Roosevelt review at West Point marks centennial ceremony
President Roosevelt attends West Point’s hundredth anniversary events with Gen Miles and Col Mills. Cadet Titus receives a bronze medal from the President after a formal review and parade. The day includes a large reception, an evening ceremony in Memorial Hall, and remarks praising the academy’s history and military etiquette.
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Col. Mills
Mr. Roosevelt
Military Academy
Adjt
Rivers
Titus
Calvin P. Titus
West Point
Peking
Col. Treat
Congress
Roosevelt
Academy
D. E. Sickles
United States
Jors
Brooke
Corbin
Young
Frost, Tanner
Harris
National Guard
W. F. Randolph
Artillery
A. FL. B. Chadwick
Naval War
President Roosevelt
Corps of Cadets
Memorial Hall
Albert A. Michelson
University of Chicago
Phyla Akharaj Varadhara
Siam
Winslow Warren
Society of the Cincinnati
John Cadwallader
Society of the War of 1812
W. W. H. Davis
Aztec Club
Grenville M. Dodge
Army of Tennessee Association
John Lee Carroll
The
Sons of the Revolution
Walter S. Logan
Sons of the American Revolution
W. C. Church of the Army and Navy Journal
C. G. O'Keefe
William_R. Harper
Eli Torrance
A. C. Howsee
Montgomery Schuyler
George W. Co. Drexel
Mgr. County
Bailey
Wu Ting-Fang
Earth
West Point Centenary Speech Praises Alumni Valor
President Roosevelt lauds West Point graduates for centuries of service and duty. He recalls battles from Mexican War to the Philippines, urges future officers to adapt to modern warfare, and honors Col Mills Shipp and others as examples of courage and leadership.
Maine Republicans Nominate Hill at Portland Convention
The Republican State Convention renominated Gov. John F. Hill and adopted a platform calling for faithful enforcement of the prohibitory law and a direct primary law. Leslie M. Shaw addressed the gathering as secretary of the treasury, and N. P. Noble presided. The convention adjourned after electing state committeemen.
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Portland
John F. Hill
Committee of Credentials
Cleveland
Congress
Benjamin Harrison
Buffalo
John Sherman
Theodore Roosevelt
McKinley
Committee On Resolutions
Labor Comissioner Wright completes coal strike inquiry
Carroll D Wright’s investigators wrap up the coal strike study and will report to President Roosevelt in Washington. He met with Delaware Lackawanna and Western and Ontario and Western leaders and with Civic Federation officials to gather wages hours and labor conditions details.
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United States
Carroll D. Wright
Roosevelt
Washington
Wright
Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Fowler
Ontario and Western Railroad
John Markle
Delmonico
Beaver and
William Streets
Mr. Mitchel
Mitchell
J. P. Morgan & Co
Co A. Griscom
International Navigation Company
Europe
St. Louis
George W. Perkins
J. Serpont Morgan & Co
Ralph M. Easley
Civic Federation
Mr. Perkins
Militia Patrols Pawtucket as Strike Unrests Rise
Pawtucket Rhode Island declares martial law with two cavalry troops and six infantry companies on duty. The move follows ongoing conductor and motorman strike and related violence during the morning.
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Pawtucket
R. L
Dancing Masters Convene at Knickerbocker Academy Meeting
About 150 visiting masters of dancing gathered for the Normal School Association conven tion in New York. They held morning sessions at the Knickerbocker Academy with ballroom and national dances demonstrated and afternoon votes on eleven new dances by authors from New York, Ontario, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Pittsburgh was named for the next meeting and Cripple Creek offered a $5,000 gold ore bonus but received no votes. The group toured uptown halls and Chinatown with Detective Sergeant Soyer, ending with a banquet at the Hotel Imperial tonight.
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Normal School Association
Masters of Dancing
Knickerbocker Academy
East Fourteenth Street
Phe. Knickerbocker
J.E. Lavery
Rochester
N. Y
E. J. Conley
Oswego
N Y
Empire
Frank R. Fox
Toronto
Canada
George Lovely
Springfield
Mass
Yorke
P. H. Walsh
Auburm N.Y
P. H. Kelly
Holyoke
M. Frost
New York City
Olympia
J. R. Beauman
Albany
Manhattan
A. Giacoma
Thompsonville
Conn
Pittsburgh
Cripple Creek
Chinatown
Soyer
Dodon
Hotel Imperial
Woman Foils a Footpad in Bay Ridge Brooklyn
Mrs Jeremiah Collins wife of a Bay Ridge resident and Post Office worker in Manhattan was attacked by a footpad near Seventy third Street. She struggled to remove a cloth over her head but was struck and knocked to the ground before she screamed and the assailant fled.
