Beet Sugar Aid in Senate Seen as Victory Signal
Special despatch on June 17 reports Senator Aldrich facing a weakened leadership as beet sugar reciprocity moves to the short session. Senators Burrows and Elkins push tariff revision while the administration weighs next steps. Roosevelt’s influence appears limited as the coalition of beet sugar advocates gains the upper hand.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Aldrich
Congress
Senate
Committee On Rules
House
Roosevelt
Spooner
Burrows
McMillan
Beet Sugar
Hale
Benne
Kipling Disperses a Howling Mob of Britishers
London reports Rudyard Kipling dispersed a mob at Rottingdean Sussex attacking his aunt Lady Burne Jones. He closed the drill hall he funded and criticized Rottingdean's display, while a Kitchener despatch notes large Boer surrenders in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony.
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Kipling
Rottingdean
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Transvaal
Plot to kill King Edward sparks London bustle
London reports a sensational but unconfirmed plot to assassinate King Edward. Scotland Yard has not arrested anyone, and officials show reticence while the King’s illness and Windsor trip are cited as possible moves in a diplomatically styled crisis.
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London
King Edward
Edward
Aldershot
Scotland Yard
Windsor Castle
Windsor
Windsor Park
Vindicated conductor’s wife in New York divorce suit
Mrs. Georgia F. Innes was vindicated by a Supreme Court jury which refused Bandmaster Frederick Neil Innes a divorce and found his wife’s letters to Ernest Crowhurst were to provoke jealousy. The verdict also favored Mrs. Innes on her counter charge against Katherine B. Wertzel, with further action to be referred to a justice.
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Frederick Neil Innes
Ernest Crowhurst
Innes
Mrs. Innes
Crowhurst
Harmony Secured in 1271 District Convenes June 28
In Columbus Ohio on June 17 Republicans in the Twelfth District choose to abandon the precinct caucus snap judgment plan for selecting delegates. Delegates will be chosen at the regular primary with primary costs borne by the candidates. The convention date remains June 28 despite prior plans to move it to mid July.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Twelfth
County Central Committee
More Daughters of Revolution Officers Elected
In New York at a special meeting of the General Society of the Daughters of the Revolution the constitution was amended to authorize four Vice Presidents and six board members. Newly created roles include Third Vice President Mrs Frank Trumbull of Colorado and Fourth Vice President Mrs Thomas Hill of Maryland, with several new Board of Managers positions across states including West Virginia New Jersey Delaware Maryland Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
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New York
General Society of the Daughters of the Revolution
Frank Trumbull
Colorado Society
Thomas Hill
Maryland Society
Board of Managers
J. J. Holloway
West Virginia
A. W. Bray
New Jersey
Robert J. Reed
George J. Raymond
Delaware
Linn Bird
Maryland
Clara B. Adams
Massachusetts
O. la Forest Perry
Pennsylvania
Widow Sues Cincinnati Firm for Husband's Losses
Mrs Eva Moore of Pulaski Tennessee files in Chancery Court in Knoxville seeking eighty thousand dollars for losses her husband E W Moore sustained three years ago in stock speculation At the Pulaski office four deals totaling over fifty thousand dollars occurred with Moore three losses and one gain Moore died in 1901 rendering his widow able to recover under Tennessee law Funds held by Odells local manager W H McIntosh and by Knox County Banking Company have been attached.
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Commercial Tribune
Knoxville
Tenn
Eva Moore
Pulaski, Tenn
Chancery
Odell Commission Company
Cincinnati
E. W. Moore
Pulaski
Moore
Tennessee
Odell
W. H. McIntosh
Knox County Banking Company
Senate panel backs full pay for Admiral Schley
The Senate Committee on Naval Affairs authorized a favorable report on Senator McComas' bill to grant Admiral Schley full pay of a Rear Admiral on the active list. Schley, now retired, currently draws three fourths pay. The bill was amended to drop the preamble claiming his command at Santiago.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Hale
Senator McComas
Schley
Cervera
Santiago
Humberts Leave Paris for Colombia on Yacht Bound
Paris June 17 Henri Rochfot a journalist informed magistrate Leydet that the Humberts wanted by Paris police on large fraud charges left May 7 from Paris and embarked at St Nazarene on a yacht bound for Colombia.
