Chiny for Ching Legations Not Eager to Welcome His Visits
Pekin dispatch reports Prince Ching visiting foreign legations with cool receptions. He rode in a sedan chair, escorted by officials and cavalry, meeting Mr Conger at the American legation who heard him apologize for the catastrophe and insist his aim was respectful. International division talks, loot, and indemnity dominate commentary.
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Associated Press
Pekin
Prince Ching
Claude McDonald
Germany
Conger
Legation
Ching
Japan
China
England
America
The
Hague
Washington
Russia
France
Italy
Chaffe
Riff-Raff
New York
Major Waller
Chaffee
Black Flags General Leads Force Toward Empress Dowager
A Shanghai cable reports Gen Liu, chief of the Black Flags, has left Canton with a sizable force. He aims to cross the Yangtze at Que, march through Hu Nan, unite with the Empress Dowager at Lian Fu in Shen Si, and act as her commander.
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Paris
Shanghai
Liu
Black Flags
Canton
Hunan
Que
Hu Nan
Lian Fu
Shen Si
Italian Expedition to Pao-Ting-Fu Aims 40 Day Campaign
Rome reports via Taku dispatch that the Pao-Ting-Fu raid seeks Boxer chiefs punishment and railway exploitation. The operation is expected to last about forty days. The Italian cruiser Vesuvio has sailed from Taku to Shanghai where powers gather ships amid the current crisis.
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Rome
Taku
Tribuna
Pao-Ting-Fu
Vesuvio
Shanghai
Kwang-Si Rebels Defeat Imperial Troops on Canton Borders
Reports from Canton say Kwang-Si rebels beat imperial troops on the borders of Kwang Tung. General Su resigns after his plea for reinforcements was ignored. The Fourth brigade from India arrived at Taku but could not land due to a gale. Sir Ernest M. Santo arrives to replace Sir Claude McDonald as minister to China at Tien Tsin.
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Shanghai
Canton
Kwang-Si
Kwang Tung
India
Taku
Ernest M. Santo
Claude McDonald
China
Tien Tsin
Four anti-dynastic agitations in China spread across regions
London dispatch from the Shanghai correspondent to the Morning Post notes four distinct agitations in Kwing Tunk, Kwang Si, Sze-Shuan, and the Yang Tse region. The report suggests Sun Yat-sen could gain North support from Prince Tuan, Tung Fu Hsiang, and Mohammedan leaders if the southern rebellion advances.
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London
Shanghai
Morning Post
Kwing Tunk
Kwang Si
Sze- Shuan
Yang Tse
Sun Yiet Tsin
Prince Tuan
Tung Fu Hsiang
Captain Devereaux Shields Rescued by American Force
Captain Devereaux Shields and fifty-one men of Company F, 29th Regiment, U S Volunteer Infantry were captured by insurgents on Marinduque last month and recovered by the American rescue force yesterday with all members accounted for.
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Manila
Devereaux Shields
29Th Regiment
U. S. Volunteer Infantry
Marinduque
Americans Kill 20 and capture 22 in Panay clash
Manila reports from Iloilo dated Friday October 12 say Company D of the 26th United States volunteer infantry was attacked by Tagalogs in northern Panay. The enemy suffered 20 killed and 40 wounded. Twenty-two prisoners were taken along with 12 rifles and ammunition. The attackers were Tagalogs from Luzon.
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Manila
Iloilo
Panay
26Th
United States Volunteer Infantry
Luzon
Chinese troops recapture Wei Chou drive rebels from East River
A Hong Kong despatch to the Daily Chronicle dated yesterday reports Chinese imperial forces retook Wei Chou on East river where Sun Yat Sen raised his flag, dispersing the rebels and restoring control.
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London
Daily Chronicle
Hong Kong
Wei Chou
East River
Sun Yat Sen
Mohammed Rebels Delay Chinese Court Progress
Shanghai October 14 The advance of the Chinese court toward Si An Fu the new capital has been slowed by reports of Mohammedan rebels in Shen Si province delaying the march and altering plans.
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Si-An-Fu
Shanghai
Shen-Si
Russians seize Nui-Chwang railroad in Manchuria move
London reports Shanghai Times correspondent says Russians have seized the Nui-Chwang rail line at the Shan-Hai-Kwan terminus. This marks the first advance on the Amur's right bank as Russian forces unite north and south of Mukden, placing Manchuria east of the Liao River under Russian control.
