Richard Croker Again At Tammany's Helm In New York
Richard Croker arrives in port aboard the Lucania with his sons Frank and Herbert and a entourage. He meets with Mayor Van Wyck and Ice Trust stockholders, dodges questions, and affirms loyalty to Bryan while signaling potential future roles for Tammany in Kansas City and national politics.
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Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Cunard
Lucania
Frank
Herbert
Yammaung
Ice Trust
Croker
John F. Carroll
Mr. Carroll
Democratic Club
van Wyck
Cram and Murphy
Tammany
MR. Croker
Richard Croker, Jr
Thomas F. Smith
Lewis Nixon
W. T. Jenkins
Michael T. Daly
John Fox
Andrew Freedman
Freedman
Grady
Croke
Mr. Smith
Cram
Murphy
Meyer
Fellner
Tax Department
A. P. Morosini
Alfred M. Downes
Gardiner
Dalton
Charities
Keller
Grell
Thomas I. Dunn
Patrick Driver
Sulzer
McClellan
Carroll
Far Rockaway
York
Police Board
Kansas City
New York Central
City
Register Fromme
Assembly
Mazet
Chicago and Return One Fare For the Round Trip
Travel offer for a Chicago round trip via Pennsylvania Railroad to National Prohibition Convention. Tickets valid June 25 and 26 with return by July 4. Includes economy accommodations and group rates. Travel dates and fare details provided by Adv.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Troops to Leave Cuba After Elections
General Wood likely to recommend removing nearly all infantry from Cuba now that elections are over. Cavalry would remain in key areas like Fifth Santiago Province to handle potential trouble, though such risk is deemed small. Cuban sentiment welcomes troop reductions as progress toward independence.
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Havana
Wood
Santiago
Congress
Cuba
New Canal Route May Be Possible Says Admiral Walker
Admiral Walker head of the Isthmian Canal Commission cautioned that the Wickes letter alleging a tidewater route across the isthmus is not confirmed. He warned many routes seem feasible only after surveys, noting the 800 foot gap could be an insurmountable barrier unless the ridge is razor thin. He stressed surveys and instruments will reveal true viability, and that progress at Panama is near while Nicaragua work lags.
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New York Times
Washington
Admiral Walker
Isthmian Canal Commission
George F. Wickes
Isthmus
Susardi
San Miguel
Wickes
Walker
Panama
Nicaragua
Delehanty’s Orders Stampede Navy Rumors Down
Washington officials deny influence behind Commander Delehanty being sent to sea urge. They say the move is Navy needs, not a plot by enemies or any senator. Retirement talk dismissed. no resignation received at the department.
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Delmour
Maurice Featherson
Broker
Tammany Hall
Carroll
Washington
Department
New York Times
Delehanty
Snug Harbor
Navy Department
United States
Gillmore
Philippines
Booker T. Washington backs national Negro Business League
Tuskegee notes Booker T. Washington plans national Negro Business League to unite colored people in business. He met with leaders nationwide and aims to organize local chapters. First meeting slated for Boston on August 23.
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New York Times
Tuskegee
Ala
Booker T. Washington
National Negro Business League
Boston
Southern Ry to Charleston Round Trip Rates
Round trip rates to Charleston South Carolina offered by the New York offices at 1 185 and 271 Broadway under the Northeast Association in July.
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Southern Ry
Charleston
S. C
N. E. Association
New York
Broadway
Adv
End Boer War Plan Promoted by French Independence Committee
Paris cable reports the great Boer Independence Committee launching a Paris program to halt the war. It urges France and other nations to join a rising international effort led by ex-ministers and senators, naming Guerin and Rambaud among the promoters and noting plans to influence Britain, Russia, the United States, and Germany toward peace and restraint.
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NEW York Times
French Telegraphic
Paris
Hague
England
Transvaal
Orange Free State
United States
Russia
South Africa
Germany
Europe
Great Britain
Gladstone
France
Holland
Far East
Guerin
Anti-Jail
Rambaud
Paullat
Boulanger
Barbey
Boucher
Krantz
Marine
Marmottan
Boers Capture Mail At Zand River Raid Revealed
London reports little war news from South Africa with a Cape Town dispatch noting 2000 mail bags and 4000 pounds in stamps were seized at Zand River. Kimberley saw Dr Jameson address electors denying the raid sparked revolt or influenced government. Botha may seek peace while Kruger resists as Pietersburg seeks submission.
