Edict by Prince Tuan Signals Worst-Case China News
London dispatch cites a June 29 edict and ambassador address identical to earlier imperial texts. The message portrays Beijing unable to guard legations and warns of rising anger toward foreigners as tension in Pekin grows. Sir Robert Hart's late warning of a desperate situation is noted with no further European updates from Pekin.
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London
Shanghai
the Express
Prince Tuan
Express
Emperor Kwang Hsu
Daily Mail
Washington
Pekin
Robert Hart
Nebraska offers limited chinch bug fungus for farm trials
The Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station studied inoculated chinch bugs for three years and found success only with strict adherence and favorable climate. Since private sources cannot supply the infection, the University will send a limited fungus supply to interested farmers for fair trial upon writing to Lawrence Bruner, Entomologist, Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
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Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station
Lawrence Bruner
Department of Entomology
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Epworth League Delegate Killed by Electric Car
Francis Aldrian Snively a 65 year old Cuba Illinois dry goods merchant was killed in Peoria while alighting from an electric street car. His skull was fractured and he was attending the state convention of the Epworth League. He was on his way to his son’s house when the fatal accident occurred. He is uncle to Clarence Snively of the Canton Register and a prominent state political figure.
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Francis Aldrian Snively
Cuba
Peoria
Mr.Snively
Clarence Snively
Canton Register
Snively
Epworth League
Plague Report Prompts Dispatch to Louisiana Town
President Souchon of the state board of health received a telegram from Caldwell urging an expert, tents, disinfectants and a sanitary inspector be sent to a town where a mysterious fatal plague had broken out. Forty persons, mostly Negroes, had already died.
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Souchon
Louisiana State Board of Health
Caldwell
Laura Giseke Sues Omaha Street Railway for Damages
Laura Giseke sues the Omaha Street Railway for 5000 damages after being knocked down by a street car at Tenth and Howard streets in summer 1899. She claims the motorman failed to ring the bell and she had no warning of the car’s approach.
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Laura Giseke
Omaha Street Railway Company
Tenth and
Howard Streets
Hailstorms Hit Farms North of Kewaneett
Large hailstones described as bigger than baseballs shattered window panes and shades five miles north of Kewaneett. A farmer collected storm stones an hour after the event to freeze ice cream. The storm damaged corn crops along its path.
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Kewaneett
Position of United States on Chinese troubles
The state department releases the identical note dated June 30 and sent to Canton for approval and to the powers on July 3. It restates the policy of avoiding war with China and localizing disturbances in Chin Li with viceroy support, noting broad favorable reception and no allied group formations. France and the United States are cited as cooperating most constantly.
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State Department
United States
Canton
Chin Li
China
France
Dowager Empress Resumes Control in China Amid Turmoil
Shanghai dispatch reports on June 30 the Dowager Empress resumes governance appointing Yang Lu as prime minister. A courier sends a congratulations to the Yangtze provinces while protecting foreigners. Reports also say legations stand, outlaws disperse, and troops move to Taku.
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Shanghai
Res
Yang Lu
Nankin
Yang Tse Kiang
Img
Washington
Goodnow
United States
Shan Tung
Pekin
Prince’s
Nebraska Sugar Rate Case Order Issued by Judge Morrow
Circuit Judge Morrow of San Francisco orders Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads to appear on the first law day in August and show cause why a restraining order should not be issued in the Interstate Commerce Commission suits against them in the Nebraska sugar rate case.
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Nebraska
Morrow
San Francisco
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Interstate Railway Commission
Timber Fire Ravages California Forests West of Boulder Creek
A wildfire started July 2 by a fire balloon west of Boulder Creek California continues to rage destroying thousands of acres of timber. Many families have abandoned homes as authorities struggle to gain control with limited prospect of containment soon.
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Boulder Creek
Cal
Fire Devours Eighteen Walnut Buildings In NL Blaze
A large fire swept through Walnut NL destroying eighteen business buildings including the opera house grain elevator and passenger station. The loss is set at 112000 with 48000 insured. Fire started in the opera house and spread to adjacent structures.
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Walnut
Hobart Estate Inventory Values Large Sum
The inventory of the late Vice President Garret Hobart’s personal estate was filed with the surrogate in Patterson New Jersey. It appraises the wealth at 2 618 441 dollars and notes bonds in twenty six corporations and stock in over 100 entities.
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Garret . Hobart
Patterson
N. J
Railroad President Resigns Fordyce to Depart Aug 1
Samuel W. Fordyce, president of the Kansas City Southern railway, resigns effective August 1. His successor will be Stuart R. Knott, at present vice president of the Plant system in Savannah, Georgia.
