Coronation Fever as London Bets on King's Health
London crowds fill streets and illuminations transform the capital as coronation preparations surge. Lloyds reports heavy betting on the king living to June 26, while crowds admire decorations and American firms join in the jubilese. Royal processional plans prompt protests from colonial troops and war officials amid tight security and scheduling.
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London
Lloyds
Aldershot
Windsor
Strand
Piccadilly
Whitehall
Costers
United States
Coronation Day Tensions and Irish Nationalist Pressure
A sentence of imprisonment was imposed on Patrick A. McHugh, a Nationalist MP for Leitrim north, for contempt of court. Councilor Gilmartin urged Nationalists in Sligo to display black flags on coronation day in memory of persecutions under England. In Johannesburg, Germans elect a committee to celebrate Edward VII's coronation, pledging to counter anti-German press and affirm British sovereignty and personal freedom.
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Patrick A. McHugh
North
Leitrim
Gilmartin
Sligo
England
Johannesburg
Transvaal
Edward
Germany
Albert and His Successor Characteristics of the Late King of Saxony
Berlin June 21 The late King Albert of Saxony was kind to Americans visiting Dresden and accessible to those with reasons beyond curiosity The American colony in Dresden marked the late King The State Department in Washington directed Andrew D White and John B Jackson to attend the funeral The last official meeting with King Albert was on the fiftieth anniversary of his late Majesty Continued on page 2 column 4
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Berlin
Albert
Saxony
Dresden
Germany
State Department
Washington
Andrew D. White
United States
John B. Jackson
White
Steamer Nome City Returns From Arctic Voyage
The Nome City, racing through ice for Nome, arrived June 5 after a record northward and back from Nome with eight feet thick pack. The Portland was trapped June 4 and may be carried into the Arctic Ocean, Thetis rushed to assist, while other vessels including Elk Dora Sadie and American in Behring Sea were noted. Purser Shaw reports a perilous voyage with ice damage but no major wreck.
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Seattle
Wash
Nome City
Nome
Island of
St. Lawrence
Daniels
Purser Shaw
Portland
Bering Straits
Thetis
Lindquist
Northern Commercial Company
Arctic Ocean
Healy
Straits
Cape Prince of Wales
Elk
United States Revenue
Dora
Sadie
St. Michaels
American
Behring Sea
Portland Steamer Portland in perilous Arctic voyage
San Francisco dispatch reports the steamer Portland, sailing from Seattle to Nome on April 26, faces dangerous northern ice. Alaska Commercial Company officers remain hopeful of her strength, noting past ice routes and Captain Lindquist’s experience. The liner carries 1000 tons of freight and 40 passengers with 60 booked from San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Nome
Alaska Commercial Company
Lindquist
Behring Straits
Corvee
Revenge of the Boers rumor in New Orleans boarding houses
A New Orleans report claims Boer sympathizers and disgruntled muleteers recruited sailors and muleteers for the British during the South African war. It alleges inoculation using a Philadelphia sourced virus causing animal diseases in South Africa. The British suspected ongoing acts and moved Beedavert rs core to Montreal.
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New Orleans
South Africa
Philadelphia
Montreal
Sioux City Mob Murders Noted Killer in Revolt
A mob in Sioux City killed a half-witted murderer who had slain the city marshal. An excited crowd shot the culprit dead after a violent assault that left the house riddled with bullets and the surrounding scene marked by chaos.
Mob violence erupts after sheriff’s deputy shot in Sioux City
City Marshal Swearingen of Jefferson is killed while serving a warrant on S. M. Shipman. A mob surrounds Shipman’s house, firing hundreds of shots. Shipman dies in the exchange. Sheriff deputizes citizens to aid pursuit as crowds gather and violence continues. In Muscatine, Charles Holliday alias Harry Moore is arrested for the Gallagher murder after an attempted lynching.
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Sioux City
Swearingen
Jefferson
S. M. Shipman
Shipman
G. H. Grimmell
Fred Kendall
Br. Grimmell
Sheriff Anderson
Muscatine
Charles Holiday
Harry Moore
James Gallagher
River Junction
Holliday
Iowa City
Gallagher
Attempted Lynching Near New Kensington Italians Saved
Three Italian men Dom inic Sandos Tony Madron and Lewis Madron barely escaped a mob in New Kensington Pennsylvania where David James and his son were assaulted earlier. A crowd of hundreds gathered in the tense aftermath as locals tried to protect the foreigners from vigilante action amid the violent incident.
