Denison pressing tariff plan stirs colonial critics
London dispatch notes Colonel Denison pushing a universal tariff at British ports for imperial defence, drawing fire from Canadian ministers and Australian critics who call the scheme impractical and unfair to England. The piece also covers shipping subsidies, cotton association moves, regalia transfer, and social notes from Mr. Choate’s London visit.
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New-York Tribune
London
Denison
Borden
Dominion
Zollverein
Denisor
Canada
England
Laurier
Denigan
Michael Hicks-Peach
Lyndhurst home of Miss Helen Gould pictured in Tribune
The Ballwood Cash Register suit filed in Trenton federal court involves the National Cash Register Company of Dayton Ohio alleging infringement by Hallwood Cash Register Company of Columbus Ohio. The case centers on a patent covering printing sales on a paper strip and is the sixth suit against Hallwood with over forty additional suits against Ballwood users.
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Terrytown
N. Y
Trenton
N. J
United States District
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
Ohio
Hallwood Cash Register Company
Columbus
Hallwood Register
Hallwood Company
National Company
Bank of Bengal Cuts Discount Rate in Bombay
Bombay reports the Bank of Bengal reduced its discount rate from 5 to 4 percent. In Ecuador, Guayaquil notes violent earthquakes over the last two weeks near Tulcan, a town on the Colombian frontier.
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Bombay
Bank of Bengal
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Tulcan
Taft Proposals Backed by Cardinal Allies at Vatican
The Vatican discusses Judge Taft proposals with Cardinals Rampolla Vannutelli and Vives, all showing support for Taft while Cardinal Steinhuber doubts U S rights in the Philippines. Porte r distributes documents. discussions continue privately on Monday with Cardinal Vannutelli and Taft in cordial exchange.
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Rome
France
Cardinal Vives Y Tuto
Rampolla
Vannutelli
Taft
Cardinal Vives
Capuchins
Philippines
America
Gotti
Steinhuber
United States
Washington
Cardinal Vannutelli
Gay
Ten Thousand Boers Surrender Up To Date
Pretoria reports 10 225 Boers have surrendered including many youths from eleven up to septuagenarians. Boers show increasing friendliness toward British forces while blaming France and Germany for prolonging the war. General De Wet praises youngsters as strong fighters. King Edward and Lord Kitchener receive cheers as officials push for farms and repatriation.
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Pretoria
France
Germany
National Scouts
de Wet
Orange River
Kroonstadt
Orange River Colony
Elliott
Edward
Lord Kitchener
War Inquiry to Be Had in South Africa War
London June 12 War Secretary Brodrick announced in the House of Commons that the government will appoint a small royal commission to conduct a general inquiry into the South African war.
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London
Brodrick
House of Commons
Fisticuffs in the Reichsrat Over Danube Agreement
In Vienna on June 12 the Reichsrath debate over the Danube navigation pact produced disorder as Pan German leaders Herr Schoenerer and Dr Wolf insulted each other and exchanged blows. Supporters dragged them apart while galleries jeered.
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Vienna
Reichsrath
Herr Schoenerer
Dr. Wolf
United States and Germany to form disinfection commission
Berlin reports that a joint commission of bacteriologists from the United States and Germany may be created to find a cheaper, simpler method to disinfect hides. The US Consul at Munich notes Bavarian hide exports to the U.S. are falling due to costly disinfection, as superior U.S. tanning allows German hides to be shipped and reimported tanned cheaper.
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Berlin
Munich
United States
Germany
James H. Worman
Strate Department
Washington
Bavaria
Arctic expedition seeks coal for America in far north
London June 12 W S Champ secretary of the Baldwin-Ziegler arctic expedition and Dr G Sharkley set sail for Tromsoe to reach Franz Josef Land. They aim to coal the Baldwin ship America and learn news of the explorer. If Baldwin failed the Frithjof will search with a sledge party returning by October 1. Damages in Paris case involve Mme Henry widow of Lt Col Henry. Reinach and Le Siècle fined small sums for alleged injuries to her and her son. Local borough improvement efforts noted with forthcoming Tribune photos.
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London
W. S. Champ
Baldwin-Ziegler
Dr. G. Sharkley
New York
Tromsoe
Norway
Frithjof
Franz Josef Land
Mr. Baldwin
Paris
Mme. Henry
Henry
Dreyfus
Joseph Reinach
Siécle
M. Reinach
M.reinach
Agalese
Liberal MP Renwick warns subsidies should favor cargoes
London June 12 George Renwick Conservative MP for Newcastle upon Tyne and shipowner told the Parliamentary Subsidies Committee that government aid should go to subsidizing cargoes not the great liners. He warned foreign competition, notably American, is the real threat and noted ships could be transferred to the United States in minutes for a few stamps. He also argued the Morgan shipping plan would continue despite changes, stressing the importance of prohibiting sellers from reentering the shipping business for years.
