Allies Near Pekin as Chaffee Forces Close In
Shanghai dispatch reports the relief column under General Chaffee near Ho-Si-Wu, about halfway to Pekin, with the allied forces advancing rapidly. Casualties include Americans and Russians in a four hour fight, while news confirms Yang-Tsun’s capture and rapid approach to the imperial city.
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Shanghai
Pekin
Washington
China
Genral Chaffee
Ho-Si-Wu
Chaffee
Yang-Tsun
Lang-Fang
Hoe-Si-Wu
War Department
Imperial City
Root
Corbin
Daggett
Yang Tsun
Pettin
Whites cry for aid as British minister appeals
From London: Sir Claude MacDonald, British minister in Pekin, warns that food will run out in ten days and a massacre is likely unless relief arrives. The Chinese offer to escort to Tien-Tsin is refused, citing memories of Canton. More than 200 European women and children are in the legation.
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London
Canton
Daily Telegraph
Claude MacDonald
Pekin
Tien-Tsin
Cawnpore
Russians Fight for a Railway Near Sungari River
Moscow reports ongoing clashes along the Manchuria railway with Russian losses up to August 6 totaling five railway workers, one officer, and 57 soldiers killed and seven workers, two officers, and 93 soldiers wounded. Cossacks enter Urga to protect the consulate as Gen Rennekampf defeats Chinese forces and advances toward Blagoveshchensk. Rebels flee toward Mergen to unite with 120,000 Chinese. Chinese minister Yang Yu says ministers will leave Pekin with an escort, but sources doubt the plan.
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Moscow
Sungari
Manchuria
Khar‘bin
Urga
Mongolia
Rennekampf
Blagoveshchensk
Mergen
St. Petersburg
Yang Yu
Pekin
Americans Under Fire in Yang Tsun Battle
A Yang Tsun dispatch reports a grave misfire as English and Russians shelled U S troops mistaken for Chinese. During night action the Fourteenth United States Infantry were in position to storm a Chinese trench when misidentified, wounding ten Americans. One American charged through heavy fire to halt the assault.
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London
Yang Tsun
Che Foo
Shanghali
United States
Trea
Controversy Over Waldersee Command in China Unearthed
A London dispatch notes persistent doubts about Count von Waldersee leading allied forces in China. French law bars foreign officers from commanding French troops, possibly making him a council head instead of true commander. Attitudes vary by nation as deliberations continue among powers.
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New York
the Tribune
London
Count von Waldersee
China
Paris
M. Meline
Pelho
St. Petersburg
Berlin
England
Riots in Yangtse Valley Prompt Foreign Tension
Reports from Shanghai and Tientsin describe serious riots in Tatung with destruction of a telegraph station by Kelavus society members. Imperial edicts allegedly urged anti foreign action while the government pledged to protect legations. Berlin notes Lord Salisbury’s reply to Von Waldersee appointment remains cautious.
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New York
Tribune
London
Shanghai
Yangtse
Tatung
Kelavus Society
Standard
Tientsin
Berlin
London Post
Lord Salisbury
Count von Waldersee
England
France
von Waldersee
Allies Advance Twelve Miles From Chinese Capital
Report from Tientsin via Shanghai states the army moved twelve miles today and Yuangtsun fell. Empress dowager fed foreigners briefly, while a bitter anti foreign viceroy arrived with fresh troops and placed two batteries on the wall near the legations. Shelling and rifle fire continued for two days and the head of the missionary board was killed while seeking provisions. American losses were small.
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Tientsin
Shanghai
Pekin
Shantung
Missionary Board
Yuangtsun
Alleged Smugger Arrested on Cunardine Steamer Arrival
In Queenstown on August 15 F. 1. Prime ly was arrested on arrival of the Cunardine steamer from Boston charged with smuggling cigars and tobacco. He is said to be a Chicago resident.
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Queenstown
Primely
Boston
Chicago
Aguinaldo fears amnesty exclusion and Pilar plots China force
War Department dispatches reveal Aguinaldo may avoid surrender to the amnesty, fearing he would fall into the excepted class for wartime offences. General Pio del Pilar, who surrendered, seeks American terms and envisions raising a native Filipino regiment for China. Ebron, linked to a Cagayan outlaw gang, gets five years for insurrection, while Furmin Camit receives ten years for multiple slayings.