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Paris
Henri Rochfot
Leydet
Humberts
St. Nazarere
Cojon
Columbia
GANG OF AMERICAN SWINDLERS OPERATING IN PARIS
Paris reports accuse Charles P. Buchanan of seeking to prosecute two Americans Milford Summerfield and Hamilton Clark for a $60 000 loss. They allegedly ran a large gang of swindlers in New York London and Paris selling mining stock in The Horses Copper Mining Company of Arizona. Summerfield and Clark were arrested at Spa and jailed in Verviers.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
Charles P. Buchanan
New York
American Tobacco Trust
Milford Summerfield
Hamilton Clark
Buchanan
Spa
Verviers
Belgium
Newak
London
Summerfield and
Clark
The
Horses Copper Mining Company
Arizona
Summerfield
Havre
Summerfield-Clark
Princely wedding gifts showered upon Parsons in Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio on June 17 Harry A Parsons wed Miss Mabel Hanna eldest daughter of Senator Hanna The couple who relied on Parsons salary as assistant secretary were surprise funded with a large gift It was disclosed that a check for 50000 was among the wedding gifts prompting questions about the total amount promised by the Senator prior engagements The Hanna family had indicated financial support but kept the size of the gift secret until after the ceremony.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Harry A. Parsons
Mabel Hanna
Hanna
Parsons
Chief of Confederate Medical Department Dead
In an inquest at St Pancras Borough London witnesses testified that Francis Daniel Muller a reclusive physician who lived in a crowded tenement had served as a surgeon in the Confederate army and became chief of the Medical Department of the Confederate forces. Muller was born in Prussia and left in 1844 fleeing oppression before aiding the Confederacy in the American Civil War.
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London
St. Pancras
Francis Daniel Muller
Muller
Prussia
Confederacy
America
Royal Mail Steam Packet talks of major carrier alliance
London June 17 The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company has sent a circular to shareholders noting preliminary negotiations toward a large scheme of association with other major British lines. Details are confidential but will be disclosed for approval before final conclusions.
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London
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Bourke Cockran Rejoins Tammany Hall
New York June 11 7 W Shourke Cockran once Tammany Hall’s star orator and foe of Richard Croker is rejoining the organization He has accepted an invitation from the Tammany Society to give a long talk at the Fourth of July Wigwam celebration Cockran left in 189 then supported the Republican ticket in 1896 He will work actively in Tammany campaigns
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Commercial Tribune
New York
W. Shourke Cockran
Tammany Hall
Richard Croker
Cockran
Tammany Society
Mr. Croker
Tammany
Illinois Democrats Back Hopkins Amid Bitter Chairman Fight
Illinois Democrats nominate Pickerin g Huddleston Bliss and Paxton for state posts in Springfield as John P. Hopkins is re elected State Central Committee chair after a heated contest with Carter Harrison. The convention features clashes over platform language on free silver and the Kansas City plank.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Ill
Harrison
John P. Hopkins
John J. Coughlin
Kansas City
Chicago
Carter Harrison
State Central Committee
Supreme Court
John L Pickering
George W. Huddleston
Alison L. Bliss
Hillsboro
State University
Julia Holmes Smith
J. A. White
Urbana
S. S. Paxton
Monmouth
Carter H. Harrison
Hopkins
St. Nicholas Hotel
Thomas J. McNally
General Committee
Committee On Resolutions
Illinois
United States
John C. Richberg
Adolf Kraus
Mayor Johnson declares war on McLean in Ohio Democratic split
Cleveland June 17 Mayor Johnson attacks John R McLean and his followers as a threat to real Democratic principles. He argues McLean supports nothing in Ohio politics and seeks to capture the Sandusky convention permanent chair. A bitter fight for control at Sandusky is forecast with no quarter expected.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Johnson
John R. McLean
McLean
Cuyahoga County
Democratic Party
Ohio
Cincinnati
Sandusky
Samuel Johnson
The
Enquirer
Tom Johnson
McLean Forces
Grover Cleveland Receives Doctor of Jurisprudence at Villanova
Former President Grover Cleveland is awarded the honorary Doctor of Jurisprudence by the Augustinian College of St. Thomas in Villanova during graduation ceremonies. Archbishops and dignitaries attend as Cleveland urges education to unite despite religious differences and uphold American citizenship.
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Philadelphia
United States
College of St. Thomas
Villanova
Grover Cleveland
Princeton University
Archbishop Ryan
Cleveland
Republic of Education
St. Thomas of Villanova
Reverend Kling Suspended by Mahoning Presbytery
Canton Ohio June 17 The Mahoning Presbytery found Rev Walter Kling guilty of immoral and improper conduct but not criminally responsible and suspended him indefinitely from the ministry. Rev R E Porter named moderator and to declare the pulpit vacant June 22. Kling plans a year off and may seek reinstatement but doubts returning to ministry.
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Presbytery
Kling
R. E. Porter
Taft progress in negotiations with Vatican over friar lands
Cablegrams from Governor Taft report satisfactory progress in talks with Vatican authorities on acquiring titles to friar lands. Bases of an agreement are believed reached and details are now under discussion at the War Department in Washington.
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War Department
Washington
Taft
Vatican
Spain delays Spanish American treaty completion until autumn
Madrid reports the treaty of friendship with the United States will not be concluded before autumn. The delay follows the expected return of U.S. Minister Bellamy Storer, and officials say more time is needed to finalize terms.
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Madrid
United States
Bellamy Storer
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