National banks cannot sign Oklahoma guaranty fund deals
Washington reports a formal opinion by General Bonaparte, at Secretary Cortelyou's request, stating national banks may not contract with state officials to fund or back a state guaranty system. The ruling bars using bank deposits or capital to cover state bank failures in Oklahoma. Oyster Bay notes Wright seeks Roosevelt's meeting with Colonel Scott over cadet inquiry findings. The president has not yet received the War Department's final decision.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou
Oklahoma
Oyster Bay
Wright
Roosevelt
Colonel Scott
Scott
West Point
Rudolph Foster
War Department
General Wright
DIRT FLIES ON ISTHMUS
Washington reports month by month gains in Isthmian canal excavation. July output reaches 3,168,640 cubic yards, up from June and well above last year. Average daily production in July 1908 was 121,494 cubic yards with 1,847,173 cubic yards moved by steam shovels.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal
Goethals
Isthmus
Roosevelt telegram on Senator Allison's death comment
President Roosevelt expressed shock and concern upon learning of Senator Allison's death. He praised Allison as a man of gray public service and a highly effective aid to good government, signing the message in full.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Allison
Theodore Roosevelt
Perkins to chair naval affairs after Allison’s death
Washington August 7 Senator Perkins of California will be advanced to the chairmanship of the committee on naval affairs due to Senator Allison of Iowa death. Hale remains ranking member of appropriations while Perkins steps into naval chair with Hale next in line for senior posts.
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Perkins
Washington
Allison
Iowa
California
Naval Affairs
Hale
Packers Claim Overcharge on Stock Cars Shipment
Carstens Packing of Tacoma files with the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking 252 dollars in reparations for 11 stock cars shipped from Nampa Idaho and Ontario Oregon. It alleges overcharge and routing via a more costly path by Oregon Short Line Oregon Railroad Navigation and Northern Pacific.
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Washington
Carstens Packing Company
Tacoma
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Northern Pacific
Nampa
Idaho
Ontario
Young Commandant Named for Mare Island Yard
Aug. 8 Mare Island Washington Captain Lucien Young named new commandant at Mare Island navy yard San Francisco He will succeed Captain J B Milton transferred to command of the recruiting ship Independence Commodore J M Rob inson relieved and heads home recovery announced by the Navy department.
Guatemalan President Frees 48 Political Prisoners
Washington reports President Estrada Cabrera released 48 political prisoners. Among them 32 Guatemalans, six Hondurans, and one Nicaraguan. The men were linked to alleged plots against Cabrera over the past two years.
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Washington
Estrada Cabrera
Guatemala
State Department
Heimke
Gunboat Marietta to Shelter Foreign Consuls at Ceiba
Word arrived at the Navy department that the gunboat Marietta, Captain Maxwell, reaches Ceiba Honduras. He will give refuge aboard his ship to foreign consuls there if their exequaturs are cancelled by President Davila and conditions require evacuation from the city.
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Washington
Marietatta
Ceiba
Honduras
Maxwell
Navy Department
Davila
President Denounces Fake Interview With Son Over Africa Hunt
Oyster Bay August 7 Acting Secretary Foster said the president denounced an alleged interview with his son Kermit about next year's African hunt as entirely fictitious. The story is an absolute fabrication and the president seeks to refute it.
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Kermit
Oyster Bay
Foster
Public debt rises in July as cash in treasury falls
The July 31 1908 statement shows debt at 958,809,823 dollars, up 20,677,414 for the month. Treasury cash stands at 1,791,038,029 dollars with 1,437,409,856 dollars in demand liabilities leaving 353,638,173 dollars cash balance. The debt increase stems from cash loss of nearly 36,000,000 dollars amid national bank note redemptions and circulation reductions.
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Washington
Treasury
Dufour appeal tests federal law on importing women
In Chicago six indictments accuse Alphonse and Eva Dufour of immigration violations under a federal law banning importation of women for immoral purposes. The cases, moved to the Supreme Court after Judge Landis denied habeas corpus relief, involve up to five years imprisonment and fines up to 5300 per count.
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Washington
Alphonse
Eva Dufour
Supreme Court of
United States
Chicago
Landis
Supreme Court
Opium Addiction Probed By International Commission
Dr. Wright, one of three American representatives on the international opium commission, reports that at least 5,000 white New Yorkers are opium slaves and 600 to 1,000 Chinese residents are addicted. The panel aims to survey major U S cities to map drug use.
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Washington
New York City
Wright
America
International Commission
New York
United States
Hydraulics Proposed to Deepen Mare Island Straits
Washington August 4. The board of civil engineers for army and navy proposes using hydraulics to deepen the Mare Island straits so the channel will accommodate the largest warships. The feasible project reportedly costs about 25000 dollars annually to maintain once installed.
