Honor Accorded the American Wife of French Ambassador
Washington society buzzes with rumors that Mme Patenotre wife of the French ambassador to Madrid will visit America in summer with her three children while her husband stays in Spain Her coronation praise as Pearl of Madrid is recalled and a hearty welcome is anticipated upon her return to her childhood home.
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Washington
Mme. Patenotre
Alfonso XIII
America
Madrid
Castile
Aragon
Spain
Mme
Patenotre
Daughter of Jersey Lily Weds Millionaire British Statesman
Jeanne Langtry, daughter of actress Lily Langtry, married Ian Malcolm MP after dropping her maiden name. The event ends a sequence of reported engagements to Arthur Hill, Ivor Guest MP, and Malcolm, who has inherited about 1.5 million dollars. Mrs Langtry previously provided her daughter with an income of around 10 000 dollars annually.
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Jeanne Langtry
Jeanne
Lily Langtry
Ian Malcolm
London
Arthur Hill
Ivor Guest
M. P
Lord Wimborne
Discovery of Hudson River Plans for 1609 celebration
An early discussion at the University Club in New York led to forming a Hudson River commemoration board. Thomas Powell Fowler was elected president as plans for the tribute to Hendrik Hudson and the 1609 harbor discovery are laid out, with invitations for further suggestions.
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Hudson River
Hendrik Hudson
New York
Eben E. Olcett
University Club
Thomas Powell Fowler
Garland Dismisses Heroines As Insipid At Chicago Lecture
Hamlin Garland told University of Chicago listeners that traditional heroines in English and early American novels are insipid and unbecoming for young readers. He urged fiction true to everyday life and doubted poets exaggerate romance, noting courtship remains sweet and life busy. He praised William Dean Howells as a leading American prose writer.
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Hamlin Garland
University of Chicago
Garland
William Dean Howells
Mr. Garland
Boston Women Swear Said to Shock Society Figures
Miss Vining, a Boston suffragist and Massachusetts women’s club leader, described severe shocks at lax manners in Boston society. She cited underage women drinking whisky cocktails before lunch and rising profanity among younger Boston women.
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Miss Vining
Boston
Massachusetts
Wedlock in Servia Prompts Hasty Marriges
A Servian bank scheme offered 2000 dinars to young couples at marriage to boost population. The premium spurred rushed weddings followed by divorces after funds ran out. The plan was withdrawn as results proved unsustainable.
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Servia
Government Savings Bank
Poet Sir Edwin Arnold Celebrates Seventieth Birthday
Sir Edwin Arnold, renowned poet and Newdigate prize winner, received numerous birthday congratulations on June 10 as he marks his seventieth year. He has been a longtime editor and contributor to the London Daily Telegraph for forty years.
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Edwin Arnold
Oxford
London Daily Telegraph
May Be Tammany Leader Ex-Mayor Grant Cited
Ex mayor Hugh John Grant of New York, born 1856, Columbia Law graduate, began as alderman in 1883, defeated for mayor in 1884, sheriff 1886 88, mayor 1888 92, led Van Wyck canvass in 1897 and is courted for Tammany leadership while abroad.
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Grant
New York
Hugh John Grant
Tammany
New York City
Coumbia Law School
Bailey Attacks Beveridge in Senate Clash
Texas Senator Joseph W Bailey sprang at Indiana Senator Beveridge in the chamber and choked him after a dispute over comments on the State Department. Several senators and aides intervened to separate them as a torn necktie and a shaken Beveridge were noted.
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Beveridge
Indiana
Bailey
Texas Statesman
State Department
Texas
Department
Hailey
Department of State
Penfield
Tey
Layton
Spooner
Bacon
Hallmnters
Baily
Profit in Soda Water Counter Crowded Drug Store
A New York Post item notes a soda water counter in a drug store nearly always crowded. A customer asks the dispenser about annual business. the reply cites receipts over $60,000 yearly and implies higher profits at nearby places, with the shop remarking on 24 hour operation and about 100 percent profit line.
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Webaebe
Carmer
New York Post
Bread Sold by Weight Law Enacted in Montreal
Montreal approves new bread law requiring sale by weight after September 1, with a one pound exception for fancy breads. The vote followed a 16 month debate between English bakers opposing the measure and Free bakers who say it protects the public from fraud.
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Montreal
Quebec
Confenders in Hard Luck Report From Secret Service Chief
Chief Wilkie Moat files annual secret service report to Secretary Shaw. In the year 673 persons were arrested for federal offenses, New York leading with 85 prosecutions. 413 offenders were American born. Italians next. 63 percent convicted. Only one dangerous counterfeit note, a $5 silver certificate, and one other passable $1 note were tied to a Chicago plant. New York district saw an 80 percent drop in all silver coin counterfeits. The report cites rising note raising crimes and suggests smaller denomination notes be made a different size to deter such forgeries.