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London
South Africa
Cape Town
Zand River
Lord Roberts
Kimberley
Jameson
Rand
Pretoria
Botha
Kruger
Pietersburg
Transvaal
Great Britain's South Africa pacification gains noted
The AP report from London on June 23 describes Britain's army in South Africa gradually pacifying the region. Boer resistance remains sporadic, but fighting is largely over as Transvaal and Orange River Colony reports show growing dominance. Col Cary Sanger and Col Samuel S. Sumner discuss US war department interests, while Sanger hosts Lord Wolseley and others, noting potential value for American volunteer service.
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The
Associated Press
London
Great Britain
South Africa
Transvaal
Orange River
Lord Roberts
Kitchener
Bobs
Cary Sanger
United States Army
United States War Department
Samuel S. Sumner
United States
China
Sanger
Lord Wolseley
George Wyndham
War Office
Joseph H. Choate
Col. Sanger
Big damage suits brought in Chicago for property along Union loop
In Chicago on June 23 additional suits total over 1.5 million dollars for property damage along the Union loop. The Walker estate sues Union Elevated Railroad for 250 thousand and Union Consolidated Railway for 150 thousand. L Z Leiter seeks 1 million in one suit and 100 thousand in another against Union Elevated and Northwestern Elevated railways. The Union Elevated is also defendant in a suit by Simon Reid's estate for 150 thousand. The steamer Richard Peck will attend the Intercollegiate Boat Races at Poughkeepsie June 30.
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New York Times
Chicago
Union Loop
W. D. Walker
Union Elevated Railroad Company
Union Consolidated Railway Company
L. Z. Leiter
Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company
Simon Reid
Richard Peck
Poughkeepsie
Steamer Dick Brown Sinks After Leak Near Cincinnati
A fleet of shanty boats aided a rescue after the steamboat Dick Brown sprang a leak near the Cincinnati Southern Bridge and sank in fifteen feet of water. About seventy passengers and twenty crew were aboard. two negro deck hands and one white passenger reportedly drowned despite crews' efforts. The sunken vessel valued at $10,000 with unknown cargo. one passenger lost $800 in optical instruments. The line had already lost five steamboats in the past two months.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Dick Brown
Kentucky River
Cincinnati Southern
Oyler
Sunshine
White Collar Line
Mandel Brothers Lease Old A C McClurg Store Site
Mandel Brothers secured a ninety nine year leasehold with purchase option on the old A C McClurg store site at Wabash Avenue and Madison Street Chicago. The property fronts Madison Street 150 feet and Wabash Avenue 70 feet with negotiations completed in New York transferring control from John Sloane. They reportedly also secured an option on the adjacent Davis property at five thousand dollars per front foot for seventy two feet or three hundred sixty thousand dollars for the entire frontage.
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New York Times
Chicago
Ill
Mandel Brothers
A. C. McClurg
Wabash Avenue
Madison Street
New York
John Sloane
Davis
Chicago unions threaten secession over labor row
The Building Trades Council faces a rupture as five major unions threaten to secede if the council continues to block a settlement of labor troubles. Thousands face hardship and possible starvation without work before winter. The groups named are Bricklayers and Stone Masons, Plumbers, Gasfitters, Hoisting Engineers, and Plasterers.
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New York Times
Chicago
Building Trades Council
Alabama Miners Demand Wage Advance At Convention
Alabama miners in Birmingham plan to press for a wage raise in the scale they are drawing, to be presented to operators next week. Operators refuse, citing declining iron prices as No 2 foundry drops to 15 per ton. The organized sides prepare for a stubborn fight as five Tennessee Company furnaces at Bessemer remain idle from a previous strike involving 600 stockhouse workers.
