Simplon tunnel second bore pierced at Brigue
The Express notes the second tunnel through the Simplon has been completed at Brigue. Other items include British Columbian sealing totals, Zululand unfit for European habitation, a Rembrandt monument planned at Leyden, large Chinese labor presence in Rand mines, Italian postage stamps, 1903 herrings trade in England and Wales, Paris motor car smoke fines, and a claimed Colt revolver gift to President Roosevelt with a safety device.
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Simplon
Brigue
American goods find openings in Hungary ports
Consular agents in Fiume and Budapest report many promising openings for American products in Hungary. American lubricating oil would sell well at Fiume with its large shipping interests. Table oil consumption is high in the district and American cotton seed oil is indispensable.
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Fiume
Budapest
Hungary
Plan to house poor children expands in England unions
The plan to keep children of the poor out of pauperizing institutions gains traction in England with 128 unions maintaining such care. The London county area reports 72 cents per capita spent for the half year on poor relief.
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England
County of
London
Diver Confirms Proximity To Florencia Wreck Treasure
James Gush, famed West of Scotland diver, began work at the Florencia wreck site off Scotland. Within hours he found sword blades as proof that divers were near the treasure ship from the Spanish Armada tale after the fleet’s defeat.
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James Gush
West of Scotland
Scotland
Spain
Pacific Border States Highlight at Portland Exposition
The Lewis and Clark exposition in Portland spotlights the United States western empire with California Oregon and Washington on the Pacific border. The trio spans 324000 square miles and had 2417000 people in 1900 likely rising to about 38000000 by 1905.
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Portland
Ore
United States
California
Oregon
Washington
Confederate generals 1861–65 death rate revealed in archives
From Confederate archives in the War Department the Military Secretary Major General Ainsworth presents data on field commanders. Excluding 11 nonqualifying officers, 415 generals are listed and 74 were killed or mortally wounded, about 18 percent.
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Confederacy
War Department
Ainsworth
Dominion Observatory Nears Completion in Ottawa
Ottawa reports the Dominion Astronomical Observatory nearly finished with the main telescope mounted. Astronomer W F King and staff have taken possession as observation work begins. The refracting instrument measures 19 feet 6 inches, features a 15 inch lens and up to 1500x magnification, the largest in Canada after U S giants.
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Ottawa
Dominion Astronomical Observatory
W. F. King
Canada
United States
Russian Orthodox Faith Strong in Alaska Population
In Alaska with 60 000 residents one sixth are communicants of the Russian Orthodox church. The district lists 16 parishes 38 missions and 30 schools with 740 children. Public schools total 2100 pupils in 33 schools, three times the Russian enrollments. Across Alaska 106 missions are run by various denominations and the Russian church operates 28 of them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
United States
Norwegian Captain Clears Tiomo Ship Without Sweden Label
Capt Nilsen of the Norwegian steamer Tiomo becomes the first of his countrymen to obtain a foreign clearance for his vessel. He removed Sweden from the clearance papers, leaving only Norway. The form previously read Sweden and Norway, but he erased Sweden and the document was signed accordingly.
