President Roosevelt Hosts Luncheon Guests at Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt entertained a luncheon at Sagamore Hill with Cabinet members, diplomats, military officers, and notable guests including Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng and Ernest Ingersoll. Capt Osbon proposed an unsinkable design while the President chopped wood in the yard. They later attended Cave Neck School exercises and he promoted Hartwell to Honolulu chief justice with Baliou named associate justice.
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Sir Cheatung
Oyater Bay
Ernest Ingersoll
Dr. Long
Washington Post
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Diplomatic Corps
Army
Navy
Sagamore Hil
Secret Service
Chentung Liang-Cheng
C. Hauge
Meyer
Commodore Dahl
Haarsarge
New York
Richard Wainwright
General Board of the Navy
W W Witherspoon
War College
John J Boyle
Metcalf
B S Osbon
Cave Neck Schoo
Hoosevelt
Alfred S Hartwell
Supreme Court of
Honolulu
Sidney Miller Baliou
Diplomat de Pombo’s Baggage Searched on Arrival
New York June 7 shows Senor de Pombo newly named legal adviser to the Colombian Embassy arriving aboard the steamship Sarma. A youthful inspector conducted a thorough port search, uncovering a Panama hat with duty paid, a toothbrush, a tin can, and a box filled with dried moss before stamping the items and the diplomat departed.
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York
E de Pombo
Senor Do Pombo
Senor de Pombo
Butte Postmen Strike Over Wages Dispute
Butte Montana June 27 letter carriers in the city quit work in a strike alleging they cannot subsist on current wages even with the July 1 increase. They state the pay of $60 for first year and $50 for subsequent years is insufficient.
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Butte
Mont
Beckham appoints R V Bingham Louisville mayor
Frankfort Ky June 27 Governor Beckham appoints R V Bingham as mayor of Louisville to replace Barth who was deposed by the Court of Appeals. No other Louisville appointments announced today.
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Beckham
Barth
Leuisville
Frankfort
Goy Beckham
R V Bingham
Louisville
Court of Appeals
Colombian ports closed as Indian uprisings denied
The State Department received a dispatch from the American consul at Maracaibo dated June 14 reporting Colombia has issued a decree denying an uprising among Guajiros Indians. Ports on the north coast of Venezuela in Maracaibo communications remain open except Bahia Honda Manaure and Tuacas which are closed to commerce.
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State Department
Maracaibo
Republic of Colombia
Guajiros
Venaguela
Bahia Honda
Manaure
Tuacas
Railroads face 188 safety suit wave nationwide
Attorney General directs United States attorneys to file 188 penalties suits against numerous railroads for safety appliance law violations. Actions target many lines including Baltimore and Ohio, Illinois Central, Pennsylvania, Southern Railway, and Pacific Coast Railway, with multiple cases in federal districts across the country.
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Bonaparte
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Alabama
Great Northern
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago and Eastern Mines
Chicago Great Western
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicargo and St Louis
Chesapeake and Ohio
Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge Company
el Paso and Southwestern Railroad
Erie Railroad
Galveston
Harrisburg
St Lews
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway
Kansas City Southern
Wabash Railroad
Washington and Columbia River, Railroad
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Tegun
Pacific Coast Railway Company
Northern District
California
New York
Middle District
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia and
Reading
District of Columbia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
C and C Stop Construction On Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
Richmond June 27 orders halt construction work on the Chesapeake and Ohio rail line. C D Langhorne Carpenter and Co and ee thena Curtis Co of Clifton Forge Lane Brothers Co of Lynchburg are stopped July 1. Lane Brothers later authorized to continue work between Richmond and Newport News. Two thousand men affected. The railroad has been double-tracking lowering grades and straightening curves. funding via bonds deemed unwise in current market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
D. Langhorne
I . Carpenter & Co
Eethena Curtis Company
Clifton Forge
Lane Brothers & Co
Lynchburg
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
Richmond
Newport News
Chesapeake and Ohio
Spokane Freight Rate Fight Before Interstate Commission
Spokane Washington faces a freight-rate contest before the Interstate Commerce Commission in the Spokane case. The city sues Northern Pacific Great Northern Union Pacific Oregon Railroad and Navigation Spokane Falls and Northern Railway over alleged discriminatory rates on several freight categories to Spokane.
