New Parliament summoned by Shah amid Teheran turmoil
In Teheran the Shah orders new parliamentary elections and vows to uphold the constitution while crushing agitation. Cossack governor appointed, Parliament building bombarded, and foreign legations shelter reformers as riots continue. In Tabriz and St Petersburg reports confirm quiet restored and European protections urged.
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Teheran
Persia
Shah
Ibrahim Rihan
Sani-el-Dowleh
Sadie Haeret
Muchber-el-Muelk
Ala-el-Dowleh
Feheran
Bodyguard
No Fear for Missionaries in Teheran Says Secretary
Robert E. Speer of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions stated from their advices there is little fear for foreign residents in Teheran. He noted the board is the only American missionary society with missionaries there and that telegrams via India to England would signal danger if censorship blocked them. He cited a cable from Urmia describing Kurdish attacks and increased misery among those affected, but no fear of foreign residents being targeted.
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London
Edward Grey
House of Commons
Teheran
Robert E. Speer
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Persia
Missionary Society
England
India
Awrumiah
French Deputies Committee Backs Retention of Death Penalty
Paris June 25 The Judicial Reforms Committee of the Chamber of Deputies favors keeping the death penalty and plans to withdraw support for the government bill to abolish it. The move shifts the stance of the committee against abolition, signaling continued pursuit of capital punishment in the legal system.
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Paris
Judicial Reforms Committee
The
Chamber of Deputies
Big Turner prices at Christie's Holland collection sale
London June 5 Turner pictures fetched record sums at Christie's Holland sale. Knoedler & Co of New York bought View of Mortlake Terrace for 66 150 dollars amid fierce bidding with Agnew Colnaghi & Co of London. Other Turners sold include The Storm for 28 879 and After the Storm for 40 420. A Constable view of Salisbury Cathedral sold for 40 950 to Knoedler's. Records were American buyers.
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New York Times
London
Turner
Christie's
Mortlake Terrace
Knoedler & Co
New York
Messrs. Agnew, Colnaghi. & Co
Paul Fountain Pensioned for Literary Work
London June 25 The Civil List grants include American author and traveler Paul Fountain who received 50 pounds for his literary contributions and financial need. Fountain published The Great Northwest and the Great Lake Regions of North America in 1904 and has since traveled widely writing about his journeys.
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NEW York Times
London
Paul Fountain
Fountain
The
Daily Chronicle
America
Great Northwest
Great Lake Regions
North America
Larache Sinks Off Corunna with 85 Missing
A Spanish steamship disaster near Corunna leaves 85 missing while 65 are rescued. The Larache sank after striking rocks at dawn in fog, many passengers were Argentine residents. The captain, ship's doctor, and first officer drowned. most survivors were unclothed. The vessel carried about 150 aboard.
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Corunna
Spain
Larache
Argentine Republic
Transfers Naval Attache Amid Yacht Race At Kiel
Emperor William issued a Cabinet order transferring Capt. H. G. Hebbinghaus from Washington to command an armored cruiser. Lieut. Commander Retzmann moves from Braun Schweig to Naval Attaché in Washington. Belknap and other Allied naval attaches visit the Hohenzollern.
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Kiel
William
H. G. Hebbinghaus
Washington
Retzmann
Braunschweig
Reginald R. Belknap
Berlin
Great Britain
France
Russia
Hohenzollern
French Ministry Sustained by Narrow Senate Vote
The Senate in Paris on June 25 backed the government 128 to 125 to proceed with immediate action to take over and nationalize the Western road. The first clause of the bill passed 151 to 116. Premier Clemenceau hailed the victory and urged a vote of confidence.
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Paris
Senate
Clemenceau
New Diamond Field Reported at Luderitz Bay
A dispatch from Windhoek reports a new diamond field discovered at Luderitz Bay in German Southwest Africa. The field is said to extend nearly ten square miles, attracting interest from prospectors and investors.
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Luderitz Bay
Berlin
Windhoek
Damaraland
German Southwest Africa
Swedish Minister Denies Rift With U S Government
Herman de Lagercrantz Swedish Minister to the United States said his leave and temporary charge of the legation show no hostilities with Washington. He dismissed rumors of him being persona non grata and noted diplomats take general leave in the summer in six months city Washington.
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Copenhagen
Herman de Lagercrantz
United States
Washington
Washington Administration
Hackenschmidt Not Dead Denies Reported Death
Ex champion wrestler George Hackenschmidt, believed dead, is alive and well after a knee operation. He was seen at the Kaiser Hotel in Aix la Chapelle and reported a fully successful minor procedure and excellent condition.
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Aix-la-Chapelle
George Hackenschmidt
Hackenschmidt
Kaiser Hotel
Americans Quietly Withdraw From Caracas Mission
The Marietta gunboat delivered Jacob Sleeper and Lieut. Francis A. Ruggles to Curacao after they left Caracas on Washington orders. They reported no hostile acts, while tensions with Venezuela linger over arbitration and diplomatic ties.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Marietta
Porto Cabello
Jacob Sleeper
Venezuela
Francis A. Ruggles
Ruggles
Sleeper
Caracas
W. W. Russell
Lieut
Caracao
Lieut. Ruggles
Washington
Legation
John Brewer
French Academy Elects Permanent Secretary
Paris reports Paul Marie Pierre Thureau Dangin elected Permanent Secretary of the French Academy succeeding the late Marie Louis Gaston Boissier. He was chosen at a meeting in Paris on June 25, marking continuity in the academy’s leadership.
