Column of Mud From Mont Pelée Destroys Homes
A 100 meter high lava mud column from Mont Pelée washed into Basse Pointe Martinique destroying twenty two houses and causing thirty more to be swept into the sea. No deaths reported. River Fallaise flood altered river course and flooded Le Precheur with mud. French Chamber of Deputies discussed Martinique relief and resumption of work.
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Fort DE France
Martinique
Mont Pelé
Basse Pointe
Fallaise
Mont Pelée
le Precheur
Martinique Relief Fund Subscriptions Near 3 Million Francs
In the French Chamber of Deputies the Minister of the Colonies reported that subscriptions from all nations to the Martinique relief fund totaled nearly 3,000,000 francs. The Paris Times-New York Times special cablegram from London dated June 20 provides the statement.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Gerault
Martinique
France
M. Doumergue
Bank of
London Times
NEW York Times
London
The
Times
Tyrol rocked by violent earthquakes and panic
London dispatch from Vienna reports violent earthquakes with rumblings across Tyrol. Crockery and pictures were shaken from shelves as people faced widespread panic.
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London
Vienna
Daily Express
Tyrol
How the Boers Surrender
London reports from Pretoria describe the surrender ceremonies as standardized with pre arranged locations. General Louis Botha joins a surrender before General Bruce Hamilton to address burghers and oversee officer lists, ending with hymns and chaplain addresses.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
the Times
Pretoria
Louis Botha
Bruce Hamilton
Hamilton
Transvaal
Irish M P McHugh Jailed Sparks Commons Debate
London June 19 The House of Commons spent hours last night debating the case of Irish member Patrick A McHugh who was jailed for three months for contempt of a Sligo special court convened June 6 A Balfour agreed to appoint a committee to inquire into the arrest and report back to the House.
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McHugh
M. P
London
House of Commons
Patrick A. McHugh
Sligo
A. J. Balfour
Boxing victim letters reach Chicago from grave
Special to The New York Times reports a voice from the grave as D. H. Graham of the Bradner Smith Paper Company is mentioned in a striking May to June city note.
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New York Times
Chicago
D. H. Graham
Bradner Smith Paper
Letter from Elizabeth Atwater on Boxer rising fears found
A June 6, 1900 letter from Elizabeth Graham Atwater to R. W. Graham, written during the Boxer uprising in Northern China, was found in ashes at Sen-Chow-Foo after the mission house burned and its members were killed in August 1900. The note mentions fears of a massacre.
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Pany
R. W. Graham
New Vork
China
Elizabeth Graham Atwater
Mr. Atwater
Sen-Chow-Foo
Dr. Noble
China seeks silver payments for indemnity period
London June 20 China plans to propose to the powers that the indemnity be paid in silver for three or four years with subsequent gold payments to cover any deficiency and increased future payments, according to The Times correspondent in Peking.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Peking
the Times
China
Ireland and the Coronation Observance Spark Emotions
Dublin reports Claremorris District Council adopts a resolution to float a black flag over the board room on June 26 and 27 in celebration of the English king’s coronation. The gesture is condemned as a protest against famine ships coercion and British rule, with Mayo County councils urged to join.
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Claremorris
London
New York Times
Dublin
Times
County Mayo
King Edward's Visit to Eton Postponed Amid Pageant Plans
London June 20 King Edward's planned visit to Eton tomorrow has been postponed along with other engagements. The postponement disappoints many as preparations were completed for a grand water pageant. Their Majesties would have traveled to the college in the royal barge built for George II a vessel with an ornate canopy and high stern now ordered seaworthy.
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London
Edward
Eton
College
George II
Salisbury Misses Hatfield Reception For Colonial Premiers
Lord Salisbury was indisposed and could not attend the Hatfield House reception for Colonial Premiers. The Premiers remained in London tonight.
