Palace at Madrid Mansion to House King Alfonso and Bride
Madrid reports the royal palace will be the future home of King Alfonso and his bride. The royal apartments for Princess Ena feature rich art treasuries and lavish furnishings. The wedding dress is a Spain-made creation with Brussels lace, silver embroidery, orange blossoms, and a four yard long train.
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Madrid
Royal Palace of
Alfonso
Europe
Alcazar
Giovanni Bettitta Sacchetti
Charles III
Royal Palace
Castro
Michel
Napoleon I
Paris
Carado Gisquinto
la Granja
Charles IV
Ena
Manges
Balyen
Velasquez
Vicente Lopez
Juan Rivera
Princess Ena
Pannemaker
Brussels
Philip II
Spain
Stevens Wearies of Job at Panama Canal
Chief Engineer Stevens contemplating resignation after friction with Chairman Shonts over canal policy. He sent a resignation to Washington but Roosevelt ordered withdrawal and demanded prompt return. Rumor says Shonts will retire, with Governor Magoon likely to replace him as head of the canal management.
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Panama
Stevens
Washington
Shonts
Roosevelt
Magoon
Canal Zone
Revolutionists Open War in Guatemala Amid Invasion
Advices from Tapachula and Tonala report a Sunday uprising against President Estrada Cabrera. Generals Barillas Castillo Pineda Toledo lead troops from Mexico and British Honduras toward key towns including Quetzaltenango and Ocos as Nicaragua deploys a warship to Puerto Barras to track Cabrera.
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Mexico City
Tapachula
Tonala
Estrada Cabrera
Guatemala
Manuel Leandro Barvillas
Motozuala
Quetzatlange
Barillas
Cabrera
Barilas
Leon Jose Castillo
Ocos
Empire State
San Francisco
Pineda
British Honduras
Pelen
General Toledo
Railroads Move Fast To Clear Debris In Burned District
Railroads plan large scale debris removal with tracks laid across the burned district. Insurance companies authorize policyholders to remove debris and a $3 rate per car has cleared the way for cleanup. Each day reports new building proposals in the burned district.
Gas Explosion Burns Nine in Brazwell Mine near Bentleyville
Nine men were burned in a Brazwell Gas Coal Company mine near Bentleyville during a gas explosion as workers attempted to erect a fire wall to halt a blaze from a heavy blast. Two are reported seriously burned.
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Monongahela
Brazwell Gas Coal Company
Bentleyville
Julia Ward Howe Celebrates 87th Birthday
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe marked her 87th birthday at home in Boston on Sunday. Surrounded by her children she enjoyed a small family party in good health.
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Boston
Julia Ward Howe
Indictments tied to bridges spark Ohio grand jury action
Lima Ohio grand jury votes 34 indictments against 19 bridge companies and agents accused of colluding to overcharge for bridges in Allen county. The action follows claims of a trust and overpricing by three to five times the proper value.
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Allen County
Lima
Ohio
Julius von Justh
M. Naboukoff
Constitutional Democrats
Count Witte
Portsmouth
N. H
Brussels
Ada Rehan
Europe
Clyde M. Showalter
Patoka Creek
Mt. Carmel
Showalter
George H. Torney
San Francisco
Presidio
Datto Ali
Mindanao
Constantinople
W. J. Bryan
Rome
Mgr. Guiseppi Aversa
Cuba
Porto Rico
Clinton Street
Chicago
A. G. Morse Company
Henrik Ibsen
Christiania
Norway
King Haakon
Gordon Dubose
First National Bank of
Edward
Alfonso
Pat Sweeney
Vista
Cal
Ned’ Robertson
Sweeney
Jim Carter
Pend d'Oreille
William Douglass
Joseph Wardell
Santa Rosa
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Spokane
F. E. Goodall
Like Uncle Sam's Money in the Canal Zone
The article notes a shift in the canal zone where workers spend American gold and paper money, and silver previously hoarded by Panama is circulating. Bankers who once struggled to supply silver to pay canal laborers now offer the commission abundant silver as wages are dispersed.
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Canal Zone
Panama
Canal
Rescue of Trio of Tonsborg Captured by Ionian
The Allan liner Ionian reports at midnight May 21 while mid ocean the captain of Ionian rescued the master and 14 crewmen of the Norwegian bark Trio of Tonsborg after the bark lost her masts and began leaking.
