Empress Edict Threatens Boxers Amid New China Turmoil
A Shanghai dispatch reports the dowager empress issues an edict denouncing the Boxers and promising utter destruction for any resistance to imperial troops, urging reform of the Chinese government. Li Hung Chang is said to have arrived at Tianjin to press peace talks while reports place him at Tien-Tsin.
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Hung Chang
Nien-Tsin
London
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Chang
Tien-Tsim
Tien-Tsin
Taku
Ten-Tsin
Lai Aung Chang
Russians Withdraw from Pekin Amid Boxer Siege
Reports from Pekin dated September 12 indicate Russian troops retreating toward Tientsin while 2000 German troops move toward Paotingfu to confront a large Chinese force. A U S cavalry unit may depart September 13 to aid the Christian village besieged by Boxers. The American district is said to be in good order despite one assault on a Chinese woman by Americans. Prince Ching visited the legations but was refused admission at the German legation.
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Shanghai
Pekin
Tier-Tsin
Pao-Ting-Fu
United States
Prince Ching
Minister Wu Receives Peacemaking Telegram From Pekin
Washington dispatch notes Prince Ching telegram from Pekin dated September 8 stating he and Li Hung Chang have been clothed with full authority to negotiate for peace. It is a belated message received Sunday night.
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Tien-Tsin
Washington
Prince Ching
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Will Power Clashes After Chinese War End
American correspondent Joa Quin Miller predicts after the current war a long bloody struggle among powers with the United States having no moral obligation. He accuses a British admiral at Shanghai of deceit, links trouble to missionaries and U S exclusion laws, and says English and American troops distrust each other though officers and consuls may be on good terms.
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Chicago
Joaquin Miller
China
United States
Shanghai
Miller
Memoir of Battle at Tien-Tsin by Brooklyn sailor
Henry Burk holder of the flagship Brooklyn reports from Aug. 10 about looting in Tien-Tsin. Marines allegedly sacked a mint taking silver bullion, later seized by officers. a soldier reportedly received a box of diamonds valued at $20,000 offered by Admiral Seymour.
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Holder
Brooklyn
Tien-Tsin
Seymour
Two Messages From Chaffee Dispatches
Washington dispatches report Gen Chaffee stating the Russian commander has ordered repair material from Port Arthur Vladivostok and the United States and expects railway repairs in two months. He requests 50 storm flags 5 000 small flags and protection for Chinese homes.
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Chaffee
Washington
War Department
Port Arthur
Vladivostock
United States
Tien-Tsin
Lu- Liu
Fourteenth Infantry
Despondent Woman Rescued From Canal After Drinking
Della Roach of 638 West Court Street threw herself into a canal near the Acme flour mills on Sunday after her lover deserted her. Bystanders pulled her out unharmed aside from being wet and shaken.
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Della Roach
W. Court St
Acme
Theodore Roosevelt Accepts Republican Nomination for VP
Theodore Roosevelt issues a letter accepting the Republican vice presidential nomination. He warns that following the Kansas City platform would spell disaster, advocates a gold standard to stabilize the currency, and argues publicity can curb trusts. He denies imperial or militarist aims, saying expansions stem from historical nationhood. He claims staying Philippines under stable governance avoids militarism.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Kansas City
Hanna's Challenge Stirs Republicans and Democrats
Chicago and Galena reports describe Hanna's Delphi speech challenging Bryan to debate the commercial side of expansion. He said he would discuss with Bryan or any Democrat, claiming he has interesting figures. Democratic leaders dismissed the challenge, while Bryan appeared surprised and noncommittal.
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Mr. Bryan
Galena
Kas
Hanna
Bryan
McKinley
Court House and Jail Hit by Cold Incomplete Heating
The heating plant at the court house and jail was not finished as of Saturday, delaying completion by about a month. Clerks and staff faced cold fingers and overcoats, while some maintained activity in shirt sleeves. Bailiff Mendenhall paced the corridor, seeking warmth, as gas kept the jail barely comfortable and prisoners shuffled in their runs with coats on.
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Court House
Rouse
Mendenhall
Criminal Court
Kansas admires relief law as Indiana, Ohio study
The Kansas bureau of labor criticizes Indiana relief laws and urges remedial legislation. Indiana officials report improvements in poor asylums, crediting county charity boards, with emphasis on at least two women on each board. Ohio invites Secretary Butler to discuss the law during its October 9 conference in Dayton.
