Indemnity talks and Hague plan amid Chinese reform fire
Special Commissioner notes that the total indemnity for China remains unsettled and that Rothhill's proposal would place the amount before The Hague tribunal. The 450 million taels figure may stem from misunderstanding, as no formal agreement exists among ministers. Officials caution that a recentForbidden City fire tied to archive destruction rumors may affect interim talks.
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Washington
Rockaill
Hague
China
Mr. Rothhill
Hague Tribunal For Arbitration
Rockhill
Peking
Forbidden City
State Department
Legation
Chiense
Optimism in Berlin on Indemnity Talks Progress
Berlin officials say negotiations over indemnity with China are making satisfactory progress. Ministers of the powers and Chinese plenipotentiaries are expected to reach agreement, even if talks extend another week or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Peking
German Press Defends Open Door Yangtse Agreement
Berlin reports German Foreign Office declines to comment on British criticisms over leaving 800 troops in Shanghai. German papers praise open door policy, noting open competition benefits all nations and recalling the Anglo German Yangtse agreement that forbids exclusive rights in the valley.
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Berlin
London
Germany
Shanghai
Vossische Zeitung
Yang-tse- Kiang
Kreuz Zeitung
Great Britain
Yang-tse
Berliner Tagenblatt
Yangtse Valley
German miners prepare expedition to Shan-Tung coal fields
The German Government plans a large Rhine province expedition of miners to Shan-Tung coal mines once China peace returns. Each volunteer commits five years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Rhine
Shan-Tung
China
Alarm for French Industry Seeks U S Steel Tax
Francois Laur former Deputy filed two petitions in Paris to alarm the Chamber of Deputies about what he calls the American Steel Trust threatening France's metal industry. He urges higher duties on U S steel products and machine tools as reprisals. Laur plans a U S visit next year to study trusts and then a 1902 election bid with an anti trust platform. Standard Oil had previously sued him and won.
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Paris
Francois Laur
Chamber of Deputies
American Steel Trust
M. Laur
United States
Standard Oil Company
France
International copyright talks target mechanical music devices
Leipsic publishers' congress adopts a resolution urging protection of rights owners against manufacturers of removable cylinders and disks used to reproduce music on mechanical instruments. Delegates push for common international standards in prices and discounts.
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Leipsic
Publishers’ Congress
Labouchere Fined Fifty Pounds for Contempt of Court
In London on June 42 Henry Labouchere was fined £50 and costs by the King's Bench Court for contempt of court while a case was sub judice. Counsel for the plaintiff sought imprisonment for Labouchere and Horace Voules editor of Truth, but Justices Bruce and Phillimore ruled the fine and costs against both defendants sufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Henry Labouchere
King’s Bench
Mr. Labouchere
Horace Voules
Truth
Bruce
Phillimore
Jesup Delighted by New York Chamber Delegation Reception
Morris K. Jesup, president of the New York Chamber of Commerce, left London for Liverpool aboard the Oceanic. He criticized newspapers for calling delegates millionaires and said most were not. He praised the New York Museum of Natural History over the South Kensington Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Liverpool
White Star Line
Oceanic
New York
Morris K. Jesup
New York Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Carnegie
J. P. Morgan
Jesup
Natural History Museums
New York Museum of Natural History
South Kensington Museum
Medals Awarded to 3000 South African Campaign Veterans
King Edward presided at Horse Guards in London as 3000 medal recipients from the Guards, Household Cavalry, and City Imperial Volunteers passed the dais. The event drew Lord Roberts Milner Buller Ian Hamilton and other generals, with dignitaries including the Lord Mayor and US Ambassador’s party in attendance. The three hour ceremony featured diverse uniforms and included time-expired veterans and wounded soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Horse Guards
Edward
St. James’s Park
Guards
Household Cavalry
City Imperial Volunteers
Admiralty
Joseph H. Choate
United States
Carlton House Terrace
Frank Green
Princess Victoria
Lord Roberts
Lord Milner
Buller
Ian Hamilton
Duke of Marlborough
Lancers
Hussars
Stephen L. H. Slocum
St. Petersburg
Gen Botha’s Wife Arrives in Brussels
Mrs. Botha, wife of Commandant Gen. Louis Botha, arrived in Brussels today and was greeted at the railway station by Dr. Leyds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botha
Brussels
Louis Botha
Leyds
Francis Joseph Arrives in Prague for Five Day Visit
Emperor Francis Joseph reached Prague for a five day tour amid German Czech tensions. He arrived with a 300-strong suite as officials staged ceremonies and prepared equal imperial favor for both national groups. The visit sparked clashes when German symbols were torn down by Czech onlookers and police limited to Austrian colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Bohemia
Francis Joseph
Royal Palace
Dvorak
Russalkae
Tenniel Honored at Whitehall Banquet by Balfour
London June 12 Royal recognition for Sir John Tenniel as Arthur J. Balfour presided at a Whitehall Rooms banquet. Attendees included Ambassador Choate Duke of Devonshire Lord Rothschild Punch editors and artists. Choate praised Tenniel noting Britain’s mellowed foreign policy.
