Liberation-Declaration From French Leaders In Lorraine
A Strasburg telegraph reports French anger over German rule in Lorraine at Mars La Tour anniversary commemoration. Lorraine residents crossed the border to attend as Bishop Turinaz of Nancy urged fidelity to France. Generals Cuny and Driant with six Nationalist deputies voiced resolve, promising future liberation.
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Germany
Mars-La-Tour
France
Strasburg
Lorraine
Turinaz
Nancy
Cuny
Moselle
Vosges
Driant
Deficit Grows as Treasury Faces Yearly Shortfall
The August 23 treasury books show a deficit over seven million dollars for the current fiscal year. With eight weeks gone, expenditures exceed receipts by 7,785,262 dollars and disbursements on rebate claims will add about 2,706,000 dollars. The deficit may reach at least 46 million dollars, potentially 48 million if the current rate continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
Explosion wrecks Chinese cruiser Kai-Chih off Nanking
Navy Department reports the June 22 explosion destroyed the Chinese cruiser Kai-Chih off Nanking. About 130 officers and men were killed except for one seaman who survived with slight wounds.
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Navy Department
Washington D. C
Nanking
National Capitol Gunshots and Navy Briefs Feature War and Politics
Major George A. Armes is shot at his home near the capital but not seriously injured by J. Roland Johnson. Across overseas notes, 72 Philippine division deaths between June 25 and July 10 include 35 from Asiatic cholera. Acting Secretary Dar ling grants Major Waller leave to file extra brief in the Penrose court martial case. Consul Smith reports cholera cases in Egypt with scattered totals. Former Gov. Francis cites April 30 dedicatory ceremonies for the St. Louis Exposition centennial transfer anniversary. Field gun trials at Sandy Hook and St. Riley near completion with a recommendation for a long recoil model. News on the WiNos collision at Christiania shows minor damage. Captain James A. Ryan’s court-martial files arrive. acquitted on water cure charges in the Philippines. Citizens G. A. R. committee urges President to issue order allowing members in federal service to attend encampment during early October. Commissioner Yerkes directs banks to report incomplete returns for year ended June 30, 1902.
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George A. Armes
J. Roland Johnson
Division
Philippines
Darling
Waller
Penrose
Evie
Consul Smith
Cairo
Egypt
Port Said
Suez
Alexandria
Assiout
Minieh
Charkach
Francis
St. Louis Exposition
United States
Sandy Thook
N. J
St. Riley
Kan
Wiinos
Growninshield
Christiania
James A. Ryan
Fifteenth Cavalry
War Department
Oyster Bay
Citizens Committee of
The
Grand Army
Yerkes
Internal Revenue Bureau
Roosevelt urged to call special session to end coal strike
In New York the Central Federation union meeting representing 260000 miners voted to urge President Roosevelt to convene Congress to devise a plan to terminate the coal strike. A mass labor rally will adopt resolutions pressing immediate action.
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Roosevelt
Congress
New York
Central Federation Union
Mr. Troosavelt
Public Alliance of
Wilkesbarre
Senatora Quay
Penrose
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Senator Quay
Hanna
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Morgan
Europe
D. J. McCarthy
Mathew Long
Harry Sulverman
People’s Alliance
Hazelton
Shenandoah
Gobin
Butler
Pittston
Wreck at Belmar Station Kills One Girl and Shrugs Off Two Crews
A deadly collision near Belmar New Jersey involved a Pennsylvania GARS PILED THIRTY FEET IN AR train rear ended by a Central Railroad of New Jersey special. Six cars wrecked, several killed, many injured. A 14 year old Rahway girl Alice Biggert died aboard the waiting car. The Central engineer and fireman are missing. Brakeman Fitzpatrick badly burned and four miles home for care. Conductor Harry Van Note injured but alive.
