Bomb Explodes by Royal Carriage at Madrid Pageant
An Italian anarchist threw a polished steel bomb from a third story window near No 85 Mayor street beside the Esplanade to the Royal Palace area. The device blew as the royal carriage passed, injuring several, including a son-in-law of the premier’s secretary. Frederick W. Whit ridge, the American special ambassador, relayed the incident to President Roosevelt and visited the palace, expressing sympathy. The king and queen remained tranquil. Duke of Sotomayor’s wounds were not serious. another report claims the assassin killed himself after the blast. Mateo Morel is named in later dispatches, and he has escaped.
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Foreign Office
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London
Daily Mail
Spain
Mateo Morel
King Alfonso and Victoria wed amid near miss and crowd
Madrid May 31 observers recall a narrow escape from death as King Alfonso and Queen Victoria married. The ceremony featured a mix of royal envoys and plainclothes guests, with the king displaying tenderness toward Victoria amid a scene that balanced grandeur and republican simplicity.
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Alfonso
Victoria
Spain
Asturias
Frederick W. Whitridge
General Dalstein
Morcova
France
United States
Dalstein
Wedding of Victoria and Alfonso in Madrid charms crowds
Madrid woke under clear skies as fireworks and festival crowds filled the streets. Princess Victoria and King Alfonso XIII wed in St Jerome el Real with royal processions, ornate coaches, and a celebrated reception, drawing envoys and spectators amid bells and cannon salutes.
Fireworks injure twelve at Cuban royal wedding celebration
In Cienfuegos twelve people were wounded by a premature fireworks explosion during King Alfonso's wedding celebration. In Havana a banquet was held at the Spanish Casino with representation by Secretary Sterling of the Treasury and Secretary Castro of Agriculture. Spanish clubs in Havana and other cities were decorated for the royal wedding.
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Treasury
Castro
Agriculture
Royal salutes mark Princess Ena and King Alfonso wedding
London dispatch reports twenty one gun salutes at home and in colonies for the marriage of Princess Ena to King Alfonso. Naval and military stations fired salutes while warships wore bunting and Windsor Castle Buckingham Palace and St James Palace bands played the Spanish national anthem during guard mounting.
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Royal congratulations flow after Spanish assassination attempt
Rome reports a muted response to the attack on the Spanish sovereigns with Cardinal Merry del Val informing Pope Pius IX and the Pope sending congratulations to King Alfonso. Victor Emmanuel telegraphs King Alfonso and assigns the Duke of Genoa to convey his felicitations and sympathy over the destruction caused by the assassin.
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French Adventurer Charged With Morley Murder Near Mongolia
Reuben Morley of Saginaw Michigan is believed murdered on the Mongolia Peking border on September 2 by Vicomte La Verrer a French adventurer who traveled with him. Morley’s brother John Morley reported from Cleveland that evidence from missionaries and locals shows Morley left a Chinese Inn to visit a nearby lake and did not return. The Frenchman burned Morley papers and Morley’s pack horse was found among wild horses. a man resembling La Verger cashed Morley’s letter of credit in Colombo before sailing to Europe.
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Cleveland
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Colombo
Ceylon
Europe
Kaiser Talks With Prof Laughlin In Berlin Dinner
Berlin May 31 J Laurence Laughlin professor of political economy at the University of Chicago who arrived to lecture for the Social Science and Education Society attended a Schloss dinner in honor of high military officers. The Emperor discussed U S social problems with Laughlin noting them as a major issue. Crown Prince Frederick William spoke at length with Laughlin about American industrial conditions and wished to visit the United States to study them.
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J. Laurence Laughlin
University of Chicago
Social Science and Education Society
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Schloss
Laughlin
United States
America
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Mayer Gets Charges Against Coler In Albany Note
Governor Higgins presents charges against Bird and Coler, headed for the Attorney General. Mayer will not act until next week as the reform effort in the borough continues amid technical questions and official delay.
