Morcan's Praise Sung Funeral Arrangements Noted
Funeral plans for the late Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama include a special train from Washington tonight carrying his body and congressional escorts to Selma where a noon Saturday service will be held at the Methodist church followed by burial. Governors and state officials will attend as telegrams of sympathy pour in from across the nation.
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John T. Morgan
Alabama
Ransdell
Senate
Selma
House of Representatives
Morgan’s Oratory and Life Span the Civil War General
The article praises Mr. Morgan’s debating power and memory, noting his steady temper and long speeches. It recalls his origin as a lawyer, early cases, and a personal shift from Whig to Democrat. It mentions his Confederate service rising to brigadier general, contrasting with his constant roles as lawyer and legislator.
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Cuékos
White House
Cleveland
Senate
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Navy Board Revises Annapolis Instruction Course
A Navy Department board, appointed by President Roosevelt, met at Annapolis to revise midshipmen training for practicality and to drop theoretical portions. The panel will meet about a week this outing and may reconvene in summer, forwarding recommendations before October 1. Members include Capt. Richard Wainwright as chairman, Commander R. S. Griffin, Lieutenant Commander A. M. Key, and Lieutenant A. W. Johnson as recorder.
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Navy Department
Roosevelt
Academy
Richard Wainwright
R. S. Griffin
A. M. Key
A. W. Johnson
Cumberland Joins Navy as Training Vessel for Apprentices
Boston June 12 The U S practice sailing ship Cumberland is to be placed in commission for active service as a training ship. Commander H F Parmenter and a temporary crew from the receiving ship Wabash will man the Cumberland at Charlestown Yard for the moment. The ship will operate at Newport R I for instruction of naval apprentices.
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Boston
United States
Cumberland
United States Navy
Charlestown
H. F. Parmenter
Wabash
Newport
R. L
Harbor Defense Plan Cites Volunteers for City’s Guards
Brig. Gen. Arthur Murray and staff inspected forts Totten Schuyler Hamilton and Wadsworth used by militia with regular troops. He called cooperation key and urged building a defense plant to secure funds and train volunteers to replace regulars if needed. Other notes include naval movements and personnel changes around Annapolis and New York Harbor.
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Washington Post
New York
Arthur Murray
United States Army
Washington
Totten
Schuyler, Hamilton
Wainsworth
Fort Hamilton
Fort Wadsworth
Col
Harris
Schuyler
Hamilton
Wadsworth
P. C. Inspectors Shifted In Postal Service Reorg
William B. Smith moves from Washington to Chattanooga as part of a nationwide inspector reorganization under Postmaster General Meyer. Four divisions Washington Chattanooga New Orleans and San Francisco see transfers effective July 1 next. changes aim to improve service with further adjustments likely.
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Meyer
Washington
Chattanooga
New Orleans
San Francisco
Delaware
Maryland
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
California
Hawai
Nevada
William B. Smith
Paul E. Wiliams
Joseph P. Johnson
Robert KR. Munro
Frank ©. McMillin
Boston
Army Orders Detailing Leaves and Officer Promotions
Leaves of absence granted across multiple regiments with durations from five days to three months. A Fort Riley board for officer promotion is dissolved and a new board appointed with Col Broderick Ward and others. Officers to report for promotion exams include Flynn Irwin Longstreet Moore Fisher Hennessey and Rees. Additional details assign Madden Eaton and Herring to duties and examinations at various posts and boards.
