John Bull Jokes At Millionaires At Home And Abroad
London dispatch notes British aristocracy under mock commiseration as rich Americans buy royal wine and hobnob with duchesses. It cites a Duchess of Sutherland reception for Lifeboat Institute, a mock university exam for Scots, and a tone of humor at English pride amid American success and lavish gifts from Carnegie.
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Philadelphia Times
London
William Waldorf Astor
Cliveden
Duchess of Sutherland
Stafford House
Lifeboat Institution
Daily Chronicle
Yellow Plush
John Bull
Carnegie
Scotch University
United States
Glasgow
Birmingham
Great Britain
Yerkes S
Sloan
Morgan
St. Carnegie
trans-African Railway
Paris
American Buyer Purchases Prince Edward of York Diamond
A New York buyer paid 20 000 pounds cash for the Prince Edward of York diamond in London, a 60 karat pear shaped gem of matchless color. The stone had never been exhibited before and was previously held by a rough diamond syndicate. An English syndicate had paid 1500 pounds for a three month option.
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London
Europe
Paris
St. Petersburg
Amsterdam
New York
Prince Edward of York
Rough Diamond Syndicate
Kings Oath Condemned In Lords Report
London June 29 a report by a select committee of the House of Lords on the accession declaration for the sovereign expresses that the language can be modified without weakening the Protestant succession. It notes that the committee’s suggested form avoids phrases about idolatry that offend Roman Catholics.
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London
House of Lords
Fighting India's Famine Massive relief spending noted
A Blue Book on India reports 18.39 million pounds spent on famine relief in 1899-1900. Plague mortality over five years to March 1901 approached 600,000. The 1901 census shows population gains far below expectations, with five to six million more people than ten years earlier, due to famine and declining births.
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London
India
Tron
Novel Suit for Libel Forces Telegraph Error Spotlight
London June 29 steps have begun in a libel case notable for a telegraph mistake. A group including Septigus Parsonage and four co directors faced contempt jail for fraudulently obtaining proxies to push a company winding up. The telegraph’s misprint altered the word proxies to panna. Injured parties seek redress as libel suits unfold in this unusual case.
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Philadelphia
Legal action over stolen funds and media liability
A claimant sues forty newspapers for damages after a £60,000 theft allegation. The Telegraph Department admits the error but cites a special act shielding it from liability. Parsonage sues the individuals who sent the telegram, arguing the government acted as their agent and principals are bound by its acts.
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Government Telegraph Department
Parsonage
Coronation pageant and London traffic debate noted
London reports a splendid medieval pageant preceding a coronation with heralds and unaware officials. An increase in foreign residents, notably Russians, Italians, and Roumanians, is reported along with three recent automobile accidents. W D Lairdays novel Lena Laird raises discussion on Royal Academy reforms as England considers allowing higher road speeds next month.
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New York Se Times
Phintelphia Times
London
Norror King
W. DL. Laidlay
Lena Laird
Royal Academy
England
Boer Prisoners Mutiny Aboard Ship in Bermuda Harbor
Two hundred of the 930 Boer prisoners who arrived on the Armenian mutinied aboard the ship while en route from St Vincent. Ringleaders were ironed and others subdued by Royal Warwickshire Regiment guards. Martial law proclaimed on Darrell’s Island as camps are prepared for detainees.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
St. Vincent
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Darrell's Island
Boers Attack Rail Line. British Train Pushes Back Near Delagoa
Lord Kitchener reports the Boers attacked two Delagoa line block houses near Brugspruit Bight on June 26. An armored train arrived, scattering the Boers and killing four, with about twenty casualties reported. Depriez surrendered at Pietersburg with 44 men as British forces respond to Boer actions and farm destruction across the frontier.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Delagoa Line
Brugspruit Bight
Cornet Depriez
Pietersburg
Lord Roberts
Cape Town
Fouchee
Barkly East
Yellow Woods
Fort Beaufort
Adelaide
Ice Crusher in Polar Seal Explores Arctic Waters
Vice Admiral Makaroff discusses the ice crusher Ermak's northern expedition. With a 3200 ton coal capacity and shallow draft, fuel limits its range. He plans mapping Nova Zembia soil fauna flora and will weather Franz Josef Land toward Spitzbergen before returning in September.
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Ladelphia Times
ST. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Makaroff
Ermak
Nova Zembia
Kara Sea
Port Dickson
Baron Tolley
Franz Josef Land
Spitzbergen
Heex
Admiral Makaroff
Tromsce
Prince Chuan to Visit Germany and America on Mission
Prince Chuan, brother of the Chinese emperor, sails for Germany on July 20 for a special mission to apologize for the Pekin murder of the German minister and other insults to German citizens. He will return via America, arriving in the United States early in October, a rare departure from tradition.
