German Colonization Efforts in Brazil Stir South American Wary
Washington reports on a German syndicate plan to colonize Brazilian states Rio Grande, San Pablo, Santa Catarina, Parana, Minas Gerais and Goias with a 2000 mark capital, backed by Brazilian guarantees. Italians, Portuguese and Germans dominate emigration, but few retain their original nationality. Blumenau settlement in Santa Catarina shows limited growth, exporting butter, tobacco and lumber, while German officials note caution about long term cultural shifts.
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the Tribune
Washington
Germany
Brazil
Rio
Rio Grande
San Pablo
Santa Caterina
Parana
Minas Geraes
Goyaz
Rome
United States
Seeger
State Department
Mr. Seeger
Blumenau
Santa Catrina
Europe
Bureau of American Republics
Rio de Janeiro
Florianopolis
Tio Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Bremen
Rio Janeiro
General Molineux Injured in Train Incident
General Molineux, father of Roeland B. Molineux, sprained his ankle alighting from a train in Buffalo on June 4. He could not walk and was driven home. The case before the Court of Appeals tomorrow features attorneys David B. Hill for the District Attorney and Bartow Weeks for the defendant, who asserts innocence and seeks a new trial.
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Buffalo
Molineux
Roeland B. Molineux
John G. Milburn
Court of Appeals
David B. Hill
Milburn
Bartow
Weeks
Sunday in Boston marks global YMCA jubilee services
In Boston and Eastern Massachusetts crowds exceed prior years as the Young Men's Christian Association closes a weeklong international jubilee. Delegates from lay and ministerial ranks fill churches and halls with earnest addresses urging broader support and finances for the YMCA. Major gatherings include a 10,000-strong mass meeting at McChanice Hall led by Frederick B. Smith and multiple overflow services.
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Boston
Young Men's Christian Association
Massachusetts
McChanice’ Hall
Frederick B. Smith
Chi
Association Hall
Boy Flamel
New Old South Church
Copleycoe
People's Temple
Phose
Booth Tucker
Salvation Army
Maud B. Booth
Mechanics’ Hall
Wireless Telegraphy on the Lucania first Marconi link
London June 1 The steamer Lucania the first Cunard vessel fitted with the Marconi wireless system made communication with the shore while twenty miles from Liverpool indicating the start of wireless telegraphy on transatlantic service and signaling progress for maritime communication.
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London
Lucania
Cunard
Marconi
Liver
Norton and Deschere Lead as Hospital Board Names Picks
Dr. A. B. Norton, president, and Dr. Martin Deschere named to lead a hospital board selection, signaling expected governance direction and oversight.
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A. B. Norton
Martin Deschere
American Tinplate Abroad Gains in Foreign Markets
Washington reports American tinplate makers are expanding exports abroad while imports decline. Despite domestic demand, exports rise and imports fall. Prices for tinplate and Straits tin show sharp fluctuations over the period, with steel billet costs also volatile. The American Iron and Steel Association tables chart production and import data from 1892 to 1910.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Bessemer Steel
New York
American Iron and Steel Association
American exporters urged to seek Swedish trade ties
The Swedes are described as the Yankees of Europe and American exporters are urged to cultivate commercial friendship to gain a growing market for supplies. The Consul-General notes thirty American locomotives on Swedish State railways receive praise and that new engines being built in Sweden follow American designs, suggesting more orders may come to the United States.
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Sweden
Europe
Kingdom
United States
Memorial Cottage Opened at Seaside Hospital Staten Island
The Lewis memorial cottage at Seaside Hospital New Dorp Staten Island opened Saturday and was erected and furnished by Mrs Frederick Elliott Lewis in memory of her son. The hospital aids children and mothers in need, has modern facilities, bath and toilet rooms at the ends and central wards, a large sea facing porch, and nurse in charge Miss Florence K Tildesley.
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Lewis Memorial
New Dorp
Staten Island
Frederick Elliott Lewis
Florence K. Tildesley
Chocolate Factory Fire Destroys Runkel Brothers Plant
A fire destroyed the Runkel Brothers chocolate factory at 445 and 447 West Thirtieth Street near Tenth Ave. The blaze began on the fourth floor, with four alarms, drawing 18 engines and multiple trucks. Loss estimated around 50,000 to 120,000, insurance presumed to cover. About 150 workers affected. building demolition of damaged rear walls ordered by Buildings Department.
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Runkel Brothers
Burns
Louis Runkel
West Eighty-second St
Runkel
West Thirty-first-st
Austrian discrimination against foreign goods policy
Consul Schumann reports Austria enforces protectionist rules to shield home industries. A Temesvar hat factory faced a threatened subsidy withdrawal for ordering a German electric plant, Raab match maker rebuked for foreign materials, Flume and Temesvar tramways fined for German motors, and Derna mining line only allowed German locomotives after proving exclusivity. The government maintains a list of firms buying foreign goods and denies favors or contracts to them.
