Respite for Oil Men Shifts to Chicago
Federal grand jury in Cleveland reported no indictment against Standard Oil and Lakeshore and Michigan Southern Railway due to lack of jurisdiction. Proceedings will move to Chicago, with Attorney General Moody and District Attorney Sullivan directing case preparation and trial there. grand jury testimony may be used in any later prosecution.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Federal Grand Jury
Standard Oil Company
Lakeshore and
Michigan Southern Railway Company
Grand
Sullivan
Pagin
Moody
United States
Offce
New York City
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company
Northern District of
Oho
Olver E Pagin
Chicago
Sullvan
Roosevelt
Wrat Te Stanfard Ou Company
Ene
Sullivan A Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts
A movement forms to nominate Congressman John L Sullivan for governor against District Attorney John H Moran. The plan follows Moran’s re election retreat and criticizes his tariff reform stance, alleging a dictator’s attitude toward party platform and machinery. The article notes Sullivan’s push as part of a broader Democratic effort and mentions Gen Charles W Bartlett in a related context.
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Wes
Jigfridttorney
Sullivan
Charles W Bartlett
Iun
Bring Trees Up on Bottle Experiment in North Dakota
A North Dakota study reports that injecting nutrients into young trees speeds or slows growth by enhancing sap circulation. Experiments show substances move to far parts of trees within hours, suggesting plant circulation parallels animal systems and enabling controlled growth through nutrient delivery.
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North Dakota
Rene Bach
Techn'val World
forsAugust
Oder
North Diketa
Hotel for Hilbrook on Minnesota Avenue
Plans show Hilbrook to gain a brick and stone hotel on Minnesota Avenue, with $35 009 to be spent, on a subdivision formerly the Suburban Home Caramany site. St J B Homes reportedly purchased frontage by Elhind of the Trevsurt and local officials supported a public hearing for the project.
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Minnesota Avenue
Hilbrook
St J B
Caramany
Patent Gazette On Time Shows Improved Production
The Official Gazette of the Patent Office resumes timely issues with Volume Lo No 3. July editions were delayed due to appropriation delays but July issue is praised as sleek and clearer than prior photolithographic editions. The new print process yields sharper illustrations and text.
Baths and air deficits blamed for West Indian workers at canal
Canal Commission reports Jamaica born laborers suffer cramped lungs from living quarters and poor ventilation. Officials say inadequate nourishment and low wages reduce output. Spaniards fare better, with plans to import more Spanish and possibly Chinese labor as the project expands.
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Canal Commission
West Indang
Jamaica
Spain
Canal
Cuba
Shonts
Metcalf to Allow Limited Dept of Commerce Telephone Use
Secretary Metcalf plans an order permitting clerks in the Department of Commerce and Labor to use a department telephone for very important business or to receive calls from friends, with central billing and penalties for abuse. The rule aims to ease friction from prior bans and may prompt similar moves in other departments.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Metcalf
Clerka Witt
Central
Patent Office
Trig
Department of Commerce
Wabor
Interior Department
Youngest Vet Turns Up Enlisted at Eleven, Reenlisted Later
The article profiles Lyston D. Howe who joined the military at age eleven and re-enlisted after discovery. It notes his status as the youngest veteran and outlines the circumstances around his early enlistment and subsequent reenlistment, highlighting the era and community reaction.
Youngest Civil War Veteran Howe Receives Pension Increase
Lyston D Howe of Steater Louisiana, claimed as the last and sole “youngest veteran” from the Civil War, had his pension increased after enlisting at age ten. He served in the Fifteenth Line Volunteers and the Fifty-fifth Trios Volunteers, remaining until discharge March 27, 1865, never furloughed and surviving multiple illnesses. Officials including Executive Wielded Scythe and Commissioner Warner noted his unique record amid numerous claims.
