King Edward and Queen Alexandra Attend Choate Dinner
London June 11 a crowd gathered outside the US ambassador’s house as King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived for dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Choate. The meal featured an international guest list, a formal start, and later a private talk with J Pierpont Morgan. The king showed cordial humor and exchanged remarks with guests including Whitelaw Reid, Mrs Reid, and Mrs Douglass Robinson.
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London
United States
Joseph H. Choate
Carlton House Terrace
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Victoria
Duke of Norfolk
Duke
Duchess of Portland
Lord Rosebery
Arthur F Ingram
Earl
Countess of Pembroke
Countess Spencer
Milliam
Vernon Harcourt
A J Balfour
The
Treasury
Miss Balfour
Earl of Derby
Alice Stanley
Baron de Stael
J. Pierpont Morgan
Whitelaw Reid
Edward
Reid
Harriet Lane Johnston
James Buchanan
Great Britain
John Sargent
Douglass Robinson
W. 5. Cowles
Roosevelt
Lord Kenyon
Stanley Clark
Gosfard
Cheate
Mr. Reid
Choate
Princess Victoria
Order of the Garter
Alexandra
Mr. Choate
Morgan
King Edwer
W. Sheffield Cowles
President Roosevelt’s Gala Ride Sparks Washington Horse Market
President Roosevelt’s preference for horseback riding has inflamed demand for riding horses in Washington. Officials and citizens seek his company on rides, with the president inviting riders able to keep pace on long gallops. Secretary Shaw joins in, showcasing modern riding style, as notable riders like General Wood and Senators Lodge and Beveridge ride alongside him. The piece recalls rides with Prince Henry of Prussia and French guests, ending with Chevy Chase Club snapshots capturing the scene.
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Jos. Ohl
Ashington
Roosevelt
Leal
Washington
White House
Shaw
Wood
Rapt
Lodge
Beveridge
Jim Garfield
Mclaurin
South Carolina
Rixey
Navy
Roosevel
Prince Henry
Prussia
Count Morhambeau
United States
Gaunt
Chevy Chase Club
Neely Freed Under Cuban Amnesty Pardons
Neely released today under a Cuban amnesty act signed by President Palma, freeing him from a ten year prison term and $35 616 fine for Cuban postal frauds. Rathbone, previously jailed, also freed but lamented the amnesty as denying a fresh trial. Reeves had been pardoned earlier after testifying for the state.
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Hanava
Tune
Nc Flw
Neely
Palma
Cuba
Audiencia Court of
Havana
C. F. W. Neely
W. H. Reeves
Estes G. Rathbone
Reeves
Leonard Wood
Rathbone
Roosevelt
Royal banquet ends with praise from foreign diplomats
After a late supper the party's music includes God Save the King. King Edward and Queen Alexandra mingle with guests, including Lord Rosebery, as the embassy escorts them to the royal carriage. Diplomats call the night a triumph for American prestige in England.
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Lord Rosebery
Princess Victoria
Mr. Choate
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
England
City Bombarded by the War Ships
German cruisers Gazella and Falke dispatched to La Guayra Venezuela at the request of the German charge d affaires in Caracas after a revolution in the suburbs prompted bombardment of the town by forts and Venezuelan war ships.
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Caracas
Berlin
Gazella
Falke
la Guayra
Venezuela
Herr von Pilgrim-Battazzi
Massacre Report From Santa Rosa Canyon Yaqui Slain
A Tucson dispatch recounts a massacre of Yaqui Indians at Santa Rosa Canyon near Monte Prietas mines. A detachment of General Torres troops killed over a hundred women and children and eighty men yesterday, with details arriving from Prietas Sonora via a prominent Arizona banker. The report notes Yaqui forces were engaged but lacks full context of aftermath.
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Santa Santa Rosa Canon
Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
Prietas
Sonora
Santa Rosa Canes
Monas Prietas
Torres
Santa Rosa Canon
Britain in arms against Morgan headlines imperial subsidies plan
London reports debate on a Canadian British line to rival Morgan shipping. Chamberlain reportedly favors subsidies and an imperial guarantee of capital interest. Proposed capital £10,000,000 with £3.5 million for six small passenger and a dozen freight steamers, plus £500,000 subsidy and £300,000 yearly interest guarantee. A separate note recalls a violent encounter as mountain troops massacred Yaqui camp dwellers and nearby civilians during a clash in the region.
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Chamberlain
London
Westminster Gazette
Cunard Line
Cunard
Morgan Shipping
Fight Over the Rice Wills in New York Surrogate Court
New York Surrogate FitzGerald ruled to proceed with hearings on the will contest by Alert T. Patrick and the 1900 Fanrick will contest. The Rice estate, valued around $6 million, centers on William Marsh Rice's 1896 will and subsequent residuary bequest.
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New York
Fitzgerald
John C. Tomlinson
Alert T. Patrick
William E. Hornblower
Wiliam Marsh Rice
Patrick
Lynch Troops Into Lion's Lair In Treason Arrest
London June 11 Colonel Arthur Tayneh, ex South Africa fighter and Galway MP nominee, was arrested on arrival in New Haven from Dieppe. Colonel Lynch, escorted by his wife, was brought to Bow Street and charged with high treason. He sat silent in court, denied pall, and was remanded to June 14. Irish nationalists pressed ministers over the arrest as John Redmond demanded disclosure. Home Secretary Ritchie denied duty to inform the house. The magistrate refused Dolan's request for release, citing no power to grant it.
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London
Arthur Tayneh
South Africa
Galway
House of Commons
New Haven
Dieppe
France
Lynch
Bow Street
J. Balfour
John Redmond
G. Swift MacNeill
Home Affairs
Ritchie
House
John Philip Dolan
Linch
Senator Fairbanks Favors Panama Route
Washington reports Senator Fairbanks of Indiana urged adopting the Panama route for the canal after study and isthmian commission findings. He argued lower long term costs versus Nicaragua, favored funding via bonds to ease annual burden, and urged buying the Panama Canal Company property free of claims while avoiding new taxes.
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Panama
Fairbanks
Nicaragua
Panama Canal Company
United States
Canal Company
Treasury
Texas Land on the Market After Lease Ruling
Fort Worth June 11 news reports over a million acres of Texan school lands are now up for sale following a state supreme court decision that renewal of school land leases is illegal. A rush to acquire lands has begun from Sweetwater Roscoe and Redo City and other areas. Transport is being mobilized as settlers head toward former cattle pastures. Officials estimate more than five thousand claims will be filed in the next thirty days, with parcels from one to four sections.
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Fort Worth
Tex
State Supreme Court
Thea
Sweetwater
Coloredo City
Roscoe
Oklahoma
Evere
Lig
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