Funeral of Ensign Perry Follows Bennington Disaster
San Diego July 28 at St Pauls Episcopal Church the funeral was held for Ensign Newman K Perry the only officer killed in the Bennington disaster. Relatives requests for burial in Stockbridge Mass and bodies sent home at government expense. Navy moves to assemble court of inquiry and exhumation plans for other Bennington casualties with fifteen wounded needing skin grafting.
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San Diego
Cal
St Paul's Episcopal Church
Newman K. Perry
Lfe
Bennington
K A .Riche
J H Johnson
Los Angeles
Ark
Stone
Chicago
Young
Military Order of the Loyal ‘Lezion
Fort Rosecrans
Numaber of Commerce
Nds
Stockbridge
Mass
Bennington Bays
Point Loma
Lathhis
Ter
Maine
Havana
Lrber
Congress
Suarter Morris
Teen
Lt. Burne
Andrew Ram~ey
Condonyile
Ohio
Joseph Newcgve
Quincy Mays
Emil Dresub
Mnwuk N J
Ollen Brockman
S Moin
Iowa
Willam Fickweller
Ind
John @ Barehus
Clusinda
Charles O. McKeon
Fenton, Mich
Navy Department
Goodrich
Eric Moore
Tae «Cna
Navy de Molina
Corullan
Worthen
Pouertl
Enalen
Mening
St Pauls Epscopal Church
Angeles
Battle Between Strikers and Workers in Grorx
A hand to hand fight broke out as 14 crowbars and pickaxes clashed between striking workers and displaced laborers in Grorx. Two men were seriously injured and taken to a hospital, several arrests followed, and a second, similar fight began moments later. No further severe injuries or arrests were recorded.
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York
Grorx
Fisalvers
Friction on the Isthmus halts steamship access
United States Health Officer refuses permission to board steamers bound for Panama. Tas hid friction with port authorities at Guasaquit, yielding no health certificates for ships to the Panama route. Panama Canal Zone officials and steamship agents lodge complaints to Gordon as Panama Canal authorities report multiple yellow fever deaths among workers, including Jacob Pioth of Pittsburg and Alfred Brown of Jamaica.
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United States
Tanuma
Dr Graver
Guasaquit
Tas
Tur
Panama
Cot
Isthmian Canal Commission
Gov Mageen
Jacob Pioth
Pitesburg, Pa
Alfred Brown
Coton
J C. Sutherland
Geneva
Culebra
Postmaster Arrested in Brooklyn Case of Stamps Theft
William Elisende Fos master of Mariners Harbor Staten Island was arrested on a U S District Court warrant after investigators found stamps listed as in his possession and his books showed sales of stamps. He was arraigned and remanded to bail. Also reported tensions as Clinton Weavers strike in Lancaster amid wage disputes. Fernando de Castro Havana named incoming secretary of agriculture. Two African Americans, Alex Wynn and Nelson Walker, hanged for murder in Louisiana in a dry July day.
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New York
Benedict
United States District Court
William Elisende Fos
Mariners Harbor
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Post Office
William I Myer
Livende
Myer
Livendeau
Ethher
Miss
Alex Wynn
Ayd Nelson Walker
Charles Havck
Noted War Department Squabble Over Carter Assignment
President Roosevelt’s message from Oyster Bay halted orders assigning Brig. Gen. W. H. Carter to command the Department of the Lakes in Chicago. The move, viewed as a special board victory over Gen. Chaffee, prompted a suspension amid a long running staff vacancy dispute.
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Gen. Carter
Department of the Lakes
War Department
W. H. Carter
Chicago
Thomas H. Barry
A. R. Cheffee
Ataff
Special Board of Army
General Staff
Special Board
Chaffee
Carter
General Stat
Tasker H. Bliss
Philippines
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Ainsworth
Oliver
Lellest
Acting Secretary of War Chaffee Assumes Office
Gen Chaffee becomes acting Secretary of War as Oliver departs to Philppines. Oliver will vacation August at Murray Bay. Chaffee will act until August 19 then go to Paris to observe French maneuvers. Maj Gen Bates will perform department duties.
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Chaffee
Oliver
Taft
Philippines
Murray Bay
St Lawrence
Paria
Bates
Col Leach Assigned to General Staff and Water Service Chief
Col Smith Leach of the Corps of Engineers reports to Lieut Gen Chaffee as a general staff member and supervisor of the Washington water supply system. The piece notes a future replacement and lists various duty movements for several officers, including Maj EMD Hoyle and Capt Fitzhugh Lee Jr, with assignments spanning Fort Totten to Seattle and Idaho, reflecting wartime personnel realignments.
