Mexican crisis deepens as Senate probes and troops poised
Senate foreign relations panel opens an inquiry into Mexican affairs led by Gen Eduando Hay and Mrs Madero while Secretary Bryan seeks a $100000 appropriation to evacuate Americans. Talks of intervention rise as Carranza's forces near Monclava battle and U S naval build up proceeds.
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Foreign Relations Committee
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Madero
Republic
State Department
Huerta
Mexico
United States
Bryan
Congress
Gen
Bliss
General Board of the Navy
Senate
Gen. Carranza
Rebel Forts Bombarded as Yuan Shi Kai Forces Advance
Shanghai reports the Wusung forts held by rebels were bombarded at dawn by government warships under Admiral Tseng. After a brief exchange lasting about an hour, ships withdrew with no damage. Foreigner safety remains a concern as tensions rise over pro and anti republic factions in Amoy and Canton.
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Tseng
Amoy
China
Asia
Biechow
Chinese Republic
Peking
Wokien
Yuan Shi Kai
Amos
Otisen
Eighteen Killed in East Brookside Mine Blast Near Tower City
Seventeen or eighteen men died in a double explosion at East Brookside colliery near Tower City Pennsylvania. Fire boss Henry Murphy and others perished. rescuers led by Supt Lorenz also failed to reach survivors. Dynamite and gas blamed. 176 pounds of dynamite involved. three rescued, two missing.
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East Brookside
Tower City
Philadelphia and
Reading Coal
and Iron Company
Daniel M.ginley
Henry Murphy
John Farrell
Howard Hand
Muir
Harry Hand
Miner
Jacob Kopenhaver
Shaft
Reinerton
Thomas Bhehny
John Endish
Carireni Campani
Victor Seant
Cevedea Groziano
Daniel Farley
John Fessler
John Lorenz
Harry Schoffstall
Lorenz
Williams
Cigsea
Charles Portland
Reading Company
Aye
Bo Farrell
Farrett
Farrell
Farley
Fessler
Hillary Zimmerman
Sept. Loreng
Jack
May Probe Campaign Funds In New York
Albany reports Attorney General Carmody says the extraordinary session of the legislature acted legally when it recessed July 23 to August 1. The ruling supports the Frawley committee's authority to probe Gov. Sulzer campaign contributions and expenses and could affect former secretary Louis A. Sarekcy who refused to answer questions.
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Albany
Frawley Legislative Committee
Sulzer
Camody
Carmindy
Louis A. Sarecky
Barringer replies to Mann on firing claim at VPI
Dr. Paul B. Barringer former head of Virginia Polytechnic Institute responds to Gay Mann’s remark that Commissioner Kerner should profit from Barringer being fired. He accuses the governor of political conspiracy and venality while recalling his own presidency at the Agricultural College and his critique of political double dealing. Trains Baltimore to Baltimore and Ohio advertise return options.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Paul B. Barringer
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Gay
Mann
Kerner
Barringer
Vv. P
The
Agricultural College
Virginia
Henor
Daya
Mahone
East
Drya
Missouri Governor Challenges Kansas Leader for Road Campaign
In Kansas City on August 2, Governor Hodges of Kansas quipped that Missouri would like to borrow the Kansas governor for a few days to help in the road campaign. Kansas Governor Hodges agreed to come if provided overalls to fit and if he was put to work. Governor Major of Missouri accepted, promising overalls and labor, making it a notable visit to Jefferson City as the first Kansas governor to visit a Missouri governor at the state's capital.
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Eduando Hay
Mexican Chamber of Deputies
Hay
Madero
Huerta
Alfonso Madero
Henry F. Tennant
Po States
Washington
Senate
White House
State Department
Wilson
Chihuahua
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Hodges
Jed
Major
Jefferson City
Armless Woman Votes in Maywood Suffrage Poll
Miss Kitty Smith, armless, marked her ballot with her foot during Maywood's first election under the new woman suffrage law. She founded a home for crippled children and was the first woman to appear at the polls in the Second precinct. The vote addressed annexing adjacent territory.
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Illinois
Chicago
Kitty Smith
Maywood
Woman and former lover shoot in busy Fifth Avenue corner
In New York a jewelry salesman Abram Fink shot Miss Bessie Silverman on Fifth Avenue at Thirtieth Street then killed himself. The nurse says she will recover. Fink had $4,000 in cash and costly clothes. Silverman’s identity and motives are debated as she narrates plans to leave Fink and marry another man. The letter from a writer named Momic remains unproven.
