Proclamation of the Coronation in London Scene
A Royal spectacle unfolds at St James's Palace with the Garter King of Arms directing the proclaimed coronation of the king next year. Lords prepare a precise procedure for Earl Russell's trial while a literary pilgrimage unfolds to Thomas Hardy's Wessex.
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Thomas Hardy
Wessex
House of Lords
Lord Cardigan
Whitefriars Club
Tess
Casterbridge
Wool
Tess's “Valley of Dairies,” and Drive Seventeen Miles Across Bere Heath
Bere Regis
Weatherbury Castle
Puddletown
Dorchester
Hardy
Maxgate
London
Durbervilles
Weatherbury
Coronation Proclamation Read At St James Palace London
London on June 2 witnessed a royal proclamation announcing King Edward's coronation in June next. Norroy King of Arms read the decree from St James's balcony as trumpets sounded, with Queen Alexandra and officials watching. A royal procession proceeded to Temple Bar and the Royal Exchange for formalities.
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New-York Tribune
the Tribune
London
St. James’s Palace
Friary Court
Garter King of Arms
Pall Mall
St. James’s St
Palace
Marlborough House
Associated Press
Edward
St. James's Palace
Temple Bar
Royal Exchange
St. James's
Norroy
William Henry Weldon
Gordon Ambrose de Lisle Lee
Everara Green
Somerset
Farnham Burke
York
Alfred
Scott Scott-Gatty
Windsor Herald
William Alexander Lindsay
Duke of Norfolk
Earl of Pembroke
Earl of Clarendon
Norroy King of Arms
Alexandra
King
Horse Guards
Heat Rays Kill Three in Brooklyn as City Endures Heat
Three deaths reported in Brooklyn from heat illness, including Joseph Matcheski, Mrs. Helen Milford, and John J Ward. Seventeen prostrations in Manhattan and six in Brooklyn followed the day’s extreme heat, with temperatures reaching 94 degrees in the city and higher in tall buildings. Weather Bureau notes rain and cooler days ahead, and Battery Park offered a breezy refuge.
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Brooklyn
Matcheski
Joseph
Brooklyn Hospital
Milford
Helen
Columbus Place Ward
John J
Flushing
Manhattan
Emery
Mercury
Helena
Mont
United States
Kansas City
Battery Park
Battery Wall
Bedlam
Heat wave claims two lives in Westchester County
The heat yesterday caused two deaths and left about six residents overcome. Jacob Schlund of Bronxville, age 53, sunstruck while picking cherries and died four hours later. Catharine Tafft, five, from Mount Vernon, died from stomach trouble triggered by prolonged sun. A man found unconscious in New Rochelle was taken to hospital in a comatose state with sunstroke diagnosed by physicians.
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Westchester County
Jacob Schlund
Bronxville
Mr. Schlund
Catharine Tafft
Mary Tafft
North Fourth Ave
Mount Vernon
New Rochelle
New-Rochelle Hospital
Dog Rampage Terrifies New York Streets
A large yellow and white dog, believed mad, caused a panic across Third Avenue and nearby streets as crowds fled. Police and a bystander shot the animal after it attacked a guard, with no one bitten. A boy, John Foley, was scratched by another dog nearby and treated at Bellevue Hospital. A poodle owned by Mrs. Martin was killed by a patrolman after acting oddly.
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Third-ave
Lexington Ave
Thirty-seventh
Thirty-sixth
Joseph L. Naughton
East
Thirty-fifth-st
Thirdave
Naughton
Anthony A. Strausman
East Thirty-sixth-st
John Foley
East Twenty-eighth-st
Herman Schwartzkopf
First-ave
Nineteenth-st
Residents press move to electrify trains through Fourth Avenue tunnel
Park avenue property owners plan to fund a switch from steam to electric motive power for New York Central trains between Mott Haven and Grand Central. They propose a $100,000 subscription, with $5 per front foot from each claimant, to end noisy fumes and night work. A formal appeal awaits President Newman’s return Wednesday.
