Parliament Day 10 Accidental Defeat Fears In UK
London records a tense week as Lord Salisbury warns of a government majority loss from late dinners and absentee MPs. The Spectator quips on Gladstone versus Campbell-Bannerman leadership while Ireland’s university issue stirs Protestant and nationalist factions with Royal Commission doubts.
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London
Lord Salisbury
St. Stephen’s
Yeader
Gladstone
Campbell-Bannerman
Stratford-on-Avon
Bolton King
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Mansion House
Michael Hicks-Beach
Royal Commission On
Balfour
Wyndham
Ireland
Dr. Long
Limerick
Wyndhan
John Redmond
E. A. Dithmar
Liberal Banquet For Asquith Likely Postponed At Cecil
Friends planned a July 19 banquet for Herbert Asquith at Hotel Cecil but the event may be delayed or canceled due to few Liberals willing to sign invitations. The Liberal party splits widen with Radical wings hoping to influence votes and hinder Asquith and supporters.
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Herbert Asquith
Hotel Cecil
John Morley
Mecrley
Asquith
Fowler
Grey
Labouchére
P. O'Connor
Hardie
British Observer Notes American Pace and Novelty
Hadder Williams, returning from the United States, criticizes English fatigue and efficiency balance. He says English business rivals Americans in work and achievement, but Americans embrace new ideas more readily. He condemns America’s craze for novelty in religion art and life, citing the Buffalo Exhibition as gaudy and questionable.
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Gable
New York Times
London
William Robertson Nicoll
America
Hadder Williams
United States
England
Niagara
Williams
Buffalo
King's Sherry Sale Fetches High Prices At Auction
The sale of Edward VII’s sherry from royal cellars drew fierce private bidding, reselling at up to 140 dollars a dozen. Officials note the king aims to raise funds as stock wanes, while a lavish pageant for Friday’s coronation remains unannounced. The royal family will attend the Cowes regatta except the absent heir and his wife.
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NEW York Times
London
Norroy King of
Cowes
London Immigration Figures Stir Parliament Debate
London reports a sharp rise in the foreign population with a flood of Russian Poles Italians and Roumanians entering the city. Many seek onward passage to the United States but are refused by consular and steamship authorities. The issue will be raised in Parliament over how many were left in London last year after their countries refused to take them back.
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NEW York Times
London
United States
America
London Art and Players
London reports a Hoppner portrait sale at Willis's for 70000 shows overvalued old works while modern art sales rise as the season advances. The piece surveys Royal Academy reforms urged by W D Laidlay and notes various theatre figures and upcoming London productions through September and beyond.
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NEW York Times
London
Hoppner
Louisa Manners
Willis
W. D. Laidlay
Lena Laird
Royal Academy
Laidlay
Paderewski
Sarah Bernhardt
Maude Adams
Mme. Bernhardt
Leonard Boyne
America
Rawdon Crawley
Becky Sharp
Marie Tempest
Louie Freeare
the Strand
Albert Saleza
Pyrenees
Paris
Maurice Grau
Carlsruhe
Isador de Lara
Calvé
George Edwardes
Apollo Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue
Charles Frohman
Edna May
Paris trial ends swiftly for Count de Lur Saluces
The Paris trial of Count de Lur Saluees ends with a guilty verdict and quick sentence to the frontier. Contemporaneous French papers speculate on Britain’s actions in Morocco as naval tensions rise in the Med. The Moroccan mission in London is described as a social visit with royal audience and city outings.
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New York
TIMES
London
Count de Lur-Saluces
Paris
M. Waldeck- Rousseau
Mediterranean
Charles Beresford
Great Britain
Morocco
Automobiles on English roads face speed vote next month
London officials prepare to vote on raising speed limits above fourteen miles per hour amid three recent fatal or distressing accidents near the capital. The auto industry’s fate in England hinges on the decision, as opposition grows among county councilors toward new motor travel. Meanwhile Americans in London mark the Fourth of July with events at Carlton House Terrace and the Hotel Cecil, featuring speakers including Senators Depew and Lodge.
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NEW York Times
London
England
Ambassador’s House
Carlton House Terrace
American Society
Hotel Cecil
Depew and Lodge
Ambassador Choate
Osborne
London Traction Faces Rift on Underground Railways
London reports friction between the Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways over electric traction. A ban on a single system sparks delays as Parliament stalls, while London and Northwestern Railway gains train privileges. Mr. Yerkes backs a wary approach as losses mount to about 9000 pounds weekly.
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NEW York Times
London
Metropolitan
Metropolitan District Railways
London and Northwestern Railway
Faverea
Ganz
Yerkes
Cadiz Fears Treachery As Foreign Squadrons Move
Cadiz fears treachery as the German squadron nears the port while Russian and French fleets are due and British forces at Gibraltar are to be increased. A Cadiz dispatch notes Madrid press silence on these events.
