Anti-Imperialists Open Letter to Roosevelt Over Philippine War
An anti imperialist group in New York publishes an open letter praising Roosevelt's court martial review of Gen J H Smith yet urging broader accountability. The document claims widespread demoralization in the Philippine campaign, condemns torture and concentration camps, and calls for further investigations into officers beyond Smith and Waller.
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Lake George
N. Y
New York City
Philippines
Roosevelt
Jacob H. Smith
Charlies Francis Adama
Carl Schurz
Edwin Burritt Smith
Moorfield Storey
Herbert Welsh
Mth Inst
J. H. Smith
Smith
Waller
Senate Philippine Committee
Cuba
South Africa
Will Require Millions in Battle for Coast Line Merger
Baltimore July 27 The rumor of Atlantic Coast Line absorbing Louisville and Nashville is unconfirmed but has driven a 19% rise in L and N stock to 172 from 153 in ten days The deal would cost about 399 million and create a rail system totaling 9100 miles Morgan interests manage the Southern and Coast Line with executives Walters Jenkins Newcomer away on leave in New York and the White Mountains respectively
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Baltimore
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Coast Line
Louleville & Nashville
Morgan
Augusta
Georgia Railroad
Atlanta
Tennessee
Kentucky
Louisville & Nashville
Southern Railway
McMillin
Morgan & Co
Mississippi River
Coast System
Henry Walters
Michael Jenkins
Walters
New York
Mr. Morgan
Jenkins
White Mountains
Coast Line Railroad
Mr. Jenkins
Waldo Newcomer
Indian prince’s son to 130 years in San Francisco
Aupie Mam Mari of Indian origin, a longtime San Francisco resident since colonial times, dies at 130. His life tale says he was kidnapped as a child, enslaved in Hawaii, later fled to California, and learned his father and brothers perished resisting British rule in their homeland.
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Aupie Mam Mari
India
Hawaiian Islands
California
Stray bullet kills shoe merchant's wife in Springfield
In Springfield Ohio on July 27 Mrs William Cobauer wife of a noted shoe merchant died within an hour from a stray bullet fired by Homer Seckford who aimed at Mrs Fleck following her home from church They clashed after a quarrel Seckford fired twice both misses one hit Cobauer The crowd chased him into a barn until police arrived Mrs Flecks husband died by his own hand about a year earlier and had employed Seckford Seckford and Mrs Fleck have since clashed but she denies her husband killed himself over the dispute
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Senate
Root
Philippines
Springfield
Ohio
William Cobauer
Homer Seckford
Fleck
Populist Threat in Indiana District Campaign
In Indiana First district politics, Dillon of Petersburg advocates moving the capital to St Louis. John W Spencer faces Populist opposition within the Democratic fold while Hemenway is expected to win. Dillon’s earlier push for a St Louis capital shapes campaign rhetoric amid intra party strife and threats to Spencer.
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Indiana
Goodrich
Evansville
Hemenway
Colonel Owen
Vernon
John W. Spencer
Spencer
Thomas H. Dillon
Petersburg
Dillon
St. Louis
Republican booster from Ligonier on prosperous wool trade and tariffs
Leon Wertheimer, a Noble county Republican with N Wertheimer & Sons, in Indianapolis notes wool trade gains under the Dingley tariff. He cites high wool prices, farmer prosperity, and strong Indiana demand, with land values rising in Noble county and widespread cash in banks aiding loans.
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Leon R. Wertheimer
Ligonier
Noble County
Indianapolis
English
N. Wertheimer & Sons
Wertheimer
Argentine Republic
Indiana
Peasion
John
Aca
McKain Declines Nomination for Auditor in Indiana
Arthur A. McKain, nominated by Democrats for auditor in Indiana, says he never sought office and will not accept any nomination. He dismisses rumors of a congressional bid and notes a Supreme Court decision due in October. Other potential candidates include Ayres, Woollen, Sahm, and Rooker. Burke reportedly won't run. Meanwhile Perry County Republicans nominate Sumner, Little, Sprinkle, Wilson, McKim, and Hargis in a large harmonious convention. In Kokomo, plans for a Roosevelt day await President’s visit with invited dignitaries to speak.
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Arthur A. McKain
McKain
White County
Congress
Journal
Indiana Manufacturing Company
Supreme Court
McKatin
Indianapolis Journal
Camelton
Ind
Perry County
Leopold
Reed R. Sumner
Shubel C. Little
Aden Sprinkle
Wm. A. Wilson
D. R. McKim
Henry Poehlim
J. A. Hargis
Trolley Cars Wrecked After Obstruction on Track
Five men intoxicated placed fence parts on the Rochester & Irondequoit line near Rifle Range. Car 457 halted to avoid the obstacle, but car 455 struck rear of the lead car causing seven seriously injured and several more lightly hurt. Rochester police seek the five suspects.
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Rochester
N. Y
Rifle Range
Rochester & Irondequoit
Horace D. Bryan
Nellie Ritter
John Haley
William Brodie
W. P. Hamlin
Frank Farley
Joseph R. Webster
Summerville
Lake Ontario
Fatal stomach blow ends fight between youths in Portland
In Portland on July 27 Frank Carlson and George Baldwin, both 19, fought over two girls in a rare urban melee. After a two round bare knuckle bout lasting about twenty minutes, Carlson collapsed from a stomach blow and died. Baldwin is jailed.
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Portland
Ore
Frank Carlson
George Baldwin
Carlson
Baldwin
German singing festival opens at Gratz with 12000 in attendance
The sixth triennial festival of German singing societies began at Gratz Vienna. More than 12,000 members from Austria Germany and the United States attended with J P Frenzel of Indianapolis delivering greetings and Podroligen of St Louis reading verses. The event runs a week and will next meet in 196 at Frankfort.
