Tragic Hoboken Ship Fire Claims Many Lives
Eyewitness accounts recount the blaze aboard the Saale and BrE Kaiser Wilhelm in Hoboken on Saturday. Rescue efforts amid flames and port holes reveal hundreds feared dead as ships, crews, and witnesses describe frantic attempts to save passengers and the priest granting absolution as the sea claimed the vessels.
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Hoboken
Jersey City
Saale
Maine
Brees
Admiral Dewey
Heste
Childr
Usaal
van Wyck
North German Lloyd losses mount to millions in harbor fire
A conservative estimate places total property loss under ten million dollars with three docks of the North German Lloyd line destroyed and piers of others burned. Warehouses on Palmer Campbell Street and several adjacent houses suffered severe damage. Vessel values include Main at 1.5 million cost with 1.2 million loss to vessel and 400 thousand fittings, Bremen at 1.25 million with 300 thousand fittings, Saabe at 1.25 million with 300 thousand fittings and 800 thousand vessel loss, and Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse at 25 thousand.
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Lloyd Line
Palmer Campbell
North German Lloyd Line
Campbell
Steamship Main
North German
Bremen
Saabe
North German Lloyd Company
Oregon Not In Peril As Kempff Sends Naval Aid
Washington July 2 Kempff cables that the Oregon is not in a dangerous position and that he has sent three navy vessels to her assistance.
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Washington, D. C
Kempff
Oregon
Pennsylvania an Easy Winner in Four Oared Race
The Pennsylvania team led the morning event with an easy win in the four oared race. Columbia finished second and Cornell took third place.
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Pennsylvania
Poughkeepsie
Columbia
Cornell
Charred Remains Found on Steamer Maine
Charred bones believed to be four bodies were found in the state room on the Maine's upper deck this morning in Weehawken New Jersey. The discovery followed a fire that left the vessel damaged and authorities investigating the cause.
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Weehawken
N. J
Maine
Missionaries Pressed as Americans Urged to Leave Chee Foo
Chee Foo July 2. Missionaries move toward the coast from northern provinces. A steamer arrived with 73, 33 Americans aboard. The consuls urge all Americans to depart Chee Foo immediately on a merchant steamer.
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Chee Foo
Coal firm noncompliance risks 20000 mines in Altoona area
Altoona reports the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Corporation failed to meet parts of the Altoona scale. This noncompliance threatens a shutdown affecting about 20,000 mines in the Cam ra and Jefferson fields starting July 1.
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Altoona
Rochester and
Pittsburgh Coal Corporation
Camra
Jefferson Fields
Germans Mourn as Pekin Minister Murdered June Eighteenth
Cable reports from Chefoo, Shanghai and Washington describe the murder of German minister Baron von Ketteler in Pekin on June 18 by native troops. Diplomatic legations shelter at the British mission as anti foreign sentiment surges in Peking. Dispatches note destruction of legation buildings, refugee ministers, and calls for action from foreign powers.
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Shanghai
Chefoo
Baron von Ketteler
Peking
Yung Lu
Rome
Elba
Taku
Legation
England
France
Germany
Washington
Washinon
Hay
United States
Goodnow
Baro von Ketteler
Jame
de Gation
Chile
Washington Official Hopeful on Foreign Relief Efforts
Dispatches from Shanghai July 2 report cautious optimism among U S officials as a sputtering relief effort to Peking is planned despite doubts over force strength. The Dowager Empress and Yu Ngleung sought to shield foreigners until June 20 when Prince Tuan seized power, triggering renewed attacks on legations.
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Peking
Tuan
State Department
Department
United States
Taka
Kempff
Ashoe
Taku
Tien Suin
Shanghai
Yu Ng Lung
Pekin
Jue
Besieged Legations Report From Pekin Amid Desperate Conditions
A Pekin dispatch says the legations are besieged with provisions nearly exhausted. The Chinese forces have burned the American, Italian and Dutch legations. About 20 000 soldiers inside Pekin and 30 000 outside, with 3000 heading for Tien Tsin. fighting continues at Tien Tsun.
