Allies Bombard the Imperial Palaces in Pekin
Berlin reports the allies bombard the fortified imperial palaces with the empress believed inside. Admiral Remey's message notes continued fighting in Pekin and the empress dowager detained by Prince Yang in the inner city. Casualties include several American soldiers and a wounded surgeon, with reports of royal family escape toward Sian-Fu.
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Berlin
Che-Foo
Pekin
Empress Dowager
Prince Yang
Chaffee
Bruce ci
Remey
Bombardment Threatens Forbidden City as Crisis Deepens
London reports the bombardment of Pekin's inner city, warning this could erupt into full war with the Chinese empire. The empress may be inside the forbidden city, while officials hedge on motives and possible usurpers resist surrender.
China Peace Mission Proposed by Li Hung Chang
Li Hung Chang asks the United States to appoint a commissioner to negotiate peace with Pekin. The request, transmitted to the state department via Minister Li, is to be considered by the president and cabinet. The U.S. position remains that Hay's July note conditions are not yet met.
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State Department
Li Hung Chang
China
Earl Li
Conger
Pekin
Adeo
United States
Hay
Anti foreign leader Li Ping Heng wounded and dies in China
Shanghai reports Li Ping Heng, once governor of Shantung, an anti foreign leader, was wounded August 10 at Yangstan and died August 12. He led anti foreign campaigns and was dismissed after Germans were killed in his province two years ago.
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Shanghai
Li Ping Heng
Yangstan
Shantung
Von Waldersee Departs for China Mission
Berlin reports Field-marshal Count Von Waldersee left for the east Monday to command the international forces in China. He traveled with his staff and received a large send-off.
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Berlin
Count von Waldersee
China
East
Missionaries killed in Pao-Ting-I unrest report
Consul Forever in Che-Foo cables that all Presbyterian missionaries at Pao-Ting-I were killed in June thirty five and premises burned. Americans shot dead trying to keep gangs out. Mrs Mor Tell and Gould killed. Bognall killed near a temple. Cooper's fate uncertain. Native converts suffered similarly.
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Washington
Che-Foo
Pao-Ting-I's
Mor
Tell
Gould
Boxer
Bognall
Temple
Cooper
German Detachment Reaches Pekin From Germany
An official dispatch says a German detachment about 300 men led by Capt. Pohl and Hocht has arrived in Pekin. Two battalions of seamen will follow them to the Chinese capital immediately.
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Berlin
Pohl and Hocht
Pekin
Powers may clash as Waldersee mission stirs China crisis
London reports fear that Count Von Waldersee's China mission will trigger international complications. Russia France and Germany push for broader action, while England and America seek restraint. A large German force moves east as if preparations for a wider crisis have begun.
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London
Count von Waldersee
China
Russia
France
Germany
England
America
von Waldersee
City Life Notes From Indianapolis Area Police and Local Events
Rains northwest of Indianapolis raise Fall Creek levels Saturday night. About 125 printers attend O B Rankin funeral Sunday. floral tributes praised. Fort Wayne Life Insurance submits papers to State auditor Hart for approval. A C Dunn funeral held, Knights of Maccabees in charge. John Plummer accused of assaulting Lon Scott over wife. both arrested. John L seeks legal separation from Belle Richardson after marital disputes. Martin R Delaney to celebrate Emancipation Day at Greenwood Park September 27. John Whitestine charged with assault on wife after drunken episode. Burglary attempt at EB Perkins home. suspect thought familiar. Joseph Shessler intoxicated, arrested for assault on man visiting daughter. John Clevenger wanted for jail breaking in Kokomo, arrested near Fall Creek and White River. escaped Kokomo jail. Herman Lantz, Edward English, and John Dillon arrested for stealing a diamond necklace and $36 from Fannie Wiley. Attorney general opines Italians imported from Chicago by Indiana Improvement Co Menon may be prosecutable if not naturalized. matter to prosecuting attorney.
