SCARE NEWS FROM CHINA
London reports China grows more alarming as 100000 troops mass outside Peking to block a relief column. The Express says foreign ministers are prisoners. a Russian force with siege guns arrives outside Peking and may act independently. British reinforcements sail for Taku. the Terrible cruiser to depart with 300 more. European Legations and American missions prepare defenses.
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New-York Tribune
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Shanghai
Hong Kong
Taku
the Times
Terrible
Peking
Turbulent China Crisis Deepens Across Tianjin and Peking
London dispatch reports no improvement in the Chinese crisis as Admiral Seymour advances with 2300 marines toward Peking. Boxers burn railways and bridges ahead and behind his force. rumored relief needs rescue. Russian reinforcements may arrive, Port Arthur could aid, and European powers suspect Russian aims.
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Tien-Tsin
Peking
Shanghai
Seymour
Port Arthur
China Inland Mission
Yun- Nan-Fu
Forces near Taku forts prepare action tonight
Reports from Tien-Tsin say mixed forces will attempt to seize the Taku forts tonight while Nieh moves 2500 troops from Lu-Tai to Chun-Lin-Cheng and Tung's Shanghai troops head toward Peking. French minister Delcassé says China will not oppose foreign troops entering Peking and French concession remains quiet under guard. Troops sail from Hong Kong aboard Hing-Sang and Ter rible, as German officials await more China news amid uncertain telegraph links.
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Taku
Nieh
Lu-Tai
Chun-Lin-Cheng
Tung
Shanghai
Peking
Paris
M. Delcassé
M. Delcasso
Kempff to be reinforced by telegraph to the Tribune
Washington June 15 Cabinet meeting focused on plans to rescue Americans from Chinese fanatics. Admiral Kempff to receive large reinforcements, with Marines from Manila to Tien-Tsin and fleets adjusted to protect legations. Possible extra expedition and troop dispatch from the Philippines discussed. Navy arranging transports and contingents, with British and Japanese reactions noting U.S. action as above suspicion.
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Washington
Conger
Ragsdale
Tien-Tsin
Peking
Admiral Kempff
United States
Germany
France
Italy
Philippines
Asiatic
Remey
Kempff
Cavite
Naval Station
General MacArthur
Crowninshield
Manila
New Orleans
Brooklyn
War Department
Taku
Yorktown
Che-Foo
Root
Men
China
Hay
Navy Department
Ludington
Grant
San Francisco
Logan
Warren
Sherman
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Man Kills Self After Carrying Rope Weeks
William J. Koehler a 44 year old Harlem delicatessen owner kissed his wife then locked himself in the kitchen and hanged himself from a gas fixture. He had for weeks carried a ten foot rope saying every man reaches the end of his rope and must be ready. He had married four months earlier and his mood shifted from gloom to cheerfulness before the tragedy.
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William J. Koehler
Seventh-ave
Goodby
Christina M. Peters
Koehler
German naval strength in China outlined by Foreign Office
Foreign Office states German forces in China include three large cruisers the Hansa the Hertha and the Kaiserin Auguste with small cruisers Gefion and Irene and gun boats Iltis and Jaguar. With crews totaling 2 272 men plus 3 200 at Kiao-Chou making 5 472 trained men of whom 3 000 may be spared for action ashore.
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Hertha
Gefion
Irene
Iltis
Jaguar
Kiao-Chou
Important Rebel Capture Reported by Gen MacArthur
Washington June 15. General MacArthur wires that General Macabulos with eight officers and 124 enlisted men surrendered to Colonel FE H Liscum of the 9th Infantry at Tarlac. The rebel leader is the last major figure in Tarlac and Pangasenan.
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War Department
MacArthur
Macabulos
FE. H. Liscum
9Th Infantry
Tarlac
Pangasenan
Insurgent clash at Papaya tagged by U S forces
In the Philippines General Lacuna's force was attacked near Papaya by Funston’s troops. Two hundred insurgents were killed or scattered in a night pursuit as Captain Koehler led a charge. One American died and another was wounded. Separate report notes a 23 life river disaster in British Guiana at Cuyuni Falls.
