Li Hung Chang Seeks Allied Escort for Pekin Peace Talks
Dispatches reveal Li Hung Chang ordered to Pekin to aid peace negotiations with Prince Ching. He requests powers assist his journey with personal protection and a suitable steamer. United States gunboat support requested. Chaffee warns diplomacy unlikely while foreign troops remain. Chinese plenipotentiary credentials issued in London and to other capitals.
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Washington
Jo Hung Chang
Pekin
Prince Ching
Li Hang Chang
Shanghai
Robert Hart
United States
Earl Li
War Department
Chaffee
London
Chi Hon Lo Fing Luh
Li Hung Chang
Imperial Household
Japan accepts withdrawal of minister and troops Pekin
The Times dispatch says Japan agrees to withdraw her minister from Pekin and to accept other powers recommendations, with readiness to remove superfluous troops. Rumors say Russia plans 15000 troops wintering at Chil Pi as part of the concerted moves.
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London
Tikio
The
Times
Japan
Pekin
Russia
Chil Pi
Russo-Chinese Bank
Shanghai
Imperial University Fund
Prohibition Train Tour and Political Convention News
Prohibition candidate John B. Woolley will lead a multi state campaign by rail with Henry Metcalf and other leaders. The first train will tour Illinois, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin, then Indiana Ohio Kentucky Tennessee and Illinois, with further trips planned through Michigan New York and more. In New York the state Democratic convention opened late with a contentious credentials report, George Raines elected permanent chairman. In Newport a gale threatens the Hotel Rockingham as fires spread from a surrounding blaze.
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Chicago
John B. Woolley
Henry B. Metcalf
Samuel Dickey
The
New Voice
Volney B. Cushing
Bangor
Oliver W. Stewart
National Committee
Woolley
Illinois
South
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Maryland
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Saratoga
Committee On Credentials
McCarren
Committee On Permanent Organization
George Raines
Monroe County
Calamity in Johnstown prompts relief drive
The piece notes Johnstown and nearby areas swept by disaster with many homes lost and hundreds dead unburied. It urges donations via local banks to aid authorities, already surpassing 200 dollars with no formal appeal yet. Knights Templars issue telegrams from St Louis directing state grand encampments to organize immediate relief contributions.
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Johnstown
St. Louis
William H. Mayo
Knights Templars
United States
IR. H. Lloyd
San Francisco
Texas
Henry B. Stoddard
Galveston
Tex
Chicago Rail Relief Train Aids Texas Sufferers
A 15 car freight train on a passenger schedule departs Chicago carrying food and clothing for Texas sufferers. The Rock Island line offered the train to Mayor Harrison who accepted. Donations total about 215,000 with an additional 4000 pledged by Governor Sayers.
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Chicago
Texas
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Road
Harrison
Rock Island
Sayers
General Corbin Offers Aid to Texas in Trouble
General Corbin telegraphs Governor Sayers offering federal assistance within statute limits to aid Texans in their present trouble. The message arrives from Washington on September 12.
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Washington
Corbin
Sayers
Texas
Special Train From Chicago Aids Texas Sufferers
A Rock Island special freight train of 15 cars carrying supplies for Texas sufferers will depart Chicago tomorrow and run on passenger schedule to Houston. Macon GA city council allocates 2000 dollars to aid Texas victims and calls a public meeting to raise funds.
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Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific
Texas
Houston
Macon
Knoxville Chamber launches Galveston relief fund
The Knoxville chamber of commerce began a Galveston relief drive with 8300 and formed a fundraising committee. A mass meeting was scheduled to push the effort forward.
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Knoxville
Chamber of Commerce
Galveston
Passengers Robbed On Overland Flyer Near Haigblor Neb
A lone highwayman stopped Burlington train No 1 the Overland flyer at 2 am five miles east of Haigblor Neb near the Colorado line. He took about 600 dollars in cash and likely double that in diamonds and watches. He escaped after forcing the train to stop. two sleepers were searched but chair car passengers were not harmed. Police and posses expand search with a 1000 dollar bounty offered.
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Denver
Burlington
Overland Flyer
Haighblor
Neb
Colorado Line
Boer Resistance Crumbles. Reichman Sets Sail Home
U.S. Army observer Reichman reports collapse of Boer resistance after dispatch from Lorenzo Marques signals, Kruger arrives there, and Reichman obtains permission to return to the United States. Separate notes cover a Seattle gale halting lines, a state insurance report showing net revenue of 123000, and a bubonic plague bulletin in Glasgow with 16 hospital cases and 112 under observation.
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Lorenzo
Marques
Transvaal
War Department
England
Reichmand
United States
Glasgow
Plague deaths surge in India with over a thousand last week
Simla reports the plague rising with more than a thousand deaths attributed to the disease in India during the previous week.
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Simla
India
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