Servia adopts liberal constitutional reform in Belgrade
Belgrade June 17. Senate and Skupstina approve a revised 1888 constitution reducing royal prerogatives while keeping the king as commander in chief. One chamber with proportional representation, ministers answerable to the Skupstina, and the Senate abolished. Budgets controlled by the Skupstina, large funds cited from Kodak treasure and war reserves. News on the Czar's telegram boosts the provisional government, plans for King Peter's reception, arches, and a Vienna trip for a deputation. The murder of Queen Draga blamed on zeal, with soldiers ignorant of their actions but still cheering later.
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Belgrade
Senate
Skuptechina
Cit
Skuptschina
Kodak
War Ministry
Draga
Peter
Servia
Alexander
Vienna
Servian
Peter Karageorgevitch
King Peter Ascends Serbian Throne in Manifesto
Geneva June 17 King Peter telegraphed to Belgrade a manifesto proclaiming his accession to the Serbian throne. He thanks God and the people, pledges to respect rights, protect legality, and banish past acts. He calls on church and state leaders to continue duties, vows safety and prosperity under the dynasty motto For the Sacred Cross and Cherished Liberty.
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Geneva
Peter
Belgrade
Servia
Peter 1
Austria
Senate
Skuptschina
Francis Joseph and King Peter Exchange Messages
Telegrams between Emperor Francis Joseph and King Peter express mutual support. Peter congratulates Francis on his accession and vows to back his mission to restore peace in Serbia, while Francis Joseph seeks continuing sympathy and neighborly relations between Austria and Serbia.
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Vienna
Servia
Francis Joseph
North Pole Expedition Starts From Christiania
The whaling ship Gjoa sails at midnight with Captain Ammundsen leading a magnetic North Pole expedition. The voyage aims for King William Land then Behring Strait on a route never before attempted. Professor Schmidt lauds the mission as crucial to terrestrial magnetism and possible direct pole crossing.
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Christiania
Ammundsen
King Wiliam Land
Greenland
Behring Strait
Schmidt of
Nerlin
Pole
de Ammundsen
Gerlach
Arctic
Sher
Orea
Devastated Belgrade Palace Still Mournful After Regicide
June 17 Belgrade reports describe a tour of the palace where King Alexander and Queen Draga were murdered. bullet holes stain silk bed coverings. shattered mirrors and damaged portraits testify to the slaughter, while soldiers and officers display the crime’s aftermath with a troubling casualness.
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Belgrade
Alexander
Draga
King Victor Emmanuel Congratulates Servia’s New Rule
Rome June 17 King Victor Emmanuel telegraphed congratulations to his brother in law King Peter of Servia and wished tranquillity and prosperity for the country under the new rule.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Peter of
Servia
German Socialists' Victory in Berlin Elections
Berlin results show Socialists claiming twenty five seats from the first ballot, with plans to reach eighty through second ballots. Returns from 381 districts list Conservatives, Centre, Socialists, and others totaling 204 seats. Saxony marks major gains for Socialists with eighteen of twenty three seats.
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Berlin
Saxony
Centre Party
Almatiange
Cuba to Lease Naval Coaling Stations to United States
Havana reports a palace statement outlining lease terms for US naval coaling stations. The US will pay annual rent in kind with food and provisions for residents, duties waived for consumption, no smuggling, stations not to serve as a trafficking base, and US legal jurisdiction within occupied territories.
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Havana
United States
Minor changes proposed to naval coaling station leases
Minister Squiers informs President Palma of suggested minor lease changes at naval coaling stations. Palma will consult his cabinet and respond tomorrow.
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Havana
Squiers
Palma
Washington
Spain Recovers Damages From Clydebank Shipyard
Edinburgh June 17 High Court confirms Court of Sessions judgment awarding government 237,506 to recover 376,000 from Clydebank Engineering and Shipbuilding Co for failure to deliver four torpedo boat destroyers on time in spring 1897 per January 20 contract action by Spanish Minister of Marine Sanchez Toca.
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Edinburgh
High Court
Court of Sessions
Nente
Sanchez Toca
Clydebank Engineering and Shipbuilding Company
Kidnapped American Rescued from Pirates Returned to Canton
In Washington on June 17.4 General McWade reports to the State Department that an unnamed American kidnapped by Chinese pirates has been rescued and brought back to Canton.