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Pension Office
Sharps
Lyston D Howe
Main Street
Steater
la Salte
Granty
Howe
George Wash- Hington
Sam Houston
W Marvel
Gommsstoner Warner
Warner
Minois Howes
Camp Fuiloh
President Roosevelt helps with hay crop amid rainstorm on Sound
Special to The Washington Pose notes President Roosevelt and Noah Seaman moving hay into the barn as a summer storm hits the Sound. Roosevelt, in a flannel shirt, and Seaman toil to finish the load before the downpour. Also mentions Roosevelt named to survey the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal and a new normal school site in Washington District plans with a purchase price of 50 95815 dollars.
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Washington
Noah
Menirous Fork Falls
Normal School
John W Ross
Harvay Street
Wleventh Street
Distrit
Columbia
Coloma Helents
Soc ialists Expel Press At Interparliamentary Congress
London July W The general congress of Socialist interparliamentary committees opened under James Kerr Hardle. The first action was to expel reporters to prevent reports that could anger governments. Attendance was small with about twenty five European delegates including a Russian Parliament member. Herr Bebel and M. Janez were absent. Several women delegates attended. Frohman sails for home as he plans a new theater in Shattabury Avenue in London. Canal Commission officials Endicott and Halng arrive from Colon aboard the Panama.
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London
Socialist Interparliamentary Committees
James Kerr Hardle
Herr Bebel
M. Janez
Crop Reports Expanded by Agriculture Bureau Across More Crops
The Bureau of Statistics extends its Crop Reporter to cover many more agricultural products including alfalfa hemp broom corn kaffir corn sorghum blue grass millet sugar beets Canadian peas cowpeas beans cabbages onions tomatoes apples lemons berries melons and peanuts. The latest issue notes none of these crops has a full national crop. Montana leads in alfalfa and Minnesota in hemp, California in sugar beets at 88 percent yield, while apples and peaches show significant rot in several states.
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Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Montana
Minnesota
California
Cortelyou Going Fishing
New York Postmaster General Cortelyou sails with his family for Nova Scotia aboard the Prince Arthur. He plans a week or two at Halifax then a salmon fishing expedition to Cape Breton with Prof Alexander Graham Bell.
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New York
Cortelyou
Nova Scotia
Prince Arthur
Halifax
Cape Breton
Alexander Graham Bell
President to name successor to Ohioan in Deputy Auditor post
Deputy Auditor George P Dunham of Wilmington Ohio will leave the Interior Department and move into the classified civil service at a $2500 salary as a clerk. The change, arranged to insert a constituent of Representative Sydney Mudd into the position, follows friction between Auditor Charles B Person and Capt Dunham and hints at broader GOP maneuvering for future influence.
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George P Dunham
Wilmington
Ono
Interior Department
FSW
Sydney Mudd
Maryland Distr
Belt
Fisher
Apt Dunham
Charles Q Hildebrand
Ohio
M A Hanna
Washington
Chia
Shaw
Charles B Person
Capt Durban
Dunham
St Mts
Roosevelt
H Im
Binhim
Wellman Arctic Town at Denes Island Spitsbergen
The Frithjof with the Wellman Chicago Record-Herald arctic expedition arrived at Denes Island, Spitsbergen, on July 3. Virgo Bay shore shows structures and machine shops ready to build the giant balloon house. All 24 expedition members are well, and Wellman aims to establish wireless with Hammerfest before July ends.
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Digermalen
Lofoden Isles
Norway
Frithjof
Wellman
Chicago Record-Herald
Denes Island
Spitsbergen
Virgo Bay
Hammerfest
Mrs Hay Improving at Lake Sunapee Home
Mrs John Hay widow of the late Secretary of State has shown improvement since arriving at the Hay summer home at Lake Sunapee New Hampshire. She is resting well and not confined to the house though advised by her physician to avoid unnecessary exertion.
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Lake Sunapee
N. H
John Hay
Hay
Bill Hay
Navy loses Bancroft gunboat to Treasury training use
The Bancroft will be struck from the List of vessels of the navy and transferred to the Treasury Department to serve as a training boat for revenue cutters. Built for Annapolis cadets, she became useless due to growing midshipman classes and remains a tiny warship of 89 tons with a February 1801 keel at Elizabethport N J.
