President Roosevelt's greeting to fleet before world voyage
President Roosevelt sent a telegram to Rear Admiral Sperry in San Francisco, commending the officers and men of the battleship fleet on the eve of its voyage around the world. In San Francisco the battleship Nebraska could not sail due to eight scarlet fever cases and was quarantined at Angel Island for fumigation.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sperry
San Francisco
Nebraska
Angel Island
America
Navy's big sixteen set sail from San Francisco
At noon today the Atlantic fleet of 16 battleships led by Rear Admiral Sperry's Connecticut left San Francisco setting course for the Atlantic home port. Last goodbyes were exchanged with families as the ships prepared to depart under clear Berkeley skies.
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San Francisco
Atlantic
Sperry
Connecticut
Golden Gate
Berkeley Hills
Fleet returns to Golden Gate in calm silent departure
The Pacific fleet enters San Francisco Bay in orderly columns under Admiral Sperry. The Alabama and Maine depart southward while Wisconsin and Nebraska swap into lead positions, signaling a stronger, more unified force on its world voyage. Thousands watch from hills as ships gleam fresh from the docks and slide away in quiet ceremony.
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Golden Gate
Hampton Roads
San Francisco
Adieus
Great Sea Force
South America
Robley D. Evans
Alabama
Maine
Pacific
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Sperry
Atlantic fleet sails from San Francisco in grand battleship review
The 16 U.S. Atlantic fleet battleships led by the Connecticut pass the Golden Gate and head for a five-sea voyage from San Francisco to Hampton Roads. Rear Admiral Charles Sperry commands the fleet with divisions led by Acting Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright and Rear Admiral William H. Emory.
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San Francisco
America
Atlantic
Connecticut
Charles 8. Sperry
Golden Gate
Hampton Roads
United States Navy
Sperry
Kansas
Vermont
Richard Wainwright
Georgia
Nebraska
New Jersey
Rhode Island
William H. Emory
American Pacific Fleet Sets Longest Voyage Ever Undertaken
The Second Squadron and Third Division aboard the flagship Louisiana join the Virginia Ohio and Missouri in the division under Acting Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder with the Wisconsin Illinois Kearsarge and Kentucky in the fourth division The fleet sails from Hampton Roads on the longest voyage around the world to Manila by October 1 1908 and Honolulu Aukland Sydney Manila Yokohama Amoy and Aden before returning to Hampton Roads In Honolulu residents prepare a grand reception and a belated Fourth of July celebration for the officers and men The voyage includes allied entertainments in Australia at Sidney with a half million dollar program and extensive ceremonies in Manila Yokohama and Amoy The Pacific fleet proceeds to Samoa and the Philippines with Admiral Dayton retiring August 1 and Admiral Swinburne expected to assume command.
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Louisiana
Virginia
Ohio
Missouri
Seaton Schroeder
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Nebraska
Maine
Alabama
Hampton Roads
Honolulu
New Zealand
Panther
Glacier
Culgea
Ajax
Relief
Yankton
Manila
Atlantic Coast
San Francisco Bay
Roosevelt
United States
Puget
Aukland
South America
Sidney
Australia
Government of
Melbourne
Albany
Japan
Yokohama
Amoy
China
Pacific
San Diego
Samoa
Philippines
Admiral Dayton
Pacific Fleet
Swinburne
Purdy Named for Federal Judge Seat in Minnesota
Washington July 9. The President accepted the resignation of Judge William Lochren of the U S district court Minnesota at St Paul and appointed M D Purdy assistant to the attorney general to fill the vacancy. A foggy London day causes residents to face a gas bill totaling 350000 to 75000 dollars.
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Washington, D. C
William Lochren
United States District Court For
District of Minnesota
St. Paul
M. D. Purdy
London
Arion Society Honored at White House Visit
Max Winter notes that the Brooklyn Arion society was more honored than last year’s Vienna singers during a White House visit. After their program, the president praised German songs and expressed pleasure for Arion’s future fatherland tour.
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Max Winter
Brooklyn Anion Society
White House
Vienna Singers
Brooklyn Singers
Arion
Fatherland
Draper Questions Path to Presidency in School Ideals
New York July 9 Andrew S. Draper former education commissioner opened New York University summer school urging schools to lift children from their birth class. He argued foreign systems push class mobility unlike American limits and warned about encouraging unfit pursuits. He called for industrial education and an educational re balance within 25 years.
