Japanese Charge in Washington Comments on Peking Killing
Keiziro Nabeshima, Japanese Charge d Affaires, says there is no official confirmation of the Peking Chancellor’s death but suggests strong evidence supports it. He notes the attack appears carried out by Empress Dowager’s troops, not a mob, alarming foreign diplomats and threatening Japan-China relations. He warns of decisive action if confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akira
Washington
Keiziro Nabeshima
Peking
Japan
Nabeshima
Nageshima
US Solace sails with marines to support Tong-Ku request
The US hospital ship Solace departed Manila at midnight with 100 marines and 5 officers under Major Waller to respond to Admiral Kempff’s telegram from Tong-Ku on June 11. Thirty more marines left Manila aboard Nashville for Tien-Tsin. Solace marines were to Guam. A supply ship and possibly cruiser New Orleans may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
United States
Solace
Waller
Tong-Ku
Admiral Kempff
Nashville
Tien-Tsin
Guam
New Orleans
U S Deliberations Over Sending Troops to China
The State Department faces intense test over refusal to send troops to China as riots grow in the empire and Philippine needs press. Reports say Admiral Remey lacks marines to control Philippine stations, prompting debate whether to pull troops from MacArthur or reinforce China defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
State Department
China
Philippines
Remey
Tie
Navy Department
Kempts
War Department
MacArthur
Gen. MacArthur
Admiral Remey
Navy to send battalion of marines to the Philippines
Adm Remey reports Cavite Peninsula and Basilan Island have passed to naval control with Olongapo to follow if marines allow. Navy plans to deploy about 250 marines from academies and yards to Manila by August 1 to reinforce Cavite and guard stations amid a 2,000-strong Philippine force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Remey
Cavite
Basilan Island
Olongapo
Department
Philippines
Manila
Naval Academy
New York
League Island
Washington Navy Yards
Guam
Cavite Naval Station
Rioting in Peking Targets Foreign Legations
Official dispatches report acute rioting in Peking with attacks on Belgian and British legation officials. British summer quarters, recently built to house the minister and staff, were burned, a blow seen as significant given permissions delays and the size of the British establishment in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Peking
Legation
Claude MacDonald
China
Yorktown Sails from Shanghai Toward Che Foo
The Yorktown departed Shanghai for Che Foo amid Boxer disturbances reported by the U S Consul at Che Foo. It seems the move was ordered by Admiral Kempff rather than Washington, placing the ship within a day of the flagship at Taku. Castine remains at Shanghai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Yorktown
Shanghai
Che-foo
United States
State Department
Shantung Peninsula
Kempff
Taku
Castine
Shang
Admiral Kempff Awaiting Chin-Kiang Situation
Navy reports condition of the subject not known but says Admiral Kempff communicates with her commander by coast cable. If Chin-Kiang tension grows, he may order the ship up the Xiang-Tse. otherwise a marine guard could move up the river using the ship’s boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hai
Navy Department
Appointment of Tsungli Yamen chiefs signals shifts in Peking
Washington reports Minister Conger in Peking says Tuan father of the heir apparent is named President of the Tsungli Yamen along with three other new ministers all aligned with the anti foreign party. Conger notes overall situation not materially improved and expects railway repairs to continue until foreigners' safety in Beijing is restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Conger
Peking
Tuan
Tsungli-Yamen
Missions Wire to China Reports Mixed Safety Signals
Anxiety grows over American missionaries in China as cablegrams relay safety status. Messages from Tien-Tsin and Shanghai indicate some missionaries safe while others face continued danger, with boards coordinating with Washington and awaiting clearer replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
A. B. Leonard
Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
J. H. Pyke
Tien-Tsin
Paper machinery sent to Shanghai from Beloit factory
Fourteen car loads of tissue paper making machinery left Beloit today bound for Shanghai China. It is described as possibly the only papermaking machinery ever sent into the Chinese Empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
New York Times
Beloit
Wis
Beloit Manufactory
Shanghai
Hospitals must pay duty on imported surgical instruments
The Board of Classification of the United States General Appraisers ruled that hospitals cannot import surgical instruments free of duty. The Massachusetts General Hospital, arguing its educational role, was denied free entry under Paragraph 638, which allows tax exemption only for institutions established solely for religious, philosophical, educational, scientific or literary purposes. the board held that hospital education is incidental to its main mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Classification of
