Five New Battleships to Be Built for U S Navy
Secretary Long approves final battleship circular calling for five identical ships. Bids to show prices with and without wood copper sheathing. Unsheathed ships will be faster at 14 600 tons displacement, while copper sheathed reach 15 000 tons. Names proposed include Pennsylvania New Jersey Georgia and Virginia Washington.
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Tribune
Washington
Department
Congress
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Georgia
Virginia
Sampson Claim Decided in Prize Money Case
The U S Court of Claims ruled Admiral Sampson was commander in chief with Commodore Schley commanding a division squadron under him for the Santiago action. It found the Spanish squadron inferior and awarded $166,700 in bounty among officers and men, with Sampson receiving 8335 and Schley about 3000. It also states the New York was among the vessels engaged.
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Washington
United States Court of Claims
W. T. Sampson
Santiago
Admiral Sampson
Schley
Sampson
Admiral Cervera
Admiral Schrey
New York
Navy calls for bids on classified armor plates
Washington June 18 The Navy Department finished a circular for bids to supply armor plate with a new classification system. Highest face hardened Krupp armor reserved for Class 1, Harveyized for Class 2, and thin plates for Class 3. Contractors must offer the best possible quality and upgrades at no extra cost, with three specified quantities to be bid, including an immediate large order to test price reductions. The Ordnance Bureau notes a potential new competitor may enter the field, though no details are known.
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Washington
Navy Department
Ordnance Bureau
United States
Navy
A Change Breakfast for Better Health
The article urges a complete breakfast change and proposes Grape-Nuts with cream or milk fruit and two soft eggs as a healthful, convenient option. It details a nine minute preparation using hot water and a pint tin cup with three or four teaspoons of Grape-Nuts delivering full strength till the next meal.
Pan American Congress Delays Date for Second Meeting
Washington ministers from thirteen nations met to decide that the date for the second International Congress of American Republics should be set by the United States and Mexico. The City of Mexico remains the proposed venue, with Buenos Aires rejected.
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United States
Mexico
Washington
Ministers of Countries
Bureau of American Republics
International Congress of American Republics
Ecuador
Senhor de Assis Brasil
Executive Committee
Unparalleled Year Highlighted by Spaulding on Trade Growth
Washington reports from June 13 quote Assistant Secretary O L Spaulding detailing an unprecedented fiscal year ending June 30. He notes exports and imports surpassing 2 billion dollars for the first time, with four-year totals near 7.25 billion, and a five million ton shipping milestone nearing since 1865.
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Washington
O. L. Spaulding
McKinley
Democratic Party
Hay
China
Northwest
South
Asia
Porto Rico
United States
Hawaii
Alaska
Remey seeks more Marines for Philippines task
Washington dispatch from Admiral Remey reports Cavite and Basilan Island have been turned to naval control, with Olongapo to be given up. The Navy plans a battalion of about two hundred fifty marines to Manila by August 1, to garrison Cavite and replace marines in Chinese waters, with current forces totaling about two thousand in the Philippines and Guam.
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Basilan Island
Olongapo
Solace
Guam
Kempff
Department
Philippines
Navy
Yorktown
Castine
Shanghai
Austria
Canton
Swatow
Amoy
Navy Department
Naval Academy
New York
League Island
Washington
Manila
Cavité Naval Station
Cavité
Admiral Remey
Memorial for the Maine’s men at Arlington
Washington reports a new memorial at Arlington Cemetery honoring the sailors of the Maine. An old iron anchor, recovered near Boston Harbor, stands on a concrete base with a bronze tablet inscribed in the cross and a view that overlooks the Potomac at sunset.
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Washington
Spain
Arlington
Potomac
Virginia Shore
Lawton
Maine
Bryan Reiterates Views on Democratic Platform
Chicago June 13 William Jennings Bryan discussed next month’s Democratic National Convention. He met with National Committee leaders and a Michigan committeeman while weighing whether the 1896 money plank should be rewritten. He stressed money trusts imperialism and imperial policy as key issues and urged a campaign to carry every state.
