Des Moines Notes on Boxers Missionaries and Iowa Goods
Des Moines letters report Chinese Boxer attacks near Hong Kong and Swatow as missionaries adjust plans. Iowa officials debate a potential flaw in a new agriculture department bill while counties report rising 1900 assessments. Des Moines prepares for a large September horse show with national judges and major entries from Kansas City stables.
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Des Moines
Kansas City
St. Louis
National Horse Show and Exhibitors ‘Association
New York
Chicago
Denver
San Francisco
New Orleans
Armour, Ashbrook
Rice and Sims
Polk County
Battleship Oregon Docked at Kure
The Navy Department reports Captain Wilde of the Oregon says the ship is docked at Kure with structural strength intact after arrival in port.
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Oregon
Washington
Navy Department
Wilde
Kure
Urge Revolt in Ireland Moves Nationalist Rally
Cork on July 21 reports a Sunday nationalist demonstration distributing hand bills discouraging British army recruitment and urging Irish rebellion as Enehond's army falters in South Africa. John Redmond appealed for funds for United Irish party candidates and repudiated claims the United Irish league opposed certain Irish members.
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Cork
Enehond
South Africa
John FE. Redmond
United Irish Party
United Irish League
Iria
Assaulted with hatchet at Lunts Siding leaves May Hale near death
Miss May Hale a 25 year old from Windom and Rock Rapids was struck with a hatchet by H A Bliss 42 a Frenchman in Lunt's Siding six miles south of Rock Rapids. She suffered three skull fractures and was left for dead. Bliss surrendered to authorities after the attack on July 31.
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May Hale
Lunt's Siding
Death Rock Rapids
H. A. Bliss
Lunt’s Siding
Rock Rapids
Bliss
Windom
Minn
Lunt
Jerry Hartington
Jealous husband kills wife in Eldorado tragedy
Otto Pennington shot and killed his wife in the presence of their two children and relatives in Eldorado on July 31. A struggle prevented him from ending more lives as he fired at others. only his wife was hit. Pennington, long estranged, fled and remains at large.
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Owasan
Eldorado
Otto Pennington
Beaver Fire Destroys Most Stores. Post Office Safed
Beaver Iowa suffered a major blaze Monday wiping out nearly every business on the main street. Loss exceeds $10,000 with all buildings except one destroyed. The post office building was saved as Grand Junction fire units helped curb the flames. Beaver lacks a local fire department.
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Beaver
Boone
Moingona
Grand Junction
Serious Accident and Political Notes From Boone
A Boone workman Charles Mattson had legs crushed by a falling concrete box while at a pier foundation site. Other items include reformer Rev. Wickersham facing threats over saloon closures, postmaster Willard's $1,800 shortage and political maneuvering, and a fatal Burlington train collision near Batavia Rome. A Muscatine factory fire gutted Huttig Bros. warehouse causing $125,000 loss.
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Boone
Charles Mattson
Minneapolis
Sir Lot Thomas
Storm Lake
McKinley
George D. Perkins
United States
Senaor
John H. Gear
Frank Elser
Illinois Central Railroad
Cherokee
Mr. Wickersham
J. S. Willard
Marion
Ed. J. Alderman
Willard
Inspector Ketcham
Mr. Alderman
Cornelius Condon
Flick & Johnson
Buington Road
Batavia
Rome
Burlington
Huttig Bros
Muscatine
Large gathering urged for Iowa POW encampment in Chicago
President Wilkins of the Iowa Union Prisoners of War association reports a Chicago national encampment will assemble more southern prison pen survivors than any since the war. A circular will be mailed to Town members by Secretary J J Stugkey urging strong Hawkeye state attendance.
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Wilkins
Iowa Union -x-Prisoners of War Association
Chicago
J. J. Stugkey
Hawkeye
Conger Safe and Provisioned Amid China Relief Talks
Washington reports two cablegrams from Col Daggett confirm Minister Conger is safe and has provisions for weeks and that firing at the legation has ceased. The notes note Flintshire arrival and rising Allied strength while planning for an advance on Peking proceeds with allied commanders estimating eighty thousand troops needed.
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Washington
War Department
Col. Daggett
Che Foo
Corbin
Tien Tsin
Conger
Legation
Daggett
McKinley
Canton
Peking
China
Second attempt to get word from Peking amid missing messengers
Washington reports growing hope of news from Peking as U S and other powers push private channels. Messages from Conger and spies sent by Liscum and others have not returned, keeping legation staff presumed alive and awaiting word.
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Tien Tsin Go Ana
Washington
State Department
Peking
Liscum
Tien Tsin
Orward
Conger
Death of Sixty Europeans After Pekin Siege
Dispatch from Admiral Remey reports that during the siege of Pekin from June 13 to July 17 Chinese forces attacked the legations, killing sixty Europeans. A telegram from Governor Shen Tung notes ministers are well and provisions are supplied, while Europe and Germany praise the U S commercial pact. The Cuba election for a constitutional convention is set for September and November in Havana.
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Pekin
Washington
Remey
Cabby
War Office Department
Cuba
Havana
Yellow Fever Dispatch From Havana on Cuban Troops
Surgeon General Wyman reports from Havana regarding the First regiment in Cuba. Eleven deaths at Pinar del Rio and eight new cases with eleven more under observation. Troops moved to camp for observation and all baggage and equipment will be disinfected labeled and sealed before transport.
King Humbert Assassinated At Monza During Prize Distribution
King Humbert was shot dead in Monza Italy as he stepped from his carriage after a gymnastic prize event. Angelo Bres si a weaver and recent traveler from America confessed he killed the monarch claiming hatred of royalty and monarchies.
