Global markets and world news summary from late edition
Markets show firmer prices across grains and butter with wheat No 2 red at 9 14 4 c corn No 2 mixed 4 85 c oats No 2 mixed 2 9 14 c cotton middling 9 11 8 c Iron No 1 foundry 18 dollars. Foreign dispatches report China tensions rising with Li Hung Chang viewed as restraining influence at Canton and foreign concessions encircled in Shanghai. Russia implicated in Chinese deaths and plans to seize Peking. relief of Tien-Tsin reported. Chaffee to command US forces in China. additional troops from Manila to China. Boer guerrilla activity in Orange River Colony. Victoria Cross awards announced. Rio de Janeiro reports bubonic plague cases and deaths. French Senate amends infanticide death penalty laws. Lord Curzon cites famine rains. London imperial defense debate and free trade talk.
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Great Southern
China
Li-Hung-Chang
Canton
Shanghai
Peking
Tien-Tsin
Admiral Seymour
Manila
United States
Chaffee
Orange River Colony
Jameson
Cape
Rio Janeiro
Lord Curzon
Association of Chambers of Commerce
United Kingdom
London
Lord Selbourne
Fire strikes tall Broadway building handling blaze through tenth floor
A twelve story Whitestone building at 54 Broadway suffered a major fire that climbed from the tenth floor to the top amid water damage on lower floors. Firemen battled extreme heat and narrow Crosby Street access, with losses estimated between 50000 and 60000 dollars, mostly affecting John Donat & Co. and Berwanger Kraus & Dessauer neckwear firms.
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Whitestone
Broadway
John Donat & Co
Crosby Street
Metropolitan Hotel
Niblo’s
Home Life Insurance
Croker
Berwanger, Kraus & Dessauer
Republicans ratify their national ticket at New York meet
At Carnegie Music Hall New York Republicans ratified McKinley and Roosevelt with remarks by President Seth Low and Senators Foraker and Depew. The event featured a campaign song by a quartet, a large crowd, and praise for McKinley’s war leadership and Roosevelt as future leader.
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New York
Carnegie Music Hall
McKinley
Roosevelt
Republican County Committee
President Low
Columbia University
United States
Joseph B. Foraker
Ohio
Chauncey M. Depew
Philadelphia
Thomas C. Platt
Low
Frank
Edward Lauterbach
B. B. Odell, Jr
Republican State Committee
Charles H. Murray
Frederick S. Gibbs
George R. Bidwell
Silas C. Croft
Helen Varick Boswell
Cornelius van Cott
William H. Ten Eyck
William Leary
F. Norton Goddard
Nelson H. Henry
N. A. Elsberg
L. L. van Allen
Nicholas Murray Butler
Francis Vinton Greene
George C. Austin
Alexander Igh Mason
James W. Perry
H. C. Duval
Alabama Miners Demand Higher Scale From Operators
Alabama miners at the scale convention in Birmingham present a plan for July 1 to raise the minimum to 55 cents, add 15 cents to last year’s level, boost day labor pay 25 percent, and shift to semi monthly wages. Operators refuse, saying the demands are preposterous, with a potential strike if radical elements gain control.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama State
Scalte
Westcott Express Promises Quick Bag Check in NY and Brooklyn
Advertises a swift baggage checking and delivery system with an office in New York and Brooklyn A note recalls a Hudson River Day Line trip as a pleasant memory and happy anticipation.
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Westcott Express
New York
Brooklyn
Hudson River
Limited Train No Excess Fare to St Louis
Advertisement announces a year round limited train service to St Louis on New York Central’s fast Southwestern Limited with the Long Island Railroad adding the Summer schedule and additional express trains.
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St. Louis
New York Central
Southwestern Limited
Long Island Railroad
The Yale and Harvard Crews Review by Chase Mellen
Mr. Chase Mellen, expert oarsman, writes a critical review in The Evening Post today on Yale and Harvard crews. He bases his opinion on personal observations and predicts likely winners for each race.
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Yale
Harvard
Chase Mellen
Evening Post
Adv
Croker Not to Fight for a Silver Plank in Kansas City
Richard Croker said he has no plan to press for a silver platform at the Democratic National Convention. He signaled no personal stance on silver, stressing trust and anti imperialism as likely campaign focus and saying he will abide by the party platform. He avoided talk on a Vice Presidential bid as McClellan Sulzer and others seek Tammany support for Kansas City.