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Washington
Gain for Chamberlain and Balfour clash in Commons
London June 17 the House of Commons spent the evening debating a motion to adjourn over the colonial tariff issue. Campbell-Bannerman failed the adjournment vote 252 to 182. Chamberlain gained a triumph as Balfour aligned with the Colonial Secretary on preferential trade while defending the colonies against perceived retaliation.
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London
House of Commons
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Balfour
Chamberlain
New South Wales
Lawson
Mr. Chamberlain
Henry
Sir Henry
Charles Dilke
Germany
Great Britain
Canada
Eradicate Peonage Prosecutions Move Ahead in Alabama
Washington reports United States Attorney Reece of Montgomery met with Attorney General Knox to discuss peonage prosecutions. Investigations are active with warrants expected for many more cases. Officials say the system exists mainly in sparse districts, not near cities, and will be vigorously prosecuted to eradicate the evil.
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Washington
United States
Reece
Montgomery
Ala
Department of Justice
Knox
Alabama
Doings at State Camp No Salute for Odell
Peekskill State Camp June 1 reports the 22d Regiment rapidly finishing earthworks at Camp Porter. Weather permitting two more days may end camp duty. Odell will visit quietly, arriving at Roa Hook and returning to Albany. Commander notes beef and salt fish provisions, while the regimental baseball team lost 7 to 3 to a local Peekskill nine.
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Peekskill State Camp
Orth
Porter
Bogart
Roth
Odell
Roa Hook
General Roe
Albany
Sternberger
Bloomfield Usher
Edward J. Sheridan
Nelson Park
Peekskill
Moody and Knox to decide warship work rights in face of courts
Secretary Moody conferred with Attorney General Knox on whether the government may continue work on warships despite court injunctions. The dispute centers on the Galveston at Trigg Shipbuilding in Richmond, whose contract was forfeited May 14 due to insolvency. Admirals Bowles argues no court may halt government vessel completion. outcome could trigger federal troops to protect ongoing construction.
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Washington
Moody
Department of Justice
Knox
Galveston
W. R. Trigg Shipbuilding Company
Richmond Va
Trigg Company
Virginia
Bowles
Navy
United States Shipbuilding Company
Sheldon Sees the President in New York Politics Debate
George R. Sheldon of New York told President Roosevelt that accepting the chairmanship of the New York County Republican Committee is neither possible nor expedient. The dinner and discussion at the White House touched on possible names, with no conclusions reached. Postmaster General Payne attended, noting he had submitted fifty postmaster appointments.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
George R. Sheldon
New York
Roosevelt
New-York County
Republican Committee
Sheldon
White House
F. Norton Goddard
Payne
Governor Odell Visits Camp Odell on Democratic Swing
In a rain delayed trip Governor Odell and staff toured Camp Odell, traveling by smoking car to Troy and returning by crowded trolley. Eight thousand spectators attended a brigade review as Odell praised the camp and troops. He planned a dinner at the Executive Mansion and a visit to Peekskill with the 22d Regiment tomorrow.
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Albany
Odell
Camp Odell
Troy
Crescent
Green Island
N. H. Henry
Adjutant General
Louise O’brien
Denis O Brien
Court of Appeals
Oliver
10Th Battalion
Peekskill
22D Regiment
PLACE DEAD AT 200 IN FLOOD TOWN OF HEPPNER OREGON
The June flood in Heppner Oregon has killed an estimated two hundred people. About 150 bodies had been recovered, and fear prompts families to seek shelter in the Catholic Church, courthouse, and schoolhouse as residents abandon business and plan to desert the town.
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Heppner, Ore
Prentice Case Appoints Commissioners to Probe Rental Condition
In the New Jersey Supreme Court yesterday Mrs Grace N Prentice obtained a court order appointing Algernon Norton D H Valentine Wildman and William Tait as commissioners with a sheriff s jury to inquire into the rental condition of her husband Henry Prentice a Stock Exchange member described as insane and unfit to manage affairs He 58 and her petition cites years of intoxication and a delirium tremens episode resulting in neuritis His assets include 130000 cash a 17500 house and a 70000 Stock Exchange seat and she alleges a trust deed placed 50000 with his brother for support of herself and daughters Obscene letters to his father a past lunatic asylum stay and drunken conduct on the Exchange are noted.
