Premier Talfour Heads New British Government
London reports A. J. Talfour formally greeted as Great Hustein’s premier as Sir Michael Hicks-Beach resigns the chancellorship of the exchequer. The Unionist leadership signals further resignations and a potential reshuffle with Austen Chamberlain likely to succeed, while Balfour receives strong cabinet support amidst a dramatic house of commons reception.
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A. J. Talfour
Hustein
Michael Hicksead
Michael Hicke-Deach
Earl Halebury
James of Hereford
Duchy of Lancaster
Earl Cadogan
Ireland
Michael Wicks Beach
Hanbury
Michal Hicks-Beacil
Board of Agriculture
Talfonn
House of Commons
Treasury
Chamberlain
Austen Chamberlain
House of Cosmems
Mancral
Balfour
Conneila
George Wyndham
Hicks- Leach
Ratfour
Hicks Bench
Lord Salisbury
Hicks- Beach
General Lloyd Wheaton Retires From Active Service
General Lloyd Wheaton ends his active military career upon reaching the statutory retirement age. He recently arrived home from the Philippines. Brigadier General John C. Bates was appointed to fill the vacancy, with orders issued by General Chaffee praising Wheaton's service.
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Washington
Lloyd Wheaton
Philippines
John C. Bates
Department of the Missouri
Denver
Wheaton
United States
Chaffee
Campbell Bannerman Eulogy Marks House of Commons Entrance
The eulogy for Campbell Bannerman elicits emotion as Balfour's first Commons appearance as premier. Members move from a Foreign Office party meeting in a coordinated bloc just after 2 p.m.
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Balfour
House of Commons
Foreign Office
Spooner at Sagamore Hill Discusses Panama Canal Deal
Senator Spooner, after meeting with President Roosevelt and Secretary Root at Sagamore Hill, left for New York. The talks touched on the Panama Canal Company's property. Spooner was invited to Paris to aid the justice department inquiry.
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N. Y
Spooner
Wisconsin
Sagamore Hill
Hell
Root
New York
Panama Canal Company
Department of Justice
Paris
Roosevelt
Lambert
Sagamore
Kanawea
Yellowstone and Teton reserve extension sparks protest
Cody Wyoming July 15 excitement over forest reserve extensions. The measure covers winter ranges for thousands of sheep. New York artist A A Anderson named special superintendent of the Yellowstone and Teton reserve. Anderson faces threats of assault as stockmen plan a mass meeting at Meeteetsee next Wednesday to protest.
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Cody
Wyo
A. A. Anderson
New York
Yellowstone and
Teton Reserve
Anderson
Meeteetsee
Plans for King and Victoria and Albert Yacht Embarkation
The royal yacht Victoria and Albert lies at Portsmouth awaiting embarkation by train to carry the king abroad. Special platforms will ease access while jetty crowds are excluded and only attendants may remain. Ships at Portsmouth will dress but no salutes fired before the yacht crosses to Cowes.
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London
Victoria and Albert
Portsmouth
Cowes
Workmen Begin Henry Clay Washery Operation at Shamokin
Two car loads of special policemen and laborers arrived from Schuylkill county, fifty men in all, to start the Reading Company's Henry Clay washery in Shamokin. Strikers offered no demonstration as the washery opened, the first in the region since the anthracite strike began.
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Shamokin
Schuylkill County
Reading Company
Henry Clay
Revered minister William Brokaw dies in New York
Rev. William Brokaw who led the YMCA at Camp Alger during the Spanish American War and aided in camp sanitation has died in New York. He formerly served as pastor at the Protestant Episcopal Church in San Antonio Texas.
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New York
William Brokaw
Young Men's Christian Association
Camp Alger
Virginia
Protestant Episcopal Church
San Antonio
Tex
Child Dies After Corn Grain Lodged in Larynx
In Carbondale Illinois a 5 year old daughter of O P Steed of White county died after swallowing grains of corn during a coughing spell. Eighteen grains were retrieved by a physician but one grain lodged in the windpipe, causing the fatal outcome. Mrs Eliza is noted in the New Vert line.