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Ionian
Montreal
Liverpool
Midocean
Tonsborg
Dakota Breaks Trans Pacific Steam Record
The Oriental liner Da kota set a new speed record by speeding from Yokohama to Seattle in nine days and 11 hours, breaking previous trans Pacific steaming times.
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Yokohama
Seattle
Presbyterians Adjourn After Historic Union Adopts Doctrine
The 118th Presbyterian general assembly in Des Moines Iowa adjourned to meet next year in Columbus Ohio. It completed the Cumberland Presbyterian church union and the moderator declared the consummation of the union. Delegates from Cumberland attended and federation plans mark a key step toward broader church unification.
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Des Moines
Iowa
118Th Presbyterian General Assembly
Columbus
Ohio
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Cumberland Assembly
Assembly
Movement For Union and Federation
All Presbyterian Churches
United States
Eight Die in Louisville Train Wreck Near Union Station
Eight persons were killed and 22 injured when a wheel flange broke on a smoking car of a Louisville and Nashville passenger train near Union Station in Louisville. Two coaches side swiped box cars on a siding after a switch was opened. Identifications were difficult due to severe damage.
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Louisville
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Union Station
Rates Of Fire Insurance Up On Pacific Coast
The Pacific coast board of underwriters, governing California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Montana, Idaho, Utah and the Alaska and Arizona territories, has decided to raise insurance rates. Five thousand agents will be notified of the higher premiums. The pre April 18 catastrophe rules allowing board companies to match nonboard cut rates are abrogated. No board company may vary from the fixed rates until further notice.
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Pacific Coast
Board of Underwriters of
California
Washington
Oregon
Nevada
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Alaska
Arizona
Copper output climbs as 1905 totals top 1904
United States Geological Survey notes 1905 copper production at 901,630,998 pounds valued at 137,498,727 dollars up from 1904. Rossland British Columbia shipments for last week total 5,950 tons and yearly 131,565 tons with several mines highlighted. A new glory hole at Jumbo may yield 30,000 to 40,000 tons.
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United States Geological Survey
Rossland
B. C
Centre Star
le Roi
Simon Guggenheim
Colorado School of Mines
Golden
Guggenheim
Maple Leaf
Franklin Mountain
Grand Forks
Webfoot
Colville Reservation
Bossburg
G. R. Sidley
Anarchist Mountain
Copper Camp
Mother Lode
Greenwood
Rockefeller Plans Abroad Trip Amid Illness in France
John D. Rockefeller plans to travel overseas as his daughter Mrs. Strong and his brother William Rockefeller, both in France, remain ill. The illness reportedly prompted the decision to depart for the voyage.
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Mrs. Strong
William Rockefeller
France
John D. Rockefeller
Ocean
Shipoff for Premier Inference At Petershof Event
The London Times St Petersburg correspondent suggests a new ministry under former Finance Minister Shipoff. On the coronation anniversary Sunday Emperor Nicholas hosted guests at Peterhof including M Mouromtseff president of the lower house of parliament.
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London Times
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Peterhof
M. Mouromtseff
Refugees Suffer Storms Flood Tents in Low Camps
A San Francisco rainstorm floods basements and damages refugee camps, with 1.01 inches of rain the heaviest since 1884. Two earthquake victims are identified, Fred Kennell, 70, found at Third and Bryant, and another unidentified body recovered from Bakers' Exchange ruins. Free rations drop to 60,000 with ten food stations closed and 4,000 fed in soup kitchens.
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San Francisco
Fred Kennell
Third
Bryant Streets
Bakers’ Exchange
Howard Street
Bombs Explode in Sebastopol and Tiflis Targets
Bombs exploded during a troop review in Sebastopol killing three and wounding many, including fortress commander General Neplueff and Police Chief. In Tiflis bombs targeted Governor General Timoseieff and Police Chief Martinoff. a escort sergeant was killed, and the crime sparked fear of wider violence.
