Not With Seymour Pekin Legationers Still in Chinese Hands
Reports from Tien-Tsin and Shanghai describe fifteen days of intense fighting around Admiral Seymour. Chinese forces, including Nieh’s regulars, attacked the legations as the relieving column fought through heavy fire and endured long siege conditions. Casualties mount among Americans, British, Germans, and Russians as transport and communications strain under the siege.
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London
Tien- Tsin
Seymour
Nieh
Shanghai
Tien-Tsin
Dorward
Admiral Seymour
Lofa
Taku
Peking
Tse Chulin
Bruce
Admiral Bruce
Stirling, Powell and Wright
Beatty
Three Oaks Unveils Dewey Cannon Trophy
Three Oaks Michigan celebrated the Dewey cannon memorial winning a national contest. The town dedicated the cannon donated by Admiral Dewey with speeches by Major Warren Dr W E B Barton and General Alger. Miss Helen Gould presided at the unveiling and reception.
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Three Oaks
Mich
Dewey
Admiral Dewey
National Monument Committee
Major Warren
W. E B. Barton
Chicago
Alger
Helen Gould
Yale Wins Varsity Eight Boat Race In Fluke Finish
New London Conn June 29 Yale won the eight oared varsity shell race beating Harvard by about six lengths. Harding the stroke collapsed before the finish with Harvard finishing seven in the boat. Yale led early but Harvard closed the gap at the end making the victory hollow.
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New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Harding
Higginson
Boers Routed After Three Days of Combat in Hills
London dispatch reports General French on the left General Hamilton on the right and the Eleventh division center trying to encircle the hillside position fifteen miles east of here. After three days of fighting the enemy retreated eastward Tuesday night with total casualties under 150. Meanwhile in New York the Tin Plate wage conference adjourned for the day amid talks between steel iron workers and company officials. In Gambier Ohio Marcus Hanna of Cleveland received the doctor of laws degree.
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London
Pretoria
Daily Telegraph
French
Ian Hamilton
New York
Amalgamated Association of Steel and Iron Works
American Tin Plate Company
Dublinmuni to receive loving cup weighing 167 ounces
London reports in June that the eee will present to the muni of Dublin a loving cup weighing 167 ounces.
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London
Eee
Munici of
Dublin
Kansas City Awake with Ante Con vention Gossip
Kansas City reporters detail convention buildup as Democrats and Republicans jockey for platform and personnel. Bryan supporters push reaffirmation. vice presidential rumors center on New York names with Towne and Sulzer discussed. Woolley Swallow ticket drama ends with Metcalf nomination and a one plank temperance platform critical of the White House. Illinois and Michigan groups issue related party resolutions.
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New York
Sulzer
Hill
Kansas City
Shively
Indiana
Charles A. Towne
Towne
Son
Woolley
Swallow
A. A. Stevens
Pennsylvania
S. ©. Swallow
America
Henry B. Metcalf
Rhode Island
BE. L. Eaton
Des Mointes
Thomas R. Caskardon
West Virginia
Jas. A. Tate
Tennesse
Tate
Metcalf
United States
White House
Bliss Nominated for Governor by Michigan GOP Convention
The Michigan Republican state convention in Grand Rapids nominated Colonel Aaron T. Bliss of Saginaw for governor after a hot contest. Balloting showed Bliss steadily gaining while Dexter M. Ferry faded before Bliss’s final nomination on the eighteenth ballot.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Aaron T. Bliss
Saginaw
O. W. Robinson
Houghton
Fred M. Warner
Farmington
Daniel McCoy
Perry F. Powers
Cadillac
H. M. Oren
Saulte Ste. Marie
Edward Wildley
Paw Paw
Delos Fall
Albion
State Board of Education
James H. Thompson
Osceola
Dexter M. Ferry
Detroit
Ferry
Stearns
Osborne
O'Donnell
Campbell
O’donnell
Prohibition Nominees Picked For President and Vice President
The Prohibition national convention in Chicago on June 29 nominated three men for president. John G Woolley of Illinois and Dr G C Swallow of Pennsylvania were named as candidates with a third man also considered.
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Chicago
John G. Woolley
Geason
Ilinois
G. C. Swallow
Pennsylvania
John
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Renounces Throne in Pact to Marry
Vienna reports Archduke Franz Ferdinand vows a morganatic marriage to Countess Chotek. The oath, in the Hofburg, ensures he will not ascend or pass succession rights to children. Marriage planned for Sunday amid a formal ceremony. Chicago notes baseball scores from June 29 with Pittsburgh and Cincinnati games. Waukesha reports "Long" Jones defeated in Republican primaries, Ludging La Follette aligns with Jones in a county race.
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Vienna
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Hofburg
Countess of
Chotek
Archduke Ferdinand
Goluchowski
Long” Jones
Waukesha
Wis
Illinois
la Follette
Jones
Multiple 1900s News Tidbits Mixed in One Outline
A scattered outline covers incidents from Chicago labor violence to a khedive visit, Vermont politics, Amrit plague fears in India, London fines, cigarette licenses, Crow Indian labor on a railway, G A R encampment permits, the Prince of Wales opening an electric underground line, a New York storm with damage, prison breaks, a Burlington robbery, and a canceled contract for envelopes due to labor troubles.
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Harley McPherson
Chicago
James Welch
Egypt
Windsor Castle
Vermont
W. W. Stickney
Ludlow
London
Kumassi
Louis Klopsch
India
John McKinley
McKinley
Burlington
Montana
Wyoming
Lincoln Park
Prince of Wales
Markets Report From Chicago on June 28 Quoted Prices
Chicago board of trade quotations show wheat at July 138.75 with 1275 high 1260 low and September 12.89 close. oats and corn figures listed. Butter and eggs are priced per pound and per dozen with dairy stock and berry prices noted. live stock values include per head figures and packing weights. Receipts for the day total 8,000.
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Chicago Board of Trade Today
Chicago Liveseck
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