Navy reports Oregon docked at Kure strong and Minds near trial
Captain Wilde cables that the battleship Oregon is docked at Kure Japan and structurally intact. The new battleship Minds may have builders' trial around Dee 1 with initial readiness in four months. The Hartford training ship sails from Charlestown for a year long cruise via Southampton Turkey Gibraltar Italy and France. A Hawkins County Tennessee gold mine yields $400 per ton assays and abundant rich ore.
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Dee
United States
Hartford
Charlestown ‘Navy Yard
Southampton
England
Turkey
Gibraltar
Italy
France
Hawkins County
Tennessee
Ulysses
Kan
Mr. Johnson
Cabell County
W Va
Mecca Arthur
Hamilton Runyon
Runyon
Marion
Ohio
Miss Arthur
Ted Sloane
Liverpool
Maluma
Sloane
Kansas Oil and Gas Company
Coffeyville
Indiana
Kansas
Wichita
San
Grace Gilbert
Blanche Chandler Miller
Multiple World News Briefs From Early 20th Century
A roundup of terse items reports injuries in a Toledo trolley crash, notable deaths in Detroit and New York, seditious leaflets in Cork, a deadly Mexican mine explosion, and various criminal and political notes. Other entries mention a Buffalo Wild West show collision near Detroit, battles with Yucatan forces, a hospital release in New York, and a fatal Austin kerosene fire with substantial property loss.
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Toledo
Obin Fitawilliam II
Detroit
Cork
Matchauala
Mexico
Lewis
Jarvie Finney
Navy
Long
Warm Springs
Richard
Edward Eric Poor
National Park Bank
New York
Liverpool
Josef Reevero
Chamber of Commerce of
Panama
Buffalo Ball
Notable Disturbances and Disasters Across Early 1900s America
A wide array of incidents are described including wage strikes by miners at the Delaware and Hudson mines in Scranton, riots by publishing-house reps forming the American Publishers Association led by Charles Scribner, a new comet sighting by Dr. William R. Brooks, and major fires and accidents. The report covers a Buffalo elevator loss worth 750000, a fatal beating incident in New York, a yacht Casco explosion near New Rochelle, a San Francisco widower case, and multiple fires, rail wrecks, and public disturbances across Chicago, Philadelphia, and western towns with numerous casualties and investigations.
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Delaware and Hudson
Scranton
New York
American Publishers’ Association
Charles Scribner
William R. Brooks
Smith Observatory
Geneva
N. Y
Aries
Crucible Steel Company of America
Wittsburg
H. Halcomb
Pat Logan
Edward Logan
Buffalo
Washington Street
Pierce
Fifth Battalion
United States Marines
Brooklyn
Luigui Longubuco
Philadelphia
Charles Marchand
Jacob Bestwick
Mclxeesport
Trilby
Fred L. Spink
Semiba
State Normal School
Trenton
N. J
Madge Carpenter
Margaret Donahue
Coopersville
San Francisco
Almira S. Townsend
Dozens Die and Officials Discuss Crimes Across States
A scattered obituary of accidents and crimes reports fireman Brundage drowned at Fairport Ohio, five drownings at Wiley's Lake California, a paroled convict killed in Joliet, a toddler crushed by a horse in Newark Ohio, a veteran dies on a lake trip near Green Bay, a major killed by a train at a crossing, a divorce granted to Princess Halverson in North Dakota, two men killed by a train on the Ohio River Railroad, a mob attack on Jerry Simpson at a Fort Scott racetrack, a barn fire kills a Barnesville family, fusion of Democrats Populists and Silver Republicans in Ohio nominations, a bank robbery in Truckee Arizona, a Chicago Telegraph supervisor killed near Bucyrus, a college donation offer in Kansas, a black man sentenced after a lynching scare in Chillicothe, sale of the Kansas Midland Railway to bondholders, and a disrupted St Louis Wabash line near Kankakee river.
