Aguinaldo Freed but Fears to Leave Home in Manila
Manila dispatch reports the amnesty proclamation on July 4 led to the withdrawal of guards from Aguinaldo’s residence. Aguinaldo, granted freedom to move, asked for protection and sought to visit Cavite Viejo at night while avoiding daytime street activity. General Chaffee assured equal protection to all citizens and declined excusing him from testifying in civil suits.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Johnson
Chaffee
William E. McKinley
Ninth Cavalry
General Chaffee
Cavite Viejo
Cavite
Wright
Filip Ey
Lana
Sultan of Bacolod Threatens August Offensive Operations
The Sultan of Bacolod Mindanao sends an insultingly worded letter to the commander of the American expedition to Lake Lanao threatening to begin offensive operations in August. He is strengthening his position.
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Manila
Bacolod
Mindanao
Lake Lanao
Ryan Court Martial at Manila In Cruelty Case
The court martial of Capt. James A. Ryan of the Fifteenth Cavalry at Manila accepts the Rhode report for cross examination. The convening order cited only cruelty to natives, with Judge Rhode testifying he had no personal knowledge and declining to name informants. He first admitted then denied the defense access to his information sources.
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Manila
James A. Ryan
Fifteenth Cavalry
Judge Rhode
Rhode
Gardener Testifies On Civil Authority Clash In Manila
The cross examination of Major Cornelius Gardener, Tayabas governor, by the board probing cruelty charges has finished. Gardener promised to answer again on July 7, stating he did not intend to fault the court or imply witnesses were interfered with by the recorder.
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Manila
Cornelius Gardener
Tayabas
Luzon
Gardener
Philippines
Vatican seeks compromise on friars withdrawal plan
Rome July 6 Vatican officials discuss a compromise to satisfy Washington and avoid direct responsibility for pulling friars from the Philippines. Proposals include orders by the four religious generals to withdraw dependents, with pledges or contract clauses ensuring immediate action once Taft's wishes are known.
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Rome
Vatican
Washington
William H. Taft
Philippines
Holy See
Philippine Archipelago
Taft
United States
Bright Future in Praise of Philippines
Lieut. D C Lyles United States Army, who served on Generals Lawton Funston and Smith staffs in the Philippines, is visiting Baltimore. An engineer artilleryman scout and gunboat commander, he saw vast resources there and says the future of the Philippines is bright. Order has been restored and conditions improved since Spanish rule.
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Baltimore
D. C. Lyles
United States Army
Lawton, Funston and Smith
Philippines
Turrs
Lyles
Deaths by own action in Mindanao and Lukban followers examined
Captain John H. Shollenberger of the Tenth Infantry and Second Lieutenant Thomas Ryan of the Philippine Scouts died by their own hand in Mindanao in June and July. Reports from Manila note despondency as the cause. In Manila Lukban’s former followers are being examined on misappropriation charges as General Chaffee allows access to captured archives to prove their innocence.
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Thomas Ryan
Manila
John H. Shollenberger
Tenth Infantry
Ligan
Mindanao
Philippine Scouts
Washington
Manila Dispatch
Pennsylvania
Military Academy
Corbin
War Department
Shollenberger
Lukban
Samar
Chaffee
Curacao Bride Joins New York Husband by Proxy Knot
Mrs Aranjo de Lieder of Curacao married by proxy at Curacao, then joined her husband in New York aboard the Philadelphia of the Red D line. Groom Mr Lieder was 20 miles away, with bride’s brother-in-law Louis Negron acting as proxy groom. The couple then took civil and church rites in New York after arrival.
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New York
Philadelphia
Curacao
Porto Rico
Aranjo de Lieder
Lieder
Miss Aranjo
Louis O. Negron
Negron
Fire Destroys Five Chicago Buildings on Wabash Avenue
Fire today destroyed five buildings on Wabash Avenue Chicago causing losses estimated over 325000. Fires threatened Siegel Cooper Co store and nearby structures. explosions blew shutters from Bosch Co and toppled a side wall crushing the Kuntz Remmler building. Guests in the Auditorium and Auditorium Annex hotels were awakened at 7 am as flames endangered the area and elevated train service was halted for over two hours.