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Croker
Kansas City
Ion
Foraker
Depew
Carnegie Hall
McKinley
Gov
Roosevelt
New York
Low
City of
Ice Trust
Tammany
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Chauncey
Grand Central Station
Richard Croker
Bryan
Convention
Mr. Croker
George B. McClellan
William Sulzer
Sulzer
Lincoln
Neb
Lawyers’ Club
Mr. Bryan
McClellan
Senator Murphy
John F. Cosby
Andrew Freedman
James Shevlin
Brooklyn
Nicholas Muller
Richmond County
Shevlin
Hugh McLaughlin
Muller
Richmond Democratic
Hill
Wanamaker Improves and Plans Return to Duties
John Wanamaker, confined to bed for several days, has improved enough to move about his room. Doctors Tyson and Deaver have attended him day and night. The illness, though serious, is not considered dangerous and stems from a severe cold last winter. Thomas B. Wanamaker says his father expects to resume business duties in a few days.
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Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Bugs derail electric cars in Evanston scare
Chicago reports the Evanston Electric Street Railway blamed derailments on bugs dying after hovering near an arc light. An employee with grasshopper experience suggested hundreds of bug carcasses on the tracks caused the track jumps, linking incidents to the arc lighting.
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Chicago
Evanston Electric Street Railway
Kansas
Fragmentary OCR Item on Alerhenies Lusxu and Pennsylvanis Limited
Fragmentary text mentions Alerhenies Lusxu Via and Pennsylvanis Limited with unclear references to a club home office. The piece appears damaged with no clear event or outcome to summarize.
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Alerhenies Lusxu
Pennsylvanis
Che
Aneei
Adv
Americans Ordered to China as Chaffee Leads Force
Brig. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee is to command troops sent to China, with the Fourth and Twentieth Infantry from Manila to Taku and the Ninth Infantry sailing for China. The move aims to reinforce Beijing via Peking, amid viceroyal pleas to keep foreign troops out, as U.S. planners plan coaling at Nagasaki and deploy marines and transports to support a large expedition.
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Washington
China
Adna R. Chafee
Manila
Taku
Gen. Chaffee
Meiklejohn
Chaffee
Peking
State Department
Li-Hung-Chang
Canton
Shan-Tung
Hay
Conger
Shanghai
War Department
Chafee
San Francisco
Nagasaki
America
Navy Department
Brooklyn
Admiral Remey
Mantis
Princeton
Swatow
Amoy
Foo-Chow
General Chaffee Hero of El Caney and Cuban campaigns
Washington reports the military career of Gen Chaffee spanning the Civil War Spanish American War and Indian campaigns. Born 1842 in Ohio he rose from private to Major General of Volunteers and earned multiple citations for gallantry in battles from Gettysburg to Dinwiddie Dinwiddie Courthouse Paint Creek and Red River. He commanded El Caney forces helping close the Santiago campaign and later served as chief of staff in Cuba and in the Adjutant General’s office.
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Washington
Chaffee
Ohio
Sixth Cavalry
Gettysburg
Penn
Dinwiddie Courthouse
Paint Creek
Texas
Red River
Big Big Wash
Arizona
Eighth Cavalry
Fifth Corps
el Caney
Santiago
Lawton
Gen. Chaffee
Cuba
Connecticut
War Dept Denies Three Month China Troop Landing
Washington reports it would not take three months to land 5,000 troops in China. Officials say only Russia and Japan could beat the United States, with Manila transports Logan Warren Sherman carrying 4,800 men now ready. Sherman arrives Thursday. Thomas to follow.
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Foraker
Spain
United States
Philippines
Depew
Senate
Roosevelt
New York
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Flintshire
Westminster
Quartermaster General’s Office
China
Manila
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Anila
War Department
Russia
Japan
Germany
France
Great Britain
Port Albert
Port Stevens
Logan
Gen. Chaffee
Corbin
Taku
Buffington
Ordnance Bureau
Gen. Greely
Capt
Russell
Gen. CorBin
Gen. MacArthur
Signal Corps
Ninth Infantry
Washington
Warren
Sherman
Thomas
Kansas City and Return, $28.75 with Lackawanna Rail
Magnificent service via Lackawanna Railroad and direct connections. Tickets valid July 1 2 3 for outbound. Return limit July with dining cars and sleepers available. Advance fare quick ti 1q.
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Kansas City
Lackawanna Railroad
Ninth Infantry Sails Thoroughly Equipped for China
The War Department reports the Ninth Infantry sails on June 27 from Manila headed to China. General Corbin says it compares favorably with other governments’ forces and is fully recruited to 1,407 men with ample machine guns tents and field gear. Commanded by Col. Liscum the regiment should reach Taku by next Monday or Tuesday.
