Boers Flee Laings Nek as Buller Advances South
London dispatches report Gen Buller in control at Laing’s Nek and Gen Hunter’s rapid advance after defeating a large Boer commando that had damaged the railway near Kroonstad. Kruger allies are offered pay-to-surrender terms as British railways are restored and Me thuen engages De Wet.
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Lord Roberts
Redvers Buller
Laing
Bloemfontain
Bloemfontein
Hunter
Kelly-Kenny
Hinter
Kroonstad
Kruger Sunday
Machadodorp
Seenkamp
Froneman
Dupley
Fourie
Nel
Roodeval
Transvaal War Office
de Wet
Lord Methuen
Gen. de Wet
Daily Express
Laurence Marques
Kruger
Louis Botha
Delarey
Steyn
Lourenco Marques
Middlesburg
British Defeats in Gold Coast and Philippine Fronts
Reports from Accra detail heavy British reverses north of the Prah and delays to Col Willcocks due to wrecked bridges. Ashanti entrenchments on the north bank flood plain threaten response. Manila dispatches say Gen Grant's relief force captured a rebel stronghold after four hours of fighting in the mountains east of Saniguet.
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Gold Coast
Carter
Wilkinson
Prah
Willcocks
Prahsu
Coomassie
Manila
Schley Declines Presidential Candidacy Reiterates Refusal
The Times editorial notes Admiral Schley repeatedly rejected any political nomination. In a Rio letter dated May 15 he states he knows nothing of politics, will not accept nomination, and would not serve if elected, urging that his views be made clear to the country.
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the Times
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Rio Janeiro
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Moore
Methodist General Conference
Western Christian Advocate
Cincinnati
Ohio University
Ohio Conference
Twenty-fifth Ohio Regiment
Cincinnati Wesleyan College For
Transvaal
Natal
National convention mood grips Philadelphia crowds
Philadelphia crowds in June see national committeemen and delegates converging for the Republican convention. Debate over representation sparked by the Payne measure resurfaces with Col Brayton and proxy Henry Tiepke pressing for change. McKinley appears in pictures though nomination remains secondary while VP possibilities circulate widely.
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National Committee
Washington
Henry (. Payne
Wisconsin
Payne
New England
Col
Chas. E. Brayton
Rhode Island
Henry E. Tiepke
Industrial Statistics
Col. Brayton
Brayton
McKinley
Street fight ends in deaths in Kansas City
In East Third street a mob clash leaves Nufus Bennett and Ora Childs dead and barber Charles Jackson wounded. Detectives exchange fire with the shooters as nine arrested. Jackson may die at hospital. Separate Tallahassee report notes nine men plunge into the Tallapoosa river when a basket line fails. one saved, two likely fatally harmed.
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Kansas City
East Third Street
Nufus Bennett
North End
Ora Childs
Chas. Jackson
Kenney
Sparks
Jackson
Bennett
Childs
May
Tallawassee
Fla
Tallapoosa
British Marines Clash With Boxers Near Pekin
Sixteen British marines repelled Boxers eight miles beyond Lofa driving them from villages. About 2,000 attackers pursued the train line, the column numbering 2,044 with forces from Britain and eight other nations suffering no British casualties.
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London
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
Johnson
Lofa
Lang Fang
Maj. Johnson
Nieh
Russian naval activities report from Taku Bar and river ops
June 13 dispatch from Tien Tsin notes disrupted telegraph to Pekin and Russian forces moving at Taku Bar. Warships Pe tropavlovski and Komiloff lie offshore while torpedo boats 103 and 107 patrol Toku River, hindering troop landings. Rumor places Gen Fung Fah Siang with vast forces near Feng Tai as Boxers number about six thousand.
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Tien Tsin
Pekin
Petropavlovski
Komiloff
Taku Bar
Toku
Fung Fah Siang
Feng Tai
Pao Tung Fu
Cars Still Need a Guard After Brewery Incident
City traffic kept to near normal after bricks were hurled at a Sixth street line car near the Anheuser Busch brewery. Police fired in the air to disperse the crowd, while Transit Co officials report traffic restored on all lines and extra staff hired from other cities and striking workers. A tornado 80 rods from Lincoln damaged farms west of Eik Creek, Johnson county. In Huron South Dakota a rainstorm ended a long drought with an inch and a quarter of rain easing the wheat belt.
