Coronation Rehearsal and Royal Return to London
Thousands greet the monarch as a complete dress rehearsal of the coronation is held at Westminster Abbey. King Edward travels from Portsmouth to London with the Queen and Princess Victoria, showing strong health and high spirits despite recent illness.
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Buckingham Palace
Palace
Victoria
London
Victoria Station
Princess Victoria
Prince and Princess of Wales
York House
God Save the King
Westminster Abbey
Duke of Norfolk
Canterbury
Viscount Esher
Viscount Churchill
Earl of Rosebery
Grenadier Guards
Abbey
Natal needs 10000 white farmers to sustain colony
An important report by the Surveyor General and Director of Agriculture estimates Natal requires about 10 000 white farmers to enable the region to support its agricultural development and population growth. The finding underscores a push for farming settlement in the Natal area dated August 6.
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Pietermaritzburg
Natal
Surveyor General
Director of Agriculture
Knights of Pythias Biennial Meeting Excursion Tickets
Pennsylvania Railroad announces excursion ticket sales for Knights of Pythias Biennial Meeting to San Francisco or Los Angeles. Tickets valid on PRR lines, with travel from designated points during the August 11 to 22 period in San Francisco California.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Account Biennial Meeting
Knights of Pythias
Knights of Pythies
San Francisco
Cal
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Los Angeles
Government lands to be leased at eight percent value
The report urges small farmers to work their own land and favors leasing government lands at eight percent of improved value. It promotes assisted immigration and grants to spur agricultural development across several lines.
Clash Over Marcus Island Heats Up Between Nations
Japanese sloop Kasagi sails to Marcus Island carrying Isali to assert Tokyo claim. Rival American and Japanese ownership sparks diplomatic tension as Mizutani Shin rockru had earlier pressed a lease claim. The island yields about $10 000 yearly and is eyed by both sides amidst renewed competition and local Japanese settlers.
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Tokio
Japan
Victoria
B. C
Kasagi
Marcus Island
Isali
Omoe
Rosehill
Honolulu
America
Minamitori Shima
Koyessuka Ryo
Tokio Fu
Neoji
Mizute Ni Shinrockru
Kawamura
Nippon Yuzu Kaishai
Hyogo Maru
Mizutani Shinrockru
Bonan
Isbil
Czar Welcomes Kaiser Reval in Russian Harbor Meeting
August 6 1905 Emperor William II of Germany arrived in the roadstead at Kronstadt. The Standart carried the two emperors to a private conference while German ships and Russian battleships fired salutes. William later visited the Hohenzollern and was received aboard by the Czar and Grand Duke Alexis.
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London
Victoria and Albert
King Edward
Cowes
Portsmouth
Charles Frederick Hotham
Baker Creed Russell
Victoria Station
Reval
Russia
William
Germany
Standart
Hohenzollern
Prinz Heinrich
Nymphe
Alexis
Twelve Boys Die of Promatine Poisoning at China Mission School
Twelve boys at the China Inland Mission School in Che Foo died from promatine poisoning after a chicken pie served at the school July 7. Several pies were prepared. one was bad. Many boys and teachers fell ill, initially suspected as cholera, but confirmed as promatine poisoning.
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Victoria
China
China Inland Mission School
Che Foo
Japan Tea Growers Warn After Shizuoka Resolution
The central Tea Guild warns producers in Tokyo and nationwide over over production and coarse manufacture. It cites the abolition of the United States war tax boosting exports and says foreign complaints could end trade benefits from the tax repeal.
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Tokio
Tea Guild
Shizuoka
Prince de Sagan and Comte Mareilly Fined for Assault
The Correctional Court in Paris fined the Prince de Sagan 00 francs and the Comte de Mareilly 100 francs for a premeditated assault on Maitre Barboux on July 17. The attack followed Mme. de Gast's court dismissal over a photograph connected to a painting titled The Masked Woman.
