Crisis in China Spurs Foreigner Expulsion Debate
Shanghai dispatch quotes William Rockhill urging a united foreign stance to protect nationals as China’s moves threaten foreign trade and the status of foreigners. He warns that failure to settle will invite renewed crises and possible mass exits from treaty ports. Washington reports little new progress as diplomats withhold statements amid cautious negotiating signals.
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Shanghai
William Woodville Rockhil
United States
China
Imperial Gazette
Marquis Ite
Chinese Conceit of Their Own Superiority ?” Mr. Reckhill
Peking
Varios
Thees
Chang «Tit
Washington
Sep
Pe Coole
Adee
Linn
A Cleaning Brief From a Fragmented Page
A partial OCR item presents scattered details about a local event. Readable names or places are limited, but the fragment hints at a civic or community notice with unspecified actions and deadlines.
Fifteen Killed in Hatfield Bethlehem Train Collision
At Hatfield Pennsylvania on the Bethlehem branch an excursion train rear ended a milk train at 6 56 am killing fifteen and wounding fourteen. The Bethlehem Allentown crowd traveling to Atlantic City had left Bethlehem at 6 05 am 35 minutes behind the milk train.
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Philadelphia
Bethlehem
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Hatfield
Allentown
Atlantic City
Allendeyen
Union Depot
Reat
Yrect
Watfeld
Wentfell
Souderton
Jaren
Drowned in a Bear Trap near the Coral Foot
Edward Larrington, 13, son of Jas Harrington, drowned Sunday afternoon in a bear trap at the foot of the coral as several youngsters swam there. He failed to notice the trap was open and was swept into the river. In Chicago, veterans and college assets and pledges exceed $500,000 as preparations begin.
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Touraelle
Edward¢ Larrington
Jas Harrington
Harrington
Sons of Veterana ® and College
Chicago
Sona. of Veterans
La Touraine Arrives. Valois Defends Peck on Exposition
Arthur Valois United States commissioner to the Paris exposition defends Peck against claims of discourtesy to U S representatives. He says Peck submitted the names Manning Palmer and De Young for the Legion of Honor and notes the inevitable trouble of inviting many officials to entertainments at a large enterprise. Lieuts Bruenby Howard Maale Jr and Chan return aboard La Touraine en route to report to the navy department. Miss Reilly daughter of Capt Reilly, recently killed in China, and her aunt Mrs Rice Smith also arrive.
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New York
Havre
Arthur Valois
United States
General Peck
Peck
Manning
Potter Palmer
Legion of Honor
Michael H. de Young
F. HW. Bruenby
T. DP. Howard
F. Maale, Jr
J. W. Chan
la Touraine
Navy
Reilly
China
Rice Smith
Pullman Brother Royal I Pullman Laid To Rest In Baltimore
In Baltimore the funeral of Rev. Dr Royal IL Pullman brother of late George Pullman was held at First Universalist church with a flower canopied casket. The simple service was conducted by Rev D Charles H Haton and the interment was private at London Park cemetery.
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Baltimore
First Universalist
Royal IL Pullman
George 2. Pullman
Dr. Pullman
London Park Cemetery
Run Down by a Train Near Syracuse
A Sunday night collision at Oswego Junction killed Patrick J. Foley and Ellen Foley and Josephine F. Wanchard. Michael Maroney was injured. The carriage carrying four people was struck by a fast mill train due to no night flagman and a stopped train on the track.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Oswego Junction
Here
Patrick J. Foley
Ellen Foley
Split Rock
Josephine F. Wanchard
Michael Maroney
Vanderbilt Endowment Fund Opens Clarence Barker Memorial Hospital
George W. Vanderbilt launches an endowment for the Clarence Barker Memorial hospital at Diltmore. The hospital, erected by Adele Ims Harker Sehmit and Virginia Purdy Barker Bacon in memory of Clarence Barker, will formally open Tuesday.
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Asheville
N. C
George W. Vanderbilt
Clarence Barker
Diltmore
Vanderbilts
Adele Ims Harker Sehmit
Virginia Purdy Barker Bacon
Train collision at Chesapeake Junction kills and injures
An excursion train ran into an open switch at Chesapeake Junction Maryland Sunday night. One man died and two train hands plus a woman passenger were injured. The collision involved empty cars standing on the track.
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Washington
Chesapeake Beach
Chesapeake Junction
Passage of American Citizens in Berlin Amid Traffic Disruptions
In Berlin in September, heavy westward passenger traffic and disruptions from the Hoboken disaster plus German government charters of passenger steamers for Chinese waters affect American citizens abroad.