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Pio del Pilar
China
Washington, D. C
Manila
War Department
Aguinaldo
Blac-No-Blato
San Pedro Macati
Jacinto E Ebron
United States of America
Boers Name a New Capital Amid War Movements
London reports Barberton proclaimed new seat of Transvaal government while Boers abandon Machadodorp and occupy Waterval Onder. Dalmanthua camp stores burned as fire destroys Loyalist stronghold. Brussels bans street conferences as Leyden students plan funds for Boers. Cymric fights fire at sea with heroic crew. Three killed in New York steam heating pipe explosion. workers Frank Sherrick, George Jenkins, Edward Brown perished.
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London
Barberton
Transvaal
Machadodorp
Lourenzo Marques
Daily Mail
Watervalonder
Louis Botha
Dalmanthua
Brussels
Leyden
New York
Queenstown
Frank Sherrick
Jersey City
George Jenkins
Edward Brown
Jackson
Brown
Sherrick
W. J. David
Italian Paper Reports Patterson Anarchist Confessions
Il Progresso of New York prints alleged confessions describing May 1 drawing of lots by anarchists to kill rulers including King Humbert, McKinley, and Franz Joseph. The letter signed C. Ihuigi Alfieri is cited, but Il Progresso doubts the tale.
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New York
Il Progresso
Bresei
Humbert
McKinley
Franz Joseph
C. Ihuigi Alfieri
Barley King Henry J. O Neill Files Bankruptcy
Chicago August 15 Henry J O Neill known as the barley king filed a bankruptcy petition in the U S court His liabilities are near five hundred thousand dollars with assets about five thousand In recent years he had faced financial embarrassment and the collapse is linked to publicity from his wife’s bankruptcy last winter
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Chicago
Henry J. O'Neill
United States
Hall
E. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ohio
Times Notes U S Debtor Nation Amid Price Decline
London editors say the United States remains a debtor nation as speculation dulls, grain receipts rise and Liverpool cables ease cereal and provision prices.
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Liverpool
Lost In An Iron Mine Near Lake Hopatcong
Miss Lillian Lawall of Easton and Miss Mabel Corier of Brooklyn Miss Maud Miller of New York and Fred Schurtz of Newark endured eight hours imprisoned in an abandoned iron mine near Lake Hopatcong New Jersey after their bicycle lamps ran out of oil leaving them in complete darkness.
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New York
Lillian Lawall
Easton
Mabel Corier
Brooklyn
Maud Miller
Fred Schurtz
Newark
N. J
Lake Hopatcong
Point Comfort
Lawal
English Farm Hands Rebel Against American Machinery
English farm workers in Gloucestershire resist labor saving machines threatening their jobs. They wreck reapers and warn against using similar equipment. Agricultural expert P Anderson Graham says England must adopt modern inventions to compete with American wheat prices.
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London
Gloucestershire
P. Anderson Graham
England
United States
Knighted for Work in China in Belgium envoy
Brussels Aug. 15 M. de Cartier de Marchienne secretary of the Belgian legation at Pekin has been created a knight of the order of Leopold. Newspapers praise his services in China. He left Pekin before the trouble began and remained at Shanghai to keep the foreign office informed of events.
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China
Brussels
M. de Cartier de Marchienne
Pekin
Leopold
M. de Marchienne
Europe
Shanghai
Foreign Office
Refuses Writ for Neely in Extradition Case
Judge Lacombe of the United States Circuit Court refused to sign the writ of extradition for Charles F. W. Neely. He criticized Judge Wallace for granting an appeal to the Supreme Court in the habeas corpus proceedings and doubted the case’s current posture would succeed at the high court.
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Neely
New York
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Charles F. W. Neely
Wallace
Supreme Court
Afghanistan ameer mobilizes forces amid frontier tensions
A Lahore dispatch reports the Afghan ameer is mobilizing infantry and artillery with a possible advance toward the Russian frontier. Officials in Lahore are uneasy. the report is not fully credited but causes concern over Afghan behavior.
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London
Lahore
Punjab
Ameer
Afghanistan
Extradition treaty enables removal of anarchists
Madrid reports a new extradition treaty with the United States allows the return of anarchists and other criminals and their accomplices. It notes prior practice treated such defendants as political prisoners and extends to officials who have embezzled public funds, simplifying extradition procedures.
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Madrid
Spain
United States
Zionist Congress Opens With 500 Delegates
The fourth Zionist Congress opened in London with about 500 delegates in attendance. Prof. Max Nordau reviewed the situation and described persecution in Roumania, praising Emperor William of Germany for his stance toward Jews in Pomerania and East Prussia.
