British plan to cancel Transvaal concessions echoes in Washington
Washington dispatch details a British blue book on Transvaal mining and railway concessions. The report notes potential legal vacating of claims tied to Spanish and Cuban assets and cites Milner's 1900 order. It highlights a commission ruling that annexation voids former contracts and allows canceling concessions conflicting with public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Transvael
Insular
Cuba
Sir Alfred Milner
South African
Weber Soite Oharmatees Tbis
Fred. Tinger
Barred from Indian lands disqualifications listed
Washington July 8 Commissioner Hermann of the general land office issues a circular naming persons barred from homestead entries in the Wichita and Kiowa Comanche and Apache ceded lands. Disqualified include those with existing entries after June 5 1900 abandoned or relinquished, married women unless deserted, non citizens or those not declaring intention, persons under twenty one not head of family unless served fourteen days in war, owners of over 460 acres elsewhere, those who perfected title to a 160 acre homestead by five years residence, and entrants under the public land laws since August 30 1890 whose current tract totals over 120 acres non mineral land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hermann
General Land Office
Honesty Cost Him Tid y Sn But Then George P Roberts Has
Washington July 8 The comptroller of the treasury favorable on a claim of 206 dollars for George P Roberts of Tennessee filed nearly thirty years ago He served in Captain Beaty scouts not mustered into service Congress approved 1870 He had served Confederate service and returned the payment request to be paid for actual service The matter is now settled Roberts honesty saved the government a large sum
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Roberts
Washington
Comptroller of the Treasury
Tennessee
Roberts
David Beaty
Congress
Beaty
Treasury
Contested Ohio Seat Case Opens in House Proceeding
Washington July 5 Alexander McDowell, clerk of the House, opened and sent to the public printer the testimony in the Lentz versus Tompkins contest for the Twelfth Ohio district seat. Tompkins led by eighteen votes. Lentz alleges bribery, Tompkins denies charges without testimony. This marks the last of seven contest cases to be opened by the clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alexander
Dowell
House of Representtatives
John J. Lentz
Emmett
Tompkins
Ohio
Lentz
South. Carolina
Dr. Stokes
Stokes
Plague Fearful Work At Amoy Reports Daily Deaths
Consul Johnson reports plague in Amoy China two weeks earlier than usual this year. He notes up to one hundred deaths daily in Amoy and suburbs, with rapid spread in nearby cities. He blocked Chinese steerage passengers to Jia Nanjo and cites similar early outbreak in Hong Kong with European attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Amoy
Washington
China
Jianijo
Marine Service
Hong Kong
Philippine Commission Summons Governor Whitmarsh for Inquiry
The United States Philippine Commission orders H Phelps Whitmarsh governor of Benguet to Manila for an investigation into alleged personal gain from land and mining rights, citing indiscretion and violation of instructions. natives’ statements prompted the probe, with related civil-military tensions and clergy clashes reported in Luzon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
United States
Philippine Commission
H. Phelps Whitmarsh
Benguet
Whitmarsh
Duval
Union
Kieffer
Worcester
Bell
Calastao
Pangasinan
Chaffee
Wade
Batangas
Luzon
Lipa
Pardo de Tavera
Cailles
Laguna
Arec
Liberals Cry Tor Rosebery In London Visit
An organized effort to bring Lord Rosebery back into politics reached London with a public announcement of his audience with the king at Marlborough House. The visit follows his retort from the continent and stirs comment on the Liberal party's internal quarrel and the current political situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rosebery
Marlborough House
Liberal Party
Lord ‘Rosebery
Payment of Cuban bonds under Pratt amendment
Washington July 8 It is the intention of the government not to interfere to prevent payment of Cuban bonds if Cuba’s new government assumes them The debt must be contractible within revenues and the United States will judge when the debt meets the limit Independence carries the right to incur obligations with these limits
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Cuba
United States
Famous Dispatch to Dewey Authored by Crowninshield
Washington July 8 Rear Admiral A B Crowninshield chief of the bureau of navigation declares he authored the famed dispatch to Admiral Dewey ordering him from Hong Kong to Manila to attack or destroy the Spanish fleet He says the text was written in the White House reviewed by the Attorney General and the president with only the capture or destroy wording added before forwarding to Dewey Credit for the order's origin goes to the president and Secretary Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowninshield
Washington
Bureau of Navigation
Dewey
Hong Kong
Manila
Crowrinshled
White House
Griggs
Kilbourne Campaign To Carry Democratic Banner In Buckeye
Ohio Democrats circle Kilbourne and Howells for governor and lieutenant governor with a conservative platform. Zimmerman resists second place. Howells likely nominee for second slot. Platform debates center on taxation and reform, with pacts between Cleveland and Johnson factions amid talks of municipal home rule and anti trust stance.
