New Turkish Cabinet Formed as Sultan Cedes War and Marine
The Young Turks establish a cabinet largely composed of their nominees with Kiamil Pacha as Grand Vizier. Notable ministers include Gabriel Efendi and Prince Mavrocordato, while Jemaliedin Effendi and Reshed Akif Pacha retain key posts. The regime promises an immediate program and elections. The British envoy receives a grand ovation. Mehmed Ali Bey speaks optimistically on reforms and urges patience as Turkey implements constitutional governance.
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Constantinople
Rus
Marine
Kiamil Pacha
Gabriel Eftendi
Mavrogordato
Jemaliedin Effendi
Sheik-ul- Jeram
Foreign Affairs
Reshed
Akif Pacha
Vali
Sivas
Interior
Redjeb Pacha
Tripoli
Zvn Pacha
Hassan Fehmi Pacha
Young Turk
Abdul Hamid
Selik
Smyrna
Salonica
Nallon
Be Firmir
Holdine
Washington
Aus
Mehmed Ali Bey
United States
Turkey
Europe
Wants Sultan to Have One Wife
The Times correspondent at Sez reports an envoy captured at Adrianople by the Young Turks was forced to pledge fidelity to the new regime. He carried a letter stating ongoing suspicion and threats of harsh action if the sultan did not change. The letter demanded the sultan dismiss his harem and live in European fashion with one wife.
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London
Times
Sez
Adrianople
Dutch vessel enters Venezuelan port amid tensions
Willemstad Curaçao Aug 6 Dutch steamer Prince Willem II arrived from Demerara stopping at Carupano Venezuela. Port authorities allowed entry signaling a shift from prior Venezuelan policy toward Dutch ships. Dutch cruiser Gelderland saluted Minister M de Reus as Intercolonial steamer Christiansted approached Trinidad.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Prince Willem II
Deme- Tama
Carupano
Venezuela
Republic
Gelderland
Dert
Losses at Tabriz Amid Citywide Fighting and Feuding Powers
After thirty five days of street fighting in Tabriz casualties reach about eight hundred with looting driving losses over one million dollars. American missionaries narrowly escape harm as clashes persist between Constitutional Progressives and reactionaries while the Shah moves to bolster Teheran forces. Telegraph lines are cut then restored under censorship. Ottoman agitators seek unity of Muslim peoples as forces near Tabriz hesitate to engage rankled anti royalists.
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Tabriz
Anjuman
St. Petersburg
Teheran
Russia
Shah
Rachin Khan
Satar Khan
Novoe Vremye
Sata Khan
Welcome for the Fleet Arrives as Cities Prep Sights
Auckland braces for the American battleship fleet with palm and bunting decorated streets and portraits of Roosevelt Edward Sperry and local leaders. Amoy plans a Chinese style welcome with imperial princes and banquets while Tokyo funds a $20,000 welcome by the American Society of Friends.
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Auckland
Roosevelt
Edward
Admiral Sperry
Richard Seddon
Joseph G. Ward
United States
England
Honduras Refuses to Revoke Ceiba Exequaturs Decree
Washington reports Honduras stands by the decree canceling exequaturs for American Consul Drew Linard and Vice Consul Virgil Reynolds at Ceiba. Honduras cites sovereignty concerns and accuses US officials of inter meddling in internal politics. State Department notes ex parte stance and prepares evidence for review. Additional dispatch delays and regional reactions follow from New Orleans and Managua.
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Honduras
Davila
Drew Linard
Virgil Reynolds
Ceiba
France
Norway
Central American States
State Department
Ugarte
United States
New Orleans
Harald
Manague
Nicaragua
Mexico
Guatemala
Discipline at West Point Cadets Sparks War Dept Focus
Washington reports say West Point Superintendent Colonel H L Scott urged strict discipline amid hazing at the academy. Cadets suspended and appealing to Secretary Wright prompted concerns of insubordination and potential demoralization of personnel if suspensions were reopened. Orders list transfers and leaves across Army and Navy, with ship movements noted including Glacier Ajax and others.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
H. L Scott
Military Academy
West Point
War Department
Scott
Wright
Annapolis
Navy Department
Seven Presidio officers complete Roosevelt walk test
In San Francisco seven army officers from the Presidio finished the final section of Roosevelt’s fifty mile walking test to prove their fitness. They, many nearing sixty, covered twelve miles to reach the general hospital and were all found in excellent condition after examination.
