Czar and Kaiser to meet on imperial yacht Hohenzollerns
Berlin dispatch reports the Czar and Emperor William will meet aboard the Hohenzollern to discuss pending political questions during the Czar’s stay in Germany. Count Von Buelow and Count Lamsdorff will accompany the rulers as fleets conduct maneuvers near Dirschau with British observers invited.
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Berlin
France
Nix Majesty
Paris
Dantzic
Count von Buelow
Count Lamsdorff
Hohenzollern
National War Veterans Elect Officers for Next Year
In Buffalo on August 4 the National War Veterans elected officers for the coming year. Named are Commander in Chief Col. Wm H Hubbell of Brooklyn and Vice leaders M E Urell Washington D C H E Megrew Indiana and G B Retnold New York. Surgeon General Gen B B Miller Ohio and Chaplain Rev W H H Reany. Clara Barton named sponsor. Detroit chosen for the 2nd convention of the army. adjutant general and quartermaster to be appointed by the commander in chief.
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Buffalo
Wm. H. Hubbell
Brooklyn
M. E. Urell
Washington, D. C
H. E. Megrew
Indiana
B. A. Retnold
New York
Decomposed Body Thought to Be Dallas Man Found Near Copp's Island
In South Norwalk Connecticut on August 4 two young boaters found a decomposed body near Copp's Island. Papers in the clothing identify the deceased as W. J. Colby of Dallas Texas. A Joy Steamship steerage ticket links him to a voyage from New York to Boston and he was lost overboard about ten days earlier.
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Norwalk
Conn
Copp's Island
W. J. Colby
Dallas
Tex
Joy Steamship Line
New York
Boston
Death Sentences Commuted in Philippine Trials
War Department reports on trials in the Philippines including Belgian Brix Hackerman who aided the enemy and was sentenced to death but commuted to fifteen years. Private John English of the Fortieth Volunteer Infantry had death commuted to twelve years for desertion. General Kobbe criticizes court-martial methods. Also note Manila instruction chief Atkins on teacher quotas ending Sept. 1.
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Washington
War Department
Division of the
Philippines
United States
Brix Hackerman
Haelterman
MacArthur
John English
Company H
Fortieth Volunteer Infantry
Mindanao
Kobbe
Transports Sail for United States Listed by General Humphrey
Washington Aug 4 A cablegram from General Humphrey chief quartermaster at Manila lists sailing transports for the United States Kilpatrick Sept 6 Buford Sept 5 Thomas Sept 1 Grant Aug 2 Sumner needed for inter island work in the Philippines Aug 21 War Department receives MacArthur order declaring currency reduction ratio for the quarter ending Sept 30 fixed at one half of US currency for insular currency
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Washington
Humphrey
Manila
United States
Kilpatrick
Buford
New York
Thomas
Grant
Sumner
Philippines
War Department
MacArthur
United States Transport McClellan Arrives at Colombo
The United States transport McClellan has reached Colombo, Ceylon, after departing New York on July 10 and bound for Manila.
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Colombo
Ceylon
United States
McClellan
New York
Manila
Miss Beals Returns to Telephone Work After Land Win
Miss Mattie Beals, who won a quarter section in the Oklahoma land drawing worth at least 25000 dollars, has returned to her telephone office job in Wichita. She will work there until February 1 before moving to her claim for eight months. Lawton's growth has boosted her claim value, though John R. Woods drew No 1 and received the best half.
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Wichita
Kan
Mattie Beals
Oklahoma
Lawton
America
Beals
Miss Beal
John R. Woods
Scientists arrive for annual AAAS convention in Denver
Denver hosts the American Association for the Advancement of Science with members arriving for the annual convention. Retiring president Prof. R B Woodward of Columbia will give his farewell address and pass the gavel to successor Prof. Charles Minot of Harvard. The council meets to approve memberships and papers for next week's sessions. The Association of Economic Entomologists also met today.
