Washington Postmaster General orders accounting section troubled
Washington Postmaster General Meyer signs an order creating an accounting section of the department. President Roosevelt appoints John C. O Laughlin of Washington secretary to the American commission to the Japanese exposition at Tokyo in 1912 with a $5 000 annual salary.
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Washington
Meyer
Roosevelt
John C. O'Laughlin
Tor Kio
War Department
Alfred Reynalds
Kold
Newport
Reynolds
Norfok
Straus
Lieyeetor Gener
Steamboat Inspection Service
H. M. Lord
Missouri
Omaha
Secretary of War
House Committee of Ways
Col. Lord
Multiple disasters report deaths and damages across towns
An explosion at Cook Creek mine Fernie Map killed three miners. Tamaqua Manufacturing Tamaqua Pa destroyed by fire loss 200000. Fulton Michigan fires destroy business houses and dwellings loss 50000. Snyderville Ohio Victor Rubber plant struck by lightning loss 125000. Cazadero Oregon Portand Railway power plant destroyed loss 110000. An unidentified man found dead in Hudson River near One Hundred Fifteenth Street New York. murder or mangling unresolved. Three young men crushed in Billings Montana while stealing ride on steel train. at least one expected to die. Fort William Ontario Tunnel explosion kills Frederick Jeffrey and John Crowley. William Jock fatally injured.
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Cook Creek
Fernie
Map
Tamaqua Manufacturing Company
Tamaqua
Fulton
Mich
Victor Rubber Company
Snyderville
Ohio
Portland Railway, Light and Power Company
Cazadero
Hudson River
One Hundred and Fifteenth Street
New York
Billings
Mont
Frederick Jeffrey
John Crowley
Lock-Limond
Fort William
Ont
William Jock
Papal health concerns prompt Rome departure advised
The pope plans to leave Rome for a healthier climate due to frequent fainting, with physicians in constant attendance. In Santo Domingo, Gen Ramon Ceceres is re-elected president for a six year term amid a solemn ceremony. Queen Victoria of Spain gave birth to a son last week.
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National Congress of
Santo Domingo
Ramon Caceres
Republic
Queen Victoria
Spain
Victoria
Ena of Balenberg
King Afongo
Madrid
Mme
Anna Gould J
Prince Halie de Sagan
Paris
England
France
George One
Paria
Senor Salazar
Fforeign Affairs
Tangier
Summary of multiple historical crime and tragedy items
Series of brief items recounting killings and legal actions. Charles Ginger shot by Carl Watson at Camden TL Watson fled. Mrs. James Comstock decapitated by train near Sunbury. Acting Governor Cox pardons ten infirm and blind convicts. Gertrude Kendie of Erie commits suicide after heartbreak. John P Turner kills Arrowwood amid anti Republican tensions in Canoe Ky. George Anderson of Pelkie Mich dies by self infliction. Ole Nordahl found guilty of first degree murder in Lewiston Mont over arson deaths. Frederick J Immiel sentenced for taking a bribe from Cleveland Trinidad Paving. John Kelley of Cleveland fatally wounds wife Margaret then attempts suicide amid money quarrel.
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Charles Ginger
Carl Watson
Camden
TL Watson
James Comstock
Sunbury
Ohio
Cox
Kentucky
Gertrude Kendie
Erie
John P. ‘Turner
Arrowwood
Canoe
George Anderson
Pelkie
Mich
Lewiston
Mont
Ole Nordahl
Nordahl
Frederick J. Immiel
Nevil
Columbus
Cleveland Trinidad Paving Company
Johm Kelley
Tve
Cleveland
Margaret
Kelley
Convention notes and political moves across the nation
The American Society of Civil Engineers holds its fortieth annual convention in Denver. The Republican committee opens a New York branch on August 1. Virginia Governor Swangon backs Bryan at the Denver convention. Receivers appointed for Chicago Consolidated Traction with bonds set at 25,000 each. Kent Iron Co to wind up after 100 years of mining in Connecticut with 800 acres auctioned. A scout cruiser Salem sets a new standardization record at 26.885 knots. Manila circulator attacks Americans. Canton McKinley home to become a Catholic hospital. remodeling ordered. Alaska placer mines yield over 7 million annually in precious metals.