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Abram Fink
Buffalo
New York
Washington Post
Fifth Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Bessie Silverman
Fink
New York Hospital
Philip Silverman
Jerry Abrahams
Violet Rogers
Atlantic City
Louis Silverman
Abe
Martha Washington Hotel
Twenty-ninth Street
Wwe
Miss Silverman
Momic
Dynamite Wrecks Morenci Church in Arizona
A dynamite blast wrecked the Catholic Church at Morenci near Clifton Arizona. It was the second attempt at destruction, the first failing. The Rev Father Call narrowly escaped injury as he slept near the sacristy when the explosion occurred. Police suspect a young Mexican linked to attacks on institutions funded by workers contributions. Weather ad and travel copy follow.
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Clifton
Ariz
Morenci
Father Call
Average Episcopal Prelate on "Old Woman in Pants" Rant
The Rev. Charles Steele Davidson, ex-assistant rector of Christ Church Charlottesville, appeals for an open hearing after burning vestments and denouncing the Episcopal Church as elitist. He attacks a restrictive investigating committee, claims persecution, cites unpaid salary, and vows to tell his story before a Virginia court and the public.
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C. S. Davidson
Washington
Charlottesville
Charles Steele Davidson
Christ Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church
Monticéllo
Thomas Jefferson
Davidson
Mr. Davidson
Randolph
Roanoke
Richmond
St. Paul
All but one letter to Jefferson era movement sparks fire
A fragment from a Cleveland addressed letter argues the writer will answer as possible, suggesting connection to a new All-Bellevera movement. It reflects a fiery tone and intent to engage in substantial correspondence.
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Cleveland
Thomas Jefferson
Confesses Diamond Theft By New York Suspect
Albert Rosenberg, charged with embezzling diamonds valued at 8,600 from employer Mrs. Margaret Silverthorne of St. Louis, was brought to New York aboard the steamship Lorraine by Detective Sergt. John Finan. He will be taken to St. Louis for trial after confessing to the theft. Rosenberg had been held at Berne, Switzerland, before his arrest.
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New York
Albert Rosenberg
Margaret Silverthorne
St. Louis
Lorraine
John 3. Finan
Ile
Finan
Berne
Switzerland
Lightning kills man in 1200 foot mine shaft accident
A lightning strike at the Blackwood colliery near Pottsville Pennsylvania struck the bottom of a 1200 foot shaft last night and killed one workman instantly. A second worker was seriously injured.
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Pottsville
Blackwood
Tlehigh Valley Company
Castro Defies Gomez as Venezuela Revolt Expands
Reports from Coro say Cipriano Castro killed or captured government officials as Gomez orders troops to crush the rebellion. Gomez plans to lead from Puerto Cabello and embark on the warship Des Moines to Coro, while U.S. officials monitor the crisis and a new American minister to Venezuela is considered.
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Venezuela
Tennant
Des Moines
Caracas
Gomez
Willemstad
Curacao
Juan Vincente Gomez
Puerto Cabello
Cipriano Castro
Marina Sucre
Tila de Cuba
United States
Coro
Falcon
Castro
Caracag
Cipri
State Department
Railroad mediation aimed at West dispute
Commissioner William Chambers of the Federal board of mediation agreed to mediate the conflict between the St. Tayubs Railway and its conductors and trainmen. He plans to travel to London on Tuesday to address the involved issues.
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Chambers
St. Louis
William ©. Chambers
Federal Board of Mediation
St. Tayubs
Railroad
Lons Tueaday
Mystery surrounds death of Civil War veteran George Collins
The mutilated body of George W. Collins, a Civil War veteran, was found in the Potomac opposite Dixie Landing, Virginia. Autopsy cites drowning as the cause, but relatives allege foul play due to chest wounds and missing valuables. Police seek motive, robberies, and whether Collins acted alone or was attacked.
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George W. Collins
Potomac River
Dixie Landing
Virginia
Washington Police
Charles M. Emmons
Collins
Mr. Collins
Celing
George
William Collina
Harry Troop
Virginias
Young Troop
George Wry
Henry Schneider
Vans
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