China and Foreign Powers Move Deeper into Peace Talks
Dec 28 dispatches detail Li Hongchang and Prince Ching meeting the emperor over court stance on forts and legation guards. British reinforcements and von Waldersee orders spur mobile columns, while German and British posts signal shifting authority around Peking. Chinese papers resist punishing royal blood while fearing renewed unrest if legation guards deter the emperor’s return.
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Pering
Hong’ Chang
Ching
Kwangsu
Prince Ching
Ora
Yang-tsun
Tien-tein
Yang-tsin
von. Waldersee
Tallock
Temple of Heaven
Germany
London
Peking
Pao-ting-fa
Tien-tsin
Morning Post
Count von Waldersee
Dow
Lian-fu
Shanghai
Standard
Emperor Kwangsu
Ma Yu Kun
Universal Gazette
Tung’ Fu Heiang
Prince Tuan
China
Court of inquiry at West Point hears Oscar Booz debate
Spectators filled both sessions as Horace C Booz a civil engineer from Buffalo and East Cleveland testified regarding his brother Oscar L Booz who died after hazing alleged two cadets accused him of cowardice and untruthfulness while others recalled his exams at the prep school. The hearing continues with 13 cadets remaining to be examined. Princeton trounces Yale in Chesy match.
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Horace C. Booz
Buffalo
P.O. Ee
East
Cleveland
Oscar
L. Booz
Bristol
West Point Academy
Keller
Mathematica
Coe
Boos
Bustleton
Phillips
Academy
Booz
Breth
Secretary of War buys steamer for Philippines voyage
Washington December 28 The secretary of war has purchased the large freight steamer Samoa to transport the volunteer army to the Philippines. The Samoa will be altered at Hongkong for the voyage and the price and owners are not disclosed.
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Washington
Sanoatiat
Hongkong
San Francisce
Ayy
Philip‘pines
Samoa
Black and Tan Shoes and a Fortune in a Chicago Paper
A fragment from the Chicago Times Herald recounts a man with mismatched shoes a tan and a black pair, a stranger helps him by offering money to blacken the tan shoe, and musings on wealth and happiness. The narrator reflects that people are like children and treasures lie in another’s tree.
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Batt
York Sun
Kiser
Chicago
fimes-Herald
State Engineer Bond to Recommend Erie Canal Details
Albany December reports that State Engineer Bond will propose to the legislature a canal project touching large cities without bisecting them. The plan will include detailed surveys, soil quality, electrical motive power, and expects favorable leanings from 25 senate members. If approved, the measure would go to voters next fall. Lieutenant Governor Woodruff calls it the year's principal issue and favors a lengthy legislative session to resolve it.
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Albany
Woodruff
Senate
Poison In Beer Sparks Chemical Society Debate
At the American Chemical Society session in Chicago December 26 chemists debated arsenic poisoning from beer. Dr Edward Gudeman accused brewers of adding arsenical antiseptics to hinder fermentation, prompting calls for routine analysis of beer and brewed liquors to safeguard consumers.
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Chicago
American Chemical Society
England
Dward "Gudeman
Honor to the polar explorer and a geographer
The report honors Lieut Julius Payer and his Arctic frontier work linked to Dr A Petermann. It notes Payer named Franz Josef Fiord and Mount Petermann, later correcting height estimates and debunking King Oscar Land and Petermann Land as nonexistent after Nathorst and Duke of Abruzzi’s reports.
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Julius Payér
Carl Weyprecht
Mary
Franz-Josef
A. Petermann
Petermann
Payer
New York Sun
Greenland
Koldeway
Germania
Franz-Josef-Fiord
Fiord
Pyramaidal
Payer Point
Nathorst
Duke of
Abruzzi
Franz-Jozef Land
King Oscar Land
Petermann Land
Cape Fligely
Polar
Warden Attacked by Prisoners in Women’s Section
Warden McGrath rushed to the women’s department after Miss Handy cried out as Nellie Jones and fellow inmates attacked the wardens and guards. The enraged group felled McGrath, and blows gouged his face and neck. Deputies and Sheriff Burgin’s team finally subdued the attack and jailed two attackers in a trait jacket. Remaining prisoners were separated and treated.
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Handy
Nellie Jones
Warden McGrath
Burgin
Wilson
Teresa White
Billiard life and a tired husband tale from a New York scene
A Washington Star interview in a hotel discusses billiards, a hardworking husband and his wife Maude. It details table sizes, a two hour game amounting to 8.40, and walking about the table plus a bet on himself. The piece ends with domestic banter and a Cleveland Leader quip.
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J.C. Crawford
New York
Washington Star
Mptown
Iit
Grande
Maude
Claude
Little Maude
Market Snapshot: Flour and Corn Prices Slide Amid Quiet Trade
Fragmented OCR shows a market brief with flour prices listed as state and western varieties trading around 3.90 to 4.20 for winter straights and 2.05 to 2.90 for winter extras. Corn remains firm on weaker receipts, May futures around 41 cents with inactive but steady tracking, while sugar and dairy notes appear with varied small notations.
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New York
White
Poor Pay of German Judges in Berlin Noted by Telegraph
The London Telegraph notes German officials in Berlin earn about 1500 marks yearly, sparking concern over the low remuneration. It contrasts with English and Irish judges and recalls Prussia’s past, while highlighting the lack of court acceptance for barristers and the hardship of law careers. The essay also mentions the late Senator Davis, famed Shakespeare scholar, who kept a vast, bookless home library to avoid letting business worries intrude.
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Germany
Berlin
London
Prussia
England
Sevantor
Davis
Shakespeare
Estonville Town Has Public Officials and Businesses
The Yonkers Statesman notes Estonville Fin has a 208 iphabliente with white residents amid a mix of public officials a bank and other business establishments suitable for a town of its size.
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Estonville
Fin
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Conn
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Yonkers Statesman
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Biter
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