London Welcomes Coronation Week With Crowded Streets
London bursts with visitors and decorations as coronation week begins. King Edward's health is reported good, with crowds filling Windsor and Buckingham Palace preparing for tomorrow's royal return. The city notes higher omnibus fares and heavy traffic as colonial troops parade in Kensington Gardens and American flags appear in hotel windows honoring guests.
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London
Empire
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Windsor
Windsor Castle
Royal Gardens
Buckingham Palace
Hyde Park
Mansion House
Kensington Gardens
Crystal and
Alexandra Palaces
Great Britain
von Wealdersee
Roberts
Count von Waldersee
Transvaal
Earl Roberts
Emperor William
Train wreck near Ashton Iowa leaves two dead and five injured
A Sioux City branch passenger train jumped the track near Ashton Iowa early today. Two trainmen were killed and five mail clerks seriously hurt with several passengers sustaining minor injuries. Cause reported as a misplaced switch. Engine and mail cars piled atop the locomotive. sleeping cars derailed but upright.
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St. Paul, Minn
Sioux City
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis and
James Erskine
F. E. Weston
C. H. Hall
A. 8. Thompson
Cardinal Rampolla Reply Sent to Taft in Rome
Rome June 22. Cardinal Rampolla papal secretary of state replied to Willam H Taft civil governor of the Philippine Islands. Taft will answer Rampolla on Wednesday. Rampolla has shared the reply with a cardinal committee and hopes for definite results in negotiations to avoid public disclosure at this stage.
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Taft
Rome
Cardinal Rampolla
Willam H. Taft
Philippine Islands
Vatican
Root
Cardinal Rampolia
Gunboats Return to Panama Report Agua Dulce Capture
Panama Colombia June 2 The government gunboats arrived with news that Agua Dulce was taken June 19. Rebels under General Herrera had 300 cattle and a vessel of produce abandoned as liberals fled prior to the attack. One hundred former prisoners joined the liberal army under General Berti. Commanded forces advanced up the bay to Alce.
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Agua Dulce
Panama
Colombia
Herrera
Berti
Alce
Four Picnickeers Drowned in Capsized Boat
Four boys drowned at Fern Glen after a boat capsized during the St. Louis Turnverein annual picnic. The victims are Eddie Flynn 17, Robert Regan 16, Peter Larkin 17, and Alphonse Berns 16, all from St Louis, with the accident occurring about 15 miles from the city.
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St Louis
Fern Glen
Eddie Flynn
Robert Regan
Peter Larkin
Alphonse Berns
St. Louis
Trolley Cars In Collision In Philadelphia
A trolley collision on Chestnut Hill suburban line injures scores as passengers, crowded in both cars, are treated at a hospital. Most victims leave for home after treatment amid contusions and shock.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Hil
Two Dead and Three Wounded in Cabin Hollow Saloon Fight
In Middlesboro Kentucky a fight between rival saloon keepers in Cabin Hollow left Henry and James Shackelford dead and Smith Overton fatally wounded. Reports say Luke Hopper and Henry Miller owned the nearby saloons and Hopper may have killed the Shackelfords. Timothy Partin is fatally injured. another man is mortally wounded. no arrests.
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Middlesboro
Cabin Hollow
Henry
James Shackelford
Smith Overton
Shackelfords
Cabin Bollow
Luke Hopper
Henry Miller
Hopper
Shackelford Brothers
Overton
Timothy Partin
Tee Turner
Shackelford
Blind Tiger
Dallas Hotel Collapse injures guests no fatalities reported
At 2 05 this Monday morning the center section of the St James hotel at Main and Murphy streets collapsed. Thirteen men were trapped but all were rescued. Three on the third floor suffered serious injuries, including J Fite and J F Hoffman. The adjacent Sherman House also fell. proprietor McDonald escaped with a scalp wound.
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Dallas
Tex
St. James Hotel
Main and
Murphy Streets
J. Fite
J. F. Hoffman
Ehook
J. Rose
Jameo Nolan
Galveston
New
Mitchell Addresses Public on Anthracite Strike Costs and Wages
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers issues a public address defending the strike in the Pennsylvania anthracite region. He argues that rising living costs justify higher wages, challenges operators’ claims of productivity, cites high railroad freight profits, and calls for arbitration while warning of future organizing if the strike is crushed.
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Wilkesbarre
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Captain Wild Reprimanded for Lingayen Cockpit Fire
Manila June 2 Captain Frederick F Wild of the Thirteenth Infantry was sentenced by court martial to be reprimanded for burning a native cockpit at Lingayen in Pangasinan province Luzon. The act followed a later attempted killing of two American soldiers. General Chaffee approved the findings noting the captain violated a general order and did not show proper respect to civil authorities.
