Moors at St James's staged royal Moorish embassy
King Edward commissions Seymour Lucas to paint the reception of Moors at St James's Palace. The June 11 dispatch notes the showy audience, the Queen present, and the ceremonial investiture amid London crowds and royal carriages. It highlights Parliament Budget debates and a Belfast of public events, with arts and antiquities news from Sotheby’s and Glasgow University honors.
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New-York Tribune
THE
Tribune
London
Morocco
St. James’s Palace
William Colville
MR. Lucas
Edward
Seymour Lucas
House rejects Labouchere amendments to Civil List bill
London June 10 The House votes down amendments to the Civil List and Crown bill led by Mr Labouchere and others. The proposed cut from 470000 to 415000 is defeated. Sir Michael Hicks Beach defends the Queen Consort payment of 33000 pounds and argues the committee’s quoted amount for Queen Alexandra should stand.
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London
Labouchere
Michael Hicks-Beach
Exandra
Sheriff Takes Charge Of Hoffman House Paintings
Deputy Sheriff Radley, enforcing a January 1898 judgment for Edward S. Stokes, seizes paintings and bric-a-brac at the Hoffman House. A sheriff’s sale is set for Monday June 17 if the company does not settle. Bouguereau Nymphs and Satyr worth $30,000 and a Correggio canvas are among the items in the levy.
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Edward S. Stokes
Hoffman House
Broadway
Radley
J. P. Caddagan
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Stokes
Hoffman House Company
Carter, Hughes & Dwight
County Court House
Bouguereau
Correggio
Philip R. Morris
Speyer School Pledges 100000 Gift To Build New Public School
Speyers Mr and Mrs James Speyer announce a 100000 gift to construct a five story public school on Lawrence Street near Amsterdam Avenue. Teachers College will run the Speyer School as an experimental model open day and night with gymnasium baths library classrooms and adult classes.
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Teachers College
Lawrence St
Amsterdam Ave
Dean Russell
James Speyer
Speyer
Europe
A. E. Josselyn
Council of the University Settlement
England
Horace Mann
Baron Hurt in Fifth-ave Victoria Collision
Baron de Senechal of Paris and Henry Waller were thrown from a victoria on Fifth Avenue near Thirty-fourth Street after an eastbound electric car struck their wagon at 945 pm. Waller sprained a wrist. the baron sustained facial bruises. Henry Yeagle of Willis’s stable was also thrown and bruised. Witnesses and a crowd gathered as traffic stalled. the baron and Waller planned to sue the car company, blaming the motorman for unsafe speed.
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Baron de Senechal
Paris
Henry Waller
Calumet Club
Fifth-ave
Twenty-ninth-st
Victoria
Thirty-fourth-st
Waller
Henry Yeagle
Willis
East Thirtyninth St
Baron
Astoria
Mr. Waller
Thirtyfourth-st
Largest tool plant in the world to rise at Glassport
The American Axe and Tool Company plans a Glassport extension on the Monongahela River costing about 1 000 000 with buildings covering nearly 28 acres and employing over two thousand men. Centralization from Lewistown Jamestown and Gowanda follows stockholders' long dispute. The venture, six years in, ushers in major machinery and 1000 tons of structural steel.
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Pittsburg
American Axe and Tool Company
New York
Glassport
Monongahela River
Lewistown
Penn
Jamestown
Gowan
Tragic double suicide at Great Northern Hotel
Chicago report details L Hartman and wife found dead in bed with a pistol in his hand. Officials note wealthy New York connections and a former actress Rose Violet as the woman’s stage name. Pair believed to be on a runaway wedding trip. sources mention a troubled father and a possible Rockaway summer stay.
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Chicago
L. Hartman
Great Northern
New York
Rose Violet
Hartman
Rose le Sere
New York City
George W. Lederer
Tokio
Louis Hartman
Leopold Hartman
East
Temple Court
Rockaway
West Eighty-ninth-st
Central Park West
Columbus-ave
Locomotive Explosion Kills Engineer in Carolina Crash
In North Carolina near Rocky Mount a Nashville branch ACL locomotive exploded while pulling a heavy coal train. Engineer Frederick Brown was found dead with his head severed and his hand on the lever. Fireman severely scalded and likely to die. A train hand was knocked loose as coal chunks flew. The boiler and several cars were hurled down an embankment and the track torn up.
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Columbia
S. C
Nashville
Rocky Mount
Frederick Brown
Bulgarian Prince Ferdinand to wed Princess Xenia soon
Vienna dispatch to The Daily Mail reports an imminent engagement between Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Princess Xenia of Montenegro. The notice indicates a formal royal match expected this year amid European alliances.
