Indemnity Talks Continue as Powers Weigh China Offer
Peking reports a meeting of foreign ministers leaning toward China’s 465,000,000 tael indemnity. Debate centers on 4 percent interest collection and timing. An edict translation suggests the Forbidden City library was burned by court order to destroy archives, with fire following telegraphic edict delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbidden City
Peking
China
Reockhill
The
Hague
Prince Ching
Li-Hung-Chang
Payment of Chinese indemnity unsettled amid China ministers
In St Petersburg on June 11 officials expect the indemnity payment method to stay unresolved for a long period perhaps until new ministers at Peking take posts. Russia questions a guaranteed loan requiring legislative consent while Britain rejects its proposal. Mr Rockhill’s arbitration idea raises questions about treating payment method as a legal matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Peking
Russia
Hold Shanghai Must Be Maintained, Admiral Declares
Admiral Sir Edward H. Seymour, British Commander in Chief on the China station, told the China Association banquet that Britain faces rivals United States, Russia and Germany. He warned that Shanghai must be held to preserve prestige and open trade, noting the United States as Britain’s top rival but not opposing open doors. Germany emerges as a new competitor in trade and sea power, while Russia expands territory and disrupts trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Edward H. Seymour
China Station
China Association
Great Britain
United States
Russia
Germany
Kamira Seymour
Shang
Transvaal Concessions Report Released in Blue Book
A Blue Book from London on June 11 publishes the Transvaal Concessions Commission findings. It states annexation voids old contracts and rejects enforcing them, suggests denying recognition of the dynamite and other concessions, and notes alleged improper shares paid to Dr Leyds and others. It also urges termination of the Netherlands South African Railroad concession and assigns responsibility for war damages to shareholders. The report calls for full recognition of debenture holders.
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London
Transvaal Concessions Commission
Commission
Leyds
Great Britain
Cape Colony
Natal
De Wet’s Cousin Captivates Berlin Prospect Crowd
Andries De Wet cousin of Gen. De Wet addressed a pro Boer meeting in the Philharmonic Berlin. Ten thousand persons attended and greeted the speaker with enthusiastic demonstrations at the gathering.
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Berlin
Andries de Wet
de Wet
Philharmonic
Kitchener reports Van Rensburg surrenders at Pietersburg
Lord Kitchener reports to the War Office from Pretoria dated June 11 that Commandant Van Rensburg and his commando have surrendered at Pietersburg. One hundred men have come in and more are following.
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London
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Pretoria
van Rensburg
Pietersburg
Kruger Denies Involvement in Boer Peace Talks
The Hagus reports Mr. Kruger states he knows nothing of any peace negotiations with Boer leaders and asserts any talks in progress are not initiated by him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krueger
Kruger
Two Boers court martialed and shot at Pretoria
In Pretoria two Boers were court-martialed and shot for attempting to escape to rejoin their commando after taking the oath of neutrality. The incident highlights strict enforcement of allegiance during the conflict.
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Pretoria
Pope’s Health Declared Good Despite Rumors
Rome reports say the Pope is in excellent health and received audiences with the Belgian and Dominican ministers. A long conference with Cardinal Gibbons followed, contradicting earlier illness rumors and noting the Pontiff enjoys daily walks and engages in state affairs.
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Rome
United States
Cardinal Gibbons
America
Seaside recollections and papal cure remembered
A reminisced account recalls a papal nuncio’s sea memories near Antwerp and Brussels. It notes the pope’s previous attempt at the Kneipp water cure for rheumatism, described as a dismal failure and a source of lingering discomfort with the word water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Antwerp
Kneipp
Germany's new battleship Zaehringen to be launched at Kiel
Berlin June 11 The battleship Zaehringen will be launched tomorrow at Kiel in a ceremony with Emperor William Empress Augusta Victoria and the Grand Duke of Baden. The vessel displacement 11800 tons 126 meters long 15000 indicated horsepower speed nineteen knots armament 54 guns six torpedo tubes one ram and 225 millimeters armor. Built at Krupp's Germany yards with 650 crew and 650 coal tons. electric propulsion to be widely used. Naval attaches regard it as Germany's most formidable fighting ship surpassing the Hatsuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Kiel
William
Augusta Victoria
Grand Duke of
Baden
Wittelsbach
Wettin
Krupp
Germania
Germany
Elswick
Paris Figaro Fight Ends With Manager Ousted
Shareholders ousted manager M. Perivier and accepted editor M. de Rodays resignation at a June Paris meeting. Provisional manager M. Prestat took control as offices were entered amid a stormy clash, and Perivier refused to vacate claiming the meeting illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
The
Figaro
Committee of Surveillance
M. Perivier
