Fighting at Peking portends winter camps for Allies
Dispatches describe heavy shelling as Allied forces attack Pekin forts at daybreak. Campaign plans show about 10,000 Allies to winter in Pekin with German troops the largest contingent. Japanese likely to withdraw most forces to Nagasaki while Russians keep at least 2,000 in Pekin. Dowager Empress considers return under protection. peace negotiations delayed amid reluctance by powers. Russia pushes punishment of Chinese leaders as prerequisite. Germany aligns with that stance, contrasting with earlier invasian plan.
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Taku
Pei-iamg
Chaffee
Pekin
Nagasaki
Washington
China
Russia
France
Boers Forced Into Portuguese Territory in Panic
Lord Roberts reports from Nelepruit near Komatipoort that 3400 Boers retreated before the British advance. About 100 entered Portuguese soil, others scattered, while the remainder crossed the Komati river and occupy Lebombo spurs south of the railway. Only a few marauding bands remain with their long toms and guns burned. Deputy Kelly-Kenny pursues one group at Dournberg.
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Lord Roberts
Nelepruit
Pretoria-Delagoa Bay
Komatipoort
Machadodoro
Komati
Lebombo
Kelly-Kenny
Dournberg
Church and Clergy News Mixed Across Diocese and Leaders
A Canterbury diocese drive funds for a memorial to Archdeacon Maidstone while Archdeacon Furse, a Liberal ally of Gladstone and Rosebery, was noted. Other items report Bishop of Liverpool’s Walton jail visit, Bishop John W. Hamilton settling in San Francisco, Prof. Gould’s death, Bishop Derrick's reform proposals, Cardinal prospects for Archbishop Ireland, Woodstock College head Williiger’s critical illness, and his Swiss birth.
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Diocese of
Canterbury
Maidstone
Furse
Gladstone
Lord Rosebery
Liverpool
Walton Jail
John W. Hamilton
Methodist Episcopal Church
San Francisco
E. P. Gould
Newton Theological Institute
Protestant Episcopal Divinity School
Philadelphia
William B. Derrick
New York
African Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Ireland
St. Paul
Vatican
Burchard Williiger
Woodstock College
Switzerland
America
Church of the Gesu
Native son of Vinton serves in two wars
The subject, son of Calvin Titus a Vinton blacksmith, was educated in Vinton, moved to Wichita, enlisted in the First Vermont Infantry during the Spanish American War, discharged in 1898, then joined the Fourteenth United States Infantry and served in the Philippines and China. Pekin’s hero is not yet 20.
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Vinton
Calvin Titus
Calvin
Wichita
Kan
United States
Spain
Titus
Vermont
First
Vermont Volunteer Infantry
Fourteenth
United States Infantry
Philippines
China
Pekin
Germany blocks Chinese peace talks as nations seek terms
The week sees Germany refusing to enter peace negotiations with China until anti foreign mob leaders face trial. Russia France the United States and Japan express willingness to negotiate with Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching. Britain distrusts Germany over China policy as Dowager and Emperor seek safe return to Pekin with allied protection.
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Germany
China
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
United States
Japan
Russia
England
France
Yangtse
Li Hung
Chang
Great Britain
Harvest estimates place record wheat and corn yields this season
Agriculture officials compile national estimates from diverse sources as harvest looms. Wheat may reach up to 550 million bushels, with oats near 900 million and corn around 2 billion, edging close to last year’s unparalleled totals. September figures considered most likely.
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Cerm
United Tes
Agricultural Department
Washington
Cincinnati
National Stockman
Bradstreet
C. Wood Davis
Kansas City Journal
Daily Trade. Bulletin
Ve Buew’s
Regina Flour Mills
New York Produce Exchange
Daily Trade Bulletin
Baltimore Produce Exchange
Duluth
Texas Storm Devastates Texas Valley Floods Kill Many
A massive Texas storm drenches towns from Sabinas to Del Rio, flooding the Concho and Colorado river valleys. Death toll rises with at least eighteen confirmed, a camp of Italian emigrants wiped out. Nueces river surges twenty five feet near Uvalde. rail lines and bridges suffer damage as wires go down and tracks are ruined.
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Texas
Galveston
Concho
Colorado
Nueces
Rio Grande
Sabinas
San Antonio
Southern Pacific
del Rio
Nevecés Titer
Uvalde
Sycamore
Steel Mills to End Strike with Wage Scale Accord
In Cincinnati, delegates from the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and mill manufacturers sign a yearly wage scale, prompting about sixty thousand iron and steel workers to resume work after a three month idle period. The agreement ends the strike and restores production at the steel mills.
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Steel Mills 2Nd Amalgamated Association
Iron and Steel Mill
Cincinnati
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Manufacturers
Ust
Wheat and corn crop outlook and wage accord summary
The report highlghts wheat output near last year’s 547 million bushels with corn forecasts around 2 billion. It notes near steady cereal demand, price pressures from global conflicts, and Western and Mississippi regions driving yields. It details steel wage talks with five prior meetings failing to yield agreement, the new scale being a compromise, and mills lingering closed for three months.
