Philippines Leaders Hope Amnesty Ends War
Manila reports General MacArthur to announce President McKinley's amnesty order. Buencamino Paterno and other Filipino leaders say Aguinaldo may surrender under the settlement. Meetings in Manila last week, preparations under way for a major reading of the decree and potential Aguinaldo arrival. Marines may be moved to China if events require it as rains begin.
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Manila
MacArthur
McKinley
Buencamino Paterno
Aguinaldo
Buencamino Party
Cavite
China
Near fatal accident at Roach shipyard drill press
Emil Smeltzer, a Chester machinist at the Roach shipyard, was caught by a set screw on a drill press running 300 rpm. His sleeve wound around the spindle and he was pulled in several times before bystander William Jaggers halted the machine. Smeltzer sustained lacera tions and bruises with no broken bones.
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the Times
Chester
Emil Smeltzer
Roach
Smeltzer
William Jaggers
Baron Monson Dead at Age 70 in Paris
Baron Monson brother of Sir Edmund Monson British Ambassador to France dies in Paris aged seventy. He born March 1830 served with the Fifty second Light Infantry in the Indian Mutiny and Delhi siege, retired 1861. He had been governor of the Household of Saxe Coburg Gotha and succeeded his brother in 1898. his title passes to his son.
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Baron Monson
Paris
Lord Monson
Edmund Monson
France
Fifty-second Light Infantry
Delhi
Geeve
Saxe-Coburg- Gotha
Duke of Edinburgh
Philadelphia and Reading Fast Trains to Willow Grove
Fast trains run daily from Term inal Twelfth and Market streets to Willow Grove. Excursion tickets are available every day for riders seeking a speedy suburban trip.
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Philadelphia
Reading
Willow Grove
Terminal
Twelfth and
Market Streets
Kitchener Nearly Captured in Boer Attack Near Helbron
Lord Roberts reports General Hunter occupied Krugersdorp without opposition and Methuen routed a Boer force at Helbron. Kitchener narrowly escaped capture at Leeuw Spruit after Boers attacked his repair train. 900 Boers, three guns, derailed the train and burned a culvert. Railway and telegraph to Cape Town fully restored. Pretoria reports quiet in Rustenburg area. Baden-Powell returning north.
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London
Lord Roberts
Hunter
Krugersdorp
Johannnesburg
Methuen
Helbron
Orange River Colony
Orange River
Kroonstad
Kitchener
Cape Town
Leeuw Spruit
Kopje
DeWet
Rhenoster
Rundle
Ficksburg
Pretoria
Baden-Powell
Rustenburg
Here
Hutton
Duplessis
Johannesburg
Ammunition Factory Moved to Lydenburg Reported
Lorenzo Marques reports Captain Lossburg an American observer says the Boer ammunition factory has moved to Lydenburg. General DeWet commands 6,000 in the Free State. General Botha 2,500 in the Transvaal. 1,300 burghers in smaller groups. Reitz and Kruger remain in railroad cars between Machadodorp and Nelspruit with about £2,000,000 in gold.
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Lorenzo Marques
Lossburg
Lydenburg
DeWet
Free State
Botha
Transvaal
Reitz
Kruger
Machadodorp
Nelspruit
Scholarships Awarded to Many by the Board of Education
The Board of Education scholarship committee awarded numerous prizes yesterday to graduates of the High and Grammar Schools. The list, arranged by year ending June 1900, includes recipients from Central High School, Medico Chirurgical College, Jefferson Medical College, University of Pennsylvania, Lehigh University, and various art and design schools, with multiple students named from each institution.
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Board of Education Committee
Board of Education
University of Pennsylvania
William Clarke Mason
Robert Thompson McCracken
Ardrey Whiddin Downs
Elias Goodstein
Jacob George Silverman
Frank Willis
William Linker
Samuel J. Gotterfeld
Alfred T. Steinmetz
William Robert Langfeld
William Neil Trinkle
Medico-Chirurgical College
Robert Gray
L. Rabinowitz
Jefferson Medical College
Herbert Willis
Lehigh University
Louisa Bower
Charles Raymond Haig
Abraham G. Borowsky
Francis Pierce Linn
William ©. Pollitt
Emma_ R. Wilson
Anna McLaughlin
Henrietta ©. Crawford
Martha W. Emerson
Keepenvenue Museum and School of Infrnt Art
Irene 8. Roberts and
Mary A. Rannan
Woman's Medical College
Louise D. Bick
No Action On Rate Cutting By Trunk Line Officials
Freight officials from the Trunk Line Association met in their offices in this city and Commissioner Goddard announced the rate situation was discussed only in a general way and that no specific action was taken.