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Washington
Schumann
Mainz
State Department
Austria
Temesvar
Raab
Flume
Derna
Trade With Russia and Sweden Opens U S Manufacturers
Washington reports a review of United States commerce with Russia and Sweden in the Commercial Relations volume for 1909. Consul Heenan notes rising American demand for agricultural machinery in Russia and Poland due to labor scarcity, with horsepower threshers seen as a likely growth driver. Consul General Winston of Stockholm adds commentary on trade prospects.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Sweden
Frederick Emory
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
State Department
Emory
Heenan
Odessa
Poland
Winstow
Stockholm
Homeopathists assemble for 57th institute meeting
Delegates from across the United States gather in Richfield Springs New York for the fifty seventh annual American Institute of Homeopathy convention. About two thousand physicians attend with notable figures from San Francisco Cleveland Iowa and Pennsylvania. A week of concerts speeches receptions and a vaudeville show unfolds with plans to address Christian Science and evolving medical views.
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Richfield Springs
N. Y
American Institute of Homan Opathy
Richfield
San Francisco
Florence Saltonstall Ward
H. F. Biggar
Cleveland
George Royal
Iowa
Delaware and Lackawanna
Earlington
M. Louise Stone
Church of the Holy Apostles
New York
William Baker Crain
Norton
Institute On Christian Science
Jealous farm hand kills wife and father-in-law near Ithaca
James Churchill, a Newfield farm hand, murdered his wife Minnie Churchill at her father's home nine miles from Ithaca. He wounded her elderly father Daniel Minturn and attempted suicide with carbolic acid before being arrested by Sheriff Seaman. The crime followed their separation two months earlier.
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Ithaca
N. Y
James Churchill
Minnie Churchil
Newfield
Daniel Minturn
Churchill
C. S. Seaman
Minturn
Seaman
Blood
Brown
Dying at Bridgeport Poorhouse A Noted Mechanic
William H. Young known as Harry was a famed American mechanic who died at Bridgeport poorhouse aged seventy one. Once among the best known craftsmen, he devised ideas attributed to Elias Howe Jr. and contributed to sewing machine history. The obituary notes his rise and later decline in fortunes.
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Bridgeport
Conn
William H. Young
Harry” Young
Young
America
Lexington Gunfight Over Gambling Debt Ends in Wounding
In Lexington Kentucky two well known sportsmen Harry Patterson and Samuel Forsythe fought over a gambling debt. Forsythe fired four shots wounding Patterson in the chest area and arm. They exchanged blows until officers intervened and both were jailed. The dispute centered on a debt alleged to be owed by J W Forsythe, brother of Samuel.
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Lexington
Harry Patterson
Samuel Forsythe
Patterson
Forsythe
J. W. Forsythe
Newfoundland Welcomes New Governor Sir Cavendish Boyle
St John s Newfoundland June 16 Sir Cavendish Boyle new Governor arrives from England to assume duties and take the oath of office tomorrow. The British warship Columbine arrives this afternoon. Flagship Charybdis will stop at Cape Race to inspect the wreck of the Leyland liner Assyrian and is due here tomorrow.
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St. John’s
N. F
Sir Cavendish Boyle
Newfoundland
England
Columbine
Cape Race
Ex-Governor Pingree in unchanged condition at London hospital
London June 16 Dr Thomas Barlow said tonight that ex Governor Pingree's condition was unchanged. The complications from which Mr Pingree suffered yesterday continue but his strength has not materially diminished. He is bearing up well under the most trying conditions.
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London
Thomas Barlow
Pingree
Tornado in South Dakota injures ten and destroys much property
A Beadle County tornado on Saturday afternoon damaged farms and destroyed structures including a two story McCormack house where Mr. McCormack his wife and three children were seriously hurt. Injuries ranged from broken legs to severe cuts as residents faced heavy rain and darkness. Doctors attended the injured and aid crews recovered debris. Harry Young of New Haven plans the burial of his father who died amid poverty after a career in sewing machine and Krupp ordnance work.
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Huron
Beadle County
McCormack
Gardiner
Palmer
Gillespie
Foxton
Hartman Funeral Held For Louis Hartman In City
The funeral for Louis Hartman, found beside actress Rose Le Febre at the Great Northern Hotel in Chicago, was held yesterday at his father Max Hartman's home at 871 Seventh Avenue. Rev. Drs. Moses and Gainsberg conducted a private service. Burial followed at Cypress Hills Cemetery.
