Curious indemnity discrepancy rocks China settlement
Washington reports a miscalculation in China’s indemnity total. The agreed sum 456000000 taels vs later calculations of 415000000 taels leaves 35000100 taels excess unresolved. Officials weigh who bears the excess while Japan’s bond terms face review. the United States leans toward remittance back to China.
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Washington
China
Peking
Japan
State Department
United States
Revolt in Sheng-King Province Reported in Dispatch
A Che Foo dispatch says Sheng King province is in revolt with rebels overrunning the country, burning villages near Mukden and killing hundreds. It claims Russian forces are insufficient to keep order while a Times correspondent notes native reports of an invasion by Prince Tuan and General Tung Fuh Siang warrant serious attention.
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London
Che- Foo
Sheng- King
Mukden
Times
Cabling
Shanghai
Prince Tuan
Tung Fuh Siang
Belgian Missionaries Massacre Report Denied by Governor
The governor of Shan-Li province says in a message to Li Hung Chang that Belgian missionaries have not been massacred. A dispatch to the Associated Press from Peking on June 21 reports the Belgian minister in Peking sent a message to Sian-Kian with instructions to report a massacre of four Belgian missionaries.
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Peking
Shan-Li Province
Li Hung Chang
Associated Press
Sian-Kian
Banished Chinese Princes Located in Ulmski Turkmenistan
Reports from Peking and Shanghai note Duke Lan and Prince Tuan banished to Ulmski Turkestan where a Russian consul will alert Moscow if they leave. In Shanghai Liu Kun Yi urged foreign forces to depart as Peking winds down, with consuls referring the matter to their governments.
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Peking
Duke Lan
Prince Tuan
Ulmski
Turkestan
Shanghai
Liu Kun YI
American Meat in South Africa Findings
In a British-backed move banning American meat for military use in South Africa, Consul General Stowe in Cape Town investigated the cause and reported to the State Department. Soldiers found the canned meat generally satisfactory, though storage practices at bases caused rust and tiny holes in tins, leading to spoiled stock after months.
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Washington
South Africa
Stowe
Cape Town
State Department
Srnsstionis
Pretoria
Aar
Navy to receive beef from home sources per secretary
London dispatch reports Admiralty secretary H O Arnold Foster saying the navy should be supplied with home grown beef where proper slaughter arrangements exist. The note comes as wartime logistics race to secure domestic meat sources surfaces amid broader supply efforts.
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London
The
Admiralty
H. O. Arnold-Foster
House of Commons
Census figures show school and voting age males in Alabama and Arkansas
The Census Bureau bulletin lists school age residents five to twenty and males of militia and voting age for Alabama and Arkansas. It notes counts for native born and foreign born males over twenty one, with illiteracy rates and high shares of native born among voting and military age groups, attributing illiteracy to Afro descendant populations in both states.
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Washington
Census Office
Alabama
Arkansas
Postmaster Brook Appointed. Rural Delivery Delayed. Mint Coinage Report
National Capital notes report Brook’s postmaster commission at Lake Station Indiana, a rural free delivery program for Fort Wayne and Auburn Junction postponed, and several Indiana postmasters appointed. It also cites fiscal year coinage totals, cabinet discussions, military promotions, and a medical corps essay prize by the Association of Military Surgeons.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Frank E. Brook
Lake Station
Lake County
Fort Wayne
Auburn Junction
de Kalb County
Indiana
Springport
Henry County
H. H. Benedict
W. K. Sweet
W. Ste
Richard W. Austin
United States
Tennesane
June oil field shows small June production rise over May
Montpelier Indiana June report records 215 wells completed with 39 dry or gas, daily output 3 770 barrels across producers, up 14 barrels per day from May. June adds 2 wells drilling and 90 building, 62 older wells abandoned. May and June comparison follows.
