British Consul Ordered Stop to Askold Repairs in Shanghai
Shanghai dispatch reports China pressed Britain to halt repairs on the Russian cruiser Askold as China seeks disarmament, with the dock company delaying departures and Japan urging action. Indignation in Japan grows over China’s neutrality abuse as Shanghai tensions rise and foreign consuls discuss options.
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Shanghai Dock Company
Askold
Japan
London Times
Washington Post
Shanghai
Taotal
Coina
Pelham Warren
Tokyo
China
Askord
Gromoboi
Chefoo
Port Arthur
Far Eastern
Russia
Associated Press
Limi
Grozovoi
M W Klemmenoff
Sir Pelham Warren
Goodnow
State Department
Motal
Grozovolka
Japanese Advance Report Feared at Port Arthur
Chefoo reports indicate Japanese forces have occupied Antseshan fort and another fort near it, driven Russians from parade grounds near Port Arthur, and approached near Chacchanke. Reports also say Taipangtze fell to Japanese along the railway to Gen. Stoessel’s residence as Russian defenses crumble.
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Taipangtze
Chefoo
Liaoti Promontory
Antseshan
Etseshan
Phacchanke
Port Arthur
Golden Hill
Taipangitze
Gen. Stoessel
Roosevelt Sees Far East Situation Quiet and Optimistic
President at Sagamore Hill with Senator Lodge and Senator Aldrich, reviewing the acceptance letter and policy plans. Lodge predicts Roosevelt will win a large personal vote, with broad Republican unity and Democratic support in New England. Aldrich expects Rhode Island to favor Roosevelt and Fairbanks decisively while Woodruff plans no gubernatorial talk, focusing on an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture appointment.
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Lodge
Aldrich
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senator Lodge
Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Far East
United States
America
New York
Boston
Tare
Judge Parker
McKinley
New England
Loadge
Sagamore ‘Hill
Rhode Island
Sagamore
Timothy L. Woodruff
Woodruff
J. H. Brigham
Northwest political activity during Roosevelt era
Chairman Cortelyou and T Byrnes discuss the Northwest situation as Minnesota backs Roosevelt and plans a solid Republican House delegation. McCleary may campaign in Maine and Vermont. Gov Murphy launches a New Jersey GOP drive from Newark. Thompson, American minister to Brazil, to aid West campaigns. Mrs Thompson injures ankle. Democratic platform adopted in Santa Cruz endorsing St Louis action. World’s Fair special train from Washington to St Louis with through service and low rates.
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Cortelyou
T. Byrnes
Minneapolis
New York
Northwest
Timothy E. Byrnes
Byrnes
Minnesota
Roosevelt
House
James T. McCleary
Maine
Vermont
Gov. Murphy
New Jersey
Republican Executive Committee
Washington
St. Louis
F. W
Jeeves
Alee
St Louis
Republican State Nominating Convention in Fort Worth
The Republican convention in Fort Worth named a full State ticket for governor J G Lowden lieutenant governor Bam Davidson associate justice Lock McDantel attorney Charles W Ogden comptroller gen John M Claiborne land commissioner H C Neal state treasurer C B Dorchester railroad commissioner Carl F Drick superintendent Albert Ernest at large Charles A Boynton J H Kurth Cecil Lyon elected state chairman and national committeeman. The platform endorsed the national convention while opposing state banks and demanding transparency in state books. Notable: elimination of negroes from the State ticket and Lyon approved the Chicago convention’s negro plank in his acceptance.
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Fort Worth
Tex
J. G. Lowden
Taylor County
Bam Davidson
Tarrantio
Court of Criminal Appeale
Lock McDantel
Harts County
Charles W. Ogden
Bexar County
John M. Claiborne
Cherokee County
H. C. Neal
la Vaon County
C. B. Dorchester
Graysom County
Carl F. Drick
Travis County
Albert Ernest
Victoria County
Charles A. Boynton
McLennan
J. H. Kurth
Angelina County
Cecil Lyon
Lyon
Temap
Chicago
Addicks Ticket Named for Delaware State Ticket
The Union faction of the Republican party met in Dover on August 23 and named a full ticket headed by Henry C. Conrad for governor and I Thomas Parker for lieutenant governor. Others include Hiram B. Burton as representative in Congress and Thomas Curry as state treasurer. The Union committee aims to harmonize with Regular Republicans by seeking nominating changes while endorsing the national Republican platform.
