On the Trail of the American Missionary in China
William T. Ellis examines how foreign missionaries in China clash with civil law, provoking native anger and uprisings. He contrasts French and American approaches, notes abuses by some clergy, and cites U.S. Minister Rockwell arguing missionaries aid progress through education and medicine.
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France
Germany
Peking
John Chinaman
Jinrickshas
Asia
America
China
Nanchang
Mukden
Christian Church
Rockwell
William Rockwell
Lien Chow
Joseph B. Bowles
Ring That Absorbs Smoke Lets Smoker’s Room Stay Clear
A salesman shows a platinum ring that, when placed over a lamp and heated, supposedly consumes tobacco smoke and odors. The ring is claimed to allow smoking anywhere without leaving a smell, using platinum’s smoke-absorbing properties.
The Best Part of the City
A reflective piece contrasts urban centers with the countryside where land is valued in acres not feet and green grass under the trees defines the landscape.
Borah Acquitted Sparks Boise Celebration Night
U S Senator William E Borah was found not guilty of conspiracy to defraud Idaho timber lands. The verdict prompted cheers in court and a citywide celebration with bells, a fire engine parade, and a brass band playing Hail to the Chief as Borah thanked supporters amid tributes to Frank Steunenberg.
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Boise
Idaho
United States
William E. Borah
Idaho Hotel
Senator Borah
Frank Steunenberg
Tower Seeks Retirement From Diplomatic Service
Berlin report says Ambassador Tower has written President Roosevelt asking permission to retire next spring after nearly 11 years abroad. He cites a desire to live in the United States to provide a home for his sons near Harvard College and to devote himself to his financial mining and railroad interests.
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Berlin
Tower
Roosevelt
Harvard College
Tramp Story About Boy Burned Declared Untrue
Burlington Iowa officials conclude Mrs Hathaway tale of a tramp tying her son to a fence post and burning him alive is false. Coroner reports the boy likely started a fire with matches while left alone. jury returns verdict of accidental death.
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Burlington
John Hathaway
Hathaways
Oquawka
Daughters of America Adjourns After Convention
The Cleveland convention closed with officer elections and a resolution protesting indiscriminate immigration of paupers and criminals. Next year’s gathering will be in Chattanooga Tennessee.
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Daughters of America
Cleveland
The
Daughters America
Chattanooga
Teun
Hold Up Play Turns Fatal in Oxford County Fair Funds
Nine year old Edward Kauffman was shot and killed by his brother Harry in Nottingham near Oxford. Harry, who had won a revolver at the county fair, pretended to be a highwayman and held Edward up at pistol point. The gun discharged, striking Edward in the brain. the inquest absolved the older boy of blame.
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Oxford
Edward Kauffman
Nottingham
Here
Harry
Young Kauffman
Thaw Alienists’ Bills Total Over Twenty Three Thousand
Ten of District Attorney Jerome's alienists in the Harry K. Thaw trial have rendered bills for services totaling slightly over $23,000. The bills cover expert testimony and related work in the sensational case in New York.
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Thaw
New York
Jerome
Harry K. Thaw
Police arrest nearly all members of Buddhist Holland society
Warsaw police on Wednesday detained almost all members of the society called the Buddhists of Holland, including 69 chiefs of its local branches, in a sweeping move.
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Warsaw
Buddists of
Holland
Roosevelt suspends license for Fred Hartweg steamer
The license of the master of the Fred Hartweg is suspended for 90 days by order from President Roosevelt after a telegram sent via the U S S Mississippi Supervisor of Vessels in Evansville Indiana. The action cites serious misconduct on the current river trip carrying the Pittsburg delegation and risks to the boat and other vessels. The Fred Hartweg home port is Cairo and inspections occur at Evansville.
