Lipton Lambasts Shamrock II as a Faster Racing Boat
Sir Thomas Lipton arrived in New York aboard the Teutonic amid a cordial welcome and praised Shamrock II as a better racing machine than its predecessor. Designer Watson noted flaws but anticipated a strong performance. Lipton expects a race against the defender, with Oyster Bay battles looming and discussion of American measurement rules.
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New York
Thomas Lipton
Teutonic
Sandy Hook
Thomas
Waildorf-Astoria
Erin
Stapleton
Sir Thomas
George Lennox Watson
Shamrock
Charles Russell
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
J. B. Hilliard
Clyde
Jamieson
United Kingdom
C. O'Malley
John Westwood
W. M. Duncan
America
Constitution
Columbia
New York Yacht Club
Watson
Designer Watson
Oyster Bay
Sandy
David Harre
McKay
Porto Rico
Teutonie
Hook
Eek
James A. Lawrence
Sir Thomas Lipton Greeted On Arrival In New York
On a voyage to quarantine the Shamrock faced a cheering escort as Sir Thomas Lipton arrived with a party aboard the Priscilla. The Teutonic signaled “Success” while a reception lineup formed at quarantine. Sir Thomas toured the ship for photographs and discussed the Shamrock's speed potential with reporters. He stayed at the Waldorf Astoria before plans to board Erin the next morning.
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Shamrock
Sandy Hook
Sir Thomas
Teutonic
Lawrence
Mr. Barrie
Dr. McKay
Revenue Cutter
Custom House
Waldorf Astoria
W. G. Jamieson
Sir Thomas Lipton
Ratsy
Wringe
Thomas
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
Roosevelt
Godbey
James Gordon Bennett
Big bets on Shamrock IT to be placed by Pearson agent
New York dispatch reports that an agent of C Arthur Pearson of London will depart shortly with $25,000 to wager on the Shamrock IT. Pearson, a yacht enthusiast, closely studied the Shamrock during trials with the old challenger and aims to place large bets for the publisher's plans on the Irish boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Journal and Advertiser
C. Arthur Pearson
London
Ublisher
Want Reward Offered They Ask Him to Price on Head of Steel
H H Martin chair of the American Anti trust Association and District Assembly No 66 K of L replies to Attorney General Knox. He denounces the press charges about his links to Carnegie Steel and urges Knox to offer a reward for evidence against trusts and to initiate strong prosecutions. He argues the public deserves assurance of lawful action.
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Washington
H. H. Martin
Joint Committee
the American Anti-trust Association
District Assembly No
K. of L
Knox
United States
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie Steel Company
Maey
Carnegie Company
Steel Trust
Penney General
Steel Combination
Department of Justice of the
Wedded a Japanese at Alexandria Ontario
Madison August 21 News reaches that G S Ishikawa a six year State University student under Prof R T Ely and Miss Mary McCrea a four year railroad commission stenographer married in Alexandria Ont last Thursday They sailed for Japan Monday Ishikawa earned a Ph D here last June and plans consulate service He has lived in America ten years Miss McCrae Canadian born now of Alma Wis
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Madison
Wis
G. S. Ishikawa
State University
R. T. Ely
Mary McCrea
Alexandria
Ont
Japan
Ishikawa
America
Miss McCrae
Canada
Alma
National Box Manufacturers Meet Opens in Rochester
Rochester hosts the three day convention of the National Association of Box and Shock Manufacturers with about 1 delegates from the eastern United States and Canada attending. The opening session focused on routine business and committee appointments while delegates and families were entertained by a tally ie.
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Rochester
National Association of
United States
Rockies
Canada
Labor unions and leadership in the glass trade
Otto Carmichael reviews the American Window Glass Workers' Association as a labor monopoly with strong business methods, contrasting its leaders with the Amalgamated Association and Samuel Gompers. He notes union dominance, financial ties to capital, and how executive leadership shaped arbitration, contracts, and negotiations amid the Homestead era.
