Vast Claims and Odd Facts From The Express
Reading through Washington reports and world notes, The Express highlights literacy gaps in Russia and Germany, a 22 year old policeman in DC, czar’s stock in major railways, ancient butter found in an Irish bog, the Duke of Sutherland as a vast landowner, railway miles comparisons among European countries, China’s edict on rimmed spectacles and tan shoes, Persia’s cotton imports from England, and Beirut Cyprus trade opportunities for American agricultural machinery.
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China
Department of Commerce and Labor
Persia
England
Beirut
Syria
Rayndal
State Department
Cyprus
World railways sparse data highlight U S dominance in tracks
The article notes global main track mileage totals 550000 miles with the United States holding about 214000 miles, Europe at 180000, Germany 33000, and the United Kingdom 22000 miles, underscoring U S lead in railway extent.
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United States
Europe
German Empire
England
United Kingdom
Earthquakes in Kangara and Rampur Death Toll Estimated
Dispatches from India report about 13 000 deaths from the Kangara and Rampur earthquakes. The catastrophe ranks among modern history's great quakes, with Lisbon’s November 1 1775 disaster cited as a benchmark in destruction and loss of life.
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India
Kangara
Parampur
Lisbon
Roentgen Declines Berlin X ray Anniversary Attendance
Prof Roentgen the discoverer of the X ray is praised for modesty but he declined to attend an international congress in Berlin marking ten years since his discovery. He telegraphed his regrets rather than facing the crowd gathered to honor his work.
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Roentgen
Berlin
Yuba River Power Powers Wide Range of Use
The Yuba river supplies electric power for mining machinery gold dredges and city lighting for 20 towns. It runs street railways pumps irrigation and reclamation power for rail shops mills and factories and even prints Oakland daily papers. College presidents warn modern students risk frittering time away in trivial pleasures and unfamiliar life temptations.
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Yuba
Navy Yard
Oakland
Yuba River
U.S. Goods Dominate Guatemala Imports Despite Hard Times
From Guatemala City Consul Winslow reports the United States retains a strong share of Guatemala’s imports amid general declines. He notes large cargoes of groceries, potatoes, shoes, dry goods, and clothing flow from the United States while Germany and England trail in machinery and other goods.
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Winslow
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Central America
United States
Trchinery
Washington Chosen for Russo Japanese Peace Conference
Washington selected as the meeting site for plenipotentiaries from Russia and Japan to negotiate a peace treaty amid Roosevelt mediated efforts. Officials note possible adjournment to a northern summer resort if heat proves uncomfortable and that conference timing may slip to August or September with armistice terms still under discussion.
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Washington
America
Russia
Japan
Far East
Roosevelt
Loeb
White House
Chefoo
Paris
Hague
Manchuria
Tokio
St. Petersburg
Linovitch
Oyama
General Wagner Dies Suddenly in North Carolina
Washington mourns General Arthur L. Wagner United States Army who died in Asheville North Carolina on Saturday from tuberculosis contracted during his service in the Philippines. He had just been promoted from colonel with his commission signed a few hours before death. Born in Illinois in 1853.
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Washington
Arthur L. Wagner
Asheville
N. C
Philippines
Harriott A Hart Burns Near Detour Michigan
The Harriott A Hart passenger steamer bound from Lake Steamer Burns to Detour Michigan caught fire Thursday afternoon a few miles from Detour. Valued at 27000 dollars and owned by Green Bay Transportation company of Green Bay Wisconsin, the vessel is a total loss. Captain Joseph Corrigan commanded the ship with seven passengers onboard who were rescued by the steamer Juniata and brought to Mackinac.
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Mackinac
Mich
Harriett A. Hart
Detour
Green Bay Transportation Company
Green Bay
Wis
Joseph Corrigan
Juniata
Indiana Man Named to Interior Post After Miller Resigns
Washington June 17 Assistant Secretary Melville W Miller of the interior resigns and President accepts. In succession to Miller the president appoints Jesse Wilson of Indiana to the vacant position.
