Boxers Seethe in China as Foreign Troops Land
Telegram reports from Shanghai describe growing Boxers resistance as 180 British marines and about 500 tons of foreign forces prepare routes toward Pekin while Gen. Neih Li Chong defends rail lines. Mission stations are looted and native Christians massacred as reinforcements stream into the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Neih Li Chong
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Great Britain
Tung Hu
Long Fong
Langoo
Mme. Astier
Messrs
Ossent
Cades
Nich
Gou
Lady MacDonald
Regations
Peking
American Methodist Mission
Geo
Tung-Chau
Tung Chau
Legation
Trolley Smash Kills Four in Suburban Rhode Island Crash
A noon Sunday head on collision on the Oakland Beach electric road near Providence killed four and injured 26, with many in precarious condition at local hospitals. The two cars met on a sharp curve, telescoping the forward car and ejecting occupants through to the fifth seat. Responders extricated the dead and injured and rushed them to Providence area hospitals in a crash that stunned the seaside resort community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland Beach
Providence
R. I
Lands Open to Homesteaders
A conference agreement was reached Monday on a bill opening 2,466,600 acres of public land to settlement 400,000 acres of the Fort Hall Idaho military reservation and 2,000,000 acres of the Kiowa and Comanche Lands in Southwest Oklahoma at 1.50 dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hall
Idaho
Oklahoma
Cycling notes and innovations in transportation
An editorial roundup highlights cycling's health benefits and its role in the good roads movement. It notes a drop in U S bicycle exports, profits from manufacturing, and growing public interest in routes via the L A W touring committee. It also mentions India rubber tire fillers, a solid tire solution, and a Canadian motorized ice sleigh prototype.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philadelphia
Looting of four vessels near Hong Kong shocks shipping news
A scattered roundup notes Pirates looted four vessels near Hong Kong. The report also cites other varied incidents including deaths by suicide and accidental injuries across North America and abroad, with political and international developments from Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Boers Raid on Supply Line Upends Rail Operations
Reported from Pretoria as Kruger radioed a vow to persist in guerrilla warfare across a large area. Boers have torn up 21 miles of Lord Roberts’ railway between American Siding and Roodeval, forcing cautious British expectations and delaying forward moves. Generals Rundle Brabant Hunter remain active at Hammonia and Bethlehem with 4000 Boer troops concentrating, while telegraph cuts threaten houses near the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transvaal
Machadorp
Kruger
Pretoria
Lydenburg
Mr. Kruger
Lord Roberts
American Siding
Roodeval
Kelley- Kenney
Roberts
Rundle
Botha
War Office
Gen. Brabant
Hammonia
Ficksburg
Bethlehem
Hunter
Mob Attacks Women and Demeans Vendors on California Avenue
A mob of women and youths beat and stripped Lena Kaenter, a lunch vendor for streetcar workers, painting her with green dye as others jeered and mud was slung. Two shop girls faced similar abuse an hour later. A female student committee accused teachers in public schools of riding tabooed cars and threatened further harm. Mount Pleasant school principal Rose Fanning was seized and warned she and her staff would be tarred and feathered for riding the cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Kaenter
California Avenue
Mount Pleasant
Rose Fanning
Bloody Riot Rocks St. Louis as Strife Turns Deadly
Sunday brought violent clashes between strikers and authorities in St. Louis during the ongoing transit strike. Four people are dead and four wounded, with one casualty expected to die. Governor Stephens prepared to call out the National Guard as a last resort, estimating 2590 troops at a daily cost of about $5,000, pending legislative approval for funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Stephens
National Guard
St Louis
Rebels Rout Government Forces Near Ducaramanga
A Cucuta dispatch reports 13 days of fighting ending with rebel victory over government troops near Ducaramanga, Colombia. Prisoners taken include Gen Penagolana, and several others are said to be captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cucuta
Department of Santander
Venezuela
Ducaramanga
Penagolana
Fire wipes out large St Etienne lumber colony
A blaze Wednesday afternoon destroyed the Prive Bros. & Co. lumber colony at St Etienne, Quebec, costing 350000 to 400000 dollars. Three hundred thousand feet of lumber, stores, wharves, one schooner and two bateaux were ruined. Forty families are left homeless and in destitution. authorities suspect the fire started by colonists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Etienne
