Emperor Will Not Yield Pekin In Face Of War Fears
Dispatches detail continued multi power talks over Russia's proposals. Germany signals cautious stance on moving legations to Tianjin while not finalizing troop withdrawal from Pekin. US position appears aligned with Germany. A Berlin paper cites William saying no surrender to Pekin under any condition. Conger's Monday dispatch offers no material shift in the case.
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Russia
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Germany
Count von Buelow
Count Vanderosten Backen
Forigo
Rus Mia
Geran
Tien Tein
United States
Berin
William
Engagement in Philippines Details from Bobolo Island
Dispatch from General MacArthur reports a clash on Bobolo Island where American forces killed one and wounded six from the Forty-first Volunteer Infantry. Enemy losses listed as 120 killed with details pending. Bobolo lies in the southern islands, north of Mindsnso and near Cebu.
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War Department
MacArthur
Manila
Washington
Hughes
Bobolo
Lovath
Forty-first Volunteer Infantry
Carman
Mindsnso
Cebu
Governor Lewellyn Dead in Kansas City, Kansas
Ex governor Lewellyn of Kansas died suddenly from heart disease in Wichita on Monday. The report notes his former office and the sudden nature of the death, with emphasis on his political role in the state.
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Lewellyn
Kansas
Wichita
Arthur Sewall Stricken Near Bath in 1806 Viet Presidency Bid
Arthur Sewall, democratic candidate for vice president in 1896, is critically ill at his summer home at Smell Point sixteen miles from Bath, Me. He was seized with apoplexy Sunday night and has been unconscious since. doctors say there is no hope for recovery and death is expected at any moment.
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Arthur Sowall
Smell Point
Bath
Sewall
Bubonic plague scare hits Glasgow area and city
A Scottish area around Glasgow and Govan on the Clyde reports bubonic infection with a boy dying on Saturday. Authorities confirm the victim and three more suspected cases are in the city.
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Glasgow
Sootland
Govan
Clyde
Annual Cotton Statement Shows Fall in U S Output
Secretary Hester reports fall cotton crop valued at 868.785 million dollars, with 9,486,416 bales and average price 38.55 per bale. Declines occur in Texas and several states while southern spindles total 6,267,163. Net gain in southern mills reaches 113, reaching 63 percent of the total.
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Hester
New Orleans
Texas
Indian Territory
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Utah
Kansas
Atlantic States
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kentucky
Virginia
Democrats Carry Arkansas To A Bare Victory
The Arkansas election produced a Democratic sweep led by Jefferson Davis of Pope County for governor. Early returns suggest a lighter turnout than expected with H L Remmel as the sole opposition gaining ground. Estimated totals show Davis about 100,000 votes, Remmel 40,000, Files Hop Hat 8,000, giving a Democratic majority near 57,000.
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Jefferson Davis
Pope County
Arkansas
H. L. Remmel
Davis
Remmel
Files
Mississippi Feud Heats Kennedy and Worton Factions
Reports from Jackson Mississippi detail a fresh outbreak of the Kennedy Horton feud in Auburn twenty miles south of the city. On Friday two factions clashed on a public highway injuring T. W. Hackley and John Strong likely fatally. The feud stems from the elopement of James Kennedy’s daughter with John Strong and involves a large portion of the neighborhood. Howard Campaigning in Nebraska. Former Congressman M W Howard of Alabama begins a four week tour through Nebraska to back the Barker Donnelly middle of the road ticket, visiting Lincoln and then Kentucky before Ohio. Candler Declared the Nominee. The First Mississippi district Democratic executive committee proclaims E S Candler Jr the nominee over W M Cox for the seat held by John Allen. Candler is a 42 year old Mississippi lawyer. The Burned to Desist. Early Friday, W G Button store at Ways Ge Burned. D J Huymans peered from second story window but could not be rescued. His charred trunk found in ruins.
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Kennedy
Worton
Jackson
Miss
Kennedy=Horton
Auburn
T. W. Hackley
John Strong
James Kennedy
Candler
Democratic Congressional Executive Committee
First
Mississippi
Candler, Jr
W. M. Cox
Congress
John Allen
Desi
Lightning kills Mrs. Conv. Daring in Statesboro home tragedy
A flash of lightning struck Rev. T. J. Cobb's house in Statesboro Georgia during a shower killing his wife and seriously injuring one child. The accident ocurred as rain fell and local authorities investigated the scene.
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Conv
Statesboro
T. J. Cobb
Negeo Murderer Executed in Bastrop Texas
Enoch Moss, a colored man, was legally executed at Bastrop Texas on Monday for killing Neal Lane, a white man, in July last year by riddling his body with buckshot.
