China Says It Will Fight the Entire World
The dispatch from Chefoo dated June 22 reports heavy bombardment of Tien Tsin by Chinese forces, with foreign settlements destroyed, and casualties among white residents. Messages from Shanghai and London detail ongoing fighting, refugee flows, and calls for reinforcements as European powers consider urgent action.
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D Pree
New York
Journal and Advertiser Today
Frederick Brown
Tien Tsin
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chefoo
Tien Telo
Wright
London
Shanghai
Tien Tain
I113
John Goodnow
United States
Kempf
United States Navy
Amesetered Preas
China
Prince Tuan
Yokohame
West Hai-Wei
Death at Ashland Claims Local Merchant
An Ashland Wisconsin dispatch reports Louie Kelman, a prominent merchant, found dead in his home. Doctors say death by self inflicted causes, details unclear, investigation underway.
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Milwaukes
Wisconsin
Ashland
Wiktavys
Louie Kelman
Chang Wants To Go Acks Consent To Visit Pekio
June 23 report of secretary of state notes no formal state of war with China. Nanking and Wu Chang authorities pledge order and protection for foreigners. US to refrain from sending troops while order is maintained. Li Hung Chang, Canton viceroy, says firing on the forts at Taku was not government authorized and seeks powers to reach Pekin to end disturbances. Powers, including the United States, reportedly consent.
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Acks
Pekio
Eltie Troub
Washington, D. C
United States
China
Feeroys
Nanking
Li Hung Chang
Canton
Taku
Pekin
Shanghai
Prince Tuan
Young la
Emeror
Fince Tuan
Ten ‘Sin
Tien Tsin
Standard Oil Company
Ei Hung Chang
Yang Tse Klang Valley
Armmstrongs
Klang Ying Fort
Klang Ying
Saengerfest Crowd Expected 20 000 At Spengerfest Tomorrow
Green Bay Wisconsin hosts Abe North Saengerfest with 2000 attendees today at Hagermeister Park for the 2 30 p m concert. A second concert followed, and the festival aims for about 20 000 visitors tomorrow from across the state.
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Falty
Associated Press
Green Bay
Wia
Hagermeister Park
Sheriff Cuts Deputy Force After Police Board Edict
In St Louis on June 33, Sheriff Poniman began reducing deputy strength to 500 as orders from the board of police commissioners take effect. The current posse totals 1,226 deputies and 75 officers, with furloughs issued for nonessential duty. Investigations into the deaths of strikers Thomas Wine and Burckhardt before the posse barracks resumed today.
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St Lenn
St. Louis
Poniman
Board of Police Commissioners
Thomas Wine
Burckhardt
Posse Barracks
Kruger and Bowne Show Cautious Peace Signals in South Africa
London dispatch reports progress toward railway service linking Durban and Johannesburg. General Bowne has full power to negotiate peace and shows willingness to surrender, while Kruger remains firm. A Pietersburg deputation has invited Lord Roberts to receive Pietersburg’s submission, a distant action from current fighting.
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Tranevaal
Lord Roberts
Pistersburg
European powers weigh action in China crisis 1900
London reports from Rome Yokohama Paris and Berlin that Russia and Japan may press for action to dethrone the Chinese empress and partition the empire though British officials say no such plans exist beyond rescuing diplomats in Peking. A diplomat warns the crisis could become a Russia versus Japan struggle, with Boxers seen as irrelevant to the immediate contest.
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Associated Press
Longon
Europe
London
China
Rome
Yokohama
Paris
Berlin
Japan
Russia
American Derby at Washington Park Sees Heavy Going on Drying Track
The American Derby was run at Washington Park on a sunny afternoon with a brisk northeast wind. The track dried quickly but remained heavy due to two days of ruinous weather, bookmakers used stools, and Lieutenant Gibson was listed as the ante-post favorite amid expert opinions on the improving surface.
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iBy Associated Press
Chicago
Ith
Washington Park
Ideutenant Glogon
Lieutenant Gibson
Jocky Tommy Burns
Sam Philips
Army Worm Appears In Large Numbers Near Yankton
An army worm invasion along the Mississippi riverfront east of Yankton South Dakota has stripped twenty to thirty acres of willows and driven a family from their home. The two to three inch larvae are reported moving in from the west, threatening further crop damage to J C Schott's farm and surrounding vegetation. The outbreak prompts serious alarm as the pests advance.
