Rathbone petitions Congress for full inquiry into Cuba post chair
E G Rathbone former Director General of Posts of Cuba asks Congress to order a thorough investigation of his acts in Cuba after his 1902 conviction for maladministration. The petition, presented by Senator Teller, argues for fair trial standards and calls for inquiry into the circumstances of his arrest, trial, and amnesty.
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Washington
E. G. Rathbone
Cuba
Congress
Teller
Washington, D. C
Congress of the
United States
Post Office Department
United States Congress
Post Office
E. Grathbone
Civil rule for Philippines set for July Fourth
The War Department announced that the entire Philippine archipelago will be under civil authorities on July 4, with Gen. Chaffee’s military governorship ending that day. He will stay to aid civil authorities, while Moros retain tribal systems until Mindanao civil governance is ready.
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Washington
War Department
Philippine Archipelago
Philippine Commission
Chaffee
Philippines
United States
Mindanao
Conference on Philippine Bill Advances Some Provisions
Washington June 28 conference members reassembled and reported agreement on most bill sections except coinage, a legislative assembly, and public lands. Today’s actions included resolving matters related to the friars and related terms.
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Washington
Senate and House reach accord on Manila finances and church lands
Differences in the two bills over mining laws municipal indebtedness and franchise regulation largely hinge on phrasing. Manila sewer and waterworks debt is capped at 4 million dollars, a House victory. Church land disposal terms stay largely as Senate fixed.
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Manila
House
Senate
Missing American Teachers From Cebu Island
War Department released names and home addresses of four missing teachers from Cebu Philippines since June 10 1902 Clyde O France Marlborough Stark County Ohio Ernst Heger Philadelphia PA L A Thomas Providence Rhode Island and John E Wells Providence RI An AP report notes a constabulary killing connected to the case Louis A Thomas formerly of Plainfield New Jersey born Dunellen 28 fled to Manila and later to San Francisco to teach in the Philippines
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Washington
War Department
Cebu
Philippine Islands
Clyde O. France
Marlborough
Stark County
Ohio
Ernst Heger
North Fortieth Street
Philadelphia
Penn
L. A. Thomas
Montgomery Avenue
Providence
R. I
John E. Wells
Associated Press
Native Constabulary
Thomas
Plainfield
N. J
Louis A. Thomas
Manila
Dunellon
John Heale
Princeton University
Philippines
San Francisco
Dunellen
Joseph
Thomas Thomas
Princeton
Medal for Gen Porter Honored for Chickamauga Valor
Gen Horace Porter former staff of Gen Grant and ambassador to France receives a Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry at Chickamauga on Sept 20 1863 as chief ordnance officer of the Department of the Cumberland. He rallied fugitives under heavy fire to preserve ground and aid retreating batteries and wagons. The medal was approved by the War Secretary and will be presented during his leave visit to the United States.
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Washington
Horace Porter
United States
France
Grant
Chickamauga
Department of the Cumberland
Rosecrans
Porter
Board On
Gen. Young
Gen. Porter
Holiday Outings for Girls by Little Mothers' Assn
Forty to fifty girls are taken Tuesdays and Fridays to the Holiday House near Pelham Manor. The program supports the children who must be cared for while mothers work, with country outings and day nursery care. Funds and donations are solicited, with contributions listed and addresses provided for sending support.
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Little Mothers’ Association
Pelham Manor
Mr. Lawrence
Maxim Heller
Jeanette Myres
Mr. Armstrong
Anonymous
Morris
J. L
Association
Johnston
Marcy Avenue
Brooklyn
J. A. Grosbeck
East Twenty-fifth Street
Manhattan
New Ape Arrivals Boost Zoo Primate Exhibit
The Zoological Park received a shipment from Hamburg containing three orangutans, one chimpanzee, two drill baboons, three lemurs, and an African monkey. The star is a large female orangutan with a nursing infant named Dohong, rescued from Borneo nine months ago. Also arriving were five sea lions from Santa Barbara, including a small 20 inch cub born at the dock.
