Boers Recoup Colonel and Kill British Officers
London dispatch reports setbacks for British forces in the Orange River Colony. General Buller advances over Drakensberg toward Majuba and Laing's Nek, but a 600-prisoner militia disaster at Roodeval endangers communications. Heavy fighting around Botha’s Pass and Laing’s Nek details, with smoke and fire concealing Boer retirements and questions about armistice timing.
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London
Buller
Drakensberg Range
Majuba
Laing
Sir George Colley
Orange River Colony
Roodeval
Lord Roberts
America
Leutenant
Spragge
Lord Methuen
War Office
Storkham
Rhenoster River
Orange River
Steyn
Vrede
Rundte
Brabant
Bukter
Botha
Christian Botha
Redvers
Clery
Majuva
Lyttleton
Hilyard
Botha Pass
Republican Convention Preparations in Philadelphia 1900
Philadelphia prepares for the June 19 opening of the Republican convention. The city completes the convention hall by the Schuylkill river and has two major committees handling serious business and guest entertainment for visiting Republicans.
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Philadelphia
Schuykill River
Anti Jewish Riots in Poraia West Prussia
A battalion of Infantry has been sent to Konitz about fifty miles northwest to quell anti Semitic disturbances linked to the murder of a schoolboy. The unrest has lasted weeks and culminated in Sunday violence including the destruction of a synagogue.
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Poraia
Graudenz
West Prussia
Konitz
Bubonic Plague in Australia Report Sees Death Toll Rise
In Adelaide on June 12 a report states twenty three deaths from bubonic plague in Rockhampton Queensland and two new cases, one fatal, have been confirmed locally with officials tallying the progress of the outbreak across the region.
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Australia
Adelaide
South Australia
Rockhampton
Queensland
All's Quiet at St Louis on Monday After Sunday Riot
At St Louis on June 12 police reported comparative quiet after Sunday's riot. The Sabbath had seen disorder and bloodshed but by Monday night officers and the sheriff's posse maintained strict vigilance. Up to 10 o clock no reports of disturbances were received and night trains operated without incident.
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St. Louis
Sheriff's Posse Comitatus
Foreigners urged to leave Pekin as crisis deepens
London reports Pekin remains disturbingly tense. General Tung moslem hostile to foreigners meets Prince Tuan who leads the foreign office, while Boxers gain influence. Reinforcements are being sent, railway restoration may occur by tomorrow, and massacres of Christians are anticipated. Russians buy canned provisions in Shanghai as hostilities loom. British missionaries likely ordered back to treaty ports.
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Tekin
London
Pekin
Manchuria
Tien Tsin
Tung
Mohammedan
Prince Tuan
Foreign Office
Prince Ching
Tnnisters
Shanghai
Fear of Uprising at Leech Lake After Messiah Claim
Minneapolis dispatch reports danger of a new Leech Lake Indian uprising. An Indian named Gway-Tay-Goie declared himself the Messiah, predicting a cyclone that would destroy houses but spare tepees. About 200 left the agency for Squaw Point as tensions rose. Captain Mercer ordered the man arrested and the situation feared to escalate with no troops at the agency.
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Leech Lake
Minneapolis
Minn
Gway-Tay- Goie
Leech Lake Agency
Squaw Point
Mercer
Gway-Tay-Golee
Exports at Port of Manila Show Large Rise in Early 1900
The War Department division reports exports at Manila for January to March 1900 rising by 2,050,443 dollars from the same period in 1899. January 1900 totals 558,376 dollars, February 1,690,737 dollars, and March 5,382,438 dollars. Manila hemp shipments reach 19,440 tons worth 3,190,357 dollars, with the United States taking 8,745 tons and England 10,293 tons.
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Washington
Division of Customs and Insular Affairs
War Department
Manila
Philippine Islands
Hong Kong
England
United States
Mutiny of Five Hundred Convicts in Porto Rico Penitentiary
In San Juan on June 13 five hundred inmates at the Porto Rico penitentiary refused meals and work claiming poor food. Leaders struck the warden, guards fired three volleys to deter a rush while the native guard was summoned. Three inmates were injured by splinters but not seriously.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Farmhouse Fire in Maine Kills Four Persons
The Goodwin farm buildings near West Newfield Maine burned early today. It is believed housekeeper Mrs Eisie Horn adopted son Scott Goodwin and boarder Fred Birch died in the blaze. National Sugar Refining company start coffee mill. Union Label Lyceum in Chicago aims to educate about labor issues while excluding politics and religion.
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West Newfield
George W. Goodwin
East Wakefield
N. H
Massacre threat as Boxers storm Pekin uprising
Foreign envoys warn of appalling conditions in Pekin where Boxers control key areas, destroy railways, and Christians face massacres. Foreign troops barely guard Americans and missionaries. rail line repairs begin at Taku under joint naval effort. Shanghai reports say 10,000 multinational troops will move to back ministers or quell Boxers.
