Ambuscade near Tien Tsin claims American lives
Rear Admiral Kempfl reports on June 21 four Americans killed and seven wounded in an ambuscade between Pekin and Tien Tsin. No names released. Remey ordered from Manila to Taku to transport troops to MacArthur. Shanghai rumors warn of mass Chinese casualties.
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State Department
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Remey
Manila
Taku
Brooklyn
MacArthur
Shanghai
Macon
Southern Railway
McDonough
Chicago & Northwestern
Green Bay
Wis
Georgians invite President McKinley to Atlanta reunion
A party of distinguished Georgians called on President McKinley at Canton and invited him to visit Atlanta on July 20, the anniversary of the Battle of Peach Tree Creek, for the ex Union and ex Confederate veterans reunion.
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Wagainatua
McKinley
Atlanta
Peach Tree Creek
Cantun
Notable Departures for New York from Liverpool
GOING TO EUROPE, Loxpon, June 23. Among those who are to leave on the Oceanic from Liverpool, June 27 for New York, are Mrs. Mark Hanna and M. E. Ingalle, President of the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company.
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Loxpon
Liverpool
New York
Mark Hanna
M. E. Ingalle
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company
No word on China crisis from War and Navy departments
Washington reports no word on Chinese situation from the War and Navy Departments by noon. International forces in northern China face rising peril as Pekin remains unheard for two weeks, Seymour’s 2000 men last noted twelve days ago, and 3000 at Tien Tsin fought while a relief force was repelled toward Taku.
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Washington
War Or
Navy Departments
China
Kenney
Loxpor
A. U
Pekin
Seymour
Tien Tsin
Taku
Relief force sails for Pekin amid siege at Tien Tsin
Rear Admiral Bruce reports about 2,000 troops left Tien Tsin for Pekin but cannot reach the commander-in-chief who is cut off as Tien Tsin fights for its life. He sails a small coast steamer to Wei Hai Wei to establish a temporary base hospital and refugee asylum.
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London
Admiralty
Bruce
Taku
Chefu
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Wei Hai Wei
Former Indiana boy dies in China service
Sioux Falls reports Lieutenant John N Wright of the United States Marine Corps killed in China. Born 1870 in Logansport Indiana, he was a Cornell graduate who served in the Spanish American War with the Third U S Volunteer Cavalry and later the Fourth Immune Regiment. His mother resides in Washington DC.
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Sioux Fallis
John N. Wright
United States Marine Corps
China
Logansport
Ind
Cornell University
Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry
Melvin Grigsby
Cowboy
Immune
Cuba
Thirtieth
United States Volunteer Infantry
Marine Corps
Washington, D. C
Paris Telegrams On Pekin Exiles Safe And Preparing To Leave
The French Consular General at Shanghai reported that on Tuesday June 19 the Chinese Minister of Railroads and Telegraphs informed him all foreign ministers and foreigners in Pekin were safe and preparing to depart with the Chinese government's authority.
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Paris
Shanghai
Pekin
Bombardment of Tien Tsin reported with foreign relief paths
A Foo dispatch says Chinese forces bombarded Tien Tsin burning mission buildings and destroying the native city as 160 are dead. Refugees arrive from Tongshan while Che Foo area promises protection for Europeans and Americans. Russian help averted a feared massacre.
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New York
Journal and Advertiser
Foo
Tien Tsin
Taku
Che Foo
Tongshan
Kinder and Parsons
Parsons
Pie Tai Bo
China
Shanting Province
T'sunanfu
Admiral Kempff
Fowler
Nashville
Yorktown
MacArthur Replies to Filipino Leaders on Peace Proposals
General MacArthur in Manila on June 24 addressed peace proposals from Filipino leaders and an insurgent meeting. He guaranteed personal rights under the United States Constitution except for jury trial and bearing arms.
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Manila
MacArthur
Government to Seek Neely Removal to Havana
Assistant U. S. District Attorney Baldwin stated the government will soon move to remove Neely to Havana under special extradition.
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New York
U. S
Baldwin
Neely
Havana
Democratic vice presidential preferences for Bryan in doubtful states
A World survey of 35 Democratic officials lists David B Hill and Rear Admiral Schley among proposed running mates for Bryan. Other names include Charles A Towne, Carter Harrison, Gen Fitzhugh Lee, Admiral George Dewey, and George Fred Williams, with some undecided.
