Belated British American dinner hails Hay era and relations
London July 8 belated American Society dinner celebrated the fourth of July with a public meeting between Whitelaw Reid ambassador to Britain and Foreign Secretary Lansdowne. Speeches honored the late John Hay and praised Anglo American friendship, Roosevelt as peacemaker, and enduring ties between the United States and Great Britain.
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Hay
London
American Society
Edward
Lord Lansdowne
Roosevelt Tord Lansdowne
America
Roosevelt
England
United States
Great Britain
Uwe Belligerceta
Far East
Lord Lansduenesil
Kawdowne
Reid
Amerca
Lanagownes
Tom
Greatest gathering of Americans in foreign city scene
Londons Dorchester house hosted a July Fourth reception delayed by Secretary Hays death. Ambassador Reid welcomed a crowd of Americans and British guests. Notables included Mr and Mrs Bayard Cutting Joseph Pulitzer Pierpont Morgan the Duchess of Marlborough and the Earl of Yarmouth among others.
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London
Dorchester House
Ambassador Reid
Hay
Feld
Reid
Lang
Bayard Cutting
Joseph Pulitzer
Senator Alison
W K Vanderbilt
J’ Pierpont Morgan
Duchess of Marlborough
Cheylesmore
Sidney
Waterloo
James
Lady McGregor
Alverstone
Charles
Wellesley
Earl and Countess of
Yarmouth
Boston Men Held in Election Fraud Naturalization Case
Federal officers arrest John J Keane and Ignatius Lawton in Cambridge on charges of fraud in securing naturalization papers amid a crackdown on elective fraud linked to illegal registrations. Lawton pleads guilty, Keane pleads not guilty, both held on 2000 bonds as Detroit indictments accuse Ferdinand Palma and Italian leaders including Orlando and Politano of name.
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Boston
Cambridge Mass
John J Keane
Ignatius Lawton
United States
Dodge
Lawton
Keane
Guily
Detroit
Midh
Recorder’s Court of Detroit
Swan
United States Court
Federal Grand Jury
Ferdinand Palma
City
Antonio Orlando Frank Politano
Joseph Maserl
Pittsburg Gas Firm Faces Kansas Ban and Restructuring
The Kansas Supreme Court bans the Kansas Natural Gas Company from operating in Kansas. Executives indicate the entity may shift business to a subsidiary under same ownership. The Delaware firm holds substantial gas assets and bonds, with large Pittsburg interests.
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Kansas Company
Pittsburg
Jari
Kansas State Supreme Court
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Kansas
Barnsdall
John Scully
Delaware
Mystery in Two Deaths at Orfordville Home
Janesville July 8 Mrs Elmer T Burtness 30 and Delia Burtness 12 were found dead in the cellar of the Burtness home near Orfordville Wisconsin after a gas fumes and cellar damp cause is suspected The coroner's jury ruled accidental death but fear and curiosity linger prompting a further inquiry into the case.
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Janesville
Wis
Elmer T. Burtness
Delia Burtness
Burtness
Orfordville
Burtneas
DROWNED AN OLD MAN CONFESSES COMPLICITY IN MURDER
Edward Hubbard testified at a Coroner's Inquest in Pocahontas Arkansas that he and Willie Roberts a woman named as his accomplice carried out a plot to drown Pleas Burns an elderly man living alone on Spring River The motive was to obtain the old man's property through a will in the woman's favor Hubbard and the woman were bound over to the grand jury Hubbard was moved to Jonesboro for safekeeping
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Pocahontas
Ark
Edward Hubbard
Willie Roberts
Spring River
Hubbard
Jonesboro
Lone bandit robs Warren Meadows stage near Resort Station
A lone highwayman held up the Warren to Meadows stage near Resort Station Idaho in July. He forced the driver to open mail sacks and dump them, then relieved two passengers and the driver of valuables. The take ranged from 1,200 to 1,500 dollars. The robber was described as unmasked.