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London
Shanghai
Times
Nui-Chwang
Amur
Tohling
Mukden
Manchuria
Liao
Russia
Great Damage to Shipping Off Cape Breton
A fierce Cape Breton storm wrecked or driven ashore multiple vessels. The Gloucester schooner A. R. Crittenden rests at Whitehead, the Charlotte E. C. loses bowsprit and headgear at Sydney, and thirteen schooners were driven ashore near North Sydney. The Eliza J. Pendleton is favorable for floating, while the Ole Smith Plough is a total wreck at Black Rock Point. The coast’s losses remain to be tallied as wires are badly demoralized and a disaster tally rises with two wrecks at Sydney and nine miles from North Sydney.
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Halifax
N. S
A. R. Crittenden
Gloucester
Whitehead
Charlotte E. C
Sydney
Harlaw
Mulgrave
Straits of Canso
Savannah
Quebec
Eliza J. Pendleton
Cape Breton
Ole Smith Plough
Morgensen
Black Rock Point
North Sydney
Von Waldersee Heads for Pekin with Staff
Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee and his staff began their move toward Pekin this morning, advancing in the campaign in China. Reports indicate continued movement and strategic positioning as relief efforts unfold.
Boers Active Near Kroonstad in October Events
Boer forces harass a British column marching from Lindley to Kroonstadt. General De Wet threatens to take prisoners any burghers who resist. A Cheshire regiment detachment escorting an empty wagon was captured near Frankfort, the driver released and the wagon retained.
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Cape Town
Kroonstadt
Dewet
Lindley
Wiltshire
Lindsley
Cheshire Regiment
Frankfort
British column surprise Boer laager near Frankfort
London reporting from Pretoria dated Oct 13 states Lord Roberts confirms Col. Grove leading West Kent volunteers surprised a Boer laager at dawn on Thursday. Seven Boers killed nine wounded and eighteen captured in a compact action.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Frankfort
Dowager Empress Frederick Improves, News From Kronberg
Kronberg reports the Dowager Empress Frederick's condition is satisfactory today. London sources note the Queen has been anxious for a week over Empress Frederick’s health, but reports now are favorable according to the Court Circular.
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Kronberg
Frederick
London
La Lorraine’s mishap but makes good time across Atlantic
New York October 14 the steamship La Lorraine arrived after a rapid Atlantic crossing despite a boiler room failure one day out of Havre. A heavy gale tore the hawser pipe and port anchor while a broken connecting rod delayed repair work 54 hours. Passengers included James Gordon Bennett Samuel E Morss James Murdock and officials of the Panama Canal company who discussed Walker commission prospects and canal economics. Chartran and Mme Chartran also sailed with the ship and American sculpture F MacMonies returns from Paris.
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New York
la Lorraine
Atlantic
Havre
James Gordon Bennett
Samuel E. Morss
France
Indianapolis Sentinel
James Murdock
Indiana
M. Hutin
Panama Canal Company
General Abbot
W. Nelson Cromwell
Canal Company
General Abbott
Walker Commission
Congress
Panama Canal
British Schooner Samuel Moss Feared Lost
London Oct 14 It is feared the British schooner Samuel Moss Captain Mably sailing from Cadiz August 19 for St Johns N F is lost. The Moss is a wooden vessel of 127 tons owned by S Truscott of Fowey.
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London
Samuel Moss
Mably
Cadiz
St. Johns
N. F
Moss
S. Truscott
Fowey
Atlantic storm battering transatlantic liners
At New York dispatches report very heavy weather across the Atlantic. The Hamburg American liner Cape Frio endured gales from October 3 to 7 and again on the 12th, with a massive sea striking the bow and injuring Captain Von Holten. the La Touraine also faced strong winds and heavy seas daily since leaving Havre on the 6th, with one exception.
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New York
Cape Frio
von Holten
la Touraine
Havre
Highland Prince Arrives with Bubonic Plague Aboard
Montevideo reports the British steamer Highland Prince arriving with bubonic plague aboard. The ship’s voyage included Antwerp on August 30, London on September 7, and Bahia on October 4. Five deaths occurred during the voyage including the captain and first officer.