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Paxaagr
Berlin
Sept. L
Hoboken
Peete See Ears
A fragmentary OCR note mentions Peete and ears with unclear context. The readable words suggest a personal name and a body part but no event or action. No dates places or organizations are discernible to establish a news item.
Grand Army of the Republic Holds Grand 1900 Encampment
Chicago reports the 34th annual G A R encampment opening with a monster Coliseum gathering. Veterans review parade crowds and officers discuss pension reform. A court of appeals to handle pension applications is proposed, with Leo Bassieur elected Commander-in-Chief and Denver chosen as next encampment site.
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Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Association of Veterans
Shaw
Washington
Charles Beckwith
Algonsta
Mich
Michigan Avenue
Madison Street
Studebaker Hall
The
G. A. Hi
Committee On Pension
Congress
Court of Appeals
Leo Bassieur
St. Louis
E. C. Milliken
Portland
Frank Seaman
Knoxville
Tenn
John A. Wilkins
Delta
Rev
A. Drahms
San Quentin
Cal
Denver
Lee
National
Mary 4. Farr
Longmont
Vane Satterhe
St. Ae ‘Mo
Smr
Kruger and Steyn Prepare for Flight Near Barberton
Reports from Pretoria say Kruger and Steyn have fled toward Barberton as the war nears its end. British general Buller moved along the Lydenburg road, while Boer forces attacked trains at Klip River Station and were driven back. London reports a proclamation annexing the Transvaal.
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Pretoria
Kruger
Steyn
Barberton
Buller
Lydenburg Road
Crocodile River
Deadfontein
Crocodile Mountains
Theron
Klip River
Brabant
Col. Plumer
London
Lord Roberts
Transvaal
Christian de Wet
Daily Mail
Cape Town
Winburg Road
Near-fatal practical joke shocks Birmingham railroad official
J L Evans, a prominent young railroad official, is near death after a friend told him his fiancée from Pickensville had wed another. Believing it, he bought morphine and tried to take his life at a saloon. Two doctors saved him, and the couple plans to marry once he recovers.
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Birmingham
Ala
J. L. Evans
Fkvins
Pickensville
Alfa
Evans
Savas
Prisoners at St Helena Visit by Capt Mann
The British steamer Masconomo, on a return voyage from South Africa, stops at St Helena and St Lucia for engine repairs. Captain Mann tours Boer prisoner camps and meets Gen Cronje and Col Sheel. He reports about 4 000 prisoners at St Helena.
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New York
Masconomo
Horan
South Africa
St. Helena
St. Lucia
St. John
N. B
Mann
Cronje
Col. Sheel
St.elena
Lawton to aid destitute Alaskan miners
The US transport Lawton, arrived in ballast from Seattle, will be sent to Cape Nome to relieve destitute miners petitioning Gen Randall for transport south before winter. She will sail north within days and carries about 100 accommodations for 100 men.
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San Francisco
United States
Lawton
Seattle
Cape Nome
Atlin Fire Destroys Town Blocks Cleared From Existence
From Victoria dated Sept 3 a report of a disastrous blaze in Atlin wiped out the town’s main business area. Ten large blocks were burned with total losses near forty thousand dollars. The Aimer from the north carried the eyewitness dispatch.
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Victoria
B. C
Aimer
Atlin
Brown Dies Prominent Democrat R Barker Brown
Rushville Indiana report notes former state representative Hon. R Barker Brown aged 76 dies at home near Milroy. The obituary references a large fortune once held by Bickhart Brown grain firm. the firm collapsed in 1693.
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Rushville
Tud
R Barker Brown
Milroy
Bickhart & Brown
Population of Quincy Washington in 1900 census
The census bureau announces Quincy Washington population at 16 252, up from 31 494 in 1890. The increase is 4 758 people, a 15 11 percent rise.
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Quincy
Washington
Census Bureau
Anthracite Strike Forecast From Mine Workers Chief
President John Mitchell predicts a nationwide anthracite strike the biggest in U S history if wage demands of about 20 percent are granted and operator practices are challenged He cites 140000 potential strikers and a rapid spread to other miners unless bituminous supply fills the gap.
