Pekin Captured In Demoralized Chinese Campaign
Telegram reports from Simla and Hong Kong claim Pekin fell to allied forces amid a demoralized Chinese defense. Sir Robert Hart and staff reportedly traveled under Chinese escort toward the coast. Separate dispatches note missionary murders near Shanghai and casualties among Canadian mission families.
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Chefoo
Pekin
Sheo
Pekis
Simla
Lievkuat
Suder
Gaselee
London
Vienna
Hong Kong
Canton
Costume Department
Robert Hart
Bia
Li Hang Chang
Tong Chow
Shanghai
China Gazette
Consul Goodnow
China
Toronto
China Inland Mission
Miss Heston
Shan Li
Mr. Saunders
Toronto Young Men's Christian Association
Miss Huston
Canada
Mobile
Ala
Fires, fires blaze and travels cast wide across Aug 17
News briefs from cities worldwide on Aug 17 report a range of events. A freight incident in Milwaukee fatally injures Capt Wm Wout. a Chicago gas explosion kills six. a Calgary altercation leaves a serious throat wound. a Watertown launch disaster prompts rescues. a Dubois coal mine fire endangers workers. and a Dubois mining loss tallies near 200 000. Also notes on Paris expo Canada prize, railway funding talks, and security concerns in Saxony.
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Milwaukee
Canada
Pueblo
Col
Toam
Madrid
Marquis Aguilar Campo
Bellamy Storer
Spat
Victoria
The
Evening Times
Mackenzie and Mann
Great Lakes
Pacific
Dawson
London
British Columbia
Chicago
Sith Street
Mildred Levi
Loston
Levi
Satan
Cook
Calgary
Atlantic Avenue
C.P.R
George Robinson
Brake
Leipzic
Berlin
Albert
Saxony
De Wet and Delarey in South African War Movements
Aug 17 dispatches report De Wet dying from wounds while trying to reach Kruger. Kruger urged peace but fighting commandants want war. De Wet crosses lines toward Rustenburg to join Delarey as Kitchener and others pursue. Monarch sails with 1150 horses for Cape Town.
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London
Express
Lorenzo Ap
Daily Mail
Lorenzo Marquez
Kruger
Nooitgedacht
Travavanlers
Machadodoro
Buller
Cape Town
Delagoa Bay
French
Krugersdorp
de Wet
Krugersdorp and
Potchefatroom
Delarey
Rustenburg
Kitchener
Ventersdorp
New Orleans
South Africa
Cape Towo
Winnipeg's Welcome Opens Regional Visit
Grand Forks hosts about three dozen officials from Winnipeg Grafton and Grand Forks at Hotel Dakota with lavish luncheon and dinner. Winnipeg regiment drills impress crowds as Captain Hillman leads the battalion through street and field marches. Chatham reports Peter Campbell's small farm yields including six hundred bushels of wheat and substantial hay and future crops on eighteen acres.
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Grand Forks
Dinnie
Winnipeg
Grafton
Dacotah
Hillman
Chatham
Peter Campbell
Point Pelee
Lake Erie
Campbell
Splendid Record as Devona Returns with 800 Horses
The Thomson live steamship Devonas arrived in Montreal from South Africa after a fine voyage. The Devona completed its third Cape voyage delivering 800 horses, mules, and equipment to the British army, with earlier trips from Italy and New Orleans.
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Montreal
Thomson
South Africa
Cape
Italy
New Orleans
Cape Town
Wolseley Declares Maneuvers Flop Candidates Unfit For Abroad
Viscount Wolseley chairman and field marshal at Aldershot denounces the recent Manoeuvres as a total failure. He says the 20 000 men were badly led taught and unfit for service abroad. Gov Montgomery Moore and other officers listened as he spoke.
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London
Viscount Wolseley
Daily Mail
Aldershot
Montgomery Moore
Comman
Canada
Insurgents in Visayas Grow More Acute in Six Weeks
Reports from the Visayas islands indicate heightened insurgent activity over the past six weeks. American losses in Panay last month were the highest since January as General Molica in Leyte and General Loechan in Samar harass garrisons with night firing and ambushes before retreating from larger forces. Rebels are well supplied with ammunition and fairly well organized.
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Manila
Visayas Islands
Panay
Molica
Leyte
Loechan
Samar
British Troops Advance on Pekin Reported by Paris
The British foreign office confirms Pekin’s legations are safe. Paris reports the allies near Pekin within 16 miles, while other dispatches say 27 miles. The Daily Mail notes little Chinese opposition as the river is diverted and troops remain healthy.
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Lon
London
Pekin
Ho Si Wa
Paris
Daily Mail
Ndds
Montresl
Boers Tired of War Say Surrendered Commandant Seeks Peace
Commandant Prinsloo, who surrendered July 30, arrives in Cape Town and says Boers are disgusted with President Kruger and tired of the war. US General Stowe reports most Boers desire cessation. Boer forces center around Belfast and Machadorp with about 5,000 men.
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Cape Town
Prinsloo
Hunter
Kroger
James G. Stowe
United States
Stowe
Toroste
London Daily Telegraph
Botha
Viljoen
Bohnsberg
Belfast
Machadorp
Lydenburg Hills
Legislature Defeats Lake Bennett Charter Bid in Tie Vote
In Victoria the railway committee rejected the Lake Bennett Railway company proposal for an opposition line to White Pass from Dyea to Bennett. Chairman Poole cast the deciding vote after a tied ballot. Meanwhile fiscal estimates show expenditures of 2,220,355.41 and revenues of 1,757,239.45 for the new year. In Montreal a wave of destitute Roumanian and Hebrew immigrants prompts anxiety as about 300 families face poverty and seek government aid and settlement options.
