Tragedy at Alfonso wedding as bomb in bouquet fails
Bomb hidden in a bouquet explodes near the royal cortege after the church ceremony in Madrid. King Alfonso and Queen Victoria escape unharmed thanks to an electric wire deflection. Many escorts and bystanders are killed or injured, with a long list of named deceased.Wedding followed a grand ceremony at San Jeronimo with princes, dukes, generals, ambassadors in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfonso
Dna of
Battenberg
Va Bouquet
Grand Duke
Vladimir
Russia
Queen Victoria
Barros
Reysient
Prendergast
Marquise of
Colosa
Don Antonio Calvo
Jose Sola
Luis Bonsesa
Arsenal Street
Mayor Street
Madrid
London
Paria
Loubet
Roya
Ena
San Jeronimo
Order of the Golden ‘Fleece
Order of the Garter
Monsignore Sancha
Toesdo
Spain
X Rays Cause Death of Rochester Physician Weigel
Renowned Rochester physician Dr. Louis A. Weigel died from blood poisoning after X ray exposure. He first noted effects two years ago, resulting in amputation of a hand and all fingers on the other. Although he seemed to recover, his condition worsened recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Weigel
Rochester
N. Y
Weigel
Twenty-Two Drowned In Lismore Wreck Off Chile
The British ship Lismore, Captain Cowell, from Melbourne for Coronel, was wrecked at Santa Maria off Chile. Twenty two crew were drowned, including all officers except the first mate who, with three crew, reached Sligo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Lismore
Cowell
Melbourne
Coronel
Santa Maria
Sligo
Bomb thrower Morales dies by own hand after Madrid royal attack
Manuel Morales, chief suspect in the plot against King Alfonso and Queen Victoria, was shot by a guard, then killed himself in Torrejon de Ardos between Madrid and Alcala. Identification by Senor Cuesta confirmed his identity as the bomber at the royal wedding, while King Alfonso warned the threat would recur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Cuesta
Morales
Madrid
Frederick W. Whitridge
Alfonso
Decision Against Smoot Seeks Senate Seat
The Privileges and Elections Committee voted seven to five that Smoot is not entitled to his Utah Senate seat. The resolution, offered by Senator Dubois, was carried by Burrows, Dolliver, Pettus, Overman, Bailey, Dubois and Frazier. Foraker, Dillingham, Hopkins, Beveridge, and Knox voted no. The vote on expulsion and exclusion followed, with a plan to bring the issue before the Senate this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smoot
United States Senate
Utah
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Dubois
Burrows
Dolliver
Pettus
Overman
Bailey
Frazier
Foraker
Dillingham
Hopkins
Beveridge
Knox
Depew
Senate
Congress
Immunity Bill Passed to Aid Prosecution in Trust Cases
Senator Knox steered Senate passage of an immunity measure tied to inter state commerce commission, department of commerce and labor, and bureau of corporations. The act grants immunity only to natural persons who testify under oath or produce evidence under oath, barring those previously violating the law from confessing under immunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Senate
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce
British Forces in Natal Clash Leave Four Dead Seven Wounded
A Durban dispatch reports colonial troops clashed with rebels near Niandhia in Natal. Four soldiers were killed and seven wounded, while sixty rebels died in the engagement, signaling a heavy colonial setback for rebels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natal
Durhan
Niandhia
Frisco Insurance Hard Lines on Earthquake Losses
San Francisco fire insurance firms warn they will follow existing contracts for fire losses from the quake crisis with no compensation for earthquake damage or contents losses after buildings fell. Meanwhile Moors halt assault on the British steamer Craighall off Point Ceres amid tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
British Kill 70 Zulus After Surrounding Rebel Force Near Buffalo
Zulus surrounded Colonel Leuchar's column near the Buffalo River, attacking for two hours. The rebels suffered about 70 killed before fleeing. British casualties were one killed and three wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leuchar
Buffalo River
Ohio saloons close under Aikin law hit 2600
Reports from across Ohio show 2,600 saloons shut down because of the Aikin law. Proponents claim the measure will raise saloon revenues from about 4.6 million dollars to roughly 10 million dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
State
Eleven Dead In Dense Fog Electric Car Crash
