Humane trial for Shanghai journalists discussed by ministers
London dispatch says Supao reformers in Shanghai face trial by a foreign mixed court with possible light sentences, while Chinese authorities seek surrender. Foreign ministers doubt harsher punishment, citing humane handling and the danger of death if China takes charge. Chin the reformer escapes to Japan then returns to Shanghai amid criticism.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Peking
the Times
Shen-Chien
Chang-Chi-Tung
Shanghai
Supao
Reform Party
China
Shanghai Taotai
Pias
Chin
Japan
Tokio
Osaka
Fight Among Peking Guards Sparks Wounds
In Peking on September 3 a clash occurred between fifteen French soldiers and four Americans. The melee involved bayonets and left two American servicemen seriously wounded.
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Peking
Duke Lan Defies Peking Protocol By Return to Beijing
A Times cablegram notes Boxer leader Duke Lan, brother of Prince Tuan, was sentenced to life in Ili but recently spent days in Peking, illustrating evasion of Peking protocol. A Kobe dispatch reports three Japanese men arrested over a plot to assassinate Japan’s Prime Minister Viscount Katsura.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Peking
the Times
Duke Lan
Prince Tuan
Ili
Lan
Daily Mail
Kobe
Japan
Viscount Katsura
New Towns for Iowa from Great Western Extension
Special dispatch notes Iowa will gain twenty new towns as the Great Western line extends to Omaha. Early reports indicate rapid growth and settlement along the expanded railroad corridor with anticipated economic impact for the state.
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State
Omaha
Great Western
New York Times
Neb
Iowa
Index to Departments and Page References
An index listing department sections such as Commercial World Amusements Hotels Out-of-Town Buyers Business Court Calendars Legal Notes Losses by Fire Intelligence and Foreign Mails Real Estate Railroads Weather Report and a note of yesterday’s seaBo w.
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Pclaneite
Westerday
Railroad plans sale of town lots along Omaha Fort Dodge line
The railroad will offer town lots in newly platted towns along the Omaha to Fort Dodge extension. First station out of Council Bluffs is Gilliat in Pottawatomie County, sixteen miles away, with other towns including Bentley Magill McClelland Rvelyn Lidderdale and Tennant. Readlyn is noted near the Waverly to Oelwein cut off.
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Omaha-Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
Gilliat
Pottawatomie County
Bentley
Magill
McClelland
Rvelyn
Lidderdale
Tennant
Chicago Great Western
Waverly
Oelwein
Readlyn
Trouble on the Grand Banks as mutinous mood spreads
In Burgeo Newfoundland on September 3, American fishing schooners face deteriorating conditions with bait scarce and dead caplin covering the Grand Bank, sparking fears of mutiny or piracy. Several American vessels have already sailed for Gloucester, while tension rises between foreign crews and captains.
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New York Times
Burgo
N. F
Grand Bank
Seppeat
Gloucester
Golden Rod
Colonial
Helen Wells
Schwab and Boyd Invest in Cape May Development
Charles M. Schwab and George W. Boyd have bought blocks in Cape May’s new development area. Schwab plans an Italian villa designed with abroad plans by architect J Ostering of Pittsburgh. Boyd to build a summer home. Pennsylvania Railroad buys land and will erect a $150000 station, per President Cassatt.
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New York Times
Cape May
Charles M. Schwab
The
Steel Trust
George W. Boyd
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
New Cape May
Pittsburg
Schwab
J. Ostering
Boyd
Cassatt
Bellevue House Doctor Suspended Over Typhoid Ward Incident
Bellevue Hospital suspended Dr. W B Jones for alleged in subordination after he placed Dr. R Coleman in the Townsend cottage the typhoid ward. Dr. Coleman later left for the Post Graduate Hospital as the staff debated the action and possible resignations followed.
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W. B. Jones
Bellevue Hospital
Mabon
R. Coleman
Townsend Cottage
Jones
Coleman
Jane Delano
Dr. Mabon
Peeiaey
Post Graduate Hospital
John W. Brannan
Board of Trustees
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
Pyre
Danforth
Coreyell
C. E. Nammack
Loop-the-Loop Sideshow Injures Victims At Fairgrounds
The Loop-the-Loop attraction at the Fairgrounds claimed its second victim as Frank Futzin was injured during a dangerous ride. He was taken to the Field Hospital in an unconscious state with possible concussion after the ball struck the loop and fell. Earlier a young girl was injured attempting the ride.
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ST. Paul
Fairgrounds
Frank Futzin
Fuzzin
Despondent Woman Leaps From Niagara Falls
A poverty stricken woman about fifty plummeted over the Horse Shoe Falls at Niagara Falls New York this afternoon. She crawled under the railing and vanished into the rapids. Her purse held 46 cents and a trolley return to Buffalo. No name or residence was found with the widow. Runners searched Terrapin Point but recovery failed.
