Looting and siege in Pekin dominate China war dispatches
Across London and Washington reports describe allied advances in Pekin and Tien Tsin, with Americans British and Japanese fighting Boxers near Tien Tsin. Looting and foreign flags fill the imperial domain as famine risks rise and rumors of imperial treasure surface.
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London
Imperial Palacé
Pekin
Imperial Granary
Imperial Bank
Washington
China
Far East
Manila
Tien ‘Tsin
Vienna
Reuter
Tien Tsin
Dorward
Lien Tsin
Times
Sperial
Tien Tsiyi
Shanghai
Kwang Su
Daily Telegraph
Mgr. Morgan
China Inland Mission
Si-Ngan-Fu
Tai-Yuen-Fu
Paris
Kang Yu Wei
Yang-tse Kiang
Yiecros
le Siecle
St Petersburg
Petersburg
Indra Sails in Hurricane Lost With All Hands
Reports from Philadelphia state the British tramp steamer Indra, sailing from Sambawa Java for Philadelphia with a sugar cargo, was wrecked near Gardafui at the Gulf of Aden. Of a crew of three, two survived while seven are believed lost and nine wives are reported dead.
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Philadelphia
Indra
Samnabaya
Java
Rioting Flares After Brennan Shooting in New York
In New York on Sunday incipient race riots erupted after white crowds tormented a black man John Brennan, 20, shot by John Davis alias Lamp Lighter. Whites attacked Black residents on Sixty fourth Street and Amsterdam Avenue, with McPyke leading a mob to a tenement on Sixty Street. Police restored order arresting McPyke Hopson and Meyer amid clashes on Cuckoo Row.
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New York
John Brennan
John Davis
Brennan
Davis
James
Fourth
Amsterdam Avenue
Alexander Ballentine
Frank McPyke
Sixtieth Street
McPyke
John J. Clearey
William Hopson
West Sixtieth Street
West End
Amsterdam Avenues
Hopson
Clerkey
George Meyer
Clearey
Meyer
Attacks on Manila Letters Show Why They Did Not Occur
War Department releases letters from Gen. Ricarte's papers in Manila case. unsigned note cites few resolute guards and Otis aboard ship as reasons attacks in January 1900 failed. documents outline recruitment of 3000 men for a walled city breach and set dates for planned assaults.
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Washington
War Department
Ricarte
Manila
Otis
Manila Bay
South Luzon
Mariano Burroga
Julian Montatan
Were Easy Victors. American Oarsmen Win in Paris Regatta
The Vesper boat club of Philadelphia won the senior eight championship at the Paris exposition regatta near Asnieres. Four crews competed including the Ghent eight and Minerva eight of Amsterdam. The Americans led from the start and won by several lengths with bronze statuaries worth about 30 dollars each awarded to the crew.
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Paris
Vesper Boat Club
Philadelphia
America
Seine
Asnieres
Ghent
Minerva
Amsterdam
Germania
Tramburg
Minervas
Germanias
Death Aboard L Aquitaine Shocks Transatlantic Sailors
The French steamer L Aquitaine arriving from Havre reports the suicide of passenger Margaret Minehan a former nun who jumped overboard on August 23. She confided she left the convent over a secular romance and wished to see her brother a priest in Pennsylvania.
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New York
Havre
Margaret Minehan
Miss Minehan
Pennsylvania
Bach Man A Hero
The Navy reports Capt McCalla led an international relief column of 2078 men from eight nations to Pekin. Despite wrecked rails and boxers, they fought through Lang Fang and Yangtsun, then retreated by river with heavy casualties before regrouping near the arsenal.
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Washington
Navy Department
McCalla
Seymour
Pekin
Yangtsan
Tien Tain
Newark
Forcces
Naté
Tien Tsin
Admiral Seymour
Yangrtsun
Lang Fang
Wurtzbaugh
Courtney
Fes Palinis a Gloomy Picture
The India famine relief committee received a cable from William E Fee in Bombay reporting appalling conditions in famine districts. Thousands may die without rescue as funds are needed for food blankets and clothing. Desperate conditions extend to destitute women and deserted children with many boys and girls in need.
