Nations have not declared war on China say officials
Washington Aug 26 Russia Germany and Japan have not declared war on China either separately or in concert. Officials note the rumor was not taken seriously and no official dispatches confirm any act of war.
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Russia
Germany
Japan
China
Che Foo
Department of State
Legations
State
War and Navy Departments
Conger
Gen. Chaffee
Admiral Remey
Fowler
War Department
Gen
Chaffee
They Are Reported Well Entrenched Near Pekin
Armed Chinese are reported to the southward and westward. A well entrenched force is located four miles southwest by the Bengal Lancers. Chinese leaders command the positions as detachments of allied forces reconnoiter and loot. The imperial and forbidden cities are under guard by international authorities. A morning thanksgiving service was held by the British and American legations, missionaries, and marines.
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Associated Press
Pekin
Taku
Bengal Lancers
Imperial City
Forbidden City
International Authoritie
Marines
Unchanged Situation in Pekin Amid Siege Claims
Aug 27 reports from Pekin indicate the imperial city remains invested but not yet occupied. Allies with American and British forces refuted aggressive moves, awaiting government guidance. Chinese Boxers were anticipated as 30,000 strong. lines of communication near Tien Tsin freed. famine feared due to refugees and scarce provisions.
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Tien Tsin
Pekin
United States
Washington
Che Foo
Shanghai
Atta
Kira
Jayna
Foreign Office
Tokio
Yamaguchi
Wan Shay Shan
Wan Shan Shan
Treasury Department
Taku
Nan Yuen
Pekir
Bhan Tung
Adee
Department of State
China
Russia
Ruceia
Martial Bia
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Dorward
Tien —Ay
Kwang Su
Daily Telegraph
Tien Tain
Forbidden City
Europe
Berlin
Imperial Palace
Linovitch
Siberian Army Corps
St. Petersburg
Imperial City
Ar Come
Japanese land more blue jackets at Amoy in rising tension
The Shanghai correspondent reports renewed Japanese troop landings at Amoy where order remains fragile amid excitement. Conspicuous gallantry cited for Capt Gausson of the Gengal cavalry who, under heavy fire at Tien Tsin, rescued an American trooper and carried him to safety.
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Gausson
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Shanghai
Standard
Tien Tsin
Buller Cavalry Outwitted by Boers Near Machadodorp
London reports Lord Roberts fixed headquarters at Wonderfontein near Machadodorp as Buller’s cavalry suffered heavy losses Aug 23 in a Boer trap. Liverpool regiment lost 10 killed and 45 wounded with 32 missing. total British casualties Aug 23 included 20 killed or wounded. General Pole-Carew occupied Belfast near Machadodorp Aug 34 and French moved east with four cavalry brigades.
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Machadodorp
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Liverpool Regiment
Plomer
Pole-Carew
Belfast
French
South Africa
Death by firing squad for Lieut Cordua in Pretoria
Lieut Cordua, a Transvaal artillery officer convicted for involvement in a plot to kill British officers and abduct Lord Roberts, was executed by firing squad at seven this morning in the jail garden. Capt Burchard led a ten man firing party, Cordua sat in a chair and died instantly. Only Gen Maxwell Col Maxse the chaplain a surgeon and the firing party were present.
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Cordua
Transvaal
Lord Roberts
Godfrey
Cordun
Burchard
Lieut
Gen. . Maxwell
Col
Maxse
Princess de Chimay Living Apart From Gypsy Lover
Clara Ward princess Chimay formerly of Detroit now in Paris with her two sons. Reports from Egypt say she and Gypsy Rigo have separated. Clara Ward seen driving with the boys by Prince Chimay, suggesting a change in her living arrangement. The boys are 13 and 10 years old.
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Clara Ward
Princess Chimay
Detroit
Mich
Egypt
Chimay
Rigo
Prince Chimay
Opera Star Narrowly Escapes Death on Brescia Stage
In Brescia during Puccini's Tosca, Signor Borgatti narrowly survived a stage death when a musket misfired striking his chest. Witnesses reported the curtain fell as the audience reacted in terror. Doctors linked the injury to a stray iron fragment. rumors of a rival plot circulated but appear unfounded.
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Signor Borgatti
Brescia
Puccini
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Boratti
Governor Allen to Tour Porto Rico for Poverty Study
Governor Allen will begin a week long interior tour of Porto Rico accompanied by Gen. Davis Capt. Wheeler and an interpreter to observe natives conditions in districts cited for extreme poverty. They will travel by army ambulances and on horseback through Albonito Avenue Barranquillas Utado and Mayagues areas where pilgrims recently complained of destitution.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Allen
Interior
Davis
Wheeler
Guy
Albonito
Tralle
Barranquillas
Utado
Mayagues
Derby man dies by self harm at home
Robert Jubb, 24, single, of Derby Australia, died this morning by suicide using a rag as a ligature. He had been in ill health and was described as dependent.
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Derby
Robert Jubb
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promised Cure In Anemia
Claims that Hood's Sarsaparilla clears bad blood causes including cattarrh rheuma and humors. It is said to purify the blood and cure fatigue and loss of appetite, presenting a strong market claim for the remedy.
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Hood
Vivas for Wood in Cuba Banquet Remarks
Gov Gen Wood feted by Republicans and Democrats in Santiago de Cuba with 100 merchants present. Archibishop lauded peace through party consolidation and urged Cubans to send capable men to a forthcoming constitutional convention to frame the land’s fundamental law and assure self government amid the Paris treaty terms. Wood urged unity and independence, praising US sincerity and urging election of men of honor to ensure a meaningful convention.