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Kansas Bureau of Labor
Indiana
Kansas
United States
Ohio
Butler
State Charities Board
Dayton
Ohio State Conference
Noted robbers arrested in Philadelphia theft case
Harry Henderson alias Kid Hennessy and Thomas Long, noted crooks, sit in police custody awaiting transfer to Philadelphia for a $2,500 diamond tray theft. Arrest at Union Station Saturday night by Detectives Asch and Griffin and Patrolmen Corin and Pope, with Carl Harvey jailed after a hose company fireman was shot. Harvey released after confession. Hennessy, once a Virginia-avenue saloonist, is Indianapolis-born.
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Harry Henderson
Kid
Hennessy
Thomas Long
Philadelphia
Union Station
Asch and Griffin
Corin and Pope
Carl Harvey
Hose Company
Indianapolis
Bryan an Early Riser in Missouri Tour
Bryan spoke thrice before sunrise as crowds met him in Springfield Aurora Monett and Joplin on Monday. About 1200 people welcomed him and Missouri and Kansas committees carried him through Joplin en route to Galena. Rain fell and spectators pressed for a look while Bryan wore an overcoat amid the cold.
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Joplin
Bryan
Springfield
Aurora
Monett
Missouri
Kansas
Galena
Kas
Bryan Draws Large Crowd in Galena Kansas
Wm J Bryan arrived at 10 30 a m to Galena where democrats in southeastern Kansas welcomed him with a public reception and a conference with fusion leaders. At 2 p m he spoke to a large crowd and scheduled rallies in Pittsburg and Fort Scott for the following day.
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Galena
Eas
Wm. J. Bryan
Kansas
Bryan
Pittsburg
Kas
Fort Scott
Heath Seeks Oil in Republican Drive Westward
Secretary Heath and Committeeman Kerens of the Republican National Committee travel west to rally state and county chairmen and raise funds. They will hit Cheyenne Denver and Omaha and plan to be in Chicago next Sunday. The push aims to carry Wyoming Idaho Colorado and Utah.
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Chicago
Heath
Kerens
Republican National Committee
Cheyenne
Wyo
Denver
Omaha
Wyoming
Idaho
Colorado
Utah
Plague Suspected in Glasgow Sees Fresh Cases
Five new bubonic plague cases reported in Glasgow city center renew scare. One hundred fifteen suspects isolated as quarantine measures hinder shipping and raise public concern.
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Glasgow
Taxes Paid by Marion County Reveals Property Values
The 1900 assessment summary shows total taxable property at $28,795,430 with Indianapolis holding $120,212,590 of the value. Mortgage exemptions total $3,368,885, lands valued at $10,732,685 and improvements $1,646,950. Town lots total $51,578,125 with $49,430,190 in Indianapolis and polls numbered 39,565 statewide with 35,144 in Indianapolis.
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State Board
Indianapolis
Jones predicts Democratic gains in key states
Senator Jones of Arkansas, chair of the Democratic National Committee, arrives in Washington from New York. He aims to rejoin eastern headquarters Monday and asserts no apathy exists in Democratic ranks as new clubs form daily. He forecasts Bryan will carry New York Indiana Wisconsin and probably Illinois. He says Roosevelt’s western tour may hurt the Republicans and expects New York to vote Democratic if Croker’s 190,000 NYC figure holds.
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Washington
Jones
Arkansas
Democratic National Committee
New York
Bryan
Indiana
Wisconsin
Illinois
Roosevelt
West
Mr. Croker
New York City
President Taggart Addresses Murphy Temperance League
United States leads in temperance sentiment as President Joseph Taggart, back from Europe, tells the Murphy temperance league that England drinks more than America and temperance agitation there remains strong. Chaplain Samuel T. Wilson, also abroad, notes rising drunkenness in Scotland and Ireland and asserts America is more sober and will solve the liquor problem.
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Joseph Taggart
Europe
Murphy Temperance League
Ihe
England
America
Samuel T. Wilson
Scotland
Ireland
Loyal Legion meeting date corrected
An error in early newspapers stated a Loyal Legion gathering in Indianapolis for Monday. The correct meeting date is October 17, to be held in Indianapolis.