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San Francisco
Presidio
Roosevelt
General Hospital
British Steamer Kirkwall Sinks After North Sea Collision
The British steamer Kirkwall was sunk in a collision with an unknown bark off Cuxhaven in the North Sea. Two crew members were rescued by the Hamburg tug Simpson. fate of the others unknown. Kirkwall last sailed from Barcelona July 16 for Huelva, 1652 tons net, Mawson Shipping Company, Newport, England, built 1891 on the Tyne.
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Cuxhaven
Kirkwall
North Sea
Barcelona
Huelva
Mawson Shipping Company
Newport
England
Tyne
New Treaty With Japan Ratified in Tokyo
Formal ratifications of a new trademark and copyright treaty between Japan and the United States were exchanged today in Tokyo. Viscount Terauchi signed for Japan and P A Jay for the United States. R S Miller and M Kurachi witnessed. Delays due to Corea administration issues resolved. treaty will be administered by Japanese judges in Corean courts.
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Tokio
United States
Viscount Terauchi
P. A. Jay
R. S. Miller
M. Kurachi
Foreign Office
Corea
Corean
Matin Libel Suit in Agen Demands Damages and Publication
The Assize Court ordered the Matin to pay 10 000 dollars in damages and a 10 dollar fine plus require publication of the judgment two hundred times in a libel suit brought by M. Chaumie former Minister of Justice. The newspaper was accused of alleging sine cures for relatives at public expense. The writer co defendant was acquitted.
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Agen
France
Assize Court
Agen Court
Supreme Court
Secretary Wright Praises Isthmian Canal Report
Secretary Wright held a long conference with Richard Reed Rogers, general counsel for the Isthmian Canal Commission, who returned to Washington from Panama. Wright said Rogers’s report on isthmus conditions was eminently satisfactory.
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Washington
Wright
Richard Reed Rogers
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
World’s Coal Record Set by Virginia at Puget Sound
Washington August 6 A report of coaling by the battleship Virginia at Puget Sound in June shows a record performance. She took on board 1.47 tons of coal in four hours at an average rate of 416 75 tons an hour. The maximum in a single hour was 555 9 tons. It is believed this is a world’s record. Coal delivered in bulk in lighters without special handling. Navy Department sent a wireless message to Rear Admiral Sperry congratulating the Virginia.
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Washington
Virginia
Puget Sound
Navy Department
Sperry
Seattle Contractor Wins Puget Sound Drumdock Bid
Washington August 6 C J Erickson of Seattle informed by the Navy Department that his bid of 1 425 000 for the Puget Sound drumdock has been accepted. Erickson was the lowest bidder and one of only two within the 2 900 000 appropriation approved by Congress for the dock.
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Washington
C. J. Erickson
Seattle
Navy Department
Puget Sound
Erickson
Congress
Engineers slain by Chinese pirates in Tonquin district
In Trai Mai District Tonquin two Hong Kong engineers M Fearley and M Sutherland were killed by pirates armed with rifles who attacked their mining camp. Both had previously worked in the Philippines before going to Tonquin.
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Victoria
B. C
Ave
Hong Kong
M. Fearley
M. Sutherland
Trai Mai
Tonquin
Philippines
Federal judge blocks Seattle longshoremen in strike breaker case
Federal Judge C. H. Hanford granted an injunction today at Seattle ordering the Pacific Coast longshoremen unions to refrain from interfering with strike breakers handling ships. The ruling supports ship owners and steamship companies seeking to protect loading and unloading operations.
