Not Arrested Says Hoey Amid Chinese Smuggling Report
William M. Hoey, Nogales customs collector, denies arrests and says charges against him and colleagues lack foundation. Secret Service and Treasury agents alleged a broad conspiracy smuggling Chinese across the Mexican border, with certificates marked A as proof of payments. Hoey, Jossey, How and another man faced custody. officials promise further arrests as investigations proceed.
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Washington
United States
Arizona
William M. Hoey
Nogales
B. F. Jossey
Frank How
Clifton
Mexico
The
Treasury
Secret Service
Customs and Immigration Administrations
Treasury Department
Hoey
Muneile
Ind
Jossey
Gage
Huey influence sparks sensational debate on border smuggling
The Indianapolis Journal reports intensified deportations of Chinese across the border and hints at widespread smuggling. It notes public indifference toward possible customs official corruption and cites William M. Hoey, Nogales customs collector, as a shock to Treasury officials amid rumors of misconduct and denials from Hoey and associates.
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Huey
Secret Service
Jossey Ex-Chinese Inspector Arrested at Nogales
Immigrant Inspector B. F. Jossey, previously a Puget Sound Chinese inspector and later moved to Portland in 1890, was arrested at Nogales, A T, on charges of involvement in smuggling Chinese into the United States. His aggressive campaigns prompted protests from the Chinese minister in Washington before his transfer.
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Portland
Ore
B. F. Jossey
Nogales
A. T
United States
Puget Sound
Jossey
Washington
Arrest of United States official Hoey shocks Muncie
News from Muncie Ind Aug 24 reports the arrest of William Hoey a U S customs official from Muncie at Nogales Ariz. Hoey formerly worked as a roller at Midland steel while linked to local iron and steel workers He had recently married in Muncie and claimed to have wider administrative responsibilities A telegram from Mari copa Ariz denies the arrest and says he is en route home with family reassurance.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
United States Customs
William Hoey
Nogales
Ariz
Neely
Hoey
Sharon
Midland Steel Works
Cromer
Perry
Heath
Richard Eeman
Emery Chalfant
Rey
Maricopa
Arizona
Cardinal Gibbons Arrives in New York From Europe
His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons arrives on the steamship Etruria with Rev. Fletcher, greeted by Brooklyn clergy. He reports three audiences with the Pope and praises the Pope’s vigor. He travels on to Brooklyn and Baltimore, expressing hope for peace in labor disputes and a stable national economy.
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New York
Cardinal Gibbons
W. A. Fletcher
Etruria
Thomas Heslin
Natchez
Miss
Brooklyn
William I. Russell
Baltimore
W. 58
Caughy
St. Stephen's
Washington
Ohn D. Boland
St. Vincent's
B. J. Stafford
St. Patrick's
John D. Kebley
Naples
Rome
Paris
London
Dublin
Galway
Wexford
Ireland
England
Philippines
Major Kelley
Ballimore
Themerves
Tariff debate tied to American trade growth abroad
Gen. C. H. Grosvenor argues that tariff support boosts foreign trade as he notes extensive evidence of American goods in English groceries and manufacturing, including canned foods, preserved meats, tools, and the London tube. He warns removal would hurt prosperity and barley production, urging measures to expand the American merchant marine.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
C. H. Grosvenor
Ohio
Ways and Means Committee
House
Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
England
Scotland
Babcock
Wisconsin
Congress
Return of M. M. Depew Delivers Views on Schley Sampson Controversy
New York, Aug. 4. Senator Chauncey M. Depew arrived from Europe and discussed the Schley Sampson dispute. He said it stirs contempt toward the American navy and noted favorable feelings for Schley due to his daughter’s marriage into English circles. He then weighed international commerce and fears of rival nations forming combinations against U.S. industry over treaties and favored-nation clauses. He compared it to railroad rate disputes, stressing confidence in maintaining 100 percent share.