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Meadows
Idaho
Warren
Resort Station
Death by own action rocks Hagerstown Bank record
Cashier Bowman of the Hagerstown Commercial Bank, found dead by his own hand on July 3, was a defaulter for at least 200000 dollars. Receiver J A Boeckenhier will continue examining the muddled books. Three trainmen die in a rear end collision on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Marion New Jersey. The dead are Daniel Mattson Harry Hartman and Samuel Cottrell. Niagara Falls Excursions offered by Baltimore & Ohio K. Special train from Washington July 14 with limited ten days return tickets via Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley.
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Bowman
Hagerstown, Inc
Hagerstown
Ind
Hagerstown Commercial Bank
J A. Boeckenhier
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Marion
Daniel Mattson
Burlington N J
Harry Hartman
Camden
Samuel Cottrell
Niagara Falls
Baltimore & Ohio K.1
Washington
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley
Landing on Sakhalin Shocks Military Circles in St Petersburg
Reports from July 7 describe a Japanese landing on Sakhalin near Korsakov and Chiptvan, with coast guns blown and government buildings burned as Russians retreated. The move signals possible Japanese demand for island cession and affects Washington peace talks, though forces on Sakhalin remain too weak for strong resistance.Reconnaissance in force actions near Beiche and Logushan show no major engagement yet as Kuyropatkin retirement rumors resurface. Tokyo reports ongoing clashes along the Fenghwa Kaiyuen road lines as Japanese push northward.
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St Petersburg
Sakhalin
Kolaz Potemkin
Japan
Karsakorsk
Troopa
Meree
Shepivan
Korsakovak
St. Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Washington
Beiche
Logushan
Limevitch
Manchuria
Kuyropatkin
Batjanoff
Tokyo
Fenghwa
Kaiyuen
Wangping
Doctor Held for Homicide in New York Death Case
Coroner Scholer investigates the death of Mamie Jeanetta Thompson daughter of a Peekskill shoe merchant. Dr George B Morgan is arrested on a homicide charge after an autopsy suggested a criminal operation. Body removal from a Manhattan facility triggered police scrutiny and health department involvement.
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New York
Scholer
Mamie Jeanetta Thompson
Peekskill
George B Morgan
Morgan
Migs Thompson
Miss Thompson
Danfiatium
West Forty-seventh Street
Board of Health
Morgans
Oren
C Kinney
Norman Schenck
Schenck
Misa Tompson
Jay 4
Ten Struck by Lightning in Prospect Park
Ten people were knocked unconscious by a lightning bolt during a thunderstorm at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. A bolt struck a large elm sheltering John Lewis his wife and two children James Halthwaite and five relatives, plunging the crowd into panic as ambulances arrived. Injured were treated at hospitals and at home, with all expected to recover.
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New York
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
John
Lewis
James Halthwaite
Taft Party On Ocean Heads For Honolulu Mission
Special to The Washington Port describes Secretary Taft and Miss Alice Roosevelt seeing off aboard the Manchuria at Pacific Mall wharf. The group, greeted by whistles and sirens, sails toward Honolulu with stops including Yokohama Kobe Shanghai Hongkong and Manila. The Manila stay and September tour of the principal islands are noted.
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Washington
Sean Francisco
Pacific Mall
Taft
Alice Roosevelt
Manchuria
Miss Roosevelt
Judge McCall
Tao Millennium Lecture At Tent In Portland
Lecture at a tent venue in Portland Oregon by Tao Millennium with speakers 1%h and Bae. Bong service listed. Event promoted by Lewis and Clark Exene Liberal with favorable rates and stopover privileges.