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Denver
Col
American Association For the Advancement of Science
R. 8. Woodward
Faculty of Pure Science
Columbia University
Charles 3. Minot
Harvard University
Association
Association of Economic Entomolgists
Denver ABA leaders end meeting with mountain trip
About four hundred members of the American Bar Association and attendees left Denver on a special Colorado Southern train to tour mountain points. The Denver gathering drew 311 members, the largest meeting yet, surpassing Isis with 276. The association admitted 27 new members for a total of 1,902 from 39 states. next year’s session will be at Saratoga Springs, N Y, Aug 7, 8 and 9.
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Denver
Col
American Bar Association
Colorado Southern
Isis
Lord Russell
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Family Drowned at Lachine Wharf Tragedy
A boat carrying six persons at Repiercapes Lachine wharf was swamped this morning. A man identified as Ratterly or Rutherford, his wife, and two children drowned.
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Lachine
Quebec
Lachine Wharf
Ratterly
Rutherford
Valparaiso College Through Growth To Fall Term
Valparaiso College at Valparaiso Indiana highlights major improvements in buildings and equipment over recent years. The institution is prepared for high grade work with strong community support and a growing student patronage. The fall term opens in September.
Knights Templars Open Louisville Conclave With Nighttime Lights
Louisville welcomes Knights Templars of the United States as the 28th triennial conclave begins. Citywide electric lights and grand arches illuminate Fourth avenue and Broadway in a wartime te mple style, with visits from California and Marion Commanderies and a schedule of receptions, parades, drills, and a grand lawn fete at the Masonic Widows Home.
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Louisville
Knights Templars
United States
Great Templar
Fourth Avenue
Broadway
Court of Honor
Jefferson County
Jefferson Street
Fifth
Sixth
Caluten
Boston
Kentucky
Stern Tonic
Custain
Grand Commandery of
Marion Commandery
Lebanon
Louisville & Nashville
California
San Francisco
Seventh-street
Battery A
Kentucky Guard
Galt House
Denver
Chicago
Reuben H. Lloyd
Knights Templars of
Order
Lloyd
City
Henry Bates Stoddard
Bryan
Tex
George M. Moulton
Generalissimo
Henry W. Rugg
Providence
R. L
William B. Melish
Cincinnati
Rev
J. C. W. Coxe
Washington
H. Wales Lines
Merden
Conn
William H. Mayo
St. Louis
Lee
Mar
Custom House
City Post Office
John H. Leathers
Ullville
Seventh
Main Street
Brook
Galt Bo
Market
Jefferson
Chestnut
Floyd
Third Avenue
Hill Street
Hill
St. James Court
Central Fork
Girls’ High School
High Streets
Washington, D. C
Templar Order
England
Wales
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Masonic Widows’ and Orphans
W. 8. Hays
South
Templar
Templars
Columbia
D. C
Cvary
Parkersburg
Confederate Hall
Yieiters
Louiseldle
Neeshern
Mastern Knighte
Manthive
Cimberland Gap
Bluegrass
Sir Koulgus
Mary Lily Kenan Weds Henry M Flagler in Kenansville
The ceremony united social magnate Henry M Flagler and Miss Mary Lily Kenan at the Kenan home in Kenansville North Carolina. Officials present included Rev Dr Peyton Hoge. Guests traveled by private carriages and special trains to the gulf coast magnate's wedding with telegrams of congratulations arriving from Newport and beyond. Flagler, seventy one, owns Florida hotels and railways and is a partner of John D Rockefeller in Standard Oil.
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Wilmington
Siiss Mary Lily Kenan
Henry M. Flagler
Kenansville
N. C
Kenan
Peyton NM. Hoge
Warren Memorial Church
Louisville
Miss Kenut
Piret Presbyterian Church
Pembroke Jones
Newport
Warsaw
Flagler
Attoc
Ashley
New York
W. A. Dick
BE. W. Vancourt- Lucas
Hannah Bolles
W. B. Kenan
W. B. Kenan, Jr
Sarah Kenan
J. C. Wise
Macon
Florida
J. D. Rockefeller
Navy Man Dies After Philippines Tour and Wedding
Quartermaster Joseph Matthews of the U S cruiser Newark died early today in Atlantic City after an operation. He had just married Miss Eva May Salm of Camden shortly before the procedure. Matthews had returned from the Philippines and struck his head diving from the boardwalk into two feet of water, sustaining a spinal injury.