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Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Psses
Siegel, Cooper & Co
State Street
Auditorium Hotel
Auditorium Annex
Kuntz-Remmeler Company
Thomas Chalmers
Henry Bosch & Co
Wash Avenue
George F. Moore Molding Company
Thomas Murdock
Sie
James H. Smith & Co
Bosch & Co
Kuntz-Remmler Company
Steady progress may allow yacht transfer at Southampton
London dispatch notes King Edward's improving health and possible transfer to the royal yacht by month end. Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria joined services. many churches celebrated his recovery. Indian and colonial troops stay in London to greet Lord Kitchener. Lord mayor Dimsdale conveyed royal thanks for the king's dinner. Decorations for foreign envoys included the Garter to high-ranking nobles.
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London
Edward
Royal Yacht
Southampton
Alexandra
Victoria
Marlborough House
Prince and Princess of Wales
Buckingham Palace
United Kingdom
Lord Kitchener
England
Joseph Dimsdale
Francis Knollys
Papal Jubilee Fetes Mark Pope's Anniversary in Rome
In Rome on July 6 the American College of Rome and Philadelphia friars attended Vatican fetes celebrating the Pope's twenty fourth coronation anniversary. The Belvidere court hosted a papal ceremony with a specially decorated gallery, a chorus, banners, and a pontifical blessing. Pigeons from Italian towns carried notices of the event as the Pope appeared in health and good spirits. A noon dinner in the Vatican fed 158 of Rome's poor, with Cardinal Respighi among attendees. ON THE EUROPEAN BOURSES.
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Rome
American College At
Thomas Kennedy
McCale, McCourt and Mullen
Philadelphia
Vatican
Papal
Belvidere
Italy
Cardinal Respighi
Fire destroys forty Clinton buildings in North Carolina
A July 6 blaze in Clinton, North Carolina, wiped out forty stores and homes with an estimated loss of 100000. The fire gutted the Episcopal Church and the Western Union telegraph office, leaving little insurance coverage on the properties.
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Wilmington
N. C
Clinton
N.C
Episcopal Church
Western Union
Money Easier in London but the Feel Remains Mixed
London reports say money was easier last week while the Stock Exchange stayed wary. July dividends and large government disbursements helped repay part of bank borrowings but still £6,000,000 owed. Gold shipments from South Africa offset by sovereign withdrawals, prospects for cheap money for two months. King Edward news failed to lift business. prices rose mainly from bidders self-allocating. Investment stocks likely to hold, South African demand worsens, some revival in American markets expected.
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London
Stock Exchange
South Africa
King Edward
Death by own action shocks Weston Concord family
Dr Mary Damon of Minneapolis a member of a prominent Concord family killed herself at a relative's home in Weston by cutting her throat. She had returned from a long vacation to her former home and was last seen rational at breakfast before the tragedy. Born in Concord forty years ago she studied at Vassar and a medical college and practiced in Northampton before moving to Minneapolis.
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Weston
Mass
Mary Damon
Minneapolis
Concord
Damon
Dr. Damon
Vassar College
Northampton
Berlin weekly Boerse business shows firmer German loans
Berlin reports light trading on the Boerse last week with values generally steadier. New money from the semiannual interest payment sought into Investment German loans, lending slight firmness. Some foreign routes improved while Industrials were irregular and Irons mostly higher.
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Berlin
Market digest shows mixed U S buying and declines in sectors
Reports of American purchases of German iron influence sentiment as coal, machinery and electrical shares fall. Canadian Pacific stock bought for New York account, advancing 2 1/2 points. Money rates retreat since the settlement.
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New York
Morgan guest at Emperor’s yacht amid satirical glare
The Neue Freie Presse in Vienna mocks J Pierpont Morgan for dining with Emperor William aboard the Hohenzollern at Kiel on July 3. It jokes that without his checkbook Morgan would not be the Emperor’s guest and muses on conflicting motives and a potential crisis in public trust. The piece notes stark contrasts between fame and finance and ends by lamenting politeness masking differences. The Berlin dispatch reports German exports to the United States rose to 101,714,064 dollars for the year to June 30, a record, with Hamburg port shipping up 41 arrivals in the half year.
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Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
J. Pierpont Morgan
Emperor William
Hohenzollern
Kiel
Morgan
Napoleon
Emeror
William
Berlin
United States
Hamburg
Rest at Oyster Bay Quiet Season Dictated by President
At Sagamore Hill the president plans minimal workload and refuses delegation during a quiet season. The approach signals limited official activity and a restrained schedule to avoid external affairs.
