Census Work Progress and Union Navy Dominion Question
The census bureau notes progress in returns from western districts with 14 600 population in detail and 40 000 enumerators paid. Sept 1 expected daily counts. It also reports the census will reveal farm values and racial occupancy data. Comptroller Tracewell rules that islands under US act are part of the United States, so navy officers there are paid at regular officer rates, not army increases.
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Unete
Sms Domuin- Waskingius
Bareat
Singie
Hawsis
Washia
Tracewell
Treasury
Br Renderon
Islands
United States
Navy Personnel
Army
Duels in Italy Reported Slaughter by Mail Corresponden
The Rome correspondent of The Daily Mail says recent weeks saw many duels across Italy with four duellists killed in towns last Saturday. In the past year about 2,400 duels occurred in Italy causing around 480 deaths, mostly between army officers over trivial protests.
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Italy
London
Rome
The
Daily Mail
Violence in Pekin and Far East Dispatches
Washington reports Conger dispatch from Pekin detailing chaotic conditions as Chinese government representatives vanish, imperial family flees west, and foreign powers station police districts. Remeys notes confirm Captain Reilly killed and Boxers near Tien Tsin. battle leaves Americans wounded and British/Japanese involved.
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Washington
Pekin
State Department
Minter Conger
Si An Fu
Shen Si
Remer
Reilly
Tien Tsin
Remey
Imperial City
Chaffee
Americans Attack Imperial Palace In Pekin Siege
1500 Americans reportedly attacked the imperial palace and looted the imperial bank while occupying the granary in Pekin. The tsung-li-yamen sought peace talks, but no armistice was granted and a 12 hour shelling followed. Japanese minister Kato warned of China’s turmoil without a swift, clear policy. The United States discussed Li Hung Chang’s peace commission request with no immediate appointment after a White House meeting.
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Imperial Palace
Morning Post
Pekin
Imperial Granary
Imperial Bank
Tsung-Li-Ramen
Tsiumng-I-Yamen
Legation
Kato Tabaaki
China
Li Hung Chang
Euros
Peter Propoanix
Washington
White House
United States
Peace Commission
Strike set for Sept. 1 by Chicago woodworkers
A citywide woodworkers strike will begin September 1 if mill owners refuse to sign an eight hour day agreement. The Chicago Woodworkers Council says 3,509 workers will be involved. Other items note Bulgaria Romania tensions easing, New Orleans cruiser arrival, Vanderbilt yacht win, Berlin anarchist dispersal, Russian battleship casualties, Norfolk fire loss, Boston warworker Hosmer death, Populist Bryan meeting absence, and a pole collapse fatality in Wilkes-Barre.
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Chicago
New Orleans
Shanghai
Louis G. Bortrick
Gotercar
Wisconsin
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Rampaw
Newport
Berlin
Far East
Henry Walke Company
Norfolk
Restermlar
George H. Hosmer
Carney Hospital
Boston
Uwier
National Committee
Topeka
Kan
Charles Turner
Wilkesbarre Electric Railway Company
Kruger Proclamation Defies Lord Roberts Fight
London Aug 23 dispatch says President Kruger issued a proclamation opposing Roberts latest order. He declares it useless to lay down arms and urges a return homeward toward St Helena. Boer leaders Botha Meyer and Schalk Burger gather at Machadodorp with 8000 troops as battles unfold near Veatnersburg and the Crocodile river. Capt Cordua found guilty of plotting to kidnap Lord Roberts and recapture Pretoria.
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Kruger
Lourenzo Marques
Daily Express
Lord Roberts
Transvaal
St. Helena
Louis Botha
Lucas Meyer
Orange Free State
Schalkburger
Transvaal Republic
Machadodorp
Pretoria- Delagoa Bay
Pretoria
Col
Sitwell
Veatnersburg
Hamilton
Crocodile River
Paget
Baden-Powell
de Wet
Lieut. Flowers
Lieut. Kirby
Roberta
Cordua
Case Reopens in Fayerweather Will Disposition
New York news reports Judge Lacombe reopening the Fayerweather will dispute after eight years. The ruling affects the release validity by widow and heirs, with prior decisions sustaining some defendants and overruling Amherst and Williams colleges and Union Theological Seminary. The estate totals about 6 million, with large legacies to institutions and a widow, who died in 1892, plus cash and smaller bequests.
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New York
Fayerweather Will
Union Theological Seminary
Daniel B. Fayerweather
Sperife
Ditching of a Cleveland Electric Car Injures Twelve
Twelve people were hurt yesterday when a Cleveland and Chagrin Falls electric car derailed near Chagrin Falls due to a broken brake rod. The accident disrupted service, but advertisers press on with their campaigns amid the disruption.
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Hart
Cleveland
Cleveland and
Chagrin Falls
Acquittals in Havana customs fraud case noted
Havana reports all accused in Havana custom house frauds were acquitted with the court noting four may face the supreme court. The article also covers political comments in Puerto Principe and a separate arrest in Scranton for involuntary manslaughter linked to religious sects.
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Cuba
Havana
Havana Custom House
Supreme Court
Senor
Furique Varotis
Republican Party
Puerto Principe
Washington
Mob Riot Overruns City Prisons Killing and Looting
A violent mob attacks the city prison and county courthouse after the arrest of Louis Peale. Two people die and several injured as shots ring out and the crowd burns Columbia Hall. Sheriff Kelly brings Louis Peck from Akron amid rising tensions.
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Asagalttua
Aed
Union Depot
Baltimore and Ohio
Common Pleas Court
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Gdarner
Cleveland
Utela
County Court House
Old Court House
Treasury Department
Treac~ury
City
Glen Wade
John M. Davidson
Fred V. Orwick
North Street
Mull
American Express Company
Columbia Hall
Kelly
Akron
Louis Peck
Little Maas
Akron Calming Down Regimental Riot in Ohio Town
Special dispatch reports a riot at a traveling circus in Wilkesharre Pennsylvania and a separate disturbance in Akron. The Fourth Regiment quelled excitement. city hall ruins and records lost. In Dorntancetown a clash among intoxicated circus patrons led to fights and arrests. One man was eye gouged. manager detained.
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Ohio Town
Taz
Argo
Wilkesharre
Gentry
Dor- Tancetown
Mitchell says United Mine Workers stay neutral in fall politics
Indianapolis Aug. 23 John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers of America said the organization will take no partisan interest in politics this fall. He stressed the union will maintain a neutral stance and remove political policies for the good of the labor body.
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Indianapolis
John Mitchell
United Aline Workers of America
United Mine Workers
Poliies
Qwee Acex
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