Anarchist Plot Against King Alfonso Uncovered in Madrid
Madrid reports five arrests over a plan to hurl dynamite at King Alfonso's royal carriage. Among the detainees is Gabriel Lopez, an insurance office doorkeeper, who said he received cartridges from Francisco Suarez to attack during yesterday's procession. Police analyze the nine cartridges. other detainees include a medical student, a printer, a carpenter, and a mason.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Gabriel Lopez
Lopez
Carrera San Geronimo
Chamber of Deputies
Francisco Suarez
Suarez
Canovas del Castillo
Carpenter Palacios
Alfonso's manner confident at Madrid oath ceremony
The Madrid correspondent of The Times describes King Alfonso's bearing as excellent during Saturdays ceremony. He appeared unfazed by the grand reception and entered the Chamber of Deputies with self possession. The boyish air and self confidence drew homage from the assembly as his oath was read with a loud clear voice and resolute ring.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Madrid
the Times
Alfonso
Chamber of Deputies
Madrid Festivities Mark King Alfonso’s Accession
In Madrid on May 18 the royal pageantry for King Alfonso’s accession moved the Queen Mother to tears as crowds hailed the new monarch. Doves flew from bouquets offered to the King, who paused to let his mother pass first, then invited her to precede him. Two bullfights drew large crowds at the Plaza de Toros, and a foundation-laying ceremony for a monument to Alfonso XII was attended by the King and foreign dignitaries at Retiro Gardens. A gala Don Juan performance followed.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Chamber of Deputies
Plaza de Toros
Alfonso XII
Buen Retiro Gardens
Don Juan
Amusements and Arrivals and Buyers Page Notices
Amusements on page 9 and arrivals and out of town buyers on page 5. Losses in Fire feature on page 5. Foreign matters on page 11. Religious content on page 9. Weather report on page 5. Yesterday's fires summarized on page 6.
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Ares
Prge
Coronation Observed by Spaniards in Manila
The coronation of King Alfonso was celebrated with ceremony by Spanish residents in Manila. Acting Civil Governor Wright represented the United States Government at the principal function.
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Manila
Alfonso
Wright
United States
Detroit Girl Dies From Strychnine At Fifth Avenue Hotel
Miss Julia Hanna Williams of Detroit died after an overdose of strychnine tablets in a Fifth Avenue Hotel suite. The tablet stash vanished. her fiancé Pitts Duffield and Dr. Pease treated her without success. Coroner ruled no autopsy. body to be taken to Detroit with her sister Eloise Williams and mother and Mr Duffield.
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Julia Hanna Williams
Detroit
M. A. Hanna
Ohio
Fifth Avenue
Pitts Duffield
Saranac Lake
Mr. Duffield
Miss Williams
Mrs. Williams
D. P. Pease
West Twenty-fourth Street
Duffield
East Twenty-eighth Street
Dr. Pease
H.M. Duffield
Jackson
O'Hanlon
Eloise Williams
Irl
Farmington, Conn
Williams Family Noted In Detroit Society
DETROIT May 18 Miss Williams daughter of the late N G Williams a wealthy leading commission merchant in Detroit. Her brother N G Williams Jr is Secretary of the Detroit Twist Drill Company. Her maternal grandfather Lieut Col V C Hanna paymaster in the Civil War and friend of President Lincoln. The Williams family is well known in the city.
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Detroit, Mich
Miss Williams
N. G. Williams
Detroit Twist Drill Company
V. C. Hanna
Lincoln
Williams
Gen Eagan's Victory in Mexican Land Battle
Gen Charles P. Eagan ex Commissary General of the U S Army wins possession and title to 2 5 million acres of mining land in Western Mexico after a long court fight. California magnates Alvinza Hayward and Charles D Lane aided him while Charles C Greene opposed. burdened by mining law confusion the saga spanned courts and frontier clashes.
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Mexico
Phoenix
Arizona
Charles P. Eagan
United States Army
Eagan
Far West
Monte Cristo
Alvinza Hayward
Charles D. Lane
California
Charles C. Greene
Alaska
Copper Cing
Mexican Federal Court Rendered A Decision Upholding Gen. Eagan
Sonora
Johnson Land Grant
Greene
Cornerstone laid for Baron de Hirsch dormitory in Woodbine
CAPE MAY May 18 With ceremonies the cornerstone for the Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School dormitory at the Jewish colony in Woodbine was laid before about 2000 people from the colony New York City and Philadelphia Meyer B Isaacs of New York President of the Baron de Hirsch Fund in America and Judge Mayer Sultzberger of Philadelphia one of the trustees participated The colony has grown from a wilderness into a town of about 1500 in twelve years.