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New York
Bryan
David B. Hill
New Yorker
Schley
Shiveley
Charles A. Towne
Carter H. Harrison
Fitzhugh Lee
George Dewey
George Fred Williams
Wheeler assumes command in Department of the Lakes
Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler takes over the Department of the Lakes today relieving General James Wade who returns to St Paul to lead the Department of the Dakotas Wheeler plans to stay in Chicago until September 18 when he reaches age limit and must retire from active service.
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Curcaco
Joseph Wheeler
Department of the Lakes
James Wade
St. Paul
Department of the Dakotas
Wheeler
Chicago
Flood Tide Destroys Crops and Bridges in Georgia
Macon Ga June 25 Ocmulgee River at flood tide far above danger line. Streams statewide report flood damage to fruit crops bridges and farm buildings. Cotton crops also injured.
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Macon
Ocmulgee
Repulse of relief column at Tien Tsin noted by London dispatch
A London despatch confirms the repulse of the relief column attempting to enter Tien Tsin on Friday. The foreign settlement at Tien Tsin is said to have suffered extensive destruction and Europeans are reported fighting hard. No clear word on Russians or Americans being cut to pieces.
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New York
Tribune
London
Navy Department
Washington
Tien Tsin
British force drives Boers near Wynberg with no casualties
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts indicating Clements engaged a Boer force near Wynberg while gathering supplies and heavy guns. The action pushed the enemy north of Sandspruit with no casualties. Clements plans to join columns from Lindley Heilbron and Heideburg.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Clements
Wynberg
Lindley
Heilborn
Heideburg
Sandspruit
Labor College Likely to Be Endowed in New York
New York likely to host an American labor college funded by British workers with plans outlined July 8 by British delegates W Bowerman and James Sexton to union presidents and secretaries in the city.
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New York
Labor College In
America
St. Louis
W. ©. Bowerman
James Sexton
Roosevelt to Await Nomination News Until July 12
Vice Chairman Payne met Governor Roosevelt at the Roosevelts home at noon and a conference followed. Roosevelt declared he would not discuss any campaign plan publicly until after July 12 when he would be formally notified of his nomination for Vice-President.
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New York
Payne
Roosevelt
Grand Jury Dismisses Conspiracy Cases In Ice Co Probe
New York June 23 Grand Jury reports to Judge McMahon dismissing conspiracy charges against American Ice Co officers. Curacao June 25 fire and water cause $60,000 damage to two State street buildings. American Restaurant suffers $10,000 of the loss.
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New York
Grand Jury Today
McMahon
American Ice Co
State Street
Golf Championship Opens at Garden City June 25
New York reports the six day amateur golf championship of the United States will start at Garden City hals next week. Entries for the major event close today as players prepare for the national title competition.
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New York
United States
Garden City
Prohibition Convention Delegates Gather at Armory
Prohibitionists begin arriving for the National Convention to be held Wednesday and Thursday at the First Regiment Armory. The State Convention meets tomorrow at the same venue with red, white and blue decorations. Most delegates are expected to arrive by tonight.
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CuicaGco
Prohibitioniata
Daily Trains on the Pennsylvania Line Schedule
Madison departures at 7:00 A M and 2:15 P M. arrivals Madison 11:40 A M and 6:55 P M. Sunpar train arrives 10:40 A M and leaves 6:00 P M.
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Madison
Route across Darien Isthmus Seen Practicable Says Yard Experts
Boston authorities at the navy yard following surveys for the canal across the isthmus of Darien, conducted in 1870 and 1871 and recently confirmed, believe a passage from Caledonia Bay to San Miguel Bay is not impracticable nor doubtful.
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Boston
Boston Navy Yard
Darien
Caledonia Bay
San Miguel Bay
Martin J. Rus sell dies at Mackinac Island editor of Chicago Chronicle
Martin J. Rus sell, proprietor and editor of the Chicago Chronicle, died at Mackinac Island after a long illness. The news comes from Curiaco with the cause listed as a complication of diseases. His death marks a significant loss for the Chicago newspaper scene.
