British Locomotives Favored If Price and Quality Equal Says Sir George Hamilton
Lord George Hamilton in a letter to Sir Alfred Hickman defends British rail equipment, noting Indian boards previously bought only British-made locomotives while American firms offered faster, cheaper engines during strikes. He asserts Britain will favor British firms unless American price, quality, or delivery vastly surpasses. The Burmah Viaduct dispute and American vs British production are discussed as examples, with emphasis on maintaining British engineering supremacy. Cape Government Railways official Eliott arrives in England to source rail material, prioritizing British suppliers if terms meet needs.
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Lord George Hamilton
India
House of Commons
Afred Hickman
British
Tron Trade Association
Sir Alfred
Boards of Management
Great Britain
America
Emen Pe
Godreth
Lord Aernee
Philadelphia
Lord George
Alfred
Steel
George Hamilton
the Times
Atbara
Godreih
Charles Bletterman Elliott
Cape Town
Cape Government Railways
Southampton
Daily Mail
Eliott
England
Continent
United States
Rostand Wins Academy Seat Sparks Duel Threats
In Paris on May 31 Edmond Rostand was elected to the Academy. A clash over a critical article by Lucien Muhlfeld led to threats of a duel involving Maurice Bernhardt. After negotiations the seconds agreed no duel would take place and no engagement occurred.
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Paris
Edmond Rostand
Academy
Maurice Bernhardt
Lucien Muhffeld
M. ‘Muhlfeld
Gaulois
M. Rostand
Mme. Behardt
M. ‘Bernhardt
M. Mchlfeld
M. Bernhardt
Rnharat
The Russian Labor Riots Near St. Petersburg
London reports from St. Petersburg on May 20 near Alexandrovsky the clash between Obuchoff Iron Works strikers and authorities grew worse than official police lines. Hundreds were wounded and at least two killed as soldiers fired on the crowd. witnesses describe a long line of injured leaving the scene and some victims taken to hospital.
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London
St. Petersburg
Alexandrovsky
St.Petersburg
Obuchoff Iron Works
Mutinous Civic Guards Parade in Antwerp Alarm Brussels
A disorderly scene in Antwerp yesterday saw mutinous civic guardsmen march and sing the Marseillaise while police intervened to shield residents from the unrest. The report notes violent disruption and escalating tensions among troops.
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Sruscels
Brussels
Antwerp
Jree
German liner Deutsch arch shipped from Southampton
Southampton May 31 The Hamburg America Line steamship Deutsch arch sailed from this port today bound for A Cage Canfield and her crew.
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Gaming
Vidi
Deutschland
Southampton
Hamargraanerieh Line
Deutscharhich
Non Swed ish Marine Minister faces criticism abroad
A non Swedish minister of marine addressed overseas concerns, with officials in distant capitals weighing responses. Critics question policies and potential implications for regional trade and naval presence. The episode highlights tensions between domestic administration and international partners.
Queen Wilhelmina Attends Berlin Royal Review
Queen Wilhelmina and husband witness the Berlin garrison review led by the Emperor. She and the Empress visit the royal castle while the Emperor heads a Guards brigade. A public welcome along Unter den Linden draws immense crowds and sunstrokes. Americans including Andrew D. White attend.
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Berlin
Wilhelmina
Royal
Prince of the
Netherlands
Unter den Linden
Bonnat
Ilhelmina
Andrew D. White
United States
White
Albert J. Beveridge
F. W. Hollis
Schieren
Brooklyn
Landis
Sn Francisco
William Heehler
Beehler
Kerr
Col. Kerr
Angell
Rochester
Ae Eerine
Rutter
Philadelphia
Schloss
Labo Cen
Beveridge
Donizetti
Mr. White
Hague
Carnegie’s 2 Million Offer for Scotland Education
Modifications of Andrew Carnegie's educational proposal for Scotland are under discussion at Scottish universities. The plan envisions a depositary trust extending to high grade schools and institutes, funding grants only to poor students, with surplus for university expansion and buildings. Duke of Devonshire urged Derbyshire coal owners to follow Carnegie's example.
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London
Andrew Carnegie
Scotland
Daily Chronicle
Duke of Devonshire
Staveley
Derbyshire
Carnegie
Campbell Bannerman Praises Carnegie Education Plan
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, M P, spoke in Edinburgh on education praising Mr Carnegie's generosity as opening the path to the highest learning for every boy and girl. He said the scheme fits Scottish genius and urged community involvement to save the empire and end the rigid divide between primary and secondary education.
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Edinburgh
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Carnegie
Riots in Corunna Leave One Dead and Ten Hurt
May 31 Corunna reports serious disturbances as officials strike mutinously. Gendarmes disperse rioters while troops patrol streets leaving one dead and ten wounded.
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Corunna
Emperor William Honors French Officers With Royal Orders
Berlin reports Emperor William decorates Gen Bonnat director of the French War School with the Crown Order of the First Class and grants Gallet the Crown Order of the Second Class in ceremonies at the royal palace.
