No Cheers for the Emperor at Tempelhof Parade
From Bern dated June 5 a report on the Tempelhof spring parade in Berlin notes heavy police control banning traffic and excluding crowds. The Emperor and Empress faced hoots and dispersal as the Empress suffered headaches. the event led to claims of police excess and a political fallout tied to the Von Tausch trial and Foreign Minister Marschall von Bieberstein. US Ambassador Uhl and John Foster attended as invited spectators.
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Bern
Tempelhof
Queen Victoria
Bayreuth Dragoons
Order of the Black Eagle
William I
Frederick III
United States
Uhl
John. W. Foster
Baron Marschall
von Tausch
William
Emperor
Baron Marshall
Herr Richter
Freisinnige Zeitung
Prince Hohenlohe
Big Purchase of Bonds by Baltimore Bankers
Alexander Brown & Son of Baltimore agreed to buy 4 million dollars of Union Traction Company bonds. The Pittsburgh based concern forms a union of Second Avenue Traction, Pleasant Valley, and Pittsburgh Allegheny Manchester Traction. The new company plans 10 million in five percent bonds plus 3 million preferred and 7 million common stock. Brown & Sons may acquire substantial stock, and the union will extend the Pleasant Valley line sixty miles toward Beaver Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Alexander Brown & Son
Union Traction Company
Pittsburg
Second Avenue Traction Company
Pleasant Valley Company
Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester Traction Company
Maryland Trust Company
Brown & Sons
Pleasant Valley
Beaver Valley
West Newton
Coke Region
Beaver Falls
Ohio State
Sophs Cremation at Franklin Field in Class Farce
A sophomore student in the City burns in effigy as part of annual commencement rites at Franklin Field. The scene mockingly targets algebra professor George Hallet in an elaborate farce for the class's chosen course. A jury convicts the figure for the court’s calendar crimes, and the victim is burned at the stake as music and vaudeville acts punctuate the courtly mock trial.
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Frankin Field
George Hallet
Hallet
S. Rowland Morgan
Metritius Mephistopheles
Thomas B. Donaldson
Laura Blibby
Alice Appleface
George A. Sagendorph
H. Clevenger
Dean Lamberton
BE. D. Hemphill
J. Myles Gibbons
Charles R.morgan
Sagendorph
Morice
Donaldson
W. H. Parry
Courses for Doctors Open at Medical Association Day
Hospital day drew doctors to Atlantic City and campus venues for medicine and surgery courses run by the American Medical Association. Tomorrow features clinics at Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania and several hospitals with specialists in dermatology otology ophthalmology obstetrics pediatrics and genito urinary topics. Laboratory demonstrations follow at Women’s Medical College University of Pennsylvania Jefferson and Jefferson Hospital with urine analysis pathology and skiagraph demonstrations.
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Atlantic City
American Medical Association
Mutter Museum
College of Physicians
Thirteenth
Lombard Streets
Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania
Arthur van Harrington
John B. Roberts
Philadelphia Polyclinic
R. W. Seiss
J. Abbott Cantrell
Medico-Chirurgical College
Ernest Laplace
John V. Shoemaker
Jefferson Medical College
D. Braden Kyle
G. E. de Schweinitz
University of Pennsylvania
B. C. Hiret
J. P. Crozier Smith
Women's Medical College
A. A. Stevens
D. Riesmann
Jefferson Medica College
W. M. L. Coplin
Jefferson Medical College Hospital
Brooklyn porce lain proprietor Thomas Smith arrested
Thomas Smith a Brooklyn porcelain works owner and former Seventeenth Ward Bank president was arrested by U S Marshal Koch. He allegedly received 3 53.48 dollars in public funds from son in law John Corwine to cancel a private debt, and was released on $500 bail after arraignment.
