Telegraphic News of the World Highlights
Telegraphed items report global events from heat waves in Des Moines to coal mine tragedies in Issaquah and Kensico, battles in China, Spain and the Philippines, and strategic moves by nations. Reports cover weather, fires, diplomacy, population counts, and notable deaths and legal notices.
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Des Moines
Issaquah
Wash
Fitziimons
Sharkey
Colorado
Wyoming
Kenscio
N. Y
Spain
Storer
Madrid
United States
Li Hung Chang
China
Guthrie
Oklahoma
St.Louis
Troops Withdrawn From China Send to Manila
Washington August 25 The government will not send more troops to China about 4 000 at sea and 3 000 awaiting orders will be diverted to Manila They will sail via Nagasaki to Manila unless China demands more troops General Chaffee reported no further fighting in Pekin and allied forces plan to reconstruct rail and telegraph lines damaged by hostilities
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Washington
China
Far East
Manila
Nagasaki
Oot
Tako
Hancock
Chaffee
War Department
Meade
Third Cavalry
Fifeenth
Battalion of Engineers
Warren
Ninth Cavalry
Sherman
Logan
Pekin
Taku
Signal Corps Rem Tien
Iron prices defended as American imports viewed limited
At a Bar Iron Association meeting in Birmingham Sir Benjamin Hinkley presided and blamed owners for high iron costs. Ebenezer Parks warned English values would fall from American iron imports. The resolution kept prices steady, saying competition from the United States is not serious enough to force cuts until raw materials become cheaper.
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London
Bar Iron Association
Birmingham
Benjamin Hinkley
Ebenezer Parks
Utah youths rescued from trains after mascot mix up
Three Salt Lake City boys Lewie Edgar 13 Conrad Holland 12 and Lawrence Lew allan 12 were reclaimed by police in San Francisco. They had been promised passage to China as mascots of the Second Infantry and planned to travel aboard a transport unsafely. Holland spoke for the group noting they were stowed away on the train and intended to continue to China but the police intervened.
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San Francisco
Utah
China
Second Infantry
Lewie Edgar
Conrad Holland
Lawrence Lewallan
Salt Lake City
Holland
Secoml Infantry
Bret
Siege News From Pekin and London Dispatches
A Morning Post dispatch from Pekin dated August 15 reports 1500 ace and looting at the imperial granary and bank while the siege continues. London papers relay Tsung Li Yamun talks, Japanese ministers in London comment, and Field Marshal von Waldersee warns pacification will be long. Russia has 375,000 troops in position for the Far East.
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London
Imperial Palace
Morning Post
Pekin
Daily Mail
Tsung li Yamun
Tsung li Yamgo
Legation
Daily Chronicle
China
von Waldersee
Fareft
Boers Mass With 8000 at Machadodorp Headquar
Through secret agents British authorities learn that General Louis Botha commander in chief General Lucas Meyer of the Orange Free State forces and General Schalkburger vice president of the Transvaal republic with 8 000 Boers have assembled at Machadodorp near the Pretoria Delagoa Bay line with the Boer artillery including heavy pieces formerly at Pretoria.
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Twyecelaar
Louis Botha
Lucas Meyer
Orange Free State
Schalkburger
Transvaal Republic
Machadodorp
Kroger
Pretoria-Delagoa Bay
Pretoria
Pretoria Plotter Convicted of Kidnap Plot
The trial of Lieutenant Cordun, formerly of the Transvaal artillery, ended with a guilty verdict on all counts. Sentence deferred until Lord Roberts confirms the findings. Colonel Godfrey declared parole violations punishable by death, in a 41 minute summing up to an audience largely Dutch-born.
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Pretoria
Cordun
Transvaal Artillery
Lord Roberta
Lord Roberts
Godfrey
Coroner’s jury finds motorman guilty in fatal Transit line beheading case
In St Louis a coroner’s jury convicts Motorman W H Gilberto of criminal carelessness after the beheading on the Transit line. Gilberto is jailed as a Southside crowd earlier tried to lynch him. Separate report notes Cuba exports through Havana reaching 16.698 million for seven months ending July 31 1900, down from last year.