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Evansville
Ind
United States
Williams
Roosevelt
Fred Hartweg
Pittsburg
Memphis
Tenn
U. S. S. Mississippi
Fred ‘Hartweg
Col
Sears
Theodore Roosevelt
Fred Hartwee
Cairo
Theaters on Ocean Liners in Cunard Plan
Cunard Steamship company accepts Charles Frohman offer to stage plays on its ocean liners. Regular actors will perform on three ships while traveling between the United States and England. Other transatlantic lines consider the proposal.
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Liverpool
Cunard Steamship Company
Charles Frohman
United States
England
Transatlantic Line
Mr. Frohman
Wild Balloon Flight Ends Safely Near Coshocton
Coshocton aeronaut Frank Fuhr was swept by a gale to 5000 feet and 4 1 2 miles north of Coshocton before a safe landing at seven o clock Thursday night after displaying the Coshocton airship at the Licking county fair.
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Ballonist
Coshocton
Frank Fuhr
Fuhr
Licking County Fair
Student Becomes Heir to $20,000 Estate
Miss Katherine Rittenhouse, a Northwestern University student in Chicago, inherits an estate worth 20000 dollars under the will of Col. Isaac Wing. Wing was once rejected by her mother when she was a girl in Lincoln Nebraska.
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Lincoln, Neb
Katherine Rittenhouse
Northwestern University
Chicago
Col
Isaac Wing
Davenport Post Office Official Charged Then Commit Suicide
James H. Farrand, Davenport post office superintendent of delivery, was arrested Friday morning on charges of opening registered mail and shortly after killed himself. The case involves alleged mail tampering within the Davenport postal facility.
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Davenport
James H. Farrand
Made Postal Agent at Shanghai
Postmaster General Meyer announced the appointment of John M. Darrah formerly connected with the American consulate in Shanghai to be United States postal agent there.
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Shanghai
Washington
Meyer
John M. Darrah
China
United States
Dry Lands Expand in Kentucky McLean County Vote
Owensboro Ky. reports another county goes dry by local option. In McLean county temperance supporters won with a tally of 1 055 votes in Thursday's election.
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Kentucky
Owensboro
McLean County
Tarbell’s Brother Testifies in Oil Rate Trial Hearing
In Missouri a federal suit alleging Standard Oil oil combine features testimony from W. W. Tarbell of Pure Oil and New York Lubricating Oil. Tarbell notes freight discrimination by steamship lines keeping Africa trade with Standard rates. Hearing in blanc set for October 23 by the Supreme Court, with findings from a special commission on a suspected illegal combination.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Africa
New York Lubricating Company
Philip Harrison
New York Lubricating Oil Company
Harrison
W. W. Tarbell
Philadelphia
Pure Oil Company
United States ‘Pipe Line Company
Standard
Tarbell
Ida Tarbell
John D. Rockefeller
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
En Blanc
Special Commission
Waters-Pierce Company
Little Black Book linked to Minneapolis firms probing mail fraud
Minneapolis and Chicago sash doc and blinds firms aim to pin blame on Minneapolis lumbermen for distributing the Little Black Book. Investigators cite a federal grand jury probe begun in Minneapolis and 50 witnesses from Minnesota Iowa North and South Dakota subpoenaed. The book allegedly urged recipients to correspond with listed firms causing nuisance and cost without actual business.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minneolis
Chicago
Lumbermen’s Association
Federal
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Railroads Seek United Action to Block Lower Fares
Sioux Falls railroads led by ALL move in U S court to halt October 16 rate cut by South Dakota Board of Railroad Commissioners. Judge Carl sets October 29 hearing for permanent injunction on reducing passenger rates from three to two and a half cents per mile.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
United States
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Carl
Young Women Leave Hamburg for German South West Africa
Several hundreds of German women departed Hamburg on the steamer Fled marschal to work with families of German settlers and officials in German South West Africa.
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Germany
Hamburg
Africa
Kennebec County Meat Boycott Sparks Ten Day Abstinence
About 1,200 residents of Kennebec County in Augusta protest rising meat prices by committing to a ten day abstinence from all meat. The move signals broad discontent with food costs and a collective price resistance.
