Spain Crowned King of Madrid Amid Festivities and Honors
King Alfonso received foreign orders at the Throne Room in a grand ceremony, with the banquet at the palace featuring Dr. Curry and other envoys. Meanwhile streets overflowed with celebratory decorations as spectators watched the coronation procession preparations, and a streetcar incident near Fifty-third Street injured several passengers.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Garter
Rom
Duke of Connaught
Edward
Order of the Seraphim
Eugene
Sweden
Oscar
Royal Order of Siam
Siam
Dr. Curry
United States
Legation
Princess of the Asturias
Fire destroys Armour lard refinery at Chicago Stock Yards
A May 16 fire in Armour & Co lard refinery at Forty third Street and Centre Avenue destroyed the brick five story plant. Injuries range from five to twenty five with Jennie Smith badly hurt. several others taken to hospitals. Loss to building put at 500000 with contents valued up to 400000.
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Chicago
Armour & Co
Forty-third Street
Centre Avenue
Jennie Smith
Morris Schwader
Mabel Morse
F. H. Frazer
F. R. Gifford
Harry Jennings
James Duchachan
Mamie Roach
Runaway Horse Collides With Broadway Car on Forty Fourth
A runaway horse hit an express wagon and crashed into a northbound Broadway streetcar at Forty fourth Street last night. The collision caused a public panic and drew crowds as responders tended to the injured and investigated the incident.
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William Jones
Fifty-third Street
Broadway
Forty-fourth Street
Eric Bwath
Bwath
F. G. Smedley
West Eighty-first Street
Lynch
Roosevelt Hospital
McKelvey
Market row and notices tease from a late edition
The notice lists stocks and commodities with mixed prices and page references across the paper, mentioning corn oats cotton iron butter and futures notes. It also markets The Golf Bicycle Norfolk suits by A Raymond & Co of New York at Nassau and Fulton Streets.
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Railrocee
al Estate
Society
United Service
Eek Report
A. Raymond & Co
N. E. Cor
Nassau & Fulton Sts
N. Y
Copper Situation Featured in The Morning Telegraph
The Morning Telegraph will cover the copper market in Monday’s issue with details on production, pricing, and regional impact. Readers can expect analysis of supply trends and potential policy effects on mining operations.
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Gene
Morning Telegraph
Adv
Mayor vows action to curb fast autos in Chicago
Chicago May 16 the mayor warned he may ban automobile pleasure use to curb speeding. F C Donald of the Chicago Automobile Club advocated harsher penalties for fast driving. Bankers and clubmen including John C King and Gates family members are named as offenders in the report.
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Chicago
Ill
F. C. Donald
Chicago Automobile Club
John C. King
Croker says he did not meddle in Grand Sachem election
London May 16 Richard Croker interview asserts he has ceased meddling in New York politics and did not influence Van Wyck Nixon or the Grand Sachem race. He warns against splits in Tammany and hopes Nixon returns to office, while stressing party unity and his own nonpartisan stance.
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London
Richard Croker
Tammany Society
New York
Mr. Croker
England
Mr. Gladstone
Tammany
Nixon
Croker
Robert A. van Wyck
van Wyck
Feitner
Society
Freedman
Keenan
Whalen
Meyer
Feilner
McClellan
R. B. Roosevelt
Povenias
Pierce Buys King Carlos Yacht Amelia For Pierce Fleet Racer
St Louis businessman H Clay Pierce purchased the 206 foot Amalia yacht from King Carlos of Portugal. The yacht capable of 14 knots will sail across the Atlantic under former Orizaba captain. Clay A Pierce notes photographs show a beautiful vessel as his father’s Waters-Pierce Oil Company finances the deal.
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ST. Louis
H. Clay Pierce
Amelia
Carlos
Portugal
Atlantic
Pierce
New York
Clay A. Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Mr. Pierce
Gov Davis demands transport payment for pardons in Arkansas
Gov Davis requires pardons for negro convicts to be accompanied by paid transportation to Boston. Rep Toney of Pine Bluff arranged a $34 Boston ticket for Armstrong, a four year forgery convict. Davis refused the pardon without an officer escort and citizenship proof in Massachusetts.
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Little Rock
Ark
Gov. Davis
Boston
Massachusetts
Representative Toney
Pine Bluff
Armstrong
Davis
Toney
Mr. Toney
State House
Quay's Plans Spoiled by Beaver Republicans
Beaver County Republicans repudiated Senator Quay at the Beaver primaries and convention. Quay sought to name the GOP governor, U S representative for the Twenty fourth District and local offices, but Beaver delegates forced him to back down. James Cunningham gained control and defeated Quay in his home county, signaling likely two Republican candidates for Congress and a Democratic victory in November.
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Beaver
Penn
Quay
Pennsylvania
Beaver County
John P. Elkin
Judge Pennypacker
Bank Defaulter Bond Paid in Ballston NY
A New York bond company paid $10,000 to the First National Bank covering Charles E. Fitcham’s bond. Fitcham stole $115,000 from the bank last December and is serving a six year sentence in Clinton prison.
