US to Tolerate No Interference in Hawaii by Japan
A Washington dispatch says the administration will land Marines and hoist the American flag in Hawaii if Japan interferes, with or without the annexation treaty ratified. Rear Admiral Beardslee to command a prepared force, three ships Oregon Philadelphia Marion en route, Naniwa crewed in San Francisco.
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Cubcaco
Washington
Hawaii
Japan
Senate
Beardslee
Stealher
Honolulu
Philadelphia
Marion
Naniwa
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Two Girls Drowned In Eagle Lake Boat Capsize
A sailboat with five riders capsized in high winds on Eagle Lake near Eagle Lane Indiana at 6 30 pm Monday. Bertha Yarnell 16 and Georgia Coulter 13 died. John G Coulter Eunice Munson and Will Grey survived after risky efforts to right and rescue. Miss Yarnell's body was found entangled. Miss Coulter remains missing as diver William Schemer is injured.
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Eagle Lake
Ind
Eagle Lane
Bertha
Edward F. Yarnell
Fort Wayne
Georgia
John M. Coulter
Chicago University
John G. Coulter
Chicago
Miss Yarnall
Coulter
Miss Munson
Miss Yarnell
New Pension Ruling on Rights of Line of Duty Claimants
Washington’s Assistant Secretary Davis issued July 12 a ruling reversing prior bureau rejection of line of duty pension claims. Henry Miner, a private in Company K, First Ohio Infantry, aided a teamster watering mules after guard duty and was shot while aiding a comrade. The decision holds the claimant acted within duty and governmental protection.
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Washington
Davis
Henry Miner
First Ohio Infantry
Miller
Roverses
Rain Ends Drought Threat to Kansas Corn
Heavy rains across western Kansas flooded rail lines from Dodge City to La Junta and halted travel. Central Kansas corn, once threatened with ruin, is saved and western stockmen can expect ample feed.
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Kansas
Langep
Kas
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Dodge City
la Junta
Colo
Forty Gilled and Sixty Hurt in Express Collision
An express from Delsingguer at Gjentofte hit a standing passenger, causing 40 deaths and 60 injuries. Engineer signal error and brake tower failure cited. 32 bodies recovered. 84 seriously hurt. Also reports of militia camp lightning fatality and a prominent Chicagoan crisis.
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Gjentofte
Delsingguer
Government Crop Report July Returns to Agriculture Dept
July returns to the Department of Agriculture show average conditions for crops including corn 82.0, winter wheat 81.2, spring wheat 91.2, oats 87.5, rye 95.0, tobacco 78.5, Irish potatoes 87.8. Acreage for corn UAH preliminary indicates about a 1,009,000 acre drop from last year, with gains in Illinois Missouri Kansas Nebraska Texas and some others offset by declines in Iowa Indiana Ohio Kentucky Tennessee and more. The corn condition is 9.5 points lower than last July, while wheat combined is 1.5 points higher than the prior year.
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Department of Agriculture
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UAH
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Sultan of Turkey Warned by the Powers Once More
A collective note from the powers demanding an end to disruptions in peace talks was presented to the Turkish government. It calls for the Greece Turkey frontier as mapped by embassy military attaches and shows resolve for a swift peace, but it lacks a fixed deadline or consequences if Turkey resists.
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Constantinople
Greece
Perwers
Buried in a Mine Two Hundred Feet to Be Cut
Jack Stevens is trapped in Mammoth gold mine after burial in a rock drift last Sunday. About a hundred men labor to cut through 200 feet of solid rock to reach him. At 120 feet, his hammer was reportedly heard. rescue aims to reach an air shaft and free him.
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Premix
A. T
Jack Stevens
Mammoth
Stevens
May Make Steel Cheap from Alabama Ore
A Birmingham Alabama block of steel from red hematite ore shows a first run steel production without Cuban magnetic ore or costly machinery. Mobile steel claims to be a fine grade, produced by C W Stanton, a well known grain man.