Scale Not Signed By Miners At Coal Creek
In Knoxville Tennessee on September 1 the failure of miners and coal operators to agree on a wage scale left the annual contract unsigned. A convention adjourned to September 10 as nearly all Coal Creek Jellico and Middlesboro mines closed except a few. About 3,000 miners are affected and the situation is not a strike.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Coal Creek
Coal Creek Jellico
Middlesboro
Glass factory idle as wage dispute stalls restart
In Pittsburgh on September 1 factories of the American Window Glass Co. nationwide failed to begin operations at midnight. President Chambers ordered fires banked until the wage controversy with flatteners is resolved. President Burns of L A 300 appears unable to fulfill his contract to supply flatteners and cutters by September 1.
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Pittsburgh
American Window Glass Co
Chambers
Burns
L. A. 300
Death of 9 Railroad President in Rye Beach
Edward S. Washburn, president of the Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis railway, died at Rye Beach Maine while seeking health. News reached Kansas City via telegram from Mrs Washburn to S T Fulton assistant to the president, with no further details.
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Kansas City
Edward $. Washburn
Fort Spurt
Ambassador White Visits Washington Declines Foreign Affairs Talks
Washington reports Ambassador Andres D. White, the United States envoy to Germany, is in Washington and called at the state department. He states he is on a vacation and declines to discuss international affairs.
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Washington
Andres D. White
Germany
State Department
White
British prisoners released march to join Boer forces
British prisoners at Mooit Gedbacht east of Machado dorp were released by the Boer and are marching toward Watervalhoven near Machadodorp to join Lord Roberts forces.
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Lourenco Marques
Mooit Gedbacht
Machadodorp
Lord Robert
Watervalhoven
Estate of Collis P Huntington Valued at 269 Million
Huntington estate in New York is valued at 269 630 000 in an estimate printed here. Collis P Huntington died suddenly recently leaving a large industrial and railroad empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Er. Huntington
New York
Collis Pr. Huntington
Fever Symptoms Reported on Leon Passenger
Ignacia Garcia, a steerage passenger aboard the Leon, is listed with fever symptoms as of September 1 in New York dispatches. The report notes the illness among travelers in the same ship passage.
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New York
Ignacia Garcia
Champion Indiana swimmer drowns trying Ohio River swim
Otto Marsh once famed as a war veteran and local swimming champion drowned early Friday in the Ohio River at New Albany while attempting a cross on a wager. He ignored medical warnings about heart trouble and rheumatism as three friends watched. cramps struck him before rescue could reach. Marsh often swam the river ferry runs and shocked passengers by leaping into the stream. His body was recovered near the Louisville ferry dock after the river crossing from Jeffersonville.
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New Albany
Ind
Otto Marsh
Spain
Ohio
Liver
Marsh
Jeffersonville
Louisville
Princeton Youth Arrested in Counterfeiting Case
Henry Bachner age 18 was arrested in Princeton Ind on a counterfeiting charge. Police say new 5 10 and 35 cent coins were circulated, molds and money found at the Bachner Time Piece Co. plant. The United States marshal will take him to Evansville. Others are believed implicated.
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Princeton
Ind
Henry Bachner
United States Minishal
Bachner
Chicago
J. H. Bachner
Bachner Time Piece Co
Keating Brothers Search Ends With Blood Stained Evidence
Police return to Muncie after a week long hunt for the Wheating brothers in the killing of Allen Robinson. At a Jay county residence near Lob Lolly swamp officers found Charles Keating's bloody trousers and a knife stained with blood believed linked to the neck wound. Keating had changed clothes taking a suit belonging to John Street of the Duffy household.
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Muncie
Ind
Wheating Brothers
Allen Robinson
Chas. Daffy
Loblolly Swamp
Jay County
Charles Keating
Keating
Robinson
John Street
Duffy
Knights and Ladies of Labor Elect Indiana Officers
The Indiana Knights and Ladies of Labor annual meeting in Muncie closed after four days with officer elections and Terre Haute chosen for the next gathering. Names include C. G. I Rev Benj Farrell Indianapolis U M A Rev W C Jones Jeffersonville G H P Mrs Jennie Doyle Irvington V G P etc.
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Muncie
Ind
Knights and Ladies of Labor of Indiana
Terre Haute
Benj. Farrell
Indianapolis
W. C. Jones
Jeffersonville
Jennie
Jennie §. Doyle, Irvington; V. G. P., Mrs. Millie Garrett, Mount Vernon
Pierson
Emma J. Hines
Kokomo
Be. O. Price
Evansville
W. J. Harris
Hattie Ballro
G. HW
Mary E. ‘Thomas
Marion
G. J.S
Josephine Pierson
Woman fatally mangled at Corydon fair
In New Albany Indiana Mrs Lizzie Swan 50 a widow was fatally injured when crossing the race track during a sulky race a shaft struck her right cheek tearing the flesh and possibly inflicting internal injuries. The accident occurred before thousands in the grandstand who cried out in horror.