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London
Arthur J. Balfour
Whitehall Rooms
John Tenniel
Joseph H. Choate
Duke of Devonshire
Lord Rothschild
William Agnew
Punch
Squire Bancroft
Hubert Kerkomer
Arthur W. Pinero
Luke Fildes
John Sargent
George Grossmith
Francis C. Burnard
Balfour
Mr. Choate
Sir John
Es Choate
Great Britain
Launch of the battleship Zaehringen in Kiel
Emperor William and Prince Henry of Prussia arrived to witness the launch at Germania yards. The christening by the Grand Duchess of Baden named the ship Zaehringen after a crane collapse killed two workers and injured three as shores were removed.
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Kiel
Emperor William
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Zaehringen
Germania
Hohenzollern
Grand Duchess of Baden
Socialist Victory in Paris Elects President of Council
Paris on June 12 reports the Seine Council General elected its first Socialist president. M Weber won by a single vote over rival M Galli, a Nationalist, in a tightly contested ballot.
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Paris
Council General of
husband threats after wife found at mission in Williamsburg
Mrs Cacelea Curtis 21 appears in Lee Avenue Police Court accused of threats by husband Curtis 46 who urged her to return home after visiting Doyers Street Mission. He claimed no harm and was dismissed when mother objected. Curtis had previously married a widower with six children and lived at 1069 Myrtle Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cacelea Curtis
Lee Avenue
Williamsburg
Curtis
Myrtle Avenue
Cacelea
How to Grow Strawberries in New York Horticultural Tips
Mr. Powell of Briarcliff Manor outlined soil preparation and crop management at the Horticultural Society of New York meeting at the New York Botanical Garden. He described killing grass, sowing two seasons of clover, and using fertilizers plus suited strawberry plants to secure a productive bed capable of yielding up to 8,000 quarts in a season despite a May drought and a backward season for roses and strawberries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Powell
Ten-year-old rescues drowning boy at Toole's Dock
A stranded boy swimmers incident at Toole's dock on the North River ended when ten-year-old Winn Romaine leaped in and saved twelve-year-old Lawrence Carroll. Carroll, of Manhattan Street, was taken to J Hood Wright Hospital where he was reported out of danger. Romaine asked to ride the ambulance and gave his name at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toole’s Dock
North River
One
Twenty-sixth Street
Winn Romaine
West One Hundred
Romaine
Carroll
J. Hood Wright
Verdict Against Receiver in New Jersey Suit
The Circuit Court awarded Henry Reigh $30,897.34 from George R. Gray as receiver for the Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co. Reigh leased premises at 5 7 and 9 Gouverneur Slip and 372 to 377 South Street New York City. The company’s insolvency left the property in poor condition, needing about $18,000 in repairs. Back rent was also sought. The suit was filed in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Henry Reigh
George R. Gray
Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company
Reigh
Gouverneur Slip
South Street
New York City
New Jersey
Oregon Returns Home From China Under Quiet Welcome
The United States battleship Oregon arrived in San Francisco in the late afternoon from the Orient. Plans for a grand homecoming were dampened by the ship’s arrival coming a day earlier than expected.
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San Francisco
United States
Oregon
Orient
Gen Lee's Nephew Harry Lee Dies in Georgia
Harry Lee nephew of Gen Robert E Lee died in Macon Georgia today His body will be buried tomorrow He was son of Henry Lee brother of the General The mother of the dead man lives at Rocky Mount Virginia His wife and two of three children are with him and will move to Winston North Carolina after the funeral He was connected with a book concern and used Macon as his headquarters The Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy will conduct the funeral.
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Lee
Georgia
Macon
Harry Lee
Robert E. Lee
Henry
Rocky Mount
Winston
N. C
The
Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy
Diamond Match to List on NYSE After England Deal
An official of Diamond Match Company says the English branch will merge with Bryant & May. Diamond stock is to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange on July 1 and O Cc We le Pecate dent is in England arranging the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Diamond Match Company
Bryant & May Company
Weete
O. Cc
le Pecate Dent
England
Diamond Match
New York Stock Exchange
Dinner for Berlin University leaders by Ambassador White
United States Ambassador Andrew D. White hosted a dinner in Berlin with Rector Dr Harnack and the university’s leading professors. Guests included Prof. Fiske Archdeacon Tiffany and Frederick W Holls. White spoke on university progress in Germany and the United States and made a strong impression. Rector Harnack praised American logical mentality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambassador White
Berlin
Andrew D. White
United States
Berlin University
Dr. Harnack
Prof. Fiske
Archdeacon Tiffany
Frederick W. Holls
White
Germany
Harnack
Pope Receives Bishop OConnell of Portland at Vatican
The Vatican reports that on June 12 the Pope granted an audience to Bishop OConnell of Portland Maine. The meeting at Rome highlighted ongoing church relations and missionary work, with no further details released.
