Peace Envoy Li Hung Chang Named Plenipotentiary
A Chinese edict appoints Li Hung Chang envoy plenipotentiary to negotiate an immediate cessation of hostilities. The United States refuses policy changes, awaiting Li’s peace proposals while diplomacy proceeds with Europe and Japan. Edict dates trace from Pekin to Shanghai and Shangtung officials in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Adee
Li Hung Chang
Chihex
Mr. Wu
United States
Minsters
Li Hinz Chong
State Department
China
Europe
Japan
Li Mung Chang
Privy Council
Pekin
Yuan Atsi Nan
Shangtung
Tao Tai
Shanghai
Wa Ting Pang
Funeral Party Stricken In Rail Crash At Slatington Pa
Fifteen mourners die and several others are seriously hurt when an omnibus returning from a funeral collides with a Lehigh and New England special train near Slatington Pennsylvania. The crash occurs on a sharp curve as the driver crosses the tracks. Most victims are relatives of Sophia Schaeffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Slntington
Lehigh and
New England
Peters
Slatington
Cherrysville
French Torpedo-Boat Destroyer Framed in Night Collision
A French torpedo-boat destroyer Framey sank off Cape St Vincent after a night maneuver error during naval exercises. Only ten of fifty nine men survived including the captain Munduit de Blessix and the chief engineer. The disaster followed misread luminous signals and a wheel miscommand leading the Framey under the Brennus gun line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape St. Vincent
Tenteen
Fost
Munduit de Blessix
Teutenaint Witd
Fournier
France
War Department asked to assign General Wweler to China
News notes report General Joseph Wweler seeks War Department duty in China. Census data cites Russian Empire population around 12y 200,000. A blight again hits sugar beets in San Joaquin County, California, cutting expected crop by about half. News from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Joseph Wweler
War Department
Hin
China
San Joaquin County
Cal
Mobs Rampage in New York Over Policeman's Death
A large white mob formed in New York near West Thirty-seventh Street and Ninth Avenue to seek vengeance for Policeman Robert J. Thorpe's death after a Sunday confrontation with a Black man. Police reserves and regular officers restored order as crowds hurled missiles from tenements and clashes with Black residents prompted multiple injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert J. Thorpe
Thirty-seventh Street
Ninth Avenue
Thorpe
Grove
Robert Starris
Wislington
Fox
West Thirty-seventh Street
Eighth Avenue
Forty-first Street
Arthur Harris Ao
American Writes to Filipinos Correspondence Captured in Luzon Te
War Department released letters and papers from Am naldo captured months earlier by Gor Mimeston. Documents suggest some Filipino insurrectionists received encouragement from the United States. A notable missive by Montague Leverson, a self described Amide Timerialist League member, urged capture of a high US official for trial. Leverson, a 50-year-old naturalized American, resided in Rory Raym ion and dated the Luzon missive in PSW98.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luzon
Amnaldo
Gor Mimeston
War Department
Cnted
Ter
Montague Re Leverson
Mort Tuiitten, N
Tso
Amide Timerial
Rory Raymion
Bat
Union
Af Wnty
Diel Bach
United States Leads All At Paris Exposition Prizes
The closing sessions of the THO exposition committee confirm the United States won more prizes than any other nation. Perottt Laws Gore, head of American juries, is the sole foreign member of the committee assisting director general ML Delauney Bellevile in concluding the awards. Prof. Gare notes the July program was thoroughly organized and fully protected from rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tho
Tive
Perot
Tt Laws Gore
Gare
Pris
Ous
Bizarre Panicked Dispatch From Distant Railway Talks
Disjointed report notes a Santa Fe order for grade work and shovel crews. Mentions Colorado, Chicago, and Western rates, with references to a governance plan, train protection, and executives including Collis and Mr Hunting ton amid unclear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agvet Fierease
Gaitie Betwern
Colorado
Chisige Lesa
State of Calamitey Dias Teysny
Santa Fe
Dairaiiy Ta Cys
Bemhess
Huis
Westra
Collis
Binncle
Boucher Lacie Canary
Shih Qdaec
Huntington
Cost of a Campaign in the 1896 Election
Chicago correspondence explains the vast funds behind presidential campaigns. It cites estimates of 25 million dollars total cost, with national and state committees spending heavily on speeches and operatives. It outlines the structure from national chairmen to local workers, and notes adjustments in messaging by state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Naiional
Senator Hanna
Senator Jones
Sonator
Jones
Strevess
Campaign Costs and New Methods for 1900 Elections
The article details campaign expenses by state committees including salaries and building costs. It notes printing and distribution of 111 million documents per side, plus 5 million phonograph records and 5 million lithographs. It highlights national chairmen coordinating canny measures and new methods like stereopticon shows to reach voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Bryan
Iinfield Hancock
Republican
Democraty
Eoch
Dolliver
Town
Daleel
Pennsylvania
James K. McCabe
Democratic State Committee of
New York
Market Dullness Across Regions Signals No Change Soon
