Funeral Rites of King Edward VII Breathe Royal Pageantry
London observers recount the May 17 lying in state and Windsor funeral rites for King Edward VII. Ten thousand soldiers spread through streets, 700000 visitors view the coffin, while Queen Alexandra endures grief amid royal and parliamentary ceremonies. Roosevelt attends as U.S. envoy. Bluejackets draw the gun carriage. Frogmore Mausoleum houses the royal remains.
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Elmore Family Business Faces $350000 Albany Discrepancy
A $350000 discrepancy appears at the Albany office of Durant Elmore grain dealers. Edwin W. Elmore, vice president and Chicago manager, has gone to Albany to investigate. Elder Elmore claims the Chicago operations are sound and notes $12 million in three years with a single bank. The firm operates branches in Buffalo Boston and New York. An attache allegedly confessed implicating a former Delaware and Hudson employee.
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Boston
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Delaware & Hudson Railroad Co
Mass Meeting Draws 10000 at Atlantic City Presbyterian Assembly
Atlantic City capacity crowd fills the million dollar pier auditorium for a mass meeting of the Presbyterian general assembly. Charles I Nagel does not appear to deliver his conservation address due to illness. Rev Charles Stelzle denounces industrial and social conditions as deadly to workers. The piece notes the coming immigration report may trigger factory death concerns. World Sunday School Day observed with churches worldwide.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
Charles I.’. Nagel
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Bennet
New York
Commission On Immigration
Charles Stelzle
Department of Commerce and Labor
Presbyterian Church
America
Powers Endorse Knox Plan for International Court
Washington dispatch says the state department will issue a declaration naming the nations in sympathy with the American proposal to establish an international court to secure world peace.
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International Court
Crop Prospects Improve as Road Traffic Up
Chicago traffic officials report a fair gain in tonnage on west roads improving crop prospects. Some classifications lag behind last year but overall results are satisfactory.
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Chicago
Comet Halley Might Be Visible From Chicago
The Halley comet tail may have detached when it passed Earth but observers may still see the object under favorable conditions. A cautious note on visibility remains pending weather and sky clarity.
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Chicago
Halley
Accuses Steel Firms of Wilful Murder in Hearings
Washington hearing before the senate public health committee featured Arthur E. Holder of the AFL alleging steel makers in Pennsylvania operate "human slaughter houses." He claimed a Bethlehem Steel unit hid costs of crippling workers by preferring dead men, though the witness offered to name the company and source.
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American Federation of Labor
Holder
Bethlehem Steg Company
Fear New Boxer Uprising Rumors Reach Nanking
Washington reports William J. Calhoun the American minister to China warned the state department of disquieting anti foreign and anti dynastic rumors at Nanking that echo those that preceded the Boxer movement.
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China
Memorandum Urges Action as Anti-Foreign Sentiment Rises
Mr. Calhoun noted a consular corps memorandum to the viceroy warning of escalating anti-foreign sentiment about ten years ago. The document stresses immediate actions to curb hostility and proposes dispatch of an American warship to Nanking.
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Nanking
Six bishops consecrated in St Paul province
Six bishops newly appointed by the pope to fill vacant dioceses in the St Paul province were consecrated in St Paul Minnesota. The new bishops are James O Reilly of Fargo John J Lawler of St Paul Patrick R Heffron of Winona Timothy Corbett of Crookston Vincent Wehrle of Bismarck and Joseph F Busch of Lead. Archbishop Ireland acted as consecrator. The ceremony was noted as unusually solemn in modern times.
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James O'Reilly
Fargo
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John J. Lawler
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Patrick R. Heffron
Winona
Timothy Corbett
Crookston
Vincent Wehrle
Bismarck
Willing to Pay for Rammer at Abu Klea
At Abu Klea in the Nubian desert a British gunner, while ramming a charge, killed a dervish with his rammer head after it split on the assailant’s skull. The next day the gunner explained he would pay for the rammer to avoid further trouble, saying he never imagined the head could be so hard.
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Russia
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England
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Abu Klea
Market visit sparks playful pepper joke
A father and son in a Mexican market observe a native girl eating peppers. The boy asks if eating them would make someone smart, and the father agrees. The joke twists to a birthday gift and a remark about aging and a mirror.
Governor Frank Rollins Pleads Guilty in Smuggling Case
New York May 21 Frank West Rollins former New Hampshire governor pleads guilty before Judge Hand in U S district court and is fined 2000 dollars. An indictment followed a federal grand jury charging him with a false declaration. No bills were found against Mrs Rollins and their son.
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New York
Frank West Rollins
New Hampshire
Judge Hand
United States District Court
Rollins
Wreck Kills Two as Electric Freight Collision Occurs
Two men died when a Peoria sleeper on the Illinois Traction system crashed into an electric freight near Lovelace. The crash led to the bodies being cremated by 33 000 volts of electricity.
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Peoria
Illinois Traction System
Lovelace
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