King's Naval Review Draws Mixed Strength at Portsmouth
King reviews warships along the shore with Italy Portugal and Japan represented. The line includes 21 battleships plus cruisers gunboats and destroyers. America misses Illinois dockyard repairs. An estimated 100000 spectators watch from water and shore as ships are illuminated for a nighttime display.
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Carlo Alberto
Don Carlos I
Asamo
Takasago
America
Illinois
Chatam
Christiania
Portsmouth
Spain
Hotham
Solent
Boer Generals Refuse Royal Audience In Naval Review
The Boer generals Botha De Wet and De la Rey arrived at Southampton aboard the Saxon amid large crowds and cordial receptions. They declined a royal audience invite after talks with Boer Agent Fischer and later planned to sail to Cowes and then London to meet the king. They intended to visit America before returning to the Transvaal and attend Kruger's funeral in Brussels, with a final move to Waterloo station for transport to London.
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Naval Review
London
Southhampton
Onape
Botha
DeWat
de la Rey
Southampton Harbor
Chamberlain
Roberts
Kitchener
Southampton
Nigeria
Folland
Transvaal
Kruger
Stanb Chamberrlain
Bobs
Kitchaner
Victoria and Albert
Fischer
America
Brussels
Hoerg
Fischar
Cowes
de West
de A Rey
Waterloo Station
Horrex Hotel
Loan Association Treasurer Bleeds Passaic Shortage
In Paterson New Jersey Aug 16 investigators disclose the Mutual Building and Loan association defalcation now tallies 100000 with an initial 28000 shortage flagged five months ago. Treasurer William Malcolm explains falsified books to hide true condition while private papers show less asset value than believed. Frederick B Conant successor uncovers 12000 more missing and notes marked withdrawals still in play as others seek payment.
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Malcolm
Malolm
Frederick B.conant
Conant
Association
President Mitchell Issues Statement From Wilkesbarre
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers issues a morning statement from Wilkes-Barre addressing ongoing labor matters and union concerns. The release outlines current priorities and signals possible negotiations with industry leaders.
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Mitchell
Wilkesbarre
United Mine
Anarchists Try to Board Imperial Yacht Hohenzollern
Reports say five men dressed as sailors and a Russian officer attempted to board the German yacht Hohenzollern off Reval as the Kaiser and czar dined aboard. One man seized, confessed intent to kill both rulers with one blow. Officers found unsigned letters linking a plot in Frankfurt.
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Neus Weiner Journal Today
Hohenzollern
Reval
Russia
Cvar
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License and Paris reform urged by Chancellor Andrews
Chancellor Andrews of the University of Nebraska told University of Chicago students that city governments should regulate social vice. He cited Paris as a model and argued licensing can suppress or regulate vice effectively rather than promote immorality. He said the state must protect innocent women and children and future generations.
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Chiengo
Benjamin Andews
University of Nebraska
University of Chicago
United States
Andrews
Conflict at Paris Convent as Inhabitants Resist Gendarmes
On August 16 in Beuarenes Paris, thousands of armed inhabitants fought to block gendarmes closing a convent. The clash began around five this morning as residents kept troops at bay amid the ongoing stand-off.
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Beuarenes
Paris
Bauarneney
Child Bitten by Rat Causes Alarm in Hartford
A man named Jaffar carrying a small child entered Goeodwin's drug store around 11 am seeking a doctor. He said rats in the Front street building owned by Samuel Kaplan had been driven to his top floor rooms by ongoing lower-floor improvements. Around midnight the child woke with a bloody arm from a rat bite. A man on Front street was also bitten recently while seeking a doctor.
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Hartford
Jaffar
Goeodwin
Front Street
Samuel Kaplan
Viceroys Warned Not To Pocket Indemnity Funds
Washington Aug 16. Minister Conger transmits imperial decree on raising funds for indemnity after the Boxer uprising. Decree bars extortion and warns viceroys against lining pockets or provoking friction. Proclamation from Chi-Li warns citizens not to arm themselves and urges Christians and locals to live in peace.
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Congerat Pekin
State Department
Conger
Chi-Li
Fiddler Helped Escape as Daughters Tackled Marshal
In Lexington Kentucky on August 16 L J Cox evaded Deputy Marshal Coon Moore by persuading his daughters to attack the marshal during a fiddle performance. Cox asked permission to instruct his daughters and gave them a note. The daughters danced and then seized the marshal as Cox began playing, allowing him to escape.
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Lexington
Bky
L. J. Cox
J. T. Awarper
Gimlet
Elliott County
Marshall Coon Moore
Cox
Morro
Corbett McGovern bout date moved to September 22
Louisville dispatch reports A des Patch received from Robert O Gray man ager of the Southern Athletic Club announcing the Corbett McGovern contest in Louisville has been changed from September 15 to September 22.
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Louisville
Robert O
Gray
Southern
Athletic Club
Want American Architects for Pekin Legation Building
Washington reports the treasury will detail an expert architect from the supervising architect's office to Pekin Obhina to finish plans and specs for the new United States legation building and supervise construction. The French architect who previously planned and built U S buildings has returned to France after unsatisfactory plans. Minister Conger requested a competent U S architect be sent.
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Secretary of State
Treasury Department
Supervising Architect of the Treasury
Pekin
Obhina
United States
Legation
France
Conger
Roof play ends with brick strike on child
New York report states Peter Lanaza aged eleven or younger was playing on a roof at 505 West 86th Street when a brick was thrown over the edge striking two year old Ambrose Kerrigan. The injured child was taken to Roosevelt Hospital for treatment.
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New York
Peter Lanaza
A. Ibig Tenemen
Ambrose Kerrgan
Roosevel
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