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Ballston
N. Y
New York
First National Bank
Charles E. Fitcham
Fitcham
Clinton Rison
Three Pages of Pictures Volcanoes and Caribs
A compact notice for the Commercial Advertiser announces a pictorial review feature on volcanoes of the West Indies by R. T. Hill of the U S Geological Survey with four maps and a piece on the Caribs by F A Ober, offered for three cents.
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West Indies
R. T. Hill
U. S. Geological Survey
Caribs
F. A. Ober
Pictorial Review
Holiday Trip to Bernardsville Five-Day Excursion
Five-day excursion tickets over Decoration Day priced at $1.06 available through Lackawanna Ticket offices. Adv.
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Bernardsville
Lackawanna Ticket Offices
Sullivan Talks Tammany Leadership After Nixon Resignation
Senator Timothy D. Sullivan of New York City, passing through St Louis, says Nixon deserves praise and that Tammany must choose a successor of equal character to Nixon and Croker. He criticizes Mayor Low’s administration, notes open saloons on Sundays, and says even Republicans are unsatisfied. Also mentions New Jersey Central Spring Change of time taking effect May 18 with hourly service and new trains.
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ST. Louis
Timothy D. Sullivan
New York City
Tammany
Sullivan
Hot Springs
Ark
Lewis Nixon
Wigwam
Nixon
Messrs
Croker
Greater
Newark
New Jersey Central
New York
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Pottsville
Long Branch R. R
Sandy Hook
Federation weighs arbitration to end anthracite strike
Washington May 16 The National Civic Federation seriously considers offering good offices and arbitration to end the anthracite coal strike. Ralph M Easley secretary met with Senator Hanna and Samuel Gompers at Hanna's home to discuss possible settlement steps and possible federation involvement. The talks were tentative with no final decision, and Easley departed for New York after a late-night conference.
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Washington
National Civic Federation
Ralph M. Easley
Federation
New York
Hanna
Samuel Gompers
Mr. Easley
Embezzlers Gaynor and Greene Held in Quebec Hotel
Col John F Gaynor and Capt Benjamin Greene, accused of embezzling US funds, were arrested in Quebec and housed at the Windsor Hotel amid a protracted legal fight. Police and American agents pursued, with extradition questions and judge Lafontaine delaying trial until Monday.
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Montreal
Quebec
John F. Gaynor
Benjamin Greene
United States
Windsor Hotel
Carpenter
Spray
Three Rivers
Sorel
M. M. Erwin
Donald MacMaster
K. C
Lafontaine
Secret Service
Gale
Mr. Carpenter
Gaynor
Greene
Department of Justice
Dominion
Con
Jules Tessier
A. Taschereau
L. A. Canon
Kellogg & Rose Comment on Montreal Prisoner Status
A. J. Rose of Kellogg and Rose says Col. John F. Gaynor and Capt. B. D. Greene reached Montreal and are lodged at the Windsor Hotel inaccessible for communication. He questions whether Montreal defendants have legal representation, notes Canadian counsel, and points to indictment alleging conspiracy to defraud rather than embezzlement. He cites possible statute of limitations relevance since the indictment arose over three years after the alleged crime.
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A. J. Rose
Kellogg & Rose
Broadway
John F. Gaynor
B. D. Greene
Montreal
Windsor Hotel
Quebec
Rose
No Sympathy for Hard Coal Strike From Pittsburg Miners
Patrick Dolan, president of the Pittsburg district UMWA, says there is no likelihood of Pittsburg bituminous miners walking out in sympathy with hard coal strikers. The local miners have a contract expiring April 1903 and will not break it. Dolan notes Pittsburg coal does not go to the East and opposes a strike.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Patrick Dolan
United Mine Workers of America
Dolan
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Proph ets Chamber Four Track No 15 Adverts New York
An advertisement promotes The Prophet's Chamber No 15 from the Four-Track Series. It claims nearly 350 hotels and boarding houses in New York and New England are featured and offers the pamphlet free after sending 4 cents to G. H. Daniels in Grand Central Station, New York.
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New York
New England
Prophet’s Chamber
G. H. Daniels
Grand Central Station
Johann Hoff's Extract Ad in Hot Weather
An advertising notice extols Johann Hoff's Extract as a superior tonic for hot weather and warns shoppers not to be imposed, urging purchase of the JOHANN HOFF'S product.
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Johann Hoff
Miners Plan National Movement With Mass Strike
President John Mitchell announced that the United Mine Workers delegates endorsed calling a national convention to unite bituminous and unorganized miners in a potential nationwide coal strike. If carried out, about 449,000 miners could halt coal mining and threaten rail traffic and general business, with plans to convene possibly in Indianapolis within weeks.
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Hazleton
Penn
United Mine Workers of America
John Mitchell
United States
Mitchell
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Michigan
W. B. Wilson
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Mine Workers’ Organization
Mine Workers’ Union
Local Electric Railway Company
Coal Strike Hits 1000 Buffalo Workers
About 1,000 coal handlers have been laid off by the leading coal roads in Buffalo because of the strike in the anthracite fields.
