Massacre Fallout and Foreign Officials Attend Grave Service
A high profile funeral in Tientsin gathers Count Rochechouart Wade Admiral Dupré and other dignitaries including Chung How as Chinese authorities vow justice. Admiral Dupré condemns impunity and pledges firm action, while Japan notes government resolve to advance reforms and warns against foreign backlash. Authorities in Japan advise local porta governments to enforce order and use force if needed.
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Count Rochechouart
Wade
Sir Henry Kellett
Dupré
United States
Tientsin
Chung How
M.dl'Abbé Thierry
Pekin
Admiral Dupré
France
Japan
Japan Mail
Tientein
Yedo
War outbreak spurs defense prep and floods hit colony
Melbourne telegram Sept 10 reports government steps to defend amid European war news and widespread floods across the colony. Sydney notes opening of the International Exhibition and defense preparations continuing as Fji Islands attract colonials.
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Australia
Melbourne
Europe
Sydney
Fji Islands
New Zealand Public Mood Shifts as Peace Returns
Wellington reports a hopeful shift in colonial feeling now that peace is seen as secure. Debates in Parliament show opposition to imperial policy and a lean toward remaining within the British Empire. The loan guarantee faces doubt amid calls for the colony to safeguard its honor. About sixty of Ty Kooti’s followers attacked Tolugar Bay. Ropata pursues the rebel.
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New Zealand
San Francisco
Wellington
Ty Kooti
Vast flood toll and global notes from Harper's Ferry to Jerusalem
The item reports over sixty deaths from a flood at Harper's Ferry Virginia and notes figures on cholera outbreaks in Kerth with rapid fatalities. It mentions Queen Isabella and General Lee's paralysis, and cites Foreign Office concerns over M Olozaga, Reverdy Johnson eye disease, and Barrow's Kerth cholera tally. It ends with a Jerusalem discovery note from Captain Warren and Dr Chaplin.
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Harper's Ferry
Virginia
Isabella
Brussels
Robert E. Lee
Lexington
M. Olozaga
Paris
Reverdy Johnson
Court of St. James's
Barrow
Kerth
Jerusalem
Atheneum
Warren
Chaplin
Rubbish cleared from rock-cut passage near Haram Wall
The report details excavation work in a rock-cut passage from a double tunnel under theConvent of the Sisters of Sion to the Haram Enclosure. It notes a plastered bottom, a dam with a hole, and a large bevelled wall eight feet thick with three visible courses near the northwest angle of the Haram Area.
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Schick
Sisters of Sion
America
Richmond
Virginia
United States
Edwin Leigh
District of Columbia
Dr. Leigh
Allawawad
Allahabad
Cdses
Calcutta
Ducca
Public Works Department
Robertson
Vaughan
Cawnpore
Rome
Valenziani
41St
Porta Pia
Campo Verano
Signor Argenti
Angelo Valenziani
Palestre
San Martino
Italy
Ancona
Heaven
Sons of
The
Daily News
Executions and Accidents Reported in Late Scottish Case
The execution of Margaret Waters, the baby farmer convicted of murder, is set for October 11 after Home Secretary delay. Scotland’s first murder execution under a new act occurred in Perth prison, George Chalmers dying calmly for killing a toll-keeper at Brace. An early-morning express collision near Whitmore left thirteen injured, four seriously, while a Limerick mail engine overturned near Patrick's Well caused one death and multiple injuries. A Brussels marble merchant, Emile Deville, survived a train assault near Melton Mowbray by a quick struggle, as a suspected stranger fled leaving perishables and a broken staff as clues.
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Margaret Waters
Home Secretary
Scotland
Perth
George Chalmers
Miller
Brace
London
Whitmore
North- Western Railway
Limerick
Patrick's Well
Cork Sirect
Arthur O'Leary
Nenagh
Taylor
Kilchreest
Galway
Dangerfield
Craven Street
Charing Cross
Listowel
Brussels
Emile Deville
Peterborough
Leicester
Nottingham
Saxby
Deville
Melton Mowbray
Brooksby
Presentation to Handel Cossham Leaves Parkfield
A large gathering of Parkfield Colliery workers and families met at Hill House Mangotsfield to present Handel Cossham, after twenty years as their master, with a marble clock valued at twenty guineas. Manager Sherborne spoke for the unanimous wish and Cossham expressed gratitude for their esteem. Bristol Mercury.
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Hanvaen Cossaau
Parkfield
Hill House
Mangotsfield
Handel Cossham
London
Cossham
Mr. Corsham
Dill House
Sherborne
Cosshatwn
Cogsham
Bristol Mercury
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