United States Sends Troops to Pekin Amid China Crisis
Washington broadcasts confirm orders for Brigadier General Adna R. Chaffee to command forces in China and march to Pekin via San Francisco and Taku. Officials stress a strong presence at the Chinese capital while diplomacy with viceroys and ministerial dispatches continue amid fears for Minister Conger and legations.
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Washington
China
Adna RR. Chaffee
Buties
Chaffee
Merkelsohn
Pekin
San Francisco
Taku
Che Foo
Hay
Conger
Shanghai
War Department
Secretary Hay
Long
Kempff
Tien Tain
Tien Tsin
Canton
McLean
United States
Don Juan de Austria
Redpole
Shameen
Shang-Tung
Chi-Li
Europe
Daily Express
Sharkey Falls To Ruhlin In Fifteenth Round Showdown
In Coney Island at the Seaside Athletic Club Gus Ruhlin defeats Tom Sharkey by knockout after fifteen rounds. Ruhlin dominates from the start, while Sharkey fights hard but cannot overcome the Ohio challenger in this historic heavyweight tally.
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Sailor
Gus Rublin
Seaside Athletic Club
Coney Island
New York
Tom Sharkey
Gus Ruhlin
Hudlin
Sharkey
No easy victory as Ruhlin stops Sharkey in fifteenth
The bout features Ruhlin overpowering Sharkey in a brutal fifteen round battle. Ruhlin used superior footwork and power to wear down the Irishman, who fought with grit but failed to finish. Crowd roars as Sharkey falls multiple times before the ref stops the fight.
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Sharkey
Ries
Hide
Ruhii
Ruhlin
Billy Madden
Prohibition Leader Swallow Passes Through Pittsburg en Route
The Rev. Dr. Silas C. Swallow of Harrisburg travels to Chicago for the Prohibition national convention. He says the party is stronger than four years ago and expects wider support across the country. He notes administration canteen stance aiding Prohibition and mentions openness to presidential nomination if offered, with strongest backing from Pennsylvania and eastern states.
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Pittsburg
Silas C. Swallow
Harrisburg
Chicago
Prohibition Party
Middle and Eastern States
Syndicate Miler Case Up Again
William F. Miller formerly managing the Franklin Syndicate was brought from Sing Sing to New York for a further hearing in his bankruptcy case. His attorneys may repeat prior tactics and refuse to state anything to avoid self incrimination under pending indictments.
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Syndicate
Miler
New York
William F. Miller
Franklin Syndicate
Sing Sime
Jackson
Tis
Miller
Missionary Safe Report From Methodist Board
New York June 26 The board of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal church announced that a cable message received via an intermediary from Rev HF Mayner of Tien Tein China states that Rev F Brown a missionary at Che Foo is safe.
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New York
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church Today
Cably
Row
HF. Mayner
Tien Tein
China
Auying
Hov. F. Brown
Chefoo
One More Body Recovered in McDonough Train Wreck
The body of William Lawrence, section foreman, was recovered today from the wreck of the Southern train near McDonough Georgia. Search efforts continue for miles below the wreck as many bodies remain unidentified.
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McDonough
Jimes
William Lawrence
Ring Result Leaves Sharkey Bruised After Narrow Loss
Roblin carried Sharkey from the ring after the clash, Sharkey unmarked but bruised, downcast yet ready to fight again. Sharkey boasted ten thousand dollars on a rematch while Trahlin greeted reporters with a childlike grin and claimed victory.
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Roblin
Sharkey
Trahlin
Rebellion End in Cape Colony Reports Sir Charles Warren
London June 26 Lord Roberts dispatch reports Pretoria residency that the rebellion north of the Orange river in Cape Colony is over. The last force under Commandant De Villiers surrendered June 2 with about 220 men, 259 horses, 18 barons, 260 rifles and 100000 rounds. General Braden-Powell notes pacification progressing satisfactorily in Rustenburg district.
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London
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Charles Warren
Cape Colony
Orange River
de Villiers
Braden-Powell
Rustenberg
Lady Curzon Reports Severe Indian Famine Strain
In a letter to E. Ridg e of the Chicago India Famine Relief Committee Lady Curzon notes famine in India is more intense than any prior visit. She cites harvest failures and cattle losses as dragging recuperation, while detailing government relief totaling 26 million dollars and committee distributions of 2.5 million dollars.