M. de Rodays
M. Prestat
the Figaro
M P Cremer Found Liable For Libel In London
Liberal MP William R. Cremer, long a proponent of arbitration with the United States, was found liable for libel in the British High Court. A jury awarded £750 to John Lowles, a former MP, after Cremer issued pamphlets prior to the Shoreditch age battle alleging personal and financial faults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William R. Cremer
Workmen’s Peace Association
International Arbitration League
United States
Congress
Great Britain
Aine Bench
John Lowles
Lowles
Hagegerston
Shoreditch
Cremer
Spain's Cortes Opens With Regent Opening Speech
Madrid June 11 The Queen Regent and King opened the Cortes as regency ends next year. Government aims to improve foreign ties especially with Spanish America. Talks on commercial treaties with Argentina and other South American states. Proposals to amend the Concordat for economy and to suppress some dioceses. A bill on religious orders to determine legality will be introduced. Oak and Navy reorganization bills planned. A bill to convert Cuban and Philippine bonds to perpetual 4 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Argentina
Publishers Discuss Copyrights Resolution Adopted
Leipsic June 11 The Publishers Congress adopted a memorial plan to publish debates on the copyright conventions with European States and to submit them to American and European governments. American publishers offered before the Typer graphical Union. The congress hopes the United States will join the Berne Convention soon and favors the additional clause to the March 3 1891 bill for foreign works protection becoming law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leipsic
Congress
United States
American Copyright League For the Better
Russian Prince Loses His Office
Prince Volkonsky, once a U S lecture on Russian literature, is dismissed as Intendant of the Imperial Theatres after fining a Polish dancer for discipline. He remitted the fine but posted a bulletin naming the command behind the action. His removal is viewed as a deliberate move by the prince.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Prince Volkonsky
United States
Imperial Theatres
Volkonsky
Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett Faces Large Debts In Bankruptcy
In London a Bankruptcy Court meeting disclosed Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett’s liabilities at £57,536 with assets of £28. The chairman noted assets are of doubtful value. Among creditors is his brother William Lehman Ashmead Burdett-Coutts for £40,000. Bartlett attributes insolvency to losses on investments.
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Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett
London
Onsee
Es Brother
William Lehman Ashmead Burdett-Coutts
Sir Ellis
Judge Loses Libel Suit Over School Funds Probe
In Ossining New York the libel trial of County Judge Lent against Edgar L. Ryder ended with a directed verdict for the defendant. Justice Wilmot M. Smith ruled the school board inquiry a proper, privileged report despite a $1,100 or more shortage in district funds and undisclosed accounting.
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Whith Plains
N. Y
Lent
Edgar L. Ryder
Wilmot M. Smith
Ossining
Justice Smith
Marooned sailors back from Navassa island ordeal
Four Baltimore men who were stranded on Navassa Island from October 1900 to their rescue aboard the Andes tell of a lengthy wait with limited luxuries. They recount provisioning, letters sent to Capt. Owen, and a nadir of supplies before rescue, noting potential lawsuits may follow.
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Andes
Navassa Phosphate Company
John A Fowler
John B. H. Jefferson
Wyatt Owen
Baltimore
Woodward
Atlas Line
Alene
Owen
Buzzard
New York Herald
Baltimore Evening News
Baltimore American
Navassa
Jilted Girl Hurls Acid at Former Fiancé on Subway
Mamie Collins twenty two of 9 State Street Brooklyn waited for Patrick Hawkins at the Fourteenth Street station and threw oxalic acid in his face as he mounted the stairs. Hawkins a printer at a Hoboken firm was blinded and may lose sight in both eyes. Collins a paper box factory worker was arrested after the attack and later confined at the West Twentieth Street station matron. Her family fears for her mind after the rejection and the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Collins
State Street
Brooklyn
Patrick Hawkins
Henry Street
Hawkins
Fourteenth Street
Ninth Avenue
Hoboken
Miss Collins
Front Street
Manhattan
West Twentieth Street
New York Hospital
New York Eye and Bar Infirmary
Thirteenth Street
Second Avenue
Dog Attacks Policeman Over Old Grudge
A Newfoundland guard dog owned by Max H. Lu decke attacked Policeman Peter Atwell as a furniture van passed Canal and Centre Streets. Atwell arrested the wagon driver, but the magistrate ruled the dog’s owner could be charged only if negligence or knowledge of viciousness could be shown.
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Max H. Ludecke
West Ninety-sixth Street
P. Shields
Mr. Ludecke
Peter Atwell
Church Street
Canal
Centre Streets
Alwell
Shields
Centre Street
Flammer
Atwell
Western Maryland Creates Passenger and Advertising Agent Post
President Hood of the Western Maryland Railroad issued a circular announcing a new office for Passenger and Advertising Agent. Fielder M. Howell is appointed to the role to oversee passenger business under General Passenger and Freight Agent B. H. Griswold and to manage advertising.
