley
William A. Lewis
Silver Plume
Elmer EF. Larson
C. B. Collins
Cedarville
Edith McMullin
Bonanza
Gilbert Sellers
Helen L. Grenfell
Frank A. Brancht
la Junta
William A. Hall
Longmont
Mary E. Polley
J. B. Lawson
Teller
Mary A. Osgood
Effie R. Dodds
Cheyenne
H. H. Lawrence
Noble Goldsmith
Robert 8. Gray
Wheatland
Language ties spark New Mexico links to teaching posts
The article notes that familiarity with Spanish among teachers in New Mexico and the language's appeal in the Philippines could lead to some favorable postings for New Mexico residents. This suggests continued regional benefit from linguistic ties affecting job opportunities in education abroad.
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New Mexico
Philippines
Banquet Details For Colorado Editors In Colorado Springs
A banquet for Colorado editors is planned for August 2 in Colorado Springs with 250 invited editors and 150 outside guests, all non-newspaper affiliates paying 10 dollars. The program features speakers including Roosevelt, Bryan, and Thomas F. Walsh, plus topics on the press and state affairs.
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Colorado
Colorado Springs
Rooseve
William J. Bryan
Great West
Thomas F. Walsh
Progress of
William N. Byers
Pioneer
E. T. Jeffery
Frank Trumwall
W. L. Thorndyke
K. R. Rabbitt
Lawyer
Thomas M. Patterson
the Press of Colorado
Barton O. Aylesworth
The
School and the Press
J. T. Lawless
H. J. Holmes
Charles 8. Thomas
A. B. Seaman
David F. Day
Antlers Hotel
Carnegie gifts Alameda library 35000 dollars
Telegraphic notes report Andrew Carnegie giving Alameda California a 35000 dollar grant for a public library building. Other items note Santa Fe railway operating 135 oil burning engines in southern California and a plague total of 714 cases with 338 deaths in Cape Town by June 15.
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Andrew Carnegie
Alameda
California
Santa Fe Railway
Cape Town
Senor Frederico Errasuriz
Chill
Department of Trade and Commerce
Maximo Gomez
Cuba
United States
Pekin
Detroit and
Toledo Short Line Electric Railway Company
Everett-Moore Syndicate
France
Great Bend
Kansas
William Gerhardt
Philippines
John Mosby
Federal Land Office
Nebraska
Massachusetts
Republican State Convention
Boston
Allen
Porto Rico
Granite
Oklahoma Territory
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
State Department
Turkey
Constantinople
Port Arthur
China
Nicholas
St. Petersburg
Endowment Bank of
Knights of Pythias
Edward Hanlon
Toronto
Columbia University
New York
Duchess of Albany
Edward
Scotland
Lord Rosebery
Valparaiso
J. Pierpont Morgan
Andes
Chile
Argentine
Paris
Vienna
Lawyers of the Nation to Meet in Colorado
Denver hosts the twenty fourth annual American Bar Association meeting from August 21 to 23 at Broadway theater with sessions on legal education and patent law. James B. Thayer of Harvard presides. Charles Hughes Jr. and Edmund Wetmore headline talks with extensive program details and a Brown Palace hotel as headquarters.
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Denver
American Bar Association
Broadway
Section of
Legal Education
Association of American Law Schools
James B. Thayer
Harvard
BE. W. Huffcutt
Cornell
Brown Palace
Edmund Wetmore
New Yority
General Council
Richard C. Dale
Philadelphia
Charles J. Hughes, Jr
Charles E. Littlefield
Rockland
Maine
Henry D. Estabrook
Chicago
Alexander Hamilton
Platt Rogers
John Marshall
Harry B. Hutchins
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Nathan Abbott
Leland Stanford
Harry Sanger Richards
Lews State University
Clarence D. Ashley
New York University
Raleigh C. Minor
University of Virginia
William P. Rogers
Indiana State University
Colorado and
Denver Bar Associations
A. M. Stevenson
Charles M. Campbell
Excessive Heat In The West Missouri Prays For Rain
Across Missouri and neighboring states a blistering heat wave set new records. In St Louis the mercury hit 106 degrees with no relief from a cloudless sky and minimal breeze. Prayers for rain filled churches as two heat deaths and several prostrations were reported. Other cities like Chicago Bowling Green and Kansas City logged 103 to 114 degree highs with numerous heat-related illnesses.
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St. Louis
Dockery
Missouri
Weather Bureau
Custom House
Chillicothe
Bowling Green
Paris
Monroe City
Springfield
Kansas City
Inj
Kansas
Chicago
Omaha
Mercury
Cincinnati
Louisville
Around the World in Sixty Days Kept By One Boy
Cecil Fitz Morris, a 17 year old Chicago schoolboy, arrived in Chicago after a 60 day 13 hour 29 minute trip to beat prior records set by George and Nellie Bly. He traveled 20 455 miles from New York to Chicago via a route including Queenstown Moscow Irkutsk Vladivostok and Seattle. He was met by his parents and city officials at Union Depot and whisked to Madison Street from where he had started.
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Chicago
Cecil Fitzmorris
W. R. Hearst
George Sr
Nellie Bly
Union Depot
Blocks
William Cody
Madison Street
New York
Francisco
Queenstown
Moscow
Irrail
Shilka
Klbarovsk
Mer
Vladivostok
Yoko
Victoria
Seattle
Heat waves scorch British Isles amid hottest July spell
London reported a temperature of 88 degrees with many areas exceeding this mark. Bristol noted a new record at 95 degrees as the heat persisted across the British Isles.
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London
British Isles
Bristol
Lightning Strikes Across Europe In Storms Across The Width
An extraordinary number of people were struck by lightning in short storms. England, Germany, and Be1 report eight six and seven victims respectively. Tourists on Mount Tribulaun were struck. two killed, four disabled. In Palau France children drawing church bells were slain. Copenhagen sees heat to 91F, St Petersburg 117F, Odessa 103F with high mortality.
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England
Germany
Mount Tribulaun
Palau
France
Copenhagen
Denmark
Petersburg
Russia
St. Petersburg
Odessa
Motion and Sound in Pictures at Denver Auditorium
The auditorium committee closes a contract with an eastern Amusement company for a biograph and Phonograph to aid Bellstedt's band concerts raising funds for the auditorium. A moving train scene includes sound effects. Also notes exchange on New York at a premium of 1.15 and rumors of bank consolidations and street railway transfers to American control.
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Motion and Sound In Pictures
Denver
Auditorium Committee
Eastern Amusement Company
Bellstedt
Mexico
City of Mexico
New York
Federal District
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Lord Roberts
General Wood
American Smelting and Refining Company
el Paso
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Weyland Brown
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