German Ultimatum Imminent in Peking War Drift
Dispatches from Shanghai and Berry report Count von Waldersee nearing Peking to issue an ultimatum demanding the surrender of anti foreign leaders. After a grace period war is likely, with Germany aiming to seize Wu Sing forts Kiangan arsenal and possibly the Yangtze fleet. French support and Russian moves noted as tensions rise across China.
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Loxpon
China
Germany
Shanghai
Morning Post
Count von Waldersee
Peking
Wu Sing
Kiangan
Kian Win
Yang Tse
King Su
Yang Tse Kiang
Foreign Office
Neovasnry
Russia
Berry
William
Mummy von Schwartzenstein
von Bendemann
Explosive Fatality on Chicago and Eastern Illinois Train
Five miles from Johnson City a freight engine explosion killed engineer A. F. Padgett of Chicago and fireman Hardin Rains of West Frankfort after a switch near Johnson City. The blast blew debris across the right of way, with Rains severely injured and Padgett killed. Rains died after an hour, his wife at his side. Padgett had 30 years of experience.
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Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Manion
Hig
Johnson City
Chicago and Iinois
Southern Division
A. F. Padgett
Chicago
Hardin Rains
West Frankfort
T. Ri
Padgett
Minnesota Knights of Pythias Conclave Attended by 200 Delegates
The annual Minnesota Knights of Pythias state conclave met in Minneapolis on September 26 with 200 delegates. Notables included Supreme Chancellor Ogden H Fethers and Supreme Vice Chancellor Tracy R Bangs. The secretary notes 126 subordinate lodges in the state with 8,246 members, aiming for 10,000 to gain a third representative in the supreme lodge convention.
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Bnights Ag
Minneapolis
MinneaPous
Minnesota
Knights of Pythias
Ogden H., Fethers
Tracy R. Bangs
Supreme Lodge
Famine Predicted Among North China Natives
A Reuters dispatch from Shanghai cites North China sources predicting inevitable famine for natives in the coming winter as rice shipments are incomplete. A Peking correspondent notes General James H. Wilsons Anglo American column, moving toward Tai Chau, faced delays and requested reinforcements after early start and misunderstandings.
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North
China
London
Reuter
Shanghai
Gays
Peking
Daily News
James H. Wilson
Tai Chau
War ends says correspondent reports Boer surrender near Hectorspruit
London dispatch claims the war is completely ended with much wreckage and destruction in Hectorspruit district. A 20 000 strong police force could pacify the country, and Boers are said to be unable to mass more than 1600 stores in the future. Guns and wagons found along the Crocodile river near Hectorspruit, most stock captured on the Senate line.
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London
Laurenzo Arguis
Daily
Felegraph
Wréthage
Heoterspruit
Poer
Care Town
Crocodile River
Hectorspruit
Senate
National American Tranvaal League Formed in Culoaco
Boer sympathizers from across the United States met to form the National American Tranvaal league. Delegates extended an invitation to President Kruger to visit the United States and to make America his home if exiled by Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bopy
United States
Culoaco
Pan Kroger
Possible Abandonment of Army Post at Galveston
The army post at San Jacinto Galveston may be rebuilt depending on a board of engineer officers appointed by General Wilson to assess fortification feasibility in the harbor. Soldiers have been withdrawn and the post is temporarily abandoned.
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Galveston
Washinatoy
San Jacinto
Wilson
British Said to Intercept Steyn and Reitz Forces
London dispatch reports heavy fighting across the Sabier river as British forces move to intercept Steyn and Reitz who aim to push northward toward a junction. The commander is said to be surrounded near Pietersburg.
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Steyn
Reitz
London
The
Daily Mail
Lourenzo Marques
Sabier River
Pietersburg
Business Interests Periled by Bryan Opinion Piece
Thomas H. Baker argues in a Secretary Gage inspired analysis that a Bryan victory threatens the gold standard and warns that democratic pledges to alter tariffs could trigger a new economic panic similar to 1892. He cites Cleveland era policy, the Sherman and Wilson acts, and calls for business protections amid likely silver coinage.
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Gage
Schurz
Cleveland
Congress
United States
Previos
Democratic Party
Wilson
Bryan
Chicago
Kansas City
Knoxville
Democratic Congress
Thos
H. Baker
Luzerne County Strikers Move Quietly Ahead in Coal Campaign
In Luzerne county march ing strikers drew men from work with no major violence. Four arrested for breach of peace after dispersal by the sheriff, while the rest moved along when ordered. Coal region overall saw fewer mines active, growing strike ranks, and lingering tension over pay demands related to Markles & Co. decision.
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Paladelpula
Luzerne County
Markles '& Co
Lehigh Valley
Hazelton
Boxers hunted in Chili province. Li Hung Chang reports executions
Li Hung Chang telegraphs that his troops pursue Boxers in Chili province. They have killed more than 1,000 of them at Bangchow as part of enforcing imperial orders.
