Americans Triumph at World Amateur Championships in Paris
Despite boycotts by several top athletes, the United States won eight of ten events in the Bois de Boulogne. Kraenzlein led in the long sprint events, Orton surged to victory in the 2 500 meter steeplechase, and American athletes dominated the discus and broad jump despite protests over scheduling and records.
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Paris
Bois de Bologne
America
Bascom Johnson
New York Athletic Club
Charles Dvorack
University of Michigan
Prinzstein
Syracuse University
A. G. Spalding
Messrs Johnson
Dvorack
Kraenzlein
University of Pennsylvania
Prinstein
Kraenztein
Agai
George W. Orton
Kraenglein
Minahan
Georgetown University
Pritchard
Tewksbury
Rowley
New South Wales
Holland
University of Georgetown
Richard Sheldon
McCracken
Pennsylvania
Garrett
Princeton
Crottier
Paraskevopoulos
McCrackan
Sheldon
Lee
Maloney
Michigan
Boardman
New York Athletic
William J. Holland
Schulz
Dane
Long
Bauer
Janda
Shed
Guenay
Tausin
Orton
Newton
England
Robinson
France
Chastaine
Dubance
Germany
Kraschtil
Austria
Robinson Robinson
Baxter
Colbett
Anderson
Pringstein
Leahy
Delaney
Alee
Pringatein
Triple killing in Baltimore over poverty and ill health
Louis Fisen a shoe maker killed his wife and two young children and wounded a third before dying by suicide in Fast Lexington street Baltimore. The bodies lay amid a gruesome scene as a third child Harry aged 3 1 2 lay wounded and awaiting hospital care.
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Baltimore
Louis Fisen
Harry
Attempt to wreck Union Pacific Flyer near Manhattan Kansas
An attack aimed to wreck and rob the Union Pacific Flyer near Manhattan Kansas occurred when a switch was turned and a train halted by the engineer. A gun dynamite and a nitro glycerine bottle were found hidden under old tires near the siding.
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Junction City
Kas
Union Pacific “Flyer
Manhattan
Fire in Newcastle Destroys Fruit Houses and Stores
Fire swept Newcastle California on July 15 destroying all fruit houses and leading business premises. Estimated loss exceeds 100000 dollars with over 10000 boxes of fruit burned. Southern Pacific company suffered the largest loss at about 35000 dollars for fruit, cars, and rolling stock.
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Newcastle
Cal
Southern Pacific Company
Downpour Delays Hit Dallas with Washed-Out Tracks
A severe July downpour in Northern Texas delays trains and swells streams. In Dallas the heavy rain caused washouts and ongoing disruptions as the storm appears to have just begun.
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Alias
Tex
Texas
Dallas
Tornado Strikes Liano Texas Demolishes Depot
A tornado hit Liano Texas a town of about 2000 residents demolishing the depot and several houses. Many people were injured in the storm.
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Austin
Tex
Liano
Allied forces expand as fort and pagoda are demolished
The article reports continued hostilities with 1,500 American troops arriving and the fort and a pagoda used as a signal tower being demolished as part of the action on Penta. It underscores a grim statement that no foreigners remain alive in Penta.
Gloomy Chinese News Hails Invasion Threat at Pekin
Washington notes a cable from Sheng via Wu to Secretary Hay warning that General Tuam Fu Siang disobeyed imperial orders and plans use of guns. Pekin legation siege, foreign ministers at risk, with officials unsure how much Sheng reveals. Admiral Remey and ships Buffalo and Castine mobilize for possible relief and movement toward Manila and North China.
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Washington
China
Sheng
Shanghai
Hay
Pekin News
Tuan Fuh Siang
Goodnow
Pekin
Wui
Legations
Sir Robert Hart
Conger
State Department
Seymour
Yonan Shiki
Shantung
Secretary Long
Remey
Chefoo
Taku
Orient
Suez
Singapore
Manila
Bowman
Castine
Shanghai Dispatch Confirms Oregon Passed Chefoo Toward Klue Docks
From Shanghai today Secretary Navy confirms Rogers on the Nashville relayed word that Oregon passed Chefoo on the twelfth, with Nashville convoying toward Klue docks about seven hundred miles away. It notes Chefoo was passed last Thursday and the battleship expects to near the Shimoniseki straits before docking.
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Shanghai
Navy
Washington
Rogers
Oregon
Chefoo
Nashville
Bowman
Navy Department
Klue Docks
Straits of
Shimoniseki
United States
China
America
Pekin
Congress
Closing In Chefoo Under Siege July Dispatches
Reports from Tientsin describe July 6 7 and 8 clashes as Chinese forces grow bolder near the foreign settlement at Chefoo. After failed attempts to seize the gun the attackers were repulsed. July 7 bombardment from new positions damaged areas including the British naval quarters, killing two and wounding two.
