Fleeing Pekin Amid Allied Battles and Casualties
A dispatch from Washington reports mass flight from Pekin as Allied forces clash with Chinese troops at Tsuntsin Besloged Priests at Sivntas Pragd Moro and American soldiers suffer wounds and dysentery. Names and units include Fowler Consul Alley Company IX Fourteenth Infantry Aug 9. Charles Freider eck Aug 16. Joseph J Fritsch Aug 4. Ezekiel Hale Aug 21. Robert Horan Aug 18. John Unrst Aug 8. Charlie Organ Aug 4. Joseph Ouellette Aug 10. James Sanney Aug 8. Dennis Shea Aug 20. Paschal Smith Aug 7.
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Fourteenth Infantry
Joseph Ouellette
Sanney
James Rice
Dennis Shea
Ninth Infantry
Paschal Yo‘ “Smith
Fourteenth Infary
Miry
Allies Drive Chinese From Tientsin After Attacks
A Chefoo dispatch reports renewed fighting near Tientsin as Chinese attackers tried to sever allied communications but were repulsed with light losses. Tongkong says mobs devastate Wu-Kien and Kiane-Su provinces. a mandarin with 300 soldiers leaves Amoy to restore order. Comet Marines clear Swatow streets and free besieged priests. Shanghai notes eight of fourteen English missionaries survive after brutalities.
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London
Chefoo
Tientsin
Tongkong
Wu-Kien
Kiane-Su
Amoy
Auz
Comet
Swatow
Shanghai
Shou-Si
Hankow
Five Hundred Americans Join Allied Victory Near Tientsin
Report from London dated Aug 27 notes 500 American troops along with 375 British and 200 Japanese under General Dorward defeated Boxers at a village six miles southwest of Tientsin on Aug 19. Over 300 Boxers slain, 64 taken prisoner. American casualties five wounded, Japanese six, British none. Hundreds of captured weapons reported. horses suffering heat-related mortality. Cordua Executed in Pretoria Square
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London
Tiensin
Reuter
Tientsin
Dorward
Russian General Reports First Entry Into Pekin
Gen Linevitch, commander of Russian troops in Pe-Chi-Li, telegraphs that at 2 AM on Aug 11 they stormed the eastern gate of Pekin and were the first to enter. The Russian flag was hoisted. the gate ward lasted fourteen hours. Russians then scaled the wall though the observatory and towers remained under Chinese fire until driven off. Losses included Col. An tin koff and 20 men killed, Gen. Wiasilewski, Col. Modi and five other officers and 102 men wounded. Allied forces then stormed another gate and entered the city. Imperial government fled. legation staff in distress.
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St. Petersburg
Linev Itch
Pe-Chi-Li
Ministry of War
Pekin
Antinkoff
Wiasilewski
Modi
Troana
Casualties ofAmerican Troops in China Aug 16 reporting
General Chaffee lists dead and wounded from the Fourteenth Infantry in China. Died from wounds at Pekin and Maton on Aug 16 are George C. Kauffman and Claud Smith. Wounded include Alfred Evans and Charles A. Rodgers. Several died in hospital at Tientsin from disease or wounds.
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China
Washington
Chaffee
George C. Kauffman
Fourteenth Infantry
Pekin
Claud Smith
Maton
Alfred Evans
Tan Tsung
Tientsin
Poo Fos
Chinese Mob Burns Temple at Amoy and Siege Ends
Washington Aug 26 Unlisted Consul Johnson reports a mob burned the Japanese temple at Amoy Marines landed to protect Japanese officials and restore order US warships not present at Amoy The allied troops surround the imperial city and await instructions Chinese flee northward Gen Chaffee says fighting ended Capt Reilly killed buried in legation grounds at the imperial palace burial attended by Gen Chaffee and other generals
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Washington
D. C
Staics
Johnson
Amoy
Chint
State Department
United States
Pekin
Shanghai
Imperial City
Chaffee
Peiang
Reilly
Sth
United States Artillery
Imperial Palace
Legation
Gen. Chaffee
Temple of Heaven
San Jose scale threatens Brooklyn verdure at Prospect Park
The San Jose scale appeared in thirty five Brooklyn locations and may spread to Prospect Park and Long Island farms. Secretary Collins of the Free Planting Society identified the pest after sending a pear branch to the agriculture department. The scale travels on nursery stock and birds.
