China The Suppliant Pleading Uncle Sam
A long mixed dispatch from Washington, London, and New York surveys Japan's response to U S mediation over China and the war in the Far East. It notes imperial sanction from the emperor, Tokyo's terms via Minister Dun, and Japan's desire for direct Chinese negotiation while detailing Japanese victories and warnings to Chinese forces near Port Arthur and Wei Hai Wei.
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Wasifixaton
State Department
Japan
Dan
Tokio
United States
Foreign Office
Gresham
China
Dun
Kurino
Lonxpox
Chee Foo
Port Arthur
Tun
Chow
Uni States
Baltimore
Syrup of Figs Advert Contains Mixed Phrases
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Syrup of Figs as a remedy for fevers constipation and stomach issues. The text mentions pleasant taste and general health benefits but is garbled with typos and unclear claims about cures.
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California
Bank Officers Predict Inadequate Gold for $100 Million Target
Leading bank officers state the government will not obtain enough gold to raise the TEMEVO to $100,000,000. John A. Stewart, president of the United States Trust Company, says arrangements are being perfected to satisfy the government. Some smaller banks, pressed by large depositors, have withdrawn gold from the subtreasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Treasury
Carlisle
John A. Stewart
United States Trust Company
Ays
Panama Isthmus Work Crisis Sparks Starvation Plea
A Panama letter from the roadmaster of the Panama railway describes widespread unemployment among skilled workers on the isthmus. He claims the canal company hires no mechanics and only a few laborers at low wages, leaving educated Americans to starve while relief funds run dry.
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Sue
Panama
Moneyleaf
Memphis
Canal Company
Heast
Their ingratitude and Pullman reform bills
Illinois legislators prepare two bills on traveling public reforms. One lowers sleeping car rates by 25 cents, the other cuts rates similarly and requires upper berths to be kept shut when in use, with a safe for valuables and Pullman company liability for loss. Also notes death of Owen J. Summers and a defamation suit against E A Gerrard.
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Jors
George MM
Cuicano
George M. Pullman
Republican Party
Ilinois
Pullman Company
Anarchist Franch Executed After Lyceum Plot
Balvator Franch, the chief conspirator in the Lyceum theatre bomb plot that killed 40 and wounded 80, was hanged at Bancetona. He spent his final hours preaching anarchist doctrine, refused religious consolation, and faced his death with defiance as his wife and daughter urged confession. Crowds pressed outside the prison awaiting the execution, while Detroit reports note a diphtheria outbreak closing several schools. A New York Bowery Insurance company faces blacklisting in Indiana for attempting to solicit and write policies there to dodge taxes.
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Bancetona
Balvator Franch
Lyceum Theatre
Frank
Ixplanatoris
New York
Lombok Rajah Surrenders to Dutch Authority
Amstripan November dispatch reports the rajah of Lombok his son and grandson surrender to Dutch forces and be conveyed to Ampenin. Dutch crews recapture all guns lost in the August Balinese engagement. Nelson Morris bail set at $10,000 in U S court for interstate commerce law violation.
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Amstripan
Lombok
Ampenin
Nelson Morris
Cuicano
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