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Montevideo
Antwerp
London
Bahia
Danes Freed After Boers Forcing They Fought Brits
A Copenhagen telegram to the Daily Telegraph reports the Princess of Wales secured the release of several Danes held at Simons Town, Cape Colony. They had been compelled by the Boers to oppose British forces and were imprisoned there.
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London
Copenhagen
Daily Telegraph
Simonstown
Cape Colony
King George in Paris for exposition visit
King George of Greece arrived in Paris with Gen. Reineck and Nicholas Thom to view the exposition. High French officials greeted them at the railway station before they proceeded to the Hotel Bristol.
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Paris
George of
Greece
Reineck
de Camp
Nicholas Thom
Bristol
Daily Globe as a New England Housekeeper's Cook Book
The Boston Daily and Sunday Globe offers a daily, inexpensive bill of fare for breakfast dinner and supper prepared by an experienced housekeeper. It prints top recipes from New England homes and can supply special requests. The Housekeepers' Department covers pest control care of plants flowers animals and even fancy work. Order The Globe at your news dealer and try it.
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Boston Daily
Sunday Globe
The
Globe
New England
Leyland liner Georgian sails through heavy seas
The Leyland liner Georgian and the White Star liner Nomadic, both from Liverpool, report heavy seas and strong winds throughout the passage.
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Leyland
Georgian
White Star
Nomadic
Liverpool
New York Saloon Keeper Ends Life in Gas and Ice Box
Henry Wilkens, Nassau Street saloon keeper, killed himself amid illness and despondency. He left Brooklyn with kisses for his wife, sent notes to his wife and the undertaker, and was found dead in the cellar ice box with a rigged self kill setup involving a revolver, gas, and a rope trigger. Two cartridges had discharged, and police retrieved the scene after breaking in.
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New York
Henry Wilkens
Nasseau Street
Wilkens
Brooklyn
No news on hiding place of bank clerk Schreiber
New York dispatch reports no news on William Schreiber's hiding place after his default at Elizabethport bank. Detectives scanning Atlantic gambling hubs, but belief grows he is near New York. Judge Gilhooley and bank officials note clues point to New Jersey near his former home and expect capture soon.
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New York
William Schreiber
Elizabethport Bank
Atlantic
Schreiber
Europe
New Jersey
Gilhooley
Fatal Runaway Kills Man and Injures Another in New York
In Fort Plain New York on October 14 James G Dewandelaer and his hired man James Cook were hauling corn stalks when the team bolted. The pair were thrown against the barn entrance. Cook died instantly from a broken neck while Dewandelaer suffered probable fatal injuries with multiple rib fractures a broken arm and internal injuries.
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Fort Plain
N. Y
James G. Dewandelaer
James Cook
Dewandelaer
Cook
Simpson Preaches, Missionary Offering Surpasses Fifty Thousand
Rev Albert B Simpson president of the Christian Missionary alliance delivered the annual missionary sermon at the gospel tabernacle as offerings totaling over 50000 in cash pledges and property were raised for alliance missions for the coming year W E Blackstone spoke during the services marking the close of the alliance seventeenth annual convention.
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New York
Albert B. Simpson
The
Christian Missionary Alliance
Gospel Tabernacle
Alliance
W. E. Blackstone
Rogers Locomotive Works likely to stay in Paterson
A Birmingham iron firm had negotiated to move Rogers Locomotive Works machinery to the South, but influential New Yorkers favor keeping the plant in Paterson New Jersey. Brewers say they will buy and operate the plant if the New York deal falls through.
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New York
Rogers Locomotive Works
Paterson
N. J
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Iron
Street Railway Magnates Begin 19th Annual Convention
Kansas City, October 14 The 19th annual convention of the American Street Railway association opens at Convention hall Tuesday. Exhibits by electrical manufacturers expand with twenty thousand feet of floor space. About 400 active street railway men and 1500 others attend from across the country. An eastern contingent led by H H Vreeland of New York arrives Monday night. The Street Railway Accountants Association will also meet here simultaneous with the convention.
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Kansas City
American Street Railway Association
H. H. Vreeland
New York
Street Railway Accountants’ Association of America
Miss Gast Rides To 1700 Miles In Record Attempt
New York Oct 14 Miss Marguarité Gast continues her bid to beat Will Brown’s 2000 mile bicycle record. She reached 1700 miles at Valley Stream, N Y in 192 hours 10 minutes and stood 1 hour 35 minutes behind Brown. She rode through the night and faced a rain storm delaying her pacemakers.
