Edict at Shanghai to End the Boycott
The United States reports an imperial edict calling for end to the boycott on American goods and urging viceroys and governors to act. It credits W. W. Rockhill and Edwin H. Conger with pressing Beijing to suppress the concerted boycott and links recent ChineseRailroad concessions to the boycott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
United States
China
Peking
State Department
Washington
Chentung Liang Cheng
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Edwin H. Conger
Conger
Mr. Conger
J. P. Morgan
Canton-Hankow
Thief Overlooked Gems From De Witt Trunk at Prospect House
Mrs. William C. De Witt reported a theft at the Prospect House Shelter Island where four rings totaling 3600 dollars were taken from a jewel box in her trunk. Jewelry worth eight thousand dollars remained untouched, and the thief re-locked the trunk after taking the rings. Det. Hamburger investigated with no clues or recovered items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. de Witt
Remsen Street
Brooklyn
Shelter Island
Prospect House
de Witt
Boy Strung Up by Wrists Near 165th Street
Charles Harris, 16, was found hanging by his wrists from a tree near the Speedway and 165th Street. Policeman Gallagher freed him after an hour and a half. Harris refused to name his tormentors. Harlem Court heard the case as Harris faced an assault charge by Elsie Weisswange, daughter of Ernest Weisswange, with the matter unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speedway
165Th Street
Elsie Weisswange
Ernest Weisswange
New York Driving Club
Charles Harris
West 164Th Street
Gallagher
Lmb
Weisswange
Chinese boycott impacts Shanghai trade and edict urges calm
Shanghai reports no local effort to stop American imports amid a nation wide boycott. A Peking Board of Commerce delegate seeks a settlement on pre existing contracts through an inspection office. An imperial edict promises respectful treatment for Chinese abroad and hints Congress will adjust US treaty terms. The Wai Wu Pu directs viceroys to maintain order while negotiations proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
New
York Times Special Cable
Board of Commerce At
Peking
Wai-Wu-Pu
Foreign Office
Miah Jean
America
Congress
United States
Peck Elected Director of Guardian Trust Company
F L Peck has been elected a director of the Guardian Trust Company. He is president of the United States Lumber Company and serves as a director of Scranton Savings Bank in Scranton Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S . F.L. Peck
Guardian Trust Company
F. L. Peck
United States Lumber Company
Scranton Savings Bank
Scranton
Penn
Index to Departments Amusements Passe 9 Arrivals of Out of Town Buyers
Classified index lists departments and page references across topics such as Amusements Business Troubles Commercial World Court Calendars Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails Real Estate Society United Service Weather Report Yesterday's Fires with paging notes and sections across the publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine
Kew Corporations
Society
United Service
Weather Report
Maniac shoots and burns menaces Ohio community
A gunman named Peter Pitts terrorizes Lorain and Avon Beach, firing at residents, burning a farmhouse, and attempting to wreck a train car. A posse under Sheriff Salisbury pursues as Pitts moves through farmland and homes, including an attack on the Heckel family at their residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Lorain
Ohio
Peter Pitts
Avon Beach
Pitts
Toledo
Lake Shore
Salisbury
George Heckel
Mary Heckel
Heckel
Graveyard Insurance Fraud Probed by Armstrong Committee
Medical Examiners Records to be Matched with Death Certificates of Policy Holders as investigators seek to reveal widespread fraud in life insurance on dying or near‑death risks. The panel expects to subpoena company physicians and produce years of medical records to expose collusion and misrating across multiple firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Committee
New York
Armstrong
Girl killed by stone thrown at grocer in Manhattan
Rosie Grippo 14, of 537 West Fifty-ninth Street, was killed when Charles Giulepo, a neighbor, threw a stone at grocer Muscarello inside a near West Sixty-eighth Street area. The incident occurred after an apparent dispute. Giulepo fled. sister Margaret, engaged to him, said the death was accidental and the family would not prosecute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosie Gripo
West Fifty-ninth Street
Muscarello
Charles Giuepo
Muscalle
Gillepo
Rosie Grippo
Roosevelt Hospital
Johnson
West Sixty-eighth Street
Margaret
Forts to Canada by Imperial Army Council
The Colonial Secretary reports that the Imperial Army Council will hand over to Canada the British Government fortifications in Nova Scotia at no charge. All supplies ammunition and small arms will be supplied at cost. The notice notes September charm of Adirondack Mountains Thousand Islands and Saratoga along with open hotels and complete New York Central train service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Army Council
Nova Scotia
New York Times
Ottawa
Colonial Secretary
Canada
Adirondack Mountains
Thousand Islands
Saratoga
New York Central
Agv
Runaways Roil Newport Streets Overnight
Newport reports a series of runaway incidents involving Summer residents. Miss McVickar was unhurt after a basket phaeton collision on Catherine Street. An Alfred Vanderbilt wagon overturned in Thames Street maneuvering. A Harriman runabout struck a heavy wagon causing damage and injuries to the horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Thames Street
Vanderbilt
Joseph Harriman
Baldwin Locomotive Works set records for August output
The Baldwin Locomotive Works reported record locomotive production last month and the Pennsylvania Railroad ordered 16 000 cars, lifting total orders this year past 27 000. Baldwin produced 220 locomotives in August, with 1 400 built so far this year and over 1 000 more on order. An order for 136 came from the Harriman lines and the Atlantic Coast Line placed a 20 locomotive order. Pennsylvania's order will be split among Pressed Steel Car, Standard Steel Car, American Car and Foundry, and Cambria Steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baldwin Works
Harriman Lines
Atlantic Coast Line
Pennsylvania
Pressed Steel Car Company
Standard Steel Car Company
American Car and Foundry Company
Cambria Steel Company
Steamship Yucatan Arrives Havana and City of Memphis Off Scotland
Arrived Havana August 29. The steamship Yucatan passed Sandy Hook at 12 04 this morning. The steamship City of Memphis from Savannah August 30 was off Scotland Lightship at 12 40 this morning. Also notes that New York Central trains offer best accommodations when bought in advance and that timetable details appear in the paper.
