Chinese Blockade and Reinforcements Around Peking
Chinese forces entrench outside Peking as international relief pushes in. Russian troops land at Taku and 2000 US troops are asked to join the mission. Shanghai reports reform leaders petition for joint action to save the Emperor and halt partition.
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Peking
Tien Tsin
Taku
Reform Party
Shanghai
Daily Mail
United States
Great
Britain
Japan
Petersburg
Insurrection Spreads to Tsung Hua Murder of Dr Edna Terry
News reaches New York of the murder of Dr Edna G Terry in charge of the Methodist Episcopal Women Foreign Missionary Society station at Tsung Hua China This marks the first sign of trouble at Tsung Hua The Board later confirms Hopkins and Hayner safe and notes another missionary Miss Croucher of Boston Also named Tsung Hua lies six to seven miles north of the great wall about one hundred miles from Peking
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Tsung Hua
Edna Terry
New York
Edna G. Terry
Methodist Episcopal Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
China
Methodist Episcopal Board
Tien Tsin
Bae “Hopkins
Hayner
Ng Hua
Miss Croucher
Boston
Great Wall
Peking
U. S. Marines Reinforced Aboard Solace in Manila
The hospital ship Solacé sailed at midnight with one hundred marines and five officers under Major Walter to Kempff in response to a telegraphic request from Tong Ku dated June 11. Thirty more marines departed last week on the gunboat Nashville for Tien Tsin.
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Kempff
Manila
United States
Solacé
Walter Commanding
Tong Ku
Nashville
Tien Tsin
Yorktown Sails to Chefoo Amid Boxer Disturbance
The Yorktown departed Shanghai yesterday bound for Chefoo after the U S Consul reported Boxer disturbances at Chefoo with no details supplied. Chefoo lies on the northern Shantung Peninsula.
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Washington
Navy Department
Yorktown
Shanghai
Chefoo
United States
State Department
Shantung Peninsula
Japan to cooperate with European powers in China crisis
A Japanese Embassy representative told the Associated Press that Japan plans to cooperate loyally with European powers in the Chinese crisis and would not take unilateral action. The murder of an official at Peking has not prompted any immediate Japanese move.
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London
Japan
China
Associated Press
Honors for Ohio boys in West Point first ten
Graduation day at the United States Military Academy featured a small class of fifty four cadets. The top ten includes Gustav R Lukesh of Akron Ohio J R Slattery from Athens Ohio and others from Lowell New Orleans Charleston Gloucester Topeka Canon Falls Read ing Pa and more reflecting strong Ohio representation in the honors list.
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West Point
Commercial Tribune
N. Y
United States Military Academy
George D. Pillsbury
Lowell
Mass
E. M. Adams
New Orleans
Gustav R. Lukesh
Akron
E. M. Rhett
Charleston
J. R. Slattery
Athens
C. R. Lamson
Gloucester
F. A. Pope
Prayed for Rain as Berkeley County Faces Drought
Berkeley County West Virginia residents held a day of prayer in Morgantown on June 13 asking relief from a ten week drought. The hay crop is gone the wheat crop nearly destroyed and corn scorched. wells and creeks are dry. wheat is fed to stock. Berkeley is a leading farming county.
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Commercial Tribune
Morgantown
W. Va
Berkeley County
Berkeley
Philadelphia
Alabama
Texas
South
McLean Split Dominates Ohio Gop Convention Slate Debate
At Zanesville the State convention raged over the State ticket and delegate slate. Abe Patrick and Horace Chapman win large delegate-at-large posts while McLean allies clash with anti McLean factions. Plotting and footings spark claims of voting errors and secretaries’ faults amid a stormy scene.
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Horace L. Chapman
Jackson County
James Kilbourne
Franklin
A. In Patrick
Tuscara
W. Thomas
Clark County
George W. Hull
Charles N. Haskell
Abe Patrick
Horace Chapman
McLean
Patrick
Doc Norton
Chapman
Hull
Barney Layton
H Ull
Pennsylvania Wreck Derails Train Near Leetonia
A broken flange on the Pennsylvania limited locomotive tender derailed part of the east bound train one mile west of Leetonia at four this morning. Three postal clerks were injured W P Brown of Beaver Falls seriously J W Fox of Salem and P Greiser of Maximo slight injuries.
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Leetonia
Pennsylvania Limited
W. P. Brown
Beaver Falls
J. W. Fox
Salem
P. Greiser
Maximo
Senator Scott Remembers Son on Wedding Day Gift
Senator Scott sent a $20,000 telegraphic draft to his son Lieutenant Scott in San Francisco, who married yesterday after returning from service in the Philippines. The Senator noted he began life with twenty cents.
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Scott
Philadelphia
Republican National Committee
Lieutenant Scott
San Francisco
Philippines
Lelia Voorhies
Navy bill passed by Reichstag and Tirpitz honored
Berlin June 13 The Bundesrat approved the navy bill and related measures. Admiral Tirpitz was granted hereditary nobility as the Admiralty head. Emperor William will sign today and the Reichsanzeiger will publish the law. The Kaiser said Now we know where we stand. The Center party is credited as the real winner per the Vossische Zeitung.
