Twister Tales and Census Figures Highlight 1900s Topics
A Nebraska man writes of a tornado’s start and power when a farmer seeks to shield his home. A Georgia man’s actions show a wary verdict on marital choices. Jerry Simpson’s wealth grows after Congress. The DC census reports 278,718 people, up 20.98 since 1900, hinting US totals near 76 million. The Livery Stable condemns docked horses and tight reins as corrupting influence.
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District of Columbia
United States
England Tests Smokeless Coal For Home Heating
Experiments in England show a smokeless coal that can be burned in an ordinary grate or a central room basin without odor or smoke. The fire appears like a fine coal fire with a white and blue flame.
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England
Belgium Census Reveals Population Figures and City Totals
Belgium's latest census shows a kingdom population of 6,744,532 with 3,363,436 males and 3,381,096 females. Antwerp is listed as the most populous city with 282,018 inhabitants, followed by Brussels at 201,065.
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Belgium
Antwerp
Brussels
Heat Triggers False Alarm At Soap Factory In New York
Extreme heat sent a soap factory’s automatic fire alarm into action though no fire existed. The system’s temperature control released a water sprinkler shower, nearly flooding the plant before operators halted the system.
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New York
Record Warship Growth in U S Peacetime Construction
The United States currently has greater warship tonnage under major construction than any prior peacetime era. New vessels include 12 battleships six armored cruisers nine destroyers 15 torpedo boats seven gunboats and one lake gunboat.
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United States
Population of China Figures Reflected in Looming Troubles
The passage cites estimates of China's population between 300 million and 400 million. It argues that whether the higher or lower figure is accepted, China’s large populace ensures continued potential for trouble for a long time.
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China
Scots Greys Legacy Tied to Waterloo Charge
The squadron of Scots Greys, nearly wiped out at Nichol’s Nek by the Boers, traces its fame to Blenheim and England’s great battles. It charged at Waterloo with Scotland forever, inspiring the renowned painting.
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Nichol’s Nek
Army of
England
Blenheim
Waterloo
Scotland
Telephonograph records messages like a tape
The telephonograph, a new invention akin to the telephone, records telephone messages on a steel tape that passes over a magnet for repeated playback. Col. Emerson H. Liscum, the first American killed in China, served in four wars from Bunker Hill to Gettysburg and was killed in China, illustrating the era’s paradoxes about war.
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Emerson H. Liscum
China
Col. Liscum
Gettysburg
Juan Hill
Philippines
Doves Released at Cornell Steamer Launch
At the Cornell steamer launch in South Chicago Miss Etta Gunnell of Buffalo freed four doves from a golden cage as the vessel slid into the water. The act, a Japanese-influenced tradition now used by Carnegie's Pittsburgh Steamship line, replaces the champagne breaking custom.
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Cornell
Chicago
Lightning Strikes Hit Liberty Statue in New York Harbor
The Statue of Liberty was struck twice by lightning but remained unharmed. One bolt hit the raised arm and the other struck the forehead. The statue’s lightning rod system runs from above the torch to the ground and into the bay water, ending in carbon piping. Workers found no damage to the statue.
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Liberty
New York Harbor
Bay
A Weeks History From Washington and Overseas
The piece reports 106,839 militiamen organized and 10,343,152 unorganized but available for duty in the United States. It notes W. W. Rockhill named special commissioner to China to assess conditions and possibly represent the U.S. if Conger is dead. Gen. Wood pressed to speed Cuba's republican erection. Admiral Dewey says he is out of politics.
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United States
W. W. Rockhill
Bureau of American Republics
China
Conger
Wood
Republic of
Cuba
Dewey
Weekly financials and losses feature in early 1900s report
The week ended the 20th saw clearing houses accumulate 1.471 billion dollars in exchanges up from 525 million the prior week, with a 12.5 percent drop from the previous year. US business failures numbered 231, up from 196, while a Vanderbilt auto record covered 160 miles Newport to Boston in 3 hours 57 minutes.
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United States
W. K. Vanderbilt
Newport
Boston
Philip
Navy Yard
Charlestown
Mass
L. E. Chittenden
Register of the Treasury
Lincoln
Burlington
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New York
West and South News Roundup Shows Elections and Incidents
President McKinley appoints Gen. George Maginnis postmaster of Indianapolis. Florida Republicans nominate J. N. Combs for governor. A stable fire at Garden City box factory in Chicago cremates 15 horses. Cuba to elect delegates September 15 for a constitutional convention. Nebraska populists nominate Taylor Fleck for governor and back Wharton for president. Bessie Anthony wins the western women’s golf title. American Steel and Wire plans to triple Cleveland plant. Snow falls at Marshall Michigan. Dahlman confesses to wife’s killing in St. Louis. B&O forbids employees from politics. Castle Crag fire causes $200,000 loss. Woolley nominated for presidency by Prohibition Party. Last Confederate congressman Judge Trippe dies in Atlanta. Rains worth $10,000,000 to Nebraska crops. Lucinda Taylor, 110, ex-slave, in Cincinnati infirmary. Dowie disciple Fockler assaulted in Mansfield. Iowa Republicans set Des Moines convention for August 1. Townsend sisters and Pearl Flack drown. Streetcar derailment at Mineral Ridge injures 40. Herman Strasser kills wife then himself in Evansville. Labor Federation calls for united organizing body. At Tiffin a train hits two horses, killing them. David Brown kills two men in Newtown quarrel.
