Johnstown Mine Disaster Toll Reaches 114
Johnstown Pa July 18 after a mine explosion at the Cambria Steel Kidlling Mill mine state inspectors granted permission to resume operations in all sections except Klondike while the Klondike remains closed for several days. The death toll rose to 114 though company records show one fewer. A large funeral observance followed with multiple parishes and foreign communities paying tribute to victims and heroism including Mike Sabot who died aiding others.
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Associated Press
Johnstown
Kidlling Mill
Cambria Steel Company
James H. Roderick
State Bureau of Mining Inspection
C. 8. Price
Cambria Company
Klondike
John Leher
Yasante Sibelia
Cumbria General Hospital
G. T. Robinson
Miller
Roderick
Mr. Roderick
Cambria
Fu- Clly
Chestnut Street
Morrellville
Mike Sabot
St. Mary's
Sabot
Anaid
Mike
Reporters Tour Seling Mul Mine After Disaster Visit
Johnstown July 13 reporters and four peers toured the Seling Mul mine Klondike area including death chambers under Mine Superintendent George T. Robinson. The guided inspection lasted three hours covering seven miles of workings with safety escorts and officers aboard to show rescue efforts details.
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Johnstown
Seling Mul
Klondike
Associated Press
George T. Robinson
Robinson
Griffith Powell
Benjamin Hartell
Emery Hoffman
Mike Lovas
Philip White
Westmont
Reducing the Asiatic Fleet
Secretary Moody orders Rear Admiral Wildes to retire six gun boats Arayat Basco Calamlanes Mariveles Panay Paragua from patrols in the Philippines. The move reduces active force in the Asiatic station and freeing officers for other duties. Arethusa will depart Cavite for New York, and Princeton may follow.
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Washington, D.C
Moody
Wildes
Philippine
Arayat
Basco
Calamlanes
Mariveles
Panay
Paragua
Arethusa
Cavite
New York Navy Yard
Princeton
Asiatic Station
Square meals tested for sustained soldier subsistence
Exclusive AP report from Washington notes further tests of the emergency ration to measure how long troops can endure without a regular meal. Brigadier General Weston says the ration shows promise and will be tested under simulated war conditions. The one day ration includes evaporated beef parched wheat salt and sugar in a can. trials in the Philippines were satisfactory.
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Washington, D. C
Weston
Philippines
Vatican Hopes To Use Philippines Question For Relations
Rome reports a Vatican bid to advance ties with the United States by pressing the friars lands issue and related payments. Officials seek to prolong relations started by Governor Taft for two years and, if possible, extend further by delaying friars withdrawal. Secretary Root had said negotiations over the friars lands are a business matter without diplomatic significance.
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Rome
Vatican
United States
Taft
Root
No News From Missing Steamers Jeanie and Portland
U S revenue cutter Thetis searches for the overdue steamers Jeanie and Portland with no word received at Seattle by July 1 The Elihu Thompson departed Nome July 1 for Seattle via Juneau and reached Juneau today with details of the voyage communicated by cable and telegraph through Skagway Dawson White Horse and Ashcroft to Seattle
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U. S. Revenue
Thetis
Associated Preen
Seattle
Wash
Jeanie
Portland
United States Revenue Cutter
Elihu ‘Thompson
Nome
Juneau
Conemaugh
Thompson
Skagway
Dawson
White Horse
Ashcroft
Gorgeous Dress Uniforms Proposed for Army Officers
Secretary Root to send the army board report on new dress uniforms to the president. If approved, officers will wear a long coat for dress occasions with a red yellow or light blue cuff cord, two rows of gold lace on the collar, a gold knot, twisted gold shoulder strap, and a loose ankle length overcoat.
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Washington
Root
Army Board
McBrier's Body Found After Forty-Five Days in River
Exclusive report from Sault Ste Marie details the recovery of J. H. McBrier son of Keio Pa ship owner James McBrier. The body was found in the river, decomposed after forty five days, with the inscription My name is J. H. McBrier on a envelope. He had been missing from Evie two months and appears to have died by his own hand.
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Detroit
Mich
the Tribune
Sault Ste Marie
J. H. McBrier
James McBrier
Keio
Dovkmen
McBrier
Evie
King Edward's Progress Update From The Associated Areas
London reports the progress of King Edward toward recovery remains steady. It is understood he will be transferred to the royal yacht Victoria and Ameri at Portsmouth at noon next Tuesday, with preparations under way for the voyage.
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London
Edward
Royal Yacht
Victoria
Bortsmouth
Thirteenth Regiment Arrives at Camp Meade after Delays
A staff correspondent reports the Thirteenth Regiment reached Camp Meade Gettysburg Pa at 12:30 Saturday after a fourteen hour trip plagued by delays. A railroad wreck on the Lehigh Valley caused the detour and longer travel time.
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Camp Meade
Gettysburg
Lehigh Valley
Allentown Arrival Adjusted Civil War Train Route
Allentown saw the transport train, split at Avoca and rerouted via Mauch Chunk to Philadelphia and Reading, adding fifty to sixty miles. Locomotives exhausted steam, causing several waits as the two sections joined near Allentown. The advance guard prepared camp, with tents up and meals arranged for hungry soldiers.
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Allentown
Mauch Chunk
Philadelphia
Reading
Avoca
Troops and dispositions near General Miller's quarters
The text describes the Second and Third brigades north of General Miller with units positioned around Round Top Hills. Cavalry from Fort Meyer and a light artillery battery under Captain D. T. Lewis are quartered in the field area near the first day's fighting, with a hospital field corps present. Official division figures show the Third brigade at 3,109 present out of 3,166 total, Thirteenth regiment contributing 648.