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Sebastopol
Tiflis
Neplueff
Choukain
Timoseieff
Martinoff
Lata
Lightning Kills Five At Mobile Ball Game Crowd
Five spectators died and about 25 were injured when lightning struck mid crowd at a ball game near Mobile Alabama on a Sunday afternoon. Names of the dead include Donald Touart Steven Touart Arthur Moody and two unidentified Black men John Green and Charles Thomas. Injured listed include John Yokers Frederick Johnson Fred Burkie Joe Dolbear and George Cleveland with twenty others briefly stunned but able to leave the grounds.
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Mobile
Ala
Donald Touart
J Steven Touart
Arthur Moody
John Green
Charles Thomas
John Yokers
Frederick Johnson
Fred Burkie
Joe Dolbear
George Cleveland
Gale On The Great Lakes Weather Slams Chicago Area
A severe gale and a sharp cold snap hit the Great Lakes region last Saturday. Temperatures plunged from a summer level to November cold, dropping 24 degrees as Chicago and the northwest lake region endured stiff winds and frigid air.
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Chicago
Northwest Lake Region
Frick Pledges 200000 For Pittsburg YWCA Building And Endowment
At the Central YWCA commencement in Pittsburg and Allegheny H C Frick announced gifts totaling 200000 to support a new YWCA home. He will subscribe 100000 to the building fund and 100000 to the endowment fund, with the association needing 200000 more for the building by July 1, 1907 and 100000 for the endowment within two years after completion.
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Central Young Women’s ‘Christian Association
Pittsburg
Allegheny
H. C. Frick
Plan to repatriate over a thousand destitute Chinese
Authorities decide to return more than 1000 aged Chinese homeless after the San Francisco fire to China to live out their days in their homeland. The decision aims to provide them with a peaceful residence and renewed security abroad.
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San Francisco
China
Forest Fires Ravage Virginia West Virginia Timber
Fires in the region around Parsons and Davis West Virginia destroy lumber plants and timber valued over 100000 dollars. The blazes consume sawed lumber and standing timber as crews battle the inferno across the forested area.
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Cumberland
Parsons and
Davis
W. Va
Sad Sam dead and Athena beats Whitman in final twilit game
The notes recount Sad Sam's death, Athena Yellow Kids defeating Whitman, and Cornell winning the intercollegiate championship in Boston for the second straight year. Ithacans scored 38 points, PA 23, Harvard 21, Yale 19. the rest scattered.
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Sad Sam
Athena
Whitman
Cornell University
Boston
Ithacans
Pennsylvania
Harvard
Yale
Battle ‘Nelson
Aurelio Herrera
Los Angeles
Herrera
Thomas B. Ware
Spokane Rod & Gun Club
Washington State Sportsmen’s Association
Spokane
Tom
B. A. Dryden
Walla Walla
Athens
United States
Great Britain
England
Germany
France
Greece
Great Britain and Colonies
Sweden
Hungary
Austria
Nland
Italy
Belgium
Windy City Faces Water Shortage and Strike Threats
Chicago may see water supply disruption darkness and closed bridges as city inspectors pause and unionized city workers threaten a general strike over higher wages sought by building trades. About 5000 skilled mechanics employed by the city stand ready to quit at a call from the trades. Ellen Louise Bistlow's appeal to President Roosevelt leads to Red Cross steps for missing children notices in San Francisco.
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Chicago
Ellen Louise Bist Low
Harvard
Mass
Roosevelt
California
Devine
Red Cross
San Francisco
Elevator Rope Fatality Claims Ogden Attorney
Elijah Fort a young attorney in Ogden Utah dies after an elevator rope breaks while he climbs to retrieve a key at the First National Bank. He grasps the rope as the car moves and is crushed to death.
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Ogden
Utah
Elijah Fort
Fire at Kubarl atlery in Hokkaido wrecks buildings
A major blaze on the island of Hokkaido destroyed multiple buildings at the Kubarl atlery and caused the death of several miners. Fire crews battled the flames as rescue efforts continued.
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Japan
Tokio
Lery
Hokkaido
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Grays Harbor
Sproom
Goss Osses Dane
Oakland
Ryored
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York
Aso
Nobele Osc
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Oh BO
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Ghrvsiang
New York
St. Louis
Dewoit
PSN Ok Geebee
Spokane City League
Rapp & Lloyd
Northern Pacific
Powell-Sanders
Dodd Clothing Co
Jones & Dllingham
Warwicks
Windy City
Frisco
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