War Not Desired United States Waiting for International Agreement
Washington reports the United States backs Russia’s move toward Pekin troop withdrawal while seeking formal negotiations to halt hostilities with China. Officials note confusion over Li Hung Chang’s credentials and responses from Europe. Japan’s Amoy withdrawal clarifies tensions as Russia and US push for swift settlement and protection of foreign lives and property.
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Washington
United States
Pekin
Ching
Russia
Hussin
LA Hung Chang
State Department
Li Mung Chang
Paku
Li Hung Chang
Europe
Anyanga
Prince Ching
China
Tientsin
Amog
Japan
New Chwang
Ruslan
Special Commissioner to Investigate China Leaves for Pekin
Telegram from Mr. W. W. Rockhill, Its special commissioner, reporting from Shanghai that he is about to depart for Peking to investigate conditions in China.
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Conditopy
China
W. W. Rockhill
Shanghai
Pekin
Russo American Surprise Dominates London Talk on Pekin
London discusses the Russo American surprise as a solution to Pekin’s crisis. Russia's role draws suspicion while the empress dowager and emperor’s flight complicates options. Strong calls for a more vigorous policy persist amid debate over Western withdrawal from China.
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London
Russia
United States
Germany
Pekin
Washington
St. Petersburg
China
Europe
Pythian Officers Contests Mark Election in Knights of Pythias
Detroit August 31 Knights of Pythias elected Ogden H. Rethers of Janesville Wis supreme chancellor over Thomas G. Sample of Allegheny Pa. Tracy R. Bangs Rand Forks N Y beat Charles E Shively Richmond Ltd by one vote for supreme vice chancellor. Other officers elected include James Muulson Saint Julius Minn re elected? and Thomas Mears Wilmington N C as supreme master of the exchequer. San Francisco chosen for next biennial gathering with time set for the second week in August.
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San Francisco
Detroit
Ogden H. Rethers
Janesville
Wis
The
Knights of Pythias
Thomas G. Sample
Allegheny
Fethers
Tracy R. Bangs
Rand Forks
N. 1
Charles E. Shively
Richmond, Ltd
Bangs
BR. LC. White
Nashville
Sante Fe
N. M
Supreme Master of the Exchequer
Thomas WD
Mears
Wilmington
N.C
Supreme Master-At Arms
W. Simmons
Deb
Funer Guard
J. Fred Bean
Portland
Outer Guard
John Thompson
Washington, D. C
Insurance agents urged to form national secret society
Milwaukee reports W P Stiles, president of the Texan Association of Agents, urged creating a national secret society for local insurance agents at the annual convention. The idea drew favorable responses as the session closed. A local anecdote mentions whooping cough relief with Fotey's Honey.
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Milwaukee
National Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents
W. P. Stiles
Texan Association of Agents
E. Dutton
Danville
Ill
Fotey
British Forces Reach Helvetia as Boers Retreat to Barberton
Aug 31 report from Helvetia says Gen Buller and Gen French with Gen Pole-Carew have joined camps there. Waterfallhoven and Watervalonder were deserted by the Boers who retreated with gaps toward Barberton. few troops moved northward.
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Helvetia
Buller
Coluron Hing
French
Pole-Carew
Waterfallhoven
Watervalonder
Barberton
Grain-O praised for health benefits in letter to Genesee Pure
A letter from 0 F Mygus of Wasincaron New York extols Grain-O from Genesee Pure Food Co Le Roy praising its health benefits for family use. He claims it surpasses other beverages and urges others to choose Grain-O for children and health.
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Wasnincaron
D. C
Genesee Pure Food Co
le Roy
N.Y
Veterans Demand Court of Appeals for Pension Case Load
The 34th national encampment of the G A R adjourned as Denver was chosen for the 1901 meeting. Officers elected include Commander-in-Chief Leo Bessleur and senior vice commander FE C Mulliken. A plan for a court of appeals to hasten pension applications drew debate but passed in form.
