Battle reports and diplomatic notes from the China relief crisis
Dispatches from Peking and Che Foo describe allied engagements near Tientsin and Te Tsang as the anti foreign faction deepens its grip on Peking. Officials insist ministers remain in place with cipher communications, while Li Hung Chang seeks to flee or resist.
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Poo
Fen-T'Sin
Peking
Ict
War Department
Chaffee
Bureau’ Navigation
Washington
Tietsang
Remey
Tetsang
Tien-Tsin En Mite
Assizy
York
Che-Foo
Indiaton
Pei Ho
Ten
United
United States
Ese
Tien-Tsin
Hay
Taku
London
Pekng
Li Hung Chang
Paetel
Li Hung
Chang
Yan Tse
Taotai Sheng
Li Ping Hong
Shanghai
Powerfu
Yuan Shi Kai
Shantung
Prince Tuan
Sewanington
Tien- Tsin
Sul
Daily Mail
Londo
Adm
Tans- Sig
Peitsang
House of Commons
Chih Chen Lo Keng Luh
Lord Salisbury
T'sung- Li-Yamen
Yamen
Tieti= Tsin
The
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
China
Havinre
St. Petersburg
Russia
Gen. MacArthur
Standard
Lu Tai
Tsung Li Yamen
Sheng
Prand Council
Li Huhe@ Chang
Yung Lu
Earl Li
Hae
Nelson A. Miles
Mail for China to Soldiers Needs Full Details
Washington advises that mail to U S soldiers in China must include the recipient s full name company and regiment with China via San Francisco. Staff officers or army civilians should use the same address method. Regular China routes are suspended, a military transport mail service is used, with agents at Nagasaki and Ta ka handling first and ongoing distributions.
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Washington
War Department
United States
China
San Francisco
Nagasaki
Taka
Powers Case Witnesses Question Credibility In Goebel Murder Trial
Georgetown Ky Aug 4 5 7 Witnesses for the defense attack the credibility of prosecution witnesses in the Powers Goebel murder case with testimony about a $1000 default by an alleged co conspirator a barber shop money shows and a large roll of cash. Adjt Gen Collier testified about troops at the arsenal and warnings to the Capitol hotel while Gov Taylor ordered militia to preserve peace. The fifth week opens with more cross examination and notes of prior statements.
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Georgetown
Powers
State
Stone
W. H. Culton
Grayson Springs
Frankfort
Goebel
Ander
Santi
Geo. Weaver
Woodmen of the World
Kentucky
Wharton Golden
C. H. Gibson
Barboursville
Wharton Golder
James Harileroad
Golden
Ike Golden
Gibson
Harkleroad
Janey Hosselanes
Taylor
Gov
Franklin County
Centrill
Collier
John K. Hendrick
Capital Hotel
C. T. Cody
John Stamper
Caleb Powers
Patacy
Morping
Goy
John Young Bro
D. B. Wai
Waleutt
Adjt
Collen
Cistoma
Énal
Walcutt
John L. Dozier
Mountain Army
Cas Powers
Blanford
Burton
Dore
Bullock
Raphey
Venrhiers
Gov. Taylor
Secretary of State
Steve Sharp
Lexington
Waiting to Build a Vault Keeps Alonzo Green's Body at Home
In Painesville Ohio near Amboy the body of farmer Alonzo Green who died May 18 remains in a front room sealed in a casket. He asked before death to be placed in a vault, a vault site was prepared but no work has progressed. Neighbors urged burial, authorities were alerted, and Green was known for eccentricity.
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Painesville
Alonzo Green
Amboy
Green
McKinley Stays Close to Canton Library Amid Heat
President McKinley remained near the Canton library all day to finish substantial work amid heat. He briefly drove in the cool evening and resumed duties. Monies and wires bring two days of mail to the Canton home. no political visitors were noted that day. Rev A P Morton, a retired Methodist minister, visited and recalled McKinley’s boyhood church ties in Poland.
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Canton
A. P. Morton
Poland
William McKinley
All the Bessemer Mills Will Close on Sept 1
At a Cleveland meeting the Bessemer association decided to shut down all pig iron production by September 1, except the Brier Hill Iron and Coal Co furnace and N F Andre w s Hitchcock Co at Youngstown. The move aims to stop price declines and clear surplus stock as no contracts have been placed for weeks.
