China halts ratification of foreign loan for Hankow line
Peking reports that China will not ratify the 27.5 million dollar loan from British German and French bankers for the Hankow and Sze-Chuen Railroad. Acting on Henry P. Fletcher's representations the move aims to shift arrangements toward American participation in Europe. Fletcher met with President Liang Tun-yen over two days.
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Peking
Henry P. Fletcher
China
London
Paris
Berlin
Europe
Fletcher
Liang Tun-yen
Slavonia Wreck Confirmed No Hope of Saving Vessel
The Cunard steamer Slavonia wrecked off Flores Island Azores has seven fathoms of water in the hold and the captain reports total loss. Baggage of saloon passengers will be lost. Batavia with Slavonia steerage passengers passes Gibraltar for Naples without stopping.
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Flores Island
Liverpool
Cunard Line
Slavonia
Azores
Gibraltar
Batavia
Cunard
Naples
Citizens Union Attacks City Legislators on Home Rule
The Citizens Union committee on legislation says New York City representatives in Albany pay lip service to home rule while voting against it. The report cites three bills vetoed by Governor Hughes or Mayor McClellan as a test of a legislator’s stance, including the Brough-Francis platoon police bill, the Gledhill-Foley teachers’ salary bill, and the Hoey bill.
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Citizens Union Committee On
New York City
Brough-Francis
Hughes
Gledhill- Foley
Hoey
McClellan
New York
Senator Gledhill
Foley
MecClellan
Assemblyman
Mec Lellan
Senate
Travis
Assembly
Citizens Union
Board of Estimate
Kissel
F. Murphy
Brooklyn
China Agrees Not to Ratify $27,000,000 Railway Loan
Washington reports that China will not ratify the Hankow and Ze-Chuen Railway loan to European bankers. American bankers seek participation, and Fletcher, the American Chargé d’Affaires in Peking, keeps the State Department informed. China pledged to inform German British and French banks of its inability to ratify and to proceed with American participation.
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Washington
Fietcher
Peking
State Department
China
Hankow
ze-Chuen
Conger
United States
Fletcher
Protest by Senor Paul From Paris Dispatch
Venezuelan Envoy to Europe Jose de J Paul, recently removed from service over the La Guayra incident, argues he was condemned without a hearing and petitions public publication of his protest. Possible successor General Manuel A Matos discussed in context. Congress debates expropriating Castro property to fund an agricultural bank amid heated exchanges.
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Caracas
José de J. Paul
Europe
la Guayra
Gomez
Paris
Manuel A. Matos
Paul
Congress
Venezuela
Castro
Human Sacrifice Allegations in Russian Sect
Dispatches from Perm report police probe into the Redt of the Crimson God sect accused of human sacrifices and other horrible practices. Disappearances in the region linked to the sect. A grave with a mutilated body has been found, with authorities hoping to uncover more victims. The Ural area, center of Perm, is noted as a haven for fanatic cults and refugees fleeing religious persecution.
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St. Petersburg
Perm
Ural
Asia
Russia
Germany’s Taxation Plans Debated in Berlin
Berlin June 15 The Reichstag reassembled and heard government communications on taxing the unearned increment in real estate values. It decided against imperial taxes due to equitable adjustment hurdles but approved local level taxation as practiced in many municipalities.
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Berlin
Heichstag
Lion Mortally Wounds Hunter in British Africa
In Naivasha, June 15, a member of T. C. Selous’s party and George McMillan’s secretary Williams was mortally wounded by a lion in Sotik district. Roosevelt expedition had left ten days earlier. C. W. Prynne later identified the hunter as Henry C. Ashman, about thirty, noted for his stalking skills and quick, sure shot.
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British East Africa
T. C. Selous
George McMillan
Senator McMillan
Michigan
Williams
McMillan
Sotik
Marty
Ante Roosevelt Patty
St. Louis
C. W. Prynne
Africa
Henry C. Ashman
East Africa
Prynne
North German Lloyd Line Ships Stop at Gibraltar En Route Naples
Ships of the North German Lloyd Line pause at Gibraltar during voyages to and from Naples, marking a routine harbor call on the clattering sea lane between Germany and Italy.
