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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1901
Page
1
Reports from Potsdam and Berlin on Prince Chun arriving from Switzerland to meet Kaiser Wilhelm. A private audience at Potsdam and a message of Chinese governmental restraint frame a cautious diplomatic tone amid mixed press commentary and German reactions to the incident.
The foreign secretary will assist Emperor William at the reception for Prince Chun the Chinese envoy. Prince Chun will lodge at Potsdam for two days then stay two months in an adjoining Berlin palace with the legation, before traveling to Italy, Belgium, Britain, and the United States.
St Louis on September 4 marks the first stake driven at Forest park for the 1903 world fair commemorating the Louisiana purchase centennial. William H Thompson of the National Bank of Commerce acts as chair of the grounds and buildings committee as officials gather for the ceremony.
Milwaukee September 4 George Merriman alias McCartey a Pittsburg structural iron worker was arrested in Milwaukee on a murder charge. He allegedly committed the homicide in July and an officer will come from the east once requisition papers are secured.
News from Pittsburg indicates manufacturers report gains with 32 skilled men joining the Star plant and increased output at Painter and Lindsay and McCutcheon mills. Amalgamated officials claim progress remains satisfactory while noting continued unrest and mutiple plant actions across Monessen, McKeesport, and other points.
A fragmented report notes workers planning strikes and protests in several districts. The Chainmakers and unions push wage increases and better conditions, with demands spreading nationally as employers resist.
A historic bet of 400000 between Waterlay of London and Pittsburghers William S. Mustin and partners was funded in New York and London. Kingsley acted as stakeholder with 150000 in British notes and Mustin with 250000 in certified funds to secure the Shamrock stakes and future winnings.
A cablegram announced the death of Miss Abella Thoburn, president of the women’s missionary society, in India after years of service. The report notes her long tenure as a missionary and that her body was cremated. Also mentioned is funeral arrangements for Brigadier General Will and other memorials.
Mrs Ramsey and three other women were killed when a Northwestern train struck a group crossing the rails one mile south of Port Washington Wisconsin. Identification proved difficult until a son of Mrs Ramsey viewed the bodies at the station.
Transvaal tensions erupt as suspected rebels face charges in Bow Free Peace Court. Dispatches from Cape Town detail executions and orders to shoot captured loyalists. Separate notices report Moburg and colonial troops actions near Oudtsho with casualties and neutrality oaths enforced. West Virginia governor A B White declines senate run while Louis Baker dies after hours of dancing.
President and Mrs McKinley visited Chil dren's day at the county fair in Canton Ohio with fair officials. The president greeted groups of children and watched a horse race from the back stretch. Preparations for the Buffalo journey began as a traveling executive office was assembled and special trunks prepared. The party will travel by a special Pennsylvanian line train to Cleveland and then Buffalo, with a Pan American exposition program planned for Thursday.
A Black man named Fourney alias Bill Hilliard was seized by a mob near Chestnut Grove Coffee County after an assault on a girl and a woman, a gun misfired at the child, and a bystander died from an explosion in a nearby mill scene.
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