Telegraph Tales from the Front and Far Flung News
Summary of brief abroad items detailing Boer fighting in South Africa including July 24 26 actions near Brandwater Basin and Witnek. postmaster fraud probe in Bristow. steamer Florence loss claims and Mare Island naval force increases. an eagle attack near Sheboygan. plots against Santiago governor and a factory fire in Chicago. Russian coast bombardment orders and Panama upheaval. French missionaries killed in Manchuria.
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Don
Lord Roberts
War Office
Archi Hunter
Tehem
Inter
Brandater
Hector McDonald
E Hamilton
Witnek
Andree Party Mystery Deepens North of Fort George
Indians report finding two corpses and a dying man among wreckage north of Fort George Hudson Bay uncertain language not English. Hudson Bay Company prepares to dispatch a relief party to identify the explorers believed to be the Andree party. Avalanche blocks train as two women alert engineer saving Lehigh Valley line. one boulder several tons halted the track.
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Fort George
Hudson Bay
Andree
George Renison
St. John’s
Moose Factory
Hudson Bay Company
James Bay
York Factory
John Cinwell
Jacob Buchanan
Dushore
Lehigh Valley
Fall in grain prices reflect cautious crop damage views
R G Dun reviews show wheat down two cents and corn four as public doubts on crop injury grow. Week shipments stay steady from Atlantic and Pacific ports with totals versus last year. Canadian and U S failures rise, while a ship collision in dense fog sinks Embleton with several crew missing. Mob tar and feather attack targets Dowie follower Cyrus Fockler in Mansfield Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Atlantic
United States
Canada
Duels and Disasters Fill Illinois Valley News
Reports recount a fatal duel between unnamed Russian farmers in Emmons County over hay land. A head on collision on the Chicago Rock Island line near Rush Springs and Ninnekah kills three trainmen and injures five. Jessie Morrison fights habeas corpus in Eldorado Kansas over a murder charge while a Brooklyn elevated crash leaves one dead and many injured. A Mineral Ridge Ohio streetcar wreck injures all aboard. The Amos and Davis Iron Company seeks a receiver at Trenton Ohio. Three New York iron firms fail, blamed on inability to compete with the iron and steel trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Rock Island and
Texas Road
Rush Springs
Ninnekah
Indian Territory
New Orleans Riot Ends in Shootout as Officers Clash with Suspects
In New Orleans on Dryades Street police confront Pierce and Charles as they sit on a doorstep. Charles fires on Mora and Cantrelle, Pierces directs at Aucoin. Mora is wounded. Cantrelle shoots. Charles flees. Pierce surrenders after a long pursuit. Charles is later cornered and fires on Day, Lamb is mortally wounded. Aucoin and Trenchard retreat.
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New Drugusta
Mora
Cantrelle
Charles
Pierce Nally
Captain Day
Lamb
Trenchard
Aucoin
Day
Man Confesses Murder Then Is Freed Despite Protests
P Dallman, a Burlington Iowa worker, confessed to murdering his sick wife in St Louis years ago by pillow smothering. He sought legal action after his confession, but St Louis authorities found no evidence and declined to pursue the case, deeming him likely insane.
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P. Dallman
Morehardt
Burlington
Iowa
St. Louis
DahIiman
Moréhardt
Regatta Tragedy as Naphtha Casco Explodes at Long Island Sound
A naphtha launch called Casco owned by A. E. Crow exploded mid sound during yacht races near Larchmont Yacht Club. Mrs. Crow and son Harold were killed. husband mortally wounded as hundreds watched the disaster unfold with the fleet returning home.