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Bundesrath
Reichstag
Tirpitz
Admiralty
William
Reichsanzeiger
The Infanta Eulalie Separates From Don Antonio
Her Royal Highness the Infanta Eulalie has separated from her husband Don Antonio amid social scrutiny and royal headlines. The split follows publicized extravagances and a high profile marriage within the royal circle.
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Don Antonio
Sampson Wins Suit Over Prize Money For Santiago Battle
In a Court of Claims ruling, Admiral Sampson is named Commander in Chief and Commodore Schley as division commander under him. The court finds the Spanish squadron inferior and awards a total bounty of 165,700 dollars, with Sampson receiving 8,335 and Schley about 3,000. The New York is noted among the vessels.
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United States Court of Claims
W. T. Sampson
Santiago
Admiral Sampson
Schley
Sampson
Admiral Cervera
Admiral Schley
New York
Gate to Tien Tsin Menaced by Boxers
The gate to Tien Tsin City stands as the principal entrance to the city and frames the newly built municipal building seen through it. Boxers menace the gate, threatening the area and its strategic access point.
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Tien Tsin
Seized Officer Swordsman Wound Fomen. Civilian Mortally Slain
In Finkenwalde Pomerania a civilian, Richard Dallmann, was mortally wounded by soldiers during a pursuit after an officer drew his sword in an altercation. Herren Paul Berg and Dallmann clashed with officers earlier. No authorities have acted yet on the incident.
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Finkenwalde
Pomerania
von Bruesewitz
Carlsruhe
Herren Paul Berg
Richard Dallmann
Dallmann
Shaw Opposes Display of Confederate Battle Flag
Davenport Iowa June 18 National Commander A D Shaw spoke at the Iowa G A R encampment endorsing no return of captured Confederate flags saying the banner from Appomattox stands for a dead past and should not be shown again in this generation.
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Iowa
A.D. Shaw
Shaw
Appomattox
Mount Refuses Kentucky Extradition Over Taylor Case
Indiana Governor Mount denounces the Beckham requisition for W. S. Taylor and declines extradition. He cites constitutional discretion, warns against treating his office as a mere clerk, and notes concern over political influence in the affair. Campbell and Justus Goebel pressed for a fair Kentucky trial.
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Tom Campbell
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Suter
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Taylor
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Fiancee to Wed Prisoner in Courthouse Park
In Bowling Green Ohio on June 13 a jailed prisoner Harry Harris will marry his fiancée Florence Robinson in Courthouse Park. Harris awaits grand jury action on a house breaking charge. Sheriff Kingsbury arranges the ceremony with jail inmates as attendants and a deputy escort back to custody afterward.
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Commercial Tribune
Bowling Green
Harry Harris
Florence Robinson
Grand
Kingsbury
Marion
Harris
Brain operation to enlarge skull aims to save life in Indiana
Walter Wall, 19, brother of Assistant Prosecuting Attorney John M. Wall, will undergo an operation at Union State Hospital to enlarge his skull so the brain can grow. Surgeons expect success as the brain had outgrown the skull due to nervous strain from growth.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Walter Wall
John M. Wall
Wall
Union State Hospital
Abbott on City Ownership of Subways and Street Control
Rev Dr Lyman Abbott argues cities should own and control subways and streets, criticizing private corporations. He cites New York City as a precedent and calls for a public grievance tribunal with power to enforce outcomes or revoke franchises.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
St. Louis
New York City
Marriage to Be Held at Greenville Baseball Grounds
In Greenville Pennsylvania tomorrow afternoon Misson Keck and Mr. Peter Cline will wed at the home plate of the baseball grounds before a large audience. Both residents of Greenville Cline is the Greenville team shortstop. Team members plan presenting handsome gifts to the couple.
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Commercial Tribune
Ashtabula
Greenville
Misson Keck
Peter Cline
Cline
Perry appointed U S agent for Chilean Claims Commission
Washington announces John W. Perry of Connecticut named as agent for the United States to the Chilean Claims Commission in place of R D Kennedy of Ohio whose nomination failed to win Senate approval at the previous session.
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Car
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Connticut
United States
Grand Duke of Oldenburg Died Today at Rastede
The Grand Duke Nicholas Peter of Oldenburg died this day at his Rastede summer residence. Born in 1827, he passed away on June 13 amid royal mourning.
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Oldenburg
Grand Duke of
Nicholas Rick Peter
Rastede
Six Men Killed in Logging Railroad Accident
Six men died and another was fatally injured when a logging railroad train jumped a track at Cammal near Williamsport Pennsylvania about 3 PM. The engine and fireman and four Italian laborers perished as cars and engine were smashed down a 300 foot embankment. The county coroner and undertaker departed for the scene.
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Cammal
Mr Allison Strip Hanna Says Timothy Wood Ruff Is Not Big Enough
Hanna declares Timothy Wood Ruff inadequate for the position while Mr Allison strip remarks on suitability. The exchange centers on qualifications and eligibility for the role.
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Hanna
Timothy Woodruff
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