Navy as guaranty of peace and national honor
A speaker urges continuous navy buildup as essential to protect peace and national honor. He notes the fleet’s growth under varied leaders and parties, praising Americans in government who prioritized the nation above faction to secure naval strength and deterrence. He expresses hope for united support to continue expansion.
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United States
United States Navy
Manila Bay
Navy
Congress
Food Med Helps Chronic Constipation With Grape-Nuts
A reader recounts lifelong constipation eased by predigested food Grape-Nuts after failing laxatives and cathartics. A physician said digestive muscles were paralyzed, but within days the product digested easily and restored normal bowel function, claiming a permanent cure.
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Roosevelt at Monticello and Chicago convocation gifts
The President warned against war and urged restraint while a luncheon audience applauded. He then rode to Monticello before a special train to Washington. In Chicago, the University held its largest convocation as gifts totaling 621000 funded buildings and programs, including Rockefeller support and honors for Nicholas Murray Butler.
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Chicago
Harper
University of Chicago
Nemeeary
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
John D. Rockefeller
University College
Emmons Blaine
Niel Coyt Gillman
Carnegie Inco Washington
Municipal ownership tested for Chicago street railways
Washington Star reports Illinois Governor Yates signed a law allowing cities to own street railways. Chicago may push municipalization, but success depends on a three fifths vote and local sentiment. England and Canada show mixed results. debt rose while service varied.
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Washington Star
Yates
Ilinois
Chicago
United States
Toronto
Ingland
Scotland
Liverpool
Ofemam
President pledges fearless Post Office inquiry push
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt intends to pursue the Post Office Department graft disclosures with vigor, saying neither party should benefit from corruption. Democrats accuse open inquiry of being suppressed by Republicans, while enforcement actions extend to rural routes and census rules. Ambassador Clayton also notes Mexico’s early payment of the Pius fund award to Archbishop Riordan.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Representative Cooper
Wisconsin
Post Office Department
Cooper
Republican Party
Politca
Dewey Cowboys in Court Under Militia Guard in Kansas
Chauncey Dewey W J McBride and Clyde Wilson faced preliminary murder charges in a tightly guarded County Court in St Francis Kansas. A militia detail surrounded the courtroom and witness Ed Tucker refused to answer questions, prompting contempt orders for him and fellow cowboy Al Winship. Beach D Berry identified the accused in the attack that killed Daniel Berry and his two sons.
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Kan
Chauncey Dewey
W. J. McBride
Clyde Wilson
Justice Hall
Daniel Berry
Ed Tucker
Dewey
Coleman
Tucker
al Winship
Beach D. Berry
Berry
Wilson
McBride
Hawaiian planters urge Chinese labor for sugar fields
Commissioner F R Sargent reports West Coast immigrant stations show plant ers in Hawaii demand Chinese labor to sustain sugar production. Japanese workers are valued but less suited long term. native Hawaiians see Japanese rising roles. Chinese workers are reliable, paid about a modest daily wage with housing and cooking wood. Planters press Congress to modify the Chinese exclusion act to bring in more Chinese labor.
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Washington
F. R. Sargent
Honolulu
Sargent
United States
Congress
Department of Commerce and Labor Takes Shape in Washington
Washington Letter notes Cortelyou prepares for a new department home with about 1400 clerks and reorganized bureaus. He moves from crowded offices to Thirteenth Street suites, consolidating duties to avoid duplication and boost efficiency.
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Philadelphia
Cortelyou
Department of Commerce and Labor
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Feteetree Cororatione
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Kishineff massacre blamed on Jews by Father John of Cronstadt
In St. Petersburg an anti Semitic weekly prints Father John of Cronstadt declaring that Jews provoked Kishineff disorders and Christians suffered, while a new governor is appointed in Bessarabia as the Czar accepts partial blame for the outbreak.
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Quamtia
Kishineff
Novoeremya
Besserabia
Hungarian Premier De Szell Resigns After Diet Obstruction
Premier De Szell announced in the Hungarian Diet that he tendered his resignation to King Francis Joseph on Sunday and that the king accepted it. He cited army obstruction in the Diet as the reason for stepping down.