New York notes midsummer dullness across markets with no major shifts expected until mid next month as merchants prep for fall. Chicago reports wheat firming only modestly amid heavy rains and Europe’s cool harvest, with spring wheat hurt by drought. Kansas remains main supply, keeping prices supported, while weather risks linger in the UK and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Europe
Hallower Agricultural Bureau
Dakotas
Minnesota
Kansas
United Kingdom
Allies Fire On Americans In Chinese Theater Blunder
A disputed report from Can Yang-tenn via Che Foo describes a night battle near Shanghai where misidentified troops led to friendly fire. Americans suffered ten wounded, several serious, as English, Russians, British, and Chinese lines clashed, with roughly twenty thousand Chinese troops involved overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Che Foo
Shanghai
Noaily
Tourtgenedh United Suites Infantry
Pourtacuth
Chines
Sind
Murder and marriage plot unfold in Adams Express case
Charles Perret, an ex-employee of the Adams Express Company, confessed to shooting Charles Lane, a messenger, and robbing the Panhandle line near Milford Center Ohio. He planned the crime to fund his upcoming marriage to Miss Lillian Costello, who was arrested with him. The case ties to an earlier Baltimore to Columbus Express robbery and broader unrest in India and Africa, with ongoing dire news and government aid updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adanis Xpeess Company
Charles RO Perret
Charles Lane
Panhandle
Milford Center
Ohio
Wutr
Perrell
Merrell
Lillian Costello
Gohumbas
Odin
Ferret
Mise Castelo
Miss Costello
Pennsylvania Express
Cinceinnai
Mimischy
Criin
Columbus
Express
Tallie
Congressional Appropriations Totals For Fifty-Sixth Congress
The report records a grand total appropriated of 710,150,862.84 dollars for the first session of the Fifty-Sixth Congress. It details by bill the allocations across Agriculture, Army, Naval, Public Buildings, and miscellaneous categories, noting increases and reductions against prior sessions and the impact of new contracts for naval vessels, dry docks, and public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas DP. Cleaves
James C. Courts
Congress
Hee
Government Hospital
District of Columbia
Paton
Postal Service
Stsausouts
Nue Boviged
Wreck on Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroads Kills Nine
A fog bound head-on collision near Pierson between the Grand Rapids and Indiana north bound express and passenger train No 2 killed nine people and injured many others. Both engines and baggage cars were demolished and the Pullman cars severely damaged. Firemen and engineers on both trains perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapides and Indiana
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Biehart
Friend Rapids
Northland Express
Sand Lake
Pierson
Cincinnati
Church and Clergy Notices From Diverse Faiths
A garbled OCR piece reports on various religious topics including Theodore Roosevelt, a restored lamb of Cardinal Poli, a Michigan Advocate dividend decline, Rabbi Max Weller starting a museum in New Orleans, and Jewish charity work in England. It mentions Sister Mary Poorple, the Incarnate Word, and Rev Dr Josepha Parker, noting age and writings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thondore Toosevelt
Carhulic Roth Society
England
Cardinal Poli
Michigan Advocate
Methodist
Max Weller
New Orleans
Dtubhi Bh L. Mayer
Larivester
Tubeert Hall
Harvey Taane Capel
Mary Peorple
Gudvester
Tosas
Lacine Roussin
Lyons
Pritnce
M. Rodwell
Maris Steig
Switherland
Solenre
Ay Mia
Bresci portrait and international notes headline
A four year old photograph shows Adam Bresci, killer of King Humbertia, born in Tuscany and a Prato weaver formerly. He left Paterson for Havre under an assumed name. His wife Sophie Kineland Bresci, destitute with infant Madeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
Havre
Branchi Cresari
Afrjyn
Mra
Sophie Bresci
Sophie Kineland
Bresci
Madeline
New Jersey
Chaotic Chicago Deaths and Odd Local Oddities
A fragmented report lists multiple incidents across Chicago and other locales including a killing in Chicago by Odds and Bodie E Carey, a death in Toronto from a mosquito bite, and various vague items such as a possible underground system cost issue, a suicide attempt in St Joseph, roast beef price notes, theft of brass tickets, a water-damaged Masonic Temple, a runaway horse near Hazelton, a botched suicide in Chicago, and a confused miscellaneous string of names and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odds
Bodie E. Carey
Chicago
Michael Prindiville
J.P. Close
Toronto
Ant
Mamie Spencer
St. Joseph
Me. Com
Chivazu
Masonic Temple
Luis Brass
South Bethlehdia
Steel Company
Russia
Johny Miller
Hazelton
Lizzie Gustin
Slell
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Li-Hnng-Chang
Gotham
Republican National Committee
Democrats
RV Ag
U.s.army
Army OF
Tional
Stace
Hanga
Mark A. Hanna
James K. Jones
Republican Oational
Ecaim
Patga
Fang-teun
Deut
London
Keira
Guy
Wombali
India
Tien Tsin
W. RR. Cartes
Carles
Alexei Nicolaievitch Kuropatkin
Gervant
Kurdpatkin
Turkestan
Sesktropatkin
Russias
Miss Astor
Pauline Astor
Sir Berkeley Milne
Marlborough House
Miss Aster
Sir Berkeley
Miss Pauline
William Waldorf Astor
Missy Mary Dahlsteg Paul
Philadelphia
Galtang Baas
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