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New York
Thomas Smith
Eckford Street
Green Point Avenue
Brooklyn
Seventeenth Ward Bank
United States
Koch
John Corwine
United States Navy
United States District Attorney
Roy
Corwine
Smith
Lehigh Silverites Endorse Union Harmony at Claussville Meeting
A sparsely attended Democratic county meeting in Claussville chose Lowden over Dewalt for resolutions chairman. Speeches by Ermentrout Cochran and others supported restricting federal power, promoting home rule, and free coinage. The group denounced Republican finance and urged party unity and economy.
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Allentown
Claussville
Kline
Committee On Resolutions
Lowden
Dewalt
Ermentrout
Reading
Cochran
Missouri
Pidman
Stiles
Lennon
A. G. Dewalt
Republican Party
United States
William Jennings Bryan
Philadelphia
Republicans Sweep Wilmington City Election Victory After Bitter Struggle
The Wilmington Republican ticket won decisively over Democrats who backed a Mayoralty slate. Dr. John C. Fahey was defeated by Henry C. McLear by at least 300 votes, while Henry Conrad beat Robert G. Harman by a similar margin. Voter turnout among about 1,800 negro residents was low, with roughly 500 casting ballots.
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Wilmington
John C. Fahey
Henry C. McLear
Henry ©. Conrad
Robert G. Harman
Conrad
Henry George
Saulsbury-Dickey
Fahey
Cadet Hazed at Annapolis sparks Navy hazing probe
William MacEntree, a fourth class cadet at the Naval Academy, is hospitalized with injuries after a hazing incident. Officials investigate secrecy surrounding the attack while promising actions to curb such abuse and identify any attackers who forced the incident.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
William MacEntree
Academy
McEntree
Wilmington Election Returns Show Mixed Party Control
The Republicans elect officers including Mayor Henry C. McLear and City Treasurer William H. Curry. Democrats claim seven of twelve Council seats with Republicans contesting in the Fourth ward. list of returned councilmen includes both parties across the twelve wards.
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Wilmington
Henry CC
McLear
Charles M. Leitch
William H. Curry
Henry C. Conrad
Southern
James A. Melvin
Kane
George O'Neil
M. F. Cannon
D. F. Leary
James Kane
J. W. Robertson
Henny W. Zebley
James R. Morris
Caleb 8. Watson
J. 2 Healey
Henry R. Smith
George M. Fisher
James B. Oberley
Wilmington appoints McLear as new mayor and Conrad as solicitor
Henry C. McLear, 58, a carriage and bicycle manufacturer, is elected mayor of Wilmington and has long supported the Republican party. Henry C. Conrad, a Republican lawyer, becomes the new city solicitor, previously chosen by the party for mayor but defeated by a narrow margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. McLear
Henry C. Conrad
Wilmington
Fremont
Merchan ts Bank President McConnell Commits Suicide
Ocala Florida June 5 R B McConnell former president of Merchants Bank died by self inflicted gunshot at his brother in law W K McDonald home during dinner hour after bank failure revelations by receiver G C Stapylton prompted U S Commissioner Williams to issue a warrant. Deputy James Clarke found him dead with revolver in hand. Family members grieved as city reacted to the bank crisis.
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Ocala
Fla
R. B. McConnell
Merchants’ National Bank
W. K. McDonald
G. C. Stapylton
Merchants’ Bank
McConnell
United States
G. S. Williams
James Clarke
Interchangeable mileage tickets to unite Central Passenger Association lines
Cubcano June 5 report says starting July 15 multiple railroads will issue an interchangeable mileage ticket valid on about seventy lines within the association territory. The Chicago St Paul lines face a mounting threat of a fierce rate war. External lines deny responsibility for the rate demoralization, blaming secret low rates inside the association and warn they will resist any restoration until their demands are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Central Passenger Association
Cubcano
Central Passenger Association
Chicago
Paul
Confidence Man Flees With $100 From New Brunswick Farmer
A man posing as Colonel Charles Walker of Philadelphia befriended Mahlon Perdun, a farmer near New Brunswick. He won trust, then took $100 cash and disappeared while claiming he would buy the Perdun farm. Perdun sought him in the city but found no trace. the suspect left for parts unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
New Brunswick
Charles Walker
Philadelphia
Mahlon Perdun
Perdun
Girl Fatally Struck by Streetcar in Frankford
Four year old Katie Summers was killed when she attempted to cross the Second and Third Streets line at Frankford and Madison avenues. Officials say the motorman could not stop in time as the streetcar struck the child and passed over her body, ending her life instantly.
