Cuba Braces for Aug 1 Real Election in Havana
Correspondent notes Cuba’s August 1 municipal level vote tests the new electoral system under American supervision. Conservatives lead in Havana and most provinces, with Miguelistas and Zagistas split across liberal factions as voters select mayors and local officials amid concerns over fair conduct and possible post election shifts.
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Associated Press
Havana
Cuba
Republic
Crowder
Department of State Ad Justice
Guartants
Kreger
Morefo
José Miguel Gomez
Alfredo Zayas
Magoon
Julio de Cardenas
Julian Betancourt
Zagista
Orencio Nadarse
Xana
Juan R. O'Farrill
Migue
Zargistas
Miguelistas
Zagistas
Bio
Athets
Zayas
de Cardenas
Matanzas
Camig
Gomez
Mario Menocal
Pino Guerra
Republic of the
Trrecor
Pinar de
Sultan Grants Constitution in Historic Ottoman Rescript
Constantinople July 26 reports say patriotic demonstrations marked the day as the Sultan issued a constitution rescript. Ten thousand marched to Yildiz Kiosk while steamers flew flags and crowds cheered the monarch. The document promises personal liberty free press religious toleration and equality among Ottoman subjects with a two chamber General Assembly.
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Constantinople
Bosphorus
Yildiz
Grounded Russian cruiser Almaz with Stolypin aboard
The Russian cruiser Almaz ran aground at Gluckstadt near Cuxhaven while Premier Stolypin, Foreign Minister Giswolsky and Vice Admiral Dikoff were aboard. Tugs assisted but the ship kept its position and continued. Japan seeks closer ties with Chile and plans a Tokio exposition legation.
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Cuxhaven
Almaz
Stolypin
Gluckstadt
The
Giswolsky
Ma Tike
Dikoff
Nicholas Edward
Biclypin
Pearl necklace worth eight thousand found after theft
In Berlin on July 22 a pearl necklace valued at 8000 vanished from Countess von Wartensiehen’s apartments while she attended the opera. The Countess’s maid was arrested in connection with the theft but released after no evidence was found. the maid has since been arrested.
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Berlin
Countess von Wartensiehen
King Edward Letters Regret Over Portugal Tragedy
Paris dispatch says King Edward wrote King Manuel expressing regret at being poorly informed about Portugal's Feb 1 tragedy. The Lisbon correspondent notes that Franco's regime led to the events, and says likely diplomatic changes may follow.
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Paris
Petit Journal
Lisbon
Edward
Manuel
Portugal
Franco
China augments welcome funds for Amoy fleet visit
China increases tael budget to 500000 for entertaining the American battleship fleet at Amoy in October. Dr. George Mark oversees landing facilities and street pageantry while 20000 taels go to waiters and another 20000 to bolster Amoy police. Banquets for 3000 sailors, two big revels, and theater performances are scheduled. press coverage will be coordinated with local and foreign papers. Honolulu reports fleet position at night and the Minnesota tailing 300 miles behind. Magdala arrives in Auckland with coal for the fleet.
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Associated Press
Peking
Amoy
China
Washington
Japan
Yangtse-Klang
George Mark
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Legation
Corea
Cannonading in Tabriz Amid Street Fighting
Desultory fighting continues in Tabriz with cannonade. Turkish troops renew assaults in Drumiah district and reach Drumiah Salmas Road. The Times reports Tehran preparing another expedition to Tabriz and the Shah negotiating with a Russian bank for a loan of 1,259,000 dollars.
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Tabriz
Drumiah
Drumiah- Salmas Road
London
Times
Teheran
Metropolitan Life’s Anniversary Book Details New Building
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company marks its office completion and 40 years of history with an illustrated bound history book. It notes a 6000-person building capacity and a one storm day count of over 23000 entering. projected 10000 future business home. Frontispiece feature includes president John R. Hegeman and early New York scenes.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
John R. Hegeman
New York
Ex-policeman Phillips Stricken With Rabies
James E. Phillips of East 117th Street, once a lieutenant and later a patrolman, who ran a detective bureau Jones & Phillipe at East 12th Street, was taken to Presbyterian Hospital with rabies. Doctors found no clear dog bite though his son said he was bitten on the left cheek about nine months ago.
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James E. Phillips
East 117Th Street
East 51St Street
Bugher
Jones & Phillipe
East 12Th Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Phillips
John
Peru to Adopt Standard Time Decree Issued
The Peruvian government issued a decree ordering the adoption of standard time starting Tuesday at the official hour corresponding to the 75th degree of longitude west of Greenwich. Arrangements with South and Central American Telegraph Companies will transmit the official noon hour daily from New York.
