Carnegie Warns of Continental Pact Against Britain
London June 4. Andrew Carnegie warned that continental powers may unite to “smash up” Britain, forcing it to seek U S aid, likening such action to Britain’s role in the Spanish American War. He spoke at the Langham Hotel amid Chamber of Commerce talks and discussed Anglo American ties and Windsor delegates.
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London
Andrew Carnegie
Great Britain
United States
Carnegie
Langham Hotel
Scotland
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Carnegie
Cailles Advised To Yield In Philippine Crisis
Manila reports Guevarra and Aguinaldo clash over Cailles plan. Aguinaldo urges surrender. Cailles to decide with Sumner by next Monday. Mindoro occupation planned with three companies. Fourteen judicial districts proposed with salaries up to 5500 a year. American lawyers press English in justice.
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Manila
Guevarra
Cailles
Aguinaldo
Wade
Sumner
Pagsanjan
Trias
Sefior Lucban
Samar
Lucban
United States Civil Commission
Washington
Bates
Ladd
Iloilo
Cebu
Laguna
Tayabas
Batangas
Cavité
Mindoro
Sth
China
American Lawyers Association
Philippine Commission
Havana Council Rejects Dady Sewer Bid as Too High
The Havana Municipal Council unanimously rejected the Dady bid for sewering and paying contract as too high. Mayor Senior Gener urges broader advertising and longer bidding period. The Dady bid of about 4,000,000 dollars is sent to Governor-General Wood for final decision.
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Havana
Municipal Council of
Gener
Wood
Nicaragua Assent to Clayton-Bulwer Treaty Found
A document found in Managua archives records Nicaragua's 1835 assent to the 1850 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. It notes Costa Rica and Nicaragua may not have been consulted, and that the assent likely aimed to satisfy the United States while Britain would abandon Mosquito Territory claims.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Congress
Palacio Nacional
Morgan
Alabama
United States Senate
Costa Rica
State Department
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Mosquito
Boers Capture Jamestown Cape Town Dispatch
London reports Lord Kitchener says Jamestown in Cape Colony surrendered on June 2 after four hours of combat. Town guard and volunteers overpowered. three killed and two wounded for the British. Boer losses unknown. stores looted. garrison released. General French placed in charge of Cape Colony operations. Jamestown lies about twelve miles east of Stormberg Junction.
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Jamestown
Cape Colony
Kritzinger
French
VUAKFONTEIN FIGHT DESCRIBED AS DESPERATE ENGAGEMENT
London reports details of the Vinkfontein clash as among the war’s fiercest. General Dixon’s column faced 1 200 Boers under Kemp and suffered heavy losses in both sides. Derbyshires and Yeomanry recovered two guns after a brief siege amid stout defense.
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London
Viakfontein
Dixon
Kemp
Derbyshires
Yeomanry
French
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Lord Kitchener
Jamestown
Kritzinger
Pretoria
Reid’s Offer To Newfoundland
St John’s N F June 4 Mr Reid the contractor consents to surrender the telegraphs to the government and agrees to revise his land grants so that the rights of other holders will be protected He will undertake to allow the colony to purchase back from him the ownership of the railway at the end of fifty years by compensating him for the value of the property at that time On these conditions if the minor details are adjusted the government will agree to the transfer to a limited liability company as Mr Reid desires
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St. John’s, N. F
Reid
Toronto Robbers Escape Attempt Ends in Shootout
Routledge Rice and Jones, three Chicago burglars, were being moved from court to jail when a friend threw revolvers into the cab. They shot Constable Boyd dead, leapt into a streetcar, and tried to seize it. A motorman struck Routledge, fatally wounding him, and the other two were captured after injuries.
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Toronto
Routledge
Rice
Jones
Chicago
Boyd
Russia to refuse papal wishes in St Petersburg talks
St Petersburg report confirms a Vatican mission will not reopen negotiations for a Nunciature in Russia. Moscow remains satisfied with current arrangements routed through the resident at Rome and is not inclined to grant papal wishes.
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St. Petersburg
Vatican
Russia
Rome
English Derby Draws Americans to Epsom Surface
The English Derby at Epsom features a surge of American-owned runners with over twenty entrants expected. Leaders include William C Whitney’s Volodyovski Tantalus owned by Pierre Lorillard and Foxhall P Keene’s Olympian, all aiming for the prized two to one favorites status.
