Ship movements await orders amid Boxer uncertainties
Dispatches indicate orders sent to two vessels or Admiral Remey. State Department suspects the Cain-Kiang consul overestimated danger and that marching boxers near the town is not proof of hostile intent toward the American Consulate. No ship likely to be sent to Chin-Kiang absent new developments. The town lies 308 miles southeast of Peking and is reachable by foreign warships up river, depths up to twenty five feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remey
Cain-Kiangas
Chin-Kiang
Peking
Letter from Li Hung Chang prompts reformers in China
Special dispatch from Honolulu reports Leung Chi Tso receiving a letter said to be dictated by Li Hung Chang. The 4000 word message praises reformers while urging patience and careful action, saying the Empress Dowager persecutes and beheads dissidents and Li Hung Chang can do little. It notes Li advocates reforms but stands alone among mandarins and predicts the Empress Dowager’s days may be numbered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Honolulu
Leung-Chi-Tso
Li- Hung-Chang
China
Li Hung-Chang
Li Hung Chang
Cabinet Sets Hard Line on Chinese Crisis Policy
Washington dispatches report a Cabinet meeting with Hay Hitchcock Long and Gage plus Smith focusing on the Chinese situation. The policy favors protecting American lives and property, avoiding broader power participation, and awaiting orderly restoration by the Chinese government while reinforcing Admiral Kempff and limiting missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hay
Hitchcock
Long
Gage
Smith
China
Lorg
Admiral Kempff
United States
Navy Department
Kempff
Taku
Manila
Peking
Takuo
Department of State
State Department
Conger
Goldwin Smith on China in wartime prospects
Toronto June 21 2 Prof Goldwin Smith discussed China noting the Chinese have long inhabited the country and warning that war could bring slaughter and desolation. He criticized European spheres of influence and urged missionaries to withdraw or face risk, arguing religion has been misused to justify conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Toronto
Goldwin Smith
China
Prof. Smith
Missionary list in China risks amid Chinese outbreak
The Methodist Episcopal Board of Foreign Missions reports about a dozen missionaries in Central China potentially in danger due to a rising incident in Chin-Kiang. Names and stations include Bowen Nan-King Edwards Nan-King Jellison Nan-King Maclean Kiu-Kiang Newman Wiu-Kiang Nichols Nan-Chang Rowe Wu-Hu Stuart Nan-King Wilson Nan-Nking Abbott Nan-Chang Vanzlik Nan-King Louise Walley Siu-Kniang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Peking
Methodist Episcopal Board of Foreign Missions
Chin-Kiang
Martin
Arthur J. Bowen
Nan-King
Edward James
BE. R. Jellison
M. D
Robert E. Maclean
Kiu-Kiang
J. F. Newman
Wiu-Kiang
D. W. Nichols
Nan-Chang
Harry F. Rowe
Wu-Hu
G. A. Stuart
M. Ie
Nan- King
Wilbur F. Wilson
Nan-Nking
Kt. L. Abbott
L. C. Vanzlik
Louise Walley
Isiu-Kniang
French Foreign Minister Delcassé Speech on China
Berlin reports Delcassé’s talk on the powers actions in China. The National Zeitung hopes his declaration will ease jealousies and distrust among the powers involved in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
M. Delcassé
China
National Zeitung
Vineland Founder Charles K. Landis Dies in New Jersey
Charles K. Landis, founder of Vineland and Hammonton in South Jersey, died today at his Vineland home. Landis established Prohibition era towns and shaped the region’s development through multiple settlements in the early 20th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineland
N.J
Charles K. Landis
Hammonton, Land
Landis and the towns he shaped in New Jersey
The text describes Dr. Landis, a Philadelphia born land developer who created Hammonton and Vineland under liquor bans, founded Sea Isle City as a prohibition resort, and established New Italy among other ventures. It notes his personal abstinence, the 1875 shooting of Uriah Carruth, and his 1876 acquittal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isville
Sea Isle City
New Italy
Philadelphia
Georgia
Landis
Hammonton
Vineland
Striking Disappearance Baffles Maspeth Police