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Madrid
Correspondencia
Cadiz
Gibraltar
Croker Plans Uncertain Amid Brighton Race Visit
London reports John F. Carroll and Richard Croker at the Brighton races and silent on publication. It remains unclear when Croker will return to New York and whether he will join the campaign. An auto trip with John W. Gates and Richard Croker Jr. ended when a tire blew out. all escaped unharmed.
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London
John F. Carroll
Richard Croker
Brighton
Croker
New York
John W. Gates
Mr. Carroll
Richard Croker, Jr
American buys Prince Edward of York diamond in London
In a display of American buying power, a New York purchaser snapped up the pear shaped Prince Edward of York diamond in London for 20000 pounds after an English syndicate secured a three month option for 1500 pounds. The stone weighs 60% carats and is celebrated for its unmatched color and rarity.
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London
Europe
Paris
St. Petersburg
Amsterdam
New York
Prince Edward of York
Rough Diamond Syndicate
Russia Dreads China Says Gen Stahl After China Return
Gen Julius H. Stahl, returned from over a year in China, comments China fears Russia less than Russia fears China. He notes Russia in Manchuria as a de facto presence and predicts China's progress once its people grasp their potential, praising The New York Times as a substantial, respectable newspaper.
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Julius H. Stahl
China
Hoffman House
Russia
Manchuria
Gen. Stahl
New York Times
TIMES
Prince Chun to visit Germany and America on special mission
The State Department reports Prince Chun brother of the Chinese emperor sails for Germany on July 20 to apologize for Baron von Ketteler's murder. He will travel via America and is due in the United States in October. The trip marks a historic first and he may stay at the Chinese Legation.
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Washington
State Department
Rockhill
Peking
Prince Chun
China
Germany
America
Baron von Ketteler
Legation
United States
New Jamaica New York Fruit Company opens trade with New York
Kingston Jamaica June 29 a new fruit company formed to trade with New York will begin business next week. Fortnightly shipments will total 20 000 bunches of bananas. This is the second company to enter the American trade within a month contrasting with Bristol Jamaica venture failure.
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New Jamaica-New York Fruit Company
Kingston
Jamaica
New Fruit Company
New York
Bristol-Jamaica Company
French Minimum Tariff Continues on Colonial Foods
Paris reports a decree confirming the continued minimum tariff on colonial foodstuffs and on coffee from the United States Cuba Puerto Rico and the Philippines issued today.
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Paris
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Attachment Filed Against Leipziger Bank Over Bond Claim
Deputy Sheriff Barnes secured a $15,000 attachment against the Leipziger Bank of Leipsic Germany for Morrison V. R. Weyant of 509 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn on an assigned Berlin loan claim from S Bleichroder of Berlin. The attachment was served on Ladenburg Thalman & Co.
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Leipziger Bank
Barnes
Leipsic
Germany
Morrison V. R. Weyant
Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn
S. Bleichroder
Berlin
Ladenburg, Thalman & Co
German banker Eduard Krohmann commits suicide at Lindenau estate
Leipsic June 29 Eduard Krohmann a prominent banker shot himself on his Lindenau estate near Leipsic this morning causing a fatal self inflicted death.
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Leipsic
Eduard Krohmann
Lindenau
Here
Observatory in Azores Opens With Portuguese Cabinet
King Charles of Portugal and the Cabinet inaugurated a meteorological observatory at Horta in the Azores today, connected with the Weather Bureau in Washington.
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Azores
Horta
Azores Islands
Charles of
Portugal
Meteorological Observatory
Connectio
Weather Bureau
Washington
American Delegate Named for Berlin Zoologists’ Congress
The German government invited the United States to join the international zoologists congress in Berlin this August. Secretary Wilson referred the invitation to the Agricultural Department and appointed Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles of the Bureau of Animal Industry as the American delegate.
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Zoologists’ Congress
Washington
United States
International Congress of Zoologists
Berlin
Agricultural Department
Secretar Wilson
Charles Wardell Stiles
Bureau of Animal Industry
Accession Oath Revision Report Prompted by Lords Committee
London reports that the Lords Select Committee on accession declarations finds room to modify language while preserving Protestant succession. Proposed oath excludes anti Catholic phrases and targets transubstantiation idolatry issues, with emphasis on plain sense as English Protestants understand it.
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London
House of Lords
Rome
Blue Book details Boer protests over farm destruction
A London Blue Book released June 30 presents correspondence between Lord Roberts and Boer authorities on farm burnings. Feb 3 1900 protests by Transvaal and Orange Free State presidents accuse British officers and white brigands of barbarity. Roberts replies that fires were necessary after treacherous shootings and train wrecks, while Boers accuse British violence and guerrilla tactics.
