Combined Forces Enter Tien Tsin in Late June Actions
Reports from Chefoo and Shanghai recount the entry of combined forces into Tien Tsin on Saturday June 24 to relieve a beleaguered expedition from Pekin. Admiral Seymour reportedly captured. ministers fled Pekin guarded by Chinese troops. whereabouts of fugitives unknown. Militia and foreign contingents mass for further action as British, German, Russian units converge near Taku and Nan King.
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Kempif
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Seymour
Tsing Tau
Taku
Tien Tain
London
Terrible
Tien Tam
Saya & Dispatch
Shanghai
Daily Express
Admiral Seymour
Nan Hing
Liu Kin Yih
Nan King
Che Foo
Bhanghal
United States
John Fowler
Kempf
Lang Tang
Chinese Minister Seeks Armistice Over American Troops
Washington reports Wu Tingfang urged an armistice to halt further American troop movements until Li Hung Chang reaches Pekin. Officials noted the US could not pledge not to send forces to dangerous points, while viceroys claimed order could be kept without foreign troops.
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Pekin
China
McKinley
United States
Washington
Wu Ting Fang
Li Hung Chang
Yang-Tse-Kiang
Hay
Viceroya
Long Sard
Navy Department
Admiral Kempf
Kempf
Taku Forts
Taku
State Department
Conger
John Goodnew
Shanghai
Burglar Sets Fire in San Francisco Residence
A burglar entered the home of 1. I. Cederberg while the family was away and bound nurse Mrs. Lillian Rosa to a bed where a baby slept. He robbed the house of $120 in gold and jewelry, poured coal on the floor and ignited it, but neighbors spotted the flames in time to save the woman and child.
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San Francisco
Cederberg
Lillian Rosa
Deserted Navy Yard Men Surrender to Local Authorities
Hashaton Te June 1 Arthur Golroeder 19 Milwaukee Wig and Edward Buell 20 New York city deserted from the United States navy yard at Brooklyn NY and have surrendered to local authorities and are in custody.
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Hashaton
Arthur Golroeder
Milwaukee
Wig
Edward Buell
New York City
United States Navy Yard
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cuba Evacuation Plans Advance After Quiet Elections
Washington reports say after Secretary Root returns, large troop reductions in Cuba are planned. About half the forces may be withdrawn, with Fifth Infantry likely first, followed by Eighth Infantry. Replacements will be regulars sent from the United States to Philippine ranks to substitute for the volunteers by fall, barring changes from China developments.
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Washington
Root
Cuba
Wood
War Department
Fifth Infantry
Department of Sartiago
United States
Eighth Infantry
Philippines
China
Cockran at Yale Addresses Constitutional Aspect of Acquired Territory
Bourke Cockran spoke to the Yale Law School graduating class on the Supreme Court case about whether the constitution applies to newly acquired lands and peoples. He warned of potentially drastic shifts in government power and the place of Washington if the court rules the constitution does not extend to territories and dependencies.
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Conn
Bourke Cockran
Yale Law School
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Mr. Cochran
United States
Canada
Mexico
South America
China
Philippines
Wall of Ae
Congress
Washington
Seizure of Taku Forts Sequel from British Dispatch
Rear Admiral Bruce reports from Taku dated June 24 that about 2,000 troops from allied ships moved toward Pekin after Tien-Tsin was invested. He notes Chinese forces threaten Tien-Tsin and Tong-Ku while reinforcements head for Taku. A coastal steamer is used to evacuate troops and wounded to Wel-Tal-Wel, establishing a temporary base hospital for refugees.
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London
Bruce
Taku
Che
Wagner Renominated by Bucks and Montgomery Delegates
The Republican convention of Bucks and Montgomery counties, forming the Seventh district, renominated Irving P. Wagner for Congress. The meeting took place in Bristol Pennsylvania on June 24.
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Bucks and
Montgomery Coun Flea
Seventh
Irving P. Wagner
Fatal roof fall at Philadelphia telegraph building
A roof and rear wall collapse at the Hell Telephone Exchange site on Seventeenth Street and Allegheny Avenue in Philadelphia kills Wilbur F. Miller, the construction superintendent, and injures four others including his son Hiram Miller. The casualty list includes Thade Williams and Charles Ball. The wall rose forty feet high and fell without warning as workers were shaping a brick cornice. Miller died en route to the hospital.