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Park Ave
New-York Central Railroad
Mott Haven
Grand Central Station
Newman
Tribune
Morris Putnam Stevens
Stevens
Loreley
Fifty-sixth-st
Park-ave
Fourth-ave
New-York Central Company
Fifty-sixth
Fifty-seventh Sts
Central
Forty-fourth-st
Harlem River
James McNamee
East Fifty-sixth St
No Asphalt Decision Sparks Venezuelan Asphalt Dispute
Caracas reports a published U S claim that Venezuela's Supreme Court ruled for the New York and Bermudez Company in the asphalt controversy is false. In London Lord Wolseley praised the American army as the finest of its size, attributing strength to good wages, while noting conscription as a British alternative.
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Tribune
Caracas
United States
Supreme Court of Venezuela
New York and Bermudez Company
London
House of Lords
Lord Wolseley
Great Britain
Scannell and Marks Indicted In Fire Dept Contract Schemes
Fire Commissioner John J. Scannell and William L. Marks faced grand jury indictments over alleged conspiracy to defraud the city in Fire Department supply purchases. Scannell also stood charged with neglect of duty and malfeasance. bail set at 2500 each.
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John J. Scannell
Grand
Rockwood
Pach Bros
William L. Marks
Fire Department
Scannell
Marks
Samuel H. Ordway
Civil Service Commission
Police Department
Grand Jury
Ordway
Board of Public Improvements
B. F. Goodrich Company
Voorhees Manufacturing and Rubber
Lewis Nixon
Charles T. Silsbee
Hugh Bonner
James Clifford
A. T. Docharty
Thomas F. Gilroy, Jr
Marquand Failure Shocks Wall Street Bankrupt Firm On Broadway
The Stock Exchange firm Henry Marquand & Co at 160 Broadway failed yesterday, assigning to Frank Sullivan Smith. The announcement, read at market open by junior partner Frank B. Poor, follows the Sev enth National Bank suspension over a $1.6 million loan. Assignor’s assets were reviewed. Henry W. Taft of Strong & Cadwalader cautioned that a full statement would take days. The assignee foresees possible recovery for creditors but cautions uncertainty pending securities realization. Henry Marquand transferred two large parcels to his father, including No. 6 Maiden Lane and the Guernsey building at 160-164 Broadway. The firm, organized in 1898, grew from stock commission to promotions, aiding ventures like the Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad.
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Henry Marquand & Co
Broadway
Frank Sullivan Smith
Frank B. Poor
Wall Street
Seventh National Bank
Taft
New York Central
Henry Marquand
Henry G. Marquand
Maiden Lane
Broadway Building Company
Guernsey Building
Edward E. Poor
National Park Bank
Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Officials May Be Accused Over Seventh National Bank Falls
Bankers expect possible prosecutions for Seventh National Bank officers under federal banking laws amid overcertification of checks and risky loans to Henry Marquand & Co. Details recount prior indictments of similar cases, statements from General Burnett, and the Park Bank’s handling of a $300,000 certified check amid mounting collateral. President Delafield of the National Park Bank notes the check’s secure collection with attached securities.
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Fish
Ferdinand Ward
Ward
Kimball
United States District Attorney
National Banking Association
Henry Marquand & Co
National Park Bank
The
Park Bank
Seventh National
Park National Bank
Financial District
New York
Glass factories to close down for summer vacation
Pittsburg June 28 All the flint glass factories under the American Flint Glass Workers Union will close tomorrow night for four weeks to two months. About forty thousand men and boys will take the customary summer vacation. the prescription bottle branch will idle two months, the chimney branch six weeks, and the pressed ware branch four weeks. Many non union plants also shut, increasing idleness next month.
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Pittsburg
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Marquand & Co Goes Down Amid Bank Failure Talks
Treasury and Justice officials discussed possible criminal actions against Seventh National Bank officials in Washington while bankers in the city awaited the bank's condition. The Marquand firm announced an assignment to Frank Sullivan Smith. Depositors may recover full amounts. The Stock Exchange opened with the failure announced, trading active with 1,024 shares sold, $13,000 in bonds, and 20,450 shares bought as the market rose.
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Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Washington
Stock Exchange House
Henry Marquand & Co
Frank Sullivan Smith
Stock Exchange
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