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London
Lord Roberts
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Botha
de Wet
Prisoners From Boer War Placed on Bermuda Island
The British transport Armenian reached Bermuda with 930 Boer prisoners. Martial law is in effect on Darrell's Island and nearby areas while ringleaders of a minor mutiny are ironed. Ill prisoners were landed at local ports and camps are being prepared on the island. Crowds viewed the ship as officials limited onlookers aboard.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Darrell’s Island
Médway
Médina
Boers Attack Delagoa Line Blockhouses. Train Repels Raid
Lord Kitchener reports from Pretoria that Boers attacked two Delagoa line blockhouses near Brugspruit Bight on June 26. An armored train repelled the assault, killing four and taking twenty casualties. Field Cornet Depriez surrendered at Pietersburg with forty four men.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Delagoa Line
Brugspruit Bight
Cornet Depriez
Pietersburg
Dutch Arbitration Union establishes branch at The Hague
The Hague hosts the formal establishment of the Dutch branch of the International Arbitration Union. Kruger Wessels Fischer and Wolmarans are named honorary members. The group decides that mediation by The Hague Court will not help resolve the South African troubles.
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the Hague
International Arbitration Union
Messrs. Kruger
Wessels
Fischer
Wolmarans
Hague Court
Surplus Reported in Italian Budget Cites 30 Million Lire
Signor Guiccardini announced a revenue surplus of 30 000 000 lire about 5 700 000 dollars in the chamber of deputies. The session adjourned amid a loyalist demonstration with cheers for King Victor Emmanuel III the President of the Chamber and the ministers.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Signor Guiccardini
Victor Emmanuel III
Campania Carries Bowen to New Venezuela Posting
Cunard liner Campania sails from Liverpool to New York carrying Herbert W. Bowen the retiring United States Minister to Persia and newly appointed minister to Venezuela.
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Liverpool
Cunard
New York
Herbert W. Bowen
United States
Persia
F. B. Loomis
Venezuela
American Yachting Party Reaches Cronstadt
Isaac Emerson of Baltimore and a seven member party arrive at Cronstadt aboard the steam yacht Margaret in St. Petersburg on June 29 while on a yachting tour.
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Cronstadt
ST. Petersburg
Isaac Emerson
Baltimore
Margaret
Brennan Not Ill Treated at Bellevue Hospital
Dr. G T Stewart Bellevue Hospital superintendent denied that Martin Brennan of Jersey City was ill treated. He cited nurse and physician reports showing proper care. The only issue was Brennan’s refusal of a necessary operation. Brennan had known Dr Stewart for years and was reported to have sought aid in employment.
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G. T. Stewart
Bellevue Hospital
Martin Brennan
Jersey City
Brennan
Stewart
Bellevue
Dr. Stewart
Steamboat Thomas Patten Makes Trial Trip to Long Branch
The new steamer Thomas Patten of the Patten Line had its trial run leaving Hudson River Day Line pier at 11 with about 100 guests. It traveled to Grant's Tomb then to Long Branch at fifteen knots, returned to Pier 8 North River by 3. It was built at T. S. Marvel & Co. in Newbury and will serve the Long Branch line via the Shrewsbury River.
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Thomas Patten
New York and Long Branch Steamboat Company
Patten Line
Hudson River
West Twenty-second Street
North River
Grant
Long Branch
Pier
T. S. Marvel & Co
Newbury
Shrewsbury
Tragedy on Hackensack River Boat Sinks One Man
Three men Charles Mertens Otto Reimann and Henry Egel of Heimann bakery Union Hill went boating on the Hackensack River after work Friday night. Their craft struck an old dam and tipped Egel drowned before aid could reach him. Mertens and Reimann reached shore after two miles through cat tails while mosquitoes pestered them. Egel's body has not yet been recovered.
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Charles Mertens
Otto Reimann
Henry Egel
Heimann
Union Hill
Hackensack
Egel
Reimann
Mertens
James Lyons
Tenth Avenue
New York
James McMahon
Lyons
Thomas Smith
West Twentyeighth Street
McMahon
Sarah
John
Sergt. Tims
Kehoe
Tenth Avenue House
Jefferson Market Court
Meade
New Tenement House Law Goes Into Effect Tomorrow
Police aim to shield tenement residents by a census of disorderly women and reporting buildings harboring them. Commissioner Murphy says the department will enforce the law to preserve the police honor and drive out or report such occupants.
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Murphy
Police Department
Prospecting Triumph Sparks Arizona Miner’s Claim
Benjamin Blanchard of Arizona, dining at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, describes an $863 gold nugget and a $65 specimen found near Prescott in Yavapai County. He details a vast Desert region in Yuma County, copper ledges forty five feet wide on surface, and a projected route to the Colorado River within nine miles. He predicts a record mining year.
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Benjamin Blanchard
Arizona
Fifth Avenue
Yabapai County
Prescott
Blanchard
Yuma County
Colorado
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