Sulllivans Pike's Peak Incident Fleets to Erie Station
A Sullivan crowd touring from New York city charters trains to Erie with champagne beer and other spirits, distributing supplies per car as they depart, while Tammany figures head to Pennsylvania rails. Leaders Goodwin Rush and Percy Naglie lead the party amid mixed enthusiasm and swagger.
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Pridse
Passaic
Sullivan
Tammany
Frank J. Goodwin
Tom” Rush
Percy Nagle
Nagie
New York
New York Central
Senator Frawley
Nick” Hayes
Sherif
Francis J. Lantry
John J. Lantry
East Fist Street
Murphy
Charles F. Murphy
Bryan to Travelling Men
Lincoln July 3 Bryan urged the Democratic platform include two planks on campaign fund publicity or risk Nebraska support. Seven hundred guests attended the Bryan Traveling Men’s Club event. Alexander Troup of New Haven spoke on uninstructed New England delegations at Denver, with two Johnson delegates protesting voting for him. Others, including Ollie James Augustus Thomas and Senator Gore, addressed the gathering.
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Tribune
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan Travelling Men's Club
J. Bryan
Nebraska
Alexander Troup
New Haven
New England
Denver
Bryan
Mr. Troup
Johnson
Nebraske
Archibald
Connecticut
Ollie M. James
Kentucky
Augustus Thomas
Gore
Oklahoma
Guffey faces party rejection as Bryan ally backs stance
ex Representative Charles B. Spetz says the Pennsylvania delegation will refuse to reelect James M. Guffey as national committeeman. Spetz cites Guffey's Bryan opposition and alleged ties to moneyed interests, noting instructions from Bryan to Denver to avoid Guffey contributions and oppose his candidacy.
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Tribune
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
James M. Guffey
Penneylvania
Charles B. Spetz
W Ho
Pennsylvania
Guffey
Ond
Denver
National Committee
Campaign
Bryan summons E. F. Goltra
Edward F. Goltra, once connected with W. J. Bryan as a schoolmate, travels from St Louis to confer with Bryan ahead of leading the Missouri delegation to Denver in a special car. The meeting likely centers on the Gompers anti injunction plank which Goltra is understood to oppose.
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the Tribune
St Louis
Edward F. Goltra
W. J. Bryan
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Bryan
Missouri
Denver
Goltra
Gompers
Oil barge Enerango explosion kills two at Philadelphia shipyard
Ten others are injured after an explosion and fire on the Enerango oil tank barge undergoing repairs at Cramps shipyard in Philadelphia. The dead are Herbert Page and Walter Tyson. The seriously injured worker Joseph Biener is not expected to survive. About twenty men were below deck when the blast occurred, trapping many until shipyard employees freed them. The barge itself sustained only minor damage.
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Philadelphia
Enerango
Cramps
Herbert Page
Walter Tyson
Joseph Biener
Page and Tyson
New York Mounted Police to Guard State Fair
Mayor McClellan has approved 25 mounted police from New York for duty at the State Fair. Commissioner Bingham will supervise this force, with Lemuel Walter Taylor in charge of the horse show classes. The display promises traffic control and exhibitions, a major draw for attendees.
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McClellan
New York
Bingham
Forc of Mounted Police
de Forest Settle
Lemuel Walter Taylor
Fair Commission
Horse Show Department
Hac
French honor to dead American Batchelier in Paris
Paris on July 14 the government intended to present the Cross of the Legion of Honor to General George Sherman Batchelier a judge of the International Tribunal of Egypt who died last Thursday upon learning of his death Foreign Minister Picton sent the cross to Ambassador White to pin on the deceaseds breast on behalf of the government the act was carried out today
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Paris
Legion of Honor
George Sherman Batchelier
International Tribunal of Egypt
Batchelier
M. Picton
Mr. White
Mine Disaster At Yusovo Kills and Traps Dozens
In Yusovo on July 3 a gas explosion at the Rikovsky mine left 214 bodies recovered and 75 wounded. Fire spread in inner galleries trapping about 150 miners, with rescues hindered and several rescuers suffocated. Troops controlled crowds as families gathered under the cordon. The blast occurred at 5 30 p m after the night shift entered the mine. The cause remains unknown.
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Yusovo
Rikovsky
Twenty Deaths In a Mexican Mine Disaster
An explosion tore through slope 9 of the Mexican Coal and Coke Company mine in Las Esperanzas July 2 leaving about twenty Mexican and Japanese miners trapped underground. Relief teams work amid heavy damage as hopes fade for survivors.
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Las Esperanzas
Mexico
Mexican Coal and Coke Company
Turmoil in Tabriz and Shah's cautious maneuvers reported
Telegraph summaries from Tehran and Berlin describe heavy fighting in Tabriz with thousands killed or wounded and many taking refuge in a Russian bank. Reactionaries loot the bazaar as revolutionaries defend, bread shortages grow, while Tehran remains quiet and the Shah seeks popular support and stronger measures.
