Li Hung Chang evasive on Pekin talks may lead to war
Washington, Aug. 3. Li Hung Chang sent an evasive reply to Secretary Hay insisting on direct talk with Pekin ministers. Consul Goodnow warns the move likely signals a final rejection if continued. Reports say Li Ping Heng, a famed anti foreigner, allies with Prince Tuan, raising fears of harsher actions.
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Li Hung Chang
Hay
Pekin
Goodnow
Ponting
Li Ping Hong
China
Prince Tuan
Mr. Goodnow
Puan Shih Kai
Shan Tung
Tien Tsin
Earl Li
Chaffee
Navy Department
Cuba
Shafter
Navy
Gen. Chaffee
St. Petersburg
Europe
Yeng Lu
Bhan Tung
United States
State Department
Bhanghal
Fowler
Foo
Ragsdale
Conger
Remey
Root
London
Tien Tein
Tien. Chaffee
Tien Trin
Adeem
May
Sunapee Lake
N. H
Navy cable reports Japanese naval losses near Pei Teang
Washington August 2 The navy received a cablegram from Admiral Remey stating that 890 Japanese ships toward Pei-Teang reportedly lost three ships in battle. The message confirms continued combat activity and Japanese naval setbacks in the region.
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Navy
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Van
Pei-Teang
Contingent Despatch From Shanghai Reported Aug. Arrival
A dispatch from Shanghai dated August reports a contingent despatch reaching the city. The statement notes a delay and indicates further verification is needed to confirm the details. Officials have not released additional information.
Rebel Boxers flood Pekin as siege grows to 100000
A Victoria China mail letter says Cho Ta reports from Chi San Fu that over 100000 Boxers and Manchu troops gathered in Pekin with influx continuing. The reformer notes massacres of 2000 to 3000 converts and about 4000 peaceful citizens slain in the melee. Prince Tuan holds sway in the capital.
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Chicago
Victoria
B. C
Glenogle
Chi San Fu
Shan Tung
Cho Ta
Pekin
Tuan
German Foreign Office Comment on Pekin Expedition
Berlin August 3 A German Foreign Office official told the Associated Press that if allied forces advance on Pekin without a chief commander the contingents must act on their discretion and be satisfied with it. He added Germany regrets not joining with a corps of commensurate size but will applaud successes achieved by others.
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Foreign Office
Associated Press
Pekin
Germany
England
Tien Tein
National Zeitung
Great Britain
Americans Endure Desert Flight From Pekin Missionaries
News from New York reports American missionaries and their families escaped Pekin and endured a 400 mile desert trek across sands and mountains. They were pursued by forces from Transbaikalia and rescued by 990 Cossacks who rode to Troitzkoenwask to provide food shelter and safe transport to safety.
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New York
Pekin
Troitzkoenwask
Transbaikali
Siberia
Gold Desert
Soe Toten
Umelan
Ikan
Troits
Missionaries among Christians amid massacres in China
Thousands of Christians have been massacred with more expected as Boxers threaten Christians and looting. Chinese troops reportedly ordered to kill Christians and burn property. Foreigners remain safe in Mongolia. Journal and Advertiser notes missionaries may have fled Pekin, possibly from Kaigan, home to an American Congregational mission led by Rev. Mark Williams, Rev. William Sprague, Mrs. Vietto I. Sprague, and Rev. James H. Roberts.
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Mongolia
Pekin
Kaigan
American Board
Congregational
Journal
Mark Williams
New London
Ohio
William P. Sprague
Vietto I. Sprague
Erie
James H. Roberts
Hartford
Conn
Cabinet meeting reports on Pekin advance and despatchs
Wahington August 3 A cabinet meeting lasting an hour reviewed the Remey despatch about a halted scouting column but found no official assurance that a general advance on Pekin had begun by American or other international forces. The Fowler despatch was discussed and accepted as ending any controversy over the original Conger dispatch authenticity. The President will return to Canton tonight.
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Remey
Pekin
Fowler
Conger
Canton
England Offered Japan Aid in China Declined Earlier
Washington reports an offer of financial assistance to Japan from England in the Chinese campaign, made many weeks ago and declined by Japan in a friendly spirit.
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Washington
London
England
Japan
General MacArthur Announces Revised Ninth Infantry Casualties
Washington reports the July 13 Tien Tsin casualties in the Ninth U S infantry per Gen MacArthur. Killed are colonels and enlisted men with NR relatives listed. wounded include majors, captains, lieutenants, and numerous enlisted men from New England and other states, with names and hometowns attached.