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London
Vienna
the Daily Mail
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Xenia
Montenegro
Sagasta Announces Government Loan for Territory Defense
Madrid June 10 Premier Sagasta told supporters the government will issue a loan for territorial defence and a reorganization of the navy.
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Madrid
Cabinet Dinner as McKinley Reports Mrs McKinley Out of Danger
Six Cabinet members visited the White House at 8 pm to hear the news that Mrs McKinley is out of danger and improving after heart inflammation and a stomach illness. The call suggested possible public business may follow before tomorrow’s Cabinet session.
Cabinet meeting shadows on social matter amid Cuba talks
Washington June 11 Cabinet members gathered at the White House after a late request by the President. They discussed a personal matter not to be spoken of publicly and denied it related to Cuba or major issues. Secretaries Long Hitchcock Wilson and Knox attended along with others and left after about an hour. Better Cuba news noted Root's sharp note influencing Havana as Cuba contemplates Platt law and election timing.
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White House
Gage
Hitchcock
Long
Wilson
Knox
Smith
Mrs. McKinley
Sternberg
Canton
Cuba
Associated Press
Hay
Buffalo
Tribune
Wood
Root
Havana
Radical
General Sanguily
Buffalo Exposition
Congress
Mrs McKinley Improving Amid Encouraging White House Reports
Washington reports from June 10 say Mrs McKinley is steadily improving. Dr Rixey and Surgeon General Sternberg note she is doing very well and occasionally sitting up in a reclining chair. The president remains hopeful and walked the White House grounds with Controller Dawes before noon.
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Sternberg
White House
President and Mrs McKinley Receive Colorado Souvenirs
Gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh of Colorado reach the President and Mrs. McKinley. A book of views bound in Russian leather with a date engraved plate is intended for the President. Mrs McKinley receives a gold engraved card case, with Cabinet ladies receiving similar cases.
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Washington
McKinley
Thomas F. Walsh
Colorado
Ophir Arrives at Auckland with Duke and Duchess aboard
The British steamer Ophir arrived at Auckland at noon today carrying the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. The report also notes the Luxurious Every Day Train, the Overland Limited, bound for California departing Chicago at 6:30 p.m. via the Chicago and North Western, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Bus, with details at the North Western Line Office, 461 Broadway.
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Auckland
Ophir
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
York
California
Chicago
Chicago and North-Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Bus. Particuae
North-Western Line
Broadway
Cuban Constitutional Convention Session Postponed
Havana reports the secret session of the Cuban Constitutional Convention, delayed due to the absence of President Sefior Capote, now rescheduled for tomorrow.
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Havana
Sefior Capote
Exclusion of Consumptives and Immigration Policy
Immigrants with tuberculosis and related ailments become a topic at the Ellis Island meeting in July. The Marine Hospital Service and immigration authorities are coordinating more closely to curb public charges from ostensibly healthy newcomers, notably Irish girls prone to TB.
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the Tribune
Washington
Ellis Island
New York
Marine Hospital Service
Immigration Department
Georgia Girl Found Murdered Near Poplar Springs Home
Atlanta report details the killing of Bessie Jackson an eleven year old adopted daughter of R F Flowers a Poplar Springs dairyman Her body was found near her home after being outraged choked and stabbed A sixteen year old local youth Gathro English who was with the child last Wednesday afternoon is under arrest No evidence was presented at the coroner s inquest but he is in custody for safekeeping.
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Atlanta
Bessie Jackson
R. F. Flowers
Poplar Springs
Gathro English
Count Von Waldersee Arrives in Tokio for Audience
Yokohama date June 10 reports Count Von Waldersee arrived in Tokio and will be received in audience by Emperor Matsuhito. He is lodged at an imperial mansion.
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Yokohama
Count von Waldersee
Tokio
Matsuhito
Crimmins Opposes Raids as Anti Gambling Crusade Split
John D Crimmins a possible mayoral candidate on the anti gambling ticket questions Justice Jerome raids as ineffective and says gambling cannot be stopped by harsh measures He argues the Committee of Fifteen should preserve home life and criticizes protection of violations of the law He notes gamblers operate unseen and predicts reformers have better work ahead
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John D. Crimmins
Justice Jerome
Philbin
Crimmins
Jerome
Committee of Fifteen
Drivine
Enemas
Imall
New-York
Canfield
Forty-fourth-st
Abraham Gruber
Fifth Avenue
Frank Moss
Respite for gamblers signals new vice crusade plan
The Committee of Fifteen shifts focus from gambling raids to policing disorderly women in tenement houses amid rumors of internal rifts. Chairman Baldwin denies any halt in work and asserts continued funding and support from Jacob H. Schiff and others. A new law effective July 1 will reshape their approach as they pursue their original policy.
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Committee of Fifteen
Jacob H. Schiff
Justice Jerome
Baldwin
Mr. Baldwin
Peabody
Schiff
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