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Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Senator Jones
J.G. Johnson
Charles A. Walsh
D. J. Campau
Michigan
Kansas City
Bryan
Jones
Philippines
Republican Party
Rioting in Peking Escalates Attacks on Foreign Legations
Official dispatches in Washington report rioters targeting foreign legations in Peking. Belgian and British officials were assaulted, British quarters burned, and the Japanese chancellor Akira is said murdered. Diplomatic figures warn the crisis threatens all foreign representatives.
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Washington
Peking
Legation
Philip May
Sir Claude MacDonald
Sugiyama Akira
Akira
Keiziro Nabeshima
Japan
Foreign Office
Tokio
Arlington honors Lawton with anchor and Spanish mortars tribute
Hundreds of Lawton’s mourners tread Arlington’s grounds to view the grave of General Lawton. A giant anchor reinterred from Havana stands between antique bronze mortars bearing historical seals. Wreaths from Manila accompany the flag and Everlasting flowers, while crowds wear a path along the lawn near the amphitheatre of the dead.
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Lawton
Philippines
Manila
Far East
Arlington
Fireproof Dwelling Houses Highlight Fire Safe Design
The article notes four American basement houses at 301, 303, 305 and 37 West 105th St built by Hamilton M. Weed. They use steel beam floors with fireproof arches and three inch blocks for partitions, mirroring modern fireproof office construction to prevent fires from defective flues.
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Pulitzer
Raymond
Andrews
Adams
West One
Hamilton M. Weed
Broadway
Harvard
Child Injured by Delivery Wagon in Street Crash
Robert Herman aged four of 178 Avenue A was struck by a delivery wagon operated by Brauer at 678 One Hundred Sixty eighth Street while playing tag at Avenue B and Eleventh Street. He was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in serious condition. Fireman Henry F Sullivan of Engine Company No 38 saved him from being run over by the wagon’s rear wheel.
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Avenue A
Avenue B
Eleventh-st
8. Brauer
Bellevue Hospital
Henry EF. Sullivan
Eleventh St
Avenues C
Sullivan
Russia Keeps Distance in China Amid Foreign Clamor
Report from official circles denies Empress Dowager refuge rumors at the Russian Legation in Peking and rebukes anti-foreign agitation. It notes Russia has shown restraint, avoiding large landings to prevent any impression of ulterior aims, despite external pressure over China.
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Peking
Russia
China
Attitude of Japan in China Crisis Cooperation Emphasized
London reports from the Japanese Embassy state Japan will cooperate loyally with European powers amid the Chinese crisis. Japan seeks no single power to lead and has not decided on political measures. A murder at Peking may complicate matters, while Fo-Kien remains pledged not to be alienated and Kiang-Si lies in the British sphere.
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State Department
Conger
Tuan
Tsung-li-Yamen
Peking
London
Japan
China
Che-Kiang
Fo-Kien
Kiang-Si
Yang-Tse River
Great Britain
Telegraph notice on Great Northern line to Peking
The Western Union Telegraph Company issues a notice that although a land line route via Maimaichin Mongolia remains open to Peking China messages should be accepted at sender's risk and routed accordingly.
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Great Northern Company
Maimaichin
Mongolia
Peking
China
Missionaries Get Encouraging Reports From Far East
Cable from Rev J H Pyke reports Dr N S Hopkins and Rev Frederick J Hayner safe at Tsunhua about one hundred miles south of Tien Tsin with two missionary women, Edna G Terry and Miss Croucher. Rumor of Dr Terry's murder denied. inquiry sent to Pyke for confirmation. Presbyterian letters from Shantung and Peking note Boxer references and Yuan Shih Kai’s control. report about a clash near Chinanfu with casualties.
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N. S. Hopkins
Frederick J. Hayner
Tsunhua
Tien-Tsin
Edna G. Terry
Miss Croucher
Leonard
Methodist
Terry
Lower Broadway
Mr. Pyke
Peking
Shantung
Arthur J. Brown
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
V. F. Partch
Chinanfu
Boxers and foreign relief efforts in China amid unrest
Reports from May 3 describe growing Boxer and Big Knife strength in China as Empress Dowager backing them. The See understates danger while noting Shanghai’s relative order and detailing Presbyterian missions, Catholic forces, and relief talks with the State Department amid ongoing disturbance in Peking and Shandong.
