Colombia and Panama feud over border tension near Jurado
Colombia accuses Panama of courting Venezuela to spark war while Taft may mediate. President Reyes observes border threats from Venezuela and Panama as disputes center on Jurado on the Atrato River and control of rail routes toward Cucuta Encortrados.
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Carthagena
Colombia
Panama
Venezuela
Jurado
Atrato
Colomia
United States
Taft
New York
Savanilla
President Reyes
Santa Marta
Guajira
Atrato River
No Revolution in Peru Consul Reports Insurgents Unimportant
Consul General Higginson states he has cable advice from Peru’s government saying the insurgent movement is of no importance. He says the trouble is isolated and tied to the presidential election. Durand is being pursued by government troops and may be captured soon.
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Higginson
Eduardo Higginson
Peru
Jeader Durand
Brazil's Cordiality Limited Presses Argentinian Rift
A message from President Penna to Congress says Brazil has cordial ties with most nations, but the remark is seen as narrowing good relations with Argentina and perhaps Peru. Congress opened yesterday in Rio de Janeiro amid this interpretation.
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Rio Janeiro
Penna
Brazil
Argentine Republic
Peru
Congress
Guadiala Elected President of Bolivia in Bolivia
LAS PAZ May 4 Fernando Guadiala was today elected President of Bolivia succeeding Ismael afonses whose term expires August 14.
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Las Paz
Bolivia
Fernando Guadiala
Senor
Ismael Afonses
Court denies restriction on Jewish Colonial Trust operations
In London on May 4 the Court of Chancery dismissed a petition by the Jewish Colonial Trust to limit its work to Palestine. The trust, with 10 million dollars in capital, aimed to promote Jewish welfare globally. Israel Zangwill and others opposed the move, arguing it would hinder aid to persecuted Jews worldwide. The court sided with Zangwill, saying restricting the trust would harm oppressed peoples beyond Palestine.
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London
Jewish Colonial Trust
Ge Estine
Court of Chancery
Palestine
Israel Zangwill
Zangwill
Zion
Zanewill
Ferry capsizes on the Dnieper drowning 120
A river ferry on the Dnieper near Bykhoff in Mohileff Governorate overturned after overcrowding. One hundred twenty people including peasants and children perished as passengers panicked and pressed to one side amid the mid river disaster.
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ST. Petersburg
Dnieper
Bykhoff
Mohileff
Pittsburg Naturalist Walter McClintock Honored in Berlin
The Prussian Royal Anthropological Society invites Walter McClintock to lecture at the Anthropological Museum on the Blackfeet Indians of Montana and the Rocky Mountains. He lived with the Blackfeet ten years and was adopted by Chief Mad Wolf. He will speak as at the White House in April and sing Blackfeet war songs.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
Prussian
Royal Anthropological Society
Pittsburg
Walter McClintock
Anthropological Museum
Montana
Rocky Mountains
McClintock
Mad Wolf
Asquith on Home Rule in Commons clash
Dissatisfied with Asquiths replies on Irish home rule unionists renewed the question in the House of Commons. He said he was not responsible for Redmond and the Irish Leagues interpretation of Cairns remarks and that the Liberal pledge limits apply only to the present Parliament. He reaffirmed the March 20 policy of giving Ireland legislative and executive control of Irish affairs under imperial supremacy. Birrell announced Macdonnell will resign as Under Secretary in July.
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London
Asquith
Ireland
House of Commons
John F. Redmond
The
Irish League
Winston Spencer Caurehill
Manchester
Liberal Party
Commons
Augustine Birrell
Antony Macdonnell
Commons Advances Licensing Bill Passes Second Reading
LONDON May 4 The House of Commons passed the second reading of the Licensing bill by 246 majority and referred the measure to a Committee of the Whole House for detailed consideration.
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Commons
London
House of Commons
Plot to Kill Kitchener Plot Emerges in Calcutta
Police in Calcutta reveal a native conspiracy to murder Europeans by bombs. Documents show plans to kill Lord Kitchener and other British officials, with arrests expected and a view of a broader revolutionary movement across Bengal. In Simla, Major General Willcocks drives Afghan raiders back from Landi-Kotal and reports border tribes quiet as harvest begins.
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Calcutta
Lord Kitchener
India
Simla
James Willcocks
Landi-Kotal
Khyber Pass
Slump in British Consols on Indian Frontier Fears
London reports show serious Indian frontier news depressing financiers. Consols opened around 86, fell 4 1 4 points for the day, amid widespread unloading by early year buyers expecting cheaper money to spur activity.
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London
Auction at Christies sells Marchioness Coyningham silverware
The late Marchioness Coyningham's art collection sold at Christie's in London on May 4. A James I rosewater ewer and dish bearing 1618 London marks weighed % ounces and brought 4000 guineas about $20,000. A matching piece is at Windsor Castle.
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London
Marchioness Coyningham
Christie's
James I
Wwindsor Castle
Davis Takes Charge Of Normal College In New Era
George S. Davis was installed as President of the Normal College with Acting Mayor McGowan presiding. Trustees and city officials hailed the moment as signaling potential reorganization of the city college system and closer ties with public schools.