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de Szell
Francis Joseph
Water supply cut off after cylinder burst at 6,000,000-gallon pump
Lafayette Indiana faces a citywide water famine as a burst cylinder halts the 6 million gallon pump. Since yesterday no fresh water enters the reservoir and officials fear a protracted shortage. Fire pumps and canal water are being used, but a 50 percent cut in demand may be needed to endure until tomorrow night.
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Bribery Trial Judgment Hits Six Years In St Louis
In the St Louis Globe-Democrat report, a defense counsel’s minimization of bribery as a minor offense is blamed for influencing a jury that sentenced a boodle case to six years, the longest yet. The piece warns that bribery corrodes republican government and urges public rebuke of venality.
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No Strike of Miners Elected Reps for Board Conciliation
SCRANTON Pa June 16 There will be no strike in the anthracite region following operators refusal to recognize district Presidents Nicholls Fahy and Dettrey as miners representatives on the board of conciliation The United Mine Workers convention elected the three district presidents as representatives and operators through George F Baer said this action satisfactory President Mitchell announced a resolution directing grievances to be turned over to conciliators He noted Mays sliding scale did not yield an increase and predicted June prices would produce a 2 decline or increase while engineers grievance about seven day work week and Sundays was raised The convention closed with Mitchell urging continued union support Operators said they would push for an immediate conciliator session to settle disputes and restore peace
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Elections in Germany Increase Socialists Vote to 2 500 000
Berlin reports the Reichstag election shows Social Democrats expanding by about fifteen seats and raising total votes to upwards of 2.5 million, with gains in Berlin Dresden Soligen Pirna Plauen Zittau Doebeln Altenburg Darnstadt Limbach Schwartzberg Bielefeld Beyreuth and Bremen. They win 63,000 more votes in Berlin and gain in Essen Kruppsten, while Saxony yields the largest Socialist surge. The Radical Richter wing loses members, and some leaders face second contests. Women play a major turnout role, while Chancellor Von Buelow abstains due to illness.
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Race death by own action in public debate within Harper's Weekly
A discussion tracing the race death by own action topic sparked by the Presidents remarks. Pater Familiaris in the June North American Review argues for better citizens over more offspring, rejects the view of reproduction as a sole social duty, and questions mercantile self sacrifice, noting evolving conditions for women and the economy.
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Diminishing size of families sparks debate on women’s comfort
The writer notes families shrinking as wives cease being “pack mules” and gain comforts of life. He asks why women shouldn’t enjoy these advances, a question likely to elicit agreeing responses from many women and some men.
Hammond Delegates Seated at Pressmen Union Convention
Cincinnati June 16 The fifteenth annual convention of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union seated Hammond Indiana delegates after a bitter contest led by James Bowman of Chicago against Hammond delegates Gauch and Holbrook and New York delegate Benjamin Thompson who argued for charter validity. A vote on revoking the Hammond charter was discussed but not acted on. A strong push to reelect President Martin P Hughes may extend to a third term as next year’s convention is set for St. Louis.
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International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union
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Chicago
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Gauch and Holbrook
Benjamin Thompson
New York
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Hammond Union
Committee On Credentials For
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Gauch
T Pchical
Martin P. Hughes
St. Loui
GOOD BOXING AT EMPIRE Fights Drawn From Local Boxers At Empire
The Modern Woodmen entertained at the Empire Theater with a strong boxing program. Price defeated Reardon in wrestling, Koerner beat Carroll in four rounds, Sapperstein lost to Dorner in a clinch-heavy bout, White stopped in the third, and Henniger quit in the fourth. A five-man Indianapolis battle royal closed the program with all participants based in the city.
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Empire Theater
Price
Philadelphia
Reardon
Indianapolis
Tommy Carroll
Willie Koerner
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Carroll
Marion Scott
Kid Sapperstein
Kid Corner
Sapperstein
Dorner
Aso Clark
Wayman Whitered
Esse
Sieloff Arrives For Chicago Boxer Fagin Bout In Indianapolis
Otto Sieloff the Chicago light weight fighter will arrive at the Grand Hotel this afternoon for a ten round decision match with Henry Fagin of Milwaukee at the Empire Theater tomorrow night. Fagin also arrives and rooms at the Spencer House. Both weigh in at 138 pounds at 3 pm and are optimistic about a decisive bout. Nearly a hundred Noblesville sportsmen travel with Eddie Sterns to see Sterns meet Jack Cullen in the semi final. Two four round preliminaries accompany the main event.
