Death of Muscatine Soldier from Streetcar Fall
Be Vangolenburgh of Muscatine, an old soldier with the fourteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, died after falling from a streetcar while fishing. The Creston Sunday school convention closed with a consecration service and the state song Espiron was adopted. Secretary Preston reported 6411 schools and 499455 scholars. national music teachers elected officers at Des Moines. Insurance and theft incidents, political nominations, missing sheriff, legal cases, and multiple local misfortunes are noted across Iowa newspapers.
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Vangolenburgh
Muscatine
Fourteenth
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Creston
Espiron
Preston
Des Moines
National Music Teachers’ Convention
Lresident
Arthur L. Manchester
Camden
New Jersey
M.L. Bartlett
Thos. A. Beckett
Philadelphia
A. Fowler
New Haven
Conn
Joyce Lumber Company
Audubon
J. A. Jansen
John A. T. Hull
Congress
N. J
M. L. Bartlett
Thomas A. Beckett
Fred A. Fowler
Richmond
Ida Grove
M. J. Tobin
W. M. McFarland
J. C Maberry
G. W. French
C. E. Albrook
K. J. Marsh
E. E. Hart
Dolliver
Lafe Young
Dorixe
Sioux City
Clarence Whisler
Young Whisler
Grand Sultan
W. 2
Keefe
James Warrens
Phea-Pa-lla
Toma County
Cedar Rapids
W. G. Malin
G. W. Nellis
Toledo
Ile
United States
Damn County Grand Jury
Tus
G. W. Freeman
Arcade Hotel
Milwaukee
Paralta
Freeman
Cixtes
Jerome Weighmey
Henderson County
Illinois
Mwe
Commissioners of Insanity
Independence
Cuerry
Hardin County
Board of Supervisors
Cherry
W. C. Waldron
Waldron
Means Partition of Empire Senate Discusses China Crisis
Senator Daria of Minnesota warns the China situation could worsen beyond published dispatches and provoke a future partition of China. He argues Western methods may empower China and its one quarter of the world’s population to shape future global events, comparing it to the Civil War era concerns.
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Daria
Minnesota
Serloun
Pnnnapgarata
Davis
Minneapolis
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
China
Norman
Japan
WAR AT TIEN TSIN BURNING OF FOREIGN CONCESSIONS AND RAZED AMERICAN CONSULATE
Tien Tsin bombardment continues with large guns as foreign concessions burn. The American consulate is razed. Russians occupy the rail station but face heavy resistance. Reinforcements urged as casualties mount. Railroad open half way to Taku. missionary dispatch warns of danger to remaining missionaries. Li Heng Chang seeks mediation with powers. Sheng notes legations in Shanghai report safety of foreign legations.
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Cux Foo
Jane
Tien Sin
Pekin
Hopkins
Brown
Leonard
Li Heng Chang
Vienna
Europe
Peking
China
Sheng
Shanghai
Proclamation by Allied Powers in China Aims to Protect Foreigners
A cable from Admiral Kempff carried by the Washmoron notes that allied naval officers in China plan armed action only against the Boxers and those opposing their march to Beijing to rescue foreigners. Officials view the proclamation as conciliatory, seeking to reassure Chinese citizens of the powers' peaceful aims.
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Orient
Washmaron
Kempff
Navy Department
Weking
Admiral Kempff
Chienese
Pacific
Bombardment Report Hits Tianjin As Consulate Buildings Burn
June 22 dispatch from Chefoo says Tieu Sin is being bombarded and the American consulate and foreign concessions are being destroyed. A relief party including 120 American marines under Major Walter is en route to Tianjin.
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Wasiixeron
Hackett
Kenpl
Che Foo
Tleu ‘Sin
Tien 'L’sin
Major Watler
Diplomatic Corps Safe in Peking Report Confirmed
A semi official dispatch from Tokio dated June 21 confirms the Japanese consul at Shanghai reports that Vice Admiral Seymour has arrived at Peking and that the members of the diplomatic corps are safe.
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Diplomatic Corps Safeerm
Tokio
Shanghai
Seymour
Peking
Diplomatic Corps
Native Uprising Kills British Officials in Gambia Region
A native uprising in the Gambia colony near Sunnkanndi on the south bank of the Gambia River results in the deaths of two British commissioners and six members of the police at the hands of Maidon goes. The report notes regional violence and colonial casualties.
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Barivesi
West Africa
Gambia Colony
Sunnkanndi
Gambia River
Hard Fighting at Tien-Tsin In 1900s War Dispatches
Four thousand allied troops held defensive positions at Tien TsIn amid ongoing fighting reported by British dispatches. Eight hundred Americans joined the battle with others arriving alongside Germans and British as reinforcement. Chinese casualties and foreign losses were noted by Shanghai sources and Japanese reports claim 1400 foreigners were massacred at Tien TsIn.
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Chinena
Loypox
Peking
China
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
Daily Express
Arans
United States
Nashville
Chee Poo
Tien ‘I'sin
Amnesty for Rebels Proclaimed by MacArthur
General MacArthur formally announces President McKinley’s amnesty order granting free pardon to all Filipinos who participated in the rebellion, with oath of allegiance to U S sovereignty and excepting only those who violated the rules of war. Buencamino Paterno and other leaders welcome the move as a path to Aguinaldo’s surrender and peace. The proclamation takes effect immediately.
