Reports From China Stir Doubt Over Peking Situation
Washington on July 19 reports from multiple sources cast doubt on Brussels dispatches about Chinese legations. Secretary Root and Adjt. Gen. Corbin hosted a social dinner with cabinet members as tensions rise over Prince Ching, Prince Tuan, and potential foreign influence in Peking.
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Washington
Root
Adjt
Corbin
Country Club
Col. Webb Hayes
Wm. Barber
Chas. Dawes
Brussels
Peking
Prince Ching
China
Prince Tuan
Foreign Office
Shanghai
Tokio
Baron Nishi
Water Purification Units For Chinese Expedition
The quartermaster department requisitioned over 14000 dollars for apparatus to supply U S troops aboard the Chinese expedition with pure drinking water. Sterilizers distilling plants will yield 32500 gallons daily inland and 7000 at sea, aiming to cover the entire army. This marks the costliest water purification effort for an army in the field.
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Washington
Quartermaster’s Department
United States
Heat Deaths Rise in New York and Nearby Cities
The heat wave in New York causes or contributes to over 70 deaths in the city and vicinity, with many more hospitalized, including about 40 child fatalities at Bellevue morgue. Philadelphia reports six deaths and Camden two, while Pittsburgh notes two deaths despite lower temps.
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New York
Bellevue
Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Camden
N. J
Heat Prostration Hits Boston, Dozens Affected
Hospital reports show between 30 and 40 people in Boston were overcome by the heat, with three deaths having occurred.
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Boston
Philippine Casualties in the Philippines list of deaths
General MacArthur cables the War Department with a July report of deaths and causes among U S forces in the Philippines. The list covers dysentery endocarditis purpura hemorrhage typhoid fever variola drowning wounds malaria fever and other causes including death by action and suicide with several named service members.
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Washington
Gen. MacArthur
War Department
Philippines
Earl H. Perk
Jerry Deaton
Hugh B. Duncan
Jas. E. McFintosh
Thos. G. Willburn
Morris Gordon
Jos
M. Judy
Albert M. Seebolts
Farrier
Geo. Farrow
Wm. Burke
Harry W. Thomas
Chas. Miller
Thos. Sellers
Jos. B. Moller
Dotn F. Young
Willis L. McFarland
Gustave D. Doble
Jos. Smith
Frederick S. Suter
Frank B. Burbanks
Wm. Dowell
Variola
Louis Mitchell
Edward Rose
Albert Carter
Albert L. Brown
Yollie Knight
Jas. McNerney
Samuel G. Wilson
Geo. W. Frey
Jas
L. Williams
Wm. Fitzgerald
Irvan H. Mills
Corp
Ellis
Guss
Patten
Withdrawn Cuban Troops To Go To China If Needed
The War Department announced a decision to withdraw another regiment from Cuba for possible service in China. The specific regiment was not yet chosen, but the move would bring total Cuban withdrawals to four regiments, reducing the island force to about 4,000 men.
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Washington
War Department
Wood
China
Notice of 1900 Democratic notification meeting
Secretary Walsh of the national democratic committee announced a notice meeting to notify presidential and vice presidential candidates named at the Kansas City convention. The gathering will be in Indianapolis on August 8, 1900, with all members of the two notification committees to convene at the Grand Hotel that morning.
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Chicago
Walsh
National Democratic Committee
James T. Richardson
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Grand Hotel
Boxers agree to Madison Square Garden bout August 10
Billy Madden signing for Gus Ruhlin and Percy Williams for Bob Fitzsimmons joined the Twentieth Century Athletic club contract for the August 10 fight at Madison Square Garden. Arrangements were completed in ten minutes. Ruhlin trains at Bath Beach and Fitzsimmons at Bergen Beach.
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New York
Billy Madden
Gus Ruhlin
Percy Williams
Bob Fitzsimmons
Twentieth Century Athletic Club
Madison Square Garden
Ruhlin
Fitzsimmons
Bergen Beach
Bath Beach
Syrian Woman Died on Havana Steamer Verdict Points to Fever
A Syrian woman, a second class passenger aboard the steamer Havana, died after detention on Hoffman island. Autopsy at Swinburne island revealed suspicious indications of yellow fever, suggesting the fatal illness.
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New York
Havana
Hoffman Island
Swinburne Island
Lack of Harmony Mounts in Ti en Tsin Conflict
London reports say China has built a formidable military structure as rebellion spreads while allied unity weakens. Battles rage at Tien-Tsin with heavy casualties among Americans and Japanese. warnings rise over German and Russian actions and foreign legations under fire.