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Cape May
N. J
Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School
Woodbine
New York City
Philadelphia
Meyer
Isaacs
New York
Baron de Hirsch Fund
America
Mayer Sultzberger
Burnett's Cocaine Promises Dandruff Cure
A fragment notes Burnett's Cocaine claims to kill dandruff and promote healthy hair growth, though details are unclear. The item appears to state cosmetic benefits without verifiable evidence or context. The text is incomplete and lacks period or authoritative sourcing.
Coalition Tensions in Hazleton Coal Strike Dialogue
In Hazleton Pennsylvania May 18 Ralph M Easley secretary of the National Civic Federation met with President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers at strike headquarters. A two hour talk yielded denials of any settlement plan while observers suspect the federation aims to be ready to receive proposals. Mitchell plans to base headquarters at the Hotel Hart Wilkes Barre with possible stop in Spring Valley and Indianapolis notice on a forthcoming special National Convention to weigh extending the dispute to bituminous miners. Clergymen and local unions urge abstinence from intoxicants and stand by the miners as the second week of the strike begins in the region amid efforts to enforce a soft coal ban and secure public health.
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Hazleton
Penn
Ralph M. Easley
National Civic Federation
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Valley Hotel
Easley
The
Civic Federation
Senator Hanna
Hanna
Washington
Miners
New York
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Lehigh Valley
St. Gabriel’s
E. 8. Phillips
James W. Hussie
Father Hassie
Itchell
Otel Hart
Wilkesbarre
Spring Valley
Ill
National
Indianapolis
Ernest J. Lederle
Health Board
Third Avenue Elevated
One
Hundred and Twenty-ninth Street
Third Avenue
Sixth
Ninth Avenue
Charles A. Moore
Conciliation Committee
Federation
Morris Brown
Cigar Makers
McMahon
Miners to Pay Cash as Coal Region Stores End Credit
Wilkes Barre and surrounding coal towns plan to close credit systems tomorrow forcing cash payments for foodstuffs by retailers, mine workers, mill hands, and other idle wage earners amid the strike. Regional wholesalers report annual food sales totaling 21.5 million dollars across Wilkes Barre Scranton Carbondale Pittston Hazleton Pottsville Shamokin Mahanoy City and other towns.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Scranton
Carbondale
Pittston
Hazleton
Pottsville
Shamokin
Mahanoy City
Coal Market Tightens as Philadelphia Manufacturers Suffer
In Philadelphia on May 18 the coal market tightened with retailers limiting orders to regular customers. Anthracite supply is about 70,000 tons while soft coal stocks are more available. Steam coal orders are hard to fill and many industries must use soft coal. Prices rise modestly by 50 cents though deliveries remain small and pea coal is scarce. Households face higher priced sizes and sources fear fuel for about three weeks unless factories switch to soft coal.
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Philadelphia
Health Board Acts Over Soft Coal In Factories
Health officials intensified scrutiny into the use of soft coal in city factories and steam plants. Inspectors have been systematically surveying how widely the fuel is used and the risks it poses to public health.
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Health Board
Health Department
Ordi
Tammany's Vacant Chair Seated By Next Executive Meeting
Tammany Hall faces a leadership decision at the executive committee meeting next Thursday with most district leaders favoring a new helm. Senators and insiders recall past rivalries among Flynn McCarthy and McGonigle and note likely weakness in Carroll faction opposition. John F Carroll and allies are not expected to mount a strong challenge, with key members named as Ryder, Martin, Reahon, Sexton, Lantry, and Nagle among others. Lewis Nixon has left Manhattan amid resignation fallout and Treasurer McQuade declined comment on missing funds.
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Tammany Hall
anti-Carroll
T. D. Sullivan
Seger
Tammany
Florence Sullivan
Eighth District
Nixon
Lewis Nixon
Manhattan
Staten Island
Johnn McQuade
Lexington Avenue
John F. Carroll
Carroll
Thomas F. Foley
Second
Sullivan
Patrick J. Ryder
B. F. Martin
P. H. Reahon
John B. Sexton
F. J. Lantry
J. J. Martin
P. E. Nagle
August Moebus
Young New Yorker Believed Lost in Alaska Wilderness
Tacoma, May 18. John Youngman a young New Yorker is believed dead in the Koyukuk region Alaska after disappearing on a trip from Fort Yukon toward Koyukuk. Relatives in New York await word as Emil Young of Dawson found an abandoned cabin with a letter to John Youngman dated Broadway New York. A reply from C W Youngman of the discovery confirms no word since November 1900.
