A Sacrifice To Conscience
Paul Enderby a London barrister helps a frightened teenage girl on Westminster Bridge after she sprains her ankle. She hurries to reach a hospital for her ailing father and asks him to summon Dr Lyndon. Enderby seeks a cab, comforts the girl, and promises to relay her urgent message to David Lind. Enderby finds a policeman to guard the girl as he rushes toward St Thomas to deliver the word.
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Hogan
Paul Enderby
Westminster Bridge
Allence
Westminster
Enderby
London
Lyndon
St. Thomas
Dalton
David Liogd
Night visit to a missing doctor at the hospital
Enderby escapes a confusing request at the entrance and hails a cab to the bridge. He finds a pale, shadowy girl waiting as a police search continues. He learns the doctor Lyndon, once assistant to Dr Ballantyre, left the hospital a month ago.
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Enderby
Lyndon
Ballantyre
Doctor Lyndon
Desperate cab ride to doctor as Enderby eases heiress
Enderby arranges urgent medical aid for a gravely ill father after a ransom exchange. The terrified daughter resists new doctors, clinging to the only physician her father would allow. Enderby battles mystery and caution as he contemplates driving her home or to Doctor Howarth. Meanwhile a Kansas rainfall report hints at large corn losses and rising prices.
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Enderby
Doctor Howarth
Watches that miss time by many devices
The quotation critiques multifunctional watches and clocks as distractions from their core purpose. Archbishop Whately compares overcomplicated timepieces to noble aims gone astray, arguing that extra features hinder accurate timekeeping and undermine the original design.
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Archbishop Whately
Couple as Team Strive Together Like Horses
The dialogue uses a metaphor of a married couple working as a united team like horses harnessed together, noting they share one tongue and must pull in harmony to succeed. It emphasizes joint effort and coordination in partnership.
United States Aligns With Russia in China Negotiations
Washington reports clarify US stance in Chinese talks with Russia urging withdrawal to enable negotiations. Russia calls Li Hung Chang note inexplicable and seeks orders to vacate. The US instructs diplomats to pursue assurances protecting American interests and to prepare withdrawal from Pekin if guarantees are met. Consuls Wilcox and Martin to resume posts.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Li Hung Chang
China
State Department
Pekin
Kwank Su
Stanus
Wilcox
Hankow
Martin
Chin Kow
Bubonic Plague Fears Grow in London Amid Quarantine
A London dispatch reports India’s cholera crisis as Britain braces for bubonic plague. Authorities monitor several cases including a child who died within two days after initial pneumonia misdiagnosis. Ten families moved to a new plague reception house as the municipality responds.
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New York
the Tribune
London
India
Great Britain
Balate Again at Polygamy
Kansas City August 31 Joseph Smith president of the church and son of the founder addressed members at the annual reunion in Washington park defining the church stance on polygamy. He affirmed the Latter Day Saints do not believe in polygamy and that their founder Joseph Smith taught against it.
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Balate
Kansas City
Organized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day’ Saints
Joseph Smith
Joseph, Smith
Washington Park
Latter ‘Day Saints
Governor's Wife Pattin Jail
Word from Ensenada reports Mrs. Ryerson wife of the late George Ryerson of Lower California found guilty of manslaughter and serving her sentence in the Ensenada jail.
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Pattin
San Diego
Cal
Ensena
Bandits Tackle Overland Near Table Rock
The Union Pacific overland flyer was held up dynamited and robbed near Table Rock west of Cheyenne by five masked bandits. The express car and Pacific Express treasury safe were wrecked and a large sum taken. No injuries. posse pursuit underway and rewards offered. It is believed the heist was by Butch Cassidy's gang.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific Overland Flyer
Table Rock
Pacific Express Company
Brown's Park Country
Colorado
Tipton
Green River
Rawlins
United States
Hadsell
Rock Springs
Swanson
Union Pacific
Express
Pacific Coast
Manila
Butch Cassiday
Corbett Defeats McCoy in Five Rounds at Madison Square Garden
James J. Corbett via superior cleverness and punching outclassed Charles Kid McCoy in less than five rounds at the Twentieth Century club event in Madison Square Garden. Early opinions split on the superiority of the combatants, but ring judges hailed the display as the cleverest exhibition of self defense by heavyweights for this generation.