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New Noe
Trunk Line Association
Association
Goddard
Seymour at Pekin and Foreign Diplomats Safe
The International Relief Force fought its way to a celestial city after being attacked five times by large boxing bodies, while Seymour and foreign diplomats remained safe in Pekin.
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Seymour
Pekin
Celestial City
Relief Expedition Reaches Pekin Amid Cu llof Chinese Losses
A Shanghai dispatch reports Vice Admiral Seymour reached Pekin Sunday with a relief column after fighting Chinese forces at several engagements. Chinese casualties are estimated around 500 dead while foreign losses are described as light. Officials hope Li Hung Chang’s summons signals early submission, with details still scarce from Pekin and Taku communications.
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London
Shanghai
Seymour
Pekin
Associated Press
Admiral Seymour
Legations
London Times
Li Hung Chang
Relief of Legations Reported Safe at Pekin
Chinese sources via Shanghai officials say the Pekin legations were safe on June 17 as Admiral Reymont’s relief column reached the city. British cruiser Undaunted arrived at Woo Sung and was cleared for action as a precaution. Wire communications with Tien Tsin and Pekin are blocked and merchant ships avoid Tien Tsin.
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Shanghai
Pekin
Great Britain
Nankin
Wu Chang
Yang Tse Kiang
Liu
Undaunted
Woo Sung
Tien Tsin
Missionaries Saved by Chinese General
A cablegram from United States Consul Fowler says the San Chow mission was looted but Chinese general removed the missionaries to safety. Chinese ships in Chefoo harbor sailed south. no contact with Pekin for six days. Russians remain at Taka as the dispatch notes the situation.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Fowler
Chefoo
Pekin
San Chow
Taka
Washington Officials Weigh Tough China Steps As Pekin Silence Persists
Secretaries Hay and Root met the President to discuss securing timely contact with Minister Conger in Pekin as Chinese crisis grows. Reported troop movements show 38,000 foreign troops ashore and 6,000 American forces at Chefoo with 430 foreign troops at Pekin last month. Japanese reinforcements and vessels are en route to Taku, with 1,300 men aboard two transports and 600 Japanese troops already landed.
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Washington
Hay and Root
Meiklejohn and Hackett
Crowninshield
White House
Pekin
Conger
United States
China
MacArthur
Navy Department
Kempff
Taku
Chefoo
Taussig
Yorktown
Tien Tsin
Chef
Thomas Not At Taku Despite Shanghai Dispatch
Washington officials say a Shanghai dispatch claiming the US transport Thomas diverted to Nagasaki and then to Taku with 1,200 troops is unfounded. The Thomas left San Francisco June 16 with 892 men for Manila. The Sherman sails June 1 for Manila with 12 hospital corps, and the Logan is in Manila awaiting fair weather to move Ninth Infantry to Taku. The government plans reinforcements from San Francisco, including cavalry squadrons of about 990 men, to China soon.
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Washington
Shanghai
United States
Thomas
Manila
Nagasaki
Taku
War Department
Department
San Francisco
Sherman
Hospital Corps
Logan
Ninth Infantry
China
Sixth Cavalry
Grant Fast Ship Serves Route Between San Francisco and Taku
The Grant is described as a fast command ship for American forces in China, capable of sailing the route from San Francisco to Taku in about thirty days.
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China
Grant
San Francisco
Taku
No U S Overtures To Powers On China Restore
Washington reports flat denial from State Department of any U S suggestion to the great powers regarding restoring the young Chinese emperor or appointing Li Hung Chang as adviser The focus remains on aiding the legations and maintaining naval and military support with ships at Cavite ready to sail and efforts to reestablish contact with Admiral Kempff and Minister Conger The plan calls for overland dispatches if needed to reach Conger
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Washington
State Department
Rome
United States
China
Li Hung Chang
Princeton
Marietta
Zafiro
Cavite
Taku
Conger
White House
Chefoo
Admiral Kempff
Newark
Tien Tsin
Nashville
Monocacy
Hurry Orders For Buffalo Training Ship Sail At Once
At Southampton on June 20 the United States training ship Buffalo received orders to coal and cancel leaves. All hands are ordered aboard tonight for a possible dawn departure with unknown destination believed to be China. The ship reportedly carries about 700 men and may head to the Philippines.