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McKinley
MacArthur
Mantra
Buencamino Paterno
Aguinaldo
United States
Chinese Viceroy Assures Peace in Yangtse Provinces
June 23. Mr Wh, the Chinese minister, told Secretary Hay at the state department that no dispatch had been received from the viceroy. He said he felt capable of preserving peace and ensuring the safety of foreign missionaries. He added that with colleague Viceroy Suu Nan he can answer for order in the southern provinces of China.
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Wasimsorox
Hay
State Department
Yang Tse Ki-ang
Suu-Nan
China
Peace Terms Arranged in Manila Meeting
In Manila two hundred Filipinos drew up terms for peace and submitted them to General MacArthur who accepted. The plan seeks amnesty and a ceasefire, with amnesty for hostilities, return of confiscated property, use of revolutionary generals in the navy, subsidies for soldiers, rights under American constitution, civil government in Manila and provinces, and expulsion of the friars. Thirty political prisoners attended.
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Manila
MacArthur
Aguinaldo
Provinces
Wheat Failure Calamity Shocks Minnesota and Dakotas
The Times Herald prints a crop report by Snow after a two week tour through Minnesota North and South Dakota. He calls the wheat failure the worst ever known and estimates Dakota production at 20,000,000 bushels and Minnesota at 35,000,000, totaling 75,000,000 versus 200,000,000 last year and 225,000,000 in 1898.
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Minnesota
Dakotas
Times-Herald
Snow
North
South Dakota
COLUMN HAD TO FIGHT ATTACKS EN ROUTE TO PEKING
A Shanghai dispatch dated June 20 reports Vice Admiral Seymour reaching Peking after an arduous march with frequent Chinese attacks. Five assaults by well-armed forces are described, with estimated Chinese losses around 100 while foreign casualties were light.
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Peking
Loxpox
Shanghai
Seymour
Chinese repulse seals relief attempt at Tien Tsin
From Che Foo dispatches last night details the Thursday relief effort failing. Chinese forces with artillery blocked allies near Tien Tsin forcing a orderly retreat. Foreigners in Tien Tsin holding a strong defense as French concession buildings likely burned. Armored train reconnoitered after withdrawal but was halted. More troops arrived at Lauka for a renewed relief attempt planned for the prior Saturday night.
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Loxpon
China
Tien Tsin
Che Foo
Lauka
American infantry ambushed near Manila on June 24
General MacArthur reports that a detachment of four officers and 100 men of the Wortieth infantry advanced up the Yaga Yan river and were ambushed by insurgents. Fifty reinforcements failed to take the position and withdrew to a coast path. Seven killed, eleven wounded, one missing.
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War Department
MacArthur
Manila
Wortieth Infantry
Aga Yan
Lath
Yaga Yan
Taga Yan
Populist Vice Presidential Bid Waiver In Degenerate Debate
A UKUS style report notes Charles A Owne the populist nominee for vice president may withdraw if not chosen by the Democratic party. He wrote Major George A Walton stating personal considerations won t influence party success. The piece also mentions fever cases in Havana and a German minister’s safety amid Boxer violence.
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Lenvo Rave
Austria
Texas
Charles A.owne
George A. Walton
Democratic Party
Awne
University Scandal Cuts Professed Salaries In Cuba
The document reports on a university scandal in Cuba where prominent figures, labeled as undler professors, earned 24000 dollars yearly. Seventy two professors and twenty four assistants were affected, some with no classes, others with minimal students, prompting General Wood to reform the payroll by reducing names to forty six.
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Wavana
Cuba
Wood
Count Muravief Dies Sudden Russian Foreign Minister
Count Michael Muravief, Russian minister of foreign affairs, died suddenly on Thursday after breakfast and before lunch. He supported universal peace proposals that helped lead to the Hague peace conference called by the czar, and his diplomatic vision left a lasting influence. Also noted, the US gunboat Monocacy was two miles up the Pei Ho River near Loxton as bombardment of Yaku forts began, with the ship reportedly hit in the bow amid riverbank fighting.
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Webster City
Sinclair
Surnrr Jones
Bus Gallagher
Dickinson County
Terril
Jones
Montgomery
Terris
Gallagher
Milford
Chicago
Milford He Was Taken Into Custody, Sheriff Jones
Perek Shinker
Cathous County
Lving
Pomeroy
Shinker
Thlelp
Mr. Shimker
Ile
Sioux City
Moville
Rudvlan
St. Peterssune
Michael Muravief
Muravielf
Hague
Loxton
United States
Peo Ho
Shanghai
Daily Express
Mitcheover
Loxnon
Cape Town
Kitchener
Leeuw Spruit
Kopleés Station
DeWet
Mitchener
Lorse
Rhenoster
Viey
Des Moines Chautauqua set to feature Booth and Ringling show
Des Moines schedules a Chautauqua with Arion and Apollo quartettes and Maud Bullington Booth plus Ion Joliver and Champ Clavix debate on liquid air display. Ringling Brothers circus returns July 2 with large acts, new parade, and animals while Des Moines College faces a $25,000 gift condition requiring $100,000 more.
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Chautauqua
Arion Quartette
Chicago
Apollo
Columbus
Maud Bullington Booth
Champ Clavix
Missouri
Charles E.tyipler
Sounder
Russell Palmer
Central Town
Ringling Brothers
United States
New England
Hoston
O'Brien
Sander
Elephant Brass Band
Lockhart
Des Moines College
W. M. Walker
First Baptist Church
J. DP. Stephenson
Iil. Stetson
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