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Sefior
Pedro Paterno
Felipe Buencamino
18Th Infantry
Hancock
Lewis
Wheeler
Lacuna
Papaya
Nueva Fcija
Funston
Koehler
4Th Cavalry
34Th Infantry
The Porte Still Silent In Indemnity Question
Constantinople June 15 The United States Legation has not yet received a reply to its May 21 note on the indemnity issue. Lloyd C Griscom United States Chargé dAffaires continues pressings the Porte for a solution through verbal representations to the government.
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Constantinople
United States
Legation
Porte
Lloyd C. Griscom
Newfoundland Labor Troubles Halt Ore Cargoes at Bell Island
Four steamers have left Bell Island without hematite cargoes as the strike paralyzes mining. Strikers control the island and all work is suspended. Reported that mine owners hired hundreds of Italians at Sydney to replace Newfoundlanders, raising fears of bloodshed.
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Sydney
Rebel Leader Uribe Uribe Escapes After Defeat
Kingston Jamaica reports confirm the signal defeat of Colombian revolutionists in Santander. Rebel General Uribe Uribe escaped alone and is now a fugitive. Concurrently, an outbreak of conservative revolution in Ecuador against President aro is noted. Major cities Pittsburg Chicago Cleveland Cincinnati and St. Louis listed with Pennsylvania Railroad routes. West
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Jamaica
Venezuela
Trinidad
Department
Santander
Uribe Uribe
Ecuador
Presidentaro
Pittsburg
Chicago
Cleveland
Cincinnati
ST. Louis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Outwitted Methuen Yeomanry Captured at De Wet’s Move
London dispatch reports General De Wet outmaneuvering General Methuen from Cape Town stations. De Wet lured Methuen from the railway and ruined lines north of Kroonstad. He also captured Derbyshires and two companies of City Imperial Volunteers and Yeomanry in the action.
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New-York Tribune
CABLE
Tribune
London
Cape Town
de Wet
Derbyshires
City Imperial Volunteers and Yeomanry
LNFF
Boer Raiders Still Active Break Through The Gap
London dispatch reports South African war news fragmentary with General Hunter occupying Klerksdorp and marching toward Johannesburg, towns surrendering, burghers giving up arms, and raiders passing through gaps east and west. Buller divisions may move toward Vrede Frankfort Harrismith while Pretoria battle notes praise Ian Hamilton and Baden Powell. Political deadlock in Cape Town arises from Rhodes Schreiner feud and Milner must form a coalition amid imminent elections.
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South Africa
Hunter
Klerksdorp
Johannesburg
Kitchener
Rhenester
Methuen
Heilbrun
Lindley
Senekal
Ficksburg
Rundle
Heilbron
Free State
Buller
Vrede
Frankfort
Harrismith
Roberts
Ian Hamilton
Pretoria
Guards
Baden- Powell
General Roberts
Cape Town
Rhodes
Schreiner
League
Alfred Milner
Roberts Reports To War Office Force Boer Retreats
Lord Roberts dispatches from Pretoria and Klerksdorp detail Boer retreats after Diamond Hill and Klerksdorp surrenders. Cronje surrenders. Baden-Powell pacifies Western Transvaal. Holloway captured. growth of British positions and rail access cited. Afrikander Bond Congress opens at Paarl with seventy delegates. Jayne's Expectorant recommended for colds.
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Baden-Powell
Transvaal
Baden- Powell
Klerksdorp
Johannesburg
Kroonstad-Vierfontein
Cronje
St. Helena
Mafeking
Kimberley
Jim” Halloway
Holloway
London
Paarl
Bliss Hannas Candidate Debated By New York Politicians
Senator Platt described Cornelius N Buss as the favored New York pick for Vice President while noting Bliss Hanna allyship and denying a New York bloc for Bliss Odell Woodruff and White were discussed as possible nominees Odell seemed preferred by Platt with Odell unlikely to seek the VP post Roosevelt Depew and Odell planned to travel to Philadelphia to join delegation talks and delays for a formal platform decision were noted.