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Daily ‘Trade Bulletin
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Asia
Africa
Mississippi Valley
New England
Middle Western States
Ally
Irom
New York
Detroit
Indianapolis
Youngstown
Centipede Infestation Reportedly Plagues Texas Capitol
Report notes centipedes found in Austin Texas capitol grounds and in Governor's private office with a claimed 714 inch specimen killed. Authorities urge caution while residents report unusually large centipedes as state officials investigate.
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Austin
Texas
New York Dealers consider action against prune trust
New York wholesale fruit dealers plan to unite to challenge California prune control. A separate item notes the two year old son of Joseph Kahn of Keom, Missouri, was stolen.
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New York
California Prune Trust
Joseph Kahn
Joseph
Prairie chicken faces Kansas extinction warning
The prairie chicken is forecast to vanish from Kansas. The Michigan peach belt is expected to deliver its largest harvest in years. The U S records show 5.3 to 6 million farms nationwide. Chicago stockyards dockers report hiding as many as 000 egg cases. George TV of Leadville announces plans for a premier gambling hall in Manila.
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Kansas
Michigan
Chicago
George TV
Leadville
Colo
Manila
United States Rejects German Peace Proposals Over Punishing China Leaders
Diplomatic moves unfold in China as President McKinley departs for Canton to reject Germany Russia and China terms. Gen Chaffee withdraws troops to legation guard while Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching are recognized as Chinese peace commissioners. American forces reduced to a 1800-strong guard, with Mar ines withdrawn to Cavite and ships redirected to Manila.
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United States
China
McKinley
Washington
Canton
Germany
Russia
Pekin
Chaffee
Legation
Chima
Conger
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Remey
Cavite
Philippines
Tien-Tsin
Taku
Indiana
Sumner
Manila
Chinese explode mines at Peitang forts battle
At Peitang forts Thursday morning five thousand Russian and German forces attacked. The forts fell after a bloody fight. Three hundred allies were killed or wounded by land mines set by Chinese forces. The ground was mined along the advancing line and the mines exploded, decimating the assault.
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Peitang
Slain by a posse at Shenandoah strike riot
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania a riot between striking miners and a sheriff's posse led to a deadly clash at Indian Ridge colliery. Three sheriffs and a small posse fired on the crowd after stones and gunfire erupted near the Lehigh Valley station, leaving two dead and ten injured. One man and a child were killed during the melee as Poles Slavs and Hungarians gathered along East Center street.
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Schuylkill
Toole
O'Donnell
Breaneman
Shenandoah
Indian Ridge
Reading Company
East Center Street
Lehigh Valley Railroad Station
Ferguson House
Saloon murder shocks Fallburg as Kinner kills Carter
Teid in a Few Lines reports a saloon brawl in Fallburg Washington where Coon Kinner fatally wounded Wesley Carter. The item notes widespread fleas on Longsland New York and several separate incidents including hangings, shootings, and a photoshift in Put-in-Bay Ohio.
Tornado Kills Seven in Morristown Minn
A cyclone struck Morristown Minnesota at 6 PM Monday killing seven and wounding at least four. The brick saloon building run by Paul Gotzke collapsed with eleven killed and three unknowns escaping. A barn east of town and six horses were wrecked while Hanson’s son was killed.
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Morristown
Minu
Minn
Faribault
Chicago Great Western Railway
Paul Gotzke
Neeple
Goldzke
Tows
Hanson
Divided by a Fence In Domestic Trouble in New Jersey
Dennis Warrington and his wife of Somerville New Jersey after thirty years of married life have parted splitting their home after raising six children and maintaining a comfortable dwelling. The article notes a prolonged family feud and a complete division of their house following years of harmony.
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New Jersey
Dennis Warrington
Somerville
N. J
Fence feud ends in arrest over shared home
A quarrel over a back yard fence led to dispute between spouses who each held half the house. The old man rented his half to a Hungarian family and moved nearby, while anger flared and the wife had the husband arrested as tensions over proximity grew.
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Philadelphia
Russia annexes Manchuria and unsettles China crisis
Reports from St Petersburg state Russia has taken control of Manchuria regions held by Russian forces. A proclamation frames annexation as punishment for Blagovestchensk attack. Diplomatic concerns grow over possible wider seizures and a potential partition of China.
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China
St. Petersburg
Russia
Manchuria
Blagovestchensk
Amur
Hussia
Automobiles race clash and jailbreak arrest headlined
Alex Winton of Cleveland challenges W K Vanderbilt Jr in an automobile race. Missouri youth Benjamin Swissman with a jailbreaking record is arrested in Chicago. A Gila reservation dispute ends with ringleader Blair Wheatton and others fatally burned in an explosion at Bedford Massachusetts gasoline stove.
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Alex. Winton
Cleveland
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Benj. Swissman
Missouri
Chicago
Gila Reservation
Blair Wheatton
Jachila
Bedford Mass
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Pekix
Lord Roberta
Transvaal
Belcher
Buglem
Calvis ‘Titul
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Lawton
Laguna de Rey
Philippine Commission
Kruger
Netherlands
Lourenzo Marquez
Hague
Hasden Bartlett Harrie
Gross ‘Glockner
Paris
Will
Percens
Hunan Province
State Department
Yangtsekiang
Hunan
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