China Woes and Boxer Conflict Escalate Toward War
The dispatches describe 4,000 Boxers surrounding 1,500 Chinese troops near Lofa and Yong Tsang with ongoing fighting. Reports from Washington and London warn of rising tensions and possible joint action by foreign powers. The piece notes China’s weak army, 12,000 Americans in China, and missionaries at risk near Tianjin where Marines and sailors are deployed.
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Orient
Otthers
Conger
Kempff
China
Ignd
Japan
Chen Hai
Kang Chi
Peiyang
Empire
State Department
Empire of China
Tien Tsin
Tien Tsin City
Newark
Nation's leaders attend Civil War memorial in Antietam tribute
A historic ceremony at Antietam dedicates a monument to both sides of the Civil War. President McKinley and cabinet officers, senators, and representatives join veterans in a unity display, with keynote remarks by Elihu Root and others stressing loyalty to the United States and shared national destiny.
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Hagerstown
Antietam
United States
House
Maryland
Benjamin F. Taylor
Elihu Root
John B. Brooke
James Longstreet
Orlando B. Wilcox
J. E. Duryea
Foraker
Burrows
Daniel
George B. McClellan
New York
Congress
Douglas
McKinley
Lee
Jackson
Longstreet
Johnston
Grant
McClelland
Sherman
Sheridan
North
South
Appomattox
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Troops Fight the Boxers Near Pekin Amid Global Tensions
Cable reports from Admiral Kempf at Taku describe landed marines and seamen reinforcing forces as engagements with Boxers continue near Pekin. Conger and Kempf warn of worsening conditions with dispatches to Manila and Shanghai noting Japanese pressure, Russian mobilization debates, and threats against foreigners in Tianjin.
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Secretary of the Navy
Kempf
United States
Newark
Taku
Pei Ho River
China
Keupi
Navy Department
Conger
Pekin
Shanghai
Russia
Japan
Tien Tsie
Pao Ting Fu
Grand Canal
Tien Tsin
Jung In
Ching Tuan
Robinson
Norman
Congress Ends as House Honors Speaker Henderson
The 56th Congress adjourned after a dramatic close marked by bipartisan camaraderie. Members sang patriotic tunes in the House galleries, Fitzgerald leading with Through the Dawn's Early Light, while a crank was ejected. The scene ended with farewells and a chorus of For He is a Jolly Good Fellow.
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Henderson
House of Representatives
House
Good Fellowship
Mercer
Nebraska
Ball
Texas
Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
Tawney
Minnesota
Dixie
Heaven
Congress
Negro party proposed with national ticket and platform
Philadelphia delegates plan a nationwide negro party aiming to nominate black candidates for president and vice president. Possible pairs include Walker and Pinchback or Derrick and Debers, with a platform upholding U S Constitution rights and anti monopoly measures while Congress would oversee public services. Turner questions practical gains unless separation is pursued. he argues whites prefer maintaining a white nation and the negro should seek self sufficiency away from whites.
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Philadelphia
E. J. Walker
Boston
P. B
Pinchback
Louisiana
W. B. Derrick
New York
Professor Debers
Bishop Grant
Illinois
J. P. Sampson
Bishop Turner
Booker T. Washington
Alabama
Bishop Walters
T. T. Allain
H. C. C. Astwood
Hobson Returning Home After Tropics Service
Naval Constructor Richmond Pear son Hobson famed for sinking the Merrimac at Santiago has a medical survey board on the Asiatic station recommending relief from duties and immediate return home. His health is not believed to be undermined but long service in tropical climates has疲累 him. Retirement not certain.
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Tropics
Naval
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Santiago
Asiatic
Boxers Threaten Partition as Chinese Secret Society Grows
The article notes public uncertainty about the Boxer society in China, described as a vast clan of self proclaimed protectors turned murderous. It cites The London Daily Mail calling the group over 11,000,000 semi barbarians, well organized and armed, with roots in Ta Tao Hwan meaning The Society of the Great Sword. The origin date and place remain unclear.
