Fierce Fight? Boxers Defeated Near Tien Tsin By Allies
Five hundred American troops with 373 British and 260 Japanese repelled Boxer forces six miles southwest of Tien Tsin on August 19. Over 300 Boxers killed, 64 wounded prisoners sent to allied hospitals. village burned. Americans reported five wounded, Japanese six, British none.
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London
Tien- Tsin
Vienna
Reuter
Tien-Tsin
Dorward
Tien-T'sin
Shanghai
Peking
Tung Fuh Sing
Tsinanfu
Prince Tuan
Li Hung Chang
Tung Fuh Liang
Daily Express
Earl Li
China
Emperor Kwang Suh
Shu-Ho
Lootings rise as mobs burn missions near Amoy
A dispatch from Amoy reports many more American and British missions near Amoy were looted and burned by mobs. It also notes that a Japanese temple faced arson on Thursday night.
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Berlin
Amoy
Forces Repulse Chinese by Japanese American Cavalry
The Austrian commander reports Kaiserin Maria Theresa engaged near Tien-Tsin on August 19. Chinese forces were repeatedly repulsed by Japanese and American cavalry. Also note a storm incident in Quincy Illinois where the steam launch William was struck by lightning during a pleasure trip.
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Vienna
Kaiserin Maria Theresa
Tien-T'sin
Quincy
Willian
Riots, Injuries Stated After Lightning Strike and Police Abuse Claims
Hugney Patton lay unconscious for an hour before reviving. Frank Schau sten and Alva Meyers burned by lightning. Thomas White, a stove maker, was paralyzed for hours but expected to recover. In New York on August 25 the grand jury examined a dozen accused in riot abuse claims. indictments postponed to next Monday.
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Hugney Patton
Frank Schausten
Alva Meyers
Thomas White
New York
Nine Lives Lost as Indra Wrecked on South African Coast
The British tramp steamer Indra sailing from Sourabaya to Philadelphia ran aground in a hurricane at Gardafui near the Gulf of Aden on August 18. Of 38 crew, 29 saved. nine believed dead or captured. Captain FP Burkell and 28 crew reached Aden. another lifeboat with First Officer Walker and eight men missing. The Indra, owned by India Steamship Co. Ltd, valued at $350,000 with $75,000 cargo.
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Philadelphia
Indra
FP. L. Burkell
Sourabaya
Java
Gardafui
Africa
Gulf of Aden
India
Burkell
Aden
Walker
The
India Steamship Co., Limited
McKinley Sought by Grand Army for National Encampment
Chicago reports strong hope among Grand Army men and local committees that President McKinley will reconsider and attend the national encampment. Telegrams poured in from officials and friends as Commander-in-Chief Shaw and others urge his presence for the parade. Delegations of the Women's Relief Corps arrive, with Kansas candidate supporters including Mrs Ida Wilson Moore wife of Judge C L Moore Kansas district Eighth.
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Chicago
MeKinley
Shaw
Ida Wilson Moore
C. L. Moore
Eighth District
Kansas
Moore
Senator Wilson
British Subjects Petition British Consul for Protection
A New York report states Dr M S N Pierre of 318 West 41st Street and about 200 British subjects petition British Consul Percy Sanderson. They allege mob assault during riots and claim police urged the mob. They seek protective steps under British law and order. In Dallas, Frank Kinnermer killed Estill after a quarrel, Estill recently released from asylum. Kinnermer wounded. In New Orleans, stowaway Custeo Salvador leapt from the Southgate. arrested 40 miles below city. suspected anarchist due to escape efforts.
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New York
M. S. N. Pierre
West 41St Street
British Guiana
Percy Sanderson
Sanderson
Dallas
Tex
Grapevine
Prairie County
Frank Kinnermer
Estill
State
New Orleans
Custeo Salvador
Southgate
Hotel root lifted in storm at Leland hotel annex
A terrific storm in Springfield damaged the Leland hotel annex turning it upside down and lifting the roof off. Report says great Adam age was done at Chatham.