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O’connell
Vatican
Rome
Mer. O'Connell
Portland
Border Knight Drifted to Halifax After 700 Mile Voyage
The British steamer Border Knight bound from Cape Verde to New York drifted 400 miles north in a zigzag course, then towed 300 more miles to Halifax after its tail shaft broke and propeller disappeared. First Officer Matthis and two sailors reached Sheet Harbor exhausted, having sailed 700 miles to seek aid.
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Halifax
N. S
Border Knight
Cape Verde Islands
New York
Durance
Philadelphia
Bilbao
Matthis
Sheet Harbor
Spratt
Nova Scotia
Cuban Teachers to Study in New Paltz Normal School
Albany report says 50 to 100 Cuban teachers will attend a one to two year English and public school methods course at New Paltz Normal School. The Cuban government pays transportation, board, and instruction while each teacher earns $20 monthly. Many teachers are women. chaperons provided.
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New Paltz Normal School
Albany
Charles R. Skinner
Myron T. Scudder
New Paltz
Matthew B. Hanna
Island of Cuba
Cuba
Hospital employee acquitted in perjury case
Charles F. Wilson former Gouverneur Hospital employee was acquitted by direction of the Court after a trial in the Supreme Court before Justice Fursman. He faced charges of attempted subornation of perjury related to the Bellevue Nurse Jesse R. Davis case. The judge said he found Greenberger’s testimony uncredible and noted Wilson’s good character.
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Charles F. Wilson
Gouverneur Hospital
Supreme Court
Justice Fursman
Wilson
Joseph Greenberger
Bellevue
Jesse R. Davis
Louis H. Hilliard
Greenberger
Hilliard
Bellevue Hospital
de Lancey Nicoll
John D. Lindsay
Franklin Pierce
Davis
Fursman
Physician Denies Suicide After Morphine Incident
Dr. Paul Erdtmann of Flatbush aged 32 faced Flatbush Police Court on a charge of attempted death by own action after being found unconscious from morphine on Eighteenth Street near Beverly Road. He was revived in Kings County Hospital and released after denying the act. reports state his wife has filed for divorce amid marital troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Erdtmann
Brooklyn
Beverly Road
Flatbush
Equitable Life Assurance Company
Eighteenth Street
Kings County Aera
Steers
Boy Drowned Before Crowd on East River Dock
Twelve year old Patrick Smith of 15 Dunham Place Williamsburg drowned while swimming in the East River at South Sixth Street last evening. Spectators along the dock watched as he sank. Henry Davis and another friend, disrobed, leaped in to help but could not reach him before he vanished. The current is strong and the body was not recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Smith
Dunham Place
Williamsburg
South Sixth Street
Henry Davis
Smith
Davis
Last of Her Family Dies Grief Stricken
Mrs Amelia Buck died at 353 Fifth Street Hoboken yesterday from general debility believed caused by grief. She was the last of her family, her only son having died six months earlier and her husband Peter Buck dying three weeks ago. After the funeral she told friends she had nothing left to live for, and she faded away, believed to have died of a broken heart.
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Amelia Buck
Fifth Street
Hoboken
Peter Buck
Illinois Steel Company Holds Annual Stockholders Meeting
Chicago June 12 The Illinois Steel Company annual meeting elected C M Schwab of United States Steel to the board. No officers were changed and no financial statement was requested as the company remains part of United States Steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Steel Company
Chicago
Illinois Steel Company
C. M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
United States Steel Company
Lazard Frères Reorganizing With Top Departures
Lazard Frères will undergo major reorganization starting July 1. Eugene Arnstein and Eugene Meyer will retire, while Charles Altschul and EB L Rieser join from Heidelberg Ickelheimer & Co and the San Francisco bank group to assume new roles.
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Lazard Freres
Lazard Fraéres
Eugene Arnstein
Eugene Meyer
Charles Altschul
London
Paris
California Bank of
San Francisco
EB. L. Rieser
Heidelene Ickelheimer & Co
Fletcher Death Report Shapes Brooklyn Christian Science Case
District Attorney Clarke will consider action after Dr. Sylvester J. Byrne submits a report on Francis A. Fletcher the child allegedly dying of pneumonia while under Christian Science care. Clarke seeks illness timing death certificate details and parents neglect notes ahead of any potential indictment and grand jury review.
