Contradictory updates on Pekin legations survive
Washington reports conflict over Conger dispatches as to whether ministers were alive July 18. Prince Tuan wires that foreign officers were unharmed, while Conger’s account warned of possible massacre. Secretary Hay supports Conger albeit with skepticism. European powers push for access to ministers as tension rises around Pekin.
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Bay
Conger
Washington
State Department
Goodnow
Shangiai
Prince Tuan
Tsung Li Yamen
New York
Wo Ting Fang
United States
Congers
Pekio
Remey
Hay
Pekin
Mitaide
Shan Tung
Prpee Ching
Mialatex Conger
Rock Springs Chinese Violence Sparks Martial Law Prep
A Cheyenne Times-Herald special reports foreigners attacking Chinese residents in Rock Springs, Wyoming, a coal town 20 miles from Cheyenne. State authorities fear a Chinatown backlash and deploy troops, possibly two infantry companies, as martial law tents to be declared. Rock Springs previously witnessed a Chinese massacre years ago.
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Chicago
Times-Herald
Cheyenne
Wyo
Rock Springs
Here
Union Pacific Railroad
Chinatown
No Smoking Order Shocks Union Pacific Directors
New York July 23 A Union Pacific board meeting featured a surprise moment when B H Harriman ordered George Gould to drop his cigarette. Harriman announced a company rule banning smoking by employees on premises and at meetings. Directors, including J P Morgan and H Schiff, complied and discarded their cigarettes at once as the session proceeded without tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gould
New York
Union Pacife Railroad
B. H. Harriman
Gould
Lin
Ual Wien
Daeuh BH. Schiff
Guoether
Eeine
Able Clgarm
Harriman
Uolon Pacific
Schiff
Gasolene Explosion Kills Two Girls in Chicago
A gasolene explosion at 41 North Franklin Street in Chicago killed two girls, Margaret Poch age 14 and Anna Poch age 17. Two men were severely burned while attempting rescue, Gustave Keppler and John Moore sustained facial and hand burns, and Anna Pooh suffered facial and hand burns.
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North Franklin Street
Margaret Poch
Anna Poch
Gustave Keppler
Anna Pooh
John Moore
The Secret of Boer Mounted Force Endurance
A London Truth piece argues Boer Hes stays effective not as a superior horseman but as a skilled horsemaster, properly managing Missianni and tending the beast after strain. It criticizes British troopers and colonial irregulars for neglecting horse care and notes cavalry leaders rarely focus on horse mastering, praising some exceptions.
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Missianni
Polot
Lorees
Iasterebip
London
Croker Rescues Meyer On Yacht Rescue
New York story reports that on a Wednesday on Lewis Nixon's yacht in Long Island Sound Tammany leader Richard Croker sprang into the water to save his partner Peter Meyer after Meyer fell from the starboard side while leaning over the awning. Both men were brought aboard slowly winded but unharmed.
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New York
Richard Croker
Tammany
Lewis Nixon
Long Island Sound
Peter Meyer
Crokers
Meyer
Mr Croker
Croker
Gether
Chinese Organized In Chicago Mob Alarm Prompted 100 Respondents
In Chicago Chinatown last night over 100 residents answered a call from May Yen a restaurant owner to aid against a mob. Police at the Hitison Street station confronted the crowd after identifying themselves. The Chinese residents explained they were responding to a self imposed alarm to rescue inhabitants from supposed diplomats’ attackers. The surge was restrained by revolvers and the crowd dispersed once the ruse was revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chinatown
May Yen
Mooney
Hi Tison Street
China
Yen
Hay
Campaign banners in New York plan portraits of candidates
Richard Croker proposes patriotic banners across Broadway to counter Republican display. He recalls the 1896 flag phenomenon and aims to hang a gigantic banner from Bartholdi hotel poles on Twenty third street costing 2500 dollars bearing pictures of Democratic candidates.
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New York
McKinley
Roosevelt
Richard Croker
Croker
Repubicans
Republican National Committee
Third Street
Madison Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Bartholdi Hotel
Dispute Over Wellington Jewels In High Court
London reports that sensational legal proceedings will be heard in New York courts over the late Duke of Wellington's will. The parties include the new Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the widowed Duchess, and the executors. Dispute centers on family jewels, heirlooms, and the widowed duchess dower rights.