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London
Max Nordau
Roumania
William of
Germany
Pomerania
East Prussia
Osucar Hammerstein to repaint Republic Theater in New York
Osucar Hammerstein plans a full repaint of the Republic Theater in New York with green and gold colors. The project reworks the exterior and interior to refresh the venue for its next season.
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Osucar Hammerstein
the Republic
New York
Notable Persons in Wreck Near Rome After Train Collision
Seventeen people died and forty were injured when a second train crashed into a standing first train at Point Salario near Rome. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena visited the scene. Grand Duke Peter of Russia aided, while two men were arrested for neglecting signals. Notable passengers included Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Peter of Russia and Turkish mission members.
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Rome
Point Salario
Florence
Humbert
Peter
Russia
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Italy
Buffin
House of Savoy
Jef Fries and Stift Battle to Draw in Denver Ring
California’s Jack Jeffries and Chicago’s Billy Stift fought ten rounds to a draw at the Olympic club in Denver. The bout opened even, but Jefries was knocked down four times in the second round. He recovered, evened the score by the tenth, when he floored Stift but could not finish him.
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Denver
Colo
Jack Jeffries
California
Billy Stift
Chicago
Olympic Club
Jeffries
Stift
Kidnaping Of Eleven Year Old Girl In Kenosha
Hazel Patterson eleven year old daughter of Mrs W L Maloney of Kenosha is kidnapped from her mother s home shortly after 9 pm by a man and a woman believed to be Mr and Miss Patterson of Mansfield Ohio The incident is under police investigation with the city seeking the missing child and suspects through local and Ohio links.
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Kenosha
Wis
Hazel Patterson
W. L. Maloney
Miss Patterson
Mansfield
Ohio
Sane Woman Released from Detention Hospital
Josephine Blameuser, wife of Benjamin J. Blameuser, left Chicago Detention hospital after four days in the asylum ward. She says four more days would have made her actually insane.
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Asylum
Chicago
Josephine
Benjamin J. Blameuser
William Steinitz Dies in New York Hospital
Announcement from New York reports the death of famed chess player William Steinitz at Manhattan State Hospital. The August 15 notice confirms his passing.
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New York
Manhattan State Hospital
William Steinitz
London Endures Record Heat Wave Across City
London reports a heat wave with temperatures around 82 degrees in the city and near 90 degrees in parts of England. The hot spell enlarges concerns for public comfort and health as residents seek shade and hydration.
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London
England
German Playwright Carl Laufs Dies in Cassel
Berlin August 16 Carl Laufs the notable German playwright died in Cassel at an advanced age. He was highly regarded for his dramatic works and contributions to German theater. The cause of death was not disclosed.
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Berlin
Carl Laufs
Cassel
Condensed Telegrams Highlights From Across The Nation
Rain imperils Kansas corn crop while Pastor Sheldon in Topeka criticizes Britain. Hay explains Alaska boundary is temporary and no land goes to Canada. Zionists in Mansfield Ohio ousted despite police. Chicago wins Bur ington Sangerfest offices. next feast in Peoria Seattle hosts fall 1904. Secretary of Agriculture warns of dollar wheat. advise feeding corn to stock as meat rises. Hales repeats London war criticism on South African campaign. Ludlow to finish German War College study in Berlin. Futurity stake near 40000 dollars.
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Kansas
Sheldon
England
Topeka
Great Britain
Hay
Alaska
Canada
Mansfield
Seattle
Wash
Secretary of Agriculture
A. G. Hales
London Daily News
British War Office
Ludlow
German War College
Berlin
Passing of the Horse and the Rise of Modern Life
A nostalgic reflection traces how progress moved from candles to electricity and horses to automobiles. It cites Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, Hall's Catarrh Cure, Cascarets, and Russ' Bleaching Blue as trusted remedies, warning against imitations and promoting a lifestyle shift toward better health and modern conveniences.
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Hoi- Pi-Wu
Von
Waildersee
Yangtse Valley
Uncle Sam
Cullen Us
London Times
Daily Market Report
Chicago Board of Tracts
Gome
Peoria
Cascarets
Ashtor
A. J. Tower
Apuathe
Abnegst
U.S
W.L. Douglas
Rene Hearst
Ackee
Douglas
Naite
Aioe
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