Floods Ravage Southeast as Rivers Burst Banks Across region
Atlanta reports show vast inundation across Georgia Alabama and South Carolina with bridges carried away mills closed and crops damaged including cotton corn and fruit. A tornado near Huntsville Alabama caused no reported deaths as rain abates and waters begin to fall.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
Macon
Savannah
Augusta
Rome
West Point
Chattahoochee
Huntsville
Roberts nets close on Free Staters in South Africa
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts converging forces to trap Free Staters as several Boer units escape via Gen. tandle's lines. Canadians clash with De Wet's force at Honing Spruit, with casualties and captures. A derailed construction train near Standerton kills two trainmen. Branbamit's horse unit surprises a khaki camp and surrenders.
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London
Lord Roberts
Tandle
Ficksburg-Senekal
de Wet
Mounted Rifles
Triglis
Free Staters
Standerton
Branbamit
Ficksburg
Cuban Laborers Strike at Havana Electric Co
A strike by Cuban and Spanish laborers at the Havana Electric Co. demands higher wages equal to Americans doing similar work, claiming a 40 cent daily gap. The Independencia condemns American treatment of Cubans and cites Ludlow era policies as unsatisfactory. A conference is planned in New York between American Tin Plate Co. and the Amalgamated Association to discuss wages. Internal Revenue receipts for May 1900 total $24,024,774, up from May 1899.
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United States
New York
American Tin Plate Co
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Tin Plate Company
Washington
Wreck Toll Near McDonough Believed Near Forty
Atlanta dispatch reports thirty seven bodies recovered from a Southern rail wreck near McDonough with additional charred remains found. Many victims are unclaimed Negro road workers. Officials warn more bodies may remain under debris and traffic aims to resume in about twelve hours.
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Atlanta
Southern
McDonough
Macon
Camp Creek
Qo, IK
Fiscal Andrade Promises Immediate Action on Custom House Frauds
Senor Andrade, the new fiscal, says custom house fraud cases will be brought up at once and convictions secured in most. He cannot proceed on postal cases until all papers are in his hands and expects full charges within days.
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Tiavuna
Senor Andrade
Custom House
Saloons Closed in Quemados During Sanitation Crackdown
The mayor of Quemados protested to Gen. Wood over saloon closures by Gen. Lee for sanitation, echoing Wood’s Santiago precedent. Wood replied that only establishments serving U S troops were shut and he endorsed Lee’s measures.
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Quemados
Gen. Wood
Lee
Santiago
Relief of Coomarsie in Sight
Dispatches from Ashanti indicate the relief of Coomas sie should be accomplished this week. About 850 men of the British Central African native forces sailed June 22 for Ashanti to quell the rising. This marks the first time British Central Africa shares imperial responsibilities.
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London
Ashanti
Coomassie
Central Africa
Rumor Of Attempt On Emperor William Denied
Berlin reports a circulating rumor of an assassination attempt on Emperor William. Kiel police dismiss it as fiction. London notes Bombay weekly cholera toll with 10 277 deaths from 15 479 cases for the week ending June 16.
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Berlin
William
Kiel
London
Bombay
Fight at New Point Ends in Knife Stabbing Tragedy
Greensburg men Charles Suttles Oscar Speer Frank Smith and Frank Stevenson fought Robert Weaver of Newpoint after a dispute. Suttles stabbed Weaver five times killing him. Robert Morten, trying to intervene, was injured, losing muscle tissue and facing possible lifelong disability. In Kokomo Willard Gibson and his stepfather William Gibbs killed Willard's wife during a quarrel.
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Greensburg
Ind
Newpoint
Charles Suttles
Oscar Speer
Frank Smith
Frank Stevenson
Robert Weaver
Suttles
Weaver
Robert Morten
Kokomo, Ind
Willard Gibson
William Gibbs
Accidental rifle discharge strikes son in Lafayette
Lafayette Indiana June 26 Wilbur Allen cleaning a rifle discharged the bullet entering the breast of his son Edward 28 years old He will die Nargow Escape From Lightning Waldron Indiana June 26 Frank Brown and a young lady riding during a storm Lightning killed their horse but they were uninjured
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Lafayette
Ind
Wilbur Allen
Edward
Nargow
Waldron
Frank Brown
Noblesville Stockman A H Lacy Dies At 58
Noblesville Indiana June 26 A H Lacy a well known stock man and farmer died of heart failure at his home aged 58. No further details were provided.
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Noblesville
Ind
A.H. Lacy
Stockman and Farmer
Relief Column Reaches Tien Tsin in Chinese Campaign
Chinese masses near Tong Ku await an imminent attack on Pekin. Relief forces entered Tien Tsin on June 23 after starting from the city on June 10. Japanese reports claim Admiral Seymour was captured and Pekin ministers fled, now guarded by Chinese soldiers.
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Tong Ku
Che-Foo
Adm
Kempft
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Seymour
Loss at Tien Tsin as Allied forces land at Taku
Allied forces land at Taku with about eight thousand troops including 1200 Germans as a French officer reports a breakthrough at Tien Tsin. The scene indicates intensified actions amid the siege.