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New Kensington
Dominic Sandos
Tony Madron
Lewis Madron
David James
Evan James
Indiana Mob Shields Prisoners in Greensburg Flight
A mob stormed the Greensburg jail as prisoners from Indiana were being moved to a railroad for transfer to Greensburg. Deputized officers opened fire, the building was damaged, then a carriage carried the men to Pittsburg. The pursuit faded as the carriage escaped.
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Greensburg
Pittsburg
Youthful Incendiary. 16-Year-Old Confesses to Two Mill Fires
Mark Welborn aged sixteen was arrested by a deputy state fire marshal and confessed to setting fires at Sterling Paper Company's Fordham mill and Franklin paper mill. The Fordham loss was 26000 dollars and the Franklin fire, April 26, caused about 100000 dollars. Welborn had worked at both mills at night claiming to want to escape night work.
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Hamilton
Mark Welborn
Sterling Paper Company
Fordham
Franklin
Welborn
Death by Own Action Haunts St Louis Teacher Official
ST LOUIS June 21 Prof John T Rapp justice of the peace at Wellston in St Louis County and school teacher was found dead in his bed at midnight last night from carbolic acid poisoning. It was stated to be death by own action. Rapp was dismissed from his position and teaching because of charges he said were brought by an enemy and unfounded. The charges left him despondent yesterday though such a denouement was not anticipated.
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ST. Louis
John T. Rapp
Wellston
Professor Rapp
Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
Charles Shepherd
Maggie Shepherd
Redkey March M
Shepherd
Dragoo
Emerson E. McGriff
McGriff
George Bergman
Richie Hartford
Ford
Supreme Court Grants New Trial in Batson Murder Case
NEW ORLEANS June 21 The state supreme court late this afternoon granted a new trial to A E Batson, the Missouri hired hand recently convicted of murdering his employer's family. The ruling cites technical grounds in the decision.
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New Orleans
Supreme Court of the State
A. E. Batson
Missouri
Ring
Miners Address by President Mitchell Today
In a presidential address the miners will hear the coal diggers side of the dispute in reply to operators' statements. The session aims to present the workers' perspective and concerns regarding wage and safety issues.
Trouble on Lost Creek Nonunionists and Coal and Iron Police
The six week anthracite miners strike ends without major violence aside from a single shooting of a boy now recovering. President Mitchell meets with district leaders to discuss a forthcoming public statement noted as a defense of miners’ view on railroads, coal profits, and wages. Longshoremen chief Keefe visits, saying most longshoremen keep to wage agreements and would not break them to aid miners.
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Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
Nicholls
Duffy
Fahey
Daniel J. Keefe
Detroit
Longshoremen’s Union
Keefe
Irwin Miners Reject Syndicate Representation Plan
In Irwin Pennsylvania on June 21, after a thorough canvass miners in the Irwin field voted against sending a representative to the Indianapolis convention to discuss a sympathy strike for bituminous miners. Local leaders oppose the move and will not attend the BAST. The Irwin field employs 10,000 men with about 6 percent affiliated with the United Mine Workers.
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Irwin
Irwin Field
Indianapolis
Nmiv
Unttea
Lehigh Valley Coal Strike Cuts Pig Iron Supply
Easton Pa June 21 The coal strike has halted iron production in the Lehigh valley with furnaces banked or blown out and not a pound of pig iron on the market. The shortage threatens shutdowns of industries using pig iron unless miners return to work soon.
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Easton
Lehigh Valley
Nonanionists and Coal and Iron Police Roughly Handled
SHENANDOAH Pa June 21 There was an exciting demonstration near the Lehigh Valley Coal Company’s four lamp seen area as nonunion supporters clashed with coal and iron police Rough treatment occurred during the confrontation as workers protested conditions and management actions in this industrial town.
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Shenandoah, Pa
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Riot at Lost Creek Collieries Ends Quietly After Police Sent
A mob of about eight hundred gathered at Lost Creek two miles away, throwing stones and roughing nonunion workers at Packer Nos. 2 and 4 collieries. Deputies dispersed the crowd after riot acts. coal and iron policemen faced attacks but were not seriously hurt. Twenty-five officers arrived from Wilkes-Barre to restore order.