Six year old Charlie Hinzman vanished during an outing at Aherns Marion Park Maspeth L I as his family searched from early morning. Police and Bartholomay Association members scoured grounds and ponds and a witness reported seeing a man leading a crying boy toward Jamaica Te. Authorities had no clue by midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newtown
Charlie Hinzman
Charles Hinzman
East Ninety-sixth Street
Association
Maspeth
New York
John Michael
Michael
Jamaica
Woman Falls From Fire Escape in Brooklyn
Mrs Agnes McDonald of 209 Twelfth Street Brooklyn fell while visiting neighbor Mrs Youngs via a rear fire escape. She became wedged in a first floor opening and required rescuers before being treated at Seney Hospital for limb and back contusions. She was reported to be doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes McDonald
Twelfth Street
Brooklyn
Seney Hospital
McDonald
Mrs. Youngs
Mrs. McDonald
Will of Rev Dr Storrs Filed for Probate in Kings County
The will of Rev Dr Richard Salter Storrs filed for probate in Kings County Surrogate Names three daughters Harriet Moore Packard Mary Storrs Coe and Miriam Phillips Washburn as equal heirs A codicil dated June 5 1899 makes minor specific bequests The executor Franklin Trust Company may sell real and personal property including SA Pierrepont Street Brooklyn and Shelter Island estate Bequests include 1000 to the Society of the Church of the Pilgrims and 1000 to the Long Island Historical Society Books and gifts to Dr Frederick H Colton and his children plus a gold watch and chain to Richard Storrs Colton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Salter Storrs
Kings County
Jane
Storrs
SA Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn
Shelter Island
N. C
Franklin Trust Company
Long Island Historical Society
Society
Department of Ecclesiastical History
Girl Dies While Playing Tag in City Street
Florence McFadden thirteen daughter of George McFadden of 41 Jane Street dropped dead last night at Jane and Fourth Streets during a game of tag. She collapsed after being chased and caught. Dr Thomas O Mara and Dr Nichols responded. physicians called death due to excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence McFadden
George McFadden
Jane Street
Jane
Fourth Streets
Florence
Thomas O'Mara
Fludson Street
Dr. Nichols
Hudson Street
Campaign Managers Assess Postmasters Campaign Tactics
A report details Republican efforts to fund campaign activities through a National Commercial and Industrial League led by George J. Corey former Deputy Naval Officer. Postmasters and federal staff are urged to join, with promises of publications and branch leagues, while officials deny illegal assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Commercial and Industrial League
George J. Corey
Port of New York
Letter from Vincent C. King to E. C. BenedictCritique of Bryan nomination
Vincent C. King writes to E. C. Benedict in Greenwich Conn about newspaper coverage of the Democratic scene. He criticizes Benedict for urging quiet until 1904 and predicting Bryan’s nomination but not his election. He argues the public has weary of McKinleyism and Bryanism will falter. He invokes Moses imagery and warns against pessimistic advice to the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
United States
Bryan
Cleveland
Olney
Gorman
Whitney
Dewey
Miles
Schley
Vincent C. King
E. C. Benedict
Greenwich
Conn
McLean forces shape Ohio Democratic State Convention
McLean aligned delegates gained control of the Ohio Democratic State Central Committee at the June meeting, signaling harmony over rivalry. The group backed Hull for Delegate at Large and McFadden for Secretary of State, while losing some districts but winning a broad majority across twenty one congressional districts. Tensions linger with silver faction opposition and worries over potential trouble at the convention hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
McLean
Kansas City
George W. Hull
Toledo
H. H. McFadden
Steubenville Gazette
Steubenville
McFadden
Newark
Isaac R. Hill
Congress
Cleveland
Dayton
Old State Committee
Cuyahoga
Montgomery
Carley
Salen
Salen Was Seated Over Those Penchat Po
Tom L. Johnson
