Sultan gives up Thessaly as peace talks move forward
London dispatch reports conflicting news on Constantinople peace progress with expectations of Greece and Turkey settling in about a week. Turkish army disciplined in Thessaly, 20 000 Macedonian peasants occupy abandoned villages, while Greek residents flee mountains fearing massacre. Transvaal raid inquiry attacked by press over missing cables and Parliament’s handling. King of Siam to visit New York after Rome jubilee and voyage to the United States. Japan orders a new battleship to rival British designs.
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Constantinople
Associated Press
Turkey
Thessaly
Greece
Navy Department
Athens
Kalkis
Erochori
Skiathos
Ethnike Hetairia
National League of Greece
Melas
Great Britain
Transvaal
Rutherford Harris
Cecil Rhodes
England
Daily News
Colonial Office
Sir Hercules Robinson
Lord Rosemead
Cape Colony
Lord Grey
Chamberlain
Rhodes
Siam
Chulalongkorn I
Rome
New York
Maha Chakshri
United States
American
San Francisco
Japan
Clyde
Jupiter
Magnificent
Majestic
Mars
Wilmington Social Scene Highlights Enormous Wedding Rush
Telegram reports a wave of society events in Wilmington over the past week including two notable weddings at Rockford and St Andrew’s Church with prominent families such as Bringhurst du Pont Hills and Bayard among attendees. Receptions at Winterthur and a Wilmington Club welcome for Ambassador Bayard capped a busy season of post commencement entertainments.
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Wilmington
Edith Bringhurst
Edward Bringhurst
Alexander Sellers
Rockford
George C. Hall
St. John's Episcopal Church
Bringhurat Mansion
Rodgers Wilson
Marguerite Gause
J. Rodney Gause
Joseph P. Wales
James A. Draper, Jr
Sydney Young
Howard Mohr
George Justice
Arthur Nowlin
Richard
Anna Sellers
Katherine Febiger
Reynolds Wilson
St. Andrew's Church
Adeline Robbins Hill
George Cait Butts
Norwich
Conn
Dr. Murray
Martha’ Higginson Hills
Louise EB. du Pont
Helen Gilman Nichols
Cambridge
Mary Richards
Sara
Atherton Hille
George E. Hills
Boston
John Taylor
Gilman Nichols
William A. Norton
Charles Amos Johnson
Alexis I. du Pont
Charles Copeland
John M. Johnson
Edwin A. Hills
John T. Giiman Nichols
Mass
Duncan Smith
New York
Henry L. Butts
New Jersey Republicans choose five delegates for Detroit
The Republican State League of Clubs met in Trenton and selected five delegates to the national convention of Republican clubs in Detroit on July 13. Delegates are B. B. Howell, Louis T. Derousse, Harry F. E. Gledhill, John P. Landrine, and Edmund C. Hill. A biennial convention plan was adopted and a September statewide gathering was set with five delegates per club as the basis of representation.
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Trenton
Republican State League of Clubs
Republican Club
New Jersey
Republican Clubs
Detroit
B. B. Howell
New Brunswick
Louis T. Derousse
Camden
Harry FE. Gledhill
Paterson
John P. Landrine
Jersey City
Edmund C. Hill
Master’s decision upheld in railroad receivership case
Judge Dallas in the U S Circuit Court upheld the master’s report and dismissed the Central Car Trust Company’s exceptions in its action against the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company receivers. The petition sought an order on the Reading receiver to pay mileage earnings claimed under contracts involving railroad equipment managed by H H Kingston, receiver of the Pennsylvania Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad.
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Dallas
United States
Central Car Trust Company
Car Trust Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Reading Company
H. H. Kingston
Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad Company
Kinkora A Complete Loss After Ship Goes Ashore
London reports confirm the British ship Kinkora under Captain McMurtry sank after going ashore on Clipperton Island while en route from Vancouver to London. The vessel was wrecked beyond salvage with boats smashed and the crew stranded on the island.
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London
McMurtry
Vancouver
Ao Option
Clipperton Island
Delegates Tour Manufactories and Civic Sights in Philadelphia
Delegates from the International Trade Congress toured Philadelphia factories including Allison Manufacturing Company in West Philadelphia and visited Fairmount Park and the Washington monument. They planned exhibits on export trade logistics and a December or January display with maps, photos, and sample goods for South American trade.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Allison Manufacturing Company
West Philadelphia
Fairmount Park
Jones
Gartol
Fanciulli Not To Be Court Martialed In Washington
Professor Fanciulli, leader of the Marine Band, who was arrested on Decoration Day, will not face court-martial. He conducted a fine concert on the White House grounds drawing over 5,000 spectators and strong applause amid protests of a lieutenant of marines.
