Indian Princes and Royal Guests in London Coronation Scene
Londoners discuss King Edward VII's coronation as Indian princes arrive including Sindhia of Gwalior Jaipur Kohlhapur Koch Behar and Idar. Notables visiting include Greece’s crown prince and Princess. Kaiser William’s representatives stay at Wimborne House and Dorchester House amid libel cases and an American exhibition at Crystal Palace.
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Philadelphia Times
London
Rama
India
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Michael
Czarewitch
Greece
Prince Nicholas
Henry
Prussia
Kaiser
Kaiserin
Wimborne House
Arlington Street
Count von Waldersee
Pekin
Duke
Duchess d'Aosta
Italy
Dorchester House
Park Lane
Holford
Drought Ravages Victoria and Wider Australia in 1902
A report from Adelaide details severe drought across Victoria and nearby regions. Projections warn of stock losses reaching tens of millions of pounds, with artesian water hopes fading and vast grazing lands rendered barren.
Taxation Question in Japan Arbitration Sought
AP correspondence from Tokyo reports Britain and Germany accept Japan's arbitration offer on the house tax portion of treaty property. France England and Germany join the process while America benefits from most favored nation terms. Netherlands declines to join arbitration. The Japanese Bar Association backs taxing treaty-reserved foreigners. New South Wales May revenue rises to £1,064,536 from £1,002,211.
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Associated Press
Tokio
San Francisco
Claude MacDonald
Count von Arce-Valkey
France
America
Netherlands
New South Wales
Sydney
Revenue figures show May 1991 changes across sectors
In May 1991 the principal increases occurred in Stamps 27682 pounds railway 5790 pounds and water and sewerage rates 24328 pounds while land revenue fell by 19654 pounds. For the first eleven months of the financial year revenue totals 10221088 pounds versus 9767901 in the previous year according to Reuter.
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Reuter
Africa has a Niagara Victoria Falls and vast power hopes
The Victoria Falls on the Zambesi are described as Africa’s greatest falls a mile wide and twice as high as Niagara with potential to generate huge electrical power. Plans include long distance transmission and powering railroad lines copper gold and coal developments spanning the region within three years costing at least 3 million dollars.
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Victoria Falls
Zambesi River
Africa
Niagara
Niagara Falls
Cape To Cairo
Great Falls
South Africa Chartered Company
African Concession Syndicate, Limited
British South Africa Company
Douglas Fox
Charles Metcalfe
Congo Free State
Johannesburg
David Livingston
Zambest River
Sebituane
Zambesi
Livingston
Victoria
New York Sun
World debt trends across nations from 1801 to 1901
The Boston Evening Transcript notes rising world indebtedness with 1801 at 3.0 billion dollars, 1848 at 8.4 billion, and 1901 near 31.8 billion. It highlights Britain and the United States reducing liabilities, while France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and Latin nations show sharp debt growth due to wars and railway investment. France faces delayed railway ownership.
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Matin
Paris
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Italy
Rusela
France
Spain
Boston Evening Transcript
Americans Sentenced in Paris Prison Case
Eddie Guerin and George Miller of Chicago received life imprisonment at penal servitude in Paris. May Churchill, known as Chicago May, was sentenced to five years. Churchill kissed Guerin as verdict was read before guards separated them. The pair faced charges of breaking into offices and stealing 30,600 francs.
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Paris
Eddie’ Guerin
George Miller
Chicago
May Churchill
May
Guerin
Mitchell Meets Union Railroad Men Tonight
Five railway brotherhoods will attend a Kingston meeting where President Mitchell speaks on possible sympathy with a coal miners strike and to discuss a general bituminous strike. Local unions report growing mineworker aid requests as strike tensions rise.
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Philadelphia Times
Wilkesbarre
Brotherhoods of
Kingston
Mitchell
Illinois
Dynamite Attack Shocks Hazleton Residents
In West Hazleton the home of James Applegate was badly damaged by dynamite at 1 AM. Applegate, a Cranberry colliery special officer, escaped injury. A 35 reward is offered for the dynamiters, with bloodhounds from New York to aid police. Four armed men held Applegate up. one suspect, George Borentzen, was jailed on 500 bail. Mine workers denounce ties to the United Mine Workers as arrests loom.
