Denison's tariff talk stirs colonial nerves abroad
London dispatch notes Colonel Denison pressing a zollverein plan for imperial defence, sparking pushback from Canadian ministers led by Borden. The piece covers shipping subsidies, British plans with Canada, and reactions from Parliament figures like Renwick, plus imperial ties to cotton and royal coronation preparations.
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New-York Tribune
London
Denison
Borden
Dominion
Zollverein
Denisor
Canada
Areng
England
Laurier
Denigan
Michael Hicks
Jay Gould's Lyndhurst Home Feature in Tribune
In Trenton June 12 the National Cash Register Company files suit in U S District Court against Hallwood Cash Register Company of Columbus Ohio for infringement and accounting over a Ballwood device. It is alleged the Hallwood register infringes valuable patents owned by NCR. This marks the sixth suit against Hallwood and adds over forty Ballwood users to NCR's actions.
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Trenton
N. J
United States
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
Ohio
Hallwood Cash Register Company
Columbus
Hallwood
It One
Hallwood Company
National Company
Bank of Bengal Cuts Discount Rate to Four Percent
In Bombay on June 12 the Bank of Bengal reduced its rate of discount from 5 to 4 percent. Also dated June 12 reports violent earthquakes felt over the last fortnight at a town near the Colombian frontier in Ecuador.
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India
Bombay
Bank of Bengal
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Ulcan
Taft Proposals Favored by Vatican Negotiators
Special dispatch from Rome reports Judge Taft’s Vatican documents printed with notes. Cardinals Rampolla Vannutelli Wives and others favor his propositions, amid hopes for amicable U.S. Italy understanding. Cardinal Steinhuber questions U.S. rights in Philippines. talks continue Monday with Taft envoys.
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France
Vives Y Tuto
Rampolla
Vannutelli
Taft
Philippines
America
Gotti
Steinhuber
United States
Washington
Cardinal Vannutelli
Ten Thousand Boers Surrender Up To Date
Ten thousand Boers surrender in Pretoria region with 10 225 total by June 11. Most are under thirty with some youths and elderly veterans. Friction with former National Scouts minimal. anger directed at France and Germany for prolonging war. General De Wet notes youngsters were strong fighters. Orange River Colony burghers cede little ammo, saying it was used for hunting after peace. King Edward and British leaders pledge help to return burghers to farms. King telegraphed congratulations amid cheers.
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Pretoria
France
Germany
National Scouts
de Wet
Orange River Colony
Kroonstadt
Elliott
Edward
King
Lord Kitchener
Ship Subsidies Debate Heated by British Shipowners
George Renwick Conservative MP and shipowner testified before the Parliamentary Subsidies Committee opposing government subsidies for great liners and urging subsidies for cargo ships. He warned foreign competition, especially from the American fleet, and noted the ease of transferring British ships to the United States within minutes for a few stamps. Renwick said the Morgan shipping combination would press a key point in its favor, and that sellers were barred from reentering shipping 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
Reach Transatlantic
United States
London
Newcastle-on- Tyne
Mr. Renwick
Morgan Shipping
German Foreign Office Gives La Guayra Bombardment Details
Berlin reports no details on a bombardment of La Guayra Venezuela amid a revolutionary movement. German cruisers Gazelle and Falke were sent to safeguard interests and will depart after order is restored. Great Venezuelan Railroad, a German concern, declared a small dividend and denied sale to Americans. Emperor William ordered training ships Charlotte and Stosch to cruise in the West Indies and Stein and Moltke to the North Atlantic.
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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 in San Juan
San Juan on June 12 reports Cincinnati and Topeka awaiting orders with bunkers full of coal. Potomac sails to Martinique to fetch Col Louis Ayme the U S Consul at Guadeloupe who has served amid activity since the volcanic outbreak and now receives a State Department vacation to recuperate in the United States.
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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 in 450000 francs loss
Paris on June 12 an employee of the Bank of France stole collateral securities and, with a friend's aid, borrowed money on them from the bank. The papers report the total loss at 450000 francs.
