Foreign Legations Expelled and Pekin Relief in Sight
Washington reports a Chefoo cable from June 27 saying Pekin force and ministers are entrenched eight miles from Tien-Tsin as a relief expedition nears. British consul Hart notes Pekin ministers urged to leave within 24 hours. Seymour relief brigade likely saved him though Chefoo not yet informed. Admiral Seymour relieved. Russians suffer large losses. 60,000 troops possible within a month with Japanese reinforcements. Chinese minister reports ministers to leave Peking for Tien-Tsin with guards.
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Washington
Navy Department
Chefoo
Pekin
Tien-Tsin
London
Foreign Office
W. RK. Carles
Hart
Sir Robert Hart
Seymour
Admiral Seymour
Taku
Territe
Samart John Bailieck
Tein-Tsin
Japan
Tsung-Li-Ramen
Peking
Paris
Shanghai
Chee Foo
Tien Tsin
Col. Schirinsky
Tien Tsien
Berlin
Bendenmann
National Prohibitionists Name Presidential Candidate Rivalry
The National Prohibition convention in Chicago opens a heated session as John G. Wooley of Chicago and Dr. Silas C. Swallow of Pennsylvania vie for the presidential nomination. Nominations by Hale Johnson of Illinois and other delegates trigger clashes and adjournment battles amid a vigorous crowd and factional tension.
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Journal
Chicago
Stewart
Arkansas
Ilinois
Oliver W. Stewart
John G. Wooley
McKinley
Bryan
Gere
Champaign
Ill
Hale Johnson
Newton
Prohibition Party
Homer Castle
Pennsylvania
Silas C. Swallow
Swallow
Wolfenbarger
F. F E. Carr
Minois
Wooley
Black Hills athletic clubs stage field day in Sturgis
Sturgis South Dakota hosts a Black Hills field day featuring diverse events. Clubs from the region compete in foot races bicycle races hurdle events pole vault hammer throwing and other field sports throughout the day.
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Sturgis
S. D
Black Hills
Express Messenger Finley Found Dead In Express Car
William J. Finley, 40, an express messenger for the Milwaukee line, was found dead at his desk in an express car near Cedar Rapids. Officials say the wound on his head and a revolver nearby suggest accidental discharge while organizing his desk. no evidence of a struggle or suicide motive is found.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
William J. Finley
Express
Calmar
Milwaukee
Finley
Stranger Case Near Davenport Involving Miss Marion Bybee
A mentally deranged young woman calling herself Marion Bybee of Frisco is cared for by area farmers near Davenport Iowa. She says she left Frisco to visit friends in New York and walked twenty miles from Clinton before starting back. A will among her papers names Marion as a beneficiary for a large sum of money.
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Journal
Davenport
Iowa
Marion Bybee
Frisco
New York
Clinton
Marion
Yale Wins Boat Race In New London Freshmen Triumph
Under cloudy skies Yale edged Harvard by six lengths to win the twenty second annual race in New London. A freshmen contest preceded the main event with Harvard taking the freshmen win by four lengths.
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New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Severe hail storm devastates crops in Marshalltown area
Marshalltown Iowa June 27 a severe hail storm near Hubbard destroyed crops along a two mile wide path stretching miles. A barn owned by I O Bowen near Garwin was struck by lightning and burned with a thoroughbred stallion and other stock perished.
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the Journal
Marshalltown
Iowa
Hubbard
I. O. Bowen
Garwin
Moonlight excursion notice for girls and boys
A reminder announces a grand moon light excursion for girls to remind the boys. The event is scheduled for Monday evening, July 2.
Where His Family Were
A humorous exchange shows a beggar claiming a wife and six children are elsewhere. The judge quips that his boys study at Harvard, daughters at Vassar, and his wife travels to Paris for an exposure.
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Harvard
Vassar
Paris
Sulzer and Croker Headed for Lincoln Meeting Before Kansas City
Rep Sulzer and Richard Croker and ex-Senator E G Murphy will confer with William J Bryan in Lincoln before attending the national convention in Kansas City. Sterling Price opens headquarters in Texas. Sulzer plans to join Bryan on the ticket.
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Kansas City
Sulzer
Richard Croker
E. G. Murphy
New York
Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Sterling Price
Croker
Murphy
Nebraska
Bryan
O'Connell
Sons of Liberty
Fred Fiegl
The
Tammany Times
Democratic state ticket named and platform adopted in Springfield
The Democratic ticket was completed including Governor Samuel Alschu ler and Elmer E. Perry as lieutenant governor with a range of other officials. Mayor Harrison read the platform, which endorses the national platform of 1806, condemns the current administration over Boer War policy, calls for home rule in Cuba and the Philippines, opposes trusts and tariffs, supports an American interoceanic canal and public ownership of monopolies, and favors initiative and referendum.
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Bryan
Kansas City
John Hi. Dullard
Chicago
Democratic State Central Committee
Walter Watson
Mount Vernon
Adlai EK. Stevenson
Altgeld
Springfield
Ills
Samuel Alschuler
Aurora
Elmer E. Perry
Mount Sterling
Thomas FE. O' Donnell
Bloomington
George B. Parson
Shawneetown
Millard F. Dunlap
Jacksonville
James Todd
University of Illinois
Joseph Schwartz
Marion County
Charles Bliss
Hillsboro
Julia Holmes Smith
Harrison
England
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
United States
Ment
Tanner
Convention fails to nominate as six men vie for Michigan governorship
Kalamazoo and Detroit report the Michigan Republican convention adjourned after ten ballots with no nominee. Bliss, Ferry, Stearns lead early. Ferry gains as Bliss falls. A 2 pm adjournment sets the stage for further ballots while endorsing McKinley policies. Des Moines hosts state committee plans for August 1 convention readiness. Detroit notes Democratic vice presidency chatter around Cam pau. Louisiana reports a pistol duel at Mayer hotel leaves two men wounded and a bystander leg bullet.
