Government Must Soon Take Sides Over China Crisis
Washington Sept 19 The German note pushes the United States toward a clear choice to join a side or act independently in the Pekin outrages dispute. The president consults with advisers as Germany Britain France Russia press for quick reply while China urges decisive action and the U S to avoid becoming the first to break the pact with other powers.
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Washington
China
Canton
Griggs
Hill
Adee
Haron von Sternberg
State Department
Germany
Great Britain
France
Russia
United States
Murder Toll at Hankow Feast Saddens Reformers
Vancouver dispatch reports the murder of 90 reformers at a Hankow feast. Officials consider the incident treacherous and demand swift investigation as tension rises in the region.
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Vancouver
B. C
Hankow
Reformers Executed in China Overthrows Underlying Plot
North China Daily News reports 50 men captured and executed as reformers and followers of Kang Yu Wei, tied to the China Independence Association. They aimed to replace the Emperor, protect foreign and Christian lives, and establish a civilized government. Li Hung Chang warns China cannot pay indemnity and may cede territory, granting Shin King to Japan, Shin Kiang to Russia, and Tibet to England.
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North China Daily News
Kang Yu Wei
China Independence Association
Kwang Hsu
China
Li Hung Chang
Japan
Russia
Thibet
England
Remarkable Jeddo Meeting Amid Miner Strike Debates
In Hazelton Pennsylvania on September 1 the Jeddo area meeting of 2,500 Markle mine workers turned from a dignified talk to impassioned clash as John Markle and union leaders sparred. Mitchell urged unity while Markle pressed arbitration with Archbishop Riordan as mediator. Over 1,000 attended as demonstrations and speeches continued into the afternoon.
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Hazelton
Mitchell
Schuylkill
United Mine Workers
Jeddo
F. B. Markle & Co
Abers
Oakdale
John Markle
Markle
Philipps
Benjamin James
Messrs
Alvin Markle
Smith
Mr. Markle
Archbishop Riordan
Philadelphia
Father Philipps
Organized Labor
Markie
McAdoo
Coleraine
Germany pushes for punishing true Pekin guilty party
Berlin reports Germany seeks to punish those truly responsible for the Pekin outrages. Officials say China should identify all clearly guilty before any concessions. Japanese and other envoys weigh whether to include Prince Tuan or empress regent, while Russia hesitates.
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Berlin
Germany
Li Huai Chang
Mumm von Schwarzenstein
China
Associated Press
Sato
Legation
Prince Tuan
Russia
Pekin
Wlso
United States
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin Post
National Zeitung
Berliner Tageblatt
Vossiche Zeitung
Boersen Zeltune
Neuste Nachrichten
France and Russia Move Toward China Peace Talks
Paris and Washington report a firm Franco Russian resolve to begin negotiations with Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching as soon as feasible. The stance could influence broader talks, potentially diverging from Germany’s demand to surrender Chinese leaders before any negotiations.
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Washington
China
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
United States
Paris
Horace Porter
M. Delcasse
France
Russia
Pekin
Namon district seeks Christian loss records amid outrages
Hongkong dispatch says mandarins demand Christian accounts of losses for compensation and names of the rowdies. Two ringleaders have been decapitated and their heads shown in a mission church. North river raiders plunder villages as a bogus Canton proclamation claims ally defeat and appeals to the empress dowager for peace.
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New York
Herald
Hongkong
Namon
North
Canton
German Naval Battalion Attacks Boxers Near Pekin
A special dispatch reports German naval forces with Bengal lancers capturing and burning Liang Miang hsien southwest of Pekin. The action, as described to Lokal Anzeiger, notes a foreign assault on a Chinese force amid specific losses among Boxers and regulars.
Local Collieries Near Shamokin Quiet After Disturbances
The Shamokin region mines are now fully operated except Locust Gap and Neve Franklin, run by Philadelphia and Reading. Apart from a few miners mobbed by Hungarians, the area is peaceful today.
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Shamokin
Locust Gap
Neve Franklin
Philadelphia & Reading Company
Miners Seek Settlement for Nationwide Strike via Delegation
Shamokin Pennsylvania September 19 The most important development in the coal miners strike comes from a committee of Mount Carmel miners associated with New York capitalists. They arrived to confer with mine officials on how to present a settlement to National President Mitchell, aiming to address Hazelton convention demands and prompt other operators to follow.
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Shamokin
Natalie
Mount Carmel
New York
Hazelton
Mitchell
Coal shipments cut back amid strike tensions in Reading
Reading Pa on Sept 1 reports western demand spikes and potential ship cuts as coal supplies strain the Atlantic seaboard. Captain Daniel Christian of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal Company police marshals deputies at Pottsville to guard miners in Northumberland and protect workers in the upper region, aiming to prevent interference with willing miners.
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Reading
Atlantic Seaboard
Pea Lng Company
Westesnettes
Pottsville
Daniel Christian
Philadelphia & Reading Coal Company
Northumberland
Philadelphia & Reading
Reading Company
Cure a Cold in One Day Claim on Laxative Bromo Quinine
The advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It asserts a money refund if the remedy fails and bears the signature of B. W. Grover on each box.