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Poxens
London Aily Mail
Senate Leaves Armor Plate Matter With Navy Department
In the closing session on Wednesday the Republicans passed a bill placing all armor plate decisions with the secretary of the navy. The secretary may pay any price he considers reasonable with no restrictions.
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Senate
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Senate Endures Slow Day Over Naval Appropriation Dispute
A Senate session dragged as conferees failed to resolve the naval appropriation bill delaying final adjournment. Senators signaled trouble over ocean surveys and allowed the House another chance to vote. The session ended at 5 PM after a brief ritual of thanks to the chair and passage of pension bills.
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Senate
House
Frye
Rehouse
Chandler
New Sinshire
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Troops Suffer Greatly in Philippine March to Candon
A Manila dispatch from Candon dated June 4 reports Major P. O. March's Thirty third regiment returning by steamer from Aparri. The battalion endured a 250 mile mountain trek with hunger and exhaustion. Thirteen of fifty horses survived. many men collapsed at Plat near Maguegarao.
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Manila
Candon
P. O. March
Aparri
Plat
Maguegarao
Landauer and Coffman Indicted in Atlanta Fraud Case
Atlanta dispatch reports A Landauer president of the Southern Agricultural Works and E G Coffman general manager indicted by Fulton grand jury. Landauer charged as common cheat and swindler. Coffman charged with embezzlement. Both men at large with Landauer possibly in Milwaukee. Company collapsed on April 19.
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Atlanta
A. Landauer
Southern Agricultural Works
E. G. Coffman
Fulton
Landauer
Coffman
Milwaukee
Quarantine Sparks Food Price Surge in Chinatown
A San Francisco dispatch reports doubled food prices in Chinatown due to quarantine. Rice supplies are said to be cornered by a few Chinese merchants while no new plague cases are reported.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Stuenenberg Upheld in Idaho Democratic Convention
Governor Stuenenberg supporters win at the Idaho Democratic convention seating the Soshone County delegation by a 152 to 77 vote. The decision reinforces Stuenenberg’s lead within the party as delegates align.
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Stuenenberg
Idaho
Soshone County
Dly
U S States Policy on Russian Troop Landings in China
Washington dispatch says rumors claimed the United States might join allies to limit Russia from landing more troops in China. DeWitt of the Russian embassy was told the State Department has no concealed policy and remains focused on protecting American legations and citizens in China.
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Washington
United States
Russia
China
State Department
DeWitt
Kruger Declares War Not End Yet Amid Interview
President Kruger told The Daily Express correspondent that although Pretoria has fallen the war is not over. He said burghers will fight to the last with 500 armed men remaining and praised Steyn and Dewet for their work in the Free State. He insisted the capital is not a brick capital but the government in the railway coach at Machadoro.
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London
Transvaal
Machadoro
Kruger
Daily Express
Lourenzo Marques
Pretoria
Steyn
Dewet
Free State
Mre. Kruger
President Kruger
Reitz
Lydenburg
Empress Orders General to Guard Railroad at Pekin
A Shanghai dispatch reports the dowager empress ordered General Neih Si Chong and 3,000 troops to protect the railroad at Pekin. A severe fight with the boxers left about two hundred dead on the field.
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London
Shanghai
Neih Si Chong
Jilted Lover Vows Vendetta in Jacksonville
J J OHern, manager of the Wine Cocoa Company in Atlanta, sought vengeance for a broken engagement by whipping Frank W Chase, Jacksonville manager of the Cable Piano Company, on the back and head in Jacksonville Florida, using a cowhide.
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J. J. O'Hern
Wine Cocoa Company
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Fla
Frank W. Chase
Cable Piano Company
No Hope for Snell Denies DC Court Appeal in Georgia Murder
The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia refused to interfere with the sentence given by the district criminal court to Benjamin H. Snell the Georgia murderer.
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Snell
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
District Criminal Court
Benjamin H. Snell
Georgia
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