Minister Wu Explains Why Messages From Pekin Linger
Washington July 28 reports three American consuls and Wu as Chinese minister declare the Pekin ministers alive on July 24. Wu argues the imperial edict is a bona fide government declaration not a minor official claim and urges Hay to accept it. Critics question why direct communication with Pekin is not allowed and whether a hidden issue blocks full ministerial contact.
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Washington, D. C
Pekin
State Department
Yuan Shih Ki
Li Hung Chang
Fowler
Chefoo
Wade
Canton
Hay
London
Yuan Shih Wi
Yuan
Conger
Rockhill
China
Washington
Shantung
Paris
France
Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark Gifts $5000 for Ninth Infantry Wounded
London reports a donation of 5000 dollars from Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark to the Maine hospital ship committee. The gift is to aid Ninth United States infantry wounded. Marquette notes the start of the Huckleberry season in the upper peninsula with crowds gathering to pick berries.
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Marquette
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Berry Plains
Savings Banks Spread Across Italy
Huge savings banks are appearing in many Italian cities and welcomed by the public. In some places prize money is given as savings bank books with a small credited sum, as seen in Venice.
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Italy
Venice
A La Jenny Lind Revival In Hair Adornments
The Jenny Lind style of wearing a single flower in the hair returns, now shown in gold and tinted enamel with diamond-chewed petals attached to hair buckles. The revival blends period fashion with contemporary jewelry accents.
Chinese Ministers Alive but Distress at Pekin Reported
Washington and London report dispatches from Shanghai and Paris stating ministers in Pekin are alive or safe with provisions being sent to legations. The notices describe massacres, suicide by some officials, and mixed official signals amid Allied naval movement and censorship calls.
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Pekin
Tien Tsin
Chinese Officials Tied to Supposed Cipher Message
Washington reports that Yuan Shantung governor and Sheng telegraphs chief may have known Hay cipher and Conger dispatch contents. Cabinet voices doubt over authenticity as British reports say Sheng learned of a July 18 Conger message. Chinese officials allegedly faked the cipher dispatch. source of knowledge remains withheld.
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Washington, D. C
Yuan
Shantung Province
Sheng
Conger
Washington
Hay
State Department
China
Cabinet Council
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Warren
Shanghai
United States
Tsung li Yamen
Foreign Office
Wu Ting Fang
Massacre Confirmed of Pao Ting Fu Missionaries
Cable messages to the Presbyterian board of foreign missions and the American Bible Society corroborate the massacre of missionaries at Pao Ting Fu. One report from Shanghai cited Rev. George F. Fitch and listed Simcoxes Hodges Taylor Mackey among the slain with a July 8 date. The Bible Society telegram repeated that all missionaries at Paoling Fu were massacred.
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New York
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
American Bible Society
Pao Ting Fu
Presbyterian Boards
Shanghai
George F. Fitch
Simcoxes
Milton Stowell Found Dead With Throat Cut in Michigan
Crystal Falls Mich July 28 Milton Stowell a well known farmer living on a homestead several miles from the city was found dead with a gash in his throat and a bullet hole in his head He had been dead several days when found It is thought he committed death by own action
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Crystal Falls
Mich
Milton Stowell
Rathbone Arrested Over Postal Fund Abuse
Havana July 28 Estes G Rathbone former director general of posts in Cuba was arrested at 11 o clock on four charges accusing him of unlawfully drawing two $200 orders to pay his private coachman and gardener and drawing per diem when not entitled He was held in bonds of $25,000.
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Cuba
Havana
Estes G. Rathbone
Rathbone
Remarries Wife in Train Depot to Secure Kids Fortune
Charles A. Shimer of Waukegan Illinois, who had married twice in Moravia and Dakota, rewed his wife in the Athens Pennsylvania depot waiting room on a July night. The marriage retroactively legalizes the first union for inheritance under Pennsylvania law, enabling his children to receive the fortune.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Charles A. Shimer
Waukegan
Ill
Athens
Shimer
Moravia
Dakota
Mary E. Conklin
Wood Sails to Havana as Cuba troop withdrawal begins
Gen Leonard Wood military governor of Cuba sails from the United States to Havana aboard the Mexico. He says US troops will depart as First and Fifth infantry battalions embark, leaving about 500 soldiers for garrison duty and confirming yellow fever fears are gone, allowing embarkation to proceed.
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New York
Leonard Wood
Cuba
United States
Mexico
Havana
Wood
Geronimo Not Mad Living With Squaw at Fort Sill
Advices received today deny reports that Apache chief Geronimo has gone insane. He is not imprisoned and is living with his squaw on the Fort Sill reservation in Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Geronimo
Fort Sill
Outlaw Charles Shot by Mob After Baltimore Police Siege
In New Orleans on July 28 Robert Charles, the Black man who killed two police officers and wounded another, was killed by a mob of about 25 000. He fired on officers from a second floor window, wounding and killing several, before flames were used to force his surrender. The mob dragged his body to the street and fired upon it, while police later reclaimed the corpse and sent it to the morgue. Coroner confirms Charles died of forty eight bullet wounds and beatings.
