Fate of the Foreign Ministers Shrouded in Mystery
Rumors from Pekin and Che Foo claim the Oregon is ashore north of Che Foo while Washington awaits official word. Admiral Kempff reports Pekin relief efforts and missing ministers as diplomacy and joinder of powers hover around a tentative pro tempore settlement amid limited news from the field.
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Pekin
Bhanghai
Oregon
Che Foo
Washington
Tientaln
Kemeef
Canton
China
Kempff
Chaffee
Keimoff
Taku
Navy Department
Kempf
Remey
Hong Kong
Japan
United States
Seymour's Story Adml Seymour Recounts Boxers Rise to Anting
London reports Admiral Seymour's dispatch from Tientsin dated June 27 detailing Allied stand at Anting near Peking. He notes defeats of Boxers on June 13 14 and 14 station attacks with casualties, including five Italians and two sailors wounded, as forces retreated toward Tientsin for relief.
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Yang Tsun
Peking
Lang Yang
Tien Tsin
London
Admiral Seymour
Anting
Seymour
Admiralty
Tientsin
Che Foo
Leng Yang
Lofa
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cure for Microbes and Pain
Advertisement claims a tiny microbe causes widespread pain and asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla destroys the microbe, purifies the blood, and effects a permanent cure. It emphasizes prevention of pain and total health restoration.
French to Accept China Viceroys Agreement on Missionary Protection
Paris report says the Chinese delegation presented a draft agreement from the viceroys of Napkin and Hankuw to protect missionaries and foreign merchants in southeast China. Consuls await government approval. The move aims to speed submission to the French foreign affairs minister. Also notes British Africa costs and a separate case: John Smith pardoned for 1897 Ide Bank killing in Columbus Ohio.
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Paris
Shanghai
China
Columbus
Supe
John Smith
Ide
Ide Bank
Forged a Pardon Case Leads to Life Sentence
In Houston on June 30, W. D. Dent received a life sentence in the penitentiary after being convicted of forging a pardon. The forgery released George Isaacs, jailed for life for murder.
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Houston
Tex
George Isaacs
W. D. Dent
Silver Issue Divides Democrats Over 16 to 1 Platform Language
In Kansas City on June 30 the Democratic convention debates whether to include a specific 16 to 1 silver declaration or reaffirm the Chicago platform. Bryan’s influence is questioned as silver factions clash between reaffirmation allies and hardliners who demand explicit 16 to 1 language. The contest centers on trust in Bryan and the party’s future stance on silver.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Bryan
Bryan Confirms Stand on Silver at Kansas City Session
J L Woods Merrill secretary of the United States Monetary league released a Bryan letter dated June 13 1900. The letter rejects press reports of abandoning the silver issue or backing away from the Chicago Convention stance. It reinforces Bryan's firm position ahead of two convention sessions in Kansas City.
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Bryan
Kansas City
J. L. Woods Merrill
United States Monetary League
Lincoln
Neb
Woods Merrill
Lear Merrill
Chicago
William J. Bryan
Regatta program and trophies at Poughkeepsie races
The Poughkeepsie regatta features four events with entries from Columbia Cornell Pennsylvania Wisconsin and Georgetown. A novelty is a new trophy for each event alongside the Challenge Cup won by Pennsylvania in 1898 and 1900. The four mile course on the Hudson holds Cornell's 1896 world record. A second item reports Harrison Lamb of Liberty township Kokomo Ind dying suddenly after resting in the field.
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Poughkeepsie
University
Columbia
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Georgetown
Louis L. Seaman
Cornell University
Hudson
Ithacans
My Own Self Again Mrs Gates Credits Pinkham Advice
The letter from Mrs Clara Gates of Johns P.O. Mississippi describes long illness after childbirth with chills and severe pains. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports renewed strength and improved health following a supportive reply from Pinkham.
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Johns P.O
Miss
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Clara Gatxgs
Johns P. O
Guerilla Operations Report From Lord Roberts in South Africa
London reports active Boer guerrilla actions across six points in Orange River colony. Maj. Gen. Lord Roberts notes engagements at Lindley and Ficksburg with casualties among British forces, while Methuen recovers sheep and cattle seized by Boers. Springs and Vaal river area comes under attack as Canadian troops defend. Lieut. North is held prisoner.
