Militia Control Shifts To Sanger In War Dept
Washington June 13 Assistant Secretary Sanger gains general charge of militia matters under the national law. Questions loom on distributing about four million dollars for National Guard allotments and selecting twenty army officers to instruct militia. Concerns arise over state control and constitutional limits as militiamen seek clear guidance.
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Washington
Sanger
War Department
Root
Congress
Mationei
General Staff
Philippines
United States
National Guard
Stockyards to Resume This Week in St Louis
The river has fallen 0.4 foot in 24 hours and the stockyards embargo due to high water is expected to be lifted early next week. Most trains on Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain Missouri Kansas and Texas and St Louis and San Francisco depart on schedule while eastbound service remains worse than flood start. Some transfers to Edwardsville and Collinsville are disrupted by the East St Louis Belleville Electric line outage.
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St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
San Francisco
Union Station
Burlington
Wabash
Chicago and Alton
Chicago
Here
Alton
Storm Floods Mines In Mayfield And Carbondale
In Scranton Penn June 13 flood water from yesterday's storm filled the Glenwood shaft of the Erie company mine in Mayfield to fifteen feet, halting operations for now after a cave ingress. The Delaware and Hudson No 1 shaft in Carbondale is also flooded. Mayfield streets are inundated and homes cut off by several feet of water with private property damage reported.
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Scranton
Penn
Glenwood
Erie Company
Mayfield
Delaware and Hudson Company
Carbondaie
Cyclone Devastates Colored Churches and Homes in Georgia
A Gainesville Georgia letter reports last Sunday's cyclone destroyed three colored churches the St John Baptist the St Paul Methodist and the Colored Methodist and the only colored schoolhouse plus over fifty colored homes. Five hundred colored people are homeless and penniless as white residents provide aid while funds are scarce for rebuilding. Signatories include Revs J D Lovejoy Wiliam Jenkins Frank Pasell H H Sisam Green Hunter and J P Phillips.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Booker T. Washington
Gainesville
St. John Baptist
St. Paul
J. D. Lovejoy
Wiliam Jenkins
Frank Pasell
H. H.sisam
Green Hunter
J. P. Phillips
Relief fund exceeds twenty five thousand dollars
Meyer Low has received letters from Mayors Reed of Kansas City and Bremton of Des Moines thanking for help but will handle ne edy cases locally. Subscriptions totaling 23 26148 were received by James G Cannon treasurer of Mayor Low relief committee. Five hundred dollars was kept for Spartanburg tornado victims and a sum will be sent to East St. Louis flood sufferers.
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Meyer Low
Reed
Kansas City
Bremton
Des Moines
Iowa
James G. Cannon
Low
Spartanburg
D. C
East St. Louis
Estate of General Charles H. T. Collis Appraised
Surrogate Court appraises the estate of General Charles H. T. Collis former Commissioner of Public Works under Mayor Strong. Gross personal estate $64,216 with debts and administration costs $17,233 leaving net $36,976. Property divided between widow and children.
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Charles H. T. Collis
Strong
Funeral of General Alexander McDowell McCook Set for Monday
Dayton Ohio June 12 The funeral for General Alexander McDowell McCook who died Friday morning will be at his daughter Mrs Charles A Craighead home Monday morning at 10 oclock. Services will be simple and conducted by Rev Dr Maurice E Ison pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.
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Dayton
Ohio
Alexander McDowell McCook
Charles A. Craighead
Maurice E. Ison
First Presbyterian Church
Story fragment explores guilt and conscience at breakfast
In a Chicago Record-Herald item a child named Marguerite asks if people who lie have bad consciences. The family ponders moral truth as a visitor from the country joins breakfast and the girl guesses Aunt Susan may have killed someone.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Marguerite
Susan
The Ways of the South Letter to the Editor
William R. E. Grigsby of Montclair New Jersey argues that Southern whites neglected negro welfare during slavery and criticizes Mr X for misjudging postwar federal franchise reforms. He compares immigrant voting rights to African American citizenship and urges equal expectations of justice across races.