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Yankton
Associated Press
Yankton, & D
J. C. Schott
Plans to defend San Diego Harbor with two three inch guns
San Diego June 2 Captain J Meller ordered by the war department to prepare plans for a battery of two three inch guns on North Island at the entrance to San Pedro harbor. The weapons would be capable of destroying small craft attempting to pass Fort Rosecrans channel defenses across the bay.
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San Diego, Co
J. Meller
War Department
Morth Island
San Pega Harbor
Fort Rosecrans
Chanel
China Reinforcements Delayed by Storms At Luzon
Dispatch from Washington reports MacArthur cites storms in Luzon delaying Ninth Infantry and its equipment. Plan to move by Logan and Port Albert to Taku. six day voyage means landings not before July 8 at earliest. Grant may be redirected to Tianjin with about 800 cavalry and 230 Marines from San Francisco.
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Presa
Washington, D. C
War Department
China
MacArthur
Luzon
Ninth Infantry
Taku
Logan
Port Albert
Wer Department
Manfille
Sixth Cavalry
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Disastrous Luzon Engagements Reported From Front
General MacArthur notes four officers and 100 volunteers sent to reconnoiter Tagayan river were ambushed by insurgents. Five killed three wounded, multiple missing. Admiral Remey cables urgent request for more officers including three commanders and ten lieutenants in Cavite.
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Remey
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department
MacArthur
Mamulla
Washington
Fortieth
Miller
Tagayan
Tagoyan
Positon
Robert H Cules
John H Haywood
Fred Holloway
Jenn T. Pelham
Frank Salisbury
Jesse G. Moody
Michael J. McQuirk
Walter B. Elliott
Thomas Mallar
Jeff Effig
James W. Jeffries
Roxie Wheaton
George Hollartz
Marley Phillips
John W. Smith
Edwin Willams
George Wells
Lex Or. Ramters
Wiliam Northecreza
Admiral Remey
Cavite
Navy Department
Hanna Talks Save Republican Ticket for Victory
Pittsburg June 23 Senate Hanna Republican national committee chairman spoke in transit to Cleveland. He predicted strong ticket gains, naming Kentucky California and the northwest as favorable for Republicans and said Nebraska would stay in Bryan's column with Goebel law noted. He expected a lengthy campaign and that Republicans would wait for early Democratic moves.
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Associate Press
Pittsburg
Senatore Hanna
Republican National Committee
Cleveland
McKinley
Roosevel
Grosvener
Kentucky
California
Nebraska
Bryan
Hanna
China In Turmoil Shapes The Peking Crisis
The Chinese minister reports German ambassador killed but later stated safe. In Shanghai Prince Tuan assumes command and attacks Tianjin while foreigners evacuate. Western powers debate restoring emperor or setting up allied government, with Russia and America urged to lead. Foreign presence grows as missionaries flee and ships redeploy.
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Russia
America
Pekin
China
Admiral Kempff Dispatch Sparks U S War News Thrill
Washington officials react to Admiral Kempff’s report of an engagement near Tien Tsin and a second imminent clash. Other dispatches hint at movements of forces but reveal no casualty estimates, while officials reject talk of an Anglo American alliance.
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Admiral Kempf
Washington
Associated Press
Admiral Kempff
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
Fire kills woman in Thatcher. five children injured
A Mrs. Collier perished in a blaze at Thatcher, Solomonville area, last night. Five small children were burned and hospitalized as investigators search for the cause.
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Solomonville
Jane
The Crisis in China and London Cable Letter Featured
A collage of items appears in today’s paper including The Crisis in China, London Cable Letter, Wandering in Faris by Sardy Broad with illustrations, and various notes on local topics. Includes featured columns on bogus checks, golf ball making, college laundry life, and a deceased governor portrait, plus sport and editorial sections.