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Paris
Paul Marie Pierre Thureau-Dangin
French Academy
Marie Louis Gaston Boissier
Turbulent Church Attacks Shock Turin Congregation
In Turin two recent church bombings stirred panic during services at San Giovanni Cathedral and La Consolata Church. Authorities blame anti clerical elements as no injuries or deaths occurred. Separate dispatches note Morocco’s Mulai Hafid proclaimed sultan at Mogador. In Munich two Klopfer brothers died by suicide amid banking losses tied to the Leipzig Bank failure.
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Turin
Cathedral of
San Giovanni
la Consolata
Munich
Theodore
Max Klopfer
Klopfer Brothers
Leipsic Bank
Venezuelan Situation and U S Readiness Near Venezuela
Washington reports little change in Venezuela with no expected developments before Jacob Sleeper arrives. About a dozen U S consular officers remain in Venezuelan cities to safeguard American citizens and interests. The State Department would redeploy exequators if needed, while the Navy holds ships near the region ready to respond. Battleships New Hampshire and others are near Caribbean waters for possible action.
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Prairie
Tacoma
Isthmus
Pacific Coast
Paducah
Guantanamo
Dubuque
New York
Des Moines
Cuba
Sefior Veloso-Goitic
Castro
Jacob Sleeper
Willemstad
Maxwell
Marietta
Porto Cabello
New York Times
Washington, D. C
United States
State Department
Venezuela
Colombia
Revolutionary Party
West Indies
Isthmian Canal Zone
Navy Department
New Hampshire
Motorman saves boy as crowd threatens after accident
Brooklyn trolley car halted after striking seven year old Simon Medich near Christopher Avenue. Mrs Mary Meditch pleaded for restraint. Police officer applied tourniquet, doctor then amputated the boy's left leg at the knee. boy has a chance to recover.
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Stewart Beasley
Liberty Avenue
Brooklyn
Simon Mediich
Christopher Avenue
Beasley
Mary Meditch
Sergt
John Tomford
Brownsville
Nevins
St. Mary's Hospital
Syndicate Receives Large Stock, Cash in Northern Pacific Reorg
At the Northern Pacific rate hearing in St Paul special master Otis heard H A Gray describe the 1890s reorganization plan. A syndicate received vast common and preferred stock plus cash from old stockholders while issuing new stock to them and transferring most bonds in return. The Reorganization Committee secured 19 873 380 in preferred stock with the remaining balance exchanged for bonds.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific
Charles E. Otis
H. A. Gray
T. D. O’brien
Mr. Gray
Northern Pacific Company
Depew Heads to London for the Fourth Dinner
Senator Chauncey M. Depew rushed to London aboard the North German Lloyd liner Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm hoping to reach Dover in time for the Fourth. He sought Capt Prehn's assurance the ship would arrive by July 8. Mrs. Depew accompanied him to the voyage and the Pilgrims Club dinner at the Savoy Hotel with a speech to follow.
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Depew
London
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Dover
Chauncey M. Depew
Prehn
Disinherits Son Over Elmira Reform School Scandal
Ingraham will leaves about 2 million dollars to widow and two younger children while disinheriting his eldest son, once aided by the father after forgery charges. The elder also forgave earlier financial troubles but banished the son after reform school and later moved west.
Ingraham Will Divides Estate Among Heirs and Institutions
The estate of Mr. Ingraham leaves $25,000 to niece Jane Ingraham and $2,000 to sister Mrs. Sallie Harriman. Frances Ingraham receives $25,000 and the remainder goes to Frances, George, and Robert Ingraham. If any child dies without issue, share goes to Seney Hospital and Wesleyan University. Executors are his children and Mr Ingraham’s brother. Frances Ingraham liquidates all claims and mortgages at death.
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Frances J
George F
Robert I. Ingraham
Jane Ingraham
Sallie I. Harriman
Sarah L. Seney
William S. Haven
Mary H. Thirkielly
King Edward Birthday Honors List Increases Peerages
London June 25 The official birthday honors announcing four new peers ten new privy counselors eleven baronets and twenty five knights were issued today Sir Anthony Patrick MacDonnell resigns as Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and is elevated to peerage George Whiteley Whitely MP for the West Riding of Yorks resigns as Liberal whip Sir Charles Fitzpatrick Chief Justice of Canada and Thomas Wallace Russell Liberal MP for Tyrone are made privy counselors among baronets are Sir Thomes Taunder Brunton and Robert William Perks MP for Lincolnshire Perks was closely associated with Charles T. Yerkes in London traction projects Knights include J J Duveen James A H Murray R A Hadfield W J Falconbridge and Henri Taschereau with Canadian astronomer W F King named Companion of the Order.
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Edward
Anthony Patrick MacDonnell
Ireland
George Whiteley Whitely
West Riding of Yorks
Charles Fitzpatrick
Canada
Thomas Wallace Russell
Tyrone
Thomes Taunder Brunton
Robert William Perks
Lincolnshire
Charles T. Yerkes
J. J. Duveen
Turner Gallery
Turner
James A. H. Murray
R. A. Hadfield
The
Iron and Steel Institute
Col
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Travel and Progress
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