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Guster Park
Til
Mortimer D. Shaw
St. America
Avas
St. Louis
Martin Shaw
Augusta Bergenthal
Chicago
Tudwig Sarpt Rasmussen
Geronimo
Fort Sill
O. T
Henning & Speed
Dearborn Street
Ed Jackson
Thirty-third Volunteer Infantry
Wichita
Kan
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Copperton
Grand Encampment
Wyo
Solomon City
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Kings Coolie
Wabasha
Minn
Hathaway
Thomas
Shafter
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco
Peterson
Glencoe
Yord
Montana
Swan Lake
Ageutersi
Churchill Street
Gessling Coffee Company
Quaker Biscuit Company
Chicago and Astern
Inois
Benton
Keiser
Omaha
San Diego County
Cal
Yuma
Colorado River
LaSalle
Cement Works
Cement Company
Co. L. Brundage
Maytham
Fairport
Democrats of
Michigan
Wiliam
Maybury
Detroit
Wiley's Lake
Pear Filmore
John Kelly
John Butler
Joliet
Newark
Ohio
Wallace Wilkinson
Roy
Vhich
Alfred van Leuven
Geneva
Green Bay
J B Crump
Enid
Anna Josephine Charlotte Halverson
Oscar
Sweden
North Dakota
John Connor
Erie
Peter Kelley
Steubenville
Jerry Simpson
Fort Scott
Barnesville
William South
Skxnnos
John W. Breidenthal
Faro
al Richardson
Truckee
Ariz
John E. Zeublin
Chicago Telephone Company
Bucyrus
I. Kk. IX. Pearsons
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Richard Gardner
Chillicothe
Ethel Lane
Kansas Midland Railway
Alfred Fe Peek
Harry Bronner
Multiple Civil Unrest and Disasters Reported in South
The account lists numerous tragedies and riots across the South including drownings in the Warrior river near Akron Alabama and a fatal well accident at the O F C distillery in Frankfort Kentucky. It notes police fatalities in New Orleans and a torpedo boat launch at Richmond Virginia with sponsor Mary Hasel Wilson.
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Warrior River
Akron
Ala
Ed Russell
Burk Jenkins
Frankfort
Ira Gregson
Owensboro
John T. Day
Peter J. Lamb
New Orleans
Dale
Trigg Shipbuilding Yards
Richmond
Mary Hasel Wilson
Robert Dale
Judge Clark orders disposition of antitrust indictments
United States District Court for the eastern district of Tennessee ordered the cases against large pipe companies indicted for violation of the anti trust law to be resolved. The firms were permitted to enter a joint plea of guilty and were fined 1800 dollars plus the cost of prosecution.
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Orléans
Mt Jurder
Tomaby
C. D. Clark
United Statss District Court
Tennessee
Rebels' Leader Reported Killed as Boxers Lose Battle Near Pekin
Prince Tuan, leader of the rebels, is reported dead after a clash outside Pekin. Gol. Willcocks reaches Khumassi with a near-starved garrison. Paris police quell a riot over a music prize. Deutschland arrives in Plymouth on maiden eastward voyage. Li Hung Chang says China cannot pay indemnity. Venezuela proclaims peace. Jail terms and prisoner releases issued. Assassination plot in San Domingo targets Santiago governor Ramon Caceras. Hong Kong reports lack of foreign protection. casualties among American Presbyterian mission at Hai Nan. Refugees flood Hong Kong. Presbyterians murdered by Chinese imperial troops.
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Prince Tuan
Pekin
Gol. Willcocks
Khumassi
Paris
National Conservatory of Music
New York
Plymouth
England
Li Hung Chang
Ching
Republic of Venezuela
Dilline
San Domingo
Santiago
Ramon Caceras
Hong Kong
Wildman
Hai-Nan
Mixed world news items from late May dispatches
General notes report actress Janauschek struck by paralysis and playwright Loyt nearing asylum commitment. Admiral Dewey cites a contested Alexandria letter to Senator Pettigrew. Yellow fever breaches US troops at Pinar del Rio. Zelaya’s renomination seen as certain. Dasvson tragedy leaves four dead on a river trip. Russian cruiser Varing proves fastest, 24 knots. Draper resigns as ambassador to Italy for business concerns. Scott saves drowning. Los Angeles death leaves him $7,000. Panama revolution collapses. Nome blaze burns vast tundra and native homes.
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Janauschek
Admiral Dewey
Pettigrew
Alexandria
Aguinaldo
Charles H. Loyt
Havana
United States Infantry
Pinar del Rio
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Tate
Dasvson Tellcof
Stewart River
Thial
Varing
Cramps
William F. Draper
Italy
McKinley
Louis B. Scott
Dumilton
Ont
Atlantic City
Nersehogte
Los Angeles
Cal
Scott
State Department
Washington
Gudger
Panama
Ife
Cape Nome
Nome
Cane Nome
Market Reports From Grain and Live Stock Remedies
Chicago cattle range 3.00 to 5.60, hogs 3.00 to 5.35, sheep 300 to 4.35. wheat No 2 red 6c to 8c. corn 2 No. 2 38c to 89c. Indianapolis cattle 3.00 to 5.55. hogs 5.00 to 5.40. St Louis cattle 3.25 to 5.73. Cincinnati cattle 3.00 to 5.25. Detroit cattle 2.50 to 5.75. Toledo wheat 2 mixed 7c to 7c. Milwaukee wheat 2 No 2 northern 14c to 15c. Buffalo cattle 3.00 to 5.00. New York cattle 3.25 to 5.85. hogs 3.00 to 5.80. butter creamery 1.0 to 20c. eggs 15c to 17c.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Ste. Cincinnati
Detroit
Ste. _ Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Belated Cable From Pekin Describes Siege and Massacre Threat
A July 4 message from Minister Conger, relayed via Captain Thomas of the Brooklyn, warns of grave danger in Pekin. Foreigners are besieged in the British legation, with shelling daily and fears of massacre as relief efforts loom uncertain. Washington notes the letter casts gloom on official confidence and Beijing's control at the time.