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Als
O. P. Steed
White County
Utica
Miehh
Jacob Fick
Marshal Terry
Daly matriarch of actor set in Revere dies at 73
Daly mother of noted actors and actresses has died at her Revere home after months of illness. She was 73. The report comes from New York with details of her final conscious period of three weeks. The obituary notes Daly's prominence in theater circles and family ties to the stage.
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Revere
Daly
Harrison, Mich
Anna Br, Curtis
Fennal Paradie
Clare
John Quinn
Whaled the Boy Over Free Circus Ticket Dispute
Adrian Michigan July 15 A county court case centers on a child’s casual contact with Buffalo Ville Wild West show. A lawyer's son secured a free ticket, a brother claimed free passage, and the father filed an attachment leading to arrest. Charges reduced to one dollar with complimentary entry. sheriff and justice also received freebies. The case questions who had the right to the ticket and who bore responsibility.
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Adrian
Mich
Buffalo
Cody
Rivalry spurs church sermons on home radios in Washington
Across Washington Indiana rival telephone firms tested a new scheme placing transmitters in church pulpits to broadcast sermons and choir singing to congregants at home. Rev J F Floyd delivered the sermon as listeners across the city heard the service, praised by local ministers as expanding their reach.
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Washington
Ind
Central Union Company
Alto
Christian Church
J. F. Floyd
la Or
Amanda George 70 Dies After Sixty-Two Day Fast at Spiritualist Camp
Amanda George aged 70 of Anderson Indiana died at a Spiritualist camp ground after fasting sixty two days refusing all solid and liquid nourishment due to stomach trouble. The death occurred Sunday with plans for funeral arrangements to follow.
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Anderson
Ind
Amanda George
Spiritualist
Organized horse thieves threaten Wisconsin Minnesota border
LaCrosse Wisconsin reports an organized gang of horse thieves operating in the western part of Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota. Over the past week as many as six stolen horses have been reported to authorities from various spots in the region.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Minnesota
Lake Side Hotel Burns At Delavan
Fire in Delavan Wisconsin destroyed the Lake side hotel and all cottages and outbuildings plus two large cottages of the Log Cabin resort. The blaze started from a defective kitchen flue.
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Delavan
Wis
Lakeside
Freight handlers strike stalls as Chicago railways await offer
Negotiations to settle the Chicago freight handlers strike ended without agreement near noon yesterday. President Curran said no settlement was reached and managers warned shippers to push goods to freight houses if workers don’t return. Gov Yates pressured state arbitration to intervene as perishable shipments risk loss.
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Santa Fe
State Board of Arbitration
Chicago
Platform Speculation on Tariff Dominates Iowa Convention
Des Moines braces for a large Republican state convention and a tariff platform clash. factions split over revising schedules to curb monopolies, with a probable compromise between opposing views. Ancient Order of Hibernians meets in Denver with 500 delegates expected. Newfoundland chief justice Sir Joseph Little dies at 67. Morgan donates stones to Paris Natural History Museum. miners at Carr coal mine strike over rehire of a discharged weighman. Yale President Hadley to speak at University of Kansas inauguration.
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Thetail
eCdar Altoids Republican
Burlington
Newfoundland
St. Johns
N. F
Joseph Igmitius Little
Donald Morison
Joseph Little
George Henry Emerson
Supreme Court
Leavenworth, Kas
Carr Mine
Lawrence, Kas
Hadley
Yale
Frank Strong
University of Kansas
Were Mighty Good seeks
Mr. Vernon Indiana July 1h John Haas while pulling off his socks in preparation for a sleep broke two fingers of his right hand.
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Ind
John Haas
Bragg's Plain Talk on Cubans Under Criticism
Washington July 15. General Bragg United States consul general at Havana reportedly spoke plainly about the Cuban people drawing criticism. Official comment has not yet been sought or released.