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Indiana
Washington
Melville W. Miller
Department of the Interior
Miller
Jesse Wilson
Two Young Men Executed in Canyon City Hanging
Frederick Arnold aged 20 and Newton Andrews aged 21 were hanged in Canyon City Colorado for a crime described in the report. The executions occurred on a Friday following their conviction.
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Canyon City
Col
Frederick Arnold
Newton Andrews
Aimee Enttettiac
Danat
Chicago grand jury probes epic industrial corruption scare
State's Attorney John J. Healy warned of a startling Chicago scandal as the grand jury investigates industrial corruption. Testimony from John Driscoll revealed payments to hired assassins and conspiracies to bully employers. Subpoenas issued to 20 prominent figures.
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Chicago
John J. Healy
John ©. Driscoll
Cornelius P. Shea
Teamster’ Union
Stock Yards
Shea
Indianapolis
Grand Jury
John C. Driscoll
Clarence S. Darrow
Driscoll
Darrow
Resignation of Grand Duke Alexis and Avellan in Russia
In St Petersburg on June 16 Grand Duke Alexis the high admiral and Admiral Avellan head of the Russian admiralty resigned. An imperial rescript relieved Alexis of navy direction he had held since Alexander III era. The move follows Sea of Japan disaster amid long standing criticism of marine management and corruption rumors.
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St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Alexis
Avellan
Alexander III
Russia
Sea of Japan
Grand Duke Alexis
Marine Department
Department
Tragic multiple murder suicide reported near Dubuque
Dubuque Iowa region reports Mrs Paul Klass killed her four children with a butcher knife and then killed herself at a home near Wieler Wisconsin eight miles east of Dubuque. Children ranged from baby to six years old.
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Dubuque
Paul Klass
Wieler
Wis
Franco German talks advance plan for international conference
Paris reports a semi official account of the Rouvier Radolin meeting. The German ambassador urged France to accept in principle an international conference while details would follow. Rouvier asked to learn Germany's aims and the conference scope before responding and Berlin's instructions clarified the plan to avoid threatening French prestige in Morocco.
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Paris
Rouvier
Prince Radolin
France
Germany
Berlin
Prince von Radolin
Motocco
Trains Meet on a Curve in Baltimore Wreck
Twenty five railroad employees were killed and many injured when Western Maryland No 5 collided with an eastbound extra freight on a sharp curve near Patapsco station. The wreck occurred as crews who had repaired recent damage returned home, with coaches packed for Sunday travel.
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Baltimore
Western Maryland
Mount Hope
Patapsco Station
Westminster
Maryland
Patapsco River
Gomez Dies After Long Illness in Havana
General Maximo Gomez died at six o'clock Saturday night in Havana after a lengthy hand infection with gangrene. He endured a hard fight and will receive a funeral with national honors. He had surgery in May in Santiago and regained enough to return home on June 7 before declining.
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Havana
Cuba
Maximo Gomez
Gomez
Santiago
Mother's awful deed in Tucumcari tragedy
Mrs. George Campbell, wife of a ranchman near Tucumcari New Mexico, became insane on Wednesday and pursued her husband with a rifle. She killed her five children and then killed herself.
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Tucumcari, N. Mex
Tucumcari
N. Mex
George Campbell
Here
Indictments Filed Against Walter Juntgen in Bank Dynamite Case
Five indictments were returned by a grand jury in Paris Illinois charging Walter W Juntgen with dynamiting the Holgar County National Bank. Bond set at $30,000. Juntgen offered no statement. In Madison Wisconsin Gov La Follette signed the railroad rate commission bill to take effect immediately and name its three members soon, a key reform from his campaign.