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Loyal Legion
Indianapolis
Grand Jury Reports Indictments and Actions
The September grand jury issued its final report with 29 indictments. Names include Frank Bowman embezzlement Cyrus Michaels embezzlement Edward Danzer grand larceny James H Morrow embezzlement Aldridge Jasper assault and battery with intent to kill. Additional charges continued for evidence Henry Bruntzg arson Christian Schildtmier murder Henry Bratt grand larceny John Franklin grand larceny Henry Hartveld grand larceny Edith Forrest Stokes John W Stokes Anna Lyons conspiracy to commit a felony The jury examined 212 witnesses and visited the workhouse and county jail.
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Frank Bowman
Cyrus Michaels
Edward Danzer
James H. Morrow
Aldridge Jasper
Bate Tery
Henry Bruntzg
Christian Schildtmier
Henry Bratt
John Franklin
Henry Hartveld
Edith Forrest Stokes
John W. Stokes
Anna Lyons
Woman seeks divorce after alleged abuse and threats
Patience accuses Marion Neff of striking her and threatening to kill. She seeks a divorce and a court order restraining him from selling his Southwestern cave property and harming her stock of millinery goods.
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Patience
Marion Neff
Southwestern Cave
Face of a man with a rebuilt face dies in New York
Thomas O. Colt died at Bellevue Hospital after decades of facial reconstruction begun after a brutal baseball bat attack. He endured 32 surgeries by Dr. Thomas A. Levine, married Carrie E. Plate, faced abandonment, attempted murder, and a prison sentence before being pardoned. He died of nephritis.
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New York
Thomas O. Colt
Bellevue Hospital
Thomas A. Levine
Colt
Carrie E. Plate
Pape Sets 193 of 200 Bullseyes at 20 Yards
San Francisco Sept 17 August Pape of the Columbia pistol and rifle club broke the shooting record by hitting the bull’s eye 193 times out of 200 at 20 yards, in a life resort marksmanship display.
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San Francisco
Pape
Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club
Maud seeks divorce alleging assault by Chas Kitchell
City life items report Maud filing for divorce from Chas Kitchell claiming he struck her. Minerva Kemper sues the Big Four railroad for 1500 damages after her house burned from an engine spark. George F Jarvis named general manager of Wisconsin Central as L B St L receiver. Thomas Nave peddler arrested. wanted in Louisville for thefts. Mrs Eliza Leach injured after falling from a car at Wallington and PA sts. Lucy Wilson seeks 3000 damages from streetcar company for broken arm and permanent injury. Joe Gavin of Indianapolis ball team arrives to take box office post. team ends season midweek. Gavin may coach Chicago next season. Edward Emerich case for stealing a cow continued. detectives Splan and Fort arrested him near Southport after sale for 15. Maurice Powers returns to Indianapolis. wife sick at Lorette hotel. Rev Dennis McCabe wed last May. Labor day exec committee exonerates William Ewald from drunken expulsion charge. balance of 1163.87 reported from labor day receipts. committee and pressmen’s union each to send 25 to Galveston.
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Maud
Chas. Kitchell
Minerva Kemper
Big Four Railroad
George F F. Jarvis
L. B. & St. L. Railroad
Wisconsin Central
Thomas Nave
Asch and
Griffin
Louisville
Eliza Leach
Madison Ave
Wallington
Pennsylvania Sts
Joe Gavin
Indianapolis
Gavin
Chicago
Edward Emerich
Emerichville
Abraham Goff
Splan and Fort
Southport
Wiliam Ewald
Cigar Makers’ Union
Fair Grounds
Pressmen's Union
Galveston
Local Births and Death Notices Remain Sparse
A long list of births and deaths includes numerous entries with ages and addresses. Notable items show multiple newborns, accidents, illnesses, and causes such as tuberculosis and pneumonia. Several names appear with residences on Central Avenue, Tacoma Street, College Avenue, and other city streets, alongside hospital and orphanage references.
Fire razes Whitney's barn on Blake Street
A noon Monday incendiary blaze at Whitney's barn located at 528 Blake Street spread to the nearby barn at 52 Blake, causing a reported loss of 15 dollars in the first structure and 10 dollars in the second.
