China Invaded as Foreign Force Lands at Pekin Gate
Seven American officers and 56 men join across the Pacific contingent with five quick firing guns. Russians, Japanese, British, Italians, French, and German officers and troops deploy toward Pekin amid reports of armed intervention by the powers. The Tsung-li-Yamen agrees to allow guards to land to protect legations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Tsung-li-Yamen
Tsungli-Yamen
Ah Sin
Tien-Tsin
Peking
Wall
Germany
Berlin
China
Foreign Office
Tsing Tau
Taku
United States
Russia
Memorial Day monument shattered by lightning in Byron Illinois
Lightning struck the white marble monument in Byron Illinois the first post Civil War soldier’s monument. A large waist and capstone were driven apart by the strike while the eagle statue remained intact. Crowds had retreated to Gill's hall during a thunderstorm that followed the roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron, Lis
Byron
Illinois
Gill's Hall
State livestock sanitary commission to investigate glanders cases
Hallsdale Michigan June 1 the state livestock sanitary commission notified to come and investigate glanders cases. Local authorities declare the trouble glanders beyond doubt. Bourbon Indiana June 1 George Robbins formerly driven to dementia by Spanish American War excitement is dead. He was very wealthy and had few heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallsdale
Mich
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
Bourbon, Ind
George Robbins
Who Is This Person Peck The Senate Deductions Questioned
The senate debated the Paris exposition expenses of Commissioner General Peck noting $400,000 spent and asking what happened to the funds while Stewart of Nevada pressed for detailed accounting. A related Brillion Wis report said six were killed in a dynamite blast at William Broehm’s home, with cause unknown, suspected overheat near a stove.
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Washington
Senate
General Peck
Peck
Stewart
Nevada
Jones
Arkansas
Congress
Milwauke
Wis
Brillion
Wiliam Broehm
Vorest Junction
William Broehm
Broehim
Will Prosecute Gohier First Move by New French War Minister
Paris June 1 The new French minister of war General Andre orders the prosecution of the Dreyfusard paper The Aurora for an Urbain Gohier article attacking the staff over the Captain Fritsch affair. Gohier, author of The Army Against the Nation, faces action urged by Justice Minister Monis at the cabinet council.
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Aris
General Andre
War Office
Dreyfusard
the Aurora
Urbain Gohier
Captain Fritsch
M. Gohair
Trea
M. Gohier
Andre
M. Monis
Memorial Day Service Attacks McGlynn Supporters
In New York on Memorial Day the graveside service for Father McGlynn drew about 5000 mourners who cheered as clergy denounced the church for disciplining the priest over his economic theories. Flowers covered the gravesite and offerings came in from many supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Father McGlynn
K. L. Burtsell
McGlynn
Dr. McGlynn
Johannesburg Captured as British Seize Pretoria Capital
Cape Town dispatch reports Lord Roberts occupying Johannesburg with the British flag flying over government buildings. Reports say Kruger and cabinet departed Pretoria. Boers retreat east toward Lydenburg, with about 20,000 in resistance and rumors of a possible stand near Germiston.
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London
Lord Cecil Manners
Duke of Rutland
Lord Roberts
Cape Town
Rundie
Senekal
Johannesburg
Maesty
Pretoria
War Office
Kruger
Lourenzo Marques
Smuts
Middleburg
Lydenburg
Laing
Nek
Germiston
M. H. Donohoe
Daily Chronicle
Arnold's Son Fights Extradition In Embezzlement Case
Julian B. Arnold son of Sir Edwin Arnold who was jailed in San Francisco on an embezzlement charge has chosen to contest extradition his lawyers have begun court steps in the United States reports indicate creditors pressure his father to cover his son’s debts. In Indianapolis heavy rain and a Fontanet washout disrupted trains and damaged crops while in New York Justice Andrews dissolved a sweeping injunction on the Cigar Makers union ending its ban on strike benefits and contributions to families of striking workers.
