Premier moves to curb Lords power in historic debate
London scene as Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman introduces a resolution to restrict the Lords authority over bills, seeking supremacy for the Commons within a five year parliament. He says a bill is needed to enact change and envisions conferences to resolve differences before possible override. Opposition leader A. J. Balfour and rivals deride the plan as flawed and impractical.
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House of Commons
House of Lords
House
Commons
Lords
A. J. Balfour
Ufe
Mark Twain Hears Debate in London House of Commons
London June 24 Mark Twain spent the afternoon in the House of Commons listening from the ambassadors gallery. He then visited the lobbies, meeting members including David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill. Campbell-Bannerman invited him to his private room for a conversation.
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London
Mark Twain
House of Commons
Ambassadors’ Gallery
David Lloyd George
Board of Trade
Winston Spencer Churchill
Campbell-Bannerman
Sailor Ship Santiago Wreck Near Corral
The Pacific Steam Navigation steamer Santiago of 1366 tons was wrecked in a heavy squall fifty miles north of Corral. One passenger and one officer saved. the rest of the passengers and crew perished. The ship had engines out of order and was returning to Valparaiso.
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Santiago de Chili
Pacific Steam Navigation
Santiago
Panama
South America
Corral
Ancud
Valparaiso
Arequipa
Liverpool
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Waddington Trial Opens in Brussels Murder Case
The trial of Carlos Waddington sixteen son of Luis Waddington chargé d affaires of Chile at Brussels began with a crowded court. Balmaceda secretary to the Chilean legation was killed after Balmaceda withdrew from an engagement with Miss Waddington and Balmaceda’s refusal to redress an offense. About sixty witnesses are to be examined and the case is expected to last long.
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Brussels
Carlos Waddington
Luis Waddington
Chili
Sefior Balmaceda
Chilian Legation
Balmaceda
Miss Waddington
Seslor Waddington
Waddingtons
Balmaceds
Legation
Waddington
Japanese owner to sue Frisco restaurant damages
Washington reports private advices state the Horse Shoe Restaurant proprietor will sue the city of San Francisco in California courts for damages after the anti Japanese riots. District Attorney Devlin will represent the Japanese in the action according to a Justice Department note.
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Washington
Horse Shoe
San Francisco
California
Devlin
Department of Justice
Russian Call to Arms Sparking Major Protests in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on June 24 radicals from the Social Revolutionists and Group of Toil declare a mass appeal to continue forceful action for land and liberty. They accuse the Emperor of breach of faith and condemn the Douma for reform failures while warning the public that the government will only yield to sustained, organized struggle.
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St. Petersburg
Theople
Social Revolutionists
Group of Toil
Agrarian Commission
Winter Palace
Siberia
Caucasus
Poland
Constitutional Democrats
Social Democratic
Terioki
Finland
Russia
Senate
Escape of a noted terrorist in Russia
Details confirm Peter Karpovitch escaped after finishing a twenty year mining sentence. Once to be sent to Barguzinsk for fourteen more years banishment, he evaded guards on the journey and is believed to have fled abroad, leaving other terrorists in captivity.
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St. Petersburg
Peter Karpovitch
M. Bogoliepoff
Sasoneff
M. Plehve
Karpovitch
Akatul
Barguzinsk
Russia
Restrictions on photographers in Germany threaten extinction
Berlin June 24 The snapshot photographer faces heavy fines after July 1 under a new act asserting absolute ownership of portraits houses and belongings. Permission may be granted but amateurs or professionals risk prosecution for unauthorized snaps including interiors with recognizable contents.
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Berlin
Germany
Riot at Lisbon High School Ends in Injuries
Police raided a Lisbon high school after a heated student defence, injuring an instructor and several students. In Rio de Janeiro, a Portuguese minister denied rumors that King Carlos fled on a warship amid popular agitation.
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Lisbon
Rio de Janeiro
Legation
Carlos
German Minister in San Domingo Visit Unclear
German minister Herr von Zimmerer arrives in San Domingo with no stated目的. An Italian warship is en route to investigate the killing of Italian Solari. Congress extends the president's term from February 1908 to February 1909.
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San Domingo
Herr von Zimmerer
Hayti
Solari
Congress
Proposal for French treaty in talks with United States
Paris June 24 It is announced that the French Ambassador M Jusserand will return to France to submit to the Foreign Office the proposals of the United States and the results of negotiations with Secretary Root regarding a new commercial treaty between France and the United States It is hoped a mutually satisfactory arrangement or treaty will be negotiated
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Paris
Washington
M. Jusserand
France
Foreign Office
United States
Root
Denial Boise defence outlined by Darrow
Clarence Darrow outlines the defense theory in the Haywood case at Boise Idaho. He argues the Western Federation of Miners is industrial and not murderous and accuses Pinkerton agents of fabricating crimes to destroy the union. He defends Haywood Moyer and Pettibone, previews witnesses, and previews Orchard as an embedded informer and killer.
