Navy and rail news in brief from wartime report
The Navy Department confirms Oregon docked at Kure Japan with a new examination showing strong hull. Illinois likely builder’s trial about Dec 1, Hartford sails to Southampton on a year voyage visiting Turkey, Gibraltar, Italy and France. Gold assays in Hawkins County Tennessee show 400 dollars per ton. vein size unknown. A Kansas pastor taps for rain after prayer and a deluge follows. In Cabell County W Va a drive-by ambush injures Miss Arthur and Runyon. Jockey Ted Sloane badly injured at Liverpool Cup when Maluma falls. Coffeyville gas wells contract set for ten with twenty wells by Oct 1. Gas fields drawing indiana factories. acres leased. Four women driving in Wichita lose carriage after horse runs away. Grace Gilbert dies, Blanche Chandler Miller and Ela Chandler injured.
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Illinois
United States
Hartford
Charlestown Navy Yard
Sthampton
England
Southampton
Turkey
Gibraltar
Italy
France
Hawkins
Tennessee
Ulysses
Kan
Johnson
Cabell County
W. Va
Mecca Arthur
Hamilton Runyon
Runyon
Marion
Ohio
Miss Arthur
Ted Sloane
Liverpool
Maluma
Sloane
Fle
Kansas Oil and Gas Company
Coffeyville
Pili
Indiana
Phousamis
Wichita
Grace Gilbert
Blanche Chandler Miller
Ela Chandler
Multiple Distinguised Deaths and Disasters Reported Across Cities
A string of incidents from to Toledo, Ohio reports ten injured in a trolley crash. Notable deaths include Fitzwilliam Chambers at 67 and Lewis Tarvie Finney in Virginia. Fires, battles, and accidents strike Detroit, Cork, Buffalo, and Seattle with numerous fatalities and injuries. Several dignitaries and figures finish amid illness, fatally burned houses, and bank executives in perilous events.
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Toledo
Ohio
Fitzwilliam TE Chambers
Detroi Browyers
Cork
Xfarctodata
Mosxicy
Multiple Disasters and Crimes Reported Across Cities
A sprawling roundup covers fires in Buffalo and Chicago, a Yale? elevator loss in Buffalo valued at 550000, a New York son killing his abusive father, a yacht gas explosion in Long Island Sound killing Mrs. Crow and son, and separate police cases from Philadelphia to San Diego involving suicides, murders, fires, train wrecks, robberies, and labor clashes with bullets and arrests.
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Crucible Steel Company of America
Pitsherr
H. Halcomb
New York
Pat Logan
Edward Logan
Buffalo
Washington Street
Pierce
Fifth Battalion
United States Marinies
Jower Halian
Grookiva
Luigui Longuboco
Larchmont Yacht Club
Niphtha Lannch Gasco
A. E. Crow
New Rochelle
Long Island Sound
Multiple Tragedies and Political Moves Across States
Drowning at Fairport Ohio. Michigan Democrats nominate William C. Masbury for governor. Five drowned in Wiley's Lake California. Officer kills paroled convict John Butler in Juliet. Roy Willkinson dies crushed by a horse in Newark Ohio. Alfred Van Leaven dies on lakes trip near Geneva Ohio. Maj. J B Cramp killed by tram in Enid Oklahoma. Princess Halverson granted a North Dakota divorce. Train deaths in Erie Pennsylvania and Steubenville Ohio. Ex-Centerman Jerry Simpson assaulted at Fort Scott Kansas racetrack. Barn fire kills Barnesville Ohio family. Kansas fusion party for governor John W Breidenthal. Robbery in Trackee Arizona. John E Zeublin killed near Bucyrus Ohio. Dr Pearsons offers funds to Bethany College Kansas. Richard Gardner sentenced to death after lynching scare. Kansas Midland sold to Frisco system. Engineer saves passengers on Wabash limited train in Illinois.