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Manila
Marine Hospital Service
St. Louis
Blanche RE
Skeele
W. HH
Gilberto
Cuba
Washington
Division of Customs and Insular Affairs
War Department
Havana
Damaging Storms Hit North Dakota and Sawmill Blast Claims
Reports from August describe severe electric storms tearing through North Dakota causing extensive property and crop damage near Nichoson and Towel with two inches of rain. A sawmill boiler explosion at Holler Kaplosion kills three and injures the owner. cause unknown while bodies are scattered, and a transport Strathgyle sails from San Francisco with 763 horses for the army in the Orient.
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Dakota
St. Paul
Mion
North Dakota
Nichoson
Towel
Glenford
Manus Heleford
Laviga Dupler
Eleee Winegarther
Langhiin
Strathgyle
San Francisco
China
Orient
Empress Dowager Reports and Boxer Battle Flash News
Reports from Vienna say allied forces crushed Boxers near Tien Tsin with 875 British 200 Japanese and 500 American troops. Casualties included 5 Americans and 6 Japanese with 64 wounded prisoners. village burned and loot captured. Also news of Fitzsimmons stopping Sharkey in two rounds at Comey Island club.
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London
Tien Tsin
Vienna
Dorward
Shanghai
Pekin
Tung Fuh Siang
Sinan Fu
Prince Tuan
Li Hung Chang
The
Daily Express
Earl Li
China
New York
Tom Sharkey
Bob Fitzsimmons
Comey Island Sporting Club
Fitzsimmons
Sharkey
California
Corbett
Kublin
San Francisco Trades Council Bans Nine-Hour Mills
The Building Trades Council representing 28 organizations orders a general boycott of products from nine-hour planing mills after millowners refuse arbitration and eight hour demands. Resolutions condemn the mills as unfair and call unions to avoid handling or working on any building with such unfair mill work.
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San Francisco
Building Trades Council
Omaha Population in 1900 Census Declines from 1890
Washington reports Omaha Nebraska shows 102555 residents in 1900, down 37497 from 1890 a 26.78 percent drop. The figures reflect the official twelfth census counts, with the 1900 population contrasted against 1890 and 1880 totals, indicating shifts in city size.
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Omaha
Washington
Neb
Severe storm hits St Joseph with church damage and barn losses
An historic electrical storm struck St Joseph Michigan with the Lutheran church steeple splintered by lightning and about 10 barns nearby burned with the season's harvest. A massive surge reached 10 feet up the shore washing away boats and thousands of feet of timber.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Here
Chicago
Statue of Apollo Found Near Athens in Fifth Century Marble
A lifelike marble statue of Apollo from the fifth century B.C. has been discovered in the Athens area. Archaeologists regard it as among the finest ancient works unearthed, sparking excitement over the significant find.
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Apollo
Athens
Lightning Kills Two Children in Milwaukee Area
Two children of Charles Zanker were killed by a lightning bolt while playing near a barn on their father's farm two miles north of Milwaukee. The county hospital was struck, tearing away a section of its roof. Also noted is a population figure for Indianapolis showing growth since 1500.
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Lightnlog
Milwaukee
Charles Zanker
Traveling Men's Day Parade Draws Northwest Interest
Portland August 27 Traveling Men vow a grand Elks carnival spectacle on September 8 with a Travelers Day parade of at least 1000 men in linen dusters white hats and blue ribbons. Floats will honor travel methods from pack mule to Pullman cars and hotel accommodations amid demonstrations of traveler life.
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Portland
Northwest
General Chicago Strike Looms Before Labor Day
Chicago officials report plans for a citywide strike by unions linked to the Building Trades Council before Labor Day. Plumebers are already out and other unions may join. contractors facing renewed union pressure expect resumed work stoppages on large projects.
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Chicago
Building Trades Council
Business Agenta
All Day Engagements Reported Across Africa Fronts
Lord Roberts notes Buller’s division moved to Van Wyck’s Vlei, 15 miles south of Belfast with 20 casualties. Paget says Baden-Powell fought Grobler’s rear guard at Hammanskraal, drove them east of the Pinar river, while Spreckley and four others were killed or wounded. Dewet retreats toward the Orange River colony with few wounded and scant forces.