Prive Bros. & Co
Quebec
Deadly Mine Explosion In Glouster Ohio
Two hundred miners trapped after a gas explosion in mine No 2 at Glouster Ohio but most were rescued except three Evan Joseph John McClelland and Anton Swanson died their bodies likely unrecoverable due to ongoing fires. Several others injured including William Williams as inspectors work to extinguish flames and vents collapse after a second and third blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Evan Joseph
John McClelland
Anton Swanson
William Williams
Elmer G. Biddison
Williams
Mine Explosion Kills Two, Injures Three at Ellsworth Mine
A gas blast at Ellsworth mine near Monongahela Pa 12 miles west of the city at 3 pm Sunday killed two men and injured three others. The day shift had just left the mine and the five killed and injured were entering the shaft for the night shift. The cage was hurled into the air and the five men were found at the shaft bottom in mangled condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
Elsworth
Monongahela
Rodgers
Forsythe
Attacked by Two Eagles on Black Log Mountain
James Wiltbank of Black Log Valley Huntingdon County Pa endured a fall from a grape vine after it broke on a steep slope. He landed in a tree under a fierce eagles nest and fought off both birds with a knife, killing the male eagle which latched onto his left shoulder. the female fled and Wiltbank plans to mount the dead eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wiltbank
Black Log Valley
Huntingdon County
Black Log Mountain
Fire Devastates Virginia Minn Leaving Town In Ruins
A massive fire wiped out the entire business and most of the residential area of Virginia on the Mesabi iron range. The blaze burned about 12 blocks, nine densely built, with no remaining hotels or stores. Loss estimated at 500000 dollars, insurance only about 123000. No known deaths, but food is scarce and many women and children have nowhere to sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Mesaba Iron Range
Minn
Terse Telegr ams from a Busy News Day
A $100000 brewery will be built in Sharon Pennsylvania by Pittsburg capitalists. Ex Congressmen Holmes of Iowa declared insane by a commission. George J Browne a wealthy dry goods dealer dies by his own hand in New York. The Bible was the top selling book of the year. American Bible Society issued 1 406 801 copies. Clark Halpin Ryan run over and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train. Stephen R Romaine fell 250 feet from a church steeple at Cold Springs New York and died. Utah lead producers plan a state and national price-raising export combine. Nathan Krause shoots Morris Krause in Philadelphia during a quarrel. Missouri Democrats endorse free silver and Bryan for President at Kansas City. J O Donner Sugar trust mansion at Ramseys New Jersey destroyed by fire valued at 75000. Kentucky presents a 70-piece silver service costing 6000 to the battleship Kentucky at Fort Monroe. A Kentucky delegation presents the same silver service to the battleship Kentucky in Hampton Roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Henry G. Young
Reading
Cariaco
Venezuela
Willie Fall
Toronto
Ethan M. Allen
Michigan Go Alr
Lord Roberts
Roodeval
South Africa
London
Wessels
W. J. Bryan
Omaha
Dr. Taliferro
Wiley Wilkins
Texas
North Dakota
West Liberty
Harry Miller
Margaret Taylor
Porter
Steubenville
West Point
Pio del Pilar
Kansas
Kentucky
William Goebel
Abraham Fisher
Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
A. J. Dissend
Bellevennon
Greensburg
Jacob Worst
Meadville
Kansas City
Cuba
Harvard University
Simon Adams
Columbus
St. Paul
Fischer
Scotch- Irish Society of America
Knoxville
Tenn
John McIntosh
Philadelphia
Edgar M. Levy
D. D
Biloxi
Miss
Askew
Russ
Winterstein
William L. Kendig
William M. Jacobs
Lancaster
Neely
New York
Washington
Morrow
United States Reirettiit Court
San Francisco
Summit
George E. McGarr
McGarr
Washington State Department
Hollis
al Laurenzo Marques
Pretoria
Theresa Tracey
Brooklyn
Margaret
Lawrence Ford
Fairview
Erie County
Tymbar
Lake Mohonk
George Harr
Boston
Lord Salisbury
Sharon
Pittsburg
A. J. Holmes
Towa
George J. Browne
American Bible Society
Matthew Clark
Daniel Halpin
Patrick Ryan
Long Island
Bryan
J. O. Donner
Sugar Trust
Ramseys
N. J
People of
Fort Monroe
Hampton Roads
Rebels Slain and Captured in Filipino American Action
Pursuit after scouts last week leaves over 260 Filipinos killed and 160 captured. American losses include nine killed and 22 wounded with one captured. Capture of 140 rifles and insurgent papers from General Pantaleon Garcia offer insights into Aguinaldo’s plans. Telegrams note actions on Romblon Tablas and Mascardo’s forces, with reports of refrained looting and potential surrender terms.