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Paris
Ill
Walter W. Juntgen
Holgar County National Bank
Gond
Juntgen
Madison
Wis
la Follette
Railroad Rate Commission
Three Drownings, Fatal Tragedies Reported Across States
The day brings a series of deadly incidents. In Illinois at Priest ers park lake two unknown men fell from a rowboat and drowned before a crowd. Colorado youths Carl Drennan and Carl Phoenix were struck by a train four miles west of Las Animas while sleeping beside the tracks. Missouri results include three men killed after a quarrel near Poplar Bluff along the Dan river. In California, R E S De Smitt surrendered to federal authorities after an indictment for sealing business violations and was bailed. Montana ferry crossing near Judith ends with two drownings as boat capsizes.
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Belleville
Priesters’ Park Lake
Las Animas
Col
Carl Drennan
Joplin
Carl Phoenix
Cherryvale
Kan
Here
Poplar Bluff
Dan River
Charles Booth
Charles Vanderpool
Cleveland Parrett
San Francisco
R. E.S. de Smitt
Federal Grand Jury
United States Marshal's
Great Falls
Mont
Missouri River
Judith
Pirates Massacre Report From Kamchatka Coast
A letter from Petropavlovsk on Kamchatka warns of pirates who killed and mutilated about 150 natives at a coastal settlement. The marauders arrived in a vessel, feigned friendship, landed, looted huts, then fled. identities remain unknown.
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Siberian
San Francisco
Petropavloevski
Kamchatka
Morogravleneff
Petropavlovski
Morogravlenos
Secretary Hay Returns From Europe
Secretary of State John Hay arrived from Europe on the Baltic and appeared improved but not fully well He declined to discuss peace in the far east and said he did not plan to leave the cabinet Caterpillars damage reported across eastern and southeastern Texas harming fruit trees corn and truck gardens with extensive field impact
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New York
John Hay
Europe
Baltic
Hay
Far East
Houston
Texas
Strike End Imminent Says Chicago Labor Federation
Chicago leaders predict the sustained strike will wrap up before week’s end as steps to settlement proceed under the Chicago Federation of Labor. The forecast follows ongoing negotiations and urged talks to conclude the labor dispute quickly.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Treasury warrant for Roosevelt two months extra pay
Washington June 16 The treasury dept issues a warrant for 583 dollars to President Roosevelt as two months extra pay for Spanish War officers under the 1899 act. Three tramps killed in wreck El Paso June 16 Three unknown tramps were mangled and Mail Clerk Herbert of Tucson was badly injured in a Southern Pacific passenger train wreck near Tucson.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Roosevelt
Congress
el Paso
Tex
Herbert
Tucson
Ariz
Southern Pacific
Sweet Singer from Ohio Snores Through Drummen Night
Representative Kyle of Ohio, famed for a high tenor, slept undisturbed in room 16 at a country hotel. Drummers sitting up for the night complained of loud snoring and a sleepless dawn, while Kyle claimed a great night’s rest from bedtime to breakfast.
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Kyle
Ohio
Washington
Andloid
Trine
Reaver
Saved Child's Life From Dropsy After Dodd's Pills
In Sedgwick Arkansas W S Taylor reports his son suffered severe swelling and could not walk. After treating with Dodd's Kidney Pills for eight days he improved, receiving thirty five pills in total and was cured enabling him to run dance and sing. The account is noted by the Washington Star.
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Sedgwick
Ark
W. S. Taylor
Dodd
Special Low Rates to North East Association Meet
Promotional travel note for the N E A meeting in Asbury Park New Jersey July 3 to 7 via Nickel Plate Road with long return limits and stopovers at Chautauqua Lake Niagara Falls and New York City. Provides agent contact J Y Calahan General Agent 111 Adams St Chicago Illinois and cites testimonial quotes from Mrs Thos Robbins Norwich New York February 17 1900.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Nickel Plate Road
Chautauqua Lake
N. Y
Niagara Falls
New York City
J. Y. Calahan
Adams St
Chicago, Ill
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promoted as Female Cure
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for women's ailments. It claims to cure ovarian troubles, uterine disorders, nerve and digestive issues, and general debility, promising relief and confidentiality with Mrs. Pinkham.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhas
Lynn
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