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Jeremiah Collins
Bay Ridge
Brooklyn
Seventy-third Street
Collins
Manhattan
Mitchell Predicts Victory In Anthracite Strike
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania President Mitchell told reporters the anthracite strike is complete and they will win. He said he has little to add on the operators’ statement and noted ongoing West Virginia soft coal strike with 28 500 miners on strike. He mentioned arrests in Fairmont of six officials under an injunction and said lawyers would be hired to dissolve it.
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Europe
Washington
Spain
Cuba
West Point
San Juan
Col. Mills
Shipp
North Carolina
Mills
Haskell
West Pointer
West Pointers
National Guard
Schofield
United States Army
The
Association of Graduates
Academy
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Mitchell
West Virginia
National Labor
Virginia
Atlantic Seaboard
National Board
William Morgan
Haggerty
McKay
Springer
Noon
Poggamini
Edwards
Fairmont
Pennsylvania Steel to Seek Debt Increase for Mines Purchase
The Pennsylvania Steel Company directors called a special stockholders meeting for August 12 to approve raising indebtedness from 7 million to 14.5 million. The plan includes acquiring ore mines and furnaces at Cornwall, Lebanon County, with funding from a new issue bearing 5 percent interest. Existing debt totals 7 million across Pennsylvania Steel 5s, Maryland Steel 5s, and consolidated 6s.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Cornwall
Lebanon County
Pennsylvania Steel
Maryland Steel
Consolidated
Chicago Personal Tax Raises on Private Property Handoff
Chicago officials consider taxing personal property of insurers street railway firms bankers and brokers for the first time. Assessors favor listing cash on hand and credits forecasting about 1 million dollars in unassessed property. Banks and brokers would be taxed on credits and money held for margins when discoverable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Assessors
Olmstead Elected Coadjutor for Central New York Diocese
At the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York convention in Syracuse on June 11 the committee backed appointing a coadjutor. After a lengthy session the Rev. Dr. Charles Tyler Olmstead of New York City was elected coadjutor to assist Bishop Frederic D. Huntington, defeating an amendment to defer action.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Episcopal Diocese
New York
Huntington
Charles Andrews
George B. Sloan
Oswego
Charles Tyler Olmstead
St. Agnes’s Chapel
Trinity Parish
New York City
New York Episcopal Diocese
Frederic D. Huntington
Miners Face Prolonged Strike Amid Tense West Virginia Talks
About 700 miners and UMW officials gathered at Bramwell as coal operators boycotted attendance. The meeting lasted one hour and signaled a prolonged strike with no concessions. In Clarksburg the situation grew tense as several mines suspended operations and arrests increased amid threats. United States Marshal and deputies delivered a broad injunction barring interference with non striking miners in the Fairmont Clarksburg region.
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Huntington
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Bramwell
Norfolk and Western
Clarksburg
West Va
Enterprise
Jeriff Flemming
Joe” Bell
Orin Brown
R. F. Kearns
Monongah
Jackson
United States Court
West, Va
United States
C. D. Elliott
John J. Jackson
United States District Court
Parkersburg
Fairmont-Clarksburg
Ohio Confederate Monument to be Unveiled at Camp Chase
A grand stone arch with a bronze Confederate soldier statue will be unveiled at Camp Chase Cemetery Columbus. Gift from Col. William H. Knauss, who for thirty years honors Confederate graves on Decoration Day. Gen. John B. Gordon to speak, Judge David Pugh to present, Gov. Nash to attend. Charleston West Virginia Confederates send 100 delegates.
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Springfield
Camp Chase Cemetery
Columbus
John B. Gordon
David Pugh
Nash
Charleston
West Va
Seaside Hospital of St Johns Guild Opens for Patients
The Seaside Hospital of St Johns Guild will open for patient reception on Monday June 16. Patients will be ferried from Staten Island with a nurse and orderly aboard the 10 A M and 2 30 P M boats. Free distribution tickets for sick children of the poor are available at 501 Fifth Avenue New York City.
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St. John’s Guild
Staten Island
New York
the Guild
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Ads for J H Raynor Express Snakes and Help Wanted
J H Raynor of 110 Lee Avenue Williamsburg seeks the advertiser behind yesterday’s notices offering Indian snakes for sale and a cook. The ads also mention a blonde soubrette visitor who asked to view the snakes and prompted Raynor’s inquiry.
