Multiple incidents of crime and disaster across regions
A roundup reports B C Richardson of Alliance Nebraska shot by musician Cline at a saloon. W Sprangu Kerr, East Buffalo NY, drowns in Southlake. A Union Pacific train robber’s body exhumed identified as James Jones, with a $2300 reward. A Sept 1 Union Pacific discipline reform to suspend workers. Earthquake-like rumble awakens Ague Negra NM residents. yet no rain, prairie subsides ten feet revealing a subterranean river. Minot ND jail break attempt ends with Sheriff in peril. Tonanokin or Tompkins critical. Baseball standings show NL leaders Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia Chicago New York.
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Muskoka
Canada
W. Sprangue Kerr
East Buffalo
XN. Y
East Buffalo Live Stock Exchange
Southlake
Union Pacific
Goodland
Ixon
James Jones
Springfield
Texas
Union Pacific Railroad
Mpany
Ater
Ague Negra
N. M
James Clark
Curry
Minot
Ernest Tompkins
Tompkins
Sheriff Carroll
Tonanokins
Lerse
W. L
Brooklyn
Boston
Pittsboro Oo
Philadelphia
Lonis
New York
News Nuggets of Global Turmoil and Tragedy
A chaotic digest reports restored Spain status and Vatican ties, military marches near Avontown, a caravan camp tragedy in Pennsylvania, and a string of disasters. It notes guards, engineers, and officials amid wartime and diplomatic shifts, plus a Mississippi riverboat capsizing and a Kansas City prisoner attempting suicide.
Notable Deaths and Disasters Feature In East Coast News
Prominent figures die across states including William Steinitz once world champion in New York asylum and Chief Justice Henry Green of Pennsylvania. Hobbling rail costs and a city crime spike accompany a fatal trolley crash in Brooklyn. Also noted are industrial fires, census figures for Greater New York, and a dramatic ship explosion in Philadelphia.
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William Steinitz
New York
Henry Green
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Atlantic City
N. J
M. K. McMullin
West End Traction Company
Pittsburg
Bob Fitzsimmons
Bensonhurst
Collis P. Huntington
Southern Pacific Railroad
Pine Knot Camp
Oecar Durant
Ruacquette Lake
Adirondacks
University of Pennsylvania
Nippur
B.C
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Michael Griffin
Bermuda
West India Pruss Commins
Philadelphia
Greater
Manhattan
Broos
Borough of
Bronx
Berwind
Dubois
Joseph Schaeffer
Baltimore
Howard Counties
Patapscon
Howard M. Wilkinson
State Capital Press
Dover
Dev
Josephine Packard
J. L. Wilkinson
Tannery
Wilkesbarre
Niles
Atuer
Somersen
Conant
Banat
Global row of early 1900s disaster and crime items
A wide array of sensational reports from North Dakota to Texas describe destroyed crops, bank and business bankruptcies, violent deaths, train, car, and street crimes, suicides, storms, and legal actions. Included are notes on politicians, industrials, a railroad collision, and international incidents with a mix of human tragedy and turmoil.
Multiple Calamities Across States in a Single Report
A boiler explosion at Carbolineum Wood Preserving Co in New Orleans fatally injures John Akens and badly burns Mrs E Schweitzer with seven others hurt. In Nash County North Carolina George Griffin and his wife are jailed for reportedly killing Chitlin’s four children by confinement and starvation. Armour & Co begins work on a $1,000,000 Louisville packing plant site bounded by Main Street to the river and Brook and Floyd streets. Four crewmen of the steamer Hill City die after the wheel repair plank fails at Blue Point Landing Mississippi. Detectives recover sacred vessels from the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, including brass and silver candlesticks, after a confession pattern by Joseph O'Brien who feigned piety.
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John Akens
E. Schweitzer
Carbolineum Wood Preserving Company
New Orleans
George Griffin
Uird
Chitlin
Nash County
N.C
Armour & Co
Chicago
Cathedral of the Assumption
Louisville
Joseph O’brien
O’brien
Wrecks, dividends, and a piracy claim surface in stormy report
A chaotic coastal disaster includes steamers Merwin Resolute and Dollar wrecked off Alaxia with fifteen drowning. A Nancy Hanks memorial design is accepted. A mining district blaze in Boundary creek destroys property, losses near 150000 dollars. A Hamburg line steamer sets eastward speed record. Fire aboard Cymric near New York lasts thirty six hours. Various district notes and a controversial piracy stance by a writer urging Filipinos to capture a U.S. officer.
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Merwin
Resolute
Dollar
Alaxia
Thompson Stickle
Nancy Hanks Manifert
Boundary Creek
Pav Ave
Window Glass Company
Cunton Iin
Shecalguo
Market Reports Show Mixed U.S. Grain and Livestock Prices
Regional market notes across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York list bids for cattle hogs sheep and grains. No. 2 wheat prices span No. 2 red green yellow corn oats rye and creamery butter with varied bids from multiple cities reflecting broad market activity.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Cat'h
St. Louis
Castle
Cincinnati
Caruio
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
Buffalo
New York
Envoys Freed in Pekin Mission Ends Chinese Crisis
United States and allied forces report Pekin entered August 15 with American troops under Gen. Chaffee first to reach the capital. German consul at Shanghai confirms relief of legations and liberation of foreigners. Washington greets news as crisis seemingly over with powers favoring continued presence to secure indemnities and territorial terms.
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Pekin
London
Shanghai
Berlin
Washington
McKinley
China
Gen. Chaffee
Chaffee
Tung-Chow
Pei-Ho
China Sues for Peace Names Li Hung Chang In Appeal
Li Hung Chang, acting for the Chinese government, asks the United States to appoint a peace commissioner to open negotiations for ending hostilities. An American minister or other official would negotiate on terms to cease fighting. The request, delivered to the State Department, seeks a cessation of hostilities without specifying terms or troop withdrawal.
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Hung-Chang
America
Li Hung Chang
United States
Minster Conger
Washington
State Department
Earl Li
Minister Conger
Conger
Empress Dowager Fugitive Pursued by Japanese Cavalry
Japanese cavalry chase the fleeing empress dowager and her court from Pekin toward Wantisan in Shansi province. Dispatches report troops protecting the treasure train and an exhausted pursuit as allied forces approach. Miscellaneous brief items note accidents, political moves, and social events across the era.
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Pekin
Shanghai
Wantisan
Shans
London
Tekin
Pesin
Yane Tenn
Peehili
Shanghad
Jon
France secures new Persian Gulf coaling port
Foreign desk reports France has secured a coaling port on the Persian Gulf. The Transvaal consul at Lorenzo Marques says President Steyn died of a wound. Lord Wolseley criticizes Britishvolunteers. London waiters campaign for regular pay and against tipping. A youth, about 20, arrested at Leipsic, admits heaving con-
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France
Persian Gulf
Lord Wolseley
Alders
Transvaal
Lorenzo Marques
Steyn
London
Leipsic
Allies capture thirteen guns at Pei-tsang in China war news
The report states allied forces seized thirteen guns at Pei-tsang and notes Gen Dorward commanding remaining troops at Tien-tsin. Britain plans to land 3,000 troops in Shanghai to safeguard foreign interests. Geriitins dispatch a squadron amid the announced move.
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Pei-tsanz
Dorward
Tien-tsin
Geriitins
Shanghai
England
Ferejzne.3
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Royal Callege of Veterinary Surgeons
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el Work
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Pierson
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Democratic Central Committee
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Rushville
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