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Col. Leach
Col Smith @ Leach
Corps of Engineers
Chaffee
Army War
College
Leach
Washington
Emd. Hoyle
Artillery Corps
Fort Silt
Meer
Fitzhugh Lee, Jr
Twelfth Cavalry
Seventh Cavalry
Robert Q Patterson
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Wiliam McCarkey
US A
Army
Denver
Culo
Imac N Lewis
Proceec
Pittsburg Pa
Lynn
Mass
Department of Electricity
Artery School
Edward Burr
Board of Engineers
Seattle Wash
Pacifc
Cephas © Bateman
Fort Bayard
New Mexico
Heaphal
Haley C Gavitt
First Cavalry
Thabo
Lorenzo P Davieon L . A
Idaho
Nooner
Boise
Daho
Davieon
Naval Officers Orders and Vessel Movements
August 7 1905 dispatches assign Lieut Commander AL Key and others to various posts including attendance at the Naval War College conference and tours to Annapolis and Washington DC. Movements list ships arriving and sailing with crews, plus a Warren transport arrival at San Francisco and naval hospital movements. Two midshipmen admitted to Annapolis. coasting steamer Nueva Mortera sunk off Nuevitas with all aboard saved.
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AL. Key
Harbor Island
Nerragansett Bay
Navyl War College
W . Joeffers
Massachusetts
Naval Academy Annapolis
L. M. Nulson
Texas
Navy Department
Kennard
Naval Hospital
Norfolk
Havana
Nueva Mortera
Herrera Line
Nuevitas
Wythe
Pocklington
Mortera
Prominent Washington real estate man David L. Gitt profiled
A historical profile details David L. Gitt's rise from Pension Bureau clerk to chief of the mail division, then to real estate entrepreneur. It notes positions with Columbia Park Suburban Company and Central Heights, praising fair dealing and listing offices at 925 F Street, 417 David L. Gitt, and 623 F Street.
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Washington
David L. Gitt
Gitt
Pension Bureau
Mritt
F Street
Twelfth Street
Columbia Park
Sherman Park
Tuxedo
Central Heights
Strict Against Jumpers NY State League Adopts Harsh Rule
Albany July 22 Owners of New York State Baseball League clubs adopted the severest rule against contract jumpers. Players failing to return within 24 hours after notice are barred from organized baseball. a $100 fine is required for contract breaches before August 1. Unresolved: Blanchard case and Grimvane case. Representatives from Albany Troy Utica Syracuse Scranton Binghamton Wilkes-Barre attended.
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New York
Itcher Blanchard
Utica
Kingston
Grimvane
Jersey City
Albany
C. Winchester
Troy
J . Bacon
J and G
Anacostia Bridge Case Declared Closed Incident
Commissioner Biddies office says the Anacostia bridge dispute is closed. Repair would cost about 25600 with no appropriation. Police ban loads over six tons and keep two watchmen. Streetcars unlikely to harm the bridge. wagons use rails to distribute weight. The railway company runs cars without interruption and residents have ceased complaints.
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Biddie
Anacostia Bridge
Douglas
A Great Railway Company
Anacostia
Yellow fever crisis and quarantine under Mississippi glare
Yellow fever panic extends from New Orleans into Mississippi with quarantine enforcement. B C Joullan, prominent Biloxi resident, seized at Ship Island for ten days. trials after release. Dr. White defends fumigation for mosquito control while freight fumigation debate grows. Officials report ward dissections, oil aid, and press memorials supporting the Reed tests.
Quarantine in Havana on yellow fever case
Havana quarantines the steamer Martinique from Miami after a yellow fever case was reported in Tampa. Passengers were moved to Tris-Cornia station and the Mascotte bound for Havana from Tampa will be quarantined. Victor Vittalo, the Italian patient, arrived from New Orleans July 2 3 and shows a mild fever with daily checks for three weeks. No new developments reported in the Tampa area.
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Havana
Tampa
Martinique
Miami
Tris-Cornia
Fla
J . Porter
Victor Vittalo
New Orleans
St Phiiip Street
Victor Vitelto
Norfolk
Newport News
Virginia
San Juan
Fly
New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company
Arkadia
Ponce
Chattanooga
Tenn
New Orleana
Louisiana
Memphis
Executive Council of
South
Merchants’ Exchange
Cotton Exchange
Merchants' Exchange
Fever scares in Galveston and quarantine talks spread
Dispatches from Galveston report no yellow fever cases this season beyond a single existing type. Officials and the mayor deny fever in Galveston as New York quarantine detains Alamo passengers. Separate notes describe quarantine developments in Norfolk, San Juan, Chattanooga, Jackson, and Memphis with ministers, health boards, and city authorities preparing for possible spread.
