Diplomatic Pourparlers Progress Amid Boxer Crisis
Berlin reports from the Cologne Gazette describe successful initial talks among Pekin powers on peace fundamentals. Notes mention Kowloon frontier guarding, Boxer and imperial troop clashes, and heavy casualties including 93 missionaries killed or missing.
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Berlin
Cologne
Pekin
Pale Nary
Guatu
Kowloon
Handy
San Chuan
Kwang Si
Kwan Sing
Kuang Ning
Tsan-Tsou
Shang Tung Chio Li
Yuan
Tsang Chou
Mei
Chen
Consul Goodnew
Shanghai
Shan Si
Chi Li
Disaster and political vows loom after coast far spread
A collision report describes wreckage strewn along the coast near Yarmouth and Monticello with recovery efforts continuing. The piece quotes leaders and voters discussing the election results and calls for naval and army expansion to meet future needs, including reorganization.
McKinley Plurality in Indiana Estimated at 80 Thousand
Official returns tabulated by the Indianapolis Journal show McKinley with about 80 229 votes in Indiana while Derba Reus trails with 88 467. The figures reflect reliable estimates received at Indianapolis up to Thursday night.
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McKinley
Indiana
Derbia Reus
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Journal
Indiana Legislature Leaning Republican in Joint Ballot Win
Official returns show the Indiana Legislature leaning Republican on joint ballot by about forty seats. The Senate tally lists Republican winners across counties with holdover members and several named individuals, while Democrats pick up seats in multiple districts.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Senate
State Fee and Salary Commission Recommends Governor Salary Rise
The State Fee and Salary Commission completes its bill to raise the Governor’s salary from 7,500 to 5,000 and to adjust pay for private secretary and other officials. The plan outlines salary scales tied to population, with per diem allowances and expanded salary rules for justices of the peace and constables in populous townships.
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State
Thousan
Lke
County Council
Justices of the Peace
Unclear historic fee terms for collection by Justices and Constables
Fragmentary text discusses percentage fees for collection of certain fees by the predecessors and the current justices of the peace and constables. It mentions a 5 percent allowance for the collectors and a 2 percent allowance for the justices and constables. The passage is incomplete and lacks full context.
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Prac
President asks Cabinet to stay during second term
President McKinley directly and forcefully urged his Cabinet to remain in office as he announced plans for a second term. Washington dispatch reports the president’s speech to his advisers emphasizes continuity in leadership and policy.
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Washington
McKinley
Caricatures Target Queen Victoria In French Weekly
The illustrated weekly Rire shows a colored caricature of Queen Victoria as a vampire biting Kruger with the German Emperor, King of Italy, and Tsar in satirical scenes. A second weekly also features a defamatory image of Victoria as a concierge. Public reaction is mixed with disapproval from authorities.
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Rire
M. Arsene Alexande
The
Figaro
Queen Victoria
Kruger
Laly
France
Russia
Leandre
Igned “Weilus
Death of Benky Villard
Henry Wilheed a rail road magnate dies at his New York home on Sunday night after a varied career. Born in Germany he arrived in America early and wrote for German papers before joining the Herald. He made and lost fortunes in Western railroad stocks and Northern Pacific ventures, with major sums and panics shaping his fate.
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Henry Wilheed
Germany
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Herald
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Northern Pacific
George M. Pulman
Charlies Woerischoffer
Endicott
Special Gazette Report From Rogers Arkansas
A Rogers Arkansas Gazette special notes WH Harvey author of Colin's Financial School arrived from Chicago and warned that the next decade will bring riots martial law distress and misery in congested centers seeking to warn readers.
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Lime Rock
Ark
Rogers
WH. Harvey
Colin
Financial School
Chicago
Conters
North
Combine of Yarn Mills Sets Plan to Control Sales
In Charlotte special reports mills across the South with 47 40 producing spindles sign their agreement to the Concentration plan urged by the Southern Cotton Spinners Association to control sale of cotton yarns. The move aims to place selling of south cotton yarns in the hands of appointed agents under board endorsement.
Victim of College Mazeing in Charleston Death
A brief item reports the death of twelve year old Thomas Fin lay Brown in Charleston as a special coast guard or college maze incident. Lana While is named in fragmentary text with unclear relation.
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Thomas Finlay Brown
Lana
Bong Ened
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