Cholera Fears Rise in St. Petersburg Epidemic
St. Petersburg faces a potential major cholera outbreak after 12 cases reported yesterday and nine more today across most city districts. City sanitary funds are exhausted, preventing precautionary steps, while the water supply remains contaminated with unfiltered portions. The danger chiefly threatens newcomers and building trades workers arriving from rural districts.
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St. Petersburg
Ivanoff
Sanitary Commission
Seer Mrs. Gilbert Seeks Seventh Church Harmony
Mrs. Gilbert outlines a plan to harmonize factional Christian Science groups by creating a Seventh Church while resisting Boston led changes. She cites money from Boston publications as a motive for opposition and vows to persevere despite pressure and rumors.
Kidnapping Row Follows Father and Brother-In-Law Fight
George W. Goodwin of New York accuses Clyde van Houten of Collingswood of assault at the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal in Camden after Goodwin had taken his seven year old son from school and sent a note to his wife. The boy was recovered by a policeman and returned home as the family grapples with divorce proceedings. The sister of Mrs Goodwin and the boy traveled from Collingswood to aid the search when the incident occurred.
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Boston
New York
Abs
The
Tribune
Camden
X. J
George W. Goodwin
West 32d Street
Clyde van Houten
Collingswood
Pennsylvania Railroad
van Houten
Goodwin
May Bring Alleged Leper Here
Washington reports John Early the alleged leper who has been quarantined near the capital since last August is likely to be moved to New York for treatment by leprosy expert Dr. L Duncan Buckley this week. Buckley has made two exams and tests of cultures indicate Early is not afflicted with leprosy. Health officer Dr. William C Woodward would approve the removal if proper treatment is assured. the Salvation Army will cover removal costs.
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Plaza
Boston
Mrs. Eddy
Martin Luther
Washington
John Early
New York
L. Duncan Buckley
Buckley
William C. Woodward
Early
Salvation Army
Senate
House
Lodge
Aldrich
Dolliver
Iowa
Messrs
Senator la Follette
la Follette
W. H. Parkhill
New York Custom House
Parkhill
Finance Committee
Root
Elkins
West Virginia
Newlands
Carter
Borah
Warren
Jacob
Professor Willcox Declines Census Assistant Director Post
Ithaca June 6 Professor Walter F Willcox of Cornell University has declined through Dana Durand the offered appointment as assistant director of the United States Census Bureau. Willcox who is in Italy was contacted by cable. The present director studied at Cornell under Willcox, now consulting statistician for the New York State Board of Health and one of the five experts at the head of the United States Statistical Bureau.
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Ithaca, N. Y
Walter F. Wilcox
Cornell University
Dana Durand
United States Census Bureau
Durand
Willcox
Italy
Cable
Cornell
New York State Board of Health
United States Statistical Bureau
Ten-year-old Doris Maloney Dies From Church Fire Burns
In Haverhill Massachusetts on June 6 Doris Maloney aged ten died at a hospital from burns suffered last Friday when a fluttering well caught fire from a lighted candle carried by a child during a religious procession at St James Catholic Church.
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Haverhill
Mass
Doris Maloney
St. James's Catholic Church
The Tariff To Date Debates Narrow Path To June 26 Vote
The eleventh week of tariff talks saw progress as the cotton schedule passed and Senate control firmed under the regular organization. Leaders expect to wrap wool and wood pulp next, with a final vote targeted for June 26.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Tariff Commission Backing From New York Business Groups
Representatives of major New York commercial associations met at the Merchants Club to back Senator Aldrich's tariff commission proposal. Henry R. Towne led the delegation as others from the Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce, Manufacturers, and Dry Goods Association voiced support and urged a permanent, nonpartisan tariff board to gather and provide data for Congress and the President.
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New York
Merchants’ Club
Aldrich
Henry R. Towne
Merchants’ Association of New York
Committee of One Hundred
Indianapolis
Towne
William McCarroll
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Serena S. Pratt
New York Chamber of Commerce
James T. Hoile
New York Manufacturers’ Association
S. D. Sherman
New York Wholesale Dry Goods Association
S. C. Mead
New York Merchants’ Association
Tariff Executive Committee
H. E. Miles
Albn B. Johnson
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
John Kirby, Jr
National Association of Manufacturers
Curtis Guild, Jr
Massachusetts
James W. van Cleave
Famine in Asia Minor Described After Adana Massacres
Beirut reports describe ongoing famine and chaos in Asia Minor after Adana massacres. Troop ineptitude and corrupt relief hinder aid as 14,800 on ration lists and 1,400 depend on missionaries. Many crops rotting, children ill, and fear of further violence as Armenian and Protestant communities suffer deadly losses.