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Buffalo
Possible mine strike may halt town water supplies
In Wilkes Barre the United Mine Workers may order firemen engineers and pump runners out. If ordered several towns could lose water as pumps at Nanticoke No 5 and Glenlyon No 6 fail and Sandy Run pumps also stop. Water service for multiple villages could be interrupted.
Seats for Coronation Parade Window View Fleet Street
Ra and Whitcomb Co offers remaining seats in their Fleet Street window for the Coronation Parade on June 27. Located at 25 Union Square, contact Phone 3138-18th for reservations.
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Fleet Street
Ra & Whitcomb Co
Union Square
Adv
Unclear fragment hints at Monday advance notice
The readable text provides no clear names places events or facts to summarize into a valid news item.
Bituminous mine leaders travel to Hazleton to seek settlement
A delegate group of Illinois coal operators and mine workers officials arrived in Hazleton to confer with President Mitchell on a local dispute with Springfield, Illinois, over conditions. The talks, held at strike headquarters, aim to prevent soft coal involvement and possible small local strikes.
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Illinois
Mitchell
Hazleton
Penn
Springfield
Ill
Herman Justi
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
W. W. Keefer
Danville
Edward Brown
J. A. Agee
Chicago
W. R. Russell
Ilinois State Organization of Miners
John T. Parsons
James Brady
Greenview
Benjamin Wineland
Athens
V. di Sandro
Brewerton
J. Cotter
St. Louis
Wabash Railroad
Justin
Russell
Coal famine looming as long strike hits New York
The anthracite miners strike threatens scarce supply in New York with dealers estimating a two to three week stock, prices rising from 5.35 to 6.85 a ton, and railroads halting shipments. Independent operators warn of wider impact if sympathy strikes follow, including restaurant and hotel shutdowns.
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New York
Greater
Stickney & Co
Broadway
Washington
Trinity Buildings
J. Samuel Smoot
Sixth Avenue
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Liberty Street
Thomas P. Fowler
New _ York, Ontario and Western Railroad
W. F E. Truesdale
The
Lackawanna
Robert M. Olyphant
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
E. B. Thomas
Erie Railroad
Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Olyphant, Truesdale
Fowler
Philadelphia
The Strike and the Market
The coal strike announcement weighed on stocks with coal shares mostly holding firm amid selling by weak holders and short sellers. Delaware and Hudson fell about 3 points, Reading dropped 3, and first and second preferreds fell 1 to 1.5. Erie softened less, Lackawanna traded none, and soft coal roads showed mixed losses while bituminous workers debated joining a general strike. Pimples vanish when Carlsbad Spruder Salt is taken. It freshens the skin wonderfully, clears the system, and purifies the blood. Be ware of imitations.
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Stock Exchange
Delaware and
Hudson
Reading
Erie
Ontario and
Western
Lackawanna
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
Carlsbad
Flashes Seen From Mont Pelée Threaten Martinique
A Paris telegram reports Mont Pelée eruptions over Martinique with bright flashes and red clouds. Residents in Lorrain Marigot Sainte Marie and La Trinite panic as cinders shower for twenty minutes. French authorities plan inspection from St Pierre toward Basse Pointe amid fears of pillage. fifty robbers sentenced to five years.
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Fort DE France
Martinique
Mont Pelée
Lorrain
Marigot
Sainte Marie
la Trinite
Suchet
St. Pierre
Basse Pointe
Martinique Volcanic Eruption Triggers Widespread Destruction
A Paris Times correspondent reports seven active craters at Fort de France and lava flows reaching White River. The island of Martinique endures ash clouds, earthquakes, and flooding as Mont Pelée devastates St Pierre and surrounding towns. Looting and a proposed bank reopening attempt rise amid fears of a massacre.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Paris
the Times
Fort de France
Martinique
White River
le Precheur
St. Lucia
The
Times
Kingston
Jamaica
Atrato
St. Pierre
West Indies
Mont Pelée
M. Guérin
Refugees in Caribbean islands suffer amid relief effort
Cable from Commander T C McLean reports 6000 refugees in Fort de France and 3000 in Kingstown with many dead or missing in Martinique and St Vincent. Relief operations hindered by dispersed populations and scarce food water. Cincinnati returning to Fort de France St Pierre. records of consulates to be recovered if found. Sterling arrives with stores from San Juan.
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St. Lucia
Fort-de-France
Kingstown
Martinique
St. Vincent
St. Pierre
Department
Gram
Cincinenati
Coller Sterling
San Juan
Porto Rico
Arriv
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Quet
Review OF Books and Art
King Carlos
Senator Quay
Senator Sullivan
Mr. Nixon
New York Central
Senator Hanna
Gaynor and Greene
Miners’ Plan
Reading Railway Company
Shamokin
Shenandah Division
Williamsport
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Burnett
Mont Pelee
Ously
la Guaira
Venezuela
Cincinnati
Moody
Legram
T. C. McLean
Brest
la Presse
Bruix
Surcouf
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