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Kithea
Larchmont Yacht Club
A. E. Crow
New Rochelle
Long Island Sound
Heroic Lifesaver Dies Drowning While Saving Comrade
Arthur Millbourne of Cygnet Ohio died after plunging into a quarry pond to help Peter Eischen who cried for help. Millbourne freed himself during the struggle but sank beneath the raft while Eischen was pulled to safety and revived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Millbourne
Cygnet
Ohio
Peter Eischen
Millbourne
Eischen
Young Millbourne
Big Navy Yard Fire Destroys Spar Shed and Vessels
A second mysterious blaze at the Charlestown Navy Yard destroys the spar shed and seventy boats and launches, with spars, yard arms, and topmast. the Alabama, Olympia fleet, and Admiral Dewey’s barge burn. Loss estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Charlestown
Mass
Navy Yard
Topeka
Alabama
Olympia
Admiral Dewey
Move five glass plants Indiana factories moved to Pittsburg district
Henry O. Fry announces that in the annual conference of National Glass Company officials the five Indiana plants at Summitville Greentown Dunkirk Marion and Albany will be moved to the Pittsburg district as soon as suitable sites are secured. Over 3000 workers will transfer with the plants.
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Indiana
Pittsburg
Henry O. Fry
National Glass Company
Chautauqua
Summitville
Greentown
Dunkirk
Marion
Albany
Ind
Market Quotations From Major Midwestern Cities
Market notes report cattle hogs and sheep prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with grain and butter egg prices. No single outcome. data rows cover multiple markets and commodities.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
General Massacre Feared as Pekin Siege Persists
From Pekin July 4 a Conger note describes two weeks of siege in the British legation with daily shelling by Chinese forces. It warns of a likely massacre of foreigners if relief fails and notes a city without functioning government. The Washington view sees no real assurance for officials and renewed official doubt.
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Conger
Tien-Tsin
Navy Department
Washington
Charles Thomas
Brooklyn
British Legation
Legation
Pekin
State Department
Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang and Foreign Affairs
The report discusses fears about Chinese control of imperial troops and protection of foreigners. It cites Li Hung Chang’s massacre prediction and Conger’s letter as suggesting a world reaction to the death of foreigners. No response had reached President McKinley or Conger from the Chinese legation or government by Wednesday.
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WU Ting Fang
Legation
McKinley
Conger
Tien Tsin in Horrible State After War Ruins
Shanghai reports Tien Tsin lies in desolation with only a few houses standing amid ruin. Bombed walls scatter corpses and burning buildings line the streets as allies remove the dead. Chinese losses total about 11 000 with looting visible among the ruins.
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Tien-T'sin
Shanghai
Big Rise in Patents for Fiscal Year End
The Patent Office report by Commissioner Duels shows 26 540 patents granted including reissues and designs and 39 815 total applications. It details 1 660 trademarks 682 labels 93 prints registered and 19 988 expirations with receipts of 1 358 228 dollars and expenditures of 1 247 828 dollars.
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Commissioner of Patents
Patent Office
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Briner, Publisher
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Stu Ag Veler
Florence
Humboldt
White Horse
Vallejo
Cal
Mare Island Navyl Yard
Payne
Naval Hospital
Hirschinger
Chine
Kolimaziges
Domingo
Assas
Santiago
Ramon Caceres
Sa East
Jiminez
Acpi Mance Eto Celluloid Collar Company
Dearborn Street
Russia
London Daily Express
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Skrydeloff
Ekin
Gudger
Panama
Remey
Remeyes
Mead
Wallér
Tien Tsin
Manchuria
Campania
Liverpool
Embleton
New Zealand
Dowie
Cyrus B. Foekler
Zion
Mansfield
Fockler
Emmons County
Jessie Morrison
Eldorado
Kan
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Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad
Walter H. Young
Mineral Ridge
Niles
Iron Company
Amos & Davis Iron Company
Versailles
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Culbertson
Iron and Steel Trust
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Peary
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Huntswle
Ala
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Spamer, Cohen & Goodman
Ironton
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Enterprise
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William KR. Brooks
Smith Observatory
Geneva
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Aries
Emperor Kuang Hsu
Pékin
Joseph Mullen
New York State
Sing Sing
New York City
Perry Heath
Perry
Heath
Comrade
BIG Navy Yard
Joliet
Elizabeth Ann Ingersoll
John C. Collins
Gerald Lapiner
Painesville
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Frank Levick
Memphis
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Levick
Hagan
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Bandaisan
Japan
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Panther Island
Everglades
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Scott County
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Cleveland
Horrible State
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