Beijing Legations Siege Draws Global Alarm Report
Reports from Pekin indicate renewed siege activity at the legations increasing anxiety in Paris and London. US and British dispatches echo the push for safe conduct and the relief force movement as General Yung Lu gains influence to protect foreigners.
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London
Pekin
Paris
Conger
McVada
M. Pichon
M. Pelcasse
Sinan-Fu
Angogst
Tien-Tsin
Times
Tien-Tain
Yung Lun
St. Petersburg
Genral Yung Lu
Vienna
Maria Theresa
Taku
Yangtsun
Guilors
Tientsin
French Warship Collision Off Cape Vincent
Off Cape Vincent on Saturday night the French battleship Brennus collided with torpedo boat destroyer Framee during naval maneuvers. Framee sank, 14 of 56 crew saved, including four officers and 10 men. The incident followed Framee turning right when ordered left. Details are scarce and losses include three officers. Nearby, John W Berger, 45, Erie county farmer, was murdered while returning from Erie with farm produce. His 14-year-old son found him tied to the wagon seat. robbery suspected, revolver with three empty chambers found nearby. No suspect or motive established.
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Cape Vincent
Pari
Cape St. Vincent
Brennus
Fournier
Geet
Framee
Farner
Hts
Corry
John W. Berger
Erie County
Here
Mill Village
Herger
Erie
Berger
Trust Likely To Collapse Over Silver And Casket Co
Winsted Connecticut August 13— Harvey Roberts mental strain linked to the American Silver and Casket company trust. Several local firms already pulled in. inventory completed. plans to transfer stock to North American Silver and then American Silver and Casket. Strong Manufacturing and Morgan Silver Plate exit. Hart resigns. Roberts attended a sanitarium. no capital to sustain the trust. Other items note a Middletown divorce case of William Engeman and a fatal bus crash near Slatington with eleven dead. Dwight L. Bill obituary.
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Beo
Winsted
Conn
Harvey Roberts
American Silver and Casket Company
New Jersey
Combine
Or Trust
Strong Manufacturing Company
Morgan Silver Plate Company
Casket Hardware Company and Textile Manufacturing Company
Dansville
Bang
Barry, Wade & Co
New York
North American Silver Company
Gilbert Hart
Roberts
Pacifying the Boers Amidst a War Fatigue and Reform
London reports describe Transvaal women as dour and hostile toward English, with letters from Krugersdorp expressing longing for British casualties. War office criticism grows as South Africa front lines stretch, troop conditions weaken under long marches and supply constraints. A Robed update notes De Wet fleeing and ongoing civilian exodus, while domestic pieces cover a New Haven reconciliation after a missing wife returns, and Chicago calls for a new federal census amid storm damage in Stamford.
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London
A G Hales
South Africa
The
Daily News
British War Office
Africa
Leslis Randle
Winburg
Senekal
Basutoland
Rundle
Cloudburst Causes Major Damage Near Billings Montana
A cloudburst east of Billings Montana on Thursday night damaged railroad property and crops. Four Northern Pacific bridges between Conway and Miles City were lost and trains halted. A relief engine was sent from Livingston. traffic may resume in a day or two. A Burlington freight train derailed near Billings delaying eastbound service. Nearby storms damaged corn oats and barley in the mussel shell country. Another incident in New Britain involved a bicycle rider witnesses say a woman whipped a companion with a rawhide lash. the attackers fled and no suspects were found.
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Billings
Mont
Here
Northern Pacific Railroad
Conway
Miles City
Livingston
Burlington
Northern Pacific
New Britain
West Main Street
West Main
South High Streets
South High Stret
South High Street
Knife Stabbing Incident Reds In New Britain
A Pole named Lebaski was arrested by Officers Hellberg and McCarthy for stabbing Frank Zick in the left arm as he menaced by flourishes with a jackknife in Beeley’s block on Main Street. Zick’s wound was dressed. it was not serious. Witnesses say Lebaski struck the wrong man during a demonstration.
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New Britain
Martin Lebaski
Hellberg
McCarthy
Frank Zick
Lebashi
Lebaski
Zick
Beeley
Main Street
Lebuski
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Aewly de
Ore
LPR
We Or
Fes
Naugate Grocery
CERS
T. F. Baxter
Yopron
Naugatock
Ata Ttus
R. C. Jones
Veteria
Waterbury, Conn
Naugatuck
Wes. Lloyd's Drug Store
J. J. Linskey
Union City
American Journal of Health
Peter Paul
Odd Fellows’ Block
Redalle
Tlen-Taln
Saya
Hxuva
Our
Ul- Umatinn
Yang-Ya
Yune Lu
Washington
Adee
McKinley
United States
Li Hung Chang
China
Dresa Ginghams
Sune
Pashet
M&s. Engeman
Arneeds
Middletown
William Engeman
Benvenue
Maromas
Engeman
Cheyenne
Wio
Brooklyn
Rose Caghian
Engaman
Hotel St. George
New York City
Omopibos
Slatington
Penn
Lehigh and New England Railroad
Genninger’s Crossing
Dwight Bishot
Bridgeport
Dwight L. Bill
C. H. Bill
Chicago, Rock Tuland and Pacific Railroad
Soanth
John Stuart
Morning Post
Transvaal
Krogersdorp
Ladysmith
Krugersdorp
Tommy Atking
Mary Jane
Chelsea
War Office
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
DeWet
Kitehaner
Methuen
Wolverdean Station
Smith- Dorrien
Buttershock
Christian DaWet
Mafeking
Edward Cecil
New Haven
Annie McDonald
Michael McDonald
Leete's Island
Nathan Fisher
Danbury
Fisher
Ragiuocholy
Yonong Women's Christian Association
Abe
Chicago
Gilbert
Stamford
Montana
Stacbed
AKA
Ust
POSSE
Sylvania
R. FB. Harrington
Milton Mense
Alexander
Harrington
Jesse L. Wade
A. G. Wade
Consolidated
Natick
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Pontiac
Moriarty’s
Waterbury Furniture Company
Waterbury
Waterbury Furniture Co
FOR
Gately & Brennan
Credit Clothiers
Center Street
Greenburg’s
Leench
Barnum’s
Hopson
E. P. Noonan
Taylor
Water Street
Beacon Falls Hotel
Gustav Shippers
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