Rumor of plot against King Edward unsettles London
Reports from London allege a plot to assassinate King Edward, with Scotland Yard reticent to deny or confirm. The king traveled from Aldershot to Windsor amid illness rumors, while royal appearances and a full state parade at Ascot drew scrutiny as coronation preparations spark concern over security and hotel and seating profiteering.
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London
King Edward
Edward
Aldershot
Scotland Yards
Windsor Castle
Francis Laking
Windsor
Sootland Yard
Geneva
Switzerland
Daily Chronicle
England
Zurich
Paris
London Times
Royal procession at Ascot amid coronation week fatigue
At Ascot Heath the King did not attend the races, remaining at Windsor by precaution to conserve strength after coronation week. Queen Alexandra, the Prince of Wales and others joined a grand state procession of eight four-horse carriages amid cheering crowds. Despite poor weather, the enclosure was crowded with dignitaries including Horace White and James Montgomery-Sears among American guests.
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London
Windsor Castle
Ascot Heath
Queen Victoria
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Prince of Wales
Duke of Cambridge
Duchess of Connaught
Prince Consort
George IV
New Mile
Royal Pavilion
Horace White
United States
White
John R. Carter
Ascot Race Day Highlights and Royal Attendance
At Windsor and Ascot the fashionable crowd witnessed Ice Maiden win the gold vase, Rock Sand taking the Coventry Stakes, and Scullion winning the Ascot Stakes after an objection against Cupbearer. Ard Patrick led Derby talk as a favorite. Art Patrick earned the Prince of Wales Stakes after Cupbearer’s disqualification. Notables Consuelo Vanderbilt and Consuelo Yznaga drew attention in the royal paddock with elegant gowns as the royal procession returned to Windsor.
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Ascot
Windsor
George Faber
Rock Sand
Maher
Scullion
Ard Patrick
Duke of Devonshire
Haere
Spencer
Duchess of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Duchess of Manchester
Consuelo Yznaga
Queen Alexandra
Duke of Cambridge
Princess Radziwill
Lady Newborough
Miss Grace Carr
Kentucky
Mrs. Adair
Cleveland Receives First US Honorary Doctor of Jurisprudence
Former President Grover Cleveland becomes the first American to be awarded the honorary Doctor of Jurisprudence by the Augustinian College of St Thomas of Villanova in Philadelphia. The ceremony, tied to college commencement and a new monastery dedication, included remarks on education’s unity and civic duty.
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Philadelphia
United States
William J. Hill
St. Paul's Church
Brooklyn
Morgan J. O’brien
New York
Joseph F. Daly
T. Fitzgerald
Archbishop Ryan
Cleveland
Republic of Education
College of St. Thomas of Villanova
Princeton University
Mora Iying
Cattle Owner Murder Case Shocks Hyatto ville
James Gorman and his sister in law Mrs. Thomas Gorman were arrested in Basin after the murder of Thomas Gorman a wealthy cattle owner. The couple allegedly disposed of property and fled with Mrs. Gorman’s 3 year old daughter. a body was found buried in the garden and authorities seek the child, say the body may lie in the Big Horn River.
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Basin
Knights of Honor Concludes Ninth Annual Convention
Cleveland June 17 The Knights of Honor wrap up their twenty ninth annual convention with re elected officers installed and a revised constitution. An eight rate beneficiary class with twenty dollar certificates is created for members over sixty. Prohibition list removed distillery workers and liquor dealers. Supreme Lodge biennial sessions set. The organization shows a gain of 105000 and more initiations in the first five months of 192 than any ten year period.
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Cleveland, CO
Knights of Honor
Supreme Lodge
Four-Horse Coach Runaway Injures Two Women in Park
Livingston Montana June 17 A runaway of a four horse coach in Yellowstone National Park near Gardner injures Mrs Griffith and Mrs Bates of Salem. Both are severely injured but expected to recover.
