Paris Sees Panama Deal as fait accompli amid official doubts cleared
In Paris officials and diplomats express confidence that the Panama Company's title to canal interests is valid and will pass to the United States. The Senate vote sparks a rise in Panama shares and a Fourth of July expectation. Prominent figures including Depew Bourgeois Fallières Lepine Griscom and Siegefried attend an American colony soirée at the Hôtel Ritz.
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NEW York Times
Paris
New Panama Company
United States
Senate
Commerce
Chauncey M. Depew
M. Bourgeois
Chamber
M. Falliéres
Lepine
Clement A. Griscom
Jules Siegefried
Hôtel Ritz
Hard Trials of an American Commissioner at Paris Exposition
B D Woodward, Assistant United States Commissioner General for the 1900 Paris Exposition, heads the American section winding up affairs. He faces missing diplomas from 5000 issued and many name errors. Gold and silver medalists may have medals struck at the French Mint. A reallocation of funds and final report preparation are also underway as he stays a month.
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NEW York: Times
Paris
B. D Woodward
United States
Rue de Camps
Roosevelt
Woodward
Keene Dies in Paris Vienna Auto Race Mishap
The Paris Vienna automobile race drew two American drivers Foxhall Keene and W. K. Van derbilt Jr. Keene crashed at a railway crossing near la Ferrière in the Forest of Armyn Villiers, a shooting reserve owned by Eugéne Pereire. The crossing curves sharply, making high speed dangerous.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Foxhall Keene
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Keene
la Ferriére
Armany Villiers
Eugéne Pereire
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
Polo Attracts American Society in Paris Matches
Paris records show American polo players Hazard Collier J M Waterbury and L Waterbury facing French teams. Maurice Raoul Duval shines in the first loss and Roger Raoul Duval publishes a Transvaal war account. the Raoul Duval family ties flow through New York aristocracy and Paris society.
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New York Times
Paris
Bagatelle
Hazard, Collier
J. M. Waterbury
L. Waterbury
E. de Rothschild
Duque de Santana
Kennedy
Maurice Raoul-Duval
Bradley Martin, Jr
M. Guell
Roger Raoul-Duval
Transvaal
Raoul-Duval
New York
America
Charles Raoul-Duval
Meadow Brook
Albert Stevens
Frank de Peyster Hall
Comte Bony de Castellane
Anna Gould
Tobin
San Francisco
René Raoul-Duval
Jennis ‘Urauhart
James Brown Potter
Rue de la Pompé
Passy
Distinguished guests named for Paris Chamber banquet
Paris on June 28 hosts a prominent guest list for the American Chamber of Commerce banquet to celebrate an ongoing event. Delegates and notable figures are expected to attend, underscoring strong economic ties between the United States and France.
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American Chamber of Commerce
New York Times
Paris
American “Chamber of Commérce
Paris Social Gossip At Versailles Reception
Paris social leaders and literary figures gathered at Comte Robert de Montesquiou’s Pavillon des Muses in Versailles with American guests including Mr and Mrs Standish and Mr and Mrs Ralph Curtis. Receptions featured Reynaldo Hahn and Mlle Moreno while American agents and diplomats attended events across Paris during a busy social week.
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New York Times
Paris
Comte Robert de Montesquiou
Pavillon Des Muses
Versailles
Standish
Ralph Curtis
Reynaldo Hahn
Mlle. Moreno
Comédie Francaise
Comte Robert
Duc and Duchesse de Rohan
M. Marshall
Ritz
Princesse d'Isenburg
Duc de Chaulnes
Stuart Wortley
Prince Rio de Saboya
Europe
Charles Frohman
London
New York
Miss Marbury
French Academy
French Captives Released From Prison in Venezuela
Paris reports that seven French nationals held in Carupano Venezuela were freed after mediation by the German cruiser Falke and the Venezuelan gunboat Restaurador was kept in port. The Suchet demanded an apology for insults to the French Consular Agent, and no further trouble is expected.