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Manila
Frederick
Wild
Thirteenth Infantry
Lingayen
Pangasinan
Luzon
Johnston
Captain Wild
General Chaffee
Return of General Wheaton in Fair Health from Philippines
Major General Lloyd Wheaton arrived in San Francisco aboard the Sherman and declined to discuss cruelty charges against American troops in the Philippines. He defended American occupation, citing smallpox vaccination of 300,000 in General Bell's department, efforts against bubonic plague, and present control of cholera as proof of successful medical authority. He noted the war’s devastation but argued mortality among natives was negligible compared to wartime losses.
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Philippines
San Francisco
Lloyd Wheaton
United States
Sherman
Islands
Wheaton
Manila
Civil Commission
Losa
Manilla
Bell
MATHIS MAY GET A RESPITE FOR TESTIMONY
Jackson Miss June 22 Special It is very probable Governor Longino will grant a sixty day respite to Will Mathis and Orlando Lester the Lafayette county murderers in jail at Oxford awaiting death for the Montgomery brothers murder The respite would allow their testimony to be used against Whit Owens whose case was reversed and remanded The report says Mathis may confess implicating his father in law Owens in other crimes and securing conviction Lester confessed to perjury in prior testimony
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Owens
Jackson
Miss
Longino
Will Mathis
Orlando Lester
Lafayette County
Jali
Oxford
Montgomery Brothers
Whit Owens
Supreme Court
Mathis
Lester
Coal industry debate over mining productivity figures
A speaker challenges railroad presidents claims that mine workers worsened productivity in 1900s. He cites government data showing 1890–1900 mines operated about 192 days yearly and output about 363.58 tons per worker annually, arguing the accusations of poor workmanship are misleading. Continued on second page.
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Mine Workers’ Organization
United States
Defends Army and Dies in Philippine Plant Riot in Knoxville
A garden party attack on U S soldiers in Knoxville Tennessee yesterday led to a desperate street fight. Four foes were wounded and one killed as Alonzo Barger Lincoln Monday and Charles Hobbs defended the army. Monday, weakened by blood loss, received a pistol and shot Kennedy who lay dead. Hobbs and Barger were badly cut.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Philippines
Manila
Sohn Kennedy
Alonzo Barger
Charles Hobbs
Lincoln
Ninth Infantry
Company C
Balangiga
Samar
Barger
Hobbs
Kennedy
Notable visitors arrive in New York from Caribbean eruption
George Kennan and Professor Angelo Heilprin reach New York aboard the Fontabelle. Italians from St Pierre survivors and others, including Nicola Parravinco, arrive with accounts of the Montague eruption. US Consul Ayme hails Guadeloupe relief and plans report to Washington.
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George Kennan
Heilprin
New York
Martinique
Angelo Heilprin
Philadelphia Geographical Society
Fontabelle
Quebec Steamship Company
Nicola F. Parravinco
Barbados
St. Pierre
Henry C. Demedeail
Suchet
Kennan
Hellprin
Pejee
Crater
Demedutl
French Chamber of Commerce
Louis H Ayme
United States
Guadeloupe
Fort de France
San Juan
Yates Stirling
Ayme
Guudeloupe
Villgas Given Twenty-Year Sentence in Santo Tomas Case
Manila reports former Santo Tomas president Senor Villgas has been sentenced to twenty years for violating his oath of allegiance to the United States. The commmencement at Yale is set for June 22 with a baccalaureate address by President A T Hadley delivered at Battel Chapel this morning.
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Villgas Geta
Manila
Senor Villgas
Santo Tomas
United States
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Battel Chapel
A. T. Hadley
Explosion sinks Chinese cruiser blaze devastates Portland works
A massive fire in Portland Oregon began near midnight at the Phoenix Iron Works and raged for four hours burning six blocks of manufactories. Losses total about 600000 with insured amount near 200000. Major firms affected included Essat Side Lumber, Phoenix Iron Works, J H Johnston shipyard, Portland city and Oregon Railroad, Madison Street Bridge, and Standard Oil plus several others. The flames spread rapidly to nearby mills and the shipyard, leaving extensive damage and disruption.