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Enoch Moss
Bastrop
Tex
Moss
Neal Lane
Klondyke Gold Arrives in Beattie on City of Seattle
The steamer City of Seattle has arrived at Beattie from Briaguay with 700,000 in Klondyke gold aboard. The striking haul underscores renewed rush to the Klondike as prospects attract investors and workers.
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Seattle
Beattie
Briaguay
Thirteen Die In Hatfield Train Wreck On Bethlehem Line
A rear end collision near Hatfield Pennsylvania between an excursion train from Bethlehem and a milk train to Philadelphia killed thirteen people and wounded over thirty. The ten car excursion was part of a Bethlehem Allentown Atlantic City run. many victims died instantly or en route to hospitals.
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Bethlehem
Philadelphia and Reading
Hatfield
Annie Sherry
Robert Miller
Ira Echet
William Echet
Joseph Mordant
Charles McGonigel
Thomas Day
Mamie Kaelin
Goelfre Katlio
William Blackburn
Harold Landis
Ackermann
Allentown
Atlantic City
Church stance on Chinese missions unchanged by turmoil
The church remains unaffected by China troubles. Bishop Warren A. Candler said missions will continue as before, likening China travel to Paul in Philippi and deeming it more world shaping than war. Separate item notes General Wheeler will retire September 10 at age 64, with General E B Otis to succeed him in the lakes department.
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Warren A. Candler
China
Paul
Philippi
Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
E. B. Otis
Philippines
Panic in Electric Car Kills One Injures Three at Akron
An electric car panic in Akron caused by a fuse burnout and flames bursting through the car floor led to one death and three injuries as passengers rushed to escape. Ferdinand Bargatez Jr. died after being struck by a trolley pole during the chaos.
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Akron
Getom
Ferdinand Bargatez, Jr
National Party Nominates Caffery Howe in Carnegie Hall
The National Party met in Carnegie Hall New York and nominated Donaldson Caffery of Louisiana for president and Archibald M. Howe of Cambridge Massachusetts for vice president. The platform calls for repudiation of imperial pretensions, a gold standard, merit-based public service, and abolition of special privileges with emblem of the Statue of Liberty atop the Capitol dome.
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Calfery
Louisiacs
Howe
National Party
Carnegie Hall
New York
United States
Donaldson Caffery
Louisiana
Archibald M. Howe
Cambridge
Mass
Ite
Capitol Dome
Washington
Death of Arthur Sewall Vice Presidential Candidate
Hon Arthur Sewall democratic candidate for vice president of the United States died at 8:30 am Wednesday at his Smallpoint summer home near Bath Missouri. He was 64 and had not been in good health for some time. He suffered a fatal apoplexy after a stroke on Sunday following the Democratic National Convention. He remained unconscious until death.
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Arthur Sewall
United States
Smallpoint
Bath
Sewall
Alabama State Fair Certainty in Birmingham
The soliciting committee of the Alabama Fair association continued raising funds for a Birmingham fair in November. Directors decided to hold the fair and half the capital stock had been subscribed, encouraging skeptical citizens to buy stock for the venture.
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Alabama Fair Association
Birmingham
Growers Organize Cotton Protective Association in Alabama
Poole of Alabama leads steps to form the Cotton Growers Protective Association across counties. He has already set up county branches and will visit Chilton Marshall and Lee counties to complete statewide organization by mid October. Birmingham population rises 46.75 percent since 1890, reaching 88,415 as per census bulletin.
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Poole
Alaburma
Cotton Growers’ Protective Association
Chilton County
Marshall County
Lee County
Association For
Alabama
Birmingham
Washington
Kent Eye Closed. Marion Dunn, Editor, Found Dead
Marion Stuart Dunn, 41, former editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald and later city editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, then holding similar posts at the Republican and Scranton press, was found dead in his bed Tuesday night of heart failure.
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Marion Stuart Dunn
Birmingham Age-Herald
Louisville Courier-Journal
Republican
Ruth
Screnson
Pay
Alabama News Gleanings From Portsmouth Harbor Event
Governor Johnston and entourage attend gift presentation to the battleships Alabama and Kearsarge in Portsmouth on September 18 invited by New Hampshire. Bronze tablets and speeches mark the commemoration of the Alabama Kearsarge clash with Booker T. Washington’s donation noted.
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Johnston
Biall
New Hampshire
Joseph JH. Johnston
Alabama
Portsmouth Harbor
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