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Beirut
Asia Minor
Adana
Constantinople
Adena
Lrnits
Baghtche
Turkish denial aids victims aid efforts in Asiatic Turkey
Washington reports emphatic denial at the Turkish Embassy of claims that twenty to thirty thousand were killed in Asiatic Turkey troubles. Official news put victims under four thousand while the government pledges aid, food, clothing, medicine, and shelter, with a court martial in Adana to try those responsible.
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Washington
Turkey
Constantinople
Eaid
Adana
Pulp Mills in U S Use Vast Wood Resources
Washington reports 251 U S pulp mills used 3 344 196 cords of wood and produced 2 118 947 tons of pulp in 1908. Spruce supplied 64 percent, with heavy Canadian imports. hemlock and poplar followed, prices varied, total pulp wood cost just over 28 million dollars.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Lake States
Pennsylvania
Bureau of the Census
Growing U S Exports Boost Canada Imports
Washington reports Canadian import data showing the United States supplying a rising share of Canada’s imports. From 1849 to the fiscal year ending March 31, 1909 US imports grew from 34.98 percent to 53 percent of Canada’s total manufacturing purchases, while Britain’s share fell to 23.69 percent. In 1907 Canada’s manufacturing imports totaled $166 million, with $89 million from the United States and $64 million from Great Britain. Canadian tariff treatment favors US goods across the border trade.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Great Britain
United Kingdom
British Colonies
Deakin Offers Dreadnought to Imperial Government
Alfred Deakin premier of the Commonwealth dispatches an offer to the imperial government for a Dreadnought to add to the navy. London papers praise the move as a timely step after Deakin’s sudden entry into office.
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Melbourne
Alfred Deakin
Commonwealth
Imperial Government
London
Deakin
Andrew Fisher
Canadian naval plans denied in Montreal report
W A Coote of Hawthorne Leslie denies discussing Canadian navy plans with Minister Brodeur and says he has not been in Ottawa. Hawthorne chair also denies that the firm is negotiating with Canada to build destroyers.
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Montreal
W. A. Coote
Hawthorne, Leslie & Co., Limited
L. P. Brodeur
Ottawa
Associated Press
London
Hawthorne
Venezuela Hails Dutch Venezuelan pact as talks begin
Willemstad June 6 Venezuelan Congress approved the Netherlands Venezuela protocol. The Venezuelan Consul issued papers for a Dutch steamer to enter Venezuelan ports. General Andrade will leave aboard the Caracas via New York for Havana to seek talks with Cuba to restore friendly relations.
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Willemstad
Venezuela
General Andrade
Caracas
New York
Havana
Peru acts against Sweden over consul exequatur
Lima June 6 The Peruvian government cancels the exequatur of Swedish Consul General Luis Lembeke after his house sheltered Carlos Pierola and others linked to the May 29 uprising against the government.
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Lima
Luis Lembeke
Carlos Pierola
International loan to China signed for Canton Hankow railways
An agreement for a 27.509 million dollar German British French loan to fund the Canton Hankow and Hankow Sze Chuen railway construction was signed in Peking. The loan, issued at 95 with a 5 percent interest, runs 25 years, with a 2.5 percent premium redemption option between years ten and seventeen.
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Peking
Move for new Russian navy budget approved
The Council of the Empire in Saint Petersburg adopted a marine budget restoring 1700 dollars for four new battleships, after Douma rejection. The keels for the first two ships will be laid June 18 and July 3, while ex-Minister Vice-Admiral Birtleff urged selling old vessels as obsolete.
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St. Petersburg
Council of the Empire
Birtleff
State Cable Ownership Idea for Global Telegrams
London readers learn J Henniker Heaton in The Chronicle urges the state to buy cable lines. He cites Australia where telegrams cost a penny a word over 3000 miles and argues Europe America and India should share a similar rate. He proposes British and American governments jointly acquire existing cable firms at fair value to create a common state monopoly.
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London
J. Henniker Heaton
the Chronicle
Australia
Europe
America
India
New US regulations tighten sale of viruses and vaccines
Washington June 6 government board led by Surgeons General Torney Rixey and Wyman announced strict changes to regulations governing sale of viruses serums and anti toxins. The rules stem from foot and mouth disease in cattle and require annual unannounced inspections license only after establishment inspection and product testing to safeguard public health.
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Washington
General Torney
Army
Rixey
Navy
Wyman
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Senator Root Urged to Reform Paper Duty by Newspaper Leaders
John Norris, chairman of the committee on paper of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, sent Senator Root a letter arguing that New York newspapers pay seven times as much for labor as the newsprint mills. The letter cites detailed statistics and claims U S labor costs are lower than Canada for paper, notes a 165 dollar daily pay figure, and warns of forest loss from spruce destruction.
