Chinese and allied forces clash as Tien Tsin siege looms
Dispatches from Aug 6 and 7 report heavy fighting near Peitang with 1,200 allied casualties including Russians and Japanese. An imperial edict seeks to escort troops to Tien Tsin while Li Hung Chang claims ministers left Pekin, though consuls doubt the timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fou
Peitang
Oris
Tausig
I Remey
Pemang
Li Hung Chang
London
Shanghai
Hung Chang
Pekin Ortien
Earl Li
Pekin
Death on Deck Aboard German Liner Deutsch Juni
E Thiel fourth officer on the Hamburg-American liner Deutsch Juni shot himself on his bridge post as the ship neared Hoboken. He woke, slept at his post, was ordered to his cabin, then a shot was heard and he lay dead from a self inflicted wound in his cabin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deutschland
York
E. Sbiel
Hoboken
Thiel
Wate
Allers
Aum
Reward Offered For Train Robbers On Union Pacific
The Union Pacific Railway offers 1000 dollars each for the capture of the men who held up a train near Hugo Colorado Saturday night. The company notes past robberies on the line and claims extensive efforts to apprehend culprits, including tracking down those involved in the Wilcox Wyoming incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.P
Union Pacific
Hugo
Colo
Wilcox
Wyo
Wyoming
Circus Rioters Arrested In Minnesota Sham Fight
Minnesota militiamen joined sheriff deputies to arrest a gang terrorizing circuses in northern Minnesota. About one hundred soldiers surrounded the circus train at Colquist and detained suspects until daylight. Ten to twelve suspects were taken to Cass Lake for trial after clashes with Cass and Hubbard County sheriffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Duluth
Colquist
Cass
Hubbard
Cass Lake
Will Kill All Sovereigns Prediction by Anarchist Assassin
The clipping reports an anarchist’s vow that all rulers will fall starting with Italy’s new king after the Austrian empress assassination. It notes Luchenni’s reluctance to discuss the murder and predicts further sovereign deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geleva
Switzerland
Humbert
Luchenni
Austria
Italy
Anarchist Riot Breaks Up Jubilee in Chicago
Chicago Sunday incident at Twelfth and Halstead ends in 25 bruised and 5 arrests. Among those detained is Mrs Lucy Parsons widow of Albert Parsons executed in 1887 for aiding a bomb plot. Bail set at 1100. Police later seized anarchist literature and a book with names and addresses of sympathizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Chicago
Twelfth
Halstead
Lucy Parsons
Albert R. Parsons
Waymarket
West Side
Turner Hall
Conger Report Reaches State Department via Shanghai
Belated dispatch from Minister Conger relayed through Consul General Goodnow at Shanghai. Messages from Mr. Conger and Secretary Squires dated July 21 indicate no fighting since the 16th and hope for speedy relief. Edict to escort ministers to Tien Tsin referenced. some ciphered messages returned unread. Belief remains the legationers are safe for now despite uncertainty.
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Goodnow
Shanghai
Washington
Conger
State Department
Ragsdale
United States
Tien Tsin
Squires
Legation
Pekin
McKinley
Canton
Ohio
Adee
Jagsdale
Sheng
Train Hold Up Near Hugo Colorado Ends in Slaying
Union Pacific eastbound train No 4 was robbed near Hugo Colorado with passengers relieved of valuables. An elderly passenger Fay of California was shot and killed after resisting the robbery as two masked men escaped on foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. P
Colorado
Salina
Kan
Union Pacific
Denver
Hugo
Colo
Fay
California
St. Louis
Simon
Explosion at Paterson City Hall Vault Injures Clerk
In Paterson New Jersey a small dynamite bomb exploded in the old city hall vault used for the recorder's court. City Counsel Michael Dunn and street department clerk John Rainey narrowly escaped as Rainey’s foot was injured. The bomb had been kept by Italian bomb makers for safekeeping.
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Paterson
N. J
Old City Hall
City Hall
Michael Dunn
John Rainey
Rainey
Rivalry Between Cowboy and Sheepmen Flares Into Lynching
In Rawlins Wyoming a report claims Ber t Charters, a noted stockman, was found hanged near Slater Colorado amid the cattle sheep war in Routt County. A card pinned to the coat urged silence and inquiries be avoided. Ranchers react with shock while a posse plans to verify the allegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wyo
Routt County
Colorado
Bert Charters
Slater
Colo
Charters
Hennessy's Will Probate Declares Large Estate
The will of Archbishop John Hennessy of Dubuque Iowa has been filed for probate in St Paul by executors Mgr. Ryan and Clement Johannes. The estate totals about 1.4 million dollars with most in Minnesota real estate. Minnesota property is divided among nine relatives while Iowa holdings go to relatives and church sisterhoods.
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St. Paul
John Hennessy
Dubuque
Iowa
Mgr. Ryan
Clement Johannes
Minnesota
Big Railroad Strike Shuts Down Canadian Pacific Workers
A large strike halted operations on the Canadian Pacific Aug 4 with machinists blacksmiths boilermakers fitters and laborers from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast out. Dismissals last week fuel the union clash with the railway aiming to break the labor group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Lake Superior
Pacific Coast
LI Hung Ghang
Botha Reported Weakening as Prinsloo Surrender Rumor Circulates
Pretoria dispatch says Commandant Gen. Botha is weakening and has sent a messenger to Lord Roberts seeking confirmation of Prinsloo's surrender and permission to contact Gen. De Wet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botha
London
Pretoria
The
Daily Mail
Gen. Botha
Lord Roberts
Prinsloo
Christian de Wet
Market quotations from national city grain and livestock prices
A dense listing of market quotes across multiple hubs including Sioux City Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York for cattle hogs sheep lambs wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed with price ranges in each center. Key buyers and grading terms appear alongside no single dominant outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Soldier Jesse Barlow Buried In Sioux Falls After Manila Death
Jesse Barlow, former Company B member of the First Regiment South Dakota Volunteers, died in a Manila hospital after staying in the Philippines. His remains arrived in Sioux Falls July 29 with a guard of honor, followed by private and public funeral services at the Auditorium and interment at Mount Pleasant cemetery. Organizations including the Span ish War Veterans and Grand Army participated, and Taps was sounded by former bugler Crandall. Barlow stayed in the Philippines to earn money to pay his parents mortgage.
