Chinese Box: Active Riots Near Chen Tu Massacre of Christians
Reports from Minister Conger dated August 6 describe anti foreign riots near Chen Tu in Ze Chuan where native Christians were killed and chapels destroyed. Conger urged immediate Chinese action and caused officials to be removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conger
Chen Fu
Associated Press
Washington
Ching
State Department
Department of Late
China
Pekin
Chen Tu
Ze Chuan
Cunright
Foreign Office
Tetter
Fires Menace Yellowstone Region in Idaho Output
Exclusive AP report notes a new forest fire west of Yellowstone National Park about fifteen miles north of EL Anthony Idaho. Forest Supervisor Henry Michelson reports abatement in Pike's Peak South Platte and Plum Creek reserves and fire under control elsewhere with disbandment planned.
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Washington
Interior Department
Idaho
Yellowstone National Park
el, Anthony
Henry Michelson
Kenosha Range
Tol
Pike's Peak
South Platte
Plum Creek
Portland
Oregon
Vancouver
Denver
Crown Prince of Germany Likely to Join Duke and Duchess at Coronation
Exclusive dispatch reports much interest in India over the probable presence of Frederick William crown prince of Germany with the Duke and Duchess of Connaught representing King Edward and Queen Alexandra at the Coronation Durbar. The event is timed as rulers and royal guests move toward imperial ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bimla
India
Germany
Frederick William
Duchess of Connaught
Edward
Alexandra
The Times Reports Salisbury in Apparent Illness
Exclusive AP dispatch from London notes The Times reporting the apparent serious illness of Lord Salisbury as of September 19. The item emphasizes the gravity of his condition and the potential impact on British leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
the Times
Lord Salisbury
NO ALLIANCE FOR DUTCH. DUTCH BUDGET SHows DEFICIT
In the States General First Chamber the foreign minister denied rumors of a Holland Germany alliance. The budget presented in the Second Chamber shows revenue 62.6 million dollars and expenditure 65.8 million. Finance minister Tecklenburg seeks funds to rebuild the Dutch legation at Pekin and proposes raising excise duty on spirits from 25.20 to 28 dollars per hectoliter to boost state resources.
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States-General
Irena
The
Hague
BR. Melvil Baron von Lynden
Holland
Germany
Harte van Tecklenburg
Pekin
Rebellion in Hayti Ends in Defeat Near Limbe
In Cape Haytien on September 18 the Haytian provisional government forces led by General Nord suffered a severe defeat at Limbe. Nord with 3,000 troops attacked at 9 am, fought three hours, and abandoned positions leaving guns and munitions as heavy casualties mounted. The enemy of about 4,000 well armed men advances on the town and another battle is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Haytien
Hayti
Nord
Limbe
Injunction Sought in McGovern Corbett Fight Dispute
In Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Field granted an injunction at Pratt's request to block the McGovern vs Corbett boxing match set for next Monday night. Southern Athletic Club plans to seek dissolution in the Court of Appeals, with a ruling expected by noon tomorrow. The club argues Judge Field lacks jurisdiction and that there can be no injunction against an alleged criminal offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Judge Wield
Jefferson Circuit Court
Pratt
Terry McGiovern
Young Corbett
Southern Athletic Club
Court of Appeals
Judge Field
Robert (. Gray
Court of Apepeals
Chalins
Filet
Floating dry dock breaks in two off Havana
U S Consul General Bragg confirms reports of a major accident to the floating steel dry dock purchased from Spain. The vessel split near the center as end sections were suspended, with side walls ruptured and the dock potentially sunk. Naval Constructor Gillmer may be sent to Havana to assess and repair the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Bragg
Havana
State Department
Spain
Moody
Edward J. Dorn
Gillmer
Dorn
Letters Granted to Mrs Vanderbilt in New York Estate Dispute
Surrogate Fits gerald granted letters testamentary to Mrs Virginia Vanderbilt wife of W K Vanderbilt Jr on the New York state estate of her brother the wife and husband Charles L Fair who were killed in an automobile accident in France a month ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Virginia Vanderbilt
W. KK. Vanderbilt, Jr
Charles L. Fair
Rance
President's Northwest Tour Outlined by Cortelyou
