Jubilation to Sweep Commons If Balfour Declares Peace
Londoners anticipate a Balfour statement promising peace in South Africa and an end to the war. Previews suggest a national celebration surpassing Mafeking relief, with seats in the House of Commons already filled and streets ready for revelry.
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London
England
Balfour
House of Commons
Tomorow
South Africa
Mafeking
White Chapel
East End
Strand
A. J. Balfour
United Kingdom
Lord Kitchener
Earl
America’s Two Great Cities Compared By New York World
The New York World cites Chicago and New York figures showing New York's larger population and wealth share. It contrasts urban extents, streets, parks, schools, marriages, births, deaths, valuations, saloon income, and public debt to illustrate relative scales and spending between the two metropolises.
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New York
Chicago
United States
Chicago Record Herald Avi
Chicrgo
Roosevelt Lectures as Electric Car Passes Dupont Circle
The article describes President Roosevelt arriving at Dupont Circle to an electric car sighting while he continues his lecture. The scene includes mention of George Westinghouse and a reference to the late J Tetaslos, with the text capturing a vivid streetside moment from the event.
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8. Y
Roovelt
Dupont Circle
George Westing
J Tetaslos
Liberia coaling station eyed by United States
The United States cruiser San Francisco surveys Liberia for a possible coaling station amid negotiations with Monrovia authorities. If agreed, tensions may rise with France and Germany while Britain shows no protest. A Liberian cabinet member's son faced hotel discrimination in London as Americans' influence grows.
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London
Associated Press
United States
San Francisco
West African Republic of
Liberia
Asa Walker
Washington
Montgomery
Monrovia
France
Germany
Great Britain
Bloomsbury
Memorial to Arch Forbes unveiled at St Pauls Cathedral
Field Marshal Lord Wolseley unveiled a memorial tablet to war correspondent Archibald Forbes in St Pauls crypt. Attending were Forbess widow General Sir Evelyn Wood and US Naval Attaché Commander Richardson Clover. Forbes, died March 30 1900, served with the Royal Dragoons and wrote for the London Times News.
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London
Lord Wolseley
Archibald Forbes
St. Paul's Cathedral
Evelyn Wood
Richardson Clover
United States
Royal Dragoons
Spain
Prince of Wales
India
Forbes
Gordon
Napoleon
Louisa
General Montgomery
Russia's Slumbering Fires in June Chautauqua
In Russia student disturbances persist with Moscow and other cities seeing factory workers join. Demands focus on education and university reforms, while revolutionists push anti autocratic appeals. Hundreds are arrested, many jailed or exiled by administrative order. Assassination of Interior Minister Sipiaguine sparks further unrest. Public discussion is banned. foreign papers note intense dissatisfaction and alienation among educated classes. Absolutism wanes though peasant passivity keeps revolution remote. the government uses stern repression, and many blame the czar’s ignorance of the crisis.
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Krom
Chautauqua
Russia
Moscow
M. Sipiaguine
Warsaw
Novoye Vremya
Russian artist lauds Wood in Cuba in Journal of Commerce
Vassili Verestchagin, the Russian painter in Cuba, praises General Wood and the American administration. He calls Wood a natural administrator and compares his Cuba mission to Hercules cleaning the Augean stables. He criticizes Cubans as politically immature and ungrateful.
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Cuba
Journal of Commerce
Wood
Amercan
Vassili Verestchagin
Battle of
San Juan
General Wood
Hercules
Connaught's Duke May Be Army Chief
The Duke of Connaught, brother to King Edward, is praised as a capable and diligent officer with broad popularity among British troops. The piece argues royal leadership could better direct the army, citing his War Office tenure, reform-minded conduct, and personal rapport with soldiers.
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Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Lord Robert
Lord Roberts
General Buller
Lord Milner
Connaught
Philadelphia Times
London
United States
Duke of Connaught
Edward
Daily Xpress
Prince Arthur
Duke of Conna
Wiltshire
Woolwich
Royal Engineers
Barehery
Riflegade
Whhch
Seventh Hussars
Aldershot
Cavalry
Rifle Brigade
Buccleuch
Many Named as Pruncefote's Successor
London dispatch discusses possible successors to Lord Pauncefote as U S ambassador in Washington. Names include Lord Grey Lord Minto and Alfred Lytleton with regional figures like Lord Curzon and Lord Cromer noted as prominent but less practical options. The debate centers on finding a highly experienced publicist lawyer with broad diplomatic sense.
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New Tee
London
Zollverein
Lord Pauncefote
Washington
Lord Curzon
India
Lord Cromer
Egypt
Lord Grey
Ile
Roosevelt
Michael Herbert
Parle
Edward Monson
Henry Howard
Thomas H. Sanderson
Foreign Office
Sir Thomas
Francis Hyde Villers
Lord Minto
Canada
Alfred Lytleton
Forliament
the Spectator
Lytleton
Spectator
Austrian Iron Combine Formed In Vienna
Vienna reports the completion of an Austrian iron combine on May 31. The group will become operative only after Hungarian iron firms form a similar alliance, signaling a cross border consolidation in European steel interests.
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Vienna
China to honor Goodnow Pekin
The government plans to award a decoration to John Goodnow United States Consul General at Shanghai for services in maintaining peace in the Central Provinces of China in 1900 Chou Fu treasurer of Chi Li named governor of Shan Tung with pro foreign views and ability
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Pekin
John Goodnow
United States
Shanghai
China
Chou-Fu
Chi-Li
Shan-Tung
DANGER LURKS IN CHINA Special Cablegram 1902
London May 31 The Vatican envoy in Southern China Mon signor Paserini says harmony is only surface and a vast European uprising is being prepared. Dispatches from Chinese centers carry distrustful undertones outside Dr Morrison s Times. Germans and Russians may view recent so called friendly Chinese expressions with suspicion rather than bad faith and territorial aims.