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Gibraltar
New York
Ers
Naples
Powers Stay Forces in Crete as Turkey Agreement Reached
London reports that the powers have acceded to Turkey's request and decided not to withdraw international troops from Crete at present. They expect to settle conflicting claims within a few months through negotiations.
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London
Turkey
Crete
National Memorial Amphitheatre Plans Proposed for Arlington
Congress appointed a commission led by George B. Cortelyou to plan a national memorial amphitheatre at Arlington National Cemetery. Carrére & Hastings propose marble construction with seating for about five thousand, a crypt for distinguished Americans, an historical museum, and an open-air design inspired by Greek and Roman traditions. The project requests 750000 dollars to cover all costs, with colonnade and auditorium totaling roughly 42000 square feet.
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Congress
George B. Cortelyou
Treasury
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Carrére & Hastings
New York
Campo Santo
Greece
Rome
Douma Session Closed in St Petersburg Summer Suspension
The Douma suspended work for the summer by imperial order until October 28. It passed several major bills including peasant land reform dissolving communes, a religious toleration measure, a judicial procedure reform allowing counsel at preliminary inquiries, and a penal measure against white slave traffic. The Octobrists remain united under M. Guchkoff, while Stolypin’s administration sees renewed cooperation for autumn.
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St. Petersburg
Douma
Stolypin
M. Guchkoff
Franco American extradition treaty ratified
Paris reports the Franco American extradition treaty has been ratified and promulgated. Other dispatches note St Petersburg opening three new cholera hospitals with 15 new cases today and 41 in the last three days, while Brazil’s Nilo Pecanha pledges peaceable governance and stable party relations. Madrid records the Antonio Lopez wreck carrying household furniture from retiring American Minister Collier. Rome notes American archbishops and alumni visiting Castle Gandolfo.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Madrid
Antonio Lopez
Fire Island
William M. Collier
Spain
Rome
American College
Rorre
Castle Gandolfo
New York anti home rule bills face veto and scrutiny
A long report critiques anti home rule measures in the New York Legislature including three platoon policing, teachers salary, and driver salary bills. It notes governors vetoed similar measures, cites fiscal safeguards, and warns against mandatory funding shifting blame from local officials.
Another Democracy Born with No Real Existence
A fragmented editorial notes the emergence of sterilized Democratic organizations in the city over three months, none of which has acted, despite a putative father in S Stanwood Menken of 62 William Street and 34 West 52 Street. It hints at connections to Eugene A. Philbin, former county district attorney, but remains unverified.
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S. Stanwood Menken
William Street
West 524
Menken
Eugene A. Philbin
Absence of Mr Menken Ties Up Democratic Plan Meeting
Absence of Mr Menken from his home last night signals a stalled discussion among ex judges and political figures. A five member committee reportedly formed to plan a Democratic party platform, but progress appears limited as details remain unclear.
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Mr. Menken
Alton B. Parker
Morgan J. O’brien
Martin W. Littleton
Edward M. Grout
Thomas M. Osborne
Auburn
Edward M. Shepard
Oswald G. Villard
Bennet Urges Voters to Use Intelligence in Elections
Representative William S. Bennet told West End church leaders that many voters cast ballots only in presidential elections, calling it laziness and stupidity. He urged citizens to value local offices, tighten state taxation balance, and demand efficient city government with economy and honesty.
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West Side
William S. Bennet
West End Presbyterian Church
Amsterdam Avenue
Inn Street
Bennet
Mr. Bennet
Campaign committee to report on municipal race at Cooper Union
Winfred Denison Secretary of the committee of nineteen appointed by Robert Ogden said the group would present its recommendations for a committee of one hundred and resolutions on general principles for the upcoming municipal campaign at a mass meeting at Cooper Union tonight. Gustav H. Schwab will call the meeting to order with speakers including Rabbi Stephen Wise Charles Sprague Smith and William A. Coakley national president of the Lithographers' Helpers.
