Chamberlain's Tariff Campaign Ready to Proceed
London reports reveal Mr. Chamberlain continuing his tariff strategy from Highbury Birmingham. He agrees with Tariff Reform League aims for empire union via preferential tariffs and reciprocity to defend industry and food security. He expects about a year of campaigning before an election. The Liberal press note his withdrawal as a setback but not a shift to free trade. Sir Edmund Barton supports his likely eventual triumph.
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London
Highbury
Birmingham
Chamberlain
C. A. Pearson
The
Tariff Reform League
League
United Kingdom
Mr. Chamberlain
Edmund Barton
Australian Commonwealth
Ifr. Chamberlain
Cabinet reshuffle rumors swirl over Balfour government
London reports indicate Premier Balfour may fill Cabinet vacancies and carry on until Parliament meets in 1904. forecasts point to Lord Milner as Colonial Secretary successor, with Stanley and Lowther among potential promotions. ongoing speculation cites Lansdowne and Brodrick, while Austen Chamberlain looms as a possible Chancellor.
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London
Pall Mall Gagzette
Balfour
Westminster Gazette
Lord Milner
South Africa
Mr. Chamberlain
Colonial Office
Lord Stanley
War Office
James Lowther
Associated Press
Lord Lansdowne
Brodrick
India Office
Austen Chamberlain
Mr. Ritchie
Mr. Balfour
Duke of Devonshire
Lord Cromer
Ereby
Chamberlain resigns as Colonial Secretary shocking UK politics
Consternation and excitement sweep the United Kingdom after Chamberlain's resignation as Secretary for the Colonies. The Pall Mall Gazette calls the crisis the most extraordinary in constitutional government. Lord Lansdowne travels to Balmoral, while both parties prepare for an imminent campaign. Asquith signals Liberal leadership prospects.
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London
Lord Lansdowne
Balmoral
Lord Balfour of
Burleigh
Asquith
Liberal Party
Delightful Day Line Excursions to West Point Newburgh or Poughkeepsie
Day Line steamers offer one day trips to West Point Newburgh and Poughkeepsie. The advert promotes scenic river cruises with onboard amenities and reliable schedules for leisure travelers seeking short scenic outings.
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West Point
Newburgh
Paris Sensation Over Chamberlain Resignation
London Times New York Times cablegram reports Paris sensation as Mr. Chamberlain resigns, leaving the Cabinet seemingly without steel and soul. In France hostility from the Boer War era wanes after his sharp retort to Count von Bismarck’s criticisms of the British Army, damaging the German chancellor's prestige.
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London Times
NEW York Times
Cablegram
London
Paris
The
Times
Mr. Chamberlain
Prince Bismarck
France
Count von Bislow
Illinois Manufacturers Invite Chamberlain to Chicago Address
Chicago reports that on July 24 the Illinois Manufacturers Association invited Joseph Chamberlain to visit Chicago as its guest and deliver an address on his fiscal proposals. The invitation, sent via the State Department, awaits Chamberlain’s reply. a confirming cable from Chicago was sent to London.
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Chicago
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Joseph Chamberlain
Department of State
Washington
Colonial Office
London
England
B. A. Eckhart
John M. Glenn
United States
P. C
D.D
M. P
Hion
A. J. Hopkins
United States Senate
Washington, D. C
Choate
Chamberlain
F. B. Loomis
Crusaders in Kentucky campaign praises Jackson hosts
Special to The New York Times from Jackson Kentucky report Couriers describe the Mountain Brigade Salvation Army visit as hospitable with citizens of Breathitt County providing attention Col Holt says they aim to assess and possibly widen future campaigns He notes mixed local elements and plans a brief stay Capt Longmire and militia support entertainments Judges Redwine Hargis and Sheriff Callahan observed the street service.
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New York Times
Jackson
Mountain Brigade
Salvation Army
Breathitt
Holt
Capt. Longmire
Salvationists
Judge Hargis
Sheriff Callahan
Hargis
Judge Redwine
Mexican Governor Mobbed During Independence Fest
In El Paso on September 18 Governor Luis Terrazas of Chihuahua was hissed at and insulted by a crowd while trying to restrain gambling and bullfighting. He fled with police protection as rioters attacked the palace. Police and soldiers fought the mob, several officers were injured, 240 rioters were jailed, and windows were smashed.
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New York Times
IL Paso
Texas
Luis Terrazas
Chihuahua
Apumada
President Roosevelt Hosts Seawanhaka Dinner at Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt attended the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club dinner at Centre Island Oyster Bay after returning from New Jersey. The event honored Lipton and included a telegram of sympathy to Sir Thomas Lipton who was ill in Chicago with hopes for his recovery.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sylph
New Jersey
Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Club
Centre Island
Lipton
Sir Thomas
East
Charles F. Preston
Hamner
J. West Roosevelt Pier
Colgate Hoyt
Board of Trustees
William J. Matheson
Seawanhaka Yacht Club
Sir Thomas Lipton
Commodore Bourne
Chicago
Thomas
N. Y
Thomas Lipton
Francis G. Stewart
Stewart
Yachty Club
Sir Thomas Lipton Improving in Chicago Health
Sir Thomas Lipton shows improving condition in Chicago as doctors call his state satisfactory with no current danger. Recovery expected to take days before bed rest ends and travel possible, with staff telegrams noting progress while he remains weak.