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Tsing Tau
Taku
Armistice Proposal For Chinese Crisis Refused by U S
Wu Ting Fang sought a temporary armistice in the China crisis until Li Hung Chang arrived in Pekin. Vice royalty claimed local order could be kept without foreign troops, but Secretary Hay and the President declined binding neutrality. United States effectively rejected the armistice offer.
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Washington
Wu Ting Fang
Li Hung Chang
Pekin
Yang Tse Kiang
Hay
United States
Chinese forces in Shanghai region and allied actions
The dispatch notes 360 000 troops with 220 seven centimeter Creusot guns 18 Krupps and 150 Maxims and says ammunition supply is inexhaustible mainly from a German firm at Carlowitz. Three fourths of Chinese troops are poorly drilled undisciplined and unfamiliar with modern weapons. Ji Ping Heng former Shan Tung governor, anti foreign, heads to Kiang Yin forts to resist a British landing. Engineer Mr Kinder arrives at Che Foo.
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Carlowitz
Shanghai
Ji Ping Heng
Shan Tung
Kiang Yin
Yang Tse
Mr. Kinder
Che-Foo
Allies unite near Tien Tsin amid uncertain news
London reports say 800 Sikhs and 200 Welsh fusiliers joined American, German and Russian troops cut off nine miles from Tien Tsin. Allies reportedly arrive in force at Tien Tsin to attack the besieging Chinese as legations and Admiral Seymour face worsening news from Pekin and Nanking.
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Terrible
Che- Foo
Taku
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
Daily Express
Pekin
Adm
Seymour
Nanking
Liu Kin Yih
Shan Hai Kwan
Sung Ching
Pekin Relief Effort Led By Foreign Forces
United States Consul John Fowler reports from Che Foo that about 450 foreign troops including 56 Americans joined 2 500 others to guard the legations and open the road to Pekin by June 10 with Lang Fang as the latest update. The railroad to Pekin has been destroyed behind the expedition. Officials stress relief of Tien Tsin as the key to Pekin and warn news is scarce.
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Che-Foo
United States
John Fowler
Adm
Kempff
Pekin
Lang Fang
Tien Tsin
Monocacy Gunboat Action Surprises President
Washington reports the gunboat Monocacy failed to respond after being fired upon from the Taku forts. The incident reportedly surprised the president and is under consideration by his advisers.
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Monocacy
Taku Forta
Pepetar
Specials and weather notes from the era report heat and political shifts
The item lists 104 degrees in the shade at Grand Forks North Carolina. Senator Thomas C Platt of New York shows improvement. The Fifth Arkansas district renominates Hugh A Dinsmore for congress. Maj Gen Libert German East Africa will return to Germany to command an army corps. Thnais Steel Co Joliet Illinois runs all but one blast furnace with 2300 workers. John F Whitelaw elected president of the Cleveland Lorain Wheeling Railroad Co. Rear Admiral Charles S Cotton arrives in Milwaukee as guest of honor for the carnival. A cyclone injures Eutaw Alabama demolishing Baptist church and damaging Presbyterian church and female academy. The president commutes life sentence of Alphonse J Jennings to five years for Chickasha train robbery. Mrs Jacob W Clute and Mrs F T Rogers killed in Schenectady by runaway accident.
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Ala
Baptist
Presbyterian Church
Alphonse J. Jennings
Chickasha
I. T
Jacob W. Clute
Clute
Schenectady
F. T. Rogers
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R. I
Nations Readying for War as Global Tensions Rise
The Albany will sail from Southampton to Gibraltar likely to collect a $100,000 indemnity from Turkey. Foreigners in Pekin reportedly safe and preparing to depart with Chinese government approval. Alarm over Admiral Seymour and his supply base grows. After Secretary Root returns, the US will withdraw troops from Cuba and move regulars to the Philippines. Brookelyn cruiser and Oregon head to China. France ships 500 marines and artillery to Taku. the czar orders Siberian troops for immediate service.
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Southampton
England
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Mediterranean
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Pekin
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Seymour
Root
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Cuba
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Oregon
France
Taku
National League Innings Scores From Brooklyn and New York
In a set of abbreviated box scores, Brooklyn faces New York with Kennedy and Farrell on the batteries while Carrick Hawley Cogan and Bower appear in the field. Boston at Philadelphia shows Dineen Cuppy Clem ents Bernhard Thomas Conn and McFarland as pitchers and fielders with Emelie umpiring. St Louis and Cincinnati clash with Powell Criger Breitenstein and Peitz listed among players and Terry umpiring.
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New York
Kennedy
Farrell
Carrick
Hawley
Cogan
Bowerman
Latham
RHE
Boston
Market Report From Cincinnati Grain and Live Stock Averages
Prices in the Cincinnati market show flour ranges for spring and winter types from 2.40 to 4.60 with patents at 4.05 to 4.15, and wheat No 2 red at 88 to 89 cents on track. Corn No 2 mixed at 45 cents on track. Eggs and oats sold around 26 to 45 cents on track. Hog prices for select shoppers range from 5.15 to 5.45 with other classifications around 5.40 to 5.45, calves and lambs listed with variable bids.
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