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New York Times
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
John Mitchell
W. M. Fairly
Tennessee Company
Bessemer
Writ service under fire as wife menaces officer
Atlantic City on June 23 Sergeant at Arms Thomas Haines of the district court faced a hostile reception while attempting to serve a writ of replevin on William R. Carter, a hack driver. Carter's wife threatened to shoot Haines with a loaded revolver and was later arrested for assault and battery and threatening to kill. She is free on bail.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
Thomas Haines
Toglay
William R. Carter
Carter
Haines
Dentist Kills His Customer in Brookwood Quarrel
In Birmingham on June 23 Dr Edward Sellers a dentist shot and killed James Tillery a miner after a dispute over a bill Tillery broke into the office and threatened the dentist who fired twice causing Tillery to die at once The incident follows a prior quarrel between the men last night The case is under investigation by local authorities
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Mr. Croker
Moss
Philadelphia
Tee Trust
Von
Tammany
New York Times
Birmingham
Edward Sellers
James Tillery
Brookwood
Tillery
Birmingham man named export agent for Alabama firms
J L Kneepfier, formerly of New Orleans, appointed export agent for the Republic Iron and Steel Company Tutwiler Coal and Coke Company Birmingham Machine and Foundry Company and other Alabama concerns. He sails to London where he will base headquarters. Continental markets bid for Birmingham finished iron and steel products and machinery. Trial shipments have been made with satisfactory results.
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New York Times
Birmingham
Ala
J. L. Kneepfier
New Orleans
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Tutwiler Coal and Coke Company
Birmingham Machine and Foundry Company
Alabama
London
England
Continental
New York Investor Seeks Receiver for Marion Water Co
Cullen C. Chapman through Scofield Durfee & Scofield filed a petition in Marion demanding a receiver for the Marion Water Company. He holds 25,000 dollars in bonds and stock as the franchise risks loss due to failure to extend and improve as required by the city. The firm defaults on interest for 200,000 dollar first and 100,000 dollar second mortgage bonds.
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New York Times
Marion
Ohio
Cullen C. Chapman
New York
Scofield, Durfee & Scofield
Marion Water Company
Yale-Harvard Boat Race Observation Train advertised
New York tickets on sale for a railcar trip offering the finest view from start to finish of the Yale versus Harvard boat race aboard the New Observation Train. Central Vermont Railway advertises the special service with pickup at 353 Broadway.
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Central Vermont Railway
Broadway
New York
Foreign Relief Fails at Tien-Tsin Amid Threats in China
June dispatches reveal Chinese forces repelling relief efforts to Tien-Tsin. Allied troops withdrew in good order after artillery standoff. foreigners retreating from Yangtse ports to Shanghai and Japan amid Dowager Empress orders to exterminate foreigners.
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London
China
Tien-Tsin
Che-Foo
Taku
Berlin
Peking
Admiral Seymour
Hi Cs
Yang-tse-Kiang
Shanghai
Japan
Attack on Tien-Tsin Widens Chinese War Drive
Shanghai June 23 Prince Tuan assumes command and pledges to march on Tien-Tsin to clear the foreign settlements. Fire strikes the U S Consulate at daybreak as Chinese artillery and foreign troops press a bombardment. Reinforcements are urged amid heavy casualties and dwindling ammo while Russians and marines move by rail and train to support the defense.
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Shanghai
Prince Tuan
Young-La
Tien-Tsin
United States
Lieut. Kempff
United States Navy
John Goodnow
Che- Foo
Wise
Monocacy
Ching-chang-Chen
Marines and Russians Engage Chinese Forces Near Tien-Tsin
Washington reports Admiral Kempff dispatch stating marines under Major Waller joined 400 Russians in battle with the Chinese Army near Tien-Tsin. The Chinese line held, a 2,000-strong force ready to renew the attack. Waller, famed for Santiago, commanded 130 Solace reinforcements from Manila.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Kempff
United States
Tien-Tsin
Department
Hackett Flas
Kempff
Che Foo
Waller
Santiago
Indiana
Manila
Bombardment of Tien-Tsin Reported With Heavy Casualties
Special dispatches from Shanghai describe three days of continuous bombardment of Tien-Tsin. The British and French settlements are reported destroyed and Chinese forces are said to number at least 15,000 inside the city. Emissaries crowd foreign quarters as fires burn buildings and consulates fall. Foreigners seek refuge at the Town Hall amid the advancing guns from the native city walls.
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London
Shanghai
Tien-Tsin
Two Magnificent Trains Leave Grand Central Daily
The New York Central Big Four Route runs two daily trains from Grand Central Station to Cincinnati Indianapolis St Louis and the Southwest at 1 00 and 9 20 P M Adv.