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San Francisco
Julian B. Arnold
Edwin Arnold
England
Arnold
Indianapolis
Ind
Fontenet
Vigo County
Knickerbocker
New York
Northern Pacific Express Office Robbed of 5300 Cash and Tickets
Miles City Montana June 1 The Northern Pacific Express office was robbed yesterday of a 5000 package and 300 received for the sale of tickets Fred Morrow night operator acted for Station Agent Gipson Money was taken during Morrow's absence in the incident authorities search for clues and a possible suspect
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Mont
Northern Pacific Express
Fred Morrow
Gipson
Morrow
British seize Heidelburg on rail line frontier
Cape Town reports that British forces occupy Heidelburg a key junction on the railway linking Johannesburg with the Transvaal frontier near Volks on the Natal frontier by Laings Nek.
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Cape Town
Heidelburg
Johannesburg
Transvaal
Volks
Natal
Laings Nek
Summer Schedule of Street Car Services
The schedule lists running times for South Muscatine, Park Place, Fair Grounds, Cemetery, and general office departures. Morning first cars start at 5 50 and 6 00 with 20 minute intervals through late evening, plus a separate set from the office starting 8 00 and continuing at half hour then every 20 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Muscatine
Park Place
Fair Grounds
Wilton Muscatine Rail Schedule Excerpt Detailed
Train times for the Montezuma route and Wilton Muscatine main line listed passenger and freight departures and arrivals. Eastbound westbound services, with noconsolidated times, include daily schedules, Sunday exceptions, and Branson Dalby notes.
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Montezuma
Somedale
Wilton
Dalby
Lanngam
Davenport Clinton R R Time Table Opens New Route
The Rock Island Davenport Clinton line offers improved links for Muscatine citizens to reach points north of Rock Island and Davenport. Through trains run both directions with specific station times and notes that trains 15 and 16 are freights without passenger service. A daily through sleeper car operates from Rock Island and Davenport to Chicago via Clinton and C N W R R.
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Chicago
Denver
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Suna
Evans
Washington
M. S
Grandview
Walle
Buington
Burlington
Muscatine
Iowa Central
Rock Island
Davenport
Clinton
Harrison St
Camanche
Folletts
Princeton
Ihead
Valley City
Gilbert
Coos
LeClaire
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Cascarets
Fred Wartman
Germantown Ave
Philadelphia
Gripe, LLC
Sterling Remedy Company
Montreal
Ottie Snyder
West Front St
Teri
Prasghs College
Fairfield
Iowa
S. G. Stein
Muscatine Savings Bank
First National Bank
J Carskaddan
J. B. Dougherty
Chas. Page
Hershey State Bank
Sara Hershey Eddy
Mira Hershey
P. W. Francis
Henry Jayne
L. G. Burnett
D. V. Jackson
M. Hughes
G Stein
J. 8. Dougherty
Chas Page
J. Carskaddan
F. P. Sawyer S. M. Hughes
Foreign Exchange
Cook, Musser & CO State Bank and Trust Co
Banking and Exchange
Cor
Iowa Ave
Second St
Uncle Sam
The
Daily Mail
Vention
Freak OF the
Gomez
Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Maximo Gomez
Santo Domingo
Havana
Texas
Dallas
Tex
Waco
Bastrop
Trinity
Caracas
Venezuela
Davila
Hernandez
Tierra Negra
PES Dinand
W. Peck
Gohier
Zanesville
James Finnegan
Perry County
Fort Scott
Kan
Timothy Neonan
Nina Baker
Northcott
W. A. Northcott
Woodmen of America
Duke
South Africa
Rundle
Sir Edwin Arnold
Indiana
Street Car Company
Louisville
Nashville
Great Central Southern Trunk Line
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Adress
R. J. Wemyss
General Immigration and Industrial Agt
Louisville, KY
Richard Himself
E. L. Dieman
Toba
Patie
Sieking Remedy Co
Seu
Iowa Avenue
Journal Office
Traveler’s Guide
Muscatine Division
L & P. Railroad
Deio
Nolte
Muscatine N. & S
Clinton R. R
Davenport, Rock Island and
Northwestern
R. R. Co
E. P. Day’s
Second Street
Wittich Bros
Muscatine, Iowa
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