Destructive floods and storms sweep multiple states
Reports from Me and Miss show rivers in flood tearing apart villages near Usberg and Utica while three towns face widespread homelessness. Missouri overflow floods paths near St. Joseph with five to ten foot surface water, crops ruined in lowlands. Mississippi drought devastates corn and cotton, forest fires burn in Tallachie. In Joliet cattle killed by lightning striking barbed wire fence during storm.
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ST. Joseph
Missouri
Omaha
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Tallachie
Joliet
Plainfield
George Brothers
Tornado Devastates Chesterville Area Kills Six
Five people were fed in last night's tornado and fifteen seriously injured in Chesterville Ontario. The deceased are Mrs. John Kearns Edward Kearns Miss McGregor a girl Nelson Hart and William Breeck. The countryside presents a scene of widespread devastation.
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Chesterville
Ont
John Kearns
Edward Kearns
Lightning Kills Joe James and Two Sisters at Pollock's Ferry
A bolt of lightning struck a house at Pollock's Ferry during a storm, killing Joe James and sisters Jane and Sylvia Sims who were beneath the structure. The two others present were injured but survived.
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Raleigh
N. CC
Joe James
Jane
Sylvia Sims
Pollock's Ferry
Bismarck Relative Sent Back to Germany on Burglary Charge
A grand nephew of the late Prince Von Bismarck, Karl Von Bismarck, has been sent back to Germany after being discharged under suspended sentence by Judge Newburger in the Court of General Sessions. He faced a third degree burglary charge for allegedly stealing tapestries, saying hunger drove him to the act.
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New York
Karl von Bismarck
Prince von Bismarck
Germany
Newburger
Court of General Sessions
Bismarck
Soldier Arrested for Bank Robbery Link
Boise dispatch reports Charles Berry arrested at the barracks of Company I Seven Tenth Infantry in Boise. Berry, wanted in Stanford Kentucky for a January bank robbery, admits identity but denies knowledge of the crime. He enlisted in Lexington Kentucky in February.
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Boise
Ida
Charles Berry
Stanford
Seven- Tenth Infantry
United States Army
Lexington
Rory
Occasional Showers and Rising Temperatures Across Indiana
Washington reports for Sunday and Monday a weather outlook of occasional showers in Indiana and Illinois, followed by fair skies and warmer temperatures. Ohio may see showers and thunderstorms Sunday and Monday with variable winds becoming westerly. temperatures and precipitation totals are noted, with official mean temperature figures and historical comparisons included.
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Washington
Indiana
Illnois
Ohio
Bar
Movements of Steamers from Atlantic Ports
Shipping notices show arrivals at New York from Rotterdam Liverpool and Philadelphia, with vessels Noordam Umbria Gaited Campania Canadian Cymeic Latin for Naples Genoa Hamburg London and others. Sailed vos include Lucania for New York Zeeland for Rotterdam and La Gasc for New York among Liverpool and Southampton departures.
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New York
Noordam
Rotterdam
Umbria
Liverpool
Campania
Naples
Genoa
Hamburt
Minneapolis
London
Ethiopia
Glasgow
Vaderland
Antwerpp
Lucania
Corean
Philadelphia
Cherbourg
Grosser Kurtuerst
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
Queenstown
Etru Sia
Southampton
Southmark
Baltimore
Havre
la Gase
Aaa
Spaulding May Resign Assistant Secretary Post
Washington July 1 A report says General Spaulding will resign as assistant secretary of the Treasury Department and Henry Tichenor may be appointed to succeed him Tichenor a native of Indiana has lived years in New York His father George Tichenor recently died and was a member of the New York board of appraisers Roosevelt reportedly hesitated to place father and son in the same department dealing with the son reviewing his father’s acts.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
General Spaulding
Treasury Department
Henry Tichenor
Spaulding
Tichenor
Indiana
New York
George Tichenor
Roosevelt
First Great Military Post at Chickamauga
Secretary Root orders the first of four great military posts to train regulars and militiamen. The Chickamauga site receives 450000 for construction to house a fall cavalry regiment and an artillery company. Land acquisition nears two thirds of a square mile with the rest to be condemned. Health officials find no typhoid outbreak. park water is pure and conditions normal.
