Missionaries Slain Report From Tien Tsin News
London reports an alarming situation in China with 4000 allied troops defending Tien Tsin and 800 Americans said to be fighting there. Shanghai natives describe rampant Boxer violence in Pekin. Foreign ministers may be safe, with casualties among foreigners and possible Chinese mediation by Li Hung Chang.
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London
Pekin
Tien Tsin
China
Shanghai
Daily Express
Seymour
The
Reginald ‘Thomas Tower
Washington
Claude MacDonald
Claude
Vienna
Li Hung Chang
Europe
Sheng
Lord Roberts
Alarm over fate of missionaries in Tien-Tsin reported
A cable from Chefoo dated June 15 says Tien-Tsin was bombarded and Pekin is very serious. Brown Hopkins and King are saved. 24 other missionaries, including women from the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society, are feared killed by the Boxers. In Boston and New York reports, various mission societies and representatives are named with current status and background of Rev J H Roberts.
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New York
Leonard
Methodist Foreign Missionary Society
China
Chefoo
Tien-Tsin
Pekin
Hopkins
Brown
King
Boston
American Board
Stanley
Aiken
J. H. Roberts
Wilder
Mr. Roberts
Hartford
Conn
Yale
Yale Theological Seminary
Roberts
United States
Congregational Church
Woburn
London Society
China Inland Mission
Russia urged to join world in China crisis defense
In St. Petersburg on June 22 observers say Russia should align with other powers to confront the shared danger in China. They caution, however, that when China is settled Russia must protect its own interests which diverge from those of the others and may hinder a firm push to hostilities.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
China
Concerted Action Talks Stall Among Powers
Berlin reports no agreement yet among powers on concerted action toward China. A German squadron head at Taku notes a French officer says Tien Tsin was bombarded for three days and foreign detachment troops are short of ammunition. The Irene cruiser arrived with 240 marines to aid at Tien Tsin as rail service runs to within 15 kilometres of the city.
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Berlin
China
Associated Press
Taku
Tien Tisin
Irene
Tien Tsin
Hurricane Speed Electric Car Seeks 65 MPH Pace
A high power electric motor car was tested on the New Canaan branch of the Consolidated railroad near Stamford Connecticut. Officials say it can maintain about 65 miles per hour though curves limited full power. The 17 mile Providence to Fall River run is planned in 15 minutes.
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New Canaan
Consolidated Railroad
Providence
Fall River
Southern mill men pledge support for McKinley ticket
In Charlotte on June 22 business leaders including D W Oates of the First National Bank and Charlotte cotton mills president say the Philadelphia nominated ticket pleases them and they will back McKinley and Roosevelt. Oates notes he voted McKinley four years ago and will do so again, meeting former Democrats who will vote Republican this year. Many businessmen who did not vote in 1896 will also cast ballots for McKinley in November.
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Philadelphia
McKinley
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D. W. Oates
First National Bank
Repubblican National
Quebec tides harness plan for vast harbor power
Montreal June 22 Mr La Liberte chairman of the Quebec harbor commissioners has submitted a project to harness the tides in Quebec harbor to power grain elevators saw mills pulp mills and other industries. The tide range is 16 to 18 feet the largest in Canada outside St John N B. Plans to invite eminent engineers to study the question.
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la Liberte
Quebec Harbor
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Canada
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N.B
Admiral Witte Buys Island in Chester Basin Nova Scotia
June 22 report from Halifax says Mrs. Dewey has purchased an island at Chester Basin a favorite retreat for Americans. Earlier Col Bingham was noted as buying Big Fish Island for unknown parties and today dispatches say the colonel acts for Mrs Dewey who plans a summer residence on the island.
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N. S
Deweys
Nova Scotia
Iron Mountain Hold-Up Near Olla Result Of Train Robbery
South bound passenger train 221 was stopped by four bandits on the St Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railroad north of Olla Louisiana last night. Two men entered the express car and compelled Charles Fearn to surrender all valuables. The holdup yielded only thirty one dollars.
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Ark
St. Louis, Tron Mountain & Southern Railroad
Olla
Charles 2. Fearn
Destructive Fire in Pittsburg Business Centre
A June 22 blaze in Pittsburg Pennsylvania tore through the Eichbaum building at Fifth Avenue and caused extensive damage to adjacent structures. Banks, saloons, and offices burned as flames spread across Fifth Avenue, threatening a large square of the business district. Loss early estimates exceed 300000 dollars. fifty Duff’s college students on the fifth floor escaped with minor injuries and losses. The fire’s origin remains unknown.
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Diamond
Wood
Market Streets
Bichbaum
Duff's College
Holmes Electric Protective Company
Exchange National Bank
Hussey
Platt
A. M. Murdock
First National Bank
Eichbaum
Daytons riot at cigar and laundry plants by striking workers
In Dayton Ohio on June 22 a mob of striking cigar workers and laundry workers attacked non union staff. At the Troy laundry stones bricks and clubs were used injuring several. A D Miller was knocked senseless. At Schaeffer's cigar factory women replacing strikers were assaulted and stripped. police arrived at Weinrich's factory before major damage. Extra officers to guard factories.
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Dayton
St. Louis
Troy Laundry
A. D.miller
Schaeffer’s
Weinrich
Schaeffer
Quiet Day in St Louis as Transit Strike Eases
St Louis residents report a peaceful scene with trams running on all divisions and no violence by night. Police note no incidents, while Ora Havill, a transit employee, is held on suspicion tied to recent dynamite explosions along transit lines. Havill is the son of Frank W Havill, once clerk of the Illinois fourth district appellate court, who faced embezzlement charges previously. The police board orders a 500 man posse reduction as measures ease.
