Uncertain Fate of Foreign Ministers Amid Chinese Turmoil
Reports from Shanghai and Canton describe foreign ministers possibly leaving Pekin for Tientsin, escorted by troops, amid imperial edict tensions. Observers await verifiable details while a potential coup d etat looms and Li Hung Chang faces actions in Canton.
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London
Legaions
Daily Mails
Fhanghai
Pekin
Shanghai
Pao Ting Fu
Daily Express
Tien Tain
Jung Lu
Pu Chun
Canton
Daily Telegraph
Li Hung Chang
United States
Brooklyn
McWade
McLean
Yellow Fever Serum Aids American Patient in City Hospital
David Patrick, an American yellow fever patient at the American hospital in the city, showed great improvement after a Brazilian fever serum injection. He had been seriously ill yesterday but improved quickly after treatment. The government is investigating Dr. Bellinghami's remedy, calling Patrick's case important, though the long illness and railway journey tempered expectations.
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City of
Mexico
David Patrick
Pr. Bellinghami
Patrick
Guard Ordered Out in Evergreen Race Tensions
Governor Johnston orders Conecuh Guards from Evergreen to quell clashes between whites and negroes after a man named Moorer was fatally axed by a negro following a beating. Negroes fired into Moorer’s house and whites reportedly shot two negroes, one dead, amid continuing unrest. Also: a Pittsburg factory fire kills one firefighter and destroys about 400000 dollars in property at Hest Manufacturing on Twenty fifth Street.
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Mobile
Ala
Johnston
Conecuh
Evergreen
Moorer
Pittsburg
Hest Manufacturing Company
Twenty-fifth Street
David Williame
No. 15 Engine Company
Kansas City to Gulf Road Financed By Guardian Trust
The Kansas City Mexico and Orient railway project led by A. E. Stilwell will be financed by Guardian Trust of Chicago and Kansas City. Plans call for bonds and stock totaling 25 million dollars each. International Construction Company, formed by Stilwell in Delaware, has contracted to build two long road sections paid in railroad bonds and stock.
Boll Weevil Exterminating Machine Tested in Texas Fields
State entomologist Fred W. Malley arrived in Wharton and will proceed to Hungerford to test an experimental boll weevil exterminating machine exhibited by Gallabar and Green of Tulsa. In 600 acres only five live weevils remained after the first spray, with tests conducted at night under favorable atmospheric conditions. The test is expected to impact local farming practices.
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Wharton
Texas
Fred W. Malley
Hungerford
Messrs
Gallabar and Green
Tulsa County
Wreck of the Katy Flyer Claims Fireman Patrick
Fireman L. H. Patrick died at Sedalla hospital after yesterday's Katy Flyer wreck in Denison Texas. Wreck caused by spikes on the track. engine tender baggage and cars derailed with the baggage car overturned. Passengers largely uninjured. Dan forth, Engineer Cook and baggageman William Hielmas were badly bruised.
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Denison
Texas
L. H. Patrick
Sedalla Hospital
Danforth
Cook
William Hielmas
Dent Given a Life Term in Texas Case
The jury found W. J. Dent guilty after hours of deliberation and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Dent plans a motion for a new trial and an appeal if denied. He aided in the escape of George Isaacs, a first degree murder convict, for which the lowest penalty is life imprisonment.
Mearel Murder Cases Dismissed in Cuero Texas
The Bragel murder prosecutions in Cuero were dismissed by the district attorney after twenty five years. Only the case against W W Cox remains active. he now lives in New Mexico with significant property and a high standing there.
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Mearel
Cuero
Texas
Bragel
W. W. Cox
New Mexico
Bonham Texas Cotton Mill Under Construction
Bonham's Cotton Mill in Bonham Texas is rapidly advancing with the foundation laid and the office building nearly finished. Contracts have been awarded for machinery and the mill will cost about $190000 to erect.
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Bonham’s Cotton Mill
Bonham, Texas
Death toll to 200 in North German Lloyd fire disaster
The North German Lloyd fire in New York Harbor killed about 200 people and left ships like the Saale Bremen and Main badly damaged. The company lists missing officers and crew, noting 128 on the Saale and 127 on the Bremen unaccounted for, while authorities fight to recover bodies amid massive ruins and pier debris.
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Lloyd Steamship Company
Sirow
Saale
Boston
London
Berlin
Gustav Schwab
Lloyd Line
Bremen
Main
Hoboken
North German
Thingvalla
Palmer Campbell Company
North River
Weehawken
Ellis Island
German Minister Murdered in Shanghai
The British consul at Chefoo telegraphed that Baron von Ketteler, German minister at Beijing, was killed by native troops June 18. Three legations remain undestroyed.
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Batchery of Ketterer
London
Shanghai
Baron von Ketteler
Legation
Pekin
Daily Mail
Chee Foo
Express
Nankin
Liu Yun Yib
Yu Lu
Tien Tsin
Pao Ting Fu
Vekin
Watermelon Shipments From Beeville Railroad Trade
Watermelon shipments by train from Beeville Texas have dominated the past week with up to three trainloads daily. Dry weather has reduced the crop, expected to finish in four to five days, but sales remain strong with cash on the track and few losses from consignments.
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Beeville
Texas
San Antonio and
Aransas Pass
Express
Corpus Christi Tomato Shipments Reach Six Solid Carloads
Corpus Christi records show six solid carloads of tomatoes shipped to Northern markets via the Aransas Pass railroad up to now. Daily express shipments add to total, with about fifteen solid carloads moved so far and more to come. A Mexican National railroad crew arrived yesterday to repair Sidbury wharf track while painters repaint the reef bridge.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Aransas Pass
Express
Mexican National Railroad
Sidbury
Painters’ Gang
Reef
Texas Rough Riders Proposed to Serve in China
Lieutenant Sam H. Hancock of the First Texas cavalry seeks a war department commission to raise a 400 man Rough Riders squadron for service in China. Hancock, a well known late Spanish-American War veteran, expects a call for troops within thirty days and believes he can quickly muster the men.
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Texas Rough Riders
Weimar
Texas
Sam H. Hancock
Texas Cavalry
War Department
Rough Riders
China
Hancock
Bull Defeats Negro Wrestler in Juarez Arena
In Paso on July 2 Billy Clark a colored champion wrestler of Mexico wrestled a Salamanaca bull in the Juarez bull ring. He promised to throw the beast but the bull got him to the ground and trampled him. Clark was carried out in a precarious condition.
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IE Paso
Texas
Billy Clark
Mexico
Juarez
Clark
Crisis and power shifts dominate scattered world events
Carl Schurg warns of a crisis while James J. Hill gains control of Union Pacific. Chile debates withdrawal as Pan American talks address Taena and African issues. Villa elected Italian House president. Cuban teachers attend Harvard summer school.
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James J. Hill
Signor Villa
House of Deputies
Harvard University
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