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New York
Marguarité Gast
Will Brown
Valley Stream
N. Y
Brown
Miss Gast
Bribery Case Sequel in Willow Street School Site
More than 20 summonses were served in Cambridge on city officials and residents linked to the Willow street schoolhouse site matter. Grand jury inquiry to begin in Lowell as scrutiny of alleged bribery continues, with Mayor Champlin and several council members named among those summoned.
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Boston
Cambridge
Middlesex Grand Jury
Lowell
Willow Street
Champlin
E. J. Brandon
Hubbard
Edward A. Counihan
Eben Pike
George
William Heffernan
William Welch
John J. Ahern
James J. Malley
Charles P. Keith
Harry F. Lehan
Malley
Willsow Street
Committee On Public Property
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Ward 2
York and
Berkshire Streets
Committee On
Joint Committee
Committee On Finance
Lower Branch
Lehan
Deadlock in Ninth District Retirements Claim Conry Deal
Boston Oct 14 In the ninth district deadlock a public statement from Rep John F Fitzgerald now retiring notes he voted for Mr Conry on the first ballot to favor East Boston and that ward 6 supported Conry to dispel insincerity. He predicts one of four candidates will be nominated Monday night and rejects any compromise talk involving his name.
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Boston
John F. Fitzgerald
Conry
McClellan
Ward 6
Prediction of Fitzgeralds political end in March
A remark foresees the congressional career of Mr. Fitzgerald ending on the fourth day of next March. The speaker states they have fought for six years and are now satisfied someone else should have a chance.
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Fitzgerald
Wachusett Dam Faces Possible Strike Turmoil
Clinton October report notes McArthur Winston and Locker awarded a two million dollar Wachusett dam contract with the Metropolitan Water Board. About 200 laborers on site may resist wage changes from 1.50 for nine hours to 1.344 dollars per hour for ten hours, risking delays and jeopardizing the project timetable.
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Clinton
McArthur
Winston
Metropolitan Board
Checks Were Bad Boston Man Forged Employers Signatures
William L. Belcher a Has Kell Adams salesman was arrested on a forgery charge after signing two checks for 38.40 and 48.60 in the names of his employers and attempting to pass them. He tried cashing the 38.40 check at the Savoy hotel, failed, then had a room at the Adams house paid in cash before a second attempt. Haskell confirmed the forgery by phone, and police were alerted. Belcher, 28, had recently come from Newark, N J and roomed at 1200 Washington street.
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Boston
William L. Belcher
Haskell & Adams
Adams House
Belcher
Savoy Hotel
The
Savoy
Haskell
Glidden and Mahoney
Newark
N. J
Washington Street
Fire in Lynn Causes $18,000 in Losses
A blaze on October 14 in a four story brick building owned by F. H. Dane caused $18,000 in damage, mostly from water. The fourth floor housed T. W. Cloran’s cigar drying room with $10,000 loss, plus water damage to Dane’s stock of $6,000, a $500 building loss, and $1,000 damage to City Loan Company. All losses were insured.
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Lynn
F. H. Dane
Mr. Dane
T. W. Cloran
Cloran
Four Berniche Children Die in Holyoke Fire
Four children of Ovide Berniche died in a tenement blaze on Cabot street in Holyoke. The fire likely started from a kerosene lamp explosion while the father was out after groceries. Two boys and two girls perished, a fifth child Edward escaped and was saved by firefighters from a dangerous gable position. The mother had died 18 months earlier. the father is a carpenter.
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Holyoke
Ovide Berniche
Cabot Street
Edward
Double Tragedy in Fall River Gas Fatalities
James B. Reckshaw a 31 year old loam fixer and Kate Murphy 22 were found dead from gas asphyxiation in the Hicks home. The gas stopcock was partly opened and the room filled with gas. The couple, who attended a social event, had been invited to stay the night due to heavy rain.
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Fall River
James B. Reckshaw
White Mills
Kate Murphy
Thos. Hicks
Hicks
Boston Yachtsman William E. Robinson Dies at Home
William E. Robinson, a renowned yachtsman and yacht editor for the Boston Globe, died suddenly at his Somerville home this morning. His death is reported from Boston on October 14. Advertisers are reminded they saw the notice in the Courier.
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Boston
William E. Robinson
The
Boston Globe
Somerville
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