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Lost Creek
Schuykill County
Pottsville
Packer No. 4
Wilkesbarre
Refused to Leave the Boys Who Violated the Injunction
A dozen people arrested at Clarksburg for violating Federal Judge Jackson’s injunction were arraigned in Parker sburg and released on zero bond. Mother Jones refused hotel courtesy, saying she would stay with the group through thick and thin. This marked her first arrest despite numerous injunctions.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Clarksburg
Jackson
Jones
Ninth Infantry Home Arrives as Marines and Officers Honor Vets
Ten companies of the Ninth Infantry arrive in San Francisco aboard the Hancock and march to the Presidio. Colonel Rabe notes only about four hundred men remain from the Cuba campaign, with several units sent to Fort Niagara, Madison barracks, and Peking guard duty. The unit reports heavy losses across Santiago, Luzon, China, and Samar, with 6 officers and 110 killed and 7 officers and 163 wounded, plus 3 officers and 162 men dying of disease or drowning. Major Waller of the Marines visits Moody at the Navy Department, praises Marine service, and heads to Norfolk for a banquet. The Sherman arrives late, carrying Wheaton and Snyder with 580 Sixth Infantry, 560 Nineteenth Infantry, and 151 sick aboard. A Ninth Cavalry private is pardoned in place of execution after desertion, by the President.
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Edward
Queen Alexandra
Inner Temple
Lord Pembroke
Henry White
United States
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Schleswig-Holstein
London
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Reich
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Richmond Terrace
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Canada
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Peiratt
Alexandra Park
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
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Cuba
Fort Niagara
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Peking
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Samar
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Seregt
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Ninth Infantry
Balangiga
Mumby
Pickett
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Luzon
Sherman
Manila
Lloyd Wheaton
Snyder
Sixth Infantry
Nineteenth Infantry
Gaynor And Greene Remanded To Quebec Jail
In a tense legal battle over extradition for alleged harbor work frauds, Colonel Gaynor and Captain Greene are sent back to Quebec jail for eight days. U S attorneys won a temporary stay as Judge Andrews rejected certiorari petitions and quashed habeas corpus writs. Sheriff Langelier to depart for Montreal to resume extradition proceedings.
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Quebec
Gaynor
Greene
Savannah
United States
Green
Andrews
Morrison trial testimony in Castle murder case
In Eldorado on June 21 Mrs. Mobberly testified in the Jessie Morrison murder trial that Mrs. Castle lay on the floor bloodied with her throat cut while Morrison bent over her. She said she pulled Morrison away and Morrison claimed someone else attacked her. The testimony reflects the chaotic scene at the crime.
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Eldorado
Kan
Jessie Morrison
Prison for life at Loganport and Marion Elks carnivals
Proceedings of the day include completion of argument and a long charge by the trial judge in the case tied to Elks carnivals at Logansport and Marion. The wind up of events follows the detailed judicial discussion and sentencing context.
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Logansport
Marion
One Man at the Reunion in Paris Illinois
Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Paris Illinois veteran Daniel G Burr, once orderly sergeant of Edgar County company in the Mexican War, held a solitary reunion at the fair grounds. He called the roll for his lone audience of trees, says he will address Illinois troops’ role next year. He is eighty three and expects to return to speak.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Paris
Fair Grounds
Edgar County
Mexico
Daniel G. Burr
Iereee
Burr
Illinois
No Agitators Wanted by Indiana Employers Council
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports that the Marion Employers' Council decides to support business owners boycotted or placed on the unfair list. They aim to weed out agitators by termination of disturbances and will pay workers based on the employers' valuation of service, not a fixed wage. Competent men will be employed regardless of union membership.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Employers’ Council
Political Love Feast in Pendleton Sparks Campaign Kickoff
In Pendleton Indiana Republicans held a smoker at A B Taylors Hall to launch the campaign. Nearly all leading county politicians attended and greeted rank and file. County Chairman John Starr led the main party, with optimism that Madison Republicans will win state and county tickets by larger pluralities.
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Indianapolis Journal
Pendleton
Ind
A. B. Taylor
Charles Henry M. M. Dananlap
Ge Hendee
J. jeCture
Sh.ton
C. E. Orate
Soneph Rinnard
We Ow
Manifold
John Starr
Madison
Porter County Democrats Nominate Ticket at Convention
Porter county Democrats in a delegate convention nominated a ticket for representative and coroner among others. The Bloomington entry notes Democrats of the Monroe Greene and Brown senatorial district meeting in the same June 21 dispatch.
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Democrats
Monroe
Brown and Greene
Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
Porter County
Robert E. Bigot Rae
Bloomington
Ins
Monroe, Greene and
Brown
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