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San Jose
Beautiful Prospect Part
New York
Brooklyn
Prospect Park
Long Island
Collins
Free Planting Society
Department of Agriculture
Hoodoo Patria Finally Sinks After Ship Fire
London dispatch reports the Patria, blamed by sailors as a hoodoo, caused the Crystal Palace to strand on its sunken hull. The vessel caught fire at sea endangering lives, sank, was raised, towed ashore, then sank again, claiming twelve sailors. Sailors doubt the hulk can be blown up without further loss.
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Smailors
London
Crystal Palace
Three Die From Heat Wave in St Clair County
Aug 27 report from Belleville Illinois states three deaths from the heat. Henry Bergman a prominent farmer near New Athens became insane and shot himself. Antonio Placek a laborer at Genterville Station died of sunstroke. Edna E Rowney aged three years of Mascoutah died after severe suffering.
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Belleville
St. Clair County
Henry Bergman
New Athens
Antonio Placek
Genterville Station
Edna EE. Rowney
Four Tramps Surrounded in Illinois After Attempted Robbery
In Sheffield Illinois on August 27 a group of 100 plus residents surrounded four tramps after a failed robbery of two men, Frank Garrity and Pat Welch. Welch was badly wounded with three bullets and may die. Garrity’s injuries are unknown. The mob fears lynching if the suspects are captured, and a posse is sought to prevent violence. The assault occurred near the canal by the Chicago & Rock Island depot as the victims spent wages, leading to a chase into a cornfield where the tramps are now cornered.
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Shefield
Frank Garrity
Pat Welch
Welch
Garrity
Sheffield
Chicago
Rock Island
la Salle
Farmers View Colorado Congress Adopts Rules and Travel Plans
Colorado Springs Aug 27 Farmers national congress closes principal work and adjourns until Aug 30 briefing delegates to inspect Grand Junction peach and sugar beet industries and visit Pecos Valley New Mexico Cripple Creek mining camps. Officers elected rules adopted and resolutions urged interstate commerce commission power and Buffalo Pan American exposition support.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Farmers’ National Congress
Colorado
Grand Junction
Pecos
New Mexico
Cripple Creek
Stahl
Chicago
Iinois
Committee On Constitution
Executive Committee
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Buffalo
W. D. Hoard
Wisconsin
R. G. Candage
Brookline
Mass
S. J. Cunningham
North Carolina
John M. Stahl
Langley Avenue
Chileno
Levi Morrison
Greenville
B. F. Clayton
Iowa
Ll. Fummess
Indiana
W. W. Whitemore
Nebraska
M. FP. Wetstein
Kentucky
Ie. C. Slaughter
Texas
Unusual ceremony as minister groom weds in Carrier Mills
A wedding in Carrier Mills featured Herbert W. Reynolds of Koleen Indiana and Miss Fannie Ozgment of Carrier Mills. Reynolds, a minister and school teacher, performed the ceremony himself, marking an uncommon nuptial event.
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Harrisburg
Carrier Mills
Herbert W. Reynolds
Koleen
Ind
Fannie Ozgment
St Louis Population Rises Sharply in Census Figures
Washington August 27. Census returns show St Louis population at 575,238, up 123,468 or 27.33 percent from 1890 when 451,770. The gain reflects continued growth in the city’s urban center and surrounding commerce.
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Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Fitzsimmons Stops Sharkey in Second Round
Coney Island N Y Aug 27 Bob Fitzsimmons knocked out Tom Sharkey after two minutes and six seconds of the second round a left hook to the jaw. Sharkey had flashed in the first round but Fitzsimmons surged to the finish winning the $25 000 purse with estimated receipts around 35000 all split evenly.
