Half Way to Peking War Report Hints Rapid Progress
United States officials report that an International relief expedition has moved roughly halfway from Tien Tsin to Peking with possible encounters near Langfang. General Chaffee transmits a piano dispatch from Tai-tsun and Tsai-teun, suggesting little Chinese resistance so far. Hart urges early withdrawal, citing safety concerns for the legations as Chinese troops retreat toward Beijing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sui-Tsun
Tientsin
Peking
War Department
Tai-tsin
Secon
Chaffee
Conger
Tsai-tsun
Lang-fang
Hart
London
Sir Robert Hart
Shanghai
Standard
Kaiser to President, Waldersee to Lead Allies in China
The U S state department publicized a memorandum advising joint German and American actions in China. It notes Count von Waldersee to command allied forces, with the American general coordinating operations while preserving the American division as a separate unit. The German emperor telegram praises the alliance and Waldersee’s leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Washington
State Department
United States
Germany
Count von Waldersee
China
Dite
Tuly
Count Waldersee
Geran
America
Vou Waldersee
Train Killed Fifteen In Crude Crossing Crash
Slatington Pa Aug 18 fifteen persons were killed and ten injured when a Lehigh and New England passenger train crashed into a omnibus returning from a funeral. The omnibus driver Peters tried to cross a sharp curve. most victims were relatives of Sophia Schaeffer. Fire at Asbury Park destroys Park Opera House and cottages, losses about 35000. Murder in Pittsburgh as master mechanic Tonstun is killed by two men named Fobbe and Ragtime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slatington
Pssenger
Lehigh and
New England
BH Remaley
Eli Remaley
James Kern
Susan Cohen
Alfred Rheing
Walnutport
Robert Seibert
David Kern
Miss Distler
Walantport
Kern
Aich
William Reed
Louis Kuntz
Carrie Nagle
George Minnich
Bryan Walp
Lizzie Jones
Alice Nagle
Peters
Cher
Tlenry Bittner
Sophia Schaeffer
Bethlehem
Asbury Park
New York
Park Opera Trouse
Nv J
Larry Wallace
Emery Street
Mr. Kidder
Gibson Trouse
Thomas Gibson
Park Opera House
William A. Brady
Louis Morrison
Faust
Opera House
John Cassalle
Pittsburg
Ang
Jaeper Houston
Agxeman & Hollerback
Nar Sewickly
Willian Fobbe
Tonstun
Fobbs
Pobbs
Hugtine
Tousten
Llousten
Rockford
Tad
Drowned in the Delaware River Tragedy Near Thian Cock
Fred Hartwell and Frederick Edwards drowned in the Delaware River near Thian cock on Saturday evening. Recovered yesterday afternoon, they had quarreled after drinking along the road. Hartwell struck Edwards with a whip, Edwards used a stick in defense, Hartwell dropped the lines, the horse ran, plunged 15 feet to the river, and both men and the horse drowned. Marsden Ostrom swam to shore. Edwards was a lumber dealer and Hartwell his employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Binghamton
N.Y
Fred Hartwell
Frederick Edwards
Thiancock
Hartwell Struvck Edwards
Edwards
Hartwell
Marsden Ostrom
Patal Railway Accident Near Wheeling Kills Two
At Teep Run on the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad a southbound coal train jumped an embankment. Two men were killed and two injured. Engineer Mike McGreavy of Norwalk Ohio leaped clear, but died three hours later from a fractured skull. An unknown man who boarded at Warrenton was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Teep Run
Erie
Mike McGreavy
Norwalk
Warrenton
Smuggler Arrested After Ivernia Arrival at Queenstown
On the White Star liner Ivernia from Boston Captain Watt, at Queenstown, a cabin passenger Mr. F. H. Flontey was arrested for smuggling cigars and tobacco. A revolver and 50 ene fridges were found in his boat. He was held for petty sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ivernia
Watt
Boston
Queenstown
F. H. Flontey
Death in Storm Rakes New York City With Loss of Life
A powerful storm horrifically swept through New York and surrounding areas killing fourteen people and injuring many. Boats capsized under fierce waves and lightning struck multiple sites causing instant deaths and severe burns. Among the casualties were families seeking a day out near Highbridge and several workers in a barn near Minshing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Brown
Highbridge
Brown
Mrs. Brown
Edward 1. Benner
Brooklyn
Bayshore
Minshing
N. Y
Tenatly
N. Z
Math
Lizzie
Nellie
Lizzie Nouth
Nellie Nouth
Boer War Dispatches Report Boer Retreat and Allied Actions
London reports from Pretoria and Cape Town describe Boer forces fleeing before Kitchener and Methuen with British rear guard actions near Buffelshoek and Wolverdeen. Civilians flee Mafeking as Lord Eyreward Cecil plans another siege while Carrington concentrates his force at Mafeking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Lond Roberts
Pretoria
Kitchener
Methuen
Wolverdeen
Smith-Dorrien
Wation
Buffelshock
Christian de Wet
Mafeking
Eyward Cecil
James G. Stowe
United States
Cape Town
Johanneshire
John Stuart
Morning Post
Kruges
Webster Davis
Interior
Times
Otteshoop
Sir Frederick Carrington
Mateking
Death in Heat Claims Norwalk Foundry Owner