Harry Wilson
Joseph Dowling
Shoup
Brenner
Lindesmith
James M. Cox
East
Bryan
Chicago
Lewey
Democratic Split in Nevada Promises Republican Gains
Reno delegate O J Smith predicts Republican success in Nevada as a split forms within the Democratic Party. He cites two factions led by Congressman I G Newlands and C C Wallace, during his trip to Philadelphia for the Republican National Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Nevada
West
O. J. Smith
Reno
Nev
Smith
Philadelphia
I. G. Newlands
C. C. Wallace
Fight in the Twenty-ninth Assembly District leadership battle
Alexander T. Mason, a Republican leader in the Twenty-ninth Assembly District, plans a meeting at Tuxedo Hall to challenge the district committee that stripped his power. Frank Bulkeley leads opponents seeking strong Republican majorities and supports Senator Elsberg's renomination while opposing Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander T. Mason
Twenty-ninth Assembly District
Tuxedo Hall
Madison Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Frank Bulkeley
Bulkeley
Mason
Quigg
Albany
W. L. Strong
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Tammany Hall
Elsberg
Senate
New Jersey Republicans Fix Sept 6 State Convention Date
The Republican State Committee met in Trenton and set September 6 as the date for the State Convention to nominate Presidential Electors. E. C. Stokes was elected Vice Chairman replacing Major E J Anderson who declined another term. Newark hosts the campaign headquarters with Camden and Trenton represented on the colored Republicans slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Republican State Committee
Franklin Murphy
E. C. Stokes
E. J. Anderson
Augustus S. Barber
William Riker
Murphy
Senator Wetmore Re-Elected in Adjourned Session
Providence June 12 The General Assembly in an adjourned session today elected George Peabody Wetmore the present Republican incumbent by separate ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
General Assembly
George Peabody Wetmore
Senate to vote tomorrow on Newport candidate and capital change
The Senate and House will meet in grand committee to ballot for candidates tomorrow at noon. The House today voted to submit a constitutional amendment abolishing Newport as a state capital. Both chambers expressed sympathy for Lieut. Gov. Kimball, injured in Sunday's electric car accident at Warwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bent
Samuel R. Honey
Newport
House
Senate
Gov
Kimball
Warwick
Albany Secretary of State McDonough sails for Europe
John T. McDonough of Albany the Secretary of State was in the city last night and will sail for Europe today with W. J. Mc Mackin Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He does not believe President McKinley will have an easy re election and thinks many Germans will resent anti German talk by Americans while Irish Nationalists who have voted Republican are not pleased with the friendliness for Great Britain shown by the current Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. McDonough
Albany
Europe
W. J. McMackin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
McDonough
McKinley
Babcock Sees McKinley Victory Secure for 1896
Congressman J W Babcock of Wisconsin predicts McKinley’s reelection after Philadelphia convention adjournment. He states the Republican Committee will meet in Chicago and asserts Bryan’s efforts will not shake McKinley’s broad mass support. He calls McKinley’s hold on voters a cinch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Babcock
Wisconsin
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Philadelphia
McKinley
W. J. Bryan
Nassau Presbytery Pushes Simple Creed Revision
At the midsummer meeting in Jamaica L. I. the Presbytery of Nassau urged planetary unity to replace the Confession of Faith with a short creed. Led by Revs. Samuel T. Carter Alexander G. Russell and George H. Payson, the push began years ago and now seeks a world letter to presbyteries for swift adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Huntington
L. I
Presbytery
Nassau
Presbyterian Church of
Presbytery of
Dear Brethren
Unitedly
General Assembly
J. Avery Norris
Alexander G. Russell
Samuel T. Carter
