Diplomatic Deans Shift as China Faces Foreign Upheaval
The Spanish Minister in Peking acts as dean of the Diplomatic Corps amid upheaval while Sir Claude MacDonald assists. Major powers begin to depart. Count Cassini has left, Cambon will sail June 20, and Pauncefote plans Newport by July 1. Wu Ting Fang downplays rumors despite foreign alarm over possible crisis. Chinese government silent on foreign troop landing and foreign aid.
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Peking
Spain
China
Claude MacDonald
Count Cassini
Cambon
France
Europe
Loté Pauncefote
Newport
Wu Ting Fang
Emperors flee Peking as foreign missions burned amid crisis
A Tien-Tsin report says the Dowager Empress sought protection at the Russian Legation in Peking while the Emperor and Empress returned to the city. Looting and burning of American mission buildings near Tung-Chau followed, with massacres of native Christians reported. Russian forces mass near Port Arthur and Tien-Tsin, as European powers plot a joint demonstration under a Europe-wide flag display.
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Peking
London
Tien-Tsin
Shanghai
Tien- Trin
Yang-Ts
North
Tung- Chau
Tung-Chau
Russia
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Fighting on the Isthmus Forces Retreat Across Panama Route
A dispatch from Colon dated June 10 reports that national forces were defeated in an engagement on the Isthmus of Panama, retreated toward the Gulf side, ammo exhausted, with five officers killed or wounded. Commander Logan of the Machias may rush Marines if Americans are endangered. Eastern Colombia reports insurgent total defeat.
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Navy
Washington
Esterday
Panama
Logan
Logar
Machias
Gulf
Navy Department
Lowan
Colombia
Foreign forces move as rail convoy evacuates Russians and French
In Tien-Tsin on June 11 British defences commandeered trains to escort 213 Russians and two guns and 62 French marines with stores. A special train later carried about 500 foreign troops, including 3% Germans and eighty British, toward Peking while rail ties and locomines faced crowd pressure. Telegraph lines to Peking were cut.
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Tien-Tsin
Lang-Fong
Peking
Tong-Shan
Northern
China
Anxiety Over Missionaries in China Threatened by Boxer Turmoil
The article details distress of missionary boards as secretaries await word from workers in Peking and surrounding areas during the 1900 Boxer disturbances. It notes 40 Methodist missionaries in North China and 85 Presbyterian staff, with officials seeking U.S. government protection and rapid replies from Washington.
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China
United States
The
Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Conger
Peking
A. B. Leonard
Anglo American agreement on dispatch of troops to Peking
The United States Consul and Captain Mc Calla led the American landing party while British and European officials debated haste and distribution. After discussions two European powers questioned a British preponderance but Anglo Americans insisted on dispatch. Americans regret the small U S force yet defer to Washington on best action.
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United States
McCalla
Peking
Washington
Foreign Missions Communiqués on China Turmoil
The report notes limited access to Chinese workers as missions in China suffer distance and danger. Catholic and Baptist links see varied risk, while the Bible Society cites Empress Dowager turmoil and reformist momentum. Anglican missionaries face violence in Shan-Tung and general anti-foreign sentiment impacts work.
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Sioners
Foreign Missions
Boston
Brown
China
Baptist Board of Foreign Missions
Tremont Temple
France
America
West Ninth St
American Bible Society
John R. Hykes
Canot
Kwang Hsu
Secret Society
Shan-Tung
S. M. Brooks
Tts
Peking
The Chinese Problem and Powers Unite for China
A collection of editorials from The Baltimore Sun The Brooklyn Eagle The Philadelphia Record The St Louis Democrat and The Indianapolis Journal argue that China’s fate should be decided by Russia and Japan with limited foreign intervention by the United States and that a native Chinese leader backed by European forces could resolve the crisis Russia’s ambitions threaten such an arrangement and members warn against entangling alliances while endorsing protection for Americans and legations in Peking.
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The
Baltimore Sun
Hay
Lord Salisbury
Russia
Japan
China
Peking
St. Louis
United States
Indianapolis Journal
Summer resort supplement advertised by The Tribune
The Herald notes The Tribune will publish a forthcoming summer resort supplement next Sunday. It calls the Tribune’s advertisement readable and effective, praising the business approach and anticipating strong reader interest in summer travel and hotel offerings.
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New-York Herald
Herald
the Tribune
The
Tribune
Indian Outbreak Fears After Messiah Invites Violence
Eighteen hundred Chippewa on Leech Lake Reservation in Minnesota move toward armed conflict after a self styled Messiah incites anger. Marshal Grimshaw orders deputy force as Indian agents disperse crowds and arrest Gway-Tay-Gonce for inciting disorder.