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New York Times
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Buffalo
Mason's
Berkeley
California
Massachusetts
Terrapin Point
Judge dissolves attachments on Gadsden plant case
Judge Thomas G. Jones orders the dissolution of attachments against the Gadsden plant of Southern Car and Foundry Company. Jefferson and Etowah counties sheriffs are to return seized property to receivers T. G. Bush and T. A. Gillespie. The move aims to clear long running litigation and resume plant operations and employee payroll.
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New York Times
Birmingham
Ala
Thomas G. Jones
United States Court
T. G. Bush
T. A. Gillespie
Southern Car and Foundry Company
Gadsden
Jefferson
Etowah
Langley’s aerodrome tests halted by engine failure
In Widewater Virginia on September 3 Prof Samuel Langley shelved the sixty foot man carrying aerodrome tests at 6 pm due to a broken valve in the gasoline engine. Langley’s assistant Manley tried to start the motor after a rocket signal, but revolutions only rose to 500 instead of 1200 and unity of motion proved erratic.
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Widewater
Samuel P. Langley
Langley
Prof
Manley
Two Day Atlantic Excursion to Pennsylvania Railroad
Special excursion priced at 20 dollars and 25 cents for two days starting Saturday September 5 including Labor Day. Tickets valid for September 5 and return within fifteen days. Includes two days of hotel accommodations at Hotel Rudolf. Consult ticket agents.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Rudolf
Adv
Child Slaves Sent Home Spark New Jersey Labor Clash
In Trenton on September 3 Deputy State Factory Inspector Joseph H Milburn removed eight workers from A L Ryan woolen mills amid the new child labor law. He demanded certificates proving ages above fourteen and warned mill owner Alfred Ryan of possible arrest if proof failed. State officials vow to eradicate child slavery in New Jersey.
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New York ,Times
Trenton
N. J
Joseph H. Milburn
A. L. Ryan
South Jersey
New Jersey
Bishop Bonacum Appeals to Nebraska Supreme Court
The case of Bishop Bonacum of the Lincoln diocese against Father Murphy of Seward advances to the Nebraska Supreme Court. The Bishop appeals a Seward County District Court ruling that favored Father Murphy who continues to occupy the Seward church despite excommunication. The transcript cites alleged trial errors and includes communications from Cardinal Gotti.
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Lincoln
Neb
Bonacum
Father Murphy
Seward
Nebraska Supreme Court
District Court
Seward County
Supreme Court
the Propaganda of Rome
Cardinal Gotti
Arrest Warrant Issued for Prizefighting Promoter Bree
Stamford Conn Sept 3 a warrant issued by Prosecuting Attorney James F Walsh for the arrest of James Bree Pacific Street saloon keeper charged with promoting a prizefight slated for Morrells Hall DumpMorrells Hall Stamford area police acted on the charge Bree allegedly organized the event and authorities planned to seize it before it could occur.
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Stamford
New York Times
Conn
James F. Walsh
Greenwich
James Bree
Pacific Street
Bree
Morrell
Dump
Raid at Ling Pond Nets Warrant Served
Deputy Sheriff William E. Ritch raided the Ling Pond location Monday night. Bree was in Port Chester today and is not expected to prolong efforts to dodge service of the warrant.
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Ling Pond
William E. Ritch
Bree
Port Chester
Government allows contractor payment despite unsettled claims
The Treasury Controller ruled that George W. Pierson must receive the remaining funds for the Frankford Arsenal buildings project despite creditors’ claims. The decision holds no government duty to secure labor and material payments under the 1894 bond provision, and Pierson will be paid the balance after damages for delays.
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New York Times
Washington
the Treasury
George W. Pierson
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Ordnance
Pierson
Tucker Robbery Mounting Up
Baltimore reports growing inquiries into the unknown woman who accompanied William T. Tucker after he vanished six weeks ago following a theft of securities from Merchants Trust vaults. The missing amount now exceeds initial estimates by $100,000.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Central America
William T. Tucker
Merchants’ Trust and Deposit Company
G. H. Glover
New York
Tucker
William Collin
Sarah G. Morris
Glover
Willie
Dr Rambaud and wife escape wreck on Seventh Avenue
Dr George G Rambaud director of the Pasteur Institute at 3138 West Twenty third Street was in a car with his wife when a south bound vehicle struck them near Thirty fourth Street about 6 30 last night. She was thrown partially out but not seriously injured. He tried to step in front of the other car to avoid street obstructions and his auto was struck from behind. He saved his wife and they resumed their trip on foot.
