Czar's snub for America in Kishineff petition affair
Washington reports Russia officially declined to receive the Kishineff petition, a decision seen as a setback for Roosevelt. The State Department released correspondence, noting Russia will neither receive nor consider the petition, amid ties to Manchuria treaty port openings and broader diplomacy.
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Washington
Secretary of State
Russia
State Department
Hay
Riddle Waffaires
United States
St. Petersburg
Riddle
Roosevelt
Evar
Manchuria
Acoration
Bear Never to Leave Manchuria Plan Hinted by Russia
St Petersburg reports a Port Arthur meeting outlines consolidation and fortification of Russian power in China. Officials express improbability of immediate war and favor a prudent approach. The plan calls for distributing immigration from European Russia and expanding Russian maritime commerce.
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St. Petersburg
China
Port Arthur
Russia
Clarence S Darrow Weds Ruby Hamerstrom In Chicago Marriage
Chicago July 17 State Representative Clarence S Darrow surprised friends by marrying Ruby Hamerstrom at the home of Mr and Mrs John R Gregg 5401 Indiana avenue. Judge Dunne performed the ceremony. They will sail from Montreal to Liverpool then London and Paris before Sweden to join her parents, away about six months. The bride was born and educated in Galesburg and has lived in Chicago for years.
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Chicago
Clarence S. Darrow
Ruby Hamerstrom
Polk Street
John R. Gregg
Indiana Avenue
Judge Dunne
Darrow
Gregg
Fred Hamerstrom
St. Low
Frank Wilson
Galesburg
Young Is Named to Succeed Miles in Promotions
Washington July 17 The president ordered commissions for promotions in the armed forces. Maj Gen Young becomes lieutenant general replacing Miles who retires August 8. Brig Gen S Summer elevates to major general. Gen Leonard S W Wood moves up to lieutenant general as part of the reshuffle.
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Washington
Young
Miles
S. Summer
Vic . Davis
Leonard S. W. Wood
N. Young
Faith Rescue Mission Prays for All It Needs
Muncie Indiana July 17 members of the Rescue mission running a women’s home rely on prayer to obtain necessities without soliciting funds. They say everything they own comes by faith and have already received a horse named Faith, a sewing machine, and a washing machine through prayer.
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Faith Rescue Mission
Muncie
Ind
Rescue Mission
Upland
Samuel Snyder
Injunction Sustained Against Chicago Strikers
A Chicago appellate court upheld an injunction issued against Kellogg Switchboard plant workers on strike. The decision reinforces the plant’s right to picket, while observers discuss implications for Russian expansion and regional influence in Asia amid broader international tension.
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Chicago
Appellate Court Today
Kellogg
Fire at Denver paint and glass warehouse causes $200,000 loss
Denver July 17. The McPhee and McEntyre paint and oil works and glass warehouse burned today. The loss is $200,000, insured.
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Denver
McPhee & McEntyre Paint and Oil Works
Extra Session Hopes For Financial Legislation
President Roosevelt shows deep interest in remedial financial legislation and desires early action by Congress. He spoke with Senator Lodge at Sagamore Hill and aims for action after the extra session called for November 9 to approve the Cuban treaty and address financial measures. No specific bill was discussed. The finance committee continues work on a remedial measure, with banking and currency committee expected to consider the subject upon convening.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Congress
Sagamore Hill
Alaskan Boundary Commission
London
Associated Press
Lodge
Senate
Committee On Finance
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Another Catch in the Postal Scandal
Washington reports George W. Beaver former chief of the salary and allowance division at the post office department has been indicted by the federal grand jury possibly on two counts. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest but not served.
