Peace moves signal possible Chinese settlement
Germany shifts policy toward the other powers and signals a groundwork for a peaceable, permanent settlement in China. The note mix seeks punishment criteria and enforcement while the United States endorses the German approach. France and Russia add a broader plan including arms interdiction, indemnity, and postwar guarantees.
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Germany
Driday
Berlin
William
China
Muang-Hsu
Tuan
United States
Conger
Taku
Pekin
Seaboard
Indians to Vote in Presidential Ballot Across Tribes
The piece notes a surge of new voters among Indians who have become U S citizens, potentially altering the presidential election. It cites census data showing over 32 000 taxed Indians with suffrage and predicts ongoing enfranchisement as tribal lands are allot ted and tribal governments dissolve, especially among the five civilized tribes in Indian Territory.
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United States
Five Civilized Tribes
Indian Territory
Lawyer and valet charged in Rice forgery case
Attorney Albert T. Patrick and valet Charles I. Jones were arrested in New York on forgery charges tied to the estate of late millionaire W. M. Rice. Mandw experts say deeds and papers purportedly signed by Rice were in fact signed by Patrick.
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Rice
Albert T. Patrick
New York
W. M. Rice
Charles I. Jones
Patrick
Land Office Reports Big Year for 4 Receipts and Land Sales
The general land office shows a rise in activity with cash receipts totaling 4,879,758 dollars and an increase of 1,300,621 from the prior year. Land disposed reaches 18,453,887 acres, up about 4,000,000 acres, reflecting broad industry stimulus across the country.
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General Land Office
Roosevelt Revisited in Chicago Campaign Route
Chicago campaign stop for Governor Roosevelt met with verbal assaults from rowdy newsboys and burly outsiders near Trinity Dutch Reformed Church. The incident is part of a broader report noting unrest during the Republican vice presidential candidate’s day.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Trinity Dutch Reformed Church
Bank wrecker in Egypt seen by traveler in Alexandria
A German traveler returning to Cheyenne reports he spoke with D. D. Dare, former vice president of Cheyenne National Bank and National Bank of San Diego, which failed in 1891. Dare is identified as now president of the Alexandria Street Railway.
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D. D. Dare
Alexandria
Cheyenne
Wyo
Egypt
Cheyenne National Bank
National Bank of San Diego
Cal
Alexandria Street Railwa
Evolution of the Two Minute Horse in American trotting records
The Abbott recently lowered the world trotting record at Terre Haute, illustrating the development of the trotter from the century’s start. All world marks cited were set in the United States, tracing a history of faster times and progressive speed milestones.
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Abbott
Terre Haute
United States
CONDITION OF CROPS AND POLITICAL EVENTS TIP US REPORT
East of the Mississippi the week brought favorable crop conditions with rain needed in several southern and eastern regions while excessive moisture slowed work in the upper Midwest. Frosts touched Minnesota, Missouri, and northern ranges. Cotton and corn progress varies by region with Texas strong but some failures in Brazos bottoms. Political notes include Roosevelt in West Virginia, Debs in Chicago, Hanna and Beveridge campaigns, and Roosevelt’s ballot impact in New York.
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South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Upper
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
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Oklahoma
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Dakotas
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Ohio
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Iowa
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Brazos
Georgia
J. Sterling Morton
Bryan
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Wheeling
Rourke Cochran
Aurora
Ill
Daly
Montana Democrats
Mel Kinley
Canton
Beveridge
Peoria
Eugene V. Debs
Chicago
Hanna
South Dakota
Allison
Des Moines
Smith
Washington
Burrows
Michigan
Lincoln
Neb
Cardinal Gibbons
Stone
New York State
Stanchfield
Perry Heath
Dick Kerens
West
Charles IX. Wheeler
Kentucky
Court House
Frankfort
Theodore Roosevelt
Bourke Cochran
Dr George Ernes and the Era of Travel in Asia and Africa
The article chronicles Dr George Ernes a globe trotter and early Times correspondent whose life spans Melbourne to Rangoon and Shanghai to Vladivostok. It outlines his medical training in 1887 his reporting from Bangkok to Yunnan and his wartime service in China and Manchuria including injuries and dispatches.
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George Ernes
Don Limes
Corres
Lord Salisbury
Shanghai
Rangoon
The
Times
Bangkok
Sian
Yunnan City
China
Toequin
Manchuria
Steptensk
Inberia
Vladivostok
Morrison
Pekin
Ty Thes
Interview fragments on travel, diet, labor and politics
A Chicago source presents brief interviews by Miss E Ward and others discussing old Pekin routes to Tientsin, the inefficiencies of river land travel, and mule litter transport. It covers crusades against cooked food, advocacy for raw diets, labor hardship in the anthracite region, and reactions to the Galveston storm with governors pledging recovery.
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Samuel Gompers
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