United Honors 10 John Paul Jones in Paris Ceremony
The body of Admiral John Paul Jones was delivered to the United States government in Paris with grand ceremony. Dignitaries from France and the United States attended as the funeral for a revolutionary hero who had lain abroad for more than a century drew massive crowds on the Champs Elysees.
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John Paul Jones
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Paris
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Champs Elysees
Avenue de l'Alma
Foreign Office
McCormick
Porter
Loomis
Lodge
Sigsbee
Rouvier
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Navy
Diplomatic Corps
Funeral cortege honors U S officer in Paris ceremony
General Porter led the procession at the transparthem ceremony in Paris advancing the casket to Loomis. A flyover of guards and a 500 strong U S sailors and marines detachment sparked cheers as the coffin was borne to the gun carriage and transported to Cherbourg.
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McCormick
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Rouvier
Esplanade Des Invalides
Napoleon
the Invalides
Cherbourg
Mutiny Reported Aboard Catherine the Great Spurs Theodosia Turmoil
Dispatches from St. Petersburg claim the crew of the battleship Catherine the Great joined mutineers. Reports of bombardment at Theodosia are denied. troops maintain order in the town. Kniaz Potemkin left Theodosia after sighting a British collier and seizing coal.
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The
Evening Journal
St. Petersburg
Elihu Announcement Reported From Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay July 7 Special announces official word regarding Elihu and related developments. The notice highlights the anticipated actions and potential impact on local affairs.
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Oyster Bay
Elihu
Vienna Bakery Serves Angel Devils Foods and Macaroons
A Vienna bakery offers angel foods devils food cakes and macaroons. The note mentions nuts and fingers as flavors or items available at the shop.
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Nuts Fingers
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Mr 8 Gradwohl Leaves For Kansas City Visit
Mr 8 Gradwohl departed this afternoon for his home in Kansas City after visiting the home of I. Rothschild and family.
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Gradwohl
Kansas City
I. Rothschild
Sweden Norway Armies Too Small To War Debate
From Christiania and Stockholm reports noting Sweden's war party softening and Norway denying threats. A government committee warns Sweden cannot field more than 80 000 troops vs Norway's 70 000. Public mood shifts toward peace though union dissolution remains hard. London dispatches outline Sweden's new diplomacy and possible 100 million krona loan.
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Foreign Office
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Risksdag
Millionaire Winthrop Turney Found Dead in Connecticut Pasture
The body of Winthrop Turney, 40, a mine owner from Sonora, Mexico, was found in a Colebrook pasture with a bullet wound. Despondency from ill health is suspected as the cause of his death. he was a Yale graduate from the class of 1885.
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Winthrop Turney
Sonora
Mexico
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Yale
Express Companies Must Pied
Chicago July 7 Judge Holdem threatens action against six express firms accused of discriminating against merchants involved in the ten meter strike. Firms allegedly refused delivery to "attack" Houses because drivers belong to the union, though the law requires service to all customers.
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Chi Cago
Judge Holdem
Eix Focal Express
Farmhand fatally wounded in Wisconsin shooting
Unity Wis July 7 James Smith shot Roy Loney fatally wounded near Unity. Smith a farmhand employed Loney on his farm three miles northwest of town. Authorities allege Loney had been paying undue attention to Smiths wife.
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Panama Canal Work To Start After Healthful Isthmus Plan
Washington July 7. An isthmus of Panama health plan is to be completed before canal digging begins. The announcement comes from Chairman Shonts of the Panama canal commission outlining policy for the project and its initial conditions.
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Panama
Shonts
Panama Canal Commission
Octogenarian Committe Satordea Incident Review
An elderly resident in Pekin Illinois in July died by self harm using a bag with bricks and river action. The report notes changes to a pugilistic match saga between Jack Root and Marvin Hart with a planned third fight. A separate cholera death occurred on a Rostov train in Russia and a 1906 French budget shows larger expenditure by fourteen million five hundred thousand dollars.
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Reno
Nev
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Marvin Hart
Hart
Rostoff-on-Don
Russia
Hogs Sheep and Cattle Prices From Chicago Market Report
Chicago markets July 7 1908 hog receipts estimated 4000 with mixed packers buyers and skittish demand hogs 85 to 85 65 heavy packing, sheep 8000 steady cattle receipts 4000 beef cattle 3 60 to 4 15 cows and heifers 125 to 8500 stockers 230 to 8425 natives and western sheep and lambs steady markets show firm tone with some weak notes in mixed grades and porkers.
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Chicago
Contested Hoyt will upheld in Tiffin jury ruling
The jury in Tiffin Ohio on July 7 sustained the validity of the late Mrs. Reuben Hoyt's will. The document left property valued at about 100000 dollars to Judge Bunn of the city, while two Hoyt sisters contested alleging undue influence by the judge.
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Tiffin
Reuben Hoyt
Roosevelt Returns to Sagamore Hill After Quiet Day
President Roosevelt, back in Oyster Bay, enjoyed a calm afternoon at Sagamore Hill with a horseback ride and tennis, receiving no visitors. In New York, the White Star liner Ma jestic arrived from Liverpool with its Starboard engine out of service. Lawyer James B. Alderdice received an eighteen year sentence for forgery from Recorder Goff in Sing Sing.
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Cleveland
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
White Star Line
Majestic
New York
Liverpool
James
Alderdice
Sing Sing
Goff
Bombardment and Riot Shocks Odessa Theater of War
Reports from Odessa July 7 say the battleship Potemkin exploded near Theodosia and that Kniaz Potemkin is bombarding Theodosia as the town burns. The Black Sea fleet heads for Theodosia while mutineers and garrison troops clash. martial law is in effect with calls for surrender blocked by revolutionists.
Russian Black Sea Squadron Mutiny Rumors Fire Odessa
July 7 report from St. Petersburg notes arrival of the Sebastopol squadron from Sevastopol and uncertainty over the Kniaz Potemkine. Dispatches say the mutinous battleship may bombard Odessa for coal or surrender if the squadron arrives before its departure. Rumors claim two torpedo boats sink by Potemkine. Bulgaria and Roumania warn disarmament for mutinous ships. Odessa letter recalls Georgi crew singing after flag lowered.
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Sebastopol
Kalaz Potemkine
Kniaz Potemkine
Choukunin
Odessa
Russia
Bulgaria
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