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Pennsylvania
New York and Long Branch
Belmar
New Jersey
Central Railroad of
Alice Biggert
Rahway
Central
Fitzpatrick
Towle
Harry van Note
Maine Holds Record On Cape Ann Trial Run
The new first class battleship Maine circled the Cape Ann course near Boston to prove her right to fly the U S ensign. Her contract called for 18 knots for four continuous hours, and she hit 18.9 on a six mile leg while dipping to 17.85 at her fastest. Her mean speed, excluding tidal allowances, was 18.3 knots.
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Maine
Cape Ann
Boston
Mass
United States
Oleo Dealers Tax License Ruling Expanded
The Commissioner of internal revenue rules that oleo margarine dealers who paid two cents per pound before July 1 1902 must secure licenses at 480 dollars for wholesalers and 48 dollars for retailers. The law sets the higher rate for those selling oleo taxed above one quarter of a cent per pound. Only dealers handling oleo taxed at a quarter cent pay the minimum rates of 6 and 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Miner Wives to March on Washington if Strike Prolonged
Mother Jones visited the United Mine Workers national headquarters in Indianapolis. She warned that miner wives will march on Washington if the strike remains unsettled by next winter, aiming to shake up Congress during the session.
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Jones
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Ind
Washington
STEP TOWARD REUNION IN METHODIST PUBLISHING GROUP
A joint committee of publishing interests from the Methodist Episcopal and the Methodist Episcopal Church South in New York recommends uniting all publishing interests in China and Mexico. The plan aims to avoid future interference or duplication of equipment in foreign missionary work by both denominations.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church South
New York
China
Mexico
Franz Sigel Dies at 78 in New York Home
Major General Franz Sigel, veteran of the Civil War and famed German-born commander, died at his Mott Avenue, New York residence at age 78 after a two year illness and a brief final collapse. He had been bedridden for two days.
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Franz Sigel
Mott Avenue
New York
Tornado Strikes Pana Illinois Causes Heavy Damage
A tornado hit Pana Illinois on Wednesday causing about 150000 in damage. Several people were injured and the Catholic church steeple was blown down. Hotels and business blocks were unroofed with broken windows and uprooted trees. The Y M C A building valued at 25000 was nearly demolished. The Baltimore Ohio station at Millerville was blown down. It was the worst storm since 1857.
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Pana
Y. M
Baltimore & Ohio
Millerville
Peace Delegates Meet In Mystic Conn For Peace Sessions
Six delegates and 59 others attended a four day session at Mystic Connecticut marking the thirty sixth annual Universal Peace union meeting and the thirty fifth annual Connecticut Christian Peace society gathering letters were received from Edward Everett Hale Carl Schurz Wu Ting Fang and Mark Twain along with others.
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Mystic
Conn
Universal Peace Union
Connecticut Christian Peace Society
Edward Everett Hale
Carl Schurz
Wu Ting-Fang
Mark Twain
Army Disgrace Cited At Mystic Peace Meeting
At Mystic Connecticut meeting Thomas G Whipple of Connecticut called the United States army a disgrace to humanity and charged the President, whom he said should be a man of God, with teaching his children to use broadswords, concluding that God will avenge the Filipinos on this country.
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Mystic
Conn
Thomas G. Whipple
Connecticut
United States
Switzerland Bans New Convents Under Constitution Article
The federal council at Berne, Switzerland, has decreed active enforcement of a constitutional article forbidding the establishment of new convents by religious orders or the re establishment of suppressed congregations.
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Switzerland
France
Federal Council
Berne
New Geode Bill for Ohio Reshapes Municipal Limits
Governor Nash signs changes to Ohio municipal code eliminating election law references and boards of equalization. The bill narrows the city village boundary threshold from 10000 to 5000 population, affecting classification and governance.
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Nash
Ohio
Roadmaster Stevens Shot on Southbound Seaboard Train
James Mitchell, a negro porter, was dangerously wounded and Roadmaster Frederick Stevens was killed in a clash with disorderly negroes aboard a southbound Seaboard Air Line train near Middleburg North Carolina.