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J. H. Raynor
Lee Avenue
Williamsburg
India
H. Raynor
Lee Av
Brooklyn
Cook
Lee Avy
Raynor
Chancellor rejects motion to abolish coal export tax
In Parliament today the Chancellor of the Exchequer refused to consider a motion to end the coal export tax stating that coal exports in the first five months of the year were the highest on record.
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London
House of Commons
Snake Charmer Ad Sparks Tense Home Visit
An advertisement led a snake charmer to the Rayners home where Mrs. Rayner grew excited. The charmer left as a “big Fish woman” appeared seeking a cook. The visitor denounced the Raynors when not hired, and Mr Raynor suspects a displeased relative placed the ad.
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Rayner
Raynor
Cantor Orders Removal of Amsterdam Avenue Car Tracks
Borough President Cantor ordered the removal of old horse car tracks on Amsterdam Avenue between Broadway and Manhattan Street and the North River section. If tearing begins within thirty days, the city will undertake the work and bill the Forty second Street Manhattanville and St Nicholas Avenue Railroad Company.
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Amsterdam Avenue
Broadway
Manhattan Street
North River
Cantor
John Beaver
Forty-second Street
Manhattanville
Gifts to Public Library Expanded in New York Donations
The Astor Library received gifts including the Library American collection donated by Henry Baldwin of New Haven. The American wars volume set contains 1 01 0 volumes, 5 600 pamphlets and many periodicals. A second gift, 400 volumes and about 8 000 newspapers on the Panama Railroad, came from the widow of Edward Z Penfield, a railroad official.
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New York
Astor Library
Library- American
Henry Baldwin
New Haven
Conn
American Patriotic Societies
Chicago
Edward Z. Penfield
The
Roail
Bank Witness Will Go to Paris
Joseph J. O'Toole, arrested Monday night at 10 West Nineteenth Street on the complaint of Charles E. Mackey of 17 West Thirty-fifth Street, discharged by Magistrate Mayo in Jefferson Market Court after consenting to go to Paris to testify against Banque Francaise et Coloniale manager Andre Veysett in an alleged $5000 swindle.
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Joseph J. O'Toole
West Nineteenth Street
Charles E. Mackey
West Thirty-fifth Street
Paris
Mayo
Jefferson Market
Andre Veysett
Banque Francaise Et Coloniale
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Miles
Nelson A. Miles
Wien Gremme
Gen. Miles
Col
Gen
Col. ‘Treat
Army
Jonp
C. Bates
B. H. Grierson
Avelvhus
Wr. Greeley
H.S. Hawkins
Joseph C. Breckinridge
Anson Mills
Marshall I. Ludington
John Moore
Joeotrd Wood
John H. Patterson
Jarsies
M. Bell
M_ V. Sheridan
G. &. Carpenter
George M. Sternberg
Aaron S. Daggett
Root
Porter
Odell
Stickney
Vermont
Pettus
Quarles
Scott
Warren
Buick
Cannon
Capron
Gillett
Ketcham
Mondell
Parker
Sulzer
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale University
C. C. Harrison
University of Pennsylvania
John McCook
J. B. Moore
Columbia University
Whitman Bailey
Brown University
W. J. Tucker
Dartwuth College
P. C. Ricketts
Rensselaer Poltic Institute
C. J. Nancrode
University of
H. S. Pritchett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thomas M. Brown
Lehigh University
J. G. Schurman
Cornell University
T. J. Conaty
Catholic University of America
Cel. Mills
America
Ambassador Porter
France
Grant
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Sec’y Root
Orient
China
Signor Mayor Des Planehes
Manila
Imperial Russian Military College
St. Petersburg
Maine
Gov
Hill
Shaw
Messrs. Truesdale, Fowler
Markle
Labor
Oper
Via
Reading
NEW Jersey Central
Reading Terminal
Xatese
Dancing Masters’ Meeting
Apollinaris
Queen OF
TABLE
Mrs. Collins
New York Times
Bishop Huntington
C. T. Olmstead
Ohio Confederate Monument
St. John’s Guild Hospital
England
Browning Kings
Cooper Square West
Cooper Union
Bupoxius
Furrom Strese
Ann DeKass
Ava Oper
Mrs. Winslow
L. J. Callanan
Vesey
N.Y
Thoid- Stewart Co
Bradway
Erie
Dth
Jersey
Weylee
Connecticut
Mrs. Penfield
Bronx
NEW York Telephone © Co
Dey St
West 38Th St
125Th St
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