Reform for Turkey constitution restored in Constantinople
Constantinople July 24 The sultan restored the 1876 constitution by convoking a parliament after dismissing Ferid Pacha and appointing Said Pacha. The move follows Albanian support for reform and the Young Turks influence, signaling a shift from autocratic rule to constitutional governance. The article traces a long history of reform efforts, insurrections, and European pressure shaping Turkey’s path to a modern constitution.
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Constantinople
Chamber of Deputies
Ferid Pacha
Turkey
Said Pacha
Uskub
Yildiz
Pacha
The Yildiz Kiosk and the Turkish constitutional moment
At the Yildiz Kiosk in Constantinople the Ottoman sultanite leaders decided to grant a constitutional shift to Turkey. The event marks a pivotal moment in the empire's path toward constitutional governance as modern reforms were set in motion.
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Constantinople
Young Turks in Power Across European Turkey
Reports from Vienna and Belgrade on July 24 say Monastir Uskub and Salonica are under Young Turk control with order restored. A rebel seizure of Marshal Osman Feizi Pacha is cited, while Macedonian garrisons rally to the reform movement. Salonic a firman restored 1876 constitution, amid cheers and fears of reprisals for Hilmi Pacha. Albanian support grows, and Uskub garrison mutinies amid movement toward broader constitutional reform.
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Abdul Hamid II
Turkey
Abdul Aziz
Murad V
Young Turks
Macedonia
Paris
Russia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Europe
Berlin
Porte
Bulgaria
Vienna
Monastir
Uskub
Salonica
Osman Feizi Pacha
Vilayet of
Niazi Bey
Resna
Osman
Ochrida
Albania
Muchir Pacha
Hilm Pacha
Hilmi Pacha
Seres
Priszend
Kossovo
Vodena
Kastoria
Ellasona
Serfidji
Gerbena
Belgrade
Servia
Rioting in Bombay as mill hands strike and clash
In Bombay on July 24 twenty thousand mill hands began rioting after striking to show support for Tilak the nationalist leader recently sentenced to six years transportation for sedition. Military and police exchanged fire. One native was killed and many injured. five more killed and forty three wounded by evening. European and native forces were assaulted during the clashes.
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Bombay
Tilak
Tildk
Long Pending Lawsuit Between Yodocome and Nunu Settled
A final settlement ends a 340 year feud over the boundary between Yodocome and Nunu in Oaxaca. The dispute involved colonial grants and private titleholders, once sparking armed clashes. A stone boundary will be marked and a Feast of Peace celebration planned by both towns.
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Mexico City
State of
Oaxaca
Yodocome and
Nunu
Yodocome
Twenty-Five Die in Swiss Tunnel Disaster
In the Loestschberg tunnel near Berne twenty-five Italian workers were drowned when a wall to an underground river gave way. A sudden flood of water and mud filled the tunnel 2,400 yards from the northern entrance, with two bodies recovered despite the danger and inaccessibility of the disaster site.
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Berne
Switzerland
Loestschberg
Berne Alps
Kander
Venezuela Embarrassed Over Unpaid French Claims
Caracas faces embarrassment as it cannot meet the monthly payment on the French diplomatic debt due to the rupture with the United States leaving no legation to protect French interests. French citizens and legation archives lack protection while steamers call at La Guaira and a decree bans import of dynamite and nitroglycerine.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Trinidad
Port of Spain
America
Legation
la Guayra
Peace Restored in Corea and Waterworks Turned Over
Tokio reports Prince Ito elicits peace in Corea after long talks with the Emperor and may head the Privy Council while remaining resident general. Seoul notes waterworks handed to a British syndicate promising better sanitation. Japanese forces press the insurgent campaign with ongoing engagements as order returns to cities like Seoul.
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Tokio
Prince Ito
Corea
Privy Council
Seoul
The Cuban Election Preparations In Havana
Havana reports that August 1 voting is set, with Governor Magoon issuing a proclamation praising the electoral commission led by Colonel F E Crowder. It notes census based revision of lists from 1907 and promises peaceable, honest ballots, with strict penalties for franchise interference.
