Coronation Week Opens With Royal Guests in London
King Edward and Queen Alexandra return to London from Windsor as coronation week begins. Royal pageantry draws crowds while envoys including Ras Makonnen and princes from Europe arrive. The czarewitch of Russia leads a guest list of princes and princesses at a Buckingham Palace dinner.
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London
Edward
Alexandra
Windsor
Spithead
Ras Makonnen
Menelik
Makonnen
Prince Henry
Prussia
Francis Ferdinand
Austria
Prince of Asturias
Gustaf
Sweden
Norway
Gervais
Buckingham Palace
Czarewitch
Russia
Salt Lake City Moves to Close Gambling Houses
Salt Lake City authorities act to curb gambling amid wartime push against betting. Chief of Police orders crackdown on all gambling houses and full enforcement of Sunday saloon closing law. Local pressure rises as gamblers flock from Seattle and Butte to the region.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Seattle
Butte
Paul
Novel Invitation for Roosevelt in Frontier Day
The Frontier Day committee in Cheyenne Wyoming plans a unique invitation to President Roosevelt for the celebration to be printed in script on a coyote skin.
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Roosevelt
Cheyenne
Wyo
Frontier Day Committee
Manchester Takes His Oath In Lords Seat
LONDON June 24 The duke of Manchester took the customary oath and his seat in the House of Lords his financial disabilities having been removed. Treasury condition Washington June 24 Today s statement shows available cash balance 203 400 846 and gold 99 461 385 in the general fund balances exclusive of the 150 000 000 gold reserve in the division of redemption.
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Manchester
London
Duke of Manchester
House’ of Lords
Treasury
Washington
The
Shortage of Water Hits Alaska, June Report
Tacoma dispatch notes a water shortage across Alaska as arrivals from several states report early snow disappearance leading to reduced supplies. Government and local crews anticipate continued strain and potential conservation measures through the summer.
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Tacoma
Alaska
Wealthy Americans Eye Land Purchase in Prince Albert Province
A group of prominent U S figures will visit Winnipeg for coronation celebrations and then travel inland toward Prince Albert to acquire a large land tract for American settlers. Participants include Governor J B Van Sant of Minnesota and other bankers and officials from Chicago New York and Iowa.
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Prince Albert
Winnipeg
Manitoba
3. B. van Sant
Minnesota
Cummins
Iowa
G. Thorne
Park National Bank
New York
James McDonald
Hanover National Bank
James B. Forgan
First National Bank
Chicago
E. D. Hurlburt
Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company of Chicago
Robert Stuart
American Exchange National Bank of Chicago
James H. Eckels
the Currency
The
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Attacked by Ten Bolomen Halts Mindanao Advance Guard
In Mindanao near Camp Vicars a seven-man advance guard protecting a wagon train was attacked by ten bolomen. One soldier suffered a serious head wound while another had an injured arm. Moros reportedly seized a rifle but many escaped unharmed as tensions rise after a meeting at Balcocon where sultans favored peace, but some dattos resisted.
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Mindanao
Manila
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Camp Vicars
Bouclod
Frank D. Baldwin
Balcocon
Will Fight Beef Trust Organizes to Oppose Meat Combine
The Retail Butchers' Protective association announced a new company to counter the beef trust. The firm, The Retail Butchers' Abattoir, has 1,000,000 capital with two thirds subscribed. President Edward F. O'Neill said details are cautious. plans include supplying 2,600 cattle weekly and securing broad local support.
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Butchers of
Greater New York
New York
Butchers’ Protective Association
Beef Trust
Edward F. O'Neill
Greater
Fire Wipes Out Illinois Town in Overnight Blaze
A lantern overturning in a Madison stable caused a fire that wiped out nearly an entire Illinois town. By midnight damages reached about 200000 dollars. The populace united to fight the blaze. no lives were lost, but many horses perished. Insurance likely partly covers the loss.
