Week's History and Telegraph News Highlights
Reports from Pekin show Allied forces occupying parts of the Chinese capital as Minister Conger blames the imperial government for the crisis. McKinley rejects Li Hung Chang’s peace envoy proposal and awaits other nations on Chinese policy. French stance foreshadows blocking England in the Yangtze, with 2,000 German troops at Pekin. In America, legal cases deal with murders in Illinois and Louisiana, while business consolidations and price cuts affect mills, newspapers, and lumber trades.
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Conger
Washington
China
McKinley
Li Hung Chang
Pekin
France
England
Yangtze Valley
United States
Robert Coltman, Jr
Manila Narrowly Escapes Massacre Plot During War
Americans in Manila thwart a plot to seize the city as letters on General Riccart reveal the plan. A California bound transport carrying 8,500 tons of Army stores in the Philippines is reported overdue.
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Philippines
Manila
Riccart
United States
California
Philippies
Vast World News Roundup of War Politics and Elections
A wide sweep of 1890s era notes reports czar's celebration, Welsh rail strike, Boer engagements, losses for English forces, bank theft arrest, rulers' appearances, arbitration bids, and multiple U S political nominations. Notables include William II auto debut, King Oscar mediation, Roberts report, and party lineups across states.
Noted Violent Incidents Across Cities Prompt Public Outrage
A chain of brutal acts includes Earl Burnham of Kansas City killing Mrs. Tyson and wounding her husband over rent. A mob in Akron Ohio attacked the jail demanding Louis Peck, causing guards to fire and killing two children and wounding others. Gustave Roeder of New York shot his wife and son then killed himself. In St Louis a 16 year old Chicago burglar suspect Itarry Hale and Harry Weisman are under arrest. Peck, facing mob justice in Akron, was tried, sentenced to life, and sent to Columbus. El Paso cattleman Joe Alvarez died in a battle with New Mexico outlaws. Sam Fields, a young Black man, was shot.
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Earl Burnham
Kansas City
Anna Tyson
Akron
Louis Peck
Gustave Roeder
New York
Itarry Hale
Harry Weisman
St. Louis
Cout
Columbus
Joe Alvarez
el Paso County
Tex
New Mexico
Sam Fields
Multiple Fatalities Reported in Various Rail and Other Accidents
A roundup of tragic events lists seven killed in a rear end freight train collision on the New York Central at Kensico New York. drownings in Chicago and Escanaba. scalding death in Chicago. poisonings from wild mushrooms near Austin Chicago suburb and more. Also noted are drownings in Granville and at Lake Michigan, a trolley fatality in Menominee, a wagon collision in Effingham Kansas, and several prominent deaths including Judge John C Orrick Charles Berry Seth Bean Nathaniel Harris Royal Pullman and others in Missouri Michigan Wisconsin England and Georgia.
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Kensico
N. Y
William Rider
Eugene Patterson
Chicago
Charles Wilcox
N. J. Spruce
Austin
H. C. Brand
Brand-Dunwoody Milling Company
Joplin
Alfred Wells
J. W. Wells
Menominee
Mich
Escanaba
Joseph Luka
Menasha
Wis
Chicago Beach Hotel
George Necrosby
Elizabeth Hutchinson
Atlanta
Missouri Pacific
Effingham
Kas
Elva Black
Woodley
John W. Woodley
William B. Felker
Denver
John C. Orrick
Missouri House of Representatives
St. Louis
Charles H. Berry
Minnesota
Winona
Seth Bean
Smith
Adrain
Nathaniel Harrison Harris
Lee
Mississippi
Malvern
Worcester
England
Royal Pullman
George M. Pullman
Forest fires raise Colorado Wyoming damage estimate to ten million
Fire across Colorado and Wyoming consumes vast areas. Maryland Telephone Construction plant at Baltimore burns for a loss of 112000. Mitchell Indiana normal school and Harmer's sawmill Burlington Iowa are destroyed with substantial losses. Western Union College LeMars Iowa building burns. Birkenfeld Strauss Co. building in New York suffers about 300000 loss.
