Royal Wedding Ties Nation and Nobility in St James Palace
A vast London crowd gathered at St James Palace for the marriage of Jean Reid to Hon John Hubert Ward in the Chapel Royal. King Edward and Queen Alexandra presided from the royal gallery while the ceremony united prominent families amid lavish flowers and costly gifts including old jewelry and a Dutch illuminated book sent by President Roosevelt.
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London
Edward
Alexandria
Jean Reid
Whitelaw Reid
England
St. James Palace
John Hubert Ward
Earl of Dudley
Tur Ders
Queen Victoria
St. James Square
King Edward
Queen Alexandria
Buckingham Palace
Royal Gallery
Prince and Princess of Wales
Duke and Duchess of Connaught
Princess Patricia
Edgar Sheppard
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
William Grosvenor
Church of the Incarnation
New York
Mr. Ward
Roosevelt
Westinghouse Bergemann deal to electrify Prussian rails
Berlin form a joint venture to install Westinghouse traction systems in Germany. Bergemann Electric Company will supply and install the system for Prussia state railways as part of a 22.5 million dollar program. Sigmund Bergemann, once Edison partner, heads the Berlin firm, which employs about 5,000 workers.
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Bergemann Company
Berlin
Westinghouse Electric
Germany
Bergemann Electric Company
Bergemanns
Westinghouse
Prussian State Railway Administration
Bergemann Eleeric Company
Sigmund Bergemann
Thomas A. Edison
Rail fraud case nets eight months for Wilson
New York newspaper reports Rupert V. Wilson was sentenced by Judge Haugh to eight months for using the mails to defraud via forged freight bills and false claims papers on fictitious shipments for the Atlantic Coast Line Texas & Pacific and Chicago & Rock Island lines. More than $2,000 allegedly obtained with R. C. Stebbins before the indictment halted operations. Stebbins, initially indicted with Wilson, became a government witness and has not yet plead.
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New York
Atlantic Coast Tine
Texas & Pacific
Chicago & Rock Island
Rupert V. Wilson
United States
Haugh
Wilson
R. C. Stebbins
Congressman Burton Declines Fifth Arbitrator Post
Congressman Burton announced he would not accept the position of fifth arbitrator on the United States arbitration board. The board will fix the value of lands and railroad properties needed for the canal work in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Burton
United States Arbitration Board
Sherman Recovering in Cleveland After Illness
Congressman James J. Sherman, Republican vice presidential candidate, is recovering in Cleveland after becoming ill last Sunday on his way home from the Chicago convention. Doctors report improving condition and no complications detected.
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Sherman
Cleveland
James J. Sherman
Chicago
Degree for J Pierpont Morgan at Yale Honors
Yale conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws on John Pierpont Morgan in recognition of his public service to the nation in stabilizing the panic last fall. The ceremony praised his leadership and contributions to national finance and crisis response.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
New Haven
Conn
Yale
John Pier- Root Morgan
Hig
Simple Funeral Rites At Princeton
Grover Cleveland was buried in Princeton cemetery beside his daughter Ruth with simple Presbyterian rites. Though notable figures attended, they came as friends, not in official capacity, and services at the house and grave were brief and private. Clergy included Henry Van Dyke and William R. Richards, with pallbearers such as George B. McClellan, E B C Benedict, Richard Gilder, John Finley, John Hibben, Paul Morton, and Archibald Russell.
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Princeton
N. J
Presbyterian Church
Grover Cleveland
Ruth
Roosevelt
Fort
New Jersey
Hughes
New York
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Westland
Cleveland
Henry van Dyke
Princeton University
William R. Richards
Brick Presbyterian Church
Sylvester W. Beach
First Presbyterian Church of
Maitland K. Bartlett
West Farms Presbyterian Church of
George B. McClellan
Eb, C. Benedict
Richard Watson Gilder
John H. Finley
College of the City of New York
John Grier Hibben
Paul Morton
the Navy
Howard McClenahan
Andrew F. West
Archibald D. Russell
Julius 8. Morgan
Bayard Stockton
Railroad Shops Order Over $4 Million In Equipment
Chicago reports at West Milwaukee car shops of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway to begin 70 locomotives at $1.4 million plus 20 Mikado freight engines 85 switch engines and 3 500 steel underframe freight cars including 1 000 41 foot box cars and 2 600 stock cars. The total outlay exceeds $4 million and will restore the full 5 000 men to employment.
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Chicago
West Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
A. E. Manchester
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Milwaukee
Gorgia Used Poison How Mrs Gunness Disposed of Victims
Laporte Ind The first positive information on how Mrs Belle Gunness who is alleged to have caused the death of at least ten victims disposed of the bodies found in the private cemetery was obtained. Dr Walter Haynes of Rush Medical college Chicago reported informally to Coroner Mack that he had found traces of arsenic and strychnine in the stomach of Andrew Helgelin of Aberdeen S D whose dismembered body was the first of the ten found after the fire which caused the deaths of Mrs Gunness and her three children.