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State Department
Rockhill
Pekin
Prince Chuan
Germany
America
China
Salisbury Sounds Note of Warning
London reports Lord Salisbury warns that Liberal MPs dining elsewhere than St Stephen's could yield a governing majority against the government in a night division. The piece notes Liberal disunity and Tory gains, with Chamberlain and Milner controversies, and cites the Duke of Bedford advocating better pay and conditions for Tommy Atkins amid broader military reform talks.
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London
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Gladstone
Campbell-Bannerman
Stratford on-Avon
Bolton King
Chamberlain
Asquith
Lord Milner
Germany
House of Lords
Lord Wolseley
Duke of Bedford
Tommy Atkins
Duke
Kipling
House of Commons
No Bribery in Hawaii Jury Finds No Evidence
Honolulu June 22 report from AP states the grand jury investigating bribery in the legislature found no evidence of bribery among lawmakers. Chinatown fire claims under court adjudication number about 10,000 with anticipated claims near 5 million dollars, while the appropriation remains 1.5 million. Revenue and salary bills pass or near passage as Senate and House clash over cuts and likely no tax bill.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
San Francisco
Gear
Court of Commissioners
Chinatown
Board of Health
House of Representatives
Senate
Dentist Clausen Dies After Roentgen Ray Burn Incident
Berlin dispatch reports dentist Clausen died after severe hand burns from Roentgen ray experiments. Russian agents monitor major Russian universities for Nihilistic propaganda efforts among students. Mme Modjeska visits relatives in Posen and plans August return to the United States. The American colony marks Independence Day at the American Church tomorrow.
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Clausen
Mme. Modjeska
Posen
United States
Cablegrams and Transatlantic Moves Reported
The Hartford sailed yesterday from Christiania to Copenhagen. The Cunard steamer Campania, bound from Liverpool to New York, carried Mrs Bowen aboard, a U S minister to Venezuela. Paris issued a decree extending tariff rules on colonial foodstuffs and related items from the United States, Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. A new fruit company, formed in New York, aims to manage shipments amid evolving trade conditions.
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Hartford
Christiania
Norway
Copenhagen
Denmark
Cunard Line
Campania
Liverpool
New York
Herbert W. Bowen
Venezuela
Paris
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Aggetes Fralt Company
Pope appoints commission to study Philippines question
Rome June 20 The Pope names a commission of cardinals to investigate the religious situation in the Philippines as part of ongoing Vatican inquiry into church affairs in the region.
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Philadelphia Times
Rome
Phlipines
Bank Director Dies in Leipsic Scandal Chapter
Leipsic reports the death by self harm of Herr Krohmann, a manager at the defunct Leipaiger Bank. Two directors are under arrest on charges of malfeasance linked to the bank’s collapse.
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Leijpsic
Herr Krohmann
Leipaiger Bank
Promotions in the Navy by Rear Admiral Schley
Rear Admiral Schley argues for naval officers to have the same path to commissions as Army personnel. He proposes a two year Academy course after promotion to build mathematical and professional skills, ensuring merit and opportunity from forecastle to quarterdeck. He believes this will align the Navy with civil opportunity and strengthen ties with the people.
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Schley
Navy
Bureau
Academy
Naval Academy
Poe
Millions in corn from the Chicago Chronicle
The piece argues farmers should focus on improving crop production through science and seed selection rather than politics or coinage. It highlights Department of Agriculture experiments by Secretary Wilson to double corn yields via cross breeding and seed selection, and notes the growing value of corn products and the 1890 US corn crop worth over 629 million dollars.
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Chicago Chronicle
Chicago Board of Trade
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Colonel Sellers
United States
Novel Chicago plan offers rent for babies in vacant lots
Chicago real estate promoter C F Vanwinkle proposes a plan giving a year's rent to any family building on his vacant West Sixty seventh to West Sixty eighth streets block if a baby is born within five years after lease signing. Twins get extra years, first baby wins five years’ rent for family, a bold twist on the no-babies rule.
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Chicago
C. F. Vanwinkle
Dearborn Street
West Sixty-seventh
West Sixty-eighth Streets
California
Washtenaw Avenues
Vanwinkle
Ex-Senator Camden to receive coal lands sale proceeds
Ex-Senator J N Camden of West Virginia will gain 1000 dollars daily for 48 years after the sale of coal lands in the Fairmont region. He earned 15000000 dollars from the Fairmont Coal Company. The deal includes 300000 dollars cash, with annual rents of 000 to Camden or his heirs until fully paid.