More than a hundred youths returning from Crescent Park were aboard a chartered electric car that overturned at Moore's Corner Providence. Eleven died and many were seriously injured as bystanders and rescuers used levers and stones to lift the vehicle and free trapped passengers. The motorman W J Laucer, unfamiliar with the route, failed to foresee a sharp curve and attempted to brake as the car toppled into the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore's Corner
Tast
Providence, RT
Gustave Guertin
Onleyville
William W. Luther
Providence
Bertha M. Kelley
Thornton
John Schneider
Ethel Whitely
W. J. Laucer
Lauder
Crescent Park
Earthquake Death Toll Tops 418 in San Francisco
The morgue lists 418 bodies after new discoveries from the San Francisco quake. Building work in ruined districts stalls as underwriters delay funds, halting repairs on Crocker Bank, Shreve structures, Mutual Savings Bank, and the St Francis Hotel. Owners blame insurance delays and pledge to press for advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Crocker, Shreve, Mutual Savings Bank
St. Francis Hotel
Premier Expected to Resign Amid Turmoil in Russia
Constitutional Democratic central committee plans a campaign of attacks on bureaucratic abuses as Premier Goremylim likely to resign and M Shipoff to succeed. News of Warsaw terrorist executions and Riga prisoners’ court martial inflame protests as General Alikhanoff survives a train bombing in Kutais.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constitutional Democratic Central Committee
Goremylim
M. Shipoff
Warsaw
Riga
Alikhanoff
Kutais
Cigaret Starts Blaze Destroys Virginia Village Business Section
A fire in South Boston Virginia wiped out much of the village business section, with losses estimated at 250000 to 300000 dollars. The blaze reportedly started from a lighted cigarette or match in Edmondson's tobacco warehouse stables, burning for three hours and destroying many valuable shops. Major H A Edmondson suffered about 100000 in losses, with the Imperial Tobacco Company also taking a heavy hit on tobacco stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Village
South
Boston
Edmondson
H. A. Edmondson
Rioters Kill Dozens in Canaanea Copper Camp Strike
A strike by Mexican miners at Canaanea Sonora leads to violent clashes. George McDonald and his brother are dead, 16 Mexican police shot, 100 miners killed. McDonald’s lumber yards blown up. rioters control the town as Mexican troops and rurales are rushed in from Hermosillo under Gov Yzabel and Capt. Kesperlitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Greene
Cananea
Sonora
Mexico
George McDonald
McDonald
Hermosillo
Yzabel
Kesperlitz
Rebels Kill 30 in Korea and Lootings Reported
The Daily Telegraph reports from Hongju Korea that rebels killed 30 members of a political society and looted widely. A Shanghai message dated June 3 says Klangsi riot suppression with two small engagements leaving 10 rioters dead and 16 prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
London ‘Daily Telegraph
Toklo
Hongju
Shanghai
Detroit Street Railway Strike Averted As Union Accepts Pay Rise
A mass meeting of Detroit United Railway workers voted to accept the company offer. Current employees will receive 25 cents per hour, and new hires after June 1 will start at 23 cents, rising to 24 cents in year two and 25 cents thereafter. The union had demanded 30 cents and had been earning 23 14 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Street Railway
Detroit
Mich
Detroit United Railway
Train Robbers Guilty in Kamloops Case
A Kamloops jury found three men guilty of holding up the Canadian Pacific Imperial Limited about a month ago. Calquhoun received 25 years in prison while Edwards and Dunn were sentenced to life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiity
Canadian Pacific Railway
Imperial Limited
Kamloops
B.C
Calquhoun
Edwards
Dunn
Western Union Donates Typewriters After Earthquake Fire
The Western Union Telegraph Company donates new Monarch visible typewriters to all its writers who lost their machines in the post earthquake fire, totaling sixty five units issued to staff to resume work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Telegraph Company
Sone 65
Murphy bill proposes penalties for interfering with Congress
Representative Murphy of Missouri introduced a measure to protect free expression inside Congress and penalize attempts to influence passage of bills. The bill makes promising to support or influence legislation a felony punishable by up to two years in prison and disqualification from holding office for any representative or speaker in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Missouri
Congress
Indians Hold Dog Feast On Cheyenne River Reservation
Memorial day events on the Cheyenne River Reservation near St. Pierre included ball games horse races and sack races. The highlight was a shinney game between rival squaw teams followed by a dog feast in which 68 canines were eaten and a large pow wow and peace dance concluded the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne River
