Veiled War in China as Foreign Legations Held
Shanghai report describes Pekin under siege with 100,000 imperial troops guarding walls and gates. General Tung vows no foreign troops will enter the sacred city while relief columns advance slowly toward Tianjin and Beijing. Foreign ministers face mounting danger as tensions rise and Reuters notes limited aid from the Tsung Li Yamen.
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London
China
Shanghai
Daily Express
Pekin
Legation
Tien Tsin
Claude MacDonald
Russia
Tsung Li Yamen
Shan-Hai- Kwan
Krakata
Siberia
Taku
Lang Fang
Daily Mail
Taku Forts
Yellow fever outbreak among US troops in Quemados Havana
Yellow fever has broken out at Quemados where United States troops are stationed in Havana. Fourteen cases reported with three deaths. six currently under treatment and all expected to recover. A sergeant and Major Frank Edmunds family were affected, Captain Cues detained with malaria suspected. General Lee orders precautions. Harvard says fever is under check. City remains comparatively clear with only three cases under treatment.
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Quemados
Havana
United States
Signal Service
Frank Edmunds
Edmunds
Cues
Havana City
Lee
Harvard
Quenados
Dunsmuir Sworn In as Premier of British Columbia
Victoria dispatch reports Joseph Martin resigned as premier of British Columbia. Lieutenant governor summoned James Dunsmuir, who after a lengthy conference accepted the post and was sworn in this afternoon. Dunsmuir plans to form a cabinet on non partisan lines.
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Martin Resiens
Victoria
B. C
Joseph Martin
British Columbia
James Dunsmuir
Dunsmuir
Martin
Goebel murder suspect Powers eludes Kentucky posse
In Barboursville Kentucky an arrest attempt on John T Powers indicted as an accessory to the Goebel murder failed as a posse arrived at his brother in law’s Poplar Creek home after a rumor warned of his presence. An assistant attorney said Powers is not evading arrest and is willing to trust a fair jury to his case.
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Goebel
Barboursville
John T. Powers
Powers
Poplar Creek
F. D. Sampson
Planning to help Kempff amid China relief efforts
Washington reports officials weighing using big ships Oregon Monocacy to release sailors for Kempff’s landing force as pressure grows to form a new expeditionary unit at Tien Tsin. Secretary Root avoids detailing military plans while cabinet discusses the wider Chinese situation and possible troop movements from the Philippines.
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Washington
War Department
Remey
Oregon
Kempff
Tien Tsin
Tien-Tsin
Root
Hay
China
Philippines
Striking Street Railway Men Accept Settlement Plan
In St Louis on June 16 a near unanimous vote by the strikers empowered the executive committee to settle on a basis that allows reinstatement without union reference. Samuel Gompers, AFL president, influenced the decision during a mass meeting at the West End Coliseum as a new settlement plan circulated among the group. The revised plan, similar to prior proposals, centers on reinstatement terms for the workers.
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ST. Louis
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
West End Coliseum
Executive Committee
Felipings Put to Flight in Philippine Skirmish
At Papaya in Nueva Ecija General Funston and staff led 60 Americans in a fierce attack on General Lacuna who held a ridge with 500 men. The insurgents fled and were pursued to nightfall. Twenty two insurgents were killed. one American was killed and one wounded.
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Lacuna
Manila
Wheeler
Papaya
Neuva Ecija
Koepler
Rooper
Fourth Cavalry
Thirty-fourth Infantry
Hoeffler
Reception Given Otis Hearty Welcome in Home City
Major General Elwell Otis received a warm welcome in Rochester New York, his old home, with crowds estimated at 100000. General Joseph Wheeler arrived midday to cheers and a grand parade featuring 1200 Fifteenth Infantry, Fifth and Seventh Artillery, tying in regimental bands. The Marine Band from Washington and National Guard units from Pennsylvania and New York led civic organizations in a lengthy procession.
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Rochester
Elwell
Otis
Joseph Wheeler
United States Army
Fifteenth Infantry
Fifth
Seventh Artillery
Washington
National Guards
Pennsylvania
New York
Chinatown Quarantine Dissolved by Court Ruling
In San Francisco Judge Morrow dissolved the general quarantine of a Chinatown district, ruling the restriction discriminatory as it applied only to Mongolian residents and quarantined by district rather than by individual houses, claiming it increased contagion risk. The case Jew Ho versus city health board prompted the decision.