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Chicago
Denver
Congress
Court of Appeals
Committee On Pensions
Committee of Resolutions
Daughters of Veterans
Women's Relef Corps
Women's Alliance
Clara Horton
Red Cross Society
Washington
Yaower
Women’s Reef corps names officers for year
In Chicago on August 31 the Women’s Reef corps elected officers for the coming year. National president is Mrs. Mary L. Cage of Longmont Colorado. National senior vice president is Mrs. Belle M. Satterlee of St. Louis. National junior vice president is Mrs. Abtle R. Fligg of Battle Creek Michigan. National treasurer is Mrs. Sarah E. Phillips of Syracuse New York.
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Chicago
G. A
Mra
Etta
Tobey
Logansport
Ind
Julia F. Shade
Philadelphia
Julia Ellis
Junnior
Mary Jameson
Marine City
Mich
Annie Rage
Dayton
Lizzle Giarvin
New Jersey
Chcago
Women's Reef Corps
Nathorial
Mary L. Cage
Longmont
Colo
Belle M. Satterlee
R. Louis
Abtle R. Fligg
Battle Creek
Sarah EE. Phillips
Syracuse
N.Y
Prize Winner at Eighty-Nine in Hagerstown Sewing Contest
In Hagerstown Indiana on August 3 a local sewing society judged a needlework contest. Mrs Elisha Brown aged 89 won the prize for a quilt block made following a described pattern.
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Hagerstown
Ind
Elisha Brown
Bandits Blow Up Express Car in Union Pacific Heist
Five bandits uncoupled the express car from a Union Pacific No. 8 train near Tipton station in Wyoming, then ran the train half a mile and destroyed the car with dynamite. Passengers were unharmed and crews were held at gunpoint. This search extends from Bowhins to Rock Springs and toward the Colorado line, with unclear loot.
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Frain
Cheyenne
Wyo
Bowhins
Rock Springs
Green River
Union Pacific
Tipton Station
Colorado Line
Rairpad
Aber
Corbett Beats McCoy in Five Round Madison Square Garden Bout
In New York on August 31 James J. Corbett defeated Charles Kid McCoy in under five rounds at Madison Square Garden under the Twentieth Century club banner. The bout drew about 85 000 fans and grossed a large sum with 75 percent to the winner and 25 percent to the loser. Corbett’s clever defense and speed were praised as the best exhibition of the era.
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New York
James J. Corbett
Charles
Kid) McCoy
Twentieth Century Club
Madigan Square Garden
Corbett
McCoy
Shirtwaist attire sparks railroad protest in Knoxville
A Knoxville woman challenged riding with a shirtwaist man on a Southern Railway express. Superintendent Ewing ordered conductors to enforce limits on the shirtwaist habit, defining proper bounds and leaving a lack of standard for conductors to judge.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
Ewing
Markets by Wire Prevailing Prices For Grain and Livestock
Reads like a dense market wire with mixed prices for wheat corn oats cattle hogs sheep and lambs across Indianapolis Louisville Chicago New York and Toledo markets. Highlights include No 2 red wheat around 5c, corn steady with No 2 white and mixed 41 44c, cattle largely steady to firm up to 4.60, hogs strong near 4.40, and lambs active around 4.25 to 4.50.
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Louisville
Jennie Patterson Promised Girl Narrow Escape
Jennie Patterson a fifteen year old girl from 514 South Delaware Street Indianapolis took laudanum yesterday in a suicide attempt tied to love and parental consent. Dr. Brown attended her and she began recovering after her mother consented to the marriage if the girl promised to take no more poison.
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Indianapolis
Jennie Patsterson
Delaware Street
Will Coates
Cincinnati
Brown
For. Brown
Unwitting Robber Encounters Watch Theft Tale At G A R Camp
Aug 31 report from Logansport Indiana recounts Julio Grusenmeyer, a farmer, being robbed of a watch during a Chicago G A R encampment visit. He chased a suspect, obtained a lookalike watch, and later found his original watch back at his hotel.
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Casa County
Chicago
Logansport
Ind
Julio Grusenmeyer
Seamerer
Grusenmeyer
Mafeking cyclone causes damage and casualties
A cyclone in Mafeking on Wednesday evening caused extensive destruction across the town and military hospital, with one death and two injuries and many sick and wounded affected. The item also mentions health advice about consumption and a drug advertisement.
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Mafeking
Moe
Carp
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