Americans Shine in London Jubilee Celebrations
The United States embassy led by Colonel John Hay was the most honored foreign presence as Queen Victoria’s jubilee concluded. American hosts and officials impressed the press with elaborate entertainment at Buckingham Palace and Grosvenor House, while illuminations on American residences drew praise from Britons.
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United States
London
Prince of Wales
St. Paul's Cathedral
John Hay
Reid
Associated Press
Mr. Reid
McKinley
Whitelaw Reid
Henry White
J. D. Carter
V. R
Buckingham Palace
Princcess
Victoria of Wales
Duke of
Saxe- Coburg and Gotha
Louise of
4Orne
Victoria
Cyril
Russia
Duchess of Fife
Rupert
Bavaria
Duchess of
Portugal
Duchess of York
Prince Christian of
Schleswig-Holstein
Duke of Cambridge
Colonel Hay
Lytton
Emily Lytton
Paris
Bishop Doane
J. H. Miller
Nelson A. Miles
Miles
Ogden Mills
Mansion House
Mrs. Reid
Marquis of
Earl Rosebery
Lady Wolseley
Prince and Princess of Wales
Duke of Westminster
Grosvenor House
Roase
Duke and Duchess of York
Duke
Miller
Brooklyn
Marquis of Salisbury
A. J. Balfour
Treasury
House of Commons
Colonies
Joseph Chamberlain
William Vernon Harcourt
Herbert Henry Asquith
Home Affairs
Astors
Vanderbilts
Charleston
Hamburg
Socialist Party
War Academy of
Potsdam
Saxony
Lippe-Detmold
Adolph of
Schaumburg-Lippe
London Times
Germany
Goethe
Faust
Aloys Prasch
Berliner Theatre
Reith
Metz
Kreuzzeitung
America
John B. Jackson
Andrew D. White
White
Baron Rotenhan
Ind. Theh
Prince
Wales
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Connaught
Christian
Lorne
Henry of Battenberg
William Beresford
John W. Mackay
Cavendish Bentinck
Ogden Goelet
Ronalds
Clarence House
Join Hay
George N. Curzon
James R. Roosevelt
Howard Kingscote
Warwick House
St. James
Winnipeg
Cambridge ‘Enclosure
Henley
Manor Farm
James Ten Eyck, Jr
Massachusetts
Vanity Fair
Hay
Wilfred Laurier
Queen Victoria
Dominion of
Canada
England
Prince Charles
Denmark
Princess Maud of Wales
Princess Maud
Citizens aim to block Becker bill at Harrisburg
A Philadelphia meeting in the Board of Trade rooms denounced the Becker bill which would require three fifths of Select Council to confirm mayoral appointments. A delegates’ committee will go to Harrisburg Wednesday to urge Governor Hastings to veto. The group, led by BE. R. Wood with John C. Bullitt and Rudolph Blankenburg among speakers, praised legislators for support.
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Board of Trade
Select Council
Harrisburg
Hastings
BE. R. Wood
William Rucker
John C. Bullitt
Rudolph Blankenburg
Alexander P. Colesberry
George Burnham, Jr
du Bois Miller
Mahion R. Kitne
W. W. Foullkrod
Henry M. Dechert
Charles Biddle
C. F. Gummey, Jr
Messrs
Colesberry
Blankenburg
Richardson
Burnham
Tucker
Kline
Philadelphia
Tacoma
Japan's Protest Answered by State Department
The U S State Department forwarded its reply to Japan over the Hawaii annexation dispute. The Japanese Legation will likely file a supplementary statement after instruction from Tokyo. The note's careful diplomacy may delay a clear answer on the raised points.
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Washington
Hawaii
Toklo
Legation
State Department
Cabinet Crisis Not Yet Ended Amid German Talks at Kiel
June reports from Bwruin detail ongoing cabinet tensions in Germany. The Reichstag adjourned for summer while the Prussian Diet stays in session, with talks of Miguel replacing Boetticher and Hohenlohe delaying retirement. Emperors, princes, and diplomats meet at Kiel to discuss Congo issues and Belgium ties.
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Bwruin
Reichstag
Association Reform Committee
Diet
Baron von Zeidlitz
Herr Richter
Miguel
Associated Press
Finance
von. Boetticher
Council of Ministers
Interior
Prince Hohenlohe
Miquel
Dr. Miquel
Baron Marschall von Bieberstein
Count von Eulenberg
Vienna
Count von Hatz
Herr Krupp
Hohenlohe
Prussia
Silesia
Posen
William
Leopold
Belgium
Kiel
Congo
Germany
Brussels
Hamburg
Cologne
Neptune
Father Rhine
Prince Henry
Seidl Plans Parsifal Rehearsal In Bayreuth Sunday
Professor Anton Seidl, previously in Berlie, leads Bayreuth rehearsals for Parsifal on Sunday before returning to Covent Garden at week’s end.