Death of Grover Cleveland at his Princeton home
Grover Cleveland, twice President, died at Westland Princeton on June 24 after heart trouble linked to longstanding stomach and kidney illnesses. In the death chamber were Mrs. Cleveland and several physicians. He had lived in retirement since leaving the White House nearly twelve years earlier, weighed 100 pounds less, and had recently shown improvement after a period at Lakewood. His four children were away at Tamworth, N Y.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
United States
Westland
Cleveland
Joseph D. Bryant
New York
George E. Lockwood
John Carnochan
Lakewood
Navy
Tamworth
N. Y
Perrine
Taft's Successor Luke E Wright Named Secretary of War
Luke E Wright of Tennessee, former Philippine governor and diplomat, will be appointed secretary of war to succeed Taft. Wright, once Philippine commissioner, later served as vice governor and governor of the Philippines and was the first ambassador to Japan under Roosevelt.
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Luke E. Wright
Philippines
Washington
Taft
White House
Tennessee
Wright
McKinley
Philippine Commission
Roosevelt
Japan
Maus Named Temporary California Commander
Colonel Marion P. Maus of the Twentieth Infantry at the Presidio Montera designated by the War Department as temporary successor to Brigadier General Frederick Funston as commander of the Department of California upon Funston's transfer to Fort Leavenworth likely August 10.
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Funston
San Francisco
Marion P. Maus
Twentieth Infantry
Presidio
Montera
War Department
Frederick Funston
Department of California
Fort Leavenworth
iEun
Gardens for the Needy at Lorain by National Tube Company
The National Tube Company parcels thirty acres of land at Lorain C for gardening by unemployed heads of needy families. Each family receives a half acre, plowed and ready. Many men have accepted, and large scale gardening has begun with cheerful response.
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National Tube Company
Lorain
Purchase of Cuban Catholic Lands Approved for 360000
In Washington the President signed an agreement between Secretary Taft and Mgr Averst apostolic delegate to Cuba to buy church lands on the island for 360000. Thomas W Lawson offers the Democrats 1000000 to nominate Governor Johnson and have Bryan take second. Bryan has not yet replied.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Mgr. Averst
Cuba
Thomas W. Lawson
Democratic Party
Johnson
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Safe Empty Bank Closes in Dover Kentucky
Citizens' Bank of Dover shut June 22 after directors found no papers or money in the safe. The bank had $7,500 capital and $7,000 in deposits, with the closure tied to a recent Aberdeen bank failure.
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Dover
Citizens' Bank
Aberdeen
Grover Cleveland Career Highlights From Birth To Presidency
A compact biography traces Grover Cleveland born 1837 Caldwell New Jersey. Details include early work as clerk and teacher. Legal career begins 1853 with bar admission. Erie county roles lead to mayoralty of Buffalo in 1881 and New York governorship in 1882. Elected U S president in 1884 with notable veto record. Married Frances Folsom 1856 in the White House. Loss in 1888 bid, resumed law practice, settled Venezuela dispute 1895, and post presidency life in Princeton New Jersey.
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Caldwell
Essex County
N. J
Stephen Grover Cleveland
Fayetteville
N. Y
New York Institution For the
Buffalo
Erie County
Aes
New York
United States
Frances Folsom
White House
Venezuela
Princeton
Cholera outbreak hits Camp Gregg and Pangasinan
Cholera spreads among troops at Camp Gregg with three scouts and a civilian dead. Lt Jones and Lt Muldoon fall ill as quarantine tightens. Pangasinan cases rise to 93 in 24 hours with 60 fatalities. Louisiana House passes a ban on liquor on passenger trains by a 61 to 11 vote. Interest and dividend disbursements for July estimated at 177 million dollars, down from 194.3 million last year.
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Manila
Camp Gregg
Jones
First Cavalry
Muldoon
Philippine Scouts
Pangasinan
Luzon
Baton Rouge
Louisana
House
Senate
New York Journal of Commerce
Ice Company Indicted and Ferry Rights Sold at Auction
New York five indictments were returned by the special grand jury probing the American Ice Company. Justice Goff in the supreme court criminal branch received the papers. The Brooklyn Ferry Company property and franchise valued at about $10,000,000 were auctioned for 25,600 to the New York Terminal Company, created for this purpose.