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the Tribune
South
Mississippi
Mr. X
United States
William R. E. Grigsby
Montclair
N. J
Boys Tempted to Steal in New York Gangs of Youth
A 1903 letter from Charles Barnard argues that young boys steal not from poverty but from candy cravings and junkman profits. He highlights gangs on the East and West Sides, stealing metals for soda and sweets, urging focus on this neglected child-life aspect.
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the Tribune
Tribune
New York
Children’s Court
West Side
New-York
Charles Barnard
Work of the New York Zoological Society Seeks Members
The New York Zoological Society executive committee urges New York residents to join the private society that controls the zoological park. With about two thousand specimens and ongoing new buildings, memberships fund animal purchases and park improvements. Dues are $16 yearly. applications to No 11 Wall St New York.
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the Tribune
New-York Zoological Society
New-York Zoological Park
Zoological Park
New-York
America
North
Wall St
New- York
NEW York Zoological Society
Charles T. Barner
John S. Barnes
Madison Grant
Philip Schuyler
William White Niles
Samuel Thorne
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Levi P. Morton
New York
Prayer for Rain Letters From Readers
A reader from New York laments the inadequacy of prayers for showers and recalls an anecdote of a backwoods preacher who asked for a real heavy rain rather than small rain from the prayer book. The letter is dated June 8, 1903.
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the Tribune
Clara Marshall
New York
Ohio and the Issue in the South
The Ohio Idea linked Hayes win to Southern Reconstruction. If Hayes won Louisiana or South Carolina, local Republicans gained governorships via same ballots. The party abandoned Reconstruction policy and ignored Black citizens’ rights as several states sought to bar them from voting.
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The
Tribune
Ohio
Hayes
South
Louisiana
Packard
South Carolina
Chamberlain
Ohio convention dodges great issue on Fifteenth Amendment
Rufus B. Bullock argues the Ohio platform fails to defend Black citizens' voting rights. He urges Congressional action to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment and opposes the Fourteenth Amendment, calling it a stupid blunder and proposing repeal.
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Ohio
United States
Supreme Court
Tribune His Ideal Newspaper
A reader from Mount Arlington New Jersey writes June 19 1903 praising The Tribune as his ideal newspaper. He notes the paper fits any room and would leave an aching void if not received.
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The
Tribune
the Tribune
Mount Arlington
N. J
Policer commended by commuter at Vesey street crossing
A Tribune reader from South Orange New Jersey commends the officer at the Vesey street crossing in West Street for attention and efficiency, praising the officer as a model for New York's police force.
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The
Tribune
Oranges
West-st
Vesey-st
New York
South Orange
N. J
Pastor Hartley’s illness linked to overwork corrected
A Lexington Avenue Baptist Church pastor, Rev. Richard Hartley, is recovering from a yearlong illness not caused by anonymous letters as some papers claimed. For eight years he preached weekly without vacation, leading fellow pastors to offer free pulpit supply and the church to grant an indefinite hiatus until he regains strength, with a return hoped for mid September.
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the Tribune
Hope Church
Richard Hartley
WANTED BY THE NEGRO RACE LETTER RESPONSE
A June 9 1903 letter from Orange New Jersey signed J H Stillwell M D counters a May 21 1903 Eaglesmere Pennsylvania post claiming Negroes seek social equality. It argues for the right to choose methods of earning a living rather than social equality.
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the Tribune
Eaglesmere
Penn
J. H. Stillwell
M. D. Orange
N. J
Japan Prohibits Opium Sales in Domestic Law
In a June 12 1903 letter Wilbur F Crafts reports Japan has enacted a law banning all opium sales except prescriptions from government approved pharmacists. He notes China’s perilous experience and urges the U S President to adopt a prohibition approach over revenue schemes in the Philippines. A Manila monopoly sale was planned for Monday.