Secretary Cortelyou published the president's tour outline. He will leave Oyster Bay tomorrow for Cincinnati arriving Saturday, returning to Washington on October 7. Accompanying officials include Shaw Wilson Loeb Barnes Lang press representatives telegraph company staff and two photographers.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Cortelyou
Northwest
Cincinnati
Washington
Shaw
Wilson
Agelstunt
Loeb
Barnes
Lang
Country Traversed
State League of Republican Clubs Convenes at Erie
The fifteenth annual convention adjourned after noon with F. W. Fleitz elected president and an slate of officers named. Resolutions urged Erie as site for a Great Lakes naval training station and backed Roosevelt administration platforms while pledging support to Samuel W. Pennypacker for governor. Philadelphia delegation stayed through Saturday. many delegates departed for Niagara Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erle
Pau
State League of Republican Clubs
F. W. Fleitz
Scranton
J. R. Wiggin
J. 5
Durham
John McCleary
William McDonald
Philadelphia
Robert Lindsay
A. J. Burchfield
Pittsburg
W. I Swope
Clearfield
James D. Hay
Erie
John Kelly
J. HH
Shaw
Chain of Great Lakes
Roosevelt
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Niagara Falls
Democratic nominations swept across districts in Pennsylvania
Col James West of Silver Lake was unanimously named by the Democratic conference in Tunkhannock for the Fourteenth district. Other districts chose Benjamin N Forster and I T Huber, with Dr Joseph G Zorn and William McClean among later nominations. Local party meetings in York Pittsburgh Altoona and Cambria county completed slate changes.
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Associated Press
Tunkhannock
James West
Silver Lake
Susquehanna County
Democratica
Bradford
Susquehanna
Wayne
Wyoming
Harrisburg
Benjamin N. Forster
AH. Huber
Chambersburg
Stroudsburg
Carbon
Monroe
Pike Counties
Joseph G. Zevrn
Lehighton
Carbon County
Senate
Zorn
J.T. Mulhearn
York
William McClean
Adams County
York- Adams
Pittsburg
Westmoreland
Butler
Charles M. Heinemin
Greene
Somerset
Fayette
C. W. Kennedy
Uniontown
Philadelphia
A. Raymond Raff
Altoona
Democratic Congressional Conference
Revess
RK. E. Cresswell
Cambria County
Congress
Funeral for Former Justice Horace Gray in Boston
A large attendance from bench and bar gathered at Emmanuel Episcopal Church for the funeral of former U S Supreme Court Justice Horace Gray. The service was led by Bishop William Lawrence with Rev. E Winchester Donald assisting. Attendees included Chief Justice Puller and Justices Brown White and Mclenna and Senators Hoar and Lodge. Interment followed at Mount Auburn in Cambridge.
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Boston
Oformer Juste Horace Gray
United States Supreme Court
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
E. Winchester Donald
Trinity Church
Puller
Brown, White and Mclenna
Hoar and Lodge
Mount Auburn
Cambridge
Philadelphia Lawyer Named to Fill Pennypacker Vacancy
Harrisburg September 18 Governor Stone appointed Norris B Barratt of Philadelphia common pleas judge to fill the vacancy from the resignation of Samuel W Pennypacker. Barratt has already been nominated by both major parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Harrisburg
Stone
Norris B. Barratt
Philadelphia
Common Pleas
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Barratt
Augustinian priests chosen for Philippines mission
In a Villanova College ceremony, Rev. Daniel J. O Mahoney of Andover Mass and Rev. J E McErlaine of Villanova were ordered to the Philippines to succeed Spanish friars. They, among about a dozen volunteers, will depart for Manila within two weeks as pioneers in the American priest movement to the islands. The prior general Thomas Rodriguez praised the work of friars and urged justice amid controversy over the Philippine dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philippine Islands
Villanova College
Thomas Rodriguez
Rome
Daniel J. O. O'Mahoney
Andover
Mass
J. E. McErlaine
Villanova
Manila
Philippines
Father O'Mahoney
St. Thomas
Sain
Rodriguez
Philippine Commission
P. IT. O'Hare
Brooklyn
N. Y
Judge Pennypacker at New Castle for gubernatorial bid
Judge Samuel W. Pennypacker Republican candidate for governor and Senator Boise Penrose visited New Castle Pennsylvania with their party. They stayed with William M. Brown and planned to travel to Pittsburgh after a public reception at the New Castle Press club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Castle
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Boise Penrose
Erie
William M. Brown
Pittsburg
Senator Brown
Negro Lynched in Oregon near Libby incident
Marshfield Ore September 18 Alonso Tucker a Black man who assaulted Mrs Prennia near Libby yesterday was lynched.
