Mrs Conger Sends Her Account of the Pekin Siege
A letter from Mrs. E H Conger wife of the U S minister in Pekin arrives in Chicago via State Department recounting the siege horrors. She mentions Mrs Woodward and daughter Ione with others awaiting homeward passage and describes besieged life including eating horse and mule and loyal defense by the legation family and Chinese troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
E. H. Conger
United States
Pekin
J. S. McConnell
Filipinos Capture Fifty-Two Soldiers in Marinduque Action
General MacArthur reports Capt. Shields and 51 men of the Ninth Infantry plus a hospital corps man left Santa Cruz Marinduque by gunboat for Torrijos and did not return. Rumors say they were captured with many killed or wounded. further details awaited from Col. Anderson and Logan. The scene is the small island off Luzon with two detachments of U S troops. Capt Shields was a former Second Mississippi lieutenant colonel and resident of Natchez Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
MacArthur
Nila
Ux Shields
Ninth Infantry
Shields
Boaz
Natves
Yorktown
Jorge Sanderson
Thirty-eighth Infantry
Marinduque
Anderson
Logan
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Fort McPherson
Georgia
Second
Mississippi
Natchez
Miss
Luzon
Manila
United Tes
Boag
Santa Cruz
Via Cruz
Torrijos
Villalobos
Edward Simpson
Irwin Dandis
Roe W. Vincent
Lieut
Simpson
Ranchers Survive Ten-Hour Cave-in Near Vernal
Harden Spencer and hired man Mark McGuire were buried alive for ten hours while digging a cellar in Brush Creek, Utah. They barely breathed through a small opening and, found by a neighbor in the evening, remain paralyzed with recovery uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
Utah
Harden Spencer
Brush Creek
Mark McGuire
Tod
Serious Wreck on Southern Pacific near Gartner Siding
Ogden Utah September 29 A disastrous wreck on the Southern Pacific at Gartner Siding near the Utah Nevada line yesterday. Train No 4 due here at 6 pm plunged into the ditch. Mrs H M Lowell of Trenton Missouri was killed and fifteen other passengers injured five seriously. About fifty five passengers were aboard including members of the Rock Island excursion party. The train took the curve at high speed and the outside rail overturned sending the nine cars into the ditch with only the engine remaining on the track.
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Ogden
Utah
Southern Pacific
Gartner Siding
Utah-Nevada
H. M. Lowell
Trenton
Missouri
Rock Island
Gartner
Rumors of Strike Settlement Near in Pennsylvania Coal War
York reports negotiators for striking miners expect a settlement early next week. Idle collieries may resume first news. coal prices drop as trade anticipates peace. Hanna visits Wall Street. Markle meets Lehigh Valley officials. Mine Workers say settlement rests with active representatives. Hazlebrook and others closed as workers urged strike for higher wages.
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York
Pennsylvania
Hanna
Wall Street
John Markle
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Mitchell
Hazlebrook
Britain warns Netherlands over Kruger bullion on warship
Britain sends a note to the Dutch government warning that allowing Kruger to transport bullion or state archives aboard a Dutch warship would breach neutrality. Lord Roberts reports Pretoria actions as September brings renewed fighting near Pienaars river, Maemae river, and Heilbron.
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London
Great Britain
Amsterdam
Daily Mail
Kruger
Europe
Netherlands
Lord Roberts
War Office
Pretoria
Bee
Pienaars River
Morocco to pay indemnity for American killed in Fez
Washington reports Morocco must pay $5,000 indemnity to the United States for the murder of Marcus Azgul, a naturalized American, in Fez. The incident followed a clash when an American inadvertently jostled a Moslem, triggering a mob attack and Azgul’s fatal burning.
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Washington
Morocco
United States
Cridler
State Department
Koral Gummere
Tangier
Marcus Azgul
Fez
Azgul
Azgui
Miles issues army reform order to bolster morale
Lieutenant General Miles issues a general order to the army aimed at improving moral and physical condition. It calls for patriotic instruction and holiday readings, strict flag salutes, respect for the flag, and good vocal music. The directive favors frequent marches and sports to strengthen military spirit.
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Washington, Sept
Miles
Yerkes Elected Chairman of Underground Board
Charles T. Yerkes of Chicago and New York was elected chairman of the new board of electors of the Charing Cross Easton and Hampstead Underground Railway. He completed the formalities in London and handed a £100000 check to the old company representing £400000 for the charter and £60000 deposited as a guarantee for the work.
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Yerkes
London
Charles T. Yerkes
Chicago
New York
Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead
Telegraphic items reveal global and national events
Relief funds flow from Switzerland to Galveston. Dowie adherents driven from Mansfield by mobs. Great Northern tunnel near Spokane completed at two and a half miles. Yellow fever cases in Havana rise toward 100. Queen Victoria appoints Marlborough lord lieutenant of Ireland. Kiln collapse in Illinois buries five. four die. New strike in Forty Mile district. Rock Creek gold nugget worth $250 found near Crocodile river. General Ian Hamilton recovers British guns. Palmer dies at 83. Bar silver hits London high. New York price 62 cents. Bard sentenced for 23500 marks misappropriation. Secretary Root improving at Southampton. Joliet water tank collapse halts plant. Maine wreck seen as navigation obstruction. Herzog carries Van Alphen and other officials with bar gold. Elizabeth Van Lew dies. Coal shortages hit Reading region. University of Idaho picks J A McLean president. Typographers oppose union label. San Francisco fight funded. Tolstoi excommunication circular circulated in Kiev. Antwerp rat plague study favors rodent eradication. Catholic groups unite to lobby for legislation and broad Catholic causes.