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Monza
Italy
Humbert
Angelo Bressi
Ruto
Tuscany
Rome
Bressi
Milan
Angelo
Gateno Bressi
America
Paterson
N. J
Cigarette's Deadly Work at Camp Lincoln
A negligently discarded cigarette caused a premature explosion of a cannon at Camp Lincoln on Sunday afternoon at 4 30. Two soldiers were killed and about twenty injured. bystanders say the arson was committed by a sergeant from the First Cavalry who escaped. Ambulances ferried the seriously hurt to downtown and post hospitals as crowds watched in shock.
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Frank Howard
Milwaukee Railroad
Finley
Dubuque
Howard
Bloomfield
Hardy
Jerry Battle
Woodin
Battle
Virgil Barker
Scranton
Jinfield
Jefferson
Wright
Carroll
Morganstown
W. Va
Rowk Rapids
Charles Rocker
Doon Township
August Shrader
Baack
Pocahontas
Iowa
Reel Island
Gowrie
Mason Lewis
Keokuk
Wapello County
Walter Davis
Springfield
Camp Lincoln
First Cavalry Regiment
Roberts Returns to Pretoria as Boers Elude Pursuit
London reports standstill in South Africa as Lord Roberts returns to Pretoria with staff after foe retreats. General Botha and De Wet evade capture with several thousand Boers. Delarey besieges Baden-Powell at Rustenburg. relief force under Hickman retreats. Weather aids deprivations. Lt MacLaren and others die of exposure. Prinsloo surrenders his five thousand men to British forces in Cape Town.
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London
South Africa
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Botha
Christian de Wet
Delarey
Baden-Powell
Rustenburg
Transvaal
Legations Suffer Threat From Tung Fu Liang
Berlin dispatch reports Sheng, director general of railways and telegraphs, forwarding a Peking dispatch warning that General Tung Fu Liang will kill all legation members if international forces advance on Peking. The Chinese legation has not informed the German government and seeks information on Baron von Ketteler’s widow’s status through the viceroy of Nanking.
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Tung Fun Siing
Berlin
Messacre
Sheng
Railways and Telegraphs
Peking
Tung Fu Liang
Legations
Legation
Nankin
Baron von Ketteler
Bloodbath in China as Boxers massacre Christians
Shanghai reports say Boxers attacked missionaries and Chinese converts at Pao Ting Kuo, with a foreign doctor and 2,000 to 3,000 Christians killed. General Liu Ho Keh advances toward Peking ordering extermination of Christians. A French priest and twelve missionaries murdered near Ning Po.
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Tokio
Shanghai
Pao Ting Kuo
Liu Ho Keh
Peking
London
Ning Po
Four British Missionaries Killed in Shan Si and Ho Nan
The Daily Express reports four more British missionaries murdered in Shan Si with churches burned at Tung Chau. Christian sources say eight days of massacre of foreigners ongoing in Ho Nan and Shan Si, amid a broader assault on missionaries and churches.
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Sialnan
Startling Wharton Testimony Ties Powers to Goebel Case
Georgetown Ky July 29 evidence key to prosecution in Powers case as Fr Wharton Golden recalls Taylor remarking killing Goebel may be the only way. Golden aided Powers to recruit mountain feudists for a Frankfort crowd with money from Hamp Howard Bingham and others receipts in evidence. Barboursville hearing includes Charles Finley statement of intent to petition legislature or kill if needed.
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Wharton Golden
Goebel
Caue
Georgetown
Powers
Fr Wharton
Gjolden
Taylor
Golden
Vhis
Caleb
Frankfort
Hamp Howard
Dr. Bingham
Barboursville
Charles Finley
Foreigners in Panic at Hankow Amid Hostility
A Hankow dispatch reports foreigners panic due to native hostility linked to events in the north. American and British consuls urge families to move to Shanghai, while the viceroy assures protection. a Russian contingent moving from Port Arthur to Pyongyang suffers casualties and combat.
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Hankow
St. Petersburg
Shanghai
Seoul
M. Pavloff
Port Arthur
Pyong Yang
Robber Halts Train Express In Atchison
A masked robber boarded Missouri Pacific No. 1 near Atchison and threatened messenger John Kreiser at gunpoint. Kreiser warned the safe cannot be opened until Omaha. robber took a silver watch, then fled as the train slowed. An hour later police arrested a colored man named Travis.
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Atchison, Kan
Missouri Pacific
Atchison
North
John Kreiser
Kreiser
Omaha
Atchhison
Travis
Foreigners and Christians Reported Killed in Tauoting
Consul Goodnow telegram from Washington dated July 28 says an official message from Shanghai reports that all foreigners and many native Christians were killed at Taoting, with missions burned. Americans named Lincox family, Taylor, Pekin, Miss Gould and Morrill. Disturbances also noted at Yuna. Taoting lies about seventy five miles southwest of Peking.
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Goodnow
Washington
Consul Goodnow
Shanghai
Tauoting
Lincox
Family
Taylor
Pekin
Gould
Morrill
Yuna
State Department
Taoting
Peking
Vigan municipal government established in the Philippines
General MacArthur reports the successful erection of another Philippine municipal government at Vigan on Luzon’s northwest coast near the historic landing site of Young’s forces. The note ties the alcalde to the American administration and to local governance under the Philippine commission.
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Vigan
Washington
MacArthur
War Department
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Tuzon
Young
Aguinaldo
M. J. Worley
Orientals
van Houten
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Army Post
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