Surprise attack on Victorian Mounted Rifles near Steenkool spruit
Lord Kitchener reports 18 Australians killed and 42 wounded among 250 Victorian Mounted Rifles in a surprise Boer's attack at Welmansrust. Two officers and 16 men died, 4 officers and 38 men were wounded, 2 officers and 50 men escaped to Beeston's camp, most were captured and later released. Two pom poms captured. Full details awaiting.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Welmansrust
Middleburg
Beeston
Steenkoolspruit
Beaston
Will Encourage the Boers
London report notes a serious reverse for the Australian contingent marked by lost guns due to picketing neglect. The setback may boost Boer resolve despite Dewet’s defeat. Continent rumors of peace negotiations are unfounded. Kruger rejects proposals without independence guarantees. Cecil Rhodes forecasts a South African federation within three to four years, with self-government before federation deemed impossible.
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Mr. Kruger
Kruger
Daily Mall
Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Bulawayo
Japan Objects To Four Percent Indemnity Interest
Peking june 17 the foreign ministers say the July target remains for ending the indemnity issue with a 4 percent rate and Japan’s borrowing restriction seen as the main hurdle they may grant extra bonds to cover losses Rockhill would add five percent to tariffs if China widens and dredges two rivers. German forces surrender the winter palace to Chinese authorities as transport plans move 3000 troops toward Peking
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China
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Pei Ho
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Winter Palace
Pao Ting Fu
Victims of Ferry Collision at Staten Island Front
After a 48 hour search only two bodies were recovered from the Northfield and Mauch Chunk disaster. The fate of other alleged fatalities remains unknown. The only confirmed dead include Jere V. Wright, note teller at the Oriental Bank in New York, residing in New Brighton, Staten Island.
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Staten Island
Northfield
Jersey Central
Mauch Chunk
Jere V. Wright
Oriental Bank
New Brighton
Porto Rican Clerk Aboard French Edge & Co
Juan A. Benitez, a clerk in the steam ship office of French Edge and Co., arrived in the city to learn the shipping trade. The Northfield will likely be raised this afternoon.
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Juan A. Benitez
French, Edge & Co
Northfield
Leavenworth Negro Revolver Plot Sparks City Alarm
Leavenworth Kansas on June 17 reports agitation after a suspected plan by local African Americans to arm themselves with revolvers bought from soldiers at Fort Leavenworth. Police and Fort Leavenworth officers cooperate to curb the tension. Three men who purchased revolvers have been arrested and detained.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
Fred Alexander
Ingalls Transport Righted After Capsize at Erie Basin
A steam crane and large crew worked all day to upright the army transport Ingalls in the Robins company dry dock at Erie basin. By day's end the ship rested on an even keel and is expected to be afloat in a week. carpenter Albert Moller, injured in the sinking, died, becoming the second fatality. Thomas Williams of Brooklyn remains gravely injured.
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New York
Ingalls
Robins Company
Erie Basin
Albert Moller
Thomas Williams
Brooklyn
Fourth Zionist Convention Opens in Philadelphia
The fourth annual Zionist convention began in Philadelphia with a larger attendance than ever. Delegates from all sections assembled as speakers urged establishing a refuge and home in Palestine for persecuted Jews from Russia and other European countries. Greetings were read from Baron Rothschild and Mme Nordau.
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Palestine
Russia
Baron Rothschild
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Plans for modern city Bravo to rise on Chan Santa Cruz site
City of Mexico announces plans for a new city to be built on the captured Mayi Chan Santa Cruz stronghold site. The city will be named Bravo in honor of the general who led the capture.
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Chan Santa Cruz
Bravo
Census counts Manila population at 244 932
Manila population totals 244 932 with 181 961 Filipinos 51 567 Chinese 8 562 Americans 2 382 Spaniards and 960 others per Manila Times census for the board of health completed around May 1. Excludes U S army personnel.
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Washington
Manila
War Department
Philippines
Manila Times
H. L. Gilchrist
Board of Health
United States Army
Woolley to tour world for prohibition data
Chicago and New York reports detail John G. Woolley, Prohibition candidate for 1900, starting a six month world tour from San Francisco on June 29 aboard the Mariposa to study liquor traffic and conditions for a forthcoming prohibition book. In Honolulu he plans to organize a party as Australia, England, Ireland and Scotland are slated for visits. In New York, jurors failed to reach a verdict in Dr Samuel J Kennedy murder case, discharged after a split 4 to 8 vote.
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Chicago
John G. Woolley
Woolley
San Francisco
Honolulu
Australia
England
Ireland
Scotland
Break in New York machinists strike unblocks work
In New York on June 17 the first clear break in the machinists strike occurred as 350 Cameron Foundry workers in East Twenty third street returned to work unconditionally. Secretary Henry F. Devens of the National Metal Trades association said many union men were returning to work in Dayton Ohio and other Western cities likewise unconditionally.
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New York
Cameron Foundry Company
East Twenty
Third Street
National Metal Trades Association
Henry F. Devens
Dayton
Kennedy Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Kansas City June 17 a jury in the criminal court found Lulu Prince Kennedy guilty of murder in the second degree for killing her husband Philip M Kennedy on February 20 last and sentenced her to ten years in the penitentiary. The 20 year old prisoner showed remarkable composure when the verdict was read and did not cry or move.