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John Norris
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Senator Root
New York State
United States
Canada
Senator Rootta
New Hamburg Liner Cincinnati Makes Maiden Port Entry
The Hamburg American liner Cincinnati arrived yesterday on her maiden passage from Hamburg. Commanded by Captain Schulke, transferred from Graf Waldersee, she was built at Dantzie Germany. Dimensions include 8 feet length, 6 feet beam, 55 feet height, 17,000 gross tons, 9,733 net, with capacity for 230 first, 400 second, 580 third cabin and 2,200 steerage passengers, plus 15,000 tons cargo.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
Hamburg
Schulke
Graf Waldersee
Dantzie
Germany
Press delegates entertained at Beaconsfield estate
London June 6 Lord Burnham principal owner of The Daily Telegraph entertained delegates to the Imperial Press Congress at his Beaconsfield country estate today. Rain spoiled the entertainment and the river festival to which Lord Desborough invited the delegates was abandoned.
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London
Lord Burnham
Daily Telegraph
Imperial Press Congress
Beaconsfield
Lord Desborough
President Taft Attends GWU Baccalaureate Service
President Taft sat in the Lincoln pew at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington to hear Dr. Heridge of Ottawa deliver the baccalaureate sermon for George Washington University's graduating class. Taft had entered ahead of the processional line and had previously played golf with Dr. Heridge at Murray Bay last summer.
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Washington
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Taft
Heridge
Ottawa
Canada
George Washington University
Murray Bay
Gambling raid at Mott Street house nets seven arrests
Detectives from the Elizabeth Street station arrested seven Chinese men in a raid on a Mott Street gambling house. Officers seized dominoes dice chips and 190 from the tables. Six defendants face common gambling charges while Ling Tot of 225 DeKalb Avenue Brooklyn is charged with keeping and maintaining the establishment.
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Elizabeth Street
Mott Street
Ling Tot
DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn
Governors to Inspect Hudson River Bridge Sites Friday
Governor Fort of New Jersey and Governor Hughes will visit proposed Hudson River Bridge sites on Friday. They will be joined by Interstate Bridge Commission members and New York and New Jersey civic representatives. R A C Smith’s private yacht will be at their disposal. McDougall Hawkes, commission president appointed by Governor Hughes, is in Europe.
Colombian envoy reception at Miraflores Palace
At Miraflores Caracas June 6 President Gomez welcomed the new Colombian Minister A Vasquez Cabo. A large troop presence guarded the palace while Congress members attended. General Reyes sent a floral wreath to Bolivar's statue. A decree sets a half price salt rate for fishermen to revive the fishing industry.
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Caracas
Gomez
A. Vasquez Cabo
Miraflores
Congress
General Reyes
Colombia
Bolivar
Widow of Father John Dies in St Petersburg
The widow of Father John of Cronstadt died today in St Petersburg. Father John himself had died on January 2.
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John
St. Petersburg
Cronstadt
Tammany Eyes Possible Fall Campaign Tactics
Tammany Hall leaders fear a hard fall battle as nonparty groups surge and internal rifts widen with Senator McCarren and Senator Grady's tense ties. They weigh a united front to counter reformers, stressing New York’s growth and public works while preparing for a broad fusion slate including mayor, borough presidents, and court seats.
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Tammany
Carver
Cn F. Murphy
McCarren
BJ Eratic
Thomas F. Grady
Hoffar House
Brooklyn
Murphy
Senate
House
Grady
Albany
Tammany Hall
Democratic
New York
McClellan
Clark Register
Supreme Court
The
Democrats Union
Gilsey House
Woodruff
Republcan
Guffey and Mack Meet in Pittsboro
Colonel James M. Guffey and Norman E. Mack met in Pittsboro after a two hour conference. Mack was on an automobile trip with his wife. Guffey said they did not discuss politics and claimed they have always been best friends.
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the Tribune
Pittsboro
James M. Guffey
Norman E. Mas
Mack
Denver
Guffey
Representative Benmet to speak on The Value of a Vote at church
Representative William S. Benmet will address a public meeting at West End Presbyterian Church on sterdam avenue and 10th street Tuesday evening June 15. The talk, though not political in tone, is expected to stir moral and civic seas and engage men who are often indifferent to participate.
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William S. Benmet
West End Presbyterian Church
Sterdam Avenue
Socialists Beaten at Milan Commemoration Riot
In Milan on June 6 a Franco Italian war commemoration drew about 30 000 people with flags and bands. The Duke of Genoa and a French mission attended. Socialist protesters tore down a monument flag provoking clashes as police and onlookers beat and disperse them.
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Milan
Duke of Geno
Austria
Lombardy
Garibaldi
Hipprdrome
Ple
Omg
Victor Emmanuel
North Hatley Hotel Fire Shatters Summer Postings
North Hatley Quebec on June 6 reports Glen Wilmer hotel heavily used by residents and Southern visitors burned in a Saturday morning blaze. Estimated loss around 5. No injuries reported as authorities investigate cause and scope of the blaze.
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North Hatley
Quebec
Glen Wilmer
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