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Dover del
Union
Addicks
Republican Party
United States
B. Frank Allen
State Central Committee
Luther 8
Conwell
Kent County
J. Edward Addicks
Henry C. Conrad
Wilmington
I. Thomas Parker
Congress
Hiram &. Burton
Lewes
Sylvester D. Townsend, Jr
Thomas Curry
Bridgeville
David 8. Clark
Kenton
Insurance
George W. Marshall
Milford
Elsetore
Thomas H. Savoy
Manlovs Hayes
William P. Orr
Fusion in Nevada Sets Unified Democratic Silver Ticket
Winnemucca Nevada August 2 The state convention of the Democratic and Silver parties closed with a harmonious fusion by ticket division. In joint session they ratified nominations with United States Senator John Spares Democrat governor, Congressman S D Vanduser Democrat, Supreme Judge H F Bartine Silver. Long term regent W J Circo Silver Short term regent Emmet D Berild Democrat. H ledore A BR Hesson 2RB Kendall and B W Clark all Democrats.
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Winnemucca
Nev
United States
John Spares
S. D. Vanduser
H. F. Bartine
W. J. Circo
Emmet D. Berild
Hledore
A. BR. Hesson
Kendall
B. W. Clark
Hoar Holds His Own in Worcester Bulletin Update
Worcester, Aug 23 Gen Rockwood Hoar reported Senator Hoar had a comfortable day with a more regular pulse and less throat trouble. A 2:30 bulletin noted he slept much of the day, pulse weak but even, no change in condition, and no setback, with plans for a moonlight sail excursion to Oxford, Md.
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Worcester
Mass
Rockwood Hoar
Senator Hoar
Georgia Mob Appoints Inquiry Court Over Statesboro Lynching
Gov Terrell names a court of inquiry to probe militia conduct after a mob attacked prisoners in Statesboro. The panel includes Col A B Lawton and Col W B Wooten. Terrell denounces the lynching, vows swift justice, and calls on civil authorities to prosecute offenders. A second item notes Northwestern University appointing Dr Edmund J James as president of the University of Illinois.
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Statesboro
Atlanta
Gae
St. Louis
Joseph M. Terrell
Sampson W. Harrison
Georgia
A. BR. Lawton
Savannah
W. B. Wooten
Albany
W. W. Barker
RO. Wyly
Thomasville
Warren Grice
Hawkinsville
Terrell
Hodges
St Louis
Bulloch
Bulloch County
Ilinois University
Champaign
Edmund J. James
Northwestern University
University of
Payne Refuses Subpoena In Depew Civil Suit
Postmaster General Henry C Payne was served to appear as a witness in a civil case against Chauncey M Depew Brabrook alleges Depew connected with the Penny Publishing Company defrauded him The constable offered 60 cents but Payne tossed the fee and said he would not appear The incident occurred in Chicago on August 23 with the subpoena returnable August 26
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Chicago
Henry C. Payne
Chauncey M. Depew
John Simmons
Simmons
Senator Depew
G. Brabrook
Penny Publishing Company
Payne
Justice Caverly
Kentucky Prosecutor’s Wife Attacks Stenographer in Jellico
Mrs. James C. Sharp, wife of a Kentucky Commonwealth's attorney, assaulted Miss Ida Farris in Jellico using fists and a bottle of turpentine, seizing a diamond ring from the stenographer. The attack followed a prior dispute at Sharp's Williamsburg office. police restored peace and Farris, formerly of La Follette, had resigned as stenographer.
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Washington Post
Jellico
Tenn
James C. Sharp
Commonwealth
Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit
Kentucky
Ida Farris
Miss Farris
Mrs Sharp
la Follette
Williamsburg
Sharp
Farris
Employers Subpoenaed In Industrial Case In New York
Six Building Trades Employers Association members were subpoenaed by a Court of Special Sessions judge directing their appearance before Acting District Attorney William Rand. The case centers on alleged conspiracies and coercion linked to back-listing with evidence presented by The People’s Security Company. Philip Weinselm er, president of Local No. 2 Journeymen Plumbers and Gas Fitters Union, faces extortion charges connected to the inquiry.
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New York
Court of Special Sessions
Building Trades Employers Association
William Rand
Jourmeymen Plumbers and Gasfitters’ Union
Philip Weinselmer
Mr. Rand
Weinselmer
Roswell man held for heavy ransom in Mexico
John Eiland a Portales banker and sheep owner has reportedly been captured by brigands in Old Mexico. His wife Mrs Eiland has notified the U S consul in Mexico City asking for urgent release and ransom arrangements. The letter from him, postmarked Oputo Sonora, warns of torture and death if demands are not met. The case prompts consular intervention and cross border concern.
