France Declines to Pay Indemnities Over Moroccan Crisis
Paris cabinet holds special session on the Moroccan situation and adopts conclusions holding Morocco responsible for the Casablanca massacre and related damages. An international commission would fix indemnities, reflecting a precedent from the 1882 Alexandria bombardment. Premier Clemenceau notes Moors seek peace talks as tribes weary of war. France awaits Germany’s response on policing Moroccan ports.
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Paris
Casa Blanca
Psr
France
Ara
Alexandria
Fichan
Morocco
Clemenceau
Drude
Philibert
M. Malpertuy
Ant
Germany
Germany Fears Reprisals Over Moroccan Police Plan
Berlin notes that the French Moroccan police proposal is provisional and within the Algeciras framework. German envoys warn foreign police near Tangier and other ports could provoke mountain tribes and endanger Europeans without strong military support. The report also mentions no anticipated issues over damages at Casablanca and that General Drude is ill, possibly delaying offensive plans.
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Morocco
Berlin
Germany
Algeciras
Tangier
Lkely
Casa Blanca
Duluth Tops Great Lakes Ports In Incoming Freight Tonnage
Duluth leads all Great Lakes ports in incoming freight tonnage for the year with 1,503 vessels totaling 2 856 004 tons. Chicago is second with 8 271 vessels and 2 076 853 tons. Milwaukee third with 3 763 vessels totaling 3 642 323 tons. Buffalo fourth at 1 443 vessels and 3 914 007 tons. Superior and Cleveland also above 2 000 000 tons for the season. Strong Box Defies Burglar.
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Duluth
Great Lakes
Bureau of Statistics
Chicago
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Superior
Cleveland
Riots in Vancouver over Orientals injure many and damage property
A large riot in Vancouver against Chinese and Japanese quarters caused about 16 000 in damage. Several injured by bottles and bricks as mobs attacked Japanese officials and rioters clashed with police. A steamship with at least 800 Japanese arrived and rioters pelted the gangplank. Police contained about 4 000 laborers as street violence spread. Indemnity by the city to 25 000 threatened. mayor refuses. International tensions feared.
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Vancouver
B. G
Chinatown
Aikujiro Ishii
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Saburo Hisamidzu
Seattle
Ishii
Hisamidzu
Tokio
Burrard Inlet
Baron Ishirgaya
Kaneko
London
Bethune
Domimon
Canada
Vancouver anti Japanese riots damage Japanese stores
Tokyo and Ottawa report riots in Vancouver targeting Japanese and Korean stores. About 50 to 60 attackers first struck, then up to 600 attacked fronts of shops, with one Japanese wounded. Fourth attack occurred around midnight. by dawn order was restored and damages tallied across general stores, hotels, confectionery, bathhouses, barber shops, shoemakers, banking, news offices, employment offices, restaurants, a rice mill, tailors, and a watchmaker. Consul generals plan to inform Prime Minister Laurier. Canada expected to pay damages and apologize amid immigration talks.
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Montreal
Nosse
Ottawa
Ishii
Department of Foreign Affairs of Japan
British Columbia
Morikawa
Mr. Ushii
Wilford Laurier
Canada
Ont
Japan
Vancouver
Gompers Denounces Court Injunctions Against Labor
President of the American Federation of Labor Samuel Gompers argues that courts use injunctions to deprive workers of constitutional equality before the law. He warns that injunctions in labor disputes make workers outlaws and insists trials must follow due process. The piece notes Labor Day events in Omaha New York La Crosse Chicago and Kansas City with speeches by Haywood and mass parades despite rain and organizational disputes.
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Norfolk
Samuel Gambers
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Gompers
Labor
Wmlls
HayWood
Omaha
Syndicate Park
WW. D. Haywood
Western Federation of Minera
New York
Conversation insight on listening and speaking loquacity
The quote notes people rarely listen in dialogue because they focus on their own intent. It contrasts reasonable versus unreasonable thoughts, suggesting inner contradictions arise when planning speech and ignoring others. The remark references Goethe and implies a universal communication flaw.
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Rachelou
Peter Schuttler Wagon Makers Catalogue Ad
Peter Schuttler offered fifty five years as the leading farm wagon with a request to send for a catalogue. The Peter Schuttler Co of Chicago Illinois manufactured the wagon and Ketchum and Gaston Co of Marshalltown Iowa served as distributors.
Selvedge Last Shot Ends Burglary Pursuit in Swamp
Lyndhurst New Jersey September 3 George Cassidy and two officers attempted to arrest two burglars caught robbing a store. Cassidy was shot dead by one burglar who then fled. The other burglar escaped, pursued by a crowd, but drowned in a swamp after firing at pursuers. The captured man later killed himself with his final cartridge.
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Lyndhurst
N. J
George Cassidy
Onesidy
Cassidy
Passaic River
Blairsville
Guiseppe Giussnfo
Frank Cleppinno
Cieppinno
Ginalffo
Gieppingo
King
Indiana
Fight on Wisconsin Soil at Diamond Bluff Clash on Mississippi River
A crowd of about 350 in St Paul watched Griff Jones of Minneapolis fight Ben Tremble of St Paul two miles below Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin. The excursion aboard the steamboat C W Cowles avoided Minnesota deputies, liquor was sold on board, and Pierce County sheriff initially planned to intervene but left when the event appeared peaceful. Followed by a Blaine stump speech anecdote, and a note on moistening a collar stud to ease a stubborn buttonhole.
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St. Paul
Sept. S
Mississippi River
C. W. Cowles
Griff Jones
Minneapolis
Ben Tremble
Diamond Bluff
Wis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ramsey County
Gail
Pierce County
De Style and Gunbusta Exchange Crude Insults
A compact, period tone exchange presents De Style complimenting a man as a brick and Gunbusta noting that a harsher label like an oblongated object provokes a strong reaction. The dialogue relies on bold urban slang and sharp verbal conflict.
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2 Man
Gunbusta
Nighttime remedies spark family debate
Fragmentary line suggests a family discussion over medicines or remedies at midnight. Names or exact substances unclear, but the dialogue hints at conflicting views on what is suitable for one member versus the rest of the household.
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Mamma
Paragoric
Papa
Cpa
Spectacular blaze threatens two big buildings in New York
A paint shop fire on Fulton Street spread through five floors and sent thousands fleeing in Lower Broadway. Fire Chief Croker and Deputy Commissioner Hanson led a large response with dozens of engines and mounted police to keep crowds back. Traffic halted, business disrupted, but no major financial damage reported as residents and workers evacuated in orderly fashion.
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New York
Aug
Broadway
Fulton, Street
Western Union Telegraph Company
Evening Mall
Western Union
Croker
Hanson
Evening Mail
Wall Street
Associated Press
Associated Press Service
A Soiling Crop Kale Gains in Pacific Northwest Use
Thousand headed kale has grown in the Willamette valley for 27 years and is rapidly becoming a major green feed and winter forage crop for dairies. It tolerates mild winters west of the Cascades, yields 30 to 40 tons per acre under favorable conditions, and is fed to cows from October to April. It is suited to well drained soils and poses field clearance challenges when ground is wet.
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Willa+ matte
Oregon
Cascade
Pacific Coast
Famous French Duelist Marquis de lAngle-Beaumanoir
A historic portrait of the Marquis de l Angle-Beaumanoir, famed in his youth as a gallant duelist. An Opera foyer quarrel led to a mortal duel with Marquis du Hallays, where Beaumanoir was wounded but retained a hand to clasp his cousin in lasting friendship.
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Marquis de l'Angle-Beaumanoir
Marquis du Hallays
Marquis de Vangle-Beaumanoir
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