British Forces Advance Toward Frankfort with Light Casualties
Gen Ian Hamiltons column meets no opposition in a march toward Frankfort as British and colonial units press the Boer positions. Over four thousand rifles and one thousand inferior pieces captured recently. Pretoria dispatch notes three wounded and ten killed in a June 26 clash near Senekal. broader fighting continues with total casualties under 150.
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Ian Hamilton
Frankfort
London
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Dreiper
Preters
Nelson
Senekal
Hunter
Heidelberg
Daily Telegraph
French
Jan Hamilton
Bristow Returns From Havana Postal Probe
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow has been in Havana for five weeks examining Cuban postal frauds and reforms. He will report to Postmaster General Amory Smith with recommendations for improving conditions, while declining to discuss his work pending the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bristow
Havana
Amory Smith
Attack by Paducah crowd in Metropolis escalates to gun battle
About 50 African American men from Paducah, aboard a steamboat excursion, tried to seize Metropolis Illinois. They fired over a hundred shots in a waterfront clash with police. Three assailants were fatally wounded. officers were unhurt.
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Metropolis
Ill
Paducah
Storm Rips Merrillan Farmland with Destruction
A heavy wind and hail swept Merrillan Wisconsin on Thursday causing extensive damage. Grain fields were leveled and barns toppled with three people reportedly inside one barn. Several trees were uprooted and some grain believed destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrillan
Wis
State Republican Nominees For August Ballot In Alabama
The Alabama state Republican committee nominated a full slate for the August election including Governor candidate John A. Steele Secretary of State John Porter Attorney General Chas D Alexander Treasurer Pope M Long and Auditor J C Swan The same report notes Porto Rico’s executive council first meeting approving a budget and bond. Henderson Renominated in Waterloo for his tenth term with enthusiastic acclaim.
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Birmingham
Ala
State Republican Committee
John A. Steele
John Porter
Chas. D. Alexander
Pope M. Long
J. C. Swan
San Juan
Porto Rico
Executive Council of
Waterloo
Henderson
Havana Officials Seen Likely Acquitted in Custom House Fraud
Havana lawyers believe the officials involved in ongoing custom house fraud cases will be acquitted. They contend the defense has done much to aid the accused, shaping the trial and proceedings in their favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Custom House
Wall announces retirement from politics and public life
Milwaukee Wisconsin June 29 National Democratic Committeeman E C Wall D Wis says he has retired from business and family duties ending his active political career and public service efforts in the state.
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Milwaukee
Wis
National Democratic
E. C. Wall
Wisconsin
Prohibition Ticket Nominees Picked At Chicago Convention
The Prohibition convention adjourned after nominating John G. Woolley for president and Henry B. Metcalf for vice president on the first ballots. Swallow of Pennsylvania withdrew from the presidential race after a late party surge for Swal low. Metcalf won the vice presidential balloting. Swallow declined the VP nomination. Donations for the campaign topped $7,000. Woolley, born in 1850, has Chicago roots since 1892. Metcalf, 71, is a Rhode Island banker and church official. Storms in Pittsburgh caused major damage, with lightning strikes and heavy flooding in the Soho district.
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Chicago
John G. Woolley
Illinois
Henry B. Metcalf
Rhode Island
Mr. Woolley
Silas C. Swallow
Pennsylvania
Hale Johnson
Woolley
Homer L. Castle
Pittsburgh
H. B. Metcalf
Thomas R. Caskardon
West Virginia
Er. L. Eaton
Iowa
Metcalf
Dr. Swallow
Stewart
National Committee
Emanuel Woolley
Geo. Fox
New England
New Jersey
Dr. Woolley
Collinsville
Ohio Wesleyan University
Paris
Ill
Minneapolis
New York
Providence County Savings Bank
Church of Our Father
Pawtucket
R. I
Prohibition
Republican slate for Michigan ticket announced at convention
Grand Rapids Michigan June 29 The republican state convention named its nominees for statewide offices Col Aaron T Bliss for governor O W Robinson for lieutenant governor Fred M Warner for secretary of state Daniel McCoy for state treasurer Perry F Powers for auditor general H M Oren for attorney general Edward Wildey for state land commissioner Delos Fall for superintendent of public instruction and James H Thompson for member of the state board of education
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Col
Aaron T. Bliss
O. W. Robinson
Fred M. Warner
Daniel McCoy
Perry F. Powers
H. M. Oren
Edward Wildey
Delos Fall
State Board of Education
James H. Thompson
Republican ticket chosen by Minnesota convention
At St. Paul on June 29 the Republican state convention nominated Governor Samuel R. Van Sant Lieutenant Governor Lindon A. Smith Attorney General W. B. Douglass Chief Justice Charles M. Start Assistant Justice L. W. Collins State Treasurer Julius Block Secretary of State P. S. Hanson and adjourned sine die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Samuel R. van Sant
Lindon A. Smith
W. B. Douglass
The
Supreme Court
Charles M. Start
L. W. Collins
Julius Block
P. 5
Hanson
Stephen Crane Buried After German Funeral
Stephen Crane died in Germany on June 5 and his body arrived in New York on Wednesday aboard the Bremen. The funeral was held at the Metropolitan Temple and attracted a large audience. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Crane
New York
Germany
Bremen
Metropolitan Temple
Seventh Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Evergreen Cemetery
Elizabeth
N. J
Ashanti conflict advances toward Coomaanaie
Advices from Prahsu Ashanti report the telegraph line reopened and Col Willcocks force ready to move immediately. Col Burroughs with 500 men to reach Bekwai in two days as rebels gather near Fomen for expected heavy fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coomaanaie
London
Prahsu
Ashanti
Willcocks
Burroughs
Bekwai
Fomen
Battle of Tien-Tsin Toll Reports Fierce Attacks
The international force at Tien-Tsin suffers heavy losses with 30 killed and 67 wounded as Chinese troops renew assaults after Adm. Seymour’s relief column. British, American, German, Russian, and Italian units engage in fierce fighting amid chaotic reports from Shanghai and Peking.