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Havana
Magoon
Electoral Commission
F E. H. Crowder
German car arrives in Berlin leads New York Paris race
The German automobile in the New York to Paris motor car contest arrived in Berlin at noon becoming the first car to reach the city and apparently days ahead of its nearest rival. A huge crowd cheered as officials announced the German victory and the car then started for Paris at 4 45 pm after a reception at the Automobile Club.
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Berlin
Paris
Automobile Club
Berlin airship ascends for wireless telegraphy tests
The new military airship rose tonight to six hundred feet to test wireless telegraphy. Despite initial fears that electric waves near gas could ignite, numerous ground tests preceded the high altitude operation. The successful experiment is viewed as important in military circles for potential in airship message transmission without danger.
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Berlin
Roosevelt to Decide Fate of Eight Cadets at West Point
President Roosevelt will choose whether eight West Point cadets suspended for hazing are dismissed, kept out for a year with severe reprimand, or allowed to return. The decision awaits examination of all papers and testimony, with Oyster Bay to host final action. Cadet Rossell defended the hazing as a mild rite of discipline.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Roosevelt
Military Academy
H. L. Scott
West Point
Oyster Bay
Naval Academy
Congress
War Department
Wright
Chattanooga
Tenn
Rossell
William T. Rossell
Engineer Corps
Army
Russell
Fighting at Tabriz reported heavy shelling and casualties
Teheran reports heavy cannonading at Tabriz with about two hundred deaths. Residents appeal to the Shah through European legations as disorders spread to Ispahan and other places.
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Teheran
Tabriz
Ispahan
Insurrection Attack at Ceiba Honduras Estimated 800 Rebels
Washington reports consul Linard at Ceiba describes July 16 revolu tionists attack with about eight hundred in force. Rebels defeated with unknown losses. six killed and one wounded at Ceiba. Linard sheltered about one hundred foreigners. gunboat Marietta sent to Ceiba and later returned to Porto Cortes, with neutrality claims by foreigners questioned.
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Washington
Linard
Ceiba
Honduras
State Department
Maxwell
Marietta
Porto Cortes
Norwegian steamer cut in two after collision
The Norwegian steamer Bakkelaget, in local passenger service, collided with the Goteborg and was cut amidships, sinking within moments. An estimated ten to twenty passengers dived lost, while twenty three were rescued by the Goteborg.
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Christiania
Bakkelaget
Goteborg
Arions Reach Frankfort on Special Train
The Brooklyn Arion Choral Society arrived in Heidelberg after a special train trip, where a procession, decorations, a banquet in the Town Hall, and a Heidelberg Liederkranz reception followed. They visit Frankfort later, with a concert planned tomorrow night. Jacob Schrumpf of the Brooklyn group died in Bremen, while Herr Goebel remains in Dresden hospital with a broken leg.
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Frankfort-on-the-Main
Brooklyn Arion Choral Society
Heidelberg
MAY TAX DIPLOMATS MACHINES
Boston July 4 The State Highway Commission received a ruling from Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon that the United States has no treaties exempting diplomats from state auto taxes and licenses. Diplomats at Lenox and the North Shore had claimed exemption. Mayor des Planches Italian Ambassador at Magnolia refuses to pay $62 tax and license fee prompting the commission to seek action from the State Department.
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Tribune
Boston
State Highway Commission
Robert Bacon
Lenox
North Shore
Des Planches
Magnolia
Highway Commission
State Department
Millions for uniforms and khaki orders amid Army shifts
Washington reports new Army contracts worth millions for uniforms including 120000 pairs of shoes and 1125000 yards of khaki. English khaki was rejected for American use after Roosevelt intervened, favoring two New York firms. Navy midshipmen seek coast artillery transfers, while many Army and Navy officer moves and ship movements are announced across several commands.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Secretary of War
Wright
Philippines
Roosevelt
New York
War Department
Mississippi Sails on Cruise in Newport Harbor
The battleship Mississippi sailed on a cruise late today in Newport Rhode Island. The event marked a tactical show of force as the fleet advanced along the harbor waters.
