Navy ships docked in Japan and a progress report on new vessels
Captain Wilde reports the Oregon docked at Kure Japan with intact structure. Minds builders’ trial likely around December. The Hartford training ship sails from Charlestown to Southampton on a yearlong voyage visiting Turkey Gibraltar Italy and France. Gold mine in Hawkins County Tennessee shows $400 per ton in assays. In Ulysses Kansas Rev Johnson’s prayer for rain coincides with a deluge. In Cabell County West Virginia a shotgun ambush injures Miss Mecca Arthur and Hamilton Runyon. Jockey Ted Sloane injured when Maluma falls in the Liverpool Cup. Coffeyville gas wells set for twenty wells by Oct 1 with factories to follow. Four women driving in Wichita cause a runaway horse and injuries to Grace Gilbert. Mrs Blanche Chandler Miller not expected to recover with Eth injured.
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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
Grace Gilbert
Blanche Chandler Miller
Eth
Trolley crash injures ten in Toledo
Ten persons were injured in a trolley car accident at Toledo. The incident adds to a string of 1910s urban transit mishaps as authorities investigate speed and signaling factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Obin Fitawilliam II
Detroit
Cork
Matchauala
Mexico
Extensive late 19th century news items from Scranton to Chicago
A compilation reports wage strikes in Scranton mines, the American Publishers Association in New York with Charles Scribner as president, a new comet in Aries, Cructible Steel formed in Wittsburg with H Halcomb as president, a fatal incident in New York involving Pat Logan, a Buffalo elevator loss, a Marine fatality in Brooklyn, a Philadelphia murder case, a whistling child in McKeeport, a yacht tragedy near New Rochelle, and various other incidents including fires, accidents, suspensions at a normal school, duels, inheritance issues, and public safety events across multiple U.S. locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Various local and national incidents reported across states
Drownings and fatalities occur from Fairport to Wiley's lake and Barnesville. Politicians Michael Maybury, John Breidenthal, and others feature amid rail and train deaths, a bank robbery in Truckee, and a Frisco acquisition of the Kansas Midland Railway. A Franco-style mix of divorces, lynching mentions, and engine crashes rounds out this patch of 19th century calamities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faro
al Richardson
Truckee
Ariz
John E. Zeublin
Chicago Telephone Company
Bucyrus
Ohio
I. Kk. IX. Pearsons
Chicago
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Kan
Richard Gardner
Chillicothe
Ethel Lane
Kansas Midland Railway
Wichita
Alfred Fe Peek
Harry Bronner
Southern news briefs recount multiple racial violence deaths
Eleven Black men drowned in the Warrior river near Akron Alabama after a skiff capsized. A 21 year old and a 5 day old infant drowned in a well at the O F C distillery in Frankfort Kentucky. A 24 year old man Ira Gregson died at Owensboro Kentucky as he left a courthouse. Police officers Day and Lamb were killed by Black rioters in New Orleans. The torpedo boat destroyer Dale was launched at Trigg yards in Richmond Virginia with sponsor Mary Hasel Wilson. A mob in New Orleans killed a Black murderer as mayor called for calm amid race violence. More killings of Black people noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Wireman Thomas
Shafter
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco
Peterson
Glencoe
Montana
Swan Lake Country
Ayeuters
Lesch
Churchill Street
Gessling Coffee Company
Quaker Biscuit Company
Chicago and Astern
Inois
Benton
Otto Meinal
Missouri Pacific
Atchison
John Kreiser
Messeenger
Keiser
Omaha
San Diego County
Cal
Yuma
Colorado River
LaSalle
Cement Company
L. Brundage
Maytham
Fairport
Democrats
Michigan
Wiliam
Maybury
Detroit
Wiley's Lake
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
Ikxnnos
John W. Breidenthal
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 plea in anti trust case against pipe firms
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee disposed of cases against large pipe companies indicted for anti trust violations. The firms entered a joint plea of guilty and were fined $1,800 plus prosecution costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orléans
Mt Jurder
Tomaby
C. D. Clark
United Statss District Court
Tennessee
Rebels' Prince Tuan Reported Killed Outside Pekin
Dispatches note Prince Tuan feared dead after a battle near Pekin as Boxers suffered losses. Gol. Willcocks reaches the coast with Khumassi garrison, nearly starved. Paris police quell riot over National Conservatory prize. Deutschland maiden voyage sets speed record despite fog. Ching vows no indemnity, natives resist annexation. Venezuela proclaims peace. political prisoners freed. Plot to assassinate Santiago governor uncovered. 25 conspirators arrested. Hong Kong reports lack of protection for foreigners. Presbyterians murdered in Hai Nan. refugees flood Hong Kong.
