Explosion Sinks Gunboat Bennington Killing Dozens
San Diego June 22 A boiler explosion on the gunboat Bennington in San Diego harbor injures and kills many sailors. The vessel is beached after a huge blast that scatters bodies and wreckage, with 60 to 70 men hospitalized and expected deaths near sixty. Rescue efforts surge as ambulances and physicians rush to aid the wounded.
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Wyoming
Mare Island
Frisco on the Anxious Seat Over China Boycott Rumor
San Francisco July 28 merchants report rumors that China’s boycott against American goods is in effect and that big flour and milling firms received stop orders from Orient agents, potentially cancelling contracts. China buys about 220 million dollars of foreign goods annually, with the United States supplying around 20 million and San Francisco about 4.6 million, nearly a third of which is flour and some 600000 barrels exported.
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China
Orient
United States
Shonts at Panama Canal Site Arrival of Shonts and party
The steamer Mexico with President Theodore R. Shonts and Chief Engineer Stevens arrived at Colon Panama for canal commission duties. Governor Magoon and other canal officials greeted them from Panama on a special train. all are reported in good health. Schwab funds questioned. Schwab states he gave only 1500 for a subscription and the 26000 claim is false.
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Mexico
Theodore R. Shonts
Panama Canal Commission
Stevens
Magoon
Panama
Shonts
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Sweden Dissolves Cabinet Over Norway Plebiscite Rift
Stockholm reports the Swedish cabinet resigns after a riksdag debate. A special committee proposes dissolving the union with Norway after a plebiscite, outlining terms on fortifications, Lapland reindeer pasturing rights, transit trade, and Sweden's foreign obligations, plus a $25 million readjustment loan. The report is approved by both houses without debate.
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Stockholm
Riksdag
Sweden
Norway
Strething
Mitchell Gets Six Months and 1000 Dollar Fine
Portland Oregon July 26 United States Senator Mitchell convicted of using his office to aid the law firm Mitchell and Tanner was sentenced to six months penal servitude and a $1000 fine Pending review by the United States Supreme Court execution is deferred Mitchell will be bailed for $2000 Judge De Haven noted the statute allows imprisonment or a fine but may be fixed with latitude He cited age and disqualification from future office as mitigating factors and ordered six months in Multnomah County Jail and a $1000 fine.
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Portland Ore
United States
Mitchell
Mitchell and Tanner
Supreme Court of the United States
de Haven
Multnomah County
Japanese Torpedo Boats Land Forces Near Vladivostok
The Novoe Vremya correspondent reports that in thick mist and rain Japanese torpedo boats approached bays near Vladivostok and sent a landing party ashore in the gulf near Posstet bay with the Russian Eleventh army corps observed.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Eleventh Army Corps
Vladivostok
Posstet Bay
Patrick Stay Granted in Rice Murder Case
Justice O'Brien of the court of appeals has granted an order staying Albert T. Patrick's execution after his conviction for the murder of William M. Rice the Texas millionaire in New York. The stay remains pending the hearing and determination of the motion for a reargument, with reargument set for October next.
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New York
O’brien
Court of Appeals
Albert T. Patrick
William M. Rice
Texas
Elty
Man Faces Harsh Odds as Creditors Close In
A man confronts a cold world as creditors move in, heightening his financial peril and signaling looming trouble for his prospects and stability.
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Rich Man's Aid Spurns Mother
New York July 27 James E Foye private secretary to Charles Gates son of a Chicago millionaire caused the arrest of his mother Mrs Florence Foye when she begged for money at the Waldorf Astoria. She says he earns about 150 a month yet has given only 12 to support her, and squandered her fortune of 140000. She describes a past marriage that left her in want and claims her son refuses to help despite calls to charity and his employer.
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James E. Foye
Charles G. Gates
Chicago
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West Side Court
Wahle
Young Foye
Gates
James Foye
Paris
Edward Darby
London
Artillery
England
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Ward's Island
Bellevue
Featherstone
Mr. Gates
Pottery Combine 18 Formed Controls Nation's Output
Philadelphia capitalists reportedly formed a $40,000,000 pottery trust that would control most of the country’s tableware and china production. Newton Jackson, a Drexel Building broker, is named as organizer backed by three of Philadelphia’s leading banks.
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Newton Jackson
Drexel Building
Shubert Brothers Seize Baltimore Lyceum Theater Control
The Shubert brothers, independent theater managers, have secured control of Baltimore's Albaughs Lyceum Theater, strengthening their holdings in the theater circuit.
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New York
Shubert Brothers
Albaugh
Lyceum
Balmore
Komura Set To Seek War Concessions In Pacific Talks
Washington reports hint Japan will demand neutralization of Vladivostok and propose not fortifying Port Arthur in exchange. Source says Russia may face a difficult hurdle as Komura seeks loans, Sakhalin occupation, Vladivostok advance, and a decisive Manchurian blow before talks.
