Amusements Rife in World of Paris
The Paris social season features polo matches between American and French teams at Bagatelle with stars Hazard Ollier J M Waterbury and L Waterbury facing Baron FE de Rothschild Duque de Santana Kennedy and Maurice Raoul Duval. Comte Montesquion hosts a Pavilion des Muses reception as many Americans mingle with French aristocracy.
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Paris
Bagatelle
Hazard,Ollier
J. M. Waterbury
L. Waterbury
Baron FE. de Rothschild
Duque de Santana
Kennedy
Maurice Raoul Duval
Bradley Martin, Jr
M. Guell
Roger Raoul Duval
Transvaal
American Chamber of Commerce
Comte Robert de Montesquion
Pavilion Des Muses
Versaillies
Standish
Ralph Curtis
Reynaldo Hahn
Mile. Moreno
Comedie Francaise
England's Uncrowned Queens and City Keys Ceremony
A London dispatch traces English royal history with uncrowned queens like Margaret of France and Caroline of Brunswick and notes a revived Edinburgh ceremony presenting city keys to the Sovereign’s representative. Also covered are a will found in Hampshire, St Kilda and Shuna island news, fire-fighting tech lists, Whitechapel health stats for aliens, and decimal system debates.
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Philadelphia Times
London
Margaret
France
Edward I
Wales
Scotland
Henry VIII
Annie Boleyn
Rome
Jane Seymour
Anne of Cleves
Catharine Howard
Catharine Parr
England
Henrietta Maria
Charles L
Sophia Dorothea of Zeil
George I
Rhiden
Caroline of
Brunswick
George IV
Westminster Abbey
Edinburgh
Church of Scotland
Holyrood Palace
Provost Steel
Corporation
Severn
Melville
Waverley
South Africa
Fuller
Yately
Hampshire
Charles II
Catherine
Glasgow
St. Kilda
Atlantic
Harris
Inverness-shire
Shuna
Glasgow Corporation
Shbuna
Oban
Crinan
James Yeates
Corporation of Glasgow
Daily Express
Metropolitan Fire Brigade
America
New York
Bell Rock Legend in Southey Ballad The Inchcape Rock
The passage recalls how a novelist imagined with his engineer grandfather on Bell Rock. In fog the Smeaton drifted from moorings and Aberdeen men seized boats, Stevenson stooped to lap sea water before speech. Southey’s ballad embodies a tradition about the rock.
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Bell Rock
Aberdeen
Stevenson
Southey
Inchcape
Plague of Locusts in Asia Described in Dispatch
AP correspondents report Central Asia battles locust swarms across cotton districts. Namangan district reports 27000 poods of locust eggs destroyed while Andijam still fights. Peasant false reports spread. Kherson governor orders villagers to heed police and officials only. Local talks on land division and property rights denounced.
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Associated Press
ST. Petersburg
Central Asia
Namangan
Andijam
Kherson
Remembered cat drives care for pets and will plans
Mrs Julius A Jillson of Poughkeepsie died suddenly at Ocean Grove New Jersey aged over seventy while her husband accompanied her. A longtime W C T U worker she planned a mausoleum and left details in her will including care for a cat and funeral arrangements with specific floral and casket preferences.
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Poughkeepsie
Julius A. Jillson
Ocean Grove
N. J
Jillson
Mercy Committee
de Groot
Ida Lockwood
New York Press
Exeter academy alumni dinner highlights enduring school spirit
Dean Briggs recalls a Harvard senior who died in the hospital with remarkable dignity. The story underscores intense loyalty and the lasting power of a school to shape character and community involvement.
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Dean Briggs
Exeter Academy
Academy
Harvard
Boston Herald
Man walks 2000 miles to sue railroad for $26000
George Rhue of Tiffin Ohio sues Louisville Nashville claiming a ticket from New Orleans to Tiffin was refused. He says the delay cost him $16000 on Beaumont oil leases during the trek and seeks $26000 in damages. He bought a complex route via Cincinnati New Orleans and back to Cincinnati and Tiffin in January 1901.
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George Rhue
Tiffin, C
New Orleans
Tiffin
Beaumont
South
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Cincinnati
Detroit
Kipling Refused Knighthood Angers English Publishers
London reports on June 28 say coronation honors list excluded Kipling and others while Lord Hopetown’s marquisate pleases. Sir William Vernon Harcourt refused peerage, Lecky and Morley received Order of Merit appointments, and publishers doubt their authors will be knighted.