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Philadelphia
Hell Telephone Exchange
Seventeenth Street
Allegheny Avenue
Wilbur F. Miller
Hiram Miller
Wilbur Miller
Thade Williams
Charles Ball
Miller
Flood Ravages Georgia With Record Rainfall and Damaged Bridges
Reports from Georgia Alabama and South Carolina describe unprecedented rain inundating vast areas. Crops cotton corn and fruit suffered severe damage as rivers rose and bridges ferries and canal locks were swept away. A tornado struck near Huntsville Alabama with no reported deaths as rains ease and waters begin to fall.
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Huntsville
Macon
Savannah
Augusta
Rome
Weat Point
Chattahoochee
Ala
Local Weather and World Affairs Notes
Weather indicates showers this morning while international news reports a decisive result soon in South Africa. Local items mention a med school alumni banquet and a saloon keeper violating an agreement with the men’s union amid county and suburban town updates.
Southern Wreck Tragedy Raises Toll With 37 Bodies Found
Atlanta notes the Southern railway wreck near McDonough on Saturday night left thirty seven bodies recovered. Three additional victims were identified today among rescue efforts and many more may be trapped under debris. Injured travelers were sent to McDonough Macon and Atlanta hospitals before being released for home.
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Southern
McDonough
Griffith
W. L. Morrissette
Puping Stallion
J. H. Huntilutt
Macon
Mid-land and Gulf
Georgia, Mid- Mind and Gulf Railroad
Camp Creek
Grosvenor responds to Quigg over platform revision
Washington Post prints Grosvenor Ohio congressman's authorized reply to Quigg’s denials of mutilating the Republican platform. He asserts possession of original documents, interlineations, and a key page removed, saying the revised platform expands from 2000 to 2512 words and that the controversy should end.
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Washington Post
Grosvenor
Ohio
Washington
the Post
Quigg
New York
Resolutions Committee
Empress Emissary Shot on Canton Landing
Vancouver reports the steamship Tartar arrived with 400 Japanese immigrants and carried news of Lin Hesiushan the empress dowager secret emissary to Japan being shot in the abdomen as he landed at Canton. The assassin and his backers fled after distributing Mexican dollars to the crowd. Liu, once favored by Li Hung Chang, died from his wounds. He traveled with twenty Chinese soldiers and had faced multiple assassination attempts while en route to Japan amid the Boxer uprising.
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B.C
Orient
Lin Hesiushan
Japan
Canton
Li Hung Chang
Postmaster General Removes Rathbone in Cuba
Washington reports the Postmaster General has removed Estes G. Rathbone from his post as director general of posts in Cuba. Martin C. Fosnes, an inspector, will serve as director general until further orders. Bristow, the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, is relieved from Cuba duties and has returned home.
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Martin C. Fosnes
Washington
Estes G. Rathbone
Post Offices
Cuba
Postal Service
Bristow
State Council Convenes Amid Tax Dispute in Lancaster
June 25 Lancaster reports the state council of the Junior Order United American Mechanics will hold a special session tomorrow with about a thousand delegates. The meeting risks disruption if councils that refuse the per capita tax are excluded, possibly prompting insurgent councils to form. A court action seeks to compel attendance of several state officers.
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United American Mechanics
State Council
Pennsylvania
National Council
Supreme Court
Order
Dauphin County
George H. Bowers
Charles &. Croll
M. P. Dickeson
Edward
Deemer
Wells
Five New Battleships Approved for Turret Designs
Secretary Long endorsed a naval board finding authorizing three ships with superposed and waist eight inch turrets and two ships with quadrilateral eight inch turrets. A special board of line and staff officers reviewed the issue after the regular construction board.
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Washington
Long
Naval Board
Naval Board of Construction
Lverau
Roosevelt to Attend Rough Riders Reunion in Oklahoma
The Times-Herald reports Governor Theodore Roosevelt will leave New York City Friday, travel to Chicago Saturday, and proceed to Oklahoma City that night for the Rough Riders reunion. He visits as a private citizen, not a vice presidential candidate, and will stay with Paul Morton aboard a private car on the Banta Fe line.
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Times-Herald
Theodore Roosevelt
New York City
Oklahoma City
The
Rough Riders
Paul Morton
Banta Fe Railroad
Oklahoma
Madden Responsible for Platform Word Change
Chicago June 25 Martin B Madden admits he alone altered the Republican platform canal plank substituting isthmian for Nicaragua He says the change was his initiative and he bears sole responsibility to Quigg another committee member accused of removing the term Nicaragua from the resolution
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Chicago
Martin B. Madden
Philadelphia
Letntel F. Thiticg
Madden
Dom
Quigg
Committee On Treolution
Nicaragua
St Louis Strike Cases and Coroner Verdicts
In the U S circuit court Judge Elmer J Adames issued a temporary injunction restraining William Mahon and others from interfering with the St Louis Transit lines. A coroner's inquest on three slain strikers returned verdicts citing Thomas killed by deputies and Thine Burkhardt killed by unknown parties, with homicide verdicts but no identified responsible persons.