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Samuel W. Fordyce
Kansas City Southern Railway
Stuart R Knott
Savannah
Walter Wellman Reception Held in York Nebraska
Walter Wellman, famed Arctic explorer and newspaper correspondent, his wife, and the couple’s reception took place at York Neb at the home of Walter’s brother Arthur W. Wellman.
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Walter Wellman
York
York, Neb
Arthur W. Wellman
European forces face worsening crisis in China amid legation siege
A Shan Tung telegram reports a breach in the Pekin British legation wall after a gallant defense and dwindling ammunition, with all foreigners allegedly killed. Rioting reported in Ning Po and dispatches indicate growing danger to Europeans as boxers gain audacity near Tien Tsin and city defenses.
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Shanghai
Shan Tung
Pekin
Ning Po
London
Associated Press
Hart
Robert, Hart
Tung I'nh Siang
Prescott Arizona Fire Wreaks Major Property Loss
A blaze in Prescott Arizona began at 10 45 Saturday night and raged until 3 00 Sunday morning. Firefighters advanced the flames blowing up buildings on the north side of Goodwin street to prevent spread. Estimated property loss ranges from 1 000 000 to 1 500 000.
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Prescott
Ariz
Goodwin Street
Senator Gear Dies in Portland Apartment
Washington July 15 dispatch says United States Senator Gear of Iowa died at his Portland apartment at 4 28 yesterday morning of heart failure He was in usual health until 2 30 a m when he was attacked Doctors were summoned but efforts were unavailing
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Washington, D. C
United States
Senator Gear
Iowa
Portland
Detroit Glass Blowers Reject Eight Hour Day Demand
The Detroit convention of green glass bottle blowers voted down the eight hour day proposal. The Flint glass blowers conference committee planned a future April meeting in Pittsburgh to revisit amalgamation and related issues.
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Green Glass Bottle Blowers
Detroit
Mich
Flint Glass Blowers
Pittsburg
Six alleged ringleaders held in Alcatraz dungeon
A San Francisco dispatch reports six men believed to be ringleaders in an attempted escape from the military prison on Alcatraz Island are confined in a dungeon there. Major O'Hara, commandant, has ordered an investigation. The island houses about 506 prisoners including several desperate men.
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Alcartraz Island
San Francisco
O'Hara
Bead Star mill accident claims life of N M Lee
An employee N M Lee fell fifty feet from an elevated track at the Star mill in Bead South Dakota while dumping ashes from a small car. He sank into a pile of ashes and was dead within minutes. He had no relatives in America and was unmarried.
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Star Mill
Bead, S. D
N. M. Lee
America
Drought Worsens in Arizona. Cattle Die as Water Runs Dry
In drought stricken Arizona sections water holes and wells are drying up. Cattle are dying in the thousands across Pima Pinal Santa Cruz Yavapai and Maricopa counties. Gila and Salt rivers are scarce with no water in the Gila and none in the San Pedro from Benson to its confluence. At Casa Grande the vast reservoir is dry and crops near Florence Casa Grande and on the Pimas Indian reservation fail. Forest fires in the Santa Catalina mountains add to the hardship.
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Los Angeles
Arizona
Pima
Pinal
Santa Cruz
Y Vochise
Maricopo
Gila
San Pedro
Benson
Salt River
Phoenix
Casa Grande
Florence
Sacton
Santa-Catalina Mountains
Wheat yield outlook boosts hopes for Northwest states
H. V. Jones predicts wheat harvest in Minnesota, the Dakotas will reach at least 135 million bushels, potentially 150 million with four weeks of favorable weather. So. Minnesota counties show strong yields, southern Minnesota leads, northern Minnesota and North Dakota lag, and southern wheat quality is expected to be high.
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H. V. Jones
Northwest
Minneapolis Journal
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Striking Street Railway Men Aid Campaign Opens in St Louis
Two thousand solicitors hired by St Louis trades and labor unions began canvassing the city to raise funds for the striking street railway workers and to measure public support for unions. Eight youths, ages ten to seventeen, are held by police as part of the investigation into an assault on 17 year old William M Johns who was attacked after alighting from a Broadway car.
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Trades and Labor Unions
St. Louis
William M. Johns
Broadway
Secretary Root Comments on Cuban Annexation at Meeting
Secretary Root spoke positively about a constitutional committee meeting in Cuba but said Cuban annexation is not imminent. He noted independence is the priority under congressional mandate and that annexation could only be decided by Cuba if pursued later.
