Stella Polare Arctic Reach Beats Nan sen Record
A Tromsoe telegram reports the Stella Polare under the Duke of Abruzzi reaching latitude 56.33 north, farther north than Nan sen's prior record. The ship drove ice for eleven months, damaged its hull and machinery, crew ate sledge dogs, and two Tibetan crew members died. News also mentions the assassination of King Humert of Stalve, uncle of the Duke.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Duke of Abruzzi
Dr. Nansen
Per Ished
Humiert of
Exiled Boxer Campaign and Executions Reported in China
A dispatch from Taku notes an expedition soon heading to Pao Yin Pu with patrols through early boxing sites in Chi Li. Russians plan railway work to Pekin while Liang Chang orders and native troops reportedly exterminate boxers in Hu Nan and Chi Li. Four boxers were executed in Tien Tsin. the French shot two and the Japanese beheaded others. The executions are said to have a moral effect.
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Taku
Pao Yin Pu
Chi Li
Pekin
Liang Chang
Hu Nan
Chi
Outbreak at Bobo Leads to Police Inspection and Aftermath
General MacArthur reports the Bobo outbreak with Police Commandant Pedro Sioxen inspecting the force then rallying followers to threaten Chay. Two detachments from Carmen found the town peaceful. A 27 man detachment led by First Lieutenant Levick was attacked near Carmen on August earliest. over 100 killed. A move toward the interior is underway.
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Eneral McArthur
Bobo
Pedro Sioxen
Je Pthe Taulclaren
Chay
Carmen
Levick
Siege of Ladybrand Raised After Boer Attacks
Cape Town dispatch reports the siege of Ladybrand lifted after Boer forces estimated at more than two thousand attacked the town. The British garrison of TOU troops refused surrender on a Sunday and endured continuous cannonade and rifle fire as burghers twice pressed a rush. Relief forces’ approach likely saved the garrison.
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Cape Town
Ladybrand
Man Buries Self in Sand for Rheumatism
Chris Outjette age 47 of Menominee Michigan allowed himself to be buried in wet sand as a remedy for rheumatism. He helped his wife dig the hole then removed his clothes and was covered to the chin. Police intervened at neighbors' urging and pulled him from the premature grave. He remains helpless from exposure.
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Chris Outjette
Menominee
Mich
Ile
Barh
Outlette
Two miners killed in Pennsylvania coal mine incidents
A fall of coal at the Diamond mine of the Lackawanna Coal Company near Scranton killed miner Christopher Robertson and his unknown foreign partner. Earlier, four year old James Brown died when roof collapse at the Dunmoor mountain shaft crushed him.
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Lackawanna Coal Company
Scranton
Christopher Robertson
Kibover
James Brown
Dunmoor
Tragedy Fells Two Men In Farm Granary Collapse
A large double corncrib and granary on August Weichen’s farm near Pentone, Di., collapsed while two men shoveled corn to a shelter. They were buried in grain and timbers. 2,000 bushels of oats waited in an overhead bin.
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August Weichen
Pentone
Judge Rules in Powers Case Life Sentence Upheld
Georgetown, Ky special: Judge Can trill overruled the bill of exceptions in the Caleb Powers case and sentenced the ex Secretary of State to life imprisonment for being an accessory before the fact in the Goebel assassination.
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Georgetown
Liky
Cantrill
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Klondike Treasure Arrives Aboard Steamer Umatilla at San Francisco
The steamer Umatilla has reached San Francisco with about 1,500,000 in treasure from the Klondike and Douglass Island and a few large consignments from Nome.
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San Francisco
Klondik
Douglass Island
Nome
Renomination Note for New York Comptroller Morgan Dies
William J. Morgan of Buffalo, the State Comptroller of New York, was renominated for the office on Wednesday and died on Thursday, ending his gubernatorial pursuit. The article notes his Buffalo origin and his renomination timing before his death.
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William J. Morgan
Buffalo
State of New York
Wai
France's New Friend in China Rivalry Eases
A Shanghai dispatch notes about 1,200 more British Indian troops landing, raising total British forces to 2,000 with 1,000 camp followers at the port. Seymour's praise of French troops in China sparks hopes for pacifist goodwill between France and England, suggesting a feast rather than battles ahead.