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Epsom
William C. Whitney
Volodyovski
Fiorizel II la Reine
Pierre
William the Third
Mr. Whitney
Kilmarnock
Lester Reiff
Danny” Maher
Tantalus
Olympian
Milton Henry
Commando
Ballyhoo Bey
Holstein
Johnnie” Reiff
Jenkins
Marquis de Lur Saluces Arrested In Paris Trial Order
Paris June 5 The Marquis de Lur Saluces a noted royalist and former Deputy returned to Paris mid last month and has been arrested under an order to stand trial before the Senate to meet as High Court of Justice on June 24 The item notes the arrest and upcoming trial.
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Paris
Marquis de Lur-Saluces
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
High Court of Justice
Man identified as Robert Bidwell jumps from Brooklyn Bridge
A man matching Robert Gibbons Bidwell of Jacksonville Florida, 1425 East Adams Street, Jacksonville, reportedly leaped from the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday. He wore a life preserver and towels, carried letters and hotel cards, and was found dead in the East River near Clyde Line Pier 34. Authorities traced his movements to the Colonial Hotel and Jacksonville Times Union clippings while noting mental instability.
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Robert Gibbons Bidwell
East Adams St
Jacksonville
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Fast River
Oliverst
Gouverneur Hospital
Manhattan
Fultonst
Brooklyn
Clyde Line
East River
Raphael and
Sullivan
Colonial Hotel
Eighth-ave
Times-Union
Park Opera House
Robert G. Bidwell
William Turner
West One-hundred-and-twelfth-st
A. G. Bidwell
Oregon Ave
Washington, D. C
N. W
Europe
Congress
William J. Bryan
Turner
Washington
Robert Bidwell
Bidwell
Robert G Bidwell
A. I. Bidwell
Arlington
St. John’s River
Orlando
A. J. Bidwell
Florida
Ridwell
Times Union
Citizen
Hudson Bridge Plans Spark Weehawken Land Sale Interest
A Weehawken Heights land sale reveals two Hudson bridge projects under way. One links Weehawken near West Shore station to Fifty-ninth Street Manhattan, the other aims from Fort Lee to 125th Street Manhattan. A Philadelphia syndicate backs the second plan with Palisade Heights valued around 1 million dollars and 145 acres fronting the Hudson County Boulevard.
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Weehawken Heights
Hudson River
New York and
New Jersey Bridge Company
West Shore Railroad
Weehawken
Fort Lee
Manhattan
Tribune
New York and New Jersey Bridge Company
Palisade Heights
Hudson
S. Q. Mingle
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company
Hudson County
West Shore Station
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Joseph S. Keene, Jr
George M. Bunting
Sellers Brothers
Sellers Steel Works
John H. Dawes
Joseph T. Richards
G. Martin Brill
George B. Wilson
George A. Fletcher
S. Q. Aline
Bip. Maingla
Mot East
Forty-second St
New-York
F. W. GLENS BIG SCHEME FOR INTERSTATE CANALS
A former plan by Francis Wayland Glen, with Andrew Green, proposes multi canal systems linking Hudson to Lake Ontario, Albany to St. Lawrence, Chicago to Illinois River, plus upriver improvements and a vast water power network. He claims 10,000 horsepower and $1 billion cost, with revenue from power enough to redeem bonds in ten years. Also included is a medical note on a fatal spontaneous combustion case from linseed oil dressings in Kentucky.
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Francis Wayland Glen
Canada
Glen
Andrew i. Green
Hudson River
Mohawk River
Oneida Lake
Oswego River
Lake Ontario
Olcott
Tonawanda
Niagara River
Albany
St. Lawrence River
Lake Champlain
Chicago
Illinois River
Hudson
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
St. Lawrence
Welland
French River
Ottawa
Montreal
Georgian Bay
Midland
Murray Bay
Louisville, Ky
B. C. Wilson
Soldier, Ky
Samuel FE. Woody
Kentucky School of Medicine
Wilson
Desperate suicide attempts in Camden man endangering life
George Parker of Brooklyn, 56, made multiple suicide attempts over last night and today including drowning in the Delaware River stabbing with a new knife, drinking a water-water with match heads, and arterial cuts. He was saved, treated, and is expected to recover. Officials note despondency after personal losses. Parker’s family and past tragedies cited.■ West 23d Street railroad terminal advertisement note.