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B. W. Grover
Soldier Dead Remains to Be Transported Home
Col William S Patten of the War Department directs free transport for U S military and naval remains buried in Pacific islands and China. A burial corps aboard the Hancock will move Oct 1 from San Francisco to the Philippines with similar Navy Marine corps work. totals include 1331 remains across Honolulu Guam China and the Philippines with interment at national cemeteries in San Francisco and Arlington.
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Washington
William S. Patten
Quartermaster’s Department
United States
China
Hancock
San Francisco
Philippines
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Marine Corps
Pacifice
D. H. Rhodes
Honolulu
Guam
Patten
National Cemetery
Presidio
Arlington
Army
Hanna to stump as campaign nears end
Senator Hanna plans to tour the campaign in the final two weeks after a strong reception at the Commercial Mercantile club. He will leave for New York for 10 days and may add Chicago speeches later. Calls came from delegates including from Springfield, Indiana, and Kansas.
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Chicago
Hanna
Commercial Mercantile Club
New York
Springfield
Indiana
Kansas
C. H. Dietrich
Nebraska
F C. Goudy
Colorado
Fach
Marquette Club
Striking paddlers return to work at lowered wage rate
In Lebanon Pennsylvania on September 19 a meeting of about three quarters of 1200 American Ion and Steel paddlers who struck over a cut from 4 to 3 dollars per ton agreed to resume work at the offered rate.
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Lebanon
American Ion and Steel Company
Miners Strike Shuts Mount Carmel Collieries
Shamokin Pennsylvania reports five Philadelphia Reading company collieries and several independent pits halted operations as more than a thousand miners ceased work today at Mount Carmel, forcing shutdowns across the area.
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Shamokin
Philadelphia& Reading Company
Mount Carmel
Smuggling Case Involving US Hospital Ship Solace
San Francisco reports the hospital ship Solace will pay fines equal to customs duties for 135 packages of silk Chinaware and other goods imported from China. The ship’s crew landed 20 Chinese without certificates who will be refused landing. Captain Winslow negotiated the agreement with revenue officers at Mare Island navy yard.
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San Francisco
United States
Pelace
China
Winslow
Mare Island Navy Yard
Fishing Vessels Ashore in Belle Isle Straits
Forty two fishing vessels are ashore in the straits of Belle Isle with as many as thirty doomed to total loss. The report notes this disaster compounds earlier incidents and affects St John’s Newfoundland area amid ongoing weather and sea hazards.
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St. John’s, N. F
Straits of
Belle Isle
Wrecked crews total 79 rescued as special steamer sails for rest
Wrecked crews aggregating 79 persons have been brought south by the mail steamer and a special steamer will go for the others. Immense stocks of cod fish have been lost with the slipping. Reports of the loss of three more lives were received today.
Destruction From Storm Hits Yukon Coastal Waters
Seattle reports the treasure steamer C H Hamilton from Dawson to St Michael with 150 passengers and 300000 in dust was driven ashore on the Yukon flats September 6 during a severe storm. It later made St Michael safely. A list of wrecked or ashore vessels includes Hulk Catherine Sudden schooners Sequoia Harriet Edith Arthur B tug Arrette Governor Stoneman and others with tents and buildings swept away. Injured Paul Borchard suffered a compound leg fracture from a buoy thrown by a heavy swell. Drowned: Captain J D Thackberry and Captain Johnson near Nome.
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Seattle
Wash
C. H. Hamilton
Dawson
St. Michael
Yukon Flats
North American Trading & Transportation Company
St. Michael's
St. Paul
Nome
Catherine Sudden
Sequoia
Panks
Harrie
C. H. Chartes
Edith
Arthur B
Arrette
Penny River
Governor Stoneman
Penney River
Alaska Commercial Company
Geiger
Paul Borchard
Borchard
Doud
San Francisco
Johnson
J. D. Thackberry
Portland
Ove
Alaska
Fire at Belgrade wipes out block and costs life
A kerosene lamp overturned by a drunken man started a blaze in Belgrade early today. The fire destroyed the west end of town, including the Belgrade hotel, Waterman residence, butcher shop, Valley Trading store, Murphy blacksmith shop, and more, with total losses around 15 000 dollars and property losses totaling over 12 000 dollars. The sole victim, West Riley, was a 35-year-old laborer who died in the flames. The town lacked a formal fire engine, relying on bucket brigades and extinguishers to save the residence area.
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The
Standard
Bozeman
Belgrade
Warburton
Waterman's
Valley Trading Company
Murphy's
Knutson
Batcer
Belgrade Company, Limited
West Riley
Riley
Valles Trading Company
Jerome
Double Tragedy in Caney with Postmaster Shot Dead
Ardmore Oklahoma Territory reports a fatal shooting at Caney, where Postmaster Dismuk was killed by Sam Ashton. Dismuk's son was wounded in a failed rescue and died the next day. Ashton is under arrest.
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Ardmore
I. T
Caney
Here
Dismuk
Sam Ashton
Ashton
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