Prince Peter Becomes King of Servia After Coup
Belgrade June 15 a new Servian dynasty is formed as Prince Peter Karageorgevitch is elected King by the Senate and Skuptschina. Parliament proclaims general amnesty and pledges to maintain peace while Peter sends a telegram of gratitude and readiness to govern.
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Belgrade
Servia
Alexander
Senate
Skuptschina
Peter Karageorgevitch
Friends of the Fatherland
Nish
Chamber
Alexander Maschin
Queen Draga
National Assembly
Velimirovitch
Neschics
Karageorgevitch
Prince Karageorgevitch
M. Schickevics
Peter the First
Kaerageorgevitches
Prince Peter Karageorgevitch Accepts Serbian Crown
Geneva reports Prince Peter Karageorgevitch elected to rule Servia and accepting the crown with four conditions. He demands constitutional Skuptschina action, exile for assassins, a larger civil list, and an official delegation to confer. Dispatches note his planned Belgrade journey and cautious reception.
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Geneva
Peter Karageorgevitch
Servia
Skuptschina
Servian Major Shot by Troops in Shabats
Vienna report says Major Nickolics of the Shabats gendarmerie who killed Alavantics, related to Serbia's new king, amid a March 5 1902 revolution attempt, was killed by soldiers at Shabats yesterday.
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National Assembly
Peter
Skuptschina
Vienna
Nickolics
Shabats
Alavantics
Servia
Belgrade
Canal project foes defend 1000 ton barge plan costs
A Buffalo and New York group reply to critics who fear underestimates and corruption in the proposed 1.0%-ton canal. They cite independent reviews by Morison Burr Sweet Symons Noble and note new anti corruption provisions, bonds for contractors and strict bid variation rules to safeguard the project.
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J. W. Fisher
R. R. Hefford
Buffalo
Henry B. Hebert
E. L. Boas
Gustav H. Schwab
Frank Brainard
New York
F. S. Witherbee
Port Henry
Frederick O.clarke
Oswego
Advisory Board of Engineers
William H. Burr
George S. Morison
Elnathan Sweet
Kingman
Corps of Engineers
Thomas W. Symons
U.S. A
Alfred Noble
American Society of Civil Engineers
New York City
Mr. Morison
Professor Burr
Major Symons
Noble
Sweet
Major Kingman
United States
Canal Board
Havemeyer Accepts Invitation From Yonkers Labor Boss
John C. Havemeyer in a Yonkers Herald letter accepts J. T. Windell's invitation to answer sixteen questions posed by the Yonkers Federation of Labor. He denies sympathy with trusts and argues against modern strikes as barbaric and contrary to Christian civilization, urging unions to recognize God, purpose of man, and rightful laws.
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Yonkers Herald
J. T. Windell
Yonkers Federation of Labor
Mr. Havemeyer
Yonkers
Windell
Trolley Officials Plead Not Guilty in Clifton Avenue Slaying
Nine North Jersey street railway officials indicted for man slaughter in the Clifton avenue accident case appeared in the New Jersey Supreme Court and pleaded not guilty. The records were remitted to the Essex Circuit Court for trial. Names include Cassatt Young Ward Gaddis Shipman Shanley Pratt Smith Crimmins.
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Trenton
N. J
North Jersey Street Railway
Clifton-ave
Newark
Supreme Court
Essex Circuit Court
Wiliam S. Gummere
Bar
Essex County
A. J. Cassatt
Edward F. C. Young
Leslie D. Ward
Elisha B. Gaddis
Charles M. Shipman
J. Roosevelt Shanley
Arthur W. Pratt
James Smith
John D. Crimmins
Crimmins
State House
Aid Funds Flood Kansas City Floods Reach Across States
James G. Cannon of the Fourth National Bank sent 4000 to Kansas City Kansas with more to Topeka and Gainesville. Donations push fund total to 24338.98. Kansas City Kansas reports extensive flood devastation with tens of thousands homeless and in need of immediate relief.
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Fourth National Bank
Kansas City
Kan
Topeka
Gainesville
Friend
J. G. White & Co
Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company
H. G. Craig & Co
National Licorice Company
Low
T. B. Gilbert
Grand jury held after Breathitt arson case arrests
In Jackson Kentucky on June 15 the hearing focused on Hargis Brothers teamsters Joe Crawford and Edward Thorp arrested for the Ewen hotel fire. Judge Redwine held them for the grand jury as witnesses and potential indictments loom, with alibis and timelines under cross-examination.
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Curtis Jett
Thomas White
Hargis Brothers
B. I. Ewen
Commonwealth
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White
Joe” Crawford
Edward Thorp
Redwine
Hargis
Gray Haddicks
Jerry Lunsford
Crawford
Ewen
A. H. Short
Thorp
Breathitt
Marcum
Mott's vote debated in Essex Market clerk election
The Board of City Magistrates held a meeting at the West Side Police Court to decide votes for chief clerk of Essex Market court and for the Bronx district court. Ill Magistrate Mott gave unclear responses, with the secretary and colleagues guiding him to cast votes for Thoma and Connoven, while another magistrate challenged Mott's vote.