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Indianapolis Journal
Montpelier
Ind
Indiana
Blackford
Jay Evesee
Huntington
Miami
Marion Wabash Delaware
Jasper
Javenee
Bris
Barnes
Wells County
Waneneee
Mason
Marion
Jas Wabash
Inventor Dies by Own Action in New York
New York man Irving 8. Smith, 58, inventor of steam and electrical engines, shot himself in the head today. The incident follows reports of a panic at a Northern Pacific event and his abandonment of an electric motor project.
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New York
Irving
Smith
Trade Not Affected By New York Failures In Prosperity
R G Dun weekly review asserts bad banking caused a small New York bank's closure but does not threaten general business. The country remains prosperous with expectations of a bountiful harvest. Reports show steady merchandise movement, limited labor strife, and active iron coal, textiles, and footwear production amid improving wheat prospects and rising exports.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Wall Street
Boston
Shoe and Leather Reporter
Great Britain
Chicago
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Canada
Bradstreet's Review Highlights Mixed US Trade and Crop Trends
Bradstreet's report notes generally favorable trade, crop and industrial developments with firmer money in anticipation of July interest disbursements. It cites strong boot and shoe shipments, active leather export demand, and solid wool and cotton tones though material shortages temper buying. Weather aids corn and wheat. cotton prospects improve in the south, while steel and foundry activity show uneven signals amid a pending labor settlement.
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New York
Bradstreet
Tron
Steel
South Atlantic
Texas
Wheat and corn markets show firmer tone amid European crop fears
Wheat and corn advanced on the week as cenewer warnings of European crop impairment touched prices. Wheat exports to date run 215,876,361 bushels this season versus 199,664,280 last season. Corn exports for the week total 2,455,949 bushels, with year to date at 175,537,409 bushels. Failures in the United States numbered 19 for the week, down from 188 last week.
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Europe
Russia
France
United States
Wall Street Market Poised After Mixed Signals and Bank Toll
Bradstreet's forecast notes disturbing yet muted effects on the market as July payments loom and gold shipments halt. Berlin and London show limited unease while U S bankers face Seventh National Bank closure. Call money spikes to 15 percent but liquidity remains ample. prices ease orderly amid strong hands and broker adjustments following the Marquand assignment.
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New York
Bradstreet
Financial Review
Berlin
London
Wall Street
Papiny
Seventh National Bank
Messrs. H. Marquand & Co
Stock Exchange
Complete Reorganization of Roads South of the Ohio River
Illinois Central reorganizes lines south of the Ohio and Yazoo Mississippi operations. New divisions created or amended with headquarters at Louisville Fulton Jackson Water Valley Greenville and New Orleans. Chiefs include H A Wallace W S King A Philbrick O M Dunn and J B Kemp.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Ohio River
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Company
Assisant
J. F. Wallace
J. T. Harahan
Hainois Central
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Louisville
Paducah
H. A. Wallace
Tennessee
Memphis
East Cairo
Water Valley
Fulton, Ky
W. S. King
Mississippi
Jackson, Tenn
Cleveland
Miss
Clarksdale
Gwynn
A. A. Sharp
Vicksburg
Riverside
Conherra
Rolling Point
J. B. Kemp
Aberdeen
Greenville
New Orleans
Grief
Coronation proclamation read at St James Palace and Marlborough House
London crowds gathered as the proclamation for King Edward's coronation was read at St James Palace Temple Bar and the Royal Exchange. Heralds pursuivants and state trumpeters led a formal ceremony with the narrow king of arms and royal officials. The king and Queen Alexandra watched from Marlborough House as the procession moved to Temple Bar and the Royal Exchange for further formalities.