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Chicago
Thomas Lipton
Thomas
Felled by Her Servant in Flatbush Household Row
William Healey a 23 year old coachman and gardener employed by Mrs Hannah Von Eif of 227 Lenox Road Flatbush was locked up on a charge of attacking his employer with a revolver and striking her twice on the head with the weapon Mrs Von Eif suffered a severe scalp wound and shock. The incident occurred in the afternoon after she ordered a clothesline dispute escalated into violence along Lenox Road and Rogers Avenue.
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William Healey
Hannah
von Eif
Lenox Road
Flatbush
Grant Street
Rogers Avenue
Last Pennsylvania Railroad Excursion to Atlantic City
Special train departs West 23d and Cortlandt streets at 7 a.m. on Sunday September 20 for Atlantic City with return fare of 2.50. Details note departure from Desbrosses Street and timing listed as 9 p.m. at the start.
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Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
West
Cortlandt and
Desbrosses Sts
Adams Street Station Suspect Surrenders After Apparent Assault
Mrs Von Eif was found with a severely cut scalp and shock after a reported weapon incident. Healey, the coachman, claimed he did not intend to strike and surrendered at Adams Street Station after walking from Flatbush. The revolver was unloaded and police were notified by Grant Avenue Station.
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Burt Harrington
Lenox Road
Palma speech sparks panic as rifle misfires in Havana crowds
In Santiago de Cuba President Palma spoke before the palace when police forced back crowds and a Rural Guards sergeant’s rifle fired by accident. The resulting panic left a few injuries, but order was restored as the president thanked loyal subjects and condemned insurrectionary efforts.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Palma
Compromise Canal Bill Moves Toward Final Action
The Panama Canal deal nears a compromise as Colombia presses for a 10 million payment from the canal company for the transfer of its franchise. Directors refuse. the United States may extend ratification time while Paris negotiates the essential terms.
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Senate
New
Panama Canal Company
New Canal Company
Congress
United States
Colombia
Canal
Canal Company
Paris
Bogota
Hay
Marroquin
Dr. Herran
Herran
State Department
Washington
Reyes
Indian Colony Near Fort Clark Seeks Citizenship Status
Gen. F. D. Grant asks the War Department to determine the civil status of a small band of Panapo-Africo-Seminole Indians near Fort Clark Texas. descendants live in the United States without clear citizenship or Seminole membership and wish to establish citizenship and land in Indian Territory. Many have served as scouts along the Rio Grande.
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New York Times
Washington
F. D. Grant
Department of Texas
War Department
Fort Clark
Texas
Mexico
South
United States
Rio Grande
Grant
Indian Territory
Toco
Lost yacht Red Dragon sinks in Atlantic storm
Atlantic City reports the yacht Red Dragon and its fishing party lost after a great storm. Captain De Witt Clark and another man were found dead ashore ten miles along the coast. Among the party were Frank Ducanse, John Adams, John Swanson and family. the rest are missing. The Alberta, captained by Mark Casto with twelve Swedes, is also overdue.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Red Dragon
de Witt Clark
Clark
Frank Ducanse
John Adams John Swanson
Alberta
Mark Casto
Storm reports overstate crop damage in Northwest
Advices from the Northwest say storms caused less damage than feared. Minnesota fared better than North Dakota where a heavy snowstorm with wind hit last Sunday. Wet wheat will be lower grade, potatoes rot in the ground, flax with late sowing is damaged, and thrashing may resume with good weather.
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New York Times
Minneapolis
Minn
Northwest
Minnesota
North Dakota
STOP CHILD LABOR IN OMAHA
State Labor Commissioner disclosed a covert probe into child labor in South Omaha packing houses. About a thousand children aged ten to fourteen, many foreigners, would be released after orders to discharge those under fourteen within thirty days. Firms like Cudahy Swift Armour and Omaha Packing Co employed 175 to 225 children each doing light tasks.
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New York Times
Omaha
State Labor Commission
South Omaha
Bush
Nebraska
Cudahy
Swift, Armour
Omaha Packing Company
Banquet for General Bates Draws Major Guests in Louisville
Major General John C. Bates and his staff will be feted at a large Louisville banquet on September 26. The event honors his visit to Kentucky while in command of the Department of the Lakes and ahead of military maneuvers at West Point. More than 300 invited guests include Kentucky leaders and congressional members from six states.