Louis Kale, owner of a brass foundry in Norwalk, died while casting as heat intensified. His eyes bulged, face reddened, and he collapsed, a sudden heat related collapse. Kale was a known figure in Cleveland and northern Ohio communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Louis Kale
Norwalk
Kale
Cleveland
Ohio
Train Robber Confession in Adams Express Heist
Charles R. Ferrell, a former Adams Express employee, was arrested in Columbus Ohio after confessing to killing Charles Lane the messenger and robbing the Adams Express way safe on a Pennsylvania east bound train. Ferrell says he planned the crime for money before his wedding and recovered $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Charles R. AL Ferrell
Adams Express Company
Charles Lane
Ferrell
Charles R. H. Ferrell
Steubenville
Adams To Press Company
Misa Lillian Costlow
Urbana
Mr. Lane
Colamins
Lane
Lockport
N. Y
C. W. Caylor
Cleveland
Filipinos Surrender Reported Near Tayug On Manila Front
War dispatch reports cheering news from General MacArthur in Manila. In the Tayug area on August 1 Colonel Issa surrendered to Colonel Freeman. The Twenty fourth United States Infantry captured a force of a major, six captains, five lieutenants, and 160 men with 101 rifles and 50 bolos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ave
Eral MacArthur
Manila
Issa
Tayug
Freeman
Twenty-fourth
United States Infantry
Booth Tucker's Wife Near Death At Spring Lake Rally
At a Salvation Army rally in Asbury Park it was announced Mrs. Booth Tucker was dangerously ill at their Spring Lake summer home. Booth Tucker, en route from the West, was informed and rushing to Spring Lake as doctors said she had been very close to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth-Tucker
New York
Salvation Army
Asbury Park
King Victor Emmanuel III Takes Oath in Parliament
Saturday King Victor Emmanuel III took the formal constitutional oath before the parliament in Trath. Reports from Australia say July floods struck New South Wales leaving hundreds homeless and causing massive property loss. British Columbia opposes a charter for a railway through Chilkoot pass amid Canada US dispute about a White Pass parallel line. Managua reports Eyre Cragin syndicate canal concession forfeited for nonpayment, allowing Nicaragua to handle canal matters with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Emmanuel Til
Trath
Australia
Stemmer Aeringiis
New South Wales
British Columbia
Chilkoot Pass
Canada
United States
White Pass
Managua
Nicaragua
Lehigh Valley Train Collision With Falling Wire Fatalities
A Lehigh Valley train near Girardville was struck by a falling electrified feed wire. Conductor Pierce Sehleir was shocked while removing the pole and fell. Mrs. Michael Eagan was badly burned by live wires on a nearby porch. Jacob Burke, 38, was killed instantly and James Hoswell was fatally injured by a lightning strike on a hillside near Pottsville. Boswell is paralyzed. High Dever, a conductor, is ill in Philadelphia. A separate storm killed John Shannon and a trolley accident occurred when Charles Sickler’s horse stepped on a live wire. Memorial services for King Humbert were held by Italians in Scranton and Hazleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley
Girardville
Pierce Sehleir
Michael Eagan
Jacob Burke
Dalapna
James Hoswell
Port Carbon
Pottsville Storday
Boswell
High Dever
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Philadelphia
Hazleton
Penn Haven Junction
Pittston
John Shannon
Wyoming
Kingston
Charles Sickler
Sickler
King Humbert
Scranton
Ink Treatment Hurts Wilkes-Barre Woman in Scalds
Mrs. Frank Pollock of Wilkes-Barre suffered severe leg burns from a boiling water spill. Neighbors applied ink to ease pain, then wrapped the wounds in inked cloths. The ink caused blood poisoning, and a doctor was summoned as she remains in danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Vollock
Wilkesbarre
Rappan
Eckley Picnic and Club Outings Announced
Pleasure notices list a Citizens' band picnic at Cycle Path grove on August 18, a Manhattan Base Ball Club picnic at Public park on August 18, and a Young Men's C T A B Corps excursion to Shawanesa Lake on August 28. Fare from Freeland is $1.05 for adults and $1 for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Band of Eckley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Freeland Tribune
Tribune
Freeland
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Freeland, PA
Kaiser
Slatington, Pa
Omnibus
Jared
Anne
Vicinity
Unis
Preneh
Cape St. Vincent
Brounns
Pournier
Frame
Jost
France
Adanly Fourtenn
Fost
Wtatin Mauduit Duo Plussix
Admiral Fournier
Brennus
Framce
General de Wet
Charles Ferrell
Adams’ Treasure Chest
Express Messenger Lake
New Orleans
The
Picayune
Lake Charles
Town Station
Kansas City, Watkins and Gulf Road
Southern Pacific
Cuba
United States Army
Crook
Ared
Taranah
First
First Light Artillery
Tarbach
Baker
Division of
Qualy
New Haven
Peter Petersen
Andrew Jensen
Quinnipiac River
Christian Smith
George Taylor
Smith
Hawes
McMenamin’s
South Centre Street
Keiper
Malte Normal Schoo
East Stroudsburg, Pa
Suimamer
He State
DL & W
Uty
Amandus Oswald
N.W. Cor
Depierro - Bros. Cafe
Gibson, Dourberty
Kaufer Club
Rosenbluth
Velvet
Mami
Hennessy
Rte
T. Gampbell
SS Mennth Ircate
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