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Shantung Province
China
Brown
Peking
East
West Shantung
Paotingfu
State Department
Washington
Shantung
Wherry
Associated Press
John J. Gwynne
College of St. Francis Xavier
Father Gwynne
Presbyterian Board of Missions
Yorktown Sails to Che Foo Amid Boxer Disturbances
Washington reports that the Yorktown departed Shanghai for Che Foo where Boxers disturb unrest at the port concern. The move likely ordered by Admiral Kempff, with the Yorktown due Friday or Saturday near his flagship at Taku. Castine remains in Shanghai and Kempff may send marines up the Yangtse if needed.
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Navy Department
Yorktown
Shanghai
Che-Foo
United States
State Department
Shantung Peninsula
Kempff
Che- Foo
Taku
Castine
Chin-Kiang
Yang-tse- Kiang
Powers reportedly settle Chinese question with amnesty offer
Shanghai June 13 extraordinary rumors claim the Powers have resolved the Chinese question by offering amnesty to the Dowager Empress and her Manchu advisers in exchange for a pledge to change their future conduct.
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Shanghai
Dr Edna G Terry in China feared amid Boxer unrest
Alarm grips Dr Edna G Terry's friends as her mount Vernon relatives deny murder reports. Terry, a Boston University graduate and Mission Society physician in Tsun-Hoa, Northern China, is about eighty miles northeast of Peking where Boxers have slain missionaries. Her mother and brother-in-law pursue confirmation. Mrs Terry expects her daughter to return home in late June.
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Elmer P. Smith
Mount Vernon
China
Miss Terry
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Tsun-Hoa
Peking
H. E. Terry
Port Jefferson
Long Island
Boston University
New England
Terry
South Fifth Ave
North Atlantic Squadron sails from Newport for Boston
The North Atlantic Squadron left Newport at 9 30 this morning led by the flagship New York under Rear Admiral Norman H Farquhar. Battleships Indiana Texas Massachusetts and Kearsarge followed in single file, with arrival in Boston anticipated tomorrow. The Kentucky which left Hampton Roads on Monday had not yet arrived and is expected to join the fleet in Boston.
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R. IL
Boston
New York
Norman H. Farquhar
Indiana
Texas
Massachusetts
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Hampton Roads
Democratic State Convention Adopts Platform at Columbus
In Columbus June 13 the Democratic State Convention chaired by W. S. Thomas supported seating McLean delegates from Dowling and Wilson and preferred primaries. Delegates backed William J. Bryan for President, denounced imperialism and tariff trusts, and urged currency reform toward a government issued paper currency. Police restored order after a volatile session, with Ballard B. Yates later nominated for Dairy and Food Commissioner and J. D. Simpkins and Peter R. Brown named for state posts.
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Ohio
W. S. Thomas
Springfield
State Central Committee
Webster P. Huntington
Dowling
Montgomery County
Wilson
Cuyahoga County
McLean
Nst
Committee On
Kansas City
National Democratic Committee
William S. Thomas
Springfeld
Horace L. Chapman
Jackson
James Kilbourne
Abraham
W. Patrick
New Philadelphia
M. O. Burns
Hamilton
C. L. Brumbach
Greenville
M. B. Clyburn
Hillsboro
John McSweeney
Worcester
Isaac R. Sherwood
Toledo
A. J. Warner
Marietta
Harry H. McFadden
Steubenville
Ballard B. Yates
J. D. Simpkins
St. Mary's
Peter R. Brown
Chillicothe
Board of Public Works
Tax on steamship tickets narrowed to one per family
Charles H Treat reports that Commissioner Wilson revoked the prior ruling requiring tax on each person abroad in first class. Going forward a family on one ticket pays once, but tour groups posing as families face tax on every individual ticket. Steamship agents welcome the change, seeing it ease transatlantic travel.
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Charles H. Treat
Internal Revenue
Wilson
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