United States General Appraisers
Massachusett General Hospital
Boston
Somerville
Census arrest amid census enumeration dispute
Mrs Ilka Schmidt was arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields for refusing to answer census questions. At 129 West Ninety-sixth Street she claimed the enumerator erred and that the information was for a directory. Two more arrests followed, including Amelia Ingersoll and Susie Wright Wotton, with varying explanations. Census Supervisor Wilbur sent a telegram praising the first enumeration results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilka Schmidt
United States
Shields
Schmidt
West Ninety-sixth Street
Marshal Tenkel
Amelia Ingersoll
West One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Street
Ingersoll
Marshal Henkel
Susie Wright Wotton
Wilbur
Merriam
Embryo Duelists Arrested in New Orleans Trial
New Orleans lawyers Girault Farrar and Joseph St Amaut were arrested after a war of words during a federal land swindling trial. They were held on suspicion of contemplating a duel, and rumors claim a challenge had passed. Both deny the charge and the case remains unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Orleans
Girault Farrar
Joseph St. Amaut
Criminal Court
Farrar
Golf News Highlights From Circuits and Colleges
Western champion David R. Forgan led on the Onwentsia links with an 85 in Class A as Walter B. Smith took 92. Morris County hosts a Fourth of July mixed foursome with top prizes from Mrs. William Shippen and W. Allston Flagg. Amherst College starts a 100-member student golf club with a 2050 yard nine hole course. Myopia Hunt Club announces an open tournament with Myopia Cup for 16 qualifiers. Oakland Golf Club opens its annual open with an eighteen hole medal play, deciding the Oakland Cup and Consolation Cup in Bay Side, Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David R. Forgan
Onwentsia Club
Chicago
Walter B. Smith
Yale
Morris County Golf Club
William Shippen
W. Allston Flagg
Herbert C. Leeds
Morris County
Fair Golfers
Boston
Brookline
Molliz
Adams
Louise A. Wells
Grace Keyes
Concord
Oakland Golf Club
Links
Bayside
J. I
John H. Taylor
J. de CG
Ireland
Demands to Remove Controller Coler over Bond Sale Defense
City controversy centers on how Controller Coler handled minor bids and bond pricing. Critics say charges are political, noting Fitch sold former New York City bonds around 105 to 107 and Brooklyn bonds just over 105 the same day. The accusers Mack and Swanstron, both Republicans, previously allied with Auditor Cook during the Davis school law dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitch
New York
Brooklyn
Mack
Board of Education
Swanstron
Cook
Davis School Law
Coler Defends Himself Amid Court Battle Over Award
In Champaign Illinois on June 13 Bird S Coler replies to charges in a dispatch to The New York Times saying the attack comes from personal enmity. He notes the award case was taken to court by unsuccessful bidders and Judge Cohen ruled for him. He says the same attorney is suing Auditor Cook of the Board of Education for 50000 dollars and Pilots an immediate hearing with the Governor. He dismisses any links to the bidders and calls conspiracy a rot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coler
NEW York Times
Champaign
Ill
Cohen
Cook
Board of Education
Bird S. Coler
Coler Addresses Illinois Graduation on Public Integrity
New York Controller Bird S. Coler spoke at Champaign State University commencement urging cleaner government. He warned corruption in state and municipal government and the dangers of political influence by corporate finance while advocating smarter regulation and less overgoverned politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University
New York
Champaign
Ill
Bird S. Coler
Coler
New York Yacht Club Regatta Features Big Debuts Today
Today marks the fifty fourth annual regatta as Mineola and Rainbow make their racing debuts. Amorita Quissetta and Uncas chase the schooner Bennett Cup while Vigilant Queen Mab and Wasp contend for the sloop trophy. Twenty four yachts contest a varied course from Fort Tompkins to Scotland Lightship with strong entries from Belmont Vanderbilt and other prominent owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Yacht Club
Herreshoff
August Belmont
Mineola
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Rainbow
Amorita
Quissetta
Atlantic Yacht Club
Syce
James Baird
Webber
Hussar TI
Cepheus
West Twenty-second Street
Fort Tompkins
Sandy Hook
Scotland
James Gordon Bennett, Jr
Waissetta
Uncas
Vigilant
Queen Mab
Wasp
New York Road Drivers Plan Matinee Races
A joint meeting of Race Committees from the Road Drivers Association of Manhattan and related groups in Brooklyn discussed matinée races to be held at Empire City track or Guttenberg if needed. A $600 fund and nine cups plus prizes are set, with a free-for-all trot offering a perpetual cup to the winner. Possible entrants include Louise Mac, Caprum, David B, and William E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Road Drivers’ Association of
