Tak u Forts Taken in Fierce Taku Engagement
Article reports the capture of the northern and southern Taku forts after a seven hour bombardment. British and German casualties listed. Chinese defenses and torpedo boats seized. Allied fleets push toward the Wei Ho as Russia, Japan, Germany and France mobilize large forces toward the district near Taku and Pekin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Japan
Germany
France
Tie Pei Ho
China
Faku Rerts
International Dect
Berlin
Chetoo
International Feet
Taku
Wei-Ho
Gerine
Hass
Manila
Tientsin
Yorktown
Amerinui
Tke
Associated Press
Chefoo
Reform Party Proposals to Rescue Young Emperor
Chinese Reform leaders in Singapore propose to Britain to remove the young emperor from the dowager empress and place him in Nanking under Viceroy Lui-hun-i. With British support the reformers aim to rally Yanetsegalley officials and people to uphold the emperor against the empress in central and southern China.
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Nanking
Lui-hun-¥i
Kwang- Su
Chinese Reform Party
China
Li Lung Chang
Fragmented Chinese Armies Describe Eight Banners Forces
A historical sketch details China’s regular army the Eight Banners with Manchu Mongol and Chinese divisions. It notes the Ying Ying or Green Flags eighteen provincial corps and the Te Tien-Psin army with about one third of its nominal strength available for war.
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China
the Eight Banners
Solo
Carrisuc
Manchuria
Pekin
Te Tien-Psin
Togo
Tien-Tsin
Tuku
Anxiety Over Chinese Missionaries Reported in N Y
No news from American missionaries in China reached any mission headquarters in New York on Monday. Both Presbyterian and Methodist bodies, which operate in Pekin, expressed great anxiety as the lack of communication from the Chinese capital continued. The Rev. Isaac T. Headland commented on the situation.
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China
New York
Pekin
Presbyterians
Methodists
Isaac T. Headland
Foreign missions in Pekin and Empress anger over siege
Methodists report sixteen missions in Pekin with about sixty foreign forefarmers, Americans among them. Catholics hold the most property with three compounds and a convent, plus an industrial school. Presbyterians own two compounds. Only the German legation guards its staff. Dowager Empress angry over the fall of key forts and degradation of Chinese officials after promises to expel foreigners.
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Pekin
Hia
Tendon Maal
Ridin
Daily News
Ciefeo
Shanghai
Nin Chhwang
Win
Chong
Saigon
Ios
London
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Corres
Tendland
Aku
Sung Ching
Fang Fu Siang
Tsung- i-Yamen
Recruits for Philippine Army Enlist in New York and Ohio
About fifteen hundred recruits for the regular Philippine Army are to be enlisted at New York harbor and Columbus barracks Ohio to sail on transports Buford and Its patrick in November. They will take enlistment terms ending this year. The United Verde mine in Arizona is noted as the richest in the world with Senator Clark of Montana as principal owner and profits of at least $1,006,000 per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Army
Philippines
New York Harbor
Columbus Barracks
Ohio
Buford
Gould
United Verde
Arizona
Senator Clark
Montana
Senate
Great Britain
Nicaragua Canal
Mark Hanna
Henderson
Middle West
McKinley
Bryan
T. Felix Gouraud
J. A. Sayre Usid
Gouraud
U.S. Cena
Europe
T. Hopkins
Great Jones
N.Y
GOP IN CONGRESS BRINGS HOMEMADE RECKLESS SPENDING
Washington dispatch criticizes the Fifty sixth Congress for spending extravagantly and pursuing a policy against bimetallism while leaving vital reforms undone. It cites passage of the gold standard bill, Porto Rican tariff, and armor plate deals as partisan maneuvers. It also notes blocked investigations, suppressed testimony on Coeur d Alenes, and failed canal and army reforms.
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Washington
United States
McKinley
Republican Party
Congress
Armor Plate Trust
Mark Hanna
Republican Campign
Senate
House
Pacific Railroad
White House
Insle
Military 9Airs
Oatch
Lentz
Olio
McKinley policy chaos in Philippine question debate
Milwaukee News notes Taft’s statement that the administration has no definite Philippine policy and would not pledge future governance to Filipinos. It contrasts Miles and McKinley on pledges, then criticizes religious policy clashes in Cuba and U S misgovernance, warning of anti American sentiment in Spanish America.
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Philippine Commission
Manila
Taft
Congress
Gen. Miles
Porto Rico
McKinley
Messinaley
Milwaukee News
Republican appeal targets white workers in Hawaii
The passage argues that the Republican party benefits from a white workingman reduced to servitude, drawing a parallel to the yellow workers in Hawaii and noting planters in Pacific possessions align with a party preferring such a system.
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Republican Party
Hawaii
Pacific
A Reactionary Period and the Fate of Republicanism
The Sioux Falls Press argues that late nineteenth century reactionary trends did not erode the core ideals of republicanism. It asserts that liberty endures despite reverses as nations rise and fall, preserving equality and justice since 1776. The piece contends human rights are not altered by race or geography, and civilization advances onward.
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Europe
Sioux Falls Press
Prodigal Congress Keeps Spending Pace
The Philadelphia Times notes that the Fifty-sixth Congress, in its first session, spent over $700,000,000 in appropriations not counting river and harbor bills, far above the prior billion-dollar Congress and risking a mid-century billion-and-a-half label if the trend continues.
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Congress
Philadelphia Times
Democrats and faded South African echoes in campaign talk
The piece questions whether antiwar sentiment from the South African republics would aid Democrats if the war continued, noting the fate of those republics is now a reality and unlikely to boost political capital. It also lampoons public figures Brother Auer and Brother Abner, contrasting public visibility with private luxury amid campaign chatter.
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Washington Post
Brother Auer
Tim
Jtalk
Brother Abner
Carping
Chicago
Nothing New in the Situation on McKinley Prosperity Blame
The Syracuse Telegram says the statement that Kuanos farmers cannot harvest due to McKinley prosperity is a old refrain. It notes urban idleness versus Western farm labor and dismisses any link to prosperity as unfounded.
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Kuanosas
McKinley Prosperity
McKinley
Syracuse Telegram
Indiana's Democratic Leader Prospective Nominee Kern
The Indianapolis News describes Mr Kern as the Democrats likely strongest candidate with strength of character, executive mind, legal ability, and public speaking talent. The piece extols his courage clarity uprightness and prime of life.
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Indiana
Kern
Esarage
Judanapolis News
Where They Belong in Politics and Labor
Opinion piece arguing Hawaiian planters align with the Republican party to defend contract labor on plantations. It claims this labor system degrades workers of any race, contrasts with Democratic opposition, and links Republican policy to trusts and monopolies.
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Republican Party
United States
If They Had Been Honest
In the editorial, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch argues that genuine anti trust legislation could have passed early in Congress if leaders had been sincere, insisting that no effective anti trust law has been truly intended.
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Congress
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Republicans Hope in Democratic Discord
The Republicans search for disunity within Democratic ranks, betting on a split to win. The McKinley and Hanna era party believes division favors their fortunes, yet evidence suggests the enemy remains united.
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McKinley
Hanna
Pooria Herald
Transcript
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad Guidance
An advisory note urges women during a life change to trust Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It claims widespread praise from grateful users and offers free guidance from Mrs Pinkham, based in Lynn Massachusetts, with a request to write.
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Seymour
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LI Tung Chang
Presbyterian College
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Gen
Brooke
Tan
Cuba
Spanish America
Spain
England
New York News
Atlanta Journal
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Malvern, Pa
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