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Newport
R. I
Mississippi
Governor Floyd Sets Portsmouth Silver Service Presentation
Governor Charles M. Floyd of Manchester visited Portsmouth to finalize plans for presenting a silver service from the state to the battleship New Hampshire. The ceremony is scheduled for Saturday aboard the ship during its return from Quebec.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Charles M. Floyd
Manchester
New Hampshire
Quebec
Governor Hughes assigns division for Lake Ontario cruise duty
Albany July 24 Governor Hughes orders the Second Separate Division Naval Militia Rochester to perform a cruise duty on Lake Ontario from August 8 to 15. He also approves Griswold Greene as first lieutenant of Company I 1st Infantry and nominations John J Cowdry as captain 31st Company C A C and Thomas E Bullivant as first lieutenant List Company C A C both in the Artillery District.
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Hughes
Naval Militia
Rochester
Lake Ontario
Griswold Greene
John J. Cowdry
Thomas E. Bullivant
C. A. C., &H Artillery District
Van Rensselaer Likely Freed From Bellevue Ward
John A. Van Rensselaer appears to avoid five day observation after doctors at Bellevue psychopathic ward report no signs of insanity. Dr. Gregory notes high nervousness but not mental illness as he awaits Tombs court disposition. Mother has not visited. wife visits daily amid investigation into a threatening letter demanding money.
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John A. van Rensselaer
Bellevue
Gregory
Tombs Court
van Rensselaer
Danish Swedish War Alliance Reported
Copenhagen reports that the Danish and Swedish governments have agreed on an offensive and defensive military alliance. The move signals closer cooperation between the two northern states amid European tensions.
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Copenhagen
Fears of Trouble in Cuba Highlighted by Havana Banker
E Arguelles of Havana staying at Hotel Astor says Cuba faces unrest as elections near. He likens Gomez to Roosevelt and Zayas to Bryan, warns a Zayas win could spark another insurrection, while Gomez is seen as the safer choice. He notes Wall Street scrutiny and risk of U S intervention.
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Havana
Hotel Astor
Cuba
Arguelles
José Miguel Gomez
Roosevelt
Alfredo Zayas
Bryan
Gomez
Maria Menocal
Zayas
United States
Magoon
Menocal
Wall Street
Louisiana Troops Ordered to Tangipahoa Parish
The First Brigade headquarters received orders from Governor Sanders to dispatch the most available state troops to Tangipahoa Parish to help sheriff maintain order after a dynamiting incident at the home of Italian resident Charles Carino. About a hundred Italians from Natalbany sought refuge in New Orleans, where the Italian Consul is addressing the situation and wages owed to workers at a lumber camp will be collected by acting consul Chevalier Pepini.
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New Orleans
Sanders
Tangipahoa Parish
Natalbany
Tangipehoa Parish
Chevalier Pepini
Charles Carino
Saul
Parino
Indictment Filed Over Apartment Collapse Tragedy
Washington July 4 Thomas H Pickford owner of the Pickford apartment house at 2th and P streets was indicted for manslaughter for the June 9 collapse that killed two workers. The grand jury also indicted Albert S Keavis the contractor for concrete work. The coroner's jury charge against Snowden Ashford inspector of buildings, Harry Blake foreman iron construction and John Frank Bayne brick contractor was ignored.
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Washington
Thomas H. Pickford
Pickford
P Streets
Albert S. Keavis
Snowden Ashford
Fatal Storm Hits Pittsburg District Killing Teen
A series of late afternoon storms across Pittsburg and nearby areas caused at least one death and estimated property damage over 250000 dollars. Farmer crops including fruit grain and vegetables suffered heavy losses. Fourteen year old John Condren of Dunbar was instantly killed by lightning while in his bedroom.
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Pittsburg
John Condren
Dunbar
Jersey Storm Does 250000 Damage
Philadelphia reports electrical storms causing about 250000 in damage over two nights. Southern New Jersey farmers suffered through at least twenty barns struck by lightning and burned. One Italian farm hand was killed near Woodbury New Jersey.
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New Jersey
Woodbury
N. J
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