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Manila
Washington
Ninth Infantry
MacArthur
Corbin
China
Ninth
Liscum
Taku
Navy Receives Request to Deploy Wisconsin Officers
The Navy Department accepted an assignment request from Wisconsin officers to active service in Chinese waters. Signatories include Capt. George C. Reiter and Lieut. Cmdr. John B. Milton. Retired Lt. R. H. Townley is ordered to sail July 10 from San Francisco, with more retirees likely recalled if needed.
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Washington
Navy Department
Wisconsin
San Francisco
George C. Reiter
John B. Milton
Henry T. Mayo
G. W. McElroy
A. A. Ackerman
C. T. Vogelgesang
W. P. Cronan
Department
R. H. Townley
El Reno man recruits volunteers for Chinese crisis
A. M. Baldwin of El Reno has organized a company of volunteers and offered their services to the Government through Gov. Barnes should more troops be needed for China.
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EL Reno
Oklahoma
A. M. Baldwin
Gov. Barnes
China
Ardmore Company Volunteers for China War Call
Ardmore Military Company led by Captain B V Henson offering the 78 men for government service in case of war with China. The unit is mobilized from Ardmore, I T, and extends readiness on June 26.
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Ardmore
I. T
B. V. Henson
Ardmore Military Company
China
Wesleyan limits women students to twenty percent
Wesleyan University trustees voted to cap women students at 20 percent of the prior year’s total and to limit enrollment by dormitory capacity. No class separation. distinctions in chapel honors and Phi Beta Kappa elections. Alumni influence prompted the action amid mixed student reactions.
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Middletown
Conn
Wesleyan University
Phi Beta Kappa
Wesleyan
George Greenwood Reynolds
Brooklyn
N. Y
Herbert Welch
Joseph S. Stout
New York
D. Ward
Elizabeth J. Meade
Stamford
Chicago Broker Robbed of 55000 on Cable Car
Chicago reporter H. K. Duffield, a Board of Trade broker, lost 55000 in bonds mining stocks and deeds to pickpockets while riding a Cottage Grove Avenue cable car. He was taking the money to the bank when the theft occurred.
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Chicago
H. K. Duffield
Board of Trade
Cottage Grove Avenue
Yale Harvard Boat Race and Rapid Travel Ads
Central Vermont Railway offers new observation train for the Yale Harvard Boat Race from start to finish with tickets on sale at 353 Broadway New York. Advertising notes rapid traveling on the Pennsylvania Railroad to principal Middle West cities.
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Central Vermont Railway
Broadway
New York
Pennsylvania’ Railroad
Middle West
Foreign Troops Tangle in China as Riots Rise
Reports from Canton to Tien-Tsin describe growing anti foreign sentiment in southern China with Li Hongzhang summoned to Peking. Russians accused of barbaric acts after Taku. U.S. to send reinforcements under Brig. Gen. Chaffee as Seymour’s column nears Tien-Tsin amid rapid troop movements from Manila and Shan-Tung.
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Che-Foo
Seymour
Tien-Tsip
Peking
China
Tung-Fu-Siang
Shanghai
Shan-Tung
United States
Manila
A. R. Chaffee
San Francisco
Unrest in the South Amid Chinese Outbreaks
A fresh ebullition in China threatens southern provincial centers with rising hostility to foreigners, especially in Nanking and Canton. Kang-Wu arrives armed with powers from the Empress. Viceroy Liu-Kun-Yih's pro-foreigner stance affronts Prince Tuan. Canton fears bloodshed and mass exodus as tensions mount with Black Flags feared if Li's troops depart. Commander Mclean moves to shield foreign interests.
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London
China
Nanking
Daily Express
Kang-Wu
Grand Canal
Liu-Kun- Yih
Tuan
Tsung-li-Yamen
Canton
Daily Telegraph
Hongkong
Quangs
Hung Chang
Peking
Mclean
United States
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
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Sixth Avenue
Egal
Marine Intelligence
New Corporation
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United Service
Weather Report
M’kinley
Lowen Croker
Pew
China’s
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Teddy
Lill McKinley
Rough Rider
Teddy Roosevelt
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Dixie
Blue
Gray
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Seth Low
Columbia
William L. Strong
Mr. Low
Crete
Pearl
Antilles
Senator Foraker
Platt
Guv
Prosperity and Trusts
Assemblyman
Slater
Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Depew
County Committee of
New Eng
New England
Northwest
Mountain States
Pacific Coast
Alabama Miners’ Scale
New York Times
MR. Sulzer
Sulzer and
Mir
Tammany Hall
John C. Sheehan
Ninth District
Tammany Party
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bernard F. Martin
Cortlandt Street Ferry
George W. Plunkitt
Wanamaker
Adna R. Chaffee
Seymour IS
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Li-Hung- Chang
Che- Foo
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