Threatens Pekin in Chinese War News From Tokyo
Official U S dispatches quote Japanese sources on renewed fighting near Pekin and a 9 000 strong Chinese force marching from Shantung toward the capital. Yuan Shih Kai, governor of Shantung, commands a 10 000 man army trained by Germans with modern rifles, key in transmitting Pekin messages and seeking peace amid reports of his possible death.
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Tokio
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Tako
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Russia
Shantung
Yuan Shih Kai
Yuan
Tsinan
Chefoon
Shanghai
von Pekin
Ie Yuan
Aray
British Forces Advance in Three Colonies Near Barberton
London reports General Roberts commands the main British army advancing toward Barberton, with columns from Belfast and Machado dorp and from the north under Boller. reports also note Trooper Chadwick captured while scouting southwest of Pretoria and Roberts meeting Ruler at Belfast. In San Francisco a Chinese girl's arranged marriage ends in grief as her lover dies of typhoid before marriage.
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Wonderfontein
Muchadodoro
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Thiae
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French
Machadodorp
Boller
Chadwick
Rubare
Pretoria
Roberts
General Ruler
Canton
San Francisco
Wai How
Presbyterian Mission
Here
Ones
Alabama Sails Into Boston Harbor Amid Fog and Trials
The battleship Alabama arrived at Boston after a smooth voyage from Brooklyn navy yard. A fog bank delayed her entry and trial trip is planned off Cape Ann if weather permits. The fleet in Boston harbor includes Alabama Indiana Kearsarge and Kentucky with Massachusetts and Texas nearby.
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Alabama
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Boston Harbor
Cape Ann
Indiana
President Roads
Massachusetts
Texas
Advice to Cubans From a Cuban Leader at Santiago de Cuba
At a banqueting in Santiago de Cuba Governor General Wood was praised by Cuban civil and political leaders. The archbishop urged peace and party consolidation, while Secretary of State Taymayog stressed Cuba’s upcoming constitutional convention to frame the fundamental law and prove Cubans capable of self government.
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Cuba
el Canay
San Juan Hill
General Wood
United States
Woman's Alaska Courage Floats 750 Miles Down Koyukuk
Mrs Hewitt wife of Dr Hewitt a Chicago physician endured a winter alone in an Alaskan cabin after losing track on the Koyukuk river She hunted moose survived on meat and built a raft to continue a 70 mile journey before reaching the Yukon river and being rescued in Nome reports say she faced extreme hardship.
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Wash
Hewitt
Chicago
Thea Koyukuk River
Nome
Dawson
Crothera
Pittsburg
Yukon River
Heat Wave Darkens Several Cities Across the Northeast
Boston faced stifling heat with 07 temperatures and two prostrations, one fatal, while Marlboro reached a 100 degree average. Pittsburg reported two deaths and fifteen prostrations as heat peaked at 90. Winsted saw libel suit threats over recent Coca Cola charges. Yale adds 353 freshmen in academia and 205 in science. Elmira reports three prison escapes, one guard shot at the reformatory.
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Marlboro
Mass
Pittsburg
Veterans at CHIC 7At 30 opening of Grand Army Encampment
The Grand Army encampment opened in Chicago at the new Coliseum with a patriotic service despite heavy rain. Bishop Fallows presided with Mayor Harrison and Commander-in-Chief Shaw among officials and veterans. About 12,000 attended, thousands more were barred from admission. The program included the Lord's Prayer and a address on true patriotism.
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Chicago
Ill
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Harrison
Shaw
Thomas O. Iliff
Salt Lake City
Utah
Daniel E. Sickles
E. G. Hirsch
Frank Gansalus
Bishop Fallows
J. Cbd
Severinnghons
Attack on Lee Joe Triggers Chinatown Turmoil in New Haven
In New Haven on August 26 a violent assault on Lee Joe a visitor from New York sparked a large uproar. Police dispersed a crowd of over 2000 Chinese residents and locals after truckman James Cashion attacked Joe claiming he was a boxer. Cashion was captured after a citywide chase.
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Lee Joe
New York
Grand Avenue
James Cashion
Cashion
Anignon
Corbate
Ttz
James J. Carbett
Kid McCoy
Twentieth Century Club
Bob Fitzsimmons
Mc Coy
New Britain Italians Honor Memory of King Humbert
In New Britain on August 27 the Italian community held memorial services for King Humbert in Calumet hall, despite heat waves. About 125 attended the parade led by the Philharmonic band and police, with Mayor Bassett and local Italians in carriages. Leo Fusari presided as Bassett spoke passionately. delegates from Hartford joined, and refreshments followed amid Italian flags and bunting.
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Leo Fusari
G. Francolina
Hartford
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Antonio Berticci
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