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London
China
Adm
Seymour
Taku-Tsin
Germany
England
Daily Express
Tokio
Russia
Tien-Tsin
Che-o0
Shanghai
E. H. Liscum
Jesse M. Lee
James Reagan
Andrew Brewster
Edwin V. Bookmiller
William K. Naylor
Louis B. Lawton
Harold Hammond
Ira C. Waldron
United States
Austin R. Davis
William B. Lemley
Henry Leonard
Smedley D. Butler
Dorward
Ceking
Legation
Princeton gunboat arrives at Swatow
The gunboat Princeton under Captain Charles F. Roe has arrived at Swatow. A list of brief telegram notices reports deaths in Horseheads New York Morrisonville Illinois and nominations for congress by Democrats in Georgia West Virginia Texas Michigan and Benton Harbor. The steamer Colorado refloated after grounding near Wolf Island Brunswick Gap with minor damage.
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Charles F. Roe
U.S
A. Tetired
Horseheads
Georgia
John W. Maddox
Collins
West Virginia
Geo. F. Burgess
Texas
Roman S. Jarvis
Benton Harbor
Michigan
Mallory Line
Colorado
Wolf Island
Brunswick
Gap
Chinese and Belgian reports on foreigners safe in Peking
Brussels reports July 19 say Yu Keng received word ministers in Peking were safe on July 13. Li Hung Chang was seen in Hong Kong on the way north after a long interview with its governor. Foreigners are said to have sought refuge in Prince Ching's palace in Peking.
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Brussels
M. de Favereau
Paris
Yu Keng
Peking
Keng
Washington
Hong Kong
Li Hung Chang
Legation
Shanghai
Prince Ching
A Little Miscellany from the Atchison Globe
A varied column notes a proverb about coaxing efforts and defiance, observes opera singer Pol Placon performing in German with no understanding, recalls the first Japanese telegraph linking Yokohama and Tokyo in 1869, and mentions a Hungarian plan to supply small electric power to Budapest area workshops. It also alludes to Simon Newcomb, America's leading astronomer.
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Buda
Pesth
Simon Newcomb
Asuarlen
Hag Hed i
Fifteen Thousand Japanese Troops at Taku China
Fifteen thousand Japanese troops have disembarked at Taku as China sea hostilities loom. The Chinese fleet concentrates in the China sea. Consul Fowler confirms foreign legations safe July 9. An appeal to Christian nations calls for aid against China. Remains of Col. Liscum interred. Robe to succeed Liscum in the Philippines. Powers go through Caleb Powers trial testimony. Prince Tuan mobilizes 950000 Chinese soldiers with multiple corps assembling around Mukden and Nanking.
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Taku
China
China Sea
Fowler
Che-Foo
Liscum
Tien-Tsin
Tong Ku
C. F. Robe
17Th Infantry
Philippines
Col. Liscum
John A. Black
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Frankfort
Prince Tuan
Peking
Mukden
Shan Hai Kuan
Wei Hai Wei
Tien- Tsin
Nanking
The National Game Openers Show New York and Brooklyn Wins
New York and Brooklyn won the only games played yesterday in a doubleheader context. The box scores show New York defeating Cincinnati with a ten run total and Brooklyn beating Boston with a four run margin. Pitchers Hawley Warner Breitenstein Scott Wood and umpires Terry Swartwood and Nops Farrell Dineen Sullivan contributed to the day’s results.
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New York
Brooklyn
Rhe
Cincinnati
Hawley and Warner
Breitenstein
Scott and Wood
Terry
RAE Brooklyn
Boston
Nops and Farrell
Dineen and Sullivan
Swartwood
Markets show mixed grain and live stock quotes in Cincinnati and Chicago
Cincinnati data lists spring and winter flour prices, assorted grain values, and live stock ranges for hogs cattle sheep lambs veal. Chicago quotes give wheat varieties with No 2 red at 78 78 1/4 cents and other grades, closing with higher feed prices and note of large market activity.
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Cincinnati
City
Chicago
China’s roads and the case for reform in Hinghua
Reverend William N. Brewster notes China’s transport crisis, detailing primitive footpaths and two wheeled carts, with coolies carrying loads by pole or shoulder. He argues roads hinder western industry and rail expansion, urging reform while warning of harsh delays for foreign troops and missions in interior China.
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China
Yangtee
South
Empire
William N. Brewster
Hinghua
Fukkien
Brewster
Foochow
Diver and Bluefish Face Off in Troubled Waters
A fragment describes a bluefish seeking revenge on a human presence, biting fiercely when hooked, and continuing to threaten in the water. The garbled text hints at danger and aggression but lacks coherent details or names.
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