Battles near Tien Tsun and foreign relief efforts conflict
Reported engagements near Tien Tsin involve Chinese forces attacking foreign settlements as Japanese and Western powers bombard the city. Washington notes heavy Chinese casualties and foreign consulates attacked while diplomats seek Pekin access and order. Prince Tuan assumes command and Chinese troops threaten foreign districts. Fleet communications indicate foreign presence in Pekin and Manila coordinating relief.
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China
Li Hung Chang
Pekin
Fostore Orter
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Tien Tsin
German cruiser overmatches Chinese ships in Pacific clash
Reports from naval circles say a German cruiser forced a Chinese vessel ashore and captured another. In the aftermath 50 Chinese were killed and 70 wounded amid Allied actions around Tien Tsin and Peking. Key figures Li Hung Chang and Von Ketteler were cited in dispatches on the broader crisis in China.
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Foreign Office
Pekin
No Difference Between Great Leader and Chairman Jones
Political dispatches from Milwaukee and Knoxville report Bryan condemning Republican platform as deceptive. Letters discuss Cuba and the Philippines, war policy, and independence rights. Kentucky and Tennessee figures comment on Roosevelt and McKinley. Cook County Democrats back Orteelfer. Hanna holds committee talks. a Missouri seat split deadlock. Republican club forms in Eldora after Philadelphia nominating news.
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Bryan leads Democratic delegates as national convention nears
Minocqua Wisconsin reports Colonel W. J. Bryan and party sailed to Lincoln Nebraska for the Democratic national convention. Washington notes Secretary Gage nearly recovered and Roosevelt dispute a Woodruff governorship denial. A contested platform issue follows Grosvenor and Quig involvement. The Democratic convention proceeds with Bryan as leading candidate.
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Americans Ambushed by Insurgents in the Philippines
Washington reports from General MacArthur that a detachment of 4 officers and 100 men from the 40th Infantry, marching from Tagayan on June 18, was ambushed by insurgents on the Tagayan river. Eleven were wounded and one missing, with four killed including Robert H Sig, H Haywood, Fred Holloway, and others. 50 men were later sent to sea, the position held by insurgents could not be taken.
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Fred Holloway
John Y. Pelham
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Michael 4. McQuirk
Varna District Siege Amid Battle Losses
June 2 report from Sofia cites 90 killed and 372 wounded in clashes between troops and peasants in Varna district. A state of siege is proclaimed across Varna Shumla Tirneva Basgrad Rustchuk Bistovatz regions.
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