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Livingston, Mont
Yellowstone National Park
Gardner
Griffith
Bates
Salem
Illinois Democrats Nominate Ticket After Bitter Chair Fight
Springfield reports the Illinois State Democratic convention nominated John L. Pickering for Clerk of the Supreme Court, J. B. Baker for Clerk of the Appellate Court Third District, George Duddleston for State Treasurer, Anson L. Bliss for Superintendent, and university trustees Dr. Julia Holmes Smith J A White and S S Paxton. Hopkins won re election as state central committee chair after a heated contest with Carter H. Harrison amid clashes and a long, stormy platform debate critiquing the Kansas City platform and Philippines policy.
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Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
John L. Pickering
Ppraceud
Third
J. B. Baker
Sullivan
George Duddleston
Chicago
Anson L. Fbiss
Hillsboro
The
State University
Julia Holmes Smith
J. A. White
Urbana
S. S. Paxton
Monmouth
Hopkins
State Central Committee
Carter H. Harrison
Harrison
St. Nicholas Hotel
Thomas M. McNally
General Committee
Committee On
Illinois
United States
Kansas City
John C. Richberg
Adolf Kraus
Democratic Party
William J. Bryan
Philippines
Philip
Ppice Telanda
Hanna to Confer on Ticket as Burton Likely to Stay
In Cleveland on June 17 Senator Hanna heads to Washington for a conference with Congressman Burton to secure Burton remaining on the ticket for re election. The note signals a push to restore harmony in local Republican ranks amid talks on tariffs, ship subsidy measures, and Liberal pensions, while mourning McKinley and Altgeld.
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McKinley
Altgeld
Cleveland, CO
Hanna
Washington
Burton
Ferment at Vincennes as mob seeks lynching of Bill Edson
A mob attacked the old jail in Vincennes aiming to lynch Bill Edson, accused of assaulting Morris Pfohl's 3 1/2 year old daughter Ima. Fire alarms drew responders, the ruse failed, guards reinforced, and Edson remained jailed under protection. Edson, a longtime reform school and Jeffersonville prison alumnus, sparked public outrage.
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Bill Edson
Ima
Morris Pfohl
Edson
Summit
Terre Haute
Reform School
Jeffersonville
Rush for Idaho land opens Fort Hale ceded area
At noon on June 17, about 150 men and boys crossed the ceded Fort Hale boundary near Pocatello seeking homestead and mineral lands. Thousands followed by afternoon, many on horseback or packed with gear as the boundary opened and the town emptied. A special Oregon Short Line train carried entrants to Blackfoot for land office filings.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Fort Hale
Hogback
Oregon
Oregon Short-line
McCammon
Blackfoot
Democrats in session at Grand Hotel claim election justified
Chairman O'Brien of the State Committee jokes about political conditions as justification. The meeting at the Grand Hotel features party leaders discussing how current circumstances support an election.
Democratic State committee meeting notes in Indiana
Chairman O'Brien led the Democratic State committee gathering at the Grand Hotel with most members present. Candidates Jerome Herff Albert Schoonover J R Riggs J B Saunderson H G Zimmerman and John R East discussed campaign plans and fund pooling in a box at Indiana Trust Company while the party pushes a September to October opening and endorses the convention platform.
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O'Brien
Democratic State Committee
State Committee
Grand Hotel
John J. Nolan
Congressional Committee
Lincoln Dixon
Judge New
Scottsburg
8. B. Fleming
Michigan
Jerome Herff
Peru
Albert Schoonover
Attica
J. R. Riggs
Sullivan
J. B. Saunderson
Fowler
H. G. Zimmerman
John R. East
Bloomington
Indiana Trust Company
William Jennings Bryan
Indiana
Democrats Eye McKain Nomination For Auditor
Democratic county chairman Spencer says auditor nominee A A McKain has not yet notified the committee whether he will run or withdraw and is away from the city. Spencer assumes silence means acceptance and says campaign work may start in August. The county party will stage its joint senatorial convention with the Seventh district congressional event.