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Spokane
Wash
Northwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Pacific Railway
Great Northern
Union Pacific
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Spokane Falls and Northern Railway
Freight routes mirror Eastern rates to Seattle and Spokane
Rates from Eastern points to Seattle Tacoma or Portland align with local Spokane tariffs, though Spokane lies closer to origin points than the other cities. Freight often must pass through Spokane to reach other destinations before shipment proceeds onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Spokane
Shippers Seek Back Freight Overcharges From Railroads
The George J. Mickie Lumber Company and many lumber firms filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking 81,307 in reparations for alleged excess freight charges on yellow pine shipments. About 100 similar cases are expected soon totaling around 1,000,000. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling upholding the commission that southern yellow pine rates were 2 cents per hundred over fair charges. The National Yellow Pine Association originally filed the case. early petitions totaled about 486,250 in overcharges.
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George J. Mickie Lumber Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois Central Railroad
United States Supreme Court
Commission
National Yellow Pine Association
Southeastern
Interstate Commerce fixes coal rates to Dallas in 190 proof
The Interstate Commerce Commission limited mine run lump coal to 190 and slack coal to 140 for shipments from Indian Territory and Southern Arkansas to Dallas over Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe and other roads with no reparation. The commission found no basis for rate differences on bricks by the Stowe Fuller case against Pennsylvanio Baltimore and Ohio. Transfer of Siloam Springs to the Kansas City territory raised group rates in Texas. this caused discrimination but deemed not undue.
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Dallas
Tex
Kansas City Southern Railway
Texas
Siloam Springs
Ark
Little Rock
Kansas City Territory
Desel-Boettcher Company
Tests 2-Cent Rate Law Opposed in Pennsylvania Suit
Ameentown Pennsylvania June 27 the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company seeking to void the 2-cent fare law filed an equity suit asking Fayette County be enjoined from collecting penalties for noncompliance. Grounded on prior charter dates, the case seeks dismissal in Wayne County. Madison Wisconsin June 27 the state senate rejected the 2-cent railway fare bill by six to twenty one vote.
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Ameentown
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Pittsburg and
Connellsville Road
County of
Fayette
Baltimore and Ohio
Wayette County
Pittsburg
Connellsville
Madison
Wis
Senate
Oklahoma AG files complaints against six railroads
Oklahoma Territory Attorney General Cromwell yesterday filed six complaints with the Interstate Commerce Commission against Western railroads including the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago Burlington and Quincy and others. The charges allege unjust and excessive rates from Oklahoma points to Kansas City Fort Worth and other destinations for wheat coal grain stock and petroleum products.
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Oklahoma
Cromwell
Oklahoma Territory
Interstate Commerce Commission
Aix
Western
Atcison
Wepeka and Santa Fe
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Kansas City
Kansas
Colorado
Ponca City
Okla
Tve
Fort Worth
Teex
Commission Weighs Pine Transport Rates to Oklahoma
Kansas to Oklahoma and freight rates on yellow pine from Texas Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi to Oklahoma are under review. The commission is asked to adjust proper and reasonable rates and to order defendants to conform to commission fixed rates.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Eight-Hour Law Charges Float in Missouri Rail cases
Warrensburg Mo June 27 Prosecuting Attorney Ewing Cockrell filed information in Johnson County Criminal Court against Missouri Pacific and Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway for violating the eight hour law as pertaining to telegraph operators who handle train orders. Tensults have been entered against the Missouri Pacific and four against the other road. Telegraph operators at Warrensburg Holden and Knobwoster reportedly have not been relieved since the law took effect June 14. Violations carry fines from 1 to 1000 dollars.
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Missouri
Delays Schmitz's Sentence In San Francisco
Judge Dunne postpones the sentence for Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz, convicted of extortion in the French restaurant cases, until July 6 after district attorney Langdon seeks another week. The delay triggers protests from the mayor's counsel, with one attorney accusing the judge of outraging justice and forcing Schmitz to remain in jail twelve more days.
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Dunne
San Francisco
Eugene E. Schmitz
Langdon
Fairall
W H Matson
Schmitz
Buchanan Declines Free Pass From 1859 Letter
Philadelphia June 27 Archival note shows James Buchanan then president rejecting a complimentary pass on the Northern Central Railroad. He states it has been his life practice not to travel free on any railroad, opposing privileges for individuals not connected with the roads. The Pennsylvania Railroad cites possession of the letter after acquiring the Northern Central.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
James Buchanan
United States
Northern Central Railroad
Northern Central
Washington
Robert Hollins
Admission of Two German Lithographers Under Contract Labor Law
Secretary Straus of the Department of Commerce and Labor finally admitted two German lithographers, John Haering and August Kurzdorfer, finding no specific contract and deeming their abilities scarce in the country. They had been detained at Elba Island, deemed potentially harmful under the alien contract labor law, and faced deportation after an inquiry board decision, with appeals pursued to the secretary.
