Grover Cleveland Dies at Princeton Home at 71
Grover Cleveland died at 8 40 this morning at his Princeton home after long issues from digestive trouble heart and kidney disease. Physicians said heart failure with pulmonary thrombosis and edema caused death. The former president had been cared for by Drs Bryant Lockwood and Carnochan amid a delayed public announcement. His wife and children were at Tamworth New Hampshire and Lakewood with family during his illness. Cleveland had served with Equitable Life as a trustee and gradually worsened from recent illness before passing away.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Joseph D. Bryant
George R. Lockwood
J. M. R. Carnochan
Cleveland
Boon
Sherman Writes Taft of Washington Meeting Soon
In Cleveland on June 24 the doctors said Sherman’s condition remained favorable with no operation needed for now. He is resting quietly, fever receding, energy improving, and doctors will not reconvene today unless his status worsens. Sherman telegraphs Taft thanking him and stating he may travel to Washington in three or four days and expects to see Taft there next Wednesday.
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Washington
Cleveland
Sherman
Ohio
Stone
James
Lakeside Hospital
Newport
Death of Cleveland Sparks National Mourning Proclamation
Oyster Bay June 24 President Roosevelt issued a proclamation to fly flags at half mast over the White House and department buildings in Cleveland s memory and to render suitable military and civil honors at the funeral A tribute notes his service as mayor governor and twice president and his steadfast devotion to the country since retirement he remained a model of simplicity and upright private life Taft and other officials expressed shock and regret while Cortelyou Carlise and Herbert offered brief condolences President Roosevelt will issue further formal notice of Cleveland s death.
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White House
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New Haven
Conn
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Clary
Falmouth
Mass
Richard Olney
Cortelyou
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
John G. Carlisel
Navy
Hilary A. Herbert
Brazil Plans to Build Battleships for Japan Revealed
Confidential navy reports warn the United States government that Brazil secretly plans to order several battleships for Japan. Commander W S Sims, then naval attaché in Paris, said he was instructed to monitor Brazilian naval plans as reports from Berlin suggested ships may be laid down in years. London spies noted Brazilian orders could be paid from Tokyo, though US investigators found no conclusive evidence of Japanese funding.
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Japan
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Berlin
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Career of Grover Cleveland Unique in History
Stephen Grover Cleveland born March 18 1837 in Caldwell New York rose from family roots to law before entering public service. He served as Erie county assistant district attorney Buffalo mayor governor of New York and president United States noting vetoes tax policy and Monroe doctrine actions while steering reforms and facing economic turmoil. He later held varied roles including Equitable Life board trustee Princeton staff and civic federation member.
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Caldwell
Essex County
New York
Richard Cleveland
Grover
Onondags County
Cleveland
Ohio
Tuffalo
Buffalo
Erie County
Orator
Democratic County Committee
Venezuela
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West
Chicago
United States
Princeton
N. J
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
National Civic Federation
Princeton University
American Historical Association
American Philosophical Society
Ruth
White House
FATAL FIGHTING AROUND WRECKED PARLIAMENT
Reported clashes in London and Teheran describe Cossack and troop bombardment around parliamentary buildings. Official dispatches vary, with British figures around forty killed. In Teheran, volleys, shelling, and looting followed, leaving the parliament in ruins and many casualties uncertain.
Representative Sleeper Leaves Venezuela Amid Arbitral Plea
Washington confirms Charge d affaires Sleeper will depart Venezuela per state department directives. Castro rejects protests over Juarez banishment and private claims by Orinoco Company and asphalt firm, offering arbitration while avoiding Hague proceedings. Impasse may trigger other nations to cut ties with Venezuela as routine reports from Boston cover a large General Federation of Women's Clubs convention attendance.
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France
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Boston
Mass
General Federation of Woman's Clubs
Career of W B Leeds a glittering social storm
New York reports W B Leeds rose from an assistant surveyor in 1881 to president of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad by 1900. His life was marked by two marriages and a public quarrel with the Moores, culminating in a social duel of gowns at Palm Beach.
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Moores
Tin Plate Company
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Fla
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