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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 Briefs Highlight U S and Abroad
Reports include Janauschek paralyzed, Dewey disputing Aguinaldo claims, Loyt seeking asylum commitment, yellow fever outbreaks in Havana troops, Zelaya’s reelection near certainty, Cas rson tragedy near Stewart river, Russian cruiser Varing fastest in class, Draper resigning as ambassador, Scott saves drowning victim and leaves $7
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Janauschek
Admiral Dewey
Pettigrew
Alexandria
Aguinaldo
Charles H. Loyt
Havana
United States Infantry
Pinar del Rio
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Tate
Casrson
Stewart River
Varing
Cramps
William F. Draper
Italy
McKinley
Louis B. Scott
Damilton
Ont
Atlantic City
Nersehogte
Los Angeles
Cal
Scott
State Department
Washington
Gudger
Panama
Ife
Cape Nome
Nome
Cane Nome
Market Reports from Midwestern and Eastern Grain and Livestock Markets
Across Chicago and major cities, cattle ranges from common to prime with values up to 5.60 while hogs fetch 3.00 to 5.40, and sheep 2.50 to 4.80. Wheat No 2 mixed and No 2 red trade around 73 to 80 cents, corn 37 to 45 cents, oats 22 to 29 cents, rye 5 to 8 cents, butter 17 to 20 cents per pound, eggs 9 to 17 cents, and potatoes 2 to 36 cents per bushel. Regional prices extend to Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with similar commodity quotes and ranges for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and dairy.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Ste. Cincinnati
Detroit
Ste.Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Belated Message From Pekin Massacre Threat
A July 4 message from Minister Conger, dated in Pekin and received in Tien-Tsin, warns of grave danger to foreigners as Chinese troops besiege the British legation in Pekin. The letter, cited by Captain Charles Thomas of the Brooklyn, says the city lacks government and foreigners face possible massacre as relief forces are delayed.
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la Opes
Conger
Tien-Tsin On
Navy
Washington
Charles Thomas
Brooklyn
Legation
Pekin
State Department
Imperial
Foreign unrest in Pekin raises fears of massacre
The letter from Mr. Conger is taken as credible on conditions in China and the imperial troops now hold foreigners under protection. Li Hung Chang predicted such massacres, and the report is seen as preparing the world for news of foreign deaths. No response has reached McKinley or the Chinese legation to date.
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Legation
McKinley
Couger
Tien Tsun in Horrible State After Siege
Reports from Shanghai describe Ti en Tsin as a ruin of war with many bodies unburied. Only a dozen houses remain standing on the echoing city side. walls blown apart and charred corpses lie in the streets while dogs feed. Allies remove dead as Chinese searches for valuables continue amid flags of Japanese and French forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien-Tsin
Shanghai
Big rise in patents for year ended June 80
The report of Commissioner of Patents for the year ended June 80 shows 26 540 patents granted including reissues and designs with 1 660 trade marks 682 labels and 93 prints registered. The total receipts were 1 358 228 with expenditures 1 247 828 and a surplus to treasury of 110 401 Emil Markenburg an aeronaut fell 500 feet at Santa Ana Cal and was killed.