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Charles W. Penrose
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Lucius L. Darted
Seventeenth Infantry
George &. Grimes
First Field Artillery
Alfred C. Sharpe
Thirteenth Infantry
Clausine M. Seaman
Coast Artillery Corps
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Paul C. Hutton
General Hospital
Fort Bayard
New Mexico
Noleen A. Goodspeed
Third Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kans
Broderick K. Ward
Seventh Cavalry
John M. Banister
Walter L. Finley
Thirteenth Cavalry
Thomas J. Lewis
Eugene R. Whitmore
Meera
Kant
Wiliam F. Flynn
Eighth Cavalry
Francis @. Irwin
Second Cavalry
James Longstreet
John W. Moore
Ronald FE. Fisher
Fourteenth Cavalry
Peter J. Hennessey
Fifth Cavalry
Thomas H. Rees
Corps of Engineers
Chief of Engineers
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Iduty
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Madison Barracks
New
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California
Dantel W. Lockwood
Lighthouse Board
Amon Stickney
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Haxleara
Ralph
Herring
Baltimore
Potomac
Mayflower Yeoman for President at Oyster Bay Summer
The naval yacht Mayflower departed Washington Tuesday for the navy yard in New York to be outfitted for the President and his family during their summer stay at Oyster Bay.
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New York
Washington
Navy Yard
Oyster Bay
Brownson Goes to Jamestown
Rear Admiral Brownson, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, has gone to Fort Monroe to visit the Jamestown Exposition and confer with Admiral Evans on naval matters. An Annapolis dispatch reports midshipmen admitted today including James W. Beard of Troy New York John H Taylor of Brookfield Missouri and Newton Davis of New York City. The Washington Post also notes a search for lost articles.
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New York City
Garfield Cuts Red Tape on Indian Territory Oil Rules
Secretary Garfield announced new oil and gas regulations for the Indian Territory to cut red tape while protecting Indian interests. The changes raise the minimum royalty for gas wells to 150 dollars with a sliding rate by flow, ease financial requirements for lease applicants, and set a 200 foot setback from adjoining tract lines for new wells, instead of 150 feet, except in certain gases to offset nearer wells.
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Indian Territory
Garfield Goes West to Attend Denver Convention
Secretary Garfield travels to the West for a Denver convention opposed to the administration’s public land policy. He will inspect land offices during the trip with Acting Attorney General Woodruff in charge, while officials aim to limit opposing resolutions and avoid a visible cleanup or busy show.
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Wilson
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Newell
Reclamation Service
Ohio
Interior Department
Early ladies and boys shoes on sale for limited sizes
Colored canvas pumps and patent oxfords in blue gray green tan lavender pink and more priced from five dollars down to two dollars and twenty five cents. Ladies patent elf oxfords reduced from 35.00 and 6.00 to 8.25. Mizzer enamel button sheet and oxfords cut to 1.75. Kid and calf oxfords in A and B widths only cut to 1.79. Boys tan calf lace shoes in various widths down from 3.75 to 1.79.
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Elf
Benson Quits Canal Work To Return To U.S. Rail Service
Ernest Benson, general auditor of the Panama Railroad and Isthmian Canal affairs, resigns from the Isthmian Canal Commission to avoid moving to the isthmus and plans to reenter U.S. railroad service. His career spans the Southern Pacific, Oregon Railway and Navigation, and other lines, with early start in railroading at age thirteen. He was appointed general auditor on April 27, 1906, to install an accounting system for canal construction.
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Isthmian Canal Affairs
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Washington
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Theodore P. Bhonts
Canal Zone
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Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Portland and Asiatic Steamship Company
Portland
Greg
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Shonts
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago and Paducah
Wabash, St Louis and Pacific Railway
Chicago
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad
Iowa Central Railroad
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Treasury calls $80 million to return by July 10
The Secretary of the Treasury issued a call requiring about 80 million dollars in government funds held in depository banks to be returned by July 10. The move aims to redeem an outstanding 4 percent funded loan of 1907 worth about 36 million with deposits totaling roughly 30 million from September 1906. The treasury expects tendering these deposits by July 10 to avoid financial disturbance.
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Treasury
Lane Dee Weds William Met at Boston Ceremony
The father best. The groom and Lane Dee Clark of Medfield were married in a summer afternoon ceremony at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Clark in Boston. Lane wore satin with a robe over it. Attending were sisters Misses Mabe and Lane Dee Clark in pink silk.