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Paris
Suchet
Trinidad
Carupano
Venezuela
Persecution of British Firms in the French Congo
Liverpool merchants protest French Congo policy as authorities seize a British factory and its goods to pay a local fine. Concessionaire companies backed by Belgium claim sole soil products, leaving foreign traders facing losses and evacuation threats amid new colonial laws. Indignation spreads as chambers of commerce petition Lord Lansdowne with no action.
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Liverpool
French Congo
Congo
Upper
Sangha
Belgium
Berlin
Lord Lansdowne
Canada’s Trade Problems and Concessions for Britain
Ottawa reports emphasize Canada’s loyalty to Britain but reject free trade. John Charlton MP explains Canada would protect revenue and industry, seek reciprocal tariffs, and avoid binding taxes or manpower for imperial wars. He cites a 10 percent preference minimum for Canadian goods and warns of growth needs and rail expansion.
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Ottawa
John Charlton
Joint High Commission
Canada
United States
Charlton’s
Great Britain
Charlton
South Africa
North America
Asia
Africa
Humbert Crawford Affair Prompted Justice Minister to Act
L Echo de Paris reports M Vallé as new Justice Minister intends to pursue the Humbert Crawford case to the end. He cites pressing fraud charges and plans to remove Procurator General Bulot, amid consultations with leading lawyers and scrutiny at the Palais de Justice.
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Humbert-Crawford
M.hutin
M. Vallé
Humberts
M. Waldeck- Rousseau
M. Bulot
M. Cattali
M. Leydet
Juge d'Instruction
Mme. Humbert
Crawford
Maitre du Buit
Ditte
Humbert
M. Hutin
Gaynor Greene case returns to court in Quebec
The Gaynor-Greene case reopened in Superior Court on habeas corpus writs issued June 20 and 21. Attorneys spar over certiorari writs and records as Judge Caron remands the accused to jail until Friday July 4 at noon.
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Quebec
Gaynor-Greene
Mr. Taschereau
McMaster
Langelier
Taschereau
United States
Lafontaine
Montreal
Auto Lafontaine
Art
Wee Caron
Caron
Doings of Americans in the German Capital
Berlin June 28 Professor Michael I Pupin of Columbia University says his underground telephony system may revolutionize German lines. Siemens & Halske holds Germany patent rights and Pupin plans to seek Austrian and other permissions. Ambassador White recalls past ties with Berlin and the Saxon community.
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Berlin
Michael I. Pupin
Columbia University
New York
Germany
Pupin
Siemens & Halske
Potsdam
Prof
Prof. Pupin
Vienna
Austria
Fourth of July in Berlin honors Steuben and Washington
The American colony in Berlin marks the Fourth of July with tributes to Baron von Steuben and General Washington. Professor George Duncan of Columbian University will praise Steuben’s Revolutionary service and Germans’ role in American life, suggesting a Washington statue in Berlin. Dr. Dickie of the American Church will also laud Steuben in Berlin and Leipsic, while praising McKinley and Roosevelt in Leipsic.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
Frederick William Augustus Steuben
Washington
George Duncan
Columbian University
Washington, D. C
Steuben
Duncan
Germany
United States
Dickie
Leipsic
McKinley
Roosevelt
Americans Buy Paintings and Attend German Opera
The American Consulate in Munich notes a marked rise in U S painting exports to America and strong demand for Berlin theater tickets. American participation in Prinzen Regenten Theater performances grows, with singers Nordica Plaichinger Standigl. The English American Tennis Club of Stuttgart opens new courts managed by Hamilton Fairfax. Mrs Fairfax hosts teas. Ambassador White attends a dinner at the Kaiserhof. Dr and Mrs Benjamin Martin of New York will attend.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
Munich
America
Prinzen Regenten Theater
Baireuth
Nordica
Plaichinger
Standigl
Stuttgart
Hamilton Fairfax
New York
Fairfax
Ambassador White
Kaiserhof Maccracken
Benjamin Martin
Weingartner's Orchestra Plans U S Tour Next Spring
Berlin June 28 Felix Weingartner and his famous Munich based orchestra will tour eight weeks in major U S cities next spring. His opera Orestes was staged at Kroll's this week.