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Galveston
Switzerland
Mansfield
Ohio
Great Northern
Spokane
Havana
Queen Victoria
Duke of Marlborough
Ireland
Earl of Cadogan
Ilinois
Skagwig
Forty Mile District
Rock Creek
Lord Roberts
Ian Hamilton
Crocodile River
Hector Spruit
Leon Bard
United States
Hamburg
Root
Washigton
Southampton
L. L
Herzog
Europe
Lourenzo Marques
Transvaal
van Alphen
Grobler
Malherbe
Elizabeth van Lew
States
Libby
Grant
Richmond
Reading
Board of Regents
University of Idaho
J. A. McLean
McLean
University of Colorado
Columbia College
Seth Low
United Typothetae of America
Kansas City
San Francisco
Union
Joannicius
Kieff
Tolstoi
Holy Synod
Howard Convicted of Murdering Governor Goebel
In Frankfort Kentucky on September 27th James Howard was found guilty of murder in the Goebel assassination case and sentenced to death. Jurors split on punishment with life versus death. several ballots followed a unanimous verdict of guilty. Howard showed no visible emotion as he was led to jail and his lawyers planned a new trial citing jurors’ prior expressions.
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Frankfort
James Howard
Goebel
Howard
Republian
Gaines
Stubblefie
Charges Against Leaders of Convicts In Georgia Camp
Charges filed with the Georgia prison commission allege McRee convict camp managers in Lowndes County abused inmates and forced labor under armed guards. Affidavits detail torture, family separations, unpaid wages, and coercion by Will McAhee and others. Additional notes reference political conventions and Union leadership debates.
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Atlanta
Prison Commission of Georgia
J. W. Edmundson
Brooks County
McRee
Lowndes County
McRee Brothers
Edmundson
Fanny Jackson
Will McAhee
Jon
George Melee
Will
Tie
Renewed Filipino Attacks Reported Across Philippine Outposts
Manila dispatch notes vigorous insurgent assaults on U S outposts at Inupote bridge Las Pinas Paranaque Bacoor and Doius twelve miles south of Manila with rebels estimated at 400 armed with rifles. Americans dispersed them killing and wounding fifty as scouts from the Twenty fifth infantry landed on Samarca. Reports of fire at Paote Pagsanjan Santa Cruz Laguna and Nueva Ecija skirmishes killed twelve natives. Leyte success for Major Henry T. Allen. insurgents scattered and money rifles ammunition seized. Commission appoints Senor Arollay Leon Pepperman Schurman Taft Higgins as Philippine civil service commissioners and approves $20000 for War Department expenses. bureau of statistics created.
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Manila
Sam
Paote
Pagsanjan
Santa Cruz
Laguna
Nueva Ecija
Indang
Silang
Cavite
Iba
Subig
Zambales
Leyte
Mojica
Henry T. Allen
Fortythird Infantry
Senor Arollay
Leon Pepperman
Recorder
Schurman
Taft
Higgins
Philippine Civil Service
Bureau of Statistics
War Department
Philippines
Spanish War Veterans Meet in Washington
Washington September 27. The convention of the Spanish war veterans continued its business today. The chief item of interest concerns proceedings and potential resolutions arising from the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Convention of the Spanish War Veterans
War Department studies costs of volunteers versus regulars
Washington sept 27 the war department orders bureaus to prepare statements on the cost of maintaining a volunteer force compared to the same number of regulars and the extra expenses for recruiting volunteers. officials aim to urge Congress to authorize enough new regiments to lift the army to 700000 with permanent recruiting and conscription to sustain strength. general macarthur says he cannot spare troops and needs reinforcements in the philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Department
Congress
Philippines
MacArthur
Inspector finds Tract Fire Insurance Co mislabeled assets
Albany reports that the New York Tract Fire Insurance Company misrepresented finances with sworn statements by William Halsident and Theodore Sutro. Superintendant Hendricks says capital was impaired about 100 percent. district attorney plans to submit the case to the October grand jury after a state conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Hendricks
Tract Fire Insurance Company of
New York
William A. Halsident
Theodore Sutro
Gardiner
Twelve Million in Gold From Dawes
Washington reports from Consul J C McCook dated August 22 describe Dawson City mining as the busiest season yet with extensive machinery and sluicing enabled by heavy rainfall. Consular invoices show $12,500,000 in gold exported this season and possibly more unrecorded, indicating large output and widespread claim development.
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Dawes Washington
Dawson City
J. C. McCook
Consul McCook
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Tsung TA Yaimnen
Central Pacific
Britain
Sanitary Commission
Antwerp
Oporto
Glasgow
Catholic Young Men's National Union
Knights of Columbus
Knights of St. John
Catholic Benevolent Legion
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Irish Benevolent Union
Irish- American Societies
Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Catholic Knights of America
James N.tillman
South Carolina
Harold Meewe
Indiana
Joe Wheeler
North
South
Nelson A. Miles
James N
Tillman
William HT. Hubbell
Frank IL
United States Marine Corprocate
Charles Iler
Clubs
Lord Cox
Clara Barton
Emmett Urinard
Ilopper
Elschiman
North Dakota
Harold Co. Ete W
Ing Army
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