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Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
John Haering
August Kurzdorfer
Elba Island
Board of Inquiry
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Ferris Nominated for Congress on 296th Ballot in Oklahoma
In Lawton Scott Ferris was chosen by the Democratic Fifth District on the 296th ballot for Congress. The Birmingham Age Herald reports Edward W. Bar sett married Louise Butt Cunningham in Augusta at 8 pm. They plan a tour including Jamestown New York and several weeks in Europe.
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Oklahoma
Bobart
Okla
Scott Ferris
Lawton
Congress
Birmingham
Augusta
Edward W. Barsett
Ala
Age Herald
Louise Butt Cunningham
Jamestown
New York
Europe
Aim to End All War United States Leads Move
Delegates at The Hague push for a permanent arbitration tribunal with authority and impartiality to end war among nations. US Britain Germany and Italy back proposals to broaden arbitration, reduce costs, and promote compulsory cases while addressing judge selection and maritime mine restrictions. Senor Drago to present debts proposal July 4. Yermoloff cautions on delaying hostilities. Chinese Kang-Ke vase sold for 3250 pounds.
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The
Hague
Chieif
United States
Hague Arbitration Tribunal
de Martens
International Commission of Inquiry
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Permanent Arbitration Court
Horace Porter
Beltigr
Capt Ottley
Drago
South
Central America
Senor Drago
Vermoier
Russia
Yermoloff
Grape Nuts Food Advantage Over White Flour
An article explains modern milling yields white flour with reduced diastatic enzymes, causing digestion trouble for starch. Grape-Nuts uses whole wheat and barley, predigested by moisture and heat to convert starch into grape sugar inside the granules. It claims easily digested nutrition boosts nervous energy, though portion control is advised due to concentration.
Ovation for Gen Booth in London after world tour
Gen William Booth head of the Salvation Army received a remarkable ovation in Albert Hall on his return from a 45,000 mile world tour. Oxford robes were worn, Bramwell Booth greeted him as chief of staff while thousands cheered. Booth spoke of meetings in Canada and Japan, noting Canada’s advancing spiritual position and Japan’s eager reception.
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London
Tyne
Oxford University
William Booth
Salvation Army
Albert Hall
Bodshep
Oxford
Bramwell
Canada
Althoough
Japan
King’s Birthday Honors Honor Arts Science And Letters
London June 27 The King’s birthday honors include over thirty knighthoods and four new peers Sir James Kitson Sir James Blyth Sir Samuel Montagu and Alexander Peckover. W S Gilbert playwright of The Mikado among the recipients. also noted are prominent artists scholars and officials with promotions in the Bath St Michael and St George orders. Indian mutiny anniversary decorations to many Indian officers and officials.
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London
James Kitson
Leeds
James Blyth
Samuel Montagu
Alexander Peckover
W. H. Holand
Manchester
Charles Scotter
London and Southwestern Railway
William P. Treloar
William R. Cremer
M. F
James Donaldson
St. Andrew's University
Nathaniel Dunlop
Allan Steamship Line
W. S Gilbert
Hubert von Herkomer
W. Q Orchardson
John Rhys
Oxford
New York
Bath
St Michael
St George
Heaward Ray Lankester
Sir Wills
Newfoundland
Sydney Olwer
Jamaica
Charles
Birrell Pleads For Irish Evicted Tenants Bill
In the House of Commons Mr Birrell outlined the Irish evicted tenants bill with a bleak image of the west of Ireland. He warned a measure would be seen as a token of sympathy and help bind up wounded hearts while noting 2000 tenants must be reinstated and land may be acquired compulsorily. London report dated June 27.
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Rotary
Ireland
West of Ireland
House of Commons
W Burrell
London
Birrell
Aire
Whitney Makes Record on Fast European Car Run to Florence
F C Whitney returned to London after an astonishing auto trip covering 2000 miles in seven days through France and Italy. He averaged fifty miles an hour, starting at 4 AM whenever possible, with Alpine passage marked by exciting adventures. He calls the journey delightful yet hazardous and says his taste for speed is now subdued.
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France
Italy
Washington Post
London
F C Whitney
Florence
Alps
Whitney
French Navy Bans Opium Use and Possession
Paris on June 27 reports the French minister of marine has issued circulars to maritime authorities. Officers showing signs of opium influence must be reported, and they may not smoke or possess any paraphernalia aboard ships. The crackdown targets both consumption and possession among naval officers.
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Washington Post
Paris
M. Thomson
Inquiry into Jena explosion yields no cause found
Paris June 27 parliamentary commission probes the destruction of the battleship Jena at Touton in March but cannot determine the cause. It recommends discontinuing black powder on warships and improving B powder manufacture for stability.