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Washington
Professor Fanciulli
Marine Band
White House
Roop Will Admitted to Probate Estate valued at $100000
The will of Mary Roop widow of Samuel W Roop who died last May was admitted to probate yesterday by Register of Wills Smithers. Letters testamentary were granted to Joseph C Roop her son. The estate is valued at about $100000 with a $30000 trust for her son and a reversion of principal to his children on his death.
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Mary Roop
Samuel W. Roop
Joseph C. Roop
Washington Notes and Naval Trial Announcements
Secretary Bliss departed for New York yesterday afternoon and will return Monday. The final trial of torpedo boat Porter is set for next Tuesday over Long Island Sound. Argentine wheat exports show a notable drop in reports to the State Department. Merchants' National Bank of Kittanning, Pa., authorized to begin business with 50 000 dollars capital.
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Bliss
New York
Long Island Sound
Argentine Republic
State Department
Merchants’ National Bank
Kittanning
Murderer Kohl Freed by New Jersey Court Order
Supreme Court Justice Depue ordered the discharge of Henry Kohl from Essex county jail after the Court of Errors and Appeals ordered a new trial for the murder of his cousin Joseph Preinel. With the principal witness dead, prosecutors delayed a retrial and Kohl was released.
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Newark
N. J
Supreme Court
Depue
Essex County
Henry Kohl
Joseph Preinel
Court of Errors and Appeals
Kobi
Crane
Henry Served
Kohl
Reformed Church Synod Reports on Finances and Growth
The Reformed Church Synod in Asbury Park reports financial changes from the year with denominational contributions at 204,889 and other objects at 100,754 while congregational gifts total 1,088,321. It notes 29 new Sunday schools with 3,688 pupils, 150 more infant baptisms, but 160 fewer adult baptisms, and lists 634 churches 58,371 families and 107,060 communicants represented.
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Asbury Park
Reformed Church Synod
Thompson
Dickinsons Commencement Opens with Junior Oratorical Contest
Carlisle Pa June 5 The fourteenth Dickinson College commencement began with the junior oratorical contest in Bosler Hall Dr Reed presiding The program included speeches on topics such as Grant as a Military Genius History and Nature of Mesmerism Dangers to American Citizenship and The Work of Franklin for the Colonies President Reed will deliver the baccalaureate in Allison Memorial Church tomorrow at 10 30 A M The law school commencement and baccalaureate by Chief Justice Lore of Delaware follow Monday afternoon.
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Carlisle
Dickinson College
Bosler Hall
Reed
Grant
Harry C. Hubler
H. I. Huber
John D. Bacon
John Dickinson
Fred L. Kriebel
Germany
C. O. Ford
Robert EB. Lee
George W. Sheetz
Franklin
Colonies
Samuel McWilliams
Allison Memorial Church
Law
Justice Lore
Delaware
Governor signs gas frontage bill and consolidation acts
Special Telegram to The Times from Curacao notes Governor Tanner signed several bills, including the gas frontage measure and consolidation acts. The Allen Street Railway bill has not reached him yet, but reports indicate he will sign it, possibly by Monday or Tuesday.
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Tanner
Curcaco
Allen Street Railway
Benedict's Yacht Sails With Ex President Cleveland
New London Conn June 5 Ex President Grover Cleveland was aboard E C Benedict's steam yacht Oneida which anchored last night and left at noon today. The party did not come ashore and only a boat carried morning papers ashore. The Oneida is bound for Buzzard's Bay.
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New London
Conn
E. C. Benedict
Oneida
Grover Cleveland
Buzzard’s Bay
Pennsylvania Railroad Publishes 1897 Summer Excursion Route Book
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company issues its 1897 summer excursion route book on June 1. It details over four hundred resorts, more than fifteen hundred routes, and fare rates with maps and illustrations. Copies cost ten cents at ticket offices or twenty cents by mail.