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Paris
Bank of France
War Inquiry to Be Had In South African War
London date June 12 War Secretary Brodrick announced in the House of Commons the government plans a small royal commission and a general inquiry into the South African war to examine conduct and policy.
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London
Brodrick
House of Commons
Fisticuffs in the Reichsrath in Vienna glare
The Reichsrat session in Vienna on June 12 grew chaotic during the Danupe navigation agreement debate as Pan German leaders Herr Schoenerer and Dr Wolf traded insults and punched each other. Supporters dragged them apart while galleries jeered and cheered.
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Reichsrath
Herr Schoenerer
Dr. Wolf
British Columbians Protest Behring Sea Sealing Action
In Victoria the legislature passed unanimously a resolution moved by H. D. Helmeckin protesting US plans to allow pelagic sealing with limited exemptions. The House urges the Dominion Government to address the issue with the imperial government and seek steps to uphold Behring Sea treaty terms and British subjects rights.
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B. C
H. D. Helmeckin
Behring Sea
United States
Behring Sea Tribunal
Great Britain
United States and Germany to form disinfection commission
Berlin reports Munich claims a joint commission of bacteriologists will seek cheaper methods to disinfect hides. US Consul James H. Worman notes Bavarian hide exports to America have fallen due to costly disinfection. Superior US tanning processes let German dealers ship hides abroad then reimport tanned cheaper.
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Munich
United States
Germany
James H. Worman
State Department
Washington
Bavaria
British Cotton Growers Association Formed In Britain
The Lancashire Chambers of Commerce and cotton operatives met in London to promote cotton growth across the British Empire. A British Cotton Growers Association was created with a guaranteed fund of £1000. A committee will dispatch experts to study cultivation, acquire land for experiments, establish plantations, educate locals, and maintain cotton exchanges to aid trade.
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Lancashire Chambers of Commerce
Associations of Cotton Operatives
Baldwin Expedition Coal Run to Franz Josef Land
London June 12 W S Champ secretary of the Baldwin Ziegler arctic expedition and Dr G Sharkley of New York depart for Tromso to sail July 1 on the Frithjof for Franz Josef Land to coal the America and seek news of the arctic explorer. If Baldwin fails the Frithjof leaves a sledge party to search. Return planned October 1.
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New York
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Norway
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Franz Josef Land
Mr. Baldwin
Three Bark Wrecked Off East London Coast Disaster
A heavy southeast gale wrecked three ships near East London in Cape Colony. The Norwegian bark Atbara foundered with all hands lost except the captain ashore. The Swedish bark Aurora and German bark Elise Linck were saved. wreckage and cargo litter the coast.
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Cape Colony
Atbara
Pedersen
Hamburg
Aurora
Nilsson
Gefle
Dover
Elise Linck
Straatmann
Bremerhaven
New Government Sustained by French Chamber of Deputies
Paris June 12 The Chamber of Deputies filled to capacity for the first debate under the new ministry. M Bussiere urged Radical policy measures including separation of church and state and a progressive income tax. Jaures and the Socialists backed reform plans but pressed reductions in army and navy burdens and disarmament. Combes defended the cabinet, and the chamber voted confidence 329 to 14, affirming the policy of latcism fiscal reform and social solidarity.
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Chamber of Deputies
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Republic
M. Jaures
M. Rouvier
Bake
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Chamber
M. Bourgeois
M. Sembat
M. Combes
Pacific Cable Board chief arrives to oversee all British line
Victoria B C June 12 C C Reynolds chair man of the Pacific Cable Board in charge of the Bamfield Creek to Australia and New Zealand all British cable arrives on the Aorang i proceeds to Bamfield Creek opens three spurs connecting Suva Norfolk Island and Queensland and New Zealand lines kept busy cable to be completed by late November or early December a month ahead of contract. Also reports Malay survivor of wreck off North Australia Dutch bark Geertruida Gerarda vanishes crew and Loyalty Islands cyclone April damages Nathlo convent temples church plantations copra crops and marine quakes.
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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 by Imperial Troops
Canton dispatch reports imperial forces crushed the rebel investment of Kwei-Lin, capital of Quang-Se's southern province, ending the siege. The clash concludes with imperial victory and reduced rebel presence in the region.