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New York
Andrew S. Draper
New York University Summer School
United States
Draper
Gould and de Sagan wed in London registry and church
Mme Anna Gould and Prince Helie de Sagan married at Henritte Street registry office and later a French Protestant church on Soho Square. The civil ceremony was simple with few attendees while a crowd of porters and publishers watched outside. A private wedding breakfast followed at the hotel.
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London
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Helie de Sagan
Henrietta Street
Soho Squire
Registry Office
Prince Helle
Mme. Gould
Covent Garden
Prince Helie
Prince
Mrs. Bishop Linked to Home Destroyer and Missing Lover
Mrs Hazel Hambright Bishop wife of Herbert Bishop deserts her husband and two babies on May 16 and travels with Norman Rygmyr a Forest City farm hand. They reportedly split after arriving in Marshalltown and Sioux Falls now reports say the pair are under arrest charged with a statutory crime in Sioux Falls.
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Lamoille
Hazel Hambright Bishop
Herbert Bishop
Norman Rygmyr
Forest City
Earl Tomlinson
Bishops
Ryemyr
Rygmyr
Marshalltown
Sioux Falls
S. D
Supreme Court expands women voting rights in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa July 9 The Supreme Court ruled that women may vote on the erection of a new city hall and related tax questions despite bond issuance specifics. The decision interprets elections to be limited by the constitution and permits legislative regulation of such ballots. The court also upheld the consolidation of Des Moines school districts.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Italian government tests concrete barges and pontoons
Tests of reinforced concrete barges and pontoons have been conducted by the Italian government since 1597. Results are highly satisfactory, prompting more constructions. One barge houses a celebrated rowing club, another serves harbor work by towing between ports. A 150 ton craft exists, with five more under construction.
Cloudburst Hits Nebraska Ten Die in Floods
Floods across Nebraska claim ten lives including John Melson of Lincoln who drowned while saving stock. Three Amend children also drowned during a rescue attempt. Mrs Schuester of Lincoln died from exposure after rescue. John Doyle and a family from Unadilla perished in the Nemaha river incident.
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John Melson
Lincoln
Stock
Henry Amend
Schuester
John Doyle
Unadilla
Nemaha River
Record Flood Devastates Lincoln Nebraska
The Nebraska city faced its worst flood with at least 10 deaths and over 60 trains stalled. Homes and crops along the Nemaha valley suffered heavy damage and relief was requested as public aid for the homeless and affected residents began. The flood followed a cloudburst that swept the region.
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Lincoln
Neb
Marshal
Nemaha
Balloon Dipped in Lake Michigan During Flight to Port Huron
The Canadian balloon King Edward led by John Bennett with Gerald Gregory and a 15 year old crew member sank into Lake Michigan near the middle, forcing ballast throws and netting climbs before rising again. The ascent continued toward Lake Huron with a planned 150 mile leg ultimately abandoned due to safety. Gregory recalled a 6000 foot rise in six minutes before the water intrusion and a later landing about ten miles from a farm for the summer.
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Chicago
John Bennett
Gerald Gregory
Lake Michigan
Ville de Dieppe
Muller
George A. Schoenen
Illinois
Socialist Labor nominee speaks from prison cell
Carson Nevada July 9 M R Preson serving a 25 year Nevada prison term for murder and nominated by the Socialist Party in New York for president issued an interview from his cell on receipt of the nominating telegram. He said he was not surprised and would keep his name atop the ticket unless his counsel Judge O N Hilton urged withdrawal. He cannot make firm statements until notified by the New York convention and his attorney’s instructions permit.
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Carson
Nev
M. R. Preson
Nevada
Socialist Party
New York
United States
Socialistic Party
O. N. Hilton
Hilton
Court Orders Transfer of $2 Million Life Policies
Judge John Pollock in federal court ordered the property of Great Western Life Insurance Co disposed of and $2,000,000 in policies reinsured in a reliable company. A receiver was appointed May 16 upon the petition of stockholders.
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Kkansas City
John Pollock
Great Western Life Insurance Company
Record Fourth of July toll tops seventy dead
Chicago reports seventy two dead and two thousand seven hundred thirty six injured on the second day of Fourth of July celebrations nationwide. The death total exceeds last year by eighteen, while injuries run far below the five year average, suggesting calls for a calmer holiday are taking effect.