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Illinois
St, Louis
Madison
Senate Week to Tackle Odds End Legislation
Washington June 23 The senate week will focus on odds and ends of legislation. Cuban reciprocity is sidelined. interoceanic canal bill and statehood debate move aside. Senator Quay’s motion on the territories bill likely stalls. Senator Bate hints at a discharge motion, but support is unlikely. Also on tap are a national forest reserve in the Southern Appalachians, pure food debate, and immigration talks with final adjournment in view. Conference reports on appropriations loom, and the Cuban committee may file a reciprocity bill before adjournment, though broad opposition remains.
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Washington
Senate
Quay
Committee On Territories
Congress
Bate
Burton
Apalashian
McCumber
Stewart
Penrose
Cudahy Says No Combine
Arthur Meeker of Armour and Michael Cudahy of Cudahy Packing deny forming a trust under New Jersey laws. Cudahy says he has heard of alleged combinations among Armour Swift Morris Hammond and others but knows nothing of such actions.
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Cudahy
Chicago
Junge
Arthur Meeker
Armour & Co
Michael Cudahy
Cudahy Packing Company
New Jersey
Armour
Swift
Morris
Hammond
St Ad
Soldiers Die of Cholera in Manila and Provinces
Ninety American soldiers have died of cholera since the outbreak began. Health authorities enforce strict regulations amid rising cases. Manila reports 1,580 cases and 1,236 deaths, provinces 1,869 cases and 6,440 deaths.
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Manila
Russia to reap abundant crops says Odessa reports
Reports received at Odessa from southern Russia grain regions indicate an abundant harvest is assured. In Milan, June 23, forty nine persons were injured last night as two trains collided on the electric line between Bonschio and Porto Caréaia. In Washington, June 28, the Senate in executive session confirmed General Crozier as chief of ordnance.
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London
Odessa
Milan
Haly
Bonschio
Porto Caréaia
Crozier
Washington
Senate
Shigf
Address to the Public by John Mitchell Denounces Strike Barriers
Wilkes-Barre Pa June 28 John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America delivered an address to the public replying to operators letters declining to meet union demands. He asserts all efforts were made to prevent the strike, contends living costs justify higher wages, claims producers can pay more without raising coal prices, accuses railroads of taking profits via high freight, cites misreported mine weights, notes more mining deaths and injuries than in the Spanish American War, predicts a new union would arise if the strike is crushed, and calls for arbitration of disputes.
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Ues
Mir
Pennsylvania
Algo
Train wreck near Ashton Iowa kills two
A passenger train on the Sioux City branch of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha railroad jumped the track near Ashton Iowa. Two trainmen were killed five others seriously hurt and several passengers lightly injured. Names include J Robinson and Barrett among the dead and several St Paul mail clerks among the injured. The engineer was badly hurt but to recover. Also Manila report notes former insurgent General Cailles will testify on conditions in Tayabas prior to and after pacification.
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Union Pacific
Sioux City
Anna Mangan
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Martin Mangan
Medicine Bow
Wyo
James Erskine
St. Paul
E. Weston
C. H. Hall
Thompson
Manila
Cailles
Cornelius
Gardener
Tayabas
Luzon
Caflles
Malvar
Four Meet Violent Death Reported in Territory
Four deaths by violence are reported from across the territory. Miss Lela Minor was thrown from her horse while crossing Salt Fork on the Texas-Oklahoma line and died from head injuries. Near Bryan, Edward Grissell, formerly of Lake County Indiana, accidentally shot and killed himself.
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Guthrie
Okl
Salt Fork
Lela Minor
Texas
Bryan
Edward Grissell
Lake County
Indiana
Paderewski Receives Ovation Over Polish Bank Share Purchase
Berlin dispatch reports pianist Paderewski greeted by ovation in Lemburg Galicia after buying 5000 shares in the Polish Bank of Posen. The bank aims to resist Prussian land policies by settling German subjects on Polish estates. League of Press Clubs convention set for Boston at Faneuil Hall with Roosevelt expected at Somerton banquet.
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Berlin
Lemburg
Galicia
M. Paderewski
Posen
League of Press Clubs
Boston
Mass
International League of Press Clubs
Faneuil Hall
Somerton
Roosevelt
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