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Kwei-Lin
Quang-Se
Hungarian Finance Minister Proposes Sugar Rebate Abolition Bill
Budapest June 12 Finance Minister Dr de Lukacs told the Diet he will soon introduce a bill to abolish sugar bounties and will submit government proposals believed to aid Hungarys sugar industry.
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Hungary
de Lukacs
Tragic Drowning Near Rosston Claims Four From Bailey and Hileman Families
In Rosston a fishing accident on Crooked Run's Sink Hole claimed two men and left another fatally injured, as the Bailey and Hileman families, about sixteen people, watched in anguish. Dwight Bailey, Kirk Bailey, Andrew Hileman, and later A. B. Bailey drowned while attempting to free a net entangled on a snag. The rescue efforts failed, and the river tragedy shocked Armstrong County locals.
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A. B. Bailey
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Armstrong County
KILLED BY HIS OWN INVENTION AT Coney Island
H O Morowitz of 473 Fifth Avenue Brooklyn was killed when a roller coaster built by him released from its catch. He suffered a fractured skull and multiple broken ribs and died at Emergency Hospital within half an hour. Morowitz, 62, supervised and invented the ride at Bowery and Kensington Walk, Coney Island, where he was inspecting the track when the car sped down. He leaves a widow.
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Notorious Kingdon thief said to be arrested in Boston
Boston reports that a man described as Nick Moran, famed as a hotel thief, was arrested this afternoon at police behest from New York connected to a Jewels robbery in Kingdon, mother of Mrs Gould. Separate incident at McGown's Pass Tavern in Central Park led to the arrest of three men Freeman Doll Doll on assault and disorderly conduct, later bailed by Jacob Doll.
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East One Hundred-And-Twenty-First-St
John Doll
John Bongessen
Freeman
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Jacob Doll
No. 39 East One-hundred and Eighteenth-St
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London and Globe Asset Gone Verdict For Defendants
London June 12. The liquidator of the London and Globe Corporation failed to recover £1,000,000 damages from a financial syndicate. The jury awarded judgment to the defendants, who argue the syndicate did not commit to advancing £1,400,000 to rescue the company. Whitaker Wright testified the deal could have prevented the failure. The liquidator loses a major asset.
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London and Globe Corporation
London and Globe
Whitaker Wright
Attempted assassin Hirsch Lekert hanged in June
St Petersburg reports that Hirsch Lekert, who failed to kill General von Wahl on May 18, was hanged on Tuesday, June 10. The news confirms the death by execution and ties to the failed assassination attempt against the governor.
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Hirsch Lekert
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Vines Eace
American Squadron Arrives at Gibraltar Headquarters
The United States battleship Iowa, flag of Rear Admiral Crowninshield, and cruisers Chicago Albany and Nashville have reached Gibraltar. The Illinois will proceed to Portsmouth, England, to await further orders.
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Imaois
Crowninshield
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Portsmouth
England
Vapors From Momotombo Quiet The Volcano Emits Only Vapors
Managua report June 12 states Momotombo volcano is quiet and only emitting vapors. No lava or ash activity reported as monitoring continues.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Momotombo Volcano
Deserted Village in New York City for Penn Station Site
In the heart of Manhattan several blocks of fine residences have been vacated to clear space for the new Pennsylvania Railroad Station. The area now stands idle awaiting construction with the Tribune promising more details next Sunday.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Tribune
Mad Barnum & Bailey Elephant Executed After Rampage in Tours
In Tours France on June 12 a crowd of about three thousand watched the midnight execution of Barnum & Bailey's largest elephant. The animal suddenly went mad breaking its chains and attacking keepers on the way to the railroad station before being killed. About two hundred men pulled at the rope to strangle it.
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Tours
France
Barnum & Bailey
Ferry collision in Kennebec River claims three lives
Bath Maine. The Kennebec River ferryboat struck a rowboat carrying seven people this afternoon, killing Mrs Wilbur Howe and her two daughters Ula three and Eva Morris twelve. Wilbur Howe Edgar Crockett survived with two other children. All residents of Woolwich.
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Kennebec River
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Ula
Eva Morris
Edgar Crockett
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