Casualties at Tien Tsin and Korean Front Tensions
Casualty figures for Tien Tsin show 1 officer killed 17 men wounded 72 missing with 2 legations still holding out. Boxers and Chinese forces near Korean frontiers threaten Penggam natives fleeing as foreigners stay safe. State Department notes from Allen Seul and Fowler Chee Foo report ongoing siege and scattered dispatches from Pekin.
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Washington
D. C
Evening Journal
United States
Allen
Seul
Korea
State Department
Penggam
Fowler
Chee Foo
Shang Tung
Pekin
Joliet Wire mill in stockholder clash for control
Conflict at Joliet Wire company plant in Rockdale two miles southwest of Joliet as Robinson Bennitt and Minnemeyer Shuler factions fight for control. Minnemeyer’s group seized the plant, guards faced off, and Colonel Bennitt led the opposing board to eject the other directors. Robinson to resume mill operations. injunction sought to regain possession.
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Joliet Wire Company
Rockdale
Robinson- Bennitt
Blair
Minnemeyer-Shuler
Alabama Steel and Wire Company
Fred Bennitt
Minnemeyer
C. E. Robinson
George Shuler
Robinson
Bennitt
Zandt
Prairie State Bank of Chicago
Ward Sawyer
Colonel Bennitt
Mindemeyer
Man dies after liquor binge near Pinckney
In Pinckney Michigan on February 4 Martin Armstrong of Unadilla drank heavily and wandered home then froze to death about a mile from his residence. His widow Mary Armstrong sues Albert Reason and bondsmen Floyd and Frank Reason for 10000 dollars claiming liquor was sold to Armstrong.
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Pinckney
Mich
Martin Armstrong
Unadilla
Mary JL. Armstrong
Albert Reason
Floyd
Frank Reason
Armstrong
Deaths From Card Game Dispute and River Escape
In Interville Illinois James Kingham fatally shot Charles Sely after a barrel over a card game. Buckingham escaped. Simultaneously Joseph Davis killed James Gratiot at Brooklyn and evaded two marshal passes by swimming the Mississippi. Count Carl Axel Wachtmeister, once secretary of the Swedish consulate in Chicago, has received the Legion of Honor.
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Nterville
Ills
James Kingham
Charles Sely
Buckingham
Joseph Davis
James Gratiot
Brooklyn
Davis
Mississippi River
Carl Axel Wachtmeister
Swedish Consulte
Chicago
Legion of Honor
Names of Coleman Dead From Galveston Flood
List of known flood victims includes J. N. Cheek and wife from Milam county Texas M. Pate and family from Comanche Texas Annie Brown Ivey Brown J O Stacy John Bulisstein and J O Spathall residents of Coleman Home Creek seven miles south of Coleman suffered damage from the cloudburst that struck Coleman Solway Minn July 18 Captain Mercer returned from an Indian agency trip to persuade blanketers to desist from war dancing while most Indians favor talks with whites but fear the absence of four bucks identified as leaders.
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Galveston
Tex
Coleman
J. N. Cheek
Milam County
Texas
M. Pate
Bertie
T.josie
Commanche
Annie Brown
Ivey Brown
J. O. Stacey
John Bulisstein
J. O. Spath
Home Creek
Solway, Minn
Mercer
Shears
Morrison
Four Bucks
Baseball Scores From Yesterday’s League Games
Chicago reports Pittsburg 0 Chicago 2 in six innings. New York 13 Brooklyn 7. Philadelphia 9 Boston 4. Cleveland 3 Kansas City 1. Buffalo 8 Minneapolis 5. Detroit 5 Milwaukee 4. Indianapolis rain.
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Pittsburg
Brooklyn
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
Kansas City
Buffalo
Minneapolis
Detroit -Milwaukee
Detroit
Indianapolis
Promotion in Army Ranks After Col. Liscum’s Death
Washington reports the death of Col. KE Liscum Ninth Infantry leads to Lt. Col. Charles F. Robe of the Seventeenth Infantry becoming colonel of the Ninth. Major L. M. O'Brien of the Seventeenth Infantry is named to a new role. Col. Robe is currently with his regiment in the Philippines.