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American Society of Civil Engineers
Denver
Republican Congressional Committee
New York City
New York Board of Health
Louisiana
Swangon
Virginia
W. J. Bryan
Swanson
David R. Forgan
John M. Roach
Chicago Consolidated Traction Company
Grosscup
Connecticut
Kent Iron Company
Salem
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Mass
Death Claims Ex President Grover Cleveland in Princeton
Grover Cleveland died at 8 40 am at his Princeton home West Ibane after long illness heart trouble aggravated by stomach and kidney ailments The nation mourns as Theodore Roosevelt and other officials send condolences The funeral and services were simple with Washington and New Jersey officials in attendance and burial arranged as a private citizen’s ceremony
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
United States
West Ibane
Cleveland
Joseph D. Bryant
New York
George FR. Lockwood
John M. Carnochan
Mrs. Cleveland
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Cleveland
Tamworth
New Hampshire
President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Fort
New Jersey
Hughes
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Princeton University
Grover Cleveland Career Path From Clerk to President
A biographical sketch tracing Grover Cleveland from a Cadwell New Jersey birth in 1837 and early clerkships to his rise as Buffalo mayor known as the veto mayor and his later landslide wins as governor of New York and eventual presidency. It notes his legal formation, duties as Erie County sheriff, and ascent through Democratic ranks to national leadership.
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New York
Cleveland
Blaine
Washington
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Union
Congress
United States
Benjamin Herrison
Grover Cleveland
White House
Cadwell
Hasex County
N. J
Graver
New York Institution For the Blind
New York City
William
Rogers, Brown & Rogers
Buffalo
Blackstone
Ero County
Lyman K. Bass
Isaac V. Vanderpool
Lanning, Cleveland & Folsom
Erie County
State of
Cleveland Funeral Honors President at Princeton Grave
The article recalls President Grover Cleveland's death and funeral at Princeton University. Frances Folsom Cleveland, the president’s wife, is noted alongside details of his life, his resignation to Princeton, and the solemn burial procession with guards, crowds, and a seal of respect as the casket was interred in Princeton Cemetery.
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Chicago
McKinley
Cleveland
Princeton
University Town
White House
Franca Folsom
Giong Dato Vandeventer Avenue
Old Nassau Hall
Street Duel Fatal to Two in Goldfield
Two men Mayo Taylor a mine superintendent and B W Priest an ex constable died within three hours of each other after a street duel with pistols last Tuesday in Goldfield Nevada, officials said yesterday. A separate dispatch from Windhoek German Southwest Africa reports a diamond field discovery at Luderits bay covering nearly ten square miles. In Luverne Minnesota John Waters nineteen drowned in Rock River after cramps while swimming yesterday afternoon.
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Goldfield
Nev
Discoveria
Berlin
Windhoek
Damars Land
German Southwest Africa
Diamond Field
Luderits Bay
Luverne, Minn
John Waters
Rock River
Eank
Student Drowned Near Lincoln In Salt Creek
Fred H. Matteson, a 2nd year student at Ames Agricultural College in Iowa, drowned in Salt Creek near Lincoln Nebraska, in the evening.
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Lincoln
Neb
Fred H. Matteson
Amaa
Iowa) Agricultural College
Salt Creek
Explosion Kills Two, Injures Several in Pennsylvania Gut
Two people died and multiple others were injured in an explosion in the Pennsylvania gut at Thirtyfiret Street and Ninth Avenue, New York. Authorities probe the blast and its cause as families seek updates on victims.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thirtyfiret Street
Ninth Avenue
Ten Convicts Pardoned in Kentucky by Acting Governor
Acting Governor Cox issued pardons to ten infirm and bound convicts in Frankfort Kentucky marking the largest single clemency in thirty years. The action highlights a broad mercy gesture and impacts the awaiting inmates.
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Frankfort
Cox
Rebels Attack Mexican Towns Across Border Fronts
Dispatches report rebels attacking Los Vacas Mexico and Vieca with heavy gunfire 4000 shots exchanged. Civil authorities faced looting banking offices stamps and post offices as bandits fled across borders and troops engaged in pursuit.
Expressions of goodwill follow Cleveland death
News dispatch from June 28 reports that the death of ex president Grover Cleveland prompts expressions from the Spanish American republics. The U S state department replies in cordial terms, seen as strengthening ties among the American republics.
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Cleveland
Washington
State Department
Train collision near Baroda claims fifteen dead
A Bombay Baroda railroad crash left fifteen dead and 270 injured as an express and a freight train collided near Baroda. Several passenger coaches mail cars and freight cars burned in the blaze.
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India
Baroda
Bombay
Queen Ame... Goes Abroad to Rio Janeiro
Queen Amele widow of King Carlos leaves Lisbon for Rio Janeiro with gifts intended for President Penna. A separate report from Chicago notes Raymond Wells, 20, son of R M Wells, Banker, likely fatally injured after a fall from a fourth floor window.
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Amelio
Lisbon
Amele
King Carlos
Rio Janeiro
Brazi
Carlos
Penna
Brazil
Chicago
Raymond Wells
R. M. ‘Wells
Bankers’ Natonal Bank
Federal Judge Finds Reciprocal Demurrage Act Unconstitutional
Judge Jacob Trieber in Little Rock declares the reciprocal demurrage act of the last legislature unconstitutional as a violation of the fourteenth amendment.
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Little Rock, Ark
Jacob Trieber
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