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London
Tien-Tsin
Adm
Seymour
Nieh
Shanghai
Col. Dorward
Adm. Seymour
Envoy of the Emperor Arrives in Tacoma
Capt. Ralph Platt arrives from China claiming to be accredited agent for friends of the deposed emperor. He seeks intercession from the U S government for the emperor and may urge powers to establish a protectorate. Platt previously served with the Oregon volunteers and on Gen. Hughes staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Ralph Platt
China
Platt
Washington
Oregon Volunteers
Gen. Hughes
Philippines
Manila
Wei Hei Wei
Sioux Show Members Stricken in Danbury Illness
Danbury, June 29. A 21 year old full-blooded Sioux known as Man Afraid of Hawk died at Danbury Hospital after a brief illness from stomach inflammation. Eagle Bear, another Buffalo Bill show member, is in critical condition. Several other aides were ill on arrival but none other serious. Officials believe canned corn caused the illness.
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Danbury
Hawk
Danbury Hospital
Eagle Bear
Juvenile Foes Fined In Transit Car Assault Case
In St. Louis on June 29 Oliver Sepp aged 15 and Edward Bearding aged 16 were fined 50 dollars each after being found part of a crowd that assaulted Miss Mary Murray who rode a Transit Co car.
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St. Louis
Oliver Sepp
Edward Bearding
Mary Murray
Transit Co
Religious and Educational Church Attendance and Missions
The United States has one church for every 387 people with twenty four million attending each Sunday. The Reformed Church in America reports foreign missions contributions of 156 thousand 343 dollars and 58 cents for the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Reformed Church In America For
Foster
Russey To Stay In New York If Neely Is Moved
Clarence Russey nephew of Charles F. Neely says he will accompany Neely if moved to Cuba and plans a long stay away from home. He notes Neely has comfortable prison quarters and expects the preliminary hearing to be postponed, with postal agents in Muncie consulting officials but not releasing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Clarence Russey
Charlies F. W. Neely
New York
Neely
Kinssey
Cuba
Russey
J. G. Ware
W. B. Smith
Cammack
Ross Cowan
Neely Printing Co
Skeletons Unearthed at Garnier Estate in Indiana
Two well preserved skeletons, a man and a woman, were found buried under four inches of soil by Sadler and Bryant while laying water mains on the Garnier homestead grounds in Lawrenceburg Indiana. Medical examiners dubbed the remains a likely couple with the woman aged 35 to 45 at death. The Garnier family knew nothing of the burial, likely laid to rest long before they owned the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Garnier
Sadler
Bryant
Garniers
Preferred a younger man
English Indiana June 29 relatives of Miss Carrie Duncan feared her disappearance before a planned June wedding to Alfred Higgins. A letter from Miss Duncan in Great Bend Kansas says she married Frederic Duncan, a farm hand, to the disappointment of her wealthy, older former suitor.
