United States replies to German note on Chinese punishments
The United States government responds to the German inquiry on punishing Chinese officials. It notes Prince Tuan Kang Yi and Sho Shu Chiao as main targets and states the edict is an initial step toward peace in China. Secretary Hay and Baron Sternberg discuss minimizing friction and ensuring accountability.
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Washington
United States
Prince Tuan
Sheng
China
Pekin
Kang Yi
Sho Shu Chiao
Conger
Department of State
Germany
Berlin
Hay
Baron Sternberg
Chao Shu
Chiao
Kang Yili
Tuan
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Lord Salisbury in Excellent Health and Spirits
London dispatch reports Lord Salisbury in excellent health and spirits with animated and resourceful conversation. Gerald Balfour’s possible resignation due to ill health could create a difficult vacancy. Public interest in the Boer War rises with planned gala days and parades to honor troops and generals.
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New York
the Tribune
London
Lord Salisbury
Henry White
Ambassador Choate
Gerald Balfour
Ireland
Great Britain
Guards
London Volunteers
Lord Roberts
Festival Plans Include Royal Visit to Belfast
The Queen, invited during a Dublin visit, declined the Belfast invitation while the Prince of Wales plans a winter visit in her stead with extensive festivities and royal engagements expected in the city.
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Belfast
Dublin
Prince of Wales
Ister
London hat fashions shift toward American traveler style
London fashion is embracing American traveller hats as the trend. Hatters report smaller silhouettes for next season with tops shorter and brims reduced on top hats and bowlers, while crowns stay nearly the same.
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London
Scott
Lincoln Bennet’s
Irving’s Galveston Disaster Benefit At Drury Lane
London reports strong support for Sir Henry Irving’s October 16 matinee at Drury Lane to aid Galveston disaster sufferers. Leading managers rally to the project and Americans in London subscribe generously as box office demand grows toward a near sold out, with many volunteers offering services and seats.
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London
Sir Henry Irving
Galveston
Drury Lane Theatre
Troublesome Socialists Threaten Belgium Wedding Festivities
Brussels on October 4 reports Socialists plan to demonstrate Sunday on the Bourse square before the wedding procession of Prince Albert and Duchess Elizabeth. Le Peuple urges amnesty and universal suffrage while decrying violence, yet authorities fear disorder and may cancel the 7000-child procession.
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Brussels
Albert
Belgium
Elizabeth
Bavaria
le Peiple
Foolish Butcher Mauled by Lion in French Menagerie
In Privas Ardeche a butcher entered a lion cage at a country fair and after sharing a drink with the lion tamer, offered champagne to the lion. The beast lunged biting and mangling the butcher leaving him near death as panicked spectators were trampled in the stampede.
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Paris
Privas
Ardeche
Yaquis peace talks fail. Diaz spurns treaty proposal
Hermosillo October 4 The five Yaqui peace envoys met President Diaz in Mexico City but none of their proposals for a treaty were accepted. Diaz deemed the terms too favorable to the Indians. Fighting persists as government troops press slowly into Yaqui country.
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Hermosillo
Mex
Diaz
Mexico
Heavy storms devastate French vineyards and crops
Paris reports heavy storms across France causing widespread property and livestock damage. Rivers overflow, vineyards in Burgundy Auvergne Rhone Saone suffer severe losses with vines beaten down and crops nearly ruined. Troops to assist in harvesting are being sent by Gen Andre amid the crisis.
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Paris
France
Haute Pyrenees
Burgundy
Auvergne
Rhone
Saune
Gen
Andre
Withdrawal of U S forces from Pekin begins October 3
Pekin dispatches report the United States forces will start retreating from Pekin on October 3 under Maj. W P Biddle as marines move to Tien Tsin and the 14th Infantry follows. Garrisons at No Si Wu and Pei Tsang also withdraw amid allied unease over German aims.
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Pekin
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
United States
W. P. Biddle
14Th Infantry
Horn
No-Si-Wu
Pei Tsang
Tung Chow
To Let Store and Tenements On Low Rent Near Depot
To let. Store near ek a tope low rent. Three and four room tents near Northern depot rnpe pair, rent low. Tenements in pees Centralville and on the High three and four and five room tentents, best in the city, $6.50, 87.90, Ran $8.00 per month. Apply to T. H. Eiliott, 64 Central street.
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Pees Centralville
T. H. Eiliott
Central Street
Unionists Triumph In Britain War Vote Returns Across City
Great Britain swept by a khaki boom as Ministerialists gain seats and Liberals lose ground. Chamberlain backs the government amid dissolving Parliament, with London and Liverpool showing strong Unionist majorities and anti war candidates defeated. Early tallies place Ministerialists ahead in the national results.