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New York
Committee On India Famine Relief
William E Fee
United States
Bombay
Chotern
Grand Army of the Republic Encampment Opens in Chicago
Rain did not dampen a crowd of about 13 000 at the Coliseum for the G A R patriotic service led by Bishop Fallows with Commander in Chief Shaw speaking on true patriotism. The 34th annual encampment drew tens of thousands more veterans and excur sionists to Chicago as trains arrived and regimental reunions filled hotels and halls.
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Chicago
Coliseum
Frank Counsaulus
Fallows
Severinghaus
Shaw
Grand Army
E. G. Hirsch
T. D. Wallace
Leo Baisseur
St. Louis
Grand Army of the Republic
Farragut
Mobile Bay
Take Michigan
Morrill
Fessenden
Chicago Yacht Club
Lake Front
Lincoln Park
Illinois Naval Reserve
Revenue Cutters
National Association of ex-Prisoners of War
War
United States Volunteer Association Formed in Chattanooga
The United States Volunteer Association was formed in Chattanooga Tennessee on August 28 with Colonel Richard Wears Savage of New York as president. Membership is expected to exceed 200000 and includes all who served in the regular or volunteer army navy or marine corps during the war.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
United States Volunteer Association
Colt
Richard Wears Savage
New York
Battalion of Engineers
Navy
Marine Corps
Knights of Pythias Uniform Rank encampment opens in Detroit
Maj. Gen. Carnahan assumes command at the biennial session in Detroit with multi-division display. Maybury greets the crowd and pledges hospitality as Lusk and local officials welcome the ceremonial gathering. The event includes a flag-raising, salutes, and receptions, plus officer elections for the Knights of Khorassan.
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Hanks
Detroit
Carnahan
Knights of Pythias
Maybury
G.L. ‘Lusk
Fay City
Michigan Pythians
Thomas G. Simple
Knights of Pythias. Co
Lusk
Pingree
Cunninelnim
Sample
Masonic Temple
Rathbone and Pythian
Knights of Khorassan
Imperial Prince
John A. Hinsey
Chicago
Pasha. Frankh. Clarke
Kadi
W. D. Hadfield
Peoria
H. W. Belding
St. Louis
B. Fraze
Garden Grove
Night mob attack at private hospital ends in deaths
In Gilman Illinois on August 28 a mob stormed Mrs. Dr. C W Wrights private hospital seeking her arrest for the murder of 16 year old Bessie Salter. Two men were killed and three wounded including two fatally as the hospital was set ablaze and workers sheltered in bushes. Wright was captured.
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Tivo
Gilman
C. W. Wright
Bessie Salter
John Myers
Stevenson Named Vice Presidential Candidate for Populists
At the Populist National Committee meeting in Chicago on August 28, Charles A Towne declined the vice presidential slot and Adlai M Stevenson was chosen in his place after a heated debate. The committee rejected leaving the slot blank and also rejected a substitute to slate Stevenson. The final vote favored Stevenson by a large majority.
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Stevenson
Towne
Chicago
People's Party National Committee
Charles A. Towne
Adlai IM. Stevenson
Marior Butler
Uryan
Washburn
Massachusetts
Germans Protest Brutality in Transvaal Arrests
A Berlin delegation of German residents in the Transvaal arrived to complain to the foreign office about alleged cruelty in Johannesburg. They claim 400 Germans were arrested and sent to a prison ship and then to Flushing, stripped and penniless after being seized in shops taverns and even in their beds.
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Berlin
Transvaal
Foreign Office
Johannesburg
aSrt
Flushing
Ohio State News Engineer and Fireman Die in Washout
In Coshocton on August 25 a Wheeling and Lake Erie freight struck a 100 foot washout at Chestnut street crossing. Engineer Frank Doyle of Cleveland and Fireman Dilger of Canton were killed. The train plunged into a 40 foot deep hole as nine loaded cars piled onto the engine. Thousands of tons of earth were washed into a nearby gravel pit.
