Foreign Legations Cut Off as Pekin Braces for War
Shanghai dispatch reports Pekin ring fortified by 100000 imperial troops and gates guarded with heavy guns. Foreign ministers demand entry. no reply. Relief column halted between Tianjin and Pekin as tensions rise with Russia said to back China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
China
Shanghai
Daily Xpress
Cabling
Pekin
Legation
Tien Tsin
Tung
Tsung li Yamun
Claude MacDonald
Russia
Yekin
Philippine and San Francisco War News Summary
Manila report: General Funston’s forces attack near Papaya, 22 insurgents killed, American casualties two. Macabulos surrenders 8 officers and 142 rifles at Tarlac. Washington: 18th Infantry battalion to return for reorganization. San Francisco: Chinatown quarantine dissolved as judge notes plague debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Wheeler
Lacuna
Papaya
Neuva Ecija
Funston
Koehler
Fourth Cavalry
Thirty-fourth Infantry
War Department
MacArthur
Macabulos
Liscum
Tarlac
Pangasinan
Washington
Corbin
General MacArthur
Flancock
Eighteenth Infantry
San Francisco
United States Circuit Court
Morrow
Jew Ho
Board of Health
Chinatown
Body Found With Throat Slashed in Upper Bay
A man’s body with a throat wound was found in New York’s upper bay. An autopsy dated the injury before exposure, with bank and business cards from Portland Oregon and New York related to Ladd and Tilton and others. The report also notes a Greenland expedition departure and a Havana yellow fever outbreak with four cases and three deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ladd & Tilton
Portland
G. P. Rummelin
Portland, Or
M. F. Phillips
Fk. W. Bedell
Bleeker Street
J. D. Williams
Wickoff Street
Brooklyn
Havana
Quemados
United States
Forces of international column press Chinese at Peking
London reports Chinese troops entrenched outside Peking opposing the international column advance. US minister Conger requests 2000 troops as 2000 Russian soldiers land near Takui. Reform leaders petition powers for joint action to prevent partition of the empire and save the emperor. Russian Pacific squadron ordered to Chinese waters. One clash leaves about 85 Chinese dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Peking
Tien Tsin
Sys
Takui
Shanghai
United States
Conger
Reform Party
Daily Mail
Great Britain
Japan
St. Petersburg
Valdivostovk
Foreign Office
News From London on Pretoria Front During Boer War
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts clearing Pretoria lines with no prisoner mention implying Dewet escaped with forces. Buller enters Volksrust, advances on Charles Town, encamps at Laing's Nek. tunnel fixes in four days. Free Staters move to Steyn, Kruger aims to relocate government to Nel Spruit. Machadodorp press prints war leaflets.
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London
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Dewet
Buller
Volksrusst
Charlestown
Laing’s Nek
Ermelo
van Reenan
Steyn
Orange River Colony
Rundle
Kruger
Machadodorp Soop
Transvaal
Nel Spruit
Machadodorp
End of St Louis street railway riot nears as nonunion labor returns
St Louis on June 15 witnesses a turn toward end of the month long riot and bloodshed over the street railway strike. Police and sheriff say the critical stage passed as transit resumes with nonunion workers. The inquest into Sunday's deaths begins with conflicting testimony. Sherman Patterson, union president, is stabbed and dies. Edward Cuaintry is arrested. Sheriff’s force nears 2500, deputies badge boycott spreads through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Posse
Sherman C. Patterson
Street Railway Men’s Union
Edward Cuaintry
East St. Louis
Pohlmans
Posse Comitatus
Indignity Sparks Clash Between Whites and Japanese in Hillyard
In Spokane on June 15 a melee erupted between thirty white men and an equal number of Japanese railroad workers in Hillyard. The fight, sparked by anti Orientals sentiment, drove combatants into a round house pit where missiles and improvised weapons were used. Sheriff Cole dispatched a posse. two Japanese injured and hospitalized others nursing bruises as whites also suffered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Hillyard
Sheriff Cole
End of St Louis streetcar strike as police withdraw
Police withdraw from all St Louis Transit Company cars and power houses as non union crews bolster operations. Coroners inquest into the death of a striker and a citizen killed by a sheriff's posse continues with testimony on who ordered shots and the deputy's absence. In San Francisco a clerk Ernest Emmrich faces conspiracy charges over defrauded government bills. A Canmore Alberta coal mine gas blast kills eight and injures several. one miner may be unidentified.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Transit Company
Posse Comitatue
Marsh
Frederick Bohne
Stack
Passeuard
San Francisco
Ernest Emmrich
Quartermaster’s Department
J. W. Bartholomew
Ife
American Box Factory
Artholomew
Canmore
Alberta
Geer and Miss Isabelle Urllinger Wed in Astoria
Governor Thomas Geer of Oregon and Miss Isabelle Urllinger were married at the First Presbyterian Church in Astoria. The ceremony occurred this afternoon with a sunset reception and a rice shower as the bridal party departed on a special car.
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Astoria
T. T. Geer
Oregon
Isabelle ‘Urllinger
First Presbyterian Church
Ienry Marcotte
Bishop Wilmer Dead After Diocesan Service in Alabama
Right Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer Episcopal bishop of the diocese of Alamo died this morning in Mobile Alabama at age 84. In Biwabik Minnesota five miners were killed instantly in a dynamite explosion at the Hale mine three miles from town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer
Mobile
Ala
Richard Hooker Wilmer
Diocese of
Alamo
Biwabik
Minn
Hale Mine
Odd Fellows Excludes Druggests and Hotelkeepers in State
Grand lodge of Odd Fellows votes to exclude druggists and hotel keepers in Minnesota. William McGregor of Minneapolis elected grand warden.