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Paris
Prince de Sagan
Comte de Mareilly
Maitre Barboux
Mme. de Gast
Cholera Spreads in Manchuria as Death Toll Rises
Cholera sweeps Manchuria with alarming rapidity. In Harbin deaths run between 100 and 1% daily, mainly Chinese. Fears grow of spread to Irkutsk and Vladivostok as Russian sanitary precautions prove inadequate.
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ST. Petersburg
Manchuria
Harbin
Irkutsk
Vladivostock
Firmin Gains Support in Haiti Amid Reinforcements
August 6 report from Port au Prince says government troops move to reinforce forces defeated at Petit Grave. General Simon, head of the South Department from Aux Cayes, declares support for General Firmin.
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Port AU Prince
Petit Grave
Simon
Department of the South
Aux Cayes
Firmin
Earthquake Shocks British Vessel at Sea near Le Havre
The British steamer Homer reporting from Santos to Queenstown on July 20 near 39N 36W felt a severe earthquake shock that caused compasses to whirl. The tremor lasted about four seconds aboard the Homer, while in the voyage from Santos to Queenstown. The Christine, en route from Francisco, was nearby when the disturbance occurred.
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Havre
France
Homer
Santos
Christine
Francisco
Queenstown
Cholera in Manila and Islands Reported Spread by Flies
The May 15 1902 report from the Philippine Islands Board of Health details 1005 Asiatic cholera cases in Manila with 800 deaths and 205 recoveries from March 20 to May 15. It notes hospital treatment, fly control efforts, sanitary inspectors, and limited spread to nearby provinces. No bubonic plague cases have occurred since March 6.
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Washington
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Board of Health of
Philippine Islands
Manila
L. M. Maus
Board of Health
San Lazaro Grounds
Calle Herran
Senores Trinidad Jurado
Bertrand de Lis
Maus
Sisters of Charity
Esteros
Batangas
Laguna
Rizal
Santa Cruz
Binang
Binangonan
Battle of Bayan and Manila Newspapers Report
War Department copies describe the Bayan Mindanao fight where Colonel Baldwin’s forces enveloped the fort. Troops reached the fort amid heavy resistance, many killed, and about forty survivors from five hundred defenders. Also noted is the May 30 killing of five Troop M, Fifth Cavalry men by ladrones and a native confession listing nine aiding natives.
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Washington
Manila
War Department
Bayan
Mindanao
Baldwin
Alamo
Fifth Cavalry
Philippine Army implements supply order for Philippines division
General Chaffee issues a directive from Washington directing the shipment of the San Francisco medical depot supplies for the Philippines. The order calls for rigorous discipline and efficiency, stressing careful instruction, neat appearance, and attention to minor conduct, and urges officers to learn Spanish and the local dialect.
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Washington
Chaffee
Division of the Philippines
Secretary of War
San Francisco
Philippines
War Department
Tur PurLaper PHIA Times City and State News
The Philadelphia focused Tur PurLaper PHIA Times provides daily city and state items with informative not sensational reporting. It highlights local government actions, civic events, and regional notices relevant to Philadelphia and Pennsylvania readers.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pictorial Magazine Feature in Tue Puitaperruta Times
An illustrated supplement to Sundays edition produced uniquely for Tue Puitaperruta Times. It presents original photographs printed on heavy magazine stock by a special press and is not syndicated from other newspapers.
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Tue Puitaperruta Times
World News Collaboration Highlights Global Coverage
Philadelphia Times reports from London Paris and Berlin with a news alliance including The New York Times and The London Times. The partnership promises comprehensive world news through multiple capitals and bureaus.
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Philadelphia Times
London
Paris
Berlin
New York Times
The
London Times
Review of Books Nother weekly literary supplement
Nother tabloid Sunday supplement offers a comprehensive weekly record for readers writers illustrators and booksellers with special articles by well known and authoritative writers.
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New York City
Philippine Scouts to be trained as teachers and instructed
The paper notes that intelligent and competent enlisted men will serve as teachers. Philippine Scouts are also to receive instruction in parts of the articles of war relevant to their duties.