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Atlantic
N. J
Joseph Matthews
United States
Newark
Eva May Salm
Camden
Matthews
Philippines
Salm
Farrelia disclosures lead Whitney to $2,000 bail
New York August 4 Edward Whitney whose disclosures by the district attorney led to the recent Farrelia case was granted a $2,000 bail today.
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New York
Edward BR. Whitney
Farrelia
Columbia Wins Again as Constitution Withdraws in Squall
Oyster Bay August 24 The Columbia glided across the finish at 4 past 4 in the afternoon to win the eighth of sixteen races, as the Constitution quit during a heavy rain squall. Sir Thomas Lipton aboard Erin witnessed the defeat, while Roosevelt and other notables attended a Seawanhaka dinner in the Columbia's honor.
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Oyster Bay
Long Island
Columbia
Constitution
Erin
Thomas Lipton
Seawanhaka Club
Newport
New York Yacht Club
Shamrock II
Aiken
Independence
Sound
Bristol
Seawanhaka
Associated Press
Sir Thomas
Shamrock
Burbank
Sycamore
Hamilton
William Butler Duncan
Seawonhaka Club
George L. Watson
Shamrock ST
Charles Russell
David Barrie
McKay
Roosevelt
W. Butler Duncan, Jr
The
Ed Organ
Sandy Hook
Qualifications for Voters in Virginia Convention
In Richmond on August 4, the constitutional convention’s main work centers on suffrage and the executive department. A proposed franchise divides voters into classes of property holders professionals skilled laborers common laborers and ex soldiers with specific qualifications for each group including eight months of continuous employment for common laborers. The executive committee limits certain General Assembly sessions to specified business and grants the Governor ten days to sign enacted bills after adjournment. The contingent fund report by Auditor Marye remains guarded and may not be released.
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Richmond
Executive Department
General Assembly
Marye
Thom
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Wwe
Greenwood
Ind
Marion County
Scott County
Union Traction Co
Warren Water Co. Belt Railroad
Ranh Fertilizer Co
Fire Ins
Ind. Title Guard & Loan Co
Columbia National Bank
MH. P. Wasson Pref
I- F. Wwvwild & Co
Campbell, Wild & Co
Stevenson Building
Czar and
the Kaiser
Hohenzollerns
Will
Counts von Buelow and
Lamson
King Edward Automobiling
Hamberg
Lord Roberts
Dirschau
Vistula
Neuste Nachrichten
Great Britain
Count von Waldersee
Prince Bismarck
Peror William
Staf
Altona
China
Edward
Homburg
Aug
Atkinson
General Superintendent of Public Instruction
Division of Insular Affairs
Oklahoma Land
Colorado
Valparaiso College
Valparaiso, Ind
Work Rite Masons
BH. M. Flaglior
Miss Kenan
Quartermaster Matthews
Miss Salm
Whitney
Berris Raisom
Iain
AL. G. Field
Greater Minstrels
BIG Sons
Tom
Valley Forge
Fair Bank
Sug 3
Ostendorf
Ilinois Street
Fairview Park
Indianapolis
Homer H. van Wie
George M. Talbott
Frank N. Taylor
H. M. Lout
Broad Ripple Park
Philharmonic Club Quartet
Frank Taylor
Oliver Isensee
Morris Meck
Homer van Wie
Montani Bros
Indiana's
Sousa
ODD Fellows
J. E. McDonald
Charles Downing
Statehouse
Marie du Land
Frances Gurard
Victor
Harmon & Hall
West
Washington St
W. B. Barry Law and Supply Co
Penn. ST
Piysicians
J. F. Spaunhurst Fame
Lady Optician
West Ohio St
Pr. Ci
North
Pennsylvania Street
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South Meridian Street
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A.B. Meyer & CO
Portland
Pennsylvania St
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