PRESIBENTS PREPARE FOR FLIGHT IN WARTIME NEWS
South Africa watchers say Kruger and Steyn gear for fight as Gen Buller advances toward the Crocodile river. Boers raid a supply train at Kilp River station, 35 prisoners taken but recaptured by Stabant's Horse. Plumer disperses a small Boer force near Picaar's River with 26 captured. Transvaal crown issue rumored. In Mexico City the Spanish fund controversy questions accounts and secrecy amid patriotic funds.
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Steyn
South Africa
Pretoria
Kruger
Gore
Buller
Lydenburg
Crocodile River
Crocodile Mount
Theron
Kilp River
Stabant
Plumer
Pre
RAILROAD DISASTER KILLS MANY EXCURSIONISTS AT HATFIELD PA
A rear end collision on the Bethlehem line near Hatfield Pennsylvania between an excursion train and a milk train killed thirteen and injured over thirty as the Bethlehem Allentown party to Atlantic City traveled in the first section. The wreck devastated ten day coaches with many asphyxial deaths and swift hospital transfers followed. A coroner opened an inquiry into responsibility while residents rushed to the scene.
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Hatfield Station
Plosghed Theoesk
Remr
Philadelphia
Bethlehem
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Hatfield
Innie Sherry
Robert Miller
Bethishem
Tishard Hachman
William Ehret
Ira Ehret
William
Joseph Mordaunt
South
Charles i Fonigle
Allentown
Thomas Day
Mamie Kaelin
Telford
Godfrey Kaelin
Mamie
William Blackburn
Ambler
Harold Landis
Ackerman
John David
Albert J. Wagner
Wilson Crosland
South Bethlehem
Michael J. Tighe
John Gorman
John McHugh
Abraham Transue, Jr
William Burkhardt
Soh Bethlehem
Russ Gertrude Burkhardt
P. J. McMahon
John H Reichley
George Harrison
Irvin Newhard
Mary Newhard
Carrie Bachman
Richard Bachman
Miss Brennan
L. T. Hartzog
Harry Schiott
Edward Reese
5. Haber
John Schantz
Willam Schantz
Miss Schaeffer
Atlantic City
Union Depot
Bethehem
Emfrey Kaelin
Wiliam Blackburn
Ieman
Tet Piake
Hatseld
Brthlehem
Le-20
Wirsk
Crick
Pation
Alen Town
Catasauqua
Allestown
Hatdehl
Montgomery County
Lansiale
Hutfield
Souderton
Wellington H. Rosenberry
Lansdale
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Roosevelt in Chicago to Launch Western Campaign
Governor Roosevelt arrived from New York and spoke at Auditorium Annex before heading to Heidrich Park for an afternoon address under union auspices. The trip begins a six week Western campaign to prepare for a September 5 speech in Saratoga and his New York campaign opening.
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Uboeevelt
Westerm Fort
Chicago
Roosvelt
New York
Auditorium Annex
Hiedric Park
Saratoga
New York State
Negotiations on Chinese Situation Offer No Clear Resolution
Washington notes no decisive replies from great powers to the American memorandum on Pekin withdrawal of forces. Li Hung Chang's location uncertain. empress dowager reportedly moving toward Fu. Russians blamed for brutal acts. other powers debated in London amid fears of a shaken European balance.
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Great Britain
Washington
Russia
Pekini
Adee
China
Pekin
Tien Tin
Li Hung Chang
Shanghai
Tfu
Shansi
Whcch
Toi
Iman Fu
Tyer Pn
Hsinan Fu
Tae
Teturn
Progressive Party
Brutality of Russian Soldiers in China Blot on the War
Report from Taku dated August 39 describes widespread looting and slaughter by foreign troops along the Pei Ho between Tianjin and Beijing. Chinese civilians suffer excessive reprisals, while the government faces blame for the folly behind the campaign. The account notes ongoing violence and destruction as international forces move through the area.
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Tong Chew
Patkway
Chaffee
Taku
Pekin
Jung Chow
Cirfiee
Janz Chow
Chafee
China
Ria
Shanghai
Tien Tsin
Pekin An
Commissioners Woes and Philippine Troubles Darken State
A long dispatch explains the Philippine situation under American hands, detailing insurgent terror, rebel raids, and U S troop strains in Luzon. It notes civilian fear, executions by insurgents in Bay, and growing hostility as U S forces reevaluate manpower and policy.
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Kecuen
Bas
Tseece
Manila
Culfiles
Laguna
Bay
Laguna de Bay
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Jefferson
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Oneida
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Cayuga
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