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Portland
Oreg
Phoenix Iron Works
Wolff & Sewicker
Essat Side Lumber Company
J. H. Johnston
Portland City and Oregon Railroad Company
Madison Street
City of Portland
Standard Oil Company
Parlen Orendorff & Co
Torpedo
Phoenix Works
Johnston
East Side Lumber Company
Kai-Chi Wreck in Yangtse River With Heavy Loss
A Shanghai dispatch reports the Chinese cruiser Kai-Chi wrecked by a powerful explosion while at anchor in the Yangtse river. The vessel sank in seconds with 150 officers and men killed or drowned. only two aboard survived. The report is dated June 22 from London via Central News.
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London
Central News
Shanghai
Yang-tse
Indemnity Good for Them In China
The Times Pekin correspondent laments the indemnity payments in gold or silver as the United States faces a reconsideration of protocol. He notes mandarins squeeze the people while foreign blame shifts, with officials extracting far more than required and a fall in a fiver seen as insignificant. Russia withdraws from Tianjin governance as General Wogack returns home, rejecting allied new conditions on China.
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London
The
Times
United States
China
Russia
Tien Tsin
Wogack
Fusion Question Looms As Nebraska Conventions Meet
Grand Island Nebraska June 22. State Democratic and Populist conventions open Tuesday. Leaders seek fusion on the ticket and platforms. Bryan's possible gubernatorial nomination looms large. Allen aims to secure Bryan's support. If Bryan stays out two full tickets may emerge with a dozen candidates endorsed by counties. Prominent Democrats include Smyth Thompson and Vifquain while populists name Aller Coffin Sutherland Sprecher.
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Nebraska
Grand Island
Nebr
Bryan
Willam V. Allen
Senator Aller
B C. Coffin
Ord
Sutherland
J. C. Sprecher
Smyth
W. H. Thompson
Victor Vifquain
Ward elections in Naples favor Camorra backed candidates
In Naples on June 22 candidates put forward by the Camorra, the secret society, were elected across the ward seats in the municipal elections. It is anticipated the government will dissolve the municipal council.
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Naples
Camorra
Frost in Nebraska Reported Across State
Frost is reported in many localities with western Nebraska damage along the Platte valley to vegetation. Lincoln notes frost reports statewide on June 22.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Nebr
Platte Valley
Mayfield Elliott Surrenders After Fatal Shootout at Home
Nacogdoches Texas June 22 Mayfield Elliott a young man surrendered to the sheriff reporting he shot and killed G C McKinney and fatally wounded R J McCall. He said a long-standing feud led to the encounter on his land this morning McKinney died soon after and McCall’s condition worsened tonight.
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Mayfield Elliott
Nacogdoches
Tex
McCall
News Forecast Summary with Local and National Updates
Fair Monday and Tuesday with rising temperatures and light to fresh northeast coastal winds. A three year old wounds his father by accident with a rifle. Millard Lee faces trial today for murder of Miss Lilla Suttles. City council in special session to act on mayor vetoes of Woodward and Winn resolutions. Sanitarium fire on South Pryor Street causes excitement. no injuries. President Wickersham named as successor to Murphy at Queen and Crescent. A white man and a black man arrested in Albany for concealing a drowned boy’s body to claim a reward. Judge Emory Speer replies to Congressman Bartrett on bankruptcy court matters. Savannah firemen nearly perish in a fire but are saved by colleagues. Macon mayor Bridges Smith ends term with $20,000 savings. A Knoxville duel incident halted by police. Sewanee University choir boys prominent in commencement. Soldier dispute in the Philippines leads to one death and three fatal wounds in Knoxville. United Mine Workers president Mitchell appeals to public over mine dispute. arbitration efforts failing. Paterson quiet after rioting. militia on duty. Portland fire destroys six blocks, loss estimated at $660,000. Train derailment near Ashton, Iowa kills two, injures five. Yale commencement begins. President Hadley delivers baccalaureate. London crowns week opens with crowds for royal event next Thursday. Cardinal Rampolla responds to Taft on Philippines church affairs. note contents not public. A Chinese cruiser explodes in Yangtse River. 158 aboard, only two escape. Ninety-nine American soldiers die of cholera at Manila. Lord Milner becomes Transvaal governor at Pretoria.
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J. W. Setze
Millard Lee
Lfe
Lilla’ Suttles
Wood- Ward
Winn
South Pryor Street
Charles A. Wickersham
Atlanta
West Point
Murphy
Queen and Crescent
Albany
Emory Speer
C. L. Bartrett
Southern Circuit
Savannah
Bridges Smith
Macon
Knoxville
University of the South
Sewanee
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Paterson
N. J
Portland
Ashton
Iowa
Yale University
Hadley
London
Cardinal Rampolia
Taft
Philippines
Yang-tse River
Perssons
Manila
Lord Milner
Gath
Transvaal
Pretoria
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