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Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Darrow
Steunenberg
Western Federation of Miners
Ed’ Boyce
Hawley
Western Federaton of Miners
Colorado
Utah
Montana
United States
Haywood
Moyer
Mr. Darrow
Butte Union
Pinkerton
McParland
Telluride
Cripple Creek
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Moscow University
Mississippi
Denver
Miners’ Magazine
Moyer and Pettibone
Cour d'Alenes
Bunker Hill
Sullivan
Harry Orchard
Jack’ Simpkins
Cour d’Alenes
Creur d’Alenes
Hercules
Orchard
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mill
Cour d'Alene
Coeur d'Alenes
Seaver City
Pettibone
Coeur d’Alenes
America
George Pettibone
Florence & Cripple Creek
Haywood, Moyer
S. D. Scott
Florence
Colorado City
Mine Owners’ Association
Ethel Barrymore
Gifford Pinchot
Bureau of Forestry
Washington
Dietrich
Federal Court
Independence
Ouray
Bull Pen
Bulkeley Wells
Johnny” Neville
Neville Boy
Independence Depot
Neville
Cheyenne
Nevilles
Pat
Moran
Western Federation
Lyte Gregory
Gregory
John Mitchell
San Francisco
Bradley
D. C. Copley
Copley
Creure Alenes
J. Wolff
Peabody
Goddard
Gabbert
Supreme Court
Wallace
Ed” Boyce
Hutton
August Paulson
Hercules Mine
Paulson
Dave” Coates
Coates
Wallace Orchard
Jack” Simpkins
Caldwell
Simpkins
Silver Gee
Federation
Union
Nothme
Pinkertons
Silver City
Miller
Four Winds
Davis
God
Mine Owners’ Association of Colorado
Labor
New Tropi cal Suits Feature Mohair and Lustre
Rogers, Peer & Company markets Tropi cal suits in three Broadway stores with mohair, cravenetted fabric and fast color guarantees. Boys' wash suits and all wool options promoted as durable and fashionable. Locations near City Hall Union Square and Greeley Square.
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City Hall
Union Square
Greeley Square
Metz Digs at Brooklyn Scandals in Public Works
Controller Metz begins a Brooklyn probe into contracts for grading and curbing in South Brooklyn Bay Ridge and Bath Beach. Investigations accuse substandard concrete and shallow depths. Borough President Coler defends inspectors and pledges action if fault is found.
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Metz
Brooklyn
Bay Ridge
Bath Beach
Coler
Highways Department
Union Charged With Taking Money From Erie Railroad
General Manager J C Stuart of the Erie Railroad says representatives of the International Association of Machinists received 10000 dollars annually to avert strikes, a practice continued until this year. He asserts that when Erie stopped paying, a strike was threatened and then called, with vouchers for the payments available for inspection in New York.
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Hornell
N. J
J. C. Stuart
Erie Railroad
International Association of Machinists
Erie
Stuart
New York
Denver Millionaires Indicted In Timber Fraud Case
Four Denver millionaires including C. D. McPhee and John J. McGinnity of McPhee & McGinnity were indicted by a federal grand jury. The charges relate to timber land frauds involving officers and directors of the New Mexico Company, operating in Southwestern Colorado, and include E. M. Biggs, president of the New Mexico Company, and A. T. Sullenberger, president of the Pagosa Springs Lumber Company.
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the Tribune
Denver
Federal Grand Jury
C. D. McPhee
John J. McGinnity
SS Lumber
McPhee
Dr Willard Parker Dies In New York Home
Dr Willard Parker a prominent physician in the city died of heart disease at his home 121 Madison avenue after a month of illness He was son of the late Willard Parker a noted American surgeon and pioneer in appendicitis operations Parker married Miss Ketcham of this city.
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Willard Parker
Madison Avenue
Parker
United States
Bellevue Hospital
Ketcham
Victim of Brooklyn Crash Dies at Hospital
Robert Baxter, among the injured in the trolley car and salvage wagon wreck at Smith and Dean streets, Brooklyn, last Saturday night, died yesterday morning at Long Island College Hospital. He was thirty-five and lived at No Second Place. Baxter, who was talking with Miss Annie Hart, was buried under the wagon’s ruins after the collision. He had a skull fracture and compound leg injuries. other victims are recovering.
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Robert Baxter
Smith and Dean Streets
Brooklyn
Long Island College Hospital
Baxter
Annie Hart
Three Italians Held for Assault and Highway Robbery
Three Italians, Frank Pasquale, James Scala, and Pas quali Frotini, were detained by Magistrate Crane in Morrisania court on assault and highway robbery charges after being found with money and jewelry. Contractor Biondi identified Scala as the assailant in a Saturday night attack. A separate case saw Robert Towers, 567 Tenth Avenue, charged with abducting Miss Almeda Eileen Capen on June 15 and marrying her in Brooklyn the next day, but he was discharged by Magistrate Butts in West Side court.
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Crane
Morrisania
Frank Pasquale
James Scala
Pasquale Frotini
Biondi
Scala
Robert Towers
No. 567
Tenth Avenue
Almeda
Eileen Capen
Brooklyn
Butts
West Side Court
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