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Cemetery Hill
Gobin
Second Cavalry
Scranton
Thousands of Visitors at Camp Meade on Greatest Sunday
Thousands of visitors filled Camp Meade as Gettysburg marked its busiest Sunday. General Gobin and staff toured key battlefield sites while regiments attended services. Lectures drew large soldier audiences at Bloody Angle and Devil's Den as bread rations were condemned and hardtack served.
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Gettysburg
Camp Meade
Gobin
Salisbury resigns as British prime minister
The Marquis of Salisbury resigns the premiership and A J Balfour is appointed his successor. Balfour visits the king to accept the post, while U S officials say the change will not alter Britain United States relations and that continuity remains with the new leader.
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London
Marquis of Salisbury
Great Britain
A. J. Balfour
Treasury
House of Commons
Edward
Balfour
Washington
United States
State Department
Mr. Balfour
Lord Salisbury
Kitchener Returns to London Amid Enthusiastic Welcoming Crowd
Lord Kitchener reached London at 12.48 pm after three years abroad and was greeted by tens of thousands of cheering spectators. A lavish platform at Paddington housed Indian princes and military brass as the general met the king, queen, and Lord Roberts, receiving the Order of Merit before visiting Roberts at Portland Place.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Metropolis
St. James's Palace
Kitchener
Paddington Railroad Station
War Office
India Office
Prince of Wales
Duke of Connaught
Duke of Cambridge
Lord Roberts
Lord Lansdowne
Brodrick
Lord Rtoberts
Portland Place
Transatlantic Passenger Arrivals and Arrivals List
Exclusive wire reports ship arrivals and departures with ships such as Cymrie Palatia and Celtic sailing to New York and Antwerp routes via Southampton Queenstown and Cherbourg. The list notes vessels from Hamburg Boulogne Bremen and Liverpool with passengers and onward rail links in New York and Antwerp.
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Associated Prep
New York
Waldersee
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Queenstown
Umbria
Liverpool
Newark
Mine Workers Chief Skips Strike Talks in Chicago Visit
President Mitchell of the Mine Workers union arrived in Chicago and declined to discuss the strike. He will address the convention of large shoremen tomorrow and then proceed to Indianapolis.
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Chicago
Mitchell
Mine Workers’ Union
Indianapolis
Chinese minister to the United States appointed
Sir Lian Chen has been named Chinese minister to the United States Washington July 13. He is a Yale graduate and a little over forty, with progressive ideas. Minister Wu, serving since 1897, expects a new role and has cordial relations with Roosevelt and McKinley administrations.
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Associated Plan
Pekin
Sir Lian Chen
Edward
United States
Washington
Lian Chen
Yale
Roosevelt
McKinley
Friars Are a Menace in Philippines Negotiations
President Roosevelt and Secretary Root discussed Governor Taft's talks with the Vatican on Philippine friars. Both deem the friars a menace to peace and governance and favor their elimination. Miss Alice Roosevelt arrived from a brief Adirondacks trip as news was unofficially evolving.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Root
Theodore, Jr
Archibald
Kermit
Ethel
Christ Episcopal Church
Taft
Vatican
Alice Roosevelt
Adirondacks
Hurley wins two amateur races at Vailsburg track
In Newark over 6000 attend Vailsburg bicycle track day. Marcus L Hurley of the New York Athletic Club takes the half mile in 1 05 2 6 and the five mile in 11 15. The Spartan open two mile pro race draws 33 starters with Kramer edging Bedell for the title in 4 11, a likely fastest scratch race.
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Newark
N. J
Vailsburg
Marcus L. Hurley
New York Athletic Club
Houseman
Krebs
Bald
Penn
Tom Butler
Kramer
John Bedell
Revolutionists Fail to Take Bluefields in Nicaragua
The director general of telegraphs in Nicaragua reports Bluefields remains under government control. Government dispatches state several revolutionaries were captured near Bluefields on July 7, with ongoing assessments of the conflict and checkpoints across the region.
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Associated Press
Managua
Nicaragua
Telegraphs of
Bluefelda
Bluchelda
Deaths of a Day in New York City and Indiana
Ada Magenia Vrooman Leslie longtime contributor to periodicals dies at her New York home after a long illness. She married Alfred Leslie son of Frank Leslie and helped run the Leslie syndicate with her sons Arthur and Frank. General Thomas J. Morgan dies at Yonkers aged 62 from kidney disease. Born in Frankton Indiana he rose from private to brevet brigadier general in the Civil War and later served as commissioner of Indian affairs. Burial planned in Rochester, New York.
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Associated Press
New York
Ada Magenia Vrooman Leslie
Ciéy
Bhy
Alfred Leslie
Frank Leslie
Leslie
Ladies Basar
Arthur
Frank
Leslie Syndicate
Thomas J. Morgan
Yonkers
Morgan
Frankton
Ind
Harrigan
Rochester
Illinois Miners Face Convention Rise in Strike Action
Reports from Wickes-Barre and Indianapolis indicate the ten week anthracite strike hinges on the national convention decision. Illinois miners unite for a solid vote, while many districts hold off on instructions as sub districts show cautious, conservative stance.
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Associated Press
Wickes-Barre
Indianappeis
Indianapolia
United Mine Workers
District No. 1
Altoona
Coal supply shift as warm weather cools demand
The Ledger reports the anthracite coal trade shows no material change with limited demand and high dealer prices. Bituminous coal is replacing anthracite for most urgent uses, a change that may become permanent in some cases.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
the Ledger
Weather Forecast for Eastern Pennsylvania Update
Forecast for Monday and Tuesday calls for warmer weather in the southern portion. Winds expected to shift southeast to southwest with breezy conditions.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
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