Jubilee Day in London For Queen Victoria
The diamond jubilee celebration proceeds smoothly as crowds line the route from Buckingham Palace to St Paul’s. Diplomatic and royal guests including United States envoy Reid and Mrs Reid, plus Indian princes, attend a grand procession with hundreds of regiments, bands, and sailors. The queen’s dinner party follows at Buckingham Palace with the royal family present.
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London
United States
Reid
McKinles
Princess Victoria of Wales
Duke of
M Vaet Court
British Empire
Victoria
Ft. 1
Princess of Wales
Christian
Schleswig-Holstein
St. Paul's
Judas
Salvation Army
Diplomatic Corps
Toinisters
John Hay
Mra. Hay
Miss Hay
Henry White
Spencer Eddy
Hay
Marquis of Balisbury
Order of the Garter
Army Service Corps
Buckingham Palace
Royal Horse Guards
Czar
Dragoon Guards
Emperor of Austria
Life Guards
Hussars
Prince of Water's Own
Lancers
Famfar
Royal Dragoons
Kaiser
King’s Own
Scottish Borderers
Royal Irish Fusiliers
East Lancashire
South Staffordshire
Mannchester
North Lancashire
Gordon Highlanders
Dublin Fusiliers
South Wales Borderers
Rifle Brigade
Grenadier
Scot
Coldstream Guards
Liverpool
York
Lancaster
Lincolnshire
West Surrey
Berkshire
Shropshire
Wiltshire
Warwickshire
Engineers
Royal Artillery
Britannia
Artillery
Mantion House
Chauncey M. Depew
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
George Gould
Ireland's Jubilee Procession in Dublin Sparked by Black Flag
In Dublin the jubilee day parade in London triggered a street scene as a black flag flew at half mast over municipal buildings then led a procession with six bearers of a coffin labeled The British Empire The crowd burned union jacks and surged toward Trinity College before police diverted them amid tension while a marching band played The Dead March and the crowd sang God Save Ireland.
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Dublin
London
Ireland
Trinity College
Hattie Sunk In Chesapeake Bay Collision With Dorchester
The Hattie schooner from Washington to Rockland Maine was sunk after a collision with the Merchants and Mineral Steamship Dorchester near Smith's Point Lightship. All crew from Dee Isle Maine were rescued. ship carried bituminous coal. 160 tons burden. crew bound for Boston.
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Hattie
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Washington
Rockland
Dorchester
Smith's Point
Dee Isle
Belfaer
Drugists in Session at Water Gap Convention
The Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical association opened its convention in Water Gap Pennsylvania with an address by President Remington and reports from the secretary and treasurer. Professor Lowe delivered an illustrated botany lecture as about 175 delegates attended.
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Water Gap
Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association
Remington
Lowe
Murder Suspect Arrested in Platte Kill Farmer Death
Kingston authorities arrest Joseph Decker for the murder of William Garner the Platte Kill area farmer found dead in Ulster county. Stolen woods found in his possession are identified and prosecutors say the evidence chain is complete.
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Kingston
Joseph Decker
William Garner
Miecorn Feld
Plattekill
Ulster County
Pomseaston
Balloon accident ends life of local aeronaut Walter Steele
In Lynchburg Virginia on June 22 Walter Steele an aeronaut died instantly while making a balloon ascent. He fell about a hundred feet striking tree limbs during the descent and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Lynchburg
Walter Steele
Steele
Pardon Issued For Thirteen Insurgents Amid Cuban Actions
Captain-General Weyler sails for Sagunt la Grande to lead a broad operation in Cuba. Thirteen banished prisoners are pardoned. Reina Cristina and Cuba Española engage insurgents near Campechuela and Pan de Agua for a series of violent engagements with casualties reported.