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Chefoo
Shanghai
Tientsin
Chinese Laundry Guarded After Mob Harassment
In Kansas City on July 15 a crowd of men and boys gathered around the Ah Sing Chinese laundry protesting the Boxer murders. Stones were thrown and threats shouted until police dispersed the mob. Ah Sing, noted among Kansas City’s Chinese community, urged guards to protect the laundry through the night.
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Kansas City
Ah Sing
Sing
European troops clash with Boxers at Shanghai legations
Official Shanghai dispatch dated July 7 reports 200 Chinese soldiers killed during four sorties by European troops defending the legations. The Boxers fail to take the legations but the situation remains very critical according to Sheng, governor of Shantung.
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Brussels
M de Favoreau
Shanghai
Sheng
Taotal
Shantung
Legations
Tung Fuh Siang
Chinese dispatch cited on foreign murders in Pekin
In Tokyo the Chinese minister relayed a Pekin dispatch to the Japanese foreign minister. It cites the murder of the German minister and other foreigners as tied to the Taku affair and Admiral Seymours expedition, and says China is now taking steps to protect foreigners in Pekin.
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Yokohama
Vritley
Tokio
Taku
Seymour
Pekin
Disobedient General Threatens Pekin Legations
Under date of Shanghai July 1 Sheng cables Wu that Pekin news July 7 says General Tuan Fuah Liang disobeyed imperial orders and was about to use guns, endangering legations and the government.
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Washington
Shanghai
Sheng
Wu_ here
Pekin News
Tuan Fuah Liang
French Consul General Kah Arrives En Route to China
Gaston Kah, the French consul general to China, arrived in New York aboard the La Bretagne. He planned to proceed to Vancouver the next day and sail July 20 for Shanghai while noting uncertainty about entering Pekin. He cited a special diplomatic mission and declined to discuss China or Chinese affairs.
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New York
Gaston Kah
China
la Bretagne
Vancouver
Bhanghai
Pekin
Foy
Missionaries Ask Special Prayer for Americans in China
The American missionaries in China request the Associated Press publish a call to Christian communities in the United States. They ask every pulpit to pray for divine guidance for the government and for swift aid to Americans and Chinese converts in extreme peril.
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Shanghai
Associated Press
United States
China
Italian Mission in Hunan Destroyed Bishops and Missionaries Killed
Italian consul in Shanghai reports the mission at Hunan destroyed and Bishop Fantosati and two missionaries killed. He adds that further Italian missions in Hunan and Hupeh were assaulted.
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Rome
Shanghai
Hunan
Fantosati
Hupeh
Rioting in Ningpo Burns Catholic Mission
Reports from Ningpo say serious rioting occurred on Friday with the Roman Catholic mission burned. No further details have been received.
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Shanghai
Ningpo
Old Man on Trial in Strange Missouri Murder Case
Alexander Jester faces a murder charge in a 1871 case traced by Pinkerton detectives. Gilbert Gates, 19, vanished after an exhibition road trip with Jester, whose sister Cornelia Street accuses him in a letter to Sedgwick County officials. Skeletal remains found near the Oklahoma era case confirm a long pursuit for justice.
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St. Louis
New London
Alexander Jester
Gilbert W. Gates
John W. Gates
American Steel and Wire Company
Jester
Young Gates
Turner
Gilbert
Wichita
Kaw
Gates
Missouri
Middle Grove
Paris
Paiie
Hannibal
Illinois
Indiana
Decatur
Mexico
Cornelia Street
Sedgwick County
Valley Centre
Kan
Warrensburg
Wichite
Shawnee
C. T
W. A. Hill
Kansas
Mrs Street
Pinkerton
Gilbert Gates
Jester and Gates Ambush Case Details Emerge
The narrative describes Jester and Gates camping in the woods for a night. Jester allegedly stabbed his young companion and killed him with an axe before burying the body beneath a stone and covering it with earth. Jester claims innocence and an alibi via his second wife. His sister, Mrs Cornelia Street, says she acted per a divine prompting to pursue justice.
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Tives
Jester
Gates
Cornelia Street
Foreign forces capture Tientsin arsenal in night assault
A 2009 foreign force including Japanese with British and Russians captured a Chinese arsenal west of Tientsin after a night attack. They killed about 200 Chinese defenders while foreign casualties were heavy. Four 12 pounders and four four inch guns were moved into place by French and other foreigners. A dynamite blast killed 20 Russians. US Marines and th Infantry battalions landed from the Brooklyn to support the operation. Refugees of all nationalities will be taken to Japan.