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Zoological Park
Hamburg
Graf Waldersee
Carl Hagenbeck
Zoological Society
Borneo
Sikey
Dohong
Polly
Atlantic
Santa Barbara
Cal
Burglars Loot at Residence of D. Schuyler Bennett
Police traced a long daytime break in at 140 McDonough Street Brooklyn. burglars ransacked the Bennett residence while the owners, lace importer D Schuyler Bennett and his wife, were abroad. Family silverware and other valuables were stolen, with the extent unclear until the Bennetts return from Europe.
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D. Schuyler Bennett
McDonough Street
Brooklyn
Bennett
Manhattan
Europe
Gates Avenue
Monticello Fallsburg White Lake Rail Line
Col. John W. Rutherford announced at the Hoffman House that the seven mile Fallsburg to Monticello section will open for business in early August. Seventeen miles from Monticello to White Lake are under construction and due for completion by November. The line uses seventy pound rails and can be operated by steam or electric rolling stock.
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Monticello
Fallsburg
White Lake
John W. Rutherford
Sullivan County
Hoffman
Case of Gen J H Smith to be acted on late next week
War Department announces Gen J H Smith case will not be acted on before end of next week. Judge Advocate General Davis finished review. papers go to Secretary Root who has not yet given it full attention. It was believed Smith was acquitted but reports claim a guilty finding for violating the rules of war with a reprimand by the reviewing authority President Roosevelt.
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Washington
War Department
J. H. Smith
Davis
Root
Gen. Smith
Roosevelt
Princess Eugenia Ruspoli Returns On St. Louis
The St. Louis from Southampton docked at 9 last night with Princess Eugenia Ruspoli aboard. She plans to visit her Georgia mother and then arrive in New York, later joined by her husband en route from Rome. Also aboard were ex Senator James Smith and Gen William C. Oates with notes on immigration policy and European travel.
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Princess Ruspoli
Senator Smith
Mr. Carroll
Gen. Oates
St. Louis
Southampton
Eugenia Ruspoli
Miss Berry
Floyd County
Georgia
Rome
Nova Antologia
Italy
America
Syndic
United States
James Smith
New Jersey
Mr. Smith
Royal Phelps Carroll
William Co. Oates
Alabama
Europe
Mill Girls Flee Fire at Stead & Miller Mills
A small blaze at Stead and Miller upholstery mills in Philadelphia caused 100000 dollars in water damage after automatic extinguishers activated. About 200 mill girls were evacuated safely as panic spread but no injuries were reported.
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Philadelphia
Stead & Miller
Second
Cambria
Elevators Tie Up Grand Jury Deliberations in Court Building
A humorous account recounts six elevators failing to cooperate as Emanuel W. Bloomingdale leads the June Grand Jury to a courtroom. Elevators groan and descend in pairs while lawyers and officials wait, complain, or joke about the chaotic system. A petition might propose assigning a bootblack as elevator starter to improve service.
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Emanuel W. Bloomingdale
Grand Jury
Mont Pelée
Martinique
Criminal Courts
Capt. Herlihy
Cherry
Jerome
West
Bootblack
McLaurin Loses Cuba Company Suit in New Trial Denial
In White Plains New York Judge Martin J Keogh denied a new trial motion in favor of Peter F McLaurin Mount Vernon who won 50000 against the Cuba Company. McLaurin testified Sir William Van Horne of Montreal recruited him, with a promised 8000 yearly salary and one share of stock. The company canceled the contract and paid back salary but refused stock. Directors include J P Morgan Levi P Morton and Edward J Berwind.
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White Plains
N. Y
Martin J. Keogh
Supreme Court Today
Peter F. McLaurin
Mount Vernon
Cuba Company
McLaurin
Wiliam van Horne
Montreal
Cuba
William van Horn
Keogh
Farmer Beaten by Robbers Near Lamington
John Carmer, a wealthy farmer near Lamington, was beaten by two highwaymen while en route to supervise work. They robbed him of cash and a gold watch and chain, leaving him unconscious until neighbors found him and moved him home. No arrests have been reported.