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Berlie
Anton Seidl
Bayreuth
Covent Garden
Africa for the African invites colonization of East Africa
A letter to the editor from Joseph urges Afro Americans to aid East Africa's seven tribes from Zambesi to Nyassa by founding a Christian settlement. He details land costs, proposed 200 acre plots, a $15 000 start, seven year plan to self funding, and a committee of prominent ministers forming the African Christian Union in Philadelphia.
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Tom Timms
Lake Nyassa
Manganja
Ajawa
Angoni
Atonga
Chipeta
Zambesi
Nyassa
Scotch
Zambesi River
Maryland
Pennsylvania
America
Ceylon
Brazil
East Africa
The
African Christian Union
H. L. Wayland
D. D
Philadelphia
J. BE. Rankin
Howard University
Washington
Walter Brooks
Nineteenth Street Baptist Church
H. J. Wagner
Morgan College
Baltimore
Matthew Anderson
Berean Church
H. M
Joseph
Big Fleet Off For Europe Sails From New York
A fleet of seven transatlantic liners sailed from New York, an unusually large number for a single day. The Ohio of the American Line carried passengers to Iceland and other Northern seas, joined by the Cunarder Umbria to Liverpool, Anchor Line Ethiopia to Glasgow, Spree to Bremen, Ganong to Havre, Amsterdam to Rotterdam, and Atlantic Transport liner Massachusetts to London.
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New York
Ohio
Iceland
Cunarder Umbria
Liverpool
Anchor Line
Ethiopia
Glasgow
Spree
Lloyd Line
Bremen
Ganong
Havre
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Massachusetts
London
Jubilees Upset as Speculators Grumble Over Show Seats
After jubilee festivities a wave of complaints spreads from speculators who overreached for fortunes on state seats to caterers tradesmen and attendees. Critics accuse omissions by Liberal ministers and royal ceremony choices while gifts pour in for the Queen.
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London
William Vernon Harcourt
St. Paul's Cathedral
House of Coshbmans
Buckingham Palace
Better Speech Movement Aims to Improve Vocal Expression
The National Association of Eloctionists launches a series of preliminary meetings and a forthcoming congress in New York to promote audible expression. It gathers teachers and students of voice culture, singing, speaking, gesture and pantomime to raise standards of clear enunciation and style.
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The
New York Tribune
National Association of Eloctionistes
Sire
Remarkable 105 Year Old Pennsylvania Woman
Mrs. Mary Ann Cassidy of Coalport Clearfield County is 105, mother of 18 children with nine living and nine dead. Born in 1792 in County Down Ireland she emigrated to the U S in 1845 and settled in Coalport after a long journey via New York Philadelphia Broadtop Johnstown Gallitzin and Houtzdale. She never smoked or drank, never danced, has “second sight” with no glasses for 21 years and remains active despite toothlessness and advanced age.
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Bellefonte
Pennsylvania
Mary Ann Cassidy
Coalport
Clearfield County
Hale and Hearty
New York
Philadelphia
Broadtop
Johnstown
Gallitzin
Houtzdale
America
Cassidy
Catholic Church
Philippine Rebellion Advances Toward Manila
News from a Pacific steamer reports insurgents from Cavite nearing Manila after May 18, despite Rivers’s pardon offer. A rebel letter claims Spanish losses of 4700 killed or mortally wounded and a rise in captured rifles to about 10 000. Three towns, Tambales Tayabas and Isle de Negros, have joined the uprising.
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Tacoma
Victoria
Cavite
Manila
Rivers
Yokohama
Balinkupsang
Tambales
Tayabas
Isle de Negros
Road Jury Awards Damages for Street Openings
A jury in the Twenty seventh ward reports damages for the Thomas avenue opening from Fifty-eighth street to the county line, awarding Helen A Thole 6000 dollars and the Baptist Orphanage 7500 dollars with no benefits. For Rheinhard street reopening between Forty seventh and Forty eighth Streets the jury awards Ann Muller 2200 dollars and C H Cheng 400 dollars with no benefits.
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Jury of View
Thomas Avenue
Fifty-eighth Street
County Line
Twenty-seventh Ward
Quarter Sessions Court
Helen A. Thole
Baptist Orphanage
Rheinhard
Forty-seventh
Forty Eighth Streets
Ann Muller
C. H. Cheng
Pabst Milwaukee Beer Ad Promotes Bottles and Kegs
Local ad touts Pabst Milwaukee Beer as superior with light and dark varieties. Distributed in bottles and kegs. Sole agent William Niep and manager F M Glaessel list Philadelphia address at 5 West cor Std and Master Streets.
