Indian Education That Counts at Chilocco School
The Chilocco Indian school graduates its largest class as over 150 pupils head to nearby Rocky Ford to assist sugar beet harvests. The program blends academics with practical trade skills for boys and domestic training for girls, praised by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and highlighted by Superintendent S. M. McCowan.
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Chiléecs
Rocky Ford
Col
Chilocco
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Carlisle
Haskell
Chinese Students Uniforms Drive Military Clothing Market
The British Consul reports many Chinese government schools in WuChao adopt foreign cut uniforms with brass buttons peak caps and foreign shoes. Uniforms use serge cotton tweed or light cotton. khaki in military schools. Materials sourced from Japan and Hongkong though native leather shoes are common. Costs range from one uniform about 3.60 Mexican dollars to 2.20 for caps and 1.10–2.20 for shoes. quality described as very poor. The trend makes uniforms a fashionable status symbol among younger males in the region.
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China
Wuchaw
Stummer
Japan
Hongkong
Vegetable sponges grow in Algeria and Asia
A fragment discusses the cultivation of vegetable sponges in Algeria, noting ten species and widespread growth in Algiers and Oran. It mentions edible fruit before maturity and a pulp separating fibrous matter after ripeness, yielding a mass termed vegetable sponges.
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Algeria
Asia
Rica
Algiers
Oran
Chicago & Alton fined for illegal rebates in court
Judge Landis ordered the Chicago & Alton to pay 40000 in fines for granting rebates to Schwarzschild & Sulzberger. Former officials Faithorn and Wann were fined 10000 each. The defendants gave notice of an appeal. The ruling aligns with a prior similar case against Chicago, Burlington & Quincy.
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Chicago
Ilc
Landis
United States District Court
Chicago & Alton Road
Kansas City
John Fairhorn
Fred A. Wann
Schwarzschild& Sulzberger Company
Bansap “City
Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Béthea
United States Circuit Court
Salvadoran Leader Regalado Killed in Guatemala Battle
Washington report confirms former Salvadoran president and Salvadorean troop commander Regalado died in a battle near El Jicaro Guatemala. Dispatch says Salvadorans were defeated in the clash five miles from the frontier in Jutiapa, with details reaching U S officials via Merry in San Salvador.
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Washington, D
G. — Regalado
Salvador
Guatemala
State Department
United States
Merry
San Salvador
Regalado
New Orleans
el Jicaro
Department of Jutiapa
Pacific
Italians Kill Off Officers Near Prescott Wis
Deputy Sheriff Hammill of Pierce County was killed and City Marshal Isaacs of Prescott was seriously wounded during an attempted arrest of Italian laborers near Prescott Wisconsin. Six Italians were implicated, fled on a handcar, and twelve were later captured and jailed in Ellsworth for safety.
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Lacrosse
Wia
Hammil
Pierce County
Wis
Isaacs
Prescott
Ellsworth
Dreyfus Vindicated in France Courts and Court Martial
Alfred Dreyfus was fully acquitted in Paris of treason charges, restored to army rank, and slated for advancement to lieutenant colonel. The Rennes court martial judgment is annulled, Major Count Esterhazy named as real culprit, and Dreyfus eyed for Legion of Honor status after prompt official publication.
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Paris
France
Alfred Dreyfus
Devil's Island
Supreme Court
Dreyfus
Count Hsterhazy
Rennes
Elysee Palace
Fallieres
Col
Piquart
Government by Mail at Sagamore Hill
President Roosevelt enjoys his first real vacation from the White House while governing by mail. Over a week and a half he has received only two brief visitors, Sir Joseph Ward and Secretary Taft. He spends three to five hours daily on correspondence, signing more than 150 commissions and appointing diplomats, consuls, and postmasters.
Russian Parliament Votes to Send Delegates to London Conference
The St Petersburg lower house after a half hour debate on Friday voted to send six members to the inter parliamentary conference in London. Deputies Naboukoff and Alladina asserted Russia’s parliament is the only one with members united in favor of ending the war, unlike other parliaments where only groups share that aim. Delegates to be chosen on July 16.