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Whitehouse
N. J
John Carmer
Lamington
Carmer
Employee found drowned at Nixon's shipyard site
Arthur Smith a foreman at Nixon's shipyard in Elizabeth New Jersey was found drowned this morning in the hills at the mouth of the Elizabeth River by oysterman David Van Pelt. The body is at Schmidt's morgue. He was about thirty five and single with a sister Mrs. Thomas McGuire in Brooklyn.
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Nixon’s
Elizabeth
N. J
Arthur Smith
Nixon
Elizabeth River
David van Pelt
Schmidt
Thomas McGuire
Brooklyn
Harvard and Yale Celebrate Baseball Victory in New York
Harvard defeated Yale in the final game of the series prompting celebrations on West Forty-fourth Street. Harvard and Yale alumni filled the Harvard and Yale clubs with songs and scenes of rivalry while Princeton visitors joined in, and chatter about future matchups and a potential three-game series next year dominated conversations.
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Harvard
Yale
Tenderloin
Healy's
Sixty-sixth Street
Columbus Avenue
Rip van Winkle
Harvard Club
Yale Club
West Forty-fourth Street
New York Yacht Club
Park Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Princeton
Roosevelt
Christian Scientist's Death Sparks Inquiry in Newark
County physician Washington concluded that diphtheria could have been checked and life saved if a physician had been called. Mrs Johns said her husband refused medical help for faith reasons. Assistant Prosecutor Hood opened an inquiry for Grand Jury review after Johns was buried in a private funeral per Health Board orders.
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Newark
N. J
Washington
Herry R. Johns
Johns
Board of Health
$2,000,000 for St. Louis Beef Company
A syndicate led by Thomas W. Crouch buys the St. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Company for about $2,000,000. Crouch will become president and manager. options on the controlling interest are held and stock payment is planned for Monday.
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ST. Louis
Thomas W. Crouch
Colonial Trust Company
Crouch
President Mitchell's West Trip and Mine Talks
Wilkesbarre reports President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers leaving for Chicago to meet with labor chiefs and discuss the anthracite strike and forthcoming Indianapolis convention. The theme includes West West Virginia coal leaders and possible rail brotherhood participation amid a Duryea dynamite incident. In Roanoke the Pocahontas field strike nears week four with doubled output and satisfied rail officials. In Indianapolis Secretary Wilson warns of balloons for meetings if court injunctions persist against 400000 miners, noting a Fairmount injunction on organizers.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
West
Chicago
Miners’ Union
Indianapolis
William A
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Duryea
Roanoke
Pocahontas
Virginia
West Virginia
Ind
W. B. Wilson
Mine Workers’ Organization
Keller
Fairmount
Chris’? Evans
Deny There Is a Coal Trust
Reports of a possible Sherman Act inquiry into coal carriers stirred doubt among coal interests in town. J Richard son of Erie Railroad said independent producers could not be a trust even if consolidated, stressing each road’s aim to maximize its own stockholders’ gains and market price competition.
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United States
Roosevelt
J. Richardson
Underwood
Erie Railroad
Lackawanna
Soft coal use rises as prosecutions loom in city
President Lederle ordered inspectors to monitor soft coal violations this week as about 150 suits await hearings in Seventh and Eighth Municipal District Courts and Special Sessions. Despite legal action, demand grows with factories switching to soft coal, while dealers ignore retail price limits. Manhattan Railway coal agent G I Herbert reports a steady supply of broken anthracite and ongoing additions. Outsider traders release winter stock to chase higher prices from the railway.
