China reels from political fear after reformer Shen Shein's execution
Pekin reports a tense climate as liberal reformers fear arrest following Shen Shein's Friday execution. Officials are silent, and discussions halt after the coup era echoes. Foreigners lament the dowager empress's perceived civilizing aim while markets show uncertain Wall Street–linked sentiment.
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Pekin
China
Imperial Court
Shen Shein
Legations
Prince Su
Wall Street
No Excitement on Cotton Exchange Amid Quota Dispute
New Orleans August 3 The cotton exchange received New York quotations as usual despite tension over the anti bucket shop stance. An unusually large floor attendance followed the morning opening as officials reportedly prepared an agreement. A Baxter injunction reportedly blocks withholding quotations, fueling speculation on the source of Saturday’s quotes.
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Cotton Exchange
New Orleans
Tton
New York Exchange
New York
Hester
Exchange
Baxter
Long San Francisco Earthquake Shocks City
An earthquake lasting nearly thirty seconds struck San Francisco at 10 50 Sunday evening. It was one of the longest in years but not violent. Other California points felt the shock. Stanford University reports the tremor lasted forty five seconds.
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San Francisco
California
Stanford University
Saufley Dies After Corrosive Sublimate Dose
Charles Saufley aged eighteen and a member of a prominent family died from corrosive sublimate. He was recently appointed an alternate naval cadet by the president.
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Stanford, Ky
Charles Saufley
Saufley
Double Tragedy Found in Yard Near Northboro
The bodies of F. B. Egan and Mrs. Sadie Booth were discovered in a local yard, both with nearly severed throats. A razor lay beneath Mrs. Booth, suggesting a linked fatal act in Spencer, Massachusetts residents.
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Northboro
Mass
F. B. Egan
Sadie Booth
Spencer, Mass
United States training ship Enterprise arrives in Lisbon
Arrives at Lisbon the United States training ship Enterprise. In baseball league play at Waco Deemmman 2. At Fort Worth Fort Worth 5 Corsicana 1 second game Fort Worth 5 Corsicana 1. Southern League Memphis Birmingham 4 Memphis Shreveport 7 Nashville 7.
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Lisbon
Enterprise
Waco
Deemmman
Fort Worth
Corsicana
Southern League
Memphis
Birmingham
Shreveport
Nashville
No Result Sunday at St. Peter's Conclave
No successor to Leo XIII has yet been chosen as a second day of the conclave ends without a vote. A vast crowd gathered after smoke from the Sistine chapel indicated no decisive result and public interest rises amid feverish curiosity about the papal election.
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Leo XIII
Sistine Chapel
St. Ter's
St. Peters
Nobleman Street
St. Petag's
St. Peter's
Holy See
Roosevelt Insult Incident at Oyster Bay Church
An Oyster Bay resident named McCann yelled profanities at President Roosevelt and family as they rode to Christchurch for morning service. Secret Service officers hustled him away after he refused to move, but the president urged no action be taken against the man.
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McCann
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Christchurch
Secert Service
Sagamore Hill
Fatal Collision Near Cumberland Falls Kentucky
Six men were killed and two injured in a double header Queen and Crescent freight train collision between Cumberland Falls and Greenwood, due to a orders mix‑up. Fireman Joseph Phillips Frank Fletcher and Walter Walters perished among the dead, with two brakemen missing and presumed buried under wreckage. Engineers Duke and Fitzgerald were seriously hurt as remains were sent home to Somerset.
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Somerset
Queen
Crescent
Cumberland Falls
Greenwood
Joseph Phillips
Frank Fletcher
Walter Walters
Phillips
Fletcher
Walters
Duke
Fitzgerald
Kentucky editors and proprietors reach Chicago after trip
After an extended tour through Canada and northern states, 150 Kentucky newspaper editors and proprietors who were traveling homebound arrived in Chicago. Engineers Wfein and Hainsworth reportedly escaped by jumping as the rest of the trainmen, Kentuckians, remained aboard.
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May Ale
Wfein and
Hainsworth
Chicago
Canada
Kentucky
Chica
Weather flood damages rail line and sports results listed
A cloudburst near Ellsworth Kansas swept away twelve miles of Union Pacific track near Brooksville. A set of baseball scores shows Cincinnati beating Chicago 5 0 and St Louis beating Pittsburgh 13 4, while Chicago loses to Cleveland 2 0 and Detroit defeats St Louis 3 1.
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Kansas
Salina
Kan
Ellsworth
Union Pacific
Brooksville
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Howell Brothers, Sellers
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Prop
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Baseball
St. Peter’s
Roosevelts
Grand Opera House
John B. Mike
Mg’r
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St. Louis
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Detroit
Kodol
E. C. Devitt 6 CO
C. C. Shelburne & Co
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Soe
Soagee
Puploi
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
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