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Root
Constitutional Committee
Cuba
Relics From Philippine War Reach Ruby Neb Firm
Ruby Nebraska resident H M Bowers received from San Francisco a box of relics including the bullet pierced blouse worn by General Lawton on his death day in the Philippines. The box also contains cuff links one shoe and a legging and Major Guy Howard jewelry. Bowers holds Manila battlefield blood stained tag from Col John M Stotsenburg. Otis Howard Bowers brother is chief embalmer in Manila and sends keepsakes home for safekeeping.
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H. M. Bowers
United States Army
Manila
Veteran Meeting Call From Hulings Directs October Assembly
Chattanooga Tennessee July 14 special reports General Willis J Hulings commander in chief of the Spanish American War veterans has ordered the adjutant general to direct the national association to meet here October 8 to 13.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Geneal Willis J. Hulings
Adjutant General’s Office
National Association
Tragedy on Albion Farm as Boy Killed by Binder
At the Melvin Frederick farm seven miles northwest of Ashland a young boy riding the lead team on a binder was thrown or fell. The horses could not be controlled and the binder dragged him, severing an arm and leg. He died later despite efforts to save him.
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Melvin Frederick
Ashland
Frederick
Death in Hayloft Fall at Albion
A young farmer named D. K. Pittenger from east of Albion Neb fall from a hay mow about eight feet while stowing hay. He broke his neck and died. He had been married about a year.
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Albion
Neb
D. K. Pittenger
Third Party Nominees Named at State Prohibition Convention
At the state convention last Friday morning the prohibitionists named a full ticket headed by Governor L. O. Jones of Lincoln. Lieutenant Governor Charles P Lawson of the Santee agency was chosen, with D. L. Whitney as secretary of state from Beatrice and C. C. Crowell of Blair as treasurer. Erastus Hicelman of Seward was land commissioner, Wilson Brody of Holt county as auditor, D. M. Strong of North Bend as attorney general, and Bartley Blair as superintendent of schools.
Engine Plunges From Nebraska Bridge Collision
L R Hadley attempted crossing the Loup river bridge near Lexington Nebraska when a thirty foot span collapsed dumping the steam traction engine tender and Hadleys into the water The engine was wrecked and Hadleys son suffered minor scalds and a badly sprained ankle.
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L. R. Hadley
Loup River Bridge
Lexington
Neb
Hadley
Chinese Minister Wu Seeks Cipher Message for Conger
Minister Wu orders delivery of a cipher cable from Secretary Hay to United States minister Conger in Peking. The contents remain unknown to all but Hay. Wu pledges full effort and expense to get the message to Conger if he is alive.
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Hay
United States
Conger
Pekin
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang to Remain in Canton Amid Chinese War
Canton reports Li Hung Chang will stay in Canton until allied troops defeat Prince Tuan's forces, then move north to help negotiate peace with Prince Ching, Yang Lu, and other pro foreign viceroys. The dispatches from Canton add little to the Chinese situation.
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Canton
Li Hung Chang
Prince Tuan
Prince Ching
Yang Lu
Fire razes Sewickley complex destroying six freight cars
A major blaze in Sewickley Pa destroyed six coal and ice storehouses three stables a frame dwelling and several outbuildings along with six Pennsylvania freight cars. Stableman Samuel Woods died in the fire and eight horses were killed. Loss placed at $50 000.
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Pennsylvania
Sewickley
Pittsburg
Samuel Woods
Burglars Fail to Enter Frisca Depot at Loraine
In Loraine Kansas two masked burglars attempted entry to the Frisca depot. They fired through the window at the night agent who hid. The agent retrieved his gun and wounded one attacker before the pair retreated.
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Loraine
Kan
Steamer Quito Delivers Relief to India Sufferers
The steamer Quito arrived around July 9 with $20,000 in relief funds and supplies for famine victims in India. The navy department chartered the vessel for this humanitarian mission.
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Erelief
Quito
Arouay
India
Navy Department
Elopement Leaves Plattsmouth Couple Separated
Plattsmouth shoe maker Frank Cateyson and Mrs Amanda Collins eloped together last week. Cateyson leaves a wife while Collins ends her marriage and leaves children behind.
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Frank Cateyson
Plattsmouth
Amanda Collins
Cateyson
Collins
Clark Howell Weds Annie Comer in Atlanta Society Note
Hon Clark Howell of Atlanta editor of the Constitution married Annie Comer daughter of the late Hugh M. Comer president of the Central Georgia Railway in a formal society ceremony.
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Clark Howell
Atlanta
Fant Constitution
Annie Comer
Hugh M. Comer
The
Central Georgia Railway
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