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Lederle
Board of Health
Arthur F. Cosby
G. I. Herbert
Manhattan Railway Company
Fourteen Million Dollar Coal Firm Formed in Pittsburg
A fourteen million dollar coal corporation is organized by Frank M. Osborne of Cleveland, ex-Pittsburg Coal Company president. A railroad runs through 15 000 acres of prime gas coal land with ten openings. Officers include Osborne president Donelly vice president Rhodes treasurer Patterson secretary. Directors: Given Callery McMullin Nicola Barnsdoll Robbins.
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Pittsburg
Frank M. Osborne
Cleveland
Pittsburg Coal Company
Railroad and Coal Company
Charles Donelly
Joshua Rhodes
J. G. Patterson
T. Hart Given
J. D. Callery
M. K. McMullin
F. F. Nicola
T. N. Barnsdoll
Six Die hard? Wait: police raid nets six policy suspects
County detectives led by Reardon raided Union Market precinct under Captain Gorman and arrested six at two locations. They seized policy paraphernalia from 210 Seventh Street and detained ten men including Simon Gluck, Thomas Richter, Charles Smith, and Robert Dresner, amid a tense confrontation at Congress Hall.
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Jerome
Union Market
Gorman
Reardon
Seventh Street
Simon Gluck
Avenue D
Thomas Richter
Congress Hall
Avenue
Charles Smith
East Tenth Street
Robert Dresner
East Ninth Street
Smith
Policemen Break Up Saloon Bust. Policy Slips Found
Reardon and two comrades arrest William Smith a one armed watchman on Monroe Street and Walter Meyer a 22 year old iceman on Jackson Street after a fight at a corner saloon. Meyer’s lip was cut by a detective. Both men deny guilt but detectives report finding policy slips on Smith.
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Dresner
Reardon
William Smith
Monroe Street
Walter Meyer
Jackson Street
Madison Street
Meyer
Smith
International Sunday School Convention adopts leadership
Denver June 28. The tenth international Sunday school convention names W N Hartshorn of Boston as Chairman of the Executive Committee and re-elects Marion Lawrence of Toledo as General Secretary. A field worker for colored people in the South is to be found. The afternoon sessions reveal growth in districts unions and secretaries. Officers of Editorial Sunday School Association elected.
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Denver
W. N. Hartshorn
Boston
Marion Lawrence
Toledo
South
Wis
London
International Sunday School
Knollys
W. J. Semerroth
St. Louis
Israel P. Black
Philadelphia
J. A. McKamy
Nashvill
Tenn. F
Thomas HB. Nectey
New York
C. R. Blackwell
Iphiladelphia
J. R. Miller
Woman Killed Picking Cherries in New Jersey
A 60 year old woman, Mrs. John Leary, died after dizziness caused her to fall from a Gladstone ladder while picking cherries. Her neck was broken and she had been dead several hours when found.
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White House
N.J
Gladstone
John Leary
Le Boutillier Brothers Close for Fourth of July Holiday
Le Boutillier Brothers will close their establishment for the Fourth of July holiday from the evening of July 3 to the morning of July 7 as they did in 1884 and 1580.
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le Boutillier Brothers
Weather dispatch details showers and winds across several regions
The article reports showers and thunderstorms with higher winds across the Upper Ohio Valley, lower lake region, Middle Atlantic, New England, and coast to the Carolinas. Cooler where rain falls, then warming. northeast winds rise over Great Lakes and coastal areas, with brisk winds along Gulf and South Atlantic coasts. Storm warnings issued for lakes Huron, Michigan, Erie and Ontario. Temperature records from the Times and Weather Bureau show highs in the upper 70s and humidity around 55-72 percent.
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Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Carolinas
Lakes Huron
Michigan
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Middle Atlantic
Gulf
South Atlantic
European
Grand Banks
Erie
Suburban Dexter Fire Destroys Business Section
Fire destroyed the Dexter business district in Watertown suburbs, causing an estimated loss of 15040 dollars after an explosion amid firefighting efforts. Firefighters battled the blaze as the fire spread through multiple structures.
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Watertown
WN. C
Dexter
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