Herbert Comma as Ambassador to the United States
London May 230 The Hon Michael Henry Herbert the British embassy secretary at Paris is likely to become the next British ambassador to the United States succeeding Lord Pauncefote. Royal approval awaits Pauncefote’s remains delay and coronation timing. Herbert’s record and marriages to American families bolster official belief in his fitness despite potential royal scrutiny.
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London
Michael Henry Herbert
Paris
United States
Lord Pauncefote
Herbert
England
Edward
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Mr. Herbert
Washington
Pauncefote
France
Crisegy
Edmund J. Monson
Great Britain
Leila
Richard T Wilson
New York
Goelets
Astors
W Herberts
Edmond J. Monson
Henry Howard
Great
Alan Johnstone
Darmstadt
Miss Pinchot
Squadron of Crowninshield Arrives at Castellamare Bay
Castellamare Italy May 30 The American squadron arrived May 28 consisting of the Illinois flagship under Rear Admiral Crowninshield and cruisers Chicago and Albany. They will stay a week with numerous fetes planned for officers and crews. Decoration Day saw ships dressed and salutes fired. A wreath from Castellamare honored Admiral W T Sampson at Santiago. Many officers visited Pompeii ruins.
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Italy
United States
Illinois
Crowninshield
Chicago
Albany
W. T. Sampson
Santiago
Pompelt
Natal Day of King Edward Celebrated by Military Display
London May 30 The birthday of King Edward born November 9 1841 was celebrated in London and home stations with a grand military display. Trooping the colors on Horse Guards parade featured the Irish Guards Grenadier Guards Scots Guards and Life Guard detachments. US Ambassador Joseph H Cheate and Mrs Cheate attended along with Henry White. The king rode with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught as the parade unfolded followed by reviews and presentation of colors to the Grenadier Guards.
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Horse Guards
Irish Guard
United States
Joseph H. Cheate
Lord Roberts
Queen Alexandra
Grenadier Guards
Duke of Marlborough
Duke of Bixford
Order of the Garter
Buckingham Palace
Knights of the Garter
Prince of Wales
Duke of Conneaught
Marquis of Salisbury
Marquis of Londonderry
Duke of Norfolk
Uproar at Leroy Mining Company Shareholders Meeting
London May 30 Shareholders of the Leroy Mining Company with Whitaker Wright and the late Lord Dufferin as directors appointed a committee to probe past and present management and the current state of affairs The gathering was uproarious with charges of information leaks benefiting some officials An earlier meeting on August 50 resulted in appointing mining engineer R J Freeheville as director and sending him to British Columbia to investigate and report on the business
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London
Leroy Mining Company
Whitaker Wright
Lord Dufferin
R. J. Freeheville
British Columbia
Taft Mission to Vatican Prospects Aid to Philippines Churches
Rome cable says Taft mission has good prospects. Vatican may place Philippine monasteries under civil law and allow expropriation of their property. US will authorize new dioceses in the Philippines under American bishops only.
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London
Rome
Daily Chronicle
Taft
Vatican
Philppine Islands
Philippines
Fertilizer Trust Reaches Community of Interest Deal
Berlin May 39 Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co and the German potash syndicate announced a community of interest agreement to end competition. Potash will be sold to Virginia-Carolina on favorable terms, German properties valued around 5 million dollars join the syndicate. Dinner guests included T Morgan S D Crawshaw and S C Soulsbury, with Julius Rubbert hosting. Berlin restaurant talk centered on the lavish repast and wine costs.
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Potash Syndicate
Berlin
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Virginia-Carolina Company
Germany
Virginia- Carolina Company
Sg. T. Morgan
Associated Press
Mr. Morgan
S. D. Crawshaw
S. C. Soulsbury
Julius Rubbert
Red Cross Delegates Meet at Saint Petersburg Conference
William K. Van Reypen, ex surgeon general, reports on US hospital ship Solace in the Spanish-American War before the seventh international Red Cross conference at St. Petersburg. Diplomatic dispatches on the Geneva convention as a modus vivendi between the United States and Spain are also presented. Delegates are hosted with Russian hospitality and will be received by the empress dowager at Gotschina tomorrow.