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la Opes
Conger
Tien-Tsin On
Navy
Washington
Charles Thomas
Brooklyn
Legation
Trelief
Pekin
State Department
Imperial
Chinese Government gains control of imperial troops says Conger letter
The article reports that Chinese forces have regained control, with foreigners under protection, casting doubt on official sincerity. Li Hung Chang’s massacre prediction is cited as preparing world reaction to possible deaths. No word yet from the Chinese legation, government, or responses to McKinley’s reply.
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Legation
McKinley
Couger
Tien Tsin In Horrible State Amid War Ruin
Report from Shanghai describes Tien Tsin as a ruined native city with many bodies in the streets and charred remains in homes. Allies are removing the dead and many are not yet buried. Chinese losses are estimated around 11 000, with looting visible among the ruins. Flags of allied powers adorn surviving structures.
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Tien-Tsin
Shanghai
Big Increase in Patents Shows Record Year
The report of Commissioner of Patents Duels for the fiscal year ended June 30 shows 26 540 patents granted including reissues and designs. There were 1 660 trade marks 682 labels and 93 prints registered. Emil Markenburg an aeronaut fell from 500 feet at Santa Ana California and was killed.
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Commissioner of Patents
Patent Office
Emil Markenburg
Santa Ana
Cal
Notable Chinese Figures in Empress Dowager Era Revolt
A fragmentary list presents leaders and officials tied to the Dowager Empress and anti foreign revolt in late Qing era. Names include Kang Yu-wei, emperor Kuangsu, Li Hongzhang, Prince TuAn, and Ching, with roles across court, war board, and railways, reflecting the period’s power struggles and foreign ties.
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Tze Hei
Kang-Yu-Kei
Reform Party
Kwangsu
Princ Chun
Ss ‘Yung
Eralissimo
Kang-Yi
Board of War
Tung Fu
Nieh
Kang
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Annie O Liu-Kua-¥i
Pu*Chun
Ching
Peckin
Chang-Chi-Tung
Russia
Germany
Chinese Eastern Railway
T Chang Yi
Northern Railways
Treaty ports and waterways of northern China and coastal bases
The excerpt lists major treaty ports and strategic rivers in northern China and along the Gulf of Pechili. It notes Pekin’s large population, Canton, Che Foo, New Chang, and Shanghai as key ports, plus Wei Hai Wei as a British base and Pei Ho navigability from the coast to Pekin.
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Fort Arthur
Far East
Hoang-Ho
China
Gulf of PeChree
Tien-Tsin
Pei-Ho
Pekin
Yang-Tse
Kiang-Su
Naokin
Ching
Canton
Che-Foo
Shau-Tung
New Chang
Manchuria
Artinifg
Wei-Hai-Wei
Liu-Kun-Tao
Shanghai
Great Wall
Tien- Tsin-to
China’s Military Capacity as Described in Historical Text
The account lists China with thirty field batteries and 180 Krupp and Armstrong guns, a navy of four cruisers, scarce fighting vessels, and rifles such as Mauser and Nordenfelt. It notes a weak medical, transport, and commissariat system, a native one inch caliber rifle requiring five handlers, and potential army of 1.7 million but poorly disciplined. Eight million cartridges were moved to Peku two years prior, with ongoing additions. It also mentions new colleges for engineering and military topics with European professors.
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China
Peku
Glossary Fragments of Imperial Chinese Terms
A list of place names and administrative terms including Fu, Yemen, Kiang, Haikwan, Pei Nan Tung, Li, Tael, Shan Sheng Cheng Hsiang Hsien Ling and related meanings and monetary values. It catalogues ranks provinces rivers lakes and coin values in historic transliterations.
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Yemen
Kiang
Fatai
Haikwan
Pei
Nan
Tung
Shan
Sheng
Cheng
Hsiang
Hsien
Ling
Chinese Views on Society and Foreigners
A fragmented passage describes Chinese soldiers aged sixteen to sixty, English bankers forcing honesty in native merchants, and a population near 400 million. It notes police arresting relatives of fugitives, social hierarchies where magistrates outrank soldiers, and scarce interior newspapers. It adds that Chinese youths aim to be magistrates, servants educate sons, and a priest claims men believe religion while women do not.
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China
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Japan
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