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New York
London
Monsignor Paserini
Vatican
China
Morrison
Times
Horse Owners Protest Tax on Oats and Maize in London
A deputation representing owners of about half a million horses met Chancellor Sir Michael Hicks Beach and protested grain taxes. He refused exemptions, arguing horse food costs rise with general grain, and wartime prices will ease with peace. He blamed the maize spike on a poor American harvest.
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London
Michael Hicks-Beach
America
Spanish cabinet reshuffle names Suares In clan as agriculture minister
Madrid May 31. Senor Suares In clan appointed Minister of Agriculture succeeding Senor Canalejan who resigned after a dispute with colleagues over a bill to curb clerical power.
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Madrid
Senor Suares Inclan
Senor Canalejan
Desert tribes attack Arabs near Al Salah Oasis
A small detachment of friendly Arabs under a French lieutenant, returning to Al Salah after punishing a Tuareg raiding band, was attacked by about 300 Tuaregs near Diless. The Tuaregs were routed, leaving seven dead.
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Algiprs
Algeria
al- Salah
Sahara
Diless
Week's End Full of Peril for Kings
London dispatch notes a pattern of royal and presidential assassinations. Sunday is linked to many deaths while Saturday also sees key attacks. The piece cites Tsar Alexander II, President Carnot, King Humbert, Shah Nasreddin, Senor Canovas, and President Faure, with Garfield and McKinley on Saturdays. It also discusses taxes on foreign artists and a royal invitation to Foundling Hospital children for the coronation procession and dining at Marlborough House.
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Tsar Alexander Sr
Carnot
Humbert
Shah Nasr-ed-Deen
Senor Canovas
Faure
Garfield
Austria
McKinley
Alfonso
London
Foundling Hospital
Guilford Street
Marlaborough House
Vans
Americans Avoid London Yet Again in Global Debates
A lengthy dispatch notes British debates on national expenditure and select committees, arguing ministers would bear the responsibility for tax and defense decisions. It highlights Lord Ronaldshay’s forthcoming book on Asia and mentions Brunner Mond’s dividend and planned holidays, plus a cycle boom with extra Coventry trains for bikes.
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Lord Ronaldshar
Zetland
Himalayas
Kashmir
England
Russia
South Asia
Lord Ronaldshay
India
Brunner-Mond Chemical Company
Coventry
Salisbury Refuses King's Peerage Demand Over Cassel
London May 31 Royal gossip centers on a tiff between Lord Salisbury and King Edward after the King urged a peerage for Sir Ernest Cassel for a 200000 pound gift for consumptions cure. A stormy Buckingham Palace interview ended with Salisbury leaving the banquet vacant.
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London
Lord Salisbury
Edward
Ernest Cassel
Ernest
Buckinham Palace
Parade viewed by Shah amid Potsdam garrison display
In Potsdam the garrison parade ran through the Lustgarten before Emperor William and Prince Henry. The Shah of Persia watched the military pageant from a window of the Stadt Schloss as the march past began opposite the statue of King Frederick William I.
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Potsdam
Lustgarten
Emperor William
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Frederick William T
Persia
Stadt Schloss
Conservatives gain majority in new Canadian House
Reports from Manitoulin indicate the Conservatives have been elected to form the new House, which will sit with 51 Liberals and 47 Conservatives, a government majority of four. The previous House had a Liberal majority of 11.
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Toronto
Ont
Manitoulin
Charles Clark Thread Co. President Improves After Illness
William Clark of Clark Thread Company Newark New Jersey, beset by gout and influenza in Bath, reported to have passed a good night and shown improvement today.
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London
William Clark
Clark Thread Company
Newark
N. J
Bath
Wilhelmina Enjoys First Outing Since Illness
Queen Wilhelmina made her first public outing since illness, visiting Castle Loo Park in The Hague on May 41, spending time outdoors and signaling recovery.
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the Hague
Qeueen Wilhelmina
Castle Loo Park
Danish cruiser Valkyriem sails from St Thomas for home
The Danish cruiser Valkyriem left St Thomas for home yesterday. Mr. Wands, a representative of the St Louis Exposition, arrived in Guayaquil Ecuador yesterday. Free a ag 7 hie
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St. Thomas
Mr. Wands
St. Louis Exposition
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Americans Flock to Oxford and Stratford Amid High London Costs
London letters note many Americans pause in London during Eight Week. Emphasis on Oxford and the Christened College Quad due to Cecil Rhodes bequest. Tourists shift to Stratford and Warwick for cheaper stays as hotel prices soar and weather dampens plans. Many Americans attend flower shows and social events while Derby and coronation week draw crowds. notable visitors include W. Endicott and General Wheeler.
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London
England
Stratford
Warwick
Oxford
Baedeker
Oriel College
Ceri Rhodes
Ownford
Temple Gardens
Pierpont Morgan
Westminster
Burdette Coutts
Brookfield
Cook
Epsom Downs
Carlton
Hyde Park Court Hotel
Walsingham House
Automobilist Appeals From Fine In Fairmount Park
Dr. A. Packard of Eighteenth Street below Walnut appeals a May 1 fine of 85 for fast driving in Fairmount Park. He seeks relief in Common Pleas Court No. 5 from the Magistrate Brien’s Senate judgment. J Paul filed the appeal as Seneuit for the defense.
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A. Packard
Walnut
Brien
Fairmount Park
Common Pleas Court
Senate
J. Paul
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