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Nilsen
Leamer Tiomo
United States
S Wedep
Sweden
Norway
Gen. Blackmar Dead in Boise on July Sunday
Gen. W. W. Blackmar commander-in-chief of the G A R died in Boise Idaho from intestinal ne phritis. He arrived July 10 on a northwest tour and became ill. Capt. John R. King now acts as commander-in-chief until the next encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army of the Republic
Boise
Idaho
W. W. Blackmar
Boston
Grand Army
Northwest
Blackmar
Bristol
Fifteenth
Pennsylvania Cavalry
West Virginia
Five Forks
Custer
Govs, Long, Talbott
Rice
Massachusetts
Baltimore
John R. King
King
Maryland
Virginia
Washington
Equitable Expose Prompts Reform and Resignations
Testimony from Equitable Life executives reveals graft and financial irregularities far beyond prior reports. Actions followed: Odell calls for remedial laws, Depew urged to resign from the board, and Yale faculty press for Depew’s removal from Yale Corporation amid the scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Hendricks
Equitable
Odell
Republican Party
Wall Street
Chauncey M. Depew
United States
Europe
Grover Cleveland
Depew
Paris
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Yale Corporation
Equitable Life Society
New Haven Register
Witte Named Russian Chief Peace Plenipotentiary
Emperor Nicholas signs the appointment of M. Witte president of the committee of ministers to head Russia's peace mission. Witte gains plenary powers and will sail aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse from Cherbourg July 26. Muraviief resigns as chief plenipotentiary, likely to be replaced by Witte.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
M. Witte
Committee of Ministers
United States
Washington
Ing. M. Witte
Cherbourg
M. Muraviei
Japan
Czar Guard Plotted Castle Bombing in Moscow Region
Private letters reveal a plan to blow up the Ilinskoye castle near Moscow where the czar and imperial family planned a brief stay. A subterranean passage to a cellar with 250 pounds of dynamite was reported. In Moscow, Maj. Gen. Count Shouvaloff, police prefect, was assassinated while receiving petitions.
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Vienna
St. Petersburg
Ilinskoye
Moscow
Count Shouvaloff
Ministry of the Interior
Lodz
Warsaw
Odessa
Caucasian
Tiflis
Baku
Batoum
Railroads Lose Penalty Case Against Major Lines
Madison court finds state can recover 10 000 from Chicago and Northwestern Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha and Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie for falsified 1902 gross earnings reports. Further penalties possible for 1908 and other lines. total penalties may reach 160 000 with broader earnings misstatements. Railways plan to appeal.
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Milwaukee
Herald
Madison
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Green Bay & Western
Chicago, Burlington& Quincy
Illinois Central
Riot in San Juan Hill Leaves City Alarmed
In New York’s San Juan Hill district, a night of race violence drew 250 police to quell clashes after a white man was arrested for attacking a Black man. By dawn, seven whites and two Black individuals were treated for injuries, with multiple arrests of both races.
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New York
San Juan Hill
Amsterdam
West End Avenues
Edward Connelly
Henry Williams
Connely
Roof Collapse Kills Women and Children in Fermo
In Fermo Italy on Sunday the chapel roof of the women's hospital fell during Mass killing 16 women and 50 children and injuring many more. Rescue work followed as stones struck near the high altar and the wall collapsed trapping victims. Twelve girls escaped unharmed as the town mourns for the district's prominent families.
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Italy
Fermo
Women's Hospital
Miners Perish In Welsh Pit Disaster At Watts Town
Cardiff July 12 an explosion of fire damp in No 2 pit of the United National Colliery at Watts Town Rhondda Valley believed to have killed 120 men. Sixty eight bodies recovered and No 1 shaft normally connected. Rescue work hindered by foul air and collapsing earth while earlier efforts struggled to reach entombed workers. In Chicago meanwhile the city directory lists 2 928 pages and about 2 273 000 residents with 31 000 more names since last year.
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Cardiff
Wales
United National Colliery Company
Wattstown
Rhondda
No.1
No. 2
No. 1
South Wales
Chicago
Private Yellow Springs bank fails in Oho shock
Springfield Ohio July 14 The Citizens bank of Yellow Springs a private institution failed to open its doors causing great town wide disruption depositors are owed between forty thousand and fifty thousand dollars owners include president J F Stewart cashier S Puckett and L W Puckett the village and church funds nearly all deposits and lodge funds were affected. Charleston S C July 13 creditors meet in response to bankrupt Independent Cotton Oil company with July 26 meeting set in Darlington liabilities now estimated at eight hundred thousand dollars assets include mills and sinneries possibly worth less than one third of liabilities.
