Foreigners Ordered to Leave Szechuen Amid Desperate Siege
London dispatches report Canton cipher from Sir Claude MacDonald warns of a potential massacre as food runs out in Pekin legations within 10 days. Empress Dowager and Li Pang Heng press attacks at Tien Tsin Shanghai reports vary. viceroy of Szechuen allegedly orders foreigners to depart. Black Flags and troops mobilize toward Pekin. missionaries displaced. Also: Russian brothers Saskevitch escape Siberian mines en route to New York after travel from Nome.
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Canton
Scott
Claude Mac Gonald
Pekin
Conger
Cawnpore
Tien-Tsin
Pokin
Li Ping Heng
Shanghai
Li Pang Heng
Chaffen
Chungking
Suechuen
Cassels
Szechnon
Shensi
Hunan
Hong Kong
Quanton
Fung Sai Teng
Yunnan
Pek
Siberian
Seattle
Wash
Ivan
John Saskevitch
Wallace
Oregon
Nome
Point Barrow
New York
Aguinaldo Cautious Avoids Surrender Under Amnesty Order
Manila papers claim Aguinaldo rejects amnesty by guiding followers into guerilla bands. Provisional HQ at Trach No Bato, Aguinaldo allegedly avoids towns, trusts only close friends, and fears being an excluded ally if he surrenders. Also reports rough voyage of British bark Donearn and coal-overheat incident aboard Edward Sewall.
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Washington
Manila
War Department
Aguinaldo
Trach No Bato
Worehan
Mos
San Francisco
Donearn
Gill
London
Cape Horn
Emmast
Edward Sewall
Baltimore
Atlantic
Montevideo
Lanier family shootout ends in triple fatality at Aberdeen
At Monroe Prairie near Aberdeen Mississippi a fierce family feud between J S Lanier and his three sons George Jeff and William and Homer and Walter Bittle escalated after a road confrontation. Three men died on the field and Will Lanier died later. Warrants are issued for the surviving Lanier men amid expected unrest.
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Birmingham
Ala
Monroe Prairie
Aberdeen
Miss
J S Lanier
George
Jeff
William
Homer
Walter Bittle
Bittle
Bittles
Will Lanier
Two Scranton Teachers Save Drowning Youth at Harvey’s Lake
Misses Helen and Janet Jones, sisters and Scranton teachers, jumped into Harvey’s Lake to rescue Harry Weller, 15, who was drowning. They pulled him to shore as guests cheered at their hotel. In Princeton, a committee begins drafting a complete History of Athletics at Princeton.
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Helen
Janet Jones
Scranton
Harvey's Lake
Jones
Harry Weller
Misses Jones
DeWet Escape Gathers Momentum Amid Boer Advances
London Aug 14 A British and Dutch frontier dispatch notes General DeWet increasing numbers and 200 wagons in his convoy as burghers join him from the east. British positions around Pretoria appear weak with moves toward Potchefstroom Rustenburg Zeerust. Transvaal capital Barberton is rumored as a Boer focus and Kruger may be there.
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Maleklong
London
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Pretoria
Potchefstroom
Rustenburg
Zeerust
Delarey
Carrington
Muurico River
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Halibron
Klerksdorp
Matters in Havana and Far North Expeditions
Havana governor general Wood convened local bankers and insurance men to discuss revisions to the corporation tax law, with a committee appointed to report proposed changes. A nine member provincial board will supervise the election delegates and oversee scrutineering and runoff counts, with disputes reaching the convention. Press favors Miguel Gener as secretary of justice amid party bitterness. King Humbert’s body laid in Pantheon vault. Victor Generous donates relief funds in Rome. The Lopoten arrives at Tromso with Russo-Swedish expedition members reporting aurora borealis observations and polar winter hardships. livers from polar bears proved dangerous.
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Senor
Miguel Gener
Chratiania
Tromso
Spitzbergen
Bornsund
Storfjord
Victor
Rome
Humbert
Pantheon
Turin
Porto Ricans Hunger for Work In San Juan
More than a hundred laborers with families marched 27 miles from San Lorenzo to San Juan begging Gov. Hunts to open a road between Caguas and San Lorenzo to create jobs. Hunts promised relief and orders were issued to begin road work and employ district applicants.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
San Lorenzo
Hunts
Caguas
Drowned in fight over horse driving near Ben's Eddy
In Hancock residents Frederick Hartwell and Frederick Edwards died after a quarrel during a Delaware River driving trip. Hartwell struck Edwards with a whip, the horse reared and plunged into the river. Ostrom swam to shore and survived. both Williams were drowned, and Edwards was a leading lumber dealer in the region.
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Binghamton
Frederick Hartwell
Frederick Edwards
Hancock
Delaware
Ben's Eddy
Marsden Ostrom
Hartwell
Edwards
Ostrom
Ashoroe
Windham Mill Blaze Damages Windham Manufacturing
Fire at Windham Manufacturing Company in Willimantic started by friction at a mule head in the attic. Fire alarm sounded at 11 53 p m from Box 211. Mill crew contained most of the blaze before the department arrived. Damage estimated in the thousands, with the south half of the mill drenched and cloth, warp, and yarn damaged.
Bride of a Day Deserted in New Jersey Wedding
Jacob Seligman a New York embroidery manufacturer wed Miss Moffatinson of Dassino New Jersey. The bride claims he abandoned her after a morning quarrel and offered $40. He was jailed for non support and a divorce was alleged by the rabbi. An upcoming wedding feast was halted as he failed to appear.
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N. J
Jacob Seligman
New York
Inez
Miss Moffatinson
Seligman
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