British, American Legations Under Fire in Peking
Dispatches from Peking report British and American legations shelled by Chinese troops from June 20 to July 16 with an armistice since July 16. Sixty-two killed to date, including Capt. Strouta, numerous wounded. British and American forces reportedly preparing to advance within forty eight hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diepateh
Joly
Seve Aml
Washington
Govent
Prem Conger
Britb
Americas
Tiem
Meedy
Lamton
Admiralty
Toom
Admirsl Bruce
Tien Tsins
Peking
Phinrese
Strouta
Halligan
Tegation
David Onphant
Wareth
MacDonald
Dantes
London
Claude MacDonald
David Oliphant Yonda Warren
Regation
Tientsin
Li Hung Chang
Shanghai
Raines
Workington
Conger
China
Secretary of State
Fowler
Chefu
Legation
Zist Inst
Tien Tsin
Baron von Ketteler
Trentain
Iuly
Pekini
Tientain
Foreign Office
Chih Chen
Li Hung Cheng
Han
Tien-tsin
Chafee
Taku
War Department
Chaffee
Nagasaki
Powers On The Stand In His Own Behalf At Georgetown
Caleb Powers testified in Georgetown Kentucky that he organized a mountainers group for the state contest board and legislature not to intimidate, denying charges from Cutton Golden Noakes and others. He said two keys to his office existed not in his possession and named W J Davidson and Ben Rowe as holders. Powers claimed his key was in his pocket in Louisville when the assassination occurred. Davidson and Rowe were reportedly elsewhere.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Frankfort
Cutton
Golden
Noakes
Henry Youtsey
Keye
W. J. Davidgen
Ben Rowe
Guv. Taylor
Powers
Loulaville
Davidson
Far West
Washington
Rowe
Indiana
Anderson
McFadden Knocks Out O'Brien in Madison Square Garden Bout
George McFadden delivered a severe beating to Jack O'Brien in a ten round abbreviated fight at Madison Square Garden before the Twentieth Century club. O'Brien, once of Halifax, showed early speed but faded by the twelfth round as McFadden dominated and forced the stoppage after the bell rang for the thirteenth.
French Expeditions Merge Against Sultan Rabah in Soudan
Dispatch from August reports L M Decrals announcing junction of expeditions led by Damy against Sultan Rabah. A fierce battle at Kousri cost Commander Lami and Captain Decointes their lives. Rabah killed. his head then displayed in camp by a sharpshooter. Rabah long troubled French forces in Central Soudan.
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Teean
Soudan
Parle
L.M. Decrals
Damy
Sultan Rabah
Kousri
Lami
Decointes
Rabah
Zobehr Pasha
Rioting Negro Laborers Clash With Mexicans in Tampico Area
In Donance Cida near Tampico fifty eight Haitian? No, fifty eight Afro laborers on the Mexican Central railroad rioted after a comrade was arrested. They clashed with police and Mexicans, firing pistols from cabins. Two Negroes died and about twenty were seriously wounded. Mexican authorities called in Ninth Infantry to restore order. Two Mexicans were wounded, one fatally stabbed.
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Wampico
Tex
Donance Cida
Tampico
Mexican Central Railroad
Ninth Infantry
KO Votes for Volunteers in Field Election News
Chicago Aug 1 American volunteer soldiers abroad will not vote next fall. Secretary Heath of the Republican national committee says no arrangements exist in several states to permit voting, leaving soldiers unable to exercise their franchise.
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Chicago
Heath
Republican National Committee
Prince Alfred of Saxe Coburg Dead at Rosenau Castle
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert Duke of Saxe Coburg died at Rosenau castle at 10 last evening from heart paralysis. Born 1844, he was the fourth child of Queen Victoria and married to Grand Duchess Marie of Russia. His only son died in 1899 and four daughters survive.
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Prince Albert
Saxe-Coburn Vames
Coburg
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert
Duke
Saxe-Coburg
Rosenaw Castle
Prince Alfred
Edinparsh
Victoria
Marie
Alexander II
Russia
Bank teller dies in 1200-foot fall at Pine canyon
Ogden Utah August 1 George H Burgett a paying teller at Ogden State Bank was killed in Pine canyon when he fell 1200 feet to the gulch bottom. End of Thirty Berlin August 1 The betrothal of Princess Alexandria daughter of the duke of Cumberland to a son of Prince Regent Albert of Brunswick is announced ending a thirty year feud.