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Victoria
Lake Bennett Railway Company
White Pass
Dyea
Bennett
Poole
Montreal
de Hirsch Institute
Montmoreny Cotton Mills bars union workers
Quebec on August 14 reports the Montmoren cy Cotton Mills company forbidding union hands. Most union members, mainly younger employees, resign from the society. Ottawa on August 16 notes Hon. Clifford Sifton dismissing three appeals from Yukon gold commissioner decisions in Tyler vs Thompson about claims at Discovery on Sulphur Creek.
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Quebec
Montmorency Cotton Mills Company
Ottawa
Clifford Sifton
Cealt
Yukon Gold Commissioner
Tyler
Thompson
Beer Strife Cuts Coal Output at Premier Dunsmuir Pit
The liquor license issue disrupts a Dunsmuir coal pit as 46 of 48 miners cannot work and are replaced by Chinese laborers. Output drops from 12 000 to 800 tons, illustrating the impact of beer on production.
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Dunsmuir
When a man is mellow he imagines he is ripe for anything
A compact aphorism noting how a mellow mood leads a man to fancy he is ready for any challenge or opportunity. The line emphasizes overconfidence arising from relaxed temperament.
Nine Die In Grand Rapids Rail Collision Near Pierson
At Pier 62 miles north of Grand Rapids Michigan the Northland express and No. 4 collided in dense fog at 5 am. Nine people were killed and many injured as engines and cars were demolished. Names given include W H Fish and Gustave Grootveldt engineers and M Letts conductor with several other fatalities. Rescue and medical teams worked at Pierson to reach the trapped and injured.
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Grand Rap
Mich
Grand Rapids
Indiana
Northland Express
Sand Lake
Pierson
Larely
Paiman
Cinennati
W. H. Fish
Gustave Grootveldt
M. Letts
Levan
Loss of the Framee The French torpedo destroyer wrecked
Report from Toulon outlines a revised account of the Framee sinking near Cape St Vincent during fleet maneuvers. France approached Brennais at 16 knots to relay an order. a misheard instruction sent the Frames to lean and capsize, Captain Mauduit De Plessix urging his crew to save themselves.
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Toulop
France
Breonus
Fournier
Framce
Cape St. Vincent
Foudre
Mauduit de Plessix
Brennus
Smallpox Death Sparks Cornwall Quarantine
Alex Constans an 18 year old native of Cornwall died of smallpox at the hospital. He was employed as deck hand on the tug Chieftain and was laid up sick last week. The Quebec authorities were wired and the steamer placed in quarantine. The dwelling inmates were moved to the pest house one mile from town. Officials expect rapid action will prevent spread.
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Cornwall
Alex
Constans
Chieftain
Quebec
Midway cable station probe and overseas news roundup
Reports from Honolulu to San Francisco detail the Iroquois survey for a Midway cable station with Lind Island favored. Hawaii hosts a Republican campaign kickoff on August 4. A Kentucky double tragedy ends with Edgar Connor and Levi Goodpastor dead. Floods in Yokohama claim 200 lives. Dominion militia orders for China goods are prepared in Ottawa for shipment via Vancouver. Nettie Craven loses bid to inherit Senator Fair’s estate in San Francisco.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Iroquois
Midway Islands
Charles Pond
Lind Island
Hawaii
Philadelphia
Cal
Nettie R. Craven
James G. Fair
Treatt
Fair
Troutt
Craven
Don’t be ashamed to wear old clothes until you can afford new ones
A thrift minded reminder urges patience in clothing purchases. It encourages using existing garments while saving for better replacements.
NEARING PERIN Chinese Opposition Weak Priemy Fled
Reports detail limited Chinese resistance as Allied forces advance from Ho Si Wo toward Mu Chang. Port Arthur refugees urged to flee. prices soar for board amid refugee influx. missionaries report robberies and massacres as Western aid agencies seek safety.
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Neelsaki
Ho Si Wa
Mu Chang
Hsing Hoh Sien
New York
Robert E. Ster
Presbyterian Missions
China
Japan
J. A. Fish
Nagashi
Yant Tsin
Honan
Nagasika
Chi Li
Betrothal by Death in Strathmore Hall Mystery
A storm darkens Low Maryland as Major Strathmore on his deathbed arranges a vow for Theo and Harry Strathmore. Theo faces pressure to marry Harry to honor the dying father while grappling with true love and a hidden confession. The scene ends with a dramatic interruption as a mysterious caller seeks Harry.
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Maryland
Strathmore Hall
Major Strathmore
Harry Strathmore
Farey
Toni
Lemote
Moe
Abs Mills
Theo
Harry
Rathmore
Promire
Mr. Tfarry
Othes
Boers and Briton Report Safe Column and Other War News
The Pretoria correspondent notes Col Hoare’s column safe while a convoy was reported captured at Elands River. Kitchener reports De Wet’s wagons blown, British prisoners escape, Steyn confined, and Methuen seizing a De Wet gun amid convoy shelling. Canadians depart amid critique of the war office and red tape. Webster Davis cites a secret Britain United States understanding regarding Boer envoys.
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London
Pretoria
Daily News
Hoares
Elands River
Lord Roberts
War Office
Kitchener
Ventersdorp
de Wet
Steyn
Methuen
Ian Hamilton
Blasun- Actes Savuleo
The
Daily Mail
Canadians in London Welcome Home From South Africa
One hundred Canadians invalided from South Africa and recuperating at Shorncliffe arrive in London and depart by train to Liverpool for home amid cheers. The detachment is from Strathcona's Horse and is greeted along the route by thousands.
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London
South Africa
Shorncliffe
Liverpool
Strathcona's
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