St. Pierre
Lynchers Held for Trial in Union County
At a preliminary hearing before Superior Court Judge Neal in Wadesboro North Carolina, 16 men charged with participating in the lynching of John V. Johnson were held in bonds of 5000 dollars each for trial at the next term of Superior Court of Union county, the neighboring county where the lynching occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Neal
Wadesboro
N. C
John V. Johnson
Superior Court of
Union County
Will of Theodore Kearney Leaves Estate to University
The late Theodore Kearney of Fresno dies aboard the steamship Caronta between New York and Queenstown. Under his will his entire estate, valued at 750000 dollars, goes to the University of California to establish a viticultural station at Fresno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Kearney
Fresno
Cal
Caronta
New York
Queenstown
University of California
Windber Strike Ends as Miners Return to Work
The Windber Pennsylvania coal strike is over with miners resuming work June 1 at Berwind-White Company on their own terms. A mass meeting in Windber grove prompted the action and the 1903 wage scale agreed in Indianapolis last winter will be paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windber
Berwind-White Company
Grove
Indianapolis
Congressman Adams Dies After Self Inflicted Wound
Robert Adams Jr, congressman from Philadelphia's Second District, committed suicide by shooting himself after heavy financial losses and bleak prospects. He died within hours at Emergency Hospital in Washington, DC. In a separate maritime tragedy, three crew members drowned when the British schooner Thetis sank near Louisburg, Cape Breton Island in fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Adams, Jr
Congress
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Louisburg
C. B
Death of Michael Davitt in Dublin Hospital
Irish leader Michael Davitt died in a Dublin hospital from blood poisoning after jaw necrosis from influenza. Born in 1846 in Mayo, he lost an arm in a factory accident, joined the Irish Land League, and spent years in prison for revolutionary actions. He later served in Parliament for Meath, Northeast Cork, East Kerry, and South Mayo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mccael Davitt
Dublin
Michael Davitt
Stralde
Mayo
Ireland
Davitt
Tongland
Michael
Chester Castle
London
Treland
Irish Land League
America
The
Land League
England
Memorial Day Riot at Brand's Hall in Chicago
A large Chicago crowd at a memorial for the Haymarket anarchists shouted and tore a small flag from a sick child during Berkman and Goldman speeches. The crowd cheered as the flag was ripped and trampled, prompting police under Gautam Healy from the Chicago Avenue station to intervene and end the tumult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Barkman
Gautam Healy
Chicago Avenue
What's in a Name in Chicago Cold Storage Hearing
Testimony before Chicago's judiciary committee reveals misnaming dairy and poultry products. Gigin butter is said to be made in Minnesota, New Jersey chickens raised in Iowa, Canadian cheese imported from Indiana, then stored nine months in Chicago for shipment to New York and Europe. New Jersey poultry ends up sold in New York but raised in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judiciary Committee of the
Chicago Council
Minnesota
New Jersey
Iowa
Indiana
States
Chicago
New York
Europe
Two Breeden Brothers Killed in Quarry Explosion Near Martinsburg
Thomas Breeden aged 85 and Morgan Breeden aged 38 were quarry workers at the Standard Lime and Stone Company West Quarries near Martinsburg West Virginia. An explosion while preparing a blast tore their bodies to fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Lime and Stone Company
Martinsburg
W.va
Thomas Breeden
Morgan Breeden
Ore Shipments Heavy After Prolonged High Activity
The Iron Trade Review notes iron and steel markets remain sound though some lines show diminishing buying after extended activity. Favorable crop conditions suggest continued prosperity for months, with Lake Superior ore shipments remaining very heavy this month despite a ten day strike interruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Trade Review
Lake Superior
Revolutionary troops cross border to Americanize Guatemala
Revolutionary forces enter Guatemala from the north and from El Salvador and British Honduras. They are well armed and equipped. Their stated aim is to Americanize Guatemala. In the U S state of Ohio a fire destroyed a third of the business district in Jefferson county seat Ashtabula. Fourteen buildings burned. total losses conservatively estimated at $125000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemalan
Salvador
British Honduras
Guatemala
Jefferson
Ashtabula County
Freighter Collision Sinks Old Vessel in St Clair River