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Colorado
Wyoming
Maryland Telephone Construction Company
Baltimore
Southern Indiana Normal School
Mitchell
Harmer
Burlington
Western Union College
LeMars
New York
Birkenfeld-Strauss Co
Senate President Joins Postmaster General Team
John son of New Jersey accepts the first assistant postmaster general role to succeed Perry B. Heath who resigned. Chicago plumbers strike looms against the master plumbers association. Frederick Koetig, Austrian survivor of Maximilian’s entourage, dies in Mexico City at 67. Fitzsimmons defeats Sharkey at Seaside. Grand Army parade draws 300000. Open season on game starts Sept 1 with train workers eyeing hunts. Roosevelt to be challenged to lasso in South Dakota. Wood says US poised to free Cuba if a stable native government is formed. Ballyhoo Bey credited to jockey Ted Sloan. Chicago grows as a financial power. Polish author Colonel Zygmunt Milkowski to visit US.
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State Senate
Johnson
New Jersey
Perry
Heath
Chicago
Master’s Association
Frederick Koetig
Austria
Maximilian
Mexico
Fitzsimmons
Sharkey
Seaside Sportings Club
Grand Army
Naval Veterans
George Fagrelius
Roosevelt
South Dakota
Wood
United States
Cuba
William ©. Whitney
Ballyhoo Bey
Ted Sloan
Zygmunt Milkowski
Dolliver Named United States Senator Fort Dodge Jubilates
Fort Dodge Iowa greets the appointment of Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver to the U S Senate succeeding the late John H Gear. Bells fireworks and horns mark a massive town reception. Dolliver tours with Champ Clark and will receive a monster welcome on his return. The District Court docket covers probate guardianships and numerous estate matters with final reports approved and administrators discharged. crime indictments and civil actions proceed as listed.
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Fort Dodge
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver
United States
John H. Gear
Shaw
Dolliver
Champ Clark
Missouri
John H. Mullenix
Cora M. Mullenix
Harry P Mullenix
Ina M Mullenix
Greeley D Mullenix
Grace M Mullenix
Eva M Mullenix
Chas
Youm Ws
Dee
William Alston
Charles A Edmund
Elizabeth Beck
Uriah Ingram
John H Mount
Addison Lyons
Deliah Davis
Tombstone
Fred W Shearer
John G W Smith
Charles F Smith
8 C Laughlin
Joseph C Roth
Joseph E Sheets
Robert W Armstrong
Mary E Smith
Nancy A Lyon
Charles C Hintz
Jacob Metz
Lewis Hughell
John J McKee
Fannie M Mckee
Lydia Gregory
Nancy L Pratt
W G Ross
Arthur Koeh
Isabel Jane Edwards
Jerry Lambert
Anna Whitham
Mary Jane Bartow
Jervis Harvey
Valena Burgess
Jones
Joel E Campbell
E E Blomgren
Nathaniel Crawford
Judge Hobson Rules In Boomer Bank Case Dispute
In Lansing Iowa on August 25 Judge Hobson awarded a sweeping victory for creditors of the defunct Boomer bank at Waukon. The action, led by LD Murphy and Senator Irwin, challenged two mortgages given by H P Boomer before the bank failed and alleged fraud in the transfer of property valued at twenty five to thirty thousand dollars.
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Lansing
Hobson
District Court
Waukon
J. Murphy
Irwin
Boomer Bank
Man Dies After Coal Carbolic Acid Ingestion On Train
The morning Great Western passenger train from Chicago reached Oelwein Iowa with the body of Clarence Rich of Red Wing Minnesota. Rich had drunk two ounces of carbolic acid in the sleeper and died after being offered milk. He was en route to his home after visiting the Paris exposition.
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Oelwein
Chicago
Clarence Rich
Red Wing
Minn
Chase Named as Congressional Candidate in Iowa District
Webster City Iowa August 27 The Freeman Tribune lists D C Chase of Webster City as a candidate to succeed Jonathan P Dolliver in congress. Chase served four years in the state legislature after being elected in 1880 at age 28 and is noted as a successful lawyer in northwestern Iowa.
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Webster City
Freeman Tribune
D. C. Chase
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Chase
Iowa
Fort Dodge Honors Dolliver Appointment to Senate
Citizens of Fort Dodge gathered for a torchlight procession to honor J S P Dolliver's appointment to the United States Senate. The march formed in the business district and proceeded to the Dolliver home where he spoke briefly thanking the crowd.