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Washington
The
Star
Brooklyn
George W. Beaver
Post Office Department
Naval Militiamen Appointed to Office in Springfield WL
On recommendation of the naval militia commander, Charles C. Y. King is named chief of staff with rank of commander. Warren F. Purdy becomes executive officer, ranking as commander, Louis C. Roberts navigat ing officer at lieutenant commander, Raymond C. Turck ordnance officer as lieutenant, Granville Kimball chief engineer as lieutenant, Horatio L. Wait paymaster as lieutenant commander, John A. Jamison assistant paymaster as lieutenant. Appointments date from July 6. John K. McCabe named quartermaster of the 7th Infantry with rank of captain, replacing Harless who resigned.
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Springfield
Naval Militia
Charles C. Y. King
Warren F. Purdy
Louis C. Roberts
Raymond C. Turck
Granville Kimball
Horatio L. Wait
John A. Jamison
Johm KR. McCabe
7Th Infantry
Harless
Dora Wright Hanged for Cruel Murder of 7-Year-Old Girl
South McAllister, ST July 17 Dora Wright was hanged for the murder of Alice Williams a 7 year old girl She mounted the scaffold without a tremor The evidence showed the girl had been beaten severely for months with old scars indicating torture with a red hot poker The case marks the first hanging in this section Charles Barrett was also hanged today for the murder of John Hennessy an elderly man shot during a robbery in the bush
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South McAllister
Dora Wright
Alice Williams
Annie Williams
Charles Barrett
John Hennessy
Portuguese officers arrested for conspiracy against king
Berlin dispatch reports from Lisbon that several officers of the 5th Portuguese infantry were arrested on charges of conspiring against King Charles. They face court martial. Widespread suspicion holds a conspiracy has long circulated, with investigators charging officers already cashiered. other regiments reportedly affected.
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Berlin
Cologne
Lisbon
Sth
Charles
Abner McKinley Illness Not Serious
Somerset, Pa July. Abner McKinley’s illness is not as serious as reported. Yesterday he had an attack of vertigo and exhaustion from the heat in New York last week, but he was entirely recovered today.
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Somerset
Abner McKinley
New York
American Squadron Sails From Portsmouth in 1903 Dispatch
The American squadron under Rear Admiral Cotton departs port in morning orders. Kearsarge heads for Frenchman’s Bay Maine while other vessels head to Lisbon Portsmouth. July 1 marked the start of these movements amid regional naval activity. Old Soldier Brookmeyer dead in Alden Michigan July 17. He joined the Union Army in the Civil War and served eight years. He attended a Soldiers’ Home in Grand Rapids and was visiting family when he died. Meet called at Winona Lake for the International Sunday School Association executive committee, chaired by W T Hartshorne, July 17, for the Aug 6-10, 1903 gathering in Indiana.
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Can
Nand
Cotton
Kearsarge
Frenchman's Bay
Maine
Lisbon
Portsmouth
Alden
Mich
Charles Brookmeyer
Brookmeyer
Gerthy
Diers
Winons
Boston
W.T. Hartshorne
International Sunday School Association
Winona Lake
Ind
Belknap named organization of the prison board
Louisville dispatch reports Colonel Morris B. Belknap of Louisville received the Republican nomination for governor on the first ballot after a tense convention scene. Bradley denied candidacy, while Willson supporters withdrew. Belknap's victory came amid a platform endorsing Roosevelt without a money question reference. A separate Illinois item notes the Joliet and Chester penitentiaries and the state reformatories forming the board of prison industries to employ inmates under the new convict labor law. Charles A. Purdum presides, with T. J. Clark as secretary, planning a subsequent meeting at Southern Olmots penitentiary in Chester.
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Louisville
Morris B. Belknap
Willson
Belknap
Bradley
Try
Roosevelt
Pontiac
Joliet and Chester
Marshall
T. J. Clark
Quincy
Southern Olmnots
Chester
Foreclosure action on $15 million mortgage in shipbuilding case
In New York on July 17 Judge Audge Kirkpatrick signed an order allowing Mercantile Trust Company of New York to foreclose a $15,000,000 mortgage of the United States Shipbuilding Company held as trustee for bondholders.