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Grand Hotel
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Indianapolis
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Martin Judge
Philadelphia
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Eddie Sterns
Jack Cullen
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Butler College to stage As You Like It this afternoon
Students of Butler College present As You Like It on campus this afternoon at 2 o clock. The cast is described as the school s best talent after weeks of rehearsal. Earlier seniors hold class day events at 10 30 in the chapel and the alumni banquet in the dining hall with Rollin Kautz as toastmaster and Miss Charlotte Powell delivering the seniors response.
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Butler
Rollin Kautz
Charlotte Powell
Deaths of Rev Dr Hathaway and Carroll St John
The Rev Dr Hathaway secretary of the American Sabbath Union died in Pasadena after an appendicitis operation. In Huntington West Virginia banker Carroll St John, brother of the late John P St John of New York, died suddenly in the Adirondack mountains.
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W. Va
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Government opens one million acres to settlers
Los Angeles June 14 One million acres of government land was thrown open to settlement today. The tract lies along the Santa Fe Railroad from Nogales to Mojave and comprises desert land suitable for homesteading.
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Cal
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Nogales
Mojave
Heavy Coal Shipments Proceed to the South
Pittsburg reports heavy shipments with coal tonnage reaching about 300000 bushels sent southward today.
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Pittsburg
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ends Teething Troubles
An old ad claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty years by millions of mothers to soothe teething children. It supposedly calms the child, softens the gums, eases wind colic, regulates bowels, and cures diarrhoea, with Foenale by druggists. The bottle is advertised in every part of the market.
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Cooper and Oldfield Face Five Mile Race at State Fair
Barney Oldfield, world champion driver, predicts record pace for a five mile match race against Tom Cooper at the State fairgrounds track next Friday and Saturday. He aims to lower existing records, notes he has driven a mile in 1:02 2 5 and expects to drive nearly every mile in one minute. The event highlights include a rival bout between Kiser and Weidely and a fast paced program starting at 2:30 each day.
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Tom Cooper
State Fairgrounds
Barney Oldfield
Alexander Winton
Empire City Track
New York
Cooper
Indianapolis
Oldfield
Kiser
Weidely
Grand Western handicap tournament opens at Denver trap grounds
The Grand Western handicap shooting contest began at the Denver trap grounds with top West gunmen, including H. G. Hirechy, winner of the previous year’s great American handicap. The main event is for 100 birds with a $100 entry and $10 added, part of a program featuring twenty-five events of twenty birds each in addition to the Grand Western.
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Denver
H. G. Hirechy
Kansas
Hackett Falls to Ward in Metropolitan Lawn Tennis Final
Harold H. Hackett, former Yale champion, fails to defend his title in a Metropolitan lawn tennis challenge match. Holcombe Ward of Harvard defeats Hackett 84 62 on the West Side courts, securing the win.
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New York
Harold H. Hackett
Yale
Holcombe Ward
Harvard
HOT GAME OF BALL AT BUTLER ENACTS CLASSIC INNING STRETCH
A classic Butler baseball game drew a large campus crowd as first string faced star alumni in eleven innings. Mark Brown yielded key curves and alumni surged for three runs in the final frame. Notable players included McGaughey Davidson and Invincible at second. Brown and Anthony starred for the varsity. Score by innings shows a 2 to 2 deadlock at the eleventh.
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Mark Brown
McGaughey
Kansas Ay Sa
Cna
Frank Davidson
Professor Brown
Anthony
Brown
Buth
Rev Lyon Addresses Indianapolis Tent Meetings
The Rev Milford Lyon spoke to packed crowds on Prospect street praising repentance and return to the Father’s house. He urged listeners that sin separates from home and discussed the prodigal son’s motives and Christ’s call.
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Atlantic
Indianapolis
Milford Lyon
Prospect Street
Lyon
Frankie
Gue
Return of John W. Gates Arrives on Wilhelm I
John W. Gates arrived in New York aboard the steamship Wilhelm I. Among the passengers were fourteen members of the Oxford Cambridge Lacrosse team.
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New York
John W. Gates
Oxford Cambridge
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