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New York
Duke of Wellingen
London
Duchess of Wellington
Excur sionists passenger injured leaping from moving train
Miss Sallie Crossman of Argus, age 15, traveling with a party from Jena, stepped from the moving train near Sellersville on July 23, breaking both arms and sustaining facial and body bruises. The brakeman had announced Sellersville and she leaped about 200 yards from the station, her first steam train ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srain
Sellersville
Jena
Sallie Crossman
Argus
Fusion absolutely assured in Idaho senate bid
Senator Dubois returns from Pocatello convention claiming fusion between the three parties in the state is absolutely assured. Poets tested Steunenberg or similar nominee and refused to join the coalition. They now plan to withdraw their ticket and back the Democratic and Silver Republican ticket. Dubois predicts success, claiming he will win every county except possibly two.
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Blackfoot
Idaho
Dubois
Pocatello
Steunenberg
Boers Capture a Train and Raid Heidelberg Line
London July 23. Boer general De Wet cut Lord Roberts line of communications and captured a hundred Highlanders and a supply train. Boers attacked the British post at Heidelberg head of the railway thirteen miles east of Heidelberg, surrounding it before Hart arrived with reinforcements. garrison of Dublin Fusiliers engineers and yeomanry repulsed the attack. British losses not reported.
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Lord Roberts
Heidelberg
London
de Wet
Roberts
War of
Dublin Fusiliers
Hart
Excelsior Brings Army Telegraph Work to Valdes
Rich Klondikers reports from Seattle that the steamship Excelsior has arrived from Copper River and Cook Inlet. It carried Lieut Burnell US A to supervise a military telegraph line from Port Valdes to Magle City, Yukon. The Swan Port to Port Valdes segment is in operation amid ongoing boundary talks and local disputes over a customs post.
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Seattle
Wash
Excelsior
Copper River
Cook Inlet
Tyoonook
Port Valdes
Lieute Burnell
UT. S. A
Magle City
Yukon
Swan Port
Dawson
Haines Mission
White Pass
Skagway
William More
Countess Arrested in Thefts Case in New York
Reported late last night that Mrs A M Duke, arrested Saturday on a theft charge, is Countess Festetics a wealthy Russian noblewoman. Daughter of Count Alfred Bestelles of Austria and cousin to Count Rudolph, she says she lost the lorgnette but remains jailed in Jefferson Market. Bail set at 1000 dollars for examination this afternoon.
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New York
A. M. Duke
Dora Kadstone
West Eighteenth Street
Festetics
Alfred Bestelles
Austria
Rudolph
Ela Haggin
Radstone
Jefferson Market
Fire in Stamford Laundry Destroys Building and Barn
Fire at the Stamford Hall sanitarium laundry destroyed the building a barn and the storehouse before town. Loss estimated at 60000 dollars origin of fire unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Stamford-Hall
Police Court Doings Involving Five Dollar Gambling Settlements
Police court did not meet today as four men arrested for gambling settled for five dollars each. The gamblers named were Charles Bolth, William Malinockes, Joseph Czesinos and Thomas Sbham berekis. Bolth ran a North Riverside saloon and hosted a poker game at his home after closing. Officers entered and seized the pot, and the men were taken to the station. A Brooklyn detective and a Brooklyn hotel keeper cited a separate arrest of Tomasa Isagno. Anthony F. Vachris, a Brooklyn detective, seeks requisition papers for him. Martin Gardner, accused of burglarizing a Danbury store, was arrested by Officer Keegan. Gardner’s background is described as respectable but not living with his family.
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Charles Bolth
William Malinockes
Joseph Czesinos
Thomas Sbhamberekis
Bolth
Bailey
M. J. Sullivan
Cronan
Tomasa Isagno
Anthony F. Vachris
Brooklyn
N. Y
Labetti
Anthony
Martin Gardner
Keegan
Danbury
Gardner
Despondent man kills family in house fire tragedy
Wallingford July 23 Adolph Rokinski 30 ending his life and attempting to kill wife and two children by setting a house aflame at 265 Ivy street Mrs Rokinski awakened by smoke and flames fled with the children as firemen extinguished the blaze. Rokinski’s charred remains were found in the cellar a bullet wound and revolver beside him. Foreclosure proceedings and imminent eviction cited as motive.