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London
Chamberlain
Scotland
Glasgow
Liverpool
Birmingham
Cremer
Heggerston
The
Daily Mail
MacARTHUR's Casualties Reported From Laguna Mountains
Gen. MacArthur reported five soldiers died in the Laguna province mountains after escaping insurgents. Their date of death is unknown, likely from starvation and exposure after losing their way. The cablegram lists names and units among the dead and wounded.
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Province
Laguna
Washington
MacArthur
War Department
Laguna Province
Alexander M. Edlock
Edward F. Sixton
31Th Volunteer Infantry
John Bolan
Signal Corps
Olaf Suldwall
30Th Volunteer Infantry
John W. Kenney
Pasajon
Luzon
Lith Volunteer Cavalry
Wm. A. Hogan
Novaliches
27Th Volunteer Infantry
Otto Theide
Matthew T. E. Ward
Side
Castillejos
25Th Infantry
James I. Carrick
Holongoa
Leyte
44Th Volunteer Infantry
Chas. O. Fort
Tin Chest
Dingley
Panay
18Th Infantry
Frank A. Arado
Frederick W. Bender
MacArthur Plans Transfer of Troops to Philippines
General MacArthur has arranged prompt transport from Taku to Manila for nearly 4000 United States troops from Tien Tsin and Pekin not in Pekin’s legation guard. Four large transports Warren Sumner Indiana and Garonne will move troops, with two or three freight boats available for heavy arms and equipment.
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Washington
War Department
MacArthur
Philippines
Taku
Manila
United States
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Legation Guard
Chaffee
Warren
Sumner
Indiana
Garonne
Fraud Allegations Stir Cuba Campaign Material
Washington reports Democrats claim to possess startling information on alleged frauds in Cuba to use at campaign end. Administration leaders worry about late disclosures that could damage the administration. Some Democrats allegedly briefed refuse to reveal specifics or sources.
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Washington
Cuba
Democratic Aay
Massachusetts statesman eyed for Italian ambassador post
President McKinley weighs George von L. Meyer of Massachusetts for the Italy ambassadorship after ex governor Wolcott declined. Meyer, former Massachusetts House Speaker and Republican national committee member, is pushed by multiple quarters as a fitting choice praised by State Department officials.
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Washington
McKinley
George von L. Meyer
Massachusetts
Italy
Guv. Wolcott
Draper
Meyer
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Republican National Committee
State Department
Pffer
Croker backs police in bid to curb vice in New York
Richard Croker declares police do their utmost to suppress crime in the city. He concedes a possible black sheep but says any corrupt officer should be removed. He dismisses blackmail extortion charges as unfounded and supports Dr. Paddock Felix Adler and Jacob Schill in a movement to improve East Side conditions, stressing non sectarian aims.
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New York
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Lexoni
Court of Appeals
Dr. Paddock
Felix Adler
Jacob Schill
Veiled Beauty Intervenes For Gentleman Burglar
Lawyer Emanuel Friend met at Grand Central by a tall veiled woman who handed him money and jewels to aid George Carter, the so-called gentleman burglar. She urged him to act to save the client, heightening the intrigue surrounding Carter, a 32 year old Boston family scion with wealth and influence.
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New York
Emanuel Friend
Vernon
George Carter
Grand Central Station
Fifth Avenue
Friend
Mt. Vernon
Peter Downey
Richard McCurdy Lord
Boston
Carter
Stridiron Freed After Diamond Loss Probe
H Hy Stridiron of Chicago who was shot at the Hotel Vendome and arraigned on suspicion of involvement in a $1000 diamond theft from Miss Evelyn Hayes was arraigned again. Hayes did not appear to prosecute and the prisoner was discharged.
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New York
H. Hy. Stridiron
Chicago
Schurz Resigns Civil Service Reform Presidency
New York Oct 4 Carl Schurz has resigned the presidency of the National Civil Service Reform association. The move is reported to reflect his personal advocacy of the election of Mr Bryan, and the act is said not to affect the association's non partisan usefulness.