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Columbus
Ohio
Kilbourne
Howella
John S. Zimmerman
James Kilbourne
Zimmerman
Kibourne
Hit
Anthony Howells
Cardiff
Cleveland
Harmon
Harlan Cleveland
Salen
Blandin
Johnson
Cuyahoga County
McLean
Kansas City
Val Fitzpatrick
New York
Prank S
Monnett
Bryan
Woman Forged for Twin Brother Theorizes Swapped Identity
Ellis Glenn, a woman from Parkersburg, is on trial for forging notes totaling 41,400 in the Hoover names. She claims she masqueraded as a man to save her twin brother from Ilinois punishment, insisting the forger was a man and that she did not know of the Pennsylvania forgery when acting as E B Glenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Pennsylvania
the &.B. Glenn
Niinots
Burial of von Hohenlohe Set for Thursday Rites
Interment of the late Prince von Hohenlohe will take place in Schillingsfürst Bavaria. Emperor will be represented by Crown Prince Frederick William and the imperial chancellor Count von Buelow. Officials including Baron von Richthofen and Count Bosedowski will attend the funeral. Emperor Wilhelm telegrams condolence praising the prince's services to the fatherland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertin
Suly
Prince von. Hobhensohe
Schllingsfuerst
Bavaria
Emperor Oh
Frederick William
Count von Buelow
Chancelierie
Foreien
Haron von Richthofen
Herr von Thieten
Count Bosedowski
Imperial Ministry of the Interior
Willi
Pringa Philip
von Hohen-lohe
Prince von Hohenlohe
von Hohenlohe
Count von Bualow
France
Porto Rican Sugar Duties Refund Ordered by Comptroller Tracewell
Washington July 9 Mr Tracewell comptroller of the treasury ruled that the secretary must refund duties paid by Lascelles Co on sugar imported from Porto Rico from the Paris treaty take effect until the Foraker act approval. The refunds total over 470000 and rest of claims on file total about 1300000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tracewell
Washington
Comptroller of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Lascelles & Co
New York
Porto Rico
Supreme Court
Bryant and May agree to buy Diamond Match Liverpool unit
Bryant and May issue a circular announcing an agreement to acquire the Diamond Match Company business of Liverpool for 480000 pounds. The price will be raised by a new issue of Bryant and May shares. The Liverpool company is a subsidiary started by the American firm, and the deal likely gives Bryant and May a free field in the UK match trade as the American and Liverpool entities agreed no competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bryant
May
Diamond Match Company
Liverpool
Bryant ,& May
Liverpool Company
Bryant ‘& May
United Kingdom
Storm Rages in Haytl and Santo Domingo Vessels Lost
A three day storm devastates Haytl and southern Santo Domingo with five deaths at Jacmel and nine at Los Cayos. Inland flooding and telegraph outages disrupt activity between Cotul and La Vega and Santo Domingo. Heavy rains aid Indian crops with 585000 relief workers noted.