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Brooklyn
Byrne
A. E. Morris
Clarke
Phillips Family Moves Into New Amsterdam Avenue Home
Little Joe Phillips and his mother with Mamie and Lily settled into a three room first floor flat at 14 Amsterdam Avenue. Friends furnished the home and secured Joe a newspaper job. The mother plans to start work today as neighbors stopped by to offer congratulations.
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Phillips
Joe ” Phillips
Mamie
Lily
Amsterdam Avenue
Joe
Shipping and Mails Schedule On June 13 14 15 16 17
Daily post office notices list outbound steamships and sailing times for Deutschland El Mar Friedrich der Grosse Jamestown Navahoe and many others with closing mail times for Newfoundland Miquelon Cuba Mexico and Transpacific shipments plus arrivals at Sandy Hook and Bar details and wind conditions.
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A.M
Gov. Isl’d
H. Gate
Deutschland
Hamburg
el Mar
New Orleans
Friedrich der Grosse
Bremen
Seeees
Cetansty
Jamestown
Norfolk
la Lorraine
Havre
Colorado
Brunswick
Edenhall
Argentina
Paraguay
Ura
Hamilton
Navahoe
Charleston
Jacksonville
New York
Dominican Republic
Turk’s Island
Altai
Jamaica
Andes
Haiti
Campania
Liverpool
Caracas
Venezuela
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Comanche
Consuelo
Hull
Sedecede Concho
Galveston
Esses
el Norte
Furnessia
Glasgow
Graf Waldersee
Jefferson
Ghidesee
Louisiana
Maasdam
Rotterdam
Manitou
London
Mexico
Havana
M. Milton
Minneapolis
I Nord Amerika
Naples
Norge
Copenhagen
Olinda
Matanzas
Roraima
St. Croix
Windward Islands
Trinidad
Bermuda
Newfoundland
North Sydney
Miquelon
Boston
Cuba
Port Tampa
Fla
Miami
Mexico City
Ofice
Costa Rica
Belize
Puerto Cortez
Guatemala
Seguranca
Tampico
St. Cuthbert
Antwerpe
Azores
Italy
Trave
Transpacific
Australia
West Australia
Europe
New Zealand
Fiji
Samoa
Hawaii
San Francisco
Umbria
Ventura
China
Japan
Philippines
Seattle
Tacoms
Malls
Tacoma
Fiji Islands
Vancouver
Miowera
Victoria
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
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Ing Documents
Labouchere
London Truth
MR. M. K. Jesup
Sir John Tenniel
Husband
Horticultural Society
Lad
Safe Company
Horsford
Metropolitan Tobacco CO. and
Acker, Merrall & Condit, Distributors
Fletcher
Shipping and Foreign Mails
A.M. P
M. Ises
Post Office
van Cott
Melbourne
Sydney
Auckland
Honolulu
Antwerp
Caribbee
St. Thomas
Chicago City
Swansea
el Monte
Georgian
Massapequa
Pauillac
Nord
Greenock
Auguste Victoria
Cherbourg
Canning
St. Lucia
Comal
Cufic
Fluminense
Barbados
Jupiter
St. Michael's
Maraval
Port Spain
Caspian
Pocasset
Gibraltar
Agrenfels
Algiers
Bovie
Christiana
Ethiopia
Proteus
Werra
Michigan
Peck
Colon
Mdse
Panama Railroad Steamship Company
Lahn
Pohle
Southampton
Mdise
Oelrichs & Co
Prins Willem V
Metus
Amsterdam
Paramaribo, &c
Savannah
Ocean Steamship Company
Sandy Hook
Johnston
Marseilles, &c
Ndse
Henderson Brothers
Voege
Co. H. Randebroek
Bluefields
Hastings
Baltimore
H. C. Foster. : SS Jamestown, Tapley
Newport News
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Prescott
J. T. van Sickte
Algonquin
Staples
William P. Clyde & Co
Galileo
Clark
Sanderson & Son
Bar
Goldsboro
French
Montserrat
Havana, &c
Syracusa
Rio Janeiro
Drumeizier
Hevelius
Majestic
Friesland
Saginaw
Providence
Maria Teresa
Ital
St. St John
Cable
St. Louis
Passow
Hurst Castle
Fuerst Bismarck
Barends
Plymouth
Bremerhaven
Ninnes
la Flandre
Oortgiese
Ee York
Marquette
Gates
Isle of Wight
Patria
Pavy
Wahlberg
Shields
Englebart
Statendam
van der Zee
Boulogne
Cook
Evelyn
Horner
Huelva
Oranje Nassau
Vinckers
Dungeness
Hyndes
Graves
Table Bay
St. Vincent
Picqua
Filkins
Trieste
Venice
Germanic
Haddock
Queenstown
Stonington Breakwater
Lighthouse Board
Stonington Harbor
Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Compressed Gas Capsule CO
Broad Stree
Jungmann’s
Jungmann
Columbus Ave
Third Ave
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