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Springfield
Leland Hotel
Chatham
Rapid transfer and life sentence for Peck in rape case
Lewis Peck, the Akron suspect in the Maas girl rape and riots, pleaded guilty to criminal assault and was swiftly moved from Cleveland to Columbus. At the rail crossing he was placed on a train in custody, sentenced to life imprisonment, and arrived at the state penitentiary in Columbus under sheriff protection with minimal crowd or public notice.
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Akron
Lewis Peck
Little Maas
Washer
Cleveland
Peck
Center Street
Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railway
Kelly
State
Columbus
Penitentiary
Summit County
Lewis
Cuyahoga Falls
Teveland
D. J. Nye
Elyria
Ed Hershey
Wanamaker
Nye
Race tensions flare in Sabine county center
Center Texas August 25. Serious trouble is threatened between whites and Blacks in Sabine county. A messenger from Sexton reported expected unrest and asked for help. Six men departed for Sexton and others joined later to assist.
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Sabine County
Texas
Center
Tex
Sexton
Peck Pleads Guilty to Crime with Life Sentence in Akron
A rackety chain of events ends with James Peck pleading guilty to rape in Akron with a life term. He asked for mercy but Judge Nye imposes life imprisonment and solitary confinement for 30 days, plus court costs. A mob fear and statewide tension follow this courtroom scene and linked threats.
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Peck
Nye
Portsmouth Man Dies in Hotel Bath Tub Accident
Bert Il Kauffman of St Louis was found dead in a Rockingham hotel bath tub in Portsmouth N H. Police say he slipped head first into water after striking a gas light bracket and drowned. He is the son of grain operator John Kauffman of St Louis.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Bert Il. Kauffman
St. Louis
Rockingham
John Kauffman
Population surge for Indianapolis from 1890 to 1900
Census Bureau figures show Indianapolis growing from 105,486 residents in 1890 to 169,164 in 1900. The increase totals 63,728 people, a 60.44 percent rise for the city.
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Washington
Indianapolis
Ind
KILLED BY ELECTRICITY AND A MINE INCIDENT INDIANA
In Muncie Indiana William B Cox chief engineer at the electric street light works died after falling on a live feeder wire in the power house. A six year old girl witnessed the accident and lay with her father as he died while Verne Cox age ten found the child asleep in his arms. In Grant Indiana Lee Phillips a nonunion coal miner threatened workers with a revolver at the mine mouth. Workers disarmed him and two miners pressed assault and battery charges. He received fines but remained unemployed.
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Muncie
Ind
William B. Cox
Verne
Terre Haute
Lee Phillips
Grant
United Mine Workers
Posse Tracks Four Tramps Near Sheffield Ind
A citizen posse hunts four tramps after they shot Frank Garrity and Patrick Welsh along a canal bank. Garrity is slightly wounded while Welsh lies mortally wounded after the assailants demanded money and opened fire in a cornfield.
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Sheffield
Ind
Frank Garrity
Patrick Welsh
Garrity
Welsh
Monument to Nancy Hanks Lincoln Planned at Lincoln City
Evansville Indiana reports work will begin September 1 on a monument over Nancy Hanks Lincoln in Lincoln City Spencer county. J S Culver of Springfield Illinois agrees to erect it if Spencer township keeps it in good condition. The project costs about 5000 dollars with unveiling around October 3.
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Evansville
Ind
Nancy’ Hanks Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln City
Spencer County
J. S. Culver
Springfield
Ill
Spencer Township
Notable Marengo Citizen Dies in Train Accident
English Ind Aug 25 reports Green Stew art a respected Marengo resident and prominent county figure killed by a train between here and Marengo. Remains were identified only by clothing fragments after the fatal incident at a reunion rest stop.
