Chinese Agreement Under Study on Trade Treaties
Pekin notes indicate ministers expect to finish instructions within days for revising commerce treaties. China to consent to revision as a general proposition, with powers negotiating separately. Brigadier General Charles Humphrey travels to Shan Hai Kuan to assess winter port viability.
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Pekin
China
Charles Humphrey
Chaffee
Shan Hai Kuan
Gulf of
Liao Tung
Peace of Europe and Russian Typhoid Reports
London anxiously notes czar’s typhoid progress as world peace hinges on his influence. Times stresses peace effort and risk to policy if throne changes. Washington reports Conger agrees to razing Taku forts and Pekin access. Edict hints return to Pekin under Kwang Su and empress dowager. Berlin outlines China expedition salaries for top officers. Chaffee orders stay of Sixth Cavalry from the war department.
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Europe
William
the Times
England
Far East
Washington
Conger
Taku Forts
Pekin
Potter Dies at Kingston Hill After Distinguished Rhode Island Service
Kingston Rhode Island November 15 Colonel James E Potter paymaster in the United States army retired and a member of one of Rhode Island's most distinguished families is dead at his home on Kingston Hill. He was 82 years old. The report also notes that on another matter the Sixth regiment of United States cavalry will remain in China under command of Lieutenant Colonel Theodore J Wint with troops I K L and M and that Colonel Potter is dead.
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Kingston, R. I
James E. Potter
United States Army
Rhode Island
Kingston Hill
Cannibal Attacks and Lynch Threats Reported Worldwide
From San Francisco to Komali the Mascotte carries disturbing scenes of cannibalism and massacre on Savage islands. Cannibals looted a copra house, killed a trader, and fired on rescuers before shells from ships ended the raid. Eighty villages burned, ten natives killed, twenty captured. In Alabama the United Daughters of the Confederacy limit the adjective national. In Kansas a 16 year old is accused of murdering Louise Frost. lynch mobs gather at Limon and Hugo. In Washington the Nicaragua canal talks progress with no private concessions. In Tampa cigarworkers clash, one hundred shots fired, police and deputies deployed. In Elmira Isaac Barriola is hanged for his July 1899 mob murder of his wife.
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Mascotte
South Seas
Komali
Admiralty Group
Herman Matzke
MacCo
MacDo
Seadle
Carolines
Denver
John Porter
Lawrence
Kans
Louise Frost
Limon
Porter
Hugo
W Ho
Elmira
N. Y
Isaac Barriola
Blossburg
Wellsboro
Supreme Court
Board of Pardons
Yerkes Confirms Kentucky Governor Bid Abandoned
John W. Yerkes, former Kentucky governor candidate and ex-collector of internal revenue, met the internal revenue commissioner in Washington and said he has dropped plans to contest Governor Beckham’s election. He likely will be reappointed to his former post as torpedo boatAshore, Washington, Nov. 15. The navy, de
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Washington
John W. Yerkes
Kentucky
Internal Revenue
Beckham
Stockton Torpedo Boat Grounds on Horn Point Shoals
Dispatch from Annapolis reports the torpedo boat Stockton ashore on Horn Point shoals while awaiting wind change. The vessel, a new torpedo boat, was preparing for trial trips with the board of inspection aboard.
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Partment
Annapolis
Stockton
Horn Point Shoals
Board of Inspection
Martin Engel group offers fee to Bryan for defense role
The Martin Engel association, Tammany Hall in New York's Eighth assembly district, voted to hire W. J. Bryan to lead the legal defense of district captains indicted for alleged election law violations.
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New York
Martin Engel Association
Tammany Hall Organization
Eighth Assembly District
W. J. Bryan
Gelderland sails with ex-President Kruger aboard
Port Said reports the Dutch cruiser Gelderland departing this afternoon carrying ex-President Kruger of the Transvaal. The destination remains unknown and Kruger has declined interviews.
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Port Said
Gelderland
Kruger
Transvaal
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