Plot to assassinate King Edward discovered by detectives
London reporters spoke of a Scotland Yard found plot to kill King Edward. Illness at Aldershot used as a pretext while detectives pursued suspects. King’s Windsor return and car journey raised questions about safety. Officials gave no confirmation or denial as inspectors stayed on duty. Irish MPs declared abstention from coronation celebrations.
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London
Edward
Aldershot
Scotland Yard
Windsor
Francis Laking
Trish
House of Commons
Dublin
Ireland
Coronation Fiasco Fears Rise Over London Crowds
June 17 London reports warn the coronation could fail as hotel rates and seat speculation provoke public withdrawal. Police curb traffic and erect tall barricades along the route while officials discuss granting free or nearly free seats to avert disorder.
Remarkable case of Bridget Dempsey in Chicago hospital
Bridget Dempsey, 31, of Chicago, lay clinically dead for nine hours at the county hospital. Doctors reported respiratory failure and diagnosed Landry’s paralysis, a rare disease of the respiratory system. Despite stimulants and artificial respiration, the heart remained lifeless except for brief pulsations until death.
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Bridget Dempsey
Chicago
J. WH. Mustard
Landry
Court martial testimony on Captain Hines and Private Pinion
In Plattsburg New York on June 17 First Sergeant Patrick McDonald testified that on Captain John L. Hines order he strung Private Pinion up by the thumbs. On cross examination McDonald said Penton was not severely hurt and after about five minutes Hines ordered him cut down and returned to his cell.
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Hines
Plattsburg
N. Y
John L. Hines
Patrick McDonald
McDonald
Penton
Hungarians Threaten Lynch After Fatal Mine Village Incident
In Connorsville Ohio near Portland station Charles Scott a Black man struck Mrs. John Dull a Hungarian woman and Samuel Jones fatally. The Hungarians, enraged, surround the cabin and intend to lynch Scott as deputies from Jefferson county and five men head toward the scene after word reached Steubenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Connorsville
Portland Station
Ohio
Charles Scott
John Dull
Samuel Jones
Scott
Stubenville
Jefferson County
Duel Threat After French Chamber Disruption
Paris June 17 Disorder flared in the chamber of deputies during verification of M Syveton's election. Accusations, insults, and threats followed as Count de Dion and others clashed with radical socialists. Syveton challenged Mesureur to a duel after adjournment.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Syveton
M. Mesureur
M. Berteaux
Count de Dion
Syveton
M. Raymond Leygue
M Syveton
M.mesureur
Passing of L Coe Young Passenger Superintendent
L Coe Young longtime passenger superintendent of the Central road of Georgia has died at his home in Binghamton on June 17. Born in 1844 he served in the Civil War and twice refused promotion on the battlefield for being too young. In 1887 he met Jefferson Davis at a Macon reunion and quipped about pursuing him with a musket. At a 1889 Fifth Georgia reunion he presented the regiment with the captured flag and was made an honorary member of the Third and Fifth Georgia regiments. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
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Central
Binghamton
Speciary L. Coe Young
Georgia
Macon
Jefferson Davis
Fifth Georgia
Degree Given to Cleveland at Augustinian College
Former President Cleveland received the honorary Doctor of Jurisprudence at the Augustinian College at St Thomas Villa Nova on June 17. Archbishop Ryan presided as Cleveland, already LL D of Princeton, spoke on the value of education to American citizenship and the need for unity in moral teaching across religious lines.
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Augustinian College
Philadelphia
United States
St. Thomas
Villa Nova
Cleveland
Princeton University
Archbishop Ryan
Four Men Die From Lightning Near Sherman Texas
Four men picking potatoes on a Coleman farm twelve miles southwest of Sherman Texas were struck by lightning and killed. Bodies were found close together with many bones broken and clothes badly burned. Names given include William Coleman Henry Conwell Bratcher and a brother of George Bratcher. The report notes the victims were on the Coleman farm when struck. A second item mentions Henri Rocheforte reporting to Magistrate Leydt about Humberts fleeing Paris on a yacht toward Colon Colombia.
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Bolt
Sherman
Tex
Here
William Coleman
Henry Conwell
Bratcher
George Bratcher
Coleman
Henri Rocheforte
Pariy
Leydt
Humberts
Paris
St. Nazaire
Colon
Colombia
Strikers Force HLL to Close Lace Mill
WickesbarrePa June 17 The Whikesbarre Lace Manufacturing Company the largest lace mill in the United States was compelled to shut down today as the general manager refused to discharge five girls whose relatives are still at work in the mines. 80 to 1000 people affected. lace makers cotton workers are organized and aiding striking miners. relatives of the girls work in mines or they must leave. unions demanded discharge but manager refused. workers quit. mill shut down the only major development in Wyoming region today. strike situation remains unchanged. miners report more joiners while coal company officials claim increased force around collieries.