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Pekin
Welosure
Taku
Tsung li Yamen
Riot at East St. Louis transit riot claims lives
In St Louis on June 1 a clash between a labor parade crowd of about 100 and sheriff posse members near Washington avenue left three dead and several wounded. Police recovered four revolvers and pocketknives as twenty one suspects were detained at the barracks after a street car confrontation.
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ST. Louis
East St. Louis
Sheriff’s Posse
Washington Avenue
Broadway
Sixth Streets
Posse Comitatus
Americans Aid Repair Of Pekin Rail Line
London dispatch reports 1,500 foreign troops guarding the Tien Tsin to Pekin railway as labor gangs repair damage. About 100 Americans under Captain McCalin join the effort with guns and armored trains to back ministers’ demands or suppress the Boxers if needed.
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London
Taku
Tien Tsin
Pekin
MecCalla
Daily Press
Shanghai
WII
Takue
McCalin
Daily Express
Gold rush flood returns to Seattle from Alaska
PORT TOWNSEND Wash June 11 The steamer City of Seattle arrived with 400000 in gold dust and 260 passengers mostly from Dawson Fifty boats have reached the lakes from Dawson the rush for the states is on Many Daw sonited returning include women and children Up to May 28 the clean up had reached 18000000 The season opened three to four weeks earlier than prior years A rush from Dawson is reported for the Koyukuk river with rich strikes Water on the lakes is very low making navigation hard and uncertain.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Seattle
Alaska
Dawson
Koyukuk River
Paris Bans Bull Fighting After Violent Protests
Paris officials end bull fighting near the capital amid disgraceful scenes including a student shooting a toreador last Sunday. Had the ban not been imposed, a planned protest rally by more than 5,000 men at the arena could have sparked clashes with police.
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Paris
Bold Boer railway raid disrupts 21 miles of line
London dispatch reports Boers torn up twenty one miles of railway between America Siding and Roodeval. British expect General Kelly-Kenny to drive off raiders and reopen the line, while General Buller advances into Boer territory with about 20,000 men.
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Rosdal
Amerian
London
Lord Roberts
Rundel
Botha
War Office
Buller
Koomatiport
The
Free State
Reuter
Transvaal
Aguinaldo as Arch Fiend Explores Manila Uprising Plan
General Funston's discovery of insurgent papers and a document in Tagalog dated January 9, 1399 outlines Aguinaldo's planned Manila uprising. The order directed bolomen to slay Americans, attack from rooftops, and pour boiling oil on soldiers, with women aiding by supplying hot water and oil.
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Funston
Smith
Pantaleon Garcia
Aguinaldo
Malolos
Buencamino
Sandalihans
Bolomen
Settlement in Light
CHICAGO I June 11 Arrangements have been completed for a joint conference between a committee from the building contractors council and representatives of every building and material trades union in Chicago now on strike A formal call for the meeting was issued to be held tomorrow This will bring together for the first time since the strike was called several months ago the contractors and their former employees No business agents being allowed to represent any of the unions and both sides are confident a settlement of the strike which has involved 50 000 men and suspended building operations in Chicago is in sight
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Chicago
Building Contractors’ Council
Race for Flying Machines at Paris Aero Club Grounds
Paris June 11 reports a great interest in the upcoming balloon steering contest. Start from St Cloud, head for the Eiffel Tower, circle it, then return. Balloons must reach base within thirty minutes to claim prizes. Favorites include Santos Dumont with a double cigar shaped balloon driven by a petroleum motor and Emmanuel Amir with a heavier than air flying machine.
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Paris
Aero Club
St. Cloud
Wiffel Tower
Santos Dumont
Aeronaut
Emmanuel Amir
No Navy for Cubs Plan in Cuba
Havana June 11 General Lacret pressed Governor General Wood about a Cuban navy plan of sixty vessels for fisheries protection and smuggling suppression. Wood opposed it, favoring twelve revenue cutters tied to the customs department, leaving the navy idle until Cuba achieves independence. Washington June 11 Orders were issued for the Sixth Cavalry squadrons to proceed to San Francisco for transport to the Philippines, part of a setup to bring home volunteers and maintain 40,000 regulars there.
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Cubs
Havana
General Lacret
Wood
Customs Department
General Wood
Cuba
Philippines
Washington
War Department
Sixth Cavalry
San Francisco
Language lapse at embassy dinner sparks English plea
Washington correspondent recalls a senator's wife who, deeming herself a linguist, tried German with Herr Von Holleben. He politely asked her to speak English, noting she did not understand German well. Mrs. Seuak appeared surprised as the exchange amused onlookers.
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Washington
Cnicago Record
Herr von Holleben
Willing to Carry First Baby, Times Quip Reflects Wanting
A Philadelphia Times quotation notes that people often desire what they have just begun to seek. The fragment hints at a reflection on persistent desire and effort as a man’s willingness to carry forward a new start.
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Philadelphia Times
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