Shah Proclaims General Amnesty Amid Persian Unrest
TEHERAN June 26 The Shah proclaims a general amnesty and plans to dissolve Parliament with new elections for Assembly and Senate to open in state three months hence. Bazaars reopen and troops maintain order while Governor General Metid Dowleh works to restore calm. Foreigners face property damage compensation while fighting brews in Tabriz.
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Teheran
Assembly
Senate
Metd-id-Dowleh
Shah
Tabriz
Th Shah
Lafayette Statue In Place At Paris Louvre
The bronze Lafayette statue gifted by American schoolchildren was raised onto its pedestal in the Place du Louvre this afternoon. Sculptor Paul Bartlett and Lafayette Memorial Commission Acting President Alexander Revell attended along with French sculptors. A final ceremony is expected on July 4.
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Paris
Lafayette
France
Place du Louvre
Paul Bartlett
Alexander Revell
Lafayette Memorial Commission
Roosevelt Daughters Receive Turkish Honor
The Sultan of Turkey awards the Order of Chefakat to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and to Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, eldest daughter of the President, as a gesture of friendship toward the American people. The decorations will be presented soon, with similar honors given to European royal ladies.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas, Longworth
New York Times
Washington
Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Europe
Longworth
Mrs. Gaffney to Return to New York
HAVANA June 26 T St. John Gaffney United States Consul at Dresden arrived here His wife who was injured in a carriage accident is improving enough to permit her return to New York or other destination for treatment and rest
Swedish Minister to Norway Appointed Minister at Copenhagen
The Swedish Government names a new minister to Norway and appoints a representative in Copenhagen. The United States envoy Lagercrantz will be temporarily representing Sweden. The Paris conference on harmonizing European automobile travel is planned to meet with the International Road Congress.
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Norway
Copenhagen
Herman de Lagercrantz
United States
Stockholm
E. A. Gunther
Paris
Europe
Newark Caterpillar Harvest Attracts Crowds To Market
Charles Titsworth leads the City Shade Tree Commission in a daily caterpillar harvest paying 10 cents a quart. At Military Park market in Newark more than 300 quarts were collected as gleaners including youths and a few men traded pests for small sums. The effort aims to curb pests before the Fourth of July celebrations.
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Newark
Charles Titsworth
City Shade Tree Commission
Military Park
Owark
Woman Hurls Lye to Save Self from Razor Threat
Dora Rosenfeld 86 hurls a can of lye at husband Reuben during a drunken dispute at 19 West 136th Street. He sustains facial burns and may die, while both are jailed at Harlem Hospital and East 126th Street precinct. Rosenfeld cites prior abuse with marks described by police.
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Dora Rosenfeld
Reuben
West 136Th Street
Rosenfeld
Harlem
East 126Th Street
Portugal's Queen Leaves for Brazil
Queen Amelie widow of the late King Carlos departs Lisbon for Rio de Janeiro to deliver gifts King Carlos planned to present to President Penna. The government proposes a commission with full powers to adjudicate royal finances, provoking intense Republican hostility.
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Portugal
Brazil
Lisbon
Amelie
Carlos
Rio Janeiro
Penna
Woman claims judge husband once dismissed officer
A Yonkers police arrest of chauffeur Frank Sasso for speeding drew a woman's ire who claimed to be the wife of Samuel Rosenbaum a New York judge living at 48 West Eighty-fifth Street She berated the police on the way to court and said her husband once had an officer removed from the force Sasso was released on bail.
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Samuel Rosenbaum
New York
West Eighty-fifth Street
Yonkers
Frank Sasso
Court House
Sasso
Bronx Club Dance Marks Summer Night Festival
The Bronx Club held its annual summer night festival and dance at its clubhouse on 1,261 Franklin Avenue in the Bronx. About 800 guests danced to an orchestra on the lantern lit lawn with a bowling contest on the alleys and a musical programme.
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The
Bronx Club
Franklin Avenue
Bronx
Largest class of eighty graduates at Commerce High School
The High School of Commerce at 155 West Sixty-fifth Street graduated eighty boys, the largest class in its history. Dean Joseph French Johnson of New York University of Commerce delivered the address, urging good citizenship as more than routine duties and as a correction of abuses.
