Deadly Boers attack Gen Beaston camp near Welmansrust
London reports Lord Kitchener cabled a night raid at Steenkool Spruit where Gen Beaston’s force lost two officers and 16 men killed with 38 wounded. only 2 officers and 50 men escaped to safety. Two pom poms seized as the Boers captured others and released prisoners.
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Beaston
London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Welmansrust
Middleburg
Victoria
Heaston
Steenkoolspruit
Fwo
Lord Witchener
War Office
Elliott
de Wet
Reitz
Ex-Congressman Peters Receives Pension Commissioner Call
Topeka June 149 ex congressman S K Peters of Kansas received a dispatch summoning him to Washington to be offered the pension commissioner post succeeding W H Clay Evans President McKinley had considered ex congressmen Blue and Peters for the position Peters summons settles the appointment in his favor.
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Topeka
Kan
S. KK. Peters
Kansas
Washington
Clay Evans
McKinley
Blue
Peters
White House
Kennedy Jurors Report No Verdict in Kennedy Murder Trial
In New York on June 17 the jury for Dr. Samu J. Kennedy, accused in the Dolly Reynolds murder, told Judge Newtherper at 10:25 a.m. that they could not agree. The judge discharged them after a final ballot of four for conviction and eight for acquittal. This marks Kennedy's third trial for the crime.
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New York
Samu J. Kennedy
Dolly’ Reynolds
Newtherper
Kennedy
Fire destroys central Durant buildings with $50,000 loss
Fire at Durant Oklahoma on June 17 destroyed nine brick and 20 frame buildings in the town center causing an estimated total loss of 50000 dollars. The heaviest losses include R Shoetsboro dry goods 12000 Richie and Childress building C L Shannan drugs Wanton machine shop J W Gallagher drugs Kimbrial drugs.
General Max Weber Dies in Brooklyn Pneumonia Fate
Brig. Gen. Max Weber dies at his Brooklyn home after a two week illness from pneumonia. He was born in Achern Baden on August 27 1824 and trained at Karlsruhe military academy.
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New York
Max Weber
Brooklyn
Weber
Achern
Baden
Karlsruhe
Plans for Brave city to rise on Chan Santa Cruz site
From Mexico City a plan outlines a new modern city to be built on the site of the Maya capital Chan Santa Cruz. The city will be named Brave to honor the general who led the capture.
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Mexico City
Chan Santa Cruz
Butchers Strike Ends as Workers Withdraw Card Demand
In San Francisco on June 17, striking journeymen butchers ended the walkout by deciding to withdraw their demand for a union card to be displayed in all retail shops. The dispute concluded without continuing pickets or renewed demonstrations.
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San Francisco
Wisconsin Returns After 48 Hour Naval Speed Trial
The battleship Wisconsin arrived in San Francisco after a two day Santa Barbara channel test showing over 15 knots under forced draught and 16.45 knots for two hours. The vessel averaged 15.2 knots across 46 hours with strong headway from Puget Sound to Point Reyes yielding 18.46 knots in two hours.
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San Francisco
Wisconsin
Santa Barbara
Puget Sound
Point Arena
Point Reyes
Jealousy Dooms Farm Hand to Kill Wife in Newfield
In Ithaca Newfield near town James Churchill WW a farm hand murdered his wife Minnie by crushing her head with a heavy iron bar as she slept beside their 7 year old daughter DC Minturn. Minnie’s father over 80 was also attacked and hospitalized. Churchill tried to kill himself with carbolic acid but survived. He was arrested and brought to Ithaca. The crime stemmed from jealousy. The girl escaped and neighbors were summoned.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Minnie
Newfield
Here
DC Minturn
Churchill
Sle
Minturn
Aged Circuit Rider Rev John J Dyer Dies in Denver
Rev John J Dyer a famed Western circuit rider died in Denver on Sunday from throat paralysis after a lingering illness. Born in 1822 in Franklin County Ohio he began preaching in Wisconsin in 1849 and later moved to Colorado in 1861. He earned the nickname Snowshoe Itinerant for braving harsh weather to preach in remote camps and authored a book of that title.
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Denver
Col
John J. Dyer
West
Mr. Dyer
Franklin County
Ohio
Dyer
Wisconsin
Colorado
New Mexico
Ingalls Transport Upright. Two Die From Injuries
A steam crane and large crew labored Sunday to right the army transport Ingalls capsized in Robins Co dry dock at the Erie basin. The ship rests on an even keel and is expected afloat in a week. Bert Miller, a carpenter on the Ingalls, died from injuries, the second fatality. Charles Williams remains gravely injured and may die.
