Prince Ching seeks withdrawal of foreign firms from Pekin
Pekin reports Prince Ching has written to foreign ministers asking that all foreign business establishments in Pekin be moved to treaty ports. He asserts Pekin is not a treaty port, claims foreign houses were legally set up there, and urges their removal with ministers arranged for a meeting with Dr. Mann von Schwartzenstein.
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Pekin
Prince Ching
Mann von Schwartzenstein
Ching
Fta
Elgities
Mong Kong
Shanghai
Segations
Conger
Milers
Foussianal
Ovt
Times
Klingaman Recommends Remedy Amid Local Talk
A.C. Klingaman of 120 East Sixth Street praised a proprietary medicine to a customer, claiming its history cures and a Vermont firm's formula give the product a splendid reputation. He asserted the remedy cannot be beaten for those sick and run down and promised a guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kling
Foreign Shops Grow Near Pekin Legation Quarter
Footing notes Yokohama preparations to open branches in Pekin era, with many foreign shops, German dominance, near the legation quarter. Increase in foreign population boosts trade with Chinese as occupation evolves. Pekin protocol revisions spark debate on opening trade, possible compromise among ministers and princes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Legation
Miltary
Thomas to Godard in Colorado suit faces Supreme Court demurrer
Ex Governor Thomas has informed Attorney General Godard that counsel for Colorado will file a demurrer in the Kansas v. Colorado Irrigation case before the United States Supreme Court. The case hinges on a single fate sustaining the action, with proceedings set to move ahead. The October term opens next Monday and a Kansas City stock yards decision is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Godardhat
Colorado
Kansas Va
United States Supreme Court
Cole
Supreme Court of
Kansas. City
Indiana tax commission finishes draft of new state system
The tax commission completed its work on the 2008 plan and expenses, finalizing a draft of the Indiana state tax system. Chairman John France said the bill is a law and an improvement, though some would not recognize it from earlier versions. The polishing phase removed a few items, with Indiana law details refined during clerk’s checks.
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Tax Commission
Indiana
State Tax Commission
John France
Burt
Kersel
Francis Es
Angele
Iowan Devours Fifty-Seven Raw Eggs in Fifteen Minutes
Dubuque Iowa October 12 Phi Meloy, a gastropermic feud of this city, devoured fifty-seven raw eggs last evening inside fifteen minutes on a wager. He offered to be locked in a room with one beet in an evening, and in memories there would be nothing left but himself and the.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Phi Meloy
Railroads consider changes to homeseeker excursions
Railroads weigh radical changes to homeseeker excursion policy next year. Rates may rise to one and a third fares for round trips, with shorter excursion periods and smaller covered territory. Western and Santa Fe Rock Island lines push the plan amid Northern road opposition, while observers cite indirect public benefits and increased farming district revenue.
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Southwestern Passenger Association
Western Passenger Association
Transcontinental Association
Chicago
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Kansas
Eastserm
How Russians Do It The Deadweight Start Of Heavy Trains
A Glasgow read paper describes Russian methods using tender deadweight to start heavy trains. A 12 driving wheel duplex Mallet locomotive uses horizon tal air cylinders and wire cables to pull the rear 600 tons, easing front couplings and reducing strain while accelerating the whole mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Association
Glasgow
Norman D. Macdonald
Westinghouse
Tried on the Train Trial on a Chesapeake & Ohio train
A United States commissioner on an observation car aboard a Chesapeake and Ohio train conducted a trial for selling whisk s without a license. The deputy marshal arrested the man and, after witnesses were examined mid-journey, the prisoner was held in default of $3500 bond and sent to Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Hinton
Depty
Huntington
Pittsburg and Western Sale to Baltimore & Ohio
The Pittstore and Western railroad was sold at auction today and bought by the Baltimore and Ohio. The price cited is 5 000.06 subject to three mortgages totaling 10 260 000. The sale ends years of financial troubles as the system gains 12 percent miles of trackage and leases 220 miles, totaling 353 miles. The move unifies the line with the Baltimore and Ohio system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Oct
Pittstore & Western Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohia
Balttimmore & Ohio
Pennsylvania Denial Over Wabash Entry to Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad officials denied a published report that the Gould interests sought to gain control of Norfolk and Western stock and allowed the Wabash to enter Pittsburgh. They stated no attempt by Wabash to enter Pittsburg had occurred and that PRR has long controlled Norfolk and Western.