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Mare Island Straits
Washington
Board of Civil Engineers
Army and Navy
Mare Island Navy Yard
Mare Island
Roosevelt Hosts International Guests at Sagamore Hill
President Roosevelt welcomed Treasury Secretary Cortelyou and Thomas J. O'Brien American ambassador to Tokyo at Sagamore Hill. Others at the event included W. C. Forbes vice governor of the Philippines R. R. Rogers Isthmian Canal Commission counsel Robert J. Collier Norman Hapgood and Mr and Mrs Mark Sullivan.
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Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou
Thomas J. O’brien
Tokio
Sagamore Hill
Halesite
Huntington
W. C. Forbes
Philippines
R. R. Rogers
Isthmian Canal Commission
Robert J. Collier
Norman Hapgood
Mark Sullivan
New Postmaster Appointed at St Anthony Idaho
Charles C. Moore was named postmaster at St Anthony Idaho replacing Marcellus J Gray who was removed after a Department inspection found lax office conduct and insufficient personal attention. The change was decided weeks ago.
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St. Anthony
Washington
Postoffice Department
Charles C. Moore
Idaho
Marcellus J. Gray
Gray
Treasury upheld on packaging rules for distilled spirits
Washington August 5 The attorney general upholds the Treasury view that packages of distilled spirits produced at distilleries not under restraining orders must bear marks per regulations effective July 1. A circular letter will be sent to internal revenue collectors detailing the interpretation.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Attorney General
Treasury Dent
Internal Revenue
Major Henry F. Leonard Named Naval Attache for Tokio Exposition
Washington August 5 Major Henry F Leonard of the Marine Corps designated as naval attache to the Tokio Exposition commission. His connection with the commission will begin about September 1 following a request from Commissioner Geese Loomis.
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Leonard
Tokio Fair
Washington
Henry F. Leonard
Marine Corps
Tokio Exposition Commission
Geese’ Loomis
Leonrd
Senator Allison Dies in Dubuque Home
Senator William Boyd Allison died at his Dubuque residence on August 4 or 5 after a heart failure, with family and a physician present. The notice details long illness including prostatic conditions and kidney affection, noting prior declining vitality and recent fainting spells prior to death.
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Dubuque
Iowa
William Boyd
Allison
Cloudburst Destroys Bisbee Main Street and Post Office
A cloudburst in Bisbee Arizona floods Main Street and the post office causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Postmaster M E Cassidy Sheriff Jack White and 18 female clerks narrowly escaped as rocks and mud swept through the building. Clara Larsen of Chicago was rescued from five feet of water by clerk Miss Barr. Thousands of tons of rock and dirt buried streets up to twenty feet.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Main Street
M. E. Cassidy
Jack White
Clara Larsen
Chicago
Barr
Twenty loggers missing in Fernie fire disaster
Vancouver B C Aug 5 up to this evening 18 bodies had been found in the Fernie ruins. The Elk Lumber company crew of about 20 men is still missing. They worked on the mountain north of Hosmer and no word has come from them. Some fear the whole party perished. If they escaped it would take days to reach Fernie by a long route.
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Vancouver
B. C
Fernie
Elk Lumber Company
Hosmer
Fires Consume Michel as East Kootenay Burns
Vancouver dispatch reports three days of battle to defend Michel homes ending in defeat. The East Kootenay district city, second largest in the devastated area, begins burning at dusk and is forecast to become a ruinous heap by tomorrow morning. Fernie’s peril looms in the background with the valley’s mountain setting and a central main street flanked by houses and a railway.
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Vancouver
B. C
Michel
East Kootenay
Fernie
Portugal Faces Religious War in Lisbon Impasse
A bill by Alfonso Costa to expel all religious orders from Portugal sparks a looming conflict. The measure, seen as a royal attack on Catholic influence, follows two decades of Jesuit support under Queen Marie Amelie. The nation braces for a political religious clash.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Alfonso Costa
Chamber of Deputies
Marie Amelie
Edison to Take Scientific Roving Trip to Pacific Coast
Thomas A. Edison plans a temporary leave from the laboratory to devote himself to pure science on a roving commission to the Pacific coast. He will travel with his wife, leaving later in August, and continue research free from commercial aims.
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Edison
New York
Thomas A. Edison
Pacific Coast
Monument of Great Quake Relief Home Dedication
San Francisco notes the new Relief Home for the aged and infirm dedicated at a cost of 450000 from earthquake relief funds. The building, located on the Almshouse tract south of the Golden Gate, was formally turned over to the city.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate
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