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Bancroft
Navy
Treasury Department
Revenue Cutter Cadets
Annapolis
Revenue-Cutter Service
Elizabethport
Sick Marines on Columbia Sailors Sent to Boston for Treatment
Aboard the cruiser Columbia 165 marines are ill with a fever, 19 seriously, after heat in the canal zone. The ship, once at Santo Domingo and San Juan, was ordered to Boston for northern climate treatment, with Dr Sokes deeming some too ill to land. The Navy Department issued orders to bring the vessel north for rapid recovery.
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Columbia
Boston
Santo Domingo
San Juan
Naval Hospital
Sokes
Navy Department
Severn Run Aground Near Patuxent River
Special to The Washington Post. Annapolis Md July 17 The Severn with a portion of the midshtp crew aboard ran aground at the mouth of the Patuxent River yesterday morning. The vessel was towed off by the US tug Standish with no damage reported.
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Patuxent
Washington Post
Annapolis
Patuxent River
Standish
Armiapalig
Army Orders From The War Department Release Names And Assignments
Military notices list leaves of absence for Second Lieutenant William Menges and First Lieutenant Michaeles Barry, with other officers extended or reassigned. Majors Peirce and Plewett travel for duty and payments, while a long roster records newly promoted lieutenants and their regimental appointments. Mexican training ship Saragossa arrives at Annapolis for naval instruction with salutes.
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Camp Roosevelt
Mount Gretna
Corps of Sagiveera
Blephen L'H Simun
Eugene Ro Whitmicre
John 8
Ninth Cavalry
Columba
Mount Gretna Pe
Offeete
Vernon
Boller
Pred Mo Turner
Pred Mo Turner, ‘Togaty-third Infantry, Iawino Shundare
Walter Krugger
Beverly C Daly
Thirtaenth
Ate L Singleton
Arthur L Bump
Lwenty-neth
Willis & Mille
Gilbert A. McElroy
Harry W Gregg
Shiveater T Lerng
Willan O. Roberts
Staley A
John IX Cowan
Highteenth
Pat M Stevens
George W Able
Sacob Schick
Dyas Archer
John J Fulmer
Kelton le Pepper
Harry Malonr
Freneis
Elderick EH Wilson
Henry Fodafeld
John J Mudgett
Wilford Tyman
William Sk J Jersey Jr
Channing B Doliplans
Dwight B Laxton
War Dept Moves to Deport Igorrotes to Philippines
The War Department plans to deport about forty Igorrotes from rights shows across the country back to the Philippines. Reports allege mistreatment and starvation, with band members once exhibited from St Louis to New Orleans, Chicago, and Winnipeg. Two died in Portland and New Orleans. Government will cover return transport.
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War Department
Philippines
Department
Luzon
St Louis
Hunt
St. Louis
United States
Portland
New Orleans
Chicago
Northwest
Winnipeg
Militia Pay Schedule Issued By National Guard
The National Guard of the District authorizes semiannual pay today for units including Mirat Battery Field Artillery First Battalion First Regiment and others at multiple armories and times. Dress uniforms required. naval battalion paid tomorrow on the Puritan.
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Andrew Parker
Ing
Mirat
Field Artillery
Ats
Ite
Rile Gml
Center Market
Armbry
Tha
Center Market Armfory
Dvelock
Signal Corps
Dry Dock Ready For Work At Olongapo Naval Station
The dry dock lies in sixty five feet of water off Rivera Point near Olongapo, anchored by four mushroom anchors. The Dewey, after circumnavigating to the Philippines, will support ship repairs with materials moved from Cavite to Olongapo to attend to arriving vessels.
