British Marines Landed in China Fight to Reach Pekin
A Shanghai dispatch reports the dowager empress has ordered Gen. Neth Si Chong to guard the Pekin railway with 3,000 troops. A heavy clash with Boxers leaves 200 dead. About 180 British marines with a machine gun are poised to move from Tien Tsin toward Pekin, as roughly 900 Britons have landed, more than any other power.
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London
Shanghai
Neth Si Chong
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Great Britain
Cyclone of fire wipes out town of Virginia on Mesaba range
Duluth reports a 60 minute firestorm destroying the business and most residences in Virginia Minnesota. Moon and Kerr mill sparked the blaze which consumed 125 buildings across about 12 blocks eight blocks from the mill to the railroad. Loss tops 500000 with only 125000 insured. no lives reported but residents in urgent need of relief and shelter.
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Duluth
Minn
Virginia
Mesaba Iron Range
Moon & Kerr
Battleships Indiana and Massachusetts sail for Hampton Roads
Philadelphia reports Indiana and Massachusetts left League Island for Hampton Roads to join the North Atlantic squadron under Adm Farquhar for six weeks of drills. The ships will return to ordinary at the yards after exercises. Neely exam postponed to June 18 as Cuban extradition bill signs. Bryce of Savannah killed Jamaican Constantine in self defense claim. West Virginia Democratic ticket listed with Holt, Miller, Hurst, Armstrong, McCoy, English, and Bennett.
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Philadelphia
Indiana
Massachusetts
League Island Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
North Atlantic
Adm
Farquhar
New York
Kearsarge
Texas
League Island Yard
Neely
C. F. W. Neely
United States
Shields
McKinley
Santiago de Cuba
J. T. Bryce
Savannah
Constantine
Bryce
Transvaal
West Virginia
Parkersburg
W. Va
John H. Holt
James H. Miller
Garland Hurst
R. A. Armatrong
Grey General
John W. English
Bennett
Congress Adjourns With Naval Bill Still Pending
Congress adjourned sine die with the naval appropriation bill unresolved. The Senate refused to request a further conference on ocean surveys, while the House concurred in Senate amendments after hours of delay. President pro tempore Frye signed the naval bill minutes before adjournment as the session ended in a quiet, social close.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Hale
House
Frye
Capitol
Mr. Frye
House Reverses on Naval Bill Ocean Surveys Item
The closing day in the house saw a reversal in voting on the naval bill. Members accepted outright the senate amendment expanding ocean surveys beyond the conferees compromise. Ohio's Mr. Lentz blocked unanimous consent by objecting to printing Coeur d Alene investigation testimony.
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Washington
House
Senate
Lentz
Ohio
Child’s head cut off sparks deadly play among Oneida children
In Green Bay on June 8 Indian children on Oneida reserve played a deadly chicken game after an adult hacked a chicken’s head off. A child was killed and several adults hurt when heavy timbers fell during panic amid the yard accident. The incident follows a New Orleans levee collapse near Amesville and other unrelated reports from Indianapolis and Toledo.
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Green Bay
Wis
Oneida
Stockbridge
Looted the town British prisoners removed in Pretoria
Dispatches say Lord Roberts intercepted two trains of British prisoners near Pretoria as Boers reportedly remove $200,000 in gold from the national bank. Some Boers surrender voluntarily while Pretoria townspeople greet the British arrival with enthusiasm. Mr Prevost Battersby reports from Pretoria.
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London
Laurenco Marques
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Prevost Battersby
Morning Post
Hatherly
Elands Valley
Lain’s Nek
Roberts
Laing’s Nek
Johannesburg
Night Car Service Returns as Tense City Holds Line
St Louis reports night cars back on the Lindell line after a month of strike. Police guards patrol all routes while Sheriff Pohlmann's posse grows to 1,277. A set of dynamite sticks is found as talks with strike negotiators Priest and Stone yield no settlement. The dispatch also covers Boer War events, Kruger remarks, and Pretoria conditions.
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St. Louis
Posse Comitatus
Lindell
George S. H. Priest
Transit Co
Wm. J. Stone
Pohlmann
Easton Avenue
Easton
van Deventer
Broadway and
Gasconade Street
Not A Union Hall {Philadelphia} parade rejection over nonunion labor
In Philadelphia on June 8 allied building trades councils refuse to join the parade of the allied republican clubs during convention week after learning the republican national hall was completed by nonunion labor. Each union declined to parade and 20 men were requested from each organization. Also noted are plans for a water driven electric plant in Brazil to harness 16 000 horsepower from the Tiete river for the Southern Electric Power Co. An Easton avenue dynamite scare damaged a railcar, a photographer was shot, and three police officers were wounded amid riots as crowds clashed with mounted police.