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Southampton
United States
Buffalo
China
Christiania
Albany
Chinese forts ready to fire on foreign warships at Canton
Hong Kong reports tensions as Li Hung Chang heads to Pekin amid rumors Canton forts have orders to fire on any foreign warship. A steam gun kept ready. no warships currently at Canton.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Li Hang Chang
Pekin
Germany Alerts Rush of Warships to China
Berlin reports active preparations to rush warships to China amid a foreign office statement blaming the Chinese government for recent events. The official says as many as 10,000 Chinese troops deserted to the Boxers under direct orders from Beijing.
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China
Berlin
Foreign Office
German Naval Mobilization Aims at Chinese Waters
The government orders a Chefoo to Taku postal service by sea immediately. Luchsk gunboat, en route to South America, is redirected to China with a fast sail set for tomorrow. Fuerst Bismarck armored cruiser to ready for Chinese waters within a week. Kiel shipyards show high activity as marines with expiring terms are kept. Major General Von Hopfner to command marine battalions for China. Berliner Tageblatt notes a St Petersburg dispatch claiming 9,000 Russian troops will not serve under Admiral Seymour but act independently.
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Chefoo
Taku
Luchsk
Kiel
South America
China
von Hopfner
Berliner Tageblatt
St. Petersburg
Russia
Seymour
Desperadoes Defy Besieging Farmers Near Kitchen's Creek
Four desperadoes who robbed and tortured Edward Moore and his wife on a farm near Kitchen's Creek are besieged at a mountain den. After exchanging fire with Farmers Hannum and Franklin, one desperado was wounded and the group retreated to the old den. Local farmers have surrounded the area, planning to starve them into surrender to avoid further bloodshed.
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Wilkesbarre
Edward Moore
Kitchen’s Creek
Hannum and
Franklin
Boys fatally burned by house powder blast in Shenandoah
Andrew and John Frantz 14 and 16 were badly burned when two youths moved a keg of powder from a Will iam Penn basement to a hilltop and a lighted match ignited it. The explosion lacerated their heads and chests. condition critical.
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Shenandoah
Andrew
John Frantz
William Penn
Prohibition Convention Names Kansas State Officers
The Kansas State Prohibition Convention at Topeka nominated candidates for state offices led by Governor Frank Holsinger and Lt Governor W. L. Coreyell. Other picks included M. V. Bennett as Attorney General and B. C. Hoyt as Congressman at Large. The platform reaffirmed loyalty to the National Prohibition party and denounced President McKinley and his army, with fewer than fifty delegates present.
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Topeka
Kan
Frank Holsinger
Rosedale
W. L. Coreyell
Medicine Lodge
M. V. Bennett
Columbus
Rev
B. H. Moore
Arkansas City
H. 8. Zink
McPherson
W. M. Howle
Garnet
G. I. Winans
Clay Center
A. H. Grelsa
Lawrence
B. C. Hoyt
Goodrich
National Prohibition Party
McKinley
Aged Woman Walks Sixty Miles From York to Baltimore
Miss Nina Miller an 80 year old inmate of the York County Almshouse walked from York to Baltimore a distance of sixty miles. She left York a week earlier to visit John Dusman and obtained leave from the superintendent. She traveled by day slept at farm houses and refused help while meeting a friend before starting home.
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Hanover
Nina Miller
York County
York
Baltimore
John Dusman
Angora Bride Weds Doctor in Ardmore Church Ceremony
Miss Helen Butcher of Angora wed Dr. Robert Wilson Getty of Phillipsburg Montana in St Marys Episcopal Church Ardmore with Rev Dr Allen and Rev George Keller officiating. Maid of honor Miss Coulter Germantown. best man George Keller Apple Camden. ushers Walter A Keller Harry Spicer Frank Zessinger Harry Anderson. Reception at The Beeches followed. The newlyweds depart for a wedding tour ending in Phillipsburg where they will reside.