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High School of Commerce
West Sixty-fifth Street
Joseph French Johnson
New York University of Commerce, Finance, and Accounts
Johnson
Usurping Sultan to Raise Big Army
Mulai Hafid the usurping Sultan of Morocco has ordered the Caids to form an army of 18 000 men from nearby tribes assembling at Fez palace for the campaign.
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Fez
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
New Jersey News Roundup of Thefts Accidents and Local Projects
A Jersey City woman fended off a pocketbook snatcher on Jersey Avenue as a neighbor reported a gas inspector inside a neighbor’s flat after a burglary. A Bayonne child drifted in a rowboat on the Kill van Kull before rescue. Passaic Valley sewer plans move forward in Newark with mixed local votes. Firework mishap in Englewood destroys a stock and a portable house. Hackensack police curb Sunday baseball amid golf club defiance. Orange Chronicle buys The Journal and related papers. government building sites offered in Orange. An auto spill in Clifton leaves five injured.
Hudson River Bridge Commission Meets in Albany for Talks
The Hudson River Bridge Commission appointed by Gov. Fort met today with a New York counterpart in Forts offices to organize. A meeting is planned for next week in New York where a program of activity will be outlined.
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Hudson River Bridge Commission
Gov. Fort
New York
Hudson River
Physician dies after suspected poisoning in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on June 26 W H Wilson a northern city physician died after reportedly drinking ale that tasted peculiar leading to unconsciousness. Authorities found traces of a pungent acid poison and ten investigators examine a sample of the drink.
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Philadelphia
W. H. Wilson
Wilson
Bloodhound Attacks Keeper at Mount Holly Jail
A jail kept bloodhound turned vicious and bit keeper William Sweeney in Mount Holly New Jersey. Sweeney fought off the attack with a stick and locked the dog in the bakehouse. The dog, owned by former Assemblyman M. E. Mallack, roamed the jail yard and caused alarm among prisoners.
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Mount Holly
N. J
William Sweeney
Sweeney
M. E. Mallack
Officer Sues For Divorce From Deserting Lieutenant
Mrs. Lina Ellen Weeks files for divorce in Sangamon Circuit Court Springfield from Lieut. Frank Russell Weeks of the Artillery Corps U S Army stationed at Fort Hancock New Jersey. She alleges desertion in June 1906. they married January 6 1904. She is granddaughter of the late Gen. John M. Palmer a former Illinois governor and senator.
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New York Times
Springfield
Ill
Malina Ellen Weeks
Sangamon
Frank Russell Weeks
Artillery Corps
United States Army
Fort Hancock
New Jersey
Weeks
John M. Palmer
United States
Illinois
Entertaining at Lenox Highlights Summer Social Scene
In Lenox Massachusetts on June 26 Mrs. John E. Alexander hosted a Spring Lawn afternoon with bridge whist on the shaded terrace. Prizes went to Mrs. Richard Dana, Mrs. 8 Parkman Shaw, and Miss Anna Shaw. Attendees included Mrs. John S. Barnes, Mrs. William Pollock, and several other New York and local society figures.
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Lenox
Mass
Spring Lawn
John E. Alexander
Alexander Webb
New York
Richard
Dana
Parkman Shaw
Anna Shaw
John S. Barnes
William Pollock
George W. F
Alfred Bates
Washington
Windsor
S. R. Ingham
Catherine Ingham
Theodore Ingham
H. B. Knight
Curtis Hotel
Walter Gibb
Glen Cove
L. I
H. M. Adams
Howard W. Maxwell
Aspinwall
Ok Hall McKay
Theotel
E. R. Thayer
Boston
F. Augustus Schermerhorn
Pine Croft
George H. Morgan
Wentfort Hall
Emily Rodgers
Barnes
Cold Brook Garden
George W. Peters
Great Barrington
Newport Society Notes and Yacht News Add to Summer Scene
June reports from Newport detail arrivals of steam yachts Lyndonia Bellemere and Diana as well as notable visitors. Col and Mrs Delancey Astor Kane plan Society of the Cincinnati entertainments, Ellen French Vanderbilt joins the New York Yacht Club, and Countess M d Arc Cors i/V Count Corsi prepare at Munchinger King Cottage. Luncheon parties at Gooseberry Island Club and visits by Rear Admiral Everett and families frame a bustling early season scene in Newport Harbor and surrounding communities.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Lyndonia
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Philadelphia
W. Butler Duncan, Jr
M. D'Arc Cors
Washington
Munchinger King Cottage
Count Corsi
Gooseberry Island Club
William Payne Thompson
Bellemere
H. A. Staler
Henry G. Redmond
Diana
Newport Harbor
George ‘Peabody Wetmore
Misses Wetmore
New York
Europe
George Peabody Wetmore
Roger Wetmore
William
Society Notes from Washington Summer Arrangements
M des Portes the French Chargé d Affaires selects Bar Harbor as summer residence and will establish his embassy there July 1. Mme des Portes and daughter stay in France. Viscount and Viscountess de Martel plan a French summer. Mme Wu returns to Washington after four years. Promotion of Capt Hebbinghaus to command Yorck announced. Lieut Com Retzmann to succeed him. Mme Hebbinghaus visiting Boston. Corcoran Thom couple rent Spring Lake cottage.