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London
Lord Salisbury
Hatfield House
Hertfordshire
Coronation Gala Opera Programme Approved by King
London reports King Edward approved a coronation gala program featuring the National Anthem, Elgar Coronation Ode, and acts from Carmen Rigoletto and Tannhauser. Mme Nordica is asked to sing Elizabeth's Greeting in Tannhauser though the aria is not in her repertoire and study on short notice is doubtful.
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London
Edward
Elgar
Tannhauser
Mme
Nordica
Elizabeth
French Victory in Africa Reported by The Patrie
Paris reports from Lake Chad that Col. Destenave led a French column to defeat Touareg and Senussi tribesmen on January 20. Soudanese troops assaulted Bir Alali, driving the tribesmen from their position. 1,390 enemy dead were left in trenches and 900 rifles abandoned along with families.
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Paris
the Patrie Today
Lake Tchad
Africa
Destenave
Bir Alali
Rouen tradesman fined for shouting at Loubet
Paris The Times correspondent reports in London that Rouen merchant Foucault was fined 1000 francs after shouting A bas Loubet as President Loubet passed during a Paris Culinary Exhibition event.
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London
Rouen
Foucault
Paris
The
Times
Marguerite Wilson and Vicomte de Kergariou Arranged to Marry
The Times Paris correspondent reports a marriage between Marguerite Wilson granddaughter of the late President Grévy and the Vicomte de Kergariou, set for August in Paris.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Paris
the Times
Mile
Marguerite Wilson
President Grévy
Vicomte de Kergariou
Death of Samuel Butler author and composer
Samuel Butler, born 1835, noted author and composer, dies in London. Grandson of the Bishop of Lichfield, educated at Shrewsbury and St John’s Cambridge, he published his first work in 1863 and later wrote Life and Habit and Evolution. He collaborated with Henry Festing Jones on vocal and instrumental works including cantata Narcissus.
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Samuel Butler
Lichfield
Shrewsbury School
St. John’s College, Cambridge
Henry Festing Jones
The Hominy Trust Expands to Own Box Factories
The American Hominy Company, the Hominy Trust, newly incorporated in New Jersey, absorbed Indianapolis mills and cereal works and filed amendments to its articles. It can now own box factories, cooperage mills, and plants to manufacture all essentials of its business. Capital stock is set at 3,750,000 dollars in preferred and common shares.
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Hominy Trust
Indianapolis
American Hominy Company
The
New Jersey
Hominy Mills
Cerealine Works of
Secretary of State
Summer Resort News Preview in Sunday Edition
The advertisement promotes Summer resort news in the Sunday issue, with full coverage of New Jersey and Long Island resorts. It notes correspondents at large resorts and details on visitors, weekly events, amusements, surf, weather, and outdoor sports.
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New Jersey
Long Island
New York
Adv
King Albert of Saxony Dies at Dresden Castle
King Albert died peacefully at Sibyllenort Castle at 8 05 P M after illness designating his brother Prince George as regent for State affairs. Vienna reports Francis Joseph plans to attend funeral. Kiel regatta festivities likely canceled. King Albert born April 23 1828 led Saxony in 1866 and 1870 wars. famed for military leadership and close ties with Emperor William I.
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Dresden
Albert
Sibyllenort
Prince George
Johann
Saxony
Prussia
William I
William
Rhine
Berlin
Kiel
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Albert of
Lord Acton Dies at Bavarian Estate at 1834 Birth to 1900s
The Right Hon. Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton first Baron Acton died at Tergensee Bavaria after a long illness. Born in Naples in 1834 he studied under Wiseman and Dolinger and became a noted liberal Catholic leader. He served as MP for Carlow from 1859 to 1865 and later as Cambridge Professor of Modern History. His polemics included opposition to Papal infallibility and defense of Dr Dollinger. His heir is Hon. Richard Dalberg Acton.