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Gratz
Austria
Germany
J. P. Frenzel
Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Rhine
Frenzel
Podro Ligen
St. Louis
Frankfort
Cheap Car Trips Draw Sunday Excursion Crowds Near Union Station
Thousands fled the heat as Sunday excursion traffic swelled Union Station. Rail lines report about 18 630 to 20 000 travelers moving through, with big groups to Aurora Louisville Lake Maxinkuckee and Vincennes. Ticket scalpers and grafters profited from return coupons while families and youths filled trains, creating a vivid scene of summer travel in Indianapolis.
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Arcadia
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Vincennes
Vandalia
Acton
Peoria
Sandusky
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Milford Center
Decatur
Onioker
Wabash
Bookwalter
City Baopte
Parks Draw Crowds Despite Heat In City Venues
Yesterday crowds gathered at multiple city parks to escape the heat. Fairview featured Hagenbeck's animals and a vaudeville show drawing many visitors. Riverside offered a band concert with bathing and boating privileges, while Broad Ripple showcased the Hawthorne Musical Company and the river steamer as attractions.
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Fairview
Hagenbeck
Riverside
Broad Ripple
Hawthorne Musical Company
River Steamer
Park Concerts Draw Big Crowds In Warm Evening
Thousands flocked to Brookside and Broad Ripple parks for band concerts and related amusements. Attendance reached about 35.00 at Brookside and 4,400 at Broad Ripple, while Fairview and Riverside drew 18,000 and 5,000 respectively. Weather humidity made the heat uncomfortable until a thunderstorm cooled temps, cutting park crowds after seven.
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Germania
Fairview
Riverside
Broad Ripple
Fair Bank
Weather Bureau
Dime Theft Sparks Fatal Shootout In Louisville
A theft over a dime led to a shooting affray in Louisville as an ambulance carrying victims collided after a street car pursuit. One man, George Seabolt, died and two others, James Clark and William Seabolt, were wounded. Clark’s boy was robbed while sent to fetch cents. Seabolt sustained a chest wound and could have died from the wound or the ambulance crash.
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Louisville
George Seabolt
James Clark
William Seabolt
Clark
Death by self toying with narcotics ends famed alienist Grissom
Dr. Eugene Grissom once renowned alienist and neurologist shot himself at his son’s home in Washington. A Confederate veteran and former North Carolina legislator, he led Raleigh’s North Corona Insane Asylum for 21 years and lectured widely on insanity. He wrote True and False Experts and served as vice president of the American Medical Society. He was 79 and had practiced in Denver previously.
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Eugene Grissom
G Street
N. E
Grissom
Granville
N. C
American Medical Society
Association of the Superintendents of American Insane Asylums
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Col
Strike of Illinois District Telegraph Company Messengers Ends
In Chicago on July 27 the messenger strike harming telegraph deliveries was settled after a late conference. W. J. Lloyd, president, arrived from Texas and met a committee of strikers. Night messengers resumed work by midnight with increased wages and overtime pay for the day workers to follow.
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Chicago
Illinois District Telegraph Company
W. J. Lloyd
Texas
Children Drowned In Lake Erie Squall
Anna and Rose Glaw aged six and sixteen drowned in Lake Erie when a squall overturned a boat. Their father and two other children were aboard. the others were rescued. The incident occurred this afternoon near Cleveland, Ohio.
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Cleveland, CO
Anna
Rose Glaw
Lake Erie
Peril in Umbrellas in Birmingham Lightning Strikes Girl
In Birmingham on July 27 Miss Annie Herndon aged sixteen and a young boy were struck by lightning. The boy is reported near death while Miss Herndon sustained severe burns to her left side and leg from a lightning strike that traveled through an umbrella's rod. Her injured shoe was torn to shreds but she will recover.
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Birmingham
Ala
Annie Herndon
Willie Blair
Tragedy in Woodsfield as Newlywed Couple Die
In Woodsfield on July 77 Mrs. Everett Spence, age 19, killed her husband, 21, while he slept, then killed herself. The couple had been married under two months and both were well connected. Authorities suspect temporary derangement.
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Woodsfield
Everett Spence
Wealthy Mattoon Man Dies After Grass Blade Injury
Walter Kilner, a wealthy retired Mattoon businessman, cut his finger with a blade of grass while mowing his lawn. Blood poisoning followed, and he died today after a week of agony in Mattoon Illinois.
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Silinets
Mattoon
Walter Kilner
Demonstrations in Paris over clerical schools end amid clashes
In Paris crowds of about 15,000 gathered at Place de la Concorde and similar numbers on the Champs Elysees to protest Premier Combes decree closing congregations. Women led both sides, police kept order, and about 100 arrests occurred as demonstrators sought the ministry of the interior to petition for the sisters.
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Combes
Place de la Concorde
Champs Elysees
Manifestanta
le Republique
Dresed
Place Beauveau
Elysee
Ministry of the Interior
Mesdames Reille
de Mun
Cibiel
de Po
Gabrielle
Cham Elysee
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Ruffray
Place de Ila Concorde
Champs Elysee
Papal thanks to Roosevelt and Taft notes
From Rome July 27 a letter from Bishop Thomas O Gorman of Sioux Falls to President Roosevelt expresses gratitude for congratulations and gifts and notes acceptance of a keepsake. It also commends Judge Taft for negotiations on the Philippines and conveys satisfaction with the outcome. The letter is cordial throughout.
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Thomas O'Gorman
Sioux Faux
Roosevelt
W. H. Taft
Philippines
United States
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