Venezuela and United States sever relationship over redress
The article prints full texts of diplomatic notes between Venezuela Foreign Minister Dr. Jose de Jesus Paul and American chargé d'affaires Jacob Sleeper. It states the United States withdrew Sleeper and closed the Caracas legation due to Venezuela’s persistent refusal to offer redress for destroyed or confiscated American interests. Venezuela rejects arbitration and asserts sovereign rights, planning to entrust archives to Brazil and relocate operations to Puerto Cabello. Sleeper sails for the United States aboard the Marietta. Venezuelan reactions and relation to other diplomats are noted.
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the Tribune
José de Jesus Paul
Venezuela
Jacob Sleeper
Caracas
United States
Sleeper
Legation
Russell
State Department
Washington
Paul
Brazil
Luiz de Lorena Ferreira
Puerto Cabello
Marietta
Roosevelt
Republic
Venez Ulia
Gard
Todian Legation
Amer
Steeper
Castro
Veloz Galtiana
Port au Prince Fire Devours Arsenal and Four Hundred Buildings
Fire swept Port au Prince near the palace and Senate building destroying four hundred structures including the courthouse and prison. Inmates were moved before the prison burned as the arsenal exploded with powder stores, despite aid from residents and a French cruiser. Cable company landing station threatened as flames spread.
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Palace
Senate
Chasseloup-Laubat
Arsenal
Boston publisher Josiah Vose found dead in White Plains home
Josiah H. Vose son of Rev. James G. Vose of Boston and a Silver Burdett & Co. official was found dead with a bullet in his brain at 138 Fisher Ave White Plains. Coroner Weisendanger suspects suicide amid insomnia and insomnia related illness. he planned to sail Friday to Boston.
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Josiah H. Vose
James G. Vose
Boston
Burdett & Co
New York
J. Winn Brown
Fisher Avenue
White Plains
Vose
Amherst College
Ulrich Weisendanger
Arthur Holland
Harry Hamilton
White Plains Bank
Brown
Mr. Vose
Mr. Silver
Robert H. Vose
Candy Manufacturer Andrew Hope Dies After Fall From Hotel Window
Andrew J. Hope a wealthy New York candy maker aged 68 died after either falling or leaping from the seventh floor of the Hotel Imperial at Broadway and 22d Street. He had been recovering from heat and “acting queerly” last week, with doctors suggesting a dizzy spell near the open window. Coroner Acritelli rules death accidental.
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Andrew J. Hope
Imperial
Broadway
22D Street
Hope
Sixth Avenue
Record of Celebration and Balloon Accidents
Chicago July 5 71 dead 2624 injured in the Fourth of July celebrations reported by The Tribune. Balloon flights end in peril with Mueller Schoeneck and Perrige Case rescued. Ville de Dieppe, Illinois and other craft encounter rough lake conditions near Ontario.
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Lake Michigan
A. E. Mueller
George Schoeneck
Benton Harbor
Mich
C. H. Perrige
J. L. Case
Illinois
Lake Ontario
Bay of Quinte
Glen Island
Perrige
Case
Clinton
Ontario
Columbia
M. Peterson
C. H. Leichleiter
Fielding
West Shefford
Quebec
America
Carsonville
King Edward
Canada
Port Huron
Chicago
Atwood
United States
Pinkerton Station
Cincinnati
Covert
Ilinois
Ville de Dieppe
Leslie Haddock
George Howard
Mueller and Schoeneck
Actor Robert Edeson to wed Grace Proctor next Wednesday
Announcement from Boston states actor Robert Edeson will marry Grace Proctor of Brookline next Wednesday. Edeson is staying at the Hotel Bellevue and has been enjoying automobile trips with his fiancée. After the wedding they will reside in Brookline near her father’s home.
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the Tribune
Boston
Robert Edeson
Grace Proctor
Brookline
Edeson
Bellevue
Balloon race ends with perilous landings in Quebec
The Chicago to ocean balloon race concluded at West Shefford, Quebec, with nine contestants, the Fielding owned by F. J. Fielding of San Antonio, leading by about one hundred miles and likely winning for longest aloft amid multiple near drownings. The Ville de Dieppe was among the other craft.
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Chicago
West Shefford
Quebec
Fielding
F. J. Fielding
San Antonio
Tex
Ville de Dieppe
New Rule in Paraguay Rebellion Declared Successful
Buenos Ayres reports a Paraguayan rebellion victory with a new government established. Telegrams confirm the overthrow of the Paraguayan government as of July 5 received by the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs from the Legation at Asuncion.
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Legation
Emiliano Gonzales Naveiro
Manuel Gondra
Brazil
Eusebio Ayala
Alvino Jara
Adolfo Rigulme
Manuel Franco
Paraguay
Liberal
Colorado
Manuel Benitz
Cecilio Baez
General Rios
Adolfo Soler
Carlos Isasi
Asuncion
Revolutionary Party
Mad Dog in Church Alarm Fainting Congregation
A collie burst into St. Pauls Methodist Church in Lynn Massachusetts during morning services. Worshippers fainted and several injured as panicked parishioners fled. The minister captured the dog in the choir loft and a nearby officer shot it to stop the danger.
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Lynn
Mass
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
F. H. Clark
Helen Lewis
Outlives 11 000 Volts in Stamford Hospital
James Hayes, a Westinghouse employee, survived a fatal shock after grabbing a live feed wire on an electric locomotive in Stamford yards. Burned from head to foot, his clothing burned, he was hurled fifteen feet but remained conscious though unaware he is dying. A travel advertisement for a Dallas Texas return trip follows.
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The
Tribune
Stamford
Conn
James Hayes
Westinghouse Company
Stamford Hospital
Hayes
New Haven Road
Guffey Responds to Bryan Ingrading Attack
Col J M Guffey of Pennsylvania replies to William Jennings Bryan after a fiery Lincoln speech. He accuses Bryan of taking secret contributions from Marcus Daly William Randolph Hearst and himself in 1896 and 1900. The Pennsylvanian reports the anti Bryan leaders backing Guffey’s bold response.
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Tribune
Denver
J. M. Guffey
Pennsylvania
William R. Hearst
Colonel Guffey
Guffey
Democratic Party
Bryan
Senator Jones
Marcus Daly
Mr. Bryan
Corporation
Mr. Hearst
Daly
Bryan’s Interference in Democratic Rifts Sparks Fight
A partisan broadside argues that William Jennings Bryan abused noninterference claims by campaigning against regular Democratic candidates in Kentucky and elsewhere. It defends the party’s delegates, presses Bryan’s hypocrisy, and contends the author is a longtime corporate ally facing Bryan’s attacks.
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Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Pittsburg
Exposition Hall
Kentucky
Mr. McGraw
West Virginia
Indiana
Taggart
Roger Sullivan
O. P. Thompson
Illinois
Waves of Lincoln sweep Denver Democratic sands
The Denver dispatch describes Bryan era turmoil as waves from Lincoln erase platform plans and vice presidential fancies. Murphy Lewis Parker and others watch booms rise and fall while reporters scramble to craft accurate dispatches amid rumors and partisan strife.
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The
Tribune
Denver
Lincoln
William Jennings Bryan
Charles F. Murphy
Taft
J. Ham Lewis
Lewis
Nixon
Franklin K. Lane
Lane
Democratic Party
Grover Cleveland
Alton Barker
Judge Parker
Johnson
Gray
Delaware
Pugsley
Nebraska
Murphy
Nebraska Simoom
Lincolnn
Pennsylvania
National
Bryan
New York
Haskell
J. “Ham” Lewis
Hawaii
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