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London
John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Baron Acton
Tergensee
Bavaria
Lord Acton
Naples
Cambridge
John Seeley
Kettelsr
Mayence
Dollinger
University of Munich
Mr. Gladstone
Vatican
London Times
Richard Dalberg-Acton
Death of Dr James Macaulay Author and Physician
London reports the death of James Macaulay M D the author born in 1817. The notice records his medical profession and literary status with brief biographical detail.
Edinburgh native Dr. Macaulay and university ties
Dr. Macaulay, a native of Edinburgh, studied at the university there and served as joint editor of the Literary Ga.
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Dr. Macaulay
Edinburgh
Victorian writer Dr Macaulay and his works
The obituary notes Dr Macaulay edited a zette from 1851 to 1857 and led Leisure Hour in 1858 with youth publications. It highlights his 1839 essay on cruelty to animals, his book Across the Ferry with early impressions of the country, a London Spectator remark on an American immigration prize, and his 1887 book Victoria Her Life and Reign.
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Zette
Leisure Hour
London Spectator
Macaulay
Victoria
London Dock Proposals Seek Unified Thames Authority
A royal commission urges creating a single authority for the London docks and the River Thames below Teddington. Warehouses should be sold or leased. New stock would buy out London Dock Company shareholders. Plans earmark 4.5 million pounds for dock improvements and 2.5 million to widen and deepen river channels. A 30-foot dredged channel would extend to Crayfordness, 1000 feet wide there and 600 feet beyond. From Albert Docks to London Docks depth would be 25 feet and width 300 feet.
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London
London Docks
Albert Docks
Crayfordness
Barrow Pleads for Wife in Kidnapping Case
George B Barrow writes to Goshen mayor pleading for mercy for wife Addie Barrow convicted in 1899 kidnapping of Marion Clarke. He claims motive was political revenge against Police Department and sought Governor Odell's clemency through the letter. He notes his own imprisonment at Dannemora and cites his father Judge J C Barrow of Little Rock.
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Goshen
N. Y
George B. Barrow
Addie Barrow
Marion Clarke
Auburn
Barrow
Dannemora
John McCullagh
Tammany
Gov. Odell
Roosevelt
State Bureau of Elections
Croker
McCullagh
D. Ss
Charley Ross
Mr. McCullagh
Devery and McClusky
New York City
We Barrow
J. C. Barrow
Little Rock, Ark
William Gillette Arrives in Boston After Transatlantic Trip
Actor William Gillette returned from Liverpool aboard the Cunard steamer Ivernia and, after declining interviews, indicated plans to resume Sherlock Holmes in the coming season. He teased about anti imperialists and remarked they have been overplayed.
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Boston
Walter Green
William Gillette
Liverpool
Cunard
Ivernia
The Burning of Ancient Rome in Manhattan Beach
Pain's pyrotechnical spectacle The Burning of Ancient Rome opened for the season at Manhattan Beach last night. A large crowd enjoyed a mimic disaster and new features including a chariot race around a lake and a motor-paced bicycle race on a small track. The ballet was the largest and most intricate seen for years at Sumner resort.
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Ancient Rome
Pain
Manhattan Beach
Martinique
Sumner
Actress Bessie Bonehill Not Dying in London
SAYVILLE June 19 actress Bessie Bonehill is not dying of cancer as rumored from England. Her daughter Marion Seeley received a cable stating the actress has a tumor not cancer and is recuperating so rapidly she hopes to return to this country soon.
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Bessie Bonehill
Sayville
L.I
London
England
Marion Seeley
Miss Bonehill
Italy Protest Over Admiral Crowninshield Remark
Italian Ambassador Signor Mayor des Planches pressed Secretary of State Moody and Acting Secretary Hill over the court of inquiry findings on Venice prisoner treatment. Moody seeks a strict inquiry into how the Chicago report leaked, while officials weigh naval policy and possible command changes as diplomacy aims to curb further publication.