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Washington
General Bragg
United States
Havana
Unclear Diplomatic Exchange Cited In Cuban Reports
Fragmentary remarks describe a possible government statement. The text references the Cuban minister and a request for explanation to General Tea and the Cuban government. The authenticity of a quotation is in question and could lead to further calls.
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Benor Queena
Egyptian Civilization Hratal Treatment By Serone Of Coed Paratites
A group including Corbtridge Barnes Pred Khe ring and Shaw faced charges in county jail for attempting to harm Abraham Grant a colored resident of O Fallon and his wife after a night assault in their woodland cabin. Their two year old child died from alleged mistreatment during the incident. Witnesses described life threatening danger to the mother during the assault.
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Nellovitia
Joseph Corbtridge
William Barnes
Pred Khering
Walter
Ferdinand Shaw
Markets Report from Chicago and East Buffalo Livestock Prices
Estimated receipts and price ranges for pigs cattle and sheep at Chicago and East Buffalo markets on July 14. Pigs sold from 6.06 to 7.75 per hundredweight, cattle weighed up to 7.60 to 7.40 for steers, and sheep and lambs showed varied bids with veal and bulls also listed. Receipts: Chicago about 22 000 hogs, 15 000 cattle, 20 000 sheep. Buffalo 6 600 cattle receipts with mixed demand and top quotes for prime steers at 7.25 to 7.75.
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Bates
S.ovgr
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Mastuffalo
Mao
Board of Trade Locay
Polish Soldier’s Son Honored for Cholera Aid
Sioux City July 15 Charles Eiseman learns from Douglas Donald lieutenant of the twenty fifth infantry that his son Joseph G W Eiseman served as purse for a comrade stricken with cholera. The comrade died May 24 and the father only learned of his son’s heroism on Sunday.
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Charles Eiseman
Douglas Donald
Twenty-Fifth Infantry
Joseph G. W. Eiseman
Tie
Waller Case Overturned Acquittal in Court Martial
Washington July 1 Major Lyttleton W Waller and Lt John Trace Arthur Day of the Army endured a court martial over killings of native bearers in Samer. General Chaffee disapproves the acquittal of murder admitting fault in the proceedings and calls for stricter accountability while noting double jeopardy prevented retrying the officers.
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Lyttleton W. T Waller
John Trace Arthur Day
Samer
Waller
Chaffee
Justin
White Waller
Lieutenant Day
Major Watter
Day
Ancient Campanile Falls in Venice Historic Tower Crumbles
Venice reports the Campanile of St. Mark's collapsed, taking Sansovino loggetta and royal palace library with it. Four Sansovino statues and Veronese painting were damaged as a wing toppled to the cathedral door. Red dust and panic spread while authorities planned repairs and a subscription to rebuild the tower.
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Venice
Miediseter
Sansovino
Paul Veronese
Debt Dispute Over Loan Proceeds A Brief Exchange
A short exchange from the Chicago News recalls a loan dispute where one man asks for $10 three months overdue. The debtor insists he cannot repay now, noting he lent it only for a short period and did not keep it beyond half an hour.
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Chicago News
Prospective In Laws Clash Over Temperaments
A humorous exchange from Smart Set features Henpeck claiming he married for her even temper, then revealing she is always mad about something. The Prospective Father-in-law and Prospective Son-in-law engage in a witty back and forth about gambling drinking and smoking.
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Henpeck
Des Moines River Crest Reaches Ottumwa Amid Flood
Des Moines river crest has reached Ottumwa and rises further downstream. The Des Moines river rose six feet at Ottumwa in twenty four hours, standing eighteen feet above low water. The flood has displaced eighty four families from their homes.
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Des Moines
Whatcheer
Ottumwa
Humorist Laughter Sparks Marriage Talk
A New York Times dater quotes a playful exchange where a young woman questions a man’s humor and then reveals a marriage proposal moment. The dialogue centers on witty banter and relationship intrigue among acquaintances.
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