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the Tribune
Legation
Japan
China
England
Thoburn
India
Methodist Book Room
New York
Philippines
Manila Evangelical Union
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Manila
Wilbur F. Crafts
International Reform Bureau
Washington
Weather Forecast and Signals for the Atlantic Storm Looming
The Washington weather bulletin notes an Atlantic Coast storm moving west, with rain from Lake Huron to New England and the Middle Atlantic States. Unsettled conditions prevail from the Rockies to California, with higher interior temperatures and cool trends in the central and southwestern valleys. Local forecasts call for fair or warmer conditions across New England and the mid-Atlantic, with varying winds. Special storm warnings remain on the Gulf and Maine coasts. The piece ends urging readers that TODAY IS THE DAY for local Little Ads bargains.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Valley
Lower
Lake Region
Lake Huron
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Mexico
Mexican
Texas
Louisiana
Rocky Mountains
California
Lake Michigan
Dakotas
Gulf States
Southern Plateau
Rocky Mountain
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New
E England
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South Atlantic
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Tex
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Jlower Lakes
New Orleans
Brownsville
Maine
Mobile
Key West
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
District of Columbia
Weather Bureau
Ught
Justice Bolte Responds to Removal Charges
Justice Bolte calls the removal charges ridiculous and not worthy of reply while his lawyers, Blumenthal, Moss and Feiner, plan a libel response. They argue Bolte’s record is strong, noting his court handles about ten thousand matters annually and that the accusations stem from a defeated plaintiff.
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Justice Bolte
Maurice Blumenthal
Blumenthal, Moss & Feiner
Tribune
Supreme Court
New York
Judge
Bolte
Judge Bolte
Bar Association
Sultan of Sulu Ends Run at Wallack's Theatre in New York
The Sultan of Sulu had its final wallack's theatre performance last night as the run closes after widespread acclaim. The 200th New York souvenir libretto distributed. General Miles and General Hall attended, and Nat Goodwin's company star Miss Jeffie Tilbury prepares for Twelfth Night with Miss Viola Allen next season. A labor dispute at Duss's Venice involving concertmeister Nahan Frango sparks a Musicians Union complaint over salary distribution. Frango defends his actions.
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Wallack’s
New York
General Miles
General Hall
Savage
Sulu
Jeffie Tilbury
Nat Goodwin
Viola Allen
Maria
Miss Allen
Miss Tilbury
His Majesty’s Theatre
Mr. Tree
Duss
Venice
Nahan Frango
Grau
Musicians’ Union
Franko
Army and Navy Orders Issued From Washington June 13
Washington June 13. Army and Navy orders list transfers and examinations. Officers named include First Lieutenant Harry Williams of the Coast Artillery and Major General Samuel M. Young. promotions and boards scheduled at Plattsburg Fort Leavenworth Fort Myer Fort Snelling and Monterey. Navy notes Midshipmen Anderson Goodrich transferred between academies.
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Washington
Army
Harry Williams
Artillery Corps
Ata Fist Company
Coast Artillery
18Th Battery
Field
Samuel Hk. M. Young
Crosby P.miller
Montgomery M. Macomb
C . T. Mencher
William W. Wotherspoon
6Th Infantry
Henry M. Andrews
Fort Leavenworth
Tyree Ff. Rivers
4Th Cavalry
Omar Bundy
John H. Beacom
Elmer F. Mansfield
Monterey
William Stephenson
Will T. May
15Th Infantry
Plattsburg Barracks
Henry H. Adams
5Th Infantry
Daniel Co. Pearson
Cavalry
Henry D. Snydier
Wallis
Clark
Ith
Frank T. Woodbury
William S. Sinclair
Sth
Henry W. Hovey
24Th Infantry
Euclid B. Frick
Fort Snelling
George A. Skinner
Lawrence J. Hearn
Sth Cavalry
Fort Myer
James 3B
Aleshire
Philippines
Arthur H. Freshwater
28Th Infantry
Canadian Pacific absorbs Canadian Pacific Navigation
The Canadian Pacific Railroad Company has absorbed the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company of Vancouver and has taken over its fourteen steamers serving Victoria Skagway and other points. Alaska tariff remains unchanged for now, but Canadian Pacific is seen as a growing rival with increased competition ahead.
