Chinese invasion of Amur province signals war with Russia
A London report claims China’s invasion of the Amur province amounts to a declaration of war on Russia. It says China could move on Pekin with less foreign constraint, prompting Britain France and Germany to join Russia, with the US and others expected to follow. It details a multi corps Chinese force, a large fleet, and plans to attack Pekin, Shanghai, and other targets under Prince Tuan, amid global war preparations.
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Amur
Equiré
Russia
New York
Journal
Lonjon
China
Pekin
Siberia
Pacific
France
United States
Germany
Berlin
London
Manchuria
Sham Hai Kawn
Nanking
Tien Tsin
Corea
Shanghai
Prince Tuan
Japan
Yellow Sea
Terrible
Hopeful Turn in China Crisis After Pekin News
Washington feels uplifted by Allied victory at Tien Tsun and the fall of forts near Pekin. A cable from Wu says foreign ministers in Pekin are safe, easing cabinet worries. The White House met with over 100 reporters as the president weighs future steps and an extra session of Congress remains unlikely.
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Washington
Tien ‘Isin
Pekin
White House
Hay
Root
Long
Gage
Smith
Congress
China
Conger
Cavite
General Grant commends Imus fighting and names brave officers
Brigadier General Fred D. Grant reports orderly conduct in engagements near Imus Cavite from September 29 to October 8. He singles out Captain Hollis for a flawed maneuver and praises Captain Reilly Lieutenant Knatsenshue Lieutenant Fenton Captain Cowles Major Lee and Captains King Fuller for gallantry and help.
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Washington
Fred D. Grant
United States Volunteers
War Department
Imus
Cavite
Hollis
Fourth Infantry
Reilly
Fifth Artillery
Binavayan
Knatsenshue
St. Nicholas
Lee
King and Fuller
Lawton
Views on sampling and assay certificates in mining practice
O. M. Rosendale argues for accurate sampling as essential to valid assays and for clear documentation of who collected samples. He warns against relying on hand samples or relying on market price for ore value and outlines methods to obtain representative samples, including cross-face cuts and dump sampling. A Portland Telegram note reports Castle Crag Tavern in Dunsmuir burned with 800 guests evacuating. origin in laundry. losses at $200,000. owned by Pacific Improvement Company of Southern Pacific affiliates.
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Northwest
New York
O. M. Rosendale
Portland Telegram
Castle Crag
Dunsmuir
Cal
Sierra Mountains
The
Pacific Improvement Company
Southern Pacific Company
Indignation Over Li Hung Chang Honors Abroad
The Shanghai correspondent reports intense anger in Shanghai over Hong Kong honors for Li Hung Chang. A Pekin arrival describes massacres of European women by Boxers, with gruesome details of dismemberment, shootings, and looting. He cites planned extermination of Europeans and Prince Tuan's soldiers promoting looting and body-taking among white civilians.
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London
Shanghai
The
Daily Express
Hong Kong
Li Hung Chang
Pekin
China
Prince Tuan
Tortured by Boxers near Victoria
The Chronicle reports from North China that Rev. H. V. Norman and Rev. Robinson, American missionaries, were captured by a Boxer leader Li at Tien Tain. Norman endured iron collaring chained to a stake, piercing torture with sticks and tridents, molten lead poured on his body, and was killed as his chain proved too short. Robinson was slain swiftly. other missionaries and converts suffered mass killings and grim coercion to reconvert.
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San Francisco
Victoria
B. C
North China
H. V. Norman
Robinson
Tien Tain
Norman
Hin Boly
Robneon
Heat WAVE Kills Over Seventy in New York
The July heat spell in New York City and surrounding areas caused or contributed to more than 70 deaths with many more hospitalized. Most victims were babies and young children, and about 40 corpses of children rested at Bellevue Morgue. Temperatures reached 98 to 105 on streets. weather bureau reading stood at 94. One suicide occurred as a heat-induced frenzy. Children also suffered injuries from falls from fire escapes seeking relief.
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New York
Hellevue
Weather Bureau
Transports Sail for Nagasaki and Taku with Troops
The U S Army transport Sumner carrying troops surgeons and hospital assistants sailed from San Francisco for Nagasaki with orders likely directing it to Taku China. Two officers on board are ordered to join Brigadier General Adna K. Chaffee at Taku. Also noted are personal items about Mrs J S Felton of Corvallis Ore losing most of her 800 fowls to thieves and the death of Sidney Edgerton former Idaho Supreme Court justice and Montana governor. Then James Nicol vice president of the Chicago Board of Trade was suspended for one year for bucket shopping.
