Allies Capture Peking As Negotiations Begin
Cable reports from Vienna and Rome indicate Peking's fall and a relief force move on the city. Conger’s dispatch describes a siege since June with continued attacks, urging entry of relief troops and safe escort of foreigners to Tien-Tsin amid Allied coordination.
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London
Vienna
Hong Kong
Peking
Taku
Rome
Claude Macdonald
Tung Chau
Shangha
Tung Chan Sun- Gay
Tien-Tsin
Fowler
Conger
Earl Li
Armistice Talks Advance as Western Powers Accept Japanese Proposal
Western powers accept Japan’s armistice terms contingent on safe delivery of foreign legations or access for allied forces to guard Peking. Washington releases Wu Tingfang communications detailing Allied demands and requests to halt further advances toward the capital to avoid provoking the Ta Ching empire.
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London
Daily Express
Kobe
Japan
Peking
Teking
Washington
Department of Site
Wu Ting Wanye
Adee
Jourl Li Pune Chang
China
Wue
Tung Chau
Ghvaoy
Vung Cha
Wit Restardiay
Towis
Moresephie
Othamemarmindia
Sag
Fowler
Chefoo
Chaffee
Augest
War
Ti Wung Chane
Death of John J. Ingalls Ex-Senator Passes in New Mexico
East Las Vegas New Mexico August 17 ex senator John J Jogue died at 2 25 am with wife and two sons at his bedside bronchitis and long weakness from poor digestion and heart disease. He planned to travel to Atchison to die and his son Sheffield recalls a final hour of prayer and fortitude. Remains sent to Atchison for private funeral at Trinity church Mount Vernon burial. Born 1833 Middleton Massachusetts Williams College 1855 Atchison Kansas state senator 1871 2 US senator 1873 1891 remembered as statesman lecturer writer and journalist.
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Las Vegas
N. M
John J. Jogue
al Planus
Atchison
Wsh
Sheffield Ingalls
Old Homestead
Senator Ingalls
Ingalls
Trinity Church
Millspaugh
Mount Vernon
John James Ingalls
Middleton
Mass
Williams College
Atchison, I
Persistent pleas save German widow killer from jail
Belleville Wisconsin August Wlorzbach, a wealthy 51 year old German resident, was released after his child wife Lena Dexle aged 23 testified of his brutal attack. Neighbors broke in to stop the murder attempt and six men bound him. He had previously married Lena Dexle at 14 in a sensational match amid church refusals.
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Bellevine
August Wlorzbach
Baker
Klotzbach
Wlotzbach
Lena Dexle
Belleville
Chicago
Carpenter Edward Swanson Dies in Dock Fall at Escanaba
In Escanaba Michigan on August 17 Edward Swanson a 26 year old carpenter employed on the Mesa Milwaukee and St Paul railway dock construction fell from the dock into the water and died instantly. He was unmarried and resident of Escanaba.
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Escanaba, Mich
Edward Swanson
Mesa, Milwaukee and
St. Louis
Bathers
Yacy
Milwaukee Grain
Baraboo News and Local Notices From Wisconsin
Baraboo reports large numbers of creatures on the bluffs while river cities endure rising prices and fewer worms. Nimrods prepare for a spring spurt. Miller anniversary marks sixty years of marriage in Allen County with a celebration planned near Wayne. A tragedy on Tron River. a boy crippled as a boy is spared by a passing vehicle. Wisconsin Bankers elect officers in Milwaukee. gold standard resolution adopted.
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Baraboo
Wis
Wisconsis
Tron River
Buteh
Pedady
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Bankers’ Association
J. C. Siith
Appletass
Charles C. Arnold
Mob Hunts Negroes in Broadway Riots in New York
Rioting mobs in Hell's Kitchen and Broadway districts attack Black residents after Patrolman Thorpe is killed. Police clash with rioters as 5 000 surge through streets from Twenty to Fortieth streets, injuring dozens of Black men and women.
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New York
New Orleans
Hell's Kitchen
Thirtieth
Fortieth Streets
Broadway
Ninth Avenue
Herald Square
Walker
Twentieth
Fortth Street
Thorpe
Thirty-seventh Street
Better Feeling In Trade Report From Iron Industry
The Iron Trade Review notes improved sentiment across the iron trade with prices largely up and stronger demand for finished material for months ahead. A net reduction in active listings from July to August signals ongoing remedy effects, though some producers cut prices while others resist. Southern furnaces report quotations below northern producers, with ongoing competition and some idle blast furnaces.
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Cleveland, O
The
Iron Trade Review
Ig Tron Association
Birmingham
Second Wife Tells Story Of George Ward
Detroit August 17 The woman who claimed to be the second wife of George Ward relates they met at a party on Twenty Third Street and lived together privately. She says Ward, once a board of trade operator and president, kept a divorce from his wife and later died in New York leaving her with a child.