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Pittsburg
American Window Glass Workers’ Association
Arthur
Window Glass Trust
Trust
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Sons of Vulcan
Brotherhood of Iron and Steel Rollers
Joseph Bishop
William Martin
Bishop
McKinley Star
Ohio
Board of Arbitration
Amalgamated
Carnegie Steel Comiv
Haden
Shaffer
John Jarrett
United States
Birmingham
England
Sheet Steel Company
United States Steel Corporation
William Wiche
Pitsburg
McKinley
Belives
American Window Glass Workers’ Union
Samuel Gompers
Federation of Labor
Otto Carmichael
Roosevelt to Visit Camp Lincoln West of Springfield
Invitations issued for Vice President Roosevelt reception at Camp Lincoln on Friday of next week. Guests include U S senators congressmen state officials Illinois National Guard commanders and legislature members. Dinner at 7 oclock in Governor's tent. Roosevelt to speak at 8.30 near the band stand before leaving for Chicago.
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Springfield
Roosevelt
Camp Lincoln
United States
Illinois National Guard
Gelock
Chicago
Solawine Cay
Underground River Roars Across Ohio State
Aug 21 Marion reports roaring wells in Cleveland Chardon and near here reveal a subterranean river flowing a few feet below the surface. The wells show a swift underground stream across the state from north to south, with plans to dynamite the Chardon site after workers refused to proceed.
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Marion
Chardon
Cleveland
Amanda Ensminger
Left Tampa in haste over cigar strike resumption
In Tampa on Aug 21 the business men's committee expelled seventeen central committee leaders within twelve hours. Most fled to Key West or Havana as four to five hundred Resistencia members announced a return to work. Factories will reopen Monday under manufacturer control of pickers and packers from New York and Havana.
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Tampa
Filia
Business Men's Committee
Central Committee
Key West
Havana
Resistencia Union
New York
Resistencia
Holl
Trouble at St Charles Ky over five hundred shots
A Madisonville Ky dispatch reports Judge Nunn asked Governor Beckham to send troops to St Charles to restore order after a noon fight between deputy sheriffs and union men. Over five hundred shots were fired. several wounded. Union miners seek to unionize nonunion St Charles Coal Company workers. Deputies fired on as they closed in. several arrests and flesh wounds. Citizens await Judge Nunn’s return.
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Cincinnati
Madisonville
St. Charles Station
Ben Robinson
Roy Blanks
Chippell
Miners to hold separate conference with Jellico Coal Creek operatos
President J W Howe of United Mine Workers district 19 recognizes separate talks for Jellico and Coal Creek operators with their miners and sets date for next Tuesday in Knoxville The Coal Creek group missed the high wage meet and Jellico withdrew when miners aimed to fix a district wide wage scale The miners press for an eight hour day and higher wages Jellico operators oppose both demands Coal Creek operators expected to push for district scale discussion
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Knoxville
Tenn
J. W. Howe
United Mine Workers of District No
Coal Creek
Jellico
Local plant halves workforce amid fruit can demand drop
Hamilton Ohio Aug 2 The local branch of the American Company has discharged 20 men, half its force, due to reduced demand for cans caused by poor fruit and vegetable canning prospects.
Mrs Beckham Very Ill in Kentucky Governor’s Wife
In Frankfort Kentucky Mrs Beckham wife of the Governor is critically ill with septicaemia and nephritis following childbirth on August 16. Doctors from Louisville arrived on a special train and ten physicians reported fluctuating condition with brief improvement around midnight as family and physicians monitor her steadily.
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Frankfort
Louisville
Beckham
Cartledge
Simpson
E. E. Hume
Hume
May Be Reorganized Under Mutual Mercantile Plan
New York August 2 Henry W Wiman said that bankruptcy proceedings would be started by the Mutual Mercantile Agency to terminate the existing company and operate its business under reorganization. The firm owes less than 100000 outside of director debts and has similar outstanding receivables. It lacked sufficient capital per President Magruder. The company organized in 1899 with 2,000,000 capital. 1,800,000 of stock issued. Erastus Wiman was a founder.