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Anglo American talks at The Hague on disarmament limits
Mexico rejects any immediate push for universal disarmament while backing broad humanitarian aims. Ambassador Reid and Choate report U S and Britain agree on certain questions as Grey negotiates with British officials. Porter and Foster depart Paris with Russian and French delegations for The Hague on the same train.
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Grey Haying
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Whitelaw Reid
Joseph H. Choate
Grey
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Great Britain
Mexico
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Mr. Choate
Earl Grey
Mexico City
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Diaz
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Red Cross to Aid Prisoners of War and Scholarships
London report from the International Red Cross conference states the organization may succor prisoners of war alongside the sick and wounded. It also approves dedicating 25000 dollars annually to traveling scholarships for Red Cross members.
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Paris Prefectures Face Municipal Resignations Deadlock
In Paris on June 12 the government refused to accept resignations of municipal officers unless accepted by prefects. With no central authority to appoint temporary commissioners, municipal acts and works halt. Premier Clemenceau urged mayors to maintain law and avoid tax protests as about fifty local bodies in four departments resign.
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Herault
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Wedgewood Ware Sale Bought by Duveens for 100000
Eyedal Cable reports the Wedgewood ware collection from the famous Sander son collection was purchased entirely by Duveen Brothers for 100000. The sale was to be public today in London but the deal was settled last night after two years of negotiations, disappointing dealers. The Wedgewood replica of the Baaberini or Portland vase is among the pieces, with only sixteen copies extant. Duveen Brothers, renowned London collectors, previously acquired the Hajmauer collection for 1250000.
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Eyedal
London
Sanderson
Duveen Brothers
Hajmauer
Cambridge Bestows Degrees on Notables
Cambridge University conferred the degree of LL D on Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Lord Curzon Lord Milner and others. The London dispatch notes the event as part of a broader Conservative parliamentary context with votes tallied and party lines discussed.
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London
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Hart of Elgin
Lord Milner
Lord Curzon
Edward Fry
Richard’ Burdon Haldane
Delegates Arrive for Hague Peace Conference
Delegates and a host of officials arrive in The Hague for the second peace conference opening June 15. Notable arrivals include Gen. Horace Porter and Keiroku Tsusaki with other national representatives from Austria, France, Japan, Cuba, and China. A strong American role is anticipated, with South and Central America to be introduced on equal footing.
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Keiroku Tsusaki
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Madrid court convicts in regicide plot case
Madrid on June 12 reports that Senor Ferrer director of the Modern School Barcelona Jose Nakens editor of EK Motin Mato Ilaria and others were charged with complicity in the attempt to assassinate King Alfonso and Queen Victoria on May 21 1906 Nakens and Mato Ilaria were sentenced to nine years imprisonment while Ferrer and the others were acquitted
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Ek] Motin
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Bryce Waens Citizens Address at Illinois Commencement
At the University of Illinois commencement Ambassador Bryce urged citizens to engage in government, choose honest capable leaders, and monitor their actions. He warned against surrendering judgment to leaders and against party excess or indifference that benefits selfish officials.
State Pension Bill Dead In Pennsylvania Veto
Harrisburg June 12 Governor Stuart vetoed the Cochran pension bill for Civil War veterans in Pennsylvania. He cited crude form and lack of mature deliberation, warning the appropriation of 822,325 would burden state charities. The bill set pensions of 7.50 to 10 dollars based on service length, payable through 1909.
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Ifor
Fight Promised in Alabama Over Morgan's Senate Seat
Montgomery June 12 The death of Senator Morgan triggers a bitter Democratic factional fight Gov Comer is reluctant to appoint former Congressman Bankhead who with ex Gov Johnston was named as alternate if a vacancy occurred Comer may name his successor through an adjourned legislative session in July He reportedly will not object to running for the U S Senate himself Bankhead supporters denounce Comers stance as unacceptable and a bitter battle looms across state politics
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Justice Harlan
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Republic
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Ala
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