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U. S. Infantry
Tien Tsin
MacArthur
Emerson H. Liscum
John A. Potter
Madison Barracks
New York
George H. Buckley
Rochester
N. Y
P. Buckley
Fairport
Richard B. Slater
John MacPartlin
Worcester
Mass
Felix McPartlin
Lenterim
Ireland
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E. S. Johnson
Barney Gonyea
Boston
Kate Gonyea
Robert B. Golden
Philadelphia
Lizzie Golden
Ogden
Utah
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Des Moines
Mary FE
Porter
Swan
Oscar C. Olsen
Indianapolis
Ind
Christ Laghnan
Huntington
John J. Drehr
Axel Skogsberg
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Madison
Barbara E. Cook
Lowville
John P. Smith
San Carlos
A. T
Conard Smith
Raritan
N. J
Dewey Rogers
Portland
Ore
Helen D. Rogers
Prospect Hill
Tacoma
James Regan
Charles R. Noyes
Edwin V. Bockmiller
Louis B. Lawton
Frank R. Lange
New England
Arnold Peruzzy
John J. Dimond
Fall River
Wm. H. Dimond
Globe Village
Martin Dumphy
Waterbury
Mr. P. Dumphy
South Wilson Street
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Filizabeth Murphy
South Adams
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Henry J. Seymour
Corp
John Gallant
Providence
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Charles Ruggles
Lynn
Maas
Robert Crawford
Conn
B. Crawford
Beacons Falls
Henry E. Stillings
E. B. Stillings
Carroll L. Pingree
Herbert W. Pingree
Lowell
Honors for North German Lloyd and Hamburg American crews
Bremerhaven Aug 3 Emperor William honors employees of the North German Lloyd and Hamburg American steamship lines for devotion and self sacrifice in aiding troops to China. The Emperor calls them men of honor and condemns those lacking a helping hand in the nation’s hour of need.
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Bremerhaven
William
Lloyd
Hamburg-American
China
Italy's King Victor Emmanuel Proclaims Unity and Liberty
In Monza on August 3 King Victor Emmanuel II issues a proclamation mourning Humbert I and pledging to uphold Italy's unity and independence. He vows to guard liberty and the monarchy, guided by the memory of his predecessors and the devotion of the Italian people. The passage also notes ongoing parliamentary debate involving Rosebery, Lansdowne, and Salisbury over war office accountability.
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Monza
Victor Emmanuel VT
Italy
Humbert
Savoy
Rome
Detectives deepen Bresci plot inquiry in Hoboken
New York reports detectives located the second floor room in a West Hoboken anarchist resort where the Bresci plot to kill the King is claimed to have formed. Mrs Bresci and her daughter Madeline arrived to seek aid from the Italian consul general as eight conspirators are identified or suspected in Italy and New London meetings are noted.
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New York
Humbert
West Hoboken
Bresci
Madeline
Bleeker Street
Salvatore Quintavello
Sassi
wWenner
Lana
Italy
Italan
New London
Conn
Victor Boloxo Cravello
Brainerd & Armstrong Silk Company
Priesto Cravello
Paterson
Infanta Isabel Sailors Scalded In Accident At Sea
Twenty one sailors were steam scalded when a bollard gave way aboard the Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabel near San Sebastian. One sailor died and six were seriously injured as the ship was ready to sail for Arachon. departure was postponed.
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San Sebastian
Arachon
Severe gale disrupts Channel traffic across England
A severe gale rages across the United Kingdom on August 4 causing widespread disruption to Channel traffic and holiday plans. Rain and wind damage the provinces while several small vessels have run aground and many others seek shelter in harbors.
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London
United Kingdom
Belgium Explains Why Sipido Was Not Punishment
Brussels reports the Belgian government responds to Britain's note on the Sipido case. It states Belgium as a strict law observer could not violate its laws, despite pressure to act against the culprit, and justifies the absence of punishment.
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Brussels
Brit
Prince of
Belmilan
Usly
Kruger and Botha promise damages for farms if burghers stay with commandoes
Pretoria reports President Kruger and Commandant General Botha issue a proclamation offering to pay all damages caused to farms by British forces, contingent on burghers remaining with the commandoes. The move signals an official pledge tied to continued resistance in the conflict.
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Pretoria
Kruger
Botha
Havana Officials Question Cady Injunction Grounds
In Havana on August third officials deem Michael J. Cady’s injunction to block Gov. Gen. Wood from actions under the new code as lacking grounds. They argue no legal vested rights exist under charter article 338 and that steps for a valid contract were not completed. The U.S. attorney general rules army officers in Cuba face Cuban courts, not U.S. civil processes. A joint party committee met Gen. Wood on minority representation for the constitutional convention, and Wood supported preventing gerrymandering.