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Daily Mail
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Pekin
Robert Hart
Mail
Ying Po
Bank of
New Orleans
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Clio
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Day
Col. Wood
Father Fitzgerald
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Porteus
Alfred G. Bloomfield
Winchester
Bloomfield
Lally
le Clerc
Evans
John Banville
George H. Lyons
Andy van Kurem
W. H. Bates
Mutual Benefit Association
Frank Bertucci
J. W. Batis
Adolph Anderson
Anderson
Annie Gant
Sly Jackson
Joseph Stassi
Day and Lamb
Stassi
Leonard Pierson
Pal
Pierson
Richards
H. A. Batte
Belgrade King Alexander’s Planned Marriage Sparks Crisis
Belgrade reports King Alexander vows to wed Mme Draga Maschin despite his father King Milan’s attempts to block the match. Alexander blocks border access, pardons many, and moves to guard Maschin while cabinet talks falter amid royal tension.
Chicago Happenings and Local Tragedies
A Chicago freight committee head James F. Woffindin dies of heart disease at home. Juvenile drownings and a fatal train collision claim multiple lives along river and tracks. A 105 year old Mary Yardley passes away. A stabbing in a livery stable injures Matthew Shillo. August Becker paid wages. Louis Gehrbrandt survives a fly wheel incident with injuries. Coroner clears Edward Carey in Michael Prindiville case. Board of Trade suspends Henry O. Parker for a year amid disputes with McLains. George J. Butler identifies his drowned son as missing since June at Highland Park.
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James F. Woffindin
Chicago Freight Committee
Thomas Larkin
Burlington & Quincy
Sanger Street
John Keiser
Louis ,Gehrbrandt
American Book Company
Ludington
Edward Carey
Michael Prindiville
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
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Carey
Bridget Stedges
Board of Trade
Henry O. Parker
John Hill
Parker
Hill
McLains
George J. Butler
Waukeran
North Chicago
George
Highland Park
Father
Prices Bound Up on Corned and Roast Beef Cans
Chicago reports a record jump in corned and roast beef prices from 1.25 to 1.50 per dozen one pound cans. The surge follows strong demand from the United States government and foreign powers. A leading packer warned prices could rise to 2 per dozen if the demand continues, as plants run at full capacity to meet orders.
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Chicago, Ill
Chicago
United States
Captain suspended after Carinthia wreck near Hayti
The board of trade inquiry found the Carinthia’s captain failed to navigate with proper care and suspended his certificate for three months. The Cunard steamer, sailing from New Orleans to Cape Town with 1450 mules, ran ashore at Point Gravois May 18, wrecking the ship and saving about 1000 mules.
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Liverpool
Board of Trade
Carinthia
Hayti
Cunard
New Orleans
Cape Town
Point Gravois
Milwaukee market brief on eggs dairy and cheese from July 28 1900
Milwaukee notes firm egg and dairy markets with 1044¢ new eggs and 10%4¢ old eggs on hand. butter receipts 15 310 pounds and steady creamery prices. cheese firm with varied flat and brick prices. New York and Chicago markets show similar firmness and steady to rising butter and egg quotes. poultry slow with turkey and chicken prices.
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Milwaukee
Elgin
New York
Young Americas
Sausago
Rio
Chicago
Milwaukee Livestock Market Report
Hogs receipts one car with prices 4.10 to 5.57 per cwt and varied quality. Cattle receipts none with values for steers heifers cows and calves across multiple grades. milkers and springers noted. Chicago receipts list hogs Cattle and sheep with unspecified totals.
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YSU
Chicago
Market Decline With Steady Demand and Limited Supplies
The market was steady at yesterday's decline with moderate demand and limited rivals. Demand from outside showed some inquiry while home-grown supplies were not large and of poorer quality. Early Ohio sold around 28 1/2 cents per bushel, Hebrons 32 to 34 cents, and home-grown at 40 to 45 cents per 144 bushel sack.
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Ohio
Hebrons
Markets by Telegraph. Grain and livestock prices across cities
Milwaukee grain and provisions hold steady with No. 2 spring wheat at 73c track and pork around 11.90 while St Louis posts mixed wheats and corns with cash and on track quotes. Duluth and Minneapolis show varied No. 1 hard and No. 1 Northern prices. New York and Liverpool note July and September futures. Kansas City and South Omaha cattle and hog receipts and prices mix, with hogs up to 5.40 in some markets.
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Duluth
Kec Neapolis
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Kansas City
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