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New York
Henry W. Wiman
Mutual Mercantile Agency
Magruder
Erastus Wiman
Navy seeks court's word on Howison in Schley inquiry
The Navy released correspondence with Admiral Schley about Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison and his alleged statements. Acting Secretary Hackett says questions on a court member's competency are for the court to decide, not the department, and urges that Howison's status be resolved by the court of inquiry itself.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Schley
Admiral Howison
Court of Inquiry
Secretary of the Navy
Schley
Washington, D. C
The
Dav
Henry L. Howison
L. A. Kimberly
Boston Record
Howison
W. 8
U. 5
Henry T. Howison
James Parker
Department
Boston
F. W. Hackett
Arlington
W. 8. Schley
N. Mie
Parker
Schrey
Naval
Fr. W. Hackett
McKinley Grants and Denies Pardon Acts
President McKinley issued seven pardons and three commutations, denying five applications. Notable cases include Canton clerk Michael Bar who embezzled 710 dollars and repaid the government. J M McKnight, Kentucky bank embezzlement case denied. and C W Lewis, Tennessee pension swindling tied to fourteen indictments. Attorney General endorses pardon for Bar. Lewis sentence concurrency debated.
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Washington
McKinley
Department of Justice
Michael Bar
Canton
Ohio
Bar
J. M. McKnight
Kentucky
German National Bank
Menight
Treassary
C. W. Lewis
Tennessee
Neval
Lewis
Proclamation Opens St Louis Exposition 1903
The State Department announced that the Louisiana Purchase Exposition will open in St Louis, Missouri by May 1, 1903 and close by December 1, 1903. It invites nations to exhibit their resources and progress, with officials inviting international participation. Also: Samoa’s currency shifts to German marks as legal tender, and President McKinley announces military appointments across artillery, infantry, and navy ranks.
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Washington
State Department
Missouri
William McKinley
United States
St. Louis
Louisiana Territory
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Samoa
Osborn
Apia
United States Treasury
Revenue Chief rejects cigarette tax rebate claim
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes declined to receive or recognize a rebate claim for cigarette taxes under the March 2 19121 act. The act provided rebates on tobacco snuff and cigars but not cigarettes, and no such claims will be considered for rebates on cigars.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Smallpox count climbs to 1258 nationwide
The Marine Hospital Service public health report lists 1258 smallpox cases in the United States, compared with 342 the same time last year. Minnesota records the highest number of cases.
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Washington
The
Marine Hospital Service
United States
Minnesota
Minister Conger Arrival at Peking Reported
Dispatch from Minister Conger notes arrival in Peking. John Hyde of the Agricultural Department plans three crop report exchanges annually with Britain and six to eight from other European nations. The Treasury buys $1,000,000 in short term 4 percent bonds deliverable on the 27th at $1.13.287 and $15.0 fours at $1.13.252.
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Washington
State Department
Conger
Peking
John Hyde
Agricultural Department
Great Britain
Secretary of the Treasury
Obituary of Rev M D Lilly Dominican Father Superior
The Rev M D Lilly long time father superior of St Vincent Ferrer Church in New York is dead at his home after a four year blindness. Born in Ireland about seventy he came to Memphis then joined the Dominican order and led Dominican College before taking charge of St Vincent Ferrer in 1967. Under his leadership the parish grew from modest beginnings to a major East ern province center in the Dominican Order.
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New York
M. D. Lilly
Church of St. Vincent Ferrer
Father Lilly
Ireland
Memphis
Tenn
Dominican Order
St. Josephs
Perry County
Ohio
Dominican College
St. Vincent Ferrer Parish
St. Vincent's
Rocky Mountains
Widow Ruth Hooker Dies in Montgomery After Will Claim
Ruth Hooker widow of Jesse Hooker, reputed to be worth almost $100, died in Montgomery. She had just written a will, but legatees are unknown as she left no children. She came from Chicago. Known relatives include Mrs Sweeney near Rolling Prairie Wisconsin Mrs Jackson Chicago Mrs Clements and Mrs Julia Jackson Cedar Rapids Iowa and a brother in St Paul Minnesota.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ruth Hooker
Jesse Hooker
Hooker
Chicago
Sweeney
Rolling Prairie
Wis
Jackson
Clements
Julia Jackson
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul, Minn
Dallas Editor Capt. W. J. Walter Dies Suddenly
Captain W. J. Walter editor of the Dallas Morning News died today in Dallas of heart disease. He served under Stonewall Jackson in the Confederate army during the Civil War.