The steam er Cowle struck upbound steamer Erin and towing schooner Danforth in the St Clair River below St Clair. Four crew members drowned including Fireman Bang Hill and Mrs Mary Reed. Six Erin crew members and the 13 year old son of Mrs Reed were saved. The Erin, a wooden vessel, was sunk. the Cowle, a modern steel freighter, survived with little damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bly Steel
St. Clair River
Erin
Danforth
Cowle
St. Clair
Bang" Hill
St. Catharines
Ont
Mary Reed
Spanish River
Wachimat
Detroit
Amherstburg
Hubert
Cleveland
Cook
Esi
Attorney General Seeks Supreme Court Action Over Lynchings
The government moves to punish those responsible for the March 19 lynching in Chattanooga Tennessee of Hd Johnson who had appealed his death sentence for criminal assault. Attorney General Moody filed an information in the Supreme Court asking rule to show cause why each of twenty seven named defendants should not be held in contempt of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Chattanooga
Tenn
Johnson
United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court of the United States
Tennessee
Moody
Church Union Proposed By Reformed Presbyterians Withdrawn
The general synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in session at Cedarville, C. discussed union with the United Presbyterian Church. A minority report opposed any denomination union. The synod adopted a substitute allowing the first Reformed Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh to withdraw, likely uniting with the United Presbyterian Church of North America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformed Presbyterians
General Synod
The
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Cedarville
United Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church of North America
First Reformed Presbyterian Church of
Pittsburg
Guatemalan Revolution Reported and U.S. Post Office Bill Passed
Headlines note a Guatemala revolution report while the Senate approves a post office appropriation of 192 485 000. President Roosevelt speaks to thousands at Memorial Day in Portsmouth Virginia. Other items include a Japan ese philosopher’s death by suicide near Aso, Great Lakes commerce surpassing prior years, Bertha Krupp engagement, a Worrell fellowship to a Toledo student, and a Louisville rain and wind storm causing about 50 000 in damage with 52 mph winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Senate
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
Yamada Naokuma
Inouye
Aso Volcano
Department of Commerce and Labor
Great Lakes
Bertha Krupp
Krupp Works
Gustav von Bohlen
Halbach
Vatican
Hartford Theological Secunary
John 8. Welles
Wiliam Hoyt Woorrell
Worrell
Toledo
Louisville
Presbyterians reject Burnett for union post
Rev. John A. Burnett of Monmouth Tl. is rejected as general secretary of the Young People's Christian Union by a decisive General Assembly vote due to tobacco use. Rev. W. W. Lawrence of Bellevue, Pa., is named as substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Burnett
Monmouth
General Assembly
The
United Presbyterian Church
Committee On
Young Peoples’ Christian Union
W. W. Lawrence
Belevue
Austrian Cabinet Resigns Over Customs Tarif Proposal
Premier Prince Conrad von Hohenlohe and the entire cabinet resigned amid opposition to the proposed common customs tariff for Austria Hungary. Count von Condenhove, governor of Bohemia, was summoned to Vienna to form a new ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Conrad von
Hohenlohe-Schillinsfuerst
Austria-Hungary
Count von Condenhove
Bohemia
Vienna
Japs Hold Up Americans Over Port Arthur Mines
American owners of gold mines near Port Arthur petition the State Department via the local Consul. Japan refuses to restore properties or indemnify owners or permit resumption of work. The dispute centers on about $1,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Proteata
State Department
Public debt drops in May 1906 total falls to 982 million
The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at May 31 1906 the total debt less cash in the treasury stood at 981 954 692 dollars a decrease of 2 458 555 dollars for the month.
President appoints officials in fisheries and post offices
The President announced appointments including George M. Bowers of West Virginia as Commissioner of fish and fisheries and named postmasters in Ohio A. W. McCune Bradford and A. J. Emin ger Webster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fish and Fisheries
George M. Bowers
West Virginia
Ohio
A. W. McCune
Bradford
A. J. Eminger
Webster
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Committee On Elections and Privileges
Frisco
Craighall
Cardiff
Sayona
Point Ceres
Kutale
Bomba
Cigaret
Dublin Hospital
Church Union
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