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Galveston
Tex
G. W. Treehart
Um D
Cox
Batleve
Geghgh R
HABOR
Taras
Proms
New York
William T. Austin
The
Alamo
Quarantine Control Granted to Dr Wasdin on Gulf Coast
Dr Wasdin of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service is placed in charge of all Gulf coast quarantine matters outside New Orleans. He will coordinate with Mississippi authorities to stop vessel landings from New Orleans and may send ships to Ship Island for detention and fumigation. Governor Vardeman and Senator Money support national supervision, while local patrols in small towns remain under community control.
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Gulf of Mexico
Wasdin
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
New Orleans
Coast Patrol
Secretary of the Treasury
Winona
Mississippi
Ship Island
Vardeman
Senator Money
National Bureau
German Tariff Memorial Urges Mutual Trade Understanding
Berlin July 8 Eldest of the Merchants of Berlin presented to Count Von Buelow a memorial on future tariff negotiations with the United States. It favors a long bilateral commercial treaty based on actual economic differences and most favored nation recognition rather than demanding German parity on all goods.
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Berlin
United States
Merchante of
Chamber of Commerce
Count von Buelow
Germany
Appeal to Utah Mormons by Joseph Smith's Grandson
Frederick W. Smith, grandson of Prophet Joseph Smith and son of Joseph Smith, head of the reorganized LDS Church, launches a campaign appealing to Utah Mormons to return to original church principles. He issues an open letter urging abandonment of polygamy, commercialism, and political interference, citing authorities alleging Brigham Young led followers away from the prophet's teachings.
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Joseph Smith
Washington Post
Salt Lake City
Utah
Frederick
W. Smith
Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints
Brigham Young
Georgetown Merchants Solve the How to Advertise Problem
Georgetown business leaders solved advertising challenges by sending news through The Post, claiming wide readership and reliable results. The issue touts local venues from summer gardens and river trade to a three day shoe sale at Newman's and various town services and maritime activity.
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Georgetown
Post
Newman
M Street
Messia
Carter & Clark
Accused of Stealing Linen Former Employer
Mary Taylor, a black woman, was arrested by Detectives Horne and Flather on petty larceny charges. He alleges she stole bed linen and towels while employed by Thomas Lacayre at 12 L Street SW, taking part of the items before leaving in indignation. A search of her southwest home recovered about half the alleged goods. She is held at the House of Detention awaiting a police court hearing today.
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Mary Taylor
Horne
Flather
Thomas Lacuyre
L Street Southwest
Lacayre
Mary
Owen
Statue Offer Declined for Mrs Hay Memory
The New York Graduate Association of Theta Delta Chi offered to erect a statue in the city to honor Mrs John Hay, but she and Mr Hay declined the plan. Clarence L Hay noted his mother opposed publicity, aligning with the Secretary's policy.
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Hay
New York
Graduate Association of the Theta Delta Chit Fraternity
John Hay
Hay Hay
Wills
Payne
Clarence L. Hay
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Clinton
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Fernando de Castro
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Leandus
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Menemsha Bight
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New Jersey
Charles D. Price
Pennsylvania
Naval Academy
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N. J
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Fett. Dity House
Tata
Gulf
Cnet
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Blox
Atlanta
Ala Jarta
Illinois Central Railroad
J. Ho White
Marine Hospital Service
Beverly Warner
Board of Heath
Cuba
Progressive Union
Walter Reed
Quemadog
Design BY
May Mantqn
Faehlon
Galveton
Jackson
Mies
Hunter
State Board of Health
Lumberton
Miassa
Dr, Wasdin
Georges
Twentieth At. m
D. F. Finucane
Farnhere
Furniture Exchange
Pho North
Mr Smith
District Paper Mill Company
Drummonda
Aqueduct
Chain Bridges
Walmer & Son
Robert Rogers
Eleventh Street
Acme Dairy Lenochroom
Deal
Montgomery County
Bethesda
West
T W, Kerr
Healah Land
Philadelphia
Palmer
O Street
Maine Iee
Hells
Alex St. John
William Kersey
Fink
West End
Western Union
Wester'n Aqueduct Bridge
Nordlinger
Manhattan
Barker
Wilkerson's Wharf
Potomac
Vistt
A. M. Baer
Anl
AM Baer
Neptune
North Carolina
William Daw & CO
MI Street
Air Knighta
Chesapeake Beach
George Town
Waddell
Hat Man
J Manchester Haynes
American Ice Company
Bath Me
Manogue, Jones & Co
Arbuckie
California
Mason
Hums Prescrption Pharmacy
Notary
Barton Miller
Citimens
Lily and Howard
Reck
City
Occoquan
Murray
Grummel
Five Man
Joseph E. Lee
Upper
Middle Potomac
W. W. Burch
Massachusetts Avenue
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