South Africa War Details Raise Questions in London
London reports outline the war cost at £1,200,000 weekly and estimate Capé Colony invaders at 1,000 to 2,000. April typhoid cases among British troops reached 1,484 with 187 fatalities. Separate dispatches describe Elliot and Dewet near Reitz, Boer countercharges, and reinforcements. Jacobus Botha captured and burned out. Local defense mobilized at Barkly East as Fouch’s columns advance.
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London
South Africa War
Barkly East
Fouch
Glen Almond
Aliwal
Made a Good Show ing Pennsylvania Crew at Henley
The Pennsylvania university crew posted strong Henley trials on June 26 with a full course time of 7 minutes 3 and 1 5 seconds and a half course in 2 minutes 25 seconds starting at 40 to the minute. Despite windy water the Americans remained competitive while British oarsmen viewed the effort as remarkable and the Leaners finished 7 minutes 35 seconds.
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Henley
Eng
Pennsylvania University
Fatal Gasoline Explosion Tragedy in St. Francis
A gasoline explosion at Charles Neveland’s home in St. Francis, Minnesota, killed two children and badly burned the mother, who survived. The fire trapped the mother and the infants in the adjoining room before the bodies were recovered.
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Minn
Anoka
Charles Neveland
Cleveland
Henderson Welcome Signals and London Visit Highlights
London dispatch notes Speaker Henderson and family arriving at Carlton House for a fortnight. He will attend a large Fourth of July dinner with MPs and colonial representatives, with speeches by Choate and others. Nearby items report a Burlington road wreck near Iowa Falls, a Waterloo crusade against drink, a missing Army sergeant, a fire at Westfield, Tabor College president resigning, Grinnell church dropping Herron, and other local incidents.
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London
Burlington Road
Carltton House
Gully
Lord Strathcona
Lord Goshen
Tan Hamilton
Levi P. Morton
Frederick H. Gillett
Ambassador Choate
R. W Hanbury
Bishop Welldon
Calcutta
Joseph Parker
Rugby
Europe Jealous Most Treaties to Expire in 1903
Former assistant secretary of the treasury Frank A. Vanderlip returns from abroad with a warning of an impending European trade war against America. He notes Europe is jealous of U S power, cites looming treaty expirations in 1903, and predicts a short but decisive commercial conflict that the United States can win through its factories and industry. He finds Russia relatively favorable, cites protectionist trends, and expects a prosperous year for U S trade despite European weakness.
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Washington
America
Frank A. Vanderlip
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Europe
Goluchowski
Austria
United Powers
Amba
United States
Russia
England
Germany
France
Plague at Honolulu halts transports to Manila
A war department dispatch from General Shafter reports four bubonic plague deaths at Honolulu between May 29 and July 9. It notes possible changes to Hancock’s voyage plan and mentions a camp exam at Camp McKinley if needed and a health board president stating the situation under control.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Sanger
General Shatter
Corbin
Hancock
Camp McKinley
Shatter
Bondalia Board of Health
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Jacobus Botha
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Norrihern
Iowa Falls
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Caboose
Martin
Waterloo
Davis
Thomas J. Davis
United States Army
Dubuque
Westfield
Hopkins & Co
McCault & Webster
Tabor College
Richard Deeil Hughes
Grinnell Church
Herron
Congregational Church of
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George D. Herron
Professor Herron
Minneapolis
Edward McIntosh Med
Cedar Falls
South Dakota
Auronia Hornsy
Nea Ls
Leo Castinet
Fillmore
Dubuque County
Charles Angs
Pampelina
Spain
Peking
China Merchants Company
Tien Tsin
Liscum
Lst
Lae
Emmetsburg
ONE Price Clothiers
Beebe
Charles Aldrich Histe’l Depe
CHM
Dealy & O'Toole
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