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Funston
Smith
Pantaleon Garcia
Aguinaldo
Manila
Malolos
Mascardo
Santo Tomas
Nueva Ecija
Work of This Congress Compared With Preceding Sessions
A summary shows this Congress ran 137 session days with 12 152 bills introduced and 1 215 public acts 932 private acts. The Record spans 7 081 pages, exceeding prior first sessions though days and acts totals vary. earlier peaks reached 10 630 bills and 723 acts.
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Conress
Moors Massing Near Figuig Threaten French Posts
Special dispatches from Algiers describe thousands of Moors massing at Figuig to attack French advance posts. French columns meet at Zoubia, endure heat and thirst, with hundreds of camels dead. French plan intrenchments and hope to repel the assault or strike at Figuig if needed.
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Algiers
Figuig
Zoubia
Ambush Wounds Officers and Men in Philippine Scouts
Capt. Frank F. Orenshaw of the Twenty-eighth Infantry led with 401 men near Taal when a guide induced an ambush. Orenshaw was head-wounded along with one private. ten enemies and three others were killed or wounded. Capt. Flint near Biacnabato Bulacan also lightly wounded with two privates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank F. Orenshaw
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Taal
Orenshaw
Flint
Biacnabato
Bulacan
Uprising in North Borneo Brings Heavy Casualties
A Victoria BC special reports from Ta buan that a renewed British clash in North Borneo left several Britons dead or wounded, Chinese residents killed, and the city environs largely destroyed, sparked by discontent with Chartered Company rule as refugees arrive from the east aboard the Empress of Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
North Borneo
Tabuan
Japan Will Fight Russia Says Admiral Freemantle
Admiral S. F. Freemantle, longtime head of the Indian and Chinese squadrons, arrived in Vancouver after a tour of the Orient and predicted that Japan and Russia would fight. He asserted Japan would never back down, the ministry could not yield to Russia, and Korea should belong to Japan, with the Japanese ready to fight for it.
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Vancouver
B. C
Japan
Russia
Korea
Ill and exhausted Thirty-third Regiment returns to Candon
Dispatch from Candon dated June reports Major P. C. Marchs men of the Thirty third regt returning by steamer from Apat ri. Most are thin and weak after a 250 mile mountain trek marked by hunger and disease. Only 13 of 50 horses survived. others died or were lost along the way. The battalion nearly collapsed at Plat, 30 miles from Tuguearao, from fevers and exhaustion. Eighty seven men were carried to Tuguearao. some died en route and others were aided by Igarottis.
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Candon
P. C. March
Apatri
Plat
Tuguearao
Piat
Aguinaldo
Sagat
Boxers labeled scum by missionary observer in London
Rev. Mr. Sowerby, 20 years in China, reports from London on the Boxers. He says they lack organization, have no official leadership, and now wield modern weapons likely supplied by the imperial family. The dowager empress fends off reform and opposes foreigners, risking disaster to missions if Boxers reach Peking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sowerby
China
London
Pao Ting Fu
Tung
Kia Chow
Peking
Corpse Exhibit Brings Uproar At Williamsport Opera House
Ten cent admission drew crowds to see William Hummel, hanged at 10:58 AM in Williamsport Pa. The embalmed body was shown at Lycoming Opera House under manager Bubb at 3:30 PM with a rope around the neck for realism. Police ordered the exhibit halted after mayor and solicitor consulted. Remains to be buried at the murder scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hummel
Williamsport
Bubb
Lycoming Opera House
Hummel
Opera House
Williams
Reardon
New Machine Gun Invented by Clarinda Boy Toll
Herman H Toll of Clarinda Iowa has built a compound machine gun from 144 small bore rifles on a wagon carriage. Twelve tiers of twelve guns each are loaded fired and ejected by a single lever. Toll claims a mile range with bullets every two feet and a capacity of 8640 bullets per minute, far exceeding existing guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman H. Toll
Clarinda
Iowa
W. P. Hepburn
Pls
Toll
Moana Carries $730000 in Gold to United States
The British steamer Moana sails from Sydney loaded with 730000 dollars in gold destined for the United States. Rumors say Kumassi may have fallen to the Ashantis near the British-African coast. Milner warns miners to keep away from the Transvaal as delays loom at Cape ports.
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Moana
Sydney
United States
Djemile Sultana
Turkey
Constantinople
France
Sir Alfred Milner
Transvaal
Cape Ports
Accra
Frederick Hodgson
Kumassi
Prof. Metchnikoff
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
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Poklh
Ellsworth Pit
Rabat Chiat
Borneo
Major March
Shanes
Young
Cayagan Valley
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