Destructive Hatfield Train Wreck Kills Thirteen
Hatfield Pennsylvania witnessed a catastrophic collision when an excursion train bound for Atlantic City struck a milk train at a grade crossing. Thirteen people died and over 30 were injured, with victims from Bethlehem Allentown and Philadelphia. Rescue efforts followed by doctors and nurses from nearby towns as investigators vowed a rigorous probe. Weather forecast noted fair conditions with southerly winds.
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Philadelphia
Bethlehem
Philadelphia and Reading
Hatfield
Annie Sherry
South
Robert Miller
Richard Bachman
William Bhret
South Bethlehem
Lia Bhret
William
Joseph Mordannt
Charles McGonigle
Allentown
Thomas Day
Mamie Kaelin
Telford
Godfrey Kaella
Mamie
William Blackburn
Ambler
Harold Landis
Ackermano
Atlantic City
Union Depot
Mill
Alan
Godfrey Kaelin
Hartfield
Hatferd
Montgomery County
Lansdale
Souderton
Balance of power shifts as Russia proposals unfold
London reports a shaken European concert as Russia's text intensifies suspicions. Papers debate where Great Britain Japan and the triple alliance will align over Peking. The Times and Telegraph hint Germany Austria-Hungary may back Russia while England resists. A Vienna correspondent notes Germany could accept the Russo American solution amid German hesitation to a solo clash with China.
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London
England
Russia
Great Britain
Japan
Peking
Daily Telegraph
McKinley
United States
Chico
France
Lord Salisbury
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Germany
Times
State Department
Washington
Manchuria
Shanghai
The
Li Hung Chang
Berlin
Daily News
Hari Li
Tien-tsin
Standard
Vienna
China
Rockhill Views on China's Crisis and Foreigners Status
Special commissioner William Woodville Rockhill explains the need for united foreign action to settle foreigners’ status and free trade in China. He warns China could expel all foreigners, urges a permanent settlement, notes Boxers aided the government, and cites Peking relief as a backdrop to the broader crisis.
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Shanghai
William Woodville Rockhill
United States
China
Imperial Gazette
War Diary Reports Russian Brutality in Pei Ho Valley
A Shanghai correspondent recalls looting and murder by Russian and Allied troops in the Pei Ho region after the advance to Tientsin and Peking. He cites widespread destruction, depopulation, and brutal executions, contrasting Russian conduct with Allied protection efforts.
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Pei-Ho
Shanghai
Taku
Pei-Tio
Tien-tein
Peking
Trangehau
Chaffee
Transvaal annexation report and Boer campaign updates
London reports that Lord Roberts issued a proclamation annexing the Transvaal. Kruger and Steyn reportedly fled toward Barberton as Boer raids threaten. Buller moved along Lydenburg road. Boer forces burned a supply train at Klip River, with 35 prisoners, later recaptured. Plumer dispersed a force near Pinnar’s, seizing 26 Boers and wagons.
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Roberts
London
Lord Roberts
Transvaal
Christian de Wet
Daily Mail
Cape Town
Winburg
Pretoria
Kruger
Steyn
Barberton
Buller
Lydenburg
Crocodile River
Badfontein
Crocodile Mountains
Thorn
Klip River
Brabant
Plumer
Pretorius
Pinnar’s
Fahey vows United Mine Workers to strike in Pa. region
John Fahey president of No. 9 district UMWA asserts the operators poll is false claiming 75 percent would not strike. He says all union and sympathetic nonmembers will cease work and denies any plan to foment a regional strike. He issued the statement from Shamokin Pennsylvania on September 8.
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Dental Fr
Fahey
Shamokin
John Fahey
United Mine Workers of America
Northumberland
Schuylkill
Columbia
Dauphin
Powers Case Progress in Georgetown Hearing
In Lexington Kentucky on September 3 the Powers case team including Governor John Young Brown Judge James Smas and H Faulkner en route to Georgetown to appear before Judge Cantrell regarding a bill of exceptions which Brown says cannot be completed in time. A separate Denver report notes the Colorado Methodist conference at Salida endorsing the administration Chinese policy and praising lawmakers who support the open door for Christianity and American life and property abroad.
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Powers
Lexington
John Young Brown
James Smas
H. ©. Faulkner
Caleb Powers
Georgetown
Cantrell
Brown
Denver
Colorado
Methodist Church
Salida
Senate
House of
Fire destroys major Guayamas store in Sonora
A large fire in Guayamas Sonora Mexico consumed the general merchandise establishment of Aguallare. The building covered an entire block and was the largest on the west coast of Mexico. Goods worth nearly 1 million dollars burned with about 300 thousand dollars in losses. Insurance stood at roughly 20 thousand dollars.
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Nogales
A.T
Guayamas
Sonora
Mexico
Genral Merchandise Establishment
FLA, Aguallare
Death from fall in Lestershire shocks local families
In Binghamton New York on September 8 Mrs Ce lia Watson aged 65 died at home in Lestershire from injuries after a fall two weeks earlier. A broken ankle led to amputation above the knee but bruises to back and hips proved fatal, though considered minor at first.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Celia Watson
Lestershire
Chile Railway Opens with President Present in Santiago
Santiago inaugurated the electric tramway system in a ceremony attended by President Errazuriz and local authorities. The public welcomed the new transit line and officials predict rapid expansion of similar transportation methods. Peru Fears Chinese Intinx in Lima as Senate weighs immigration curbs and a new customs schedule takes effect January 1, 1901.
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Chile
Santiago de Chile
Errazuriz
Santiago
Peru
Lima
Pernyvian Senate
China
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