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Katie Summers
Frankford
Madison Avenues
Engineer Jumps to Save Life in Washington Ave Collision
Engineer Isaac Willits and Conductor Frank Curley narrowly escaped death when shifting engine 751 collided with freight engine 78 near Washington avenue and Fourth street. Willits leapt across to the east bound track, spraining his ankle, while Curley escaped injury. The impact toppled cars, wrecking the third car, and a wrecker removed damaged cars by 9 p.m. Traffic was light with no serious delays.
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Isaac Willits
Frank Curley
Washington Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fourth Street
Thomas Judge
Willits
Willita
Curley
Judge
West Philadelphia
Point Te Light
Carpenter dies after Germantown fall
Robert Dean, a carpenter, fell from scaffolding at a Germantown building Friday and died yesterday at Episcopal Hospital from his injuries.
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Robert Dean
Germantown
Episcopal Hospital
Acrobat's Fatal Trapeze Fall At Howard Atheneum
Boston June 5 sensational act ended in tragedy when Mile Burnett fell from a trapeze onto the audience injuring several spectators and herself. The accident followed a risky sequence where her partner M Burnett briefly saved her before a second fall. She was taken to a hospital in serious condition with uncertain fate.
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Boston
Howard Atheneum
Mile
Burnett
Burnetts
M. Burnett
Stewart Shot in Saloon Death Cleared as Homicide Probe
Police at East One Hundred Twenty-sixth Street station say Walter Stewart was shot in the left side in William Hoffman's saloon at 34 West One Hundred Thirty-fifth Street. Hoffman confessed the shooting was accidental. he and witnesses Kay McIntyre Eugenia Johnson Walter Johnson and Oliver Johnson were questioned or held. Hoffmann was held by Magistrate Hedges in Harlem Court awaiting coroner action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
Walter Stewart
William Hoffman
West One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Street
Hoffman
Stewart
Armstrong
Hanlon
Kay A McIntyre
Eugenia
Walter
Oliver Johnson
West One Hundred and Thirty-fifth
Hedges
Harlem
Lost diamond fields rediscovered in Guerrero
Reports from Guerrero state claim the historic diamond beds have been found again. In 1822 Indians reportedly presented crystals to General Vicente Guerra who confirmed they were valuable diamonds comparable to Golconda stones. Observers expect the fields to rival South African deposits.
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Mexico City
Guerrero
Vincente Guerra
Golconda
South Africa
Aeronaut John Walters Dies After Parachute Misfortune
Centerville Iowa June 5 Aeronaut John Walters was killed this afternoon while dropping from a balloon with a parachute He became entangled in telegraph wires the parachute rope broke and he fell about forty feet dying shortly after.
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Centerville
Iowa
John Walters
Walters
No Applicants for Rutgers College Free Scholarship
The census report notes no candidates appeared for the Rutgers College free scholarship during the morning competitive examination.
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the Times
Woopsury
Rutgers College
Academy seeks 50000 to buy Cope collection for Philadelphia
Directors of the Academy of Natural Sciences urge fundraising to purchase the late Prof Edward Drinker Cope’s paleontological collection valued at 50000 dollars. If not raised the American Museum of Natural History may buy it, depriving Philadelphia of continued access to the collection here.
