Allies Attack on Pei Tang Forts and Suffer Losses
Reports from London and Shanghai describe Allied forces advancing on Pei Tang forts near Tientsin with significant mine explosions causing heavy casualties. Russia seeks peace talks while proposing censure of Chinese officials. General Yang Lu returns to aid negotiations amid ongoing district unrest and anti-foreign attacks against Christians.
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Pei-Tang
Berlin
Daily Express
Germany
Great Powers
Tien Tsin
The
Standard
Shanghai
Morrison
Times
Lei
Tai
Chau
Yang Lu
China
Chi Li
Attitude of United States in China Situation
Washington notes show U S diplomacy in a waiting stance as replies from powers shape policy. Russia and Germany press for actions while Secretary Long announces strengthened naval presence in China and the Philippines as talks on peace revive. Judge Day of Canton is floated as a possible peace commissioner amid fluctuating negotiations.
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Germany
Russia
America
Russa
Prince Ching
Liung Chang
William B.day
Canton
State
Mob Attacks Two Elders in Mansfield Ohio
In Mansfield on September 24 a mob attacked Elders Ephriam Bassinger of Bluffton and Silas Moot of Lima after recognizing them at the depot. They were stripped, tarred, and marred with varnish before being marched to the city jail and later deported by train.
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Ephriam - Bassinger
Bluffton
Silas Moot
Lima
Erie
Richland Buggy Works
Bassinger
H. Lesby
Zion
Piper
Pennsylvania
Four Negroes Hanged in Ponchatoula Turmoil
A mob broke into Ponchatoula jail in Tangipahoa parish and hanged four Black suspects from a tree. Isaiah Rollins Nathaniel Bowman Charles Elliott and George Bickham were hanged after forced confessions. The coroner ruled the deaths as hanged by unknown hands as Mayor Jackson works to restore order amid fear and mass revulsion.
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New Orleans
Tangipoah
Ponchatoula
Henry Holfelter
Louise Holfelter
Isaiah Rollins
Nathaniel Bowman
Charles Elliott
George Bickham
Jackson
Ponchatowla
Submarine Volcano Reported Near Campeche Bank Mouth
Captain Liddle of the British steamship King Bleddyn reports discovery of a submarine volcano on the northeast edge of the Campeche bank near the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico. He and all hands observed a vapor column and boiling water 102 miles north of Lake Maracaibo on Sept 1.
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New York
Liddle
King Bleddyn
Campeche Bank
Gulf of Mexico
Lake Aoche
General Wilson Captures Pei Ta Chau in China
General James H. Wilson forces the capture of Pei Ta Chau as British officials report temples taken by arrangement. He aims to advance on San Wai Tien to destroy the Chinese arsenal. Rockhill plans advise withdrawal of American troops as safety allows. Chaffee to proceed to Tien Tsin.
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Peking
James H. Wilson
Pei Ta Chau
Wilson
San Wai Tien
Rockhill
Taku
William Woodville Rockhill
United States
Conger
Prince Ching
Washington
Chaffee
Tien Tsin
Wharf Sinks With Engine After Wharf Crash
A Santa Fe passenger engine plunged through a Point Richmond wharf and sank in fifty feet of water. Engineer Henry A. Allen Telegrapher Mulcahy and Fireman Press Adams were aboard. Adams is believed crushed beneath tons of steel. The others were injured but not fatally.
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San Francisco
Point Richmond
Henry A. Allen
Mulcahy
Adams
Li Hung Chang Arrives in Tien Tin
Li Hung Chang has arrived at Tien Tin on September 21, recorded in dispatches from Tien Tsin. The scene marks a notable moment as the former premier engages in domestic affairs amid ongoing regional developments.
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Hung Chang
Tien Tin
Tien Tsin
Li Hung Chang
Domifciled An
No Break in Ranks as Strikers Hold Steady
President Mitchell reports a strengthened strike with estimates of 1800 to 2000 new additions. The Schuylkill and Reading regions show more workers joining the walkout while a few mine operators attempt to maximize production amid reduced force. Officials predict broader idle periods across the Pennsylvania anthracite fields in coming days.
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Schuylkill
Schuylkill County
Mitchell
Reading Company
Lehigh
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Riot at Lehigh Valley station shocks Shenandoah
Superintendent Adam Boyd and mine officials were met by a mob at Lehigh Valley station. Deputies fired 500 shots as clashes spread through Lloyd street and Indian Ridge area. One Youngarian man and a girl died. several injured. Sheriff Toole dispersed the mob with 20 deputies.
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Shenandoah
Adam Boyd
Ioley
James
William Mitchell
Indian Ridge
Lehigh Valley
High Valley Station
Lloyd Street
O'Hara
Ferguson
Wage Scale Signed by Iron and Steel Workers and Makers
Cincinnati September 24 The conference committee of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and the manufacturers signed the yearly wage scale valid until July 1901 The mills had been shut since June due to market fluctuations and will restart as fires are built starting today The agreement brings employment back to over 660 000 workers idle since June awaiting the adjustment of their wages
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Cincinnati
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Roosevelt Arrives in Cheyenne for Grand Welcome
Preparations on an extensive scale were made for the reception of Governor Roosevelt and his party at Cheyenne Wyoming last night. Excursion trains from various parts of the state brought in crowds eager to greet the presidential party.
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Cheyenne
Homes for the Unfortunates in Galveston After Storm
Clara Barton leads Red Cross efforts to raise funds for housing the storm’s victims in Galveston. Today 576 people were treated at the emergency hospital. about 40 bodies recovered, 2,500 workers clearing wreckage with $3,600 paid in pay rolls, and thirty days estimated to complete street clearance under military regime. General Scurry notes Galveston’s orderliness despite rain.
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Clara Parton
Plas
Galveston
Vietins
Miss Barton
Red Cross Society
Scurry
Galveston Death Toll Near Five Thousand, News Estimates
The Galveston News reports 3,859 named dead from the Sept 8 storm with likely 800 to 1,000 missing, placing total island fatalities near 5,000 and below 5,000, despite some observers estimating up to 7,000. The paper aims for a complete dead list and notes uncertainties in counting.
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Galveston
Galveston News
Galveston Island
Mail Carrier Mangs Self-Destructs in Ottumwa Death
Ottumwa Sept 24 Frank C Robinson the oldest mail carrier in Ottumwa committed suicide by hanging last night. The death is reported from local authorities with no further details available at this time.
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Mangs
Ottumwa
Frank C. Robinson
Chicago grain and livestock markets slip and rally Sept 24
Liverpool enabled and bearish statistics press wheat lower with Oct down about 0.54. Corn rises about 0.04, oats soften slightly. Provisions finish firm with pork around 11.95 to 11.45, lard near 7.02 to 7.05. Cattle and hog receipts show mixed, steers steady to lower, hogs mostly 10 cents lower, lambs and sheep unevenly softer.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Kansas City and South Omaha Live Stock Prices Report
Kansas City and South Omaha cattle receipts on Sept 24 show 4 700 natives and 6 300 Texans in Kansas City with calves and stockers varying from 3.25 to 4.40. hogs slow and lower to 5.10 5.35. sheep active with lambs at 4.75 5.10 and muttons at 3.50 4.85. South Omaha reports 11 000 cattle with western rangers steady on best and lower on medium and common. beef steers 4.40 5.76, western steers 4.00 4.70, Texas steers 3.25 4.25, stockers and feeders steady to lower 3.25 4.65, calves 3.00 65.50.
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Texas
Texas Grass
Texas Bulls
Kansas City
South Omaha
Western Rangers
Western
Lowe
Hage
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People's National Bank
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