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Seymour
China
France
England
Shanghai
Empress Defiant Calls for War Against Allies
The Dowager Empress of China defies the European allied army and urges viceroys to unite for vengeance. An edict signed at fai-Yuan-Iu urges troops enrollment to war on the foreigners and claims the court fled Pekin to avoid Christian executions. Reports attribute the defiance to Viceroy Yuet Tui Tuan Fu amid rumors of rebellion in southern provinces.
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China
Europe
fai-Yuan-I'u
Shanghai
Pekin
Yuet Tui Tuan Fu
Mir
Outrages by Civilization in China War Report
A press account describes atrocities by Russian and French troops along the Tientsin to Pekin route with looting, killings, and burning. It contrasts disciplined German, English, Japanese, and American actions, cites brutal acts against civilians, and notes widespread destruction and fear during the campaign.
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China
Associated Press
Tientsin
Pekin
Pei-Ho
Taku
Ducdies
Yung-Chow
Revolt Movements Grow as Chinese Reform Efforts Rise
Worsening unrest in Canton and surrounding provinces follows threats against foreigners and looting of missions. Reform groups linked to Hong Kong and funded by overseas Chinese push for a new government with Nan Kin as capital and foreign advisers.
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Canton
Kwang-Tung
Reform Parties
Hongkong
America
Nankin
China
Land Office records show record public land sales
The annual report notes receipts 1.25 to 1.5 million dollars higher than prior years with 5 million dollars from land sales and about 13 million acres disposed. Interior denies grazing in Yellowstone timber reserves to prevent fires. applies to all reserves. Crow Indians near Montana contract with U S to supply Cheyenne with four.
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Montana
United States
Mountains
Town and Country Revolt Echoes Russian Revelry
A fragment describes a scene where town and country unite in a revolt described as an orgy, noting that the Russians led the revel. It conveys a surreal political-cultural moment with implied foreign influence.
Arthur Sewall Dies at 64 in Maine Summer Home
Arthur Sewall shipbuilder and 1896 Democratic vice presidential candidate died at his Small Point Maine residence on Wednesday after a Sunday stroke. He was 64 and had recently been in declining health. Born November 25 1835 in Bath he led the Bath shipbuilding firm famed for merchant marine construction.
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Arthur Sewall
Small Point
Bath
Sewall
Ife
William D. Sewall
New England
Samer
Boston
Navy buys American coal to guard Guam defense
The British navy plans a purchase of American coal and will build a strong fort to protect Guam. Reports from English papers warn of another French invasion air raid.
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Guam
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Alabam
Jesse Feary
Cincinnati
Incidents and deaths fill turbulent news from 1900 era
A sweep of items reports a near riot in New York and many deaths. Notable notes include Grinnell's passing in Massachusetts, a Chinese legation official's wife naming her baby Washington, and a Lahore-like mix of disasters and crimes.
Multiple Disasters and Disclosures Across Cities Worldwide
A snapshot of scattered 1900s era news items reports patrolmen killed by electric wires in St Louis, riots in Akron, corporate deaths in St Paul, Vermont election results, Kansas governor Lewelling’s death, a murder verdict in California, and various accidents, fires, and legal outcomes across Minnesota Ohio Illinois and beyond. The column also notes fire blocks in Atlin and Norwich style incidents, plus royal and military promotions and a balloon polar quest update.
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St. Louis
Akron
Ohio
Peter W. Corbett
Northern Pacific Railway
St. Paul
Minn
Vermont
Lorenzo D. Lewelling
Kansas
Arkansas City
Kan
Ryerson
George Ryerson
Lower
California
Colgate Baker
Milwaukee
David Linton
Cincinnati
Leavenworth
W. F. Carroll
St. Peter and New Ulm
Mankato
B. Franklin Mertz
Columbia University
Mertz
New York
Detroit
Mich
E. H. Schloeman
Chicago Stock Yards
Notable executions and crimes stain Southern news
Thomas Jones a negro preacher hanged in Raleigh for murdering a six person family in a private execution. Judge French Tipton, Kentucky journalist, dies from wounds in Richmond after a fight with C E Woods. Annie Day Mayes a young actress and acting teacher commits suicide in Valdosta over a failed amateur play. Henry Perkins alias Henry Cornell remains jailed in Clarksville after terrorizing Kentucky and Tennessee, with eleven shootings and four stabbings in three years. The Morris building in New Orleans gutted by fire, origin in Tulane University adjacent building Fairbanks Scale Company, total loss about 250000.