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Fifth Avenue
Cornelius N. Buss
Mr. Bliss
Hanna
New-York
Philadelphia
Bliss
New- York
Pliss
Odell
United
Andrew D. White
White
Cornelius N. Bliss
Senator Platt
Senator Allison
Republican State Committee
Newburg
New York
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Depew
Jersey City
Gilbertsville man shoots wife then kills himself
Oneonta, June 15 Charles R Myrick forty two from Gilbertsville shot and killed his wife forty and then died instantly by shooting himself at his mother's Gilbertsville home The wife had separated from Myrick two years ago He pleaded for reconciliation but she refused Myrick wounded his eight year old daughter briefly visited by his mother Four daughters survive the couple
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N. Y
Charles R. Myrick
Gilbertsville
Myrick
The Gold Coast Troubles in Ashantee War Dispatch
Cape Coast Castle reports Captain Ellis with West African frontier troops advancing from Fumsu to Kwisa. One man killed, a corporal and six others wounded. Kingston Jamaica dated June 15 notes the War Office accepts a composite volunteer militia from Jamaica, Trinidad and Demerara for Ashantee service. Jamaica to provide two hundred men and five officers. West India regiment ordered to Ashantee.
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Gold Coast
Ellis
West African Frontier Troops
Fumsu
Kwisa
Kingston
Jamaica
British War Office
Trinidad
Demerara
Ashantee
West India Regiment
Explorers Find Skeletons Near Lake Rudolf Expedition Returns
Reports from the Whitehouse-Harrison Abyssinia expedition say districts around Lake Rudolf and Stephanie were deserted on return to Mombasa on June 10, with inhabitants killed or fled and kraals found full of skeletons.
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London
Whitehouse-Harrison
Abyssinia
Mombasa
Africa
Lake Rudolf
Stephanie
Kraals
Belasco and Castle Agree on Bath Comedy Rights
London June 15 David Belasco announces that he and Egerton Castle signed papers granting Belasco dramatic rights to The Bath Comedy in the United States and Great Britain. They plan to collaborate on writing this and other major plays.
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London
David Belasco
Egerton Castle
Belasco
United States
Great Britain
Castle
American painters win seven gold medals at Paris Exposition
Paris reports that American painters earned seven gold medals at the Paris Exposition of 190, more than all nations except France. Five winning paintings were created by U.S. artists. Recipients include Alexander Paris E. A. Abbey Winslow Homer Abbott Thayer George De Forrest Brush William Chase and Cecilia Beaux.
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France
United States
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E. A. Abbey
London
Winslow Homer
Abbott Thayer
George de Forrest Brush
William Chase
Cecilia Beaux
New Mahdi Emerges at Wady Halifa Proclaims Christ Return
Alexandria dispatch reports a Mahdi appearing at Wady Halifa preaching the imminent return of Christ in the flesh. The movement includes forty five adherents and warrants government arrest as authorities act to curb the sect.
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Alexandria
Wady Halifa
Mt Together
New York and Pennsylvania Split Over Vice Presidential Pick
Philadelphia dispatch reports Senator Platt’s stance on Bliss as a possible NY candidate for VP risks a prolonged fight at the 1900 Republican convention. Western and Southern delegates favor Bliss. Ohio and Pennsylvania weigh options as Platt consults leaders and Quay signals cautious support.
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Thomas Platt
Carnelius N. Bliss
New York
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Bliss
Platt
Odell
Woodruff
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Matthew S. Quay
Mr. Quay
Mountville
McKinley
Quay
Mrn Woodruff
Mel Kinley
Penrose
Mrn Quay
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