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New York
Ingalls
Robins Co
Erie Basin
Bert Miller
Charles Williams
Brooklyn
Gen William Gardner dies in Memphis at 75
Gen William Montgomery Gardner a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars died in Memphis Sunday night at age 75. A West Point graduate in 1846, he commanded the 8th Georgia at Manassas where his leg was shattered.
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Memphis
Tenn
William Montgomery Gardner
Gardner
Military Academy
West Point
Manassas
Georgia
Mrs McKinley Improves as Weather Affects Spirits
Washington reports Mrs McKinley is recovering and sat up briefly with the president. Dr Dixey notes progress while rain and clouds dampen spirits. Canton home renovations near completion for a hoped July 1 move if health permits.
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Washington
White House
The Bismarck statue unveiled in Berlin
Berlin observers witnessed the unveiling of the Bismarck statue before the Reichstag to honor the homeland leader. Emperor William and the empress attended under the Baldachin as officials veterans and students gathered for the ceremony. Dr. Von Levetzow spoke briefly in praise.
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Berlin
Bismarck
Reichstag
Herbert Bismarck
Count von Buelow
Prince Hohenlohe
William
Guard of Honor
Dr. von Levetzow
British and American Oil Machinery in Batoum District
A Batoum district report notes British manufacturers supply most oil industry machinery while American pumping gear gains favor for its low cost and lightness. The advantage reduces customs duties, and American compressors are not yet used in this area.
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London
Batoum
Asiatic
Russia
French forces suffer losses on Tonkin frontier report
The steamship Tacoma reports from Hong Kong that French troops in Tonkin lost four officers and 17 soldiers in a clash with marauding bands of about 5900 Chinese along the Tonkin frontier. Chinese forces drove into Kwang Su province and many Chinese women were filled.
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Tacoma
Wash
Iong Kong
Tonkin
Kwang- Su
Hidah Indian youths declare war after deputy shot chief
Younger Hidah Indian members near Ketchikan Alaska have declared war on whites after Deputy Marshal Jones wounded Whiteoon their aged chief who resisted arrest for cutting timber on government land.
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Tacoma
Wash
Ketchikan
Alaska
Jones
Whiteoon
Mob Hangs Joe Harris in Limestone County Alabama
In Athens on June 17 a mob hanged Joe Harris a Black man in the northern Limestone county area. He was suspected of burning a farmer’s barn where he worked, tied to a dispute with a fellow farm hand over stock housed in the barn.
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Athens
Ala
Joe Harris
Limestone County
Tarris
Fire destroys Runkel Brothers chocolate factory
The Runkel Brothers chocolate factory in New York was destroyed by fire early Sunday. The loss is estimated at 250,000 dollars, largely insured, and 150 workers were employed. A policeman was killed in the blaze.
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New York
Runkel Brothers
Baseball score notes from multiple games in one column
A transcription of several baseball box scores including Cincinnati Pittsburgh St Louis Brooklyn Chicago New York Dayton Wayne Louisville Toledo Columbus Wheeling Marion Indiana with lineups pitchers and umpires and totals for runs hits and errors. Players named include Hughes Kahoe Phyle Warner Wicker Cross Pardee Graffius Hornung McMachin Zinram Streit Herbert Pfeister Smink Alloway Meydon among others.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Huhe
Pietz
Tannehall
Zimemer
O’day
R.H.E
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Harper
R. HE Dayton
Wayne
Wicker
Cross
Mullen and Fuller
Mullane
Raw
Louisville
Toledo
Weyhing
Zalitsky
Pardee
Graffius
Hornung
HE Columbus
Wheeling
McMachin
Zinram
Lrwin
Streit
Herbert
Leavenworth Negro Revolver Plot Sparks Unrest
June 17 Leavenworth Kansas police report uncovering a plan by local Negroes to arm themselves with government revolvers bought from Fort Leavenworth soldiers. Three men arrested, Lieut Dean set a trap, and authorities move to quell race tension following prior unrest at Fred Alexander’s case.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
Fred Alexander
F. L. Dean
Kline fatally shoots wife then wounds marshal and lover before suicide
N M Joswell reports that Arthur Kline a stock man shot his wife killing her wounded Marshal Maddux and seriously wounded the woman he supported before taking his own life Jealousy over wife leaving him cited as motive
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Joswell
N. M
Jane
Arthur Kline
Marshal Maddux
Leatherbee Lumber Yard Burns With Major Loss
At RNoston on Monday morning the C W Leather bee lumber yard burned about 1 o clock. The blaze is likely a total loss with an estimated 2 to 3 million feet of dressed lumber destroyed.
