Sugar prices plunge amid beet crop harvest drive
In San Francisco on July 16 sugar dropped over fifty points in three days. Market sources blame Western refineries and the beet sugar harvest as key factors. Industry observers note a possible internal clash between major sugar powers and anticipate prices remaining weak until beet production is settled.
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Awe Francisco
Howehold
Utah
United States
Verneyer
Spreckels
Pacife
Combine
New York
Deception Tactics for Emperors Entrance to Peking
Chinese officials prepare elaborate disguises for the Emperor's approach to Peking. City streets to be masked with fake destruction and rebuilt gates. Li Chang urges withdrawal of foreign troops from temples by August 15, while legations near the summer residences await barracks completion. Guards of honor from multiple nations accompany General Gaselee to the railway station.
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Chenmen Gate
Li Chang
Legations
Gaselee
United States Legion
Trouble With Italy Over Mississippian Lynching Case
The Italian government is aware of the Erwin Mississippi affray in which two Italians were lynched and a third wounded. Rome has been informed, and the Italian embassy has lodged a protest with the State Department. An Italian inquiry proceeds via New Orleans counsel and Vicksburg consular agent near the scene.
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Erwin
Miss
Foreign Office
Rome
State Department
New Orleans
Vickaborg
Fear American Shoes Threatens Vienna Boot Trade
Deputy Bauman has been commissioned by boot and shoe representatives to question the Stathalter in the lower Austrian Diet about plans to counter a threatened invasion of the Vienna market by an American syndicate. Local boot and shoe members say American competition menaces the entire local industry.
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Bauman
Ruestion
Staathalter
Defacing Punchbowl sign mars scenic Punchbowl cliff
Vandals painted large white letters on Punchbowl summit near Diamond Head. Acting Governor Cooper and officials condemned the act and swift operations cleared the graffiti from the lava slopes. Police issued a warrant for a Japanese suspect linked to the defacement.
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Oaly
Diamond Head
Capitol Building
Cooper
Aid
Boyd
Brown
Ferreira
Puhchbow
Walanse Mountains
Imperial Prince Michinomiya Arrives at Ticura Residence
On July 1 the Imperial grandson was handed over to Count Kawamura to be cared for at his residence in Ticura Azetu. The approach to the Countess Kawamara’s area featured an evergreen arch and flags. High-ranking nobles including Count Kawura, Marquis Beigo, Marquis Cram, Count Mateukate attended the ceremony.
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Michinomiya
Kawamura
Bern
Kawamara
Aorama
Ticura
Azetu
Kawaura
Prione
Beigo
Cram
Mateukate
Appalling spread of the plague in oriental ports
Amoy reports plague two weeks earlier than usual with up to 100 deaths per day amid rapid spread around Amoy and nearby towns Chinese steerage barred from Manila and the United States. Hongkong reports rising cases and deaths with city hall closed after death of a caretaker and dead rats found. Manila shows several dozen cases weekly as weather shifts threaten a larger outbreak, with authorities preparing for possible spread.
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Johnson
Amoy
China
Manila
United States
Hongkong
Manila Times
Sanitary Board
Exchange
Board of Health
Bubonic Plague Cases Reported in San Francisco Chinatown
July 9 dispatch notes four plague cases in two weeks in San Francisco. First case a Chinese man, date uncertain, died early July and was autopsied by officials including Dr. Ellinwood and Dr. Kellogg. Three more cases on Washington Street in Chinatown, all Japanese, were described as confirmed.
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Daniel Kevane
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H. F. A. Ryfkogel
Mr. Gibbons
Louis A. Keugla
Silas Mouser
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A. C. Rothie
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