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New Albany
Ind
Lizzie Swan
Corydon
Unknown man found in the Wabash River in Terre Haute
An unidentified man about 50 years old and 3 feet 7 inches tall was recovered from the Wabash River on Sunday morning. He wore a blue coat light brown trousers no vest blue shirt and black congress shoes. A set of false teeth was found in his pocket and authorities say the body had been in the water for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Congress
Tragic Suicide in Thorntown Man Aged 24
In Thorntown Indiana on August 1931 Thomas Maxwell aged 24 died after a heavy arsenic overdose. He had been in poor health and reportedly faced unsuccessful romance. The incident ended his life during the night.
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Thorntown
Ind
Thomas Maxwell
Church to be given away in Decatur Indiana
A modern archite cture frame church with 400 seats, fully paid for, will be awarded to the denomination whose rep can best present its church government and creed. Located three miles south of Steele Adams county, the church nears completion and is built by nearby farmers. The thrifty community, diverse in denomination, unites for the fund despite doctrinal differences.
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Decatur
Ind
Steele
Adams County
Contracts Expire at Indiana Reformatory
The Brush Co. and Saddle Tree Co. contracts for convict labor at the Indiana Reformatory in Jeffersonville expire this month. The Brush Co. ships machinery to Mansfield Ohio. About 300 men are employed. remaining prisoners will be taught trades as reformatory plans advance toward a training school model in 1906.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Brush Company
Indiana Reformatory
Reformatory
Mansfield
Benbow Family Reunion Held in Muncie Indiana
About 112 members of the Benbow family gathered in Muncie for the annual reunion with attendees from across the United States. A committee report examined a $1,000,000 Welsh estate reportedly due to descendants from John Benbow of the seventeenth century. Officers elected included Frank Benbow as president Van Benbow as treasurer Minnie Henbow as recording secretary and Mrs John Stober as vicepresident. The next meeting is set for Muncie next year.
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Muncie
Ind
Benbow
United States
Wales
John Benbow
Frank Benbow
Mandevier
John Stober
Vining
Young Girl Takes Laudanum in Indianapolis Marriage Row
Jennie Patterson aged 15 of 514 South Delaware street attempted suicide with laudanum after her mother objected to a marriage to Will Coates of Cincinnati. Physicians, alerted by her, found her recovering on the road. The mother consented to the marriage if the girl promised never to attempt suicide again, a promise she gave.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jennie Patterson
Delaware Street
Will Coates
Cincinnati
Progressive Brethren Conference Opens at Winona Lake
Progressive Brethren church holds its six days annual session at Winona Lake Warsaw Indiana with delegates from 28 states attending. Officers elected include Moderator J H Knepper Myersdale PA Vice Moderator Z T Livengood Lanark IL Secretary Prof W W M Furry South Bend IN Treasurer J Finley Glenford OH.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Brethren Conference
Warsaw
Ind
National Conference of the
Progressive Brethren Church
Winona Lake
J. H. Knepper
Myersdale
Z T. Livengood
Lanark
Ww. M. Furry
South Wend
J. . Finley
Glenford, C
Democratic Campaign Opened in Indianapolis District Meeting
The Democratic campaign opened in Indianapolis on September 1 with a large district meeting. Sherman Steele, nephew of John Sherman of Ohio, who allied with the Democrats this week, presided. B. Shive ly of South Bend was the speaker and spoke about trust and imperialism.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Sherman Steele
John Sherman
Ohio
B. Shively
South Bend
Sight Restored After Sudden Blindness in Indiana
Mrs Catharine Busendorf of Ripley county suddenly regained her eyesight after nine years of total blindness. The 89 year old former mayor’s mother is noted as the mother of ex County Recorder Mike Buendorf and friends attribute the recovery to divine help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillsboro
Ind
Catherine Busendorf
Ripley County
Shearas
Population of Evansville Indiana Grows Over Century
The census bureau announces Evansville Indiana has a population of 59 007, up from 756 in 1790, marking a gain of 16.26 percent. The note reflects the long term growth of Evansville across two centuries.
Tragic Typhoid Death of Smith Family Matriarch
In a scarce damaged item, Mire Anne Braun died after illness described as typhoid fever. The report notes she left behind five small children and marks a family tragedy without full dates or locations.
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Anne Braun
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Hazelton
Mine Workers’ Organization
Gut
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Ohio River
Keating Brothers
Muncie Folice
Brush Co
Saddle Tree Co
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