Alexander G.russell
Oyster Bay
George H. Payson
Newtown
Prof John Duncan Accepts Chicago Institute Post
The Chicago Institute trustees announce Prof John Duncan of Dundee Scotland has accepted as head of the art department. He is in Paris for a meeting and should arrive in Chicago by July 15 to begin work in the summer school. He will oversee mural decoration and the art planning for buildings, grounds, and furnishings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Chicago Institute
Emmons Blaine
John Duncan
Dundee
Scotland
Duncan
Paris
Dundee Graphic Arts Association
Enumerators Talk on Census Privacy in Newark Case
Washington officials had no new information on a Newark report that a man lived with two wives in one house. An enumerator who discloses official data can be fined up to 306 dollars, underscoring strict penalties for publicizing census details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Newark
N. J
Dr William Pierson dies at Orange home age 85
Dr William Pierson of 13 Hillyer Street Orange died last night from a complication of diseases. Born November 20 1830 in Orange he was NYU Medical School class of 1852. He served on the Orange Board of Education twelve years and held leadership roles with the Orange National Bank the Orange Water Company and the East Orange Safe Deposit and Trust Company. A founder and longtime secretary of the New Jersey State Medical Society he became its president this year at Atlantic City. He supported hospitals and limited practice to old patients. He leaves a wife and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pierson
Hillyer Street
Orange
New York University
Board of Education
Orange National Bank
Orange Water Company
East Orange Safe Deposit and Trust Company
New Jersey State Medical Society
Atlantic City
American Theatre Leased By Greenwall Circuit
The American Theatre is leased by the Greenwall Theatrical Circuit Company for a long term and will reopen September 1 with a permanent dramatic stock company. Weekly bill changes are planned. Evening prices: 50 cents lower floor, 35 cents first balcony, 25 cents family circle. Bargain matinées at 25 cents for any seat. Subscription sale of seats will continue. opening sale date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwall
Opera
Quo Vadis Closes in New York After Eighty-Eighth Showing
The play Quo Vadis closes at the New York Saturday evening performance on June 23 after eighty eight shows. It will return to New York next autumn for a new run though the theater to host the production is not yet decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dee
Williams and Dennis Wed at Brick Presbyterian Church
Edward Peet Williams and Laura Carroll Dennis married yesterday at Brick Presbyterian Church. Rev. Dr. Maltbie D. Babcock officiated. Williams is active in the Metropolitan League and Lawyers associations and recently resided at the Plaza Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Peet Williams
Laura Carroll Dennis
Maltbie D. Babcock
Brick Presbyterian Church
Iit Is
J. Williams
League
Metropolitan, Lawyers
Vesa Aee
Alse Legion
Plaza Hotel
Tee
Traveling Fellowship Awarded for Central Park Cascade Design
The Columbia Traveling Fellowship in Architecture for this year goes to T. Blondell of the Class of 99. The award provides $1,300 annually and honors a monumental cascade project in Central Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
T. Blondell
Central Park
Hotels listed by guests at major New York venues
A roster of visitors and dignitaries checking into hotels such as Waldorf Astoria Holland Cambridge Park Avenue Grand Union Murray Hill Imperial Fifth Avenue Albemarle Plaza Netherland Savoy Buckingham Manhattan Rossmore Marlborough Gilsey Gilsey Sturtevant Empire with names including C W Gibson Nathan Morris Barclay Warburton Col George Curtis W B Gladding G W Knapp J H Burwell Thomas Wanamaker H A Allan Walter Tips L S Kirk Joseph Sibley Gen Charles Miller Medill McCormick Charles Mellen Tyler H A Strong and others from cities like Mobile Indianapolis Philadelphia Montreal Boston Columbus Shanghai London and Johannesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Winthrop Ames
North Easton