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Washington
Kempff
Chee Foo
Pekin
Tsung Li
Yamen
Tien Tsin
New Through Train to Run Chicago to Lane 2,577 Miles
The Atchison daily schedule announces a new through train from Chicago to Lane covering 2,577 miles with no changes. It would become the longest through run in the United States, surpassing the Canadian Pacific Montreal to Vancouver 2,906 mile route and other long legs such as Northern Pacific St. Louis to Portland 2,374 and Southern Pacific Sunset Limited New Orleans to San Francisco 2,489 miles.
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Chicago
Atchison
Lan Ae
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Vancouver
Northern Pacific
St. Louis
Portland
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
San Fransico
United States
Refuses to Change Plan Drives 16 to 1 Platform Fight
In Lincoln after midnight the National Democratic Committee Treasurer Dunlap urged Bryan ally Hill to give up the sixteen to one proposal. The platform, authored by Bryan, opposes imperialism and supports direct legislation, federal action against corporate stock watering, a constitutional amendment, direct election of senators, and labor arbitration. Militarism is denounced and a Nicaraguan canal is called for. government injunctions are opposed and the income tax favored. Kansas City delegates fear a major clash over the silver plank as the conventi on opens.
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Lincoln
Neb
National Democratic Committee
Dunlap
Illinois
Bryan
Hill
Chicago
Supreme Court
Kansas City
Othg
Showers and Thunderstorms Hit Chicago Area
United States Weather Bureau brief notes showers and thunderstorms across Chicago with indications for Iowa. Tonight cooler conditions expected with a chance of showers and thunderstorms continuing into Tuesday.
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Chicago
Iowa
Tremendous Ovation for Roosevelt in Kansas City
Ten thousand people in Kansas City greet Roosevelt as he travels to Oklahoma. He arrives late after a crowded, humid morning with many women fainting. a large crowd lines the route and cheers thunderously.
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Kansas City
Roosevelt
Okla‘homa
Rough
Sli
Vic Bers
Furaton
Cheap Colorado Excursions From Iowa Central Ry
On July 9 17 and August 1 1900 the Iowa Central Ry will sell round trip excursion tickets to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City Aden Utah and to points in South and Wyoming at one fare plus two dollars no return until October 31 1900 The line passes through interesting territory Ask ticket agents for full particulars or address Geo S Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa
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Iowa Central Ry
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Glenwood Springs
City garbage disposal plan takes effect tomorrow
Washington officials announce a five year contract for garbage and refuse disposal with $115,000 allocated for the coming fiscal year. All waste must be treated by reduction or consumption and no refuse may be dumped into the Potomac River.
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Washington, D. C
Potomac River
Sioux Brule Tribe Offers Land to Start Ranching
The Lower Brule Sioux tribe proposes selling two sections of tribal land west of the Missouri near Chamberlain to raise funds for cattle. They plan to spend the proceeds on 2,000 heifers and 80 graded bulls and to fence the reservation.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Missouri
Chamberlain
S. C
Dual Team Games Set Between St Joseph A C and Knickerbocker A C
Boston on June 30 hosts a dual meet between St Joseph A C and Knickerbocker A C. Each club fields ten athletes in events spanning 100 440 and 880 yards one mile 120 yard hurdles running and standing jumps shot put and pole vault.
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Boston
St. Joseph A. C
Knickerbocker A. C
Railway Manager Retires in New York
James G. Metcalf, general manager of the Lewisville National Railway, retired today in New York.
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New York
James G. Metcalf
Lewisville National Railway
Lovely Weather Sparks Siesta Daydreams
A concise note about hot conditions and a refreshing breeze that invites relaxation beneath a hammock and a tree, capturing a moment of pleasant but brief respite from heat.
Special Chicago to Denver Train Run For Seasonal Trips
A limited round trip special from Chicago to Denver via Omaha departs at 4 p.m. with a West Liberty stop at 10 47 p.m. and connects with the Branch train, arriving in Denver by 9 August. Rock Island offers one fare plus $2 for round trips to Denver Pueblo Salt Lake City and Ogden with a 1900 return limit and through connections on specified June and July dates.
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Colorado Springs
Puebla
Colo
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Utah
Chicago
Omaha
Westiberty
Rock Island
Colorado Pueblo
Salt Lake
den Utah
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