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Helen Butcher
Angora
Robert Wilson Getty
Phillipsburg
Montana
St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church
Ardmore
Dr. Allen
George A. Keller
St. David's
Radnor
Miss Coulter
Germantown
George Keller Apple
Camden
Walter A. Keller
Harry Spicer
Frank Zessinger
Harry Anderson
Folcroft
the Beeches
Effingham Perot
Mrs. Saree
Vanderbilt Paints His Auto Black
Newport R I June 20 Realizing that his cream colored 12000 dollar automobile might frighten many horses W K Vanderbit Jr gave orders today to have the machine painted black.
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Vanderbilt
Newport
R. 1
W. K. Vanderbit, Jr
Bride Faints During Church Ceremony in New Haven
In New Haven on June 20 Nellie Whalen fainted in the aisle as she married Thomas Maroney at St Francis Church. She recovered within half an hour with a physician’s help, alarming her husband and the wedding party.
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New Haven
Nellie Whalen
Thomas Maroney
St. Francis’ Church
Pennsylvania Railroad to Atlantic City trains offered
The railroad advertises trips to the sea with departures from Broad Street Station and Market Street wharf. No delegate or visitor should miss the chance to ride to the shore.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Atlantic City
Broad Street
Market Street Wharf
Washington notes on Manila transport and signal corps updates
Adjutant General Corbin received a cable from General MacArthur reporting the transport Flintshire arrived in Manila yesterday morning. First Class Sergeant Charles O Hastings at Fort Myer has been separated as a lieutenant in the Signal Corps. The War Department announced that six cavalry officers and men with horses left Fort Sill Nebraska yesterday bound for the Pacific coast and the Philippines.
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Corbin
MacArthur
Flintshire
Manila
Charles O. Hastings
No. 8 Signal
Signal Corps
Fort Myer
Hort Sill
Neb
Pacific Coast
What the Stars Say June 21 1900
English astrologist Raphael warns that this birthday is unlucky. Do not speculate or travel. A child born today will be inclined to careless behavior.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Women Cure
Addressing women with claims of curing disorders and displacements, the advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as safe advice offered free by Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts. It asks if any woman can ignore medicine and advice said to have helped a million women.
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Thompson
Chestnut Street
Sunday Supplement
Wm. McKinley
The
Philippines
Central High School
High School For Girls
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
Gertrude G. Herk
Emmie H. Esherick
School of Design For Women
Marion FB. Taylor
Juliet M. White
Elizabeth Greene
Helen Britton
Universitae Pennsylvania
Conte K Mawr
Gon Pitangi Wade
Amy L. Cam Ba Shearer Westen
Klein
Emma Fries
Troine R. Hermine Ehlers
Bertha Marcus
Janes G. Chesney
Normal School
Central Manual School
Nicholas Rosenbulch
Paul J. Munoz
Thomas P. Hammer
Percy R. Stockman
Charles J. Barron
Lewis P. Bailey
John B. Black, Jr
Fred L. Keen
William G. Hampton
Harold 8. Keen
Northeast Manual Training School
George W. Outerbridge
Hervey L. Bates
William B. Hadley
Wilmer M. Shallcross
Colin D. Smith
R. Lincoln McNeill
Louis Losse
Frank E. Goll
George T. Hamilton
Sarah Rinker
Mount Airy School
Ethel G. Prince
Adaire
Maude Moyer
Halliwell
Stella Reiser
Claghorn
Clara M. Barger
Singerly
Ethel E. Boner
O Claghorn
Dorothy Woolman
Lincolon School
Pennsylvania
School of Indig
North
Walter P. Caney
Gastorn
Wright
Segue
Bee
Navy
Kempf
Shanghaii
Hay
Root
Mkinley
Powers
England
Germany
Moore
Kansas
Cold Water
St. Mary’s, Ardmore
Bride
Raphael
Base
Sree
Lydia E. Pinkham
Fairyland
Illo Grove Park
America
Damrosch Orchestra
Equinival Cirque Imperial Japanese Troupe
Educated Horses
Ida Russell
Chelten Hills
Casino
Louie May Hopkins
Damrosch
Washington Park
Maennerchor Hall
Delaware
Liberati
M. Day
Arch Street
Worbiegies Park
Cramps’ Ship Yard
Walnut ST
Robert Hilliard & Co
Minnie Seller & Co
Maggie Cline
Pauline Hall
John W Ransome
Joe Welch
Edgar Atchison
Lafayette
Rose Coghlan
Renoir
Seinley
Roosevelt
Central Park World's Fair Marine Band
Wyoming Ave
Fox Chase Carson Ltd
St. Chestnut
Iitta
Asher
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