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Pittsburg
Philadephia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pitsburg
Gould
Norfolk 4 Western Railroad
Colny
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Wabash
Rock Island Lines to Move Depot to Grand Central Station
The Rock Island and Lake Shore roads plan to relocate from Van Buren street depot to Chicago’s Grand Central station before January 1 next. The move aims to allow contractors to begin tearing down the old depot in preparation for a new structure.
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Grand Central Station
Chicago
Rock Island
Lake Shore
van Buren Street
Plans to shift lines to Grand Central and Van Buren station
The intention to leave the foundations station will move into Grand Central station, serving the Rock Island, Lake Shore, and Nickel Plate trains. The new Van Buren street station is ready for occupancy.
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Foundtions
Grand Central
Rock Island
Lake Shore
Nickel Plate
van Buren Street
Possible Underwood Move for Great Northern Presidency
A Chicago dispatch claims D. Underwood, former Soo Line general manager and current Erie president, may resign to join Great Northern as president. No confirmation in St Paul. Underwood attended the Slade-HIn wedding and was not available for comment ahead of the Great Northern annual meeting tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
St. Paul
Minn
Chicago Gublenea
D. Underwood
Soo Road
The
Erie
Underwood
Great Northern Railway
Slade-Hin
Zimmerman Promoted to Santa Fe Agent's Albuquerque Office
David G Zimmerman, long a Santa Fe mailing clerk, resigned his Santa Fe office post and will start Monday as assistant to T W Pate, Santa Fe road agent at Albuquerque. He began as an office boy in the Santa Fe general offices and has risen through the ranks. His successor as mailing clerk is not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David G. Zimmerman
F. S. Savage
The
Santa Fe
T. W. Pate
Santa Fe Road
Albuquerque
Zimmerman
Boiler Shop Workforce Amid Shifts and Absences
A distorted list from the boiler shop notes machinists and helpers with sporadic attendance. Mentions include J Tutmelty, Herman Clinton, Prank ree, James White, Thomas McHugh, Jerry Donavan, and others, some on layoff, some returning to duty, amid broader plant movement and transfers at nearby Kansas City.
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J. Tutmelty
Wiltuan, Grubbs
Ta Kagan City
Franking
Seward Averse
Twivid Wiker
Guark
Herman Clinton
Enn Raughman
Kansas
Charles Youngruen
James White
Aguite
Frank Bulley
Wastona Division
Elncismith
James Kelly
Dexter Coukiin
Topeka
Jenks
Kaas City
Hev
Phe
Taree Duos
Eave
James McGivern
Milywaukee
Water Service
Peter Schoenfeldt
Smith
Rome
Kenny
Kansas City
Saobert Curike
Formieg St
Ian Ie
McCambridge
The
Local Industry News and Community Notes From Town
The report covers workers and plant site progress including Hounsons Pettit's hospital stay, Chatman the cab carpenter, and Delage. It notes social shifts with Hazilton selling his place and move by the river, Osman returning from a land lottery, and James Shay overseeing road duties. Also mentioned are Benson switch lamp production, school enrollments, and shop talks by J M Packson and John MacDonald.
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Cais
Beohtol
Ieee
Lewin Toden
A. O. Uwl
Quincy
Maui
Dliton Hounsons
A. Inhorer
Pettit's Hospital
Sava Chatman
W. Hazilton
Lae
Tiver
Gus Osman
Ady
Tone Lee Holcomb
Metahoma
James
Shay
Senta
Leavenworth
Nasi
Toadmaster Caard
Washington, D. C
Laurenwort
Holle Lay
Hawthorne
Leavenworth and Topeka
Frank Benson
Santa Pe
J. M. Packson
Budht Avenue
M.E
John MacDonald
Western School Journal
Ransaa
Scotland
F. W. Emerson
CB Cage
Charles Bere
Berg
Blackewl Department
Hale
Strow
Barnett
Wutistiot
Norah Tela Street
Tier
Civil War Expected in Afghanistan Tensions Rise
London dispatch says it is certain there will be a civil war in Afghanistan over the claims of the late Ameer’s fourth son, supported by Russia. Telegrams report reinforcement orders for Russian troops along the frontier to seize Herat if needed.
