Marblehead Treaty Ends Bloody War and Sets New Pact
San Salvador reports the Marblehead conference signaled a peace restoration between Salvador and Honduras and Guatemala. The treaty calls for eight days to disarm, prisoner exchange, free care for wounded, amnesty aims, and consolidation of political refugees under watchful limits.
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San Salvador
United States
Marblehead
William N. Merry
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Leslie Combs
Gamboa
Treaty moves toward general peace pact among Central American states
Within two months of signing, the three republics intend to conclude a general treaty of peace friendship and commerce with Costa Rica hosting fully authorized representatives. Existing international obligations continue, and unresolved points may go to arbitration by presidents of the United States and Mexico. Ratifications to be exchanged by July 30 with signatures aboard the Marblehead.
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Costa Rica
United States
Mexico
Guatemala
Salvador
Honduras
Guatemala City
San Salvador
Tegucigalpa
Marblehead
Senors Pacas
Gallegos
Senor F. Bertrand
Senors Chico
Pinto, Barrios and Cabral
William L. Merry
Leslie Combs
Senor Combs
United
Richard T. Mulligan
Fireman Trys to Blow Up Home Then Slashes Throat
Joseph Drake, a Baltimore and Ohio fireman, attempted to blow up his Newark Ohio residence and then cut his throat with a pocket knife. He severed the esophagus, refused anesthesia, stating he wanted to die. Doctors at the sanitorium sewed the wound. recovery is doubtful but possible.
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Newark
Joseph Drake
Baltimore
Woman Charged Over Defamatory Letters Sent From Marietta
Miss Kate C Ludwig, 40, is arrested by federal authorities for mailing defamatory letters about Mrs Mamie Sellow wife of Dr T G Yellow a leading practitioner in the county over six months. Authorities say Ludwig confessed to the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Mamie Sellow
T. G. Yellow
Kate C. Ludwig
Outbreak in Odessa as mobs plunder Jewish properties
A special dispatch notes an anti Jewish outbreak in Odessa with killings and looting by Cossacks and rioters. The city is in panic as residents flee and Jewish houses and shops are deserted and ransacked.
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Odessa
The
Evening Journal
Trains Collision Near Norfolk Kills Twenty
Norfolk Va July 24 A collision between a passenger and a freight train between Hemslet and Rockingham North Carolina caused twenty deaths eight whites and twelve negroes. Five whites and nineteen negroes were wounded. The list of the dead includes H S Byrd baggage master Frank Lewis engineer Tom Hill fireman Hamlet Tom Jones Rockingham Injured J D D Bowen Raleigh conductor J T Lear BE A Carter and G S Birmingham Rockingham and J O Bundy engineer freight George Cross Hamlet NC.
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Norfolk
Hemslet
Rockingham
N. C
H. S. Byrd
Frank Lewis
Tom Hill
Hamlet
Tom Jones
J. D D. Bowen
Raleigh
J. T. Lear
BE. A. Carter
G.S. Birmingham
J. O. Bundy
George Cross
N.C
U S Citizens Awarded Legion of Honor in Paris
The foreign office announces the Legion of Honor awards to American officers Henry Cachard former head of the American Chamber of Commerce Walter Gay the artist in Paris and James Dee fng of Chicago. Chevaliers Dr Ernst Laplace of Philadelphia and Walter Berry of Washington receive the honor.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Lightning strike kills farm hand on Caperton ranch
A hay shed on the Caperton ranch seven miles south of Louisville was struck by lightning. One man, James Suratt, was killed instantly and five others injured, two seriously. Injured are Chorge Bayer Louis Elimore Frank Lockert Frank Lockert Jr. and Harley Lockert.
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Louisville
Caperton Ranch
James Suratt
Chorge Bayer
Louis Elimore
Frank Lockert
Harley Lockert
Infant arson case at Riverhead ends in unpunished tragedy
New York reports detail a self confessed child slave slaying in Riverhead under laws shielding infant perpetrators. Frank and Anthony White, aged 4 and 6, burned to death Julian Beck, 2, to test which would burn first. The flames consumed the child two weeks earlier and hid his remains in the barn ruins.
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New York
Riverhead
Julian Beck
Frank
Anthony White
John Beck
Victin
Japan to Buy Railroads In Major Empire Purchase
The Japanese government will buy six private railways under a new law. Dates are October 1 1906 for Hokkaido Tanko Kobu Tetsudo, November 1 1906 for Nippon Tetsudo and Gangetsu Tetsudo, December 1 1906 for Nishinari Tetsudo and Sanyo Tetsudo. Total price 20 million yen about 125 million dollars. Interest at 0 percent per year from each purchase date.
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New York
Diet
Hokkaido Tanko Tetsudo
Kobu Tetsudo
Nippon Tetsudo
Gangetsu Tetsudo
Nishinari
Indictments in Ice Price Fixing Case in Cincinnati
Sixteen indictments for restraint of trade after a grand jury charged ten individuals and five ice firms, all members of the Ice Dealers' Frange. The group met around May 350 to decide a general price increase.
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Cincinnati
Meril
Bell Will Redirects Millions to Education and Telegraphic Network
The will of Alfred Bell, the South African diamond magnate, bequeaths several millions to education and charity and forty six million dollars toward developing telegraphic facilities in South Africa.
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Alfred Bell
South Africa
Revolt in Russia Denounces Parliament Dissolution
The text reports a movement at Viborg Finland where deputies refuse to join the czar's army and denounce compulsory expropriation. It condemns seven months without popular representation, calls for tax and military service rights, and urges citizens to stand with their representatives in a struggle against an arbitrary government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henee
Russia
End to Russian Parliament Drama Drives Protests in Viborg
July 24 dispatch reports troops closing on the Hotel Belvedere as Russia’s first parliament ends its session with an address to the people. An executive committee led by Prince Dolgoroukoff forms to pursue a liberal agenda, and the group vows tax and military service protest, while blaming the administration for agrarian delay.