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Walker
Minn
Leech Lake
Minnesota
United States
Grimshaw
Bear Point
Gway-Tay-Gonces
Washington
Squaw Point
Mercier
Messiah
Gway-Tay-Gonce
Cass Lake
Ball Club
Nurse’s Testimony In Bonner Will Contest Reveals Mental State
John J. Boylan testified in Surrogate Fitzgerald’s court as the will contest of Robert Bonner proceeds. He described Bonner’s late illness as marked by irritability and a desire for solitude, but the witness acknowledged Bonner drove and spoke rationally the day after the will was signed. The case, opposing Andrew Allen Bonner’s minor children, continues.
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John J. Boylan
Fitzgerald
Robert Bonner
Mr. Bonner
Robert Allen Bonner
Laurence Kip Bonner
Andrew Allen Bonner
Robert Edwin Bonner
Frederick Bonner
Emma Forbes
David McClure
Jeanette F. Bonner
Boylan
Bonner
John E. Parsons
Praytell
Noted stage changes and Garrick farewell for Holmes
William Gillette and company end their run of Sherlock Holmes at the Garrick Theatre next Saturday night and will resume the play in autumn. Casino Girl cast changes see Dave Lewis as Khedive. Cyril Scott replaces Cyril Scott. Virginia Earle leaves The Cadet Girl for Boston rehearsals. A benefit at Star Theatre will feature numerous colored performers for the widow of Gussie L. Davis.
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William Gillette
Garrick Theatre
Sam” Bernard
Dave” Lewis
Boston
Virginia Earle
Cyril Scott
Gussie” L. Davis
Star Theatre
Community Leaders Named in Tonight’s Event Lineup
Tonight the event features leaders Black Matie Wilkes Williams and Walker Cole Johnson Tom Brown Bob Kelley and Irving Jones at the helm. The gathering highlights local figures shaping the program and public agenda.
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Mattie Wilkes
Willams
Walker
Cole
Johnson
Tom” Brown
Bob” Kelley
Irving Jones
Horace J. Fairchild Dead at 73 After Long Career
Horace J. Fairchild a second vice president of H. B. Claflin Co died in Stockbridge Massachusetts after a long illness. He was born in the town of his death and spent 55 years in mercantile work. Surviving are his wife Maria Louise Stiles two daughters Mrs. Isaac S. Wheaton and Mrs. Briton N. Busch and two sons Henry M. and Arthur A. Fairchild. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 at Stockbridge.
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Horace Jones Fairchild
West
Messrs. Richards & Blake
No. 51
Exchange Place
Hamlin, Blake & Co
Fairchild
Manchester
England
Mr. Fairchild
H. B. Claflin
H. B. Claftin
Maria Louise Stiles
Isaac S. Wheaton
Lithgow
N. Y
Briton N. Busch
James Cromwell Dies After Short Illness in Pleasantville
James Cromwell, a respected Westchester County citizen, died yesterday at his Pleasantville home after a brief illness linked to a prior grip infection. He formerly worked in New York City business, then lived on a Bedford Station farm later acquired by the state for a women’s reformatory. He belonged to the Hicksite Friends Society and was an active Republican. Survived by his wife and two daughters Mrs. Stanley Nedham of Perth Amboy, NJ, and Mrs. Elbridge Atwood Arnold of Katonah, NY. His brother David Cromwell is a White Plains banker and former county treasurer.
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James Cromwell
Westchester County
Pleasantville
N. Y
Cromwell
New York City
Bedford Station
State of New York
Society of Friends
Chappaqua
Stanley Nedham
Perth Amboy
N. J
Elbridge Atwood Arnold
Katonah
David Cromwell
White Plains
Death of Dr. John Braden leader of Central Tennessee College
Dr. John Braden, founder and longtime president of Central Tennessee College, died in Nashville at age 83. Born August 18, 1828 in Nashville, he led the institution for 25 years and helped educate Black youths in the South. He studied at Ohio Wesleyan University and taught in Methodist schools before his presidency.
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Nashville
Tenn
John Braden
Central Tennessee College
Braden
South
Ohio Wesleyan University
Xenia Female Seminary
Cincinnati
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ohio
Tennessee
Iona Lion
Walter Goddard ex Customs Collector dies in Bridgeport
Walter Goddard aged sixty six, longtime ex Custom Collector for the Port of Bridgeport, died at his Washington Avenue home from a paralytic shock. He leaves a widow and three sons. Born in London, he came to the United States about fifty years ago and served under Presidents Cleveland and Harrison.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Walter Goddard
Washington-ave
Mr. Goddard
London
England
Cleveland
Harrison
Vadanta Society to Host Vivekananda Reception
Following its regular monthly meeting at 102 East Fifty eighth street the Vadanta Society will give a reception to Swami Vivekananda who arrived in the city Saturday en route to the Paris Exposition as reported by The Tribune.