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San Francisco
Cal
United State Circuit
Morrow
Jew Ho
Woard of Health
Chinatown
Board of Health
Calcutta Reports Three Day Landslides and Water Pipe Breakages
A three day land slip sequence in the Durpeelin district ended at 4 am. Several minor landslides occurred and multiple water pipes broke, causing localized disruption. No further details on damages or injuries are given.
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Calcutta
Durpeelin District
German American shoe dealer disappears from Berlin
Berlin police advertised for the whereabouts of R. B. Haskell a German American shoe dealer who opened stores in the city a year ago but recently vanished leaving his business bankrupt and creditors seeking 30 000 marks.
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Berlin
R. B. Haskell
Railroad extension vote eyed in Wright county Iowa
June 14 reports a special election in Wall Lake township Wright county to approve a tax for extending the Chicago Iowa and Minnesota railroad feeder to the C N W line between Eldora Junction and Alden. If approved, depots must be built and the line located mid township by October 3, 1901, with the line slated to run northwest touching Clarion and Britt and possibly connect with Burt’s C N W system.
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Towa Faels
Wall Lake Township
Wright County
Chicago, Iowa & Dakota
Eldora Junction
Alden
Chicago, Iowa & Minnesota Railroad
Clarion and Britt
Burt
Iowa City Rail Work Plans The Root Island Road Upgrade
A Iowa City survey reports cuts east and west of town to be towered while westward curve reduction and yard extensions are planned. Steel from Davenport to West Liberty will back the work with East-West rail lines coordinated with Fort Dodge & Omaha.
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Rairoad
Iowa City
Tune 14
Civ
Root Island
Davenport
West Liberty
Jews City
Prisoner Pickett Pleads Guilty in Iowa Case
In Fort Dodge Iowa Samuel Pickett a famed swindler pleaded guilty to using the mails for fraud. Judge Shiras sentenced him to one year and a day in the state penitentiary. The defendant faced arrest warrants from four states and surprised his attorneys by the plea.
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Pickett
Fort Dodge
United States District Court
Samuel Pickett
Sioux City
Shiras
State Penitentiary
Coroners Jury Clears Engineer and Conductor in Wreck
DES MOINES June 15 The coroner s jury in the Northwestern wreck in the yards of the company returned a verdict finding the engineer and conductor of the special train responsible though mitigating circumstances were noted. The engineer of the regular train was killed.
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Mix
Des Moines
Northwestern
Onawa Opera House Contract Awarded to Hodgin and Missing
Bids for the new Onawa opera house were opened and the contract awarded to Hodgin and Missing of Onawa for a lower price than bidders from Council Bluffs or Sioux City. Ground was laid out this afternoon and construction will start immediately. The upper portion will be used by the Odd Fellows as a lodge room.
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Onawa
Messrs
Lightning strikes barn. fire ruins Stewarts’ property
Grinnell Iowa June 15 a barn and adjoining sheds owned by Hon Joel Stewart in the northeast part of town were struck by lightning at midnight causing total destruction. Loss about 300 dollars. Shenandoah Masons have set the contract for a temple building to cost about 12000 dollars. Spenish War Veterans organize in Sioux City with Lt Harry D Chapman as president and Lt Colfax Mahoney as secretary. charter to be secured from a national body.
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Grimbell
Iowa College
George A. Gates
King
Theological Seminary of
Oberlin
A. L. Wrisbie
Des Moines
Grinnell
Joel Stewart
Shenandoah Masons
Spenish
Sioux City
United States Volunteer Army
Spain
Farmers Benefit from Lowa Homestead Multi-Publication Offer
The county applauds the growing reach of the Lowa Homestead and its Special Partners editions. The publisher offers a package including the Homestead, Special Farmers Institute Editions, Poultry Farmer, and Farmers Insurance Journal with Opinion for 1.50 for five issues. total package 1.80 for county readers.
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Farmers’ Institute
Poultry Farmer
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Journal
Globe-Democrat Campaign Promotion for 1900
The St Louis Globe-Democrat promotes its republican paper for the 1900 national campaign. It advertises a twice weekly eight-page issue at one dollar a year and a special offer pairing with the Opinion at 1.60 for one year. Subscriptions and sample copies offered, with Glenwood, Iowa as a mailing note.
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America
Home Journal
Globe Printing Co
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