Cuban Tobacco Duties Plea Linked to Annexation Hope
Havana buyers urge U S duty cuts on Cuban tobacco arguing lower rates aid annexation aims. They call for minimum car duty of 2.50 per pound and wrappers and fillings cut by 20 to 25 cents per pound, arguing U S protection supports Cuba and could lead to annexation, a view echoed at a constitutional convention with Cisneros pressing Giberga statement.
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Havana
Union of Tobacco Buyers of
Merchants’ Union
United States
Cuba
Senor Cisneros
Senor Giberga
Marti
Disep
Franco Turkish Troubles Tense But Likely Settlement Near
Paris reports unveil two issues with Turkey over the Quay company and French claims against the porte. Constans warned of recall if delays continue, but officials expect a speedy, satisfactory settlement and the Turkish embassy remains silent.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Constantinople
Constans
France
Turkey
Porte
M. Constans
M. Trelerse
Rambouillet
Hera
Coal MonopOnly in Marseilles Threatens British Trade
London August 7 The British consular report on Marseilles trade notes the United States aims to monopolize coal imports at the port. It warns a large share of future trade in Marseilles and southern France could move to the United States unless British traders form a strong combine. The consul calls a great coal combine contemplated and says American coal would share the market but not fully oust British coal due to freight and quality factors.
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London
Marseilles
France
United States
United Kingdom
Carnegie for Lord Rector at Aberdeen University
The Exchange Telegraph Company reports that Andrew Carnegie has been invited to become lord rector of the University of Aberdeen in succession to Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal.
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Carnegie
London
the Exchange Telegraph Company
Andrew Carnegie
University of Aberdeen
Gladstone Wins Miss Paget Announcement In London
London reports the upcoming marriage of Herbert Gladstone son of the late William E. Gladstone to a daughter of Sir Richard Horner Paget Bart. The engagement is announced as the couple prepare for nuptials.
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Gladstone
Miss Paget
London
Herbert Gladstone
Wilum E. Gladstone
Richard Horner Paget, Bart
Dowager Empress Frederick Funeral Plans Proclaimed
Foreign and domestic leaders react as the Dowager Empress Frederick dies in Potsdam. Emperor William orders six weeks of mourning with strict dress codes while London and Washington send condolences. A German court mourning schedule, press debates, and royal visits to Hamburg outline the global response.
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Frederick
Friedenskirche
Potsdam
Publc
Frankfurter Zeitung
William
Hamburger Jachrichtun
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Bismarck
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Berliner Neueste Nachrichten
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Wiliam
House of Commons
Balfour
Unon
McKinley
Empress Frederick
Germany
State Department
Washington
Edward Wil
London
Slater
Frederick I
William McKinley
Machias Ordered to Pursue Isthmus Observation and Transit
The gunboat Machias, at Boston, is ordered to Hampton Roads then to Colon to observe near the Isthmus and support free traffic. Officials say a U S vessel should be nearby in case of emergency amid an Ayre revolution on the Panama line.
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Secretary of the Navy
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Boston Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Colon
Panama
Navy Department
Department
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Navy
Hackett
Adee
Gudger
Marachin
Isthmus
Panama City
United States
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la Guayra
Venezuela
Machina
Aspinwall
North Atlantic
Jouett
New York
B. H. Mr Calla
Iander
Atezpuru
McCalla
Alzpurn
Alzpura
Insurgenta
Pacific Sie
Brigands Being Destroyed In China Report Says
Vancouver B C August 7 Bishop Graves who has led US Episcopal missions in the Yangtse valley and southern China for twenty years says affairs are settled and hopes the peace treaty will be signed soon. Small bands of boxers and brigands are being rapidly exterminated though trouble remains. He questions Li Hung Chang as arbitrator in the settlement.
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Vancouver
B. C
Bishop Graves
D.D
Episcopal Church of
United States
Yang Tse Valley
China
Bishon Graves
Li Hung Chang
Graves
Biographer Dr Hans Blum Driven Insane After Bank Crash
Berlin reports Dr Hans Blum biographer of Bismarck has become mentally deranged after the Leipziger bank failure. He has been placed in an asylum and is the son of Robert Blum executed in Vienna in 1845.
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Monsy
Berlin
Hans Blum
Bismarck
Leipaziger Bank
Robert Blum
Vienna
London Docks to Raise Shipping Dues on January First
At a London meeting the chairman Mr Stott said dues will rise from 1s to 1s 6d per ton on January 1 to clients and brokers. The London and India Docks Company announced the increase during today’s session.