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Tacoma
Washington
John Youngman
Koyukuk
Alaska
New York
Youngman
Seattle
Fort Yukon
Emil Young
Dawson
Chandelor River
Do. W
Broadway
Young
C. W. Youngman
Japan to Represent Army at Edward VII Coronation
London dispatch says Gen Fukushima, former commander in Pechi Li Province during the 1900 campaign, will represent the Japanese Army at King Edward VII's coronation.
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London Times
New York Times
London
Tokio
the Times
Fukushima
Pechi-Li Province
China
Edward
First Toledo fatal auto accident claims teen
May Schook, thirteen, was struck and killed in Toledo today when James T. Brailey, an Independent Telephone financier, sped his automobile into her and a wheel. The incident marks the city's first fatal automobile accident.
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Toledo
James T. Brailey
May Schook
Tornado Rips Goliad Texas Killing Hundreds
Reports from Houston indicate the northern section of Goliad was swept away by a tornado with from 350 to 100 casualties. Eight blocks of business houses collapsed with thirty black residents and twenty seven whites killed and seventy five to eighty injured. Beeville also suffered wind damage as wires downed. details remain scarce.
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Houston
Texas
Goliad
Forbes
New York
van Vleck
Stopple
Dallas
Beeville
Bee County
San Antonio
Gulf Coast
Storm Rips Rural Minnesota Towns Drowns Three Children
An electric storm and cloud burst swept Etna and Forestville nine miles southeast of Spring Valley last night. Large barns and buildings were demolished. A buggy carrying Herman Wilbright, his wife, and three children was swept away. the three children drowned in the torrent.
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Spring Valley
Minn
Etna
Forestville
Herman Wilbright
Terrifying San Antonio Windstorm Causes Major Losses
A noon May 18 wind and rain storm struck San Antonio with speeds near 72 mph for about 20 minutes. Government property at Fort Sam Houston suffered 20,000 in damage, West End Church 5,000 destroyed, Hartwell's Hotel 3,000, St. Louis College 6,000, Academy of the Lady of the Sacred Heart 2,000, and private residences about 20,000, with several injuries and no deaths. The storm followed a previous event over Goliad.
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San Antonio
Texas
Fort Sam Houston
West End
Windstorm Ravages Walter's Park and Austin Area
May 18 report from Texas notes severe damage west of Austin with Walter's Park suffering as over thirty houses blown down and trees uprooted. In Austin itself many homes unroofed and the State Institution for the Blind damaged but no inmates harmed. Camping parties along the river also reported property losses with no fatalities.
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Austin
Texas
Walter's Park
State Institution For the Blind
Heavy rain floods Wichita streets after tornado scare
A very heavy rain swept the wheat belt of Southern Kansas on May 18. A tornado threat moved through Wichita but did not materialize, giving way to a downpour that flooded streets and reached first floors of several buildings. No serious damage reported yet.
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Wichita
Kan
Wheat
Kansas
Great Western Railway suffers cloudburst damage near Oelwein
The Chicago Great Western Railway endured severe losses from a cloudburst last night on the Des Moines and Chicago Divisions. Over 150 feet of track and grading were destroyed at Fairbanks seven miles east of Oelwein, with about 200 feet washed away east of Oelwein on the Chicago Division. Through trains were halted, with expectations that no trains will run from Chicago or St. Paul until tomorrow night or Tuesday. The storm also devastated crops, stripping a strip a mile wide and twenty five miles long of vegetation.
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ST. Joseph
Chicago Great Western Railway
Des Moines
Chicago
Fairbanks
Oelwein
St. Paul
Cloudburst Wreaks Havoc Across Iowa Wisconsin
A May 18 cloudburst in Dubuque Iowa dropped two inches of rain in an hour causing washouts on the Illinois Central to Waterloo and delaying Westbound trains. McGregor area suffered heavy damage to Milwaukee and St Paul tracks. In Sparta Wisconsin eastern county damage hit bridges and rail lines with over 200 feet washed away near Oakdale. Multiple counties, hogs and sheep drowned, crops and outbuildings damaged, and lightning struck Monroe Juneau and Vernon counties.
