British Chinese Commercial Treaty Nearing British Approval
London reports the British Chinese commercial agreement nearly concluded with all articles accepted by China. Article 8 seeks abolition of likin taxes in exchange for a 1.5 times 1901 duty, pushing total foreign import taxation to about 10 to 11 percent ad valorem. The pact also covers inland water navigation, mining rules, and ending extraterritorial rights. A joint commission will study the missionary question.
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London Times
New York Times
London
Shanghai
the Times
James L. Mackay
Yang-tse
Canton
China
Great Britain
China to Open Four Treaty Ports in 1904
Provided that other powers enter similar commitments, China agrees to open four new treaty ports in January 1904 after the likin tax abolition. The ports are Changon Nganing Wanhsien and Weiew with Changsha the provincial capital of Hu Nan, Nanking in Ngan-Hwei, Wan-Hsien near Su-Chwan, and Wei-Chow island in Tong-King gulf near Kwang-Thung.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Great Britain
Changeon Ngan-ing
Wan-Hsien
Weiew
Chang-Sha
Hu-Nan
Siangkiang
Il-Chang
Ngan-King
Ngan- Hwei
Yangtse
Su-Chwan
Wei-Chow
Gulf of
Tong-King
Kwang-Thung
Progress in the Transvaal Seeks Slow Settlement
London reports The Times correspondent in Johannesburg says the country’s settlement is being pursued with dispatch but no daily milestones are expected. Public Works slows due to Coast supply issues. twenty years of arrears plus three years of destruction must be rebuilt. Hospitals jails and offices require new or expanded facilities in Ermelo and Carolina as rolling stock is scarce.
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London
Timmes
NEW York Times
Times
Johannesburg
Department of State
Public Works Department
Ermelo
Carolina
Transvaal
De La Rey Daughter to Marry Cape Town Official
Cape Town reports Gen. De La Rey's daughter will wed his secretary Mr. Ferreira in the Dutch Reformed Church in Cape Town tomorrow.
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DE LA Rey
London
Cape Town
the Times
Botha Affirms One Flag for South Africa at Paarl Speech
General Botha declared in a Paarl speech that all of South Africa stands under one flag and the Boers have not been vanquished. He warned darkness lies ahead but faith and hope will guide them, calling Africa their fatherland and birthright.
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Cape Town
Paarl
Cape Colony
Botha
South Africa
Africa
Arrivals and Losses Highlight Page Seven Highlights
The note lists sections on arrivals at hotels losses by fire and marine intelligence with foreign mails weather yesterday's fires and real estate religious society and weather reports indicating the day’s varied society and news items across pages seven nine ten and eleven.
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Marine Intelligence
Pennsylvania special saves the buoy man four hours
A brief transit note describes the New York to Chicago trip by a Pennsylvania special train. It states the service reduces the buoy man’s travel time by four hours and lists onboard amenities including dining car barber shop and other conveniences.
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New York
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Cochran Buys Bresee House Ahead of Baltimore Wedding
William F. Cochran purchases the Mount Vernon Place home of the late O. F. Bresee for 77000 and plans 25000 in furnishings before his November marriage to Nina Lorraine Gill. Cochran, son of the late Yonkers millionaire, built a fortune in Baltimore and heads Shippers' Box Company and Seaboard Air Line directorate.
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New York Times
Baltimore
William F. Cochran
O. F. Bresee
Mount Vernon Place
Garrett Mansion
Bresee
Cochran
Yonkers
N. Y
Seaboard Air Line
Shippers’Box Company
Shippers’ Box Company
Colonial
North Charles Street
Chattesanee
Green Spring Valley
Nina Lorraine Gill
Miss Gill
C. Lorraine Gill
Gill
Martin Gillett & Co
Corraine Gill
Spanish firm linked to King Alfonso orders Chicago machinery
A Spanish company in which King Alfonso is financially involved orders 10,000 tons of electrical machinery and lathes from Chicago for the Irubia arsenal. The Crisna Company plans a Madrid brick plant of 1.2 million bricks daily, with over $600,000 worth of American equipment, to be the world's largest. It will sit on about forty acres and use steam power. Contracts for the plant go to Allis Chalmers Fraser & Chalmers and Gates Iron Works.
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New York Times
Chicago
Alfonso of
Irubia
Crisna Company
Madrid
Allis Chalmers Company
Fraser & Chalmers
Gates Iron Works
Isidoro Pedraza de la Pasilla
United States
Allis-Chalmers Company
Maine lumber clash ends in Augusta on mill refuse suit
In Augusta a major equity case between Hollingsworth and Whitney of Winslow and Lockwood of Waterville versus about fifty lumber firms ended after closing arguments. The suit seeks an injunction against dumping sawmill refuse into the Kennebec River, which plaintiffs say clogs water wheels and disrupts mills. Justice Whitehouse will issue a decision in a few days, expected to be final with no appeal.