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Ogden, Utan
George H. Burgett
Ogden State Bank
Pine Canyon
Berlin
Alexandria
Duke of Cumberland
Albert of Brunswick
Boers Surrender Unconditionally to British Forces
Cape Town reports Gen. Prinsloo with 5,004 Boers has surrendered unconditionally to the British. The Harriemith and Wrede commandoes remain at large, with several prisoners stating others will surrender soon. Prisoners are guarded in a langer, awaiting arrival of all captives. Lord Roberts notes prior actions near Naauwpoort and Bethlehem hills, with 1,200 burghers willing to surrender if treated as POWs. Prinsloo proposed a four day armistice via a flag of truce, but Hunter demands unconditional surrender, no negotiations. London confirms Kitchener’s dispatch to Krugersdorp to aid relief efforts for Baden-Powell at Rustenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
Prinsloo
Harri~ Emith
Wrede
Free State Army
Lord Roberta
Macdonald
Naauwpoort
Bethlehem Hills
Leinster
Naanpoort
Thie
Drnce
Hunter
Prins- Joe
Prinsino
London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Krugersdorp
Baden-Powell
Delarry
Rustenberg
Transvaal
Mysterious double tragedy shocks Waco in Kingsbury home
In Waco Texas two prominent citizens, Duncan G. McLennan Jr and Myron C. Kingsbury, were found murdered at the Kingsbury residence. Both throats were cut from ear to ear with no visible injuries indicating no struggle. Mrs. Kingsbury described waking to the scene and seeing her husband and brother already dying as police begin investigations.
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Waco
Tex
Den
M. C. Kingsbury
Duncan G. McLennan, Jr
Myron C. Kingsbury
Ambassador to Italy Nomination for Former Governor Wolcott
The president nominated former Gov. Roger Wolcott of Massachusetts as ambassador to Italy. The Italian government has been asked for acceptance. No reply yet as Wolcott is in France and the president has cable communications awaiting an answer.
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Wolcott
Washington
Sus
Italy
Roger Wolcott
Massachusetts
Debt talks and notable deaths in brief
Consul in Bombay reports India seeks a 318 percent loan totaling 10 million dollars. Rev. Dr. Hemon Dyer, longtime clergyman and secretary of the Evangelical Knowledge Society, dies in New York at age ninety. Michigan treasury issues a warrant for 14734 dollars for stores and munitions supplied during the Spanish war.
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Bombay
State Department
Governent of
India
Hemon Dyer
Evangelical Knowledge Society
Protestant Episcopal Church
New York
Treasury Department
Michigan
Grain and Livestock Quotes Across Markets August 1
Quotations from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Milwaukee Bronx City and South St Paul show mixed grain prices Wheat oats corn and flax on July 31 and August 1 across several exchanges. Cattle hog sheep and related livestock values are listed for Chicago South St Paul and Bronx City with ranges for quality grades and categories.
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St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
Bronx City
Towa
South St. Paul
FLoons Inundate Outskirts Of Santiago Reported
A Valparaiso dispatch says heavy rains flooded Santiago outskirts drowning twelve people and leaving over 3,000 homeless. Chile estimates railway repairs at 14,009,000 pesos, with no current rail link to Santiago. Masonic lodges raise funds for distressed residents. Chile notes to the United States regarding Pan American Congress participation if no disputes arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rerat
Mometom
New York
The
Herald
Valparaiso
Santiago
Chile
Masonic Lodges
Armour Plant Planned for Louisville at $250000
Armour & Co of Chicago prepared plans for a Louisville packing plant costing 250000 with talks to acquire suitable land. If built as estimated the complex may expand with additional buildings raising total outlay to 1000000. Also reported scarce Northwest farm labor prompts railroads Great Northern and Northern Pacific to recruit 2000 workers in Chicago for harvest efforts.
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Armour
Loulnvlle
Louisville
Armour & Co
Chicago
Northwest
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Juvenile Shooting Fatality Ends in Grand Jury
Aug 1 report from M. details Frank Jones killing James Elam, both sixteen and from prominent families. Jones was held to the grand jury without bond as investigators pursue the case.