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George G. Rambaud
Pasteur Institute
West Twenty-third Street
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Tobacco Trust in Japan Stirs Investor Opposition
New reports from Yokohama via the Hyades say the American Tobacco Company’s purchase of control in the Murai Brothers Company provokes resistance to more American capital. Dividends are suspended for fifteen years, unsettling minority shareholders and rattling the Electric Railway Company negotiating Kobe Osaka funding.
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New York Times
Tacoma
Washington
Yokohama
Hyades
American Tobacco Company
Japan
Murai Brothers Company
American Tobacco Trust
Electric Railway Company, Incorporated
Kobe
Osaka
Brady
New York
American
Break in Erie Canal at Dunbarton causes water surge
A major break on the Erie Canal at Dunbarton near Higginsville washes away about twenty five feet of towpath. Water pours from the canal into cornfields, meadows, and orchards then reaches Oneida Lake four miles away. The incident damages farm property and blocks navigation uncertainly. Authorities have yet to determine the cause due to high water.
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New York Times
Utica
N. Y
Dunbarton
Higginsville
Erie
Oneida Lake
The Famous Nauheim Bath Ad Opens at 135 West 45th
The advertisement notes a treatment facility The Famous Nauheim Bath offering system Erlinger therapy for heart disease rheumatism and insomnia located at 135 West 45th Street New York. The brief note markets therapeutic offerings and address.
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Famouus Nauheim
System Erlinger
West 45Th St
Tammany Leaders Back McClellan for Mayor Nomination
District leaders in Tammany Hall openly back George B. McClellan for the Democratic Mayoralty ticket as Charles Murphy signals no candidate is chosen yet. Murphy stresses all options will be considered and notes McClellan’s strong record while plans for a City Committee meeting proceed amid travel and possible endorsements from Edward M. Shepard.
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Tammany Hall
George B. McClellan
Charles F. Murphy
Wigwam
McCllellan
Carnegie Hall
McClellan
Seth Low
Mr. Murphy
Hugh McLaughlin
Kings County
Cassidy
Queens
Nicholas Muller
Richmond
Murphy
Democratic City Committee
Board of Aldermen
Congress
Susa
McClelland
Francis Burton Harrison
Sergeant Cram
John B. Sexton
Nineteenth
William J. O'Sullivan
Tammany Men
Edward M. Shepard
Shepard
President Duntley to Stay Amid Gossip
Through W. J. Calhoun, counsel for Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co, Charles M. Schwab and C. H. Matthiessen, stockholders issued a statement denying Duntley will resign. They say the two in control do not want him to resign and praise his ability. Executives will move to New York, prompting some directors to resign. Schwab's relation with Max Pam is described as cordial.
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New York Times
Chicago
W. J. Calhoun
Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company
Charles M. Schwab
C. H. Matthiessen
Duntley
New York
Schwab
Max Pam
Michigan Troops Meet Canadian Militia at Amherstburg Camp
Detroit Division Michigan Naval Reserve and Company C of the Michigan National Guard visited the Windsor Battalion at Amherstburg Ontario. Canadian militiamen greeted them with band music and a parade before a series of afternoon military maneuvers.
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Amherstburg
Ont
Windsor
Twenty-first Essex Fusiliers
Detroit
Michigan Naval Reserve
Michigan National Guard
Columbia
Hat advice from milliners at Chicago convention
Mme Lillian J. Bird of Troy Ohio vice president of the National Milliners Association says it is better to substitute dried beef for roast beef than to substitute homemade hats for custom millinery. She urges women to favor fine hats over home made headwear citing looks and face appeal.
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New York Times
Chicago
National Milliners’ Association
Mme
Lillian J. Bird
Troy
Ohio
Association
Mme. Bird
J J Hill Plans Lake Superior to Labrador Road Link
In St Paul on Sept 3 reports detail J J Hill’s project to build a road from Lake Superior to Labrador’s Hamilton Inlet to shorten shipping routes and give control of European trade. It may pair with a new Europe steamship line and widen Chicago-Labrador access. Hudson River Day Line trips praised for music and order.