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Negro
Oregon
Associated Press
Marshfield
Ore
Alonso Tucker
Prennia
Libby
Pacifico Cable Ready for San Francisco Link
The submarine tele graph cable to link the United States Hawaii and the Philippines has been completed and is aboard the cable steamship Silvertown in the Thames. The Silvertown will sail Saturday for San Francisco and reach by December to begin laying the 2418 mile link weighing 10 000 tons with three thirty foot diameter spools.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Associated Press
London
United States
Hawaii
Philippines
Silvertown
Thames
Pattison Campaign Tour Draws Grangers in Huntingdon
Democratic gubernatorial contenders Pattison and Guthrie met thousands at Centrehall for a Grange picnic. Pattison condemned the Republican machine while Guthrie rebutted Judge Pennypacker’s Erie address and defended his ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Huntingdon
Centrehall
Pattison
Coburn
Hearrisburg
J. J. Bower
Guthrie
Philadelphia
Judge Pennypacker
Erie
Pennypacker
Peary Arrives at North Sydney After Polar Quest
The Windward relief steamer brings Lieutenant Peary and Robert E. Deary to North Sydney at 8.15 am. Peary reports important discoveries though not a pole reach. Mrs Peary and daughter greet him aboard. Dr Deidrick aboard, health good, dispute unresolved.
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North Pole
Sydney
Peary Arctic Club
Windward
Robert E. Deary
North Sydney
Greenland
Peary
Pole
Conference at Bellefonte for DAR meeting in October
Miss Susan Carpenter Weiser state regent announces the state DAR conference will be held in Bellefonte on October 8 to 10. About 2500 Pennsylvania DAR members are expected. Bellefonte chapter plans a reception for delegates at the armory and ex Governor Hastings home reception for Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks president general in Washington DC.
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Lancaster
Susan Carpenter Weiser
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Bellefonte
Pennsylvania
Seciety
Armory
Hastings
Charles W. Fairbanks
Washington, D. C
The
Society
Burglar Fatally Shot in Station Burglary
Carl Richard, operator on the Allegheny Valley road at Ford City, Pa., shot and killed a burglar during a station burglary attempt. The wounded operator returned fire after the intruder shot him, with the burglar later dying from a thigh wound and a mouth wound. Two accomplices fled and were not captured. The dead man was identified as Charles Andrews, recently released from Western penitentiary.
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Ford City
Carl Reichard
Allegheny Valley
Charles Andrews
Western Penitentiary
Secretary Root Returns to Business
Secretary Root resumes duty at the War Department after weeks abroad in Europe. He immediately tackled a backlog of matters awaiting his action, resuming his official duties with focus and urgency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Root
Hils
War Department
Europe
Susquehanna Candidate Wins State Senator Nomination
The 26th Senatorial district candidates met at the St. Charles hotel to pick a nominee but waited for Fifteenth Congressional district decisions from Tunkhannock. After Col James Weat of Silver Lake was chosen for Congress, Joel G. Hill of Lookout Wayne County secured the state senate nomination, with M S Allen of Montrose withdrawing. Hill is a noted lumberman and former Wayne County commissioner.
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St. Charles
Fifteenth
Tunkhannock
Susquehanna County
James Weat
Silver Lake
Joel G. Hill
T Lookout
Wayne County
M. 8. Allen
Montrose
Hill
British Note Requests Action on Romania Jew Treatment
Berlin reports the British government has sent a note to signatories of the 1876 Berlin treaty seeking action over Romania’s treatment of Jews. The note mirrors the U S position though shorter, and implies support for preventing an influx of indigent immigrants. Both powers plan to exchange views on feasible steps while Romania weighs its response.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Roumania
United States
Great Britain
Annual Meeting Elects AP Directors and Officers
The Associated Press named its new board of directors for the upcoming year including Whitelaw Reid and Stephen O'Meara among others. Executive committee members are Reid O'Meara Lawson Knapp and Noyes. Officers reelected include President Frank B. Noyes and Secretary Melville E. Stone with Charles Diehl as assistant secretary.