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Fort Dodge
Lal
J. SP. Delliver
United States Senate
Dolliver
Lunatic Slays Man in Wayne Jail Attack
In Wayne Nebraska a man identified as Dolph Wonlands of Buckland Missouri killed Robert Bigham of Dunbar Nebraska inside the Wayne jail. He says God ordered the act to crush Bigham’s face with his heels claiming Bigham was an enemy of his soul. He is described as a lunatic.
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Sioux City
Wayne, Neb
Robert Bigham
Dunbar, Neb
Dolph Wonlands
Buckland
Bigham
Woman Returns After Twenty Years To Claim $20,000 Estate
Cedar Rapids reports Mrs. a tense Perry once of Norway Benton County located in Hot Springs Arkansas after an absence of twenty years. She has come home to claim her mother's estate valued at $20,000. Not a letter was received for fourteen years. Her husband owns the Southern hotel.
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Cedar Rapids
A Tense Perry
Norway
Benton County
Hot Springs
Ark
Southern Hotel
Four hobos murder drayman near Marshalltown
In Marshalltown Iowa on August 28 four hobos insulted two girls on the outskirts. An elderly black drayman named Williams tried to aid them and was shot dead by two of the tramps. A posse pursues the killers as the town’s black community is aroused and threats of lynching emerge.
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Marshalltown
Wilians
Des Moines State Fair Opens With Three Races
Des Moines Iowa August 28 the state fair opened with about 3000 attendees. The program included the 2 22 trot 2 26 pace and a half mile running race plus afternoon acrobatic performances between heats and evening fireworks.
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Des Moines
Corn prospects rise in northwest Iowa region
Sioux City report notes excellent corn condition between Garretson and O Neill with a large crop assured. Acreage is about one third higher than last year, signaling strong overall yields across northwestern Iowa northeastern Nebraska South Dakota and Minnesota.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Garretson
O'Neill
Tragic Train Incident Kills New Sharon Man Near Grinnell
John Hi Busby of New Sharon died an hour after being fatally injured when he fell under a moving train while trying to board it near Grinnell, Iowa, as he traveled to Chicago with stock.
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Grinnell
John Hi. Busby
New Sharon
Chicago
Two National Black Conventions Open in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis this week the Afro American Press association begins its twentieth annual convention and the Afro American council holds its third national convention in the state house senate chamber. Booker T. Washington is slated as a principal speaker.
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Indianapolis
Afro-American American Press Association
Afro- American Council
Senate
State House
Booker T. Washington
Good Fellow Takes Careless Nap After Phone Call
A man, described as a good fellow, drank at a Broad Street hotel and phoned a Providence friend. He fell asleep in the telephone box and woke owing the telephone company $32.90, which he eventually paid.
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Providence
Broad Street
So-and-so
Leh
Philadelphia Press
Mule Baptizes But Woman Refuses Second Time
A Mississippi river baptism ends with a mule overturning a buggy in a deep creek. The drenched woman resists another baptism, while the parson jokes she must be baptized again after the first.
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Billville
Secon
Atlanta Constitution
Fragmentary stage dialogue of wedding scene
The text shows a dialogue exchange between Maud and Harold after a ceremony where they joke about who won. Bridegroom Harold claims victory in winning Maud, while she counters that she won by deciding who is the ape, ending with a playful line about Sam the won.
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Maud
Harold
Sam
Sorting hog bristles at Tien Tsin for export
The Patient Chinese describes hog bristle sorting in Tien Tsin China. Bristles totaling 600000 kilograms exported last year are sorted by length with each bristle picked out measured and placed in bundles corresponding to its length.
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Tien Tsin
China
Hair flower rules for Colombian women
A 1900s note explains that in Colombia, married women wear flowers on the right side of the hair while unmarried women wear them on the left. It describes the custom as a social indicator of marital status among Senoras and Senoritas.
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United States
Colombia
South America
Clock Confusion at Harlem Life
Dialogue fragment shows Ile Went and She compare clocks and watches. He claims it is slow while she says it is not exactly like him. The exchange ends with a brief remark about Harlem Life.
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Ile
Hal
Harlem
White of the Boiled Egg Unat to Eat
The text notes that few people can comfortably eat the white of a hard boiled egg. It explains eggs are nutritious and easily digested when lightly or undercooked. It states the albumen coagulates in hot water, and long boiling makes the white tough and indigestible and should be discarded.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
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