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Cincinnati
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Southwest
Grand Central Station
New York Central
Reinforcements Sought as Russians Hold Station Against Outsized Attack
Assistance of reinforcements is improvised. The Russians are entrenched in the station and resisting the enemy advance as it comes in overwhelming numbers.
Marine officer Wright reported killed at Tien-Tsin
Lieut John N Wright of the United States Marine Corps is reported killed in the fighting at Tien-Tsin China He was well known in Sioux Falls He served in the Spanish American War with Grigsbys Cowboy Regiment Cuba as Second Lieutenant of the Fourth Immune Regiment He later served as Second Lieutenant of the Thirtieth United States Volunteer Infantry before transfer to the Marine Corps born 1870 Logansport Indiana and Cornell graduate his father is deceased and his mother resides in Washington D C
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New York Times
Sioux Falls
M. D
John N. Wright
United States Marine Corps
Tien-Tsin
China
Grigsby
Cowboy Regiment
Cuba
Fourth
Thirtieth
United States Volunteer Infantry
Wright
Marine Corps
Philippines
Logansport
Ind
Cornell University
Washington, D. C
Peking Legations Seen Safe Amid Tense News
A U S and allied officials reported the Peking legations are safe after a cable via the Nankin viceroy. Navy figures list 30 Austrians 75 French 50 Germans 79 British 40 Italians 23 Japanese 7 Russians 58 Americans in Peking. News also confirms Baron von Ketteler and family safe. Shanghai reports no change in the siege and that most legations hold out.
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Washington
Peking
State Department
Nankin
Navy Department
Kempff
Che-Foo
Baron von Ketteler
China
Li Hung Chang to Peking to end Chinese disturbances
A dispatch from Washington reports Li Hung Chang, Viceroy of Canton, asserting the firing on foreign fleets at Taku was unauthorized by China. He seeks powers to go to Peking to quell disturbances, with United States and other powers reportedly agreeing. Remarks from Rev. Headland and Rev. Christie portray Li Hung Chang as seeking peaceful relations and balanced reforms, cautious on Christianity.
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Washington
Li-Hung-Chang
Canton
Taku
Peking
United States
I. T. Headland
Peking University
William Christie
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Thibet
Li-Hung- Chang
Foreigners Concentrate at Niu-Chwang Port Under Russian Guard
A Niu-Chwang dispatch reports foreigners gathering as Russian troops arrive from Port Arthur and the north. The British Consul has asked for a gun boat but no answer is received. The port appears protected by Russia, residents are safe, and major business disruption is not expected.
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Che-Foo
Niu-Chwang
Gulf of
Liao-Tung
Port Arthur
Quiet Yang-Tse provinces pledge order in region
Viceroys governing Nankin and Wu-Chang and the five Yangtse Kiang provinces assure the United States they can maintain order and protect foreigners. The U.S. replies it will send no troops while order is kept and will use influence with other powers to same end.
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Washington
Nankin
Wu-Chang
Yang-tse- Kiang
United States
Fear of rebellion in Yun nan under Sino clash
A French Consul dispatch from Yun nan Foo dated June 17 fears an insurrection against Mandarins in Yun nan Sen due to war anxieties and explains his detention. A June 20 telegram says tranquillity returned in Mong tse and Yun nan Sen remains unchanged. Two Europeans reached Mong tse safely while four Chinese convicted for fire crimes on June 16 were executed.
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Paris
M. Francois
Yun-nan-Foo
Yun-nan-Sen
Mongtse
Yunnan-Sen
German cruiser Iltis battle report from Taku
Berlin June 23 report of the German squadron commander at Taku says the Iltis commander fought brilliantly and led the engagement. Machinery and hull suffered minor damage while secondary guns and upper works were severely damaged. Crew conduct described as splendid.
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Berlin
Taku
The Future of China Deliberations in London
News desks across Europe and major capitals report that the great powers convene in London to discuss China. Reports from Rome, Vienna, Yokohama, Paris, and Berlin indicate a plan to imprison the Dowager Empress of China as part of their coordinated response, with officials shaping the possible action.
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Associated Press
London
Europe
China
Rome
Vienna
Yokohama
Paris
Berlin
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