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J. N. Camden
West Virginia
Fairmont
Newark Bishop-Elect OConnor Announces July 25 Consecration
Special to The Philadelphia Times from Orange reports Bishop-elect John J. O Connor of Newark sets the consecration for July 25 at St Patrick's Cathedral Newark. Archbishop Corrigan will consecrate with assistants Bishop McDonnell of Brooklyn and Bishop Bishop of Rochester, formerly rector of Seton Hall College.
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Orange
John J. O'Connor
Newark
Seton Hall College
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Corrigan
Arte E. McDonnell
Brooklyn
Bernard Bishop
Rochester
Y Ercett
Republicans at odds in Maryland
In Baltimore on June 29 the Republican factions show renewed rifts as July 8 primaries loom. Strife among Union League, Columbian Club, Stone, Airey, Malster and Johnston factions threatens party unity, with control over city committee and upcoming state contests at stake. A social luncheon for Ex-Senator Gorman drew Democratic luminaries but yielded no clear stance from Gorman, marking a social display rather than a policy shift.
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Baltimore
Stone
Union League
Columbian Club
Malster
United States
McComas
Airey
Young Men's
Republican Club
W. W. Johnston
Gorman
Joseph Friedenwald
White Hall Manor
Antique Slang Phrases From Buffalo Express Legend And Origin
Read about slang phrases with historical origins once common in Europe and America. Highlights include brick as a Spartan nickname for soldiers, cold shoulder as hospitality cue, kick the bucket from Queen Elizabeth era, catching a Tartar in battle, apple pie order from Puritan pantry labeling, feather in one’s cap in Hungarian wars, blackguards from horse guards crowd, and deadhead meaning unpaid Pompeii theater guest.
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Buffalo Express
Sparta
Lacedemonia
France
Hawkins
Russia
Hepzibah Merton
Horse Guards
St. James’ Park
London
Pompeii
Milwaukees Sentinel recalls a engineer’s marathon miles
Washington Snow, a locomotive engineer from Portage, explained in Milwaukee he has traveled about 1,468,000 miles since starting in 1857. He says he averages 36,000 miles per year and has worked with the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railway and its successors, running trains daily. He appears as a sturdy, friendly figure in front of the Hotel Davidson.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Washington Snow
Davidson
la Crosse and Milwaukee Railway Company
Watertown
Snow
Portage
Milwaukee
Once General Lees Slave Stabbed in Boston Street Fight
Alexander Walker, a Black man, was stabbed by George Washington at 28 Ivanhoe street and is listed as on the dangerous list at City Hospital. Washington, who claimed self defense, surrendered to police. Washington, nearly 70, was once reputed as General Lee's slave and bodyguard, later joining the Union army and drawing a pension.
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Boston Herald
Alexander Walker
George Washington
Ivanhoe Street
City Hospital
Washington
Walker
General Lee
South
Lincoln
Lee
Carlos Opens Observatory in Azores
King Charles of Portugal and the cabinet opened the meteorological observatory here in Horta connected with the Washington Weather Bureau. The ceremony marked a milestone in regional science collaboration and public weather forecasting.
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Horta
Azore Islands
Charles
Portugal
Met Observatory
Weather Bureau
Washington
Reduced Rates to San Francisco Convention
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers round trip tickets from Philadelphia to San Francisco for the International Convention July 18 to 21. Tickets valid July 4 to 12 at 66.75 dollars. limited allocation for attendees.
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San Francisco
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Philadelphia
Welsh Language Near Extinction Says Baltimore Sun Report
A Baltimore Sun summary notes Welsh language decline from 1871 when about 1,006,100 people spoke Welsh to 1891 with 911,289 speakers, a drop of 95,811, amid school efforts to promote use and ongoing concerns about language vitality.
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Baltimore Sun
Doigelly
Oldest Canadian postmaster Owen Robblin of Ameliasburg
Owen Robblin of Ameliasburg Canada, born December 7, 1806, is likely the world’s oldest postmaster after more than fifty six years in office. A United Empire Loyalist descendant, he moved to Ameliasburg in 1829 when it was a forest, and was appointed January 1 1845 by the Imperial government through Bert Lonsdale. He married in 1831. his wife died and seven children were born, three still living.
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Ameliasburg
Canada
Philip Roblin
Awmeliasburg
Bert Lonsdale
Reed— Pygend
Robiin Atlasses
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