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Roswell
N. M
John Eiland
Bank of
United States
Mexico
Russians Halted at Shanghei End Near at Port Arthur
Index page item list notes on international events including Russia advances at Shanghai and Port Arthur, a president's letter, and various domestic items. Also mentions Georgia governor, Postmaster General, Mrs Maybrick, dynamiters, and financial topics. Bond market and commerce are flagged among periodic notes.
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Shanghei
Port Arthur
Georgia
Maybrick
Thomas BE. Waggaman
England
Canada
Democratic
Virginia
Maryland
Washington
Catholi Schools
Army and Navy
Rockville
Bob” Burdette
Maybrick Arrives Incognito in New York on Vaderland
Florence Maybrick travels from Antwerp to New York aboard the Vaderland under an assumed name. Attorney Samuel Hayden accompanies her with a small escort. She declines interviews, thanks supporters, and plans visits to Mobile Alabama and Norfolk Virginia while pursuing land claims in Virginia.
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Catskills
Mobile
Norfolk
Virginia
New York
Red Star Line
Vaderland
Antwerp
Florence Chanter Maybrick
England
Maybrick
Rose Ingraham
Samuel V. Hayden
Washington, D. C
Hayden
Wilmer
Ala
Bishop
Truro
Cornwall
United States
Rouen
Paris
Brussels
Flood fear as dynamite blows fail at St Marys reservoir
Bloodhounds scour the area after an attempted dynamite blast at the St Marys reservoir gates. The charge failed to breach the masonry or move the gates, but warnings persist as the artificial lake remains twelve feet above the city. Residents fear a repeat attack could flood the valley, with windows broken and a house wrecked, while authorities assess the security of the bulkhead and surrounding banks.
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St. Marys
Ohio
St Marys Reservoir
Celina
Alexander Swegart
Mercer
St Marys
Double Golden Wedding in Metamora at 73
In Peoria Indiana on August 23 Metamora celebrated a triple wedding anniversary for Peter Adam Reising and Adam Peter Reising both 73 and their widowed sister Mrs Lawrence Russman. The two Reising brothers married the Russman sisters August 22 1854 at Kickapoo Illinois. Russman had married Miss Reising Russman died at sea years ago but the Beijing twins and their wives are alive. A memorial service at Metamora Catholic Church drew two thousand townspeople and neighbors after the service.
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Peoria
Metamora
Peter Adam Reising
Adam Peter Reising
Lawrence Russman
Reising
Russman
Kickapoo
Reising Russman
Beijing
Metamora Catholic Church
Train Raced With Death Amid Coastal Forest Fire
Vancouver reports a wildfire raging along the coast for three days. Volunteers raced a train to pull out donkey engines from camp F of Wasting Sawmill Company as flames cut across rail lines and skid roads. Firefighters and volunteers escaped through blazing timber in a perilous, lifesaving withdrawal. Corporal risks and near-misses mark the dramatic retreat.
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Vancouver
B. C
Shannon
Camp F
Wasting Sawmill
James Springer
Father Kidnapped Son in Asheville New York
Mrs. John Frank James, wife of a New York merchant, failed in an early morning attempt to reclaim her five year old son at Swannanca station. Pinkerton detective Davis and an unknown man aided by the boy’s father seized the child moments after the nurse’s care. The affair follows a Monday afternoon kidnapping in West Asheville disrupting a quiet town.
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Asheville
NY. C
Pinkerton
John Frank James
New York
Swannanca Station
Finkerton
Davis
James
West Asheville
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Lessar
Gen Goodnow
Thijs
Mr. Goodnow
Stirling
Nankin
Taotai Yuan
London
Standard
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Pmi
Niagara Falls
Pennsylvania Railroad
Niagara
Niewapaper
Smolensk
Daily Teleggraph
St. Petersburg
Daily Chronicle
Legation
Chauncey
Bar Harbor
Count Cassini
Liaoyang
Anshanshan
Thae-yang
Czarevitch
Peterhof
Eaber
Norfolk & Washington
Polae
Indorse St. Louie
Santa Crus
Frs
ALL
Mason and Dixon Line
Maurice H. Dooling
The
Supreme Court
Texas
Republicans
Hoare
Oxford
Ameguti
San Francisco
Postmaster General
District Attorney’s Office
Jendid
Ali “Eins Nample
Mrs. Maybrick
San Francisco, Cal
B&o. R. BR
15Th St
Pa. Ave
N. J. Ave
St. Marys Reservoir
British Columbia
J. F. James
Norfolk & Wash
Steamboat Co
Newsraprel
Rhivye
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