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Iowa
Illinois Central
Here
Waterloo
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
McGregor
Sparta
Wis
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Oakdale
Chicago and Northwestern
Monroe
Juneau
Vernon
Belgian Cyclist Killed in Marseilles Paris Race
In the Marseilles to Paris bicycle race fifty six entries started from Marseilles at 3 AM. Among the riders were Lesna and Hare. Near Aix a Belgian cyclist named Peated suffered a terrible fall and died.
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Marseilles
Lesna
Hare
Aix
Peated
Germans May Wreck the Sugar Convention
London reports that the Brussels sugar convention faces wrecking by German Agrarians and a weak government. The Agrarians routed the decision to a special committee, risking Reichstag action before February 1, 1903, with Chancellor von Bülow blamed for vacillating policy and possible loss of the British sugar market if they reject the pact.
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London Times
NEW Yok Times
London
Brussels
Berlin
Times
Agrarians
Reichstag
Count von Biilow
Mont Pelée Again Active Sees Wreckage Near Martinique
A May 16 dispatch says the British cruiser Pallas sighted Mont Pelée still erupting after passing Martinique. Volcanic dust fell thickly away from the coast and Fort de France remained in danger.
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London
Daily Mail
Kingstown
St. Vincent
Pallas
Martinique
Mont Pelée
Fort de France
Martinique Eruption Violent As Refugees Return
A Paris dispatch from Fort de France reports Mont Pelée’s eruption grew more violent with fifteen detonations and lightning across the island. New craters form near Le Precheur while northern refugees begin to return. Senator Knight notes calm northern inhabitants, intact sugar plantations at Macouba Basse Pointe Lorrain, and Bank of Martinique reopening with credit to solid guarantors.
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Paris
Fort de France
Martinique
Mont Pelée
le Precheur
Knight
L’huerte
M. Decrais
Macouba
Basse Pointe
Lorrain
New Volcano Erupts North of Mont Pelée in Martinique
The Times correspondent reports continued activity at the Martinique volcano with a new eruption breaking out north of Mont Pelée, as of May 18. The developing unrest signals ongoing volcanic danger for surrounding areas and residents.
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London
St. Thomas, D. W. L
the Times
Lava Flow Death Toll Rises at St Vincent Volcano
May 16 dispatch reports 1,562 bodies buried at Georgetown with more feared in the lava from La Soufrière, as the lava continued to escape on Friday morning. Ailing residents are named in bleak tribute as recovery lags.
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London
Daily Mail
Kingstown
St. Vincent
Georgetown
CinlUucis
la Soufriére
Earthquakes Reported in Southern Portugal
Earthquakes are reported from southern Portugal but no fatalities occurred. Disturbances are believed linked to West Indies upheavals, with Lisbon noting the events on May 18.
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Lisbon
Portugal
West Indies
Dog Rescued After Six Inch Pipe Imprisonment
Crowd in Millburn New Jersey watches as workers free a curly haired dog trapped inside a buried drain pipe near Main and Taylor Streets. The dog belonged to Nicola Zizzi and was wedged midway, prompting a lengthy dig and a dramatic rescue.
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Millburn
N. J
Main
Taylor Streets
Galler
Nicola Zizzi
Marshall
Cold Weather Hits Fruit Crops in New York
Special to The New York Times reports continued cold weather and frost in Rensselaer County causing widespread worry among fruit growers. Prospective apple yields were ruined as buds froze, and early cherry trees and many plants suffered frost bite, leading to extensive losses for Eastern New York horticulturists.
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New York Times
Steamer Etona Reaches New York With Mt Pelée Lava Dust
The British steamship Etona arrived in Brooklyn from Montevideo via St Lucia and carried vivid accounts of Mt Pelée’s eruption at St Pierre. Captain Freeman of the Roddam, nearly wrecked, and survivors describe heroic escapes as the Etona observed blue lava, ash dust, and the harrowing scenes from Martinique.
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van Brunt Street
Brooklyn
West Indies
New York
Mont Pelée
St. Pierre
Freeman
Roddam
Etona
John Cantell
Montevideo
St. Lucia
Capt. Cantell
Capt
Martinique
Capt. Cantell’s grim tale from Martinique eruption
Capt Cantell recalls reaching St Lucia May 10 amid Marti nique eruption panic. He describes boarding the wrecked British steamship Roddam at St Pierre, the deck buried in lava like mud, survivors and burn injuries, and a harrowing escape to sea amid fires, shattered hulls, and mass casualties.
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St. Lucia
Martinique
Roddam
Freeman
St. Pierre
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Mt. Pelee
Capt. Freeman
Capt. Freedman
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