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Spencer
Democratic County Committee
A. A. McKain
Democratic County Convention
McKain
Thorp Block
Fanning to Pick Time for Meeting on District Race
Chairman Fanning has not set a time for a district meeting. No strong Democratic picks emerge against Representative Overstreet. Holtzman could win the nomination but shows no rush. Burke could not be imposed upon two years ago. Senatorial plans defer to Morgan County’s choice.
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Fanning
Representative Overstreet
John W. Holtzman
Holtzman
Frank BR. Burke
Burke
Spencer
Marion County
Morgan County
Mr Burke's Stinging Wit at Greenfield Convention
U S Jackson of Greenfield former Democratic state committee member arrived for the July joint senatorial convention of Hancock Rush and Madison counties at Greenfield. The district seeks a speaker who will “say things” and has asked Frank B Burke to deliver the oration. Burke has accepted and is expected to amuse the local Democrats, as two candidates vie for the senator’s nomination, including Ed Deharity of El.
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U. S. Jackson
Greenfield
Democratic State Committee
Frank B. Burke
Hancock
Rush
Madison
Burke
Ed_Deharity
Surrender of Boers Ends Transvaal and Colony Losses
dispatches from London report Lord Kitchener confirming 11,227 Boer surrender in the Transvaal and 5,539 in the Orange River Colony, with 10,813 and 5,280 rifles turned in respectively. 70 Boers surrendered at Bloemfontein and the war’s surrender phase ends. Reductions include details from Mafeking and Catered notes on Boer losses and tactics. Roberts lauds Canadian contingent and a Victoria-borne private soldier scarf honor.
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Orange River
Kemp
London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Bloemfontein
Orange River Colony
Cape Colony
Eivil
Kimberley
Delarey
Leutenant
Mafeking
Colenso
Spion Kop
Ladysmith
Brandspruit
Vinkenfontein
Johannesburg
Krugersdorp
Official Gazette
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Cookson
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Victoria
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Richard Rowland Thompson
Royal Canadian Regiment
Mascagni Coming to Lead 65 Piece Orchestra in U S
Mittenthal Bros of Kalamazoo announce Mas cagni the Italian composer will personally conduct a 65 member orchestra on his first U S visit. Four famed Italian grand opera singers engaged. Season of 100 nights to open in New York Oct 15 with major cities to follow. M Stromberg to manage the company.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Mittenthal Bros
Florence
Italy
Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana
New York
Payee M. Stromber
Grau
Mittenthal
Lost ship note found near Halifax in scrap of paper
A note found in a beer bottle forty five miles east of Halifax describes the steamer Huronian's loss. It says fourteen people were in a small boat after the vessel turned over Sunday night. The Huronian had sailed from Glasgow for St John New Brunswick and has not been heard from since February. Several search efforts are underway.
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Montreal
Stilwell Parker
Headship Harbor
Halifax
Atlantic
Glasgow
St. John
N. B
Mob forms after Black man assaults Hungarian woman in Ohio mining village
In Connersville, a mining hamlet behind Portland Station Ohio, Charles Scott a Black man fatally strikes Mrs. John Dull a Hungarian woman and later kills Samuel Jones. Scorned Hungarians surround Scott’s cabin as sheriff and five men rush to the scene amid mob threats.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Connersville
Portland Station
Charles Scott
John Dull
Samuel Jones
Scott
Jefferson County
Memorial Tablet for Wabash College War Heroes
A bronze memorial tablet honoring Wabash College students who served in the Civil War was dedicated on June 17 in Crawfordsville. The event drew thousands, featured presentations by alumni including Gen. John C. Black, and celebrated a roll of 310 names across generations.
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Indianapolis Journal
Crawfordsville
Ind
Wabash College
Old Center Hall
Tuttle
College Hall
United States
John Hancock
Wabash
Jack
Harry J. Milligan
Indianapolis
John C. Black
Chicago
John E. Cleland
Kane
Frand
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