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New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Europe
Schley-Sampson
Admiral Schley
Wortley
Paris
Americans Return With News From Across The Atlantic
London reports summer congestion on transatlantic steamers easing with full bookings into September. The reconstructed Philadelphia, formerly the Paris, awaits its maiden voyage with suites selling at up to 1 million dollars. The Hamburg American liner Deutschland is crowded, carrying many Pittsburgh manufacturers returning from Europe. Senator Washburn notes bankers fear American competition and questions Europe’s trade balance as American securities move home.
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London
Philadelphia
Paris
Pittsburg
Europe
John K. Bryden
Dusseldorf
W. ©. Washburn
Minneapolis
American Line
St. Louis
British and American figures aboard Deutschland and Campania linked to trade war talk
The inquiry fails to answer as Henry Fournier and Tod Sloan aboard Deutschland reportedly plan US car races and a New York factory. Campania carries Lord Strathcona, W J Jameson, Mrs Jameson, and Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes from Liverpool to Queenstown. The Saturday Review notes Austria Hungary tariff war fears and European reactions to American industry, while Outlook questions a united European commercial bond against the United States and cites German class strife amid tariffs.
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Henry Fournier
Automobilist
Tod Sloan
United States
New York
Cunard Line
Campania
Liverpool
Queenstown
Lord Strathcona
Mount Royal
Andy Strathcona
W. J. Jameson
Pyachtomsn
Mrs. Jameson
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
London
The
Saturday Review
Austria-Hungary
Europe
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Quays Company Settlement Ends Turkish French Tug of War
Constantinople reports the French Quays Company may freely exercise all concession rights after a Turkish imperial trade decree. Paris confirms Turkey yielded to French pressure, averting a rupture and promising swift settlement of payments for the remaining French claims. The deal eases tensions before the Czar’s visit.
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Constantinople
France
Paris
Turkey
Porte
Foreign Office
Associated Press
M. Constans
Bloodshed at a party in Nacogdoches Texas
In a party melee near Nacogdoches Samuel Scott was shot and killed instantly. Hammond Scott sister? brother is to die from knife wounds and B W Beard shot in the stomach. His brother wounded in leg and foot. Jasper McDaniel shot in hip and may lose his leg. The Scotts and neighbor Osceola Barker were principals in an old grudge.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Samuel Scott
Hammond Scott
B. W. Beard
Jasper McDaniel
Beard
Scotts
Osceola Barker
Attempt to Kill a Jurist in Pueblo Office
An unknown man assaulted former Judge L. B. Gibson in his Pueblo office with a revolver and a lead pipe. Gibson, struck repeatedly, lies in critical condition. No suspect identified. believed to be an ex convict sent from Gibson's court.
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Pueblo
Col
L. B. Gibson
Wilson to Retire as Minister to Chile to Enter Business
Santiago reports that Henry L. Wilson, the United States minister to Chile, will soon retire. He plans to devote time to commerce, representing several American firms in South America. The notice cites papers in Santiago announcing the move.
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Santiago
Chile
United States
Henry L. Wilson
Commer
New York City Storm Wrecks Jersey City Churches Theater
Violent rain and hurricane like wind swept New York City Westchester and northeastern New Jersey injuring none yet. Jersey City suffered major damage to St Marys Church and Bijou Theater with lions and cages on stage ruined. Roofs torn from multiple buildings, telegraph poles down, and rail lines flooded as West Jersey streets filled with debris. Disaster extended into Pennsylvania and France with floods and fatalities reported.
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New York
New York City
Westchester County
New Jersey
Jersey City
Newark Avenue
Barrow Street
St. Mary's
St. Mary’s Church
Bijou
St. Mary's Church
St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church
St. Matthew's German Lutheran Church
van Voorst Park
Fordham
New York Central
Hudson River Railroad
Third Street
Melrose
Port Morris
Flood Rages Through Pennsylvania Drowning Four in Mauch Chunk
Heavy rains across Pennsylvania caused the worst flood in years. In Mauch Chunk four people Jessie Strouthers and three youths McAlaffery McGinley Johnson drowned when the bridge collapsed into the swollen Mauch Chunk creek after a dam burst nearby. The stream ran fifteen feet above normal, destroying bridges and property across Carbon county while Wilkesbarre reported a landslide and widespread disruption.