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Weingartner
NEW York Times
Berlin
Felix Weingartner
Kaim
Munich
United States
Orestes
Kroll’s
Ambassador White and Saxony's King in Berlin Funeral Meeting
Ambassador White, impressed by the funeral of King Albert of Saxony, met the new king in Berlin. White spoke in English, the king did not understand, and they conversed in French. White conveyed sympathy on the event.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
White
Albert of
Saxony
The Dreibund Renewed in Berlin Alliance Reconfirmed
Berlin reports the Triple Alliance of Austria Hungary Germany Italy renewed in its original form with Italy seeking favorable terms amid its entente with Britain and France. The text remains secret for now and commercial treaties may follow the renewal.
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Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Berlin
Count von Bislow
L. von Szégyény-Marich
Count Lanza di Busca
Paris
France
Austria
Crispi
Russia
Bismarck
Friedrichsruh
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Havana Water Crisis Ends as City Recovers
Havana endures five day water famine with main supply failing twice and suburbs spared. Americans crowd Mrs Squires's At Home as rain arrives, water sold door to door, and a mob robs a wagon load of water while guards enforce frugal use. Doroth y Stanhope reports from Havana.
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NEW York Times
Havana
Cuba
Casa Blanca
Cabana Fortress
Cabana Barracks
Tropics
Americans Arrive in Berlin Travel Surge
Berlin reports a rush of American visitors from London, with several hotels crowded as travelers spend short stays before heading to the mountains and spa towns.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Hagenbeck Show to Visit St. Louis Exposition
F R Tate of St Louis has arrived in Berlin and signed with Herr Hagenbeck of Hamburg to bring a trained animal show to the St Louis Exposition. Hagenbeck trains a group of lions, tigers and more for St Louis.
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Hagenbeck
St. Louis Fair
Berlin
F. R. Tate
St. Louis
Herr Hagenpeck
Hamburg
St. Louis Exposition
Lions
Tigers, &c
Siberian American Railway Aims to Link Paris and New York
Tacoma June 28 report notes negotiations for a Siberian route of a vast 10 000 mile railway with a tunnel under the Bering Strait. Engineer Loïc de Lobel leads efforts to secure rights of way and land grants. Rene de Lobel sails for Skagway. Estimated cost mounts to 100 million dollars with French nobility and Bank of France backing the project. The line would run Irkutsk to Cape East through Siberia, then via Yukon to Alaska and Puget Sound.
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New York Times
Tacoma
Washington
Junge
Siberia
Loicq de Lobel
St. Peters
de Lobel
American
Rene
Skagway
Bering Strait
Siberian
Irkutsk
Cape East
Cape Prince of Wales
Yukon
Eagle City
Copper River Valley
Valdez
Puget Sound
Paris
New York
Rene de Lobel
St. Petersburg
France
Bank of France
Crisis in Santo Domingo Reports From Santo Domingo
A Santo Domingo native in San Juan says the Dominican Republic under President Vasquez faces imminent collapse. The government is described as mentally affected with half-pay for officials, deplorable finances, waning public confidence, and emigration. The correspondent predicts the regime cannot last beyond October.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Vasquez
Republic
Fire razes Cape Town business row again
Fire renewed in Cape Town destroying several large business houses in the city center but was checked with help from soldiers and blue jackets. Losses total £250,000 ($1,250,000) as flames controlled.
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Cape Town
Promoted Engineer Fatally Struck in Rail Yard
Richard W Killian, a Pennsylvania Railroad engineer, was killed in New Brunswick New Jersey after stepping from his engine to oil it. He had just been promoted to engineer and died four hours later at Wells Hospital. He was 40, of 54 Hudson Street Trenton, and left a wife and three children.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Richard W Killian
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wells
Killian
Hudson Street
Trenton
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