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Seattle
C. H. Hanford
Pacific Coast
Japanese critics hail Katsura Cabinet durability
Victoria B C dispatches report Count Okuma attacking the new Katsura Cabinet. He contends the continued appointments of Viscount Terauchi as War Minister and Baron Saito as Navy Minister prove no postponement of military or naval expenditures is anticipated.
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Victoria
B. C
Aus
Okuma
Katsura
Viscount Terauchi
Baron Saito
Oklahoma Growing Conservative
A Telegraph report from Guthrie Oklahoma on August 6 notes that most Democratic legislators seeking re nomination were defeated in the recent primary where opponents existed. The pattern extends statewide with Governor Haskell and Speaker Murray also defeated and Lieutenant Governor Bellamy losing in Canadian County where Mayor Riley of El Reno failed to unseat Senator Bil Johnson for renomination.
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Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
Haskell
Murray
Bellamy
Canadian
Riley
el Reno
Bil Johnson
Philadelphia Man Killed by Self Set Trap Gun
In Ascutneyville Vermont on August 6 Frank Smith of Philadelphia was accidentally killed by a trap gun set by himself and F W Blanchard. The device exploded when the barn door opened, injuring Smith who died half an hour later.
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Ascutneyville
Frank Smith
Philadelphia
F. W. Blanchard
Blanchard
Smith
Prowler Held on Unlawful Entry Charge at Waldorf Astoria
Harry Bergman of 24 West lith street was caught prowling on the Waldorf Astoria ninth floor by House Detective Lindeman. Held in $5 bail for trial by Magistrate Droege in Jefferson Market police court on a charge of unlawful entry. Bergman said he entered the hotel hoping to find something to eat.
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Harry Bergman
West Lith Street
Waldorf-Astoria
Lindeman
Droege
Jefferson Market
Hong Kong Plans Dredging Typhoon Shelters and Tax Plan
The government will dredge the current typhoon shelter and build a new one in the west harbor at a cost of 1.4 million dollars. Merchant ships will be taxed two cents per registered ton to fund the project. Officials estimate typhoon losses total under one thousand lives.
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Hong Kong
Mexico surprised by Texas yellow fever quarantine
Mexico City officials said they were surprised by Texas authorities quarantining against the republic for yellow fever. They had not received official notice and doubted the drastic move, noting only one officially reported case isolated on the Gulf coast.
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Mexico City
Texas
Republic
Associated Press
Texas Health Board
Gulf Coast
Body of Light Keeper Samuel Rawlings Found Near Lighthouse
Oyster Bay Long Island August The body of Samuel Rawlings keeper of the Cold Spring Harbor Lighthouse was recovered today off Whitehead Point about a quarter mile from the lighthouse. Rawlings disappeared last Monday night after returning from the motor boat races two Cold Spring men saw him fall into the water but could not locate him.
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Oyster Bay
Long Island
Samuel Rawlings
Cold Spring Harbor
Whitehead Point
Rawlings
Cold Spring
Ww. & L. E. Plan Millon Dollar Cleveland Station
The United States Court allowed receiver B A Worthington to demolish the frame station in Cleveland to construct a new station and general office building costing over 500000 dollars. The overhaul is viewed as evidence that Cleveland will become the permanent headquarters. Additional improvements totaling about 365000 dollars were also approved.
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Cleveland
United States Court
B. A Worthington
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
Zwick reports deaths in Yuma after trip to El Paso
Frank Zwick, who arrived in El Paso from Yuma, Ariz, said three persons died there Sunday and nine on Monday from the beat.
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el Paso
Tex
Frank Zwick
Yuma
Ariz
Austria Hungary probes Berlin Treaty signatories on Bosnia and Herzegovina
St Petersburg reports Austria-Hungary seeks clarification from Berlin Treaty signatories to define governance in the occupied Bosnian and Herzegovinian provinces amid Ottoman reforms and Muslim demands while Slavs push for autonomy. The issue arises from the 1878 Berlin terms granting indefinite occupation without a defined government.
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Austria-Hungary
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Berlin
Russia
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