Crisis of Pekin legations and allied relief efforts
London reports mixed signals on Pekin legations amid siege. Dispatches say eight hundred Sikhs and 200 Welsh Regiment troops joined allies near Tien Tein to relieve besieged Chinese forces. India is sending extensive infantry cavalry artillery and engineers to support relief and protect communications.
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London
Terrible
Che Foo
Take
Tien Tein
Foreign Office
Shanghai
Daily Express
Pekin
Semour
Taku
Seymour
Tien Tsin
Sheng
India
Cape Colony Rebellion Suppressed North of Cape Colony
General Warren reports the northern Cape Colony rebellion extinguished. No word on capture or dispersal of Boer forces. attention shifts to Orange River Colony where DeWet harasses British lines. London and New York sources note prisoners and captures along Rhinoster and De Lagoa Bay lines.
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London
South Africa
Ian Hamilton
Warren
Cape Colony
Orange River Colony
DeWet
New York
the Tribune
Delagoa Bay
Rhinoster River
Leitrim
Ennismore
Drowned in Shoal Lake and Nearby Deaths
A 26 year old named Wm H Cheavins drowned while swimming from a row boat at Raven Lake near Shoal Lake. His body was recovered about four hours later. Also reported are drownings of Charles Thienes and Leo Rupp in the Mississippi at St Cloud and Emily and Don McDonell in Long Lake near Chippewa Falls. Geo Laurier Knott, age unknown, drowned yesterday in a pond on a neighbor's farm in Raleigh township after leaping in for a bath and not resurfacing.
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Shoal Lake
Wm. H. Cheavins
Raven Lake
McKay
St. Paul
Charles Thienes
Leo Rupp
Mississippi
St. Cloud
Emily
Don McDonell
A. B. McDonell
Lumberman’s National Bank
Long Lake
Chippewa Falls
Chatham
Jane
Geo. Laurier Knott
George Knott
Raleigh Township
Heidelburg Reception Amid Boer War Triumphs
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts confirming a Boer engagement near Wynburg with no casualties as British forces move toward Heidelburg and Heilbron. Ian Hamilton calls Heidelburg the most English town seen, with crowds praising Captain Valentine who raised the Union Jack in the market square. Hart rescuers note Horton's mounted infantry skirmish near Pretoria and injuries to Lieut Crispin and a Northumberland Fusiliers member.
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Caten Jak
Merket
Popolstivs
London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Clemente
Wynborg
Iodney
Heilbron
Heidelburg
Ian Hamilton
Valentine
Horton
Anley
Crispin
Northumberland Fusiliers
W. C. T. U. Convention Opens in Edinburg
The world WCTU convention opened in Edinburg with Lady Henry Somerset presiding. Delegates from across the globe attend, with over 100 American White Ribboners counted in the roll call. The event runs to Thursday, then continues with the British WCTU annual meeting.
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Edinburg
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Henry Somerset
Lady Somerset
Miss Willard
British Woman's Christian Temperance Association
Temperance Crusade
Ashanti Rebellion Leads by Queen of Ufesu and tribal chiefs
A Prab Sa dispatch reports the rebellion’s brain and energy rest with the aged Queen of Ufesu who leads 1000 hunters, aided by the blind King of Atlantis. Cobina Foli is held by the British as a loyal prisoner while Ashanti tribes resist British taxes. Final advance to Kunassi to begin as 2000 fighters gather along the road from Ashbuani to Kwahoo for fetish rites.
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London
Daily Express
Prab Sa
Ufesu
Atlansis
Cobina Foli
Ashbuani
Kwahoo
Cainese bill passes third reading in Dominion Parliament
Ottawa June 26 The Cainese bill reached third reading. penalty for violation raised to 200 and an amendment to bar immigrants unable to read or write English was defeated. Mr Fielding’s British preference bill read third time. Militia supply debated with Borden praising Canadian soldiers and proposed moving western cavalry to mounted infantry. First morning session held yesterday.
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Ottawa
Fielding
Borden
Red River Improvements at St Andrew's Rapids
The specifications for improving the Red river and building a lock at St Andrew's Rapids have been prepared and distributed by the Dominion department of public works. Tenders for masonry and canal approaches must be received by July 16 at the Department of Public Works in Ottawa.
