Makaroff Cossack of the Sea and Navy Bulldog
In the Troy Weekly Call, 8B Makaroff is dubbed the Cossack of the Sea while his successor Skrydloff is called the Bulldog of the Navy Togo is known to the Japs as the Whole Works of the Oceans Fire companies were forbidden by etiquette to enter the royal grounds as the Korean palace at Seoul burned A girl in a boat let a swimmer drown due to modesty in a related tale
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Makaroff
Skrydloff
Togo
Seoul
Philadelphia Judge Rules Wife Not Owner Of Pay Envelope
A Philadelphia judge declares that a wife does not own her husband's pay envelope, calling it an obsolete technicality. The ruling focuses on the contents rather than the envelope, emphasizing practical outcome over formal ownership.
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Philadelphia
Senator Nelson Sparks Debate With Provoking Word
In a recent senate session Senator Nelson of Minnesota used a peculiar term. Whether it was profane depends on spelling, with the remark likened to a broken dam provoking a reaction in the chamber.
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Nelson
Minnesota
Senate
Open Door Principles for Manchuria and World Trade
The text argues that if the Open Door policy prevails in Manchuria all nations will gain equal commercial privileges and facilities. It contends Russia could accept peace in the Far East on terms of full equality with other nations.
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Manchuria
Russia
Far East
London Economist Praises Judge Parker as U S Chief Justice
The London Economist calls Judge Parker the chief justice of the United States, noting English ignorance of American affairs remains wide despite efforts to learn about the country.
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London Economist
Judge Parker
Supreme Court of the
United States
Strike violence will not be justified says John Mitchell
"A sign of weakness" is the term applied to violence in a strike by President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers who says that resort to force is never justified in any strike. The lesson has been impressed by experience. Long before industrial wars were known the wisdom of ages backed up respect for the law.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Chicago Faces Early Signals on Fourth of July Plans
Strong symptoms emerge in Chicago as early as this day of suppressing the next Fourth of July celebration. Public sentiment smolders from last year’s declines, and people have not forgotten or forgiven. The general method of city celebrations ought to be reconsidered.
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Chicago
Daughter Comes of Age in Utah Estate Saga
Louise Grace Emery heiress to the Silver Queen of Utah Susanna Bransford Emery Holmes has come of age and inherits an estate valued around 4 million dollars. Suitors swarm but the mother guards the heiress from fortune hunters while letters of courtship arrive by mail for amusement.
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Louise Grace Emery
Utah
Susanna Bransford Emery Holmes
Don Luis Terragas the cattle king of Mexico
Don Luis Terragas, governor of Chihuahua, dominates Mexican cattle with nearly 1,000,000 head and sheep about half that. His grazing spans millions of acres, irrigation covers about 100,60 acres, and his reservoirs would be valuable to any water company. He is also a farmer, banker, and manufacturer, reputed to be a millionaire many times over in Mexican dollars.
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Don Luis Terragas
Chihuahua
Mexico
Opening of Louisiana Purchase Exposition Impresses Promoters
The St Louis fair opens with great pleasure to promoters and visitors. Bright skies and a strong start bode well. Exhibits are abundant though not all in place, and the two square miles of shifting scenes promise continuous novelty and beauty. The architecture and art of the buildings are a glorious study. The fair is the most absorbingly entertaining place, changing daily and ready for inspection.
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St. Louis
Judge Powers Warns of Un-American Mormon Influence
In the Washington investigation, Judge O W Powers of Utah delivers the key testimony supporting President Smith on polygamy. Powers condemns Mormon hierarchy for un American domination, forcing followers to accept leaders as divine word and shaping policy to oppose American institutions.
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Washington
O. W. Powers
Utah
Brigham Roberts
Cannon
Smith
Judge Powers
Senate and House Debates Span Duty and Drift of War
The excerpt outlines ongoing Senate and House debates on naval construction, military academy funding, and lighthouse projects. It notes memorials for Representative Thompson, party clashes between Dalzell and Cochran, and a mid session adjournment followed by renewed speeches and eventual sine die adjournment marking the close of the session. It highlights leadership praise for Speaker Cannon and reflections on foreign policy and pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Far East
Hale
Representative Thompson
Ala
House
Alaska
Diamond Shoal
N. C
Grosvenor
Gaines
Tenn
Roosevelt
Committee On Military Affairs
Bacon
Dalzell
Cochran
Mr .Cochran
Williams
Cannon
Post Office
Military Academy
Cullom
McKinley
Teller
McLaurin
Messrs. Littlefield
Messrs
Personal and Political Gambit Across the Nation
The 2d Judge Foster of New York denied the application for a roving commission to collect evidence on the Green Goodman dispute. Judge Evans of Bowling Green started from Cleveland to San Francisco with a wheelbarrow to honor an election bet that Mayor Johnson would win Ohio’s governorship, with the loser to push the barrow across the continent and back without funds, aiming to cover expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judga Foster
New York
Dittenhoffer
James W. Goodman
W. C. Greene
Greene Consolidated Copper Co
Green
Goodman
P. Evans
Bowling Green
Cleveland
San Francisco
Evans
Johnson
Ohio
Building trades idle in Philadelphia strikes
Fully 5,000 workmen in Philadelphia were kept idle on the 2d by local union ordered strikes. In Pueblo Colorado district court Judge N Walter Nixon issued an order restraining Santa Fe shops at Denver Pueblo La Junta and Trinidad from striking. none had gone out and only a few at La Junta had obeyed.