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St. Petersburg
William K. van Reypen
United States
Commodore van Reypel
Spain
Gotschina
Potts Presented to Emperor During Berlin Spring Parade
Lieutenant Commander Templin M. PottsUnited States Navy is due to become naval attache in Berlin on October 1. He met Emperor William II during a trooping the colors ceremony after a spring parade by Berlin and Potsdam garrisons at Tempelhof field. The emperor questioned Potts about his background for about ten minutes, praising his arrival. The parade drew about thirty thousand troops, double the usual, to entertain the shah and the emperor with a vivid spectacle of regiments, bayonets, helmets and splashes of color.
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Templin M. Potts
United States Navy
William H. Beehler
United States
Emperor William
Potts
Potsdam
Tempelhof
von Grumme
William
Germany
Templehof
Mont Pelee Quiet Amid Eruption Reports
Admiral Servan meets US geologist Professor Hill on the Tage in Fort de France. Hill predicts Mont Pelee may erupt for a year with unchanged devastation area. Cincinnati reports ongoing eruptions with sporadic large outbursts but no widespread damage beyond the initial district.
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Robert Hill
Fort de France
Island of
Martinque
Mont Pelee
United States
Cincinnati
Castries
St. Lucia
George Kennan
Hubert T Hill
Tage
Hillard
Washington
Moody
Martinique
Thomas C. McLean
Jecree Suspending Cortes Crisis in Sagasta Cabinet
Madrid May 20 A decree suspends court sittings until next October amid cabinet strife over religious policy. Newspapers condemn Sagasta policy to seek King Alphonso consent. May 27 crisis follows Canalejas resignation as ministers offer portfolios to Sagasta.
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Sengr Sagasta
Madrid
Senor Sagasta
Alphonso
Senor Canalejas
Senor Segasta
Chinese Boxers Active In China Province
Shanghai correspondent reports Boxers active in Hubei province Bianchwan area warnings to Yang Hsien officials to exterminate foreigners churches destroyed and people killed or robbed as recruitment spreads in villages Troops deployed to quell rebellion.
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London
Shanghai
Daily Mail
Bia Chwan
Yang Hsien
Morgan After Italian Ships Negotiations
The Brussels correspondent of The Daily Telegraph reports J. Pierpont Morgan’s Italian trip linked to talks on incorporating a major Italian shipping firm into the ocean combine. The Austrian premier Dr. Von Koerber warns no concessions beyond a common customs tariff with Hungary. His budget debate remarks drew loud applause as Austria balances friendship with Hungary against firm terms.
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Austria
Dr. von Koerber
Vienna
Reichsrath
von Koerber
Hungary
Rosebery Predicts Peace Soon After Boer Talks
Brussels reports say Boer delegates in Europe acknowledge progress toward peace in South Africa. A settlement may be signed by the two republics' former citizens in Europe, including Kra ger, to end guerrilla resistance. Lord Rosebery urged pacification and generous policy if peace is achieved.
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Europe
South Africa
Great Britain
Mr. Krager
Rosebery
London
Leeds
Lord Rosebery
Lord Salisbury
Cape Colony
J. W. Smart
Cape Town
Empire Review
Afrikanderbund
Cape
the Times
Africa
Vereeninging
Transvaal
Balfour
House of Commons
Pretoria
Kitchener
Jenkins Wins Mixed Styles Wrestling Match
In Cincinnati on May 30 Tom Jenkins of Cleveland defeated Charley Wittmer of Cincinnati. Jenkins won two of three matches, taking the Araeco-Homan in twenty four minutes, the catch as catch can in thirteen minutes, and the final bout in nineteen minutes.