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Coler
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Higgins
Titteal Bird & Coler
Wesok* Yn
Agrarian Debate Splits Material in St Petersburg Session
In the St Petersburg lower house debate on the agrarian issue the Constitutional Democratic Petrosivsky attacked expropriation without sale, while Hertzenstein condemned bureaucratic corruption in the Peasants Bank. Incoming famine threats in Samara Simbirsk Ufa and Kazan provinces heighten peasant pressure for land. Kirjanoff and Sasonoff of Working People receive prison terms for uprising articles and publishing ban. Police-originated Black Hundred telegrams to the Emperor linked to amnesty opposition. Further interpellation planned.
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Poland
Hertzenstein
Moscow
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Peasants’ Bank
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Simbirsk
Ufa
Kazan
Kirjanoff
Sasonoff
Rebels Massing Near Mexican Border Over Guatemala Crisis
Washington reports from United States Minister to Guatemala and Honduras Mr Combs say rebels are massing near the Mexican border and plan to press the movement against President Cabrera. A filibustering expedition has set sail from a Mexican port toward a Guatemalan port, with unclear control of Ocos. Dispatches from Mexico City note Mexico will enforce strict boundary neutrality, hindering large cross border actions.
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State Department
Combs
United States
Guatemala
Honduras
Cabrera
Ocos
Mexico
Cuban flag demanded to free coastwise fleet
Telegraph report from Nueva Gerona says Cuban authorities have tied their coastwise fleet between Cuba and Isle of Pines and only a Cuban flag could loosen the knot. Earlier Cuba announced that vessels with the American flag must register as Cuban bottoms, causing objections that were said to be subdued by intimidation.
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Ferryboat on Rocks in Severe Louisville Storm
A May 31 Louisville storm produced $50,000 in downtown damage with blown plate glass roofs and flooded basements. Wind reached 52 mph as rain lashed the city and the Ohio River. the ferryboat City of Jeffersonville was blown onto rocks, passengers rescued after an hour. Several packets drifted across the river. St. Joseph's Church and St. Louis Bertrand School were struck by lightning and damaged.
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Washington Announces Army General Appointments
The Secretary of War announced the President has decided to appoint Colonel Stephen F. Jocelyn, senior colonel, now with the General Staff in San Francisco, as general to General Buchanan, and Colonel Walter T. Duggan of the 1st Infantry, in the Philippines, to succeed General Frank D. Baldwin. Both officers are Civil War veterans with excellent records.
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Compulsory Retirement Board to Meet at Navy Dept
Washington May 31 Secretary Bonaparte named Rear Admirals Evans Coghlan Sands Dickins and Stockton to convene at the Navy Department to decide on compulsory retirements for the fiscal year ending June 30. Five captains four commanders four lieutenant commanders and two lieutenants totaling fifteen will be retired. Decisions on the quotas and recommendations will be made public July 1.
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Assassins Arrested in Batoum Killings
The Viceroy reports that the assassins of American Vice-Consul William H. Stuart at Batoum have been caught and confessed to being bribed. The gunmen were arrested and the conspirators named their instigators, but no more details are available.
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Britain unlikely to accept amended trade treaty
Havana reports that the State Department said it is improbable Great Britain will accept the amended treaty of commerce navigation and industry and that negotiations to push acceptance are unlikely.
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State Department
Great Britain
Broadway Stores Offer Stout Neck Collars and Rugged Tubs
Advertises neck collars in quarter sizes at two for a quarter from three Broadway Stores. Mentions locations near Warren Street and City Hall Unit with numbers 258 842 and 1260. Describes products as sturdy enough to withstand tub rub and boyish strain.
Storm Wrecks Houses In Atlantic City Area
A May 31 Atlantic City storm wrecked hotels and cottages causing thousand of dollars in damage. Windows shattered, trees uprooted, and at least one building demolished. The Philadelphia Express suffered a near wreck as a semaphore fell across the locomotive, causing steam and a scare among passengers. Fire Chief Clain and Frederick Krauff were among those hurt.
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