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Berlin
William
Gen
Bonnat
Gallet
Czar's Eldest Child Struck by Mild Typhoid
The Grand Duchess Olga, eldest child of the Czar, contracted a mild form of typhoid fever early this week in St. Petersburg. She was born in November 1895 and doctors report no serious concern for her condition.
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Petersburg
Oga
Trolley Crash in Wilmington Kills One and Injures Dozens
A Sixth Street trolley line accident in Wilmington kills Joshua Gillman and injures conductor Elmer Jones and about twenty others as two crowded cars collide on a steep hill. The air brake failed and cars Nos. 5 and 16 plowed into a Summer car, wounding several more.
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Del
Joshua Gillman
Elmer Jones
Jones
Sixth Street
People’s Railway Company
Brandywine ‘Springs
Franklin
Monroe Street
Benson
No. 16
Gillman
Madison Street
Albert Fulmer
Miss Rae Goes Unpunished In Health Board Case
Miss Margaret Rae, a school teacher at 316 East 150th Street, nursed her parents through illness and faced Sanitary Board actions. The Board of Health concluded insufficient intent to conceal and the matter was resolved without punishment. Rae, a Christian Scientist, testified she learned faith cures and accepted the sanitary decision.
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Margaret Rae
East One Hundred and Fiftieth Street
Nomen
Board of Health
Rae Admis
Rae
Britannia Detained at Quarantine After Genoa Voyage
The Anchor liner Britannia arrives with 654 Italian immigrant grants under Captain Turner from Genoa Leg horn and Naples and is detained at quarantine pending inspection and clearance by health authorities.
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Britannia
Turner
Genoa
Leghorn
Naples
British garrison repels De la Rey at Vlakfontein near Johannesburg
News from June 1 reports a fierce engagement at Vlakfontein on the Durban Johannesburg line. British forces under Brigadier Dixon endure heavy losses with 174 killed or wounded including four officers, while Boer general De la Rey sustains sharp casualties and maintains mobility around the Gold Reef region.
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London
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Gold Reef
Vlakfontein
Durban- Johannesburg
Lord Kitchener
Clements
Magaliesburg
del Rey
Babington
Winkfontein
Pretoria
Dixon
de la Rey
End of Tunnel Strike Imminent with Settlement Planned
The rapid transit tunnel strike is set to end by Monday with workers returning to work at noon under union conditions. Non union workers will be discharged or must join the union. An agreement to ban all tunnel strikes will be signed.
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Shaler
Forty-second Street
Central Federated Union Committees
Central Federated
McVay
Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders of America
Degnon-McLean Company
Elm Street
Centre
Breecker
Isaedia Britannica
Brooklyn Tunnel Plan faces veto and hearing
A public hearing on the Brooklyn tunnel plan by the Rapid Transit Commission will be held before Mayor Van Wyck this morning. Andrew H. Green praises the veto of the Revised Charter and argues the tunnel would benefit the Long Island Railroad while imposing costs on others.
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Brooklyn Tunnel
Rapid Transit Commissioners
van Wyck
Andrew H. Green
Rooka
Udge Coopers
Sig
Lo Island Railroad
Alleged Abductor Isador Roth Arrested in Michigan
Benton Harbor Michigan Chief of Police Johnson announces the arrest of Isador Roth aged twenty three in connection with the alleged abduction of Rosie Geist a New York City girl. Detective Sergeant Pfailer stated Roth is wanted for abducting Geist from her home on February twenty first. The case involves movements to Rochester and Chicano with authorities pursuing return of Geist.
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Isador Roth
Michigan
New York
Benton Harbor
Mich
Johnson Today
Rosie Geist
New York City
Pfailer
Roth
Pett
Rochester
Chicano
Aoe
Tela Gira
Store to be Closed at Noon on Saturdays
Arnold Constable and Co will close their store at noon on Saturdays during the Seer dare ie saint ot Si period, adjusting usual weekend hours.
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Arnold, Constable & Co
China Nears End to Indemnity Talks With 10 Percent Customs Plan
Foreign ministers in Peking express approval of a 450 million tael indemnity and push to raise duties to 10 percent, removing major hurdles. They propose funding from likin taxes to about 23 million taels annually after interest, provided likin duties on foreign goods end. Washington negotiators clash with Russia and France over international guarantees.
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Peking
China
Washington
Shisoo
United States
Russia
France
May Advance for Capt. N. H. Hall in China Campaign
Capt. Newt H. Hall may receive a ten-number advancement in the Marine Corps after a favorable Board of Awards recommendation. The court martial acquitted him of charges linked to alleged resentment by Chinese women, countering claims of cowardice and urging recognition for gallantry.
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Washington
Newt H. Hall
Peking
Marine Corps
China
McCalla
Board of Awards
Army
Navy
Hall
All
Gen Cummins Leads Final Brigade Departure From Tien-Tsin
Gen. Cummins with the last of his brigade departed Tien-Tsin for India today. Officers crowd hotels, many Germans preparing to leave China. All sick being shipped out as eighteen transports lie at Taku with more expected.
