Belmots Beldame Wins Suburban Handicap at Sheepshead Bay
Beldame, the four year old daughter of Octagon una Belladonna racing under August Belmont colors, captured the Suburban Handicap at Sheepshead Bay. Delhi led early but tired, allowing Beldame to overtake and win as First Mason finished second and Proper third in the mile and a quarter feature witnessed by a vast crowd.
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New York
Beldame
Sheepshead Hay
Una Belladonna
August Belmont
Jockey Club
James J. Keene
Delhi
Atd
George C. Bennett
Frederick Cook
America
Graziallo
Heldame
Abdell
Keene
Reidame
Brush
Maso
Proper
Jennings Cos
Mason
Imp
Burns Disgusted With His Team
Colorado Springs June 15 Manager T F Byrne announced he surrendered the baseball franchise for the city after a conference with President O Neill of the Western League. He cites inability to secure a winning team rather than financial loss. Infants At Foundling Home St Louis June 15 Sixty one infant inmates were moved via Union Station to Texas to be placed in homes for education. Big Texas Wool Clip Sold San Angelo June 15 Cheneco county’s eight month spring wool clip, the largest short wool clip in the state at 1,125,000 pounds, sold to two Boston firms at about twenty to twenty two cents per pound.
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Colorado Springs
Cola
O' Neill
T. F. Byrne
St. Louis
New York
Czar removes Duke Alexis and Admiral Avellan
St. Petersburg reports the emperor's sudden action resigning Grand Duke Alexis the high admiral and Admiral Avellan head of the navy. An imperial reserve relieved them of supreme naval command after public criticism and the Sea of Japan disaster.
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Czar
Duke Alexis
Admiral Avellan
St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Alexis
Avellan
Alexander II
Russa
Nho
Alexie
Sea of Japan
Hyde Stock Trustees Form Trust Agreement in New York
New York on June 15 trustees Cleve land Justice Morgan J Brien and George Westinghouse met to organize the Equitable Life Assurance stock once owned by James S lyde and executed a trust agreement with Thomass F Ryan The trustees elected Cleveland president and a letter from Ryan plus an appeal to policy holders accompanied the document Grau May Not Come Back in New York health reports say Grau’s return to business or the United States is doubtful despite his wish to come back.
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New York
Rover Cleveland
Morgan J. Brien
State Supreme Court
George Westinghouse
Pittsburg
Equitable Life Assurance Seel Y
James S. Lyde
Thomass F. Ryan
Mr. Cleveland
Ryan
Grau
Maurice Grau
Paris
Kaiser Dominates Europe Says Daily Mail
The Daily Mail reports the Kaiser has gained paramount influence in Europe, effectively a dictator, with France slower to recognise subordination. It predicts Germany may push for an international Moroc coinference while Britain yields to avoid conflict, and hints at plans for a Norwegian king, Baltic diplomacy, and a Scandinavian alliance against Russia.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Europe
France
M. Houvier
Germany
Morocco
Britain
Atlantic
Norway
Baltic
Brunn Claims Ancient Mortar Yields Zorene Proof Against Time
London reports Brunn a Hungaria chemist describes a twenty five year effort on ancient quick mortar yielding a liquid chemical compound named zorene. He asserts it doubles stone density renders it waterproof and makes metals rust resistant while acting as a powerful germicide.
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London
Hungaria
Brunn
Princess Marguerite of Connaught Marries Prince Augustus
Windsor witnesses a royal wedding as Princess Marguerite with Prince Augustus Aloolphus tie the knot. European royal families attend the ceremony led by the Archbishop of Canterbury with the Bishop of Oxford assisting.
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Windsor
England
Marguerite
Connaught
Duke of Connaught
Augustus Aloolphus
Gustave
Sweden
Europe
Canterbury
Oxford
Greatest Scandal Unfolds Before Chicago Grand Jury
Dispatch from Chicago reports the grand jury hears John C Driscoll recount a sweeping history of employer and union labor dealings led by the Chicago Teamsters and related figures. State's Attorney Healy warns of more serious offenses beyond bribery as details implicate prominent leaders. The testimony centers on the stockyards strike last summer and alleged payments to union officials. Other items note Norway and Christiana rumors and a separate financial filing by the Mexican Central railroad.
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Chicago
Healy
John ©. Driscoll
Associated Building Trades and Coal Team Owners’ Association
Chicago Teameaters
Btate
Hivaly
Iif
John C. Driscoll
Grand Jury
Anl
Driscoll
Shea
Teameters
Met A
Driscall
Wreck Near Tucson Injures Clerk and Tramps
Three unknown tramps and mail clerk Herbert Wall were badly injured in a Southern Pacific wreck near Tucson last night.
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el Paso
Texas
Herbert Wall
Tucson
Roberts urges funds for rifle clubs to build trained reserve
Field Marshal Lora Roberts appeals to the nation for donations to establish and support rifle clubs. The goal is to create a trained reserve of volunteers ready in case of need, reducing the need for conscription.
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Lord Roberts’ Phan
London
Lora Roberts
Bite Causes Chaos at Hungarian Player Exhibition
Budapest June 15 three killed and sixty wounded in a clash between strolling players and villagers at Derskigyhaz Hungary. An enraged crowd pressed for a cannibalism exhibition promised but not delivered leading to a guard response. One player bit a spectator’s ear triggering a broader melee. Eighteen severely injured.
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Budapest
Derskigyhaz
Hungary
Seek Monopoly of Saloon Business in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on June 15 organizers announce initiative petitions to urge the city council to grant benevolent corporations a monopoly of the saloon business. They aim to regulate liquor traffic and create a Gothamburg like system with subscriptions nearing half a million dollars to start. If approved the number of saloons would drop from 290 to 7 and the city would receive about 186000 dollars annually.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gothamburg
Heavy Shipments Resume to Japan After Fleet Victory
New York reports that danger of funding across the Bache is lifted as Japan buys about 4 million dollars in food, steel, and building materials in the United States. Items will go to San Francisco for Pacific shipment, with 40 to 60 million in bonds held for Japan purchases. Japanese agents face logistics as ships are chartered or bought to move supplies home.
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New York
Togo
Japan
United States
San Francisco
Pacific
Agents Seek Russian Emigrants to Panama
In Panama on June 15, several agents acting for Russian emigration are examining bonds in the interior with the aim of relocating Russian families to settle in the area.
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Panama
Convention Fails to Assemble in Lincoln Nomination
A populist convention in Lincoln to nominate a candidate for Congress in Nebraska's first district failed to gather any delegates as the meeting time arrived, leaving the event empty and unresolved.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
History Making Peace Conference Set in Washington
Washington selects the capital as the seat of negotiations between Russia and Japan for a peace treaty. President Roosevelt guides the talks with plenipotentiaries to be named, possibly in mid August, with a protocol likely drafted in Washington and a summer adjournment if heat becomes uncomfortable.
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Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
America
Loeb
Whte House
Che Foo
Paris
Hague
International Arbitration Tribunal
Nicholas
Geneva
Kogoro Takahira
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Takahira
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Thurope
St. Petersburg
Russind Dapat
Tahahilt
Casrini
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Wesini
Bive
Ht Ia
Gener
United States
Spain
McKinley
Justice Day
Jules Cambon
France
Kingdom of
St. Petersburrg
Tokio
The
Oyster Bay
Ing
Korea
Manchuria
China
Port Arthur
Windivestock
Tland
Sakhalin
Teedad Cialis
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