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Washington
Root
United States
Chickamauga
H. V. Boynton
Chickamauga Park Commission
Chickamauga National Park
Medical Board
Chickamauga Park
General Brooke to Retire From Army Service
Washington July 19 A War Department notice states Major General John R Brooke will retire upon reaching 64 on Monday the 21st He is the only Civil War era brigadier still on active list besides General Miles Brooke rose from volunteer captain to lieutenant colonel in 1865 and major general before Spain's war He led rendezvous camps at Chickamauga and commanded in Porto Rico Cuba evacuation and Cuba governance later heading the Department of the East at Governor's Island
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Washington
War Department
John R. Brooke
Miles
Brooke
Congress
Spain
Chickamauga
Porto Rico
Filipino Loyal Yet Not U.S. Citizen Receives Diplomatic Protection
Washington reports that the State Department clarifies protection for Filipinos abroad. Edward Fancixo of Manila sought a passport of protection in Bern on July 2. The ambassador certified loyalty to the United States but stated Fancixo is not a U.S. citizen and thus not eligible for a passport.
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Washington
State Department
Ambassador White
Edward Fancixo
Manila
Bern
Philippines
United States
River and harbor funds for Louisville falls project
Maj. E. H. Ruffner reports a 53 257 dollar balance for the Falls of the Ohio improvement at Louisville. He estimates 557 569 dollars needed to finish the work and recommends 6 08 dollars appropriated next year. He puts 10 000 dollars toward completing the Wabash project but with a new survey pending to determine costs above and below Vincennes and the Little Wabash to Marion, withholding recommendation until the survey and new plan are set.
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Washington
E. H. Ruffner
Louisville
Ohio River
Wabash River
Wabash
Vincennes
Little Wabash
Corine
Hilary A. Herbert Stricken With Typhoid Fever
Washington report states Hilary A. Herbert secretary of the navy in Cleveland's final administration lies seriously ill in a Washington hospital with typhoid fever.
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Washington
Hilary A. Herbert
Secretary of the Navy
Cleveland
Des Moines Telephones Struck as Iowa Group Endorses Walkout
Des Moines Retail Grocers' Association backs the telephone strike and orders removal of all Iowa telephones from business premises. Electricians and women strike spreads to Davenport, with possible impact on Rock Island. Vandals cut two large cables on Locust street bridge, closing service in East Des Moines and disabling 440 instruments, while many wires are cut in West Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Des
Locust Street Bridge
East Des Moines
West Des Moines
Strike over wage rise sparks citywide sympathy action
New York July 19 The Amalgamated Society of Painters reports a general strike in sympathy with painters ordered by the board of building trades. About two hundred workers in several trades quit on Fifth Avenue with a Monday sympathy strike planned for Carnegie mansion at Ninety-Second Street and Fifth Avenue. Jacksonville Fla July 19 union laborers strike persists with about 2,500 out, no settlement in sight.
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New York
Amalgamated Society of Painters
Board of Building Trades
Fifth Avenue
Andrew Carnegie
Ninety-second Street
Jacksonville
Fla
Small disturbances between union and nonunion workers
Small disturbances today between union and nonunion workmen, but the police quickly dispersed the crowds and no violence resulted.
Chinaman Lo Lin Jow Seeks Citizenship Hearing
Lo Lin Jow, a Chinese resident in San Francisco, faces a strange status after being denied a passport by the Chinese bureau yet not detained for deportation. He voluntarily sought a formal hearing in court to prove citizenship, but United States Commissioner Heacock dismissed the case, warning that granting such a hearing could spur many similar claims and stating the proper procedure was unclear.
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San Francisco
Lo Lin Jow
China
Jow
United States
Heacock
Jon
Ruling by Wishard Impacts Brewers On Tax Increase
Solicitor A W Wishard of Indianapolis overrules prior opinions and holds that under the war revenue act brewers must pay the additional tax on stored fermented liquors with no discount. The decision, approved by the internal revenue commissioner, affects taxes on beer lager ale porter and similar liquors stored in warehouses and sold within the United States.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Internal Revenue
A. W. Wishard
Indianapolis
Wishard
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
J. Lee Adams
United States
James FE. Boyd
Secretary of the Treasury
What constitutes the vulgar voice in Harper's Weekly
A London Spectator view links vulgar speech to conspicuousness and fear of exposure. Timid speakers imitate higher social ranks, while sincere speech forms true personality. The piece notes the value of self restraint, giving voice depth. It asks whether many people slip into vulgar tone at times.
