Crisis deepens as foreign threat mounts in China
Shanghai dispatches report a worsening crisis with massed Chinese troops, rioting foreigners, and a rising Japanese military presence. The Times notes Li Ping Hong and Lu Chuan Lin moving on Pekin with anti foreign aims while consuls call for a military presence in Shanghai.
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London
Shanghai
Daily Telegraph
Pekin
Legation
Kiang Yu
Kiu Kiang
Taku
Tien Tsin
Harbin
the Times
Li Ping Hong
Lu Chuan Lin
Kiang Su
China Edict Urges Peace Talks As Hostages Held
Far east dispatch reports an imperial decree ordering viceroys and provisional governments to seek peace with the powers while hostages are kept. Ministers may be punished severely for delays. Also noted are killings and a plan in Washington to buy mountain guns for service in China and the Philippines.
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London
Daily Express
Ghana
Yang Tse Kiang
Bhan Tung
Li Hung Chang
Itg
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Chi Li
Yu Lu
Hu Nan Wen
China
Washington
War Department
Board of Ordnance and Fortifications
Philippines
Hancock Sails with Marines from San Francisco
The Hancock sailed for Taku with 100 marines a battery of artillery and soldiers aboard. She will be followed by the Meade next Wednesday.
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San Francisco
Hancock
Taku
Agasaki
Meade
Idaho Pine Land Deal Nears Completion by Scofield Syndicate
Governor Scofield and associates close purchase of about 10,094 acres of pine land in Idaho along the Clearwater river. The tract totals roughly 200,000,900 board feet with most on a single parcel, leaving under 9,000 acres unmapped.
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Scofield
Maptheroe, Wis
Idaho
Clearwater River
Foreigners Take Oath of Citizenship and Plague Claims
Englishmen Germans and other foreigners have taken the oath of American citizenship. Two million dollars in claims have been filed against the government for sanitary fires caused by the plague, with claimants mainly Chinese and Japanese.
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Hawsli
Hoxo
Viy
Vie
San Francisco
Junge
Deaths and unsettled notes touch 1890s prompts
Richard P. Yelland a noted landscape artist dies in Oakland California from pneumonia. Rainfall prospects improve in Gugerat India with crops saved. Commissioner Charles H. Duell considers resigning soon from patent office.
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Richard P. Yelland
Pneumoenig
Oakland
Cal
Gugerat
India
Patents
Charles H. Duell
Labelle Jefferson furnace near Steubenville closed on lease
The Labelle-Jefferson furnace at Steubenville Ohio, operated under lease by the National Steel company, has been closed down for an indefinite period as a day to devote his entire time to private business.
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Labelle-Jefferson
Steubenville, C
National Steel Company
Europe Sees Washington Lose Confidence in Shanghai Messages
London reports Washington wavering on Conger and Wu Ting Fang assurances. British observers fear no improvement in the overall situation as a week passes without a reply to Sir Claude Macdonald. Concerns rise that Chinese officials seek time and ministers may be held as hostages.
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Europe
Washington
London
Conger
Wu Ting Fang
State Department
Shanghai
Pekin
Claude Macdonald
Tsyung Kyamen
Shanghai in Danger Amid Chinese Concentration
A Shanghai dispatch reports twenty-five thousand armed Chinese near the city and warns that defenses are insufficient. Russia may supply only 8,500 troops without European reinforcements as Japan’s power looms. Central China officials collect arms and strengthen Yangtse forts while Admiral Seymour refrains from interference before war is declared.
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New York
Herald
Shanghai
Russia
Europe
China
Woo Sung
Kiang-Gim
Yang-Tse
Seymour
Manila Fiesta Wrecked by Indecisive Amesty Celebration
A two day Manila fiesta organized by Senor Paterno to mark amnesty ended in fiasco as crowds showed little enthusiasm. American officials declined banquet attendance amid fears of pro independence speeches. Provosts imposed tight security and bans on flags and certain images. The report notes heavy casualties in ongoing hostilities with 10 Americans killed, 14 wounded, and many Filipinos killed or captured.
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Manila
Senor Paterno
Taft
McKinley
Aguinaldo
Lifts Ban on Fruit in German Trade Pact
Washington reports the July 30 agreement with Germany ends inspections of dried and evaporated U S fruit exported to Germany. San Jose scale concerns are dismissed as unfounded after two years of diplomacy, aided by German trade boards.
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Germany
Washineton
United States
San Jose
State Department
Boards of Trade
Trust With a Capital of Fifty Millions Is Projected
An immense Ottawa Ottawa river lumber interests merger aims to form the Dominion s largest joint stock concern with a capital of five tens of millions of dollars The plan seeks to regulate the market and prevent oversupply by season to match demand It is believed the move will safeguard Canadian forests and stabilize prices across the industry
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Quebec
Ottawa
Canada
Ottawa River
Dominion
Terrific hailstorm devastates Red River valley crops
A July 30 hail storm swept a five mile wide path from Cummings Traill county ruining crops and vegetation. Buildings suffered and windows shattered in Cummings and nearby Portland Mayville. The storm covered about one hundred square miles with previously good crops affected.
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Grasp Forts
N.D
Red River Valley
Frest
Cummings
Traill County
Portland
Mayville
Boxers Fight Wounds Injure Dozen Youths
At Chicago July 30 fifty Brighton Park and New City youths formed two gangs and acted as boxers near Fortieth street and Western avenue. The fray left two boys with knife wounds and many others battered after the melee with clubs.