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Academy of Natural Sciences
Edward Drinker Cope
Academy
Cope
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Dixon
American Natural History Museum
America
Pennsylvania
Cambridge
Smithsonian
Washington
Proeisors
Europe
Firemen Quell Large Fire Behind Times Annex Building
Elevat or Walter Curlet spots flames at 812 814 Rears Street rear third floor. Policeman Moffett relays alarm as chemical engine and trucks arrive. W L Douglas Shoe Co occupies lower floor. Fire starts in an alcove storage area with chemicals. rubbish and fumes fuel the blaze and smoke pours through front windows. After half an hour, flames are out and embers checked.
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Walter Curlet
Times Annex
Rears Street
Eserve
Moffett
Chestnut Street
W. L. Douglas Shoe Company
Werner Company
Philadelphia Speen Educational Art McBride & Company
Boy Run Over by Mall Wagon Injured
Eight year old John Daveney of 2253 Carpenter Street was struck by a mall wagon at Twenty third and Carpenter streets while playing with companions. He did not see the horse until it was close and ran in front of it. The wagon passed over him and he was taken to a nearby physician for treatment.
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John Daveney
Carpenter Street
Carpenter Streets
Daveney
Skull Fracture After Bat Blow in Street Baseball Fight
Phillip McMannon of 327 Oregon Avenue was struck on the head with a baseball bat during a vacant lot game near his home. The blow fractured his skull after a dispute among players was settled by the attack.
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Phillip McMannon
Oregon Avenue
Penn Charter Champ inchl Inter-scholastic Boat Race on Schuylkill
Penn Charter edged Central High School by a few feet to win the inter-scholastic championship on the Schuylkill with Northeast Manual Training School third and Germantown Academy fourth. The final time was 4.31 as crowds watched from the riverbanks.
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Schuylkill River
Penn Charter
Central High School
Northeast Manual Training School
Germantown Academy
Gordon
Carrigan
Germantown
Manual
Penn Charter Academy
Bond
Donnelson
Carbutt
Smith
Bow
Ross
Mills
Sharpe
Garritee
Kasner
Mond
Firmin
Robotham
Frowert
Ditmar
Lee
Creag
Gummey
Son
Dodge
Iok Sheppard
Reported Lynching Near Orangedale Fla Ends in Capture
In Orangedale, near St. Augustine, Isaac Barrett, a colored farmhand, attacked H. J. Hewson and his family as they slept, killing or injuring several. Barrett was captured en route to the justice office, but a mob of about twelve men reportedly lynched him. Sheriff Davis moved toward the scene with deputies.
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St. Augustine
Fla
Isaac Barrett
H. J. Hewson
Orangedale
Mr. Hewson
Maggie
Barrett
Justice of the Peace
Zim
Britten
Davis
Manitowie Farmer Kills Wife Then Takes Own Life
Peter Plucker, a well to do Manitowie farmer, shot and killed his wife in the kitchen and then killed himself. A family dispute over property is given as the cause of the tragedy.
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Manitowie
Wis
Peter Pluckerman
Butlers Make a New Tandem Record at Charles River
At the Charles River track Boston on June 5 the Butler brothers posted a 1 57 final heat time in the mile tandem, finishing fourth as the scratch team. Tom Cooper and Canadian champion Loughead also competed, with Cooper failing to qualify in the third mile professional trial and losing chances in the two mile handicap final.
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Boston
Charles River
Tom Cooper
Loughead
Butler Brothers
Cooper
Toile
Fireman's Silver Jubilee Observed at Haddington Fire House
John Blee celebrated twenty fifth year in the fire department with a reception by fellow firefighters at the Haddington fire house. The interior looked fine after a collation as addresses were delivered by George B. Hicks Lieutenant Robinson and Hiram Horter. Regrets came from Director Riter and Chief Baxter.
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John Blee
Haddington
George B. Hicks
Robinson
Hiram Horter
Riter
Baxter
New York Band to Play in Philadelphia Park
Free concerts by the Ninth Regiment Band of New York are held at Belmont Mansion, starting yesterday and continuing each afternoon and evening until Thursday next, including today, delighting Philadelphia music lovers.
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Philadelphia
Ninth Regiment Band
New York
Belmont Mansion
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