Hard fighting at Tien-Tsin during allied relief efforts
Four thousand allied troops, including eight hundred Americans, resisted Chinese attacks at Tien-Tsin on Tuesday and Wednesday. Rear Admiral Bruce of the British squadron predicts relief by June 22. Reports detail casualties and unrest while Washington awaits news and orders General MacArthur to move the 9th Infantry with artillery from Manila toward Tien-Tsin.
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Tien-Tsin
Bruce
Taku
House of Commons
Peking
China
Washington
MacArthur
Manila
Americans Join Battle At Tien-Tsin In China Conflict
British dispatches place four thousand gifted forces in sharp defense at Tien-Tsin with possible reinforcement on Thursday. About eight hundred Americans are said to be part of a supplementary force with Germans and British. Shanghai reports of anarchy in Peking and Boxers clamoring against foreigners. Foreign Ministers and diplomats face fallout as Li Hung Chang moves to mediate while Britain contemplates sending marines to China.
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Tien-Tsin
Shanghai
Peking
Admiral Seymour
Daily Express
Li Hung Chang
Europe
China
A Great Army Needed in China Crisis
London reports worsen China situation with delayed dispatches from Peking and Tien Tsin. Officials fear no reliable news from legations as Admiral Seymour’s marine column remains cut off. Debates consider moving twenty thousand troops from South Africa while a large force is deemed necessary for Tien Tsin and Beijing.
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London
China
Peking
Tien-Tsin
Brussels
Messarce
Broderick
House of Commons
Seymour
Lord Salisbury
South Africa
Peking News Uncertain on China Crisis Report
London reports little reliable news from China with massacres unsubstantiated. Russia may mobilize Siberian regiments while Britain Germany and France seek a shared stance. Tien Tsin bombardment details reach Che Foo via Nashville with 800 Americans among 4 000 forces. Li Hung Chang pledges peace and urges no reinforcements.
Tien Tsin bombardment continues as consulate razed
Still attacking Tien-Tsin the bombardment with large guns continues incessantly. The American Consulate is razed to the ground. Russians occupy the railroad station and reinforcements are urgently needed. Casualties are heavy. The railroad from Tong-Ku to Ching-Liang-Chung is open halfway to Tien-Tsin.
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Che-Foo
Tien-Tsin
Tong-Ku
Ching-Liang-Chung
German squadron commander reports Tien-Tsin bombardment and relief aid
A French officer arriving from Tien-Tsin on June 20 says Chinese forces bombarded the city for three days and foreign detachment troops are low on ammunition. The German cruiser Irene brings 240 marines alongside 380 British and 1,500 Russians to aid Tien-Tsin, with rail service extending to about fifteen kilometers from the city.
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Tien-Tsin
Irene
Tien- Tsin
Taku
Foreign massacres reported at Tien-Tsin in Shanghai dispatch
A Shanghai report cites Japanese sources claiming 1,500 foreigners were massacred at Tien-Tsin. Rome dispatch notes an international column of British Russian and Japanese troops leaving Taku for Tien-Tsin with Italian guards at the forts. German and British reinforcements have arrived from Kiao-Chau and Hong Kong.
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London
Shanghai
Tien- Tsin
Taku
Tien-Tsin
Kiao-Chau
Hong Kong
Fears of Rising at Kiukiang Fu
Shanghai reports absence of warships at Kiukiang Fu stirs fears of a possible uprising. Merchant steamers keep one ready as Daphne the British sloop arrives with ammunition. No signs of disturbance observed.
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Kiu-Kiang-Fu
Shanghai
Daphne
Thirty Three Americans Rescued From Peitai Ho
American Consul at Che-YYoo reports Nashville from Taku bringing thirty-three Americans from Peitai-Ho. Our whole country represented with regional and imported goods advertised as dining car offerings on the New York Central.
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Shensail
Che-Yyoo
Nashville
Taku
Pei- tai-Ho
Florida
North Carolina
Minnesota
Utah
Adirondack Mountains
Missouri
California
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Mantle
New
Yorl Central
Advt
Boer Forces Weaken Amid British Police Campaign
London reports from June 23 describe Boer leaders arguing against war and predicting a three month or longer guerrilla effort. British moves include occupation trains between Johannesburg and Laing's Nek, with Buller’s two divisions near Standerton and Heidel Berg expected to fall. Officials note pacification successes and a shift to police action amid limited battlefield news.
