Global market rundown and war rumors from London to Peking
A London led dispatch summarizes unsettled stocks and agricultural prices while foreign reports from Shanghai to Peking relay contradictory rumors about China. It notes possible Russian relief forces near Beijing, envoys' fates, Admiral Seymour, Japan as potential order setter, Li Hung Chang summoned, and Dowager Empress anger at Taku forts.
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London
China
Shanghai
Daily Mail
Peking
Seymour
Tiensin
Japan
Li Hung Chang
Smpress
Taku
Lord Roberts
Dublin
Redmond
California
Paris
Lasker
Pillsbury
Lloyd
Vulcan Works
Stettin
Frightened horse enters grocery store on Eighth Avenue
A frightened horse entered a grocery store on Eighth Avenue and climbed twenty one stair steps to the second floor. The incident appears in a recap of city items with other notes about politics and finance on the page.
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Eighth Avenue
Fatal Railroad Wreck Near Greensburg
Special to The New York Times reports a Louisville and Nashville branch train from Lebanon to Greensburg collided with a bridge collapse over Rolling Fork. The engine and several cars plunged 25 feet. two men James Houston and George Mullins were killed. multiple crew and passengers were injured.
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New York Times
Lebanon
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Greensburg
Calvary
Rolling Fork
Rock
James Houston
Pine Hill
George Mullins
Mount Vernon
John Newland
William Adams
Wash Cabel
Archibald Brown
Charles Andes
Altamont
L. W. Hagan
C. Hobson
Edward Smith
H. H. Martin
Glen Spalding
Prof
Co. K. Crawford
Danville
Negro Bishop Denounces Supposed Party Promoter
Bishop W. B. Derrick, guest of Rev. J. M. Townsend at Allen Temple, condemns unlicensed use of his name as a promoter of a black party. He calls it a scheme by short-sighted black politicians for Philadelphia Convention optics and urges voters to act like other Americans in exercising franchise. He blames neglect of Southern interests for negro disfranchisement.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
W. B. Derrick
J. M. Townsend
Allen Temple
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
South
Wells Estate Beneficiaries Include Harvard Williams and Springfield Lib
Dav id Dwight Wells dies leaving about 37000 to Harvard University Williams College and the Springfield Library as equal beneficiaries from the late economist David A Wells estate. The will provides for the widow and bequests totaling 20000 to be divided, with the remainder to the widow. Wells was a noted playwright and author. his latest work was His Lordship's Leopard.
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New York Times
Norwich
Conn
Harvard University
David Dwight Wells
Williams College
Springfield
Mass
David A. Wells
Williams Colege
Springfield Library
Rutger Bleeker Jewett
New York City
Superstition At A Wedding In New Haven Church
Miss Nellie Whalen of New Haven married Thomas Maroney at St. Francis Church. As the priest declared them man and wife the bride fainted, overwhelmed by superstition and funeral crepe decorations. The swoon delayed the ceremony but she recovered to continue with the celebration.
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New York Times
New Haven
Nellie Whalen
St. Francis
Thomas Maroney
Father Kennedy
Fate of the Envoys and Seymour's Peril in China
Shanghai reports the worst may be feared as Admiral Seymour's column lacks food and water, surrounded by hostile forces in a barren plain near Peking. British and Russian actions press Chinese forts while upheaval spreads to Yum-Nan-Foo and Wuhu with Christian persecutions and Boxers gathering near Tien-Tsin.
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London
Peking
Shanghai
Daily Express
Legations
Tung-Fuh- Siang
Tung-Ching
Taku
Berlin
Daily News
Seymour
the Times
Admiral Seymour
Li Hung Chang
Tung- Ching
Tung-Fu-Siang
Wood-Sung
Armstrongs
Yum-Nan-Foo
Wuhu
Sze-Chuen
Tien-Tsin
Great Britain
India
China
Battle at Taku Ends Fort Siege and Captures Chinese Torpedoboats
London dispatch reports the Taku forts opening fire on June 17 and six hours of battle ending with the forts silenced and captured by allied forces. British ships Algerine Fame and Whiting led the assault, taking four Chinese torpedo-boat destroyers. casualties few on Algerine, others unknown. A Chinese cruiser with an Admiral's flag is detained outside Taku.
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London
Admiralty
Endymion
Liu-Kun-Tau
Taku
Algerine
Fame
Whiting
Seymour
Tien-Tsin
Taku Forts
Shanghai
Dusarches
Korietz
Mandschur
French and Japanese China dispatches report naval buildup
Berlin reports Tokyo says Peking cut off since June 14 with no legation destruction noted. Paris notes Peking to Tien-Tsin telegraph line down, Yangtze danger easing. France to deploy 4200 troops to Taku with cruisers, gunboats, and a dispatch vessel to form a seven cruiser force.