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Havana
Weyler
Sagut la Grande
Santa Clara
Hernan Cortes
Sagua
Cienfuego
Manzanillo
Santiago de Cuba
Puerto Principe
Reina Cristina
Saint Anne
Cuba Espanola
Campechuela
Tt Ie
Cuba
Pan de Aguear
Pinar del Rio
Bicycle Cadets Arrive At Washington After 850 Mile Ride
A dozen bicycle cadets led by Major R P Davidson rode 850 miles to reach the war department in Washington. They faced harsh weather and mountian passes, delivering a message from General J E Brooke via the Northwestern Military Academy Bicycle corps from Highland Park. Each cadet carried rifle shelter tent blanket clothing rations and gear totaling 65 pounds plus bicycle. The journey began June 7 and ended June 22, 1897.
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Washington
War Department
R. P. Davidson
Department
Alger
Chicago
Brooke
Department of the Missouri
R. A. Alger
Washington, D. C
J. E. Brooke
Northwestern Military Academy Bicycle Corps
Highland Park
Woman Survives Funeral After Coffin Rises
In Newport News Virginia Miss Clarisse Parking nearly died after an apparent illness left her paralyzed for a time. Friday she was believed dead and the funeral proceeded. During the last hymn a quartet member fainted and the coffin occupant sat up, revealing she still lived.
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Newport News
Clarisse Parking
Americans Feeding India Famine Relief Ordered by Churches
Thomas Cooke and Son received 40000 dollars from the Christian Herald for famine relief in India. The funds will be sent by cable to Bishop James Ak Thoburn, head of the Interdenominational Distributing Committee. Total cabled amount reaches 100000 dollars with 40000 more planned next week.
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New York
Thomas Cooke & Son
The
Christian Herald Today
India
Jamea Ak, Thoburn
Interdenominational Distributing Committee
Original Boycott Dead The Man Who Gave a New Word to English
London June 21 Captain C C Hoycott famed as the first man subjected to the boycotting in Ireland He died about 56 years old In 1880 Captain Hoycott was a land agent in County Mayo collecting rents for landlords notably the Earl of Erne When he made a cynical speech urging Ireland to abstain from agrarian crimes and to send harsh landlords to Coventry the term boycotting began His act led to the coining of the word Hoycott and the first newspaper United Ireland used the verb to haycott
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Wellite
London Times
Boycott
Ireland
Captain Boycott
Lord Castleton
Lord Maurice Fitzgerald
Mayo
London
C. C. Hoycott
Captain Hoycott
County Mayo
Earl of Erne
Coventry
Trish
Hoycott
Haycott
United Ireland
Par
Ohio Republications Conclude Campaign Committee Battle
In Toledo on June 22 Senator Hanna and Governor Bushnell failed to settle who should head the campaign committee. District meetings later chose Charles Dick for the post and Hanna for most district committeemen. The convention proceeded as Governor Bushnell announced he would accept the outcomes, with Kurta conceding defeat.
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Toledo
Hanna
Bushnell
Foraker
Charles Kurta
Sherman
Charles Dick
State Central Committee
C. H. Grosvenor
Bushnell and Kurtz
Kurts
Hanne
Convention
Constantino Put To Death In Electric Chair
Giuseppe Constantino was executed in the electric chair in Auburn on June 22 for the Jan 10, 1896 Utica saloon murder. Five shocks at 140 volts and seven amperes were needed due to poor electrode contact. death pronounced at 12:58 after the final nine ampere shock. Two priests and a crucifix accompanied him.
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Auburn
Giuseppe Constantino
Pietro Galiotti
Constantino
Utica
Finch
Constantine
Sawyer
Bill to Cut Salaries From President to Scrub-Woman
Representative Stokes of South Carolina introduces a bill to reduce all government salaries by about 40 percent from the president to the humblest scrub-woman. He asserts the move would trim annual government expenditures by roughly 4.64 million dollars, and notes his loyalty to the Farmers' Alliance, of which he was recently president.
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Washington, D. C
Stokes
South Carolina
Lie
Farmers’ Alliance
Fourth-day postmaster appointments listed for Pennsylvania
Washington announces the fourth-day postmaster appointments for Pennsylvania including Hellertown Hellertown T G Hlo wel vice A J Welker and Lackawaxen W C Cortright replacing J M Williamson. Other entries include Rice ville Thompson Zohniser Scotland W A Pentz ae ville B C Tulloch and Utah Hadden plus Willet H Trustal View J W Merlin with several removals and moves.