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United States Circuit Court
Elmer J. Adame
William [. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street Car Employes of America
St. Louis Transit Company
Mr. Mahon
Edward Thomas
George Thine
Edward Burkhardt
Porre Comitatus
Thomas
Boy Found Dead Near Bedient In Pond Drowning Suspected
A one year old boy named William Marshall was found dead today near Bedient Pennsylvania. He reportedly suffered from epilepsy and may have fallen into a two foot deep pond during a seizure, drowned.
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Bedient
William Marshall
Corporations Chartered in Horriahburg June 2
Chertem issued charters for several firms including Leanne Reese & Kok Co of Manorville capital 800000, The People's Ice and Cold Storage Co of McKersport capital 810000, Lebanon County Electric Light Power Co of Altoona capital 25000, Blair County Electric Light Power Co of Altoona capital 0, Indiana Coal Co of Glen Campbell capital 24000, and The People Gas Co of Altoona capital 1000 among others.
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Atule
Leanne Reese & Kok Co
Manorville
Armetrong
Commonmrratth
Hank
Eat Pittetirg
Pittetor Land Company
Capital
The
People's Iee and Cold Storage Company
MeKersport
Lebanon County Electric Light, Meat and Power Company
Altoona
Blair Eounty Electric Light, Meat and Power Company
Indiana Coal Company
Glen Campbell
Indiana County
Conmmers Gas Company
the People's Gas Company
Steamship Arrivals Maasdam from Rotterdam
The Maasdam arrived in New York from Rotterdam on June 25, as part of the latest steamship arrivals list posted by the port authorities. The report notes the vessel's successful voyage and expected longshore operations for passenger and cargo handling.
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New York
Maasdam
Rotterdam
Hill Favored as VP Candidate by Pennsylvania Leaders
Democratic State Chairman John Milling and National Committeeman Guffey met in Fittsburg to arrange Pennsylvania's delegation for Kansas City. Milling said no PA VP candidate is identified yet and the delegation's course will be decided on arrival. He noted Senator Hill's viability hinges on uniting the New York delegation.
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Fitteburg
John S. [Milling
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Kansas City
Rilling
Senator Hill
New York
Roberts Near Free State as War Debates Continue
Lord Roberts closes in on the Free Staters with six converging columns. Canadians attack Spruit. two killed and four wounded and captured. Construction train derailed at Standerton. two railway workers killed, four hurt. Dutch and other prisoners noted. women wonder at British restraint. Boer horses suffer from cold and hunger. commissariat criticized.
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Hay
Kruger
London
Lord Roberts
Rundle
de Wet
Mounted Rifles
Trigna
Free Staters
Cape Town
Europe
Conaal Hay
Pretoria
Machadodorp
Jal
Standerton
Ficksburg
Lorenzo Marques
The
Times
Havana Custom Cases and Teachers Depart for Boston
Senor Andrade, Havana’s new fiscal, expects to secure convictions in most customs frau cases when they are heard tomorrow. Havana is alive with teachers chosen for a summer school in Boston and their friends as Sedgwick sails with 710 women teachers and Crook with 205 men. The Sedgwick will call at Matanzas Gardenas and Bagua while the Crook stops only at Matanzas. Early morning tugs and hands were chartered, but boarding was delayed until afternoon. About 2,000 residents and friends bade farewell in the city’s public spaces.
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Senor Adrade
Custom House
Boston
United States
Sedgwick
Crook
Matanzas
Gardenas
Bagua
Matinsas
Senator Hoar Endorses McKinley and Roosevelt Policy
Worcester Mass June 95 Senator Hoar says he supports President McKinley and Governor Roosevelt and backs their Philippine policy while noting Cuba policy parallels. He defends the Republican leaders and faith in the party, asserting the future safety of the Philippines under McKinley over Bryan and Tammany Hall.
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Mass
Hoar
McKinley
Roosevelt
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Bryan
Tammany Hall
Solid South
Fatal Rock Fall Claims Minors at Wilkes-Barre Mine
In Wilkes-Barre two youths die instantly when rock falls at the Firliman Vine Colliery. John Darts, aged unknown, and Andrew Jul, a 14 year old driver boy, are among the deceased. The accident occurs in the city’s coal shaft.
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John Darts
Yours
Andrew Jul
Firliman Vwin
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