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Chicago
Lady Curzon
India
D. Eliridge
New Philadelphia Mint Moves 71 Million Silver Dollars
Seventy one million silver dollars were transferred from the old Chestnut Street mint to the new Sixteenth and Spring Garden building. The transfer used secure canvass bags within numbered boxes and armed guards, with express wagons moving one hundred boxes per trip to the new vaults capable of holding up to 110 million dollars.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Sixteenth
Spring Garden Streets
New Mint
Arkansas Democrats Nominate Ticket At State Convention
The Arkansas Democratic state convention in Little Rock on June 26 nominated Jeff Davis for governor and John W. Crockett for secretary of state. The ticket was not completed due to a proxy vote dispute over Mississippi county. The convention adjourned until tomorrow after a Hill faction demonstration and a resolution to back David Bh, Hil, of New York, for vice president was referred to the resolutions committee.
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Little Rock
Ark
Jeff Davis
John W. Crockett
Mississippi County
David Bh
Hil
New York
Hill
Committee On Resolutions
Postmaster Appointment Corrected at Honolulu
The president signed the commission of Joseph M. Oats as postmaster at Honolulu. An earlier commission misstated the name as John M. Oats due to an error, now corrected.
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Joseph M. Oats
Washington
Honolulu
John M. Oats
Treasury to call $5 million from banks tomorrow
Washington reports the secretary of the treasury will demand a third deposit call of $5,000,000 from depository banks. The funds are to be repaid to the treasury on July 16.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Despatch from Loulaville on Governor Powers murder suspect
A despatch reports Harlan Waa arrested in Loulaville on charges related to the murder of Governor Govles Powers. Warrant procedures began, with Governor Taylor granting a pardon length while in office and releasing the suspect previously on habeas corpus in Know county. Captain Powers is brother of former Secretary Caleb Powers.
Noted Tragedy Near Town Sparks Investigation
A man identified as Ga, Juno Jornan Hime, an African American resident, was dragged from a nearby fight, left about a mile from his home, and shot by unknown parties. The motive remains undisclosed as authorities pursue leads.
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Jornan Hime
O& Negro
Pennsylvania Lawyers Meet in Cambridge Springs Session
About 400 judges and lawyers from across the state gather for the sixth annual Pennsylvania Bar association meeting at Hotel Rider Cambridge Springs. Committees advocate reforms in municipal claims, bar admission oversight, and official court experts while the treasurer notes 4572.02 dollars and 844 members. Lyman D. Gilbert and John K. Richards address changes in law practice and foreign policy positions.
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John V. Richards
Cambridge Springs
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Rider
Alexander Simpson, Jr
Philadelphia
Committee On Legal Education
Robert Snodgrass
Harrisburg
Supreme Court
Walter George Smith
Wiliam Penn Lloyd
Mechanicsburg
Lyman D. Gilbert
John K. Richards
United States
Gilbert
Richards
Congress
State Editors Meet in Wilkes-Barre for Summer Outing
The Pennsylvania State Editorial association marks its 28th annual summer outing in Wilkes-Barre. The board of trade and local councils organized a full program with reception committees guiding arriving editors and publishers. Visitors toured Wyoming Monument to the 1778 Indian massacre site amid the day’s events.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania State Editorial Association
Board of Trade
Wyoming Monument
Sterling
Prohibition Delegates Chosen at Illinois Convention
Chicago reports the state prohibition convention selecting delegates for the national meeting set for tomorrow. Delegates differ with a near even split anticipated between Marc Joheron and John Gi. Woolley. A full state ticket was nominated headed by Governor candidate V. V. Barnes and lieutenant governor candidate J. A. Wenderson.
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Chicago
Marc Johreon
John Gi. Woolley
J. A. Wenderson
Spanish War Veterans Campwork in Progress at Crank Forks
June 24 report from Crank Forks notes the state encampment under way and the provisional department of Veterans of the Spanish War will operate during the event to perfect a state organization.
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Crank Forks
Provisional Department of Veterans of the
Etecampment
Pension Increase for Wilkes-Barre Widow Mary Douglass
Pennsylvania dispatch reports Mary D. Douglass widow of Wilkes-Barre has her pension raised to 40 dollars monthly as of June 24.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
Mary D. Douglass
Wilkes-Barre
Pugilist Sharkey Was His Waterloo
The report notes a significant setback in boxing as Sharkey faced a decisive defeat described as his Waterloo. It references the era and mentions other statewide items, including a firemen’s convention winding up and local weather rounds up.
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Roy
Roaring Brook
Prohibitionists Aim to Split Major Parties at Convention
Chicago June 26 The Record reports Prohibitionists plan to push a prohibition plank at the Democratic National Convention in Kansas City July 4. A million voters are pledged to support William J Bryan if the Democrats adopt the plank. They expect the move to split a major party and forge a new third party.