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Mopinr
Ala
Birmingham
Alabama
Mobile
C. W. Stanton
Kansas City Doctor Killed in Alleged Insult Case
Dr. A. I. Berger, a prominent Kansas City physician, was shot at 6:30 pm Friday by grocer John Schlegel. Berger died after being taken to All Saints Hospital. Schlegel claimed Berger assaulted his wife days earlier when she came to his office as a patient.
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A. TI. Berger
Kansas City
A. I. Berger
John Schlegel
Tie
All Saints Hospital
Dances Cause Teacher Complaints at Pueblo
Washington reports a vigorous army assessment of Pueblo dances in New Mexico. Inspectors found day schools disrupted as teachers faced confinement on rooftops or expulsion from the village during festivities. Officials seek security instructions for reservation teachers.
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Washington
Army
Pueblo and
Elecurilla
New Mexico
Woman identified in New York church death by own action
In New York the woman who committed death by her own action in the vestibule of the Cavalry Episcopal Church on Saturday is positively identified as Mrs. Josephine Doriat, a former lady's maid. Central American row between Costa Rica and Nicaragua worsens as boundary dispute pushes diplomacy toward possible arbitration.
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New York
Cavalry Episcopal Church
Josephine Doriat
ManaGua
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Elks Name Officers After San Francisco Lodge Debate
Meade D. Detweiler of Harrisburg was elected grand exalted ruler. The Elks resolved two major matters, disposing of Golden Gate Lodge San Francisco issues and reinstatement appeal for Alley O Myers at Cincinnati Lodge. Myers was expelled. New officers include grand leading knights Allen Birmingham Hauser Newark Foote Minneapolis, grand secretary Reynolds Saginda, grand treasurer Orris Meadvilla, grand tuler Molmea Cincinnati, grand esquire Clarke St Louis, grand inner guard Meyer Pittsburg, grand chaplain Timberlane New Albany, and trustees Fisher Jamestown Craycroft Dallas Crenk Omaha.
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Harrisburg
Minneapolis
Grand Lodge of Elks
Golden Gate Lodge
San Francisco
Alley O. Meyers
Cincinnati Lodge
Golden Gate
Allen O. Meyers
Ipa
R. MM. Allen
Birmingham
Ala
Louis Hauser
Newark
N.J
Charles M. Foote
Grand Tuler
Scott Molmea
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lew A. Clarke
St Louis
Grand Inner Guard
George A. Meyer
Pittsburg
Itey
I. D. Timberlane
New Albany
Ind
Board of Grand Trustees
Jerome B. Fisher
Jamestown
N. Y
Trauter A. Craycroft
Dallas
Tex
George B. Crenk
Omaha
Sensational Paris Tragedy Involving Four Dressmakers
Four dressmakers in Paris died by self-inflicted charcoal inhalation in a Faubourg Pereisson flat. Mme Marechal, long troubled by her husband’s madness, is believed to have instigated the act and triggered the others' pact. They dined, sang, and smoked before writing a joint vow to die deliberately.
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Paris
Orime
Marechal
Faubourg Peiosson-Rere
Mme
Destructive German Storm Kills Thirteen and Widespread Damage
Stuttgart dispatch reports a hours long hailstorm in southern Württemberg killing thirteen people and causing crop damage exceeding 34 million. The meteorological phenomenon, occurring in the hottest month, included hailstones of remarkable size and thousands of cattle deaths or injuries.
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Benis
Stuttgart
Wurtemburg
Senator Isham G Nar gis Dies in Tennessee Senate
Veteran statesman Isham G Nar gis of Tennessee died at his residence amid extreme heat. Referee Harris, less active since the Wilson Gorman tariff act, had been entrusted with shaping the bill in committee and the parliamentary work to push it through the Senate.
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Washineton
Isham G. Nargis
Tennesssee
Harris
Senate
Alabama Negroes Swindled Pension Scheme Report
Reports from the Black Belt describe a pension swindle targeting illiterate African Americans. Emissaries operate from near MaxiGoMEry, claiming Congress passed a pension law for ex slaves and their children for fees from cents to $2, drafting thousands who await pension payments.
