Hosts of Foreign Ministers in Peril as Peking Crisis Deepens
Telegraphic dispatches from Washington London and Tokyo describe Chinese officials treating foreign ministers as hostages in Peking with fate tied to Western powers. Reports note ongoing attacks on legations at Tien-Tsin and Shanghai while Li Hung Chang and other officials prepare proclamations offering clemency if Boxers disband.
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Far East
Rome
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Nanking
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Li Hung Chang
Woo Sung
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Hung Chang
Chi Li
Washington
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Conger
United States
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Che-Foo
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Taka Ih
House of Commons
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Strouts
Halliday
David Oliphant
Warren
MacDonald
China
Chih Chen
Tokio
Pao Ting Fu
Li Ho Keh
Berlin
Sheng
Chinese general threatens legation after force advances
Berlin reports a Peking dispatch stating General Tung Fuh Siang vows to kill all legation members if international forces move on Peking. The warning escalates tensions amid renewed military pressure around the capital.
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Berlin
Sheng
Railways and Telegraphs
Peking
Tung Fuh Siang
de Legation
Prosecution Restes as Powers Case Seeks Final Evidence
Georgetown Ky July 28 to July 31 reports outline prosecution closing its case in the Caleb Powers murder of Goebel. Testimony includes Judge Black and F Wharton Golden with claims of Goebel supporters, militia calls, and coded messages. Defense argues for alibi, with Powers possibly testifying while asserting political influence and crowd manipulation.
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Youtsey
Caleb Powers
Stevens
Powers
Democratic Party
Dudley Williamson
Arsenal
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Postal Telegraph Co
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Pate
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Roger Williams
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Fall
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Jim Howard
Green Golden
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Cromwell
Campbell
Cincinnati
Franklin
Sims
John Eemnet
Tailow Dick” Combs
Goebel
William Goebel
Brown
Expect a Big Strike Threat Across Steel Workers
Cincinnati July Davis of Newport, a leader among Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers, warns that 34 000 puddlers nationwide may strike if wages rise to 5.50 a tap. The union and employers are in talks. independents lean toward concessions, but the trust counters. Davis says 30 days remain before a general strike is ordered as committees fail to reach agreement.
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Davis
Newport
Iron and Steel Worker
United Sta
Ohio
Columbus
Tense clash over race sparks armed posse at Bluffs
Report notes that a number of white men and Negroes were injured as a confrontation at Popular Bluffs escalated. Sheriff Merrill led an armed posse to guard the colored laborers, while citizens vow the Negroes cannot stay and anticipate further trouble.
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Merrill
Sloan Injured in Liverpool Cup Ride
Tod Sloan was badly hurt when his mount Maluma slipped and fell in the Liverpool cup race on July 28. Sloan suffered deep head cuts and ear injury but no internal injuries threaten his U S engagements. The incident likely ends Maluma’s racing career due to shoulder damage.
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Liverpool
England
Tod Sloan
Maluma
Sloan
United States
Landscape Artist Richard J. Yelland Dies in San Francisco
Renowned landscape artist Richard J. Yelland died at his home in San Francisco from pneumonia at age 52. The death is reported by his family, noting his significant contributions to American plein air painting and his long career which included numerous exhibitions and commissions.
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Richard J. Yelland
San Francisco
Buckeye Pick-Ups in Middleport Jeweler Alarm Fatal
B H Sanborn of Storey and Sanborn jewelers in Middleport Ohio woke his 12 year old son to open the store. A double action 32 caliber revolver fixed to an alarm clock with a string to trigger the alarm fired when the boy touched a string. The bullet hit the left clavicle and lung, lodging near the spine. The boy is alive but not expected to survive. Parents mourn as the burglar alarm, in use for years, failed to prevent tragedy though a night watchman was nearby.
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Middleport
B. H. Sanborn
Storey & Sanborn, Jewelers
Quiet Day For President Delights Visitors In Canton
Senator Fairbanks and Mrs Fairbanks dine with President and Mrs McKiffley in Canton Ohio. The president spent part of the day posing for a new photograph in his gallery and chatted with laborers paving the street near his home. Pierre Cuend of Upper Sandusky urged him to attend a corner stone laying in Upper Sandusky on his way to the G A R encampment in Chicago.
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Canton
Fairbanks
Day
McKiffley
Pierre Cuend
Upper Sandusky
Chicago
Governor warns on pardons and ad showing power limits
The governor announces he will refuse pardon applications not publicized as required by law and sent to the pardon board. He notes constitutional limits on pardon power but says many governors acted beyond it. He cites admitting overstepping when pardoning Rice of Zanesville on July 4.
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Rice
Zanesville
One Killed, the Other Captured in Castine
At Castine a posse pursued two men loading flour from Lea's grain elevator. Shots were fired. one man jumped from the buggy and was captured. He was Peter Bonta, a prominent citizen. George De Camp was found dying in the buggy.
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Greenville
Castine
Lea
Peter Bonta
George de Camp
Ohio grape crop to be small in northern Ohio
Cleveland July 31 Inquiry among grape growers in northern Ohio shows a small crop this year with rot affecting vines. Some farmers estimate losses up to 50 percent while others anticipate about a 10 percent reduction.
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Cleveland, CO
Ohio
Salesman and society woman wed in Buffalo surprise kin
Bellefontaine Ohio July 31 J R Loftus traveling salesman and Miss Marie Van Meter a prominent young society woman were married in Buffalo New York Friday and surprised their relatives here. They left together on a Niagara Falls excursion Thursday night.
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Bellefontaine, O
J. R. Loftus
Marie van Meter
Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Grant bound over on charge of shooting to kill
Springfield July 31 George Grant of Cincinnati pugilist waived examination and was bound over to the grand jury in the sum of 300 on a charge of shooting to kill Sis Mon roe. In default of bail he was committed to jail.
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Springfield
George Grant
Cincinnati
Grand Jury
Sis Monroe
Breeter Chosen Superintendent Of De Graff Schools
Bellefontaine July 31 L H Breeter of Rockport Ohio selected as superintendent of De Graff public schools replacing C J Britton who resigned to take Gallipolis schools post.
Rooster Attacks 4 Year Old in Springfield
Leila Hewett, daughter of Mr and Mrs David Hewett of North street Springfield, was seriously lacerated on the face after an attack by a large rooster.
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Springfield
Leila
David Hewett
North Street
Bartender William Riley Fatal Self-inflicted Wound
Jamestown C July 31 William Riley a bartender accidentally shot himself on Saturday while returning from a wake Physicians ruled the wound fatal and he died shortly after the incident in Jamestown New York area reporting station states the event occurred Saturday night with Riley succumbing to the injury.
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Jamestown
Wm. Riley
Republicans Nominate Chenowith for State Board of Equalization
Columbus Colorado July 31 The Republicans of the Tenth senatorial district nominate Frank Chenowith of Columbus for the state board of equalization.
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Columbus
Frank Chenowith
State Board of Equalization
Steps Toward Securing a Library in Eaton
Columbus Ohio July 31 The Eaton Public Library association of Eaton was incorporated to establish a public library there.
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Columbus
Eaton Public Library Association
Eaton
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