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Associated Press
New York
Sept. I
Whitelaw Reid
New York Tribune
W. L. McLean
Philadelphia Bulletin
George Thompson
St. Paul Dispatch
William D. Brickell
Columbus, Co
Evening Dispatch
Charles Hy
Grasty
Baltimore Evening News
Stephen O'Meara
Boston Journal
Harvey W. Scott
Portland Oregonian
Thomas G. Rupler
New Orleans Picayune
Herman Ridder
New York Staats Zeitung
Victor F. Linson
Chicago Daily News
Albert J. Barr
Pittsburg Post
Clark Howell
Atlanta Constitution
Charles W. Knapp
St. Louis Republic
Frank Fh. Noyes
Chicago Record-Herald
M. H. de Young
San Francisco Chronicle
Victor F. Lawson
Frank B. Noyes
Frank BE. Noyes
Chicago Record- Herald
Horace White
New York Evening Post
William R. Nelson
Kansas City Bar
Melville FE. Stone
Charles FE
Diehl
Vialentine P. Snyder
New York Celty
Information Against St Louis Delegates
Attorney Polk filed information charging former Delegates Hannigan Denny Albright and Hersch with perjury. The action stems from grand jury testimony about a reported 75000 payment by the suburban Street Railway to secure a franchise. The information functions like an indictment under Missouri law.
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Louis
Cirowit
Polk
Hannigan
Denny
Albright
Hersch
Gee Cused
Suburban Street Railway
Missouri
Transatlantic Sails List From New York Harbor
Exclusive wire reports ships sailing from New York on September 18 including Puerst Bis marck Hamburg La Lorraine Have Grosser Kurfurst Bremen and Queenstown Majestic Rhineland Philadelphia Passages list ships sailing to Hamburg Bremen Philadelphia and Queenstown with port names and destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Prensa
New York
Puerst Bismarck
Hamburg
la Lorraine
Have
Grosser Kurfurst
Bremen
Queenstown
Majestic
Rhineland
Philadelphia
Coal Output Rises at Lehigh Valley Collieries and Schools Fuel Deal
Reports from Wilkes-Barre indicate increased Wyoming region coal output with about 2,400 tons produced at four collieries and one washery. Seventy-one cars were hoisted at Maltby. Delware and Hudson shipped 1,000 tons to Hudson headquarters. Philadelphia schools offered coal at prestrike circular prices, with 1000 tons each of stove nut and pea coal to be delivered, subject to delivery constraints. President Mitchell denied modifying settlement terms and no arbitration shift announced. Bishop Fallows and coal officials toured mines. arrests followed of deputies and miners' examining board members over non-union certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Company
Philadelphia and Reading Company
Philadelphia
Delaware and Hud
Wilkes-Barre
Wyoming
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Delaware and Hudson Company
Plymouth
Hudson
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Board of Education
Mitchell
J. Pierpont Morgan
Bishop Fallows
Chicago
John Markle
G. B. Markle & Co
George Gilbert
William Jenkins
Miners’ Examining Board
Lost Cavalry Private Clothing Found Under Boardwalk
In Atlantic City Minnesota on September 14 a cavalry private’s uniform and gear were found beneath the Raleigh avenue boardwalk. A letter in the pocket names Harry Lawrence of Company G Bey ond cavalry Port Morris Yao. It remains unclear if the clothes were discarded by a deserter or if the owner was swept away by the surf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlantic City
MN. J
Cavalry
Raleigh Avenue
Harry Lawrence
Company G
Beyond Cavalry
Port Morris
Yao
State Medical Society Adopts Uniform Rules and Seeks Smallpox Fund
Allentown Pa Sept 18 The State Medical Society adjourns sine die after adopting a uniform constitution and by laws for affiliated counties. The next legislature will be asked to establish an emergency fund to safeguard the public against small pox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
State Medical Society
September 18 1902 Weather Report Missing Data
Local weather notes show highest and lowest temperatures missing with scattered letters. Relative humidity and precipitation details are unreadable. No measurable precipitation recorded. time window shows no data.
Weather Forecast for Eastern Pennsylvania
Washington dispatch notes showers Friday then fair Saturday. Winds variable as the system moves through the region.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
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Associates
Waite
Frederick W. Fleitz
Col. West
Justice Gray
Associated Prana
MR. Pattison
Grangers
Lieut
Associated
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Operator
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Board of Directors
ST. Louis
Goal
Medical Society
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