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Springfield
Citizens’ Bank of
Yellow Springs
J. F. Stewart
Tragic Street Shooting Leaves 18 Month Old Dead in St Louis
In front of 2702 Lucas Avenue a child known as Bessie Garnes aged 18 months was shot and killed Sunday while her mother Mary Carder aged 30 is under arrest. The shooting followed family feuding and took place with Carder strapped to a cot at the police station amid an agitated scene. Carder’s three young children were nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Bessie Garnes
Lucas Avenue
Mary Carder
Train collision injures and kills near Steager Illinois
A Chicago and Eastern Illinois passenger train departing St. Louis at 11 30 p m Thursday collided with a suburban train at Steiger Illinois about 30 miles from Chicago. The fireman on the St. Louis train was killed the engineer seriously hurt and several passengers injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago & Eastern
St. Louis
Steiger
Packing House of Columbus Packing Co Burns Down
Fire destroyed the Columbus Packing company plant on the South side Sunday. Frank Schmitt, president, estimates the loss at 1850000 with 65000 insurance. The fire wiped out 50000 worth of salted meats stored in the facility.
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Columbus
Columbus Packing Company
Frank Schmitt
Congress to Meet in Extraordinary Session on Railway Rates
Walter Wellman reports that Congress will be convened in extraordinary session on November 10 to consider railway rate legislation. President Roosevelt has fixed and final this decision.
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Congress
Chicago
Walter Wellman
Record-Herald
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Statehood delegates press immediate admission for Oklahoma
One thousand delegates at the statehood convention adopted resolutions calling for immediate admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Separate item reports a Schloss-Sheffield paymaster robbery in Birmingham where $6,000 was taken. a highwayman killed, other escaped, money recovered. Also notes Senator Henderson's grave condition with little chance of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Birmingham
Ala
Schloss-Sheffield
Littleton
Standard Oil Assessment Raised in Kansas City
Kansas City July 17 county assessors raised the Standard Oil company assessment from 70000 to 1100000, reflecting a sharp tax increase for the firm. The move signals a major shift in local taxation and could impact future rate structures for related entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Standard Oil Company
Lightning Strikes In Boston Area Killing New York Woman
Two severe thunderstorms swept Boston area on Friday night with lightning striking about 20 locations. In West Medford a New York resident, Mrs Clemant Paternaude, was found dead near a stone wall and is believed to have been struck by lightning.
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Boston
West Medford
Clemant Paternaude
New York
Battleship Kniaz Potemkin Surrendered Crew Shot
London reports from Kustenji Rousmania that a Kniaz Potemkin sailor says 30 members of the surrendered battleship crew have been shot.
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London
Chronicle
Kustenji
Rousmania
Kniaz Potemkin
Youth Kills Father Then Surrenders in Caseyville
Albert Wild aged 20 fired three loads from a repeating shotgun into his father’s head and body in Caseyville Alabama then surrendered to authorities He says he acted in defense of his mother claiming his father tried to kill her and he intervened in her defense
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Caseyville
Albert Wild
Lynching of man who attacked woman reported near Golinda
In Waco Texas on July 15 a mob of about 500 men lynched a Black man who had assaulted Mrs. Benjamin Roberts near Golinda on Tuesday, reflecting violent mob justice in the area.
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Waco
Tex
Benjamin Roberts
Golinda
National Sheriffs to Meet in St Paul August 8
The National Association of Sheriffs will convene in St Paul Minnesota on August 8 for a three day session. A featured entertainment program will include the hanging of two murderers Gottschalk and Williams.
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Sheriffs
St. Paul, Minn
National Association of Sheriffs
Gottschalk
Williams
Root Faces Broad International Burden Aimed at Expansion
Secretary Root confronts issues in the Orient Morocco Venezuela and the Dominican Republic as he extends Hay era policy and promises a strenuous tenure of office in Washington.
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Root
Washington
Orient
Morocco
Venezuela
Domingo
Hay
Farmer Sacrifices Self to Save Family in House Fire
Samuel E. Howard, a young farmer near Shambaugh in Page County, saved his wife and two month old child from a blaze that consumed their home. He reentered the house for valuables and was burned to death.
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Des Moines
Samuel E. Howard
Shambaugh
Page County
Paris Accepts Franklin Statue Gift From Harjes
The Paris municipal council agreed to receive a Benjamin Franklin statue donated by American banker John H. Harjes. The statue will be placed at the end of Rue de Franklin and dedication is planned in the near future.