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Augusta
Kennebec County
Army Lieutenant Blown to Pieces in Nitroglycerin Accident
San Antonio reports Lieutenant Owen V. Anderson recently assigned to the U S army was blown to atoms Friday while handling a nitro glycerine bottle. The explosion wrecked the house.
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San Antonio
Owen V. Anderson
United States Army
Rev. James M. King Dies in Philadelphia Leader of Methodist Mission Work
Reverend James M. King LL D longtime executive head of the board of home missions and church extension of the Methodist Episcopal church died Thursday in Philadelphia. His leadership was recognized worldwide in Methodism and church outreach.
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James M. King
Philadelphia
Board of Home Missions and Church Extension
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodism
Pittsburg Firm Fails For 245 Thousand In Bankruptcy
H. J. McCracken & Co., a historic Pittsburg wholesale produce commission house, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S court. Liabilities are listed at $245 387.47.
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Pittsburg
H. J. McCracken & Co
Oil Trust Testimony Details Galena Control and Rebates
New York reports that Galena Signal Oil, a Standard Oil subsidiary, controlled about 97 percent of rail lubricating oil sales. An accountant described contracts guaranteeing maximum costs by mileage, with end period refunds sometimes near half the invoice. Only the Pennsylvania Railway bought at a loss, while Tidewater Railway rejected Galena bids.
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New York
Galena Signal Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
United States
Oil Trust. Co
Galena Company
Kellogg
Steinbrenner
Pennsylvania Railway
Tidewater Railway
Henry H. Rogers
Rogers
Taft Bid Farewell to Japan in Royal Audience
William H. Taft the American secretary of war bade farewell in Tokyo with a ceremonial audience at the emperor's palace. He met the emperor and empress, exchanged cordial greetings, and later called on the crown prince Yoshihito Harunomiya and Prince Fushimi before a banquet.
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Tokio
William H. Taft
Japan
Shimbashi
Kobe
Mrs. Taft
Gen. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Frederick W. Carpenter
Taft
Yoshihito Harunomiya
Prince Fushimi
Emperor
Empress
Mrs.Taft
Suing Platt for Absolute Divorce in New York
Mae Catherine Wood, former government clerk and long-time plaintiff, filed an absolute divorce suit against United States Senator Thomas C. Platt in the New York Supreme Court. The action, termed Platt against Platt, seeks to reveal details of a 1901 alleged marriage at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Senator Platt’s counsel urged private consideration by a referee, while the judge reserved decision.
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New York
Mae Catherine Wood
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Supreme Court
Fifth Avenue
J. D. Lee
Platt
John B. Stanchfield
Senator Platt
Miss Wood
Justice Seabury
Edwards admits to fourteen killings in a violent past
In Chattanooga Tennessee the defendant on trial for murdering Sam Brook, a Black man, testified under cross examination that he has shot and probably killed fourteen men. He claimed most killings occurred in the Kentucky mountains and during the Chicago labor strike.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
D. Eayards
Sam Brook
Brooks
Edwards
Kentucky Mountains
Chicago
World Yacht Cruise Awakens Elite Guests
Rob ert M. Thompson financier retired naval officer and lawyer hosts a nine month around the world voyage aboard the 8000 ton Mineola. Fifteen friends including Lord Brassy and Admiral Sir Charles Beresford are invited with an estimated half a million dollar expense.
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World
New York
Robert M. Thompson
Mineola
Col. Thompson
Lord Brassy
Sir Charles Beresford
Abd-El-Aziz Reviews Army to Count Desertions
In Rabat Morocco Sultan Abd-El-Aziz held a sarthe to tally his forces and identify desertions. Seated with the grand vizier he counted troops and beasts as scribes logged numbers finding 500 deserting men mostly foot soldiers with rifles and carts.
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Abd-El-Aziz
Rabat
Morocco
Sultan Abd-El- Aziz
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