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West
South
McKinley
George Maginnis
Indianapolis
Ind
Florida
J. N. Combs
Franklin County
Garden City
Chicago
Eleventh
Sinois
E. A. Holly
Congress
Cuba
Nebraska
Middle of
Taylor Fleck
Custer County
Indorsed
Wharton
Bessie Anthony
Evanston, Il
American Steel and Wire Company
Cleveland
Marshall
Mich
Burlington
Dahlman
St. Louis
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Castle Crag Tavern
Shasta County
Cal
John G. Woolley
National Prohibition Party
Samuel Dickie
Wooley
Confederate Congress
Robert Pleasant Trippe
Atlanta
Rains
Cincinnati
Lucinda Taylor
Mansfield
Elder Fockler
Dowie
Iowa
Hamburg
Tenn
Mineral Ridge
Evansville
Herman Strasser
American Federation of Labor
William Wilson
Charles Kuhn
Tiffin
David Brown
Newtown
Mark Robinson
Frank Murphy
Foreign Intelligence Reports on Peking Envoys Safe After Massacre Claim
Through Minister Wu the state department received a cipher dispatch from Minister Conger in Peking believed authentic. It says envoys were safe after a July 18 date and under continuous fire at the British legation, with quick relief needed to prevent a general massacre. London papers question the message as a possible trick. An American commissary depot for troops in China is set at Taku. In Paris thieves stole Mrs. Potter Palmer s 17000 diamond necklace.
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State Department
Washington
Conger
Peking
London
China
Taku
Paris
Potter Palmer
Chih Chen Lo Feng Luh
Sheng
Chinese Railways and Telegraphs
Taotai
Shanghai
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Wen Jui
Yung Lu
Tientsin
Sir Halliday Macartney
Trentsix
M. Delcasse
Chef
the Figaro
Tokio
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Russian Council of War
Konopatkin
Berlin
Foreign Office
von Bergen
Legation
Robert Hart
United States
White
New York
Journal and Advertiser
Chefoo
World News in Brief From Early 1900s Dispatches
Consent by Japan to station American troops en route to China. Milner predicts Boer War end in Cape Colony. Volcanic eruption near Bandaisan kills or injures 200. Embleton sinks in fog with 11 dead. Pretoria reports Boer attack repulsed at Hail Head. Filipinos 200 killed, 130 surrender. 12 Americans killed, 11 wounded. Manila uprising plot uncovered. China seeks peace talks after Tientsin. McKinley may mediate. Foreigners protected in Peking per imperial edict. U.S. to rescue Conger if Allies delay. Paris expo awards Triinois apples.
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Japan
China
Cape Colony
Alfred Milner
Bandaisan
Azuma
English Channel
Pretoria
Hail Head
Heidelberg
Manila
San Miguel
London
Legation
Peking
Tientsin
McKinley
Kwang Su
United States
Conger
Europe
Mediation Move Promises to Save Chinese Empire
President McKinley offers mediation to preserve China if all foreigners in Peking are rescued. Britain and the United States reportedly unite to protect China, with Wu arranging transfer of foreigners from Peking to Tientsin. The dispatch notes allied plans and military moves toward Peking with imminent operations.
Various Minor News Bits Highlight 19th Century Topics
A roundup of brief items notes Havana relying on charcoal, a Japanese workers union in Hilo, a Belgium census, coffee consumption in the United States, a Florida pauper case, and a Cleveland divorce docket showing one in five marriages failing. Other items mention furniture dealers electing John M. Smyth, proposals on troop withdrawals, submarine boat names, caterpillar traffic in Colorado, small Danish islands population, British soldiers returning ill, a national mothers conference in Chicago, Wesleyan Female College claim, a San Francisco swindle case, North Carolina fines for railway passes, Rough Riders reunion highlights, and Mrs Capron’s noted popularity as patron saint of the riders.
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Havana
Hilo
Hawaii
Belgium
Kingdom
United States
Florida
Cleveland
National Association of Retail Furniture Dealers
John M. Smyth
Chicago
Arizona
Colorado
Florence
West Indies
English War Department
South Africa
National Conference of American Mothers
Wesleyan Female College
Macon
Percy Young
San Francisco
St. Louis
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Burke County
Gov
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Oklahoma
Capron
Allyn Ix. Cap
McKinley Will Aid If China Meets Conditions
The president signals willingness to mediate between China and the powers but only if the Peking government proves ministers are safe and free to act, maintains order and protects foreigners, suppresses the Boxers, punishes murderers, allows allied troops latitude, and deals with disloyal officials to ensure future peace.
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Washington
Hay
Peking
United States
Melkinley
Chinese Legations Safe Reports Amid China Crisis
Dispatches from Shanghai and Paris relay that foreign ministers in Peking are safe with plans to move to Tientsin or Trent six. British and French envoys confirm safety while debates spark about military actions in Manchuria and overall pacification aims.
