Gathering for Fight in New London War Game
The Aug 25 dispatch from New London notes a martial atmosphere ahead of ten days of naval and land maneuvers. Generals Crozier and Greely inspect Fort Terry and coordinate wireless, Marconi, and De Forest tests with rail and automobile support. Connecticut and Massachusetts volunteers join regulars at Fort Rodman and Fort Terry, while signals and balloons bolster observation.
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Tribune
New-London
Conn
Fort Michie
Boston
MacArthur
Greely
Crozier
General Crozier
Fort Terry
Pequot House
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Alaska
Marconi
Fessenden
de Forest
General MacArthur
Kanawha
Havana
New York National Guard
13Th Regiment
Signal Corps
Block Island
Montauk Point
Connecticut Militia
Chase of the White Squadron Ends in Surrender
Admiral Higginson plans a full report to the Navy Department on yesterday’s chase by the North Atlantic Squadron. Com mander Pillsbury’s telegram reported the surrender and Higginson’s dispatch described vessel dispositions. Officials say the chase yields instructive results and may lead to a tougher future pursuit.
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Washington
Higginson
Navy Department
Pillsbury
Naval Yard Prep For Caribbean Maneuvers In January
Washington Aug 29 Navy yards along the Atlantic Coast work steadily on vessels long out of commission. Ships including Raleigh Detroit Newark Culgoa Baltimore and Texas receive attention for major maneuvers in the West Indies next January with several yard craft laid up awaiting service.
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Washington
Navy
Navy Yards
Atlantic
Caribbean Sea
Portsmouth
Raleigh
Detroit
Boston
Newark
Culgoa
New York Yard
Baltimore
Norfolk
Texas
West Indies
Britain to US parcels post service begins September
London reports Britain will start a parcels post to the United States on September 1. Cunard and White Star lines carry the parcels, American Express delivers in the U S. Rates include 24 cents per three pounds and 72 cents per seven to eleven pounds plus 24 cents customs fee. Maximum eleven pounds and six feet length and girth. A similar US to Britain service will also launch.
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London
Great Britain
United States
British Postal Department
Cunard and
White Star Lines
American Express Company
Head of Meat Trust Formed In Omaha Controversy
Omaha reports that G F Swift would be president with Michael Cudahy as board chair and Edward A Cudahy as general manager of a new company to take over major packing plants. J Ogden Armour plans retirement from active duties but retains large interest. Cattle raisers plan rival packing plants to supply cattle, issuing stock to producers.
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Tribune
Omaha
Meat Trust
G. F. Swift
Michael Cudahy
Edward A. Cudahy
J. Ogden Armour
Trust
Combine
South Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Iowa
Nebraska
Texas
Missouri
COMBES TO RESIGN AS FRENCH PREMIER
Paris dispatch reports French Premier Combes will resign when the Chamber reopens. He says he has carried out the mission trusted by President Loubet, notably the law on unauthorized church schools, and will urge the President to name either Finance Minister Rouvier or former Premier Waldeck Rousseau as successor. Combes took office last June.
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London
Paris
Daily Chronicle
M. Combes
Chamber of Deputies
Loubet
M. Rouvier
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Foreign control of Venezuela debate and press stance
Berlin reports Cologne Gazette urges international intervention in Venezuela by powers with economic stakes, possibly United States Germany France, via an international commission to oversee customs receipts for bondholders. The Daily Mail condemns Europe's tolerance of Venezuela's defiance and calls for action to restore order and challenge Monroe Doctrine.
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Berlin
Cologne
Foreign Office
Venezuela
United States
Germany
France
London
The
Daily Mail
Europe
West Indies
Caribbean Sea
Prussian Rail Cuts Rates on Iron Exports to Western Makers
Berlin Aug 25 The Prussian railroad administration lowers freight charges on exports of iron including wire locomotives cars cranes and pig iron in response to appeals from western manufacturers. The 20th Century Limited, New York Central’s fast train, reduces travel time between New York and Chicago. Advts mention Manhanset House Shelter Island open through Sept 15 with golf and pleasant September conditions.
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Berlin
Prussian Railroad Administration
New York Central
New York
Chicago
Advt
Manhanset House
Shelter Island
British Iron Prices Rise Amid US Demand and Trust Debate
London reports show rising iron and steel prices driven by renewed American orders, with claims of eighty thousand tons discussed though not confirmed. The US trust is cited as shaping European exports, while English presses call Roosevelt's trust remarks temperate and note high tariffs influence on regulation.
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New-York Tribune
The
Tribune Association
London
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
India
Australia
South Africa
Germany
Belgium
United States
Roosevelt
England
United Kingdom
Labor and coal strike dispute sparks arbitration call
Bar Harbor August 25 Abram Hewitt rejects immediate arbitration as solution to the anthracite strike. He defends operators, denounces Mitchells union control aims, warns against labor licensing, urges strike end and local negotiation to restore free labor and property rights. He argues national union power would threaten personal liberty and the free market. He also calls for legislation to prevent future strikes and protect workers' rights.