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Philadelphia
Bor
Allied Building Trades Council
Young Republicans
Allied Council
B.T. ‘Mitchell
Brazil
Tiete
Transit
Southern Electric Power Co
Easton Avenue
Union Line
John Goettling
15Th
Chambers Streets
City Hospital
Goettling
Southern Electric Division
the Transit Co
Klausman's Grove
Emma Enda
Michael Gibbons
B. J. Boland
W. C. Coates
Gibbons
Boland
Coates
Transit Co
Telegraphic Brevities: fires and nominations across states
The Wisconsin wheel works plant at Stacine burned completely with 60 000 dollars insured loss. The Savannah refinery of the Southern Cotton Oil Co. was destroyed by fire with 100 000 dollars insured loss. Kansas miners receive a five cent per ton raise and eight hour day. Wm L Diston of Illinois named surveyor general for Alaska. Indiana friends back B F Shively for vice presidency. Democratic national committee calls for a meeting in Indianapolis on July 25.
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Wisconsin Wheel ‘Works
Stacine
Wis
B. F. Shively
South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Southern Cotton Oil Co
Savannah
National Democratic Party
Indianapolis
Santiago district commander recommended for brigadier general
Recommending authorities favor Col. Samuel M Whitside of the 10th Cavalry for promotion to brigadier general in recognition of his admirable conduct in the Department of Santiago and Puerto Principe. The post’s importance is cited by Gov Gen Wood as a factor in the recommendation.
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Santiago de Cuba
Samuel M.whitside
10Th Cavalry
Santiago and
Puerto” Principe
Wood
Berlin ship Hamburg aground delays voyage
Reading details indicate the Hamburg bound vessel Berlin ran aground and its discharge over the bar will take ten days to complete. The report describes the Cleverest of Horses and Broad header horses as part of the item.
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Berlin
Hamburg
West Virginia nominates Holt for governor in primary
In Thursday briefs the West Virginia democracy names Judge J. H. Holt of Huntington as candidate for governor. The item notes other world events including a Kan Sas tornado no fatalities, uprisings in North Borneo, and naval moves at Rio Janeiro and Taku with multiple nations involved.
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West Virginia
J. H. Holt
Huntington
Faulkner
Kan
North Borneo
Adm
Schley
Rio Janeiro
Montevideo
Baseball winners named for Pittsburgh Boston Cincinnati and New York
Reports show Pittsburgh, Boston, Cincinnati and New York as winners in yesterday’s baseball games. Box scores list runs, hits and errors with batteries and umpires for each contest.
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Pittsburgh
Boston
Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
Nichols
Clements
Taylor
Chance
Dexter
Hurst
RHE
St. Louis
Seymour and
Warner
Jones, Young and Robinson
O'Day
John Worthy School in Chicago Prison and School
A Chicago facility called the John Worthy School combines prison and education for 12 to 18 year olds. Guards concede the program lacks discipline as youths treat the corridors as sleeping spaces and meals as rewards, with repeat offenders returning after short releases.
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John Worthy
Eage
The Price Of A Vote In Chicago Primaries
A Chicago observer notes that votes could be bought cheaply in First ward districts for whisky, a silver dollar, or a week in cheap lodging. The piece condemns sale of votes and claims both parties used broad schemes, including multiple conveyances and cars, to mobilize voters for the Republican gubernatorial primary.
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Chicago
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Tein Tsin
New Orleans
Amesville
Mississippi
L. W. Marrere
Jefferson Parish
John Bramwood
International Typographical Union
Toledo, O
Edwin F. Gregg
Genoa
Ottawa County
Th . Heene
Kruger
Daspoort
Daily Express
Machadorp
Martin Maginnis
Montana
W. A. Clark
Helena
Philadelphia Allied Building Trades Council
Kansas
Wm. L. Diston
Illinois
District of
Alaska
Taku
Barfleur
Terrible
Tien 'T'sin
Chillicothe, O
Eleanor Worthington Tiffin Cook
Edward Tiffin
Baseball
R. E. Cincinnati
Philad’a
Scott and Peitz
Maul
Frazer and Douglass
Emslie
R.H.E. Pittsh
Brooklyn
Philipr
O’connor
Nops
Farrell
Swartwood
Seeenee AL
Berances
Eves
City
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