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Harper's Weekly
London Spectator
Governor of Yukon Paralyzed in Seated Stroke
A dispatch from White Horse Yukon reports Governor Rose aboard the steamer Columbian, arriving from Dawson with a paralytic stroke on the right side. He has been unconscious most of the time and may not recover, and was taken to Major Snyder’s home, the district officer commanding location.
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Seattle
the Times
White Horse
Yukon Territory
Dawson
Rose
Snyder
Panama Sea Fight Rumors Fly Over Agua Dulce Battle
Insurgent gunboats Padilla and Darien challenged government ships near Flamenco and Ottique islands. Cannon fire heard through the day as Ranger and government vessels moved, with reports of Darien possibly hit and a likely large clash at Agua Dulce. Governor Salazar predicts heavy revolutionary losses and thwarted Panama attack.
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Colombia
Padilla
Darien
Flamenco
Ottique Islands
Salazar
Chucuito
Clapet
United States
Ranger
Boyaca
Herrera
Bertis
Agua Dulco
Chiriqui
Flamenco Island
Associated Press
Gudger
la Boca
Agua Dulce
Sieners Salazar
Diplomatic pause during anthem earns quiet triumph
A young American told a crowd he did not intend incivility by not standing for the national anthem. He expressed a wish to drink the health of the King and to join an encore verse with Englishmen. His amendment was cheered, and the offender’s diplomacy was rewarded.
Double mob slayings in Kosciusko area endangered by secret Black group
In Kosciusko Mississippi on July 1 Sheriff Love returned from Crossroads thirteen miles north where a Thursday mob killed two Black men Monroe Hallam and Jim Gaston. Authorities allege a secret Black organization existed there to incite Black against white conflict and claim Hallam and Gaston led the movement.
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Kosciusko
Miss
Sheriff Love
Crossroads
Monroe Hallam
Jim Gaston
Hallum
Gaston
Respite extends two weeks in Gaynor Greene extradition
In Quebec on July 19 Judge Carew extended by two weeks the habeas corpus proceedings for Col Gaynor and Capt Greene, two American contractors wanted in Savannah for alleged harbor work fraud. He remanded them to sheriff custody, with a decision expected in about two weeks and potential further remand of eight days. Various counsel argued for both sides, including Mr. Stuart for the United States and Senator Dandurand in French.
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Quebec
Gaynor
Greene
Savannah
Trolley Car Accident in Chicago Injures Six
Six people were injured when an Ogden avenue trolley car derailed at Lake street and crashed into the Lake street Elevated Railroad structure. The unroofed car and splintered surroundings halted traffic but no deaths were expected. Police moved the injured to their homes. In another incident at Council Bluffs Iowa a cross-town motor car was struck by an Illinois Central freight train at the Broadway crossing. forty passengers were aboard, eight injured seriously but none fatally.
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Chicago
Ogden Avenue
Lake Street
Lakestreet
Council Bluffs
Illinois Central
Broadway Crossing
Dolan Elected AOH President on Second Ballot in Denver
James Dolan won the presidency of the Ancient Order of Hibernians on the second ballot in Denver. T. J. O'Sullivan became vice president, J. P. Bree was reelected secretary, and M. J. O'Brien was chosen treasurer. Changes to the constitution include December division elections, added state division officers, and ex officio seats. A two year National Hibernian contract was approved, and sympathy for striking Pennsylvanian miners was voiced. A Gaelic language fund was set, and a gesture toward reforming stage and newspaper caricatures was adopted. The 1904 meet will be in St. Louis.
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Denver
Col
James Dolan
Order of Hibernians
T. J. O'Sullivan
J. P. Bree
New Haven
Conn
M. J. O'Brien
Richmond
Ind
P. J. Moran
Washington
Keating
National
Hibernian
Pennsylvania
Gaelic League of Ireland
Ireland
Committee On Foreign Relations
Richard McGinn
New Jersey
Hibernians
America
Scotland
England
Australasia
St. Louis
Venezuela Leader Abandons Attack on Barcelona
Minister Bow en, at Caracas, reports the Venezuelan president has abandoned plans to attack the enemy at Barcelona and will return to Caracas soon. Castro had moved on Barcelona with a large force, landed from a government warship, and promised to clear rebels in fifteen days. He faces blockade by revolutionary forces, forcing a water return.