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Tacoma
Wash
Canadian Pacific Railroad Company
Canadian Pacific Navigation Company
Vancouver
Victoria
Skagway
Alaska
Canadian Road
Obituary Notes Patchogue Deaths of Dale and Glen
Philip M. Dale a Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn dry goods merchant was found dead in his summer home in Patchogue from apoplexy at age sixty nine His daughter Mrs Alfred Smith and son in law Joseph N Smith survive Also Gerrit S Glen died at Park Avenue Hotel at sixty eight a Universalist member with services held in Palmyra NY this afternoon
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Patchogue
Long Island
Philip M. Dale
Myrtle Ave
Brooklyn
Mr. Dale
Alfred Smith
Gerrit S. Glen
Park Avenue Hotel
Mr. Glen
Montgomery County
N. Y
Universalist Church
Park Avenue
Palmyra
Glen
New York
Rochester
Hartford
Death of Dr William L Bradley Prominent New Haven Physician
Dr William L Bradley died suddenly in New Haven at sixty six. Son of the late Leonard Bradley of New York and New Haven, he was born in New York and unwed. He leaves two sisters Elizabeth C Bradley and Susan L Bradley. A Yale Medical School graduate in 1864 and Yale College 1860, he was among the city's oldest practitioners.
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New-Haven
Conn
William L. Bradley
Leonard Bradley
New-York
Elizabeth C
Susan L. Bradley
Longtime Newark Masonry Leader Thomas Godsen Dies at 84
Thomas Godsen of No 83 New Street Newark died Friday night after a winter paralysis. Born in October 1818 in Warwick England he arrived in the United States in 1847. A prominent Mason he earned the royal and select master degree in 1883 and was knighted in 1869. He held several high offices including eminent commander of Damascus Commandery and grand prelate of the New Jersey Grand Commandery, surviving a daughter.
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Thomas Godsen
New St
Newark
Mr. Godsen
Warwick
Warwickshire
England
Kane
Damascus Commandery
Union
Damascus
New Jersey
John F. McKinney Dies in Piqua at 76
Piqua Ohio June 13 John F McKinney prominent lawyer and former Democratic State leader died here today from paralysis aged seventy six He was elected to the twenty second eighteenth Congress in 1862 from the fifth district and later to the forty first id Congress in 1870 He served as chairman of the Democratic State Committee for several years
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Piqua
Ohio
John F. McKinney
Obituary notes span several cities and lives
Obituary notes report Mrs. Sarah A. Freeborn died at her Harlem home and left a large family. Judge Charles W. Garter, a long-serving probate judge and Masonic leader, died in Norwich. Miss Eleanor W. Mulford, Knickerbocker Hotel proprietor, died in Asbury Park. Mrs. Matilda M. Hamill of Lawrenceville School died in Trenton. Walter Stevens, commission merchant, died near Burnt Mills White House New Jersey.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Eleanor W. Mulford
Knickerbocker
Mulford
Staatsburg
N. Y
Trenton
Matilda M. Hamill
Samuel M. Hamill
Lawrenceville School
Old
Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church
Hugh H. Hamill
Trenton Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Marriages Recorded in New Jersey and Brooklyn Notices
At Monmouth Beach New Jersey on June 10 Madge Niles daughter of Lucien H Niles wed Sidney Sewall Boardman by Rev William Owen In Brooklyn on June 10 1903 Frank M Corduan wed Blossom Benson at the bride’s mother’s home Rev Marcus B Talor presiding Notices of Marriages and Deaths must be in dorsed with full name and address.