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New York Times
Washington
M. Des Portes
Bar. Harbor
Mme. Des Portes
France
de Martelt
New York
Mme, Wu
China
H. G. Hebbinghaus
Yorck
Hebbinghaus
Retzmann
Mme. Hebbinghaus
Boston
Europe
James R. Garfield
Inou
Garfield
War on Noises Aims Police Aid for July Fourth
Health Commissioner Darlington calls on Police Commissioner Bingham to curb nocturnal noises citywide through summer. He targets river whistles at night, metal rail clatter, horn blasts, and Fourth of July celebrations near hospitals, with police assigned to hospitals July 3–5 to prevent firecracker explosions.
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Darlington
Bingham
Departm of Health
Department of Health
Ple
Police Department
Board of Aldermen
Motorboats Provoking Noise Disturbs Washington Heights
Residents of Washington Heights complain night noise from Hudson River motorboat exhausts. At Corrigan's Hall the Washington Heights Taxpayers Association urged action, calling for mufflers on pleasure craft. Benjamin Blauvelt urged enforcement and sought help from Mrs Rice's Anti Noise Society. The secretary quipped about steam hammers. The issue was referred to the Grievance Committee.
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Hudson River
Washington Heights
Opposition to Russian metallurgical trust in Duma protests
A deputation led by M. Guchkoff presented 110 deputies’ objections to a big Russian metallurgical trust that would control 60 percent of steel output plus coal and iron. They urged rapid reform of corporation laws and clear regulation of industrial combinations, while Stolypin pledged consideration but warned of finding a suitable basis for new legislation.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Duma
M. Guchkoff
Stolypin
America
Europe
Awd
Jennier Stolypin
Witte Attacks the Duma in Naval Budget Debate
In St Petersburg the Council of the Empire began debate on a 42.5 million dollar Marine Ministry budget including 5.5 million to lay four battleships. Witte charged the Duma with meddling in national defense and defended imperial prerogatives as Stolypin Durnovo Timiriazeff and others backed the appropriation. A 3 million dollar subsidy over 11 years was approved for semi weekly Vladivostok to Japan fleet service and weekly Vladivostok to Shanghai service with new steamers to become fast cruisers in war.
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ST. Petersburg
Ministry of Marine
Council of the Empire
Financial Commission
Council
Duma
Stolypin
M. Durnovo
M Timiriazeff
Commerce
Count Witte
Vladivostok
Tsuruga
Japan
Shanghai
Ambassador Riddle improves gradually in St Petersburg
John W. Riddle American Ambassador to Russia shows slow steady recovery from pneumonia threat and climate fatigue his doctors deem his condition satisfactory and expect he may go abroad to recuperate Montgomery Schuyler Jr secretary of the embassy handles Foreign Office business meanwhile in Tiflis five priests and several deacons are held in connection with Archbishop Nikon murder investigations two Russian officials from the synodal chancellery have been arrested as possible church enemies suspected to be behind the attack on June 10
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ST. Petersburg
Persia
Turkey
Novoe Vremya
Foreign Office
Ofussia
Shah
John W. Riddle
Russia
Otce
Tiflis
Nikon
Georgia
Synodal Chancellery
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Victor Talking Machines
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Main
Lawrence J. Rooney CO
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Hoboken
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Victor Machines
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Arthur Pryor
Darius Lyons
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Signor Grinderino
Spain
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May McDonald
Ada Jones
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Peerless
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Henry Burr
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Boheme
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O Sole Mio
Capua
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Dozier
Ine
Eames
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden
Berliner Gramophone Co
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