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Ind
Carrie Duncan
Carrie
Alfred Higgins
Heat Renders Muncie Glass Plant Idle for Season
In Muncie Indiana the C H Over window glass plant owned by American Window Glass Co closed due to heat and lack of workers. The entire force will shut for the season or until September 1 if promises are kept. Wages are unsettled awaiting factory agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
C. H. Over Window Glass
American Window Glass Co
Indiana iron mill to close indefinitely at Muncie
The Indiana iron mill in Muncie announces a shutdown starting Saturday night for an indefinite period. Uncertainty of the wage scale and a desire to invoice are cited as causes. The plant, a major producer once called by Republic Iron and Steel, may prompt other trust mills to close. nearly a thousand workers will be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Indiana Iron Mill
Republic Iron and Steel Co
Special Honors and Elections Across States
Lewis R. Brown dies at 87 in Tiberton New Jersey. R. G. Dayton nominated at West Virginia GOP convention. Yale defeats Harvard by six lengths in eight oared race at New London. W B C Brown of Kansas City chosen by Fifth Missouri Republicans for Congress. Compulsory inquest law to extend across empire. Charles N. Fowler renominated by New Jersey Eighth District Republicans. Senor Mendez de Vigo to retire and settle near Havana. Toqupuk Nome beach now worked out. $400000 cleaned up. Berlin to open permanent automobile exhibition next week with larger space.
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Yale
New London
Harvard
Missouri
W. B. C. Brown
Kansas City
Congress
South Germany
Eighth
New Jersey
Charles N. Fowler
Senor Mendez de Vigo
Germany
Havana
Cape Nome
Topukuk
Berlin
News in Brief From Thursday’s World Affairs
Burned Methodist mission at Tien-Tsin killed 160 natives. Chinese troops before Peking total 40,000 to 60,000 as Boxers surge. Archduke Franz Ferdinand vows to marry morganatically. Yang Tse Kiang viceroys promise order if foreign powers refrain. Columbia University cuts 4 hours of work for 24 staff without pay. Peking ministers arrive at Tien-Tsin with Adm. Seymour. Brooklyn navy yard payrolls to cut several trade wages July 1. Adjutant General seeks state totals of organized units.
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Lofa
Adm
Seymour
Tien-Tsin
Tien- Tsin
Taku
Peking
Tse Chu Lin
Legation
Shanghai
Daily Telegraph
Daily Express
Woo Sung
Hong Kong
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Austria
Yang Tse Kiang Valley
Seth Low
Columbia University
Bendemann
Berlin
Brooklyn Navy Yard
National League Baseball Innings Summary
In Pittsburgh at home the Pirates and Phillies faced a 3 to 2 game. Leever and Zimmer paired with Frazer and McFarland in the batteries, umpire Emslie called the plays. In Cincinnati Boston battled to a 7 to 11 finish as Phillips and Wood worked with Wil lis and Sullivan, umpire Terry officiated.
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RH. E
Pittsburgh
Philad’a
Leever
Zimmer
Frazer
McFarland
Emslie
R. HE
Cincinnati
Boston
Phillips and Wood
Willis and Sullivan
Terry
Market Report from Cincinnati and Chicago Wheat and Livestock
Market notes show mixed activity with wheat nominal at 85 86 cents for No 2 red in Cincinnati and quotations for corn No 2 mixed at 45 cents on track. Livestock prices range from hogs 5.15 to 5.50 and cattle 3.25 to 5.00, with calves and lambs noted, while Chicago prices list No 1 red wheat 82 cents and various winter and spring wheat futures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Oates
Chicago
New Kearsarge Armored Battleship Showcased at Brooklyn Yard
The Kearsarge, flagship of Uncle Sam's European Squadron, draws hundreds as it visits Brooklyn Navy Yard. Under Naval Constructor Bowles the vessel underwent drydock work, gaining space with its superimposed turrets and a large 14 5 inch gun battery. Bronze statue by Bela L. Pratt honoring New Hampshire to the U S S Kearsarge stands near the forward turret. The crew numbers 587 with 60 marines. officers include Captain W. M. Folger and lieutenants Merriam Jungen Poyer Theiss and Freeman.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Bowles
Kentucky
Illinois
Wisconsin
Maine
Missouri
Ohio
Congress
Kearsarge
United States Navy
Marine Corps
Alabama
Bela L. Pratt
Boston
New Hampshire
U. S
W. M. Folger
G. A. Merriam
N. R
Daher
C. W. Jungen
J. M. Poyer
E. Theiss
F. N. Freeman
J. H. Roya
A. W. Johnson
H. E. Ames
Ichabod Q. Hobbs
T. P. Kane
G. McConnell
C.8. Vanderbeck
J. H. Lohmann
J. J. Rochefort
Carpenter
T. W. Richards
Queen of Kansas leads state cattle industry
Miss Mary Best of Barber county, a leading stock trader from England, settled in Medicine Lodge ten years ago. She built a farming and livestock business and became a prominent figure in Kansas cattle circles through her involvement and enterprise.
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Queen of
Kansas
Mary Best
Barber County
England
Medicine Lodge
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Nanking
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