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Detroit
George
Ward
George A. Wark
Ruird
Lavis
Paris
Board of Trade
New York
Eighty-eighth Street
Crawfordsville
Ind
Barbara Manners
General Missionary Society of the
Methodist Church
Methodist Board For
Manners
Criminal Libel Charged In Anderson Case
Pd H. Miller of Indianapolis arrested and jailed on criminal libel charges filed by Anna Sutton. Sutton, once in Colonel Durbin's campaign office, alleges Miller wrote defamatory letters after being jilted and caused Sutton's discharge from two employers.
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Anderson
Ind
Pd H. Miller
Indianapolis
Wilkie Refrigerator Works
Anna Sutton
Miss Stutton
Miss Sutton
New York Senator Hanna Illness Denial Acknowledged
Senator Hanna admitted feeling unwell and citing stomach disorders as part of his condition. He said his work continues with diet and careful exercise to stay in condition for duties ahead.
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New York
Hanna
Twn
Rural Free Delivery Planned for Bangor Wisconsin
Free Rural Free Delivery, Washington, Aug. 17 The post office department has ordered the establishment of rural free delivery service on Sep 1 at Bangor Wis.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Vangor
Wis
Census fixes population of Manhattan and Bronx at 2 050 000
A New York census announces Manhattan and Bronx combined population at 2 050 000. The note estimates New York City remains the largest cluster after excluding three other boroughs.
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Manhattan
Bronx
Mis
New York City
Brooklyn
Nome
Alaska
Seattle
Crostone Canon
Colo
Chicia
Johnny Cates
Pavis
France
Barking
Rneburte
Whawes River
Lippert
Milwaukee
Suléu O
Turkey
Indin
Merwin
Resohite
Joollat
Altick
Alfred Malkin
Rockford
Gls
Iso
Chine
London
Austria
Liberty Congress backs Bryan in anti imperialist plank
Indianapolis Aug 17 The Liberty Congress of the American League of Anti Imperialists endorses William J Bryan for president. The convention debates the platform with Colonel Codman and Edwin Smith pushing the Bryan ticket while third party delegates plan a New York Sept 5 convention. Bryan’s name draws loud applause as the group urges opposition to McKinley’s imperial policy and support for Bryan in Congress races.
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Baltimore
National Iay Association
Indianapolis
Crearge
Warren
Saginaw, Mich
St. Ti
Liberty Congress
American League of Anti-Imperialists
William J. Bryan
Charles 2. Codman
Massachusetts
Thomas H. Osborne
Auburn
Charles R. Codman
Edwin Burritt Smith
Bryan
Mckinley
Congress
Bryat
Commercial Club
New York City
Moorfield Storey
Storey
William I. Plumer
Colorado
Mize
William Lloyd Garrison
Boston
Cedar Rapids
Fratfiman
John PD. Denison
Clarion
Kansas City
William
Adal FF. Stevenson
Republic
Ne.e
Oe M. Gibson
Pela Ware Coulys Transurer
Williams
O'Brien
Cy Tharper
Des Moines
Pudge
Wesnpreame Court
A. Wereeland
Vane County
Wo. Aatderson
Wichinebago
Eleeters
Joseph Kihoak
Folk County
Amd Gb
Alackey
Keokuk County
Markets Report: Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices and Receipts
Estimated daily receipts show hogs 24.00, cattle 6,000, and sheep 13,000. Quotations span hogs from 3.60 to 5.20, cattle from 2.40 to 5.90, and sheep from 2.70 to 5.60, with Western and Native categories noted and regional markets listed.
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East Buffalo
Confederate Veterans Protest G A R Reunion Attendee
In New Orleans on August 17 the Confederate Association of the Army of the Tennessee protested General J B Gordon attending the Chicago G A R encampment. It urged censuring Gordon for joining similar meetings and adopted a resolution opposing all so called reunions of the Blue and Gray.
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New Orleans
Confederate Association of the Army of the Tennessee
J. B. Gordon
United Confederate Veterans
Chicago
Confederate Veterans
Shaw
Atlanta
Chalaron
Gordon
Blue and Gray
John K. Gordon
Grand Army of the Republic
Wisconsin boy admits spike placing in Vernon track case
Walter Preis, a youth in Waukesha, Wisconsin, confessed in municipal court to maliciously placing spikes on Vernon railroad tracks. He was bound over for September term. Bennie Welch, accused as an accomplice, was dismissed.
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Waukesha
Wis
Walter Preis
Vernon
Bennie Welch
Two Thugs Arrested in Saloon Robbery
Two strangers robbed Meyers' saloon in Decatur Indiana at about 10 o'clock yesterday morning taking a small cash amount. They were arrested after a desperate fight with officers following the raid.
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Decatur
Ind
Meyers
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