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Justice Giegerich
Grace N. Prentice
Supreme Court
Algernon Norton
D. H. Valentine Wildman
William Tait
Henry Prentice
Stock Exchange
Arthur L. Root
Allan McLane Hamilton
Prentice
Exchange
Florence
Italy
Morris Plains
N. J
Irish Land Bill Hangs in Balance in Commons Debate
London June 17 The fate of the Irish Land bill remains uncertain after a Commons debate. Mr Wyndham accepted a concession to Nationalists, while Irish members refused to press for immediate discussion and abstained in a division. Government may drop the bill rather than yield on minimum purchase price, with Mr Chamberlain backing that course.
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London
House of Commons
Wyndham
Ireland
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Mr. Chamberlain
Rumors of Resignation Rock London Cabinet
London rumors spread in lobbies about possible resignations of Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles T. Ritchie the Duke of Devonshire and other free traders in the Cabinet. Reports were not taken seriously though the government’s position appears precarious and an appeal to the country on the issue seems likely.
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London
Charles T. Ritchie
Duke of Devonshire
Workmen Oppose Chamberlain Proposal Strongly
London June 17 The Parliamentary committee of the Trades Union Congress representing 1 500 000 organized workers condemns Mr Chamberlains fiscal plan and urges workers to oppose the delusive doctrine.
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London
Trades Union Congress
United Kingdom
Chamberlain
Reform Grasps "Tims" as Sullivan network visits settlemen
Report sketches the University Settlement’s social ties with the Sullivan circle led by alderman Half Dollar and Senator Jack Fitzgerald. The event, staged by William English Walling, bridges Bowery and Fifth Avenue aims to raise moral and intellectual life, with Tim Sullivan and Leroy Scott among attendees. Reynolds stays silent on the intruding influence.
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Robert Hunter
Europe
Count Tolstoy
University Settlement
University
Sullivan Protectorate
James B. Reynolds
Little “Issy" Cohen
Martin Engel
Citizens Union
Reynolds
City Hall
Assembly
Citizens Union Organization
Sullivan
Jack" Fitzgerald
Issy Cohen
Florry” Sullivan
Hunter
Sullivans
Bowery
Fifth-ave
William English Walling
Havin
Little Tim” Sullivan
Emerson
Toynbee Hall
Leroy Scott
Will
James B Reynolds
Seizure of Honduras Railroad Denied as Contract Violation
Vice President Henry L. Sprague said the seizure of the sixty mile Honduras railroad from Puerto Cortez to San Pedro was not for contract breach. He cited English bondholders seeking about 100 million dollars, prompting government timidity and the claim of “purposes of conciliation.” The syndicate, led by Sen. Chauncey M. Depew, holds over 1 million dollars in the line and protests vigorously with U.S. backing anticipated. Washington Valentine left for Puerto Cortez to seek a settlement.
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Honduras
Puerto Cortez
San Pedro
Honduras Syndicate
Chauncey M. Depew
Henry L. Sprague
Tribune
United States
Washington Valentine
Tegucigalpa
Chadsey Not Drowned Says Assistant District Attorney
Assistant District Attorney Charles Pechner says Benjamin F. Chadsey a Brooklyn lawyer and politician is alive. Chadsey disappeared March 17 the night before a misappropriation trial and was believed drowned off the Battery. Pechner notes Chadsey has visited him twice at the Criminal Courts Building.
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Charles Pechner
Jerome
Benjamin F. Chadsey
Brooklyn
Chadsey
Pechner
Criminal Courts
Warships sail from Southampton for Kiel
Southampton reports the United States ships Kearsarge San Francisco Machias and Chicago have departed today bound for Kiel signaling fleet deployment in European waters with four cruisers leaving port together under orders from authorities.
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Southampton
United States
Kearsarge
San Francisco
Machias
Chicago
Kiel
Sale Near Brunswick Site Involving Counterpart Transfers
A four story building at 9 East Twenty-seventh Street, on an 18 by 38.9 foot lot, was reported twice sold since Mitchell A. C. Levy acquired it. Buyers remain undisclosed though Potter & Bro. and Century Realty were not the purchasers. The surrounding block shows heavy activity over four months as plans for a New Brunswick Hotel near completion drive brokered sales of Levy’s parcel.