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New York Times
Bangor
Maine
Augusta
Hollingsworth and Whitney Company
Winslow
Lockwood Company
Waterville
Kennebec River
Equity suit over illegal trust in Maine sardine trade
Sea Coast Packing Company sues Bion Pike and others seeking an injunction preventing sardine canning within 200 miles of Eastport for ten years dating from 1898. Defendants call Sea Coast a trust and void the agreement. Decision expected soon with wide impact. attorneys listed.
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New York Times
Bangor
Machias
Wiswell
Maine Supreme Court
Sea Coast Packing Company
Bion Pike
Lubec
Maine
Eastport
Hannibal E. Hamlin
Ellsworth
Ianson
Platt dismisses Goddard boom in Republican ticket talks
Senator Thomas C. Platt says Capt. F Norton Goddard has no clear support for lieutenant governor and declines to predict candidates. He mentions Higgins Ellsworth and Ray as possibilities while reflecting on Roosevelt’s views and party plans at Oyster Bay and the Oriental Hotel.
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Thomas C. Platt
F. Norton Goddard
Capt. Goddard
Senator Platt
Manhattan Beach
F. W. Higgins
Olean
Higgins
Senate
T. E. Ellsworth
Elsworth
Platt
Oyster Bay
Odell
Goddard
Roosevelt
John €. Davies
James S. Sherman
Utica
J. B. H. Mangin
Seneca County
John F. Parkhurst
Bath
Chemung-Steuben- Schuyler-Seneca
the Oriental
Mangin
Judge Parkhurst
State Committee
Sloat Fassett
Senator Fassett
Senator Sherwood
Devery
Ruly
Croker
Tammany Hall
United States Senate
Fifth Avenue
Saratoga
Abraham Gruber
Gruber
B. B. Odell, Jr
Mr. Gruber
Ex-Chief Devery Prefers Quiet Day Before Meeting
Ex-Chief W. S. Devery rested at his Arverne home while reporters visited yesterday. He announced a business men's meeting for Monday night and said he would speak on topics including imperialism trusts and free silver. He warned there would be something doing at the event.
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W. S. Devery
Arverne
Colorado and Return by the Colorado Special
Advertisement notes a daily departure from Chicago at 6 30 P M via Chicago and North Western and Union Pacific Bus offering low excursion rates. Offices listed at 287 and 461 Broadway with service branded as Colorado Special.
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Colorado
Chicago
Chicago & North-Western
Union Pacific
Broadway
Adcv
Schwab Not Seriously Ill at Atlantic City Cottage
Charles M. Schwab president of United States Steel Corporation is reportedly only mildly ill after an evening lapse at his Atlantic City cottage. He slept in until noon, then dressed and sat on his porch before retreating indoors to avoid press inquiries. He plans to return to New York in two or three days.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Schwab
New York
New Piers at Superior to Cost One Million Dollars
The United States Government will spend about one million dollars to construct protective monolithic concrete piers at the Superior entrance. Designs and specifications are being prepared in Duluth for winter bid openings, with work possibly by day labor. The 3200 foot long piers will extend 25 feet below water and 10 feet above, built of solid concrete using large Portland cement quantities.
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New York Times
Superior
Wis
United States
Duluth
Duluth Harbor
Duluth-Superior
New York Capitalists Purchase Osaka and Tokyo Gas Firms
New York financiers have acquired control of Osaka and Tokyo gas companies in Japan, both profitable but needing funds for expansion. Tokyo Gas has 4.2 million yen paid-up capital with 50 yen shares trading above 70 yen. Americans will buy the increased shares at 80 yen. Premiums fund a reserve while the rest funds extensions. Baron Shibusawa reportedly assisted in New York.
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New York Times
Tacoma
Washington
Newee
Japan
New York
Baron Shibusawa
Clark University Announces New Faculty Lineup
Worcester July 27 The Clark University faculty for the new collegiate department is named with Carroll D. Wright as President and Statistics and Social Economics, Rufus C. Bentley Latin Greek and Dean, William H. Story Mathematics, Arthur G. Webster Physics, Clifton F. Hodge Biology, Joseph G. Coffin Physics instructor, Charles W. Easley Chemistry, Frederick H. Hodge Mathematics, Jo Samuel P. Capen Modern Languages, Frederick A. Bushee Economics History, ao J. George English instructor.