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The
Vadanta Society
East Fifty-eighth-st
Swami Vivekananda
Oswald Ottendorfer Reported Improved at Home
Oswald Ottendorfer, long confined by illness at 150 Central Park South, was reported improved yesterday morning. Previously he received no visitors, but ex-Sheriff Tamsen was allowed to see him today.
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Oswald Ottendorfer
Central Park South
Ottendorfer
Tamsen
West Point Cadets hold eighth annual field day sports
At West Point New York on June 11 1900 the Army Officers Athletic Association staged the eighth annual field day. Winners were Clark Shannon Barnes Perkins Cartthers and Peek among others with event results listed and records noted. Separate notices announced multiple marriages and deaths with full names and addresses.
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West Point
N. Y
West Points
Army Officers’ Athletic Association
Clark
Hodges
Barlow
Shannon
Keller
Prentice
Barnes
Lahne
Casad
Peek
Bunker
Dorle
Jam Perkins
Nelly
Herr
Hurdie
Cartthers
Hayden
WIGGINS and WORTHINGTON Rites Noted in Newburg Area
Death notices list Mary Olmstead Wiggins widow of Dr. L Wiggins of Newburg aged in the pst year. Funeral at Hobart Monday with interment at Newburg Tuesday after the 1 pm train. Also Charles Campbell Worthington Jr son of Charles Campbell and Julia Hedden Worthington, aged 18 found in Irvington-on-Hudson. No funeral date announced. Greenwood Cemetery listing for property at 229 Broadway.
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Eugene T. Hawkins
Mapleave
Morristown
N. J
New York
Wiggins
Hobart
Mary Olmstead Wiggins
Newburg
Worthington
Irvington-on-Hudson
Charles Campbell Worthington, Jr
Charles Campbell
Julia Hedden Worthington
The Tribune Subscriptions and Remittance Offices Listed
Special notices detail where to remit for subscriptions and adverts for The Tribune. Offices include New York main and uptown, Newark, London, Paris, Geneva, Florence, Hamburg, Bremen, and other agencies and agents for payments and distribution.
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Nassau-st. Uptown
Broadway
Newark
Fred
Waterloo Place
Thomas Cook & Son
Ludgate Circus
London
the Tribune
Paris
Louis Vuitton
Scribe
Grand Hotel
J. Monroe & Co
Serthe
John Wanamaker
Hottinguer & Co
Morgan, Harfes & Co
Credit Lyonnais
Bureau Des Etrangers
American Express Company
Lemercier
Geneva
Lombard, Odler & Co
Union Bank
Plorence—Whitby & Co
Hamburg
American Express Co
Schmiede Bremen
Strasse
Transatlantic and Pacific Mail Schedules for Europe and Americas
Postage schedules detail sailing times for mail to Europe, Ireland, Belgium, and other regions aboard ships like Astoria Lahn St Louis Friesland Oceanic Columbia La Gascogne Campania Trave Spaarndam Ems and Ethiopia. Supplementary closes and special routes via Queenstown Havre Cherbourg Plymouth and Southampton are listed with times and directing phrases. Additional sections cover South and Central America West Indies Brazil Cuba Porto Rico and La Plata Countries with ships Alliance Catania Vigilancia and Admiral Farragut among others. Transpacific routes to China Japan Philippines Hawaii Australia and New Zealand with multiple cutoffs and via Seattle Vancouver San Francisco and Los Angeles are noted with dates through June and July.
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Astoria
Europe
Southampton
Bremen
Ireland
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France
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Portugal
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India
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la Gascogne
Vis Havre
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Trave
Cherbou
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Naples
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Ethiopia
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Central America
West Indies
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Pacific
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Colon
Guatemala
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Inagua
Haiti
Brazil
Pernambuco
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Malik
Syrakusa
Newfoundland
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Yucatan
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Porto Rico
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San Juan
Rio de Janeiro
Catania
Cuba
Campeche
Toledasco
Chiapas
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Monette
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Jamaies
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Ydun
Wis Progreso
la Plata
Newton
Fortune Amaica
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Carthagena
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Cube
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Fla
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Transpacific
China
Japan
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Philippine Islands
Dispatch
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Hawaii
San Francisco
Crina
Meats
Australia
Ttalia
West Australia
Samoan Islands
S. Campania
New-York
S. 5
Moana
Ax van Cott
Postmageen Postoffice
New York
N. Y
Leoo
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