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Ugek Dewey
Philippine Islands
Rivera Point
Olongapo Naval Station
Olongapd
Cavite
Olongapo
Naval promotions and shore movements in 1906 1908
Navy and Marine Corps officers receive promotions to commander lieutenant commander and captain through 1908. Ensigns and midshipmen are listed with transfer to various posts, plus a broad roll of naval vessel movements including entries at Newport San Juan Seattle and Boston. The report notes retirements, sick leave, and staff assignments at the Naval Pay Officers' School and other facilities.
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Ho McCrea
J L Gow
G R Clark
C .J Jewell
Aeutenant
F J Sanger
Li Hussey
Leutenant
Thy
United States Navy
M Moore
Navy
DB Wainwright
J P Helm
J F O'Mara
F Baldwin
Philbrick
PF Shemer
H Wilterdink
O D Gonger
Wow Palmer
M Lathrop
BC Lite
J H Russell
J S MC
Marina Corps
W O C Harlins
R P William
U S. WC
AML U
Marine Corps
Farquhepion T
H G@ Leipold
Navy Yard
Norfolk
CW Dyson
Burda
Navy Department
Washington
Tiett
W Brown
Pennsylvania
J F Ute
J M Moore
Columbia
Kennard
Alek
F Beldwin
Allmann
D Conger
Philtetek Bod Rogers
FC Little
D B
Wainwright H B Palmer
Shaner
Wilteréink
JF O'Mara
PT M Lethrop
Naval Pay Officers’ School
Washington Dc
Anbed-Unias
Newport
Columbie
San Juan
Lawtin
Horolilu
Chicago
Preble
Seattle
Indiana
Topkinsvilé
Amiesourt
Fiovivectown
Sarvland
Belfast
Provincetown
Lows
Tompkinsville
Dlohsaps
Brooklyn
Rockland
Wovetmnent Bayality
Caicago
Bremerton
Maine
Timois
Wissenr and Kearsarke
Wolverine
Beret
Bay City
Ohio
Clongapo
Chenna
Virginia
Crade
Newark
Trenida
Arkansas
New London
Gardine Te Bey
Wilkes
Norfolk Tor
Alabama
Towa
Tompkinaville
Maryland
Annapolis
Navy Bluejacket Wins Furlough Extension With Money to Spare
A Navy Department file reveals a clever bluejacket asked for ten more days off to visit his mother in Indiana. He stated his relatives were well and he had enough money to return home, even more than needed, prompting officials to grant the extension after pondering the unique plea.
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Navy Department
Frank Young
Navy
Bureau of Navigation
Tne
Department
Man
Dale
Getter
Jane
Interest in Educational Congress Meetings Across Churches
The committee handling the Color ea Young People's Christian and Educational Congress arranged meetings to spark interest in the convention. Tonight gatherings are planned at Metropolitan Baptist Church Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and Shiloh Baptist Church in Alexandria. Sunday events will be held at Mount Jezreel Church and next Monday at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Anacostia.
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Colorea Young People’s Christian and Educational Congress
Metropolitan Baptist ‘Church
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Shiloh
You Must Eat Rightly And Seek Success Food
Prompt urges proper eating to fuel achievement and health. It emphasizes choosing nourishing foods to support focus, energy, and overall success, suggesting a mindful approach to meals as a foundational habit.
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Town Farmer
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Patent Gazette
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Frohman
Charles Frohman
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Panama
Agriculture Bureau of Statistics
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Revenue Cutter Service
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Taylor Chapel
Feith Presbyterian
Smmranetl Episcopal
Schoale AE
Talbot and
Carnation Camps
Modern Woodmen
Frederick Ingersoll
Popular People’s Pleasure
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Maud
Cazrab Circus
Engagexext
Royal Italian Band
Lorenzo Vola
Arzoz
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Guy Standing
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Columbia Theater Co
Ferewell
John Mason
American League Park
Gute
TV Ag
New Willard Hotel
Ci Lake
U. S. Marine Band
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U_S Treasury
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Washington Loan and Trust Company
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Washington Commandery
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