President at Oyster Bay plans minimal office use this summer
Secretary Cortelyou says no elaborate White House office will be set up in Oyster Bay with only two stenographers. The President and family seek rest with limited public business, transmitting other matters to Washington for action. Cortelyou may vacation briefly, Loeb to take charge in absence. Oyster Bay residents resent secret service presence amid rumors of Archie Roosevelt's horse accident proving false.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Cortelyou
Washington
White House
Loeb
Sagamore Hill
Christ Episcopal Church
Archie
Roosevelt Children Mourn Dog Gift Dies at Breakfast
OYSTER BAY July 6 mourning fills the Roosevelt household as a trick dog gifted to Archie by Colonel Clason of Chicago dies during breakfast. The mother dog Boazie had recently wowed crowds at the White House and Mrs. Roosevelt presented a handsome collar to Colonel Clason for the animal.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Archie
Colonel Clason
Chicago
Boazie
White House
Castro to Lead Forces in Valencia Defense
President Castro will leave Caracas for Valencia to command government troops in Carabobo as revolutionaries under Gen Luciano Mendoza and Gen Solagnio approach from Barquisimeto. Barquisimeto was captured last week as Castro promises to restore peace while Gen Vicente Gomez acts in his stead.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Caracas
Castro
Venezuela
Valencia
Carabobo
Luciano Mendoza
Solagnio
Barquisimeto
Vicente Gomez
Mitchell Heads to New York on Unspecified Mission
Scranton Central Labor Union seeks repeal of the Coal and Iron Police Statute as skilled help remains scarce and no early attempts to open the collieries are expected.
Miners Strike Expands as 9000 Chicago Freight Handlers Quit
Wilkesbarre dispatch reports 9000 Chicago freight handlers join a strike. Miners Union President Mitchell travels to New York to seek support from AFL affiliated bodies while awaiting delegates in Nanticoke. Experts predict the strike may continue into September with coal prices likely holding or rising.
Mitchell arrives in New York amid anthracite strike talk
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers lands in New York to bid farewell to friends bound for Europe. He denies discussing strike matters while in the city and asserts the strike is progressing in their favor with no men returning.
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New York
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Europe
Indianapolis
Mitchell
Central Labor Union moves to repeal coal police act in Scranton
In Scranton on July 6 the Central Labor Union launched a campaign urging all state candidates for senator or representative to pledge repeal of the act allowing coal and iron police. Coal company superintendents deny canvassing strikers to hire workers. At St Patrick church in Olyphant a district board member apologized for feeding a non union striker last Sunday.
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Scranton
Central Labor Union
Assembly
Fhe Coal and Iron Police
Rose
Delaware & Hudson
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Olyphant
Stephen Reap
Reap
Pl Ace
Freight Handlers Prepare Chicago Strike Over Wages
Nearly 9,000 freight handlers in Chicago warehouses and depots vow to strike within 48 hours after union demands for higher wages were rejected. The union had asked the railroads to raise the wage scale, but officials refused to recognize union officers, prompting the action. Chan F. W. Job of the State Board of Arbitration has been involved.
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Chicago
Chan F. W. Job
State Board of Arbitration
Rail strike threat grows as teamsters join possible action
Reported talks between Rock Island officials and firemen’s grievance committee set for July 15 in Chicago aim to halt a mandatory engine wiping rule. Firemen demand 20 cents extra per hundred miles and reinstatement of those fired for refusing the order. If unmet, a strike by firemen, with engineers brakemen and conductors likely to join, is threatened. J J Hannahan in Chattanooga, noting the Kansas City item, says Rock Island appears aware of labor dynamics. Continued on page 5 column 5.