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Havana
Michael J. Dady
Thomas
United States Circuit Court
Gen. Wood
Mr. Cady
Cady
Union Democratic
Young Carl Schurz Dies in London Under Heart Disease
Coroner's inquest in London finds heart disease caused the death of Carl Schurz Jr., second son of Carl Schurz of New York. He died July 26 in a Montague street boarding house. His body was sent home from Liverpool aboard a steamer. He had just finished a walking tour of Germany and was a chum of Joseph H. Chate Jr., son of the American ambassador.
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London
Carl Schurz
New York
Montague Street
Schurz
Germany
Liverpool
United States
Joseph H. Ch_ate, Jr
Yellow fever reaches Tampa with one death and two cases
Agent Weedon of the state board of health announced one death in Tampa from yellow fever and two known cases. The deceased is George Sonnenberg, a German tailor who had not left the city for years. Authorities pursue the infection source as citywide health measures intensify amid fears of spread.
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Tampa
Fla
Weedon
State Board of Health
George Sonnenberg
Spanish Robinson Crusoe Found on Galapagos Island
Capt. Tanner of the U S Navy reports discovering a Spanish South American hermit on Florida Island in the Galapagos. Pedro Gauza had lived alone for about a year, building shelter near a spring, training goats and donkeys, and fashioning tools from simple means while marking time with sticks. He survived by farming, hunting, and managing a self contained plantation that later fell to ruin as age and isolation wore on.
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Galapagos Islands
United States
Florida Island
Pedro Guaza
Tanner
United States Navy
Robinson Crusoe
Pedro Gauza
Chatham Island
Pedro
Gunga
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Filorfava Island
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Strike Ends at Dominion Cotton Mills in Magog
Montreal Aug 3 The long threatened strike at the Dominion Cotton mills is ended. Magog town council reached a deal with manager Mr Whitehead to resume work if troops are withdrawn and Mr Whitehead investigates the strikers grievances. Militia left for Sherbrooke and most workers returned.
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Montreal
Dominion Cotton Mills
Magog
Whitehead
Sherbrooke
Strike on the C. P. R. R. Spreads Across Canada
In Winnipeg and across the country machinists blacksmiths boiler-makers fitters laborers and locomotive painters struck. About 660 workers are out including several men dismissed on Monday. Strikers say dismissals aim to break up unions.
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Man
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lake Superior
Pacific Coast
Purchase plans for Poole Lontar island surfaced
Aug 3 Berlin reports Captain Rustof of the German navy published a pamphlet claiming two German financial groups are negotiating with Malay potentates to buy the fertile island Poole Lontar off the west coast of Malacca peninsula.
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Berlin
Rustof
Poole Lontar
Malacca
Arrests Hit Germany Over Anarchists Including Professor
Berlin reports police across Germany arrest anarchists with Professor Stahly among those detained. The Latin lecturer had recently spoken on the Mafia in South Germany, drawing attention from authorities.
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Berlin
Germany
Prof
Stahly
An Latian
South
German tariff terms urged for government action
Berlin reports the Deutsche Tagegeitung calls on Germany to pressure the government to revisit the tariff pact with the United States claiming Germany suffered, and that officials fear public disclosure of the facts. Also mentions a health claim for a product called arsaparinla.
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Berlin
The
Deutsche Tagegeitung
United States
Germany
England's Vulnerability Breeds Fresh Lords Debate
London August 3 another breeze in the House of Lords over the invasion claim. Lord Rosebery pressed War Secretary Lansdowne, urging Lord Wolseley to appear and support the government's militia plans with authoritative proof.
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House of Lords
London
Lania
Lord Rosebery
Marquis Lansdowne
Lord Wolseley
Bryan Women's Club Plans New Topeka Venture
Topeka Aug 3 The Bryan women cluster and Anna Diges coordinate a plan to organize a Ryan club or women in service groups. The move follows the recent state fusion convention relocation and outlines a novel community effort.
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Topeka
Kan
Fulonteta
Ryan Club
Ev Sehvoil
Anna Diges
To Let Fine modern store in cheap rents
To Let low rent modern store portion shows terms for space near Northern depot and Highlands area. Details blurred but promises convenient summer accommodation and potential tenement units for shop use.
Wife in Lynn Says Husband Won’t Agree With Her
A Lynn wife reports her husband will not act on plans that align with her views. The item notes his fondness for arguing and reluctance to follow her suggestions.
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Lynn
Harvard Beverages Applauded by International Critics
Esteemed tasters including Dr. Morrison Dr Westgate Forbes Von Kneller Von Pfeiffer Martine and Mon La Porte praise Harvard beer. They describe it as pure wholesome with rich flavor body and hop aroma. Critics compare it to German styles and Heidelberg memories.
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Its Round Ripe Flavor and Hop Cleansing Appeal
The product is praised for its balanced round flavor and cleansing hop notes that cleanse the palate. Its body and purity are highlighted as key attributes that keep it popular with families seeking a dependable beverage.
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