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Franklin
Paris
John H. Harjes
Benjamin Franklin
de Franklin
Train detective killed by outlaws near Cedarvale
Kansas City detective C S Galhoon of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe was shot dead near Cedarvale Kansas by two outlaws. The outlaws were later killed or fatally wounded by a citizen posse at Hewins seven miles from Cedarvale near the Oklahoma line. Ed Madigan of Ponca City Oklahoma died instantly. William Chadburn of Winfield Kansas was fatally wounded.
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Winfield
Kan
C. S. Galhoon
Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Cedarvale
Hewins
Oklahoma State Line
Ed Madigan
Ponca City
Okla
William Chadburn
Outlaw Chadburn Dies of Wounds After Cedarville Shootout
William Chadburn, who killed railway detective D F Calhoun at Cedarville, died in Sedan county jail after six wounds from a posse pursuit. Ed Madigan, Chadburn's partner, was killed instantly during the confrontation.
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Sedan
Kan
William Chadburn
Hewins
D. F. Calhoun
Cedarville
Chadburn
Ed, Madigan
Three Drowned in Willand Pond Boat Tragedy
Dover news reports three mill workers two men and a woman drowned in a boating accident at Wil land's pond on Sunday night. A second item from Wilkesbarre says President John Mitchell of the Mine Workers' union reportedly lost his entire savings of $2,000 due to a local bank failure in Spring Valley Jr.
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Dover
N. H
Willand's Pond
Mitchell
Wilkesbarre
John Mitchell
Mine Workers’ Union
Spring Valley, Jr
Conscience Fund Reaches 400000 Mark
A Washington report notes a Thursday contribution to the conscience fund pushes the total beyond 400000 dollars. The fund, started in 1811, supports the U.S. treasury.
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Conscience Fund
Washington
United States
Treasury
Mayflower Compact Recalled In Student Answer
A Hartford school student’s exam response to the question what was the Mayflower compact? misstates history by saying the Mayflower carried all passengers after the Speedwell sank. The Times of New York quoted the humorous line describing the Speedwell’s fate and the Mayflower packing all aboard.
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Hartford
England
N. Y
Two Years of Agony Cured by Cuticura Products
A sister suffered for two years from a spreading skin condition with scabs and oozing pain. After trying several doctors, Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cured her completely without fear or blemish, according to Lillie Chase Walker of Tremont Street Woodfords Maine.
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Lillie Chase Walker
Tremont St
Woodfords, Me
Nature's Constant Beauty Inspires Seasonal Views
A Chicago Tribune observation notes that apple blossoms hold timeless color and pattern, suggesting Mother Nature remains constant while styles shift around her.
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Chicago Tribune
Foot Ease patent owner wins New York injunction
Allen N Y inventor Allen Olmsted of Le Roy secures injunction in the New York Supreme Court to stop imitators from selling foot powder resembling Foot Ease. The move is praised as a stand against trade deception amid aggressive advertising and brand copying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen MS. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Olmsted
Mr. Olmsted
Supreme Court of
New York State
Allen
United States
Buccaneers of Trade
Excursion Fares From Chicago to Buffalo Detroit and More
Advertises round trip rail prices from Chicago with dates for Buffalo Detroit and Philadelphia trips. Buffalo $12.25July 8 9 10 Detroit $6.50August 14 15 Philadelphia $19.00September 15 16 17 Liberal limits and stopovers. details at city ticket office corner Clarly St and Jackson Blvd Chicago telephone Harrison 1757. An unrelated note comments on a medical campaign and anemia among tramps in Porto Rico.
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Buffalo
Detroit
Philadelphia
City
Clarly St
Jackson Blvd
Chicago
Harrison
Woman Credits Doan's Kidney Pills for Relief
Mrs. John LaRue of 115 Paterson Avenue Paterson New Jersey describes nine years of kidney trouble including back pain headaches dizziness and nose bleeds. After using Doan's Kidney Pills she reports the stinging back pain and blood rushes to the head disappeared and she continued treatment. Pills sell for 50 cents a box from all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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John LaRue
Paterson Avenue
Paterson
N. J
Tyas
Doan
Fosters Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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