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C.L. Brundaze
Martham
Fairport
Democrats
Michigan
William C. Masbury
Detroit
Wiley’s Lake
Filmore
Cal
John Kelly
John Butler
Juliet
Newark
Ohio
Wallace Willkinson
Roy
Peter Kelley
Steubenville
Jerry Simpson
Hey
Fort Scott
Kaw
Barnesville
William Smith
Multiplied disasters and riots shock early 20th century towns
Reports recount drownings in the Warrior river near Akrosa Als and multiple murders during a New Orleans riot. A distillery incident in Frankfort Kentucky describes two deaths from an accident. A court room death and a torpedo boat sponsor are noted amid a city race riot with many casualties.
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Warrior River
Akrosa
Als
Edi Russell
Bark Jenkins
O. F.C
Frankfort
Ira Gressos
Owensboro
Jobs T. Day
Peter J. Lamb
New Orleans
United States
Dale
Triss
Richmond
Mary Hasel Wilsom
Robert Dale
Pipe firms face antitrust case plea deal and fines
The piece notes six large pipe companies under indictment for antitrust violations. They entered guilty pleas and were fined 1300 dollars plus prosecution costs.
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Teeneean Aetict
Prince Tram Leads Rebels Amid Ravaged Kumari Garrison
Reported uprising led by Prince Tram as Boxers unit reached Kumari with a garrison nearly starved. Police riot erupts over National Conservatory of Music prize, while other global unrest and violence breakouts are noted, including Venezuela peace proclamations and Hong Kong refugee crises.
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Prince Tram
Delaperie
Tee
Kumari
Peize
National Comserratory of Music
Deutschland
New York
Plymouth
Li Hans Chane
Chima
Republic of Venezuela
Castee
Sen ‘Domingo
Santiago
Kaemon Caceras
Hong Kong
Wildman
Hai-Nan
Presbyterian Mission
Hai-Nam
Hong‘Koas
General News Briefs From Across the Americas and Seas
Parcels of dispatches report Janauschek paralyzed while Hoyt seeks asylum. Dewey laments false accusations against Alexam during. Havana reports yellow fever control near First Infantry. President Zelaya’s Nicaragua election seen as virtually certain. Dawson recounts a riverhead tragedy with four of five lost. Varia speeds 24 knots in trial. Draper resigns as ambassador to Italy for business. A drowning rescue saves Louis B. Scott in Atlantic City. Panama collapse of a liberal revolt noted by Gudger. Nome endures a massive wildfire.
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Mme
Janauschek
Admiral Dewey
Pettigrew
Alexamdring
Asuinaldu
Charles H. Hoyt
Havana
United States Infantry
Pinar del Rio
Kingston
Jamai
Zelzya
Nicaragua
Dawson
Stewart River
V4riaz
Cramps
William F. Draper
Italy
McKinter
Louis B. Scott
Hsinilom
Ont
Atlantic City
Nerschorte
Los Angeles
Cal
Scott
State Department
Washington
Gudger
Panama
Cape Nome
Taondra
Nome
Market Reports from Chicago to New York
Cattle prices ranged from common to prime with Chicago reports citing 33.00 to 5450 for cattle and hogs around 3.00 to 5.35 in shipping grades. Wheat No 2 red traded around 78c, corn No 2 about 42c, oats 26c to 7c, and creamery butter 11c to 19c with eggs 9c to 12c and potatoes 3c to 6c per bushel. Regional listings include Indianapolis hogs 5.00 to 5.40, St. Louis hogs 3.00 to 5.33, Cincinnati cattle 2.00 to 3.25, Detroit cattle 2.50 to 3.75, Milwaukee wheat 0.50 to 0.60 and New York cattle 3.25 to 3.55 with assorted grain prices and dairy items throughout the briefing.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Eatz
New York
British Legation Siege Message From Conger July 4 Described
The message from Minister Conger dated July 4, signed and sent to Washington, reported by Captain Charles Thomas, describes two weeks of siege in the British legation at Pekin. It warns of possible massacre by Chinese soldiers, daily shelling, and a city without government except the Chinese army.
