Decline in government bonds blamed on currency bill foes
Secretary McAdoo says the drop from 2 per cent bonds to 4 percent is due to a campaign against the currency bill. Banks nationwide hold nearly all the 2 per cent bonds totaling $730.9 million, with market value about $30 million lower than at purchase. Most of the issue backs national bank notes.
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Washington
McAdoo
Division of China: Peking General Huang Sing Declares
General Huang Sing, commander of southern forces, tentatively declares for separation of north and south and retreat northward. About nine southern columns arrived Monday from Nanking to Yang Chow in King-Su province, aiming to threaten General Hau and his 3,000 men to join the southerners.
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Huang Sing
Nanking
Yang Chow
King-Su
Hau
Mooseheart corner stone laid for $5 million Moose home and school
Vice President Thomas R. Marshall addressed about twenty thousand people at Mooseheart Illinois where the Loyal Order of Moose began construction of a five million dollar industrial school and home for orphans and the aged. He urged practical work and cited a remark about misinterpreting a sign P C as plow corn rather than preach Christ.
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P. C
Christ
Thomas
R. Marshall
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Winter Wheat Records Reported in Blair Nebraska
Blair Nebraska records show Grimm brothers leading winter wheat yields with 27 acres yielding 48 bushels per acre. Peter Tyson averaged 40 bushels per acre on 55 acres plus six extra. A J Harrin Chester Smith John Binneil all reported 38 bushels while Harry Tucker and James B Maher tied at 35.
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Grimm Brothers
Hill
Peter Tyson
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Chester Smith
John Binneil
Harry Tucker
James B. Maher
Dixon freed as U.S. envoy demands Juarez arrest
In England era El Paso Texas United States immigration official Charles B Dixon Jr shot in Juarez by Mexican soldiers recovered in Juarez hospital and released to El Paso. Consul Edwards demanded immediate arrest and trial of the soldiers responsible, asserting U S government assigns military authorities of Juarez personal responsibility for failure to act.
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Paso
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Juarez
Veterans mark Gettysburg anniversary in Bermondsey
Ninety three Civil War veterans gathered in Bermondsey London for a Gettysburg commemoration led by George Munroe a Confederate Navy veteran aged 24 who marched in the parade and remained active through speeches luncheon and reception showing sharp mind and firm step.
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Bermondsey
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Munroe
Man Proclaims Himself Messiah in Panama Followers Build Ark
Word from Penome says Sagundo Sanchez, a local resident, has declared himself the messiah. He predicts world destruction by a deluge soon and adherents are said to be building an ark while collecting animals.
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Penome
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Government Will Push Refined Policy As Crisis Grows
Washington informs that a refined policy will be pursued before a crisis deepens. Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson will report first hand to the president and Secretary Bryan. Bryan says no intention to question Wilson on reports about his involvement with Madero and Huerta.
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Washington
Henry Lane Wilson
Bryan
Willson
Madero
Huerta
Skeletons Unearthed During Columnell Excavation
Three male skeletons were found in an old vault during basement work on the Telegram building site in Columbus. The jewelry-store era location and lack of witnesses leave the origins of the remains uncertain.
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Columbus
Telegram
Metcalfe Family Heads to Panama for Isthmian Commission
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Metcalfe and their three children arrived in Washington from Lincoln to begin Mr. Metcalfe’s duties with the Isthmian Commission in Panama. Friends back home debated senate confirmation, but dispatches dated July 3 confirmed his appointment with no objections raised.
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Washington
Richard L. Metcalfe
Lincoln
Panama
Plan of his own
President Wilson has an anti trust policy of his own but will not broach it until the December session of congress. He contemplates additional statutes defining monopolies though not necessarily an amendment to the Sherman act. He will discuss ideas after tariff and currency issues are resolved.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Fruit Growers Banquet in Nebraska City toRecall Horticulture Beginnings
A fruit growers banquet at Arbor Lodge and J. Sterling Morton’s old home in Nebraska City August 14 will recall early encouragements to horticulture and forestry in the state. Joy Morton will attend as officers outline a program and discuss association affairs and plans.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Arbor Lodge
J. Sterling Morten
Joy Morton
Test of Dempster Well Flows 1 339 000 Times in Beatrice
A test at the Dempster well near the Zimmerman spring indicates a massive water flow at a rate described as 1 339 000 times larger than usual, with a large volume transported by truck.
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Beatrice
Dempster
Zimmerman Spring
Senate Meets to Reconsider Tariff Bill Remarks Continue
The Senate convened at noon to resume consideration of the tariff bill while Senator Works kept up his opposition. Mulhall letters were introduced into the record with adjournment set for 6 20 p m until Saturday.
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Works
Mulhall
Congress Debates Tariff Bill and Nominations
Deliberations focus on tariff measures with general debate Monday. Senator Townsend criticizes executive interference and caucus control. Judiciary committee favors John W. Davis’s appointment as solicitor general. Eleven progressive Republicans back LaFollette substitutes on tariff parts. House session brief amid Mann filibuster on the Caminetti-Diggs case.
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Townsend
Judiciary Committee
John W. Davis
LaFollette
Bryan
Post Office
House
Mann
Howard
Civil Service Commission
Senate Tariff Debate Delays and Nominations Reported
The Senate Tariff debate continued as Bryan conferred on nominations for Germany Austria and Ecuador and agreed to report favorably the minister to Spain. Clapp proposed an Aldrich Vreeland emergency currency amendment for three months. John A. Davis of West Virginia named solicitor general. Post Office Committee delayed action on the Bryan bill re postmaster general items. Boland said territories committee heard from capitalists funding an Alaska railroad.
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Territories Committee
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