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St. Louis
Ora Havill
Frank W. Havill
Appelate
Fourth District
Illinois
Chester
Board of Police Commissioners
Postleman
Real Romantic Dover Dressmaker Marries Man She Never Saw
A quiet Dover wedding joins Anna L. Place, a local dressmaker, to Dr. C. A. Zimmerman of Goshen Indiana. The couple met via a matrimonial paper, Zimmerman traveled from the west, the ceremony was held at the bride’s home with Rev. E. T. Gilman officiating, and they plan to move to Indiana.
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Dover
N. H
C. A. Zimmerman
Goshen
Ind
Anna L. Place
Argentine Minister to U. S. Hosts Reception for Sarmiento Officers
Dr. Wilde, Argentine minister to the United States, met at the State Department to arrange a presidential reception next week for the crew of the Argentine training ship Presidente Sarmiento which has arrived in New York after a world voyage.
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Washington
Dr. Wilde
United States
State Department
Presidente Sarmiento
New York
Grain Elevator Burned In Mondovi Fire
Mondovi Wisconsin June 22 The Northern Grain company elevator was burned last night resulting in an estimated loss of 60000 dollars partly insured Fire officials say the blaze caused extensive damage to the structure and its contents.
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Mondovi
Wis
Northern Grain Company
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purification
Bad blood breeds catarrh rheumatism and humors, which Hood's Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier, claims to cure. It also overcomes that tired feeling and loss of appetite.
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Hood
Steyn's Forces Draw Attention of Lord Roberts in Orange River
London dispatch reports Gen. Steyn's forces in the Orange River colony attracting Lord Roberts's focus, while commandant general Louis Botha and President Kruger see less attention. The Transvaal and Orange River colony are severed, with Standerton as the next target as Bulker advance nears. Kruger's sons, who surrendered to Baden-Powell, return home to farms. De Wet's farmhouses burned. Buller praises Strakhcona's horse. British artillery purchases total 40 Krupp batteries. President Kruger demands to stay in the country for peace. 5000 British wounded at Pretoria. Mrs Reitz and family aided by Dutch consul for Europe-bound travel.
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Steyn
Orange River Colony
Lord Roberts
Louis Botha
Kruger
Transvaal
Buller
Lord Dundonald
Standerton
Vaal
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Pretoria
de Wet
Strakhcona
British War Office
Krupp
Misled by Steyn Free Staters Say They Were Fooled
New York June 22 The Evening Sun prints an interview with a Free Stater in Cape Town whose two sons are prisoners of the British He says Steyn urged joining to destroy England capture Durban and Cape Town before reinforcements arrive He admits the plan failed and war would be renewed if independence returned He notes they trusted authorities who deceived them and now fear a renewed conflict and an awful war experience
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Evening Sun
Cape Town
Sta‘ter A
Transvaal
Steyn
England
Durban
Great Britain
Bealten
Troops Occupy Standerton After Bridge Bombed by Rebels
General Dundonald with the Third cavalry brigade occupied Standerton without opposition. The burghers fled after blowing up the railroad bridge and other damage. Infantry units covered 22 miles and camped at Kaatsbosch Spruit that night.
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Dundonald
Standerton
Burgers
Kaatsbosch Spruit
Duel Ends With Death Of Sanders And Dean In Huntsville
In Huntsville Alabama on Jefferson street two men died after a duel between David Sanders a saloon barkeeper and E E Dean a grocer. Sanders was shot three times two bullets through the bowels while Dean took a bullet to the back and near the heart. Dean claimed Mrs Dean was locked in a room above the saloon and Sanders denied it. Dean fired twice before Sanders drew his pistol. he collapsed in the street. Mrs Dean learned of her husband’s dying words that she caused all his troubles.
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Huntsville
Ala
David Sanders
W. F. Sturve
E. E. Dean
Jefferson — Street
Sanders
Dean
Lost in the Pacific Two Barks and a Schooner Meet Disaster
In San Francisco on June 22 reports say the British bark Hillston, sailing from Honolulu to Puget Sound in ballast on April 1, is missing. The Chilean bark Calbuco left Iquique with nitrate 209 days ago for Puget Sound in ballast and has not been heard. The four masted schooner American has 111 days elapsed since departure from Puget Sound for San Francisco, with 35 percent re insurance being paid.
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Hillston
Honolulu
Puget Sound
Calbuco
Iquique
Roberts Guilty in Utah Polygamy Case Faces No Appeal
Salt Lake City June 21 The jury in the B H Roberts case for unlawful cohabitation returned a guilty verdict. Roberts admitted entering a polygamous marriage with Maggie S B Shipp and living with her and his legal wife Sarah Louisa. He relies on a potential reversal by the supreme court on technical grounds.
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Salt Lake City
B. H. Roberts
Roberts
Maggie SB. Shipp
Ther
Sarah Louisa
Supreme Court
Berlin Wife Kills Four Children Then Commits Suicide
Berlin reports a mechanic Heinrich Schlewerk’s wife threw her four children from a fourth story window, killing them, before leaping to her death. Police say the mother will die.
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Berlin
Heinrich Schlewerk
Revolutionists Seize Bucaramanga Frontier Towns
On June 22 Caracas reports Colombian revolutionists occupy Bucaramanga near the Venezuelan frontier. Calcuta in Santander department also on the frontier remains in rebel hands.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Bucaramanga
Calcuta
Santander
Riot at Boston mine wounds two strikers in Wilkesbarre
Wilkesbarre witnesses a riot at the Boston mine as guards wound two strikers during an attempt by the colliery superintendent to run the mine with non union workers. The clash highlights labor tensions in the region.
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