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Borten
Prince
Hayden
Haytl
San Domingo
Jacmel
Los Cayos
Cotul
la Vega
Santo Domingo
MONEY WANTED FOR DELAY ON ARMOR FOR BATTLESHIP ALABAMA
The Diets Cramps of Philadelphia claim about 264000 against the government for delay in furnishing armor for the battleship Alabama. Delays arose from congressional armor quality disputes and armor shortages. Alabama began in December 1906 and, under a three year contract, would have been finished by December 1909, but delays pushed completion back. Other claims are expected for armor delays to the Wisconsin and Maine class ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Washington
Navy Department
Philadelphia
Congress
Wisconsin
Maine
Treasury funds aid U.S. agricultural colleges reach max payout
Washington July 8 the treasury department drew warrants totaling 4 2 million dollars for forty five states and two territories the maximum annual grant for endowment and maintenance of colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts under the act of August 30 1890. Each jurisdiction will receive 25 000 yearly henceforth from land sale proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
No Tariff League Formed Denied by State Dept
Washington reports that a Vienna newspaper claim of Austria Germany and Russia forming a tariff league against the United States is unfounded and without basis. Assistant Secretary Hill dismisses the report as baseless. Bowen, new minister to Venezuela, receives final instructions but departs in a month due to no urgency. Robert ONeill Wickersham, U.S. agent at Castellamare di Stabia, dies of sunstroke, having served in consular service since 1873.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Combine
United States
Washington
Hill
Vienna
Austria
Germany
Russia
Italy
France
League
Bowen
Mr Bowen
Venezuela
Loomis
Sunstroke
Wickersham
State Department
Robert O'Neill Wickersham
Castellamare di, Stabia
Consul General Stowe Resigns Over Low Salary
Washington on July 8 reports the resignation of James G. Stowe United States consul general to Cape Town. He cites the $2 000 annual salary as failing to support a family in modest conditions at the post. Stowe, named from Kansas City Missouri, notes he is the worst paid consular officer at the Cape. The vacancy remains unfilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stowe
Washington
James G. Stowe
United States
Cape Town
State Department
Cape
Kansas City
Great Britain Hails Maine Hospital Ship Gift
In London on July 8 the House of Commons heard Bernard Baker of Baltimore present the hospital ship Maine. A.B. Balfour and Selbourne's lord admiralty acknowledged the gift with public thanks. Lords officials and the secretary to the admiralty confirmed the formal acknowledgments and publicity.
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Maine
Baker
London
House of Commons
Fedeyas
Bernard, Baker
Baltimore
A. J. Balfour
Great Britain
Admiralty
Selbourne
House, of Lords
P.O. Arnold Foster
House ‘of Commons
Aldings
Paul Neumann dies in Honolulu at sixty eight
Paul Neumann of Hawaii died early this morning from paralysis of the brain at age sixty eight. He had been mentioned as a possible gubernatorial candidate since reports of Dole’s possible resignation. Neumann served as Hawaii’s representative to Washington and held various posts before annexation.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Paul
Neumann
Dole
Washington
Photographer shoots man by mistaken burglary in Akron
Last night in Akron Charles Waltz was killed by John W. Edwards, a Barrton photographer, who mistook him for a burglar when Waltz demanded entry at Edwards’ house after breaking a window. A policeman later found Waltz dead from a heart shot. police expect no arrest.