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Winnipeg
Red River
St. Andrew's Rapids
Dominion Department of Public Works
St. Andrew’s Rapids
Department of Public Works
Ottawa
Demand of Assignment by Ville Marie Bank Liquidators
Montreal Jane 26. Liquidators of Ville Marie bank demand assignment of Wm. Weir Somerville Weir and Godfrey Weir trading as William Weir & Sons. Demand targets them jointly and personally. Firm owes bank $21,000 and each member owes several thousand personally.
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Montreal
Jane
Ville Marie
Wm. Weir Somerville Weir
Godfrey Weir
William Weir & Sons
Periling Reasing Reinforcements Urged in China Conflict
London dispatches report international forces in northern China growing more perilous as 10 000 troops strive to hold Pekin legations. Reports say Pekin silent 14 days, Admiral Seymour's 2 000 ambushed near Pekin, 8 000 at Tien Tsin under attack, and a relief force repelled. Allied and Russian commands coordinate as casualties mount.
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London
China
Pekin
Admiral Seymour
Tien Tsin
Taku
Admiralty
Che Foo
Shanghai
Hilledradt
Teku
H. M
Tien Tsip
Seymour
The
Daily Express
Shan-Si
Stealing Part of a State From the Missouri River Channel Change
An armed band of 82 men from South Dakota cut a channel at Bruigsers Bend on the Missouri River. The shift threatens 26 000 acres of Nebraska land as the new course may place it under South Dakota. A sheriff’s posse arrived late. farmland workers had already crossed. In Halifax, a deal between Allan and Furness lines is reported as a practical amalgamation.
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Jackson, Neb
South Dakota
Riniuer
Bruigsers Bend
Missouri River
Nebiska
Dakota
Co Nty
Georgia Train Wreck Near McDonough Kills 35
A Southern railway Macon branch passenger train hit a washout near McDonough Georgia after a cloud burst and wrecked with fire. Thirty five people were killed and many others injured or trapped. The sleeper car survived but all other cars burned.
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Atlanta
Macon
Southern Railway
McDonough
W. A. Barclay
Allapta
J. E. Wood
J. H. Hunnicut
J. T. Sullivan
W. W. Bennett
T. E Maddox
W. J. Pate
Atalanta
H. R. Cressman
Pullman
George W. Flourney
H. C. Hightower
Stockridge
W. W. Park
Macon Ga
Ebo R Hanson
Florida
J. R. Florida
Nashville
W. O. Ellis
Stockbridge
D. Y. Griffith
J. H. Rhodes
John Brantley White
Tenn
E. T. Mack
Chattanooga
J. J. Quinlan
Flagman
T. ©. Carter
Porter Handy
Columbus
Camps Creek
Ocmulgee
Heidelberg Captured in Transvaal Campaign Reports
Lord Roberts reports Pretoria occupation data and Heidelberg fall as Ian Hamilton’s forces advance to Heidelberg. Boer forces flee, Broadwood’s cavalry skirmishes scatter them, and repairs to culverts proceed after attacks at Honingspruit. mail bags and stamps seized. peace talks possible but Kruger stands firm.
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London
Transvaal
Lord Roberts
War Office
Pretoria
Baller
Standerton
Machadodorp
Ian Hamilton
Heidelberg
Broadwood
Hunter
Johannesburg
Honingspruit
Kronstad
Cape Town
Sandriver
Lord ‘Roberts
South Africa
Durban
Johanneburg
Botha
Kruger
Pietersburg
Manitoba Legislature Debates Tax Reductions and Rail Measures
Winnipeg reports show opposition led by Mr Greenway attacking proposed tax cuts on railways and corporations as direct taxes on citizens stay intact. Debates cover threshers liens railway taxation and amendments, with several measures advancing and bills reading through in June sessions.
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Winnipeg
Greenway
Davidsons
McMillan
Davidson
Childrens’ Aid Society
Queen's Bench Suitor’s Fund
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General Warren
W. C. T. U. Convention
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Marchand
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