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Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Chili
Bangchow
Four Die as Waterspouts Hit Iowa Towns
Four persons killed and several injured as severe waterspouts sweep Ferguson and nearby towns in Marshall County Iowa. Rail lines damaged, station wrecked, tracks washed and houses destroyed. Redfield and Madrid report wind and rain with washed-out tracks. Ferguson on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line, population about 400 to 540.
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Evero
Iowa
Dys Moints
Ferguson
Milwaukee Road
Herguson
Redfield
Madrid
Great Western Railroad
Roy
Chicago, Milwaukee‘and St
Marshall County
Fatal Train Collision at Chicago Park Grounds
A fatal railroad wreck occurred on parallel tracks near the fair grounds involving the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis line and the Chicago and Alton line. The locomotive from the former left the rails, reared, struck the Alton locomotive, and toppled. Engineer John Ryan and fireman Jerry Tall of the wrecked engine died. other Chicago and Alton crew members were unharmed and all passengers escaped serious injury.
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Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
Bextxegie Lp Ls
Alton Fair Grounds
Fair Grounds
Chicago and Alton
John Ryan
Jerry Tall
Roosevelt at Denver Opens Eleven Speeches in Day
Governor Roosevelt arrived in Denver aboard a special train at five o clock and was greeted by about 100 Spanish American War veterans. He planned three evening meetings at Coliseum hall Broadway theater and the capitol grounds but rain canceled the open air event. He delivered eleven speeches and kept in touch with the Albany executive office by wire and mail.
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Vakes
Denver
Roosevelt
New York
Brown Palace
Coliseum Hall
Broadway Theater
Capitol Grounds
Govenor Rooevelt
Albany
Archbishop Keane to Take Post in See of Dubuge
Most Rev Archbishop Keene arrived in Washington on September 10 with papal brief and autograph letter confirming his appointment to Dubuge. He will depart to Chicago to be escorted to his new archiepiscopal see later this week by a large delegation of clergy and loyalists from Dubuge.
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Keane
Pos
Debugque
Wasuington
Keene
Dubuge
Washington
Catholic University
Europe
Dabugne
Loysty
Chicago
Punishment by China Gov Could Deter Outrages
State Department officers note German newspapers criticized the American reply to the exemplary punishment proposal. They say the German note suggests a punishment form that may be less effective than the U S plan. The aim is for China to punish its own guilty subjects rather than foreign powers doing so.
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Washington
State Department
China
Currency Demand Grows as Gold Certificates Rise
Currency pressure mounts for moving crops as treasury issued gold certificates in the South and West exceed last year by about 1 million dollars through New York bank deposits. Tammany Hall sets Bryan meeting at Madison Square Garden for October 16 with Edward M. Shephard presiding and speakers Bryan Stevenson Stanchfield and Mackey.
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Washington
Treasury
New York
Bryan
Tammany Hall
Madison Square Garden
Edward M. Shephard
Brooklyn
Messrs
Bryan and
Stevenson
Stanchfield and
Mackey
Twenty- Third Street
Madison Avenue
Cooper Union
Beveridge Addresses Republica Meeting in Chicago
Senator Albert K. Beveridge spoke at a Republican mass meeting in the Auditorium hosted by the Marginetto club. Tickets sold out early with many admitted after pews filled, reflecting strong turnout and interest in the speech.
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Beveridge
Chicago
Gindado
Albert K. Beveridge
A Republicah
Masa
Marginetto Club
Russian General Staff Chief Captures Chu Fan Chey River Region
The war office reports General Zacharoff captured Chu Fan Chey near the Sun gori river on Sept 12, driving 5,000 Chinese from the field. Russian casualties are listed as none.
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St. Petersburg
War Office
Zacharoff
Chu Fan Chey
Sungori River
Declined Presidential Nomination in York Pa
A. B. Fars quhar, a York manufacturer, has declined the nomination for the presidency on the National party ticket due to business pressure. The nomination was tendered by the party executive committee.
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York
A. B. Farsquhar
Natonal Party
Farquhar
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Pekin
Clothiers
Winona
Camille Rogers
Caroline Rébeaux
Alphonsin Cartier
Pouyanne
Hichoatesco
Winona, Minn
Choate
H.choatesco
Brussels
Theik Lechera
Pythians
R. D. Cone Company, Hardware and Iron
Wm, Schelihas
Webrewer
NERVITA_ MEDICAL CO
Clinton and
Jackson Streets
Michael Lefamer
Fruggist
Winons. Minn
Accident and Varnddo Insurance
Fidelity and Guaranty Bonds
Ei Hung Chang
Ephon
Ous
Northwestern. Telephone Exchange Company
E. W. Grove
Dunlap
Youman
Gorden
the Hirsch Clothing
M. Jacobi’s
Golden Rule Clothing Store
Third Street
Schlingerman & Walch
Gor
Remington
Elmer
Winona Seminary
Awe
S S’ers of
St. Francis
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