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Associated Press
Tientsin
Chefoo
Jarvis
Shanghai
Portlands Chinese Loyal Amid Fourth of July Observance
The Chinese population in Portland exceeds 5000 with up to 7000 in Oregon and no open threats of violence have appeared despite China outrages. During the Fourth of July celebration Chinese residents joined in the festivities and merchants voiced loyalty to the United States government, easing potential hostility. In Northwest cities with smaller Chinese communities no hostile feelings have emerged over the Boxer troubles.
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Portland
Oregon
China
United States
Force to China deploys 11th Infantry and artillery battery
Manila reports two battalions of the 11th Infantry and Daggar's battery of the 5th artillery set to sail tomorrow aboard the transports Indiana Flintshire and Wheelfield. The expedition will join the 9th Infantry, carrying 509 rounds per man plus a reserve of one million rounds, medical supplies and clothing for 5,000 men for three months. It includes two seven inch mortars two six inch howitzers with ammunition. The hospital ship Relief accompanies to China.
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Manila
11Th Infantry
Daggar
Sth Artillery
China
Indiana
Flintshire
Wheefield
9Th Infantry
Tenny Family Learns of Shanghai Departure in Cablegram
A San Diego resident, Rev. 10, received a cablegram from his son C. D. Tenny, a China college professor, stating he left Shanghai and is en route to California with his family. Professor Tenny led Imperial University at Tientsin and once taught in Li Hung Chang’s family.
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San Diego
Cal
Tenny
C. D. Tenny
China
Shanghai
California
Imperial University At
U S Gunboat Princeton Reports Quiet From Canton
The Princeton arrived from Canton and reports quiet there. The governor will confer with the Princeton's commander. No new news on Li Hung Chang's planned northward movement.
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Hong Kong
United States
Princeton
Canton
Li Hung Chang
Breach at Pekin Wall Ends in Foreign Deaths
Telegraph from Shantung governor reports breach of the British legation wall in Pekin after stout defense and exhaustion of ammunition. All foreigners are killed according to the dispatch received in Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Shantung
Pekin
Explosion injures four on Transit car in St Louis strike
A dynamite blast blew a North St Louis Transit car from its track injuring four passengers. A Suburban line car collided with a strikers wagon, injuring 12, as a Forest Park picnic wagon was splintered. no serious injuries reported beyond the initial four. The incident marks the most severe violence since the strike began.
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St. Louis
Edward English
Mellie Sher
Webster
Fron Forest Park
Lindell Boulevard
Sarah Streets
Massacre in China Fails to Spark Local Hostility
In San Francisco on July 15 the Chinese consul general reports no hostility toward Chinese residents. Locals carry on daily life without molestation and express no desire for trouble. The consul notes most Chinese in the city are from Southern China and differ from northern groups linked to the Boxers.
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San Francisco
China
Chamber of Commerce
Regiment to China After Brief Cuba Rest
The depot battalion of the 5th U S Infantry at Fort Sheridan received orders to depart for China. Within two weeks the other two battalions from Cuba are due home. A week of rest will be granted, then the full regiment heads to Yunnan.
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Chicago
Sth U. S. Infantry
Fort Sheridan
China
Cuba
Hima
Shell orders fill at Midvale and Frankford for warships
Hurry orders are being filled at the Midvale steel works for shells for warships. The Frankford arsenal will begin full time tomorrow on orders for 27,000,000 cartridges. The War Department order includes Krag Jorgensen and late Springfield rifle cartridges.
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Philadelphia
Midvale
Frankford Arsenal
War Department
Actor John Torrence Dies of Sunstroke at 55
Phoenix July 15. John Torrence, a stage actor of 35 years, died this morning from sunstroke. He was 55 and a son of Mrs. Judith, a familiar figure to theatergoers of the last decade.
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Phoenix, Arviz
John Torrence
Judith
War Department orders Sth Infantry toward the Philippines
A War Department order directs a battalion of the 5th Infantry to rejoin the regiment and proceed to the Philippines. The second battalion is already en route home from China. The move is dated July 15 and filed from St Paul Minnesota with Manila referenced delivery.
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St. Paul, Minn
War Department
Sth Infantry
Philippines
China
Corbett Announces Candidacy for U S Senate
Former Senator H W Corbett today formally announced his run for the United States Senate in Portland. He declares his campaign to seek the seat in a June 15 context highlighting his political experience and platform.
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Portland, Or
H. W. Corbett
United States Senate
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