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Stevens
Frederick Stevens
James Mitchell
Middleburg
North Carolina
Barrier Removed Clears Flathead Reservation for Settlement
Chief Charlots, famed Indian scout of the Rocky Mountain district, is dead on the Flathead reservation. His death is described as removing the last barrier to opening the Flathead reservation for settlement.
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Charlots
Rocky Mountain District
Flathead Reservation
Chicago Likely Naval Training Site Choice
A board charged with selecting a Great Lakes naval training station site has finished inspections but will not release its report for a month. Early sentiment favors a location near Chicago.
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Great Lakes
Chicago
Andrews Wins a Point in Lansing Supreme Court Case
The Supreme Court at Lansing Michigan granted a writ of error in the case of the People v. Ya. Frank O.G. An draws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Lansing, Mich
Frank OG. Andraws
Bankruptcy filing by Forward Reduction Company head
Dr Chauncey B Forward president of Forward Reduction Company filed for bankruptcy in the U S District Court at Cleveland G He lists debts of 478587 and assets of 4225 with 910 exempt The filing signals a major personal and corporate financial setback in Cleveland court records
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Cleveland
Chauncey B. Forward
Forward Reduction Company
United States District Court
Exiles to Be Returned From Guam to Manila
Acting War Secretary Sanger orders the return of prisoners at Guam who have sworn allegiance to Manila, directing their transfer back to the Philippine capital for custody and processing.
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Sanger
War Department
Guam
Manila
South Africa threats and growth of customs receipts noted
A wide collection of items reports armed Kaffirs threatening to disrupt South Africa, surging customs receipts astonishing treasury officials, Roosevelt invites to Tennessee and North Carolina, and other global notes from crime to disasters. The roster includes railroad and industry moves, court cases, and notable deaths.
Hostile Fleet Game Pits U S Navy Squadrons at Sea
A staged naval war game began with Admiral Higginson leading the Blue squadron and Commander Pillsbury commanding the White squadron. The exercise, aiming to test landing and defense tactics between Portland Maine and Cape Cod, ends with the Blue fleet declared victor after a night encounter.
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United States Navy
Francis J. Higginson
John S. Pillsbury
North Atlantic
Pillsbury
Provincetown
Higginson
Portland
Cape Cod
Portland Harbor
Casco Bay
Cape God
Fallsbury
Isle of Shoals
Shoals
Decatur
Portsmouth
Naval Headquarters
Cape Ann
Brooklyn
Gape Cod
Plymouth
Thatchers Island
Kidnaped Miss Stone Accused Leader Faces Charges
A Sofia dispatch reports violent clashes at the Macedonian committee congress. Ex-president M. Sarafoff is charged with misappropriating 50000 dollars and as the chief agent in last year’s kidnapping of Ellen M. Stone the American missionary. He allegedly paid Deltscheff 10000 dollars for the plan.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
M. Sarafoff
Ellen M. Stone
Deltscheff
Wisconsin Women Vote For State and County Superintendents
Attorney General Hicks declares women may vote for state and county school superintendents in the coming general election and separate ballots must be provided for their use. The ruling answers instructions on the law passed by the last Legislature.
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Wisconsin
Hicks
Wages Raised for Big Four Staff in Indianapolis
The new wage schedule agreed by officers and men at Indianapolis will take effect September 1 and raise the company payroll by about $100,000 annually.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Race riot erupts at Indianapolis suburb Haughville
A violent clash occurred at Haughville with about 200 black workers and white employees of the National Malleable Castings Company. Shots were fired, one Black man reportedly shot, and multiple whites injured in the unrest.
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Haughville
Indianapolis
Ind
National Malleable Castings Company
General Miles Reticent About Philippines Voyage
General Miles and General Nelson A. Miles plan a voyage to the Philippines within weeks. He remains reticent on the purpose of the trip.
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General Miles
Nelson A. Miles
Philippines
Sale of Bolonitos Mines in Guanajuato
A deal closes on the sale of the Bolonitos mines in Guanajuato Mexico for 1,000,000 dollars. The purchasers are Boston capitalists.
