Colombia rejects Panama Canal treaty in senate vote
Meager reports from Bogota indicate the Colombian senate unanimously rejected the Panama Canal treaty. President Marroquin may be advised to submit a slightly amended version to reopen negotiations. Washington notes a possible path to reframe the agreement, with implications for U S sovereignty and the canal route options. The disclosure comes as U S officials await further details from Minister Beaupre and local Colombian authorities.
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Bogota
Colombia
Buene Ventura
Marroquin
Congress
United States
Senate
Pancame Canal Company
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
Washington
State Department
Beaupre
Roosevelt
Mir
Beaupr
Adee
Blate
Beau- Pre
Mable
Panama Canal Company
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Legation
Herran
de Herran
Ricos
Rogota
Dbate
Cromwell
New York
Open Doors Given to United States Open Doors Given to United States
Washington August 1 Minister Conger at Pekin secured a written promise from Prince Ching to sign a treaty with the United States by October 1 guaranteeing open ports Mikdan and Tatung Tao. Pekin August 17 the agreement ends Chinese resistance as Ching concedes opening Tatung Tao and other towns with Russia’s evacuation in view.
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Washington
Conger
Pekin
Princes Ching
United A&teten
Mikdan
Tatung Tao
China
United States
Prince Ching
Kansas City Flood Ties Up Transport and Bridges
Kansas City faces renewed flooding with James Street and Metropolitan Street Railway bridges knocked out by strong currents. Widespread rising waters threaten additional tributaries and vital bridges including gas mains and telephone lines. Topeka and Lawrence report rising rivers, while Panama canal treaty rejection shocks Isthmus observers and stirs property owners facing market declines.
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Kansas City
Kansas Citys
James Street
Metropolitan Street Rathway Company
Kansas Wer
Keneas
Kans
Kansas
Kaw
Smoky Hill
Republican
Stock Yards Company
Hve
Armourdale Packing House
Main Yards
Belt Ring
Topeka
Lawrence
Desperation in Alabama leaves four dead nine wounded
News from Heflin Alabama reports a Black suspect named Sledge killed four and wounded nine while working a watermelon patch near Beaver Creek Randolph County. A posse pursued him across the Tallapoosa river after he fired on them killing two men and wounding another. The pursuit continued with authorities still in pursuit as of the latest accounts.
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Heflin
Ala
Randolph County
Desper&tenegro
Bledge
Beaver Creek
Lamar
Sledge
Tallapoosa
Wedowee
Thomas Ebbett
Robert Ford
Landrum Died in Hospital After Unconscious Condition
Landrum a representative of the Atlanta Paper Company, found unconscious in New Orleans Saturday night, died at 1 o clock tonight in hospital. Officials could not determine cause. stomach pump used to test for poison with no evidence found. Physician cited kidney trouble as the cause of death.
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Atlanta
New Orleans
Landrum
Atlanta Paper Company
Commercial
Insulted American Flag A Moro Sultan Refuses Redress
Manila reports Major Robert L. Bullard demanding redress from Sultan Deseen, leader of the Lanao Moros. The sultan, despite professing friendship with Americans, surrounded U S troops with warriors and asked to battle, displaying an American flag as his reply to the demand.
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Manila
Robert LL Bullard
Sul_tan Deseen
United States
Bul- Jarte
Vesuvius Activity Persists Amid Naples Faith in Patron Saint
Naples reports Vesuvius erupting for two weeks with a spectacular display as a cutter sends flames and smoke to 4000 feet. Neapolitans cling to belief that patron saint Annero will halt lava, despite legends of Naples destruction. Lava flow toward Ottajana halted at 2650 feet while another stream nears Pompeii at 2060 feet.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Nero
Ottajana
Pompeil
Marked con lands mailman in the tower
Eugene W. Shepard a long time Atlante mail carrier was arrested at 6 20 pm by Postoffice Inspector Robert E Barry on charges of robbing decoy letters tied to the Milton Bradley company. After arrest he escaped briefly then was recaptured under Forsyth street bridge.
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Eugene W. Shepard
Atlante
Postoffica
Robert E. Barry
Shepard
United States
Rinard
Inspector Berry
Post Ofice
Ahenard
Peachtree Street
Grand Opera House
Aragon
Majestic Hotels
Governors Manmon
Thibadeau
Barry
Milton-Bradley Company
Thibodeau
Atlanta
Wornelia
Toccoa
Gainesville
Greenville
Gpartanburn
Cornelia
Walter T. Colquitt
Train Collision Near Long Lake Kills One Injures Many
A head on collision between two passenger trains on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line near Long Lake leaves W A Northwa wounded mortal wounds and the engineer and fireman fatally hurt. Dozens of Chicagoans traveling to lake resorts were among the injured some buried under wreckage and removed with difficulty. The crash occurred on a curve at high speed and a misordering of trains is blamed.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Pant Tailway
Long Lake
W. A. Northwa
Freman
Thie City
Massacre reports shock Monastir area as Balkan tensions rise
Sofia notes Bashi Bazouks attacked Christian villages in Debre and Okhrida, with Albanian chiefs leading the plunder. Turkish authorities deny wider war intent but mobilize two reserve divisions for frontier defense. Diplomats in London warn against broad conflict as Russia presses for demands to Turkey.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Monastir
Macedonia
Uskubs
Debre
Okrida
Foreign Office
Turkey
London
Russia
Russia Sends Her War Ships and Roumania Prepares for War
August 17 dispatches report the Russian Black Sea fleet under Rear Admiral Krueger sailing from Gebastopol with four battleships and support ships toward the Turkmen coast. Turkey calls out 52 000 troops due to the Macedonian revolt, with inns and reserves mobilized across Adrianople and Salonica. A train explosion near Amatora Karasonti injures several and kills two. Roumania acts by ordering powder and small arms ammunition manufacture scaled up as war preparations continue.