Obituary notices list multiple deaths and funeral details
The notice lists deaths of Bradley Ellsworth Glen Griffith Hoag Insley Lockwood Scholle Sherwood Stokes Whitney and Whiton with ages, residences, and burial plans. It provides dates June 1903 to 1963 and funeral schedules at various cities including New Haven Brooklyn New York Onteora Park Newark Amiens Milford Piermont and New Rochelle.
Tribune Transatlantic Mails and Domestic Rates Notice
Special notices detail domestic and weekly rates for the Daily and Tri-Weekly Tribune and list office locations in New York City. It also outlines transatlantic and regional mail schedules, deadlines, and international station branches across London Paris Geneva Hamburg Bremen Antwerp and more with details for Europe and the Americas.
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United States
Canada
Manhattan
Cuba
Porto Rico
Haweli
Suniat
Tribune
New York City
Nassau-st. Uptown
Broadway
Washington
F-st. Ee
Frederick N. Sommes
Broad-st
the Tribune
St. Brown, Gould & Co
New Oxford-st. London
Partley
Bastidon
Bahahot Strasse
Ae Ancre Express Company
Antwerp
Bylgium
American Express Company
Mail dispatch schedules for Pacific routes to June and July
The notice lists daily closing times for multiple routes from Hawaii to the Pacific via Seattle Tacoma Vancouver and San Francisco, including China Japan Philippine Islands New Zealand Australia Fiji Samoa and New Caledonia. It notes delays due to Cunard steamer arrivals and details special forwarding and prepaid requirements.
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Hawaii
China
Japan
Philippine Islands
Francizco
Korea
Vladivostok
Seattle
S. S. Pleiades
Tacoma
G & Tetoria
New Zealand
Australia
New Caledonia
Fiji
Samoa
Elawaiti
San Francisco
Timclusive
S S&s. Sierra Iit
Cunard
Fiji Islands
Vancouver
Victoria
B. C
Moana
Dispatch
Go Maru
Iippine Islands
Alameda
Victoria B.C
Mipgrew
Shanghai
Vie
Cansds
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
Sneha
Postefice
New York, N. Y
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Militia
Co. H. T. Collis
General M’cook
Zoological Society
Electoral College
House of Representatives
Rufus B. Bullock
Cold Brook Farms
Charlestown
R. I
the Weather Report
Army and Navy
NAVY
W. §& Anderson
Naval Academy
C. F. Goodrich
Absorbs Steamship Company
John F. M’kinney
Sarah A. Freeborn
West
Harlem
Thomas C. Freeborn
White House
Walter Stevens
Burnt Mills
Virginia
Hoag
Chester Robinson, Jr
Chester Robinson
Clara Osboorne Hoag
Mt. Prospect Ave
Fairmount Cemetery
Sherwood
New Rochelle
Emma Rumsey
Edwin H. Sherwood
Grand Central
Stokes
Amiens
France
Henry
Walter C
Adéle Watson Etokes
East
Whitney
Milford
Francis X
Betty R
Willima Whitney
Whiton
Piermont-on-the-Hudson
Sarah Pierson Lord
William Henry Whiton
Eleazar Lord
D. B
Jeremiah H. Pierson
Ramapo
Woodlawn
Cemete
Metropolis
Stephen Merritt
J. K
Carnrell, Massey & Co
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Tribune Almanac
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Foreign Star
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Switzerland
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Portugal
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Greece
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Azores
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Belgium
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Queenstown
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S. Konig Albert
Scotland
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Ss. Anchoria
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Tampico
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Captain Bennett
Ee Republic
Nett
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Bermuda
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Curacao
Venezuela
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Savanillo
Cartagena
Maracaibo
British
Dutch Guiana
Prins Maurits
Brazil
Gregory
Para
Manacs
Transpacific
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Fla
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Saly
Miquelon
Belize
Puerto Cortez
Universil Posts
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Newea @an
Mit
Postoffice
Express Money
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