Mass
Cambridge
Walter Tips
Austin
Texas
Park Avenue
Imperial
D. C. Robinson
Elmira
G. Rushton Howell
Philadelphia
Fifth Avenue
Powell Clayton
United States
Mexico
N. W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Jacob Lefevbre
New Paltz
J. W. Babcock
Wisconsin
Albemarle
John Davis
Washington
Craig Wallace
Thomas Gooch
London
Hoffman
C. L. Belding
Little Rock
John R. Putnam
Shanghai
China
Charles Hall Davis
Petersburg
A. J. Eilers
George E. Green
Binghamton
Plaza
Joseph C. Sibley
Charles Miller
Franklin
Penn
Savoy
William E. Rice
Worcester
George Rose
New Orleans
Buckingham
Frank T. Ryan
Williamsport
E. P. Lindsay
Boston
Manhattan
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Charles Mellen Tyler
Cornell University
Ithaca
H. A. Strong
Colves
William Duffield
Phoenix
Arizona
Rossmore
F. L. Ebbets
Marlborough
James C. Tinsley
Richmond
J. A. Cavanaugh
Johannesburg
South Africa
Gilsey
D. E. Davis
Youngstown
T. H. Benedict
Danbury
Conn
Sturtevant
M. W. Williams
Hopkinsville
Empire
Royal Miller
Cincinnati
Trade houses list includes many merchants and hotels
A long catalog of dry goods firms across the United States with managers named, listing products from cloaks and gowns to carpets and hosiery. Includes Zion Co operative Mercantile in Salt Lake City and firms in Lewiston Boston Chicago St. Louis Denver and many others with hotel connections and street addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
Chicago
Ill
C. F. Ballard
F. A. Devlin
Worth Street
Ces Lindsay & Curr Company
Rochester
N. Ee
Broome Street
Peiewel, C. F., & Co
Detroit
Mich
A. C. Goetz
Imperial
Smith & Murray
Springfield
Mass
C. A. Ro_chat
Nations
White Street
Maas & Kemper
Baltimore
I. Kemper
D. Kemper
Herald Square
Gutman, Joel, & Co
Miss T. Steibel
Ladies and Infants
Miss Shepard
Grand Street
Alfred
Washington, D. C
E. D. Mayer
Muhlfelder
J. D
Glens Falls
Dry Goods
W. P. Farley
Forbes & Wallace
J. Maers
Walker Street
Cadiz
Boston Dry Goods Company
Boston
W. K. Melcher, Jr
Greene Street
Criterion Hotel
Plant
J. D., & Brother
Danbury
Higgins, M
N. Y
Hotel Imperial
Flint & Kent
Buffalo
L. M. Casler
Miss Byer
Park Avenue
Levy. & Isaacs
New Orleans
L. Levy
Hoffman House
McKean, Eilers & Co
Austen
Texas
A. J. Eile
Broadway Central Hotel
Tracy, Wells, Company
The
Columbus
Ohio
Uri Tracy, Jr
Lewis
John C., Company
Louisville
H. Qu
Alber Hutzler Brothers
J. F. Haynie
St. Denis Hote Shepard
Norwell & Co
H. Norwell
Broadway
Murray Hill
Houston & Henderson
J. Henderson
J. P. Gray
Donaldson, William, & Co
Minneapolis
Lawyer Charles Levy arraigned for bad check in fun
Charles Levy a Brooklyn lawyer was arraigned in Lee Avenue Police Court on a charge of passing a worthless $21.75 check to Ben Siegal proprietor of a cigar store at 153 Division Avenue. Levy claimed he gave the check in a spirit of fun. Hearing adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Levy
Lee Avenue
Ben Siegal
Division Avenue
Brooklyn
Levy
Siegal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Li-Hung-Chang
Danner
Delcasse
Vineland’s
South Jersey
Lad
Republican Party
National Republican Committee
American Commerce and Industries
Z. K. Pangborn
Edward Hagaman Hall
M. A. Sianna
Republican National Committee
MckKinley
Corey
Hanna Indorses
National Committee
Comec
Hobart
McKinley Clubs
Bryan Clubs
Charles A. Moore
Charles A. Scnieren
Frank Tilford
Phineas C. Lounsbury
John R. van Wormer
Jesse Larrabee
B. F. Cronkrite
Theodore Fitch
S. W. Thompson
Isaac H. Carey
S. D. Brewster
Orrin G. Frost
Julius H. Seymour
John C. Coleman
Samuel S. Blood
Gilbert Ray Hawes
W. H. Ten Eyck
Eugene G. Blackford
W. J. Gilpin
John W. Vrooman
Lee Beale
Benjamin Estis
Henry W. T. Mali
van Cott
Democrats
Mr. Mason
New Jersey
Republicans
Stokes
Senator Wetmore
Congressman Babcock
Prof
Art Department of
American Theatre
Williams
Dennis
Cccasto Rirsza
Havana
la Fernandina
Michaelis & Lindeman
Bernard Stahl & CO
Makers
Wes Vogel
Sor
Cor
Houston St
Briarcliff Farms
Madison Ave
Seventh Ave
Fifth Ave
Briarcliff Manor
Dorflinger
21St Street
Murray Street
28Th St
T. M. Stewart
Beveridge
Dansville
Albert J. Beveridge
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
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