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Baltimore
Hood
Western Maryland Railroad
Fielder M. Howell
B. H. Griswold
South Bound Railroad Receivership Case Seeks Stay
Chief Justice McIver in Gheraw South Carolina today urged a stay of the receivership of the South Bound Railroad. The case will proceed on appeal to the state Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bound Railroad
Columbia
8. C
McIver
Gheraw
Supreme Court
Passenger Committee meeting of Trunk Line Association
The Passenger Committee of the Trunk Line Association held a meeting yesterday and transacted only routine business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trunk Line Association
Directors appoint Ames to fill Cross seat at Twin City transit
At a Board meeting the Twin City Rapid Transit Company elected A E Ames of Toronto to replace R J Cross as Director. A Seaboard Air Line earnings comparison shows a 1 206 837 increase or 13 7 percent for eleven months ending May 31, 1900 and 1901. The Manhattan Elevated Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of 1 percent.
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Twin City Rapid Transit Company
R. J. Cross
A. E. Ames
Toronto
Seaboard Air Line
Manhattan Elevated
Vanderbilt stay offers no Toledo, St. Louis and Western purchase
A New York Central director stated yesterday that, to his knowledge, the Vanderbilts have neither bought nor intend to buy the Toledo, St. Louis and Western. Separately, the Long Island Railroad Co issued a 96 page pamphlet titled Unique Long Island featuring photographic reproductions of scenic spots across the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Vanderbilts
Toledo
St. Louis and Western
Long Island Railroad Company
Long Island
Island
Incurables Mark 35th Anniversary With Speakers
The Home for Incurables on Third Avenue celebrated its 35th anniversary with Bishop Potter and Senator Depew as speakers. Attendees visited patients in wheel chairs and listened to performances while a $30,000 gift for a new iron fence boiler and steam laundry was announced.
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Third Avenue
Bishop Potter
Depew
Derbyshire
Martin ‘ Grge
Presederick GC. Wagner
Israel C. Jones
Greene
McKinley
Ae Bae
Potter
Chamber ‘of Commerce
London
Walter B. Bucharhan
Straw hats on sale with wide range of styles
Keep a cool head all the straw hats are here. Narrow flat set brim plain and fancy straws $1.35 to $2.85. Fine split straw with wider brim and higher crown $1.85 to $2.85. Alpine soft straw $5. Aristocratic Panama $8. Be twixt and between styles also available. Everything under the sun to go under straw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
National Editorial Assn Opens 16th Convention in Buffalo
Editors from across the United States gather in Buffalo for the sixteenth annual National Editorial Association meeting. The day features patriotic music, welcomes from Mayor Diehl and Pan-American officials, memorial services, and a lake excursion for delegates. Business sessions run daily from 9 AM to 9 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
National Editorial Association
Temple of Music Today
United States
Seventy-fourth Regiment
Diehl
Buchanan
Mark Bennett
Publicity Department
William G. Brogan
New York State Press Association
William J. Kline
F. B. Baille
Leburne
Texas
Lafayette Young
Des Moines
Iowa
A. B. White
West Virginia
A. E. Winship
Boston
Mass
E. D. Coe
White River
Wis
John Dymond
New Orleans
Charles R. Skinner
Charles R. Skinner, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Albany
Association
Brooklyn man felled tree to take a picture in Jersey
A man who would not reveal his name, listed as John Doe, cut down a tree at the Glen Association grounds near Ridge Park Mill Pond to photograph the old waterwheel. He was arrested by Policeman Egen and paid a $15 fine from a roll of greenbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
N. J
Brooklyn
John Doe
Glen Association
Moffet’s
T Down
Oak Ridge Park Mill Fond
Egen
Smith
Roosevelt Hosts Bible Society at Sagamore Hill
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt welcomed Long Island Bible Society members for a 4:30 to 6:30 reception at Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay. The main gathering at the Presbyterian Church featured Roosevelt urging parents to instill early respect and love for the Bible in children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Long Island Bible Society
Theodore Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Presbyterian Church
Cambell
Southampton
Verdict Against Shipbuilders Over Winifred W Damages
A $50,000 verdict was awarded yesterday in the Supreme Court Brooklyn before Justice Chester to Archibald H. Bulen ry T. Knowlton and others stockholders in the steamship Winifred W. The suit, against Bath Iron Works, concerned the vessel used in the Porto Rican trade and its unsatisfactory performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Justice Chester
Archibald H. Bulenry T. Knowlton
Stockhollders
Winifred W. Vd
Apes Yde
Bath Iron Works
Winifred
Bull
Meseiee
Divorce Filed After Alleged Spanking Has Spouse Claim
Mrs. Mary Redfearn of Jersey City seeks divorce from George William Redfearn after a brief marriage marred by alleged severe mistreatment including a spanking, accusations of theft, threats, and repeated cruelty. Proceedings filed in Trenton seek alimony and counsel fees.