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Jenkins
Cincinnati
Tom Jenkins
Cleveland
Charley Wittmer
Wittmer
Roughly Used by Mag Strikers in Wilkesbarre
An agent for a West Virginia coal company was assaulted by striking miners in Wilkesbarre while attempting to recruit workers to take strikers’ places in West Virginia. Cooler heads averted a likely fatal outcome as the agent escaped by jumping onto an electric car. Engineers from Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys urged United Mine Workers to rescind a recent strike order. leaders opposed a general strike. Deputy policemen were sworn in Shamokin to guard collieries, and President Mitchell’s Chicago visit left the likelihood of settlement uncertain.
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West Virginia
Newault
Lackawanna
Wyoming
Mitchell
Delaware, Lackawanna and
Indianapolis
Ind
W. H. Wilson
United Mine Workers of America
Columbus
Ohio
This
Dame
Chicago
John Mitchell
Civic Federation
Mr. Mitchell
Wilkesbarre
Rules for Freight Cars Meet in Cincinnati to Interpret Code
Railroad officials from across the United States and Canada gathered in Cincinnati to interpret the per diem rules governing freight car settlements recently adopted by the American Railway Association. The code, effective July 1, imposes a charge of 2 vents for every twenty four hours a car is off its own road and in use by another, replacing the previous 6-10 of a cent per mile.
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Cincinnati
United States
Canada
American Railway Association
Felt Death Six Times. Minneapolis Man Describes Death Sensations
William J. Rohr of Minneapolis recounts a lifetime of near death episodes from ice, water, a closed trunk, a 105 foot fall, illness, and a failed suicide attempt. He describes the sensations from drowning to awakening, noting his repeated brushes with death and a belief in enduring strength.
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Minneapolis
William J. Rohr
River Styx
St. Peter
Rohr
Eli
St. Paul
Rohrie
Father
Musile
Suit advice for summer wear and travel
A correspondent asks what suit is best for summer wear and vacations, including turn-up trousers and belt width. The reply states that one blue serge suit is undoubtedly the best choice for all around use.
Ex-Gov Pennoyer Dead After Sudden Heart Failure
Sylvester Pennoyer former Oregon governor died this afternoon in Portland from heart failure. Born July 8 1831 in Tompkins County New York, he rose to prominence with a hard line against Chinese immigration and sparked national attention in 1891 by refusing to meet President Harrison. He again drew notice in 1893 for telling President Cleveland to attend to his own business, a feud reflected in a terse telegraphic exchange with Secretary Gresham.
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Portland
Orez
Sylvester Pennoyer
Oregon
Pennoyer
Tompkine County
New York
Harrison
Pacific Coast
Cleveland
Walter Q
Washington, D. C
Fragmentary murder confession fragment ]
Frantic with rage the narrator describes pressing a weapon to a heart like target then firing again in a failed attempt. He notes a sudden realization that sleeplessness and heat might end as he gloats over an easy chance to cheat death before regaining consciousness amid a room filled with unclear details.
Resurrections of plants shown as real or apparent revival
A Youth's Companion summary explains how some plants revive when soaked in water, distinguishing real resurrection from apparent. It cites the rose of Jericho and a raisin stem experiment, noting humidity triggers life signs in dried specimens but warnings that revival may be only apparent, unlike true revival seen in certain ferns and mosses.
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la Science Timetree
Malaga
Jericho
Arabia
Heyat
Syria
Ifife
Resolutions Adopted by Conference on International Arbitration
The Lake Mohonk conference adopts a platform urging nations to submit disputes to the Hague court and calls all schools press churches and organizations to foster universal support for the just settlement of controversies through arbitration.
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Conference On International Arbitration
Lake Mohonk
Hague
Boards of Trades and Commerce
Merchante’ Association
Cattle Shun Volcanic Pastures Near Italian Peaks
Milan dispatch to the Daily Telegram reports cattle have ceased grazing on Mount Trabucchetti slopes between Nice and Genoa due to sulphurous mountain exhalations. Ongoing slight earth tremors are believed linked to recent Antilles volcanic eruptions.
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Milan
Italy
Mount Trabochette
Nice
Genoa
Antilles
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