Manhattan
Pleasure Drivers’ Association of
Brooklyn
Parkway Driving Club of
New York
Road Drivers’ Association
Hotel
Rossmore
Empire City Track
Guttenberg Track
Empire City
A. B. Gwathmey
Louise Mac
Nathan Straus
Caprum
J. W. Cornish
David B
Michael Reid
William E
West Point Graduates Celebrate Class of 1900 Return
Fifty four West Point graduates of 1900 visited the city after their graduation to celebrate with the class of 1962, with a theatre visit and an all‑hands hotel dinner. Cadets from 1902 in gray and white uniforms arrived by train and joined in the evening events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Casino Theatre
Murray Hill
Gen. Green
New York Central
Broadway
E. Davis
Peconos
J. Goethe
Peter and the
Squire
M. C. Mumma
J. B. Robinson
W. S. Grant
Bliss Boom Revived for Vice Presidential Bid
The Bliss vice presidential prospect drew fresh discussion as the ex Secretary of the Interior said he retired from public life and could not decline a tendered nomination. Meanwhile reports tied Roosevelt stampedes to the ticket, though officials denied any formal push for the Governor.
West Point Commencement Held for 1900 Class
West Point completed the 1900 graduation exercises with cadets lining the library plaza. Key speakers included Gen Charles F Manderson and Secretary of War Root who urged duty, courage, and patriotism as the class heads to military service and a departure voyage to New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Board of Visitors
Academy Board
Miles
Army
Herbert S. Shipman
Academy
Charles F. Manderson
Nebraska
Root
Lawton
United States
New York City
Western candidates push for Far West backing at Philadelphia
The article reports Western Republicans ready to back alternatives to Long Roosevelt Payne Fairbanks Dolliver for Vice President at the Philadelphia convention. Irving M. Scott is urged from California as a strong Far Western nominee, with President McKinley and California editors showing cautious impartiality and support. Senator Warren of Wyoming backs Col. Jay L. Torrey as a VP option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Philadelphia
Long
Roosevelt
Payne
Fairbanks
Dolliver
Far West
Pacific Coast
Irving M. Scott
California
Scott
Senate
San Francisco
Union Iron Works
McKinley
Olympia
Oregon
Morrow
Joaeh Manley
Warren
Wyoming
Jay L. Torrey
Rough Riders
Senator Warren
Congress
House
House of Representatives
College Men Organize Republican Association in New York County
New York County graduates form the Republican Association of College Men led by President James R. Sheffield and officers from Yale, CCNY, Princeton, Cornell, Harvard, and Columbia. The group plans a countywide steering committee with offices in Assembly districts to educate and mobilize educated men for primaries, elections, and a forthcoming Mayoralty campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York County
Republican Association of College Men
New York
James R. Sheffield
Yale
Nathaniel A. Elsberg
College of the City of New York
Philip A. Rollins
Princeton
Samuels. Slater
Cornell
Ezra Lincoln
Harvard
Tompkins McIlvaine
Columbia
Charles D
Policeman Peter Fallon Locked Up After Coney Island Assault
Peter Fallon a special policeman was jailed on a felonious assault charge after an on street dispute on the Coney Island Bowery. He struck Harry L. Mills of South Amboy with a club, injuring him, while John Wilson and Bernhard Lamb witnessed the incident and assisted until a surgeon treated Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Fallon
Spcial
Coney Island
Fallon
Coney Island Bowery
Harry L. Mills
South Amboy
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
John Wilson
Kings County Jail
Bernhard Lamb
Charities Department
Republicans Plan Citywide Campaign At Headquaters
The Republican Club Campaign Committee met at 450 Fifth Avenue to map a citywide effort for the presidential election. Robert C. Morris chairs a 100 member group with six sub committees led by Frank Brainerd, Robert N. Kenyon, Henry Birrell, John A. Dutton, William Leary, and Alfred E. Ommen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Club
Fifth Avenue
Robert C. Morris
Frank Brainerd
Robert N. Kenyon
Henry Birrell
John A. Dutton
William Leary
Alfred E. Ommen
Senator Hanna Discusses Woodruff and Other Candidates
Senator Hanna arrived in Philadelphia on June 13 and was asked about the chances of Woodruff and other candidates. He spoke in guarded terms, declining to name favorites and suggesting several possible contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
Woodruff
Philadelphia
Penn
Republican Leaders Debate Vice Presidential Pick in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia Republican leaders discuss possible Vice Presidential candidates with Senator Hanna meeting stakeholders including Scott Manley and Payne. They acknowledge no clear choice yet, stressing the need for a man capable of stepping up as President if required and willing to overlook regional origin for the right qualifications.