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Wallingford
Adolph Rokinski
Ivy Street
Celar
Rokinttki
Reverend Fiche Died After Preaching in Lachine
Montreal July 23 Rev Father Fiche died suddenly at Lachine after delivering a strong temperance sermon. For forty years he dedicated his life to this cause and vowed to preach against liquor until death. He was found dead in his study fifteen minutes after the service ended.
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Montreal
Father Fiche
Lachine
Killing in Owensboro: Robert Bryant slain by brother in law
In Owensboro Kentucky on July 22 Robert Bryant a 70 year old prominent wealthy farmer was killed by his brother in law Samuel Kelley 60 after a quarrel Kelley shot Bryant twice with a shotgun and fled but was captured by two officers.
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Owenshoro
Robert Bryant
Samuel Kelley
Bryant
Kelly
Agreement Reached For Fraser River Canners Fishermen
Victoria B July 23 The Fraser river canners and a number of fishermen have reached an agreement and the fishermen will go to work either Monday or Tuesday under government protection. The attorney general is arranging to provide adequate protection.
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Victoria
Fraser River
Wind and Rain Ravage Ironton Mills and Homes
A terrific wind rain and hailstorm last evening destroyed Spanner Cohens and Goodmans planing mill blew out the Belfont Co brick warehouse uprooted the Enterprise planing mill and felled hundreds of shade trees. Lowland houses flooded and lightning struck structures in Ironton Ohio.
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Ironton
Spanner, Cohens and Goodman
Belfont Co
Enterprise Planing
Yale Student Injured in Runaway Cab Accident
Lloyd Liscomb a Yale graduate and cotton exchange member lies in a New York hotel with potentially fatal wounds after being thrown from a cab against a pillar of an elevated road yesterday afternoon. He suffered severe head injuries and other wounds, with doctors unsure of the outcome. The incident occurred near the congested L trains as Liscomb rode in a taxi following business hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lloyd Liscomb
Yale
The
Cotton Exchange
Vancouver to be supply point for troops in China
Vancouver is designated a supply point for British troops in China. Ammunition will be shipped from English arsenals, but the remaining rations will be bought locally in Vancouver.
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Vancouver
China
England
Blind fish and spectacles aid sight in animals and pets
The London Zoological Gardens add blind cave fish from Kentucky to their aquariums. A Maltese cat owner uses spectacles to combat failing eyes, tested by an oculist with a mouse picture.
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London Zoological Garden
Kentucky Caves
Mullen executed for murder of his wife in NYC
Sing Sing report states Joseph Mullen was electrocuted at 6:05 AM after being convicted for the June 4, 1898, murder of his wife in New York City. A memorandum found on him explained he killed her to force a reunion as man and wife, claiming love as motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sing Sing
Joseph Mullen
New York City
Mullen
Transport Crook Arrives with Eighth Infantry Detachment
The United States transport Crook arrives from Havana carrying 642 enlisted men of the Eighth U S infantry under Lieutenant Colonel P H Mills. On board are eleven cabin passengers including Colonels Richards and Haskins, several majors, and other staff. Furloughed soldiers and quartermasters’ staff also travel. The contingent is to be quarantined, then head west to Fort Snelling to recruit for service in China.
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New York
United States
Crook
Havana
Eighth United States Infantry
P. H. Mills
W. V. Richards
Adjutant-General Division of
Cuba
W. IL. Haskins
U. S. Artillery
B. S. Godfrey
U. S. Cavalry
A. C. Taylor
M. W. Shull
Second Artillery
N.S. Steinhart
Eighth Infantry
Fort Snelling
China
Windward Enters Port with Machinery Disabled at Port au Basques
Lieutenant Peary relief steamer Windward docked at Port au Basques after entering the harbor with part of her machinery disabled. Replacement pieces arrived by train at noon and repairs may take several days, likely delaying plans to reach the far north.
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A T Johns
N. F
Peary
Windward
Port Au Basques
Theovy
Confederate Judge Trips Passes, Atlanta Remembers
Atlanta July 23. Judge Robert Pleasant Trippe, viewed as the last surviving Confederate Congress member and former Georgia Supreme Court judge, has died. The longtime jurist left a notable imprint on state and Civil War era legal history.