Bailey Not Yet Caught In Honduras Escape
Puerto Cortez Honduras July 3 Francis G Bailey remains at large. Lieutenant P W Beery of the New York Police Department departed July 1 aboard the steamer Utstein bound for New Orleans with Albert W Bailey Charles H H Myers and Captain Albert Oxley in custody.
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Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Francis G. Bailey
P. W. Beery
New York Police Department
Utstein
New Orleans
Albert W. Bailey
Charles H. H. Myers
Albert Oxley
Bandits Rob Train Steal 18000 Near Ufa
Robbers boarded a train at Ufa and attacked two Latinsk Iron Works cashiers traveling aboard. They seized $18,000, set the brakes to halt the train, and escaped amid a volley of revolver fire.
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Samara
Ufa
Latinsk Iron Works
Commission to probe royal treasury advances in Portugal
Lisbon on July 3 reports the president of the commission set to investigate alleged improper money advances from the treasury to royal family members during King Carlos reign. The Premier said Finance Ministry officials have been ordered to hand over all relevant documents to the commission for a speedy, rigorous examination.
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Chamber of Deputies
Carlos
Ministry of Finance
Admiralty Wireless System Installed at Whitehall
London July 3 The new Admiralty offices at Whitehall completed wireless telegraphy installation today and a staff of operators began work. The Admiralty is now in direct communication with ships taking part in the annual naval maneuvers hundreds of miles away.
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London
Admiralty
Whitehall
A rebuke to General d Amade in Paris note
An official note from Paris states that upon learning of General d Amade s occupation of Azamor and the municipal commission setup pending Moorish troops arrival telegrams reminded him not to cross the Oom er Rebia River and ordered his return to base.
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Paris
Azamor
a’Amade
Oom-er-Rebia
Royal Aerial Trip as King and Queen Fly Zeppelin
King Wilhelm of Wurtemberg and Queen Charlotte become the first reigning monarchs to ascend in a dirigible. The pair toured Lake Constance from the castle grounds, returned to the shed, then repeated the voyage with the queen aboard. Zeppelins tests followed amid worldwide congratulatory messages.
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Wilhelm of
Wurtemberg
Queen Charlotte
Lake Constance
Count Zeppelin
Royal Park
King Wilhelm
Herr Duerr
von Hellsinger
Wilhelm
Rassler
William
Boni de Castellane and lawyers meet over child case
The Echo de Paris reports a hotel meeting at Versailles between Count Boni de Castellane and Mme Gould's counsel to decide future custody arrangements. The discussion ended with a remark about resuming later, and the children were moved to a waiting car with the Marquise de Castellane. The Petit Parisien hints Boni may keep the children for a summer month under the divorce decree.
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Echo de Paris
Count Boni de Castellane
Mme. Gould
Hotel Des Reservoirs
Versailles
Count Boni
Marquise de Castellane
Petit Parisien
Lisbon Moves To Ratify Arbitral Treaties And EmigrantNationality Pact
Lisbon July 3 reports that Sefior de Lima minister of foreign affairs introduced two bills in the Chamber of Deputies. One ratifies arbitration treaties between the United States and other nations and the second approves a convention with the United States and Portugal to determine the nationality of emigrants from each country.
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Lisbon
Sefior de Lima
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Portugal
Entertainment program for Atlantic fleet at Honolulu
A wireless from the cruiser St. Louis reports its approach to San Francisco by Monday night with Secretary James R. Garfield aboard. In Honolulu a tentative program for Atlantic fleet officers includes athletic contests baseball polo football aquatic sports boxing wrestling fireworks a ball and trips to Pearl Harbor with numerous dinners in their honor.
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Honolulu
St. Louis
James R. Garfield
San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
Peru Honors Cleveland Memory
Lima observes official mourning for former U S president Grover Cleveland. All public buildings display flags at half mast as the city marks his death on July 3.
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Lima
Grover Cleveland
United States
Mass for slain Spaniards aboard Nautilus
In Havana on July 3 a requiem mass was sung aboard the Spanish schoolship Nautilus for Spanish officers and men slain at Santiago. Bishop Estrada presided, with Spanish Minister, Cuban officials, General Barry and other American officers in attendance.
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Havana
Santiago
Nautilus
Estrada
Barry
Address by Ambassador Hill Opens International Congress
Berlin July 3 There is gratification in literary circles over Dr David Jayne Hill American Ambassador to Germany delivering an address at the opening ceremonies of the International Congress of History and Sciences August 6 to 12 His topic Ethical Determinations of History The congress will have eight sections and attract historians worldwide Dr Reinhold Koher general director of the Prussian state archives is organization committee chairman
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Berlin
David Jayne Hill
Germany
International Congress of History and Sciences
Foreign notes cast doubt on Gould de Sagan marriage
Paris reports doubt whether Mme Gould will wed Prince Helie de Sagan, with hopes she avoids the prince's adverse influence. Ottawa moves to ban opium except medicinal, citing McKenzie King as basis. San Juan honors Chicago Republican attendees Robert Todd and Francisco Quinones, plus Judge Rodey. Quebec to host the Prince of Wales for six days starting July 22 with battlefield dedications and wreathlaying ceremonies.
