Funeral Train Bears Hay to Cleveland for Burial
A special Boston and Maine train carries John Hay's body from The Fells Newbury New Hampshire to Cleveland where the burial will take place. Mrs Hay Clarence Hay and other relatives travel with the casket as rain and mud hamper the journey and a sunlit moment breaks through at Newbury station.
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N. H
John Hay
The
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Lake Sunapee
Cleveland
May
Clarence Hay
Feils
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Mays
Ionely Mountain
Dratn
Newbury Station
Little Ramlet
Leode Hared
Konigeberg
Boston and Maine Railroad
Cnactman
Hay
Clarenes May
Thain
President Roosevelt to start journey to Cleveland July 2
Oyster Bay July 2 President Roosevelt will travel to Cleveland to attend Secretary Hay's funeral and then return home by Thursday. The trip includes special trains ferries and police escort. Cabinet members will join in Philadelphia. Secretary Taft absent. Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt attended church in Sagamore Hill amid rain. A news note covers Loeb's public releases and Saturday events.
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IBY
the Tribune
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Hay
New York
Long Island City
East River
Jersey City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Loeb
M. C. Latta
aMcial
Secret Service
Tyree and Sloan
White House Messen
Philadelphia
Washington
Taft
Philippines
Washburn
Secretary Hay
Oyster Bay High School
Savage
Islip
Sweden Declares War Ports as Foreign Warships Expelled
Stockholm July 2 The government issues a proclamation effective immediately declaring Stockholm Karlskrona Gothenburg and Farosund war ports and expelling foreign warships, signaling a sharp wartime stance amid escalating tensions.
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Stockholm
Karlskrona
Gothenburg
Farosund
Big Whale Aboard? Giant Whale Washes Ashore At Long Beach
On Long Beach at Hempstead, a massive whale stranded near the pier drew hundreds of onlookers. The carcass showed heavy biting and numerous gashes, with a large surgeonfish or similar creature seen nearby. The whale’s condition and the cause of death are discussed among witnesses, suggesting a violent encounter at sea.
One Man the Whole Parade in Rockland July Fourth
Judge George W. Kelley of Rockland District Court hires the Massasari fife and drum corps to stage a nonunion Fourth of July parade. He says he will march through the streets behind the organization even if others refuse to join.
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Rockland
Masa
George W. Kelley
Rockland District Court
Massasari Fife
Jie
Sevets
Proclamation on John Hay Death by Theodore Roosevelt
The proclamation announces the death of John Hay Secretary of State on July 1 and calls it a national bereavement. It orders flags at half mast for ten days, closing of executive departments in Washington on the funeral day, and half mast on public buildings nationwide.
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Oyster Bay
Long Island
Roosevelt
John
Washington
United States
John Hay
Abraham Lincoln
United State
A. D
United States of America
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert D. Peirce
Flood Devastates Guanajuato Killing Hundreds In Mexico
Reports from Mexico City indicate Guanajuato is submerged after a storm began June 30, with estimates ranging from 100 to over 1,000 dead. Bridges and telegraph lines are down, streets flooded to first and second stories, and major damage reported to streets, shops, and a hotel.
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Mexico City
Guanajuato
Guapajuate
Robinson
Mexican Central Railroad
Marsste
Agunnte
Ery Street
Union
Laplin
Mexican Central
Lrapuate
Queretaro
Taft Leaves Omaha for Philippine Islands Journey
Secretary of War William F Taft and his party arrived in Omaha by the Chicago and Northwestern Rail road and departed for the West on the Union Pacific at 9 30 this forenoon He said he would telegraph the President for instructions after learning of Secretary May s death and noted he did not expect to be Secretary of State Lafayette Young editor of The Des Moines Capital and Mrs Young joined the party as far as Manila.
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Omaha
Neb
William F. Taft
Philippine Islands
Chicago and Northwestern
West
Union Pacific Railroad
Taft
May
Stat
Taft Party
Lafayette Young
Des Moines
Young
Manila
Real Bludso Story Behind Jim Bludso Poem
Denver telegraph dispatch recounts H P Bludso explaining that John Hay likely drew inspiration for the poem Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle from his father Jim Bludso. Bludso notes his father lived in Warsaw Illinois many years and was a renowned river character among river men.
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Denver
H. P. Bludso
Jim Bludso
Prairie Belle
John Hay
Nori
Mr. Bludso
Warsaw
Jim Bludson
Mr. Hay
Bluds
Eighteen Lost in Cloudburst Near Las Vacas
A cloudburst in the mountains above Las Vacas, near Las Vegas New Mexico, claims eighteen lives including sixteen Mexicans and two of four children. The flood swept through the valley destroying property as crowds watched in panic. Authorities have not yet obtained a full toll or damage figures.
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del Rio
Tex
Las Vacas
Eight year old boy kills father in Kentucky
Middleburg Kentucky July 2 Joseph Lawless seventy a former Federal settler of Russell County was shot dead at his Denmark area home by his eight year old son after a quarrel with his wife. The boy, afraid for his mother's safety, grabbed a morgun and died as the father was shot.
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Middleburg
Jovph Lawless
Russell County
Denmark
Boxer Debt in Gold and Boycott Easing in Peking
London dispatch from The Times correspondent reports the Voxer indemnity settlement with all powers signing a note to convert the debt from silver to gold. The American goods boycott movement subsides due to authorities actions to prevent impairment of American trade.
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London
the Times
Peking
China
Black Sea Fleet Dismantled Amid Mutiny At Sebastopol
Dispatch from Sebastopol reports the Black Sea fleet being dismantled after a mutiny aboard the Kniaz Potemkine. Officers and crews were sent ashore as engines on at least one ship were uncoupled. Reports from Odessa are conflicting with martial law in effect and claims of surrender by the Georgi Pobiedonosetz.
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Black Sea
Sebastopol
Kniaz Potemkine
Georgi Pobiedonosetz
Admiral Krueger
Odessa
Roosevelt
Russia
M. Muraviefi
Baron Rosen
Japan
Baron Kocnra
M. Takabirs
Mutiny spreads as Black Sea squadron mutinies at Sebastopol
Reports from Sebastopol describe a council of admirals and captains after the Black Sea Squadron arrived the Rostislav and other ships. The Kniaz Potemkine and several vessels signaled for action or remained behind. Casualties include Captain Golikoff and most Kniaz Potemkine officers, with 300 workmen aboard. Odessa tensions rise as crews desert, hostages taken, and authorities urge quiet while preparations continue and foreign subjects receive escorts. The 20th Century Limited timetable is noted in a separate line.
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Kniaz Potemkine
Krier
Gazeviteh
Odessa
Sermovo Works
Kulaz Potemkine
Otehakeff
Vecha
Fourth of July Special Train Returning from Atlantic City
Special train service resumes from Atlantic City to New York with connections through Trenton Newark and Elizabeth. Boston and Newark lines listed with pay car and dining car aboard.
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Atlantic City
Assame City
New York
Trenton
New Brusewick
Elizabeth
Newark
Adva
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Yale
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Mexico
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Romania
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Kniax Potemkine
Rumania
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Geursi Py
Teamen
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Kniez Votemkine
George Pobledonosets
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Sin Ornhe
20Th Century
Chicagoth Century Limited
New-York
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