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New York Times
Worcester
Mass
Clark University
Carroll D. Wright
Rufus C. Bentley
A. M
William H. Story
Arthur G. Webster
Clifton F. Hodge
Joseph G. Coffin
Charles W. Easley
Frederick H. Hodge
Jo Samuel P. Capen
Frederick A. Bushee
Ao J. George
Value of Maine wild lands boosted by six million dollars
Maine State Assessors raise the valuation of wild lands by 6 million dollars about 33 percent. Chairman Pottle cites railroad expansion and pulp mill demand as drivers of increased land profits and notes landowners accept the higher valuation as fair.
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New York Times
Bangor
Maine
Pottle
Asphalt Trust Buys Large Perth Amboy Lot for Docks
In Trenton July 27 a major asphalt trust reportedly bought a 15 acre Perth Amboy tract from Henry Maurer & Sons. Surveyors map a waterfront site for a large dock while engineers drive piles and soundings, signaling a pivotal expansion as traffic lines note that day line steamers remain in service.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Perth Amboy
Henry Maurer & Sons
Grea Docks
Trust
Panther Escapes Bronx Zoo Panther Is Loose in City Parks
A seven month old panther shipped from the Mexican Zoological Society escaped a pine box at the Bronx Zoo and roamed the parks and Botanical Gardens. He leaped a tree and swam the Bronx River while hunt party police and visitors watched. Director Hornaday urged calm, noting the panther is harmless and not a threat to people.
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William T. Hornaday
Bronx Zoological Park
Ditmars
Bronx River
William’s Bridge
Mexican Zoological Society
New York Zoological Society
Bronx
Zoo Botanical Gardens
Dr. Hornaday
Zoo
Botanical Gardens
Aic
Carl Teets
Botanical Garden
Teets
Hornaday
Charles Sheldon
Chihuahua
Mexico
Chihuahua Pacific Railroad
20th Century Limited Ad From New Central
Train schedule note states the 20th Century Limited departs New York at 2 45 and arrives Lake Shore at 9 45 next morning with ad from New Central.
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20Th Century Limited
New — Central
New York
Gral and
Lake Sho
Adv
Lion Cub's Sunday Outing Shocks Atlantic City
Teddy Roosevelt the lion cub escaped its Ocean Pier cage in Atlantic City on a busy Sunday, alarming girls, smashing furniture and water gear in the pier theatre dressing rooms, vandalizing wardrobes, and peering at the Royal Marine Band before attendants recaptured and returned the animal.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
Teddy Roosevelt
Ocean Pier
Pier Theatre
Royal Marine Band
Teddy
American miners sail for Siberia gold coast
The steamer Discovery sails from Nome carrying nearly 100 American miners hired by the Northeastern Siberian Concession Company to explore the Siberian coast for gold and metals under Col. Vonlarlavsky. They head to St Lawrence Bay near Cape Prince of Wales and will work in five person groups with a 10 percent tax to the manager and rules on claims and trading with natives.
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Tacoma
Washington
Discovery
Nome
Northeastern Siberian Concession Company
Siberian
John Rosen
Col. Vonlarlavsky
St. Lawrence Bay
Cape Prince of Wales
Clarence Elliott
St.awrence Bay
Vladivostok
Plover Bay
Ant Imperialists to the President
An anti imperialist committee in Lake George New York releases an open letter to President Roosevelt criticizing US conduct in the Philippines. They argue demoralization extends beyond Gen Smith and Major Waller and urge full disclosure and accountability.
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Lake George
N. J
Roosevelt
United States
Philippines
New York City
Jacob H. Smith
Samar
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of War
Chaffee
New York
Philippine Islands
J. H. Smith
East
Bank Loses Suit For 36500 In Federal Court
In Tacoma Washington a federal jury awarded F M Wade 36500 against Chester Thorne and the National Bank of Commerce linked to Thorne who became a major holder after a 50 per share stock assessment. Wade says a 1895 malice action damaged his credit and business following mismanagement charges. Thorne is Oakleigh Thorne’s brother from New York.
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New York Times
Tacoma
Washington
F. M. Wade
Chester Thorne
National Bank of Commerce
Thorne
Wade
Theederal
Oakleigh Thorne
New York
King Edward May Attend Coronation in Bath Chair
King Edward remains unable to walk or stand and will likely require a bath chair for the coronation. Reports from Cowes and London note he used a new invalid chair to move about, with speculation he may only attend in a bath chair if at ceremonies.
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Cowes
Isle of Wight
Edward
London
Standard
It Saves Four Hours. The Special Leaves New York
The Pennsylvania Special departs New York daily with Brooklyn connections via Annex boat service, promising four hours saved travel time.
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Pennsylvania
New_York
Brooklyn
Annex
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Senator Can _ Didate
Steel Trust
Lake Harbor
Tokio and
Osaka
Asphalt Trust
R. R
York
Albany
New Landing
129Th St
Panther
Siberia
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War Department
Filipiros
Esprit de Corps
Senate Philippine Committee
BANK
Tacoma Institution
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