Emperor Death Rumors Stir London to Pekin Palace
Reports from London and foreign despatches claim the Chinese Emperor of Ching may have died by his own hand after an imperial edict. Potent claims vary from poisoning to strangulation and gruesome torture. Western officials and diplomats report rising unrest and possible prosecutions of Li Yung Lu, amid attacks on missionaries and officials by mobs.
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Emyron
Mub
Jay
London
Cot
of Ching
Emerron
Chita
Li Yung Lu
Claude Macdonald
China
Pekin
Mordmore
Legation
Gen Lee's Orders Delayed and Testimony Ahead
Washington Oct 3 Gen Fitzhugh Lee reported at the War Department that orders are not ready and his Cuba trip timing is undetermined. He plans to visit New York and West Point to see his son before testifying next week before the Army Investigating Committee. He seeks relief from malaria with a mountain trip planned.
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England
Washington
McKinley
Hay
Jamon McMillan
Michigan
United States
Court of St. James
Army
Fitzhugh Lee
War Department
Lee
Cuba
New York
West Point
Cades
Manila
Dewey
Navy Department
Buffalo
Joseph N. Homphill
Hemphill
Hanes
Harrisburg
Graham
Meade
Blanco
Havana
Bloan Triumph Abroad and Other Racing Notes
Bloan wins five of seven at Newmarket during the four days of the October meeting as Sloan dominates thirteen mounts with ten wins. The betting ring erupts in applause at Newmarket after the final race while bookmakers stood paralyzed. Also in Topeka Hawaii's Flower Queen Mia Anna Rose delighting merchants with dress patterns and gifts, and Washington explores training ships with Tawrosy proposing wooden gunboats replaced by modern training vessels.
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London
Sonny
Newmarket
Sloat
Caror
Sloan
Topeka
Kan
Mia Anna Rore
Hilo
Hawaii
Mies Rose
Kanes
Washington
Tawrosoy
Tawresey
Peace Commission Deadlock Sparks Philippine Stand
Paris dispatch reports the Peace Commission may break up without agreement as Spain refuses to yield on the Philippines. Sagasta orders Spanish commissioners to stand firm, with possible adjournments and further meetings planned while Cuban debt and new regime discussions surface in Madrid and Paris.
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London
Parla
Saganta
Philippines
Spain
American Commission
Standard
Spansh
Madrid
United States
Cuba
Paris
the Figaro
Fauro
Pacific duel heats up at the Quai d Orsay
Reports from Paris and Vienna describe pacific negotiations over the Philippines with Spain. A joint meeting was postponed after a contentious exchange as Gen Merritt paid a visit to the American Commission at the Hotel Continental. Nearby, Hungarian politics saw Premier Thun-Hohenstein defeated by ten votes over the Ausgleich issue.
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Paris
Pacific
Quai d'Oreny
Philippines
Merritt
Vienna
Thun-Hobenatein
Reicharath
Banffy
Budapest
Hungary
Muxsik
Horimann
Kovacs
Muzalk
Hugo Ramboni
Moscow
Russia
United States
Washington
Turmoil Over Chinese Waters Sparks Naval Moves
Reports from Washington detail Secretary Long ordering the cruiser Baltimore and gunboat Petrel toward Chinese waters with Marines to guard Peking legations. The action follows a cable from Minister Conger about rioting in Pekin and threats to Americans and property. Marines may land and march from the nearest reachable point toward the capital, while admiralty plans seek to move up the Yangtze toward Tientsin if possible.
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Ascombe
Tientitn
Great Realtemant ‘Vrovalts
Washington, D. C
Downy Hae
Ccruiker
Baltimore
Petrel
Long
Conger
State Department
Pekin
Tientain
Peking
China
Pel
Tontola
Petre
Taku
Dewey
Manila
Department
Tientsin
Mixed early 20th century wire news fragment
A chaotic clipping reports varied items from high politics to local crimes. It mentions James KR Keene’s alleged fortune in tobacco, political figures including Henry George and Milo, a London court hold, naval and military notes, a ship launch, and several grim incidents such as suicides and a missing fire chief returning home.
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N.Y
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Bow Street
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Wie
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War Inquiry Commission
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Santiago
Bpain
Philippines
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Cuba
Lee
Illinois
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New York
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Quay
People's National Bank of Philadelphia
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Mount Kisco
van de Water
Seventy-fivet Regiment
St. Andrew's Church
Gan
Wheeler
National Assembly
Malolos
Aguinaldo
Dobn Lay
Abbaskador 10
England
McKinley
Dreyfus Affair Turmoil Spills Into Paris Demonstrations
Paris seethes as M P Deroulede denounces M Brisson and revisionists at a packed rally. He warns that if revolution erupts and a scaffold rises in Paris Clemenceau would be first sacrificed. Police quell sporadic scuffles as new Patriot League moves are announced and officers reassigned.
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Aungle
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Kennal
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