Chinese Fall of Peking Reported as Relief Reached Legations
A long series of dispatches from London to Washington confirms that allied forces entered Peking without fighting and relieved the legations. Reports from Shanghai and Che-Foo state the empress dowager and court may have fled. fighting continued around the inner city with casualties among Japanese and allied troops.
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London
Peking
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Allis
Yang Tee
Washington
Navy Department
Adm
Remey
Yoko
Bureau of Navigation
Tien-Tsin
Peking Wan
Deisila
Daily Telegraph
Prince Ching
Fokto
Yamaguchi
Tung-Chow Canal
Tartar City
Tung
Pott
War Department
Marry
Chaffee
Cheefoo
Taku
Indiana
Aditi
Hemey
New York City
Imperial City
Forbidden City
Adan Remey
Chapetdal Court
Bruce Eubler
Admiralty
Chee-Foo
Teking
Jung Sa
Bruce
Chang Chi Tring
Hankow
Lin Kun Yi
Che-Foo
M. Ketal
Chiang
Paris
Fatal accidents in Pittsburgh drownings and fire
Four drownings and one fatal fire incident logged in Pittsburgh on August 20. Victims include Chris Paffenbach and Edward Brillinger who died in the Allegheny River, James Gallagher and Hugh McGrady who drowned in the Monongahela, and Mary C Boyd who died in a house fire caused by an exploded oil cleaner after she mishandled a rusty saw.
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Pittsburgh
Chris Paffenbach
Allegheny River
Edward G. Brillinger
Ee James Gallagher
Hugh McGrady
Monongahela
Mary C. Boyd
New York and Cleveland Coal Co
Oak Hill
Powers Found Guilty in Goebel Conspiracy Trial
Georgetown Ky Aug 19 Caleb Powers convicted of conspiring to murder William Goebel. Jury reached verdict swiftly after lengthy day. Powers displayed calm resolve. Judge Cantrill ordered life imprisonment. Powers announced he would appeal. Aug 20 Powers released a public statement insisting innocence and condemning political use of the trial.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Commonwealth
Franklin
Cantrill
Powers
Dangerfield
Youtsey
Caytrill
Judge Cantrill
Duniger Cantril
I. G. Stone
Canitrill
State Penitentiary
J. G. Stone
Wil Jiam Goebel
Taylor
Democratic Party
Panther Fight Leaves Hunter Wounded on Lookout Mountain
F W Johnson of the Third Tennessee Infantry lies between life and death after a fierce encounter with a large female panther on Lookout Mountain. His dogs bravely attacked the animal, and a nearby hunter killed the panther with a shotgun to prevent further harm.
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Chattanooga
Senn
F. W.johnson
Was-Meaver
Third Tennessee Infantry
Lookout Mountain
Hia
Hey
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
Girl Plays Ghost. Brick Kills 15-Year-Old In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on August 20 Florence Almaon 15 years old died after a brick struck her on the head while a crowd of Negroes watched a girl in a white sheet pretend to be a ghost. A suspect has not been captured.
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Philadelphia
Florence Almaon
Ludlow
Woman Beaten to Death in New York Rooms
Catherine Scharf aged 22 was killed by a hammer in her second floor rooms at 674 Second Avenue between 7 PM and midnight Sunday. Her brother found the body early Sunday morning amid a bloody scene with a hammer nearby and the apartment ransacked. Police theorize the victim killed in self defense and her assailant fled.
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New York
Catherine Scharf
Second Avenue
Thiey
Viprieg
Bullet in his brain by Tennessee miner alive and conscious
Asheville Tenn August 19 A remarkable case draws surgeons attention John Wilson a miner at Tracy City area was shot in the forehead with a thirty eight caliber revolver at the mouth of the mine He remains conscious a week after the incident and his attacker is a fellow employee of the mining company involved in a dispute.
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Ashville
Tenn
John Wilson
Wilson
Tracy City
Lord Roberts Warns Burghers of Severe Punishment
Pretoria August 20. Lord Roberts issues a proclamation after noting many broke neutrality oaths. Future oath breakers face death imprisonment or fine. Burghers in British occupied districts without the oath become prisoners of war and may be transported. Farms harboring enemy or scouts may be razed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Robert
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Plans to resume World’s Fair fund work in St Louis
In St Louis on August 20 plans to resume the World’s Fair fund of 503000 are under daily review by chairman D F Francis and William W Thompson, two principal committee heads. Francis aims to sail for Paris around September 15 and hopes to have the fund nearly completed by then.
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St. Louis
D. F. Francis
William Wf. Thompson
Francis
Paris
Funeral rites held for ex Senator Ingalls at Trinity
Atchison Kansas August 20 funeral services were held Sunday afternoon over the body of ex Senator Ingalls. The ceremony took place at Trinity Episcopal Church and the burial followed.
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Feneral
Ingalls
Atchison, Kan
Trinity
Epinsopst
Anarchists Detained in McKinley Plot Across Ocean Livers
New York reporters reveal that 14 alleged anarchists are under arrest at the bureau of immigration detention, with two named suspects Natalie Maresca and Michi Weida detained after arriving on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. The Naples plot aimed to strike the president in multiple simultaneous blows, with defendants scattered to ports in Europe.
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New York
Washington
Secret Service
Natalie Maresca
Michi Weida
McKinley
Evening World
Bureau of Immigration
Mchhinley
United States
Naples
Maresica
Weidu
Europe
France
Germany
England
Muresca
Maresca
Weida
Ogether
Cnot
Mazen
Hazen
Wilkie
Kaiser Wilhelm
Italy
What is the value of the soul versus the world
A preacher argues the soul’s value outweighs earthly riches. He cites Mark 8 36 and compares worldly titles insurance and titles of property to the soul’s unseen enduring worth. He warns the world is on fire and every possession proves unstable, urging readers to secure eternal salvation over material gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Europe
Talmage
House of God
Christ
Heaven
Bird Orchestra
Atlantic
Pacific
Brooklyn
Lord Byron
Philadelphia Mint
Tyne
Bresci Faces Harsh Italian Punishment More Severe Than Death
Rome reports Bresci, killer of King Humbert, will face life hard labor after ten years in carcere duro. He is to be confined in a bottomless iron cell, deprived of daylight, speech, and medical care, fed only bread and water, with no contact to guardians. If he endures, he may be sent to hard labor. if not, he may become insane.
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Rome
Bresci
Humbert
Italy
Vassaran
The Sailor's Sacrifice and Heaven's Perfection
A sermon reflects on the value of the soul, Christ’s wounds for redemption, and the eternal reward in Heaven. It shares a sailor’s selfless act amid peril, highlighting vicarious suffering and the surpassed worth of salvation.
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Vecinia
Barry
1Th Infantry
Trenseupper
Sumner
Nagacy
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Sunn
Matow
Aka
Peking Baie
Gen
Prine
Will Appea
Enneascean‘s
Girl Played
Ghost
Tennessee Miner
Cac
King of the Cowboys
Ocean
Dr. Talmage
Louis Klopsch
Shappine
Ius Attesance
Huzzal
Jesus Christ
St. Petersburg-thriu
Pal
Sentonak
Ileaven
God
Vachinery
A. Plain
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