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Peru
Washington
Eet
Greenwich
New York
Three Dead In Oklahoma Wreck Near Goodland
A Frisco passenger train wrecked near Goodland Oklahoma. The engineer died and the express messenger was crushed. A brakeman died shortly after and one or two passengers were slightly injured.
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Tribune
Paris
Tex
Goodland
Okla
Great Britain Germany and Belgium to aid US on mine disaster prevention
Washington July reports that Britain Germany and Belgium will send leading experts to the United States for two months to study mine disaster prevention. The team includes Captain Desborough Meissner and Victor Watteyne. They will tour Pennsylvania Illinois Wyoming Oklahoma and other coal regions to learn safer mining methods and help reduce the high American death toll.
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United States
Geological Survey
Great Britain
Germany
Belgium
State Department
London
Berlin
Brussels
Pittsburg
United States Geological Survey
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Wyoming
Colorado
Alabama
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Monongahela
W. Va
Darr
Yolande
Ala
Naomi
George S. Rice
Europe
One-Time Emperor Jacques Baudy Flits Through New York
A short-lived ruler known as Jacques II Emperor of the Sahara visited New York and stayed briefly at the Hotel Belmont. He led a Saharan court with four attendants before departing quietly. His family wealth included an inheritance of over $60,000,000 from his father.
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New York
Jacques Baudy
le Grand Sucker
Jacques II
Sahara
Troya
M. Lebaudy
Hamburg
Hague
Switzerland
Szhara
Belmont
West 45Th Street
Jacques
Robert
Max
New Witness in Wilson Case in Waterbury
Frank M. Gottsell of Reading Penn spent a day in Waterbury with Thomas Renehan on the New Haven road reconstruction. Gottsell knows the Philadelphia doctor Wilson poisoned by ale and will help resolve a implied former marriage in the Wilson Wisor matrimonial tangle. He also knows the doctor s half sister and the surviving sister of Wilson s former wife Frethoff. Frethoff or Wilson left money and real estate and a former wife now claiming her share. The present Mrs Wilson has been selling the property. He denies testifying for the state.
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Tribune
Waterbury
Wisor
Frethoff
Wilson
Crazy Soldier Goes Homicide Attempt After Insane Asylum Release
Patrick McGuire twenty six of 145 High street Brooklyn released from St Elizabeth Insane Asylum ten days ago tried to end his life by Paris green. A former member of the Fifth Infantry at Balanga Samar he went mad after a native attack killed all but eighteen. He was taken to Cumberland Street Hospital where doctors report his chances of recovery good.
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Patrick McGuire
No. 145
High Street
Brooklyn
St. Elizabeth Insane Asylum
Washington
Paris Green
Cumberland Street Hospital
McGuire
Th Infantry
Balingiga
Samar
Jim
Arrest Made in Roseboom Farmhouse Murder Near Cooperstown
Fred Neal died from injuries after a drunken brawl at a Roseboom farmhouse. Jacob Getman, whose home housed the body, is jailed on murder charges. Patrick M. O Hanlon is held as a witness. Getman was asleep when police visited. his wife and two children witnessed part of the fight.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Fred Neal
Rosehboom
Jacob Getman
Patrick M. O’ Hanlon
Getman
O'Hanlon
Otsego County
Veteran singer dies in poverty in San Francisco
Helene Dingeon a singer once famed in The Marked Ball The Little Prince Bells of Corneville and other comic operas died in San Francisco in poverty. Her father ran a San Francisco restaurant and she first appeared at the Tivoli Opera House before performing in New York and other cites.
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San Francisco
Helene Dingeon
Tivoli Opera House
New York
Trains wreck in Fort Smith. six crew hurt and killed
Three trainmen were killed and three others injured when a St. Louis and San Francisco passenger train wrecked at Fort Smith Arkansas. None of the passengers was hurt.
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Fort Smith
Ark
St. Louis
San Francisco
Be An Accident Model Opens New Job Path In Public Safety
A new line of work offers $2 a day for willing participants to act as fender dummies in tests of car fenders and wheel guards. The Public Service Commission will host tests at General Electric in Schenectady and Westinghouse in Pittsburgh to evaluate devices for surface rail safety with living models possible. Manufacturers from the U S and Europe show strong interest, with forty American firms already signed on.
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Public Service Commission
General Electric Company
Schenectady
Westinghouse Electric Company
Pittsburg
New York
United States
Europe
Engineering
Commission
Inquest Finds Barbara Reig Took Own Life
Inspector Hussey stated Barbara Reig, found dead in Irving Square Park shelter house, Williamsburg, likely killed herself. He cites scraps of letters matching handwriting as evidence and notes she contacted Patrolman Shellard before her death despite family claims of harassment.