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St Petersburg
Russia
London
Naboukoff
Alladin
Decline in Tin Meat Imports Noted in London Docks
English trade shows a sharp drop in canned meats imports from the United States. June last year saw 27,000 cases arrive at Albert docks from Boston and New Orleans, while June this year reports only 4,000. July 1905 accounted for 24,000 cases, and so far this month no tins have arrived.
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London
England
Albert Docks
Boston
New Orleans
United States
State Treasurer Overpaid by $2.10 Says Shawnee Court
Judge Dana of Shawnee county district court rules for T J Kelly in the suit brought by G C Coleman attorney general. The decision states that Kelly was not indebted to the state for missing coupons but that the state owes Kelly $2.10, linked to his contention of overpayment.
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Kansas
Owen
Topeka
Kan
T. J. Kelly
G.C. Coleman
State of
Kelly
Dana
Shawnee County
Monument to Washington Funded at Hungarian Church Conference
At the second annual conference of the Reformed Hungarian church held here on Friday a sum of 15000 dollars was appropriated to erect a monument to George Washington in Budapest Hungary.
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Washington
Phoenixville
Reformed
George Washington
Budapest
Hungary
Rose Gets Stay of Execution in Kansas City Case
Mayor W R Rose learns by telegram that Justice Brewer of the US Supreme Court signed a writ of error in the Kansas Supreme Court contempt case. The writ acts as a supersedeas and grants a stay of execution of the $1,000 fine.
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United States Supreme Court Acta
Kansas
Santa Fe Firms Fined for Technical Violations
In Las Vegas New Mexico Chief Justice William J Mills fined Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railway and Colorado Fuel and Iron Company 3000 dollars on each indictment count with a total 15000 dollars and costs per defendant after ruling violations were technical not willful.
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Las Végas
N. M
William J. Mills
United States
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Slaughterhouse Scare Referenced by British Delegate
A London sanitary inspector conference hears delegate Bottomly claim British public would dismiss the Chicago scare if they knew what happens in this country's slaughterhouses. He cites a cow suffering from pulmonary consumption sold for 15 dollars, killed and eaten.
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Bristol
Eng
Chicago
Rojestvensky Acquitted After Trial At Kronstadt
Admiral Rojestvensky was acquitted in a court martial held at Kronstadt after nearly ten hours of deliberation. Four Bedovi torpedo boat destroyer officers were found guilty of premeditated surrender and sentenced to death, but the emperor will consider commuting their sentences to dismissal with loss of certain rights.
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Cronstadt
Russia
Rojestvensky
Sea of Japan
Bedovi
British Channel Fleet Visit to Russia Postponed
The British channel fleet will not visit Russian waters due to political agitation in Britain and Russia. Russia suggested delaying the visit to avoid harming future Anglo Russian relations amid a political crisis. Edward Grey’s firm statements were welcomed in St. Petersburg. Most cordial telegrams have been exchanged between King Edward and Emperor Nicholas.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Great Britain
Edward Grey
Edward
Nicholas
Secretary Wilson Inspects Chicago Stockyards
Secretary Wilson toured Chicago stockyards plants on Tuesday and Wednesday, praising packers for vigor in making improvements. He said federal seals will mark inspected meat for quality, while old issues from the past will not be retroactively certified.
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Chicago
Ill
Wilson
Uncle Sam
Lead Ore Found Near Tulsa and Freestone Quarry
A lead ore discovery was made in Tulsa city limits at eighteen feet by R A Austin. A valuable find of the same ore was reported at Freestone quarry southeast of the city with further prospecting planned.
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Tulsa
R. A. Austin
Freestone
Plague disinfectant success attributed to crude petroleum in Bombay
Dr Turner, Bombay health officer, announced on Wednesday that crude petroleum proved highly effective as a plague disinfectant. The experiments reportedly advanced prospects for eradicating the plague in the city.
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Bombay
India
Turner
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Scandia Journal
A. B. Kimball
Oyster Bay
ALTON
the Railroad
Packers
Faithorn
Wann
Dean
Ptreagon
Government BY Mail
Roosevelt
The
Santa Fe
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