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Thomas Jones
Raleigh
N. C
French Tipton
Kentucky
Richmond
C. E. Woods
Annie Day Mayes
Valdosta
Bibi
Mayes
St. Louis
Henry Perkins
Henry Cornell
Tennessee
Clarksville
Tenn
Perkins
Morris
New Orleans
Tulane University
Fairbanks Scale Company
Transcontinental growth and storms feature of global news
Reports show Canadian Pacific strikers returning to work and Canada planning a second transcontinental line by 1903. Severe weather hits Santiago de Cuba and Wapiella Manitoba with damage to crops. Other items note a U S naval buildup in China, rail freight wage increases, a fast Hamburg America steamship record, a theft recovered in Mexico, and Dun & Co trade failures for August 1900.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Santiago de Cuba
Presbyterian General Assembly
Nicaragua
United States
Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling
Wapiella
Man
War Department
Philippines
William Mackenzie
Canadian Northern
Canada
Ocean
Fort Arthur
Winnipeg
Prince Albert
Northern Pacific
Deutschland
Cherbourg Harbor
Sandy Hook
Mexican International Railroad
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Treveno
Mexico
R. G. Dun & Co
British Prisoners Released at Nooitgedacht and Plague in Glasgow
Boers release all British prisoners at Nooitgedacht. Glasgow reports eleven bubonic plague cases. England to pay about 500000 dollars in damages for delaying three German vessels at Delagoa Bay. Liverpool steamship freight to rise after coal price surge. Two thousand Boxers summoned to feast. imperial soldiers slaughter them. Elder, Dempster buys 25 ships for £900000 from British and African Steam Navigation. Rumor claims Charles Stewart Parnell alive and fighting as Christian De Wet.
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Nooitgedacht
Glasgow
Scotland
England
Delagoa Bay
Liverpool Steamship Owners’ Association
Elder, Dempster & Co
British and African Steam Navigation Company
Charles Stewart Parnell
Great Britain
Christian de Wet
Market Reports Jump Through Cattle Hog and Grain Rates
Chicago cattle range common to prime from 3.00 to 5.90, hogs 5.00 to 5.40 in Indianapolis and 3.00 to 5.95 in New York. Wheat No. 2 red 73 to 77 cents, corn No. 2 38 to 47 cents, oats 20 to 25 cents, rye 49 cents to 52 cents, butter 18 to 22 cents, eggs 16 to 18 cents, potatoes 37 to 39 cents per bushel across multiple markets including St Louis Detroit and Milwaukee with various shipping grades and seed values.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
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Collis P. Huntington
James S. Grinnell
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Christian Endeavor Globe
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Strohm
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William Black
Belair
Black
Louis Goodman
Pittsburg
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Providence
R. A
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Wloy
Patrick J. Foley
Syracuse
Ellen Foley
Split Rock
Josephine St. Glauchard
Michael Maroney
Beta Yheta di Fraternity
Put-in-Bay
Victory
TAU
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Port of
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Woodbury
N. J
Beetle
Herbert Clement
Lhe
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Albert Harris
Orange
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Western
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Lima
Stell
Patrick Ryan
Freeport
Chicago and Northwestern
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Ill
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Annie Bell
Avenue
Franklin County
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F. Scott Morrison
Hinckley
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Charles H. Miller
J. R. Lindsey
Fort Leavenworth
Rouge River
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Elwell
Otis
McKinley
Department of the Lakes
Joseph Wheeler
Amur
Atlin
Biggerstaff
Prospect
Julia N. Lintz
Keystone
S. J
Holy Terror Mining Company
Huw
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Supreme Court
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Mary Lehdigh
Arvilla
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Thomas M. Barr
Charles G. Hopkins
Stratford
Hopkins
Calvert
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Barr
Narcissa Nelson
Ireland
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Guild Hall
Gen. Chaffee
Andree
North Pole
Cardiff
Wales
Anna Gould Castellane
George
Edwin
Macedonian Revolutionary Committee
Verdorova
Southern
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