PRACTICAL EDUCATION AT WESTBROOK SEMINARY
Westbrook Seminary offers courses in sciences, languages, mathematics, teaching methods, elocution, music and art, plus elementary studies and moral training. The program targets midshipmen and advanced papers, with emphasis on discipline and character. leadership by President O H Perry and governance by church and civic partners.
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Westbrook Seminary
Sciennes Laboratory
Bath
H. Peruy
Mortland
Mame
Jorlopurm
Still Hope Dims as Chinese Crisis Unfolds Reports on Legation Reach
London dispatches describe ed hope diminishing while legations near Tianjin await arrival. Rumors swirl of rescuers and imperial decrees. Li Hung Chang cited on telegrams about safe ministers and supplies. Daily News questions Chinese authority, and MacDonald letters spawn multiple versions. Tung Chan churches burned. General Guelee heads toward Taku.
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London
Lyman J. Gages
Chih Chen Lo Feng Luh
Sheng
Baron von Ketteler
Regations
Morning Post
Chines Authoritivn
Pekin
Lonton
Titian
United States
Daily News
China
Queen Victoria
Marquis of
Sailsbury
Shanghai
The
Daily Express
Sir Claude MacDonald
Li Huong Chang
Legation
Sien “Sin
Che Foo
Prince Ching
Tung Chan
Sir Alfred Gueelee
Taku
Leaving Pekin ministers survive attack claims
Shanghai Daily Telegraph report says only Minister Baron Von Ketteler is dead in Pekin while others survive. Some European survivors are fleeing Pekin as of Friday with updated information reaching London.
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London
Shanghai
Daily Telegraph
Prustworth
Baron von Ketteler
Pekin
Portland Missionaries Said to Have Been Murdered
Portland reports claim three American missionaries at Pao Ting Fu in China have been murdered amid mob violence. Miss Gould Morrill and Pitkin are named among the missing or dead, with family and supporters awaiting confirmation as cables recount conflicting messages from Shanghai.
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Portland
Boston
Shanghai
Pao ‘Ling
Pao ‘Ting Fu
Pao ‘Ying-Fu
Te A. Gould
Mary 5
Morrill
Horace Li. Pitkin
George H. Ewing
Che Foo
Hao Wing In
American Board of Foreign Missions
American Board
Pao Ying Fu
Gould
Miss Morrill
Maine
Bay
Mr. Pitkin
Philadelphia
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Washington
State Department
Goodnow
Fast Ling
Lincox
Waylor
Pekin
Yunan Ya
Taylor
Pitkin
Inland Mission
Pao Ting Fu
Mary &. Morrill
Annie A. Gould
Pao Ling Fu Station
Major Gould
Miss Gould
China
Misses Gould
Boxer Country
Poo Ting Fu
Miss Moorrill
Ohio
Pao Ting Wu
Ewing
Danvers
Mass
Massacre Confimation by Another District on Pao Ting Pu
Toronto report July 27 notes another district confirms the Pao Ting Pu massacre in China with brief details. The dispatch cites official sources and mentions location and date, highlighting the ongoing incident and the international reaction.
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Pao Ting Pu
Weather forecast for Boston and New England region
Boston and New England forecasts predict fair weather Saturday and Sunday with warmer conditions on Sunday. Light to fresh winds shift from north to west and southwest by Sunday from Boston to Washington and Buffalo. Observations show temperatures around 70s to 80s with clear skies and scattered rain in Huron Dakota and Jacksonville areas.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Meridan
Philadelphia
Albany
Builato
Elity
Detroit
P Cldy
Huron
Marck
Jacksonville
Bryan to center on imperialism in notification speech
Lincoln Neb July 27 W J Bryan outlined plans for his Indianapolis notification speech saying the 1906 platform made the money question paramount and he will devote most of his talk to imperialism this year while other issues will be addressed in his acceptance letter and later speeches.
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Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Indianapolis
Prince Tuan Killed in Boxers Rebellion Fighting
London July 25 Shanghai correspondent reports a large Boxers revolt against Prince Tuan claiming he uses them for his ends. A desperate battle occurred outside Pekin on Sunday with Prince Tuan personally leading, two generals deserting. The fighting lasted hours and Prince Tuan was defeated and killed.
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London
Shanghai
Daily Exprese
Muan
Pekin
Prince Luan
Prince Tuan
Persistent Belgian report on Pei Chiang Chinese forces
A Brussels despatch dated July 6 reports that legations are safe under Chinese government protection while about 10 000 Chinese soldiers dig in at Pei Chiang, fourteen kilometres from Tianjin, with the situation described as persistently reported.
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Brussels
Tien Sin
Che Feo
Weather observations from Portland July 97 1900 report
Portland weather bureau records show 8 p m readings with barometer 29.988 and 20.007 for different times, temperatures 9 69 and 46 dew point 54 and 46 humidity around 57 and 61, wind N and SW, clear and partly cloudy conditions, max 77, mean 70, no rainfall in 24 hours, agricultural department note.
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Portland
Bn. m
Powers Trial Hears Golden in Gov Goebel Case
Georgetown Ky July 27 Sergeant Fr Wharton Golden the prosecution star witness was placed on the stand in Caleb Powers trial for complicity in Gov Goebel assassination. Golden’s testimony aligned with earlier statements and W Hampton Republican legislator from Powers home county testified that Gov Taylor urged Republicans to start a fight and would back them as governor.
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Georgetown
Wharton Golden
Caleb Powers
Gov. Goebel
Golden
Powers
Frankfort
W. Hampton
Laylor
Republicon
Josiah Quincy to Reside in London for Years
Boston report states that Hon. Josiah Quincy will take up residence in London for several years, relinquishing his extensive business ties and returning to new public life in England. The Globe promises official confirmation tomorrow.
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Boston
the Globe
Publi
Josiah Quincy
England
London
Harvard teachers honor Cuban guests with loving cup
Cambridge July 27 Harvard University teachers plan a presentation for the Cuban guests departing August 17. The trip will end in New York after a voyage via Niagara and the Hudson River. Several hundred dollars have been subscribed in appreciation of Harvard and the American people.
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Cambridge
Mass
New York
Washington
Harvard
Niagara
Hudson River
Harvard University
Nicot
Main raised and tows to be pumped dry at Weehawken
The North German Lloyd steamer Main, aground off Weehawken after a recent fire, was raised this afternoon by Merritt-Chapman Wrecking. She will be pumped dry with cargo discharged and anchored nearby. The Bremen, beached nearby, is being prepared to be raised with pontoons and may float by end of next week.
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New York
Lloyd Stearher Main
Weehawken
Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company
Bremen
Towne Withdrawn as Populist Vice Presidential Candidate
Minneapolis July 87 The Journal reports Charles A Towne will be withdrawn as Vice Presidential candidate from the Populist national ticket around August 16. The Populist national committee will accept his resignation and replace him with Adlai Stevenson as the party’s nominee for Vice President.
Desperate chase ends with Charles killed in New Orleans
In New Orleans on July 27 the fugitive Robert Charles fought police and civilians for hours, killing several, wounding many, and taking cover in a house. The siege ended when the building was burned and Charles was shot. Police and militia reported many casualties and a city-wide uproar followed.
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New Orleans
Gabriel Porteous
Andy van Buren
Alfred J. Bloomfiel
John B. Gatly
John Banville
Frank H. Evans
A. S. LeClerc
Lamb
Mora
Charles
Day
Gabriel Porteouse
John PF. Lally
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