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London
Afghanistan
St. Petersburg
Mat
Ameer
Mohammed Umar Khan
Russia
Herat
Wood reports on Cuba operations and army life
The War Department releases Major General Leonard Wood’s annual Cuba Department report for the past fiscal year. It notes generally excellent troop conduct, low officer and enlisted deaths, yellow fever impacts on Wood’s staff, and tests of artillery in fortifications. It also covers the old canteen issue, beer elimination effects, and recommendations to improve cavalry pistols and equipment durability.
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Washington
War Department
Leonard Wood
Department of Cuba
Wood
Cuba
Nelson Tover
Burton
Campaign notes critique gear and drill in Cuba
A fragmentary wartime item discusses cavalry gear flaws in Cuba with calls to abandon shunned equipment and revise drill regulations. It also records a body found in LaSalle near LaPay, a Roosevelt Thanksgiving address in New York, and various ad hoc notices on baby feeding and a fatal shooting at Louis Herrmann Co. Cotton.
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Cuba
Gold Burton
Roosevelt
New York
Riverside Drive
Borden
Hudson
New Orleans
Louis Herrmann
Cotton Exchange
Preesthecalb
Louis Herrmann & Co
Government Tourists Travel Writer and Plant Expert
Washington notes outline Sumner Lathrop of New York plans extensive world travel to gather rare plants and grasses for U S agriculture. Special agent to the Department of Agriculture, Lathrop aims to study imports and improve arid region crops as well as insular possessions, examining coffees, apples, and other potential products for U S use.
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Washington
Sumner Lathrop
New York
Ae “Oe
World
Daevid Pater
Orient
Devel
Conten
Tang
Improved Locomotive Cab Front of Boiler Sparks Rail Push
A fragmented report predicts a railroad revolution with locomotives where the engineer’s cab sits ahead of the boiler. It notes potential mail and freight implications and references a Kansas City round trip via the Rock Island Route, with tickets on sale October to 15 and return by October 1.
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Ita Boretog
SAN
Fe & Railroad
Kansas City
Rock Island
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Smith’s
Green Mountain Renovator
A.C. Klingaman
East Sixth ST
Godard
Felis
Railroad News
Criminal Court
Pittsburg and Western
Pennsylvania
David G Zimmerman
Salt Lake
Utah
Oregim Short Line Railway Company
Union Pacific
Horace G. Burt
Kelly
Parley L. Williams
Short Line
Bancroft
Alex Millar
Taw
Oregon Short Ling
Oliver Ames
Francis & Bangs
Horace 5. Burt
Samuel Carr
D. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
W. D. Cornish
Glynn
Edwin Gould
George J. Gould
E. H. Harriman
On H. Katn
Gardiner M. Lane
Oliver W. Mink
Winslow S. Pierce
Thomas R. Jones
Eben E. Macleod
George T. Nicholson
Atchizon
Topeka & Santa Fe
George 43
Cheriton
Chicase & Alton
W. B. Kniskern
Chicago & Northwestern
Salt_Lake
Arthur J. van Buren
State Penitentiary
Drezen Short Line Railway Company
Gen. Wood
J. Ivison
Lonacening
DeWitt &Co
GEO. M. Noble & Co
Reowe Wnesa
Topeka, Kansas
Jackson Sta
Southwestern Fuel CO
MT. Carmel Coal CO
S Coal
Kansas Ave
George B. Palmer
Masonic Temple
Jackson Streed
Asronsut
LaSalle
Til
L. A. Seeley
Lillian LaPay
Till Nots
C. J. Mottett
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