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St. Paul
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
William McGregor
Minneapolis
Eureka group mines to resume large scale operations
Anacortes reports the Eureka group in Slate Creek now owned by C D Lane of California will resume on a large scale. The mine has a 10stamp mill, a tramway, saw and shingle mill, and electric plant. a roasting furnace will be added to treat ore on site. Rossland reports Giant mine sinking to resume under new owners Coplen and Armstrong. Northern Belle and Sunset vein work eyed. Frisco mill adds a 15ton crusher. a prospectors claim on Grubb creek yields $27 in a pocket with further vein potential.
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Seattle
Anacortes
Eureka
Slate Creek
C. D. Lane
California
Lane
Colonel Hart
Montana
Rossland
B. C
Grant Shaft
A. D. Coplen
W. G. Armstrong
Spokane
Philadelphia
Michigan
W. M. Ridpath
KE. G. Sanders
le Roi Syndicate
Ork
St. Imo
Red Mountain
R. E. Palmer
Montreal
Andrew Drewey
Sunset
Whitewater
Slocan
Wellington
F. M. Smith
Joseph Shepherd
Grubb Creek
Sterling
Medford
Mr. Smith
Mining Advances At Quilp And Knob Hill In Camp
Active work continues at Quilp mine with two drills producing about five feet daily and a 300 foot shaft extension planned. Ledge width expands with depth, 30 feet of ore at 50-foot level averaging $13 per ton. A seven drill compressor allows shipping up to 200 tons daily. Knob Hill shows a promising cross cut, shaft, and drift with $30 per ton values at ten feet.
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Republic
Quilp
New Republic
Ben Hur
Knob Hill
Mining push at Mountain Lion mine yields early results
The Mountain Lion mine in Southern Oregon owned by the Bailey brothers shows steady progress. The lower tunnel reaches about 400 feet with a forecast to reach the vein in 40 to 50 feet, delivering a mill water flow and high gold values. Paul Scharingson probes two new ledges in the Southern Oregon placer district, including a seven foot wide vein with milling potential and 350 feet of tunneling plus a 70 foot shaft on the other ledge noted for arastar gains.
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Mountain Lion
Oregon
Bailey Brothers
Missouri Flat
Rogue River Courier
Placer
Paul Scharingson
Browning
Mines and mills eyed in Oregon and Washington reports
A Baker City Democrat correspondent notes Empire Mining plans a mill at its mines in resser Oregon while White Elephant owners push for construction soon. Bonanza mine yields ore for its 40 stamp mill and a 312 nugget was found near Winterville. Black Bird development continues with crews and multiple mills. Coquille City sees a new bank building and a factory complex moves toward sash and door and furniture. Tacoma and Gray's Harbor report labor and school plans, North Yakima hails a cannery, and Spokane builds Great Northern railroad bridges with sixty five workers.
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Resser, Or
Baker City Democrat
Empire Mining Company
Bonanza
Austin, McMudre & Co
Winterville
Tacoma
North Yakima
Wash
Great Northern
Spokane
Coquille City
Weekly Trade Review: Modest Wholesale Activity and Upward Wheat
Bradstreet says wholesale business remains modest with higher cereals. Retail demand enlarges in parts as weather warms, while price readjustments continue. Wheat leads upward amid poor Northwest crop prospects. corn oats stay favorable though cotton, leather, wool soften. Mills for women’s wear stay active. spring weights likely lower prices.
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Bradstreet’s
Northwest
Seattle Markets Ad Price List Across Produce and Farm Goods
A long OCR list details prices at Seattle markets and Fortsand Market for produce, meats, dairy, grains, and dairy products. Items include onions 19c per pound, lettuce 25c per head, potatoes 16 to 18 dollars per ton, apples up to 3.50 per basket, butter 15 to 22c, eggs 19c, poultry 14 to 15c, hay 10 to 12 dollars, flour various prices, oats 33 to 35c per bushel, rice and barley prices, and meats with steer beef at 8c per pound and pork at 8c. Regional market terms and per unit pricing span multiple categories from vegetables to livestock and dairy.
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California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Fortsand
Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon
Wool—Valley
Commodity Prices Listing from Eastern Oregon and Nevada
A compact price ledger shows wool and hops costs with regional quotes from Wyoming and Oregon, including wool prices at 14 160 per pound, hops at 11 18c, butter around 174c, eggs at 15c, and bran and millets values.
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Nevada
Oregon
Yaleley
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Foreign Legations
Taku
Neuva Bevijga
Greenland
Canat
Copenhagen
Loula Street
Daily Express
Prahsu
Kumassie
Ashantuah
Ofesu
Torturng
Shangin
Berlin
Simla
India
Bombay
Rossland District
Eureka Group
Take Hold California
Frisco
Gem
Idaho
Koob Hill
Spoakne and
Cheney Parties
Columbia River
Keller, Wash
Orangeville
Salmon River
Crooks Corrall
Race Creek
Snake River
Larry Ott
Snake
Salmon Rivers
Caprum
Blue Jacket
Klondike
Victoria
Amur
Skagway
Dawson Papers
Koyukuk
Chee Chaka
Coquille City, Or
Gray's Harbor, Wash
Weekly Trade Review
Pacific Coast Trade
San Francisco Market
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