Boer Battle Rumors and Movements Reach Pretoria Front
London dispatches report Lord Roberts’ forces holding Pretoria as Boers retreat to new positions. Gen Rundle’s patrols clash again. Buller may join Methuen and Rundle to target President Steyn and about 7,000 followers. De Wet attacks rail lines north of Kroonstad before retreat. Maj Gen Baden-Powell promoted to lieutenant general.
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Lord Roberts
Pretoria
War Office
Rundle
Buller
Orange River Colony
Lord Methuen
Steyn
Christian Botha
Laardekop
Volksrust
China
South Africa
South African
William Nicholson
Laurence Marques
Lydenburg
Zouthpansberg
Rhodesia
Gazaland
Daily Mail
Bloemfontein
de Wet
Contests Decided by Republican National Committee
The Republican National Committee finished three lengthy sessions on contested delegations in Philadelphia. Delaware’s case was sent back to a sub-committee to seek a factions’ agreement. Brownlow delegates seated in Tennessee. Evans supporters excluded amid a bitter fight.
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Philadelphia
Republican National Committee
Delaware
Brownlow
Tennessee
Friends of Pension
Evans
Delegates Almost Hit by Train Collision in Chicago
Four hundred California delegates to the Republican National Convention near Philadelphia escaped a fatal crash when their passenger train collided with a freight near 39th Street in Chicago. Engineer T H Gould kept the party safe. three freight cars were wrecked and Gould was slightly injured. The incident slowed the delegates briefly before resuming their journey. Furnaces Banked By a Strike. Birmingham, Ala., June 16.—Three furnaces of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co. at Bessemer are banked as the result of a strike among the stockhouse employes.
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California
Philadelphia
39Th Street
T. H. Gould
Gould
Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
Bessemer
Stockhouse
Jeffersonville
Ind
Standard Chain Works
Chain Trust
Franz Krem
Trust
Pittsburgh
Train Collisions Kill Two Engineers in West Falls
A head on collision between Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh trains No 5 and No 8 near West Falls leaves engineer William Kation of the south bound train dead and engineer Frank Mattron of the north bound train fatally injured. No passengers are reported harmed. The incident follows a strike affecting about 600 workers earning 1.25 to 1.50 per day.
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Udihuna
Springville
N. Y
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
West Falls
Wm. Kation
Buffalo
Frank Mattron
Bradford
More Marines for China Reported in Washington
Officials weigh pulling crews from ships such as the Oregon to join Adm Kempff's landing force. Each big ship carries over 300 men and an expeditionary force may form at Tien Tsun to protect Seymour's column, as supplies grow tight. Secretary Root avoids military details while Hay provides available information.
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War Department
Adm
Remey
Oregon
Kempft
Tien Tsin
Seymour
Pek
Root
Hay
Secretary Gage Absent. Murder in New York Bay Reported
Secretary Gage is indisposed and likely out until next Monday. A body with throat cut was fished from Upper New York Bay, suspected to be an murder victim.
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Gage
New York Bay
Friday News in Brief Highlights Global and Local Turmoil
Ernest Clevenger hanged in Liberty Missouri for the murder of Gen Allen and Della Clevenger. Mrs Jessie Barton Fremont injured by a fall in Los Angeles. Irving M Scott of San Francisco named Republican vice presidential nominee. Tennessee Brownlow delegates seated by RNC. British capture Klerksdorp. Cronje, son of Gen Cronje, is prisoner at St Helena. Yorktown arrives Che Foo. US troops in Philippines may aid missionaries in China. Ten die in New York tenement fire. seven injured, one to die. family of Wm Cotter among dead. Zoni Harvey burned to death in Eureka Springs after lamp explosion.
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Liberty
Allen
Della Clevenger
Jessie Barton Fremont
John C. Fremont
Los Aangeles
Cal
Pacific
Irving M. Scott
San Francisco
Republican National Committee
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Klerksdorp
Cronje
Gen. Cronje
St. Helena
Yorktown
Che Foo
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China
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Wm. Cotter
Twenty Three Lives Lost in Jamaica Falls Tragedy
Kingston reports a boat carrying 23 people capsized at the falls of the Cuyuni river on June 10. All aboard perished. In nearby battles the relief column near Moinsa Hills remains active with few casualties. wounded expected at Prahsu soon.
