Europe Extends Sympathy as Italian King Heads to Rome
July 30. Italy greets King Victor Emmanuel III as Humbert’s death prompts national resolve. Oath of allegiance to the new king by Italian troops. royal condolences underway. Despatches note mourning in Rome and Monza with international figures sending sympathy. King Humbert’s body likely to Rome. Queen Margherita to accompany.
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Monza
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Margherita
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Li Hung Chang
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Senate
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Reggio di Calabria
Victor Emmanuel III
Kaiser Moved by Humbert Death Prompt on Italian Ties
Berlin reports Kaiser Wilhelm is deeply moved by King Humbert II’s death and the Italian situation but no expected shift in Italo German relations. Foreign Minister von Buelow told a Lokal Anzeiger reporter the Kaiser is touched yet remains cautious about funeral arrangements and policy.
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Berlin
Humbert
Saxe- Coburg and
Gotha
Hain
Witttels Tetarde
Lokal Anseiger
Count von Buelow
Kaiser
William
Anti-Imperialists Condemn Hoar Over McKinley Support
Washington based Anti-Imperialistic League responds to George F Hoars decision to back President McKinley for reelection. The open letter expresses amazement and sorrow and cites Hoars past criticisms of McKinleys policy, stating you once showed us the right way and we cannot follow you into ignominy.
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Washington
Washington Anti-Imperialistic League
George F. Hoar
Massachusetts
McKinley
Hoar
Boston Heiress Killed in New York Horse Fall
Miss Blake, a Boston heiress and society belle, died after a fall from a horse in New York. An expert rider, the accident is attributed to overconfidence as she attempted a risky maneuver with the aim of purchasing the horse for a saddle trade.
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Claussa Blake
Boston
New York
Boston Heiress Miss Claussa Blake Killed Jumping Horse
Miss Claussa Blake a Boston heiress and society figure died in Westchester New York after a fall from a horse at J C Holloway’s New Rochelle stock farm. She was a skilled rider who sought to buy Ben Bolt, but a low jump led to a fatal crash. Death deemed instantaneous. She was a Mt Holyoke graduate and debutante, expert at golf and tennis.
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New Rochelle
Boston
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Clarissa Blake
J. H. Higginson
Nassau Street
Parkman Blake
Manchester
Gilad
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Dr. Coddington
Panl
Manchester-by-the-Bea
Death of Clarissa Blake in New York
Manchester July 1 A telegram reports Miss Clarissa Blake daughter of Mr and Mrs S Parkman Blake of Boston died in New York after a saddle horse accident. She was visiting to purchase a horse and was thrown from the last horse, breaking her neck and dying almost instantly.
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Manchester
New York
Clarissa Blake
Parkman Blake
Boston
Blake Family of Boston a Prominent Real Estate Dynasty
Parkman Blake, an early Boston realtor and director of the real estate exchange since its start in 1872, lives at 39 Brimmer Street with a summer home in Manchester. Clarissa Blake, his 27 year old daughter, was a famed society figure known for outdoor sports and fearless horsemanship.
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Real Estate Exchange
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Manchester
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Regional Forecast Brief for New England and North East
Fair weather overall for Maine New Hampshire Vermont and the region on Wednesday and Thursday. Cooler conditions arrive Thursday with fresh southwest winds shifting to northerly, while Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut remain generally fair and cooler on Thursday with a southwest to west wind shift. Eastern New York sees partly cloudy days with cooler air in the northern areas on Wednesday. Local outlook notes cooler nights and southwest to west winds.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Draper Explains Resignation From Public Life
General W. F. Draper explains his resignation as ambassador to Italy in a letter read at Milford Board of Trade outing at Lake Weushakum. He cites desire to step back from public life and notes the rise of industry in Hopedale and Milford while addressing rumors about motives.
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W. F. Draper
Italy
Milford Board of Trade
Lake Weushakum
Ormar
Tulate
Milord
Hopedale
iRavarrica
Rome
United States
Maéssachusetts
Senate
George F. Hear
Milford
Humbert
Advance on Chinese Capital Prompts Foreigners Warned
Officials warn that an advance on Peking could trigger killings of foreigners as intense fighting erupts in Manchuria between Russians and Chinese. The report notes multiple messages from Pektin Incuiting One and from Donger and Missionaries.
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Donger
Manchuria
257men of Ninth Infantry reported sick in China
Washington July 31 a dispatch to Adjutant General Corbin from Tien Tsin relays Conger message that 257 members of the Ninth Infantry are ill.
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Washington
Corbin
Tien Tsin
Conger
Ninth Infantry
War Department
China
Whitshire
Coolidge
Tien Tain
Che Foo
Berlin Chinas Advance Postponed For Weather And War
The foreign office in Berlin says the Pekin advance is delayed due to military and climatic reasons. The Pekin government will send legations to Tien Tsin when escort and hostilities cease. Reports from Tien Tsin note medical needs and transport delays as Allied forces prepare to advance.
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Foreign Office
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Attache reports Pekin legations under siege and American casualties
Adjutant General receives a despatch from Lt Col Coolidge describing Pekin legation attacks from July 22 awaiting reinforcements. The message notes ongoing Chinese assaults from over ten encampments and the defense by the legations with seven Americans killed.
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Tien Tain
Shiba
Légation
Pekin
Tien Tsin
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