Boxers Halt Near Chin Kiang Stir Fears in China
Dispatch from United States Consul Martin reports large numbers of natives forming a secret society and halting near Chin Kiang on the Yangtse Kiang. The state department notes possible exaggeration of danger, with no immediate plan to send a ship to the treaty port amid Boxer agitation.
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State Department
United States
Martin
Chin Kiang
Kiang
China
Yangtse Kiang
Shanghai
Tei
United States Adopts Independent Policy in Chinese Relief
The cabinet, with Secre taries Be and Gage present, decides to follow a policy of protecting American citizens and interests while remaining aloof from other powers. The US will seek Chinese order and reparations, look to the Chinese government, and reinforce relief expeditions from Manila. Admiral Kempff will be informed to deploy reinforcements to Pakin and other areas as marines are diverted from Taka.
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Gage
Pewwers
United States
Navy Department
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Tako
Tim
Manila
Pakin
Taka
More Marines Sent Promptly by Navy Secretaries Request
Secretary Long cables Admiral Kempff reporting Marines from Manila urgently requested as American relief plans proceed. He instructs Admiral Remey to dispatch one company by Solace to Tong Eu and to continue Solace homeward when possible, per prior orders.
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Kempff
Wastleton
Navy Department
Admiral Kempff
Tong EU
Manila
Remey
Solace
Kempt
Fear the Pillagers Whites at Walker Minn Again Apprehensive
The Leech Lake Indians kept their Winchesters after last fall's trouble and remain armed. Disturbances have kept Walker residents anxious, as soldiers departed and signs of Indian restlessness grew.
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Walker
Minn
St. Paul
Jone
Leech Lake
Exports Rise as May Reports Highlight Trade Gains
May exports of the United States reach 57.38 million dollars, up about 7.3 million from prior year, per the Bureau of Statistics. IOU items include a mangled body found near town, a fatal horse incident, elopement in Denison, and a murder mystery in Muscatine with new arrest.
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United
Bureau of Statistics
Grinnell
Janes
Eckies
Muscatine
Charles Corcoran
Rock Island
Corcoran
New Railroad for Iowa Lines Clinton to Dubuque
Articles filed Saturday establish the Clinton Dubuque and Northwestern railroad with WH Seaman as president Charles G Gates as vice president and EB Boynton as secretary treasurer Citizens connected with the enterprise envision a Clinton to Dubuque route via Maquoketa and Farley linking with the Chicago North Western and opening Dubuque to direct railway access this season
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Dubuque. Cristo
Clinton, Dubuque
Northwestern
WH. Seaman
Charles G. Gates
EB. W. Boynton
Dabuaque
Maquoketa
Farley
Davenport
Dubuque
Boers Defeated Near Roodeval Amid Communications Cut
War office dispatches from Cape Town and Bloemfontein describe British troops reaching Honingspruit south of Roodeval after Boers cut lines of communication. Methuen reports no word since June 7 while fighting June 6 north of Vetchkop. Reports conflict over Steyn, Wormfertein, and Johannesburg, with Buller making progress toward Charlestown and potential Natal operations ongoing.
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South Africa
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Vrede
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Wormfertein
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Lorenzo Marques
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Rooderal
Measero
Basutoland
General Buller
Charlestown
Natal
Heidelberg
Lord Roberts
Swaziland
Port Elizabeth
Doris
Cost Bay
Reinhart 3May Recacer and Tragic Incidents Lead Happenings
A flurry of reports from Sioux City to Des Moines details Reinhart’s continuing fight after his wife’s murder attempt, a switchman’s near-fatal train incident near Paxton, and a string of accidents and crimes across Iowa towns. Notable items include Boon’s switchman survival, a suicide by George Hardin, and ex-Congressman Holmes declared insane amid financial woes.
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George Hardin
London
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Boone
DITCHED BY A SPRUNG RAIL NEAR PERSIA IN MILWAUKEE MEET
An accident east of Council Blairs derailed a Milwaukee Meets train. Three cars left the track after a sprung rail, injuring many aboard. J B Nipp a Kansas City traveler is badly hurt and may die. J E Boyer of Panora Indiana has a fractured skull and is not expected to live. Others including porter Wight, the dining car conductor, two colored cooks, a waiter, and news agent William N Cordell were injured or scalded in the dining car incident.
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Persia
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Oarmil
J. B. Nipp
Kansas City
J. E. Boyer
Panork
Wight
William N. Cordell
Buller Advances in Natal After Almonds Nek Assault
War dispatch from General Buller reports forces forced Almonds Nek, the last defile to Charleston flats, with several enemy units in position. Second Corps troops and Third Cavalry Brigade seized the ridge at bayonet point amid broken country near Iketini mountain. Buller hopes casualties stay under 100, praising Hildsard’s dispositions and the artillery and brigades’ heavy work.
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Natal
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Switchman's Fatal Step at Burlington Yards
In Crestwood Indiana June 6 switchman Will Sands ll was run over by a rail car in Burlington yards and killed. the victim was found mutilated. Also in Rockwell Curry Indiana June 6 Washington Lewis former bank president and longtime county resident died at his home. Muscatine Iowa June 6 water department proposes selling the water system to the city for 100000. the plan to be put to voters.
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Jane
Millis Aibatt
Crestos
Will Sandsll
Burlington
Rockwell Curry
Washington Lewis
Farmers’ Bank
Muscatte
Shoots wife and himself in Iowa tragedy
Charles Reinhart a former resident of Odebolt Iowa fatally shot his wife of two months during a quarrel over her leaving for relatives near Wall Lake. He then shot himself twice, indeterminately surviving, after planning the act with deliberation. The couple traveled by buggy when Reinhart fired upon his wife and then killed himself with two additional shots.
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Odebolt
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Wall Lake
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