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Mary Redfearn
Jersey City
George William Redfearn
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church
York Street
Montgomery Street
Newark Avenue
Chancellor Magic
Trenton
Eugene Devitt
Redfearns
Pianomakers Combine Promoted In Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on June 11 a nationwide piano manufacturers combine is being organized led by Marc A. Blumenberg of The Musical Courier Company. The plan aims to cut selling expenses from the current 75 per piano and reduce trade hangers-on while benefiting factory workers by keeping factories funded during slow periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Marc A. Blumenberg
Musical Courier Company of
New York
Man of Many Crimes Killed At Hickory Café
Patrick Coyle a parricide was found murdered at the side door of the Hickory Café on Ninth Avenue and Sixteenth Street at 3 yesterday morning. He was stabbed in the throat with the knife severing the jugular vein. Police identify Francis E. Stevenson as operator of the café and cast suspicion on Hampson the bartender. Local police warn of an arrest for murder by a man described as sixty five, 5 feet 9 inches, gray hair, 145 pounds, wearing dark clothes and a derby.
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Patrick Coyle
Ninth Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Coyle
Matthew Coyle
Francis E. Stevenson
Peck
Opperman
West Twentieth Street
Hampson
Comisky
Harvard Freshman Killed in Cambridge Fire Engine Incident
Hamilton Storrs Bigelow, Harvard freshman from Buffalo, was killed when a fire engine ran over him near the architectural building in Cambridge. Driver John Dowdis is prostrated. blame undetermined. Bigelow, prepared at Phillips Exeter, was a noted writer and contributor to The Harvard Lampoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Hamilton Storrs Bigelow
Harvard
Buffalo
N. Y
Hollis
John Dowdis
Bigelow
Dowdis
Eliot
Phillips Exeter Academy
Harvard Lampoon
Judges Hand Down Long Jail Terms in Gambler Raid
Judge Warren W. Foster sentenced Alphonse Laronte Marius Besseron and Elie Pontin to thirty days in the penitentiary after a May 1 raid by the Committee of Fifteen at 452 Sixth Avenue. They were convicted last week of being common gamblers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of Fifteen
Warren W. Foster
Alphonse Laronte
Marius Besseron
Elie Pontin
Sixth Avenue
Miss Isabelle Cameron III Condition Uncertain at Hospital
Efforts to learn the condition of Miss Isabelle Cameron daughter of the late Sir Rodrick Cameron at Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital were described as ongoing as physicians were away. The public was told the doctors were not prepared to state her status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle Cameron
Sir Rodrick Cameron
Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital
Keene's Watch Store Graduation Jewelry Sale
Keene's Watch Store at 140 Fulton Street New York offers reduction sales on 14 karat gold watches lady's and young men's sizes solid silver watches and 14 karat gold filled watches with long warranties all reduced from higher prices. Graduation diamonds rings and a full line of old gold jewelry and watch chains priced one third cheaper than retail. Look for the big watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Elgin
Keene’s Watch Store
Fulton ST
New York
Nassau St
White Cap Assailants Sued In Indiana Case
Dr. Joseph M. Britton of Newark Green County files suit in the Circuit Court accusing sixteen men of whitecapping him and his wife. He seeks 10000 damages per case for the assaults and for alleged conspiracy to ruin his business and force him from the community. Most defendants are prominent Green County citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Joseph M. Britton
Newark
Green County
Eeret
Britton
Decrease in Fire Losses Reported for 1900
Fire Commissioner Scannell's annual report to Mayor Van Wyck shows fires rose slightly from the previous year, but fire losses dropped about one million dollars in Manhattan and the Bronx and even more in Brooklyn and Queens, compared with the prior year.
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Scannell
van Wyck
New York
Brooklyn
Queens
Manhattan
Bronx
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Dana
Mr. McKinley
Burnhams Phillips
Temple Court Annex
WM. Vogel & Son
Broadway
Houston St
Editors AT Buffalo
Mrs. Redfearn
Mr. Quilp
New York Times
James McCereery & CO
11Th Street
McCreery
Nth Street
Carlsbad
Genuin
the Common Council
City of
Ludwig Schaffler
Isabelle Cameron III
Hunter
B. Hart
Frank Mora
Bee
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White Cap
Indiana
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