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Killa Anotie Pans
Frank Jones
James Elam
Jones
Granad
Humbert Shot in Monza King Assassinated by Anarchist
Monza Italy July 21 King Humbert was shot at 10 45 a m and died at 11 30 a m after an anarchist Angelo Bressi claimed the deed He was arrested and the crowd barely restrained from violence The assassin described himself as from Prato Tuscany The king had been at a prize distribution near a gymnastic event when fatal shots rang out as he entered his carriage The premier Sig Saracco convened cabinet talks as Naples royal party sails in the Levant toward a crisis cell
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Monza
Italy
Humbert
Angelo Bressi
Angelo Breani
Prato
Tuscany
Fiesta Fails as Manila Amnesty Celebration Falters
A two day Manila fiesta led by Senor Paterno to mark amnesty drew few tangible results. Taft and the Commission avoided attendance due to anticipated pro independence speeches. Security was tight with doubled guards and bans on Filipino flags and images of McKinley and Aguinaldo. The event is seen as premature and ill advised amid ongoing fighting with Americans suffering casualties and insurgent losses.
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Manila
Concor
Senor Paterno
Taft
Commission
McKinley
Aguinaldo
Poor Girl Mittaions and Wealth Inheritance Tale
Miss Maggie Carmody of Toledo, heir to an Australian fortune, travels to New York to meet her Melbourne aunt Mrs. C. B. F. Bradbury. They plan a trip to Paris, then return to Australia. The aunt has already given Carmody 2 million dollars in cash stocks and bonds with 8 million more to come on her death.
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Ming Mamie Carmody
Toledo
Ohio
Maggie Carmody
Australia
New York
C. B. F. Bradbury
Melbourne
Parta
Carmody
Empress Frederick Dies at Cronberg Castle Near Hamburg
Paris dispatch reports Empress Frederick of Germany died at Cronberg Castle near Hamburg after an internal illness. She had planned autumn at White Lodge in Richmond Park, but concerns of family discord kept her in Germany. The Duke of Saxe Coburg is also gravely ill with Bright's disease. In Havana, Estes G Rathbone, former Cuba posts chief, was arrested on four charges involving $500 payments and per diem abuse. held on $25,000 bond.
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Wimany
de Neue
Castle
Hamburg
London
Frederick
Germany
Cronberg
White Lodge
Richmond Park
Queen Victoria
Duke of Teck
England
Duke of
Saxe-Coburg
Bright
Mera Af
Havana
Estes G. Rathnone
Cuba
Postal Funda
Rathbone
War Council Reorganized Under Loubet Decree
Paris July 20 President Loubet signs decree reorganizing the superior council of war and several departments of the war office. The reform comes on a proposal from the minister of war and marks a major overhaul of military administration.
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Loubet
Paris
Minister of War
Council of War
Cerstan
War Office
Jamestown Sugar Beet Factory Plans Flourish in North Dakota
Eastern capitalists eye a mammoth beet sugar plant in Jamestown with a 500000 to 600000 dollar facility, a 25 000 dollar stock purchase by locals, and tax rebates for twenty years. Oakes parting only as supplementary, both sites aim to process about 19 tons daily, relying on Stutsman County soil praised by Prof. Ladd and local beets averaging 44 percent sugar content.
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Oakes
Jamestown
Menite
Wilton
Wash Burn
Prof
Ladd
Agricultural College At
Fargo
J. J. Nierlins
Worst
The
Agricultural College
F, Spencer
Baltimore
T. R, C. Crowell
Eulrege
Messrs
Spencer and
Crowell
Northern Pacific
Minneapolis
Soo Line
Blamrrck
Minneapo
Lis
Chicago
Great Northern
Milwauker
Sime
Michigan
Minnesota War Expenses and Cardinal Gibbons Reception
A report by Ordnance Gen Lambert shows Minnesota has received 105 222 12 dollars on a claim of 143 000. The balance was to be settled with further evidence. The state’s share exceeds other Northwestern states for similar services. Hospital train costs and congressional action are noted. Cardinal Gibbons entertained by Mary Cardinal Gibons. reception at St Paul residents with Detroit Bishop Foley among attendees. A Minnesota freighter Watt sustained midship damage after a collision with dunes near Detroit.
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Cardinal Gibons
Stithwa Tily
John O'Brien
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Bishop Foley
Detroit
Mich
Elf
Minkey
St. Paul
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Wabam
Victorial
Korme
Wen
Rethichen Mills
Horson
Wat Roberts
Roberta Senda
Roberts
Markel
Ualy
Fouilly
Hembert
Fran
Rome
Sig. Saracco
Manza
Naples
Levant
Empress Frederick
WAR Council
North Dakota
Minsesoels
Voanel
Toly
Iruba
Watt
Willy Singehed
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