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Washington
Signor Mayor Des Planches
State Department
Hill
Hay
Chicago
Venice
Moody
Dayton
Crowinshield
Europe
United States
Crown
Subpoena Issued Into Disbrow In Inquest Deaths
Coroner John Nugent issued a subpoena directing Louis N. Disbrow to testify at the inquest into the deaths of Clarence Foster and Sarah Lawrence following a report of threats and suspicious circumstances. DA Livingston Smith and Pinkerton investigators pursue clues while Disbrow may not appear without murder charges.
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Livingston Smith
Suffolk County
John Nugent
Louis N. Disbrow
Clarence Foster
Sarah Lawrence
Southampton
Disbrow
Rowland Miles
Rogers
Richmond Hill
Nugent
Disbrow House
McGowan’s
Passavenn
Central Park
Smith
St. James
Pinkerton
Field
Shrow
Arren Corwin
Oceaniew
John S. Lawrence
Corwin
Foster
Pine Grove
Good Ground Village
Eastport
Mrs Bunzl Will Benefits Several Charities
The will of Mrs Regine Bunzl filed for rebate in the Surrogates' office allocates 1000 to the Society for Ethical Culture for its relief work and 1000 to the same society for general charitable purposes. It also leaves two 1000 building bonds of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum to that institution and 1000 to Mount Sinai Hospital among others.
Doctor Gildey Marries Mrs. Foster at West Forty-ninth Street
Dr Walter C Gildey house physician at the Hotel Marlborough wed Mrs Ella Foster of 119 West Forty fourth Street last night. The ceremony was officiated by Rev Dr Mitchell of St Chrysostom's Trinity Parish in West Thirty ninth Street. A wedding dinner followed and the couple left for a southern tour.
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Walter C. Gildey
Marlborough
Ella Foster
West Forty-fourth Street
Mitchell
St. Chrysostom’s
Trinity Parish
West Thirty-ninth Street
Saratoga Limited Train Adds Fast Service
New York Central adds a Saratoga Limited duplicating the Empire State Express speed with exclusively Pullman parlor cars. It departs New York 1 50 PM Saturdays for Saratoga arriving 5 40 PM, and on weekdays 3 20 PM arriving 7 10 PM. The Saratoga Limited Club will meet at the Grand Union Hotel at 9 PM Saturday with full attendance expected.
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New York Central
Saratoga Limited
Empire State Express
New York
Saratoga
Saratoga Limited Club
Grand Union Hotel
Death of William C. Pullman Noted Railroad Supplies Dealer
William C. Pullman, nephew of George M. Pullman and known in railroad circles as a supplier dealer, died last night of heart disease in Chicago. He belonged to the Chicago, Chicago Athletic, and Washington Park Clubs and is survived by a widow and two children.
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Chicago
William C. Pullman
George M. Pullman
Death of Rev. Dr. James D. Murray at Constableville
The Rev. Dr. James D. Murray Grand Chaplain of the Grand Chapter R A M and rector of the Episcopal Church at Constableville was found dead at his home in Utica on June 19. Neighbors forced entry after hearing a barking dog. He had been dead for several hours and was in his usual health the previous evening.
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Utica
James D. Murray
Grand
Episcopal Church
Constableville
Murray
Death of George E. Terry Yonkers railroad official
George Edgar Terry a prominent railroad official dies at his Yonkers home after an illness of about a year. Born September 10 1859 in Chenango Bridge New York he joined the railway service in 1877 and became Assistant General Freight agent for the New York Central system on April 1 1895. He is survived by his wife and two sons. Funeral services are at 8 pm at 170 Hawthorne Avenue Yonkers and will proceed to Chenango Bridge for interment.
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George Edgar Terry
Yonkers
Mr. Terry
Chenango Bridge
N. Y
New York Central System
Hawthorne Avenue
William Grandy Dies, longtime Dime Savings Bank Secretary
William Grandy, thirty years secretary of the Dime Savings Bank of Williams burg Brooklyn, died at his home 148 Ross Street after about two weeks illness. Born November 16, 1817 in Caldwell Warren County New York he moved to the city fifty years ago and started in dry goods. He helped organize the bank with Henry Jeckler who later took over as secretary. Mrs Grandy died eleven years ago. He is survived by four daughters, three married.
