Li Hung Is Very Wrath Sincerity by White Men
Shanghai dispatch reports Li Hung Chang denouncing consuls skepticism and promising action as legations may depart Peking. War preparations in the Yangtse region target foreign powers, with Boxers and Chinese soldiers arriving daily. Miss Whitchurch and Miss Searell murdered at Hsia Oi Shan Si, and reports of massacres at Tai Yuan and Pao Ting fu. Admiral Seymour reaches Shanghai for talks with the British consul. The Yangtse fleet fortifies with German drills. Tokio claims 314,000 Japanese troops landed at Shan Hai Kwan and won a shallow victory for Japan.
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London
Shanghai
Daily Telegraph
Li Hung Chang
Peking
China
France
Japan
Russia
United States
Yang-Tse
Wu Chang
Sheng
Prince Tuan
Miss Whitcchurch
Miss Searell
Hsia Oi
Shan Si
Tai Yuan
Pao Tingfu
Seymouer
Admiral Seymour
Yang Tse
Belated News From Tokio On Sham Tung Peace Moves
A Shanghai message quotes Yuan Shi Kai governor of Sham Tung reporting that a captured courier led to a ministerial petition to the throne for peace. Officials discussed feeding legations and sending them to Tien-Tsin. Interventions between foreign guards at South Gieka bridge and Tonghe troops are said to be difficult, with fighting having ceased.
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Tokio
Shanghai
Yuan Shi Kai
Sham Tung
Peking
Legation
Yung Lu
Tsung-Li-Wamen
Legations
Tien-Tsin
Yur
Isaid
Gieka
Tonge
Tien Tsin
Yaung Tung
Pekin
China Situation Remains Unchanged and Doubt Grows
Washington reports no improvement in the Chinese crisis and rising doubt about China's government. Admiral Kempff notes imperial sympathy with others while the regime proves paralyzed. Cables from London and Berlin question the genuineness of Chinese communications and seek foreign mediation.
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London
Berlin
Washington
Kempff
Peking
England
Foreign Office
Kwang Su
Great Britain
McKinley
Loubet
China
McKinley Mediation Demands Stir China Policy Debates
The article notes McKinley’s mediation demands align the U S with Germany and France while German press claims Washington seeks a break with the powers. Freissinige Zeitung highlights U S stance as unique in abandoning the concert of powers. Vorwaerts praises McKinley as tactful, cautious, and masterful in addressing China without threats.
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McKinley
United States
Germany
France
Ottumwa Brewing Plan Sparks Public Park Outrage
Ottumwa residents protest Anheuser-Busch plan to build a story and a half beer storage office on the Main and Washington lot opposite the Union depot, adjacent to a city park site donated by P. G. Ballingall. The block is valued at about 190000 dollars and previously rumored to host a grand hotel and cold storage complex. Wealthy locals had offered to repurchase the park site to block the project, an offer that was refused, fueling public indignation.
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Ottumwa
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co
Union Depot
Main
Washington Streets
P. G. Ballingall
Brewing Company
Iowa Missionaries Missing In China Crisis
Des Moines July 27 W H Brown of Rose Hill Iowa and his family fear for the safety of their son and daughter Frank and Mrs Garrett missionaries for the Christian church in China. Both Drake University graduates last year. A June 18 letter states they were leaving Kuling for Shanghai as Boxers terrorize foreigners. Communication efforts have failed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
W. H. Brown
Rose Hill
Frank Garrett
Christian Church
China
Drake University
Kuling
Shanghai
Garretts
Attempted Express Robbery at Atchison
At midnight a masked man attempted to rob the Missouri Pacific express car near Atchison Kansas. The robber demanded the safe contents but fled after the messenger refused. A silver watch was taken from a package before the assailant, who was colored, disappeared west of town. A man named Davis, a Black suspect, has been arrested.
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Atchison, Kan
Missouri Pacific
Kreise
Davis
Party leaders Hanna and Jones visit New York for ground work
In New York on July 27 Chairman Hanna of the Republican Party and Jones of the Democratic Party visited for early campaign talks. Hanna made few remarks while Jones planned a three to four day stay to gauge sentiment and consult leaders with hopeful prospects of carrying New York.
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New York
Hanna
Jones
Gotham
Bliss
Bremenhaven
China
Navy to assign Montgomerys crew to new ships in harbor
The navy department has decided that when the cruiser Montgomery reaches New York a portion of its officers and men will be assigned to government new ships awaiting crews. Repairs will start immediately after arrival from Montevideo.
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Washington
Navy Department
Montgomery
New York
Montevideo
Goebel Murder Case Testimony Ties to January Telegrams
Georgetown Ky July 27 manager St Clair of the Postal Telegraph testified and showed telegrams sent on January 39. George Weaver, a Frankfort visitor that day, stood opposite the capitol when the shot rang out and saw the rifle barrel and hand vanish from view.
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Goebel
Georgetown
St. Clair
Postal Telegraph
George Weaver
Frankfort
Capitol
Man Reflects on Beard Burden and Personal Style
A columnist muses on the impracticality and social signals of a long beard. The piece humorously questions why some men endure the maintenance and attention a prominent facial beard attracts.