German government charters thirteen steamers to bring troops home
EPRLIN May 31 The German Government has chartered thirteen steamers to bring home the troops in China. It is estimated that about 1 men will have arrived by the end of Bentembar.
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Eprlin
China
Bentembar
Royal Chaplains to Curb Ecclesiastical Establishment
London report states King Edward plans to reduce his paid chaplains from thirty six to twelve, trimming royal ecclesiastical staff following a Daily Mail note.
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Edward
London
The
Daily Mail
Hts
Vickers-Cramps Bethlehem Steel deal in doubt
Early reports claim Bethlehem Steel and Vickers Sons and Maxim will consolidate with a $22.50 per share basis and a 50 dividend, while other papers dispute any prospect of consolidation amid inconsistent statements and remarks by Robert P. Linderman.
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Philadelphia
Bethlehem Steel Company
Vickers Sons and
Maxim Company
Bethlehem
Varius
Robert P. Linderman Ying
U& Met
New York
Morton Trust
Coroner to Probe Death of 15 Year Old Charles McCarthy
Brooklyn coroner Charles Burger will investigate the death of Charles McCarthy a fifteen year old who died yesterday at Kings County Asylum The death is alleged to have resulted from severe scalding by another inmate who poured boiling water on him Coroner Burger may pursue criminal penalties if attendants are implicated.
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Young McCarthy
Burger
Brooklyn
Charles McCarthy
Kings County Asylum
Geeth
Clerk Keating Seeks Hidden Funds in Bank for Savings
John C. Keating a former Common Council member and taxes clerk seeks to examine Bank for Savings records after filing in Supreme Court. He claims his wife Ellen Cullinan Keating left funds and that his father in law held open accounts, with administration charged to his wife’s estate.
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Department of Taxes and Assessments
Common Council
Louis O. Vandoren
Justice O’gorman
Supreme Court
Bank For Savings
Fourth Avenue
William J. Moran
Keating
O’gorman
Ellen F.cullinan
Michael
Catherine Cullinan
Cullinan
Free Religious Association Holds Annual Meeting in Boston
Boston May 31 The Free Religious Association of America chose the Boston Museum for its annual meetings. Dr. Lewis G. Jones presided and spoke on The Signs of the Times while Prof. Nathaniel Schmidt discussed The Man Jesus and the Traditional Christ. Swami Abhedamanda of India argued Jesus did not teach a new religion. The afternoon session featured discussions on The Ethics of Race Relationships with speakers including Frank O Hall T Thomas Fortuné Carolina Huidebro Ida Co Hultin and Rabbi Charles Fleischer as they criticized Anglo Saxon civilization.
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Boston Museum
Free Religious Association of America
Lewis G. Jones
Association
Times
Nathaniel Schmidt
Cornell University
Jesus
David
Rabbi A Silverman
Temple Emanu-El
New York
Schmidt
Swami Abhedamanda
India
Christ
Frank O. Hall
Cambridge
T. Thomas Fortuné
The
New York Age
Senorita
Carolina A. Huidebro
Chile
Ida Co. Hultin
Allston
Charles Fleischer
Walt Whitman Fellowship Elects Officers At Eighth Convention
The eighth annual Walt Whitman Fellowship International meeting at Hotel St. Denis elected Isaac Hull Platt as president and R M Bucke John Burroughs F H Williams H B Forman, and others as officers. Directors chosen included Horace Jaubel J H Johnston Thomas B Hard and Horace Traubel secretary treasurer. Dinner featured remarks by Hinton Cros by Le Gallienne and others with letters from Stedman and Garland read.
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Walt Whitman Fellowship International
Hotel St. Denis
Isaac Hull Platt
R. M. Bucke
John Burroughs
F. H. Williams
H. B. Forman
Helen A. Clarke
Laurens Maynard
Horace Jaubel
J. H. Johnston
Thomas B. Hard
O.L. T
M. Jones
G. P. Wis Kell
Mary B. Talmage
J. W. Young
Edward Wells Divorced in Dakota Residency Case
Mrs Bertha Reid Wells was granted a Dakota divorce from Edward Wells on May 24 for non-support. Wells did not contest the action. The couple, longtime New York social figures, had moved to Dakota two years earlier to establish residence.
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Edward Wells
Mrs. Wells
A. Bertrand Reid
Samuel C. Reid
Broadway
Mr. Wells
Peekskill
Wells
Avery D. Andrews
Wellses
Allen F. Caruthers
Union Law Company
231 Broadway
Bertha Reid
Scarsdale
Returns After Thirty Years in Newark Family Reunites
Joseph N McGrath, who left Newark in 1872 after quitting a Broad and Bridge Streets grocery, returned to his family at 168 James Street on a Tuesday. He had spent years in the Klondike, first traveling to San Francisco, then sealing voyages in the Northern Pacific, owning a boat that burned off the Japanese coast, and later attempting cattle ranching before striking Klondike success. Now around seventy, he is in vigorous health and reunited with his wife and sons Mark and Edward.
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N. J
Joseph N. Mmcgraith
Broad and Bridge Streets
James Street
Mark
Edward
McGrath
Klondike
San Francisco
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