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Louis Hartman
Rose le Febre
Great Northern
Chicago
Max Hartman
Seventh-ave
Moses and
Gainsberg
Cypress Hills Cemetery
Trial of Rev Dr Moment Begins Before Brooklyn Presbytery
The trial of Rev Dr Alfred H Moment for alleged untruthfulness and contumacy starts this afternoon at Central Church in Brooklyn. He faces charges tied to improper conduct toward a church member and a refusal to obey Presbytery orders to return a call from Immanuel Church, Flatbush. If he fails to appear, another citation will be issued and the trial proceeds in his absence.
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Alfred H. Moment
Brooklyn
Central Church
Marcy and
Jefferson
Moment
West Side Republican Club meets to elect a successor
The West Side Republican Club at 2307 Broadway convenes tomorrow evening to choose a new executive committee member after William H. Douglas is elected a vice-president. Van EBenschoten will move to reconsider the club action on appointing a committee for new quarters as a special order. The club trophy was won by G L Wheelock F L Washburne F B wrence F Elgar and H A Wise representing C team. W H Trafton won the individual club championship in May.
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West Side Republican Club
Broadway
William H. Douglas
van Ebenschoten
G. L. Wheelock
F. L. Washburne
F. B
Sunday Visitors Fill Camp at Peekskill State
Peekskill State Camp welcomed a large crowd Sunday as many visitors, outnumbering regiment members, gathered to see the 7th Regiment. Private William E. McCord led Episcopal services, civilians attended, and soldiers engaged in military instruction as preparations began for tomorrow’s march out and future artillery practice at Mohegan. Ex-captains, ex-sergeants, and notable figures from the New York Yacht Club were among the visitors.
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Peekskill State Camp
7Th
General Roe
William E. McCord
McCord
Christian Fellowship
St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral
Cincinnati
Young Men's Christian Association
West Point
Mohegan
David Wilson
N. B. Thurston
National Guard
Ha Cc. du Val
Appleton
W. J. Bryant
1St
New Jersey Cavalry
Essex Troop
Future of Colorado Fuel and Iron in Steel Trust Merge
Chicago reports John W Gates and associates have secured controlling interest in Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. Plant disposal planned in New York this week with final conference to follow. Chicago group led by Colonel John Lambert John J Mitchell and James C Hutchins travel to New York to attend. Record Herald notes merger into a billion dollar steel trust likely, though officials stay reticent on details.
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Chicago
John W. Gates
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
New York
John Lambert
John J. Mitchell
James C. Hutchins
Record- Herald
Billion Dollar Steel Trust
Colonel Lambert
Boy Shot With Toy Pistol in Candy Store Stunt
Edward Finkenstadt eleven was hit in the leg by a toy pistol fired by Henry Donohue fourteen in a West Forty-eighth Street candy store. A slot machine issued penny prizes. Donohue planned a mock battle, claimed a blank cartridge fired, and Edward cried out. Donohue was arrested and sent to the children's society.
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Edward Finkenstadt
West Forty-eighth-st
Henry Donohue
Edward
Donohue
Dewey
The
Children’s Society
Hailstorm Hits Elgin Illinois with Six Inch Stones
Special report from Elgin Illinois on June 16 describes a local storm that produced hailstones six inches in circumference. The heavy rain arrived from a clear sky followed by a forming black cloud and thunderous pattering. The hailstorm, brief and localized, ended as quickly as it began, providing relief from the heat.
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Elgin
Smallpox Outbreak Linked to Jail Inmate in Goshen
Six cases of smallpox emerge in Goshen jail with two confluent forms. Prisoners moved to the pesthouse at Orange Farm while fifty four others are kept in the air yard under guard. Authorities suspect a former gypsy camp prisoner sparked the outbreak and have sent word to Ossining to watch recent arrivals. Prisoners moved to Newburg quarantined. authorities impose strict precautions.
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Middletown
N. Y
Goshen
Orange Farm
Ossining
Newburg
Indian Uprising Story Rebutted by Fort Leavenworth Officer
Colonel Jesse M. Lee returns from the Wyoming incident scene and reports the sheepherder killings claim was unfounded. He says the tale arose from a man seeking amusement and finds no danger or signs of an Indian uprising in the Muddy region.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Jesse M. Lee
Fort Leavenworth
Wyoming
Lee
Brooklyn Training School Supplying Majority of New Teachers
More than a thousand licenses will be issued before fall, with over 2000 teachers from the Brooklyn Training School. Most prospective teachers come from Brooklyn and, though licensed citywide, three fourths seek Brooklyn positions to stay near home. Officials warn only a few new Brooklyn schools may be ready for fall. Jamaica Normal School graduates also compete, producing 400 to 500 candidates for appointments.
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Brooklyn Training School
Brooklyn
Jamaica Normal School
Max
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