Missionaries reported dead in China from Consul Goodnow
United States Consul General Goodnow reports the deaths of several missionaries in China around July and August, including Rev. C. W. Price and family, Rev. E. R. Atwater family, Rev. D. H. Clapp, Rev. G. L. Williams, Rev. T. W. Davis, Miss Rowena Bird, and Miss Mary L. Partridge. Miss Bird, sister of railway officials A. C. Bird and end of O. SF Bird, was about 30 and based in Shan Li. News noted an envoy’s arrival in China and plans for further confirmation. Cecile Payen sails for Milwaukee with Mrs. Woodward, expected home late September.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
United States
Goodnow
Shanghai
Funchu
Taiku
C. W. Price
Florence
E. R. Atwater
D. H. Clapp
George L. Williams
T. W. Davis
Rowena Bird
Mary L. Partridge
Miss Bird
A. C. Bird
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
O. SF
Bird
Milwaukee
North Greenfield
China
Oberlin
Shan Li
Shansi
Cecile Payen
Miss Payen
Mrs. Woodward
Evanston
Chicago
Furious Rainstorm Strikes New Orleans Area
A ferocious rainstorm battered New Orleans and surrounding areas on Sept. 18, flooding streets and crippling telegraph and telephone wires. Two deaths are confirmed locally, with broader state damage including a compromised bridge at St Catherine and undermined railroad track. Grand Isle reports severe damage and loss of life rumors amid winds up to 48 mph.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Louisville & Nashville Road
St. Catherine
Mississippi Sound
Atlanta
Gulf Islands
Grand Ile
Metaire
Tront Street
Fate of Missionaries Telegram From Chefoo Reported
The state department released a telegram from Consul Fowler at Chefoo dated the 5th stating he urged the governor to send couriers to Pao Ting Fu. The governor says no foreigner is in Pao Ting Fu and that proof of missionaries is unavailable until Li Hung Chang's forces exterminate rebels and advance north.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Fowler
Chefoo
Pao Ting Fu
Li Hung Chang
Canton
Taksu
Shanghai
Yung Lu
Tai Yuen
Baby Found In Lake After 36 Hour Ordeal
In St Joseph Missouri on a Wednesday the 18 month old son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Fahn disappeared from the yard near Iaiser's lake. After a long search two negro boys fishing at Shaiser's lake found the baby's head protruding from a mud bar. The child was rescued, exhausted and hungry after spending thirty six hours in the mud.
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St. Joseph
Sept. S
Baby Hahn
Joseph Fahn
Iaiser’s Lake
Shaiser’s Lake
Fakn
Legislator Barton Fights Sergeant at Capitol Hotel
Frankfort Kentucky September 8 Representative E E Barton of Pendleton and Sergeant-at-Arms Hensley, both from the same party, clashed in the Capitol hotel lobby over sixth district politics. Barton struck Hensley after a verbal exchange, flooring him, as the heavier official retaliated.
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Frankfort
E. EK. Barton
Pendleton
Hensley
State Senate
Capitol Hotel
Barton
Locomotives Fueled Boy’s Patriot Test
An English schoolmaster lectured on patriotism and noted volunteers left home to fight for country. A pupil, asked for motives, recalled a local send off and replied that locomotives drew the volunteers to war.
Record of Devastation from Historic Hurricane Fallout
A 1900s hurricane report lists Galveston with 1000 dead and 4000 buildings wrecked, Sabine Pass destroyed, Port Arthur news unavailable, Alta Loma and several towns severely damaged or isolated. Multiple locations show deaths, missing persons, and financial damage, including Pearl half destroyed and Seon with a death and $250,000 in damage.
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Galveston
Sabine Pass
Port Arthulk
Alta Loma
Brookshire
Alvin
Angleton
Columbia
Mrazora
Velasco
Quertana
Pearl
Chenango Junction
Hempstead
Seabrooke
Morgan's Point
Houston Storm Devastates Coast with Massive Losses
The September hurricane ravaged Texas coast from Sabine Pass to Galveston, destroying thousands of homes and hospitals. Timmins reports 2000 missing or dead, 4000 houses destroyed, and ships wrecked along the Houston harbor with scenes of devastation across the island and Tremont hotel.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Galveston
Sabine Mass
Vaughan
Westem Union Telegraph Office
Virginia Point
James C. Timmins
National Express Company
Mr.Timmins
Morgan’s Point
Timmins
Tremont Hotel
Tremont
Market Street
Pelican Island
Texas City
Houston Island
Galveston Bar
Bolivar Point
Middle Bay
Galveston Submerged After Devastating Storm
Reports from Texas say Galveston is entirely submerged and cut off with three thousand dead. Gov Sayers ordered a relief party and Texas rangers to prevent pillaging as Sabine Pass is reported destroyed by the same storm.
