Smith Reprimanded for War Crimes Comment in Samar
Secretary Root and President Roosevelt review Gen Jacob H. Smith’s court martial. Smith was found guilty of precluding prisoners and ordered admonished, then retired at age 62. The letters defend officers’ conduct in the Philippine campaign and cite Washington precedents and harsh measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Root
Oyster Bay
Jacob H. Smith
Manila
Waller
Gen. Smith
Roosevelt
Smith
White House
Philippine Islands
Maj. Waller
Theodore Roosevelt
War Department
Samar
Secretaries recommendation to retire General Smith from active service
In a formal recommendation Elihu Root the Secretary of War states General Smith has failed to control transgressions and warrants the mild sentence already imposed. Root notes Smith’s long faithful service brave conduct in battle wounds suffered in the Civil War and Spanish American War and argues his usefulness has ended due to age over 62 and infirmities urging retirement from active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Geronimo Not Wanted for Tracey Hunt
War department officials in Washington report no request from Apache chief Geronimo to hunt outlaw Tracey. They recall Geronimo’s past $1,000,000 cost to the government and fear he could ally with Tracey. Geronimo remains a prisoner of war under military jurisdiction and active permission is unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
War Department
Geronimo
Tracey
West
Earl P Mason to Load Canadian Coal From Fall River
Providence reports the three masted schooner Earl P Mason under Captain W T Blake will sail to Parrsboro Nova Scotia to load coal for Portland due to Atlantic coast business slump from the anthracite strike. The Grand Lake formerly of Werley line left for New York with a Kingston Jamaica banana cargo spoiled by delays. twelve thousand stems will be discarded at sea.
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Providence
R. I
Earl P. Mason
W. T. Blake
Fall River
Parrsboro
N. S
Portland
Grand Lake
Werley Line
New York
Kingston
Jamaica
Minnesota Storm Wreaks Widespread Damage Across Regions
Telegraph lines to the Red River Valley remain cut as Grand Forks reports a broad storm scale. No towns confirmed destroyed and no fatalities, though injuries are feared. The storm began near Devil's Lake North Dakota and swept into Minnesota then down the Mississippi into Iowa.
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St. Paul
Minn
Red River Valley
Grand Forks
Devil's Lake
North Dakota
Red River
Minnesota
Mississippi River
Lowa
Olympian Games Delegates Arrive in Berlin for 1904
The Olympian games delegates Judge John B Payne Laverne W Noyes and Henry J Furb er of Chicago reach Berlin on July 16 to seek Emperor William s support for Chicago 1904 contests. They carry letters from President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay. Ambassador White will present their arrival to the foreign office.
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Berlin
John B. Payne
Laverne W. Noyes
Henry J. Furber
J Jr
Chicago
Empeor William
Cheago
Norwegian
Roosevelt
Hay
Ambassador White
Foreign Office
Roosevelt Hosts Wrenn at Sagamore Hill for Tennis Meet
President Roosevelt entertains Robert D. Wrenn at Sagamore Hill. Wrenn plans an international tennis tournament to be held at Bay Ridge Brooklyn on August 6 7 and 8 and has invited the President who will likely attend. Owen Wister of Philadelphia was expected but cancelled by telegraph.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Robert D. Wrenn
Troop A
The
Rough Riders
Wrenn
Bay Ridge
Brooklyn
Owen Wister
Philadelphia
Epidemic of Cholera Strikes Beijing Court Lowers Hope
In Pekin on July 16 reports note several deaths from cholera in the forbidden city. The Dowager Empress is alarmed and the court physician is kept busy with remedies. Cases rise among Chinese soldiers near Beijing and at Pao-Ting-Fu as the epidemic spreads inland from the coast.
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Pekin
Forbidden City
Pao-Ting- Fu
Mrs. Patterson Dies in Denver at Nervous Prostration
Mrs. Thomas M. Patterson wife of United States Senator Patterson of Colorado died this evening in Denver after a period of nervous prostration. Her death ends a noted political family link in Colorado society and national circles.
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Denver
Col
Thomas M. Patterson
United States
Patterson
Colorado
To Rent Three and Five Room Tenements Highlands Centralville
Housing notices list several 3 room tenements on the Highlands near Westford street and Centralville near the mills, all well maintained with rents from 5.50 to 7.00 dollars. A five room freshly papered unit is offered at 6.50 or 7.00 dollars. Also advertised is a Highlands residence with steam heat and modern improvements at 25.00 dollars. Contact H. Elliott at 64 Central St.
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Highlands
Westford Street
Centralville
Mills
H. Elliott
Central St
Cure Claimed for Leg Sore by Dean's Ointment
W Lenhart of Bowling Green reports a severe running itching leg sore that caused great torture. After using Dean's Ointment the burning and itching pains disappeared and a permanent cure was achieved.
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Dean
W. Lenhart
Bowling Green
Venice Destruction Fears As Subsoil Fails
New York dispatch reports Venice faces ruin as subsoil shrinks and piles rot. City architect Prof Wagner warns most of Venice may collapse. he favors restoring Sansovino loggia but not the tower. City votes 500000 lire to rebuild Campanile and loggia. Monday collapse caused about 4 million lire in damage.