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Conger
Ties-Tsine Ou
Navy Department
Washington
Charles Thomas
Brooklyn
Legation
Pekin
State Department
Tron
Renson
Li Hung Chang
McKinley
Tien-Tsin in Horrible State After Siege
Shanghai reports Tien-Tsin presents a ruined native city with many unburied corpses. Only about two dozen houses remain intact on the outer side while interior damage is extensive. Allies work to remove the dead and loot racks, with 11 000 Chinese killed since the trouble began.
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Tien-Tsin
Shanghai
Big Rise in Patents With 5,000 More Applications
The patent office report for the year ending June 30 shows 20,540 patents granted including reissues and designs and 39,815 total applications received. Receipts totaled 1,358,228 with expenditures 1,247,828 and a surplus of 110,401. Additionally Emil Markenberg, a seronach, fell 500 feet at Santa Ana and was killed.
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Commissioner of Patents
Patent Office
Treasury
Ituly
Patent Ofice
Emil Markenberg
Santa Ana
Cal
Turbulent figures tied to Dowager Empress in late Qing era
A list of prominent Qing court and military leaders linked to the Dowager Empress appears, naming Kang-Yu-Kei exiled reformist, Kwangsu's son, Yang Lu the empress’s factotum, generals Tung Fa Nieh Kang Sa, council member Tsung-Li-Yumen, viceroys Liu-Kuo-Yi and Li Hong-Chang, Prince Tuan, Prince Ching and Chang-Chi-Tung among others, reflecting factional tensions and foreign influence.
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Te Hei
Kang-Yu-Kei
Reform Party
Kwangsu
Prince Chun
Yang Lu
Kang-Yi
Fother
Board of War
Tung Fa
Nieh
Kang Sa
Tsung-Li-Yumen
Council of Ten
Liu-Kuo-Yi
Cat “Nankin
Prince Li
Imperial Daily
He Li-Hung-Chang
Canton
Prince Tuan
Pu*Chun
Prince Ching
Pekin
Chang-Chi-Tung
Hankow
China
Hsu-Ching-Chien
Board of Works
Russia
Germany
Chinese Eastern Railway
Chang-Yi
Northern Railways
Dowager Express
Foreign ports and rivers cited in Far East treaties and bases
The excerpt lists Port Arthur leased to Russia in 1898, Ffoang Ho river, Tien Tsin treaty port, Yang Tse river with Nankin port, Taku forts at Pekin, Pekin population, Che Foo on Shan Tung peninsula, New Chang British concession port in Manchuria, Shanghai as key treaty port, Yangtse mouth distance, and Pei Uo North River navigation to Pekin and Gulf of Liao Tung.
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Port Arthur
Russia
Far East
Che-Foo
Shan-Tung
New Chang
Manchuria
Porethue
Wei-Hai-Wei
Shanghai
Pei-Uo
Great Wall
I’ckin
Tien- Tsin
Gulf of Liao-Tung
Pekin
China’s Military Capacities and Armaments Overview
The text notes China prints at treaty ports, fields 30 batteries with 180 Krupp and Armstrong guns, and a small navy of four cruisers. It lists Mauser rifles and various machine guns, cites lack of organized medical or transport services, and mentions a native one-inch caliber rifle needing two men. It estimates an unequipped yet large potential army and notes 8 million cartridges at Pekin with ongoing updates. Colleges train in engineering, navigation, tactics, electricity, and medicine with European professors.
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Gowl
China
Pekin
Glossary of Chinese provincial terms and units
A compact list defining terms such as Fu prefecture Yamen residence Kiang river Futui governor Godown rooms Haikwan maritime customs Petworth south east west Li Chinese mile Tael silver coin and geographic divisions including Shan sheng cheng lisiang lsien ling and related words.
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Yamen
Kiang
Futui
Godown
Haikwan
Petworth
Nan
Tung
Shan
Sheng
Cheng
Lisiang
Lsien
Ling
The People of China Through Foreign Lenses
Observations note ages of Chinese soldiers from sixteen to sixty and describe local attitudes toward honesty, family ties, and social ranks. The piece cites China's population near 400 million, mentions crime and punishment norms, literacy gaps, and ambitions of youths toward civil magistracy. It also contrasts imports and religion with a provocative priest quote.
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China
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Japan
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