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Jamaica
British Guiana
Mail
Cuyuni River
Accra
Moinsa
Prahsu
China Crisis: Foreign Legations Prisoners in Pekin
London reports veiled war in China with foreign legations in Pekin effectively prisoner as Chinese troops mass outside the city. Ministers fail to receive replies to demands to spare the gates while mixed forces prepare to seize Taku forts and aid from the Chinese government remains unlikely.
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China
Shanghai
Daily Express
Pekin
Legation
Taku
Tien Tsin
Nieh
S[u- Tai
Chun Lin Ceng
Tung
Avo
Tsung Li Yamen
Claude MacDonald
Russia
Shan-Hai-Kwan
Kiakhta
Siberia
Lang Fang
Daily Mail
Baseball Scores From Yesterday Show Phillies and Dodgers Victorious
Yesterday's slate produced two games with Philadelphia and Brooklyn both winning. In New York the Phillies edged the host 2 to 1 after a late rally, while Boston defeated Brooklyn 9 to 4 scoring runs in each inning sequence with strong pitching and timely hits.
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Brooklyn
Markets Close with Wide Ranges in Grain and Livestock
Cincinnati and Chicago price lists show flour, grain and livestock quotes. Wheat No 2 red on track 76 77 cents, corn No 2 yellow 44 cents, oats No 2 mixed 25 cents. hogs and cattle price tiers listed, lambs and veal calves quoted with various grades.
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Cincinnati
City
Chicago
Vice Presidential prospects narrow in Republican talks
Philadelphia June 16 Republicans discuss vice presidential chances with Long Dolliver and Fairbanks emerging as leading possibilities. Senators Hanna Platt Allison and Woodruff figures draw varying support while administration tacit approval appears decisive. Philippine troops and officials also noted in dispatch.
Striking St Louis street railway men accept new settlement plan
In St Louis on June 16 the nearly unified strikers agreed to let their executive committee settle on a plan that shifts reinstatement to arbitration. Samuel Gompers influenced the mass meeting at West End Coliseum. Judge Henry Priest will review the plan for the Transit Co. A dynamite blast damaged a Baden division car at Broadway and Gimblin, injuring the conductor. no passengers aboard.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
West End Coliseum
Executive Committee
Henry
Priest
The
Transit Co
Baden
Broadway
Gimblin Avenue
Filipinos Surrender in Manila Capital Action
General Mabulus turns over 80 officers and 1,400 men to Del Liscombat Tarca in Manila as surrender details emerge with the date listed as June 16. The report notes the transfer of command and the scale of forces involved in the capitulation.
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Mabulus
del Liscombat Tarca
Indiana Delegates Eye Fairbanks Vice Presidential Consideration
Indianapolis June 16 A growing belief among Indiana politicians that Senator Fairbanks may accept a vice presidential nomination at the Philadelphia convention is noted. Delegates, though no Indiana candidate is expected, would rally behind Fairbanks if he consents, with others like Mount and Woodruff discussed as alternatives. State leaders provide no clear prediction on the vice presidential pick.
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Fairbanks
Philadelphia
Hanna
Indiana
Charles M. Kimbrough
Muncie
Gov
Mount
Harry B. Gates
Woodruff
New York
Dolliver
Town
Hernly
Female minister resigns from Church of God
Mrs Mary Woodworth a well known evangelist resigns her preaching license after a church eldership meeting cited differences with the Church of God and a related case involving Mrs Mary Shelly. Woodworth once drew thousands of converts and stirred crowds in St Louis and California.
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Anderson
Ind
Ma‘righ. Woodworth
West
Church of God
Woodworth
Mary Shelly
Lightning Strikes Telegraph Polé Shocks Mrs Andrews
In Rushville on June 16 a lightning strike hit a telegraph pole near Mrs Sherman Andrews, leaving her severely shocked and under medical care. Miss Mamie Lang and elder sister Nellie Were were also affected in the event.
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Mra
Sherman ‘Andrews
P Clan
Mamie Lang
Eiater
Nellie
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