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Chicago
Brighton Park
New City
Fortieth Street
Western Avenue
King Humbert I Assassinated In Monza Italy
King Humbert I of Italy was killed in Monza after three revolver shots struck him during a prize distribution at a gymnastic event. Angelo Bressi, a Prato native, was arrested amid crowd unrest. The prince Vittorio Emmanuele, heir to the throne, was married to Princess Helena of Montenegro.
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Monza
Italy
Humbert
Angelo Bressi
Prato
Tuscany
Rome
Signor Saracco
Ministera
Prince
Princess of
Naples
Levant
Humbert IV
Victor Emanuel
Austria
Cialdini
Corzozzi
Marguerite of
Savoy
Vittorio Emangelo
Prince of
Apler
Helena
Nicholas of
Montenegro
Italian Representatives in America React to King Humber Assassination
News from Seabright and Kansas City reports distress from Baron de Fava and Jerome Fedell over the assassination of King Humber. Fedell cites the king as beloved and predicts succession by the Prince of Naples, a young man under 30.
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United States
New York
Mr. Fedell
Prince of
Naples
Buffalo Bill Show Car Collision Near Milwaukee Junction
Section 1 of Puffalo Bill Wild West shows suffered a severe collision near Milwaukee Junction just before daylight. A sleeping car with about 40 inmates was smashed. one person is dead and nine others are hospitalized with serious injuries.
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Buffyto Bill
Dennort
Truln
Milwaukee Junction
Miners Win 10 Percent Wage Increase in Davy Fields
One thousand miners in the Davy coal fields have been granted a ten percent wage raise. Mines statewide are operating at full capacity and struggle to meet orders.
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Huntington
W. Va
Davy Coal Fields
A Kind Word For the Heathen
A Watts and Patts exchange stereotypes about Chinese people. Watts condemns mutilation as an instinct of the race while Patts argues the act is not malicious, noting their treatment of a shirt as evidence. Indianapolis Press quotes.
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Watts
Patts
Indianapolla Press
Magistrate questions prisoner in terse Ohio case
Magistrate asks the jailed speaker if he has anything to say. The prisoner declines, stating he has said too much already, in a clipped old Ohio transcript.
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Ohio State
Humorist carries joke to 14 papers in Yonkers Statesman
Egbert Penman known as a humorist extended a long running joke by sending the gag to fourteen different newspaper offices in Yonkers. The exchanges illustrate a lighthearted prank that still resonates with readers.
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Egbert
Penman
Yonkers
Easy Stuart Quarrel Turned on Last Blame
A humorous quip from an Indianapolis Journal column contrasts a long no quarrel period with a plan to rekindle tension by debating who bore more blame in their previous argument. The exchange features Arthur and Easy Stuart.
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Stuart
Arthur
Indianapolis Journal
New Year God's Cakes Described in Old Custom
The old custom on New Year’s Day involved eating triangular God’s cakes about half an inch thick filled with a mincemeat mixture.
Roberts Reluctant to Chase South African Foe
Lord Roberts returns to Pretoria with his staff finding it useless to press a retreating foe. Commandant General Botha and Christian Dewet elude him with thousands of Boers. Delarey besieges Baden-Powell at Rustenburg as relief forces fail. Weather and losses weigh on operations amid plans for Kruger to flee toward Delagoa Bay.
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South Africa
Pretoria
Lord Roberta
Boths
Christian Dewet
Lord Roberts
Delarey
Baden-Powell
Rustenburg
Tranavaal
Kruger
Swaziland
Delagoa Bay
Europe
Irish Nationalist rally urges funds for elections
At a Nationalist demonstration in Corn, John B. Redmond of the United Irish party appealed for funds to support party candidates in the coming general election. He repudiated claims the United Irish league opposes certain Irish members and a handbill campaign discouraged recruitment for the British army, urging rebellion as England’s army falters in South Africa.
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John BE. Redmond
United Irish Party
United Irish League
England
South Africa
General French Captures Middleburg and Troop Movements
General French occupied Middleburg in the Transvaal and General Pole-Carew with the Guards Brigade reached Brugspruit, 20 miles west. A Roberts dispatch says one train was captured July 21 between Kroopatad and the Vaal with supplies and 100 Welch fusiliers. Dewet offers surrender if followers may return home. Roberts demands unconditional surrender.
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French
Loexpon
Middleburg
Transvaal
Pole-Carew
Guards Brigade
Brugspruit
War Office
Lord Roberts
Kroopatad
Vaal
Welch Fusiliers
Laughing minor humor from Yonkers stage society
Dialogic snippets feature puns and quips from a Yonkers stage crowd with lines about a manager letter, a joke teller, and comments on actors. People named include Yonkers residents and a reference to the Yonkers Herald.
Wealth and idle privilege questioned in Washington Star exchange
Willie Washington questions a young woman about rumors of his status. Miss Cayenne confirms she believed he represents a wealthy American family, noting it is the only plausible reason a person can be both idle and commonplace in this country.
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Willie Washington
Miss Cayenne
America
Washington Star
Barbers Trade Razors for Curling Irons at Resort
A barber at a summer resort hotel drafted a humorous ad offering to exchange a dozen good razors for an equal number of curling irons. The note appeared in the local paper as a lighthearted item from the Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago Tribune
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