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London
Lord Roberts
Buller
Vanwyck
Viei
Belfast
Paget
Hammanskraal
Baden-Powell
Grobler
Pinaar River
aden-Powell
Spreckley
Ferknile
Plomer
Hickman
Dewet
Magaliesberg
Orange River
Ife
Bethlehem
Balkan tensions ease between Bulgaria and Roumania
Vienna via Standard reports indicate the Roumanian Bulgarian dispute is cooling and Bulgaria may concede to Roumanian demands. A separate dispatch from New Orleans notes Sam Fields, a young Black man, shot by a white mob after an attempted assault near Whitehall in Livingston Parish. Jamesville reports a severe hail wind and rain storm causing extensive farm damage worth about 100000 dollars.
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New Oreleans
Sam Fields
Whitehall
Livingstone Pariah
Fields
Peter Poche
Jamesville
Wis
Chinese forces move to strike Pekin siege setup
A dispatch from Tokyo reports Chinese troops 9,000 strong with 15 guns advancing toward Pekin to rear attack allied forces guarding the capital. Japanese and Russian cavalry were expected to meet the Boxer forces around Nan Yuen as the empress dowager’s palace area is referenced.
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Washington
Foreign Office of
Japan
Pekin
Misyuwu Bg Daae
Chaffee
Takahira
Foreign Office
Tokio
Yamaguchi
Wan Shan Shan
Mao
Treasury Department
Taku
Nan Yuen
Alliva
Desert ordeal near El Paso ends with three survivors
Three men bicycling from Almo Gordo New Mexico bound for El Paso were stranded in a 70 mile desert south of Coleran church. One man reached safety after hours of treatment, Professor R H Cook was found exhausted twenty miles further, and two companions were located later in critical condition awaiting care. Names of the other two were not learned.
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el Paso
Texas
Coleran Church
R. H. Cook
Almo Gordo
N. M
Tularosa Valley
Professor Cook
U S Warship Arrives in Tangier Over Keengin Murder Case
A United States warship arrives in Tangier to back the investigation into the June murder of Marcus Keengin, a naturalized American and manager of a French firm. Essagin, riding with a priest, clashed with locals leading to self defense by Exigin who fired and wounded a native, triggering a mob attack that left Keengin fatally severely injured and later burned.
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Tangier
Morocco
United States
Marcus Keengin
Essagin
Exigin
Cut by a Negro in St Joseph Threatens Railways
An unknown negro boy slashed Angus Morrison, superintendent of bridges for the Chicago near Western railway, in St Joseph Missouri. Morrison’s throat was cut as he tried to catch a train. He offered no motive beyond possibly brushing the assailant. The report also notes a separate item about the Chinese court fleeing to Shen Si province.
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St. Joseph
Angus Morrison
Chicago
Near Western Railway
Morrison
Denver Players Clash With Mob After Baseball Game
In St Joseph on August 28 a mob assaulted umpire Dick Ebright after a call at first base. Denver players were pelted with missiles and fled. Pitcher Schmidt struck several assailants with a club as police failed to control the crowd.
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St. Joseph
Hoodlawn
Dick Ebright
Ebright
Denver
Schmidt
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News of the World
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Wilhelmina
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Mecklinburg-Schwerin
Minneapolis
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Peoria
Ill
National Glass Company
Pittsburg
For Bloom
Union Restaaint and Hotel
Count von Waldersee
Roumania
Bulgaria
Stewart
Nevada
McKinley
Wisconsin
John J. Ingalls
Colombia
Kansas
Sherif
William M. Johnson
New Jersey
Perry Tlleath
Pos
Kansas City
Couger
Willamette Valley
State Board of Agriculture
Salem
Canada
Portugal
H. N. Ross
Black Hills
Custer City
Railway Age
Prince Tum
Findlay Lake
Tieo Tsin
Li Huong Chang
New Orleans
New York City
Birkenfeld-Strauss Company
Gulf of Georgia
Vancouver
B. C
Sonora
Joseph Kronke
Detroit
Hlelnea
Mont
I’ekin
Carl Smith
Copenhagen
Akron
Ohio
Louis G. Bohmrich
Philadelphia
Berlin
H. J. Reilly
Fifth
United States Artillery
King Oscar
Sweden
Samoa
Italy
Samuel Swartwood
Wilkesbarre
Lewis Wilkins
Chauncey Depew
England
West Indies
Rudyard Kipling
the Forbidden City
Michadodorp
Hoycott
Indianapolis
Fortland Carnival
Baden
Powel
Koumania
Sofia
Standard
Roumeania
Moroocco
Shen Si
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