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New York
Venice
Wagner
Sansovino
St. Mark’s
Sansevino Loggia
Doctor Browning Awarded In Maze Estate Case
In the orphan's court of Pittsburg, a ruling awarded Dr. W. O Browning of Philadelphia $29,239.25 against the estate of late State Senator Chris E. Maze for professional services. Browning had claimed $350,000 with about $200,000 for profits from investments the senator allegedly made for him.
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Pittsburg
Orphans’ Court
W. O Browning
Philadelphia
Chris E. Maze
Wedding and Garden Engraving in Merrimack Street Ad
A Courier-Citizen notice promotes fine engraved work for calling cards wedding invitations and announcements at reasonable prices. Samples are available on Merrimack street offering various styles and stock quality for high grade work.
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Courier- Citizen Co
Merrimack Street
Prices Current Lowell Market July 18 1902
Commercial price list from Lowell retailers includes figures furnished by Munn & Co. grocers J B Cover Co flour grain D W Horne Co coal Killpartrick Bros fruit F B E Putnam 15 Prescott Street fish provisions and vegetables. Local courier subscription promotion included.
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Munn & Co
J. B. Cover & Co
D. W. Horne & Co
Killpartrick Bros
F. BE. Putnam
Prescott Street
Ava
Rio
Stern Tobacco
Japan
Turkey
Lehigh
Franklin
Steve Franklin
Cumberland
Id.s
Double tragedy of Bourne and Graham girl elopement ends in death
In Pawtucket Rhode Island on July 16 Daniel G Bourne 38 a driver for Thurber died after taking laudanum in a woods near the state line with Annie Graham 17 of Central Falls. The lovers had left families and home after eloping Friday spending nights in Attleboro Crescent Park and Oak Grove cemetery. The girl survived and is recovering while Bourne left note books describing their love and intent to die together. Bourne's wife and child face destitution.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Daniel G. Bourne
Bourne
Hamilton Street
Charles EB. Thurber
Annie Graham
Jenks Street
Central Falls
Darlington
Attleboro
Crescent Park
Dan
Smuggling Bust by Denver Women in Silk Goods
San Francisco officials seized eight large trunks aboard an Oriental steamer returning from Japan and China containing Japanese silks and curiosities valued at $8000. The travelers were Mrs. C Boettcher and Miss N McMurtrie, both denying dutiable items and hoping to meet an inspector likely to pass the trunks without examination.
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San Francisco
Denver
Japan
China
C. Boettcher
N. McMurtrie
Great Eater Dead. Belgium Mourns Legendary Feaster
The country mourns the death of its champion eater. An extraordinary man, he once struck a dinner deal with a hotel keeper, paying a fixed sum for unlimited food and feasting on two stewed rabbits and a calf head. He ate sixty nine eggs in one hour for a wager but died, with doctors citing indigestion and friends blaming a single egg.
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Belgium
Development of table manners through history
A French writer on the history of table customs notes that early humans ate with their fingers from creation to the seventeenth century. He laments that the sentiment for neatness, guiding use of utensils and dishes, took time to mature and evolve.
Taft Final Note Points to Manila Talks on Philippine Friars
Secretary Root reports to Taft that Vatican must agree to measures guiding friars in the Philippines and outlines a plan for a Manila negotiation with an apostolic delegate. Taft will resume his journey to Manila in a week, conditionally continuing talks if the Vatican accepts terms on friars lands and withdrawal.
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Rome
Major Porter
Cardinal Rampolla
Taft
Philippine Islands
Root
Io See
Vatican
Holy See
Washington
Philippines
United States
Rampolia
Manila
Philippine
Roct
Rampolla
Gov. Taft
Italy
Oyster Bay
Presbyterian Revision of Confession of Faith
Dr William Charles Roberts, president of Central University Danville Ky, chaired the Presbyterian General Assembly committee revising the Confession of Faith. The panel, after two years, aims to adjust explanations rather than core doctrine, addressing infant salvation and eliminating terms like elect infants.
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William Charles Roberts
Central University of
Danville
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Roberts
Charles A. Briggs
England
Church of the North of Ireland
Episcopalians
Milwaukee Sentinel
Royalty on Horseback and a Hebrew Inscription Mix Up
The article notes European sovereigns and their riding ability with the British princes as expert horsemen while others like the German emperor and Nicholas are less skilled. It also recounts artist John H. Sargent telling of a Hebrew inscription mishap for a Boston library fresco, where "I am thy God" read incorrectly as "Thou art shalt not" until corrected.
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Europe
Nicholas
Sweden
Greece
Denmark
Portugal
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Alexander of
Servia
Emperor of
Austria
John 8. Sargent
Boston
Fragmented ad text for a historic laxative remedy
Partial OCR shows a line about Laxative Bromo Quinine with incomplete wording. The readable portion references a remedy and brand phrasing but lacks clear actions, dates, or entities.
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General Smith
Fort Phil Kearney
Balanaiga
Connell
Sherman
Minnesota Storm
William
Sen. Patterson
Johann, Hoff
Johann Hoff
Lowell
Courier
Daniel Bourne
Graham Girl
Gov. Tafts
Presbyterian Revision
Royalty
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