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Hazleton
James Applegate
West Hazleton
Applegate
Cranberry
Frank Pardee
New York
Cranberry Road
Coal and Iron Police
George
Butch’’ Borentzen
United Mine Workers
Summit Hill
Mine Workers Leader Responds to Coal Company Letters
John Fahy, president of United Mine Workers District No. 9, defends miners amid company letters. He cites 1901 production up sharply and a $5 million wage rise after the 1900 strike, noting operators earned about $24 million more in 1901 than 1900.
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Fahy
Railroad Excursion Tickets Sold For First Church Event
The Pennsylvania Railroad advertises excursion tickets for the First Church of Christ Scientists in Boston Massachusetts. Tickets will be sold for travel on June 15 to 18 via on site lines and Tyre at a Mu.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Account Meeting
First Church of Christ, Scientists
Church of Christ, Scientisia
Boston
Mass
Penneyvanie So
Copeees
Ite
Tyre
A Mu
Miner Wage Demands Spark Peaceful District Support
The speaker condemns wage suppression as a ploy by mine operators to profit at consumers’ expense. He notes the miners’ peaceful, sober conduct and praises their noble battle for fair pay, expressing pride in their pursuit of victory.
Taken Prisoner by His Wife and Strike Fallout
Non union workers from Primrose colliery near Mahanoy City received wage checks after pressing Mayor Reinhardt for pay. A Cranberry wife forced her non union husband from A Pardee stockade to quit work, receiving cheers from strikers. West Virginia strike closures hit several plants in Ohio and Kentucky, affecting about 700 workers due to lack of coke and iron supply.
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Philadelphia Times
Hazleton
Primrose
Mahanoy City
Reinhardt
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
New York
United States
Philadelphia
Rudolph Berger
Cranberry
A. Pardee & Co
Ironton
Ohio
West Virginia
Union Iron and Steel Company
Sarah Furnace
Hanging Rock Iron Company
Ashland Steel Plant
Red
Ashland
Coal company resumes operations amid strike turmoil at Treverton
A car load of coal and iron police and non union firemen and engineers arrived from Pottsville to North Franklin colliery Treverton. The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company owns the mine, idle due to a firemen strike, and pumps were started after their arrival.
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Shamokin
Pottsville
North Franklin
Treverton
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Norfolk and Western reports coal strike progress in Pocahontas fields
The Roanoke dispatch states little change since Friday with a gradual return of older workers and no growth in striker numbers. Four mines were idle of 46, and about 200 cars were loaded, up 30 from the previous day.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Pocahontas Coal Fields
Non union workers deployed at multiple collieries
Twelve non union men were put at the pumps and boilers at Branchdale, while deputies were sent to Brookside and Good Spring colliery. Officers and non union workers are fed and quartered at the colliery as high water threatens the ganeways of several collieries. The Reading Company has abandoned Richardson, Phoenix Park, East and Glen Carbon collieries.
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Pottsville
Branchdale
Brookside
Good Spring
Je Hill
Silver Creek
Kaska William
Reading Company
Richardson
Phoenix Park
East
Glen Carbon
Travel salesman found dead in Pittsburg hotel
Sullivan H. Palm of Yoder & McKee candy makers was found dead at the Boston House in Pittsburg under mysterious circumstances. Police indicate murder by a disappearing woman. post mortem by Dr. Walter McCandless shows poisoning and morphine with a large arm scratch.
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Philadelphia Times
Pittsburg
Sullivan H. Palm
Yoder & McKee
Boston
Palm
Walter McCandless
TEST THE DRINKING WATER
The article urges annual testing of a family drinking water supply. It notes water can look and taste fine yet be unsafe, stressing simple tests as essential for ensuring potability.
Simple home tests for water purity from Health Magazine
Instructions describe two quick tests to judge water safety. A clean pint bottle with water and sugar should stay clear after two days to indicate safety. A second test uses potassium permanganate to yield a rose color, with persistence indicating low organic contamination.
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Meisch
Health Magazine
Springfield Woman Fooled by Stranger in Love Plot
Mrs. Myrtle Mueller of Springfield said a man calling himself Charles Holterman, a Carmi resident, wooed her after a five minute meeting and persuaded her to sell her Streator house for 106.25 dollars. She later swore out a warrant for his arrest on a charge of larceny.
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Springfield
Ill
State Journal
Myrtle Josephine Mueller
Charles Holterman
Wmi-To
Streator
Holterman
Carmi
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