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Berlin
Tokio
Peking
Che-Foo
Paris
M. Descassé
Tien-Tsin
Shanghai
Yang-tse-Kiang
M. de Lanessan
Guichen
France
Taku
Admiral Charner
Friant
China
American Troops Sail To Taku Under Shanghai Dispatch
A Shanghai dispatch reports the US transport Thomas carrying troops for the action at Taku. The message confirms movement of American forces and a growing Anglo American military posture in the region.
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Taku
North American Turnfest Tickets to Philadelphia
Fare of 2.50 for round trip from unspecified origin to Philadelphia via Pennsylvania Railroad. Event scheduled June 15 to 21 with return validity to June 26. Advertisement notes inclusive dates and travel window for attendees.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Revolt Spreads in Western China Amid Anti-Foreign Unrest
June reports from London describe a widening revolt in Western China with news of disobedience in Sze-Chuen and Yu-Nan. The London Missionary Society in Tsao-Shih was destroyed by a mob while missionaries escaped to Hankow, signaling faster spread and organization of anti-foreign sentiment.
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London
China
Pritchard Morgan
M. P
Cheng-Tu
Sze-Chuen
Yu-Nan
London Missionary Society
Tsao- Shih
Central China
Hankow
Tsao-Shih
Li Hung Chang summoned to Peking amid Boxer tensions
A Shanghai dispatch says Li Hong Chang is ordered from Canton to Peking. Hong Kong reports he will leave Canton for the north on June 20. In Washington Mr Wu welcomes the Canton report. Li is seen as a trusted Empress Dowager servant and a progressive figure likely to aid China’s Boxer situation.
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Paris
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Peking
Canton
Hong Kong
Washington
Mr. Wu
Powers seek 20000 Japanese troops to quell revolt in China
Reports from Yokohama claim the powers will request Japan to send 20000 troops to suppress the Chinese revolt and the government is likely to consent Additional transports are being prepared London rumors say Germany plans to back Japan with 18000 troops while Britain may endorse secretly The Japanese Legation in London cites a dispatch of 3000 troops and Express notes Japan mobilizing 25000 for immediate transport The Nippon Yusen Kaisha fleet is reportedly chartered for the operation
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Yokohama
Japan
London
China
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Shanghai
Daily Express
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Japanese Merchant Shipping Company
France's delicate China position discussed by deputies
French deputies warn that aiding to end China’s disorder risks aligning with Britain and opposing Russia. They fear Russia seeks to profit from instability and prolong it. An envoy predicts foreign troops may push through and a guardian to the heir presumptive could step in to govern.
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NEW York Times
Paris
France
China
Russia
Great Britain
Legation
Qwed-Chin
Dark mystery surrounds fate of legations at Peking
Washington reports ongoing speculation on the fate of the Peking legations. Officials describe scant official news from State and Navy Departments while foreign diplomats seek information. Reports mention burning legations, a massacred minister, and Tung’s movements toward Seymour and Nieh.
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New York Times
Washington
Hay
Peking
State Department
Navy Department
Taku
Tien-Tsin
Che-Foo
Gulf of Pechi-Li
Kempff
Tung
Seymour
Nieh
War Department
China
Horse climbs grocery store stairs in New York frightful caper
A frightened horse at Smith & Sills on Forty-fifth Street and Eighth Avenue charged through the store and up twenty one stairs to the second floor causing chaos. The animal dragged its owner along sidewalks injuring two bystanders, then was coaxed into a freight elevator and eventually into a livery stable. Owner Mr Eisman and colleague Mr Richard Phillips faced losses. bystanders treated at Roosevelt Hospital.
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Smith & Sills
Forty-fifth Street
Eighth Avenue
Forty-fourth Street
Smith & Sills’s Grocery
John Cleary
West Forty-seventh Street
Min
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Eisman
West Forty-ninth Street
Lincoln
Richard Phillips
Speedway
Forty-third Street
Hisman
Charles Kramer
Roosevelt Hospital
Consolidation Seen as Inevitable for US Telephone Firms
A Minneapolis stockholder at the Northwestern Telephone Exchange meeting predicts a three way merger of Western Union, Postal Telegraph, and American Bell Telephone to form a single dominant intercommunication firm. He asserts insiders own Bell stock and many subsidiaries, and that consolidation would extinguish independent telephone companies nationwide.
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New York Times
Minneapolis
Western Union Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph Company
American Bell Telephone Company
United States
Erie Telephone System
Northwestern Telephone Exchange
Erie
Western Union and Postal
American Bell
Telephone Corporation
Woman Named Pearl Thorndyke Detained After Suicide Attempt
Two men along North River near West One Hundred Twenty Nineth Street chased a girl who fled toward the water edge. She cried she wished to die after her sweetheart left her, but was captured and brought to the West One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Street Police Station. She gave her name as Pearl Thorndyke, eighteen, of 1495 Amsterdam Avenue.