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Curiaco
Martin J. Russell
The
Chicago Chronicle
Mackinac Island
Assassination of Emissary in Canton Shocks Vancouver Report
The Tartar arrives with four hundred Japanese immigrants. Liew Hsiushun, Empress Dowager's secret envoy to Japan, is shot in the abdomen as he lands in Canton. He dies from his wounds after the attacker's party scatters Mexican dollars to the crowd. Lieu, once Li Hongchang's favorite aide, had twenty Chinese soldiers with him and faced ten prior assassination attempts amid Boxer-related tensions. He was reportedly bound for Japan on a secret mission when killed.
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Whitley County
John Engle
Cooke Cox
Cox
Engle
Cedar Rapids
Charles Mefford
Crescent Springs
Patrick Owens
Santiago
Boston
Harvard University
Kruger
South Africa
Cuicago
the Tribune
Vancouver
B. B
Orient
Liew Hsiushun
Japan
Canton
Lieu
Li Rung Chang
Derailed Electric Cars Injure Four in Cuicano
A Sunday Evanston line derailment left four people seriously injured and several hundred passengers jolted. Injured include Mrs. Applequist with bruises to body and face, Mrs. Bockine with internal injuries, S. Eagerson with facial lacerations and shoulder bruising, and four year old Walter Schalk with a broken collar bone.
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Cuicano
Evanston
John Applequist
M. B. Bockine
S. Eagerson
Walter Schalk
Fiendish burglary endangers mother and infant in city home
In San Francisco a burglar entered the Cederberg residence while the family was away. He bound nurse Lillias Ross to a bed with a baby nearby, robbed the house of $120 in gold and jewelry, poured coal oil on the floor, and set it afire. Neighbors stopped the blaze before flames consumed the woman and child.
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San Francisco
E. 8. Cederberg
Lillias Ross
Yaqui War Decline Reported With Still Hidden Bands
H F Gill of Philadelphia reports Yaqui Indians have largely abandoned warfare though several hundred remain hidden in the mountains. A raiding party near Tomachbio on Friday killed two cowboys, wounded several others and a woman before being driven off after a hard fight.
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Puernix
Ariz
H. F. Gill
Philadelphia
Mexico
Tomachbio
Democrats aim to press Beckham for extra session
Democratic leaders announce the State Convention at Lexington on July 19 will pass a resolution urging Governor Beckham to call an extra legislative session to modify the Goebel election law for the November election.
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Frankfort
Lexington
Beckham
Boers Hold Prisoners on Delagoa Bay Line
The Tribune's London correspondent reports 1 350 Boers prisoners on the Delagoa Bay line and about 800 in the Orange River colony after captures at the Rhenoster River. Lords Leitrim and Ennis Moore are among the captured in the Millionaires Battalion.
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New York
the Tribune
London
Delagoa Bay
Orange River Colony
Rhenoster River
Leitrim
Ennis Moore
Millionaires’ Battalion
Navy approves names for new battleships and armored cruisers
The Navy authorized the names for upcoming ships including battleships Virginia Rhode Island Maryland Colorado and South Dakota and armored cruisers St. Louis Milwaukee and Charleston.
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Washington
Virginia
Rhode Island
Maryland
Colorado
South Dakota
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Charleston
Harrison rules out Governor nomination after New York trip
Chicago Mayor Harrison, back from New York where his brother Wm. Preston Harrison underwent appendicitis surgery, said he would not accept or even pursue the Governor nomination under present circumstances.
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Chicago
Harrison
New York
Preston Harrison
Steel plant reopens after weeklong closure
The big steel plant here has resumed operations with full force after a week of closure, signaling a return to normal production at the site.
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CoLumnus
Market roundup shows mixed grains and livestock readings
Curiaco lists cattle at 500 570 with 21 000 receipts and hogs 40 000 lower at 50 535. Cincinnati notes hogs active at 480 545 and cattle dull at 325 510, with sheep and lambs steady or lower. CuHicano reports wheat 8c corn 4?1 oats 25i pork 1232 lard 6 873 ribs 695 697. New York eggs dull at 14c. Totepo and Topeka report varied grain prices.
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Curiaco
Cincinnati
CuHicano
New York
Totepo
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