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St. Louis
Sixth Street
Anheuser-Busch Brewery
Transit Co
Baumhoff
Lincoln
Neb
Johnson County
Trudy
South Dakota
Huron
McGovern Defeats Tommy White in Seaside Club Bout
Terry McGovern retained the featherweight title at the Seaside Athletic Club by knocking out Tommy White of Chicago in three rounds. The victory solidified McGovern's status as champion in New York.
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New York
Terry McGovern
Seaside Athletic Club
Tommy White
Chicago
Grant arrives in San Francisco after voyage from Manila
Telegram report notes the transport Grant has reached San Francisco from Manila. A severe rain and wind storm causes extensive damage across Texas. The 18th annual American Seed Trade convention opens in Chicago. Dixon and Yanger, the Tipton Slasher, draw after six fast rounds in Chicago. Rhode Island elects Wetmore as senator. Miner Frank Smith killed in Phoenix saloon fight. two Mexicans fatally wounded. Circus collapse in Chicago injures fourteen. Lucretia Hale, Boston writer and sister of Edward Hale, dies at 79.
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The
American Seed Trade Association
Chicago
George Dixon
Benny Yanger
Tipton
Rhode Island General Assembly
George Peabody Wetmore
Frank Smith
Phoenix
Ariz
Tuesday News Briefs Highlight World and U.S. Events
Chilean President Errazuriz dies after stroke. Stephen Crane’s body arrives in London for U.S. burial. Gov Roosevelt declines vice presidential nomination. Portugal reciprocity pact proclaimed. MacArthur reports Filipino guerillas captured. Commodore Sparks dies at 80. built Albemarle and Chesapeake canal. British Buller troops seize Almonds Nek. Boer De Wet marches on Johannesburg with 13,000. Boer losses at Vredefort.
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Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Portugal
MacArthur
War Department
de Wet
Johannesburg
Vredefort
Yellow fever hits Tehuantepec isthmus prompting exodus
From Oaxaca on June 13 reports say yellow fever in the Tehuantepec isthmus is virulent. Many American planters and ranchmen are leaving for cooler weather, and several members of Vera Cruz's German colony are ill with the fever.
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Oaxaca
Mexico
Tehuantepec
Vera Cruz
Winners Crowned In Four Major League Baseball Games
Yesterday's baseball results feature winners from Philadelphia Brooklyn Boston and New York. Scores include Brooklyn 5 Cincinnati 4 with batteries Scott Wood Kitson and McGuire. Boston 15 Pittsburgh 3 with Dineen Sullivan Chesbro O Connor. New York 4 Chicago 0 with Carrick Bowerman Callahan Donahue. St Louis 16 Philadelphia 9 with Jones Criger Donohue McFarland. Umpires listed as O Day Emslie Swartwood Hurst.
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Brooklyn
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Kitson
McGuire
O’day
Ree
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Pittsburgh
Dineen and
Sullivan
Chesbro
O'Connor
Emslie
R.he
New York
Chicago
Carrick and Bowerman
Callahan
Donahue
Swartwood
R.H.E. St. Louis
Philad’a
Jones and Criger
Donohue
McFarland
Hurst
Philadelphia
Brooklyn Beseeetene
Wee Tans
Pittsburgh St. Louis
Ceeere
Seeceesseeees
Piecee
Esese
Markets Report Cincinnati and Chicago Grain and Livestock
Cincinnati markets detail flour prices for multiple spring and winter grades, alongside No 2 red wheat on track at 76-77 cents and corn 45 cents on track. Live stock lists hogs, cattle, sheep, lambs, and veal calf prices across grades. Chicago wheat prices: No 2 red 76-77c, No 3 41-42c, No 2 hard winter 72-73c, northern spring 74c. No 3 spring 30%
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Cincinnati
City
Chicago
American Agricultural Exhibit Delights Paris Visitors
Visitors praise the United States at the Paris exposition with particular admiration for the agriculture displays. The corn kitchen draws crowds as it shows versatile corn dishes prepared by expert cooks. Officials note 1,400 collective exhibits and 400 individual exhibitors showcasing grain fruit and farming implements from across the country.
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America
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Europe
Agricultural Department
Yarrow
Peck
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