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Wilkie Moat
Washington
Wilkie
Secret Service Division
Shaw
New York
Chicago
China Refuses July Indemnity Payment at April 1901 Rate
The Shanghai taotai informs the rankers' commission that China will not pay the July indemnity installment at the current rate, insisting on the April 1 1901 exchange rate. U S minister Conger’s statements support China, while ministers expect a majority decision once the United States alignment is clear. Chinese officials acknowledge their prior pleas were mercy, not justice.
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PEKIN
Tactal of
Shanghai
Rankers’ Commission
China
Taotai
United States
Conger
Notie
Siodsrfon
Prince Ching
Foreign Office
Candidate for Commander John Meilroy Urged by Veterans
Washington July 4 The Department of the Potomac Grand Army of the Republic backs John Meilroy managing editor of the National Tribune as candidate for commander in chief His 36 years in the organization include service from 1862 to end of the Civil War and time as a prisoner at Andersonville His military record spans Illinois cavalry Company L Sixteenth.
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John Meilroy
Grand Army
Washngton
Department of the Potomac
Th Republic
Order
Joh Meilhroy
Ntional Tribune
Asa Tribe
2Nd Army
Congress
Melcy
Organation
Sixteeh Ilinois Cavalry
Andersonville
Pers
Ower
Defaulter Ate Death in War Dept Fund Embezzlement
United States Attorney Gould announced in probate court that William Yateman formerly disbursing clerk in the War Department died on April 20, 1901 while a defaulter. The alleged defalcation totals about $18,000, with government steps planned to recover the full amount. The defalcation was only recently discovered and attributed to voucher manipulation.
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Wasngton
United States Triat
Gould
William Yateman
War Department
Cat on High Trestle Fatality and Injuries Reported
Three Shaokvie brothers, Simon Luke and Li, were on the Malig Valley Electric trestle near Strrs four miles east when a cat caused them to fall. Li was killed from a fractured skull, Mike lost an arm and suffered leg fractures, but survived in critical condition with injuries to the rest of his body.
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Younfown
Simon
Luke Sha Okvie
Malig Valley
Strrs
Mike
Transfer of Philippine governance to civil officers announced
Washington reports chairman Cooper says the Philippine government act will be put in operation at once with a transfer of authority from military to civil officers in most areas. The census will be taken within about a year by a locally run system, aiming to serve Filipinos as an object lesson.
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Washington
Cooper
House Committee On Maiulay Affairs
Philippines
Jong
Taft
Manila
Mr. Cooper
Porto Rico
He & Febymippine
Floods Continue Rain Damage Across Illinois and Missouri
Heavy rain since Saturday morning brings crop losses in Illinois and Missouri estimated in millions. Grain left by floods sprouts, while upland corn and oats gain from the downpour. In Washington, Hepburn of Iowa proposes amending the Interstate Commerce Act to place all intoxicating liquors under state law with no exemptions. Speaker Henderson heads to New York then Iowa for a wide campaign tour to reach doubtful districts. Prof. O V P Stout of Nebraska University is appointed as agent and expert in irrigation, to work on the Fresno drainage project.
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ST. Louis
Illinois
Missouri
Washingon
Hepburn
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Notso
Hendergn
Henderson
New York
Europe
Nebraska Pressor
Cheyenne
Uly
O. Vv. P. Stout
University of Nebraska
Irigation Investigant
Fresno
Cal
Treasury warrants issued for six states total 3218 dollars
The treasury department issued warrants in favor the states of Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan Vermont and Ohio aggregating 3218 dollars. The warrants cover claims of the states incident to raising and arming troops during the Civil War recently allowed by the comptroller and for which the engineers made the necessary appropriation.
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Washington
Treasury
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Vermont
Ohio
Dreyfus Fights for Paris Flat Access
Dreyfus, after securing a lease on Boulevard des Mal- lesherbes, faces obstruction as the outgoing tenant blocks entry and access for upholsterers. Paris courts have ordered the tenant to admit Dreyfus for one week, two hours daily, until the lease expires.
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Dreyfus
Eix
Paris
Boulevard Mallesherbes
M. Dreyfus
Saved the Baby in New Providence Iowa
Three year old Helen Moon daughter of Mr and Mrs B V Moon narrowly escaped death from kidney trouble after doctors failed to help. Dodd's Kidney Pills were used, nine boxes, with recovery and praised as life saving by the family. Various ads and brief notes follow.
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New Providence
Iowa
Helen Moon
Dodd
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