Gladiator Collision Case Opened In Admiralty Court
The British Admiralty sues the American Line over the Gladiator St Paul collision off the Isle of Wight on April 25. Both sides seek damages claiming negligent navigation and lookout failures. Captains Lumsden and Mainguy testify as hearings adjourn to tomorrow.
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John Gorell Barnes
Admiralty Court
Isle of Wight
Admiralty
St. Paul
Gladiator
Lumsden
Sidney Mainguy
Trinity House
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Lieut
Maingny
St. Paul’s
Bowyer
Solent
Interpellations on Ministry of Marine failures in Duma debate
A committee approved a set of interpellations criticizing the Ministry of Marine over disorganization and alleged incompetence. Resolutions demand reform and target the purchase of ten Lewis Nixon torpedo boats deemed unsuited for combat. Nixon defends the boats and cites tests and high profile acknowledgments.
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ST. Petersburg
Ministry of Marine
Committee of National Defense
Duma
Lewis Nixon
New York
Ministry
Nixon
Beef Trust Again in Commons Over Meat Prices
London reporters say the American Beef Trust and its alleged control of the brush meat market were debated in the House of Commons. Charles W. Bowerman urged Winston Churchill to appoint a commission to probe the trust and ease British consumers’ rising meat costs. Churchill promised consideration of a commission to examine one of these great trusts believed to profit behind protectionist tariffs.
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London
Churchill
Feodorovna Hanged for Attempt on Governor Bibikoff
In Voronezh Feodorovna, 25, a former schoolteacher, was hanged today for the May 6 failed assassination attempt on Governor Bibikoff. The event follows a series of unrest and violent episodes reported from other cities and regions.
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Voronezh
Jime
Pierce to Fight Texas Law Over Extradition
Texas Sheriff seeks H. Clay Pierce on perjury charges after US Supreme Court denied habeas relief. Pierce remains in New York on a $40,000 bond. Missouri or another state could be next venue if Texas acts. Attorney H S Priest expects pleaders to resist extradition, amid moving clues to Pierce s present whereabouts.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Matthews
St. Louis
H. Clay Pierce
Supreme Court of the United States
Mr. Pierce
New York
Liberty
H. S. Priest
Pierce
United States Supreme Court
Henry Clay Pierce
West Fifty-seventh Street
Trugs
Fifty-seventh Street
Mr. Wilson
Wil
American in French Jail Demands Diplomatic Help
Ambassador White urged French Foreign Minister Pichon over Charles Von Milevich of 127 South Fulton Street Philadelphia jailed in Lille for two weeks on a Tournai extradition warrant accusing him of robbing his father-in-law of 400 dollars in Jasnes Belgium. Milevich proclaims innocence while Lille authorities allegedly mistreat him and deny access to the American Consulate and his wife.
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Paris
White
Pichon
Charles von Milevich
South
Fulton Street
Philadelphia
Lille
Tournai
Belgium
Jasnes
von Milevich
Mile
Noules
Unlisted Philadelphia Resident Rumor Debunked
Philadelphia dispatch notes that Charles Von Milevich is not known in the city and denies the existence of a cited Fulton Street number, calling the cablegram details unreliable and insignificant.
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Philadelphia
Charles von Milevich
Fulton Street
Havana visit marks Cuban women active in politics
Near-Suffragettes in Cuba report Sefiora Zaponet, president of the Ladies Liberal Club of Santiago de Las Vegas, visited Gov. Magoon to announce active female involvement in Alfredo Zayas candidacy. The club aims to form similar groups islandwide, while Magoon commends election purity and predicts positive effects.
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Havana
Sefiora “Zaponet
Ladies’ Liberal Club
Santiago de Las Vegas
Alfredo Zayas
U S Steel Negotiating Major Rail Contract with Russia
In Pittsburg on June 3 reports say United States Steel Corporation is negotiating with the Russian government for a vast rail contract to relay most of the Siberian Railway. The deal could involve over 1,000,000 tons of eighty and eighty five pound rails worth about 25 million dollars.
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Pittsburg
Penn
United States Steel Corporation
Siberian
Plague Report Denied for St Thomas Trinidad Parish
Official statement from St Thomas Jamaica clarifies no bubonic plague is present or suspected. The earlier Monday report claiming one fatal case and two suspected cases is error. the fatal case occurred in Port of Spain Trinidad and two suspected cases were miscredited to St Thomas.
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ST. Thomas
D. W.I
Port of Spain
Rotterdam Makes Eighteen Knots on Trial Run
The Holland America Line steamship Rotterdam of 25 000 tons completed a successful trial today reaching eighteen knots. She will proceed to Southampton and on June 6 to Rotterdam to begin regular sailings.
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Rotterdam
Belfast
Southampton
9 Cent Postage Pleas England in the Commons
In London the Postmaster General Buxton announces a penny postage agreement with the United States and Ireland. The 2 cent per ounce rate is to take effect Oct 1 1908. Meyer Reid Bryce honored. Heaton praised as father of imperial penny postage.
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London
Buxton
America
Great Britain
France
House of Commons
Meyer
Reid
Bryce
John Henniker Heaton
Daily Mail
United States
J. Henniker Heath
Paris
Lord Blyth
John Wanamaker
Washington
Ireland
England
Roosevelt
Universal Postal Union
Universal Union
Cuba
Panama
Canada
United Kingdom
Socialists Win First Diet Seats in Prussia
Berlin observers report five Socialist members elected to the Prussian Diet with four in Berlin and its suburbs and one in Hanover. The campaign targeted the Radicals as the likely path to gains while voter turnout remained low and many voters stayed away. Returns show few changes in Diet personnel as incumbents were largely re-elected.
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Berlin
Prussia
Hanover
Tower Leaving Berlin for Recall Ceremony
Ambassador Tower at Berlin will present his letters of recall to Emperor William on June 8. David Jayne Hill is expected to present credentials as the new Berlin ambassador around mid June.
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Washington
Berlin
State Department
Emperor William
David Jayne Hill
Zola Interment Set at Pantheon Amid Tense France
Paris preparations for Emile Zola burial with national honors at the Pantheon unfold amid renewed anti-Dreyfus tensions. A student demonstration failed, as police dispersed protesters and a guarded ceremony punctuates the transfer from Montmartre to the Pantheon with crowds cheering and groaning.
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Paris
Emile Zola
Pantheon
Zola
Dreyfus
France
Montmartre
Morrison Firm Sells Women’s Wear Stock to McCreery Co
E A Morrison and Son of 898 Broadway have sold their entire stock of women’s apparel to James McCreery and Co. The Morrison house is closing after more than forty years in business. McCreery clerks are stocktaking as the stock is moved to the Thirty Fourth Street store for sale.
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E. A. Morrison & Son
Broadway
James MecCreery & Co
Morrison House
McCreery
Thirty-fourth Street
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