Poll Indicates New York May Back Bliss For VP Nomination
A Philadelphia poll of the National Committee shows New York could back Bliss for the vice presidential slot if pressed. Frederick S Gibbs disputes that New York has chosen a candidate, noting no instruction from the delegation and a Monday meeting to settle the matter. Some Brooklyn members may push Woodruff if Bliss does not reconsider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Penn
New York
National Committee
Bliss
Frederick S. Gibbs
Brooklyn
Woodruff
Dolliver
Iowa
Ee Long
Massachusetts
Fairbanks
Indiana
Washburn
Minnesota
Elkins
West Virginia
Allison
Waccuveneaman Payne
Wisconsin
Wolcott
Colorado
Aan Bradley
Kentucky
Roosevelt Declines Vice Presidency Candidacy
Governor Roosevelt states he is not a candidate for Vice President and will not accept if nominated at Philadelphia. He says his name is mentioned unjustly and New York delegates will not present it. He will go to Philadelphia to state his position and would prefer renomination as Governor amid opposition from big corporations over the Ford franchise tax law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
New York State
Bridgers Wins Preliminary Handicap in Inter-State Handicapping
Henry Clark Bridgers of Tarborough North Carolina known as Tarheel won the Preliminary Handicap 100 Birds event of the Grand American Handicap Target Tournament. He topped a field that included Rolla Heikes Jack Fanning J A R Elliott E D Fulford and others by a single point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter- State Association
Henry Clark Bridgers
Tarborough
N. C
Tarheel
Rolla Heikes
Jack Fanning
J. A. R. Eliott
E. D. Fulford
Ss. W. Leroy
G. 8. White
F. B. Pierce
J. R. Malone
R. C. Hopkins
H. M. Landis
J. W. Hoffman
F. C. Kelsey
A. H. Dalley
H. G. Wheeler
Edward Banker
S. M. van Allen
Edward Rike
Capt. A. W. Money
A. C. Robinson
Co. A. Young
H. C. Allen
J. R. Doreamus
A. G. Courtney
Mingo
C. R. Dickey
British steamer reports two yachts near 40 40 N 68 52 W
Borderer arrived yesterday says Astrild passed Tuesday in latitude 40 40 longitude 68 52. Astrild a British built cutter yacht bought abroad by Addison G. Hanan of this city. Isolde, bought by Commodore F. M. Hoyt, was forced to return after Clyde foul injuries. Astrild signaled Borderer she is all well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borderer
Astrild
Addison G. Hanan
Glasgow
F. M. Hoyt
Stamford
Yale Students Elect Baseball Officers
Yale students in a mass meeting elected the university baseball association officers. Eldridge Lyon Eliason is president and manager, Clarence P. Cook is vice president, George Woodward Noyes serves as secretary, and Hugh Satterlee is assistant manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Yale
University Baseball Association
Eldridge Lyon Eliason
Chestertown
Clarence P. Cook
Ore Hill
George Woodward Noyes
Cincinnati
Ghio
Hugh Satterlee
Rochester
N. Y
Death in a Well Ends Hauppauge Man’s Life
T W Hartley a Hauppauge resident with New York City business was buried alive in a well on his farm near Central Islip. The 78 foot shaft collapsed as sand and stones filled the bore after a faulty timber start. eight hours later workers recovered his body. He was 44 and born in England. his wife survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Islip
L. L
T. W. Hartley
Hauppauge
New York City
Mr. Hartley
England
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Lodge
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Senator Lodge
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Albany
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Col. Torrey
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Hannah
Joseph Manley
Henry C. Payne
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