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Bolonitos
Guanajuato
Mexico
Prinetpally
Presidential appointments and patronage reshuffle in federal posts
President Roosevelt has prepared a broad pat r onage distribution with several high profile vacancies. The ambassador to Germany offers $17 500 yearly and requires wealth. Bellamy Brorer and Hill are strong contenders. Von Meyer seeks the Sixth Massachusetts district nomination. Italian mission may open at $12 000, with Wolcott or other wealth figures mentioned. Ambassadors Powell Clayton and the Mexican mission face possible changes. H Clay Evans eyed for consul general London, with the South pushing for these posts. The treasury assistant secretary post at $4 500 may go to Henry Tichenor of New York. Arizona Governor Murphy hinted to retire. Bragg faces ongoing pressure. Bristow likely to be removed though he resists. Bristow’s $4 000 post awaits.
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Roosevelt
Germany
Bellamy Brorer
Spain
Hill
St George L. von Meyer
Massachusetts
Pensions
London
the Treasury
General Spaulding
Henry Tichenor
New York
Murphy
Arizona
Gubang
General Bragg
Bristow
Hanne
Scott
Growers Meet in St Louis to Regulate Apple Prices
Twenty five prominent apple growers from Kansas Nebraska Indiana Missouri Arkansas and Illinois gather in St Louis Missouri to unite U S and Canada apple growers into a group to regulate the fruit price.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Indiana
Missouri
Arkansas
Illinois
St. Louis
United States
Canada
Large British Fleet Sails as Boer Generals Entertained
The Hague funds raised for the Boers will be placed at the disposal of Boer generals. A reception welcomed DeWet Botha and Delarey at The Hague. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert cruised off England as German maneuvers shifted to Frankfurt Oder. Public notices report plague deaths rising in Simla and Turkish-US tensions easing. The White Star liner Cedric was launched in Belfast, with a 18,400 ton capacity.
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Hague
Holland
Exchange Telegraph Company
London
England
Simla
Ketchensan
Victoria and Albert
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Germany
Posen
Poland
Frankfort-on-the Oder
Brandenburg
Prussia
DeWet
Botha
Delarey
Tiague
Eyter
Constantinople
United States
Turkey
Porte
Legation
Porto Rico
Republic of Santo Domingo
William L. Dass
Republic
Vasquez
Santo Domingo
Manchester
Shah of Persia
Edward
Empire Music Hall
Prince of Wales
Household Cavalry
Havana
Palma
Cuba
White Star Line
Cedric
Belfast
Ireland
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Iron and Fuel Company
Wouthern
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Yucatan
Cincinnati Traction Company
Iines
Mount Altomonte
Calabria
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Mt. Gretna
A. A. Webster & Co
N. C
Nellia
Bertha Fralinger
Peter Degar
Cumberland Causeway
Bridgeton
Jacob Spawn
Central Illinois
Lexington
Bishop Blenk
Philippine Islands
United States Steel Corporation
Hodge
Wall Street
Samuel Seeley
Knox
St. Helena
May van Allen
Newport
Robert R. Remington
Ashland Sheet Mill
Huntington
W. Va
International Dental Association
Stockholm
Sweden
James K. Jones
Charles Renninger
Delmar
Del
William H. Jackson
Moses Rosenberg
Essex Street
Grand Jury
Polce
Rabbi Joseph
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Gates
Blair and
Lamberi
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Montgomery
Red Ash
Loup Creek
West Virginia
Kanawha
New River
Jessup & Moore Paper Company
Wilmington
America
Torishima
Japan
Lacombe
United States Court At
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Peter Powers
Lawrence M
Well
Maryland
Robert A. White
Harry G. Knox
Ohia
John B. Rhodes
Naval Academy At
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Atlantic
White
Blues
Miss Stone
Bellamy Storer
HII
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United States Counsul
Berlin
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