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Gebastopol
Krueger
Catherine IF
Tria Svlatitella
Rostlalax
Donadzat Apostolof
Turkey
Constantinople
Troana
Macedonia
Adrianople
Salonica
Amatora
Karasonti
Roumania
Bucharest
Bratianu
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain Sets Fiscal Proposals
London August 17 Colonial Secretary Chamberlain replies to a demand for a concise outline of his fiscal proposals stating no tax on raw materials is needed for mutual colonial preference and better terms with foreign competitors. He adds tariff reform does not raise living costs for any family.
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London
Chamberlain
Georgia Forecast and Local News Briefs
Georgia news notes James C Duniay dies and Atlanta plans a St Louis exhibit committee Fitts arrested addressing crowd without permit school board to rent rooms for West End school Grady hospital rules to be amended Eugene Shepard jailed for mail robbery Bartow Smith killed at Midville state shoot at Savannah lamp named for General A R Lawton Charley Schwarez a Savannah boy found naked after tide incident wreck attempt near Charlotte remains of Marie Gordon buried in Montgomery NCC to indict futures traders in bucket shops Wedoowes bearers two white men killed nine wounded Panamanian treaty rejection by Colombia Federal Judge Rogers on unions Roosevelt review of North Atlantic squadron Conger reports Manchuria treaty pledge Pope Pius X aid to Rome poor Mont Blanc death toll Haikan unrest Turks target Christians Russian fleet sails for Turkish waters
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James C Duniay
Atlanta
Bartow Smith
Burke County
Midville
J J Pope
Jefferson County
Bavanneh
A Ro Lawton
Charley Schwarez
Savannah
Warsaw Island
Southern
Charlotte
Marie Gordon
Montgomery
Ala
Chicago
Neal
NCC
Grand Jury
Mest
Washington
Rogers
St Louis
Westa Union
Roosevelt
North Atlantic
Oyster Bay
Conger
Pekin
State Department
Prince Ching
United States
Manchuria
Humbert Case to Cover Crawford Securities Will
The Humbert trial resumes with focus on Rente Viagere the Humberts insurance concern. Mme Therese Humbert declares and asserts that securities valued at 100000000 francs representing the Crawford inheritance will be presented in court the following day.
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Crawford
Baris
Humbert
Ciiefy
Rente Viagere
Humberts
Mme
Therese Humbert
Crawfarn
Escaped Convict Glad To Return
Columbus Ohio August 17 Willam Mueller the Franklin county prisoner who escaped from the Ohio penitentiary Saturday evening returned tonight and gave himself up He says he had been on drunk and was glad to get back.
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Columbus
Ohio
Willam Mueller
Franklin County
Ohio Penitentiary
No Truce Yet Declared In Southern Pacific Fight
Cincinnati drama reports continued in August with Talbot J. Taylor and others seeking to block Tin ton Pacific Company from voting in the Southern Pacific annual election. Earlier Wall Street chatter of Harriman and Keene settlements was denied as the case remains set for hearing in the United States circuit court of appeals next month.
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Keene and Harriman
Southern Pacific
Cincinnati
Sak
Talbot J. Taylor
Tinton Pacific Company
Southern Pacifi Company
Wall ‘Street
Harriman
Keene
Lartén
Meshville
United Petates
Circuit Court of ‘Agpenis
Railroad Men in Session At Washington Meeting
Chairman Richardson presided as representatives from several southern and southwestern railroads met with general counsel Edward Baxter to discuss impacts of the Elking anti rebate and interstate commerce laws. No public results due to absence of key officials. adjourned to reconvene September 30 in New York.
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Richardson
Atlanta
Washington
Southern
Southwestern
Edward Baxter
Nashville, Tenn
New York City
Thoms
Joseph Richardson
Southeastern Pamenger Association
J. M. Culp
W. A. Turk
B. H. Hardwick
The
J. I .Crete
Atlantic Coast Line
W. Danly
Nashville, Chattanooga
St. Louis
A. H. Hansen
C. L. Btone
Loulavile
Nashville
Forty churchgoers drown in Finnish lake accident
An upper deck collapse on a vessel near Halsingfors Finland yesterday killed or drowned forty church participants with many others injured as the crowd dispersed after the tragedy on Lake Tykojarv.
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Halsingfors
Finland
Tyko- Jarvg
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Elled
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Carter
Charles OF
Balkans
Sultan
Georgia
Pergion
Clay
Calhoun
Wedoewes
Pius X
Rome
Mont Blanc
Mme. Humbert
Pimand
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