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The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
America
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street
Mall
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promises Vitality
An endorsement touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for malnutrition and nervous weakness. It claims the medicine strengthens digestion and blood formation, boosts natural recovery, and improves stamina without nerve paralysis or fatty loss. Mrs. Ella Howell of Derby Indiana testifies to dramatic restoration after three physicians failed.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden
Ella Howell
Derby
Perry Co
Ind
Senate Confronts Sugar Schedule Amid Tariff Debate
Senators Bacon and West clash over tariff doctrine as the Senate pauses the tariff bill to tackle the sugar schedule. The lumber provision, restoring wood to the dutiable list at $2 per 1000 feet, sparks extended debate with Georgia figures Bacon and West differing on policy, while Clay critiques the sugar schedule and bill overall.
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West
Baron von Hengelmalier
Austria-Hungary
Washington
Senate
Georgia
South
Mr. Clay
Sugar Schedule Delays In Senate Tariff Action
Washington dispatch says the Senate opened with a protest from Austria Hungary about sugar schedule discrimination in the tariff bill. The wood schedule was finalized and the tax on saw logs and timber provisions debated, while the sugar schedule awaits extended consideration after an executive session.
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Senate
Washington
Secretary
Austria-Hungary
Baron von Hengelmuller
Vest
Austria- Hungary
Finance Committee
Wis
West
Allison
Musicales Entertained by Philadelphia School of Music
A score of attractive young women in handsome gowns performed at a musicale in the New Century Drawing Rooms last evening. The program included twenty one numbers with participants Misses Knipe Nole Towa Gillard on Lippincott Breyer Blick Kelly Holsbaur ain Metz Steinmetz Moran Phy Webb Heysinger Dolson Moyer Gaskell ferry Hay Gabel and Messrs Cole mith Schell.
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New Century
Knipe
Nole
Towa
Gillardon
Lippincott
Breyer
Blick
Kelly
Holsbauer
Ain
Metz
Steinmetz
Moran
Phy
Webb
Heysinger
Dolson
Moyer
Casgeferry
Hay
Political Notes and Rumors Stir City Politics
Rumors swirl about a possible push for a McKinley appointment for Magistrate South's son and prospects for various local offices. The Afro-American League remains factional, while Sheriff Crow completes a weeks long health visit. BeDUbromn nominating fights, ward indecisions, and indictments of officials color the scene as leaders jockey for Register of Wills, City Treasurer, and other posts.
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South
United States Military Academy
McKinley
Sheriff Crow
All Cured Of Kidney Disease Says Philadelphia Wool Merchant
A Philadelphia wool merchant Samuel Walsh and his family report cure from kidney disease after using Munyon's Kidney Cure. Walsh notes his wife, son, and himself suffered and could hardly move at times, but all are now relieved and can work. The account comes from Munyon offices as part of many testimonials.
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Chamberlain
Johannesburg
Saturday Review
House of Commons
the Spectator
William T. Stead
Stead
Bright
Samuel Walsh
S. Tenth St
Cure
Philadelphia
Munyon
South Tenth Street
Restaurant proprietor touts Munyon's Kidney Cure relief
Mr James H Shepley of 1240 Ridge Avenue Philadelphia describes two years of constant kidney pains. He tried remedies and doctors but found no relief until one bottle of Munyon's Kidney Cure provided complete relief and made him feel like a different man.
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James H. Shepley
Ridge Avenue
Philadelphia
Munyon
Mrs Hirst Credits Munyon Remedies For Relief
Mrs Hirst of 215 Vine Street Philadelphia reports long catarrh and nervous trouble, saying Munyon Remedies cured both ailments and that several friends used the remedy with beneficial results.
Democratic Primaries in Berks County Vote Count
In Reading on June 5 the Democratic primaries for delegates to the county convention nominated candidates for Recorder of Deeds, Coroner, Prothonotary and Prison Inspector with contests across wards resulting in a large turnout. In a separate item a Lehigh Valley wreck near Kennedy's broke the line. eleven cars derailed blocking track and trains diverted with no injuries.
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the Times
Boston
Lehigh Valley Road
Kennedy
Jailbreak at Lewisburg Prisoners Escape by Force
George Eisenhower and Harry Rupert escaped from Lewisburg prison by prying a cell door and firing iron bars from a window. Both are residents of Williamsport and were confined there.
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the Times
Williamsport
George Eisenhower
Harry Rupert
Lewisburg
Burglars Target St Charles Hotel in Shamokin
Burglars entered the St Charles Hotel in Shamokin by removing a kitchen window last night and stole $400 in cash and household items.
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Shamokin
the Times
St. Charles
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East Walden
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White City
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le Spruce St
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Kaier Brewing Company
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