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C. W. Leatherbee
Markets Report Flour and Live Stock Prices Across Cities
Cincinnati grain markets on June 15 show ranges for flour from patent to low grade with prices from 1.80 to 4.10 per unit and mixed white and Northwestern rye between 2.90 and 3.10. Chicago futures list wheat, corn and oats with July September contracts. Cincinnati hogs and cattle prices span select shippers to fair packers and good to choice butchers, while Indianapolis and East Buffalo report cattle hogs and lamb values.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Indianapolis
East Buffalo
N. Y
Cailles to Surrender with 500 Men at Santa Cruz
Cailles signs to capitulate through Cols Infant and Gaviri as Cailles agrees to assemble his insurgent force at Santa Cruz in Laguna province and surrender to American authorities. Washington officials express pleasure, seeing the move as evidence of insurgent disintegration and a major step toward ending the Luzon rebellion.
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Santa Cruz
Laguna Province
Manila
Infant and
Gaviri
Cailles
Laguna
Washington
War Department
Department
Luzon
Insurgent Leader Cailles Targeted by American Forces
Gen Cailles, an insurgent leader on Luzon’s east of Bay Lake north of Manila, has a history of cruelty and is accused of ties to the Mandlo-Ducats. American pursuit intensified after Aguinaldo’s capture, with Cailles branded an outlaw and negotiations for his surrender ongoing. He commanded loyal followers and held strategic advantage in Laguna mountains, implicated in last year’s Sinaloan ambush.
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Cailles
Bay Lake
Manila
Society of Mandlo-Ducats
Sumner
Federal Party
Laguna
Caflles
Aguinaldo
Gen
Malvar
Luzon
Seventeen Judges Appointed to Philippine Courts
Manila June 17. Seventeen judges assigned to first instance courts including 11 Americans. Noted circuits include Manila Kinkaid Texas Odlin New Hampshire Aparri Blount Georgia Dagupan Johnson Michigan Batangas Linebarger Illinois Nueva Caceres Carson Virginia Iloilo Bates Vermont Negros Norris Nebraska Cebu Carlock Illinois Zamboanga Ickis Iowa Jolo Whitsett Missouri.
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Manila
Kinkaid
Texas
Odlin
New Hampshire
Aparri
Blount
Georgia
Dagupan
Johnson
Michigan
Batangas
Linebarger
Iinois
Nueva Caceres
Carson
Virginia
Iloilo
Bates
Vermont
Negros
Norris
Nebraska
Cebu
Carlock
Illinois
Zamboanga
Ickis
Iowa
Jolo
Death of Ayer Lord Tie executive in yacht accident
Edward W. Stover, White River valley superintendent for the Ayer Lord Tie Co. of Chicago, was killed when a limb struck him and crushed his skull at Seven Mile. The tragedy followed a gasoline yacht incident in Duvalls Bluff Arkansas. Mrs Botkin may go free after a new trial due to high expert testimony costs in Delaware.
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San Francisco
Naval veterans call national convention in Cleveland
Commanding Commodore Frederick E. Haskins of the National Association of Naval Veterans issues a call for the national convention to be held in Cleveland from September 9 to 14.
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New York
Frederick E. Haskins
National Association of Naval Veterans
Cleveland
Railroad workers in Lehigh Valley get wage raise
Easton Pennsylvania June 17 Lehigh Valley railroad employees report higher pay on Saturdays with wages increased 15 to 30 percent effective May 12. The change affects workers across related divisions and follows company policy adjustments debated earlier in the month.
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Easton
Lehigh Valley ‘Railroad
The Abbot Harness Horse Rivalries and Records
Gossip and analysis surround The Abbot, the champion trotter, with Ed Geers predicting two minute pace but reticent to commit. Negotiations for high stake matches with Boralma Crescens and Charley Herr collapse, leaving a potential fall race test at Hartford. The Abbot’s past record, lineage by Chimes from Palo Alto farm, and recent showings at Detroit and Terre Haute highlighted as context.
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Alix
Boralma
Crescens
Charley Herr
Ed” Geers
Geers
Detroit
Abbot
Chimes
Palo Alto Farm
California
Leland Stanford
Ed Geers
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Hartford
Scannell
Terre Haute
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