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Coney Island
N. Y
Bob Fitzsimmons
Tom Sharkey
Fitz
Ruhlin
Sailor
Charley White
Sharkey
San Francisco
Sitzsimmons
Alleged Anarchist Caught In New Orleans and Genoa
United States secret service agents arrived in New Orleans with Custec Salvador believed to be among anarchists sent to kill President McKinley. He came aboard as a stowaway from Genoa aboard the steamship South rate. A separate dispatch reports William Himberg of New York, an alleged anarchist, arrested in Rowe with compromising documents linking him to Bresci, the King Humbert assassin.
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New Orleans
Pat Looby
United States
Custec Salvador
McKinley
Genoa
Southrate
London
Rowe
William Himberg
New York
Bresci
Humbert
Frisky 91-Year-Old Swimmer Delights Natatorium Crowd
Alton IL August 27 Michael Crivello ninety one year old Italian navy veteran swam with the boys at the natatorium carrying children on his back across deep water and performing swimming styles for about an hour. He felt refreshed by the exercise and lives here with relatives.
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Swhamiung
Alton
Michael Crivello
Crivello
North Dakota Grain Damaged By Prolonged Heat
Grand Forks North Dakota August 27 The grain in shock across the state is in deplorable condition. Few days have been dry enough to thrash or harvest for two weeks as hot close weather continues. Much grain has sprouted in the shock and all is discolored. Not more than 20 percent of grain in the state has been thrashed and that in the field has been harmed at least one grade. Some will be total loss.
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North Dakota
Grand Forks
N. D
Munson for a Sanitarium Will Be Converted Private
The Belmont suburban palace built by Millionaire William C. Ralston, later owned by Senator Sharon, is to be turned into a private insane asylum. Dr. A M Gardner, longtime Napa asylum superintendent, has purchased the property and will operate it as a private sanitarium.
Senator Jones Grandson Robbed at Union Station
Stephen Carrigan Jr, grandson of Democratic national chairman James L. Jones, was robbed of a large sum of money at Fort Worth Union Station while en route from Hope Arkansas to Granbury College. The incident occurred August 27.
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Flo
Jones
Fort Worth
Tex
Stephen Carrigan, Jr
Granbury College
Hope, Ark
Union Station
Carrigan
James Ix. Jones
Marseilles to Honor Its Leader
Marseilles August 27 A grand demonstration will honor Colon Marehand as he departs for China. Reportedly General Negrier has been appointed chief of Count von Waldersee's general staff.
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Marseilles
Colon Marehand
China
Negrier
Count von Waldersee
Reiff Brothers rise from Kansas to English stardom
Lester and Johnny Reiff, famed Kansas riders, became top earners for English horse owners with salaries reaching two hundred thousand dollars. Lester, 24, is a trainer and rider with Duke & Wishard. Johnny, only 15, charms English jockeys with an unorthodox style. Their story traces from Wichita beginnings to rich contracts and international racing fame.
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Reiff Brothers
Lester
Johnny
Richard Croker
Reiff Boys
Tester
Wichita
Kan
St. Louis
J. J. McCafferty
Chicago
McCafferty
Duke & Wishard
Reiff
England
Ted Sloan
Sloan
America
New York
France
Toledo
Ohio
Filmer
Kansas City
English Widows of Victories in Amateur Athletics
A July 7 American upset at the Amateur Athletic Association meet stirs British sports writers. Critics, including The Sporting Life’s Old Blue, argue England’s defeat stems from waning amateur interest and lack of acclimation, urging reforms to restore British athletic prestige and address the off year excuse.
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England
Amateur Athletic Association
Sporting Life
Old England
America
British Empire
United States
Thegland
Cycling Star Frank Kramer A 1900 Season Highlight
Frank Kramer, a standout cyclist since 1897, has wowed the world with remarkable riding this season. Once champion in 1899, he now seeks the crown again as he expands onto the cinder path, with predictions of securing the title this year.
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Frank Kramer
Simon
Cinder
Kramer
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