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Santiago de Cuba
Wood
Cuba
United Es
Senor Tamaya
Idcal
Paris
el Caney
San Juan Hill
General Wood
United States
Gen
Vivas
Parque de Cespedes
McKinley
Pythians Gather in Detroit for Biennial Encampment
Detroit hosts Pythian supreme lodge sessions as thousands migrate by rail and railroads. California contingent led by Brig. Gen. Shafter arrives for the event with 10 000 to 12 000 expected in camp. Supreme Chancellor Sample runs for reelection, Feathers likely to win. Illumination of the city marks Monday night as programs begin.
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Detroit
California
Penn
Ogden H. Feathers
Janesville
Wis
Sample
Carnahan
Anarchist Arrests Man in Omaha Over Bryan Threat
In Omaha Neb on August 26 William M Williams a Welsh smelter worker allegedly told a fellow worker he planned to kill William J Bryan when he attended a Jeffersonian picnic. Police arrested him immediately charging him as an anarchist with precautions taken to protect Bryan.
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Omaha, Neb
William M. Williams
William J. Bryan
Williams
Mr. Bryan
Jilted a Rich Miner in Klondike Marriage Abortive
Miss Van Doren of Norwalk Conn returned to Victoria after going to Dawson to wed the manager of a large mining camp. She could not endure Klondike conditions and remains single, despite plans to marry in the mining camp.
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Victoria
B. C
Insurgent Plot Aimed at Manila Walled City Revealed
Public letters from Gen Picarte era reveal plans to seize Manila's walled city with 3000 daring troops entering covertly within three weeks. Letters warn of burning foreign properties to pressure aid and outline signals and preparations led by Mariana Trias and Mariano Barroga. Guam harbor upgrades noted as strategic base in interwar travel path from San Francisco to Manila.
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Washington
War Department
Picarte
Manila
Otis
Manila Bay
South Luzon
Philippines
Artemio Ricarte
Mariania Trias
Ricarte
Mariano Barroga
Julian Montalan
Guam
Pacific
United States
San Francisco
Honolulu
Filipino Barbarities Reported by Returned Volunteer
Lieutenant William Weaver describing Philippine skirmishes recounts brutal acts by Filipino assailants against American troops near Dinalupijan. He cites 26 attackers overrunning a 20-man detachment, casualties including Harry Easter and McDonald, a gunshot near an eye, bayonet wounds, and desecration of corpses as Filipinos stripped uniforms and burned bodies.
Isle of Guam Fortifications Mark Pacific Gibraltar Plan
Wallington August 26 The navy department has begun steps toward a full fortification scheme for Guam to strengthen the island as a Pacific Gibraltar. Navy officials outline the plan as a comprehensive defensive system incorporating coastal works and strategic installations.
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Wallington
Navy Department
Fortifica
Boston census forecast places population over half a million
Washington reports the census office expects Boston's population to be about 550000 when announced Monday. Growth is moderate with room for expansion mainly in Roxbury Dorchester and Brighton while older sections are near capacity. New Orleans grows to 287104 up 18.62 percent.
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Washington
Boston
Roxbury
Dorchester
Brighton
St. Louis
Baltimore
New Orleans
Population shifts in older American cities rising steadily
Census bureau figures show Kansas City Mo at 163,752 up from 182,716 in 1890, Kansas City Kan at 61,418 up from 28,316, Allegheny City Penn at 129,896 up from 105,287, and Newark N J at 246,070 up from 181,830, with percentage increases of 23.39 34.19 23.37 and 35.33 respectively.
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Kansas City
Census Bureau
Kan
Allegheny City
Penn
Newark
N. J
Rev Henry Bernard Smith of Stoughton Passes Away
Boston Aug 26 Rev Henry Bernard Smith a Universalist clergyman well known in the eastern states died at Lockport New York Aug 21 He was educated at Marietta College Ohio and studied theology with noted Universalist ministers He preached from boyhood led pastorates in Lockport Nashua and Troy and was a 33d degree Mason valued Masonry and served in Knights Templars He was a devoted pulpit orator and wide reader shaping his congregation with loyalty and humanity.
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Boston
Henry Bernard Smith
Lockport
N. Y
Troy
Smith
New Hampshire
Knights Templars
Well Known Editor Dead Hon William H Cook of Milford
Milford August 26 Hon William H Cook editor of the Milford Journal and noted Republican leader died at his home this afternoon after a length illness linked to throat cancer from long smoking. Born in Bennington Vermont fifty seven years ago he moved to Milford with the Cook family and rose to prominence in New England journalism and politics.
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Milford
Wm. H. Cook
Milford Journal
Cook
New England
Vermont
Republican Party
Gulford
Massachusetts Senate
Massachusetts
Bay State
William Henry Cook
Bennington
Set Fire To The Hay In Westboro Barn
Two boys, Daniel C. Johnson and Edwards Nulty, inmates at the State Lyman Industrial School, set fire to a barn by igniting the hay. The barn and contents valued at $11,000 were destroyed. Supt. Matlin caught them. they confessed. Johnson sought confinement at Concord jail. Three firemen were overcome by heat during the blaze.
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Westboro
Mass
Daniel C. Johnson
Edwards Nulty
State Lyman Industrial School For Boys
Matlin
Johnson
Concord
Little colds and big colds end in consumption
A fragmentary notice references illnesses and deaths linked to colds, Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, and vague mentions of a shirtwaist worker and a diaphanous girl. The text is garbled and unnamed officials or dates are unclear.
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Dr. Wood
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