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Viborg
Finland
Russia
Rechanberg
Hotel Belvedere
Paul Dolgoroukoff
Council of Workmen
St. Petersburg
St. Peter and St. Paul
Citizens of all Russia address to the People from Their Popular Representatives
The parliamentary manifesto proclaims dissolution of the State Duma and recalls voters who elected representatives to fight for country and freedom. It emphasizes laws for freedom, removal of irresponsible ministers, and land distribution to working peasants with crown lands and church properties to be allocated.
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Representa
Russia
Twelve Year Old Kills Playmate in Nickel Dispute
In West Newton Pennsylvania a 12 year old boy Ralph Bailes used a 22 caliber rifle found in a yard to shoot his friend William Durkhart over a nickel dispute. Durkhart died from a brain wound. In the same city another boy, Anton Pitlow Italian lad 12, was killed by a stray shot while on a swing. Earl Stein 14 has been arrested claiming he shot at a cat.
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Pittsburg
Nickle
West Newton
William Durkhart
Ralph Bailes
Samuel Durkhart
William
Willie
Anton 1Itlow
Lupton
Duquesne Heights
Pitow
Earl Stein
Stein
Troops Reach Rensselaer on Sheridan to Harrison March
Nine hundred United States troops from the Twenty-seventh and Fourth regiments arrived at Rensselaer Indiana after marching from Fort Sheridan to Fort Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis. They covered seventeen miles in six and a half hours with only two men falling out.
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Rensselaer
Ind
United States
Fort Sheridan
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Eberle Mystery as Wife Vanishes After Farewell Note
Bloomington, July 24. Eberle, an engineer, and his wife vanish after a note claims she is leaving. Police find a tote with a music selection and a farewell line. Peter Lehnen, a known acquaintance, also disappears. the couple has been married twenty years.
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Bloomington
Eberle
Peter Lehnen
Eberles
Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
Typhoid at Annapolis Strikes Naval Academy Plebes
Typhoid fever has affected three members of the new fourth year class at the Naval Academy. Mogene Thorp of Louisiana, J. Smith of Obie, and Edward Webb of Louisiana were taken ill aboard the practice ship Severn with about 100 plebes. They were evacuated to the academy hospital after the government tug Standish ferried them from Solomons Island due to limited aboard facilities.
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Anapolia
Mab
Oa Val Academy
fQeademy
Mogene Thorp
Louisianea
J. Smith
Obie
Edward Webb
Lousiana
Severn
Standish
Solomon’s Island
Academy
Rate Commission Delayed Over Passenger Fare ruling
Madison Wis July 24 The rate commission plans a 2 cents a mile maximum fare but decision delayed for weeks as St Paul road prepares new arguments and Burton Hanson presents additional construction cost evidence.
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Madison
Wis
Rate Commission
St. Paul Road
Burton Hanson
Market Summary for Hogs Cattle and Sheep Chicago July 24 1906
Receipts show 12000 hogs and 4000 cattle with market mixed but generally higher. Hogs range 86 40 to 86 66. mixed packers 86 40 to 86 9. slaughter grades 86 10 to 86 35. Cattle receipts 14000 with steady tone. natives 82 90 to 85 50. westerns 82 90 to 85 50. yearlings 85 50 to 86 20. lambs 84 50 to 87 60 with strong demand for lighter lots. Sheep and lambs overall steady to 5-7% higher in places, but some weakness noted.
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Yestrdy
Roosevelt Endorses Stand Pat Tariff Plan for Campaign
President Roosevelt approved Republican congressional campaign plans and a stand pat tariff document. Officials present include Speaker Cannon, Sherman, Loudenslager, McKinley, Penrose, and Loeb. The headquarters will open in New York with Taft, Shaw, Beveridge and others slated to speak. Cannon plans a Maine campaign and August nomination bid, while aiding Littlefield in the Second district.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Huht
Cannon
Sherman
Congressional Committee
Loudenslager
New Jersey
Mckinley
Illinois
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Loeb
New York
St. Jones
Tonarrow
Taft
Shaw
Beveridge
House of Representatives
Massachusetts
Iowa
Wisconsin
Speaker Cannon
Maine
Littlefield
Evansville Chautauqua directors plan next year’s event
Evansville Indiana July 24. Directors meet to plan a three week Chautauqua next year after a first loss of about 2000 dollars this year. Judge W J Wood ex secretary of the Evansville Business association and state railroad commissioner leads a fundraising drive to raise 7000 dollars from businessmen to establish a permanent Chautauqua and build an auditorium capable of seating 8000 to 10000. Ground near the city will be purchased for buildings.
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Evansville
Ind
Evansville Chautauqua
Chautauqua
W. J. Wood
Evansville Business Association
State Railroad Commission
Preacher Denies Charge in White Shooting Case
Rev. A. T. Robson of Mitchell Indiana testified to an ante mortem statement denying adultery charges by A V White. Robson said he confronted a midnight intruder who attacked him with a club. after a struggle he took the club away and White then fired a revolver wounding him.
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Mitchell
Ind
A. T. Robson
A. V. White
White
Fire rekindles at Wolverine mine No 3 shaft in Bay City
Fire breaks out again in an upper coal vein at Wolverine mine No 3 shaft in Bay City Michigan forcing shutdown. Workers attempt to tear away burning coal as earlier blaze had burned seven weeks before authorities thought it had been smothered.
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Bay City
Mich
Wolverine Mine
Wolverine
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