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North River
West One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Street
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Pearl Thorndyke
Amsterdam Avenue
Boy Finds 230 Dollars in Gold Plays Marbles Then Hands It Over
Five year old George Kramer found 230 dollars in gold in a Wade Street cellar while playing marbles with other children. After winning the money in a game he brought it to his mother who, though poor, decided to report the find to police. Mrs. D. M. Miller later claimed the gold, saying it had been stolen from her trunk. A crowd gathered as police kept watch and the city news promotes New York Central service to Chicago.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
George Kramer
Wade Street
An Kramer
D. M. Miller
Senator Hanna’s Posture in Roosevelt Nomination Fight
In Philadelphia Senator Hanna predicts a rough convention battle over the Roosevelt nomination. He backs Secretary Long or Dolliver, opposes Roosevelt, and seeks to align Administration and non-Roosevelt factions. He discusses Platt talks, Odell, and vice presidential choices amid New York delegation tensions.
Senator Platt III Stricken. He Misses Delegation Meeting
Philadelphia dispatch reports Senator Platt III is ill and absent from the New York delegation gathering. His two sons remain at his side to shield him from outsiders while he endures a wan, pained state though his condition is not described as serious.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Platt
New York
Elevator fall injures six delegates at Walton Hotel
In Philadelphia at midnight the Walton Hotel elevator fell seven stories injuring six passengers and the elevator bay. J. G. Pringey Oklahoma Territory and Brenton F. Hall Sele Mich. suffered broken legs. Dr. Camden Texas and others were hurt. Two were hospitalized.
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Hotel Walton
Philadelphia
Walton
J. G. Pringey
Oklahoma Territory
Brenton F. Hall
Sele Mich
Burton
Walter Hunter
Delaware
Marcellus West
Washington
Dr. Camden
Texas
Pringey
Hall
Camden
Paper Men in Maine Visit Millinocket Project
The Aphrodite will bring Col. Oliver H. Payne and other Great Northern Paper figures to Bangor June 19. They tour the Millinocket mill site, inspect timber country, and plan a Madison Kennebec River stop. The Millinocket mill, costing 4 million, will produce 225 tons daily and hire 600 workers.
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New York Times
Bangor
Aphrodite
New York
Oliver H. Payne
Great Northern Paper Company
Garrett Schenck
R. Somers Hayes
Millinocket
Great Northern
Porte
Madison
Kennebec River
Great Northern Company
Giant Vessels Ordered For New York Line
Berlin June 19 report the North German Lloyd Steamship Company has commissioned the Vulcan Shipbuilding Works at Stettin to build for its New York line two of the largest steamships in the world each of 24 500 tons.
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Berlin
North German
Lloyd Steamship Company
Vulcan Shipbuilding Works
Stettin
New York
Fast Trains to the West Via Pennsylvania Railroad
Advertisement notes trains to the West depart from West 23d Street Station at convenient hours with a timetable available for travelers.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
West 23d Street
Tide Turns Again to Gov Roosevelt Nomination
Philadelphia dispatch reports delegates favor Gov. Roosevelt for Vice President with likely nomination by a Western state, probably Kansas. Opposition to a machine nomination grows as Hanna’s stance is resented. New York delegates at midnight vote to offer Lieut. Gov. Woodruff while signaling support for Roosevelt if another state presents him.
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Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Republican Party
New York
Union
Mr.Woodruff
Gov. Woodruff
New York State
McKinley
National Committee
Gov. Roosevelt
Sherman
Elsberg
Francis V. Greene
Theodore Roosevelt
Ohio
Woodruff
Senate
E. R. Brown
Watertown
Gov
Empire State
Albany
John C. Davies
George B. Sloan
L. E. Carr
William Barnes, Jr
Leslie W. Russell
Edward Lauterbach
United States
Depew
Aldo
Iowa
Massachusetts
John Murray Mitchell
Sheldon
Mitchell
Gibbs
Machine
Davies
Platt
New York caucus backs Woodruff for VP over Roosevelt
In Philadelphia on June 19 Lieut. Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff won the New York caucus endorsement for Vice President amid a clash with Gov. Theodore Roosevelt supporters. Woodruff urged Roosevelt’s nomination, while Roose vel t faced pressure from delegates and other state leaders.
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Goodwin
John C. Sheehan
Vale
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City College
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Tsin
Nanking
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Powers’ Mandatary
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Chicago
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Long
Dolliver
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Secretary Long
Senator Platt
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Odell and Quigg
Odell
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Maine
Western State
Kansas
Timothy L. Woodruff
Rough Riders
Thomas C. Platt
B. B. Odell, Jr
Frank H. Platt
Woodruff Indorsed
George S. Waldo
Kings
Register Howe
Mr. Woodruff
Lauterbach
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