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Whitney
Blake St
Blake
Seventeenth annual exhibition opens in St Louis
Brief clippings report Kruger's health trip to Europe and the seventeenth annual exhibition opening in St Louis on Monday. Other notes cover gas and oil drilling plans in McLean and De Witt counties Illinois, a Chicago wholesale druggists meeting, a banker suicide in Chicago, financial troubles, a major boxing carnival for Galveston relief, nationwide church collections for Texas sufferers, arbitration talks on strikes in Washington, Bolivian minister to the United States arriving in San Diego, a New York Central labor union denouncing coal operators, the Haymarket riot link death of Lieut E J Steele, death of BE A Davis of the Davis will case, a $20,000 repayment by Adams Express to a Chicago bank, and Kentucky shootings with multiple fatalities and injuries.
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Kruger
Europe
St. Loui
McLean
Dewitt
Illinois
United States
Chicago
Forbes
Galveston
Texas
Labor Commission
Washington
F. Gladall
San Diego
Cal
New York Central Labor Union
E. J. Steele
Haymarket
BE. A. Davis
Davis
Russians seize Japanese vessels and imprison crews
The steamship Breconshire reports in Victoria British Columbia that Russians have seized several Japanese fishing and sealing schooners and jailed their crews, including a number of Americans. The cause of the seizures is not stated.
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Victoria
B. C
Breconshire
Death of Mrs Brackin after hemorrhage at home
Mrs Anna C Brackin aged 48 died suddenly at her residence 537 FE Merrill Street Saturday night from a hemorrhage due to a bursting blood vessel. She had gone to Irvington earlier with her sister Mrs Styer and brother M L Aker to see Mrs Downey who died Saturday afternoon. She became ill on the car ride home.
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Anna C. Brackin
FE. Merrill St
Irvington
Census figures list Lacrosse and South Omaha populations
Census Bureau released numbers on Monday showing Lacrosse Wisconsin with a population of 28,895 and South Omaha Nebraska with 26,000 residents.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Lacrosse
Wis
South Omaha
Neb
Chicago market roundup from Sept 1 1920 grain and livestock
Wheat closed higher with September at 75 76 1 2 cents, October at 76 7 4 cents. Corn fell, September 40 1 0 8 cents, October around 8 8 8 cents. Oats down about 2 1 0 4 to 2 1 5 9 cents. Provisions see October pork 11.90 12.20, lard 6.75 20.87, ribs 7.27 24.70. Butter varies by grade from 16 to 20 cent range. cheese and eggs listed with multiple grades. live poultry prices by kind.
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Chicago
Lée
Prizes Offered for Truthful Coffee Experience Letters
Note references a prize of Greenbacks and Gold for truthful letters about coffee drinking experiences. Mention cites an Oct paper headline More Boxes of Gold and directs readers to the Postum Co. at Battle Creek, Michigan for details or to request the issue.
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Postum. Co
Battie Creek
Mith
Brops the Cough and Works Off the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to cure a cold in one day with No Cure No Pay and a Price of 2 cents, marketed as a patent medicine style advertisement.
Union Live Stock Market at Indianapolis Union Stock Yards
Receipts show 20 cattle, 4,000 hogs, and mixed sheep Monday. Prices quoted for steers, cows, calves, hogs, and sheep span good to prime, fair to medium, and heavy categories with weights from 900 to 1,400 pounds. Grading includes veal calves, heavy calves, bulls, yearlings, spring lambs, and various hog classes. oats, corn, and hay prices and inspections listed.
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Cauissemeniussseren
Gene Nes
Interstate Live Stock Market Report
Interstate Stock Yards on September 17 shows cattle receipts none for Monday. Sizable consignments include good to prime export steers 1 356 to 1 506 pounds average and fair to medium export steers 1 200 to 1 400 pounds average. Heifers and cows priced with ranges from 2 000 to 4 500 as buyers seek prime to fair stock. hog receipts percent. prices for hogs quoted with good to choice selections around 50 to 55 dollars per cwt.
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Interstate
Interstate Stock Yards
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Tacoma-st
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College-ave
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St.Vincent’s Hospital
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Bennett
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