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Edwards
Charles Waltz
Akron
Johnw. Edwards
Barrton
Walith
Waltz
Bullets for Three Negroes In Arkansas Dance Disturbance
News from July reports a shooting near Sweet Home county where Constable Hobbs and a deputy tried to quell a negro dance disturbance. Gunfire struck Hobbs’s hat and burned one eye. officers returned fire, wounding three negroes. Lillie Blake was severely wounded. Officers withdrew after exhausting ammunition.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Sweet
W. F. Hobbs
Badgett Township
Hobbs
Lillie Blake
Bubon ic Plague On Four Sailors on Laos
Fifteen bubonic plague cases and two deaths occurred on the French steamer Laos, which arrived from Yokohama May 23. Quarantine and isolation measures are in force. no passenger or remaining crew cases yet. Also reported: Klondike treasure cargo worth $600,000 aboard the Seattle from Lynn Canal, and a Norwich effort to form a cardboard and paper board trust with $20 million capital including Uncas Paper Company and Chicago firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
Flandin
Yokohama
Lacs
Colombo
Djibouti
Seattle
Wash
Lynn Canal
Dawson
Norwich
Conn
Uncas Paper Company
American Straw Board Company
Chicago
Chicago Coated Board Company
Not Guilty of Gambling Under New Arkansas Law
A twelve-man jury in Little Rock finds Bob Furth not guilty in three cases under the drastic new anti gambling statute. Furth faced charges claiming he opened and ran clubrooms in violation of the new law. City authorities had closed the clubrooms under the old law, which fined players as well as proprietors and dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Little “Rock
Ark
Bob Furth
Furth
Miss Anna Gilman Declared Insane by Brooklyn Jury
A Brooklyn jury in the supreme court ruled Miss Anna King Gilman, sister of the late millionarI tea merchant George F. Gilman, insane to protect her interest in the estate. The 63 year old is confined in a private sanitarium in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Gilman
Brooklyn
New York
Supreme Court
Anna King Gilman
Millonaire
George F. Gilman
Gilman
England
Charbon found in Texarkana as epidemic threat
Charbon or milzbrand discovered in Texarkana Arkansas announced by city veterinary Dr. T A Mitchell. Two well developed cases reported and several horses had died in recent weeks, thought to be glanders. Mitchell fears an epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Texarkana
Ark
T. A. Mitchell
City Veterinary
Valuation Rise for Arkansas Railroads and Lines
The Arkansas state board of railway assessors completed taxing the properties of railroads, express, telegraph and sleeping car companies. Total valuation reached 8 208 031 dollars, up from 25 105 963 last year, with 8 105.83 miles of railroad in operation, compared to 3 052.15 in 1900. Outside steel mergers: Cambria Steel stockholders vote to sell to Conemaugh Steel, signaling Pennsylvanian steel firms outside U S Steel Corp merge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Railroad, Express and Telegraph Companies
Little Rock
Ark
State Board of Railway Assessors
Arkansas
Philadelphia
Cambria Steel Company Today
Conemaugh Steel Company
Welsh
Pennusvania Steel Companies
United States Steel Orporation
Boers Raid a Town in Cape Colony Destruction Reported
A Cape Town dispatch reports Scheeper's Boers entered Murrays pore in Cape Colony and burned public buildings and residences. The town was not garrisoned. The raid was dated July with no formal garrison defense cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cape Town
Scheeper
Murrayspore
Cape Colony
Entertaining American Engineers in Mexico City
July 8 report notes preparations underway for the American Institute of Mining Engineers to hold meetings in November. Finance Minister Limantour and Mayor Wanda will host, with local engineers organizing excursions to interesting points for visiting members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
American Institute of Mining ‘ Engineers
Limantour
Wanda
Aiterest
Leipzig Banker Arrested on Arrival from New York
Town Councillor Bodel, president of the Leipziger bank board of supervisors, who had been in the United States when the bank failed, arrived from New York and was immediately arrested by the public prosecutor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leipzig
Bodel
Leipziger Bank
United States
New York
Ole
Four Thousand Drowned in Kiangsu Floods Report
London telegraph reports from Shanghai that more than 4000 people have drowned in recent floods in Kiang Bi province. The Standard's correspondent notes widespread devastation and high casualties across towns along the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Shanghai
The
Standard
Kiang Bi
Marginal Readings of Bible Concludes Session in Albany
Marginal Readings of the Bible commission of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States began its final session in Garatoga Springs today and will run through the week. The five bishops and five presbyters may report to the triennial convention in San Francisco in October. Kaiser Off for Norway. The Hohenzollern with Emperor William aboard left for Norway this evening from Copenhagen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garatoga Springs
Joint Commission
General Convention
The
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
San Francisco
Great Northern train robbers escape believed complete
Malta dispatch reports that pursuit of the Great Northern train robbers has ended with no captures. Authorities’ escorts returned southward one by one and the consensus is that the robbers successfully eluded the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Malta
Death by Self Destruction of Ambassador's Son in Syracuse
Frederick D. White, son of the U S ambassador to Germany, committed suicide in his Syracuse home by shooting himself in the head with a rifle. He had suffered neurasthenia and melancholia after typhoid fever and a heat wave. He was found after appearing hopeful that afternoon, believed not to have premeditated the act. He was born in Ann Arbor in 1859 and was a lawyer managing his own and his father’s property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Frederick D. White
Germany
Andrew D. White
White
Hanna and Morgan Conper Visit Morgan Office
Ohio Senator Hanna said he called at J. P. Morgan & Co. to pay respects to Mr. Morgan and that no conference occurred about coal consolidation. Cassatt and Griscom also visited. Wall Street expects no formal bituminous coal consolidation soon though a movement toward dividing mine control among coal railroads is noted.