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Othr
Galveston
de Silys
Austin
Tex
Sayers
Houston
Virginia Point
Galveston City
Texas Rangers
Sabine Pass
Atlanta
Constitution
Beaumont
Chicago deaths and disasters fill city pages
A series of tragic incidents in Chicago includes 15 year old William Butler dying from burns after a gas line explosion. Florence Longenecker, oldest daughter of Joe Longenecker, died at home. Edward Bradbury, an open broker, arrested for misappropriating funds from young women. A leaking pipe at Hub clothing store caused thousands in damage. Charles Howe injured after rope breaks on a scaffold. Archie M. McDowell dies of heart disease at home.
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William Butler
Florence Gladys Longenecker
Joe IM. d Longenecker
Edward Bradbury
Hub
Charles Howe
Archie M. McDowell
Bureau of Identification
Harrison Street
Rogers Park
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Helen A. Reese
Charles McGurley
Ogden Gas Company
Municipal Gas Company
Editorial life clash and a boastful intruder
A Denver Post verse recalls a tense clash in a newspaper office as a visiting editor boasted and provoked a confrontation. The poem contrasts office routine with the intruder's aggressive stance and the writers’ ready defense, ending with a note on sea birds warning of land in fog.
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Denver Post
China Crisis Widens as Powers Exchange Notes
London dispatches report continued high level notes between Britain Germany Russia and France about China. Predictions of Russian acquiescence and German aims in Shan Tung surface but no confirmation in St Petersburg or Berlin. Edicts and troop movements hint at dismemberment of China while US UK and Japanese forces engage in relief efforts amid siege reports.
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London
China
Russia
St. Petersburg
Walser Wilhelm
Stettin
England
Lord Salisbury
Shan Tung
Manchuria
Great Britain
Yangtse Valley
France Seeks U S Position On China Policy
The French government asks Washington to define its stance on China to guide France's reply to Russia's Pekin evacuation proposal. France has not committed to Russia's plan and the United States has given a non-committal outline of its policy. Army and navy officials debate keeping troops in China and expanding ships for Asiatic duty, with Navy seeking 12 000 to 15 000 more sailors. Reports from Rockhill note quiet conditions in western China with limited disturbances. Foreign marines have withdrawn from Amoy and Kulang Fu.
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Washington, D. C
Dee. S
United States
China
France
Pekin
Paris
Russia
Porter
Navy Department
Asiatic
Remey
Secretary of the Navy
Death of Mrs. Herman Jungherr Reported in Merrill
Mrs. Herman Jungherr of Merrill Wisconsin was found dead in bed yesterday morning. Police and local officials began inquiry into the death as neighbors expressed shock at the sudden loss in the city.
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Merrill, Wis
Herman Jungherr
Big timber deal in Standing Pine negotiated in Minnesota
The Stillwater Minnesota report says a generation’s largest deal involves about 800 million feet of pine in St Louis county near the Rainy River region valued at 5 million dollars. The plan calls for hauling logs to Saint Paul mills by building thirty miles of railroad to existing roads.
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St. Paul
Minn
Stillwater
St. Louis County
Rainy River
Harrison Accepts Arbitration Role as Cleveland Declines
Washington, Sept. 8 Ex President Cleveland declined the President's appointment to the international board of arbitration under The Hague treaty Ex President Harrison has accepted the appointment shaping the arbitration panel in the wake of the treaty’s provisions.
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International Board of Arbitration
Washington, D. C
Cleveland
Harrison
Wyoming Launch In San Francisco Opens California Jubilee
Gov. George Richards of Wyoming and party arrive to christen the battleship Wyoming at Union Ironworks as California marks its fifty year statehood celebration. Miss Frances Warren will christen the ship while a luncheon follows the launch.