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New York Times
ST. Paul
J. J. Hill
Lake Superior
Hamilton Inlet
Labrador
Ponseaeens
Chicago
Hill
Europe
Hudson River
Frederic R. Coudert Sr Stricken At Cove Neck
Oyster Bay, L I Sept 3 Frederic R Coudert Sr the New York lawyer is seriously ill at his home on Cove Neck near Sagamore Hill under constant care of a physician and three nurses Tonight it was feared he might not live more than a few hours The heart trouble threatening his life is now said to be so bad as almost to preclude recovery
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Frederic R. Coudert, Sr
New York
Cove Neck
Sagamore Hill
Coudert
Firemen Away as Bridgeport Fire Destroys Greenwich Home
Greenwich Sept 3 Two hundred Greenwich firemen returned from Old Home Week parade in Bridgeport aboard the steamer General Putnam. Gov Chamberlain praised the department but back home a house owned by F G Renner burned with loss about 10000. The Renner superintendent was in New York and his wife and children barely escaped with their clothes. Origin of the fire unknown.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Bridgeport
Gov. Chamberlain
F. G. Renner
Renner
Jewelry theft at Thousand Island House hotel
Mrs Weir Martin of New York staying with her aunt at the Thousand Island House reports $3000 in jewelry and bonds stolen from her room. Edith Baier a chambermaid is suspected and believed to have eloped with Henry Morrison after buying two Pittsburg tickets in Alexandria Bay. A detective and police across New York and Pennsylvania are alerted.
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New York Times
Watertown
N. Y
Weir Martin
New York
Thousand Island House
H. Hessing
Chicago
Col. O. G. Staples
Washington
Edith Baier
Henry Morrison
Morrison
Pittsburg
Alexandria Bay
Pennsylvania
Remarkable escape after Lackawanna wreck in Henryville area
A dawn wreck on the Lackawanna near Henryville Station sent nine cars off the track as the rear driver tire loosened tears tore rails and toppled coaches from the mountain descent. About a dozen in the day coach were hurt while sleepers remained largely intact. wreckers from Scranton and East Stroudsburg assisted, with Superintendent E M Rine arriving with crews.
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New York Times
Stroudsburg
Penn
Pocono Mountains
Henryville
Lackawanna
Scranton
East Stroudsburg
E. M. Rine
Death of John B. Drayton at Whiteface Inn Lake Placid
John B. Drayton 36, a Plainfield New Jersey resident and broker with 3 M. Martin & Co., died suddenly of heart disease at Whiteface Inn Lake Placid after resting at Lake Leon Adirondacks. Survived by wife two children mother two sisters and three brothers all but brothers based in New York. He was a Grace Protestant Episcopal Church member and Hillside Tennis and Golf Club member. He had lived in Plainfield since 1876.
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New York Times
Paul Smith
N. Y
John B. Drayton
Plainfield
N. J
Whiteface Inn
Lake Placid
Lake Leon
Adirondacks
Saranac Lake
Drayton
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church
Hillside
3. M. Martin & Co
Broadway
New York
Government deposits in national banks not to be large
Secretary Shaw denies plans to boost public money deposits to 40 million. He says only small deposits are being accepted for agricultural districts for now, though up to 40 million may be available if conditions warrant. In recent days he has made deposits totaling about 2.5 million in various national banks in parts of the country facing crop movement stringency.
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Shaw
Chicago
Washington
Guests Poisoned At Leonardsville Wedding
At a Leonardsv ille wedding guests were served pressed chicken and between twenty and thirty people fell violently ill. One village doctor tended patients overnight as physicians were summoned from nearby towns. Most are expected to recover.
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Utica
N. Y
Leonardsville
Labor Day Excursion to Atlantic City by Pennsylvania Railroad
Special excursion on September 5 with transport and two days boarding at the Rudolf Beach Front Hotel. Rate ten dollars and twenty five cents. Tickets valid on all regular trains September 5 and return within fifteen days. Ady.
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Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rudolf
Beach Front
Reliance Keeps Cup Here In Fog Shrouded Finish
Reliance wins her third race to claim the America's Cup title, as Shamrock III fails to finish in thick mist off Sandy Hook. Barr Steers the defender through a difficult course with expert seamanship, while Lipton's Shamrock III exits in the fog and conceds defeat after three straight losses.
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Barr
Reliance
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock
Shamrock III
Sandy Hook
Cruizer
Queen Victoria
Shamrock II
Columbia
Shamrock I
Shamrock IT
Reliance defeats Shamrock III in fast single sailing race
Reliance outpaced Shamrock III in yesterday’s race ending a protracted series delayed by light wind. Weather held back challengers, but the Regatta Committee finally sent the fleet on a windward leeward course with twelve yachts and revenue cutters in attendance.
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Shamrock III
Reliance
Britain
Nat
Herreshoff
Regatta Committee
Grand_ blic
J. Serpont
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Bellevue House
Supt. Mabon
N. Coleman
St. Paul Fair Grounds
Alabama Federal Court
Prof. Langley
Atlantic
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Baltimorean
DR. Rambaud
the Tobacco Trust IN
Erie Canal
McLellan
Tammany
President Duntley
C. M. Schwab
Chicago Tool Company
Michigan
Canada
President Hill
Swift Reliance
Challenger
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