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Philippine Scouts
Ambassadors and intrigues swirl over White’s Berlin move
Rumors tie Ambassador White’s possible Berlin posting to a broader reshuffle. The report notes White’s long service and recent family tragedies including his son’s suicide and a divorce scandal involving his daughter, alongside other royal and military appointments and a young Duke’s finances and furlough.
General Sumner Relieved in North Philippines Command
The War Department transfers Brigadier General Samuel S. Sumner from the Department of North Philippines to command the Seventh Separate Brigade as relief for Brigadier General George W. Davis who moves to Manila. Brigadier General J. Franklin Bell takes temporary command of the North Philippines department.
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Washington
War Department
Samuel S. Sumner
Department of North Philippines
Seventh Separate Brigade
George W. Davis
Manila
J. Franklin Bell
Filipino convicted of murder commuted to long term imprisonment
Information from the War Department states Pedro Capua a Filipino native was convicted by a military commission at Tanauan Batangas P I of complicity in the murder of Second Lieutenant Paul D Stockley Twenty first Infantry in Batan gas province in January 1900 and was sentenced to be hanged General Chaffee commuted the sentence to imprisonment at hard labor for thirty years.
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Washington
War Department
Pedro Capua
Tanauan
Batangas
P. I
Paul D. Stockley
Chaffee
Capua
Maligi Island Named Military Prison In Laguna Bay
Maligi Island in Laguna de Bay is designated as a military prison for general prisoners replacing the Presidio de Manila. The Maligi facility, a Spanish era legacy, has a 400 prisoner capacity.
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Washington
Maligi Island
Laguna de Bay
Presidio de
Chaffee Establishes Military Prison on Malizi Island
General Chaffee informs the War Department of a new military prison on Malizi Island in Laguna de Bay with a capacity of 400 inmates and selection of site by the army.
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Chaffee
Washington
General Chaffee
War Department
Malizi Island
Laguna de Bay
Mystery in drowning shocks Washington businessman found in Potomac
The body of William W. Trankler, a local shoe store owner in the southeast city, was found in the Potomac River near Thirteenth street. He appeared to have been in the water over 36 hours and was last seen at his shop Monday evening in good health while preparing for a vacation. The death is listed as a mystery.
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Washington
William W. Trankler
Potomac Tiver
Thirteenth Street
Trahkler
Ordnance Board Considers Trials and Budget Increase
The Board of Ordnance and Fortifications met in Washington to review new inventions offered for trial. It likely will recommend raising the annual appropriation from 100000 to 200000 for experiments and trials of ordnance and materials. The new field gun was not presented for consideration this session.
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Washington
Board of Ordnance and Fortifications
Treasury rules wood and fruit imports from Isle of Pines act as other regions
The Treasury Department states that hardwoods fruits and other merchandise entering the United States from the Isle of Pines are dutiable at the same rates as similar goods from elsewhere. The ruling awaits treaty settlement with Cuba over the island’s national allegiance under the Spain era agreement.
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Washington
Treasury Department
United States
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Spain
Cuba Adopts Free Import of Cheese Cloth
Minister Squiers reports to the State Department that Cuba has changed its tariff to admit cheese cloth duty free. Previously the duty ranged from 15 to 50 cents per kilogram under the old law.
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Cuba
Washington
Squiers
State Department
Diavolo Poised for Recovery After Aquarium Accident
American bicyclist Diavolo fell during a looping the loop at the Aquarium last night. He was taken to Westminster Hospital and passed a good night there, with expectations of a full recovery.
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London
Diavolo
Aquarium
Westminster Hospital
Kruger Visits Steyn at Scheveningen
August 6 report that former President Kruger of the Transvaal Republic went to Scheveningen to visit President Steyn of the Orange Free State. The two leaders met amid European mediation efforts and regional tensions.
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Hwague
Pormer
Kruger
Transvaal Republic
Scheveningen
Steyn
Orange Free
Resignation of Ambassador White Effective November Seventh
The State Department received Ambassador White's resignation from Berlin this morning and forwarded it to the President. The resignation takes effect on November 7.
