Beheadings and Battles Reported Near Pekin Palace
Reports from Shanghai and London describe beheadings of anti foreign officials including Hsu Tung and Li Shan with Li Hung Chang moving north under Prince Ching. Fierce fighting in Pekin continues as imperial figures face pressure while allied forces consolidate at the siege. Berlin dispatch notes Waldersee leaves for China to supervise operations.
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Shanghai
Pekin
Hsu Tung
Fi Lien Yuan
Li Shau
Yung Lu
Prince Ching
Prince Tuan
Li Hung Chang
Imperial Secretariate
Li Shan
Ministry
Imperial Household
Yi Lien Yuan
London
Taku
Missionaries slain at Paotingfu massacre reported
Consul Fowler's dispatch from Chefoo dated Aug 15 lists victims of the Paotingfu massacre and the burning of premises on June 30. It names Morell Gould Pitkin Bagnall Cooper Belgians and other Christians among the killed and notes natives and foreigners shared the fate.
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Fowler
Paotingfu
Washington
D. C
State Department
Chefoo
Cooper
Yamen
Tientsin
Chinese Fight Continues In Pekin Amid Uncertain Empress Dowager
Rear Admiral Bruce reports ongoing clashes in Pekin with the empress dowager's fate still uncertain. Chinese leaders Shang Chi Hung and Liu Kun Yi threaten to withdraw support if the empress dowager is not respected. Russian forces say Chingan pees was taken August 16 after a bloody battle with heavy Chinese losses.
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London
Bruce
Pekin
Toome
Shanghai
Shang Chi Hung
Han‘Kow
Liu Kun Yi
Nan‘Kin
Shang Bai
Grodekov
Amur
Chingan ‘Pees
China seeks peace talks through Li Hung Chang envoy
The Chinese government asks the United States to appoint a minister or other official to open negotiations for peace terms. Li Hung Chang sent the application through the Chinese minister to the state department and favors a venue chosen by the powers, likely Pekin or Tientsin. Har Li also appealed to other powers, proposing Minister Conger as the American commissioner.
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Washington
Li Hung Chang
United States
Donger
Pekin
Tientsin
Har Li
Conger
Cunger
War clouds loom as Roumania Bulg aria tensions rise
London reports a Bulgarian reply to Roumania’s demand to arrest Sarafov, with aggressive terms and frontier troop movements. The Macedonian revolutionary committee raises 1000 volunteers led by Bulgarian officers to raid Roumanian land. Three Roumanian corps mobilize. King Charles tells officers to prepare for war and recalls the Roumanian minister at Sofia.
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London
Roumania
Bulgaria
Sarafov
Revolutionary Committee of
Sofia
Vienna
Daily Express
Bucharist
Macedonian Revolutionary Committee
Charles
Sofit
Farmer Kills Wife and Five Including Step Children
Arlington Minnesota August 22. The farmer Theodore Wallert killed his wife Sophia Wallert and four Steinborn children with a butcher knife between 1 and 2 am. One more Steinborn child, Otto 16, is badly wounded and may die. A visiting baby Teresa Osterman escaped unharmed. Wallert set fire to barns after the killings and fled toward Glencoe, with Sheriff Gaffke leading a posse to capture him.
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Arlington
Minn
Theodore Wallert
Wallert
Sophia Wallert
Justus Steinborn
Helena Steinborn
Annie Steinborn
Reynold Steinborn
Otto Steinborn
Teresa Osterman
Glencoe
Gaffke
Forest Fires Beset Wyoming Mountains Threaten Camps
The fires rage between Battle Lake and Grand Encampment threatening towns mining camps and sheep camps. Herders drive flocks to high mountains due to feed and water scarcity. Estimated loss over $200,000 plus millions of feet of timber.
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Wyoming
Saratoga
Wyo
Battle Lake
Grand
Italians Moresca and Guida Remain in Detention at Ellis Island
Anarchists Moresca and Guida, detained by immigration authorities, remain aboard the Narragansett at Ellis Island. Commissioner Fitchie reports no incriminating documents found in Moresca’s baggage. Guida requests return of letters signed Rosa, which are granted.
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New York
Moresca
Guilda
Narragansett
Ellis Island
Fitchie
Guida
Rosa
Monument to Sergeant Floyd Corner Stone Laid
In Sioux City Iowa on August 22 the corner stone of the Charles Floyd monument was laid with imposing ceremonies Ex Congresssman Perkins delivering the main address Congress and the state legislature have provided funds for the monument.
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Sergt. Floyd
Sioux City
Iowa
Charles Floyd
Perkins
Congress
Soldier's blanket toss kills 10 year old in Lima encampment
Toledo on August 22 reports Joseph Schaill, son of Michael Schaill, died from injuries after being tossed in a blanket by members of the second Regiment Ohio National Guard during an encampment in Toledo. Arrests expected.
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Toledo
Ohio
Joseph
Michael Schaill
Lima
Workmen's Riot In France Near Paris
A serious clash occurred between French and Italian workmen at a factory in St. Denis near Paris. Italians used stilettos and the French fired revolvers. Thirty people were wounded.
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France
Paris
St. Denis
Rioting Cowboys Riots Break Out in Prairie du Chien
Wild west show followers of Buffalo Bill clashed with residents in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. Ten citizens were shot three fatally as rioters burned buildings and terrorized the town. Col Cody intervened to quell the disturbance.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Buffalo Bill
Owe
McGregor
Iowa
la Crosse
Anderson
Madison
Scofield
W. M. Evans
Evans
O. B. Thomas
Crawford County
Camp Douglas
Starkey
Col
Cody
Milwaukee
Thomas Vavra
Charles Triangle
Vavra
Marshal Lindner
Poiceman Merrill
Colonel Cody
Death of John D. Flower of Flower & Co in New York
John D. Flower head of the Flower & Co banking firm died at his daughter's home in Prout's Neck Mo. after a paralysis strike on Saturday night. He was about 60, born in Theresa N Y, and was brother to the late governor Roswell P. Flower. He leaves a widow and three children.