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London
Edward
St. James Palace
Temple Bar
Royal Exchange
St. James
King of Arms
William Henry Weldon
Gordon Ambrose de Lisle Lee
Everard Green
Somerset
Henry Farnham Burke
York Herald
Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty
Windsor Herald
William Alexander Linsay
Duke of Norfolk
Earl of Pembroke
Earl of Clarendon
Marlborough House
Queen Alexandra
Horse Guards
Mayor Green
Toledo and Chicago Railroad promoters claim right of way secured
In Chicago on June 28 promoters announced the Toledo and Chicago Railroad will run 350 miles from Streator to Toledo passing through Indiana towns Rensselaer Rochester Warsaw Wa wasee and Ligonier and follow the Lake Shore to Toledo. Suburbs along the route voted subsidies from 37000 to 60000 with construction to start within sixty days. In Pittsburgh a Wabash franchise hearing produced no action delaying official sanction of the line’s Pittsburgh connection, unless a special session occurs.
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Chicago
Toeedo & Chicago Railroad
Streator
Pittsburg
Corporations Committee of Councils
Brown
Millionaires Sail London to Southampton on Special Train
Wealthy American party including J Pierpont Morgan W L Elkins P A B Widner and C A Griscom chartered a special London to Southampton train to board the Hamburg America steamer Deutschland. The group refused to discuss business saying the trip would be a pleasant getaway with ten millionaires occupying state rooms on the Deutschland. a syndicate reportedly chartered the deck for 22000.
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London
J. Pierpont Morgan
W. L. Elkins
P. A. B. Widner
C. A. Griscom
United States
Southampton
J. R. Carter
Joseph H. Choate, Jr
Dawkins
Griscom
Associated Press
Mr. Elkins
W. K. Vanderbilt
Shekib Bey
John Boyd Thatcher
Albany
N. Y
C. A. Spreckles
James H. Worman
Munich
New York
Clinton Dawkins
Clement A. Griscom
Bernard A. Baker
William L. Fikins
P. A. B. Widener
Harry Payne Whitney
Pierre Lorillard
Timothy L. Woodruff
John T. Waterbury
London Daily Express
Morgan
Law of Associations Bill Adopted by French Chamber
Paris June 2 The premier Waldeck Rousseau has carried the law of associations bill as amended by the Senate. The Chamber of Deputies adopted it in a single session by 313 to 249. Opponents sought further amendments but the Ministry prevailed amid protests from Catholic and socialist members. Waldeck Rousseau pledged vigorous, not persecuting, application. Leftist applause followed the vote with cheers for the Republic and the premier.
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Law of Associations
Loubet
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Senate
Chamber
Abbe Gauraud
Albert de Mun
Seine-et-Marne
M. Ribot
Pas-de-Calais
Aplause
la Republique
Waldeck-Rousseau
Movements of Steamers from Various Ports
Maritime briefs report ships sailing and arriving. Deutsch land left Cherbourg for New York from Hamburg and Southampton. Geor gic passed from New York to Liverpool. Common wealth arrived from Liverpool to Boston. Graf Waldersee arrived in Hamburg from New York. L Aquit aine arrived at Havre from New York. Ce vic sailed from Liverpool for New York. Trave arrived in Genoa from an unknown port.
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Deutschland
Hamburg
Southampton
New York
Browhead
Georgic
Liverpool
Boston
Commonwealth
Graf Waldersee
Havre
L'Aquitaine
Cevic
Genoa
Trave
Indiana music convention seeks church elevating reform
At the Indiana music teachers convention in Terre Haute plans were approved to elevate Protestant church music. A five member committee, chaired by Will Earhart, will examine hymn and Sunday school books for quality. The group also invited the national convention to meet in Indianapolis next year, with Marion then possibly hosting Indiana events.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana Music Teachers’ Convention
Worth Tippy
Centenary Methodist Church
Pierce
Will Earhart
Richmond
Indianapolis
Marion
Indiana
W. J. Stabler
Noblesville
Jamess
Bergen
Lafayette
Putin Bay
Oliver Willard Pierce
Arthur W. Mason
Columbus
J. 8. Bergen
W. M. Alley
Shelbyville
W. E. M. Browne
New Castle
Johannes Wolfram
Cleveland
Julius V. Seyer
Detroit
Elizabeth Lamere
Chicago
Cecilia Eppinghousen Bailey
Louisville
Andres and Doerner
Cincinnati
Writers Adjourn With Banquet at Winona Hotel
The weekly meeting of the writers closed with a banquet at Winona Hotel in Warsaw Indiana. Miss Minetta Taylor of Greencastle acted as toast mistress and multiple toasts honored life and plant life dawn of the century old hayseed and newspapers in experience.