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William Grandy
Dime Savings Bank
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Ross Street
Mr. Grandy
Caldwell
Warren County
N. Y
Second Street
Avenue D
Henry Jeckler
Obituary notes for Cosss, Johnson, and Wright
x Chancellor Thomas F. Cosss of the Western District of Alabama died in Birmingham. Dr. Wyatt Johnson, new McGill University Hygiene professor, died in Montreal. Dr James A Wright died at his Brooklyn home, aged about ninety, after a long career in botanic drug business. his widow, daughter and two sons survive.
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Thomas F. Cosss
Alabama
Birmingham
Wyatt Johnson
McGill University
Montreal
James A Wrricht
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Pittstown
Rensselaer County
Clifton Park
Saratoga County
Botanic
Carter Death Notice Corrected Name Mixup
The New York Times reported the death of George Edgar Carter of the New York Central and West Shore systems in Yonkers on Wednesday but the person was actually George Edgar Terry who formerly held Carter’s position.
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George Edgar Carter
New York Times
New York Central
West Shore
Yonkers
George Edgar Terry
Carter
Marriages Recorded June 1902 in Various Cities
Multiple society notices record June 17 to 18 1902 weddings including Amelia Wiesner to Hugh Burnes Katherine Morrison Walter Merriam and Katherine Morrison Elizabeth Ginna Erick Perkins Edith Morton John Sprague and Sarah Niles with officiants and locations across New York New Jersey Oswego Paris and related households.
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Merriam—Morrison
Oswego, N. Y
Walter Bertrand Merriam
New York
Katherine Morrison
Oswego
N. Y
Charles N. Thorp
Obituary notices from June 1902 Brooklyn Jersey City area
Funeral and burial notices for several residents including Mrs Burhans of 108 Bergen Ave Jersey City Mrs Eleanor A Drew of 153d Place Brooklyn Dr Alban V Elliott of Florence Italy William Grandy of 148 Ross St Brooklyn Very Rev Eugene Augustus Hoffman Dean of the General Theological Seminary Lillian Rose Larkin Mary Toe Gugster Osborn Caroline M Pendleton Charles Calvin Putnam Elbert H Willets with service details and interment plans at Greenwood Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery and local churches.
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Pendleton
Middletown
N. J
Caroline M
Thomas
R. Edmund Pendleton
Elisha L. Walton
Pennsylvania
R. R
Long Branch Division
Cortlandt St
Greenwood Cemetery
Red Star Liner Belgenland Reported In Distress Return to Queenstown
Unconfirmed reports from London say the Red Star Liner Steamer Belgenland may be returning to Queenstown after a heavy Cork gale. The vessel has not been sighted at Queenstown and may head to Liverpool instead.
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London
Red Star
Belgenland
Queenstown
Liverpool
Cork
Deaths Reported June 19
A dated notice lists deaths reported on June 19 with ages shown, noting ages of one year or under recorded as one year.
Directory of residents and addresses for Brooklyn area
A long list of names and street addresses appears, listing residents at 419 St. Mark's Av to 261 Sackett St. with numerous streets including 55th St 14th St and 47 Ellery St. The fragment includes institutions like Kings County Hospital Williamsburg Hospital and a convent entry.
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Varetse
Galgansky
Branislava
Grusendorf
Suydam
Glaser
Matilda M
Gherity
Marian
Halsey St
Giord Gray
Gardiner
Lulu
Hicks Sie Halt
M Mel
William
Erie Basin
Johnstone
Isabella
van Lot
van Lot Onis Ano
Salvatore
Carroll St. Henry
Baltic St Gertrude
Jordan
Margaret A
Sumner
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