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Ice Company
New York
American Ice Company
Justice Goff
Supreme Cour
Brooklyn Ferry Company
New York Terminal Company
Mob At Hemphill Kills Six Black People In Sabine County
In Hemphill near Hemphill jail at midnight a mob of about 150 armed men overpowered guards and hanged five Black people and shot a sixth who fled. Earlier white farmers killed Hugh A. Dean and two Black men named Burgha Singleton Hardicane and Henry Thomas were found dead on a road. The mob then hunted Black residents, forcing many to flee Sabine and neighboring counties, with state rangers confiscating weapons and hundreds crossing into Louisiana.
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Hemphill
Hugh A. Dean
Burgha
Singleton
Hardicane
Henry Thomas
Fremphill
Geneva
Theon
Aaron M. Johnson
Fred
Perry Price
Price
Robert Wright
Dean
Kil Johnson
Newton
San Lucas
Sabine
Louisana
Bloodshed in Teheran as Shah’s troops storm parliament
Berlin News reports that Persian troops seized Teheran’s parliament, bombarded the city, and killed about eight hundred men, women, and children. Bodies mutilated. leaders of the reactionary party urged the massacre. Refugees fled as looting and pursuit spread across the deserted districts.
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Berlin
Teheran
Storm Downgrades Wisconsin Areas With Severe Damage
A severe storm battered Wisconsin with rain hail and strong winds for about 40 minutes. Prairie Du Chien suffered unroofed buildings destroyed crops and power outages while La Crosse reported a wind and hail sweep from Yonona to Dubuque. Two large tents at the LaCrosse Interstate Fair Grounds collapsed burying 1500 attendees though none seriously injured.
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Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien
Wis
LaCrosse
Winona
Mississippi
Dubuque
Wisconsin Court Upholds Eight Hour Act Fine
Milwaukee judge Warren D Tarrent orders Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad Company to pay 1000 dollars and 50 dollars costs for violating the eight hour law. The case tests overtime work of a telegrapher at an away station and will be appealed to higher courts. Harvard defeats Yale in the aquatic classic with a four mile time of 24 10. Yale’s Griswold collapses at the 2% mile flag, witnessed by President Roosevelt’s family and Secretary Taft.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul Railroad Company
Warren D. Tarrent
State Supreme Court
United States Court
Harvard
Yale
Griswold
Roosevelt
Taft
Telegraphic Briefs From Across The World
Hongkong reports a tragedy as eighty three Chinese prisoners and six guards drown when a barge capsized in the Amur river during a squall. Louisiana senate passes an anti racing betting bill now awaiting governor's signature. In New York the steamship Senega reaches quarantine with twenty two bags of Chinese pigtails, said by Captain Grimes to have been collected in Chinese cemeteries by crafty Americans.
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Hongkong
Amur
Louisiana Senate
New York
Grimes
Three Rivers Fire Destroys Large Part of Town
A fierce blaze in Three Rivers Quebec destroyed over three hundred buildings in the business district after a noon outbreak in a stable. Narrow streets and highly flammable structures slowed efforts until trains brought firefighters from Montreal Sherbrooke and Grand Mere. Soldiers aided with a bucket brigade as losses exceed a million dollars.
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Three Rivers
Montreal
Quebec
Sherbrooke
Grand Mere
Paper Makers Fined Under Sherman Act in U S Circuit Court
Judge Hough fined 24 Manila and fiber paper manufacturers $2,000 each after guilty pleas to Sherman Act violations. Twenty three were indicted last week. one pleaded guilty with others. Counsel Stroock urged leniency citing dissolution of the paper trust. The action followed suit by the American Newspaper Publishers Association.
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United States
Hough
Solomon S. Stroock
Mantia and Fiber Paper Trust
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Wayne Statue Unveiled at Valley Forge Memorial
A bronze equestrian statue of General Mad Anthony Wayne was unveiled at Valley Forge in the historic camp grounds. The statue, erected by the state of Pennsylvania, honors a Revolution era commander. Miss Lydia Bush Brown of Newburyport unveiled the statue, with former Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker as orator and John Armstrong Herman delivering the presentation speech.
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Valley Forge
Stolen Mail Pouch Recovered. Cash Missing in Heist
Kansas City report says a registered mail pouch stolen from Union Station on June 6 contained 50,000 dollars in currency and 100,000 dollars in jewels. A switching crew found the pouch in Rock Island yards Kansas City Kansas. four empty envelopes showed the cash was taken. Jewelry value not disclosed but believed mostly recovered. In Shenandoah Pennsylvania the Plank Ridge colliery resumes after six months idle with about 300 workers returning to work.
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Kansas City
Union Station
Rock Island
Kans
Post Office
Twelve Miners Killed in Saint Etienne Mine Disaster
Paris reports twelve miners known to have died in the Hyves invo mine at Saint Etienne with many injured. Fear remains that more bodies may be discovered as a large crowd gathers and distraught relatives inquire for information on missing workers.
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St. Etienne
France
Paris
Saint Etienne
Minera
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