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Paris
Jena
Touton
STRAUS LIMITS LAW FEES AT IMMIGRATION STATIONS
A new rule by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor requires that the names and addresses of all lawyers disbarred for improper practices be posted at immigration stations. Lawyers cannot charge more than ten dollars to aliens appealing a rejected inquiry, otherwise they face debarment upon proof of misconduct. Also, news from London reports King Edward's reception of Siam’s departure and anticipated travel plans involving Germany and Austria.
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Ellis Island
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Secial Board of
Atlantic Fleet Weasels to Attend Coast Celebrations
Rear Admiral Evans heads Atlantic Fleet planning summer operations and drill prctice. Ships Indiana Iowa Kansas Vermont to shift to reserve and fleet positions. Vessels to attend celebrations from Bath Maine to Portland Oregon with visits by Des Moines and Mayflower events. Admiral Swinburne to lead Pacific fleet target practice at Magdalena Bay. Requests for weasel assignments rejected to avoid drill interference.
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Evans
Navy Department
Ace North
Indiana
Iowa
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Kansas
Vermont
Davis
Alabama
Atlantic
Bath
America
Naval Academy
Olympia
Arkansas
Nevada
Florida
Hastport
Des Moines
Provincetown
Mass
Admiral Evans
Admiral Swinburne
Magdalena Bay
Cal
Charleston
Portland
Oreg
Astoria
Fairbanks
Press Prize For Star Shots Trophy Announced By Gen Hall
Brig Gen Hall announced an annual press trophy to be shot at the NRA press match at Camp Perry Ohio in August. The winning newspaper keeps the perpetual trophy with engravings of the winner and reporter each year and additional prizes include a life NRA membership and cash. The match is open to bona fide newspaper men using any military rifle at 500 yards. Glennon named to command Yorktown in Pacific Central American waters.
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Hall
U. S A
National Board
National Rifle Association
Camp Perry
Ohio
Sea Girl
NW 1
Represet
Collision at Hampton Roads Involves Potomac and Jamestown
Rear Admiral Emory reports the naval tug Potomac dragged anchor and fouled the hospital ship Jamestown while both were at anchor in Hampton Roads. The collision smashed a boat and caused minor damage to both vessels. naval board to determine full findings. No casualties. Submarines Octopus and Cuttlefish reached Newport torpedo station today after rough seas en route from Vineyard Haven.
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Hampton Roads
Emory
Naval
Navy Department
Potomac
Jamestown
Newport
Vineyard Haven
Army Orders Leaves of Absence And Assignments
Army orders list several leaves of absence and postings effective July 1 including Maj Augustus P Blocksom as inspector general for two months, Capt Lucian B Moody to inspect St Francis Barracks and Fort Marion, Lt Lemuel T Mackall assigned as aide de camp in San Antonio, Maj Louis Lawton retired as professor at Blees Mystery Academy, Lt Wilhelm H Waldron to join West Virginia National Guard encampment at Jamestown, and Lt Campbell B Hodges to Charleston for duty with the Jamestown encampment July 1 to 6.
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Augustus P Blocksom
Lucian B Moody
Ordnance Department
Francis R Shunk
Corps of Engineers
St Augustine
Fla
St Francis Barracks
Fort Marion
Lemuel T Mackall
Eleventh Infantry
San Antonio Tex
Albert L Myer
Louis
Lawton
Blees Mystery Academy
Mason
Wilhem H Waldron
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Provisional Regiment
West Virginia National Guard
Jamestown
Campbell B Hodges
Charleston
West Virginia
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PSX
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Baltimore
President Buchanan
Ferris
Tribunal
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W. S. Gilbert
Minister of Marine
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Siam
Ostend
Willam
Enmiprees
Sueer
Alexandra Asade
Weasels
Glennon
Yorktown
James H. Glennon
Bureau of Ordnance
Pacific Coast
Richard T Mulligan
Bureau of Navigation
Moissant Brothers
San Salvador
Phivetley
Cravenette
Cravenette” Priestley & Sos
Bat. Avenue
Cary
National Union Insurance Company of Washington
Wa Pe Ae
Ice
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Etree’ Horthweat
Philip F. Larir
Fueewatore
1825
Lutz & CO
Pennsylvania Ave
STOC
Hormel Goddard Ie
J. Mayo & Bro
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11Th St
Lottie
Shoom Ker CO
DR. White
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
Madras
Columbia
NEW National Theater
A Born Opera CO
Normandy
Fortune Teller
Belasco
Edwin Arden
LYN the People
Matimees
Lyceum Big
New Star
Washington Luna
Park
Charles J Goodfellow
L. Weaver
Laurent Trio
Post-ofice Comer
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Stith
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