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Kansas City
Lulu Prince Kennedy
Philip M. Kennedy
Pingree's Condition Unchanged
London June 17 Dr Thomas Barlow said ex Governor Pingree's condition is unchanged. The complications from which Mr Pingree is suffering continue but his strength has not materially diminished. He is bearing up well under the trying conditions.
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Pingree
London
Thomas Barlow
Peters to be pension commissioner in McKinley plan
A Topeka dispatch reports ex-Congressman S R K Peters of Kansas will be offered the post of pension commissioner in Washington, succeeding H Clay Evans. President McKinley has weighed ex-Congressmen Blue and Peters. Peters’ summons indicates the appointment is settled in his favor.
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Record-Herald
Topeka
Kan
S. RK. Peters
Kansas
Washington
H. Clay Evans
McKinley
Blue
Peters
White House
Unveiling of Bismarck Statue at Reichstag Grounds
In Berlin on June 17 the Bismarck statue facing the victory column before the Reichstag was unveiled at midday. The ceremony was attended by the emperor and empress Prince Herbert Bismarck Count von Buelow Prince Hohenlohe ministers legislative members and municipal committee with a large crowd of officials veterans and students witnessing the event.
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Bismarck
Vietory
Reichstag
Herbert Bismarck
Count von Buelow
Prince Hohenlohe
Husband kills wife in Roswell then ends own life
Roswell New Mexico June 17 R M Kline a well known stockman shot and killed his wife Rosa Kline seriously wounded Marshal Maddox and likely fatally wounded the landlady who tried to interfere Kline then killed himself jealousy over his wife leaving him led to the tragedy
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N. M
R. M. Kline
Rosa Kline
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Time of new battleship Illinois set at 17.45
Washington reports the correct elapsed time for the Illinois trials as 17.45 allowing for tides. Admiral Evans, president of the trial board, informed the Navy Department of the adjustment, noting it is slightly better than the initial unofficial time.
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Illnois
Navy Department
Admiral Evans
Wisconsin fast battleship makes 18 knot test in Santa Barbara run
The Wisconsin arrived after a 48 hour trial in the Santa Barbara channel, proving speeds over 18 knots under draught and 16.45 knots in two hours with full steam. Officials noted the ship’s performance exceeded expectations as it moved under head and showed potential for top speed in its class.
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Record-Herald
San Francisco
Wisconsin
Santa Barbaras
Illinois
United States Navy
Puget Sound
Silk and Satin Scarves and Fabrics Special Sale
Local store advertises silk foulards at 67 cents and 50 cents for fine wool challis. Wash silks and silk dotted mull fabrics offered at 50 cents. Alberta satin foulards and imported fabrics priced around 19 cents for dimities and novelties. Dimities, lawn fabrics, and dimity cords listed in bulk with varied pricing.
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Alberta
Year in the Workhouse for Briggs in Minneapolis
Fred A. Briggs receives six months in the city workhouse for each of two convictions totaling one year of imprisonment and $400 in fines. Judge Mcfee imposes the maximum sentence thus far for imprisonment, while Briggs’ attorney plans an appeal to the state supreme court.
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Minneapolis
Fred A. Briggs
State Supreme Court
Mcfee
Briggs
Czechs Attack German Passenger Train Near Troppeau
Report from Vienna states several Czechs traveling with two Germans seized a male German, ran him under a wheel, killing him. His brother leapt from the car and escaped but was badly injured.
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Vienna
Troppeau
Lazar
Jubilee convention closes Y M C A work from pulpits
In Boston on Sunday more than 100 pulpits spoke on the Y M C A Jubilee convention. The world wide religious work of the Y M C A was outlined as the event reached its practical closing after a week of sessions.
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Boston
Jealousy Sparks Farmhand Murder Near Ithaca
James Churchill, 38, murdered wife Minnie Churchill, 30, at her father Daniel Minturn’s Newfield home nine miles from Ithaca New York. Minturn, over 80, was attacked and expected to die. Churchill attempted suicide with carbolic acid but survived. He admitted premeditation and was arrested. The couple had separated two months earlier. The crime occurred as the woman slept beside her daughter, aged 7, who escaped to summon help.
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Ithaca
N. Y
James Churchill
Minnie Churchill
Newfield
Daniel Minturn
Churchill
Minturn
Christian Science Death Sparks Controversy in Minneapolis
Attorney Charles L. Catlin of West Superior Wis a former Wisconsin legislator died at 209 E Sixteenth St Minneapolis under care of Mrs L W Chapman a Christian Scientist The death certificate cites gangrene while Chapman alleges a heart clot The patient who had been a Christian Scientist sought treatment in Minneapolis two weeks before his death and no physician was called during his funeral
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Charles L. Catlin
West Superior
Wis
Wisconsin
L. W. Chapman
Sixteenth Street
Chapman
Chapman illness report notes gangrene development
The fragment indicates Chapman developed gangrene in the right side after several days of suffering, with the patient named Alea. Details are sparse, but the note records a medical complication progressing over days.
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