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George S. Davis
Normal College
Henry H. Sherman
Maxwell
Davis
Normal
City of
New York
Thomas Hunter
Winthrop
Board of Trustees
McGowan
Hunter
Eulenburg Under Guard At Liebenberg Castle
Berlin reports police picket the castle of Prince Philip zu Eulenburg at Liebenberg to prevent his departure amid a preliminary Crown Prosecutor inquiry over alleged false testimony in the garden trial. The prince, ill with neuritis, is watched by a dozen officers around the grounds while doctors say travel is not possible. He recently received a judicial commission at his bedside and offered full cooperation.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
Prince Philip Zu Eulenburg
Liebenberg
Prince Eulenburg
Death by Own Action in New York Boarding House
James Sulzbacher thirty five a boarder at 798 Lexington Avenue committed suicide by hanging in the boarding house bathroom yesterday morning. A relative of J and W Seligman Co bankers he left two passbooks showing deposits of 100 at Emigrants Bank and 800 at Seaman's Savings Bank. He had no employment and likely lived by stock speculation. He was related to J H Sulzbacher of J H Sulzbacher Co on Broadway.
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James Sulzbacher
Lexington Avenue
J. & W. Seligman & Co
William Street
Sulzbacher
Samuel
New Jersey
Samuel Sulzbacher
Seligman Banking
Samuel Rosenfelt
Young Sulzbacher
Joseph H. Sulzbacher
Stock Exchange
J. H. Sulzbacher & Co
Broadway
Vanderbilt Coach Venture Starts Timely from London
A. G. Vanderbilt drives the coach Venture on its first Brighton business trip from the Victoria Hotel. Crowds cheer in Northumberland Avenue and Brighton as Malden Reigate and Crawley show decorations while Reginald Vanderbilt and Craig W. Wadsworth travel aboard. The journey begins in sunshine but ends with fog in Brighton.
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London
Northumberland Avenue
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Victoria Hotel
Brighton
Reginald Vanderbilt
Craig W. Wadsworth
Ebassy
A.G. Vanderbilt
Malden
Reigate
Crawley
Vanderbilt
Ticket Agent Schurter Ends Life At Hotel Netherland
Arthur B. Schurter a New York Central ticket agent registered as A Schuyler at the Netherland hotel fatally shot himself early yesterday morning. He left $19.60 and a whisky flask. a pencil note gave undertaker A G Cattell and a contact at 111 East 128th Street. He had spoken of suicide to friends despite earning a good salary.
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Arthur B. Schurter
New York Central
Broadway
Whittaker
Schuster
A. G. Cattell
Smith
Oward Smith
New York Central Railroad
125Th Stret Station
Schurter
Eels End Bath Tub Spearing Public Plight in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn the eel craze ends as Deputy Water Commissioner Cotter halts eel sightings in bathtubs and pipes. Anglers report Sunday of eel fishing in bathtubs and pools, with torches used to lure eels from the bottoms at natatoriums and Turkish baths.
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Brooklyn
Cotter
Plurges
Railroads Fined for Cruelty to Cattle
Chicago news: Judge Landis in the U S District Court fines six major railroads 13 100 dollars total in ninety five cases charged under the twenty eight hour law for cattle transport. The government pursued enforcement centering in Chicago.
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Chicago
Landis
United States District
Foreign affairs notes from May fourth
King Edward and Queen Alexandra returned to London from a Scandinavian tour. Baroness von Ruexleben dies after killing her husband and herself at Buddenberg chateau near Dortmund. Fifty heavy autos depart Paris for a month long tour and industrial contest under War Ministry patronage. Municipal elections favor Radical and Radical Socialist parties in France with strong losses for Extreme Socialists and Nationalists in Paris. The International Telegraphic Conference opens in Lisbon. Belgium proposes a five letter word counting reform opposed by British and American interests. Brazil to install radiograph station on Fernando de Noronha Island off the eastern coast.
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London
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Berlin
Paris
France
Ministry of War
Radical
Radical Socialist
Lisbon
Belgium
Great Britain
America
Janeiro
Rnando de Noronha
Brazil
Stoli pin Daughter of Russian Premier Married in St Petersburg
Mlle Stoly pin, daughter of the Russian Premier, wed Lieut. Bock the Naval Attaché at Berlin in a ceremony attended by Cabinet members and diplomats. She had been severely injured in the 1906 bomb attempt on the Premier and was recovering at his residence.
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ST. Petersburg
Mle. Stolypin
Lieut. Bock
Berlin
Mile. Stelypin
May 1908 Brill Clothing Sales Offer Fashion Value
Beginning May sales highlight Brill stores offering high type ready to wear garments from leading American tailoring houses. Fabrics are high standard and designs reflect New York styles, including extreme and conservative options as part of an aggressive trade plan.
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Brill
America
Exclusive 22.50 and 25 dollar suits and coats sale
1 200 suits and spring coats offered in 22.50 and 25 values. Dark ground silk mixture worsted, woven worsted, velour and silk lined coats in smoke gray tan brown blue. Exclusive models from top American tailoring houses. 25 distinct models including 6 ultra smart designs shown in New York.
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America
New York
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Ames
Wilton
Sheppard Knapp &Co
Bth
Sith Avenue
Lath Street
Igbzy
Aiylery
Cross
Regent St
Fifth Avenue
Boston
Simmmer Street
FIZS
Her
Jewish Trust
British Court of Chancery
Kitchener
Balch Price & CO
Eulenburg
Prince
Hardén
Seligmans
Mlle. Stolypin
Lieut
Bock
Brill Clothes
Brill Brothers
Union SQ
Geo. C. Funr Co
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California Fig Syrup Co
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