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Ind
Green Stewart
Marengo
Married man seeks morphine in South Bend tragedy
South Bend, Aug 25 Charley Cook recently married sought morphine at a drug store. The clerk gave burnt sugar which Cook took before returning home to die. An officer with a warrant appeared, and Cook revived. He had been drunk.
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South Bend
Ind
Charley Cook
Fire damage at Linden cellulose plant in Indiana
In Crawfordsville Indiana on August 25 five incendiaries tried to burn the Marsden cellulose plant at Linden. Five ricks holding 1500 tons of cornstalks burned, causing about 6000 dollars in loss. A high wind carried sparks away and saved the buildings.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Linden
On the Rampage
Ed Patton of Knoxville fatally stabbed Walter Williams of Nashville in Evansville. He also tried to kill Patrolman Cooper who arrested him.
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Evansville
Ind
Ed Patton
Knoxville
Walter Williams
Nashville
Cooper
Cow attack ends in crippling injury in Noblesville
Noblesville Indiana August 25 Mrs Jas Sanders attempting to milk a neighbor s cow was kicked and gored in a frightful manner She cannot recover from the injuries sustained in the incident leading to a fatal outcome for her condition
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Noblesville, Ind
Jas, Sanders
Telegraphed Bouts and Political Nominations
Al Weinig of Buffalo defeated Jim Watts of Louisville in the fifth round at Niagara Falls. G F Hodges was nominated for congress by the First Wisconsin district convention. Jimmy Smith stopped George Defferari in the 11th round at Galveston in a bout planned for 25 rounds. Rural free delivery starts September 1 at Granville Quebec with more service at Fort Wayne Indiana. Harry Johnson of Pittsburgh and George Bush of Buffalo fought 20 rounds to a draw at the Olympic Athletic Club in Buffalo at 126 pounds.
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al Weinig
Buffalo
Jim Watts
Louisville
Niagara Falls
G.F. Hodges
Wisconsin
Galveston
Tex
Jimmy Smith
George
Cookie) Defferari
Post Office Department
Granville
Ft Wayne
Ind
Harry Johnson
Pittsburgh
Skid) Bush
Olympic Athletic Club
Census figures show Rochester St Louis and Indianapolis
Census bureau reports Rochester New York population 162845 St Louis Missouri 575238 and Indianapolis Indiana 169164 In other news allied forces in Peking await orders Gen Baden Powell scouts De Wet near Pretoria Kitchener returns to Pretoria In New York Fitzsimmons defeats Sharkey at Coney Island in two rounds details boxing match outcome
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London
Baden- Powell
Standard
Pretoria
de Wet
Lord Kitchener
New York
Tom Sharkey
Bob Fitzsimmons
Coney Island Sporting Club
Fitzsimmons
Sharkey
National League Innings Scores and Box Details
The record lists NL games with scoring lines for Pittsburg at Cincinnati 3 1 and 9 16, St Louis vs Chicago 7 0 and 5 4, and New York vs Philadelphia 1 4 and 3 2 with batter changes and umpires noted. Chesbro Hastings Schriver Newton Kahoe ump Snyder. Powell Robinson Griffith Dexter ump Swartwood. Hawley Grady Dunn McFarland ump O Day.
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Rhe
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Chesbro
Hasting
Schriver
Newton and
Kahoe
Snyder
Ree
St.Louis
Chicago
Powell and
Robinson
Griffith
Chance
Dexter
Swartwood
New York
Philad’a
Hawley
Grady
Dunn
McFarland
O’day
Grain and live stock price summaries from multiple markets
Markets report grain values for Spring and Winter categories with price ranges and track quotes. Wheat No 2 red around 74 75 3 ¼ to 5, Corn No 2 around 39 40 cents, Oats No 2 about 21 22 cents. Hog and cattle prices listed with various quality brackets and per hundredweight ranges. Buffalo area also notes light cattle receipts and steady to lower hog prices.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
East
Buffalo
N. Y
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Indiana
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Converse
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McKinley
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