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Lehigh Valley
Vosburg
Sunbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shamokin
Tamaqua
Pittston
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Mauch Chunk
Ponnsville
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Schuylkill River
Panther
Wabash
Panther Creek
Catawissa
Hudsondale
Hazleton
Snake Spring Valley
Philadelphia
Jessie Strouthers
McAlaffery
McGinley
Johnson
Mauch Chunk Creek
Carbon County
Wilkesbarre
Third Yellow Fever Victim Letter to Estrada Palma
In Havana a dispatch states most letters in the Neely case are executed with only Heath Galloway and Letterman pending. A meeting of twenty four notables approved a letter to Estrada Palma outlining a program for Cuba including free trade with the United States, local taxation and army claims, and reconsideration of Platt Amendment. The last clause was rejected 4 to 9, Maximo Gomez voting for it. The group will send the letter with proceedings to Senor Palma and await reply.
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Havana
Neely
Messrs
Heath
Galloway
Letterman
Keyless Lock Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Scott
Juan Gualberto Gomez
Estrada Palma
United States
Cuba
Maximo Gomez
Senor Palma
English financiers oppose Cuban railroad fare revision
London reports that English financiers who control most Cuban railways except Sir William Van Horne's forty miles sent Governor General Wood a protest via Havana against a proposed revision of rates. They warn the new Cuban government will soon emerge and likely seek control over the issue. The Van Horne interests have arranged with English investors on future railroad operations.
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London
Sir William van Horne
Wood
Castenada
Havana
Tates
van Horne
Cuba
Miss Clara Maas Dies in Yellow Fever Tests
Havana reports the third death from yellow fever from mosquito bite. Miss Clara Maas of New Jersey, a nurse at Las Animas, died on the seventh day after illness after taking part in yellow fever commission experiments. Three of six bitten have died. The remaining three show light symptoms. Maas wished to gain immunity.
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Havana
Clara Maas
New Jersey
Maas
Las Animas
Whites Repulsed Near Jellico Georgia
Details reached the city of Knoxville today of an attack on the Elk Valley Company property ten miles from Jellico. White men forced to drive out imported negro workers, a shooting affray occurred, James Hatfield was found dead with a bullet wound, his brother Winfield Hatfield was fatally shot, and a letter outlining a raid was found on James. Deputies guard the company’s property.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Elk Valley Company
Jellico
Southern Railway
James Hatfield
Winfield Hatfield
James
Peace rumors swirl as Pittsburgh steel strike chases settlement
Pittsburgh August reports say labor leaders Mitchell and Jenks may travel to New York for talks while Amalgamated Association officials express cautious optimism. Observers note a cooler mood, potential arbitration, and scattered signs of movement toward resuming work as plants prepare to restart.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Ralph W. Easley
National Civic Federation
Henry White
Garment Workers of America
Mitchell
Jenks
New York
Eee
eEceEa
Chicago
Aince
Amalgamated
Chwab
Amalgamated Tions
Steel Trust
Amalgamated A
Pitsburg
Wheeling
Benwood
Ohio Side
Bellaire
Betnaville
Martin's Ferry
Michael F. Tighe
Tighe
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W. M. Hoey
Nogal
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Knox
Lemoore
T. D. Bennett
Washington Dispatch
Jersey
Hory
Nogeles
Young Hoey
Saya
A.T
Secretary of the Treasury
Darnell
Greencastle
Joey
Oregon
Cardinal Gibbons Home
America
Gen
Grosvenor
Senator Depew
Washburn
Prensa
Return OF
M. Depew
Schley
Vance
W. D. Washburn
London Weekly Press
Timatum
Constans
Imperial Trade
French Quays Company
Czar
South America
Gricks
Pennsylvania
Spain
Bordeaux
Saragossa
Daroca
Jiloca
Vigo
Pisterson
Tomas Estrada Paloma
Tee
Prof. Jenks
MR. Mitchell
LABOR
Civic Federation
Beun
Pittshberg
Mkeesport
Lodge of Unionists
Carnegie Mills
Wellsville
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