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Cri de Paris
Boni de Castellane
Mme. Gould
Hélie de Sagan
Ottawa
Canada
McKenzie King
British Columbia
San Juan
P. R
Robert Todd
Francisco Quinones
Chicago
Bernard
Rodey
Porto Rico
Quebec
Prince of Wales
Wolfe
Debunking the imaginary deficit in U.S. finances
Washington July 3 The Tribune reports that the government had a real surplus in the last fiscal year, not a deficit, due to outdated accounting. Secretary Cortelyou plans a full overhaul to separate ordinary and extraordinary receipts and expenditures and to modernize Treasury statements for clarity.
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Washington
Treasury
Cortelyou
United States Treasury
Great Britain
the Statesman
France
China
Germany
Russia
Finance Department
PAYN STRONG FOR TAFT IN WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW
Lou Payn spoke in New York about his support for Taft while en route with Mrs Payn to Ambler West Virginia. He praised Taft's accomplishments as Governor of the Philippines and as a trained executive and dismissed Roosevelt as a capable politician albeit with shifting views. Payn, a Republican veteran since 1864, also commented on Bryan and the Democratic convention before noting plans to spend the summer in West Virginia with Herman Livingston and his Yale student son Henry.
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New York
Mrs. Payn
Ambler
W. Va
Mr. Payn
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Roosevelt
Herman Livingston
Yale
Livingston
Payn
Philippines
United States
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Bryan
Henry
West Virginia
Teddy bear maker sues Steinfeld Brothers over contract
Rudolph Fleischer, former Teddy bear manufacturer, sues Steinfeld Brothers of 620 Broadway claiming breach after they ordered 625 dozen bears before the Republican convention, accepted 20 dozen, and refused further delivery. Fleischer seeks damages, citing political tensions and a potential Roosevelt third term.
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Rudolph Fleischer
Taft
Steinfeld Brothers
No. 620
Broadway
Maurice B
Daniel W. Blumenthal
Fleischer
Roosevelt
White House
Pennsylvania Railroad Offers Extensive Western Trains and Timetables
The Pennsylvania Railroad advertises a complete network from the Great Lakes to the Mid Mississippi Valley with 12 daily trains to Pittsburgh, 7 to Chicago, 5 to St. Louis, 5 to Cincinnati, 4 to Cleveland, and 3 to Toledo. It lists notable services including the Pennsylvania Special and Pennsylvania Limited, with specific departure times for Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Toledo and provides contact details for reservations and timetables at C Studds, E P A, 263 Fifth Avenue.
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West
Southwest
Pittsburgh
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Toledo
New York
Saionji to resign as Japan premier in cabinet purge
Tokio July 3 Premier Marquis Saionji decided to tender his resignation along with all cabinet members. Katsura likely to succeed Saionji. Komura tied to London post, Hayashi to Komura, finance post unsettled. Diet majority shifts possible. retrenchment to continue. emperor's acceptance unclear.
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Tokio
Marquis Saionji
Marquis Katsura
Count Yamamoto
Marine
Count Komura
London
Baido Club
Marquis Salonji
Selyuka
Marquis Inouyé
Home Department
Marquis Safonji
Fear of War in Central America
The rumor mill in Mexico City suggests Central America will soon plunge into conflict with Guatemala and El Salvador opposing Nicaragua and Honduras. Predictions claim Zelaya of Nicaragua or Cabrera of Guatemala would dominate, followed by a hoped for union of the five republics into a single nation.
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Mexico City
Central America
Washington
Guatemala
Salvador
Nicaragua
Honduras
José Santos Zelaya
Estrada Cabrera
Cabrera
Zelaya
Death Penalty Debate Stirs French Chamber
Paris debated capital punishment as the Chamber of Deputies discussed a bill to sustain the death penalty, with the Judiciary Committee replacing the government's abolition proposal and proposing life hard labor as the severest penalty.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
France
Judiciary Committee
Italians Accuse Graft in Bureau Case at Hearing
The transcript shows a witness claiming manager presence during graft payments and that he was ordered out when seeking repayment. Dr di Palma notes the bureau issued 167 steamship tickets over four months. Affidavits from alleged victims accompany oral testimony in a disputed graft case amid threats to witnesses.
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di Palma
Labor Bureau
McMahon
Post Office Cashes $7,000 Money Orders Delay
Several hundred men and women waited in the Newark Post Office as clerks failed to open a sofa lock delaying cashing of money orders totaling about $7,000. Postmaster James L. Hayes borrowed cash from a nearby bank and resolved the situation.
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Newark
James L. Hayes
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