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Winfred Denison
Robert Ogden
Cooper Union
Gustav H. Schwab
Rabbi Stephen Wise
Charles Sprague Smith
William A. Coakley
Patrolman Lawler Found Sleeping on Fire Escape in Brooklyn
Patrolman Edward C. Lawler of Prospect Park police station Brooklyn was found early yesterday clad only in trousers and an old shirt sleeping on a fire escape at 78 Washington Avenue. He was taken to Kings County Hospital observation ward by Police Surgeon Terry after nurses nearby feared a burglary. Lawler said he packed his revolver shield and uniform in a soap box left on Eastern Parkway. He is described as a total abstainer and may be suffering religious dementia, with overwork cited as a past factor during his stenography work at Police Headquarters.
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Edward C. Lawler
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Washington Avenue
Kings County Hospital
Terry
Grand Avenue
Lawler
Eastern Parkway
State Not a Corporation Says Attorney General Opinion
Albany June 15 Attorney General O Malley tells State Controller Gans the state lacks authority to withhold salaries under garnishee law, since the state is neither a person nor a corporation. Controller has paid funds under executions but will halt the practice.
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Albany
O'Malley
Gans
Cardinal Andrieu Defies Court in Catholic Law Clash
Bordeaux June 15 Cardinal Andrieu refuses to appear in court on a charge of inciting a breach of the laws. He writes the law became non existent for Catholics after their supreme chief condemned it as inimical to church property authority and liberty.
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Bordeaux
Cardinal Andrieu
Sugar Cane Case Seeks Delays Ahead of Trial
Oliver Spitzer former dock superintendent at Havemeyer and Elder and six weighers face thirty indictments for short weight frauds. Counsel seek postponement to June term citing public prejudice from Pennsylvania Sugar Refining suit. Details include a $1 250 000 loan to Adolph Segal and a probe into the Sugar Trust with Washington officials discussing the matter.
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Oliver Spitzer
Havemeyer & Elder
American Sugar Refining Company
Mr. Spitzer
H. L. Stimson
United States
Winfred Denison
Spitzer
George M. Mackellar
Henry F. Cochrane
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
American Company
Adolph Segal
Pennsylvania
Segal
Pennsylvania Company
George H. Earle, Jr
Bonaparte
Earle
Parsons
Herbert Parsons
Congress
Sale of skimmed milk here a crime
Albany June 15 The Court of Appeals holds that selling skimmed milk in New York City is a crime. It sustains lower courts in upholding a $5,000 penalty against Liberman Dairy Company for the sale of skimmed milk after defeating its challenge to the statute.
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Albany
Court of Appeals
New York City
Liberman Dairy Company
New York
Auto Crash Kills Man at 116th Street and Lenox Avenue
Patrick Dunn, sixty, was struck by an automobile owned by Dr. Julius Jardho and driven by William Mandelbaum at 116th street and Lenox avenue. Dunn was taken to Harlem Hospital with possible skull fracture. chauffeur held without bail. Moments later Charles Lunestrudd, also a chauffeur, collided with bicycle rider Howard Girard at 96th street and West End avenue. Girard escaped serious injury and was sent home after treatment. Lunestrub held in $400 bail in West Side court.
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Patrick Dunn
116Th Street
Lenox Avenue
Julius Jardho
West 115Th Street
William Mandelbaum
West 121St Street
Harlem Hospital
Dunn
Finn
Harlem
Charles Lunestrudd
Howard Girard
No. 194
Third Avenue
96Th Street
West End Avenue
Girard
West Side
Lunestrub
Lawyers Argue Yerkes Appeal in Circuit Court
Paul Cravath opposes the appeal for Mrs. Yerkes claiming the estate is being wrecked and taxes totaling $5000000 are in arrears. J Russell Soley argues Underground Electric Railways of London is a secured creditor and urges restraint, noting potential liquidation of an $800000 claim by stock disposal.
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J. Russell Soley
Mary Adelaide Yerkes
United States
Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge Ward
Circuit Court
Charles T. Yerkes
Solevy
Underground Electric Railways Company
London
England
Soley
Paul D. Cravath
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