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Coshocton
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Chestnut Street
Frank Doyle
Cleveland
Dilger
Canton
Ore Handlers Strike Impacts Lake Ports
Cleveland Aug 28 A strike of ore handlers at N Y O and O docks may spread to all lake ports Fully 400 men are affected Part of the men quit Saturday others were sent out Monday The dispute began after ore on the Siftton Murphy was considered wet and the company refused the higher rate now demanded by workers.
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Cleveland
N. Y
Siftton
Murphy
Struck Natural Gas in Alliance Near City Limits
The discovery of a strong vein of natural gas inside Alliance city limits excites residents. The well sits in a timber tract near the edge, shows modest pressure, and gas sounds can be heard a mile away. A second well will be drilled at once hoping to hit an oil pocket experts say may exist in the area.
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Alliance
Cleveland Clerk Arrested for Mail Fraud by Decoy Letter
True E. Bull, 22, a Station D clerk, was arrested in Cleveland on a mail fraud charge after a decoy letter containing four $1 bills revealed the scheme. Post office investigators say letters addressed to the Station D district were missing over the past two months.
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Cleveland
United States
E. Pull
Bull
Station D
Van Wert Prepares First County Library Building Memorial
In Van Wert Ohio the first county library building in the state and possibly the nation nears completion. Built of stone and steel, it honors the late Honorable J S Brumback and carries an estimated cost of about 45000 dollars. The county must maintain it as a county library.
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van Wert
Ohio
United States
J. S. Brumback
Troops Returned Home After Akron Deployment
State troops quartered in Akron were released yesterday. The Fourth regiment moved to Columbus. The Canton company of the Fighth took the morning Valley train home, and the two loyal companies at their armories were permitted to go home.
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Akron
Columbus
Canton
Fighth
Stabbing Fatal at Valley Crossing Station
Charles Horner a Norfolk & Western inspector was stabbed to death at Valley Crossing station eight miles south of Columbus following a dispute over stray cows from Horner's farm entering Geisler's cornfield. James Geisler a farmer was arrested.
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Columbus
Charles Horner
Norfolk & Western Railway
James Geisler
Valley Crossing
Geisler
Horner
Suspected Murder Arrests Near Sandusky
On August 25 Annie and Libbie Pruitt both colored Alfred Ferguson colored and George Prince white were arrested on suspicion of murdering Patrick Mutheren who has been missing since Sunday The woman says Mutheren was at her house Monday night but left Tuesday morning limited details remain pending police inquiries
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Sandusky
Annie
Libbie Pruitt
Alfred Ferguson
George Prince
Patrick Mutheren
Mutheren
Aeronaut Harry Davis Falls at Delphos Street Fair
At the Delphos street fair on August 24 Harry Davis an local aeronaut ascended to about 800 feet He released his parachute but it failed to open He struck a telegraph wire and fell to the street Doctors found internal injuries and he died three hours later
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Delphos
Harry Davis
Davis
State May Prosecute Histers in Akron Mob Case
Lynchings and attempted lynchings are rising in Ohio with no county action. State officials consider taking control of the Akron mob case to prosecute its members and set an example.
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Columbus
Ohio
Akron
Child burns to death after gasoline stove fire
Lorain August 24 A three year old girl, daughter of Phillip Wetzel, died after clothes caught fire from a gasoline stove. Firemen struggled to control the flames as the child suffered severe burns from head to toe before dying.
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Lorain
Phillip Wetzel
Moters Targeted by Anonymous Threat Letters
Akron Vue reports several witnesses who recognized moters from last Wednesday night received anonymous letters yesterday ordering them to remain silent under threat of personal injury or property damage.
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Akron
Vue
Moters
Peck Trouble Stirs Canton As Racial Tensions Rise
A public statement from Cantor Nug Ws and Canton colored people led by Rev Patterson denounces the Peck crime at Vicrow while urging the public to resist prejudice against the race and to condemn mob action. The address also exonerates the mob.
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Cantor Nug
Canton
Rev Patterson
Vicrow
Teel
Road Caved In At Middleburg Deep Chasm Reported
West Liberty reports a Middleburg road cave in leaving a 200 foot deep gap. The region east of town is described as honeycombed with caverns and underground lakes.
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West Liberty
Middleburg
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Fes Palinis
OLD Boys IN Blue
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A New Patriotic Society
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