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Inspector Hussey
Barbara Reig
Irving Square Park
Williamsburg
Shellard
Hamburg Avenue
Hussy
Explosion at Tilden Club injures two men in Williamsburg
Thomas Cahill and William Devins, both in their late twenties, were seriously injured when gas exploded on the second floor of the Tilden Club at 372 Wythe avenue during a two year celebration. About fifty members, including thirty women, were present.
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Thomas Cahill
Division Avenue
Williemsburg
William Devins
Wythe Avenue
Williamsburg
Tilden Club
Quilding
Cahill
Devins
Sicgrath
Clymer Street
McGrath
Williamsburg Hospital
Mary Crawford
Central Federated Union splits as graft probe erupts
A turbulent CFU meeting over graft charges tied to the Murray Hill Lyceum affair of 1906 devolved into near chaos. Delegates shouted accusations, calls for secret ballots, and rapid interruptions as investigators faced vehement countercharges before the session adjourned without action.
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Central Federated Union
Murray Hill Lyceum
Timothy Healey
International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
Mrs Teal seeks delay in subornation case in Gould divorce
Miss Julia Fleming remains in Tombs with nervous prostration as Maurice B. Blumenthal asks magistrate Corrigan to suspend judgment on charges against Mrs. Teal. He expects exoneration and predicts the grand jury will not indict. New witnesses planned. Bessie De Voe willing to testify. Gould will attend evening session.
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Ben Teal
Maurice B. Blumenthal
Gould
Julia Fleming
Corrigan
Teal
Bessie de Voe
Hart
Blumenthal
Mr. Blumenthal
Miss Fleming
New York
Grand Jury
Auto collision injures Mrs. Lyon in St. Louis
Mrs. H N Lyon wife of a leading citizen was struck by a touring car owned by Fred C Peper a local tobacco manufacturer and driven by a chauffeur. She sustained severe internal injuries a fractured right leg and extensive bruises and was taken to St Luke's Hospital. Peper was arrested and detained at the 12th District station.
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The
Tribune
St. Louis
H. N. Lyon
Fred C. Peper
Peper
12Th District
Reception Plan for Mexican Commissioners Tied to Diaz Concessions
Arrangements are under way for a reception to the Mexican commissioners led by A I Santacruz chief of staff to President Diaz. They will arrive Wednesday and tour New York sites including Governor's Island the fire system at Croker and the Custom House. Commissioner Hebberd will guide them through city institutions and on Monday they visit Dreamland and Coney Island amusements with Eduardo Breker organizing tours.
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A. I. Santacruz
Diaz
Mexico
General Santacruz
L. M. Rodriguez
Nassau Street
General Grant
Governor's Island
Croker
Custom House
Hebberd
Department of Charities
Dreamland
Coney Island
Eduardo Breker
Miss Pauline Chase Returns From Abroad to Washington
Miss Pauline Chase the actress arrives on the French liner La Touraine for a five week visit to her Washington home after five years away. She recently closed a two week engagement in Paris in Peter Pan and had played at Frohman's Duke of York Theatre in London.
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Pauline Chase
la Touraine
Washington
Frohman
Duke of York
London
Paris
Afghan exile seeks brother in San Francisco mission
Gobit Khan of Peshawar arriving by steamship Philadelphia told The Tribune he will travel across the United States to fetch his 38 year old brother, a San Francisco landowner, and return him to India. He praised British rule, denied nobility, warned against Bengal unrest, and vowed to compel his brother to return. He plans to start today or tomorrow, with Niagara Falls and Chicago visits postponed.
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India
Gobit Khan
Peshawar
Imperial
Philadelphia
Mr. Khan
Afghanistan
du Maurier
Svengali
the Tribune
United States
San Francisco
Khan
Fea
Iit
Bengal
England
Naval ship plans discussion to resume at Naval War College
Newport July 26 The naval conference on battle ship plans with President Roosevelt and senior officers will be resumed at the Naval War College tomorrow morning. A lengthy, exhaustive final report is expected by week’s end, with two stenographers engaged to prepare it.
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Newport
R. L
Roosevelt
Naval War College
Minister's Cottage Burned at Lake Sunapee
Sunapee New Hampshire July 26 cottages near Rev G M Smiley of Newtown MA Rev A H Nazarian of Chelsea MA and Rev C W Taylor of Warren NH burned today. Total loss not to exceed 5008 dollars caused by a defective chimney Nazarian pastors Bellington Methodist Society Chelsea whose church was destroyed in the Dig fire last April.
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Sunapee
N. H
G. M. Smiley
Newtown
Mass
A. H. Nazarian
Chelsea
C. W. Taylor
Warren
Rockmere
Lake Sunapee
Nazarian
Bellington Methodist Society
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