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New York
Audge Kirkpatrick
United States District Court
Mercantile Trust Company
United States Shipbuilding Company
Epworth League Proceedings and Society News
Detroit July 17 begins with Epworth League program at 6 50 and 12 meetings busy day and evening including four departmental conferences. Fair Artist Weds Soldier at Fair St Mich July 7 reports Elopement shock to Chicago society. couple returns to Chicago with groom bound for the far west. Latre Wisconsin July 17 two banks near Bangor and West Salem Exchange in reorganization or sale as Bank Examiner takes charge. Bangor vice president withdraws. LaCrosse Pioneer Railway Man Dies July 17 William E Kittridge 63 master mechanic for Milwaukee Road died suddenly. son of early Racine and Mississippi road official.
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Epworth League
Detroit
Wheatch Servier
Shegan
St. Mich
Justice Weber
Charles A. Swanson
Fort Sheridan
Marion Leighton
Chicago
Swanson
Far West
Wisconsin
Latre
Wis
West Salem Exchange Bank
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of Bangor
Berg
J. D. Samuels
Bangor Bank
Exchange Bank
LaCrosse
William E. Kittridge
Chicago, Miwaukee
St. Paul
Milwaukee Road
Ife
Walter Kittridge
Racine and
Mississippi Road
Football Prohibited at Alma School No Football Next Season
At the annual school district meeting in Alma Michigan resolutions were passed prohibiting football at school hereafter. Alma high school has competed in the Interscholastic Football association for two years and nearly won the state championship last year. The action has caused much indignation and may trigger serious discord.
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Alma, Micch
Alma’s
New Suspect Emerges in Bloomington Jardine Murder Case
Bloomington, July 17 A new suspect has been named in the Jardine baby murder case. Police were informed of a person seen near the Jardine home the night of the crime. Meantime Maude Jardine, oldest sister, faces hearing as Misa Jardine denies guilt, telling officers she is innocent and awaiting dinner as officials proceed.
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Bloomington, II
Jardine
Maude
Butler
Misa Jardine
Prosecuting Attorneys Elected at Galesburg
The Minis yesterday selected officers for the State's Attorneys' association led by President Frank W. Tiak of Galesburg. Other officers include First Vice President Warry North of Reochford, Second Vice President George W. Lackey of Lawrenceville, Third Vice President F. W. Painter of Carrollton, and Secretary-Treasurer J. W. Gorden of Onaaka.
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Minis Ru Yesters
Frank W. Tiak
Chi- Galesburg
Assee
Warry
North
Reochford
George W. Lackey
Lawrenceville
F. W. Painter
Carrollton
J. W. Gorden
Onnaka
Corn Crop Short, Secretary Wilson Warns
Secretary Wilson, returning from a tour through Ohio Indiana Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota, says the corn crop will be short due to abnormally cool weather. Flooded valleys ruined some fields while saturated level lands fail to mature. Best corn remains on dry rolling lands though season remains cool. If weather improves an average crop is possible. otherwise shortage likely. Grass crop he calls the finest in years.
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Washington
Wilson
Ohio
Indiana
Duinois
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Live wire accident claims Michigan lineman in Battle Creek
Harry Hayward a Michigan Telephone Company lineman was killed while working on a wire thirty feet high at Main and Monroe in Battle Creek. He lost balance while riding a cable seat, grasped a live wire, and received 2,280 volts. His body hung across the cable ten feet below before falling. he had only two days on the job and was single, from Grand Rapids.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Harry Hayward
Michigan Telephone Company
Fire Department
Hayward
Main
Monroe
Hawyard
Grand Rapids
Pope Leo XIII's health bulletin signals gradual improvement
Rome dispatches report calmer spells and shorter respirations with the pope sleeping at night and showing modest overall improvement. Doctors delay another operation as pleural fluid remains stable, though breathing remains difficult and the pontiff expresses wish to sit upright. Rampolla receives extended powers to act in the pope's stead.
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Rome
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