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Camden
N. J
George Parker
Brooklyn
Delaware River
Parker
Bryn
GENERAL BURNETT BUYS COUNTRY PLACE NEAR GOSHEN
General H L Burnett United States District Attorney in New York has completed the purchase of a large farm and house near Goshen Poland Spring House Poland Spring New Spec Poland Water Depot 3 Park Place N Y City Advt Pennsylvania Railroad dining car service offers choice dishes of the season at reasonable rates and a business man's dining room
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Montreal divorce case reaches New York office
A Montreal divorce plaintiff Edouard Delpit, 31, appeared at Carruthers & Guthrie in Baltimore Road, seeking swift relief in U S courts to avoid notoriety. He cites Church civil court conflicts in Quebec and plans to file for absolute divorce on grounds of cruelty, with children kept under his care.
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Carruthers & Guthrie
Broadway
Carruthers
Baltimore
Edouard Delpit
Delpit
Montreal
Quebec
Tribune
United States
Marie Berthe Aurore Jeanne Coté
W. S. Barnes
Bay
Marie
Louise
Archibald
Superior Court
Court of Appeals
House of Lords
France
Mr. Delpit
Antoine Adrian Edouard Delpit
Interior
Marcienne
Trunk Explosion Injures Two At Atlantic Highlands
A baggagemaster Andrew Keavey and assistant John Allstrum were badly hurt when a trunk holding Fourth of July powder caps firecrackers clothing and cartridges exploded at the Atlantic Highlands railroad terminal. Keavey was rushed to Long Branch Hospital as the trunk was demolished and others nearby escaped serious harm. The trunk belonged to Co F Naething a Fulton street restaurant man. He and his family were en route to Galilee N J. Naething had guns and hundreds of cartridges packed with clothing. His son said combustibles were in the trunk and the explosion mystery remains unsolved. The article also advertises a Poland Spring golf and a New Train for St Louis.
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Andrew Keavey
John Allstrum
Atlantic Highlands
Monmouth
Keavey
Long Branch
Co. F. Naething
Fulton St
Naething
Galilee
N. J
Canada
Highlands
John Naething
Tuberculosis Now Classed as Dangerous Contagious Disease
The Treasury Department rules tuberculosis of the lungs is a dangerous contagious disease. Immigrants with the illness will be deported, and stricter Ellis Island examinations will be required. Steamship lines must test passengers in Europe before boarding steerage. The ruling follows a city crusade against public spitting and aims to curb immigrant public charges.
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T. V. Powderly
Thomas Fitchie
Ellis Island
Europe
Marine Hospital
Powderly
Fitchie
Marine Hospital Service
Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
Medical Society committee studies public health dangers
Physicians in New York form a special committee of the Medical Society of the County of New York to study the impact of social ills on public health and to propose needed legislation. Since February the group has collected input from over 800 physicians and will present a report to the society before sharing it with the Committee of Fifteen.
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Medical Society of
County of New York
Tribune
Prince A. Morrow
Ludwig Weiss
George B. Fowler
Charles W. Allen
L. Duncan Bulkley
Henry Dwight Chapin
Edward D. Fisher
S. Adolph Knopf
Old Company Reorganized In New York City
Albany June 4 The R S Prine Transportation Company of New York City was incorporated today with a capital of 500000 to operate motor powered trucking services. Directors include William C Breed A Trenvett Charles H Allen Robert S Prine Charles S Clark and others of Boston. The firm is a successor to a Boston corporation with branches nationwide.
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Albany
R. S. Prine Transportation Company
New York City
William C. Breed
A. Trenvett
Charles H. Allen
Robert S. Prine
Charles S. Clark
Boston
Boston Corporation
New York Republic Oil Company Incorporation News
Albany June 4 The Republic Oil Company of New York City to produce and refine its products was incorporated. The filing lists New Taylor of Mount Vernon as a party and mentions Poland Spring water storage at Poland Water Depot, 3 Park Place N. A stream of unrelated golf text appears in the source.
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Albany
Republic Oil Company
New York City
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