Will Let China Fall and Dismemberment of Empire Discussed
Washington seeks guaranties from powers carving China to protect U.S. trade rights. Germany is blamed for pressuring dismemberment, with Britain and the United States cautious about war. Gen. Chaffee to withdraw from Pekin, leaving a legation guard, as diplomats weigh territorial claims and terms of peace. The report outlines tensions among Great Britain Germany France Russia Japan and the United States amid Boxer outrages aftermath.
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United States
Washington
Sharehai
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Germa
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John M. Palmer Dead Civil War Hero and Illinois Leader
John M. Palmer former Illinois Governor and U S Senator died at his Springfield home of heart disease after chest pain Monday night He was a Civil War general noted for service with Grant and Pope and later led Illinois as Governor from 1859 to 1873 Palmer was born September 18 1817 in Kentucky and held numerous political roles including presidential elector and Republican conventions delegate.
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John M. Palmer
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United States
Springfield
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Palmer
Gen. Palmer
John McOsnney Palmer
Bagie Creek
Scott County
Carlinville
State Senate
Philadelphia
Washington
Fowteenth
Illinois Volunteers
John C. Fremont
Fourteenth Army Corps
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Russians and Allies Seen Driving China Conflicts
Reported rumors from a London exile claim Russia and Germany coordinate in China while Russia presses Manchuria and the United States maintains the Pekin to Tientsin telegraph link, signaling growing wartime alignment.
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Manchuria
Pekin
Tientsin
London
Sys
Russia
Ger Wsey
China
Navy fleet to blockade Luzon in winter Philippines campaign
The text details a buildup of U S naval power in Asian waters headed by Admiral Remer and including the Kentucky and several gunboats. It notes ships sailing from Montevideo and the Mediterranean toward China, with the aim of blockading Luzon to end the insurrection and protect American interests in a broader Asian show of force.
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Navy Department
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Admiral Schley
Wilmington
Montevideo
Albany
Mediterranean
China
Suez Canal
Annapolis
Vicksburg
Dorothes
Remer
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Oriental
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France
Germany
Japan
Russia
Austria
Philippines
Notes of the strike and riot incidents
General Godin vows to forbid secret miner meetings as collieries in the Shamokin area are abandoned. The Sherando riot claimant’s funeral is held in a somber spectacle. Hazleton sees a near clash as Houngshan women attack three cas. and iron police. Parsons, Kean agents haul bags westward. Hungarian miner Begos is arrested for threats against a striker. An aged miner, Frank Mangan, collapses in the scramble as watchmen are blamed.
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Shiemokin
Sherandosh
Houngshan
Hazleton
Eugene Bramblet
Southern Cos
Parsons, Kean
Joseph Begos
Wilkesbarre
Scranton
Frank Mangan
Gene
Heart
Train and express car robberies surge across the nation
Detectives label the crimes as the work of amateurs while veterans stay quiet. The losses reported by express companies total about 100000 in less than a year, with several high profile robberies listed from 1899 to 1900, including dynamite blasts and killed messengers.
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Express
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Raymoor
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John Lane
Global tensions rise as powers differ on China policy
Diplomatic talks inch forward over China issues while Austria and Italy back the Kaiser's plan and Britain France and Russia seek varied concessions. Boer forces consolidate at the frontier as Kruger's cabinet leaves for Europe and Transvaal loses government. Filipino rebels show gains, and Ottoman integrity hangs by a thread as Russia and Germany vie for influence in Constantinople. New Zealand starts issuing workmen tickets to suburbs.
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Russia
Jépan
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Koomatie Poort
Delagoa Bay
Pretoria
No sighs for the dead survivors in Galveston disaster recount
Survivors in Galveston after the disaster faced widespread horror and disease fears. Clergy and citizens shifted to rescue work as bodies were cleared, with authorities enforcing labor at gunpoint and the living overshadowing the dead in the harsh cleanup.
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Charnel Island
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Bay
Roosevelt in a Mad Rush at Armory Hall
Gov Theodore Roosevelt of New York faced a mob after a meeting at Armory Hall in Victor Cripple Creek. A drunken spectator waved a Bryan banner. tension grew as rioters hurled eggs and lemons while Roosevelt urged calm and order. No injuries were reported among his party.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Sherman Bell
John Proctor Clark
Bryan
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Victor
Cripple Creek
Church and clergy hit drift toward pantheism in Japan and plan fall changes
The Rev D C Greene notes Japan's religious drift to pantheism while the Open Air Workers in America push for summer services. A Great Pilgrimage from England to Rome is planned for October led by Cardinal Vaughan and the Duke of Norfolk. Philadelphia's Church of the Emphant at Chestnut and Twenty-Third streets will be razed and replaced by a $1,000,000 business block, with John Wanamaker and Anthony M Kane representing the church and syndicate respectively.
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Ira D. Sankey
Ireland
Cardinal Vaughan
Duke of Norfolk
England
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Church of the Emphant
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Pitteenth
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Deel
Anthony M. Kane
William Stearns Davis
Caesar
Mayer
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Paul Ster Ford
Dodd, Mead & Co
James Lane Allen
Duke of Argyll
Gilbert Parker
Gr. Parker
Page & Co
Carew Hazlitt Las Co
Pany
Mike Vath
Jokai
St. Peters
Silvie
Hurgah
Cordua's Execution Draws Severe Press Criticism Abroad
European papers condemn Gen. Lord Roberts for allowing the Boer officer Hans Cordua to be executed after a parole violation and plot to kidnap British officers. The article notes divided views on death sentence severity and calls the incident a sad war episode.
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Europe
Lord Roberts
Hans Cordua
Cordua
Roberts
Women Quirk and Fire Mischief Mentioned in Inter Ocean Note
The Inter Ocean column cites anecdotes about women acting queer at fires and social scenes, with Miss Jones concluding that women do act queer at times while noting men’s behavior. It also reports on literary news, including Masacaglio’s opera plans, Harvard archaeology prize, and authors' new works and translations.
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