Horrors Reported in China Mission Killings by Boxers
Washington dispatch details brutal murder of missionaries and native Christians in China. Bishop Fontosati tortured for four hours, body parts removed, coal oil set alight, and heads displayed. Several foreign families and Swedish missions members slain as prefects and governors ally in the killings.
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Washington
China
Choy
Shanghai Mercury
Fontosati
South Hona
Massacre of Missionaries in Shansi Amid Boxer Uprising
Graphic Chinese court report details killings of 33 foreigners and dozens of native Christians during a brutal June to July siege. Accounts describe women beaten and burned, missionaries dragged to yamen and executed, with heads displayed at gates and bodies buried in a baptistry. Local figures include Mr Stokes, Rev Atwater, Miss Coombs, and Dr Lovitt among the dead and abducted.
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Talsnem
Fenchowta
Talyuen
di Dupo Fo. Torsithers
Atwater
C. W
Shansi
Chefno
Wsiano-Yi-Hsien
Misa Whitechurch
Miss Sesr
Pisgott
Mr. Robinson
Miss Duval
Sr. Atwater
Taignen
Mer
Talkquen
Miss Coombs
Baptist Mission
Yamen
Mr. Stokes
Beynow
Farthing
Dr. Lovitt
Beheaded missionaries in Taiping attack amid Ming turmoil
In Taquen area reports say over 300 native Christians were killed as Boxers attacked the American Board mission at Pai-Ku on July 1. Mission members including BF W Davis G D Willemay and others resisted by staying on coats and were beheaded. bodies burned in Gaumes.
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Whitehouse
Busan Partridge
Indians in Dire Distress From Famine in Arizona
The Indian department reports severe famine among Pima and Papago tribes in Arizona. Superintendent S M McCowan finds 14 000 Indians in peril, with 8 000 on the Gila River reservation and a similar number roaming southern Arizona facing hunger while awaiting government rations. The plight is blamed on white settlers, marking an unprecedented level of destitution among the Pima.
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Indian Department
Arizona
S. M. McCowan
Todian
Phoenix
Ariz
McCowan
Dikense
McCartdn
Gila River
Afrizcun
Increase in Dead Letters Report Shows Higher Receipts
The annual report of the superintendent of the dead-letter office notes a nearly 10 percent rise in total unde livered mail matter from the prior year, with 7 030 158 pieces received versus 6 855 083. Letters and parcels held for postage reach 144 619 and misdirected items total 422 793. opened mail totals 6 670 003, up 9 percent. Some letters contain 44 140 in cash and drafts totaling 1 136 645 in face value. 606 412 foreign items were undeliverable and returned to origin.
Postal Service Estimates for 1902 Appropriation
Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith will ask Congress for about 121 million dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902. The request includes 4.5 million for rural free delivery and notes 4,300 routes by year end with plans for about 4,500 more next year. The administration studies universal free delivery feasibility nationwide. New York plans a Rabies Center at Willard Parker Hospital offering free Pasteur treatment in Greater New York after multiple fatalities. A 9 year old, Ernest Didler, was killed in Chicago by a 6 year old’s toy shovel during a child’s game. Three miners in Butte, Montana, were injured by powder gas explosion.
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Congress
Charles Emory Smith
United States
New York
New York City
Ernest Didler
Chicago
George Waterman
New York trade shows record exports and high monthly surplus
October foreign trade reports export value at 163,003,597 dollars, surpassing last year and the prior high. Cotton dominates exports. manufactured goods abroad amount to about 58,000,600 dollars. Imports decline slightly, leaving the month’s export surplus the largest in U.S. history.
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New York
Chicago
Northwest
Minnesota
North Dakota
Century's Migration to United States Surges in 1900
The Philadelphia North American notes a post year decline reversed by the fiscal year ending June 20 1900 with foreign immigration reaching its largest total since 1892 and third to the 1882 peak. Immigrants included Finns Scots Hungarians and Greeks with many literate but mostly very poor arriving, bringing modest sums of money.
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United States
Philadelphia
iGo
Stovaks
United States Posts Record Trade Surplus for Ten Months
The October trade figures show imports at 31,613,807 less than exports, with exports totaling 165, and rising by 37,027,070 from September. For ten months, imports reached 500,107,269 and exports 114,775,205, yielding a record high balance of 400,667,936, up 120,608,545 from the previous year.
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United States
Stuber
Inu
German National Bank of Newport Closed by OCC
The German National Bank of Newport Kentucky was closed by the Comptroller of the Currency with Bank Examiner Tucker named temporary receiver. Bookkeeper Frank M Brown is missing, allegedly short about 201000 dollars after operating at the bank for eighteen years, with activity dating back ten years. Depositors withdrew funds as rumors spread.