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Chicago
United States
Kansas City
William J. Bryan
Taylor's Flying Trip Through Rochester In June
William 8. Taylor former Kentucky governor traveled via Lehigh Valley from Philadelphia to New York Central for Niagara Falls. He arrived with his wife, carried no baggage, and was not recognized due to a shaved moustache. He offered no answers and appeared headed toward Canada.
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Rochester
N. Y
William 8. Taylor
Kentucky
Lehigh Valley
Philadelphia
New York Central
Niagara Falls
Illinois Prohibitionists Nominate Ticket at State Convention
The Illinois Prohibition convention in Chicago met to nominate a full state ticket, congressional and state legislative candidates, and to select delegates at large for the national convention. Rev. H. H. Bannon of Rockford was temporary chairman. Action on presidential instructions for Hale Johnson and John G. Wooley, both Illinois men, drew interest. Twelve delegates at large and alternates were chosen.
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Chicago
Congress
H. H. Bannon
Rockford
Hale Johnson
John G. Wooley
Ilinois
Transatlantic Steamship Movements From New York
Shipping notices list arrivals and departures on June 2 with vessels like Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crowe Kaleerin Maria Theroen Ema and Georgic. Ports include Bremen Liverpool Antwerp Naples Genoa Cherbourg New York and Rotterdam with sailings to and from New York Hamburg and Tangier.
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New York
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crowe
Bremen
Columbia
Liverpool
Westernland
Antwerp
Germanie
J. Paul
Southampton
Georgic
Cibraltar
Ema
Naples
Genoa
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Geneva
Trave
Cherbourg
Kaleerin Maria Theroen
Spaarndam
Toulogne
Rotterdam
Lizard—Paseed
Patatea
Hamburg
Bethlehem Directors Elected At Hethlehem Iron Meeting
At the annual meeting in Hethlehem Pa the Hethlehem Iron company elected directors including RR Sayre Joseph Wharton E P Wilbur H B Linderman Beauveau Moris J A Lippincott and BR W Davenport. Fourteen thousand four votes were cast but no organization occurred due to lack of quorum.
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Hethlehema
Hethlehem Iron Company
RR. Sayre
Joseph Wharton
E. P. Wilbur
H. B. Linderman
Beauveau Moris
J. A. Lippincott
W. Davenport
Brooklyn Sails from Manila with Marines for Nacuski
The United States armored cruiser Brooklyn carries 900 marines from Cavite and departs Manila for Nacuski to coal before heading to Taku. Logan with the Ninth Infantry and the gonboat Princeton will follow tomorrow.
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Manila
United States
Brooklyn
Cavite
Nacuski
Taku
Logan
Ninth Infantry
Princeton
Insurgents Split From Old State Council in Big Row
In Lancaster on June 26 the Junior Order United American Mechanics convened to a threatened split as insurgents and loyalists clashed over charges against state officers. The insurgents adjourned to a new venue and pledged secession from the national council, while charges against officers were referred to a committee. The day closed with continued court actions over a disputed per capita tax.
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Old State Council
Lancaster
State Council
United American Mechanics
Fulton Opera House
Harrisburg
The
Philadelphia
James W. McCleary
Opera House
Daniel G. Evans
Pittsburg
Orange Street Opera House
Evans
Thomas J. Mayer
Unionown
George Ford
Warden H. Reese
St. Clair
Sentinel
W. Harris
Downington
M. Noas
Rev. Bartholomew
Cresaona
Reese
Westerman
Allegheny
McClung
Oreder United American Mechanics
National Council
Pennsylvania
Mechanics
Tiffin
Edward 8. Deemer
C. L. Wahner
G. R. Selahton
F. P. Nevins
A. F. Noah
Weiss
Minneapolis
Hensvl
Lanc Easter
National Counsell
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Paris
M. Delcasse
Yunnan
M. Francois
Yunnan-Sen
Tonquin
Great Southern
Nanking
Kang Wu
Grand Canal
Liu Kun Yih
Prince Tuan
Teung Si Yamen
Daily Telegraph
Hong Kong
Quangs
Battleship
Oregon
Horn
Spain
Ing
Li Hung Chang
N& Surprise
Rubblin
Rublin
DER
Swallow
Prohibiton
Missionary Safe
NEW Philadelphia Mint
Arkansas
Democrats
Gage
Captain Powers
Sam
Squathte
State Bar Association
Waterloo
Northeastern
Penneylvania
Whitney
Everhart’s
St. Cecelia's
Scranton
Guerrity
Hia Forge
Bryan
Taylor
Canada
Illinois
Bethlehem Directors
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