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Canada
George Renwick
Newcastle
Robert Giffen
America
British Empire League
United Kingdom
Paris
M. Etienne
Chamber of Deputies
M. Trouilllot
France
Mediterranean
Morgan
United States
London
Newcastle-on- Tyne
Mr. Renwick
Morgan Shipping Com
Renwick
German Navy Keeps Guard as Venezuela Tensions Rise
Berlin reports no details of La Guayra bombardment amid a revolutionary outbreak. The Foreign Office says cruisers Gazelle and Falke were sent to safeguard German interests, not to press Venezuela claims, and will depart once order returns. Great Venezuelan Railroad directors in Hamburg approve a modest dividend, denying sale to an American firm. Emperor William orders training ships Charlotte Stosch to West Indies and Stein Moltke to North Atlantic cruises.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
la Guayra
Venezuela
Gazelle
Falke
Venezuelan
Caracas
Valencia
Hamburg
Emperor William
Charlotte
Stosch
West Indies
Stein and Moltke
North Atlantic
U S Cruisers Await Orders Toward Caribbean Route
In San Juan Puerto Rico on June 12 the US cruisers Cincinnati and Topeka restock coal and wait for orders with La Guayra as a planned destination. The Potomac heads to Martinique to fetch Colonel Louis H Ayme the US Consul at Guadeloupe who is taking a State Department vacation to recuperate in the United States.
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San Juan
P. R
United States
Cincinnati
Topeka
la Guayra
Potomac
Fort de France
Martinique
Louis H. Ayme
Guadeloupe
Ayme
State Department
Washington
Bank of France Robbed of 450000 Francs in Secret Trade
Paris reports a Bank of France employee trusted with collateral securities stole documents and, aided by a friend, borrowed money on them from the bank. The loss is stated as 450000 francs.
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Bank OF France
Paris
Behring Sea Fur Seals Protest Resolution Adopted
In Victoria British Columbia lawmakers passed unanimously a resolution moved by H D Helmeckin condemning US plans to issue a pelagic season killing seals. The house urged an humble address to protest to the Dominion government and seek imperial action.
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Victoria
B. C
H. D. Helmeckin
Behring Sea
United States
Behring Sea Tribunal
Great Britain
British Cotton Growers Association Formed in London
Lancashire Chambers of Commerce and cotton operatives in London approved the creation of a British Cotton Growers Association. A 5,000 guarantee fund was subscribed. A committee will send experts worldwide to gather cultivation data, acquire land for stations, establish plantations, teach natives cotton methods, and maintain exchanges to aid trade.
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London
Lancashire Chambers of Commerce
Associations of
Cotton Operatives
British Empire
Three Barked Vessels Wrecked Off East London Coast
In a heavy southeast gale off East London three ships were wrecked. The Norwegian bark Atbara, capt Pedersen, lost all hands except the captain ashore. the Swedish bark Aurora, capt Nilsson, and the German bark Elise Linck, both saved their crews. Wreckage and cargo portions litter the coast.
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East London
Cape Colony
Atbara
Pedersen
Hamburg
Aurora
Nilsson
Gefle
Dover
Elise Linck
Straatmann
Bremerhaven
Hungarian Finance Minister proposes sugar bounty abolition bill
Budapest June 12 The Finance Minister Dr de Lukacs announced in the Hungarian Diet that he will shortly introduce a bill providing for the abolition of sugar bounties in Hungary and will make proposals deemed beneficial to the sugar industry.
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Budapest
Hungary
de Lukacs
Vilnius Governor Von Wahl Assassin Suicides After Attempt
St Petersburg report states Hirsch Lekert, who failed to murder Governor Von Wahl of Vilnace on May 18, hanged himself on Tuesday June 10, ending the case surrounding the attempted assassination.
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St. Petersburg
Hirsch Lekert
von Wahl
Vilnace
American Squadron Arrives at Gibraltar from Portsmouth
The United States battleship Illinois under Rear Admiral Crowninshield arrives at Gibraltar with cruisers Chicago Albany and Nashville. The Illinois will proceed to Portsmouth, England, immediately.
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Gibraltar
United States
Uinois
Crowninshield
Chicago
Albany
Nashville
Illinois
Portsmouth
England
Vapors Recede as Momotombo Volcano Awaits
From Managua on June 12 a local report states Momotombo volcano is now quiet and emitting only vapors. No lava activity or ash clouds are described, and observers note a tranquil surface with no seismic alerts reported. Officials urge continued monitoring for any change in eruption status.
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Momotombo
Managua
Nicaragua
Momotombo Volcano
Deserted Village near New York railroad station site
In the heart of New York City several blocks of fine residences were vacated to make way for the new Pennsylvania Railroad Station. The empty blocks now stand idle on the site destined for the large structure. See next Sunday's Tribune.