Roberts and Buller Join Forces in South Africa
Lord Roberts reports Ian Hamilton's column reached the Springs en route to Heidelberg to join General Buller's troops who arrived at Paardekop and will stand at Standerton tomorrow. Baden-Powell notes pacific Boers on return journey and captures of Steyn and two field cornets. Rustenburg officials report rifles collected totaling three thousand. Commissioner at Kroonstad notes 341 rifles handed in at Wolmaranstad.
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London
Lord Roberts
Ian Hamilton
Heidelburg
Buller
Pretoria
Paardekop
Standerton
Natal
Orange River Colony
Baden-Powell
Rustenburg
Steyn
Lord Edward Cecil
Kroonstad
Wolmaranstad
Dutch Rail Company Faces Expulsion Over Transvaal
The Netherlands Rail road Company of South Africa reports 1,400 employees and their families expelled from the Transvaal. A proclamation instructs that company officials refusing British military transport work will be sent to Europe via East London, Cape Colony.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands Railroad Company of
South Africa
Transvaal
Lourenco Marques
Europe
Dundonald forces occupy Standerton after rail bridge blown
General Dundonald with the Third Cavalry Brigade reports taking Standerton with no opposition as burghers retreat after destroying the railroad bridge. Infantry march twenty two miles and camp at Kaatsbosch Spruit.
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Kaatsbosch
Dundonald
Standerton
Kaatsbosch Spruit
Fever in Lees Staff In Cuba Amid Heavy Rains
Havana reports yellow fever spreading where unknown, with two new cases among General Lee's staff at Quemados Major Kean and Captain Hepburn. Hepburn serious while Kean stable. Mrs Edmunds convalescent unaware of husband’s death as Santa Clara improves and other areas see few cases. Governor General Wood to form a commission on church property disputes.
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Havana
Cuba
Santa Clara
Quemados
United States
General Lee
Major Kean
Captain Hepburn
Hepburn
Kean
Edmunds
Frank H
Wilson
Matanzas-Santa Clara
Santa Clara City
Lee
Fort Columbia
Buena Vista
Wood
Noise Complaint Prompts Railyard Labor Arrests
Broad way and Thirty-fourth street residents urged the Health Department over nightly noise from Metropolitan Street Railway repairs. Policeman Abraham Brunner arrested four laborers for violating the Sanitary Code, citing clanging rails and hammering at the site.
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Broadway
Thirty-fourth St
Health Department
Metropolitan Street Railway
Roberts
Abraham Brunner
Brunner
Meat Inspection bill passes Bundesrath in Berlin
Berlin reports the Meat Inspection bill passed the Bundesrath on June 22. The item appears in a dated dispatch with market and transit advertisement lines mentioning a Summer Day's Dream and an advertising note about pleasure along the Hudson River Day Line.
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Berlin
Bundesrath
Hudson River
Croker Returns to New York Faces Tammany Shakeup
Richard Croker travels from Europe aboard the Cunard Line ship Lucania and lands at Quarantine. He returns to a divided Tammany Hall as Carroll and Van Wyck dispute power and Ice Trust disclosures strain the organization. Croker will assess leaders, consider deposing Carroll, and may join the National Committee's efforts while Kansas City politics loom.
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Richard Croker
Cunard Line
Lucania
Fire Island
Mr. Croker
New York
Europe
Tammany Organization
Ice Trust
Bryan
John F. Carroll
Croker
van Wyck
Tammany
Bay
Peter F. Meyer
John W. Keller
Democratic Club
Thomas F. Smith
Larry” Delmour
No. 111 Broadway
John B. Sexton
Jimmy” Martin
James W. Boyle
Larry’ Delmour
Carroll-Van Wyck
Delmonico
Carroll
Larry” Deimour
American Ice Company
Bryan insists on free silver page reveals Bryan letter
Dr. J H Girdner said he received a private letter from William J Bryan and disclosed parts. Bryan reportedly would not be a candidate at Kansas City or accept nomination if free silver was slighted. He would demand reaffirmation of the Chicago platform and the 16 to 1 plank.