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Philadelphia
Pueblo
Col
N.walter Nixon
Santa ‘Ie
Denver
la Junta
Trinidad
Circus Train Torch Inferno Kills Beasts at Pawnee City
In Pawnee City Nebraska a circus train car burned after a gasoline torch exploded. Four camels three elephants two sacred cattle and a black bear perished. Loss estimated at thirty thousand dollars. In St Louis on the World’s Fair opening day the Transit Co moved nine hundred twenty seven thousand passengers including transfers. Suburban lines carried ninety four thousand and the Wabash shuttle trains sixteen thousand five hundred fourteen without accident.
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Pawnee City
Neb
St. Louis Transit Co
Notable arrests and political shifts reported in brief
Twining and D C Cornell, former Monmouth Trust Co. officials, sentenced to six and four years. appeal planned and bail set. Robert A. Smith re elected mayor of St Paul by large plurality. Beach arrested in Fort Worth for cashing a $10,000 check. James W. Sanders dies, credited with naming the Republican party at Ripon. World’s fair ticket extensions announced by western railroads. Peter Schmitt farm in Oklahoma struck by lightning, four children killed. Allen Mooney executed in Clinton prison. Kratz case delayed until August. Post Office aide chosen. Panama standard proposal rejected. Bryan-led Democratic convention in Kansas City endorses unit rule. Empress dowager portraits to be donated to U.S. government. Tug Michael Davitt sinks at Montrose. minor injuries. Scribner reassigned to St Louis expo duties. Sam Parks dies at Sing Sing. Four bandits garroted in Cuba. Bubonic plague reappears in Johannesburg.
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A. ©. Twining
D. C. Cornell
Monmouth Trust Co
Asbury Park
N. J
Robert A. Smith
St. Paul
Minn
Col
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Kas
James W. Sanders
Republican Party
Ripon
Wis
St. Louis
Burlington
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Rock Island
Frisco
Illinois Central
Missouri Pacific
Union Pacific
Peter Schmitt
Bessie
Hobarth
Okla
Allen Mooney
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Clinton Prison
Dannemora
Charles Kratz
Butler
Graves
Goodwin
Aurora
Djl
Payne
Post Office Department
Panama
United States
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Conger
State Department
Pekin
China
Siberia
Michael Davitt
Buffalo
Welland River
Montrose
Ont
Welland
Montrose Bridge
F. Lamson Scribner
Bureau of Agriculture
St. Louis Exposition
Scribner
Department of Agriculture
Sam Parks
New York
Sing Sing
Santiago
Cuba
Johannesburg
Burglar shot during escape in Upper Alton
Illinois report recalls George D Bradford of Fort Gibson Ark fatally shot while fleeing from two alleged burglars at W D Barnard drug store in Upper Alton. Witness James Daily with two friends pursued and fired, wounding Bradford who died at St Joseph Hospital. Bradford and associate planned further burglaries in five stores.
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George D. Bradford
Fort Gibson
Ark
W. D. W. Barnard
Upper Alton
Bradford
James Cundy
Little Rock
Pear
Johnson Daily
Barnard
Daily
Streeper
St. Joseph‘s Hospital
Alton
Belleville bakers cut bread to five for a quarter
Master bakers in Belleville vote to sell five loaves for 25 cents instead of six, without increasing loaf size. They cite higher material costs and refuse concessions for smaller purchases. loaf size may rise when costs fall, but prices will not drop.
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Belleville
Edwardsville court ousts Ferguson village after misdrawn boundaries
In a quo warranto case People ex rel William Hildebrand v Shepard et al the Edwardsville circuit court voided the village of Ferguson incorporated last summer. Ferguson adjoined Madison and included the Madison poolroom but elected officers in December without appointing police or exercising village rights. The court entered judgment of ouster by consent after finding Ferguson had mistakenly claimed part of Granite City's territory.