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Lord Roberts
London
Orange River Colony
War Office
Pretoria
Paget
Lindley
Grenfell
Dreiper
Brabant
Ficksburg
Boye
North
Trade Review Describes Dull Distributive Market
Bradstreet reports seasonable dullness in distributive trade with generally weak prices for manufactured goods. Wheat prices rose then fell with readjustment, while crop hopes and rain in the northwest offer limited relief. Iron and steel trade remains pessimistic as Pittsburg quotes hold, and weekly failures total 185 versus prior weeks and years.
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New York
Bradstreet
Trade Review Today
Northwest
Minnesota
Dakotas
Pittsburg
Man’s health insured by fifty cent Kipney Ours tonic
A sensational claim touts a fifty cent bottle of Foney's Kipney Ours as the cure for Bright's disease diabetes and other dangerous ailments. Advertisers urge buyers to take no other remedy and allege widespread restorative power from this tonic sold by all druggists.
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Foney
Eloper Flogged by Mob Over Elopement in Knox
George McGill, accused of eloping with Mrs. Lavina Lopp, was seized by masked men on arrival in Knox, bound for the husband’s home and severely beaten. He was then taken back to his house to request forgiveness as Mrs. Lopp reconciled with him.
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Knox
Ind
George McGill
Lavina Lopp
Lopp
McGill
Letter Gave Him Away in Indicted Arrest Case
Ezra Preston, wanted by the Tipton sheriff for an attempted killing of C H Hobbs and Cora Farmer, was located in Miami Indian Territory after a quarrel at a school entertainment. Preston, formerly engaged to Miss Farmer, was jailed in Miami awaiting extradition as Sheriff McCreary proceeds to bring him back.
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Tipton
Ind
Ezra Preston
C. H. Hobbs
Cora Farmer
Mian
Indian Territory
Preston
Miss Farmer
Hobbs
Miami
McCreary
Sensational murder probe near Evansville involving Louis White
Police investigate a possible homicide at Louis White's Evansville home after blood spots and a large pool of blood are found on the back porch and yard. White, a prominent Black politician and former councilman candidate, and his wife are missing. A trunk was seen leaving the house days earlier, leading investigators to suspect it contained the wife’s body. White was known to threaten his wife and was quarreling with her at their last sighting.
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Evansville
Ind
Louis Ite
White
Supreme Court backs Indianapolis school bond validity
The supreme court rules bonds issued by the Indianapolis school board in 1820 and 1900 to fund and refund school houses are valid obligations. It holds the governing law not to be special legislation and confirms the school city and civil city as separate corporations with independent debt limits.
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Indianapolis
Supreme Court
Board of School Commissioners of
Peruna touted as cure for Brights disease catarrah
Testimonials praise Peruna and Manalin for Bright's disease and kidney catarrh with dramatic recoveries. Letters from J Brake Marble Ark J N Howard Petrolea Ontario and Mrs Mary A Shear Jennings La claim restored health, with notes on catarrh symptoms and early treatment guidance.
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Mary A. Shear
Jennings
Bright
Tavist
County Council Urged to Pay for Legal Advertisement
In Liberty Indiana on June 30 a suit was filed in Union County Circuit Court to force the county council to appropriate funds for publication work promoting state pure food health laws. Plaintiffs are editors of the Liberty Herald and Liberty Review. The county commissioners had agreed to payment, the council repeatedly refused, and the editors seek a court order to provide funds for past work.
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Liberty
Ind
County Council
Union County
Liberty Herald
Liberty Review
Dal
Fairmount Man Arrested in Big Four Depot Theft Case
William Mc Cann of Fairmount is jailed in Marton Ind on an American Express warrant for receiving stolen goods from the Big Four depot at Fairmount. The spring break ins at the depot saw three window entries and theft of all express packages worth about 140 dollars.
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Marton
Ind
William McCann
Fairmount
American Express Company
Forger Alonzo Howell Thought Missing After Defrauding $4000
Delphi Indiana dated June 80 reports Alonzo Howell the forger who defrauded William E. Haney of Logansport of 4000 by mortgaging 240 acres not his. He told friends he planned to visit Paris this summer and may have left for Europe soon after obtaining the money.
