China Punishment Demands Shape Qing Crisis
The German note signals a shift toward a practical China policy as it seeks opinions on punished officials lists and penalties. The U.S. endorses the German plan, while the Franco Russian proposal adds arms embargo, indemnity, and future guaranties, including Taku fort destruction and peacetime lines.
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Berlin
William
Previ
Ohbina
Kuang-liu
China
Germany
Dmperor
Tuan
Lst
United States
Minis ‘Ter Conger
Taku
Pekin
Seaboard
Indians to gain suffrage as federal census nears
As the nation nears completing its census the large Indian population is seen as likely to receive voting rights. About 250000 Indians exist in the United States with 70000 in the five civilized tribes in Indian Territory making up the most significant group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizer
United States
Uving
Lipton Denies Pork Corner Plan Amid Price Rise
Sir Thomas Lipton refutes claims of attempting a corner in Chicago meat products. He says large government orders and a need to hold a reserve stock drove Chicago buyers to purchase extensively, not to manipulate markets. He insists he opposes corners and would not start one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipcorner
John, Cudahy
Lipto
Sir Thomas
Miners in distress as strike hits families in Plymouth
The anthracite coal miners strike drives destitution in Plymouth. A miner’s wife went insane with her three starving children after two weeks of hunger. Humane Society officers intervened, the mother subdued and sent to asylum, while the children were fed and clothed at the society’s room.
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Plymouth
The
Humane Society
Hinmaone Society
Postal Service Finances for Fiscal Year 1500
The postal service reports expenditures of 107,240,208.13 and revenue of 102,357,579.29, with a deficit of 4,894,718.84. Net deficit is about 1.5 million less than the prior year. Stamp sales totaled 94,018,699.68, up 6,783,645.62 from last year. Total transactions, including money orders, reached 714,394,101.22 for the year ended June 30, 1900.
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Postal Service
Flour Mills Close Down Amid Slump in Demand
Mills in Pillsbury-Washburn and Washburn-Crosby groups cut output on Saturday due to weak local and foreign flour demand. Several Consolidated Milling Company mills also cease operations, puzzling officials who note no typical seasonal dip. Telegraphic briefs report Spokane population data and a lengthy, garbled note on a long-time married couple and an unrelated murder mystery fragment.
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Pillsbury-Washburn
Washburn- Crosby
Consolidated Milling ‘Company
Minneapolis
Spokane
Wash
Elizabeth
Verenesenesekockockoft
Anyvictody
Mexico
Life of Dr. G. E. Morrison Journalistic Explorer and War Correspondent
Dr George Ernest Morrison born Geelong Victoria in 1862 pursued medicine at Edinburgh graduating in 1887. He traveled widely through Asia and became a leading Far East correspondent for the Times, reporting from Bangkok to Yunnan. Morrison served at Pekin during the siege, was wounded, and first revealed Chinese treachery through dispatches.
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George Ernest Morrison
Loendon ‘Limes
Pekin
England
Great Britain
Lord Salisbury
Geelong
Victoria
Australia
Melbourne
Edinburg University
Garpentaria
New Guinea
Eeinburg
Scotch University
Shanghai
Rangoon
Far East
The
Times
Bangkok
Siam
Yunnan City
China
Tonquin
Manchuria
Stretensk
Siberia
Vladivostok
Morrison
Intertwined Views From Chicago On Transit And Diet
Miss E Ward recalls pre railroad routes to Pekin via Lien-tsin Tung-chou and an ancient stone road. She notes mule-litter travel for wounded soldiers and difficult terrain. Chicagoans shift to raw diets. Mrs Haworth advocates raw foods with caution on blood. Samuel Gompers condemns low coal wages and promises AFL aid to miners.
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E. Ward
Chicago
Pekin
Lien-tsin
Tung- Chou
Condition of crops and political notes from the period
The weekly crop report notes generally favorable conditions east of the Mississippi with rain needed in the South Atlantic and east gulf regions. Harvesting progresses in the west gulf and lower Ohio valleys, while heavy rains slow corn gathering in Iowa Missouri and Kansas. The piece also records political items including Roosevelt’s West Virginia tour date and Galveston storm losses estimated at 12,000 lives and $20.3 million in property.
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Mississippi River
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Minyhesota
Dakotas
Minnesota
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mountain
North Pacific Coast
West Gulf ‘States
Mississippi
Ohio
Pacific Coast
Iowa
Missouri
Kangas
Texas
Brazos
South Atlantica
Joseph D. Sayers
Galveston
Bryan as a ball player in Jacksonville 1884
Photo unearthed by John W Springer shows W J Bryan in an 1884 Jacksonville baseball game. The Morgan County club faced a close 18 to 20 loss, with Bryan hitting a long home run after bases loaded, and described as a strong amateur pitcher of the era. Spectators recall the moment from along the lines, with Bryan appearing in a baseball uniform.
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Denver
Colo
John W. Springer
W.J. Bryan
Bryan
Jacksonville
Ill
Fft
Springer
Morgan County
Expensive Divorce and Wedding Costs Revealed
A Chicago note highlights a divorce costing 1,000,000 dollars and a wedding priced at 1,000,000 dollars, totaling 2,000,000 dollars. The piece attributes extreme desire for divorce to William Bateman Leeds and hints at broader social commentary.
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William Bateman Leeds
Chicago
Courtroom Testimony From St Paul Trial
Fragmentary OCR recalls a courtroom scene in St Paul with a witness giving a blunt reply to a judge asking for the truth. The unnamed Indian figure answers simply with a single word, provoking a roaring reaction in the courtroom.
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St. Paul
Serors
Carland
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