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Aeville
B.C. Tulloch
Oval Wald
Utah
P. Hadden
Z. A. Allison
Willet
H. Trustal
J. W. Merlin
Woman Survives Spider Bite In Stomach
Mrs Peter Pardl of Frankfort Kentucky drank water at night and swallowed a small black spider which bit the inside of her stomach before she could spit it out. Physicians worked hard to save her as the poison swelled her body.
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Frankfort
Peter Pardl
Calhoun Likely To Accept Treasury Controller Post
Washington dispatch reports W J Calhoun of Danville Indiana, the former Cuba commissioner, has been offered the treasury controller role to succeed K R Fowler of Cincinnati. He will return home to Michigan tonight and likely accept the appointment.
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Washington
W. J. Calhoun
Danville
Ind
Cuba
Boot
Controller of the Treasury
KR. B. Fowler
Cincinnati
Miiacie
Tarring the Tabbies Fines Levied in Cruelty Case
Burlington New Jersey report shows Ramucel Mattson and Bert Haley fined two dollars each and ordered to cost by Justice Charles P. Smith on a cruelty complaint filed by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals involving three kittens tarred by the defendants.
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Burlington
N. J
June
Ramucel Mattson
Bert Haley
Charles P. Smith
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Steamship Arrivals Boulogne June B Passages
Boulogne June B arrived Veendam New York for Rotterdam. Pilymouth Saale arrived New York for Bremen and proceeded. Lizard Passed atria New York for Hamburg.
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Boulogne
Veendam
New York
Rotterdam
Pilymouth
Saale
Bremen
Atria
Hamburg
Wool debate on tariff aims stirs Republicans in Congress
Washington June 20 An animated wool schedule debate split the Republican side led by Carter and Foraker against Allison with stormy interruptions. Agreement on rates for first and second class wools was reached while other amendments lingered. Jones attacked the entire schedule as oppressive to woolen goods consumers. Alumni events followed with a faculty dispute over President Warfield and Professor Stevens unresolved.
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Washington
Carter
Montana
Foraker
Ohio
Allison
Towa
West
Teller
Colorado
House
Senate
Jones
Arkansas
Singing for Prizes at Eighteenth Saengerfest in Philadelphia
Philadelphia June 22. German singing societies contest for prizes at the eighteenth national Saengerfest in Saenger hall. Eighteen societies compete in the third class and ten in the second class, with eight in the first class. Competitors include Orpheus Buffalo and Harmonie Baltimore among others. Winners to be announced Thursday afternoon.
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Philadelphia
Saenger Hall
Rudolph von Werdenberg
Orpheus
Buffalo
Wilamsburg Saengerbund
Brooklyn
Masnnergesangverein Germania
Newark
Halevy Gesannverein
New York
Favor BiMetalism At Clearfield County Convention
The Democratic county convention adopted strong resolutions in favor of bimetallism. It denounced the Dingley tariff and criticized Republican excesses in public spending and taxation. W A Harg ty led a contested chairmanship. William P. Smith nominated for sheriff. D Herron named district attorney. W B Beamer for coroner. M F Jolson for jury commissioner.
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Clearfield
Republicaan
W. A. Hagerty
Matt Savage
Wee
William P. Smith
Frank Smith
Herron
DuBois
W. B. Beamer
Decatur Township
M. F. Jolson
Prisoners Escape Centre County Jail in Bellefonte
James McCormick and William Hanna picked locks and tunneled through a stone wall to flee the Centre County jail in Bellefonte Pennsylvania. The escape was discovered hours later and searches continue with no trace yet. the pair had been jailed recently for a large clothes robbery at a tailoring shop.