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New York City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tribune
New French Chamber Debate Tests New Government
Paris June 12 The Chamber of Deputies filled to assess the new ministry in its first policy debate. M Bussiere urged firm radical reforms including church separation and progressive income tax while M Jaures pressed for army and clergy limits and disarmament. Premier Combes defended continuity as the chamber backed the government 329 to 124.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Bussiere
Republic
M. Jaures
M. Rouvier
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Chamber
M. Bourgeois
M. Sembat
M. Combes
Tragic Drowning Toll In Rosston Sink Hole
In Rosston a fishing accident at Crooked Run sank two men and left a third fatally injured. Bailey and Hileman families, about sixteen people, watched as nets tangled in a snag. Dwight Bailey and Andrew Hileman perished. A B Bailey saved his brother but failed to save the others.
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Kittaning
Penn
Rosston
Bailey
Kirk Bailey
Andrew Hileman
Hileman
Dwight Bailey
Mr. Hileman
A. B. Bailey
Dwight
Pacific Cable work eyed for late year completion
Victoria B C June 12 C C Reynolds chairman of the Pacific Cable Board overseeing the all British cable from Bamfield Creek to Australia and New Zealand has arrived at Bamfield Creek after opening three spurs from Suva to Norfolk Island and Norfolk Island to New Zealand. He claims completion by late November or December, a month ahead of contract. Also reported are a Malay shipwreck survivor, the Dutch bark Geertruida Gerarda lost at sea, and April cyclones in the Loyalty Islands causing extensive destruction and earthquakes.
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Victoria
B. C
C. C. Reynolds
Pacific Cable Board
Bamfield Creek
Vancouver Island
Australia
New Zealand
Suva
Anglia
Norfolk Island
Queensland
Reynolds
Aorangi
Port Darwin
Cape Wilberforce
Nathlo
Rebels Defeated Near Kwei-Lin Amid Quang-Se Conflict
Canton reports imperial troops routed the rebel force besieging Kwei-Lin, capital of Quang-Se's southern province, ending the siege. The victory consolidates control in the region as authorities announce the clash's outcome.
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Canton
Kwei-Lin
Quang-Se
London and Globe damages suit ends in verdict for defendants
London and Globe Corporation liquidator fails to recover £1,000,000 from a financial syndicate. Testimony from Whitaker Wright claimed the deal would have saved the firm, but the verdict deprives the liquidator of a major asset.
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London
London and Globe Corporation
London and Globe
Whitaker Wright
Killed by His Own Invention on Coney Island Ride
H O Morowitz of 473 Fifth avenue Brooklyn was killed when a roller coaster he supervised at Bowery and Kensington Walk on Coney Island broke loose from its catch. The car descended the incline with momentum, striking him and causing fatal injuries. He was 62, leaves a widow, and had introduced several improvements to the ride.
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H. O. Morowitz
Fifth-ave
Brooklyn
Morowitz
Bowery
Kensington Walk
Coney Island
Notorious hotel thief Moran arrested in Boston
Boston report says a man identified as Nick Moran, famed for hotel thefts, was arrested with no specific charges released. NYC police connections link him to a jewel robbery of Mrs. Kinsdon, mother of Mrs. Gould, in New York. At McGown's Pass Tavern in Central Park three men Freeman Doll and John Doll were arrested after a disturbance and later bailed.
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Boston
Nick” Moran
New-York
Kinsdon
George J. Gould
McGown’s Pass
Central Park
East One
Frederick R. Freeman
St. George Hotel
Brooklyn
Frederick Doll
East One Hundred-And-Twenty-First-St
John Doll
John Bongessen
Freeman
Dolls
Jacob Doll
No. #8 East One-hundred and eighteenth-st
Bengessen
Smith
Execution of Barnum & Bailey elephant at Tours park
A crowd of about three thousand witnessed the midnight execution of the largest performing elephant from Barnum & Bailey in Tours City Park. The animal, which broke its chains and attacked keepers en route to the railroad, had to be killed as two hundred men struggled with the rope.
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Tours
France
Barnum & Bailey
Ferry boat collision claims three lives in Bath Maine
In Bath on the Kennebec River a ferryboat struck a rowboat with seven aboard, killing Mrs. Wilbur Howe and two of her children Ula aged three and Eva Morris twelve. Surviving were Wilbur Howe, two other children, and Edgar Crockett. All victims from Woolwich. City bonds near 24 million issued, per Controller Grout, covering docks ferries schools sites repaving and Croton watershed funding.
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Bath
Kennebec River
Wilbur Howe
Ula
Eva Morris
Edgar Crockett
Woolwich
Grout
Croton
City of
New York
Brooklyn Water Dept Head Hawkes Dismissed on Incompetency Charge
Charges against Henry Hawkes head of Distribution and Repairs were dismissed by Commissioner Dougherty. A rumor ties the move to abolishing the office and removing Hawkes, a Democrat and ally of Hugh McLaughlin, while Mr. Derry declined to comment on MMM report.
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Henry Hawkes
Brooklyn Water Department
Dougherty
Hawkes
Hugh McLaughlin
Derry
MMM
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