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Sny Telegraph
the Tribune
Bar Harbor
Abram
Hewitt
Mitchell
United Mine Workers’ Organization
United States
Shah Returns to Paris After London Visit
The Shah of Persia departed London for Paris after a week of galas incognito for a ten day stay. A royal salute accompanied the royal steamer as British cruisers escorted the vessel from Dover. In Paris he was greeted with an ovation at the station and escorted by mounted Republican Guard to his hotel.
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Covent Garden
Richard Eckhold
Princess Theatre
Bert Coote
London
England
Paris
France
Dover
Shah of Persia
Republican Guard
Pocono Mountain Special and Pennsylvania Railroad Run Ad
Pocono Mountain Special will leave New York Friday and Saturday at 2 PM via Lackawanna Railroad for Delaware Water Gap Mt Pocono and all resorts in Pocono Mountains. Special trains returning Labor Day night and following morning. The Pennsylvania Railroad 2 hour train to Chicago leaves New York 6:00 PM daily.
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Pocono Mountain
New York
Lackawanna Railroad
Delaware Water Gap
Mt. Pocono
Pocono Mountains
Labor Day
Advt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Tobyhanna
the Gap
Adot
Paris to New York by Rail Almost Entirely Land Route
Explorer Harry De Windt reports a 248 day overland journey from Paris to New York aside from Behring Strait, arguing an all rail route is feasible. He envisions a tunnel at Behring Strait, notes harsh Siberian weather, political prisoners, and danger in Alaska, and plans future lectures and writings in Harper's Magazine and The Daily Express.
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Paris
New York
Harry de Windt
Behring Strait
Imperial
France
de Windt
G. Harding
Viscomte de Clainchamp Belle Garde
Seattle
St. Petersburg
Irkutsk
Siberian
Behring Straits
Alaska
China
Pearson
Newport
Shaw
Ocean Lawn
London
The
Daily Express
Harper's Magazine
Major Pond
San Francisco
Devery Explains Wealth Source At Enthusiastic Meeting
Mrs Green aided Devery claims after a meeting held near Twenty-ninth Street and Eighth Avenue. He told reporters that Hetty Green taught her to use a revolver and that a California Comstock mine stock bought at 12 cents a share reportedly rose to 15 dollars, enabling him to spend $50,000 to defeat Sheehan and Goodwin.
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Devery
Hetty Green
Sheehan and Goodwin
Fire at Perfecta Packing Case plant saves two lives
A four story plant at 50d and 506 West Fourteenth Street suffered a large fire causing about 50,000 in damage. Policeman Shay rescued Mrs Barnes on the second floor while Florence Burgess, a Barnes nurse, was saved from a third floor window after a rescue by Shay. Two firemen from Engine Company No 5 were injured but resumed work after ambulance treatment. Acting Chief Purroy directed operations as alarms spread across the yard and nearby lumber storage.
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Perfecta Packing Case Company
West Fourteenth St
Joseph H. Banks
Thomas Leonard
New York Hospital
William E. Barnes
Shay
West Fourteenth Street
Barnes
Purroy
Shannon Lumber Company
No. Sos West Fourteenth St
C. C. Hartig
President in Boston Talks Trusts to 3500 at Symphony Hall
President Roosevelt spoke for almost an hour to 3,500 Boston listeners in Symphony Hall praising steady civic duty while addressing the trusts issue. He cautioned against promises and urged consistent effort, urging citizens to balance personal duties with state affairs and reject episodic reform.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Attitudes on Trusts and Property Interest
A civic discourse argues that enforcing anti trust laws protects property by ensuring all people obey the law. It warns government systems may hinder timely trust handling and notes a railroad advertisement on Chicago departures and Colorado Special excursion rates.
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Cattle Men’s Trust
Foreign Control OF
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Colony—Music and Drama
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Spion Kop
Charles Warren
C. W. Wadsworth
Thorneycroft
Wadsworth
America
Cape Colony
Sir Gordon Sprigg
Mr. Chamberlain
Bond
Gordon Sprigg
Holland
Botha
Delarey
de Wet
Kruger
Transvaal
Orange River
Isatrica
Ame
Times
Yorke
Board of Trade
Mitchell Seeks
the Shah
New-York
Behring
Mrs. Green
Box Factory
Cuba
Symphony Hall
North Union Station
Crane
Collins
Hotel Touraine
J. B. Smith
Dalton
Blood
Brigham
Guy Murchee
Lodge and
Hear
Moody
Lawrence
Thayer
Tirrell
Knox
Roberts
McCall
Conry
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Murchee
Harvard
Rough Riders
James Jeffrie Roche
New England
Republic
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Chicago & North-Western
Union Pacific
Broadway
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