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Kansas City
The
Star
Rock Island
Chicago
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. J. Hannahan
United Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen of America
Hannahan
Hanrahan
Deaths of McCormicks In Bathtub Point to Poisoning
Grand Forks North Dakota, July 6. Charles J. McCormick, a Great Northern conductor, and his wife were found dead in a bathroom after a party upstairs. A partly emptied beer bottle and lunch fragments lay nearby. Their son, Hilby, thirteen, and guests were downstairs singing when the tragedy occurred. An inquest will be held. McCormick was noted as a trusted conductor and frequent escort of the president's private car.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Charles J. McCormick
Great Northern
Hilby
Three Drownings From Capsized Bay Sailings At Sandy Hook
In Sandy Hook Bay New Jersey Captain Tiemann Horn’s sailing party capsized. Mrs Horn Frances Horn and Miss Alice McMahon of Nyack drowned, along with Captain Horn’s child. Rescue efforts saved Mrs Waterhouse and others. Separate Detroit tragedy reports three boys Tony Henkel Oscar Rosenberg and Conrad Brede drowned near St Clair Flats after a sailboat capsized.
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New York
Tiemann N. Horn
Seacoast Artillery
Frances
Alice McMahon
Nyack
N. Y
Horn
Fort Hancock
Sandy Hook
Miss Horn
Dr. Waterhouse
Mrs. Waterhouse
Old Camp Low Dock
Captain Horn
Mrs. Horn
Miss McMahon
W. B. Tait
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
Walter Tubbs
Captain Harnung
Edna May
Newark
Detroit
Mich
Tony Henkel
Oscar Rosenberg
Conrad Brede
St. Clair Flats
Savage's Hotel
Young Henkel
Rosenberg
T Boys
Tragedies Strike Toledo River and Streetcar
In Toledo Ohio two youths, Walter Arnold and an unknown companion, drowned in the Maumee River with bodies not yet recovered. Bernard McMahon, aged twenty, was killed instantly when struck by a passing streetcar while on a footboard.
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Toledo
Walter Arnold
Maumee
Bernard McMahon
Evency
Oberlin College receives Rockerfeller pledge check
Oberlin Ohio July 6 George M Jones secretary of Oberlin College announced the receipt of a check from John D Rockefeller for 82064 the amount due from Rockefeller as part of his pledge to the college endowment fund The receipt of this check completes the half million endowment movement promoted by the late President Barrows during his final year.
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Oberlin, O
George M. Jones
Oberlin College
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Barrows
Escape of Tracy the Oregon Desperado Believed Safe Away
Seattle July 6 Harry Tracy Oregon convict again eludes pursuers after forcing a farmhand to row him across Puget Sound He stayed at a ranch ate with the Johnson family and packed clothing and food into bundles before binding them and taking to the water in a rowboat He may still be at large with a day head start and could vanish into northern Washington forests under pursuit by Sheriff Cudihee and a Sea Lion tug.
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Seattle
Wash
Harry Tracy
Oregon
Cudihee
Tracy
Fisher
Meadow Point
Madison Point
Seatttle
Johnson
Johnsons
Anderson
Washington
Revenue Cutter Grant Patrols Tracy Treasure Rock
Port Townsend Washington July reports Sherif Hammond with a posse guards all escape routes toward the Olympic mountains. The revenue cutter Grant and launch Scout patrol waterways to pursue Tracy toward Port Madison after receiving word of escape. A Fort Intelligencer dispatch notes no department order to the Grant to join the pursuit.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Sherif Hammond
Olympic Mountains
Revenue Cutter
Grant
Revenue Launch
Seout
Tracy
Port Madison
Washington
Department
Revenue
Ayles
Tramps Injured In Lake Shore Freight Wreck At Ninetieth
A Lake Shore and Michigan Southern freight wreck at Ninetieth street injures seven men riding to Chicago. Eight cars telescoped as thieves clung to the train. Serious injuries include Frank Hunter of Cleveland with a broken leg and internal injuries. Pike with severe crush injuries. Red Tombuski of Cleveland with facial and internal injuries. Thomas Taylor of Cleveland with a broken arm. John Martin with cuts and bruises. Theodore Williams of Elkhart with head and body injuries. Miles Giddings with a crushed hip and bruises. Several men escaped while others were trapped. The wreck was blamed on excessive speed.
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Chicago
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Ninetieth Street
Frank Hunter
Cleveland
Pike
Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Williams Dies at 65
Columbus July 7 Chief Justice Marshall J Williams of the Ohio Supreme Court died early today at his home from diabetes aged sixty five He had four elections to the bench serving about sixteen years He recently declined renomination due to pe ling hee prior to his election to the Be bs he served two terms as cl
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Columbus
Marshall J. Williams
Ohio Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Pe Ling Hee
Tbe
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