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New York
James J. Corbett
Charles
Kid) McCoy
Twentieth Century Club
Madison Square Garden
Corbett
hfcCoy
McCoy
Grand Army's New Leader Chosen in Chicago Encampment
The national G A R encampment elected officers for the coming year with Leo Rassieur of St. Louis as Commander-in-Chief C E Milliken of Portland Maine as senior vice commander Frank Seamon of Knoxville Tenn as junior vice commander John A Wilkins of Delta C as surgeon general Rev A Drahms of San Quentin Cal as chaplain-in-chief.
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Chicago
Leo Rassieur
St. Louis
C. E. Milliken
Portland
Frank Seamon
Knoxville
Storm Victim at Nome
The steamship Senator arrived in Seattle from Nome with news through August 21. It carried 250 returning passengers and about $320,000 in treasure, $300,000 of it consigned to local companies and banks. The Nome storms caused significant loss of life.
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Nome
Seattle
Wash
Winter Campaign Ahead as Peace Talks Doubted
London reports the afternoon papers doubt peace negotiations are solid and praise General Chaffee for preparing for a winter campaign. Allies push at Pekin while finding a responsible Chinese to treat with, unless Li Hung Chang can contact the fugitive court and obtain credentials.
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London
Chaffee
Pekin
Li-Hung Chang
Wyo. Train Wreck On Sherman Hill In Water Stop Incident
Cars were piled up after a runaway train backed down Sherman hill to water Tuesday night when the brakes failed. No injuries are reported and local crews secured the scene.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Sherman Hill
Colorado Woman Wine Var Officers Elected for Ensuing Year
Chicago August 31 report lists officers elected by the Woman's Relief corps for the coming year. National President Mrs. Mary J. Cart Longmont Colorado National senior Vice President Mrs. Belle M. Satterlee St. Louis Missouri.
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Colorado
Chicago
Woman's Relief,corps
Mary J. Cart
Longmont
Colo
Belle M. Satterlee
St. Louis
Chinese News and War Rumors From Shanghai to Pekin
Reports from London and Shanghai detail Li Hung Chang's talks with the empress dowager and possible peacemakers. Dispatches claim Boxer and allied forces clashed near Teh Choua with heavy Chinese casualties and ongoing unrest across Taku and Pekin.
China Tangles Over Li Hung Chang Credentials
Washington Aug 30 The latest phase of the China diplomacy centers on the acceptance of Li Hung Chang as plenipotentiary as objections shift to the authority of the Chinese government to issue credentials. Officials note Li’s credentials may have been issued by a fugitive emperor, raising questions on binding commitments. Meanwhile Li’s whereabouts are unknown for four days, with a possible departure from Shanghai toward Taku and Pekin. In London Dr Leyds met Emperor Nicholas for a brief five minutes. the czar would urge peace in Transvaal, signaling no mat for war.
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London
Chi Chen Lofenginh
Li Hung Chang
Shanghai
Pearn
Empress Dowager
Prince Ching
Yung Lu
Yang Tse
Pei Tsang
Ho-Shi Wu
Teh Choua
Prince Uan
Hong Kong
The
Daily Mail
Gaselee
Amay
Reform Party
Kang Yu Wei
Creigh
Seymour
Hankow
Taku
Daily Telegraph
Pekin
Shang Tung
Che Foo
West Wall
the Times
Pao Ting-Fu
Tat Yuen Fu
Tien Tin
Yang UN
Chang Chi Tung
Wu Chang
New Chwang
Hai Cheng
Leao Yang
Mudken
Port Arthur
Washington
China
Emperor Kwang @u
Department of State
Crear
Dr. Leyds
Nicholas
Daily Mall
St. Petersburg
Transvaal
Plot to burn Shanghai sparks citywide fear
A Shanghai dispatch to the Frankfort Zeitung reports a plot to burn the city. Europeans fear streets after nightfall and describe the overall situation as critical.
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Eure
Shanghai
Berlin
Frankfort Zeitung
Anarchist Arrested in Rome Conspiracy Report
Paris dispatch notes a Carrara arrest on suspicion of planning to assassinate King Victor Emmanuel III. The alert comes via Petit Bleu from Rome detailing anarchist activity linked to the plot.
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Petit Bleu
Rome
Carrara
Victor Emanuel Ett
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