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East Twenty-seventh-st
Mitchell A. C. Levy
Potter & Bro
Century Realty Company
East Twenty-seventh St
Comany
Iarp
Pure! A
Naval Appointments End Rivalry With Three High Posts
Three top Navy posts were filled today: Captain Charles W. Rae named engineer in chief and head of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, Pay Director Henry T. B. Harris named paymaster general and head of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, and Colonel George F. Elliott named brigadier general commandant of Marines. The long campaigns featured strong New York backing for Harris and a Marine Corps bid led by officers within the corps. Rae becomes the first Naval Academy graduate to head the steam engineering bureau since the Civil War. Elliott, praised for bravery in Cuba and the Philippines, commands the Norfolk Marine Barracks.
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the Tribune
Washington
Navy Department
Charles W. Rae
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Henry T. B. Harris
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
George F. Elliot
Marine Corps
Marines
Serviee
Elliot
Heywood
Harris
Senator Platt
New York
New-York
John A. Mudd
Moody
George W. Melville
Naval General Board
Rae
Eugene Haie
Maine
Naval Engineers
Hale
Senate
Naval Committee
General Board
Hare
General Staff
Board of Construction
Charles Whiteside Rae
Naval Academy
Connecticut
Henry Tudor Brownell Harris
League Island Navy Yard
Cuba
Spain
Philippines
Coloonel George F. Elliott
Alabama
Marine Barracks
Norfolk
Arson? No Diamonds: Three Arrests in Powers Mayer Jewelry Robbery
Central Office Detectives arrested Henry Ball Abraham White and Edward Kelly in a diamonds heist case from Powers and Mayer at 48 Fifth Avenue. A salesman lured by a robber named Rall stole fifty two pieces, with fifteen recovered, as officials describe the scheme and the cover payment of 100.
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Central
Powers & Mayer
Ffth-ave
Henry Ball
Brook Ave
The
Bronx
Abraham White
Edward Kelly
West One Hundred-And-Seventeenth-St
McCafferty
Rall
Cafferty
White
Rali
Nathan House Leased to Mortgage Company on West Twenty Third
The Nathan estate leases No. 12 West Twenty third Street to United States Mortgage and Trust Company for twenty one years. Adams Express Company had been the previous lessee. Benjamin F. Nathan once lived there and was murdered in 1879. New tenants plan to tear down the house and build a new structure for their use.
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Lessee
B. F. Nathan
Nathan
West Twenty-third St
United States Mortgage and. Trust Company
Adams Express Company
Benjamin F. Nathan
Quarry Hill Sold to H R C Walser Near Tarrytown
Abram Hyatt and Co sold Quarry Hill on Sunnyside Road between Tarrytown and Irvington for Mrs John R P Woodriff to H R C Walser. The 34 acre property adjoins Mrs Lelen Gould’s land and includes a stone and shingle house of over 25 rooms with stables and cottage. The asking price was sixty five dollars?
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Abram Hyatt & Co
H. R. C. Walser
John R. P. Woodriff
Tarrytown
Quarry Hill
Sunnyside Road
Irvington
Misa [Lelen Gould
Hudson
Sheriff Seeks Writ to Enter Navy Yard for Lumber
Kings County sheriff faces navy yard denial of jurisdiction as lawyers for Dannat Pell urge mandamus to force Rear Admiral Rodgers to permit seizure of lumber via attach ment writ. The case could impact contractors who rely on yard access and storage.
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Navy Yard
Kings County
Dannat & Pell
Rodgers
Shert
Lumher
Deannat € Pell
Richard A. Griefen
Side Track Mural Decorations Delayed for New Hall of Records
A sub committee of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment led by Mayor Cantor and President Fornes decided to postpone mural decorations and sculpture for the new Hall of Records, estimated at 255000, to avoid delaying occupancy. Building completion is prioritized so occupancy can proceed before proceeding with the decorations.
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Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Cantor
Fornes
Halis of Records
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Queen Draga
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Clerr
MR. Watson
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