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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
16
A damaged Oregon reports a grounding fifty miles from Portia with the vessel encircled by cables. Capt Nie states water near the hull and a pinnacled rock hinder salvage while tides rise and fall, risking worsening conditions. relief ships assist as weather may allow recovery efforts.
A Brooklyn policeman warns a resident of Ward 26 to clean gutters by 9 pm or face a warrant. A snowstorm leads the man to shovel the four inch drift in front of his house while odd encounters with neighbors occur. The scene shifts to a humorous misidentification at the door and a drifting van, highlighting everyday winter trials and local oddities.
Telegraphs from Admiral Alexief report to General Kouropatkine that the Tien Tsin arsenal has fallen to assault. Intelligence suggests Chinese residents in several areas now seek Russian protection. The Boxer insurrection is waning, persisting only in Pe Chi-i, with officials predicting its end soon. Includes notes on ancient Egyptian tools and assorted advertisements.
New York July 3 sixty seven bodies recovered from the Hoboken disaster as grim scenes of rescue stress and horror accumulate. More victims are surfaced by grappling hooks while the missing tally nears three hundred. Reports note many dead and maimed clinging to the wreckage with grim endurance as authorities tally the scale of the tragedy. In another dispatch Paris reports a tentative agreement to maintain the status quo among powers and spheres of influence with troop contributions outlined by major nations. Rat Portage Ontario sees rumors of Indian uprising with a thousand tribes gathered along Rainy River amid settler alarm. Chinese affairs from Viceroyalty Shanghai indicate Prince Tuan maintaining control and a hostile posture toward reform efforts.
From Chicago June 29 the prohibition nations convention adjourned after nominating John G. Woolley of Illinois for president and Henry B. Metcalf of Rhode Island for vice president. Woolley led on the first presidential ballot over Samuel Swallow of Pennsylvania with Hale Johnson withdrawing. Metcalf won the vice presidential nomination on the first ballot amid three candidates.
The dispatch from Peking notes the murder of the German minister by Chinese soldiers and the burning of the American and Italian legations. It reports widespread fighting near Tien Tsin, with 20 000 Chinese inside Peking and 30 000 outside, while rail and river links to Tien Tsin remain unreliable.
Washington reports Admiral Kempf says Peking relief steamer reaches Tien Tsin with two sick and wounded aboard. Ministers bound for Peking not with them and no news from them. Burin notes Che Foo dispatch says foreign ministers unknown, rail line Taku to Tien Tsin threatened, bombardment of Tien Tsin ongoing with three residents killed or wounded.
Longpon June 30 There is no authentic word on the legations whereabouts though Chinese reports say they were safe a few days ago The Daily Mail Shanghai correspondent notes an imperial decree has been sent.
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