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Japan
Port Arthur
Washington
Associated Press
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Cyeles
Far Eastern
Russia
Geome
Straits of Korea
Baron Komura
Ioan
Sakhalin
Oyama
Manchuria
Body of John Paul Jones Arrives in Annapolis
In Annapolis Maryland on July 25 the body of John Paul Jones was laid in a simple brick vault on the Naval Academy grounds. A ceremony accompanied the transfer from the cruiser Brooklyn, finalizing the transfer from Paris cemetery where it has rested for over a century. A formal national reception is planned later at the naval chapel near the vault site.
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Naval Academy
John Paul Jones
Brooklyn
Naval Expedition
Paris
Naval
Emperor William seeks Hohenzollern heir for Norwegian throne
London reports a Daily Mail Stockholm correspondent stating Emperor William aims to win Emperor Nicholas’s consent for a Hohenzollern prince to ascend the Norwegian throne. The dispatch hints at Russia seeking a frontier adjustment on the Atlantic to claim a Norwegian strip and a Arctic sea port.
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Daily Mall
Stockholm
William
Nicholas
Norway
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Daily Mail
England
Arctic Ocean
Bomb Kills Officials in Byedostok Russia
A bomb in the town center killed several people and wounded many, including the chief of police and his son, officials said yesterday. The blast struck Byedostok on July 23, drawing emergency response and investigations into the attack.
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Russia
Woman Shoots Self in Chicago Bank Booth
Anna Teller, of Chicago, grieving over a love affair, shot herself in a private booth at the Illinois Trial Bank. She died an hour later before aid arrived. She named a man named Lee as her love. The girl had left Cedar Rapids years ago. her father resides at Linn Junction.
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Cedar Baryids
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Ilinois Trial Bank
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Pap
Cedar Rapids
Lian Junction
Yellow Fever Toll Rises in New Orleans War Against Mosquitoes
New Orleans reports six more deaths for a total of forty five and eleven new cases, with sanitation crews of 350 workers plus 100 extras battling the outbreak. Ward clubs organize precinct efforts to seal cisterns and oil cess pools while state health board enforces stricter port and ship fumigation rules to deter fruit steamers. Citizens aim for long term immunity and stronger mosquito defense.
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State Board of Health
China May Demand Admission of Goolies
Washington reports express doubt in official circles over obtaining China’s consent to a new treaty with the United States to exclude Chinese laborers. With the immigration pact lapsing, China may refuse to sign any similar agreement, deeming exclusion beneath its dignity. Officials cite possible influence of foreign powers shaping Pekin’s new stance.
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China
United States
State Department
Pekin
Bennington Death List Grows in Naval Disaster
San Diego reports on July 23 24 the Bennington catastrophe expanding hope fades as casualty tallies rise. AP counts buried at Fort Rosecrans 47 morgue 11 awaiting release 2 unrecovered while 49 injured 16 missing total 125 with seven or eight more expected to die.
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Cal
Hennington
Associated Press
Fort Rosecrans
Bennington
Japanese Warships Sighted Near Amur River Mouth
A St Petersburg dispatch says Japanese warships were sighted near Nikolaievsk at the Amur river mouth. Many residents of Nikolaievsk and Vladivostok reportedly fled to Kohabarivsk amid the advancing threat.
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Copenhagen
St. Petersburg
Godzydan
Nikolaievsk
Valdivostok
Kohabarivsk
Charity Overload Warns Against Help Without Means
A public remark notes that excessive charity risks bankrupting those who give unless recipients also contribute. It argues better to target aid to those truly in need to avoid financial ruin for donors.
Nasser and Czar Confer On Imperial Yacht Meeting
Russian and German emperors met in the gulf of Bothnia aboard the Hohenzollern with a gala luncheon and shipboard scenes. Emperors William and Nicholas exchanged salutes as Polar Star escorted the yachts. Diplomats see mixed significance, with hopes for peace but theories about a Germany Russia alliance amid Britain France tensions.
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Gulf of Finland
Hohenzollern
William
Polar Star
Peterhof
Nicholas
Gulf of Bothnia
Germany
Russia
Britian
France
Jordin Post
President Sets Nov. 13 Start for Extra Session
Special dispatches from Oyster Bay say the president has fixed November 13 as the date to begin an extra session. It will focus on rate legislation and also acts on the Panama Canal and the tariff, according to the Washington Star.
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Washington
Oyster Bay
Washington Star
Taft Party Lands Safely at Yokohama
Taft and party arrive in Yokohama with a warm welcome as Manchuria docked at quarantine. Officials and Japanese dignitaries greet Secretary Taft and Miss Roosevelt aboard the steamship and the group proceeds to Tokyo aboard a special train amid cheers.
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Manchuria
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H. B. Miller
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Asiatic Society
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Toklo
German Foreign Office Denies Norway Throne Move
The German Foreign Office denies a Stockholm report that Emperor William tried to obtain the Russian emperor's consent for a Hohenzollern prince to ascend the Norwegian throne after a recent interview.
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St. Berlin
London
Stockholm
William
Norway
Moe Rose and Jay Cose Report on Jagby’s Appearance
The New York Sun quotes Moe Rose on Jagby having a disapppated looking face and Jay Cose confirming a regular gin phiz in a brief exchange.
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Jagby
Jay Cose
Gin Phiz
New York Sun
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