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West Side Police Court
Mott
Essex Market Court
Ludwig F. Thoma
William Whittaker
Deuel
Bronx
Lawrence V. Connoven, Jr
William Chamberlain
Connoven
Chamberlain
Barlow
Agistrate Deuel
Five Hour Brooklyn Bridge Rail Suspension After Derailment
A car derailment on the north track curve outside the Brooklyn termini nal halted traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge railroad for five hours from 11 30 to 4 30. A truck dragged along the tracks ripping up the cable and third rail triggering explosions and flashes. Passengers remained in cars until the train stopped then evacuated via the rear car with no injuries reported.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Termininal
Schwab proposal to scale mortgages faces bondholder plan
A published discussion outlines a suggested reorganization of the United States Shipbuilding Company with Charles M. Schwab and a five member voting trust. It proposes scaling second mortgage debts and issuing new consolidated bonds to reduce annual fixed charges and avoid loss for bondholders and stockholders. A court postpones the receiver hearing to next Monday as counsel seek a plan.
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Great Corporation
Consolidated
Nat
Tribune
Trenton
N. J
J. G. Kirkpatrick
United States Circuit Court
United States Shipbuilding Company
J. P. Morgan Sails Tomorrow on Oceanic Voyage
London reports J Pierpont Morgan will sail from Liverpool on June 17 aboard the White Star Line steamer Oceanic bound for New York. The voyage is unrelated to the Shipbuilding Trust or Morgan finances, though some sources suggest a cable dispatch misstates his departure as linked to the trust.
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London
J. Pierpont Morgan
White Star Line
Oceanic
Liverpool
New York
United States
Shipbuilding Trust
J. P. Morgan & Co
Union Works Not Affected by Shipbuilding Troubles
Conley T. Scott, a major investor and leader at Union Iron Works, stated that the troubles of the United States Shipbuilding Company would not affect the local plant. He said leaseholders will continue operations and fulfill contracts as usual.
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San Francisco
Conley T. Scott
United States Shipbuilding Company
Union Iron Works
No Haste to Get Chief Declares Fire Commissioner
Fire Commissioner Sturgis says ex Chief Croker’s reinstatement suit does not delay naming a new fire chief. He states Croker was dismissed December 1 by statute authority and has not filed papers, prompting a Civil Service Commission exam for the chief position. The commission has promised to set a date.
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Fire Department
Sturgis
Tribune
Croker
Corporation Counsel
Kentucky Troops Guard Negroes In Murder Case
Sheriff Robertson of Maysville Kentucky arrived in Covington to take three black men Mann Morris and Sanders to Maysville to answer for robbery and shooting at farmer John B Farrow. Farrow is a physical wreck his wife injured. Enraged citizens fear lynching. Two Kentucky militia companies are ordered to Maysville one encamped in Frankfort the other from Louisville will accompany the sheriff and prisoners. The start time remains undisclosed.
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Covington
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Morris
Sanders
John B. Farrow
Farrow
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Frankfort
Louisville
Flag Day Observances Mark 125th Anniversary
Flags waved across the city in honor of Flag Day the 125th anniversary of the Stars and Stripes. School exercises and brief City Hall observances featured Colonel Ralph Earl Prime of Yonkers delivering the address before about twenty attendees.
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American Flag Association
Ralph Earl Prime
Yonkers
Washington
Clergymen Weigh Bishop Candidates in Newark Diocese Meet
In East Orange the Protestant Episcopal clergy discuss the Newark diocese bishop election. Dr Alexander Mann and Dr Edwin Lines receive support while others are considered. a diocesan clerical majority is anticipated, with balloting likely to start afternoon.
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Tribune
Orange
Protestant Episcopal Church
Newark
Christ Church, East Orange
William Welles Holley
Hackensack
William Whiting Davis
Christ Church
Holley
Dioese
Alexander Mann
Grace C
Mann
Lines
Chauncey B. Brewster
Connecticut
Mr. Lines
Estelle Yacht Knocked Down in Heavy Sound Squall
A squall on Long Island Sound knocked down the schooner Estelle two miles southeast of Great Captain's Island. Owner L. J. Callanan and party were rescued as the yacht, beached at Cold Spring Harbor after being righted by Gypsum King. Built 1874, 91 ft 2 in overall, the Estelle was a famed NYC Yachting Club racer.
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New- York Yacht Club
Sisson
Gypsum King
Cold Spring Harbor
Abram’s
Great Captain's Island
L. J. Callanan
New-York Yacht Club
Atlantic Yacht Club
Sea Gate
Fire Island
Northeast End
Cape May
Architects press armory claim against city
Horgan and Slattery sue to recover 22500 dollars in fees for armory plans for the 69th Regiment. The case opened before Justice Fitzgerald with Col Edward Duffy testifying. city seeks to pay only a reduced amount while firm demands full payment.
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Horgan & Slattery
69Th Regiment
Justice Fitzgerald
Armory Board
69Th
Lexington-ave
Law Department
Augustus van Wreck
Edward Duffy
Local Beef Prices Not To Soar Despite Midwest Scarcity
Schwarzschild and Sulzberger Co. official tells Tribune that beef shortages and price spikes in Chicago Kansas City and nearby Missouri Illinois cities will have little impact in New York. He notes current prices about eight and a half to nine cents per pound and expects no rise beyond approximately nine cents soon.
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Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company
Tribune
Chicago
Kansas City
Missouri
Illinois
St. Louis
New-York
New Danish Steamer United States Arrives From Europe
The Danish steamer United States, latest ad dition to the Scandinavian American Line, arrived from Copenhagen Christiania and Christiansand. Built at Glasgow by Alex Stevens & Sons, she measures 6030 tons net and 1009 gross, with a length of 512 feet and beam 56 feet. She has twin screws and engines of 1460 horsepower, achieving 16.5 knots on trial.
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Copenhagen
Christiania
Christiansand
Hellig Olav
Oscar II
Glasgow
Alex Stevens & Sons
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