Dispatches From Shanghai and Che Foo On Pekin Crisis
State department releases telegrams from Shanghai and Che Foo dated August 3 and 2 regarding ministers in Pekin. Reports note foreigners advancing on Pekin, threats to Li Ping Han and the tsung li yamen, and efforts to protect ministers with temporary shelter discussions in Tien Tsin.
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Washington
State Department
Shanghai
Che Foo
Chun King
Pekin
Tsang li Yamen
Li Ping Han
Pao Ting
Che
Shan Tung
Tsung- li Yamen
Legation
Tien Tsin
Yuan
Li Hung Chang and Pekin diplomacy under fire
The dispatches show Li Hung Chang evading Hay's demand and delaying final action. Goodnow reports sinister moves and a massacre order by Li Ping Hong, a hardline anti foreign official allied with Prince Tuan. Yuan Shihai repeats safety talks for ministers at Tien Tsin while Chaffee notes unexpected Chinese resistance and looming military actions.
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Li Hung Chang
Hay
Pekin
Goodnow
Li Ping Hong
China
Prince Tuan
Amnesty Offer Reported For Boxers By Shanghai Authorities
A Shanghai source reports officials considering a form of amnesty for boxers who agree to halt illegal activities. The plan outlines conditions and potential leniency if participants cease their disruptive actions. The fragmentary text provides limited specifics on scope and enforcement.
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Shanghat
Biood Chane Ia
Public demand for severe punishment to China after Pekin fall
Public opinion at treaty ports and among officials and missionaries calls for Pekin to be destroyed or punished harshly after its fall. They urge moving the capital to an accessible city such as Nankin and demand guarantees against excessive armament and rejection of foreign ministers as tributary representatives.
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Chefoo
Shanghai
Nankin
China
Fatally Burned at Indiana Lamp Incident
Casey Indiana August 4 Robert Ingraham long time worker at the W T Fagan restaurant was burned when lamp oil saturated his clothing and he lit a match. He ran outside where bystanders extinguished the flames but he died soon after noon the next day despite medical care.
Germany urged to publish tariff terms after US deal
Berlin report says the German foreign office fears public reaction to the tariff agreement with the United States. The Deutsch Tages Zeitung asserts Germany was beaten in negotiations and urges disclosure of the full terms.
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Berlin
Deutsch Tages Zeitung
United States
Germany
Japan declines offer on Chinese campaign aid
Washington reports that England's earlier offer of financial assistance to Japan in its China campaign was made weeks ago and declined by Japan in the same friendly spirit.
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Washengton
London
England
Japan
Death of Carl Schurz Jr reported in London inquest
A coroner's inquest in London found that Carl Schurz Jr., second son of ex Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz, died July 26 in a Montague Street boarding house from heart disease.
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London
Carl Schurz, Jr
Carl Schurz
New York
Montague Street
Plot of King Humbert and Queen Margerita Assassination
Rome report says Antonio Lana, held as Bresci accomplice, confessed to a plot to kill King Humbert and Queen Margherita. He affirms a simultaneous assassination plan and implicates others in the conspiracy.
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New York
Rome
Antonio Lana
Bresci
Humbert
Margherita
Wu Appeals for Secure News in Washington
The Chinese minister was absent from the state department on a diplomatic day amid sharp notes from Hay. Wu explained the absence by saying communications were unavailable and his apologies for the delay.
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Washington
State Department
Padeabhey Hay
War on the Grasshoppers Plan for Free Polgon Treatment
A meeting proposes raising funds from business leaders to purchase and distribute a polgon pesticide kit for farmers. Directions specify Paris green arsenic sugar salt boiling water and bran mixed then applied in cornfields fences and alfalfa fields with cautions about chickens.
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Paris
Census Work in Fifth District Ends in Nebraska
Kenesaw Nebraska August 4 Supervisor Evans closed census work in the Fifth district and sent the last blanks to Washington. A few inquiries may come in but the office will not stay open. Exact figures are not released but likely near the 1890 census. Western counties show declines while some eastern counties show gains.
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Kenesaw, Neb
Evans
Washington
Feeder Cattle Prices High at South Omaha Trade
For the seven months ending July 31 424 286 head of cattle were marketed at South Omaha up from 357 473 in 1899 an increase of 66 813 head The Stock Yards Company officers predict the year will show the heaviest cattle increase in the yards history Range cattle will move rapidly and South Omaha will share The market is regarded as the best feeder market in the country with western and northwestern ranchmen aware of it.
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South Omaha
Stock Yards Company
Northwest
Small Grains Poor Crop in Bertrand Nebraska
BERTRAND Nebraska August 4 Crop report describes poor small grain yields with spring wheat at about ten bushels per acre oats thin rye best at ten to fifteen bushels corn looks decent aided by late rains but needs more rain soon early corn already gone late corn could reach a fair value with timely rain
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Bertrand
Neb
Soldiers Homeward Bound in Nebraska Letter
Eli Bussler of Plattsmouth Nebraska received a letter stating his two sons Albert and Edward Searles and Nevada others who joined the Thirty-ninth Nebraska have been invalided home after being confined in Manila hospital for some time.
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Plattsmouth
Neb
Eli Bussler
This Is City
Albert
Edward
Young Searles
Nevada
Thirty
Nebraska
Philippines
Manila
Buckley and Paar Navigate West Point Path
Fragmentary notice references Nawton Buckley and Paar Stromsburg in connection with West Point enrollment or military training, hinting at a notable educational or military pathway for the individuals.
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Nawton. Buckley
Paar Stromsburg
Newton i Buckley
West Point
Alf -Large
Sumpae wi enty-t annual reunion
Veteran Tate Trent presides at the twenty first annual reunion as a local veteran group gathers. The event honors past service members and shares brief remarks on community efforts and remembrance.
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Sumpae Wienty-T
Am Tate Trent
Hotel expansion planned for Indiana Mineral Springs
Major H La Kramer has awarded a contract to expand the Indiana Mineral Springs hotel with a new bathhouse and two story addition covering 80 by 160 feet. The project adds forty guest rooms and facilities on the first floor and is to be completed in 90 days at an outlay exceeding 30 000 dollars.
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Indiana Mineral Springs Company
Indiana Mineral Springs
Indiana
H. la Kramer
United States
Kramer
Kramér
Boats to Dayton and Cincinnati and Toledo by electricity
Fragmentary text mentions boats to Dayton Cincinnati and Toledo using electricity and a product described as Magnetic Starch It claims durability surpassing others and an aside about children behaving similarly at home and in public.
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Dayton
Cincinnnatiana
Toledo
Hope Bond Hearing Delayed For Faithful Dog Tale
A court postpones a bond decision in a case involving a dog named Hope and a family dispute. Witnesses were listed, and the judge set a new date to consider the bond request.
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Grasshoppers
Fend
McCook
Distri
N. L. Kramer
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