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China
London
Sardy Broad
Pletuces
Hollister Dene Ee
Paris Boers Independence Manifesto Unites Paris Preachers and Deputies
A Paris formed committee to advocate Boer independence issued a manifesto signed by forty French senators and deputies including eight ex ministers. It calls for uniting similar committees in Prussia America Germany Holland and England to seek peace and prevent the two republics from destruction. It argues the United States will not ignore a conflict similar to its own origin and relies on European sympathy and support.
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Associated Prees
Paris
Prussia
America
Germany
Bolland
England
United States
Library Fire Scare Delays Move to New Quarters
Public library removal to the new stone building sparked a scare when a janitor’s stove fire sent smoke through the deaf and dumb department. Firefighters arrived quickly as Miss Gruenhagen, assistant Librarian, remained on duty despite near blindness from smoke.
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State Street
Oldbrary
Washington
Mfc
Vernon Streets
Hinman
Zentner
Deaf and Dumb Department
Public Schools
Deported Irish Prisoners Reach England By Ship
Joseph Mullet and James Fitzharris, involved in the Phoenix Park murders, were deported from New York aboard the Cunard Servia after court ruling on their murder convictions. They were held aboard the ship, shouted at British guards, then confined to the deck as the vessel departed. Mrs Challoner also returned from a visit aboard.
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Mullett
Millech
Margharris
Servia
Fizharris
Plans of Leaders and Roosevelts Whirlwind Docket
Associnted Press dispatches from June 22 outline McKinley's household arrival and preparations, Roosevelt's reunion plans at Oklahoma City, and a Colorado invite for his western trip. Reports note Roosevelt staying secluded at Oyster Bay amid congratulatory telephones while Bryan contemplates Lincoln and Illinois party talks ahead of Kansas City events.
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Roosevelt
Oklahoma City
Bt ‘Ip
Rough Riders
Jity
Bryan
Chicago
Witlam
J. Bryan
Wicconssa
Lincoln
Neb
Kansas
Ait~geld
Hinrichson
Illinois
Fifteen Girl Maid of Roxor Wedding at White Bear
A wedding at White Bear Minnesota Thursday morning June 20 united Miss Jennie May Bartlett and Mr John Wiley Welch of La Crescent. Rev Kennedy officiated with Ruby Bellard maid of honor and James Selby best man. Bridesmaids Nelile Boynton Annie Covell. Guests wore white and pink outfits. reception followed. The couple planned a Duluth voyage before settling in La Crescent.
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White Bear
Minn
Jennie May Bartlett
John Wiley Welch
la Crescent
J. Kennedy
Stillwater
Ruby Bellard
Oshkosh
James Selby
Nelile Boynton
Mim
Annie May Covell
Charles Covel
Rtiswater
D. C. Webster
A Crescent
Ming Ballard
Miss Boynton
Aum
Oshkosh High School Alumnae Reunion Tonight
The annual reunion of Oshkosh High School alumnae meets this evening in the auditorium. An eight o'clock pinning, a reception hosted by H A Simons and Mrs Eaton, and a program led by class of 94 president Miss Felker are planned with dated speakers and performances by Kate Williamson Nina Warren Julia Bras Heman Powers and Alice Washburn. Refreshments follow as bunting and flowers decorate the hall. Funeral services for Daniel Doyle were held at St John’s Church on Thirteenth Street. Mrs Catherine Lund gore to Pend 6 tae Monday.
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Bight
Ezercines
Oshkosh High School
Alum mi Association
Sonsiating
H. A. Simons
Sadie Felker
Fred Eaton
Eaton
Felker
Kate Williamson
Nina Warren Wil
A. H. Halsey
Normal School
Mig
Julia Bras
Heman H. Powers
Aing Sales
Nina Jones
Alice Washburn
Edgar &. Comstock
Daniel Doyle
Nekimt
St. John's Church
Catherine Lund Gore
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Yang Tee Klang
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Wen Tsin
International Coulumn
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Baste
Baku
Tien ‘Tsin
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Chang
Terre
Kruger
Dedorate
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Great Britain
Army Worm
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Corbin
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Philppines
Lu-Hai
Houan
Foreign Office
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Weh
Washington, D.C
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Philippines
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General City News
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Iowe
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