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Dallas
Tex
W. J. Walter
Dallas Morning News
Stonewall” Jackson
Death of unidentified man in Cincinnati mystery case
An unidentified young man was found dying at Fifth and Culvert streets and later died in a patrol wagon. Edward G. Overbeck the notary public was identified at the morgue, and Jack Reardon is under arrest on suspicion. Reardon claims intoxication and memory loss. Police seek cause of death, whether murder or drug effect after a bottle of laudanum was found.
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Cincinanati
Aus. c
Fifth
Culvert
Edward G. Overbeck
Jack Reardon
Reardon
Overbeck
President McKinley to Visit Buffalo in September
President McKinley and Mrs McKinley with Dr and Mrs Hixey will arrive in Buffalo on September 14. They will be met at the station and driven by carriage to John G Milburn's home, the Buffalo elevator magnate and president of Milburn Co.
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Buffalo
McKinley
Fall Furniture Stock Offers Low Prices on Iron Beds
It promotes a fall stock sale emphasizing great value and lower prices on fine iron and brass beds this week. The ad urges shoppers to consider fall furniture options where money goes farther.
Presidential Day Parade Through City Reaches Kinley Speech
Sander & Becker Furniture Co and the exposition grounds host visitors as President Kinley is escorted by mounted guards to the Parkway gate. A full military contingent and the Marine Band meet him on the grounds near the sixth, fifth, and seventy-fourth regiments for a parade to the west drone hand stand where the day's salute will be delivered.
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Exposition Company
Coln Parkway
City
Marine Band
Washington
Kinley
Death by own action shocks Belfast factory note
Boston based Critchett Sibley & Co. shoe makers assigned their Belfast Me. factory to creditors. A. Cutter Sibley, a leading shoe man, was found dead in his stable after sending messages that he had assigned his interest for creditor benefit. The death was initially thought to be heart disease.
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Boston
Critchett, Sibley & Co
Belfast
A. Cutter Sibley
Sibley
Critchett, Bibley & Co
Curio shop man in trouble in San Francisco
Edward W. Smith confidential clerk to Major Blake ney of the life saving service and partner in a curio ship was arraigned before United States Commissioner Heacock on a charge of passing bills in the guise of government obligations. Bonds set at $2.00, with Smith claiming New Brunswick notes are catalogued by dealers and bought and sold as curios.
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San Francisco
Edward W. Smith
Blakeney
Life-Saving Service
United States
Heacock
State Bank of
Royal Scottish Chin Club Opens Biennial Meeting
Pittsburg Pa Aug 2 The to day session of the biennial convention of Royal Scottish Chins focused on organizational matters. Later in the evening members enjoyed a Monongahela River ride.
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Pittsburg
Royal Scottish Chins
Nis
Monongahela River
Grape-Nuts Featured As Scientific Breakfast Aid
The report by a famed chemist highlights nutrition guidance for economical food choices and promotes Nuts as a scientifically made breakfast food. It claims Grape-Nuts use elemental principles for brain and body rebuilding, with ready to serve, pre-cooked servings.
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S. Meridan St
Indianapolis
Ind
Lipton
Will
Shamrock II
Wisconsin University
Model Labor Union
Dore J. Shaffer
Bet
Illinois State Officinla
Yates
J. N. Reece
Col. Strong
ST. Charles, KY
Death's Door
Naval Board
Hackett
Schay
Palalial
Lemency
Canton Post Office
Pardo
Kings County
Nations of the Earth
Army and Navy
Artillery Corps
Joseph Wheeler, Jr
Adrian
Fleming
Brooke Payne
Harry F. Jackson
Robert E. Callan
William
Guigard
Edward Landon
Clarence H. McNeil
Joseph P. Tracy
Lloyd Sailand
James W. Hinkley, Jr
Percy Kessler
Johnson Hagood
George T. Patterson
Frank K. Ferguson
Robert 5. Abertheny
Edwin Sarrett
Albert J. Bowly
Bertram C. Gilbert
Lawrence 8. Miller
George H. McManus
Hilden Olin
Morris C. Foote
Roy ©. Kirtland
Sheperd L. Pike
Wiley T. Conway
Charles E. Vreeland
National Capital Notes
Stonewall Jackson
E. G. Overbeck
Sander & Becker Furniture CO
A. C. Sibley
Enda
His. Life and His Shoe Company
Assigne
Curio Shop
Manetine Masey
U. S. Gov’t
U.S
Atwater
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