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Jesse Barlow
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Philippines
America
Manila
Barlow
Rough
The
Reformed Church
D. B. Scott
Congregational Church
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Union Veterans
Grand Army of the Republic
Crandall
Company B
Dr. Ross under fire over Yankton asylum charges
State board of charities and corrections meets at Yankton to decide on a public investigation into charges against Dr. Ross, superintendent of the Yankton insane asylum. Allegations include sale of state boiler with proceeds, misused funds, drunkenness, and incompetence, though some claims are disputed with evidence of boiler sale authorization.
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Yankton Insane Asylum
State Board of Charities and Correction
Yankton
Ross
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Dr. Ross
Board of Charities and Correction
Mail theft case ties up Monroe resident in $800 bond
G W Blenkkink of Monroe faces trial for breaking into a post office to retrieve his own mail. He and a companion used a found key to enter while the postmaster was away. Blenkkink took his mail and a friend’s, then left. he was later arrested and faces trial. Other notes cover state attorney pay disputes, a South Dakota field trial judges, cattle theft case, state treasurer receipts, militia plans, a drowning near Sioux Falls, a horse theft sentence, wolf bounty funds, and a mail contract award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
United States
G. W. Blenkkink
Seiffring
Mr. Blenkkink
Howard
S. M. Howard
Board of County Commissioners of
Potter County
Supreme Court
R. B. Fisk
Gaffy
Pierre
South Dakota
Johnson
Winnipeg
Sioux Falls
South Dakota Field Trial Association
Northwest
Union
Guy Jensen
Covell
John Bad Elk
Pine Ridge
Bad Hk
John Kills Back
United States Supreme Court
Bad Elk
Deadwood
Revenue hunt and beet sugar plant talk in Aberdeen
Stanley County plans to raise revenue mainly from personal property amid high cattle assessments. T. R. C. Crowell discusses a beet sugar factory in Aberdeen needing 600000 capital to process 6000 acres, with a brick and stone six story building. Forger Louis W. Stablein is captured in Minneapolis. Anton Hasel of Brookings pleads guilty to selling liquor without a license, fined 100 dollars and 30 days imprisonment. Brule County valuation rises to 1715277, real estate 1195809. 1600 cattle cars needed for west of Bowdle ranges. Wolves increasing near Miller. stockmen act. W H Cox named superintendent of Pierre Indian School. Mrs Howell burned in gasoline stove accident. SD Pharmaceutical Association set to meet in Brookings August 7-9.
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Stanley County
County Board of Equalization
T. R. C. Crowell
Aberdeen
Assassination Try on Shah of Persia in Paris
A Paris landau drive saw a young man leap from the crowd and strike the Shah Muzaffer-ed-Din with a cane, then stab with a knife. Guards overpowered him as a revolver dropped during the scuffle. officials dispute its owner. The crowd swarmed the suspect, who refused to identify him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Muzaffer-ed-Din
Paris
Jester Not Guilty as Aged Prisoner is Freed
Jury in New London Missouri acquits Alexander Jester of the murder charge in the Gates case from 1871. The twelve jurors rendered a verdict of innocence after deliberations ending at 8 30 p m, following a lengthy trial that drew 206 witnesses over decades.
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Alexander Jester
New London
Forrest
Chicago
John W. Gates
Gilbert Gates
Jester
Paris
Azel A. Gates
West
Missouri
Kansas
Young Gates
Mary Yardley 105 Is Dead In Chicago
Obituary notes the death of Mary Yardley 105 in Chicago. The item lists her age and city, reflecting a local death notice with no further family details.
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Osess
Tchell
Peynting CO
Uffer
Tshington
Navy
Beon
Fresno
Cala
Frederat
Cane Oldas
Hspital
Yonghut
Fred
Bancroft
Hoston
Charleston Navy Yard
Phillipsburg
N.J
Alpha Cement Works
France
Abbeville
August Valett
Salson
Columbus
Russia
St. Petersburg
Daily Express
Prince Vochevsky
India
Washington, D. C
Bombay
Government of India
Hennessy
Pineville
Daniel Howard
George Howard
George
Winchester
Berry Howard
Gov. Goebel
First Regiment of Volunteers
Meyer Winter
Westover
Chamberlain
Tidrick
Treasury
Clay County
Kingsbury
Edmunds
Charles Mix
Buffalo
Clay
Fort Meade
China
Gaffey
Jack Keefer
J.S. Raines
Tyndall
Lesterville
Tabor
Milwaukee Railway
Brueschweller
Gabriel
South Dakota University
F. Brueschweller
Department of Music
State University
Board of Regents
Ethelbert W. Gabriel
Conservatory of Music of Texas College
Europe
Minneapolis
Louis W. Stablein
Anton Hasel
Brookings
Carland
Brule County
Equalization Board
Bowdle
Milwaukee Railroad
Missouri River
Miller
W.h.cox
Pierre Indian School
N.H. Howell
Huron
South Dakota Pharmaceutical Association
Mexico
Oklahoma
Cornelia Street
Mary Yardley
Jacob Yanpolski
Bessie MacDonald
Rudolph de Hirsch
Munich
Bavaria
Bryant
Cleveland
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