Armistice Signed After Talks in Manchuria
General Fukishima and General Ovanly Sky signed an armistice in Manchuria setting a neutral four kilometer wide zone with Shahotan railroad center. Civilians barred from the area and communications limited to Shahotsi road. Navy envoys to meet near Vindivestoot to finalize details and the border accord mirrors earlier Manchuria talks.
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Manchuria
Fukishima
Oyama
Ovanlysky
Lineviteh
Shahotan
Shahotsi
Vindivestoot
Korea
Ies
Sale of Texas state lands sparks controversy in cattle regions
Austin news reports about the sale of roughly 6 million acres of state lands to private settlers under a new law. Cattlemen fear reduced grazing will harm Texas cattle industries. Purchasers pay $1 per acre in four installments, with title after three years. state retains about 12 million acres. Dallas printers strike over eight hour day contracts. Several large firms walk out, with unions coordinating under International President Lynch. further strikes anticipated in nearby cities.
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Austin
Texas
Sisté
Netial Peters
Dallas
United States
Dorsey Printing Company
ML P
Ex Hine Company
PL Worley Company
Lynch
Mouscon
Waco
Fever refugees at Cincinnati amid yellow fever scare
Cincinnati reports 200 refugees from Louisiana yellow fever districts arriving, five held on suspicion of disease. Officials note unofficially that hundreds more refugees are scattered through the city. Regular traffic resumes in Yokohama as ships America Nippon and Hong Ken prepare to rejoin service after wartime changes.
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Ohio
Louisiana
Yokohama
America
Tokyo Kisen Kataha Steamship Company
San Francisco
Nippon
Cig Hong Ken
Steamslip Company
Gambling dead in Chicago cites police crackdown on vice
Chicago dispatch reports gambling activity declining after authorities target operators. Chief of Police Collins received anonymous threats to himself and family for actions against gambling. A guard was posted at his home amid the crackdown.
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Chicago
Collins
West Africa
Paris
French West Africa
Count de Brakes
Darkarr
Central Africa
Thees
Indiana Auditor Charged With Embezzlement in Dudley Case
Indianapolis Sept 1 ex-auditor David R Sherrick was taken to the police station on a charge of embezzlement of state funds. His hearing was postponed. Reports say he invested about 145000 of the state’s funds in private enterprises amid a public health crisis and political scrutiny.
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Indianapolis
Ind
David R. Sherrick
Sherrick
War munitions smuggled for Philippine uprising foiled
Hongkong detectives uncovered a plan to move 10,000 modern rifles and 40,000,000 rounds to Samar for Filipino rebels. The conspiracy involved a German conspirator and a Manila-bound commission, with a $300 fee and $500,000 expected in profits. Police halted the shipment. the conspirators escaped. The gun runners may try again when the coast is clear.
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Samar
United, States
Hong Cons Ple
Manila
Ieax
Japan
Philippines
Ttis
Bit Con
Oe Oia
Diet Met and Prorogue After Cabinet Had Resigned
The diet met and prorogued after the cabinet had resigned as Austria objected to proposals. Officials warned that war would follow if dual peace arrangements were rejected, signaling a tense political standoff with potential broader conflict.
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Diet
Austria
Celebrating Diaz Seventy Fifth Birthday in Mexico
Mexico City and national events mark Porfirio Diaz’s birthday with army salutes, a balcony ringing of the liberty bell, and a large public celebration. Delegations from Oaxaca and the diplomatic corps attend, leading to parades and festivities nationwide.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Connee
Oaxaca
Diaz
Jaime Nimo
Mme. Ding
Congress
Ding
New York Life Treasurer Details Joint Account Profits
Edmund D. Randolph, treasurer of the New York Life company, testified on profits from joint accounts totaling 893,541 over ten years. Perkins produced a 48,000 check to J P Morgan & Co. said to be a contribution to the national Republican committee to protect assets if Democrats won.