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Washington
Ambassador White
Berlin
State Department
Trade Losing London Says Board of Trade Report
The Board of Trade commercial department issued a report comparing Great Britain with the United States and Germany. It finds America and Germany growing faster due to population increases, raising competition in neutral and home markets. The study warns Britain must intensify business efforts to maintain prominence.
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London
Commercial Department
the Board of Trade
Great Britain
United States
Germany
America
Archduchess Ends Betrothal To Duke Siegfried of Bavaria
August 6 report says Archduchess Marie Annonciade of Austria and Duke Siegfried of Bavaria broke their engagement by mutual agreement, with court notes that she took the initiative after learning his habits. The Archduchess, niece of the Austrian emperor, is devout and devoted to education and leads a Prague nunnery.
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Elizabeth of Austria
Munich
Berlin
Marie Annonciade
Austria
Siegfried
Bavaria
Ror
Prague
Troops Rout Ladrones Near Mariveles Luzon
August 6 Manila report says a detachment of the Thirteenth Infantry defeated a band of Ladrones near Mariveles in Bataan Province. The insurgents, linked to the Katipunan movement, attacked from cover but were dispersed. Police in Manila and surrounding provinces have arrested twenty suspects. native constabulary active against the group.
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Manila
Thirteenth Infantry
Marivelez
Bataan
Luzon
Thirteenth
Katipuan
Bulacan
Rizal
Cavite
New Ruler for Ireland Heads to Irish Lord Lieutenancy
London August 6 It is believed the Earl of Dudley will succeed Earl Cadogan as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, signaling a major shift in governance and oversight for Ireland.
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Earl of Dudley
Cadogan
London
Barl Cadogan
Ireland
Sagasta Signals Possible Retirement Timing
Madrid August 6 Premier Sagasta answered questions on retirement saying he has earned a rest but would relinquish office only under circumstances. He stated he is best judge of when to retire and would be guided by evolving events.
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Madrid
Sagasta
Fae
Viceroy of Sze-Chuen Deposed in Edict
Protests by foreign ministers over Sze-Chuen advance to an edict that removes the Viceroy and several minor officials. Tsen-Chun-Suan, named Governor of Shan-Li, succeeds to the Sze-Chuen viceroyalty.
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Pekin
Sze-Chuen
Tsen- Chun-Suan
Shan-Li
Sze- Chuen
Lloyds In Ship Combine Approves Amalgamation Plans
The North German Lloyd Line shareholders meet in Bremen and confirm changes to articles of association for the merger with the shipping combine and authorize a 2.5 million dollar debenture bond loan.
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Bremen
North German
Lloyd Line
Shipping Combine
Geo B Newton & Co Best Coal Prompt Delivery
Geo B Newton & Co promotes coal quality and fast delivery from the North American Building office.
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GEO. B. Newton & CO
Best Coal
North American Building
Chinese Students Angry as Minister Seeks Protection
The Chinese Minister to Japan has asked police protection after Chinese students failed to gain admission to military schools without a guarantee. They protested at the legation demanding his resignation if delay continued. Newspapers question whether the minister blocks Chinese education in Japan amid 600 students already in the country.
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London
Japan
Tokio
The
Times
Legation
Castro's Ship Damaged Off Caribbean Coast
A schooner carrying Mauser rifles and ammunition to Maracaibo for President Castro of Venezuela put into Puerto Cabezo in a sinking condition. Reported plot on board blamed for the mishap as 4,000,000 cartridges and 10,000 Mauser rifles were received, with half shipped to Maracaibo by schooner last Saturday.
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Williamstadt
Curacao
Maracaibo
Castro
Venezuela
Puerto CabeHo
Hendrik Mesdag dies. famed Dutch seascape painter
Hendrik Willem Mesdag, renowned Dutch seascape painter, died in Amsterdam at age 87. Born 1831 in Groningen, he gained late start but rapid early success after key works and spent his career in The Hague with a noted studio. His late nineteenth century sea depictions were widely recognized in Europe.
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Amsterdam
Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Cheades
Groeningen
Hague
Mesdag Cong
Europe
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