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San Francisco
United States Army
Sumner
Nagasaki
Taku
China
Adna K K. Chaffee
Chicago
Jameen Nicol
Chicago Board of Trade
the &Age
Prospecting claim on Sumpter ledge yields rich gold promise
James Duckworth, early locator in Cracker Creek near Sumpter Oregon, advocates fresh prospecting by new ideas. Ben Yeager and Montana partners work a 200 foot ledge once rated worthless, now showing bluish quartz with visible gold. Assays run from $3 to $13, with a two mile extent. 25 foot shaft and cross cut planned. large ore body could rival Treadwell. Bull Run creek placer diggings hint the dike fed the gold.
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James Duckworth
Cracker Creek
Sumpter
Oregon
Mr. Duckworth
Ben Yeager
Montana
Bull Run Creek
Mountain Quartz Fortunes Draw Mining Boom
In Blue River District Oregon a vast quartz formation attracts mining capital and hundreds of prospectors. New discoveries on Calapooia and McKenzie rivers reveal rich ore as a 1270 foot high quartz mountain looms, with ore valued at 3.50 to 12 per ton. The Lucky Boy mine runs five stamps while water shortages limit output and local logging plans proceed. A Blue River city sawmill and steam-powered mill plant work toward 10 000 feet daily. A Stewart River strike sparks a stampede by boat toward Daweon. White Horse faces liquor shortages and smuggling crackdowns.
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Blue River
Oregon
Calapooia
McKenzie
Lucky Boy
Jones & Co
Blue River Bridge
Blue River City
Regional notes from Idaho and Washington
A cold storage warehouse rises at Troy Idaho. A hay warehouse 32 by 70 feet and 16 feet high is under construction at Palouse Ward. King county supplies about a quarter of inmates at Walla Walla penitentiary. Walla Walla shipped 50 carloads of fruit and vegetables in two weeks. Apple scab appears near Moscow Idaho in American Ridge. Deer are plentiful in Coos county. Washington railroads ban packages over 250 pounds as baggage. Walla Walla banks hold 1.4 million dollars, Spokane banks 5 million. Other eastern centers show strong monetary stocks.
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Troy
Idaho
Palouse
Ward
King County
Walla Walla
Moscow
American Ridge
Washington
Spokane
Midsummer Trade Shows Mixed Signals of Improvement
Bradstreet reports mid-summer trade volume remains modest but hints of improved tone as wheat yields near 540 million bushels and corn prospects rise. Southern cotton crops falter yet high prices promise gains. iron and steel firms see prices pressured, while wages agreements boost industrial outlook. Lumber prices ease with rising building activity. weekly U.S. shipments total 2,829,910 bushels, Canadian failures rise to 22, and 90 German illnesses traced to diseased horn flesh.
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Bradstreet’s
United States
Dominion of Canada
Pacific Coast Trade Market Prices in Beattie listing goods
A Beattie market listing shows current prices for produce meats and grains across Pacific Coast trade items. Onions and lettuce command low and varied rates, with new potatoes and other vegetables priced per sack or crate. Butter cheese and eggs fetch modest unit prices, while poultry and fresh meats reflect typical regional rates. Grain and millstuffs list per ton or per barrel, with flour varieties and feed options detailed alongside hay and barley values.
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California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Market commodity prices from wheat to veal in broad listing
A dense price sheet lists values for wheat oats barley and millstuff with per bushel and ton figures, dairy eggs cheese butter and poultry prices, along with potatoes vegetables hops wool mohair mutton hogs beef and veal. Several items show small variances and typographical errors across categories.
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Walla Walla
Oregon
Wool—Valley
Market Prices for Dairy and Grain Products
In San Francisco market notes key prices across regions. Wool and wool products show 18 15c per pound in markets like Nevada and Eastern Oregon 10 15c in Valley 18 20c Northern 10 12c. Butter Fancy creamery 18 19c per pound with seconds 18c. Eggs Store 15c. Millstaffe middlings 17.00 to 90.00. bran 12.50 to 38.50.
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Nevada
Oregon
Valley
Northern
Hoosa
Fancy Ranch
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A. P. Davidson
Northwestern Military Academy
Helen Gould
Joseph Wheeler
Wheeler
Davidson
Milea
Europe
General Grant
Hollie
Bocas del Toro
Kingston
Jamaica
Atrato
Colombia
Saya Bocas del Toro
Utah
Williams
Ariz
J. M. Meneck
Meneck
Smithsonian Institution
Leat
E. RK. Good
Davenport
John B. Phelps
Halifax
N.8
South Africa
Harold Horden
F. W. Borden
Assunger
Kate
J. S. Felton
Corvallis, Or
Sidney Edgerton
Akron
Supreme Cout of
Lincoln
Mines and Mining
Blue River District
Stewart River
Daweon
White Horse
Coos County
Rheine
Westphalia
Pacific Coast Trade
Beattie Markets
Portland Market
San Francisco Market
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