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Tao Millennium
Bae
Portland, Ore
Soenic
Lewis and Clark Exene
Mutiny Surrenders Potemkin Shrouded in Diplomatic Fallout
Reports from St Petersburg July 8 state the Kniaz Potemkin surrendered to Roumanian authorities at Kushtesi after mutiny. Russia seeks to treat mutineers as deserters and press for their surrender to answer for mutiny and murders. Rumors of Alexander II mutiny unconfirmed. Roumanian crews to be repatriated. Potemkin may have its name erased from naval registry.
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St Petersburg
Admiralty
Knlaz Potemkin
Kustesji
Foreign Office
Chlessa
Theodosia
Russi
Kruger
Kuscen l
Theela
Naval Register
Soerse
Libau
Kushenji
Roumania
St Andrew
Kniaz Fotemkin
Toredo
Kulaz Potemkin
Odessa
Chouknin
Kustenji
Banquet in London and Sakalin Island events headline daily issue
Diplomats gather in London for a banquet while reports detail Japanese landings on Sakalin Island and Russian mutineers surrender. Also traced guilt of a statistician, peace envoy movements, and various society notes across Virginia Maryland and Washington.
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London
Sakalin Island
Capitol
Ellis
Japan
Sail
Faul Jones
Russia
Jasper &News
Virginia
Maryland
Captain Cross
Lawson
Count Mouravieffs
Cortelyou
McKinley
Savoyard
Caleb Cushing
Town
Richmond
China
New York
Wall Street
King Leopold
Duke Charles
Washington
Louis White City
Richard Sutherland Dale
Uncle Sam
South America
Sultan of
Jaya
Ziegler
Coney Island
Hinta
Happy Isles
Paris
Europe
Liege
Missourians
Mainwaring
Deagliote
Dagleht
Labrador
Bright
Dr Macdonald
Garfield
Terrorized by Black Hand in Mount Vernon dam area
Mount Vernon reports a Black Hand terror campaign targeting Italian workers across dam sites in the northern county. Mafia extortion asks for up to 500 dollars, with threats left at homes and a recent shooting of Giovanni Labarri, a baker, by a Black Hand agent. Police, prosecutors and local Italians seek arrests, rewards and deputization to counter the threat.
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Bosetal
Washington
Mount Vernon
Weatheater County
Black Hand Society
Giovanno Laborri
Giovanni Fotti
Grand Jury
Brooklyn
Charles Ember
Laboril
Felipo Vecina
Giuseppe Guissito
Tuckahoe
Merritt
Young
Black Hand
Prisoners Shot in Legs by Masked Bandits at Ironton Jail
Twenty masked raiders overpowered Sheriff Marshall at the Ironton jail and fired on prisoners William and Arthur Spaugh, who were charged with Sheriff Folk’s murder. Both men were hit in the legs but not fatally. The attackers gave no direct reason for the assault.
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Ironton
Marshall
William
Arthur Spaugh
Folk
Secret Service Reveals Cotton Report Scandal Details
Secretary Wilson discloses how Associate Statistician Holmes fed advance crop figures to brokers, the secret service traces letters and intermediaries, and outlines a new airtight system with envelopes and locked rooms to prevent leaks, while Holmes is indicted and Wilson vows tighter control.
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Agricultural Department
Wison
Edwin S. Homes
Public Service
Holmes
Wall Street
Secret Service
Haas
L. van Riper
F A Peckham
Wilson
Beach
Secretary of Agriculture
Ana
Cortelyou
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Lincoln
Heid
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Return
Ohio
Royal
Portland
Ore
Ratorn
Baltimore and Ohio
American Medical Association
Count Wohl-Metternich
Archdeacon Sinclair
Arkansas
Lone Man
Kassakotak Garuggaceee
Ispaich
Liapuneft
Chiptvan
Alanntah
Aneena
Birminghaw
Pullman
Rminghaw
California
J Poston
Gil Pa Ave
Bob
Fim
Ocean
Manchura
Harepec
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
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BLACK
Agent of Society
Virginia Mountain
Agle
Chesapeake and Ohio
H Thierto
Libbey & Co
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