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Washington
Bowen
Caracas
State Department
Venezuela
Barcelona
Castro
Football Rules Call For Wider Open Play And Shorter Downs
New York Evening Post urges college associations to adopt Walter Camp rules changes. Proposes exchanging goals after each touchdown and abolishing the place kick to speed play. Criticizes current reliance on five-yard advances and urges ten-yard requirements on four downs to restore open, spectator-friendly football.
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Walter Camp
Camp
Pashiel
Couneil
Matrimonial Woes From C R Clingman Divorce Statement
Editor C R Clingman recounts his estrangement in a bitter appraisal of his wife and their twelve year marriage. He claims she seeks divorce under false pretenses while detailing alleged grievances, luxuries, and burdens he bore, and says Mrs. Clingman has severed ties with the Journal as he vows to keep working for publication.
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C. R. Clingman
Montrose
Iowa
Clingman
Roasting Fish in Sand Delights the True Flavour
A travelogue on catching and roasting fish in a sand pit by a lake expert. He argues that fish perish out of water and outlines his method of digging a sand oven, wrapping fish in brown paper, cooking them in a sand fire, and serving with salt and sauce to preserve sweetness. He claims the sand preserves delicate flavor while absorbing off notes.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
An American's Break in London Dinner Scene
An American in a London smart restaurant remains seated during God Save the King as the orchestra plays and chorus rises. English diners urge him to stand and toast the King, prompting a small clash and public embarrassment before he finally stands.
Two Women Killed at a Crossing in Amort Missouri
AMORT Mo July 19 Near here a Kansas City Southern train struck a carriage carrying Mrs Daniel Morrow 55 and her daughter 20 killing both They belonged to one of the wealthiest families in this part of the state
Coronation Plans Bring Mixed Public Mood In London
The final assurance that the coronation will occur in three weeks has sparked relief and fading public interest. Weekend house parties at Blenheim draw crowds while King Edward’s illness reshapes social scenes. Queen Alexandra remains reticent about attending events and divorced women face palace door restrictions mirroring Victoria era rules.
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London
Edward
Blenheim
Prince and Princess of Wales
Alexandria
Victoria
New York
Washington
Train Collision Kills Engineer Near New Castle
A head on crash on the Western New York and Pennsylvania line at Eastbrook four miles north of New Castle, Pennsylvania, killed engineer Edward Murphy and injured seven trainmen. Mail clerk Charles Ay of Stoneboro suffered severe injuries. he is in critical condition. The south bound Oil City passenger train crashed into a north bound train, injuring multiple crew members.
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New Castle
Edward Murphy
Eastbrook
New York
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Lines
Oil City
Charles Ay
Stoneboro
Some Eccentric Railways The World's Boldest Line Ideas
The article surveys remarkable rail routes built under extreme conditions. It highlights the Trans-Caspian Central Asian Railway with a timber shortage and a two-mile stone bridge over the Amu Darya, mobile work camps, and a church wagon on the Trans-Siberian. It also notes high altitude rails like Peru's Collao to Oroya at 15,006 feet, where travel is exceedingly trying.
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London Globe
Russia
Amu-Darya
Merv
Charjuil
Collao
Oroya
He Cheng
Callao
Mollendo
Peru
Legion of the Spanish War to unify veteran groups
A joint commission of commanders in chief from Spanish American War and Spanish War veterans proposed a consolidated Legion of the Spanish War. The plan aims to merge the Rough Riders Army of Santiago and related sections, likely during September encampments in Detroit and Indianapolis.
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Washington
Legion of the
Spain
Riera
Army of Santiago
Detroit
Indianapolis
Lord Pauncefote Dies Poor In Britain
London July 18 reports show the late Lord Pauncefote left with almost no estate beyond a small Gloucestershire homestead. The likely outcome is a pension or aid to the widow above standard allowances, reflecting the family’s dire financial condition.
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Lord Pauncefote
Gloucestershire
Lord Paunom
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