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Yucatan
Havana
Sandy Hook
Memphis
Savannah
Scotland
New York Central
Turbine Liners Run Aground Off Cape Charles and Crane Island
In dense smoke from forest fires two Allan Line turbine steamships the Victorian and the Virginian ran aground. The Virginian struck Crane Island on passage from Antwerp with 3000 tons of cargo. the forward hold flooded. The Victorian grounded at Cape Charles en route from Montreal to Moville and Liverpool with 350 passengers. nineteen feet of water reported in the forward hold. Passengers aboard the Victorian were safe and will transfer on the Bavarian next Friday. The Victorian is 12 000 tons and 540 feet long, built last Spring and first turbine driven Atlantic liner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Crane Island
Antwerp
MacNicol
Allan Line
Moville
Liverpool
Cape Charles
Quebec
Atlantic
Robbery at José Aymar House Nets Paintings and Furs
Detectives from Central Office East Fifty-first Street Station and Pinkerton Holmes agencies probe a bold theft at 70 East Fifty-fourth Street. Thieves looted thirty oil paintings several furs and disparate valuables packed for removal. A Swedish caretaker alerted police after spotting two men leaving with heavy valises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Office
East Fifty-first Street
Pinkerton
Holmes
José Aymar
East Fifty-fourth Street
Aymar
Lillian la Bau
Commodore Vanderbilt
Point Au Pic
Quebec
Fast Fifty Fourth Street
Toomey
Tuomey
Union
Seawarhaka-Corinthian Yacht
Richmond County
St. Anthony
Columbia University Alumni Association
Ayomar
Mrs Mackay Improves Roslyn School Room Renovation
Roslyn New York Sept 1 The Roslyn School Board met in the public school with Mrs Clarence Mackay present The room renovation approved earlier without district expense has transformed the teachers room to cream white walls new chairs a Morris chair a safe and neater furnishings The board praised Mrs Mackay and she urged teachers to instill neatness among pupils in attendance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roslyn
L. I
Clarence Mackay
Mackay
Morris
Lucania Lands After Fast Atlantic Voyage at Jane Street
The Cunarder Lucania from Liverpool docked at Jane Street at 12:30 a.m. after a swift north Atlantic crossing of 5 days 13 hours 8 minutes from Daunt's Rock to Sandy Hook. Wireless contact occurred with the French liner La Lorraine en route. Among the Lucania passengers were ex-Dock Commissioner J. Sergeant Cram, Lieut. Col. Edwin D. Judd, and several Oxnard, Brassey, Brice, and Du Pont family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucania
Liverpool
Jane Street
Daunt's Rock
Sandy Hook
New York
J. Sergeant Cram
Edwin D. Judd
United States Army
H. T. Oxnard
Oxnard
Lloyd Brice
Harold Brassey
Edgar
Leonard Brassey
William du Pont
Mobbed on Girl Charge in Brooklyn Attack
D A Appilia a Manhattan civil engineer basketed by a mob on Jay and Johnson Streets in Brooklyn after a woman Miss Helen George screamed about being seized by the arm. Police took Appilia to Adams Street Station as the crowd dispersed and Miss George stood by insisting the assault was real.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Appilia
Seventh Avenue
Manhattan
Jay and Johnson Streets
Brooklyn
Helen George
Johnson Street
Miss George
Appilia
Delemith
Adams Street
Impromptu Race At Sandy Hook Competes Little Sovereign
The Asbury Park of Jersey Central raced the Little Sovereign from Sandy Hook to the Battery. Capt Braisted challenged as the Bristol craft led until deep water. At Liberty Island Little Sovereign finished 30 seconds ahead after a tight chase over the fifteen mile course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
Jersey Central
Borden
Bristol
Little Sovereign
Liberty Island
Yellow Fever Case in New York Quarantine Hospital
Henry R Wardell an American boilermaker employed by the Panama Railway Company is seriously ill with yellow fever at Swinburne Island Quarantine Hospital after arriving on the Havana from Colon as a first cabin passenger. He showed fever prior to arrival, was treated on board, then transferred to Huffman Island before his condition worsened. Medical staff report no improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Wardell
Panama Railway Company
Swinburne Island
Wardell
New York
Havana
Colon
Two Elders Wed After Elopement in Texas
In Austin Texas Kyler Betts a 96 year old retired farmer from near Gonzales ran away with 74 year old Mrs Elizabeth Mobley and they were married in Lockhart. They returned to Austin at midnight as relatives objected to the union.
