Siege at Foo Chow and French China Hostilities
A Shanzial dispatch reports Chinese forces invading Tonquin and engaging the French. claims French annihilation and Chinese casualties. Paris notes later say French troops in Tonquin under Millot and Negrier faced dispersal, conflicting counts. London dispatches describe naval battles at Foo Chow with French fleet gains and Chinese gunboats destroyed, plus strategic moves and potential recall of General Millot.
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Lennon
Reuter’s
Sontay
Tonquin
New York
Torquin
France
China
Naval
Anemese
Foreiza Legion
Sui
Dew Etate- Unis
Foo Cow
Pans
Min
Courbet
Lespes
Kee Lang
Yun Nan
le Figaro
Millot
Tatoo Ki Kong
Paris
London
Times
Fou Chow
Germany
England
Franco
Foo Chow
Araenst
Volta
Duguay-Trouin
Delavigne
Aspie
Vipera
Loup
Villars
Champlon
Jay Eye See Trotting Race Postponed to Thursday
New York August 27 The great Jay Eye See trotting race scheduled on Prospect Dark course yesterday has been postponed to Thursday The race will gain interest if the gelding defeats Maud s record of 4005 Mr Bonner and Jim are discussed with terms Case s conditions possibly met If Maud S fails the race will pass to Bom ner who is ready to meet those terms
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New York
Bomner
Case
Drought and Grasshoppers Raise Prices Across Mexico
In City of Mexico and across the republic drought and insect plagues push prices up for essentials. Meat has risen about fifty percent in four weeks, corn climbs to 7.50 per bushel in Chiuhua, 12 per bushel in Durango, and other staples see sharp gains as vegetation fails. Affected regions include Aljojuea Pueblo with decaying crops and cereal losses noted.
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Mexico
City of
Republic
Big City
Chihuahua
Durango
Aljojuea Pueblo
Sudden Death of Dean Terry In Chicago Church
Dean Patrick A. Terry of St Patrick s Church died suddenly about six last evening from heart disease. He was seated in the parsonage library chatting with Mr F Donahue and Mr Hayes when he fell from his chair. Friends placed him on the sofa but medical aid arrived too late.
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Chicago
Patrick A. Terry
St. Patrick’s Church
Heart Dlisease
F. Donahue
Hayes
Relief of Gordon calls for six hundred voyageurs
Aug 24 MosTRRaL dispatch reports the Governor General of Canada ordered by the Home Government to hire six hundred voyageurs to assist General Gordon at Khartoum. They will ferry flat bottom boats on the Nile and aid in a relief expedition with passages around the swollen river. Preference is for officers who served under General Wolseley in the Red River campaign.
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Gordon
Mostrral
Canada
Khartoun
Nile
Wolseley
Red River
Death of 3 Leading Fenian Sypiansrouis in Ireland
Dr Joby G Waters died late Monday aged 53. He was chief of the Fenian organ gazhit, succeeding daiies Stephens of Lvadenbeg.
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Ind
Joby G Waters
Gazhit
Daiies Stephens
Lvadenbeg
Public lands frauds prompt probes into cattle fencing
Washington reports survey orders target Prairie Cattle Company and other large outfits accused of illegally fencing vast tracts of public domain in Colorado Nebraska and adjacent territories. Officials warn thousands of fraudulent entries remain and locals describe widespread land grab schemes tied to cattle interests.
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Washington
General Land Office
Colorado
Nebraska
Prairie Cattle Company
Land Office
Catle Toon
United States
New Mexico
General Land Commissioner
Egent
Dakota
Arkanian
Dake 4Éu
Dousere
Montana
Yoming Territory
Abibaba
Wiccowain
Korda
Oregon
Kansas
Notada
Prairia Cattle Company
Scotoh
Arkansas, Yates Company
H. H. Metcalf
W. Prownes
Motanial & da
Routehter & Larob
Frank
Garnett & Langford
Tane
Lewin Hiron
Vrooman & McFite
Beatty Bros
Chick, Brown & Co
Ley
Nolds
Brighton Craneh
Geres
Coe & Carter
Doguu
Watcos
Kentbeck Manel
J. W. Thosten
Witam Humphrey
Nelson & Son
Nevada
Wyoming
Epgliv
Major McKenda
The
Tteg
Arizona
California
Idaho
Utah
Forest Fire Rages in Harmon City and Surrounding Areas
Reports from Michigan describe renewed forest fires after weekend rain, with Harmon City nearly wiped out except for a lime kiln and one house. Damage includes burned docks, wares, and about 1 million feet of logs. winds shifted from northwest.
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Derhoit
Mich
East Tawny
Harmon City
Prohibitionists Nominate Hopefuls at Lamp Meeting Near Town
A Prohibition lamplighting rally drew about 8000 supporters two miles from town as John P. St. John and William Daniel received formal nominations from the National Convention. Speeches praised the party’s aims while contrasting it with Democratic and Republican stances on liquor laws. The committee of notification included Francis Willard, Mary Woodbridge, and others from Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, New York, and Alabama.