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Atlanta
Robert Pleasant Trippe
Confederate Congress
Supreme Court of Georgia
Purely Personal Notes From Shore and Town
Dr Joseph Egan spent Sunday at the shore. Attorney Joseph O Neill is at Avyton New Jersey. Eddie Belden came up from the shore today. Miss Alice Wolff has returned from Walnut Beach. Mr and Mrs Michael Drury spent Sunday at the shore. The Rev T H Plunkitt of St Augustine's Bridgeport is visiting in town. Thomas Garvin of Hartford spent Sunday at the home of Attorney John O Neill. Miss Anna P Fleming returned today from Madison and Block Island. The Misses Mary and Anna O Neill are on a three week vacation in Northfield. Miss N Kelly of Bristol is vacationing with relatives on East Main Street. Anthony Moore of North Elm Street left on a two week vacation in Hartford and Torrington. M J Kennedy of New York, Mt St Mary's student at Emmittsburg Md, is visiting friends in Waterbury and Naugatuck. The Misses Margaret L and Jennie E Reilly returned to Reid Hughes after a shore vacation. Judge E F Cole returned from a yachting trip. While town sweltered last week the judge wore blankets.
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Joseph Egan
Joseph O'Neill
Avyaton
N. J
Eddie Belden
Alice Wolff
Walnut Beach
Michael Drury
T. H. Plunkitt
St Augustine’s Church
Bridgeport
Thomas Garvin
Hartford
John O'Neill
Anna P. Fleming
Madison and
Block Island
Mary
Anna O'Neill
Northfield
N. Kelly
Bristol
East Main Street
Anthony Moore
North Elm Street
Torrington
M. J. Kennedy
New York
Mt St Mary’s College
Emmittsburg
Waterbury
Naugatu
Mulcahy council adjourned meeting at St Patrick's hall
City notes that the Mulcahy council and K of C will hold an adjourned meeting at St Patrick's hall tonight at 8. Baseball teams of lawyers and dodo prepare for contests. James Nelson to Gunnery school Washington Conn. Connecticut Lightning and Power tests new excursion cars on company tracks. Infant son of George Antonovitch dies. funeral tomorrow at 3. Elizabeth Murphy dies today. funeral at 4 tomorrow. Calvary cemetery interment.
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Mulcahy Council
K. of C
St Patrick's Hall
James Nelson
Taft
Washington, Conn
Connecticut Lightning and Power Company
John Joseph Antonovitch
Edward Street
George Antonovitch
Elizabeth Murphy
John Murphy
Pleasantreet
Calvary Cemetery
McGrath Eyes Town Farm Strip for Trolley Route
Edward McGrath of West Main Street bids $5,000 for a strip of land on Watertown Road to extend the Connecticut Lighting and Power trolley line. Officials clash over width and survey details, delaying final agreement while the company seeks permission to run cars. The deal hinges on a contested survey that could set the price per acre at an extraordinary rate.
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McGrath
West Main Street
Watertown Road
Connecticut Lighting and Power Company
Sewell
Connecticut Lighting and Pews Company
W. G. Smith
Selectmen
Connecticut
Kendrick
Main
Smith
N . Sewell
Seaveanes
Sewal
Emperor William’s Flag Unfurled by Chicago German Union
The Central Union of German Military societies in Chicago held its Franco-Prussian war anniversary and unveiled a flag presented by Emperor William. Dr Walter Weyer welcomed attendees as veterans praised the emperor and McKinley. The white silk flag bears Germany’s black eagle and will be rotated among eleven minor societies with the Krieger verein of Chicago guarding it for the first year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Chicago
Central Union of German Military Societies
Walter Weyer
McKinley
Germany
Injured Golfer Ida Clark Receives Skull Surgery
Winsted reports Miss Ida Clark daughter of D H Clark of Stafford was seriously injured playing golf when struck on the forehead by a club in the hands of Albert J Gardner of New Haven. Surgeons removed twelve bone fragments in a delicate operation Saturday night leaving a hole about the size of a 25 cent piece.
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Winsted
Ida Clark
D. H. Clark
Stafford
Albert J. Gardner
New Haven
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Charbin
Pas
Chueh
Jake
Aendor
Newark
Magasak
Hoong Kong
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Canton
Hog Chane
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Caaling
Madras Infantry
Kowloon
India
Hong Kong
Ehar General Movement
Rich Klondikers
B. C
Toly
Amur
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Pruen
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Mills
Tien Tsin
Tiensin
Taku
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Town and Traction Company
Edward McGrath
Watertown
Traction Company
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