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New York Times
Austin
Texas
Kyler Betts
Gonzales
Elizabeth Mobley
Cat Lockhart
Labor Day Special From Atlantic City to New York
Labor Day special train from Atlantic City via Pennsylvania Railroad departs 5 30 P M with parlor dining and coach cars for New York and Elizabeth Newark. Fast schedule. Times implied for weekdays and Sundays, unclear details but service to New York and Newark.
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Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Sons
Elizabeth
Newark
Leave
Japan Cut Off From World as Communication Fails
Reports state Japan was entirely cut off from outside contact yesterday and last night. Messages from the Pacific and European routes reached Hongkong but then vanished, with uncertainty over whether cable breaks or Japanese line outages caused the disruption. Officials consider typhoons, insurrection, or insurgent actions as possible causes while efforts continue to locate the fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Suez Canal
India
Hongkong
Commercial Cable Company
Russian Battleships Incomplete From Oversized Engines
London Times and New York Times report from St. Petersburg that three Russian battleships the Andrei Pervozannui the Imperator Pavel I and Ioann Zlatoust cannot be completed because the engines are too large for the hulls.
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London Times
NEW York Times
ST. Petersburg
Andrei
Perv ‘Ozannui
Imperator
Pavel I
Ioann Zlatoust
Witte's Daughter Robbed in Theatre Night Attack
Mme Narychkine wife of Cyril M Narychkine secretary of the Russian legation and daughter of M Witte was robbed of a pearl necklace valued at 9000 dollars after leaving the theatre. The thief escaped.
Chicago Storm Wreaks Havoc in Business District
A severe two hour storm hit Chicago with forty mph winds and nearly two inches of rain. Signs and awnings torn loose, windows blown in, storms struck large office buildings with lightning starting fires on the outskirts. Trees fell in parks and suburbs, sheds and outbuildings were blown down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Japanese Turns American
Cleveland merchant Sinosuke Kitani renounces allegiance to the Japanese Emperor and takes first naturalization papers. Several fellow countrymen are said to be considering similar steps after Japan renounced indemnity and resisted territorial gains from Russia in the peace settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Russia
Sinosuke Kitani
Roosevelt Makes Courtesy Move Aboard Burlington Train
Kermit Roosevelt rode through Burlington Iowa today and noticed an old couple from Omaha without a berth. He offered them his lower and took the upper for himself on the Burlington train.
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Burlington
Iowa
Kermit Roosevelt
Omaha
Roosevelt
Boy Slips On Spike Injures Eight Year Old
Eight year old Jimmy Weinberg slid from a second floor rail at 168 East 104th Street and fell after someone drove a spike into the balustrade four feet from the end. He was taken to Harlem Hospital in serious condition with the possibility of not recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East 104Th Street
Jimmy Weinberg
Harlem
Rescue by a Boy of Seven in Bronx River
David Donahue aged ? years and James Donahue aged 7, sons of Police Sergeant Donahue of Tremont, saved each other on a narrow plank over a five foot deep inlet in the Bronx River. The younger boy lay flat on the plank, grabbed his brother by the collar when he surfaced, and held on until both reached the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Donahue
James Donahue
Donahue
Tremont
Bronx River
David
Hurricane devastates Costa Rican banana plantations
A hurricane of extraordinary severity struck Costa Rica causing extensive damage to banana plantations and impacting American enterprises. No detailed loss figures are available yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Costa Rica
Suez Canal Company Names Casimir-Perier Vice President
Paris reports that the Board of Directors of the Suez Canal Company appointed Casimir-Perier, former President of the French Republic, as Vice President. The action marks a significant leadership move for the canal enterprise as it seeks experienced governance amid postwar considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Suez Canal Company
Casimir-Perier
French Republic
Peace Treaty at Portsmouth Moves Toward Signing
Portsmoth dispatch reports Tokyo silent amid anxiety over the peace terms with Russia. Envoys consider Sakhalin and Manchuria issues. armistice becomes moot until treaty, which officials say will be published textually but not immediately. M. de Martens and Mr. Dennison finalize articles as Witte signals possible signing next Tuesday. President Roosevelt reportedly will not attend the ceremony.
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Baron Komura
Mr. Sato
Tokio
Sakhalin
M. Witte
M. de Martens
St. Petersburg
Portsmouth
Roosevelt
Sato
Oyster Bay
Washington
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W. C. de Witt
Associated Press
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Jose Aymar
Panama
Eamets
Thousand Tela Islands
Bt la Lawrence
Mika
Do's Empire
Ila
Witte
Brussels Theatre
Jimmy
Casimir
Komura
Portsmouth, N. H
President Roosevelt
President McKinley
Tims
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