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Wyoming
San Francisco
Cal
George Richards
Union Ironworks
California
Frances Warren
Cheyenne
United States
F. E. Warren
Crowding the Boers Near Lydenburg and Krugerspost
London authorities report Lord Roberts's dispatch from Belfast dated September 7 noting Ian Hamilton turning the Boers right flank and Buller advancing. Dundonald and Brockelhurst seize Lydenburg. Boers disperse north and east, sending guns and stores to Krugerspost. Theron’s death is believed among Boers left on the field. In Pretoria Dewet joins Theron near Johannesburg with about 1500 Boers and no artillery in pursuit.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Belfast
Ian Hamilton
Buller
Dundonald
Brockelhurst
Lydenburg
Krugerspost
Hart
Theron
Henigspruit
United States
Consul Stone
Srugerspost
Pretoria
Dewet
Johannesburg
200 Men Laid Off At Oliver Iron Regent Mines
Negaunee Michigan September 8 two hundred men on the night shift at the Oliver Iron company regent mines will be laid off Monday This marks 400 men laid off in two months leaving 300 still at work The curtailment is due to declines in ore prices.
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Negaunee, Mich
Oliver Iron Company
Regent Mines
Deer Stop Colorado Trains
Great droves of deer cross the railroad between Grand Junction and Glenwood Springs blocking trains for up to two hours. Between 10,000 and 20,000 animals move in vast herds as winter nears, gathering for southward winter pastures and salt licks hundreds of miles away.
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Glenwood Springs
Col
Grand Junction
Reverend Lorimer declines raise at Tremont Temple
Boston. On September 8 Reverend George C. Lorimer pastor of Tremont temple refused a $1000 a year salary increase recently offered by the society. He cites duty to the church as his reason for declining. Dr. Lorimer currently earns $7000 annually.
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Boston
Mass
George C. Lorimer
Tremont Temple
Shortest, Cheapest Michigan Line Promoted
Punch cartoon text promotes Crosby Transportation Co. and Grand Trunk Ry Grand Haven Route. Steamers depart Milwaukee nightly at 9:15 p m. Ticket office at 400 East Water St.
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Crosby Transportation Co
Grand Trunk Ry
Grand Haven
Michigan
Canada
East
Milwaukee
East Water St
Havana Officials Use Births to Gauge Yellow Fever
Havana quarantine officers estimate yearly yellow fever cases among Cuban children by comparing with annual birth numbers in Havang. They argue immunity comes only through infection and that Havanians gain adult immunity to yellow fever. New York Press reported.
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Havang
New York Press
Market Reports from Milwaukee Chicago and New York Markets 1900
Market summaries show eggs and dairy firms in Milwaukee and Chicago with firm to steady tones. Butter receipts and cheese prices are listed with New York and other regional comparisons and small lot sales in Hortonville and Appleton.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
New York
Young Americas
Western
Hortonville
Yige
C. Appleton
Milwaukee market reports steady hogs cattle and sheep
Milwaukee hog receipts two cars with market steady as light and mixed weights bring 5.19 to 5.45. Cattle receipts none with steady trends. steers 4.50 to 5.25 per hundredweight, heifers 3.50 to 4.50, cows down to 1.75, veal calves 3.50 to 7.00, stockers 3.25 to 4.65, and milkers quoted up to 30.00. Sheep receipts none with steady market. early ranges show spring lambs 4.00 to 5.00 and bucks 2.25 to 2.75. Chicago hogs 17,000. cattle 500. sheep 2,500.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
Markets by Telegraph Milwaukee to Chicago and beyond
Market notes from Milwaukee show steady grain and provisions with No 2 spring wheat at 73.8c and No 1 Northern at 76c. Chicago reports steady quotes across wheat corn oats and rye with pork around 11.10 to 11.27 and lard near 6.70 to 6.82. Minneapolis Duluth Kansas City and St Louis relay similar closes with mixed cattle hog and grain prices.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
N. W
S. W
Kansas City
Duluth
Northern
Minneapolis
ST. Louis
New York
Liverpool
South Omaha
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Pennoyer Sanitarium Company
Frank Brewer
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
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James O'Rourke
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