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Milwaukee
Wm. Niep
F. M. Glaessel
W. Cor
Std & Master Streets
Philadelphia
WM. Kniep
8Th and
Master Sts
Cash for Indians Indemnity Bond for Supreme Court Appeal
The Indian Rights Association telegraphed Shirley Ward of Los Angeles that it has furnished a $6,100 indemnity bond to permit the Warner Ranch Indians to appeal to the Supreme Court. The case concerns land ownership in Southern California under the Guadaloupe Hidalgo treaty and faces ejectment July 15. The association covers most of the cost with $4,000 from its funds and $2,100 guaranteed by two supporters.
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The
Indian Rights Association
Shirley ©. Ward
Los Angeles
Cal
Warner Ranch Indians
Supreme Court
California
Guadaloupe Hidalgo
American Surety Company
Surety Company
Funeral of James T. Kilbreth Draws Customs Officials
New York June 26. A large delegation from the Custom House attended the funeral of their late chief James T. Kilbreth at Southampton. The group, over one hundred strong, was led by Acting Collector J. J. Couch and included leaders from all divisions. They departed from Flatbush Avenue station on the Long Island Rail Road before 9 am and arrived at noon for services.
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TIMES
New York
Custom House
Southampton
James T. Kilbreth
J. J. Couch
Customs Service
Flatbush Avenue
Long Island Railroad
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Summer Schedule
The summer schedule to Atlantic City and seashore resorts on the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad starts July 1. Express trains via the Delaware River Bridge will improve service between Philadelphia and Atlantic City with multiple daily departures and new speeds, and special trains to Cape May Sea Isle City Ocean City and Avalon operate on weekdays Sundays and seasonal runs.
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Atlantic City
Somers’ Point
Cape May
Sea Isle City
Ocean City
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Delaware River Bridge
Philadelphia
Broad Street
A. M
Inare Market Street Wharf
Xpress
Sarea
Satana Son Gen Aed
Anglesea
Idwood
Holly Leach
Avalon
Market Street
Chautauqua Excursion From Philadelphia by PA Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will run a special excursion to Chautauqua from Philadelphia on July 2. Departure from Philadelphia at 9:50 A.M. connects with a Harrisburg train at 11:85 A.M. arrives Chautauqua 10:30 P.M. Excursion tickets valid for return on regular trains July 12 to August 1, priced $10 from Philadelphia and at reduced rates from other points. Further details from nearest ticket agent.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Chautauqua
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Orphans Court Appoints Guardians for Numerous Minors
The Orphans Court appointed guardians for a long list of minor estates including the Cloftuier, Griffin, Patten, McQuaid, Schlegal, Cassin, and Harvell heirs. Appointments covered real estate titles and trust companies among named guardians. The specific guardians named include John H Megenthaler J L Moulton Thomas A Francis William Beck Emily Cassin and others.
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Orphans’ Court
John H. Megenthaler
Cloftuier
Harry A. Gatchell
Griffin
J. L. Moulton
Patten
Thomas A. Francis
McQuaid
William Beck
William Schlegal
Emily Cassin
Mary L. Cassin
Andrew G. W. McCollum
Guarantee Trust Company
Amelia Lingoch
Death of Rev A G McAuley pastor and civic activist
Reverend Alexander G McAuley died Friday at his home 2827 Frankford Avenue after nearly forty years as pastor of what is now the Union Tabernacle at York and Coral. He aided the Christian Commission in Philadelphia during the Civil War and led the anti Northern Elevated Railroad crusade with Mayor Edwin H Fitler. He leaves a widow and one son.
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Alexander G. McAuley
Frankford Avenue
McAuley
Union Tabernacle
York and
Coral Streets
Christian Commission
Edwin H. Fitler
Northern Elevated Railroad
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University of California
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Becker
Japan
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Grisis
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Royal Academy
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Admiralty
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Madame Melba
Tweeddale
Marquis of Tweeddale
International Submarine Telegraph Memorial
Sir John Pender
John Pender
Ich
London University College
Pender
Glasgow University
Direct
Anglo-American Telegraph Company
J. W. Mackay
Abram S. Hewitt
Mesars. Rothschild
Baron Erlanger
H. Keppel
Pacific and European Telegraph Company
G. von Chaugin
Milwaukee Beer
Pabst
MR. Kilbreth
Pennsylvania Railroad
A. G. McAuley
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