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Chicago
United States
Murder in a corn field shocks Rapid City
Frank Bright a postmaster clerk in Inlay South Dakota was found fatally shot in a corn field Sunday morning. A nearby hired man heard shots an hour earlier but delayed reporting until his wife brought dinner at 11. Authorities, including a sheriff and coroner, investigate with possible witnesses Gedfrey Randall his wife and two Indians.
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Rapid City
S. Db
Frank Bright
Postminster
Inlay
Randall
Bright
Winnie Barton
Gedfrey Randall
Five Die In Santa Ana Line Collision Near Watts
A farm wagon with eight children two men and a woman collided with an electric car on the Santa Ana line near Watts ten miles from Los Angeles. Four children and the father of two were killed. six injured including several Kuehner children. The Oller family had joined the Kuehners for the day and attempted to cross the tracks when the wagon was struck.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Ana
Watts
Joseph Oller
Joseph Oller, JR
H. Oller
Linnwood
Elsie Kuehner
Theodore Kuehner
North Vignes Sr
Peter Kuehner
Annie
Mary
Berthe Oller
Alexia Kuehner
Kuehner
Ollers
Hayashida seeks closer U S ties and says war talk is silly
Kamietaro Hayashida, special representative of the Japanese mikado, arrives in Chicago to discuss plans for a 12 million dollar Japanese parliament palace and praises American workmanship. He departs for Washington to meet President Roosevelt as projects unfold. The East River bridge piers near completion mark a fourth bridge span beside Brooklyn and Williamsburg. Blackwell’s Island bridge nears finish, slated for January handover.
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Chicago
Japan
United States
Kamietaro Hayashida
The
Mikado
House of Parliament
America
Washington
Roosevelt
East River
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
Williamsburg
Blackwell's Island
Admiral Thomas Dies Suddenly at Delmonte
Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas retired U S N aged 62 died in Del Monte California from a stroke after leaving a hotel dining room. He collapsed in the hallway while accompanied by Miss Swinburne daughter of Rear Admiral Swinburne. He had recently retired after commanding the second squadron of the Atlantic fleet and is survived by his wife, a daughter and a son who serves on the battleship Kearsage.
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Admiral Swinburne
Wast Annex
Admiral Thomas
Dr. Morton
Ere
2 Witt
Thomeas
Kearsage
Admin Thomas
Horn
Annapolis
Lad Who Killed 'Peeper' Acquitted
Raleigh July 7 The coroner's jury investigating the death of B M Stultz acquitted Turner Smith a 19 year old boy who admitted shooting Stultz because he was peeping at his young sisters while they were undressing
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Raleigh
N. C
B. M. Stultz
Turner Smith
Stultz
Buildings So High Streets Too Narrow to Handle Traffic
New York discussion considers three story streets and elevated railways as business districts rise toward 909-foot skyscrapers like Equitable Life and Singer structures. experts warn traffic would overwhelm avenues once towers fill the skyline. Benjamin G C Marsh notes traffic statistics are still being compiled and not yet reported.
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New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Singer
Metropolitan Life Structures
Benjamin GC. Marsh
Committee On
Oxford endowment tops five hundred thousand dollars
London July 7 The Oxford university endowment fund inaugurated by Lord Curzon has reached $500,000 and W W Astor has given a second donation of $50,000 promised on March 12. Mr Astor's total contribution now amounts to $100,000.
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London
Oxford University Endowment Fund
Lord Curzon
W. W. Astor
Astor
Uncle Remus author Joel Chandler Harris dies in Atlanta
Joel Chandler Harris editor of Uncle Remus magazine died at his Atlanta home after a short illness. He was 60, famed for creating the Uncle Remus stories and Negro folklore beloved by youth. President Roosevelt grieved the loss and ordered a floral tribute to Harris.
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Atlanta
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus
Mr. Harris
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Remus
White House
Forgotten word for dutiful German friend pictured
A playful note bemoans forgetting the single English word that best describes a dutiful German friend in a humorous language mix.
Count de Castellane Takes Ill Boy From Versailles
Paris reports dispute over kidnapping claims as Count Bont de Castellane transported his ill youngest son to his mother for a one month court sanctioned visit. Mme Gould’s Paris legal team dismisses kidnapping rumors and confirms plans for her marriage to Prince de La Gan, with a London ceremony soon.
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Paris
Bont de Castellane
Mme
Anna Gould
Verseilles
Mme. Gould
Prince de la Gan
London
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