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Indianapolis Journal
Warsaw
Ind
Winona Hotel
Minetta Taylor
Greencastle
John M. Coulter
Chicago University
B. F. McNay
Hayseed
T. J. Lindley
Julia Conklin
William J. Beck
May Dunn
Winona
E. A. Whitman
Julia Caroline O'Hara
W. W. Pfrimmer
Kentland
Enos B. Heiney
Huntington
J. C. Cullmer
Spencer
Indiana
George F. Cottman
Irvington
Mary H. Flanner
Prone
T. J. Baksett
Thorntown
H. Greencastle
Josie V. H. Koons
Muncie
P. Thompson
A. P. Zollars
Fort Wayne
Kentucky
W. F. Shulte
Ulsville
Ohio
Coates Kinney
Cincinnati
F. F. Oldham
Julie C. O'Hara
Will Cumback
W. W.pfrimmer
Charles Eugene Banks
Chicago
E. C. Blum
Columbus
Cliftie
Benjamin 8. Parker
Charles Holstein
Clara Vawter
James A. Mount
The Coal Deposits of the Blue Grass State Heard
Kentucky readers enjoyed a paper on the coal deposits of the Blue Grass State with cheers and remarks by Mr Ker smith. A to-morrow morning’s train was noted. Resolutions at the afternoon session endorsed Line-o-Type as Western Litterateurs official organ. Reports show 840 new literary clubs formed last year in Indiana, 620 in Indianapolis. Mr Jones of the Short Tale Syndicate arrived amid great rejoicing as literati expect to meet him on account.
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Kentucky
Blue Grass
Kersmith
Western Litterateurs
Indiana
Indianapolis
Jones
Short Tale Syndicate
Poeta Pants
Photographers Prize Winners at Indiana Meet in Winona Lake
The Indiana photographers postponed final steps for a permanent home and summer school here, delaying actions until next annual meeting due to nonattendance of Indianapolis area photographers. A $100 annual rent in Indianapolis may fund an auditorium and education center here. Awards were announced at a banquet, including the Snare Rand prize silver loving cup, with top prizes to Holloway of Terre Haute, Reeves of Anderson, Rice of North Manchester, Griffin of Wheeling, Marr of Chicago, and Shores of Vincennes among others.
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Ind
Indiana
Indianapolis
Minnewawan Inn
George G. Holloway
Terre Haute
C. R. Reeves
Anderson
A. . Rice
North Manchester
Pike & Hoadley
J. E. Griffin
Wheeling
W. Va
W. M. Marr
Chicago
C. C
E. E. Shores
Vincennes
Ideals in Politics Stirs Debate at Cambridge Address
Wayne MacVeagh's Cambridge speech on Ideals in Politics draws attention for warnings about racial violence and class conflict. He predicts a widening split between contented and discontented voters and argues wealth distribution and property security depend on a wiser, more equitable system.
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Boston
Wayne MacVeagh
Phi Beta Kappa
Cambridge
MacVeagh
Mr. Webster
Party of Labor
America
Samuel Gompers Injured In Car Outing
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor is injured at his home after alighting from a car during an outing with his two children. He suffers a concussion of the brain with no skull fracture found on investigation and is reported in tests to be improving tonight.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Electric Lighting For Homes And Businesses Planned
The Home Heating and Many announces a plan to provide electric light and power for residences and business houses and for machinery and electric fans. The firm aims to be ready by September and invites inquiries at its office in the Trust building or by phone for information and service details.
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