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New York Times
Louisville
John C. Bates
Department of the Lakes
Bates
West Point
Kentucky
Commonwealth
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Tennessee
Michigan
Last Cheap Rate to Atlan via Pennsylvania Special
Cheap fare offering $2.50 to Atlantic City via Pennsylvania route on September 20. Special train departs West 234th Street at 7:00 A M from Cortlandt and Desbrosses Streets.
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Atlan
Pennsylvania
Weat
Cortlandt and Desbrosses
Woman Drowns While Bathing in Rough Sea at Ocean City
In Ocean City New Jersey on September 18 Mrs Edith Mustin twenty died after drowning while bathing with a party from West Philadelphia. The sea remained high and dangerous after Wednesday’s storm as the group tried to enter the surf.
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Ocean City
N. J
Edith Mustin
Piso's Cure for Coughs and Colds Ad
A brief 19th century advertisement touts Piso's Cure as a pleasant and effective remedy for coughs and colds. It notes the product is available through all druggists for 25 cents.
Tragic boating accident leaves one missing off coast
A group including Mrs Bietzel, Mrs Sloan, Miss Ida McGowan and Miss Elsie McGowan went out too far and faced a breaking wave. They were drawn seaward. rescuers saved all but Mrs Mustin whose body was not recovered.
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Mustin
Bietzel
Sloan
Ida McGowan
Elsie McGowan
Mrs. Mustin
Driver Fatally Frightened By Large White Auto in Bronx
Patrick Collins sixty five a Bronx department of highways driver fell from his wagon at Jerome Avenue and One Hundred Seventieth Street dying after being run over by his wheels. Dr. Kern ruled death from heart trouble caused by fright though injuries were fatal. Coroner OGorman ordered autopsy.
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Patrick Collins
Gun Hill Road
Webster Avenue
Bronx
Department of Highways
Jerome Avenue
Osborne
Collins
Fordham Hospital
Kern
O'Gorman
Fordham Morgue
Riegelman
Diplomat Bitten by Dog at Pasteur Institute
A prominent Portuguese diplomat attached to the Portuguese Legation in Washington is reported to be receiving treatment at the Pasteur Institute after a dog bite in Boston ten days earlier. The doctor declined to identify the patient, stating he is a private figure and that the wound is slight with no known chance of rabies.
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Pasteur Institute
Washington
Boston
Rambaud
Visconde de Alte
Hypnotic Rabbit Surgeries by Milwaukee Bacteriologist
Dr. Otho Fiedler, Milwaukee City Bacteriologist, claims to hypnotize rabbits to perform vivisections without anesthesia. He strobes the animal, gazes into its eyes, and induces a coma-like trance, after which the procedure is completed and the rabbit revived. he says chloroforming killed his last rabbit, and hypnotism saves lives.
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New York Times
Milwaukee
Otho Fiedler
Dr. Fiedler
Dallas Plans National Convention On Boll Weevil
Dallas officials announce a national convention to be held October 8 in Dallas to address the boll weevil threat in cotton districts. Delegates from all cotton states and representatives from the National Department of Agriculture are desired to join the effort. Texas had offered a 50000 dollar reward for a remedy, but the push now seeks federal scientific aid to curb the pest's spread.
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New York Times
Dallas
Texas
Dallas Commercial Club
National Department of Agriculture
United States
First Campaign Button Debuts At Chicago Rally
In Chicago on September 18 a new presidential campaign button features Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington at luncheon with the word equality across the badge. Colored men lead wearers, dealers rush to order as demand grows from colored Republicans. Evans' Ale ad appears at 127 Hudson Street.
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New York Times
Chicago
Roosevelt
Booker T. Washington
Charles H. Thomas
Chicago Avenue
Hudson St
Brooklyn Leaders Seek Strong Nominee for Mayoralty
At a secret Brooklyn Democratic City Committee meeting in Manhattan, Tammany leaders pressed for a strong five-borough nominee for mayor and avoided naming any candidate. They warned McClellan is unsuitable and debated platform and convention officers while awaiting McClellan’s Philadelphia arrival.
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Democratic City Committee
Democratic Club
Brooklyn
Hugh McLaughlin
George B. McClellan
James J. Martin
Fifth Avenue
Tammany Hall
Daniel F. McMahon
McMahon
John F. Ahearn
James Shevlin
Patrick H. McCarren
Bernard J. York
Police Commission
John L. Shea
Bridge Department
Louis F. Haffen
Eugene J. McGuire
Bronx
Joseph Cassidy
Philip Cronin
George Creed
M. J. Goldin
Joseph Meyerose
Queens
Richmond
Edward M. Muller
Franklin C. Vitt
Daniel Campbell
Arthur Yettman
John J. Kenny
Thomas W. Fitzgerald
Martin
York
Carnegie Hall
Shevlin
Messrs
Cassidy
Kenny
Haffen
Messrs. Cassidy
Murphy
McClellan
Manhattan
Operaf
Republicans
Citizens’ Union
Tammany Hell
Mr. McClellan
Philadelphia
McCarren
Mr. Shevlin
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