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Edwardsville
Ferguson
Madison
William Hildebrand
W. E. Shepard
Joe Thomas
Henry Mettlin
John Fox
M. Giloman
G. W. Walker
Andrew Erickson
John Weignant
Dischamer
Granite City
Alton Approves Civil Service for Police and Fire
Official canvass shows civil service for police and firemen approved by 1 vote, 1196 for 1195 against. Unofficial returns had suggested defeat by 20. Under the law police and firemen must pass exams before a board of fire and police commissioners named by the mayor, with removals for cause only.
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Alton
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Gen Grant Birthday Celebration in Galena at Turner Hall
The twelfth annual Gen U S Grant birthday event drew a large crowd to Turner hall Galena Bishop Samuel Fallows of Chicago delivered the principal address praising the Civil War commander Gen Fred D Grant and his wife were notable attendees The day featured Gen Grant presenting to Galena the home once owned by his father a gift to admirers upon his return from the war on August 18 1865
Morgan State Bill Sues Sheriff Over Sugar Barrels
Louisiana state bill files suit against Sheriff Barrett of Cook County to recover 183 barrels of sugar valued at 2500 dollars. Bank officials claim sugar is stored in Illinois Central cars. Disputes involve Sibley warehouse storage and Importers' Warehouse Co. control of the sugar.
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Morgan State Bill
Louisiana
Barrett
Cook County
Illinois Central
State Bank
Sibley Warehouse and Storage
Importers’ Warehouse Co
Justifiable Homicide Verdict in Litchfield Case
Mrs. Coffey is freed after a coroner's jury in Litchfield finds justifiable homicide in the case of Mrs. H. Home. The ruling ends the inquiry with no charges pending.
Mayor Jones Leads Raid on Saloons in Brooklyn Negro Town
Mayor Jones of Brooklyn heads a raid with numerous citizens raiding saloons and gambling joints, arresting about forty people and placing them in jail.
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Jones
Brooklyn
Knox Report on Panama Canal Transfer Details
The attorney general reports the Panama Canal transfer money and property arrangements with Morgan & Co and the new canal company. Forty million dollars will be deposited with Morgan & Co as delivery equivalent, with distributions to liquidators and the Bank of France per French court awards, expenses borne by French interests.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Panama Canal Co
Morgan & Co
United States
Canal Company
Morgan
Bank of France
Jean Pierre Gautren
Panama Canal Company
New
Renaudin
Maj. Brooks
Pp. C. Knox
Discrepancy in Chinese nativity figures cited by census
Washington reports the census director explains a gender gap in American born Chinese. Of 9,010 claiming US nativity, 6,657 are men and 2,353 women. Most male returns and many female returns are false, inflating totals by about 4,548 immigrants.
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Washington
United States
China
Four Die In Powder Mill Blast Near Newport
A Northwestern Powder Co mill six miles from Newport exploded on Wednesday killing four men Desota Briggs Albert Mahew George Mahew Henry Griffin and injuring two. Ten thousand pounds of powder exploded and Briggs and Griffin were blown into tiny fragments. The other two bodies were less mangled.
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Newport
Ind
Northwestern Powder Co
Desota Briggs
Albert Mahew
George Mahew
Henry Griffin
Briggs
Griffin
Kerring Brothers Arrested in Bank Robbery Case
Sheriff Cotrell apprehended the three Kerring brothers twelve miles west of Naper Nebraska after a violent struggle. They face charges in the Bank of Naper robbery from ten days prior. Police say the suspects possessed stolen property and were shackled before being taken to Naper Jail.
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Naper, Neb
Cotrell
Kerring Brothers
Here
Bank of
Naper
Panama Assembly Rejects Gold Standard Proposal
Panama on May 5 rejected a proposal to adopt the United States gold standard after a tense session by 18 votes to 13. Government and opposition failed to unite as rivals plan a two to one system with 2,000,000 silver dollars and 900 fine, depositing funds with the United States to cover the value gap.
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Panama
United States
Officer and Prisoner Missing After Train Escape
Ogden Utah May 5 No trace found of Charles Lennox the escaped prisoner and Deputy Sheriff Miller of Silver Bow county Montana who vanished from an incoming passenger train Wednesday. Sheriff Quinn and officers conduct two close searches of the surrounding country believing the murderer killed the deputy and disposed of the body in the Ogden river before escaping. Lennox is wanted in Montana on murder charges. he was captured in Nevada.
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Ogden
Utah
Charles Lennox
Miller
Silver Bow County
Mont
Quinn
Ogden River
Lennox
Montana
Nevada
Attica Farmer Dies by Explosion Near Barn
A farmer named John Carlson living east of Attica Indiana died by suicide using dynamite. His son, preparing for bed, heard the blast and found him near the barn. a second body name Jasher Keatisca is reported in the fragment but unclear.
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Attica
Ind
John Carlson
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B.F. Tracy
Secretary of the Navy
United States Casualty Co
John W.W. Funckley
Paugnkeepste, Te
Indy
Republic of
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