Roosevelt Funeral Parade Draws London Reactions
The piece recounts Teddy Roosevelt's funeral procession in London with Seth Bullock, noting the eighth position in the line and the crowd's reverent silence. It contrasts American expectations with British pageantry, praising police discipline and crowd behavior while criticizing ceremonial precedence and aristocratic remnants.
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Billo
Teddy
Roosevelt
Seth Halleck
United States
Santo Domingo
T. R
Seth Bullock
Rough Riders
Pennsylvania
Bullock
Duke of Norfolk
Henry the Eighth
Republica
Parliament
Commons
Millionaire Duke Denied Fourth Marriage by Pastor
Brodie L Duke tobacco magnate arrived in Washington to wed Miss Wylanta Roschelle of Durham North Carolina. Reverend Donald C MacLeod of First Presbyterian Church refused to perform the ceremony citing lack of consent to a wedding, leaving the groom and bride-to-be uncertain about their plans amid media scrutiny.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Brodie L. Duke
Washington
Duke
Wylanta Roschelle
Durham
N. C
Donald C. MacLeod
First Presbyterian Church
District of Columbia
MacLeod
Miss Roschelle
Durham, N. C
Brodie L
Rev. MacLeod
Misa Roschelle
Mary L. Hershy
Adt
Duram
Strike Threat on Panama Canal Workers Demands 20 Percent Pay Rise
In Colón on June 11 eight thousand union workers on the Panama Canal threaten to strike unless their request for a 20 percent hourly wage increase is granted. Salaried workers receive a month’s paid vacation, while unionists are paid by the hour. If a vacation raise is approved the demand may be withdrawn.
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United Press
Colon
Panama Canal
ABE HUMMELL RETURNS FROM ORIENT
Abraham H. Hummell, a New York attorney and divorce lawyer, aboard the Nippon Maru quarantined at Angel Island, after traveling in Europe and the Orient with his daughter since March 1908. He previously served a year on Blackwell's Island for subornation of perjury.
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United Press
San Francisco
Angel Island
Abraham H. Hummell
New York
Blackwell's Island
Hummel
Europe
Orient
Hamilton Flight Postponed In Heavy Gale
New York June 11 On account of a heavy gale and a rain storm Charles J. Hamilton aviator postponed his attempt to make a roundtrip flight to Philadelphia today He will probably make the attempt Monday.
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New York
Charles J. Hamilton
Philadelphia
Woman Dies in Stateroom Aboard Whatcom in Port Townsend
The body of Mrs. A. H. Kramer of San Francisco was found in her stateroom on the steamer Whatcom at Port Townsend. Death was due to heart failure. The Whatcom was en route from Seattle to Port Angeles. Cards in her purse show address 1904 Nob Hill, San Francisco. The body will be sent to Bonney Watson for burial.
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A. H. Kramer
San Francisco
Whatcom
Port Townsend
Bonney Watson
The Oriental Pool Rooms Adopts Large-Scale Offerings
The Oriental Pool Rooms advertises 46 pool tables and 26 sole tables with a bar restaurant cigar stand and seven chair barber shop. It claims to be the largest of its kind in the world and mentions a daily $1000 giveaway. Location listed as 1413-15-17 ra av between Pike and Union.
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Pike and
Union
Seattle to Receive Navy Warship Cheyenne
Miller Freeman, commander of Washington state naval militia, announced the monitor Cheyenne will be stationed permanently in Seattle with a skeleton crew. The state legislature plans to fund maintenance until a full appropriation is available, and a militia company may sail to San Francisco to board the vessel for a cruise.
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Cheyenne
Seattle
Miller Freeman
State
Secretary of the Navy
Mare Island Navy Yard
Council Committee On Finance
Freeman
San Francisco
Darby Thielman Still At Large After Mistaken Capture
Darby Thielman of the Maybray gang remains at large after a deputy marshal’s custody escape. A Line, Washington arrest two days earlier of a man mistaken for Thielman prompted local notice, but Lathe confirmed last night the prisoner was not the outlaw.
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Darby” Thielman
Maybray
United States
Lathe
Sumas
Line
Thielman
Court declines to rule on liquor license law
J. R. Putnam sought Supreme Court review of a law forcing druggists to pay a liquor license. The appeal was dismissed on technical grounds and the court did not rule on the law's validity. Putnam, fined $25 for nonpayment, filed habeas corpus petitions and appealed unsuccessfully.
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J. R. Putnam
Supreme Court
Putnam
Ronald
Finland Loses Independence As Duma Grants Authority
United Press reports Finland surrendered independence after the Douma passed a government measure granting it control over the Finnish Diet. The vote stood 164 to 23, provoking deep bitterness in the duchy.
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United Pres
Petersburg
Finland
Russia
Lockjaw Cure Saves a Boy in Philadelphia Hospital
Janelle John Smith, 12, returned home from the Philadelphia Homeopathic hospital cured of lockjaw after two months threat of death. A new method used injections of magnesium sulphate with antitoxin, delivered in the spinal column to reach the nerve center, with forty drops administered.
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Fn United
Philadelphia
Janelle John Smith
Philadelphia Homeopathic Hospital
Prince Rupert Steamer Opens for Public Inspection
The Prince Rupert, Grand Trunk Pa eistener, touted as the finest vessel on Puget Sound, arrives from Wallsend England after a 16 000 mile voyage. It will be open for public inspection today from to 6 and 7 to 10.
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Prince Rupert
Grand Trunk
Produce Men On Grill Again At Hotel Perry Meeting
The Seattle Produce Men's Association was condemned by a joint committee from the Hotel Men's, Restaurant Keepers, and Stewards associations at the Perry hotel. No action was taken beyond inviting produce men to a Friday meeting and possible federal grand jury review. Attending were H. L. Spencer Joseph Guerrieri H. E. Kennedy J. B. Brown J. M. Davia Charles F. Lyons and Charles B. Maybury. Hood Canal Excursion features Hood Canal rides on the Iroquois with an early season trip announced for Saturday drawing large crowds.
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Seattle Produce Men's Association
Hotel Mena Association
Restaurant Keepers Association
Stewards’ Association
Perry Hotel
Federal Grand Jury
L. Spencer
Washington Hotel
Joseph Guerrieri
Perry
H. E. Kennedy
The
Kennedy
J. B. Brown
Rothekeller
J. M. Davia
Washington Annex
Charles F. Lyons
Charles B. Maybury
Hood Canal
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