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Commissioner of Patents
Patent Office
Emil Markenburg
Santa Ana
Cal
Leaders and figures in the Dowager Empress era
A list of high officials and potentates tied to the Dowager Empress and anti foreign movements. Mentions Kang-Yu-Kei exiled reform leader and Kangsu emperor with generals Tung Fu Nieh Kang Su Tsung Li Yamen Li Hsuan Chang Prince Tuan Ching and others, noting court roles and influences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tze Hei
Kang-Yu-Kei
Reform Party
Kwangsu
Princ Chun
Ss ‘Yang
Eralissimo
Kang-Yi
Board of War
Tung Fu
Nieh
Kang
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Annie O Liu-Kua-¥i
Prince Li
Cabiinet
Li-Htung-Chang
Ganton
Prince Tuan
Pu*Chun
Ching
Peckin
Chang-Chi-Tung
Russia
Germany
Chinese Eastern Railway
T Chang Yi
Northern Railways
World Treaty Ports and River Leases in the Far East
The summary lists Fort Arthur leased to Russia in 1898 for a Far East naval base, and treaty ports along the Pei Ho and Yangtze rivers. It notes Pekin's population over a million, Shanghai as the leading treaty port, and details on Che Foo and New Chang as Manchurian ports.
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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
Erin Wei-Hai-Wei
Shanghai
Great Wall
Tien- Tsin-to
Gulf
Liao-Tung
China’s military profile and resources in late era tone
The overview outlines China’s armaments including thirty field batteries with 180 Krupp and Armstrong guns, four cruisers, and a mix of Mauser rifles and Hotchkiss Maxim weapons. It notes a weak medical and supply structure, a native one inch rifle requiring five handlers, and a potential army of 1.7 million that would be undisciplined and under equipped. It mentions eight million cartridges at Peking two years prior and ongoing additions, plus new colleges in engineering navigation military tactics electric self and medicine with European professors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Peku
Glossary of Terms From Chinese Geopolitical Notes
A compact list defines place names and administrative divisions such as Fu prefecture Yemen official residence Kiang ho river hu lake Fatai governor Godown storage Haikwan maritime customs Pei nan tung sb Li Chinese mile Tael silver coin values Shan sheng cheng hsiang hsien ling and related geographic and fiscal terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yemen
Kiang
Fatai
Haikwan
Pei
Nan
Tung
Shan
Sheng
Cheng
Hsiang
Hsien
Ling
China's People and Power: Crime, Class, and Religion
A dated sketch notes Chinese soldiers ages sixteen to sixty, banking ties with English firms, and a 400 million population surpassing several nations. It claims crime is familial and that soldiers face humiliation, magistrates outrank soldiers, interior readers avoid newspapers, and priests say men believe religion while women do not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Japan
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Illinois
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Chienco
Kansas City
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Count Mengden
Paris Fair
Lewis Narvie Finney
Long
Warm Springs
Richard
Edward Eric Poor
National Park Bank
Josef Reevero
Chamber of Commerce of
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Elizabeth Blair
Smade
Pennsylvania Hospital
New York City
Carbie Avid Ellisena
Parkersburg
W Va
Minnesota
James Watt
Watt
Valencourt Deverl
Sporting Duchess Company
Rose Coughlan
Seattle
Diaz
Europe
F Smith
Craig, Larkin & Smith
San Paul
Yellowstone Park
Theodore Hackenburg
Austin
Texas
Hackenburg
Philadelphian
Charles Marchand
Jacob Bestwick
Mclxeesport
Trilby
Fred L. Spink
Semiba
State Normal School
Trenton
N. J
Madge Carpenter
Margaret Donahue
Coopersville
Almira S. Townsend
Larchmont Yacht Club
Casco
A. EB. Crow
New Rochelle
Long Island Sound
Western
Southern
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Britigy Legation
WU Ting Fang
Horrible State
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Pei-Ho River
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