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Fort Wayne Life Insurance Company
Hart
A. C. Dunn
Division
Knights of Maccabees
John Plummer
New York St
Lon Scott
John L
Belle M. Richardson
Martin R. Delaney
Greenwood Park
Nebers
John Whitestine
Bloydave
Whitestine
EB. H. Perkins
Meridiah St
Joseph Shessler
Bellefontaine St
John Clevenger
Kokomo
Fall Creek
White River
Clevenger
Herman Lantz
Daugherty
Impure Blood: Hoyt's Poisoned Blood Cure Trial
A reader details a claim about Hoyt's Blood Cure and its supposed effects on impure blood. The item notes skepticism and urges caution, reflecting public interest in medical tonics.
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Hoyt
Hotels in Indianapolis Don’t Meet Ideal Fire Safety
D. H McAbee, Indiana fire inspection chief, says hotels are compliant with current law but need stronger measures. He cites fire spread through corridors, suggests fireproof curtains or trap doors at stairheads, fireproof elevator linings, and shaft protections to prevent smoke from traveling between floors.
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Indianapolis
D. H McAbee
Indiana
Massachusetts
McAbee
Fuller English editor in death attempt at hotel
Hector Fuller, literary editor of the News, attempted suicide by laudanum at the Denison Hotel after a personal crisis. He told the night clerk he had taken poison, wrote a note to his wife, and was taken to Deaconess Hospital where he remained unconscious but is reported to possibly recover. He had a varied life including work in South Africa diamond mines.
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Hector Fuller
the News
Deaconess Hospital
Denison
Nightclerk McGrath
McGrath
Tuller
Pennsylvania St
Ir. Combs
Fuller
South Africa
Roach & Co
Pirsies
Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
Wappen Hans
Agents Seek To Keep Insurance Rates Down In Indianapolis
A committee of local insurance agents traveled to Chicago to oppose a proposed rate increase. Robi Martindale criticized Mr Goodloe for not representing them and urged telling the bureau that the fire department would improve soon. Councilmen Billings and Gale discussed reviving a five year old joint investigation plan with commercial bodies, the mayor, insurers and city council.
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Chicago
Indianapol
Robi. Martindale
Goodloe
Ureau
Billings,y
Martin
Gale
Miss Goldie Arrives in Town for New Opera Engagement
Miss Beatrice Goldie, renowned as a prima donna of the Minister extraordinary company, arrived from New York Saturday night and appeared at the Grand on Monday morning. She toured the score, expressed delight, and hummed the melodies, citing Evansville as her hometown and Indiana as her origin. Her ten years on the professional stage include Sinbad in Indianapolis, while Rusco & Holland’s minstrel show comes to the Park for the first three days of the week with a street parade Monday.
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Beatrice Goldie
the Grand
New York
Miss Goldie
Evansville
Wsa
Lee
Goldie
Indianapolis
Rusco & Holland
Weather Forecast for Indianapolis and Vicinity
Forecast for Indianapolis and nearby towns covers the 36 hours ending 8 pm August 21. Warm fair conditions expected with temperatures ranging from the upper 70s to the low 90s. observations note a hot Sunday with peak around 93 degrees and a cooler overnight drop into the 70s. New data suggests variable readings across hours and locations.
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Indianapolis
Woman Sues Over Elm Injury Damages
Henrietta Kunkel filed suit Monday against John W Schmidt Edward Schmidt and Indianapolis for 10000 damages claiming a decayed elm limb struck her head from a tree partly on Schmidts property and Hast street near South injuring her spine permanently.
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Henrietta Kunkel
John W
Edward Schmidt
Indianapolis
Schmidts
Hast St
Millard Cox Hints at Brother’s Perceived Flag Remark
Millard Cox says he will be nearby when his brother J. T. Cox receives a marked copy of last Saturday's SUN. He notes J. T. Cox is a Huntington circuit judge and Civil War veteran who called the flag a pirate rag at a political meeting and is highly patriotic, though not active in politics.
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Peru
SUN
Millard Cox
J. T. Cox
Huntington
To the Point News Roundup of Sunday Tragedies and Events
Ex Senator Ingalls buried in Atchison Kansas. Four drownings and one fatal fire in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. Rev P L Cuyler denounces attack on Negroes in New York. Blanche Skelle killed by streetcar in St Louis. Florence Almond shot by a Negro after haunting with a ghost. King of Cowboys Taylor dies in Washington. Shattenkirk’s son joins police. he considers suicide. New York union aids Porto Rico cigarmakers. Shirt waist dance vote in New York pavilion ends with 693 yes. Ed Harter robbed of 700 in Des Moines while seeking wives. two women in saloon. Locusts threaten Charlestown Alabama. Cuba wins 140 Paris Expo awards. Humbert memorial service in Washington.