Government gold reserves hit record $427 million
Washington on July 24 reported that the government's gold holdings rose to a record $427,498,482, including a $150,000,000 lawful reserve. The previous peak was $427,238,600 in vaults on May 2, 1900.
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Washington
Mrs Lindsay Completes 1500-Mile Ride Breaks Records
New York reports Mrs Lindsay finished a 1500 mile ride at 2:30 PM after starting July 16 at 6 AM. She covered the distance in 164 hours 35 minutes, breaking all records up to 1000 miles and setting new marks beyond that point.
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New York
Lindsay
Messenger Boy James Smith Sent Home From Pretoria
On his way home in Philadelphia on July 24 James Francis Smith a messenger boy with the number 1 534 carried a message from local schoolboys to Dom Paul and writes from Pretoria that he is en route back to the United States.
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Philadelphia
Archbishop Keane Named Archbishop of Dubuque
A letter from Archbishop Kain of St Louis reports Archbishop Keane of Washington now in Brussels under a doctors care has been appointed archbishop of Dubuque Iowa on July 11 The Rural Free Delivery service is set to begin August 1 at Newark Illinois with additional routes at Davenport Iowa
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Washington
Kain
St. Louis
Paris
Keane
Catholic University At
Brussels
Dubuque
Post Office Department
Newark
Ill
Davenport
Resignation Rattles Post Office Front
Prof RE A Bach of LaCrosse base ball team collapses and dies from heart failure in the field amid heat before game versus Winona. The stroke follows strenuous practice in center field. In Washington, Perry S Heath resigns as first assistant postmaster general effective July 31.
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Bend
LaCrosse
Wis
RE. A. Bach
Winona
Minn
Washington
Perry S. Heath
Lynching of Elijah Clark after Huntsville assault
Elijah Clark, a Black man accused of assaulting 13 year old Susan Priest, was captured by a mob at Huntsville jail. They dragged Sheriff Fulgham from the jail, burned tar and feathers, and hanged Clark from a tree while firing about his body as militia arrived.
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Huntsville
Ala
Elijah Clark
Susan Priest
Fulgham
William Vining
Clark
David Overton
Sheriff Fulgram
Dave
Moore
Miss Priest
Decatur
Bryan to visit New York state after October 1
Democratic state headquarters announce that Mr. Bryan will tour six New York cities after October 1. He plans speeches in New York City Brooklyn Syracuse Buffalo Rochester and Utica with event details released before his eastward trip. A separate report notes a severe electrical storm in Crosse Wisconsin hitting the German Methodist church memorial gift from John A Salzer causing about 10 000 in damage.
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New York
Bryan
New York State
New York City
Brooklyn
Syracuse
Buffalo
Rochester
Utica
Lincoln
A Crosse
Wis
German Methodist Episcopal Church
John A. Salzer
Eleven Negroes Drowned in Alabama Skiff Disaster
In Tuskaloosa Alabama on July 24 eleven negro men were drowned when a skiff capsized on the Warrior River near Akron.
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Tuskaloosa
Ala
Warrior River
Akron
Storm Devastates Mills and Warehouse in Ironton Area
A violent wind rain and hailstorm in Ironton Ohio demolished Spanmer Cohen Goodman mill wrecked Belfont brick warehouse unroofed Enterprise mill and felled trees. Flooding followed in lowlands with storm damage and downed wires. In New York Sing Sing prison inmate Joseph Mutlen electrocuted for wife murder dated June 4 1898.
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Ironton
Spanmer, Cohen & Goodman
Belfont Company
Enterprise
New York
Joseph Mutlen
Sing Sing
Tientsin battle echoes in vivid dispatch
From Chefoo July 19 and Shanghai July 21 the Tientsin assault is told with stark detail. American and allied losses reach 91 officers and men in the Ninth United States Infantry, plus 80 marines, amid fierce fire from mud wall forts. Col. Liscum dies. Dorward and Fukushina clash over planning and execution.
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New York
Evening World
Tientsin
Chefoo
Shanghai
Wall
Fukushina
Nowise
Ther
Gem Dorward
Col. Liscum
Ford
Maj. Regan
Liseum
Regan
Bookmiller
Noyes
Dorward
Ninth
Davis
Col. Meade
Peking
Col
Liscum
Tongku
Goebel murder trial messenger testifies to assassination sighting
Georgetown Kentucky July 23 testimony by a messenger boy in the Goebel murder trial sparked a sensation in court. He said he saw the assassination and the rifle muzzle protruding from the secretary of state's office window with the sash raised about 15 inches and the curtains drawn. Fire destroyed by fire Muscatine Iowa July 23 one warehouse of the Huttig Sash and Door company burned Sunday with losses around 80000.
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Georgetown
Goebel
Secretary of State
Muscatihe
Iowa
Huttig Sash. and Door Company
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Jane Lindsay
A. I. Crow
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Russia
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Canton
Goodnow
Chienese
Fanny Januschek
St. Mary’s Hospital
Crook
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Eighth United States Infantry
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Pinar del Rio
Guanajay
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