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Lord Hopetown
Australia
London
Lord Knollys
Francis C. Burnand
Charles Wyndham
Harcourt
William Vernon Harcourt
Dudyard Kipling
William Edward Lecky
John Morley
Fourth Century Shorthand in Armenian Act of Cal listratus
A note from Notes and Queries discusses a reference to stenography in the Armenian Acts of Callistratus, a fourth century martyr. The passage recalls a scribe near the prison who wrote Callistratus's addresses in shorthand and provided an accurate record for posterity.
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St. Callistratus
F. C. Conybearé
Apollonius
Callistratus
Bishop of
Manchester
Australia’s Blind Minister in Melbourne Ministry
The London Chronicle notes the new Melbourne government formed by Mr Irvine includes the first blind minister since Prof. Fawcett. It praises Mr McKenzie for debating skill and memory, Mr Shields as veteran figure tied to a divorce law, and Mr Murray as a strong pro-Boer voice likely to gain local support.
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Irvine
Melbourne
Fawcett
Gladstone
McKenzie
Shields
Earl Russell
Murray
London
Spain fears Britain on Gibraltar as Boer war ends
Madrid worries over possible British moves toward the Gibraltar Straits after the Boer War. Reports claim a telegram hints Hygland seeks the Spanish heights to cement control of the town. Officials insist Spain prefers friendly resolution and peace with England.
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Philadelphia Times
London
Madrid
Great Britain
Straits of
Gibraltar
Hygland
Straits
Madrid Foreign Office
The
Inquirer
England
Repairs and Tales From Givendam Gulch and Lone Jack
A mendacious miscellany recounts repairs to the Helse Opera House with fears of hidden bullets and quips about local life. It notes Lone Jack’s expulsion of Tarantula Jack and Thunderbolt Sam after a drunken meeting and mocks Mr. John Davison’s hotel dispute.
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Helse Opera House
Lone Jack
Tarantula Jack
Thunderbolt Sam
John Davison
Royal Hotel
Clarkson
Davison
Waldorf-Astoria
Twice Buried Yet Lived Case Tells of Mistaken Identity
Arkansas representative Dinsmore recalls a Civil War era case of mistaken death. Confederate soldier Bradshaw, of the Sixteenth Arkansas with Senator Berry, was reported killed after the Pea Ridge battle and buried, but months later he reappeared.
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Representative Dinsmore
Arkansas
Washington
Boston Journal
Bradshaw
Sixteenth
Senator Berry
Pea Ridge
Bradshaw Ap
Paris Detectives Solve Cab Mystery After Six Months
Paris police uncover a coordinated scheme stealing cabs and horses over six months. A cabman linked to the theft was arrested after a stakeout in Rue de Vauziraud. officers found stolen horses at his lodgings and a saddler used to hide evidence. Three men held, more arrests anticipated.
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Philadelphia Times
Paris
Rue de Vauziraud
The Twice-Buried Bradshaw Soldier Narrative
A Civil War tale recounts Lieutenant McKennon wrongly interring a Bradshaw with a single blanket. Six months later Bradshaw reappears alive as the regiment breaks camp, prompting disbelief. The mix up ends with the wounded man remaining with his company to war’s end, possibly alive still.
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Bradshaw
Bors
McKennon
Hamilton case sent back for new trial after hanging
The Supreme Court sent the murder case of James Hamilton back to Butler County for a new trial. Hamilton was executed by hanging in 1900 but survived the prolonged suspension and later described the sensations of swinging. He killed his boss George J. Webb near Eureka during railroad work.
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Supreme Court
James Hamilton
Butler County
Hamilton
George J. Webb
Eureka
Hangman mob ends when farmer urges legal course
A quarrel led Hamilton to seize an axe and kill Webb. The mob hanged Hamilton but did not strangle him. A passing farmer intervened, persuaded the crowd to deliver Hamilton to authorities, and he was later convicted and sentenced to 21 years after Supreme Court involvement on a witness-credibility question.
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Hamilton
Webb
el Dorado
Supreme Court
Kansas City Journal
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