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Alabama
Maxigomeery
Ala
Black Belt
Congress
Howly
To Call the Sultan's Bluff and Market News Mix
The report blends diplomacy notes from Constantinople with a naval alert to Crete and a series of midwestern and eastern market quotes. It lists prices for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes across Chicago Cincinnati Detroit St Louis and other markets, noting exchangeable figures and regional variations.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Ste
Bitter Fight Threatens Nationwide Miners Strike
Nearly 876000 miners are affected as a massive strike widens across the coal fields with 375000 workers in Ohio and adjacent regions. Federal court action, led by Judge Taft, orders marshals to protect mines and rails, while union leaders insist the stoppage continues until demands are met amid looming unemployment and broader industrial disruption.
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United States
Ohio
United States Circuit Court
Southern Istrict of
Eastern Division
Taft
Myron T. Herrick
Robert Blickensderfer
Wheeling and Lakerie Railway Company
Wheeling, Lake Erie and Pittsburg Coal Company
United States Marshal
Longton
Maine
Jefferson County
Ratchford
Congress
Senate
Tornado Path Demolishes Farm Structures and Wrecks Homes
A violent tornado moved from Lowry toward Robert Peacock’s farm causing extensive damage to buildings and injuring Peacock’s family and a neighbor. Nettie Peacock, a child, and Robert MacGowan were among the injured but expected to recover. The storm then struck Thomas Andrews’ house sending the family to cellar refuge before all farm buildings and a brick house were destroyed. The path continued toward Samuel Morrow’s house where a death occurred as the tornado plowed through, striking the cellar and collapsing structures along the way.
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Lowry
Star
Robert Peacock
Peacock
Nettie
Robert MacGowan
Thomas Andrews
Ingong
Samuel Morrow
Dovia
Lincoln's mother tomb memorial plans in Indiana discussed
Representatives from veterans groups and others met in Indianapolis to consider a memorial for Nancy Hanks Lincoln buried in Spencer County Indiana. An executive committee will launch a national public subscription to fund the monument and grave site upkeep. Avita Burt urged action, prompting President to ask Indiana governor Mount to consider state involvement. The grave sits on an eighty acre farm near the south edge of the county.
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Abrham Lincoln
Spencer County
Indiana
Fis
Avita Burt
Lincoln
Lincoln Farm
Sallie Ann Grigsby
Burt
Nancy Hanks
United States
Massive soft coal strike cripples 10 states and economy
Estimates show 375000 miners idle across 10 states with Ohio bearing a heavy burden. Daily losses total about 600,000 dollars in Ohio and Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Illinois see reduced output and widespread idleness. Arbitration talks in Indiana aim to end disruption, with governors coordinating to push a settlement and eight hour day plans.
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Indiana Labor Arbitration Commission
B. F. Sebid
L. P
McCormack
Organized Labor
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Indianapolis
Mount
Tornado Devastates Lowry Minn Leaving Dozens Homeless
Ten killed and several injured as a cyclone strikes Lowry Minnesota near Glenwood on the Northern Pacific line. The storm came from the southwest, hit shortly after 6 o clock, with cloud fronts seen in Duluth by 7. Every building in the village was damaged, seven homes and key structures were destroyed, and railroad tracks were damaged. The event caused widespread ruin and prompted emergency attention.
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Lowry
Minn
Duluth
Sea
Glenwood
Northern Pacific
Stewart L Woodford Named United States Minister to Spain
General Stewart L Woodford of Brooklyn is chosen by President McKinley to serve as minister to Spain amid strained Cuban relations. A long career includes New York assistant district attorney, brevet brigadier general, lieutenant governor, Congress member, and U S attorney for the southern district of New York.
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Spain
McKinley
Stewart L. Woodford
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Madrid
New York
Yale
Columbia
Js Educaes
Otis
Southern District
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