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Gand Rapids
Mich
A. T. Bliss
Saginaw
Dexter M. Ferry
Detroit
Justus
Stearns
Ludington
Chase
Osborne
Upper Peninsula
James O'Donnell
Jackson
Mile
Campbell
Coldwater
Bliss
Ferry
Perry
Gerrit J. Diekman
Holland
State Central
Daniel BP. Markey
Port Huron
Congress
Philadelphia
Daniel J. Campau
Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee
Kansas City
Campau
Connecticut Masonic Veterans Meet in Norwich
The thirteenth annual meeting of the Masonic Veterans Association of Connecticut is held in Norwich with members from across the state. The association restricts membership to Masons with twenty five years of service, though the meeting is open to all Masons.
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Norwich
Conn
The
Masonic Veterans’ Association of Connecticut
of the Association
Minnesota Methodists State Camp Meeting Opens
St Paul Minnesota June 28 The Methodists annual State Camp meeting began here today as a weeklong gathering with religious services and communal activities.
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St. Paul, Minn
The
Methodists
Prospects Brighten as Strike Lockout Nears End
Chicago June 28 The backbone of the building trades strike is broken with 50 000 idle workers near return to work The Bricklayers and Stonemasons union voted to withdraw from the Building Trades Council and sign a working agreement with the Masons and Builders association Others in line to follow and ruling bodies claim the council will not be dissolved
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Chicago
Bricklayers and Stonemasons’ Union
Building Trades
Building Trades’ Council
Bricklayers
Chicago Mason and Builders’ Association
Bricklayers’ Union
Ie Union
Trades’ Council
Bricklayers’ and Stonemasons
Masons and Builders’ Association
Building Trees’ Council
British Forces Suffer Casualties at Tien Tsin
In a Commons telegraph from Tien Tsin dated June 24, Seymour seized a small arsenal north of the city and faced bombardment by Chinese guns. Allies report forty killed and seventy wounded. British casualties include three killed, four wounded, fifty missing, among them six officers. Damage to Tien Tsin was minor except at British and French concessions. Lord Salisbury urged caution pending fuller news.
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Tien Tsin
London
Broderick
Seymour
Lord Salisbury
Mafeking Mail Facsimile From Bombproof Offices
London prints a siege edition of the Mafeking Mail on straw-colored paper issued daily with shells permitting. The original copy from Kimberly survived under Boer artillery and was produced after the building’s demolition. The editor notes delays yet defends staff as not choiceless, and bills one shilling weekly in advance.
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London News
Mafeking Mail
Kimberly
Typewriter of the future to improve on current models
A Chicago Tribune note discusses upcoming improvements likely to be required in future typewriters. The piece hints that readers may disregard early reports, but soon an announcement will claim such a machine is already on the market.
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Chicago Tribune
Weather Outlook Iowa Fair Tonight With Possible Thunderstorm
Chicago June 28 report indicates fair weather over Iowa tonight with cooler northeast winds. Friday may bring thunderstorms in the western portion, possibly afternoon or night.
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Chicago
Iowa
Savage dog mauls boy in Wisconsin farm incident
In Galesville Wisconsin a year old son of farmer Melvin Bartle was severely mauled by a savage dog. Fifteen gashes covered his legs as he fought the animal until help arrived. In Chicago baseball scores two leagues list multiple games with Detroit and Chicago heavy winners. In Stevens Point Gabriel Green who killed Louis Wiesner in January was shot and fatally wounded while out on bail. Wiesner’s brother Leo and employer Frank Glisczinski were arrested on charges connected to the shooting. Great excitement followed.
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Galesville, Wis
Melvin Bartle
Stevens Point
Wis
Gabriel Green
Louis Wiesner
Leo Wiesner
Frank Glisczinski
Wiesner
Death of Rev. Daniel M. Dowling Shocks Chicago Catholic Circles
Chicago mourns as Rev. Daniel M. Dowling vicar general of the diocese dies suddenly in his 90th year. Dowling had served the church in Chicago for twenty five years and was nearly ten years in age.
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Chicago
Daniel M. J
Chicago woman wins $1625 verdict in Studebaker suit
Portland Ind June 28 Miss Louise Bradley of Chicago sued David E B Studebaker son of the Decatur Wanker for breach of promise in local court seeking 10000 dollars. The jury awarded a verdict of 1625 dollars.
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Portland
Ind
Louise Bradley
Chicago
David EB. Studebaker
Decatur
Picnic and fair day crowds fill the court yard streets
At the courthouse yard crowds gathered for a shaded camping ground while farmers enjoyed dinners and picnics under trees. Third street saw buggies lined two deep for two blocks as the market square filled with a crowd and amusements including a merry-go-round a knife throwing game and a gambling setup drawing many participants and spectators.
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Court Square
Court House Yard
Third Street
Market Square
Second Street
Mysterious Visitor Flees After Quick Entrance on Oak Street
This morning a resident on Oak Street heard a noise in the front and hurried there to find a young man on the porch. He fled the moment seen, leaving no card or explanation of his visit.
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Oak Street
Fraud Critique Echoes Across Freed Community
A sharp broadside condemns deceit within the Freed circle, noting distrust and callouts from members themselves. The piece frames fraud as a moral failing impacting public trust and local reputation.
Chicago Markets Special Dispatch Wheat and Corn Down
Market write up shows Northwestern wheat receipts and Midwest price shifts with declines in wheat and corn futures. Liverpool wheat and corn prices trend lower with live cattle futures easing from the prior close.
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Northwestern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Liverpool
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