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Hill
New York
Murphy
Kansas City
O. H. P. Belmont
John H. Girdner
Richard Croker
J. H. Girdner
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Chicago
Mammoth Bones Dug Up in Amboy Gravel Pit
Workmen uncover several large bones and two tusks of a mammoth at the Amboy Ohio gravel pit near Lake Erie. The find lies at thirty five feet depth and tusks measure about ten feet though some pieces crumble when exposed. Professor Wright, who visited Amboy earlier, links the site to Glacial relics and plans further investigations in the area.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Amboy
George Frederick Wright
Oberlin College
England
Siberia
Lake Erie
Wright
Safe Cracker Clears State Treasury Vaults
Frank Simmons, a convicted safe blower from Floyd County, opened the vaults at the Kentucky State Treasurer’s office after three days of failed efforts. The incident marks a transfer of power from the Republican to the Democratic administration.
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Frankfort
Frank Simmons
Floyd County
Fire in Pittsburg business block destroys Eichbaum building
A downtown fire in Pittsburg on June 22 caused about 250000 dollars in damage across eight buildings. The Eichbaum printing establishment and Duff's College were destroyed, the Hussey Building partially burned, and several nearby structures flooded. Firemen and private brigades prevented wider spread though some debris injuries occurred. Insurance is expected to cover losses.
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Pittsburg
Aggregate
Eichbaum Company
Eichbaum
Fifth Ave
Wood St
Duff's College
Holmes Electric Company
Exchange National Bank
Hussey
James Pratt
A. M. Murdock
Fifth-ave
Wood, Diamond and
Market Sts
First National Bank
Western Union Telegraph Office
Eichbaum’s
Duff's Business College
Efchbaum
Pratt’s
Murdock
American Express Company
Paulson Brothers
Ambuh Brothers
Kurtz, Langbein & Swartz
Eirchbaum
Wiitney, Stephenson & Co
Emma_ Alsopp
Duffs College
Missouri River Channel Change By Armed Band Near Sioux City
A band of forty armed men landed before dawn near Sioux City Iowa and cut a ditch to divert the Missouri River onto a new course. The move aims to swap 27000 acres of Nebraska land into South Dakota and was completed before authorities arrived.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Missouri River
Nebraska
South Dakota
Dakota County
Neb
Missouri
Roosevelt Platt Meeting Denies Resignation Rumor
cordial talks at the Fifth Avenue Hotel reaffirm friendship between Governor Roosevelt and Senator Platt. General Greene said no plan to bar his election to the County Committee presidency, and Odell dismissed rumors of Roosevelt resigning due to a Vice Presidency nomination as absurd.
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Roosevelt
Senator Platt
Fifth Avenue
Francis V. Greene
General Greene
New York
Philadelphia
Union League Club
Platt
Republican County Committee
Governor Welt
Odell
Republican State Committee
Lemuel E. Quigg
Quigg
Life of
Charlemagne
Hill
Jacob A. Riis
Union League
Thirty-fourth St. Ferry
Oyster Bay
Oklahoma
The
Rough Riders
Pratt
Newburg
State Committee
Manhattan Beach
Wall Street Praises Philadelphia Political Ticket
Financial leaders including Oliver Carter of the National Bank of the Republic and William Truesdale of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company voiced strong approval. A. B. Hepburn of Chase National Bank called the ticket magnificent as supporters praised McKinley era progress and Roosevelt's strength.
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Wall Street
Philadelphia
Oliver &. Carter
National Bank of the Republic
William H. Truesdale
The
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
A. B. Hepburn
Chase National Bank
Henry W. Cannon
Enthusiasm in Brooklyn as Republicans rally for ticket
Brooklyn Republicans showcased strong energy after the nomination with plans to form sub committees and establish campaign headquarters across assemblies. The Xth District GOP club raised the first McKinley and Roosevelt banner at 4 37 p m, while the XVIIth District and McKinley and Roosevelt Independent Social Club organize efforts.
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Brooklyn
Michael J. Dady
Twenty-third
Twenty-first
McKinley and Roosevelt Independent Social Club
I Ts
Stuyvesant
Lafayette Aves
George T. Tompkins
John Hartley
William Dod
William van Voorhees
Robert Burkhardt
H. B. Masters
Union League
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