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Wickesbarre
Whikesbarre Lace Manufacturing Company
United States
Cotton Workers’ Union
Laco
Wyoming
Coal Company
Vivian
Pocahontas
West Vivian
Bottom Creek
Keystone
Coaldale
North Fork
Court suits pile up in city court against rail firms
In Atlanta city court Mrs Alice Young sues Georgia Railway and Electric for 5000 on June incident where she was thrown from a street car after being stopped at Haynes Street. Dr Young sues for 2000. Eliza Hood sues city for 252 over encroachment of a strip and 21 rose bushes valued at 2.50 each. R J Jordan represents Hood. Eliza Jordan sues Atlanta Railway and Power for 2000 for injuries on November 6 1901 on Whitehall Street. Jordan also represents her. In superior court William F I Thompson Lizzie T Kupfer and Georgia T Wilson sue Mrs Smiley for one quarter interest in a 40 by 109 lot at Trenholm Street northeast corner. Smiley has held it six years and receives rents about 250 yearly.
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Alice Young
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Eliza Hood
Atlanta
West End
R. J. Jordan
Caroline Davis
Atlanta Railway and Power Company
Whitehall Street
Edgewood
William FI. Thompson
Lizzie T Kupfer
Georgia T. Wilson
M. Smiley
Trenholm Street
Coast Line Plant merger details released
Baltimore June 17 details of the financial plan for the Atlantic Coast Line absorption of the Plant system were announced. A consolidated mortgage at 4 percent bonds covers 4,000 miles at 20,000 per mile. The company also may issue 3,600 and 400 of 4 percent certificates of indebtedness, with capital stock potentially rising to 42 million, bringing total authorized capitalization to 147.1 million. The system runs from Washington to Tampa and Punta Gorda with seaports Savannah Jacksonville Norfolk Wilmington and gateways Atlanta and Montgomery.
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Baltimore
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Atlantic Coast Line
Washington, D. C
Tamp
Punta Gorda
Pla
Norfolk
Wlimington
Charleston
Savarnah
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Montgomery
Zoa Phora Gures Female Weariess
Hundreds of Chicago women and thousands nationwide testify to Zoa Phora curing years of sickness and female weakness. It aids childbirth, calms nerves, and speeds recovery with prolapse relief without surgery. Free trial bottle available. one dollar sale at druggists and by mail from Zoo Phora Co Kalamazoo Mich.
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THE
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Chicago
United States
B. G. Underwood
Lake Street
Zoa Phora
Zoo Phora Co
Kalamazoo
Peters At. James Sharp
Marietta and
Walton Sts
Peachtree Pharmacy
Peachtree St
Jenkins’ Pharmacy
Houston St
L . Provano & Co
Boulevard Pharmacy
Decatur St
King Albert of Saxony Nearing Death On 49th Wedding Day
Berlin reports King Albert of Saxony critically ill for weeks as he and Queen Karola prepare to mark their forty ninth wedding anniversary on June 18. In anticipation of his death the king altered mourning rules to ease public amusements and cut court observances.
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Berlin
Albert
Saxony
Karola
Corner Is Forced in Corn by Gates and His Clique
Chicago traders watched a July corn corner unfold as John W Gates and Wall Street allies buy aggressively to prop up prices. Short sellers covered frenetically while rumors of elevator opposition circulated. July closed 671-2 cents, up 3 1/2 cents on the day amid hopes the corner would finish within the week.
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Corner
Gates
Chicago
Board of Trade
Shorts
John W. Gates
Wall Street
Ates
Answer to Railway Trust
Attorneys for the Northern Securities Company and for J. J Hill served notice on the attorney general that they would move on June 24 to vacate service in the Minnesota suit against President Hill.
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Railway Trust
J. Paul, Minn
Northern Securities Company
J. J Hill
Mrs. Robert Ingersoll Dies After Poison Dose
In St Louis on June 17 Mrs Lillian Levy Ingersoll died at city hospital after taking poison. Her husband, who claimed his father is an engineer at the New Orleans custom house, is under arrest as police investigate the case. The couple had come from New Orleans.
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St. Louis, Mo
Robert Ingersoll
Lillian Levy
City Hospital
New Orleans Custom House
New Orleans
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King
Hostetter
Ft. Hostetter
London Times
Westminster Abbey
St. James Park
Westminster
Muse’s
Whitehall
LHIVE
Negro
Dion
Busey
L. Coe Young
Mocr’s
HLL
Viners
Fairmont
Justice Fleming
Mason
Elliott
Coast Line
Birs
Underwood
West Lake Strnet
Eilo Jow
Chas. M. Pfeifer &Co
Main St
Cincinnati
Bhlyr
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