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Tole
Daniel
Cuna
Ave
Tere
Dtekay
John PP. St. John
William Daniel
Prohibition Party
Wittsburgh
Ala
Frances Willard
Mary Woodbridge
Mary Lathrop
Esther Hough
Mrs Burt
St. John
A. Chatman
Rhail
Atruggis
Ais
Great North and West
Committee of Notificacion
Samuel Dickey
Michigan
James Blick
Pennsylvania
A. A. Hopkins
New York
D. Shelton
Kansas
John Russell
Francis Willard
Ilinois
C. Hastings
Wisconsin
George H. Scott
Ohio
J.T. Turner
Alabama
Pomeroy Withdraws From Presidential Bid In Favor Of Prohibition Candidate
Washington reports ex-Senator Pomeroy, running on the American and Anti-Secret Society ticket, will withdraw August 25 to back John Bobo the Prohibition candidate. Pomeroy cites that Bobo rejects the And Secret party principles and he will support him for office. Also noted are drowning incidents of Bridget Hayes Annie Hayes and Mary McCabe in Catskill Creek and three Moody School students in Boston.
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Inols
Wisconsin
Bioomixaron
Greenback Labor Party
Sinols
Communitiea
Greenback- Labor Party
People's Party of
Ulvols
Indianapolis
Northern
Illinois
People's Party
Democratic
People’s Party
Lutter
West
Butlers
State Central Committee
State People's Party
Jesse Harper
Danville
A.C. Vandewater
Pana
B. H. Waldwin
Joha
J. M. Gwinn
Kilingham
Treaver
J. HB. Clark
Chicago
E. PF. Reever
Elizia. MiLwavaker
Wis
Greenbackers
People's Party ofViscom Sin” Wen
Aa Revolution
Butler
W. L. Cuey
Kacine
Munn Mord
Yahkosh
G. W. Jones
West Bend
Theodore Shuman
Prairie du Chien
M. W. Steven
Green Lake
H. S. Brown
Milwaukee
John Kiefer
Wausans Insurance
J. W. Huse
Macnab
Heuben May
Vernon County
Henry Smith
Allen Stetson
Lorenz Morristy
W. Knight
Pheodore Iritz
Baward McGraw
H. H. Rhedd
Byasto
Kal Kongens Teessurer
Charles H. Wilts
HH. Dabcock
W. W. Janes
W. Jaese
Jans Ams Bullidings
Janes Brot
Centrs Committee
Cxlver E
National Greenback Labor Party
Bellefonte
Curiaco
Welhington
Pomeroy
B Jobo
Washington
John
Supbin Han
Tores
Bridget Hayes
Annie Hayes
Mary McCabe
New York City
Catskill
Catskill Creek
BosTox
Moody School
Fragmentary note on Tanner Ouidene and health status
A garbled report references Tanner Ouidene and Fast Fram with August date hints. It notes Hale Bmolsey in similar condition to recent days, mentions Rot puch ree and Sauelans, and includes vague phrases about conversations with family and a request for pleas of spy type.
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Seereen
Rival Telegraph Firms Press Rates for Government Service
In Washington Aug 37 officers of the Western Union and United Lines conferred with the Postmaster General on government telegraph rates. The Western Union showed its charges were double those of the United Lines, while Mutual Uniones within Western Union allegedly cut rates to undermine the United Lines. Bates proposed rates near Senate bill figures, aiming to avoid government dependence.
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WasutsaTos
Unitaxi Telegraph
Western Union Company
Waesterunion Company
United Teegraph Lines
United Lines
Senate Committee On
Whitney
Tits Company
United Telegraph Lines
Western Union
Bates
Senate
Beginning Young Bank Robbery Astonishes St Paul
In St Paul Minnesota the People's Bank was robbed between Saturday night and Monday morning by Eddie Mason, a teenaged employee. An estimated 5000 to 10000 dollars vanished from a three-lock vault while cashier Rit tenhouse held the combinations. Mason, the youngest bookkeeper, is suspected and sought as directors plan immediate arrest efforts.
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St. Paul
Mins
St. Pace
Mira
People’s Bank
Eddie Mason
St Paul
Mason
Rittenhouse
Jock
Bittenhouss
America
A Daring Feat Atop Washington Monument
A worker attracted attention yesterday at the top of the Washington Monument. He stood on a marble ledge about every two hundred feet of height, drawing admiration and astonishment for the perilous pose and danger involved in the ascent.
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Admiral Dition
Eandiog
Counterfeit Silver Dollar Appears in New England
Boston reports the finest counterfeit silver dollar seen this week. The note resembles a genuine dollar but weighs less, is thicker, and fails a tester, making it about the same rag as a good dollar. In New York, Prof Sabine of the College of Physics and Surgeons reports a successful rhinoplastic graft replacing most of a destroyed nose with the middle finger of a patient’s left hand, hailed as a medical miracle.
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Boston
New England
New Yoas
Babine
College of Physics and Surgeons
Bellevue Hospital
Yuunus Colt
Colt
Sabine
Dr. Sabine
Captured Bonds Restored to Louisiana Figure
The U S Treasurer sent Governor of Louisiana twenty one thousand free school bonds captured at Baton Rouge in 1865 by Nenent Geren Sheridan. They were part of a larger lot of city state and railroad bonds valued at three million dollars seized then, with most later returned to the state. Veterans of the Northwest Chicago Aug 26 Reunion and enc?
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Washington
United States
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Nenent Geren Sheridan
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Igag
Ein Ching
Otake Foreign Mattel
Reckerby
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City of Mexico
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Thomas Rhodes
N. G. Thayer
John W. Reynolds
Thirteson
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Tanner Ouidene
Chautauqua Assembly
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Vinton
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Lambertville
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Markfale
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Shanghai
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