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John D. Flower
New York
of Flower & Co
Prout’s Neck
Flower
Flower & Co
Roswell P. Flower
Theresa
Jefferson County
Drunken Waiter Flings Note to President Loubet Carriage
In Paris on August 21 a drunk waiter named Jacques Mara broke toward the president’s ceremonial carriage during the expo procession. He threw an envelope containing a picture of his niece into the carriage. Officials call the act drink-deranged and without further threat.
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Paris
Loubet
Jacques Mara
Woman Killed by Burglar in Pittsfield
Miss May Fosburg twenty four daughter of R L Fosburg of Buffalo N Y was shot and killed early today by a burglar. Her brother F F Fosburg was badly beaten while attempting to capture one of the men. Three burglars in all escaped. Fosburg lives in Pittsfield while working for an electrical company.
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Pittsfield
Mass
May Fosburg
R. L. Fosburg
Buffalo
N. Y
F. F. Fosburg
Medical breakthrough on Bright's disease cause
Rome dispatch reports Dr. Ovid Brown formerly of New York now in Rome has made an important medical discovery concerning the cause of Bright's disease according to the Pall Mall Gazette.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
Rome
Bright
Ovid Brown
New York
Triple Murderer Is Killed in Missouri Shootout
Dr Arrington killed James Wallace in a quarrel over a fence near East Leavenworth Missouri. He then shot Wallace’s widow at her home and fled with his daughter. Sheriff Dillingham led a posse in pursuit, ending when Arrington was shot dead after a brief exchange of fire. The case followed a history of neighborly feud and previous threats.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Arrington
Platte County
Missouri
East Leavenworth
James Wallace
William Wallace
Dillingham
Wallace
Heat felled couple on wedding trip to Indiana
Louisville dispatch reports Jack Frost and Florence Isinger fled Franklin county Kentucky to marry in Jeffersonville Indiana but extreme heat felled Frost. Isinger endured the heat and urged retreat home unmarried. They started back at midnight with Frost ill at Magistrate House’s office before a planned ceremony.
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Jack Frost
Louisville
Florence Isinger
Franklin County
Kentucky
Jeffersonville
Ind
Miss Isinger
Frost
Magistrate House
Boers and Guns Captured in Transvaal Skirmishes
Lord Roberts reports Ian Hamilton captured two Krupp guns at Oliphant's Nek on August 17. Three British wounded. Hamilton pressed Boers August 19 at Roode Kopjes and Crocodile River with few casualties. Rundle notes 684 Boers surrendered in Harrismith district August 19. De Wet challenges Commandant’s Court terms as a feint and resumes march northward with Baden-Powell tracking him.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Ian Hamilton
Oliphant’s Nek
Hamilton
Roode Kopjes
Crocodile River
Rundle
Harrismith
Youtsey Trial Beguns Amid Forfeited Bond
In Georgetown Kentucky on August 22 Henry E. Youtsey charged with conspiracy to murder Goebel appeared pale and sat with his wife behind his counsel. Walter Day failed to answer when listed as a witness, leading to forfeiture of his recognizance bond and immediate attachment.
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Youtsey
Georgetown Ky
Henry E. Youtsey
Powers
Goebel
Walter Day
Commonwealth
Engine somersault on Chicago and Western Indiana line
A locomotive failed to pass a switch at 73d street causing a full somersault of the engine with five cars piled atop it. Engineer W. E. Holman and fireman R. O. Wilke narrowly escaped death by leaping from the cab.
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Chicago
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad
W. E. Holman
R. 0. Wilke
Plague Deaths in Manila Reported for Two Weeks
The Marine Hospital Service records seven new plague cases and five deaths in Manila for the two weeks ended July 7. Among the new cases four were Filipinos and three were Chinese.
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Manilla
Washington, D. C
Manila
Marine Hospital Service
Queer dementia cases and strange paranoid fantasies observed
A Chicago physician notes varied dementia symptoms in many cities. Patients imagine being glass, soda fountains, or animals and machines such as steam engines. Some even act out roles like an Indian cigar sign while crowds watch.
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Chicago
Saya
Heng
Milwaukee Avenue
Lincolnn Park
South Clark Street
Nome as a Fraud Cape Nome mining boom questioned
Walter Kane reports from Tacoma that Nome’s gold rush is a transportation scam with high living costs and little actual gold shipped south. He cites ships like Robert Dollar earning large sums on freight and passengers, while residents face despair and government aid seems urgent.
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Cape Nome
Walter Kane
Kane
Tacoma
Klondike
Nome
Premier Gordon Sprigg Began Career as Reporter
Sir Gordon Sprigg new premier of the Cape Colony in South Africa started his career as a reporter in the house of commons.
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Sir Gordon Sprigg
Cape Colony
South Africa
House of Commons
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Germany
Tientain
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Waldersee
China
Berlin
Count von Waldersee
Wang Chang
Farmer
Childre
Wisconsin
Col Cody
Daily Market Report
Chicago Board of Trade
BATIG
Cape Town
de Wet
Commandonck
Comandonek
Baden-Powell
Paine
Eworks Spectacle
Philippines
Eek
Fairgrounds
Des Moines
Mak
Eastport
Lewiston
St. Michael
Yukon
Robert Dollar
Olympia
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