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New York
Edmund D. Randolph
New York Life Company
Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Dia
National Republican Committee
Sensational Suit For One Hundred Thousand Dollars
A rumor circulates of a planned landmark suit by Hubbell and Vigil against Governor M A Otero District Attorney FW Clancy and County Commissioners A Grunsfeld and M R Symker for 100000 damages. The suit alleges political conspiracy to strip them from office and damage reputations with threats of more disclosures. The Citizen notes heated public debate and potential Supreme Court review as officials brace for injunctions and mandamus actions.
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Otero
Clancy
Grunsfeld and
Springer
Hubbell
Vigil
M.A. Otero
FW. Clancy
A. Grunsfeld
M.R. SymKer
Co 1
Thomas
Frank Hutsbelt
Eslavio Viet
Abbott
Ramsey Attacks Gould for Wabash Control in Toledo Vote
Joseph Ramsey former Wabash president urges stockholders for proxies as annual director election looms in Toledo on October 10. Reports say Ramsey seeks to challenge George J. Gould’s at headship, with Gould poised to lead the Wabash system. Separately, court martial proceedings over the Bunington explosion proceed in San Francisco with senior officers listed. Dividend news from Standard Oil shows quarterly payout details and yearly totals.
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New York
Joseph Ramsey
The
Wabash Railroad
Toledo
George J. Gould
Gould
Wabash
Ramsey
Bennington Court
Martin
San Francisco
Cal
Cetry
Tarcen Young
Rodlyn Chae
T. Wade
San Diego
Marel#land tay
Henry Gloss
Charles P. Perkins
Wiliam P. Day
John B. Roller
Tainted Money Again Comes to the Fore by Dr Gladden
Beatle Sept 15 Dr Washington Gladden formally introduced a resolution protesting inviting or soliciting tainted money at the morning session of the American Hours of Commissioners for Foreign Missions of the Congregational church. The resolution was perfected without discussion and states that officers should neither sorbe nor invite donations from funds believed to be derived by morally reprehensible means.
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DR. Gladden
Cloudbursts Cause Severe Damage and Loss of Lives
In western Missouri and eastern Kansas, a storm with cloudburst-like rain and high winds struck early today. At Maxson, Kansas, a woman and three children perished in a flooded area. a man and another child were rescued from a tree. Lakewntown stores and the race track grandstand suffered damage. floods filled cellars. Nebraska towns report similar heavy rain and three inches falling in minutes.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Bank
Letter From Panama Describes Harsh Canal Zone Conditions
A San Francisco letter from carpenter Edward Stayback details hardship for canal workers in the Panama zone. He reports disease, plague, and strict entry restrictions, with wages at $25 monthly and living costs two to three times higher than in the United States. Stayback also says workers face harsh treatment by canal authorities.
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San Francisco
Cal
Edward Stayback
Panama
Slaybuck
Politicians shaken up in trolley accident near Leavenworth
Kansas City dispatch reports on September 15 a collision between trolley cars on the Kansas City Leavenworth line near Leavenworth. About seven to twenty persons were injured none fatally, all Republicans who had traveled from Kansas City to attend a political meeting.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Leavenworth
Leavenworth
Kanate City
Race riots halted as sheriff and posse restore peace
Sheriff Henry and a posse suppressed race riots here and arrested several individuals beaten in the turmoil. The unrest arose over use of non white labor replacing whites in heavier work at a local lumber mill.
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Henderson
Henry
No Grove
Escaped convict back to penitentiary in Santa Fe
Lieutenant Robert Lewis of the New Mexico mounted police escorted Jacobet es an escaped convict to the Santa Fe penitentiary. Flores, a dangerous ex-convict from Dona Ana county, was sentenced to twenty one years for murder and captured after a July escape attempt. He previously eluded capture until recently, when Sheriff Lucero arrested him in Las Cruces after returning home for his brief freedom.
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Robert Lewis
New Mexico Mounted Police Force
Sta Fe
Jacobetes
Flores
Dona Ana County
Santa Fe
Securc
Fores
Jove
Lucero
Dona Ana
Las Cruces
Destructive Fire Destroys Hax Smith Furniture Store
A lightning strike set the Hax Smith furniture store in St. Joseph Me ablaze on September 1 causing total destruction. The fire caused roughly 200,000 dollars in losses and prompted emergency crews to battle the flames through the night.
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St. Joseph. Me
Hax-Smith
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