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Ohio
New York
Hanna
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
American Line
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
Wall Street
Pennsylvania
Hackensack Land Company Declared Insolvent Suit
In Jersey City chancery today, a petition sought the Hackensack Land Company declared insolvent after the Seventh National Bank of New York closed. E L Poor, organizer of the firm once touted to boost Hackensack, was a former New York stock exchange member of Marquand & Co. The assets were listed at 412000 while liabilities reached 418000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seventh National Bank
Chancery Chambers
Jersey City
Hackensack Land Company
E. L. Poor
Hackensack
New York Stock ‘Exchange
Marquand & Co
Recount of Gold Ordered Over Mint Shortage
Federal officers in San Francisco are recounting a $30,000 gold shortage at the mint. An expert accountant has been hired to audit the books and a full weighing of the $47,000,000 vault is ordered. No arrests announced as the process will take at least a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pierce and Thayer Named to Succeed S F Railway Directors
New York July 8 directors of the St Louis and San Francisco railway elected H C Pierce of St Louis and Nathaniel Thayer of Boston to replace J Kennedy Todd and Henry Marquand who resigned. The board also declared quarterly dividends on first and second preferred stocks and set the second preferred stock at 4 percent with a quarterly 1 percent dividend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Kennedy Todd
Henry Marquand
New York
St. Louis and San Francisco
H. C. Pierce
St. Louis
Nathaniel Thayer
Boston
Mrs Armour Refuses Bequest From Brother
Mrs Philip Armour of Chicago acting through her attorney declined to take one half of the estate of her brother Frank Ogden who died in Cincinnati. The will provided an equal share to his wife and sister but Mrs Armour's generosity causes the entire estate to go to the widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Philip Armour
Chicago
Frank Ogden
Will Contested by Rogers Relatives Over Millionaire Estate
Relatives of the late Jacob B. Rogers of Paterson contest the will of Howard B. Rogers, a nephew, seeking to share the estate. The will reportedly leaves the bulk to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Howard B. Rogers
Jacob 8
Rogers
Paterson
Metropolitan Museum of Arts
Kittredge Reported as Possible Kyle Successor
Unconfirmed word from Sioux Falls says Governor Herreid asked A. B. Kittredge to fill the late Senator Kyle's unexpired term, with a decision expected by midweek. The report notes no official action yet. Meanwhile in New York, the Hinsolsen Frat Railroad board approves increasing capital stock by 13,200,000 at par, to be issued Octob er to stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pines
Sioux Falls
3. D
Herreid
A.B. Kittredge
United’ States
Kyle
New York
Hitnolsenfrat Railroad Company
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Spain
Transvaal
Philippine Commission For Investigation
Tor Rosebery
Toto
Buckeye
T Howells
Chasta
Ellis
Glenn
Von
Hohenlohe
Bhaytl
India
Lord Curzon
Keddleston
Bombay Deccan
Central Provinces
Bengal
Burmal
Assam
Gujerat
Paul Neumann
Hawaii
War Office
Lord Stanley
Kaiser
Norway
Copenhagen
Hohenzollern
Emperor
Willam
Paus
Hanna and
Morgan Conper
Pierce and
Thayer
Will
Kittredge
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