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London
London and India Docks Company
Stott
Neely Case Tests U S Cuba Relations In Irregular Evidence Effort
The United States seeks to test insular relations with Cuba as Cuban authorities refuse to testify in the Neely case. Commissioner Moore will present the issue to District Judge Baker. In Muncie, Assistant District Attorney LaFollette secured witnesses quickly without subpoenas. Neely held funds estimated between 33500 and 40000, with 21000 wired on bond. Neely Printing Cowan testified supplies to Cuban post offices valued around 9000, suggesting possible inflated costs.
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Indanapolis
Tad
United States
Neely
Indianapolis Keylesa Lock Company
Cuba
Moore
Julie Baker
LaFollette
Muncie
LaVollette
Ross Cowan
Neely Printing Company
Cubin
Round One Twixt Labor and Capital in Pittsburgh Mills
Trade groups with Pittsburgh HQs gather as Amalgamated strike aims to destroy the union. United States Steel’s Lindsay & McCutcheon and Painter mills face restart attempts amid faint hopes for settlement. Amalgamated officials focus on routine orders as New Castle strikers report full compliance.
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Simon Burns
Window Glass Workers’ Assortation
Kohn Skunseier
Punt Glass Workers
James Pryal
Structural Troy Workers’ Association
Patrick Delan
United Mine Workers
Trust
All Trust
the &Inch
Lindsay & McCutcheon
United States Steel Corporation
Allegheny
Pires
Trix
Amalgamated
New Castle
Clark Mills
Lawrenceville
FAILED TO BREAK THE STRIKE IN CHICAGO WAGES RAISED
National Founders' Association failed to end the strike as machinists and Iron molders rejected higher pay offers. Non union workers declined to work while two companies posted higher rates. Molders returning to work accepted lower scale and then shifted to picketing shops. Strike spreads to San Francisco with more walkouts.
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National Founders’ Associatlon
National Founders’ Association
San Francisco
Pacific Coast Company
Ves
Glass Trust Aims to Control World Window Supply
Pittsburg investors led by James A. Chambers and M. K. Mc Mullin seek to form a single corporation to command all window glass from Belgian furnaces and U S factories. A Brussels agent reports talks with Charleroi Glass Works owners after a three hour session.
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Charleroi Glass Works
Pittsburg
Chambers
Pittsburgera
American Window Glass Company
Europe
Belgium
Pitesburg
Garrison Taken by Mahsuds in Keehmir Kar Attack
In Simla on August 7, a Mahsud force of about two hundred attacked a militia post at Keehmir Kar on August 6. They killed a sentry, forced the garrison to surrender rifles, and burned the barracks. Seven militiamen died and an officer with three men were wounded. The Mahsuds looted rifles ammo uniforms and kit and retreated without losses.
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Simla
Keehmirkar
Mahanda
Strikes Halt Building Material Haulage Across City
Sand teamsters strike halts most deliveries of building material with few contractors able to supply own teams. Filipinia crews have been secured for the steamers City of Sydney and Colon, easing some shipment bottlenecks.
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Sels
City of Sdney
Colon
May Be Peace After All In Steel Dispute
Independent influences move toward settlement in the Morgan steel controversy as talks since Saturday appear to offer hope of peace. J Pierpont Morgan & Co has not received communications from leaders, but sources say Morgan favors any settlement that honors his objections while efforts to amicably resolve the quarrel continue. The market shows signs of a possible agreement based on exchange activity and steel stock movements.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Mr. Morgan
Shaffer
Goway
E.G. DeWitt &Co
Chicago
Deivati
Financial aid for strike contemplated by federation of labor
In Atlantic City on August 7 President Gompers left for Washington to discuss possible aid for striking steel workers. The federation can store a 1 percent per capita weekly assessment for up to ten weeks, with a 1.4 million member base and a potential $150,000 cap. About $75,000 of the cap had already been raised for machinists striking for a nine hour day.
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Hays
Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
N. J
Gompers
Federa Ten of Labor
Washington
Fittsburg
Haussuia
Steel Trust Abandons Greensburg Mines and Plant
The United States Steel Corporation ordered a complete shutdown of the Cokeville plant and its mines near Greensburg Pennsylvania. The action, effective Saturday, abandons the works with about 60 workers affected, risking the town’s viability as its sole industry ends. The move comes amid broader labor tensions, though officials say the steel strike is not the direct cause.
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Steel Trust
Greensburg
United States Steel Corporation
American Sheet Steel Company
Cokeville
J. M. Gallagher
Conemaugh
Youngstown
Ohio
Jumerican Steel Moop Company
Memphis Strike About Settled at Southern Car and Foundry
Memphis Tenn August 7 The disturbed conditions at the plant of the Southern Car and Foundry at Binghamton ended as about 40 men walked out yesterday with many returning to work today and the rest expected to resume tomorrow. Discontent centered on a change in pay days.
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Milton Coombs
American Steel Hoop Company
Republic Steel and Iron Company
Memphis
Tenn
Southern Car and Foundry
Binghamton
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