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Washington
KE. H. Liscum
Ninth Infantry
Seventeenth Infantry
L. M. O’brien
Charles F. Robe
Robe
Philippines
Markets show varied futures and cash bids across grains and livestock
Chicago Board of Trade quotes mixed wheat and corn with high and low margins, pork and lard futures steady to firm, butter and eggs steady to firm, and live stock receipts noted. East Buffalo and St Louis markets provide parallel cattle and hog pricing ranges with regional variance.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Ceassas Am
Ohio
Michigan
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis Grain
Allies Triumph at Tien-Tsin and Peking Dispatch Details
Washington officials say no massacre of Europeans in Peking through July 9. Dispatch from Shanghai confirms allied victory at Tien-Tsin, forts and native city captured, and ministers in Pekin safe. Li Hongzhang moves to northern China as viceroy. cabinet says no extra session needed unless future needs arise. London reports British legation in Peking still standing and Li Hongzhang leaving Canton to assume command.
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Peking
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Hay
Tien- Tsin
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Lin Hun Yi
Chang Chih-Tung
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Wu-Chang
Tien Tsin
Pekin
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Canton
Nothing Stops Cupid Lady Randolph's Second Love
London July 11 Lady Randolph Churchill faces public disapproval over her engagement to Cornwallis West twenty years her junior The wedding is set for July 28 at St Pauls Kingsbridge West resigns from the army amid family and regiment opposition She and West plan a world honeymoon avoiding the United States and carry high social controversy.
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London
Lady Randolph Churchill
Cornwallis West
St. Paul's
Kingsbridge
West End
Randolph
West
South Africa
War Office
United States
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Jennie Jerome
New York
Cornwallis-West
Cowes
England
Prince of Wales
Countess Castellane
Prince
News from Tien-Tsin: Allied assault breaches Chinese walls
A London cable reports the allied attack on Tien-Tsin beginning July 14 breached the city walls and forts, routing Chinese forces. Casualties for Thursday to Saturday tally about 800, with heavy losses among American, French and Japanese troops and extensive damage to the native city. Russian and German forces aided the assault on railway fortifications and a French blow detonated a magazine. An American-British-Japanese-Austrian sortie then drove Chinese from the west arsenal after three hours of fierce fighting.
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Lee
London
Tien-Tsin
London Daily Mail
Shanghai
Old City
West Arsenal
Engineers Under Orders Reach West Point for China
Fishkill Landing, July 18. Companies of the Engineers' corps arrived at West Point from Willets Point yesterday. They are under orders to depart for China next Monday, along with all engineers at West Point.
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U. 8S
Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Drngineers’ Corps
West Point
Willet's
Successor for Gear Sparks Iowa Senate Rumor Mill
Des Moines reports that Senator Gear's death shifts Iowa politics as Governor Shaw's pending Colorado return fuels speculation. Bariers expect Shaw to appoint someone who will step aside when the legislature elects a U.S. senator, with Shaw himself pursuing the post if party harmony allows.
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Des Moines
Gear
Shaw
Colorado
United States
Moffett Cleared In Bank Stock Liability Case
Circuit Judge Wiest released Mrs. Viola G. Moffett from 65 percent assessment liability on 31 shares of Ingham County Savings Bank stock after she traded the stock to Mrs. Henrietta P. Graham before the bank's suspension. Graham sought recovery of real estate. the court held Graham liable.
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Lansing
Mich
Wiest
Viola G. Moffett
Detroit
Ingham County Savings Bank
Moffett
Henrietta P. Graham
Moffetts
Peterboro Street
Graham
May
Mrs. Graham
Delivered from Captivity: Boy Rescued from Gypsies
Elmer Morgan, 12, rescued ten miles north of Belleville after two years with a band of gypsies. Kidnapped from an orphanage in Belle Vernon, Pa., in April, he endured drudgery and cruel punishment including whipping and stoning before farmers heard his screams and prompted the rescue. Authorities notified his relatives.
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Als
Elmer Morgan
Young Morgan
Belle Vernon
High School Lab Fire in Eau Claire Causes Uncertain Damage
Eau Claire Wisconsin reports a high school fire in the laboratory yesterday afternoon. Professor Swearingen was present when the blaze started. flames are now under control but the damage amount remains uncertain.
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Eau Claire
Wis
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