British Move to Cut Off Boers at Laings Nek
Telegraph reports British forces under Buller now master of Laing's Nek with rails restored to Bloemfontein and repairs underway. Hun ter pushes northwest after defeating a Boers commando near Kroonstad while De Wet and Dewet report losses in equipment and cattle. Kruger and Kruger's government claim Boer gains. Botha and De la Rey reportedly offered terms to lay down arms amid ongoing operations in the Orange River region.
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Redvers Buller
Laing
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Hutter
Kelly-Kenny
Hunter
Kroonstad
Derbyshires
Kruger
Machadodor
Ssteenkamp
Froneman
Ploy
Fourte
Roodeval
Dewet
Boer War Office
Transvaal War Office
Lord Methuen
Daily Express
Machadodorp
Lorenzo Marques
Louis Botha
Delarey
Steyn
Kruger Beleves
Lorenso Marques
Middleburg
Buller
Rundle
Rundle and General Brabant
Orange River Colony
Almonds Nek Described in Natal Action Near Charleston
London June 13 The war office released Gen Buller dispatch from Headquarters Natal June 11 stating Almonds Nek was forced by British forces. The Second Dorsets and the Third Cavalry Brigade bore the main fighting in broken terrain near Charleston Flate, with moderate expected casualties under 100.
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London
War- Office
Buller
Natal
Almonds
Charleston Flate
Dorsets
Tin
Hildyard
Columag
School Committee Unveils 76 Page Sanitation Plan
The Boston school committee approved a sweeping report on the sanitary condition of public school buildings. It calls for immediate improvements costing about 800000 and urges summer work during vacation. The appendix includes Health Board and school house agent recommendations in parallel columns.
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Thomas W. Berridge
Boston
School Board
Board of Health
British Marines in Boxer Uprising Report
Fresh dispatches from the Pekin relief column describe heavy fighting with Boxers near Lang-Fang and beyond, 40 British killed or wounded, 2 villages destroyed, and the expeditionary force totaling 204 or more with British and allied troops pursuing the Boxers amid a hostile Chinese populace.
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London
Pao Ting Fu
Pekin
Tien’ Tsin
Shanghai
Johnson
Lofa
Lang-Fang
Majat N
Nieh
Mission property values in north China total 171281.50 dollars
An inventory of American Board of Foreign Missions properties in north China lists Tien Tsin 19513, Pekin 34437.42, Tung Chow and North China College 96270.40, Kalgan 13928.10, Pao Ting Fu 13618.69, Peng Chung 16650, Lin Ching 12021, Western Hills Sanitarium 500, totaling 171281.50 dollars.
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North China
American Board of Foreign Missions
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Tung Chow
China College
Kalgan
Pao Ting Fu
Peng
Chung
Lin Ching
Western Hills
Santarium
I. At
Rockyeat
Weather Outlook: Wednesday Fair, Thursday Showers Likely
The forecast calls for Wednesday to be fair with pleasant conditions. Thursday could bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with possible showers and variable winds.
Slayings Probe Tightens As Champion Named Suspect
Present indications are that the slayer of the Goodwin family will soon be in custody. Authorities, confident an arrest is near, name George Champion as the man they expect to seize, with others possibly involved. Eyewitnesses place Champion with a French-Canadian companion near Woodman’s mills the night before the crime, suggesting a two-man operation. Staff reports cite local fear of lynching if captured nearby, while sheriff and deputies push toward a rapid arrest before daylight.
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West Newfield
Goodwin
George Champion
Post
Champion
C. L Stevens
South Effingham
Stage Road
Woodman’s Mills
Neropeien
East
Wakefield
Frenchtown
East Wakefield
Huse
Ossipee Lake
Spencer
Berwick
Miles
Saco
Usher
Dover
N H
Lang
Sanbornville
Boston
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the Post
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Edward C. Baldwin
Views of Health Board
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Georg Champion
Fred Bertsch
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Scott Goodwin
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