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Bellefonte
James McCormick
William Hanna
Centre County
McCormick
Hanna
Cost of Armor Plate For Three Uesela Ships
The general deficiency bill fixes armor plate price at 25 per ton for three Uesela ships. Total armor cost, based on weights prepared for the ships, cannot exceed 9 410 725 dollars excluding transport ballistic plates and tests.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Appropriations
Reunions At Lafayette Draw Hundreds ToEaston
Alumni day at Lafayette College in Easton Pennsylvania gathered hundreds of former students for reunions of the literary societies. An orator spoke at Franklin Hall as the event concluded.
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Easton
Lafayette College
Franklin Ball
Cabinet discusses Hawaii annexation and Japanese protest
Washington June 22. The cabinet spent two hours on foreign policy matters but made no changes to current lines of action. Hawaii annexation and the Japanese protest were examined. the administration dismissed the protest as misconstrued and indicated no action this session, planning consideration next December.
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Washington
Hawaii
Annexation
United States
Congress
Calhoun
Ex-Teller Arrested in Philadelphia for Bank Embezzlement
John Firestone, ex-teller at Dilleburg National Bank in Dillsburg York County, faced charges for fake bank entries. authorities say shortages reached $13,500. Firestone bonded the shortage, but he was committed to trial in Harrisburg by Commissioner Wolfe in default of $5,000 bail.
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Philadelphia
United States
Foster
John Firestone
Dilleburg National Bank
Moyamenaing
Firestone
Dillsburg
York County
Wolfe
Harrisburg
Lehigh Valley Railroad Likely to Change President
In Philadelphia on June 2 rumors say BE. W. Winter of the Northern Pacific may succeed E. P. Wilbur as Lehigh Valley president. No timing or confirmation was provided.
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Lehigh Valley
Philadelphia
BE. W. Winter
Northern Pacific Railroad
E. P. Wilbur
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Reading sheet mill again on strike after wage cut
The 10 men at the Reading Iron Company sheet mill in Reading Pennsylvania returned to work after three weeks away then struck again. Workers in other departments also remain out as wage reductions land.
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Reading
Reading Iron Company
Wagie
Weather forecast for the middle states and New England
In the middle States and New England today fair and warmer weather with fresh to light south and southwest winds. Local rain and thunder storms expected in northern and western districts. Thursday forecast calls for fair weather with fresh westerly to southerly winds and gradually rising temperatures.
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the Herald
New York
Middle States
New Enland
Dietriera
Jubilee Parade and World News Highlights
London hosts a Jubilee celebration while Whiteman and War news appear alongside U S events. Cuba pardons thirteen banished figures as Senate debates wool tariff and Hawaii policy. Scranton reports sports including a shutout and local civic notices appear with school jubilees and hospital news.
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McKinley
Ald Dubsa
London
Weyler
Senate
Calinet
Hawaii
Scranton
Ben Brush
Blate—House
Bam
Farview
Homeopathic Hospital
Cecilia's Academy
Lackawanna County
Whitney's
McKinley Aims at Cuban Liberty With US Intervention
Washington dispatch details a Cuba policy that envisions eventual independence under US protection. President McKinley seeks a decisive solution, guiding Spain away from ineffective reforms toward a mutual settlement and potential US joint involvement to restore peace and stable governance in Cuba.
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Chicago
Times-Herald
Ths
Washington
Walter Wellman
MckKinley
Cuba
McKinley
United States
McKintey
Spain
Day
Madrid
Woodford
Richard Olney
Alisbury
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Royal Marine Light Infantry
Trafalgar Square
George's Circus
Surrey
Royal Naval Reserve
Navy
ARMY
Convention of Pennsylvania
Pharemaceutical Association
Campechada
Coffin
Ohio Republicans
Manna
Pennsylvania
Treasury
MR. Carter
Samuel A. Martin
Wilson College
Edward J. Knox
Allegheny
Washington Hall
Pardee Hall
Profeseor Theophilus Parvin
Jefferson Medical College
Warfield
Professor Stevens
Dr. Warfield
Stevens
Clearfeld
Center County
Lafayette
John RK. Firestone
Liberty
Inzard
Dupuy de Lome
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