Russian Navy Yards Build Cruser and Battleship Amid Stirrings
From St Petersburg comes a report of new naval construction as Russia expands its fleet with a first class cruiser Aurora and a battleship plus two ironclads under way. The piece notes impending arrests of Nihilists and analyzes exile abolition and Korea tensions with Japan, plus Mesopotamia railway pressures affecting Russia.
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New Yok Times
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Plague Spreads Across Australian Ports Amid Quarantine
Foreign dispatch reports bubonic plague reaching Sydney and other ports in Australia. Authorities quarantine large city sections, destroy filth and unwholesome dwellings, burn woodwork, and reship consignments after rat destruction drives. Despite trade disruption, city life remains active with theatres and races thriving. quarantined contacts show no infections. The plague shows higher fatalities among lower-class European and Asian communities in Sydney and Melbourne, with other regions also affected.
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Darling Harbor
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Melbourne
Australians Honoring Mafeking Defender with Gift and Visit
Australians celebrate Mafeking relief with plans to present Baden-Powell a lavish Australian leather charger and sword of honor. They invite him to visit, promise expenses, and expect Lord Roberts’ visit. Colonists express sympathy for Gen. Come and Boer War captives report kind treatment in Boer hospitals.
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NEW York Times
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Mafeking
Baden-Powell
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Victoria
Steyn
Kruger
Gen. Come
Transvaal
South Africa
Cape Town
Austrian View of End of War in South Africa
An Austrian economist argues that the South African war will end with heavy costs to Britain, benefiting Europe and Austria-Hungary through reduced gold drain, higher continental industry demand, and new trade routes via Trieste. He predicts Austrian exports rise postwar and immigration opportunities in Africa.
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South Afrrica
Biérsen Und Handelsbericht
South Africa
Europe
Austria-Hungary
Africa
Hamburg
Trieste
England
Austria
American Forestry Meeting At Columbia University
The American Forestry Association will hold its principal Summer meeting at Columbia University on June 25 and 26 in affiliation with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Noted speakers include Henry Gannett F H Newell H B Ayres J T Rothrock and James Wilson among others. An invitation is extended to all interested in conservation and management of the nation s forest resources.
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American Forestry Association
Columbia University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Henry Gannett
F. H. Newell
H.B. Ayres
United States Geological Survey
Charles W. Garfield
Michigan Forestry Commission
William B. Clark
Johns Hopkins University
B. E Fernow
New York State College of Forestry
William F. Fox
New York
Ernest Bruncken
Wisconsin State Forestry Association
J. T. Rothrock
Pennsylvania
J. W. Toumey
Henry S. Graves
George B. Sudworth
O. W. Price
F. E. Olmsted
Division of Forestry
United States Department of Agriculture
James MacNaughton
This City
Judson N. Cross
Minneapolis
Minn
Ohio
E. V. Preston
Connecticut State Forestry Association
James Wilson
Havana's Public Parks Improve Under American Occupation
Alma Hickok Aultman reports on Havana's scarce parks, their Spanish legacy, and new American-led improvements. The city adds benches, fountains, statues, and planned drives, with funds for maintenance and staff, while reclaiming cove areas for future parks and safer waterfront access.
Swedes of New Sweden to mark 30th anniversary
Bangor Maine June 23 special report recalls how in 1870 a party of 22 men 18 children and 11 women led by William W Thomas settled in Aroostook County after sailing from Gothenburg aboard the Orlando and founding New Sweden. King Oscar of Norway and Sweden and President McKinley send greetings as the town grows to about 2500 people with rich soil forests and thriving farms.
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New York Times
Bangor
William W. Thomas
Portland
Oscar
Aroostook County
Old Country
Thomas
Stockholm
W. Thomas
United States of America
New Sweden
Maine
Sweden
Norway
Lincoln
America
Aroostook
Gothenburg
Orlando
Halifax
Peninsular
Nova Scotia
Bay of Fundy
St. John River
Tobique
New Brunswick
Caribou
New World
Mr. Thomas
New England
McKinley
Regulars Thwart Mob In 1877 Reading Riot
A railroad official cites a Reading Pennsylvania incident where 60 regular soldiers dispersed 3,000 rioters after earlier militia failures. On a hot July afternoon the bayonets gleamed as the regulars advanced, the mob broke and fled without a shot fired.
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Times
Reading
Penn
Fifth
Chestnut Streets
Convention Aftermath of the 1904 Republican Nominating Process
Washington dispatch notes little public excitement over Philadelphia’s Republican National Convention. Roosevelt’s nomination earns cautious support, while Bryan Hill discussions loom for Kansas City. Woodruff draws colored delegates, press crowds grow, and Oklahoma City trip plans bolster Roosevelt’s broad campaign.
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Kansas
Royal Dutch Naval Exhibition in The Hague in Summer
Americans of Dutch descent are invited to The Hague for a Royal Dutch Naval Exhibition from July 15 to September 15. The display includes portraits, engravings, vessel models, medals, autographs, ship plans, nautical instruments, and relics of famous admirals and painters.
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