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Delphi
Ind
Alonzo Howell
William E. Haney
Logansport
Howell
Paris
Europe
Western Association of Writers announces year officers
Winona Lake Indiana June 30 The Western Association of Writers held its final sessions yesterday Officers for the coming year are President Willumback Greensburg vice presidents J W Riley W W Pfrimmer George S Cottman Evelein Stein J W Carr Ida M Devis Secretary Benjamin S Parker Treasurer J C Culmer
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Winona Lake
Ind
Western Association of Writers
Willumback
Greensburg
Indiana
J. W. Riley
W. W. Pfrimmer
George S. Cottman
Evelein Stein
J. W. Carr
Ida M. Devis
Benjamin S. Parker
J. C. Culmer
Superintendents Defeat Uniform Textbook Plan
The closing session of the State County Superintendents association in Winona Lake Indiana on June 30 featured a stormy debate over adopting a uniform high school textbook. Proponents sought to pledge support but the measure was defeated.
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Winona Lake
Ind
State County Superintendents’ Association
Pittman Pleads Guilty to Forgery in Indiana Case
Delphi, June 30. George Ray Pittman age 26 pleaded guilty before Judge Palmer to forgery securing nearly $1,000. With wife and child, most victims were relatives living near Burlington and Logansport. He received an indeterminate sentence and will be sent to Jeffersonville.
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Delphi
Ind
George Ray Pittman
Palmer
Burlington
Logansport
Jeffersonville
Grand jury indicts Valparaiso saloon keepers
After a two weeks session the grand jury adjourned returning 50 indictments against saloon keepers of Valparaiso city and county for permitting minors to play pool and for running slot machines.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Union Traction workers ill after vaccine mandate protest
In Anderson Indiana on June 30 more than 50 employees of Union Traction fell ill after a company order requiring vaccination or resignation. Twenty three quit, several motormen and track men wore arm slings and were off duty. They planned wage deductions protests for time lost.
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Anderson, Ind
Union Traction Company
Eight-Year-Old Drowns Bathing in Mississinewa River
In Muncie Indiana on June 30 Harry Thompson aged 8 drowned while bathing in the Mississinewa river near New Cumberland.
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Mississinewa
Muncie
Ind
Harry Thompson
Mississinewa River
New Cumberland
Bears the Big Nature Killed By Lightning in Dublin
During a thunder storm in Dublin Indiana on June 30 George Shepman was killed by lightning and Alex Hanan was seriously prostrated. Barton County Kansas is cited as a major wheat region with a crop poised to reach 5,000,000 bushels and a population around 13,000.
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Dublin
Ind
George Shepman
Alex Hanan
Barton County
Kansas
Tragic Gun Incident Claims Indiana Boy
Albert Metzler, 14, son of Fred Metzler of St Paul, Indiana, accidentally shot himself while cleaning a revolver. He believed the weapon unloaded, but it discharged near the right eye and the ball lodged upward. he died within a half hour at Greensburg.
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Greensburg
Ind
Albert Metzler
Fred Metzler
St. Paul
Wolcott Forms Militia Company With 71 Members
Wolcott Indiana on June 30 forms a local militia unit with 71 volunteers. Herbert Rogers leads as captain and L L Holdridge serves as first lieutenant in the organized company.
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Wolcott
Ind
Herbert Rogers
L. L. Holdridge
Fire devastates factory and train collision injures several
A destructive fire at a Pittsburgh machine shop destroyed property and caused injuries to a fireman. Earlier a railway collision near Mass two trains wrecked injuring seven or eight passengers. Officials report large financial losses and discuss gold balances amid ongoing service questions.
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Resposade
Pitteberg
Seah
Mrs George Long Saved From Frightful Cough by New Discovery
Mrs George Long of New Straitaville Ohio credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing a long standing frightful cough that kept her awake nightly and with curing her husband Mr Long of a severe pneumonia. The advertisement touts the medicine as a grand remedy for throat chest and heart troubles with trials free at C D Knoefel s Drug Store and bottles priced 50 cents and 1.00.
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George Long
New Straitaville
Ohito
Dr. King
Long
C. D. Knoefel
Baseball standings and results focus on clubs and games
Detrooit Yeager Buffalo Milligan and Baker Fo Rs appear in standings and results. Kansas exported 3,700,000 dozen eggs last year versus 151,000 dozen in 1895. Folteys Honey and Tar advertised as treatment for coughs from lagrippe or heavy colds.
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Buffalo
Milligan
Baker
Kansas
FoLtey
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Ivil Regulators
Starke County
Mob
Ora Preston
J. Brake
Petrolea
Ontaro
Canada
Noth
J. N. Howard
Marble, Ark
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Hua, J. Brake
County Council Mandated
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Mountain View
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Ease Renee
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