Chinese and German Writes on Peking Siege
Dispatches report British and German views on the Peking crisis. British lines hold three legations as shells from Chinese guns threaten the city. losses total forty killed and eighty wounded. German reports say embassies are safe, Chinese forces wheel toward Yaung Tung to block allied relief.
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London
Shanghai
Pekin
MacDonald
The New Orleans Riot Reported Killing and Arrests
Mob violence erupts near the jail as a Black man named Charles is targeted. A Black woman is shot dead during a break in at Hannah Mather’s riverfront room. Police and militia make numerous arrests to restore order. The mayor says the situation is under control though sporadic disturbances continue.
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New Orleans
Charles
Hannah Mather
Bank of England Anniversary Treads World’s Financial Beehive
London marks the Bank of England 296th birthday with a holiday for 1500 staff. The note office weighs 91 tons and holds notes valued at 8.75 million dollars. The institution requires large deposits and corporate accounts above 2500 dollars.
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Bank of England
London
Treadwell Street
Hyde Park
Man Attacks Wife With Hatchet After Domestic Dispute
William Crouch assaulted his wife at the old Park hotel near the Court House, aiming to kill her with a hatchet, then wounded himself. Neighbors intervened, saving the wife from further harm. The couple had recently moved from Seventh and Oak. The wife, a pastry cook, supports three children as Crouch drinks away their wages. He demanded she quit work. she refused due to the children’s starvation. He also tried to kill himself and is described as abusive and neglectful.
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William Crouch
Old Park
Court House
Seventh and
Oak
Drinkc Sane
Terrible True Actions in Philippine Skirmishes
World dispatches a Hong Kong letter dated June 12 alleging American troops in the Philippines slaughter Filipinos after orders from Manila declare no more prisoners. It claims insurgents are ambushed and executed, while official reports say the enemy was repulsed with great loss.
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New York
the World
Hong Kong
Philippines
Manila
Corinthian Yacht Club Fleet Heads to Oyster Bay Cruise
The Corinthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia under Fleet Captain Charles H. Brock rendezvoused at Glen Cove Long Island and began its annual cruise with a race to Oyster Bay. The itinerary includes multiple legs ending with a Newport finish on August 3.
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New York
Corinthian Yacht Club of
Philadelphia
Charles H. Brock
Glen Cove
Long Island
Oyster Bay
Morris Cove
Shelter Island
New London
Newport
Oregon Docked at Kure. Structural Strength Intact
Commander Wilde cables from Kure that the Oregon has been docked and that her structural strength remains intact.
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Washington
Wilde
Kure
Oregon
People's party mass meeting in Little Rock drafts potential alliance
The Arkansas state mass meeting of the People's party convened to nominate presidential electors and discuss placing a State ticket. Chairman A. W. Files presided as strong attendance gathered with talk of possible fusion with the Democrats on both the state ticket and electors.
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Little Rock
Ark
People's Party
A. W. Files
State Central Committee
New Supply Rough Rider Hats At Cohn S L Cohn
S. and L. Cohn announces new Rough Rider hats as the latest novelty. The store promotes a large selection and invites customers to call or visit to view the hats.
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S. & L. Cohn
Cohn’s
Populist Mid‑Road Convention Set in Des Moines During State Fair
Winterset Iowa July 27 The Populist convention of the middle of the road branch will hold its meeting in Des Moines on August 25 during the State Fair. Editor Weeks will issue the call in a few days. A full State ticket is planned and Wharton Parker the party’s presidential candidate may attend.
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Winterset
Iowa
Middle-Of-The Road
Des Moines
Wharton Parker
Stork Expected at Dewey Home Visit News
A Washington dispatch to the Press reports society anticipates the arrival of Stork at the Dewey residence amid widespread chatter about a forthcoming family event.
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New York
Washington
Stork
Dewey
Weather outlook hints at warmer, cloudier Iowa night
Chicago July 27 indications for Iowa show fair and warmer conditions tonight with increasing cloudiness by Saturday.
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Chicago
Iowa
Preliminary murder trial in South Muscatine
This afternoon at two the boys charged with murder in South Muscatine last week faced Judge Rowan for a preliminary hearing. Clark testified he was with the youths the night of the killing. the dead man drank with them and became quarrelsome prompting Clair to leave. Evidence supports self defense. other witnesses added no new facts. The defendants did not testify and the judge reserved decision until six o'clock. prosecutors appear to have a weak case.
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South Muscatine
Rowan
Clark
Clair
Hill v Giesler Blancherd heads to supreme court
Local items note Hill vs Giesler and Blancherd decided for Blancherd and headed to the supreme court. Steve Lloyd mourns his little girl whose cause of death is not yet known. Des Moines newcomer Ernest Jones works at the New Panitorium and performs deft footwork. Angersbach’s markets advertise spring chickens and peaches. Crabtree of East Hill reports recent misfortune with a non traveling horse.
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Steve Lloyd
Hill
Ernest Jones
Des Moines
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