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New York
Carl Schurz
National Civil Service Reform Association
Bryan
Court Holds Mrs Seeger Negligent in Property Affairs
Boston Oct 4 The bill in equity by Mrs Elsie S Seeger of Brooklyn against Mrs Sarah E Corey of Brookline and Judge J W Candler was dismissed by Judge Barker in the supreme court The suit stemmed from fraud by guardian Baxter E Perry who assigned a 20600 mortgage on defendant Candler s land to a third party through mesne transfers that brought the note to Mrs Corey in 1889 after Seeger came of age Corey later discharged by Candler with a new note secured by stock The court found Seeger failed to prove entitlement to an accounting and deemed her conduct negligent in allowing Perry to hold and manage the mortgage without scrutiny or accounting The case involved no proven embezzlement by Perry and notable lawyers represented the parties
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Boston
Elsie S. Seeger
Brooklyn
Sarah E. Corey
Brookline
J. W. Candler
Barker
Supreme Court
Baxter E. Perry
Perry
J. R. Dunbar
S. W. Whipple
H. W. Ogden
Judge Blaisdell Dead In Fall River
The Hon Josiah C Blaisdell died in Fall River Oct 4 in his 80th year at his Highland Avenue home. Born in Compton New Hampshire he spent most of his life in Fall River where he held many public offices including mayor in 1858 and 1839 representative in 1860 city solicitor 1872 state senator 1868 1869 and justice of the 2d district court 1874 1893. He was a successful lawyer a director in the Weetamoe mills and in the American Steam Gauge company of Boston. He was a longtime member of the First Baptist church and a prominent Mason. He presided over notable criminal cases as judge of the 2d district court.
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Fall River
Josiah C. Blaisdell
Highland Avenue
Compton
N. H
2D District Court
Judge Blaisdell Remembered For Embezzlement Trials And Lizzie Borden Verdict
The late judge presided over seventies embezzlement cases and the Lizzie A. Borden inquest and preliminary trial in 1892. His verdict of probably guilty toward Miss Borden moved the Massachusetts court to tears. Survived by his widow Mary E. Mitchell and three sons and a daughter.
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Blaisdell
Lizzie A. Borden
Massachusetts
Borden
Judge Blaisdell
Sarah C. Eddy
John F Eddy
Jesse Eddy Manufacturing Company
Mary E. Mitchell
Providence
French Catholics in North Brookfield Hold Debate on St Anne's Trouble
North Brookfield Oct 4 French Catholics held a heated meeting called by St Anne's church trustees to hear Father J A Emard and Father H J Wrenn discuss parish troubles. Father Berger read a letter claiming Bishop Beaven would pay him to leave. Emard rejected the letter as unofficial and stepped down, ending the gathering.
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North Brookfield
St. Anne’s Church
J. A. Emard
Jean Berger
St. Anne's Church
H. J. Wrenn
St. Joseph's Church
St. Anne’s Parish
Father Emard
Father Wrenn
Schedules of Hatch and Foote bankruptcy filed in New York
The assignment by Hatch and Foote bankers and brokers on September 18 to E Ellery Anderson shows liabilities of 1,910,126 dollars with nominal assets of 1,897,069 dollars and actual assets of 1,557,718 dollars, filed today in the supreme court.
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New York
Hatch and Foote
E. Ellery Anderson
Supreme Court
Andrew Waterman Dead
Springfield report says former attorney Andrew J Waterman died this afternoon in Williams town.
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Andrew Waterman
Springfield
Andrew J. Waterman
Williamstown
Perennial Leg Sore Healed by Dean's Ointment
O W Lenhart of Bowling Green reports a long running leg sore caused torment. Dean's Ointment relieved the burning and itching and effected a permanent cure, ending years of discomfort.
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Dean
O. W. Lenhart
Bowling Green
Express Messenger Foils Arkansas City Train Robbery
Express Messenger Charles Baxter stopped a midnight robbery on a Burlington line Kan sas City passenger train near Council Bluffs Iowa. He killed one robber and the other fled after Baxter fired. The dead man is unnamed, possibly George of St. Joseph. No loot was taken and the car contents were undamaged.
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Council Bluffs
Charles Baxter
Kansas City
Burlington Road
Union Pacific Transfer
Mosquito Creek
Donnelly
Frank Holman
Mavne
Baxter
Messenger Baxter
William McGrew
George of
St. Joseph
Thayer Renominated by Democratic Third District
John R. Thayer of Worcester was renominated without opposition at Continental Hall in Worcester in the Democratic third congressional district convention. A delegate pledged to James H. Mellen seconded the nomination as Thayer spoke to the gathering amid cheers and notable enthusiasm.
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Worcester
Mass
Continental Hall
John R. Thayer
James H. Mellen
Thayer
Theatre opens early this fall for Mr Pusherton
A quotation from the Indianapolis Journal notes the theatre will open early this fall and suggests an early effort to earn money before the public spends on elections. The exchange hints at cautious business in uncertain times.
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Pusherton
Indianapoli Journal
Advertisers Urged to Buy Space in the Courier
The courier urges local advertisers to place notices and ads, promising broad reach and timely reader engagement. The message stresses clear placement, affordable rates, and quick deadlines for upcoming campaigns.
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President Diaz
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Deat of Justice
Col. Edwards
Department
General MacArthur
G. V. L. Meyer
Croker
Stridiron
Schurz
Burlington
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