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Ingalls
Atchison, Kas
Pittsburg
P. L. Cuyler
Colored
New York
Blanche Skelle
St. Louis
Florence Almond
Philadelphia
Buck
Taylor
Washington
Roosevelt
H. C
Ed Harter
Des Moines
Charlestown
Cuba
King
Humbert
Gambling raid nets arrest on gambling house charge
Sergeant Giblin arrested William Armitage of 434 West Washington Street on a charge of keeping a gambling house at the corner of Georgia and Kentucky Avenues. William Liowden was the only other person detained in the room as the alarm allowed 12 to escape.
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Giblin
William Armitage
Washington St
Georgia
Kentucky-ave
William Liowden
New Planes At Wulschner's Store
Bargain notices announce new airplanes for sale at Wulschner's with a price of 165 dollars. A second item highlights a large discount on photos from Bennett's located at 33 East Washington.
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Wulschner’s
Bennett’s
Woman Injured After Jumping from Irvington Car
Carrie Thaleg of 433 Jones Street fell from an Irvington streetcar near Alabama Street Monday morning. She walked to the dispensary with a deep gash and multiple bruises as the conductor says she jumped from the car before it stopped.
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Carrie Thaleg
Jones St
Irvington
Alabama St
Trains to the Fair Schedule Proclaimed
The Menron railroad will run trains from Union station to the fair grounds during fair week, every half hour from 10 30 a m to 2 p m. Burdceck Blood Bitters strengthens and tones the stomach, makes indigestion impossible.
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Menron Railroad
Union Station
Fair Grounds
Gas Main Tax Ordinance Heads for City Council
Democrat McGrew backs a two cent per foot gas main tax to raise revenue after a previous failed measure. An August budget report shows a treasury balance of 86 901.39 with 81 901.39 in the bridge fund leaving 4 937 for current expenses.
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McGrew
Johnson
Megrew
Treasury
Board of Works
Finance Department
Health Department
Park Department
Letter from Mer Bessonies Announces Paris Departure
The letter dated August 18 states Mer Bessonies leaves Paris and arrives in Indianapolis August 2. He notes a month in Paris with three exposition visits, a rolling chair ride, and visits by Mr Morss and family. He recalls meetings with consul John K Gowdy and Addison C Harris and hopes Harris visits Indianapolis on his return. Health is described as fairly good.
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Mer. Bessonies
Paris
Indianapolis
Chicago
Morss
Bois de Boulogne
John K. Gowdy
Col. W. R. Holloway
Addison C. Harris
Rue d'Aboukir
Professor Ames Resigns from Butler College Faculty
Prof. Ames resigns from the Butler college faculty to become pastor at Hyde Park Christian Church in Chicago and to teach at Chicago University. A graduate notes that with Ames and Rev. Jenkins leaving, the school loses two of its best teachers and risks embarrassment without new competent professors.
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S. Ames
Butler College
Hyde Park Christian Church
Chicago
Chicago University
Bloody Saloon Brawl Leads to Arrests in Joseph City
Saloon owner James Hignight of 1708 S East St Joseph Lang of Buffalo and George Dieffendorf were jailed Saturday night after a melee at a saloon. Hignight tried to calm a quarrel between Lang and Dieffendorf, was struck with a pool ball, drew a gun and fired twice, then struck Lang with a butt and inflicted ten gashes.
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James Hignight
S. Eastst
Joseph Lang
Buffalo
George Dieffendorf
Hignight
Lang
Dieffendorf
Peculiar Accident In Broad Ripple Trailer Incident
Sunday forenoon a Broad Ripple trailer was pulled from beneath a loaded truck near Fortieth street. Three people were injured but not seriously, including Virgil Baldwin Mrs M E Gaskell and her daughter.
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Fortiethst
Virgil Baldwin
M. E. Gaskell
Knight’s claims of governor visit lead to state house misdirections
Councilman William K Knight recounts four trips to the governor’s office last week after purported messages from the governor’s secretary urged an immediate meeting. Each time he found the governor absent and suspects impersonation by the secretary’s office.
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Mme
William K Knight
State House
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