18 Jun 1901
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1901
Page
1
Ministers at Pekin report progress toward settling the indemnity dispute as talks near completion. Officials say a settlement framework may be reached soon, with both sides signaling readiness to finalize terms.
Washington officials report a cablegram from Special Commissioner Rockhill confirms an early complete indemnity agreement on the American British basis. Withdrawal of foreign troops from China is expected to proceed quickly once indemnity is settled, though negotiations on a new trade treaty with China may prove the most troublesome remaining issue.
Navy reports 60 ship captains confirm 30 mile wide lanes across the Pacific are free of navigation hazards connecting San Francisco to Honolulu Nagasaki and Manila to Nagasaki. Washington discusses a congressional appropriation to fund a full Pacific Ocean survey with possible international participation.
Great Britain informs powers she will not consent to higher opium and rice import duties from China. The move risks undermining China’s attempt to curb opium, with potential effects on indemnity talks and international trade dynamics. Dowager Empress plots shifts in Kai Fong Fu, while Ferguson of Boston seeks railway contracts with Russians. The Cherokee council disapproves a Dawes agreement, and Captain Cyril King faces U S court proceedings.
Fort Morgan Alabama received one year and a half in prison and a $3000 fine after appeal bond set at $10,000. King convicted weeks earlier of receiving a bribe to influence official conduct. A fire in Jacksonville Models building caused $36000 in damages to structure and occupants.
Reports detail Jack Warren a Alabama planter shot dead at Madison crossroads by Curry Turner. A Cape Girardeau Missouri election names Miss Lucy Leech to christen the steamer Cape Girardeau June 24. A soldier’s clothing found on a Kankakee Illinois riverbank with papers bearing John F. Gibson. Elizabethton Tennessee residents pledge flood protection to rebuild a cotton mill. Brakeman George S. Sharp killed after being knocked from a Missouri Pacific train near Atchison Kansas. Feasel’s general store in Spivey Kansas burglarized with 500 dollars taken. Abe Hewett and seven others sentenced by the federal court at El Reno Oklahoma. John F. Dupont, 27, drowned in Lake Contrary near St. Joseph Missouri while bathing.
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