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Newport
Bank In Handy
Exes Awiner Tucker
German National Bank
Ender
Tucker
M. Brown
Lucker
Brown
North Pole Expedition Sparks International Race
Evelyn B Baldwin and Williaw H. Ziegler back a bold American plan to reach the pole with a vast 1890s style expedition. Norwegian explorer Dr. Nonsan and Duke of Abruzzi join European effort, while Baldwin leads the American team aided by financier Mr. Ziegler’s funds and the stamina of Baldwin’s prior Arctic experience.
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Evelyn B. Baldwin
Arctic
North Pole
Europe
Dr. Nonsan
Prince Louis
Savoy
Abruzzi
Man
United States
Kyaelyn B. Baldwin
Williaw HH. Ziegler
New York
Alegier
Ziegler
Mr. Ziegler
Greenland
Baltwin
Pole
Baldwin
Lieut
Pears
Ism
Wellman Two Yeai
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Returns to Power in Canada
Sir Wilfrid Laurier led the Liberal victory in Canada and is hailed as premier by supporters. The long-serving leader has steered key issues since 1887, including Manitoba school policy, and has received honors abroad in 1907. His return sparked celebrations across Canadian cities.
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Liberals
Canada
Wilfred Laurier
Privy Council
Manitoba
Tvosether
England
France
Sir Wilfrid
United States
On His Dignity and the Advertiser’s Inquiry
An old advertiser recalls diverse reactions when asking customers where they saw his ad. Some deem the question rude or irrelevant, others offer cynical or dismissive replies, but a sharply dressed customer delivers a witty retort about reading more than one magazine.
Sermas Provokes Praise With Eclectic Sermon Views
Amos Boggs mocks a city clergyman’s discourse saying the intended road to heaven is unclear while joking about traveling from Egypt to Jericho. The exchange ends with a pun on “Ttreat depends” and a brief witticism about penitent care. Mrs Good and Pack exchange quips about drink and a canceled engagement in a quick string of humorous vignettes.
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Sermas
Amos Boggs
Shawville
Heaven
Egypt
Jericho
Dowie of Zion: self made church leader and healer
A decade ago John Alexander Dowie arrived in Chicago with nothing. Now he heads Zion to 60 000 members, runs hospitals and a college, controls vast wealth, and promotes faith healing as the core of his gospel. His personal following and feudal style have drawn intense scrutiny and controversy.
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Chicago
Salt Lake
Europe
Holy Land
John Alexander Dowle
Zion
Hammond
Ind
Mansfield
Ohio
Kearn
Elsil
Huey
Otields
Dowie
Noman
Checago
Lhe
Wen
Flo
Edinburgh
Sydney
New South Wales
Bealing
Great Dam on the Nile Nears High Water Level
The masonry dam on the Nile at Asaouen will span a mile and a quarter from island to island. When completed it will rise over 30 feet above the river’s lowest level and serve as a carriage road from bank to bank. The Great West channel and three other channels anchor the foundation work while sluices and abutments form a submergible masonry dam designed to control silt and water flow during inundation.
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Asaouen
Nile
Presen
Great West Channel
Wester Channel
Birthplace of coal gas and Murdoch innovation
The depiction shows a Redruth Cornwall house where William Murdoch, living 1782 to 1798, first illuminated gas lighting in 1792. An iron plate on the wall records his early experiments and the invention's testing stage with coal gas in this residence.
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Redruth
Cornwall
William Murdoch
William
Hen Hearing Hens of Indiana Train Whistle Sense
The Rural New Yorker reports hunting dining cars in an Indiana town. hens near the tracks gather at dining cars and show clocklike regularity. They distinguish locomotive whistles from different trains and can time crossings to within minutes, aiding neighbors who set clocks by their movements.
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Llural New Yorker
Pdiana
Blackboard
William L Strong last mayor of New York City
William L Strong ex mayor of New York City dies at home in New York. Born in 1827 in Obin he rose from dry goods to banking and business leadership. He led reforms in 1894 and became mayor on the Republican Citizens Union ticket before city consolidation. He headed Central National Bank and held multiple business roles and club memberships.
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New York City
New York
William L. Strong
Mr. Strong
Obin
Himerry
Central National Bank
Republican Citizens’ Union
Brooklyn
Strong
The Thieves Market and a Farm Swindle Tale
A vivid note on Mexico Citys famed thieves market where stolen goods pass for sale and memories, from antique vellum volumes to a streetcar. The piece adds a Barton County swindle where a farmer loses 315 to a fake real estate dealer and a later cash settlement vanishes with the suspect.
Hidden Bet Ruins Plans in New York Roulette Plot
A garbled excerpt shows a figure sending dollars to four men in New York to learn roulette tricks. Dialogue questions the fallen, suggesting self-reliance. The Baltimore American tone hints at disbelief and comic irony amid a desperate scheme.
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New York
Meddergrass
Haltimore
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