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Cleveland, O
Bessemer Association
Bessemer
Brier Hill Iron and Coal Co
N. F. Andrews Hitchcock Co
Youngstown
Dredge Boat Explodes in Tampa Bay
Dredge boat Number 2 owned by Rittenhouse Moore blew up in Tampa Bay around 7 am Saturday. Twenty aboard. Many feared dead. Vessel valued at $60,000 with four gasoline engines. Dredge drew thirteen feet of water, likely unable to reach shore.
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Tampa
Fla
Rittenhouse Moore
Tampa Bay
Two Die in Hancock County Election Dispute
In Sneedville Tennessee on August 5 two men were killed and two others mortally wounded following a dispute over an election. The fatalities were Deputy Sheriff John Lamb and Telman Collins. The wounded are Wiley Brewer and Whitten Gibson. Brewer had just been elected justice of the peace. Hancock County, a remote East Tennessee mountain county, was the scene.
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Sneedville
Tenn
John Lamb
Telman Collins
Wiley Brewer
Whitten Gibson
Brewer
Hancock County
Tennessee
Ship Collision Sinks Fontana Near Fort Grandt
Early Saturday in Port Huron Michigan the schooner Fontana sank after a collision with the San Diego towed by the steamer Appomattox just above Fort Grandt. One crew member John McGregor of Pittsburgh died. Fontana built 1888, 231 feet long, 1105 net tons. Mistaken signals caused the crash.
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Port Huron
Mich
San Diego
Appomattox
Fontana
Fort Grandt
John McGregor
Pittsburgh
Empress Frederick Ill With Cancer In Berlin Denials
London reports confirm Empress Frederick, queen's eldest daughter, is gravely ill with cancer. Doctors estimate her life may be measured in months and she cannot travel from Friedrichshof castle near Homburg for her usual English summer visit.
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London
Berlin
Frederick
Friedrichshof
Homburg
England
England Issues 10 Million Exchequer Bonds for Three Years
Subscriptions will be taken in this country for 10,000,000 pounds in three percent exchequer bonds issued through the Bank of England. The bonds run three years and will be issued at 98. No fixed subscription amount has been assigned for this country.
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New York
Bank of England
Eee
Ex-Congressman KE Meredith Dies at Home in Manassas
Former congressman KE Meredith died at his home in Manassas Virginia a brief obituary notes his passing and hometown. The notice lists Manassas as the location of death with no additional details about survivors or service arrangements.
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Ke, EY Meredith
Manassas, Va
Toledo’s Wealthy Dennis Coghlin Dies at 80 in Toledo
Dennis Coghlin, Northwestern Ohio’s wealthiest man, died at his Toledo home after a lingering illness. A native of Ireland aged about 80, he owned many city business blocks and brewery interests and held stock in numerous banks. Wealth estimated at 15 million dollars.
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Toledo
Dennis Coghlin
Ohio
Ireland
Lorain mills resume work at Federal Steel Co
Lorain Ohio August 7 the Federal Steel Co mills resume in all departments except the blast furnaces with a full force of men. Orders on hand indicate steady work at the mill for the remainder of the year.
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Lorain, O
Lorain
Federal Steel Co
Postmaster George Shelby Attempts Paris Green Poisoning
New Vienna Ohio reports George Shelby aged about 60 postmaster at Memphis took half a pound of paris green in a personal crisis. Physicians treated him promptly and he was pumped out. He is expected to recover.
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New Vienna
George Shelby
Memphis
Judge James H. Thompson Dead in Hillsboro at 88
Judge James H. Thompson aged 88 years died in Hillsboro Ohio. He had been an active practitioner for 70 years and was the oldest member of the bar by age and length of service.
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Hillsboro, O
James H. Thompson
Thompson
Suicide of James J. Joy in Marion
James J. Joy, 45, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head in Marion on August 7. He and his wife were separated, and Joy told a neighbor’s wife he planned to shoot himself before carrying out the act.
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Marion
James J. Joy
Joy
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