Vast Reading List Includes Classic Novels and Biographies
A long OCR list catalogues numerous books and authors from late nineteenth and early twentieth century literature. Names include Hall Caine James Allen Marie Corelli Anthony Hope Jane Austen John Kendrick Bangs Sienkiewicz and many others across genres. The entry reads as an index of popular titles and authors for reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall Caine
James Allen
Marie Correlli
Zenda
Anthony Hope
Agatha Webb
Anne K. G
Chas. M. Shelton
Arkansas
Turmoil in Pekin as Legation Burnings and Attacks Reported
London dispatches relay a series of clashes near Pekin with international forces under Admiral Seymour and Mohammedan troops. Reports state a foreign legation may have burned and a minister killed, while Russian guns and troops move toward Pekin and tensions rise among French, British, and Japanese interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
the Times
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
Tung Fuh Siang
Pekin
Yunnan
France
Russia
Kwang Su
China
Great Britain
Legation
Europe
Brodrick Details British Actions in Pekin Crisis
Brodrick states Her Majesty's minister at Pekin has pressed the Chinese government since Boxer attacks near Pekin. He outlines diplomatic steps from May to June, including telegrams, declarations of protection for foreign legations, and British troop deployments under Admiral Seymour to Pekin and Taku. He emphasizes that Britain has no closer agreement with Russia than with other powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Shang Hai
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Yung- Nan-Fu
Meng-Tze
Yung-Ting
Apiorce
Seymour
Yesterdy
Treathe
Brodrick
Claude
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Ing
Tsung-Li
Tsungli-Yamen
Tsung Li-Yamen
Taku
Robinson
Norman
Sir Claude MacDonald
Admiral Seymour
Claude MacDonald
Meester Hn
Hong Kong
May Settle the Strike fliers at St Louis
Negotiations reopened to settle the street railway strike in St Louis. The Street Railway Employer's union executive committee called a mass meeting of strikers to vote on a proposition approved by both the grievance and executive committees. If accepted, the proposal goes to Transit company officials and the strike would largely end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Street Railway
Fire claims six lives in New York tenement blaze
A morning fire at 34 Jackson street in a five story tenement killed six people. The first victim found was Daniel Miller and others included Daniel Connelly and Mrs Daniel plus two daughters and an unknown woman. The blaze started on the first floor and spread to a rear building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jackson Street
Daniel Miller
Daniel Connelly
Daniel
Philadelphia at Work on National Republican Convention Arrangements
Philadelphia reporters detail the national committee's efforts to prepare for the Republican convention. Delegates contest seating from Louisiana's Yarmouth faction deep into the day, with Wimberly opposing Kellogg and sugar interests favored by the successful side. Wisconsin's Henry C. Payne says he does not seek office and backs Governor Schofield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
National Committee
Walton
Yarmouth
Louisiana
Wimberly
New Orleans
William Pitt Kellogg
United States
Congress
Delaware
Dupont-Higgins
Addicks
Henry C. Payne
Scofield
Natonal Committee
Wisconsin
Schofield
Payne
Jones to address hotel charges at Kansas City meeting
Democratic National Committee chairman James K. Jones arrived in Kansas City to preside over a sub-committee session on July convention plans and to discuss hotel charges with local organizers before issuing a statement to the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Kansas City
James K. Jones
Democratic National Committee
Jones
Campau
Michigan
Associated Press
Chicago
National Democratic Committee
Missouri
James
Goebel
William Goebel
W. S. Taylor
Kentucky
Philippines
Blackburn
Jefferson City
William J. Bryan
Trusts Corporation
W. J. Stone
Lon V. Stephens
David A. Ball
W. H. Phelps
Atlanta
Georgia
WJ. Bryan
Montpelier
John M. Senior
Chicago grain and produce quotes from June 14 Board of Trade
Chicago Board of Trade quotations for June 14 list Wheat futures July August and nearby rates, Oats entries July August, Pork Lard and Butter and poultry and fruit prices for the day, with live stock and steer ranges and hog sale figures. Prices include July and August futures, and various grade notes for produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Grain and Produce
Chicago
Chicago ‘Board of Trade
Adnan
Sete Tehsee
Illinois
Botha Retains Guns As He Loses Few Men In Retreat
London reports General Louis Botha escapes with all guns and most of his men after a brief withdrawal from Pretoria area. British chances worsen pacification of the Transvaal amid months of slow progress. Boer losses include several burghers killed or wounded and Nek fort abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Louis Botha
Lord Roberts
Transvaal
Machadodoro
Pretoria
Machadodorp
Eral Buller
Nek
Lourenzo Marques
Kruger
Buller
de Vante
Briah
Nei
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George E. Feagans
Henry F. Garrison
Optician
Sn Stephen
Cass Street
Arch Court
Oves
Jefferson Street
Joliet Street
Richard Carvel
Winston Churchill
Eiwin Caskoden
Janice Meredith
Paul Ford
Peter Stirling
Paul
Young April
Egerton Castle
Captain Dreyfus
Dreyfus
David ‘Burr Jordan
Pembroke
Mary E. Wilkins
Styx
John Kendrick Bangs
Princess Alina
Richard Hard
Fay Davis
Brad Winners
John* Kendrick Bangs
Richard Z
Ours
Anne
Constance F. Woolson
Chas
John Ruskin
Jane Austen
Marah Ryan
Marah
Caney
Opie Read
Kara Ken
Stanley Weyman
Nathan Hale
Chas. W. Brown
High Stakes
Lawrence L. Lynch
Young Mistley
Henry Seton Merriman
Georgie Shel
the News Store
Barrett
Warren
Dementico
Barrett Hardware Co
Chicago ‘St
Clinton St
Joliet, Ill
Jen Tsin
England
Peres
the Commons
House of Commons
Foreign Office
Wiliam St. John
Atkinson, Mich
Metropolitan Lumber Company
Panama Canal
Jamaica
Colon
Louisville
Music Hall
Sacramento
Cal
Minocqua
Wis
W. C. Wetmore
Colonel Wetmore
Wisconsin Valley
Asto
Simon B. Buckner
Boom Scott
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Irving W. Scott
Oregon
Botha
The
Volunteers of America
Hepburn
Horace C. Disston
Seneca Point
Admiral
Dewey
Washington
Richard Hooker Wilmer
Alabama
Mobile
Aars
Gladstone
Marine Corps
Tanner
Canal
Wiliam “Watkins
John < Taylor
Westchester
Indi
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