Bold Boer Raid Report Suppresses Rail and Telegraph Links
London dispatch relays General De Wet success in cutting Lom Roberts communication by rail and telegraph and capturing 100 Boers. Telegram from General Knox cites battles near Kroonstad Palmiiefontein and Paorde with many wounded and pressing movements toward Preteteg. mentions De Wet leading forces with Brown and De Wets aboard.
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London
de Wet
Lom Roberts
Forester- Walker
Cape Town
Knox
Kroonstad
Morriow
Pioteval
Pretoria
Thennv
Woolley Addresses Movement Leader Hails Prohibition in Speech
An 1900 era address reports Woolley claiming to be a color bearer for a forward movement of humanity. He urges moral reform, cites revolutions as progress milestones, and argues the nation must adopt a conscience based political vision led by Protestant unity and prohibitionist ideals.
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Ieee
Lea Restatar
Laos
Amerein
McKinley Demands China Communicate With Governments
Washington release public correspondence shows President McKinley urging the Chinese Empire to place its imperial authorities in direct contact with the foreign powers. The note requests assurance on ministers alive, safe access for legations, and coordination with relief forces to restore order and protect nationals. Signed by President McKinley and Secretary of State John Hay on July 2, 1900.
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Washington
China
State Department
Waveon
Fee Lee
Thie Taotal
Shanghai
Lapis
Guoverter Yuan
Shan
Pune
Privy Council
Pekin
United States
Pimageerer
Chant
Uefaes
Ics
Intercathenad
Toyota
Poe Dante
Fay
Garet
Amd
Ecap
Poallewdaar
Hendal Yey
Germany
William McKinley
John Hay
Acceptance speech ends with Woolley then committee addresses
After Mr Woolley gave his acceptance speech and the band played patriotic airs, short remarks followed from various members of the notification committee.
Russians Claim Occupation of Pekin in Surprise Move
The Standard's correspondent in Tien-Tsin reports Russians announce their force has occupied Pekin and that all foreigners are safe.
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London
the Standard
Tien-Tsin
Pekin
Frankfort Captain Nominated for Congress by Ninth District
Captain D. F. Allen of Frankfort was unanimously nominated for Congress by the Ninth district Democratic convention at Crawfordsville on Tuesday. He is now in the army with his company in the Philippines but is expected to return and mount a forty day campaign.
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D. F. Allen
Frankfort
Crawfordsville
Allen
Philippines
Oxford
Denver
J. T. Titsworth
Ind
Colo
Oxford Tribune
Leavenworth
Kas
Prairies
MOWING THEM DOWN American Loss and Filipino Casualties
Manila dispatch reports last week 200 Filipinos killed and 130 surrendered or captured. Twelve Americans killed and eleven wounded. Col William E Birkhimer’s unit engaged 2 miles east of Taal killing 38 insurgents. Signal corps ambushed twice. Capt Charles I Roberts arrives on parole. Aguinaldo to respond within a month. Filipinos plan a banquet for McKinley’s amnesty order.
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Manila
William E. Birkhimer
Twenty-eighth Volunteer Infantry
Taal
Signal Corps
Charles I. Roberts
Thirty Fifth Volnteer Infantry
Filthinags
Senor Buencanimo
McKinley
Killed by Officers in Cartersburg Shootout
Merlin Moon a married man in Cartersburg Indiana armed himself with a shotgun and a 44 caliber revolver and resisted arrest. Officers fired three shots wounding him in the chest as he retreated to a corner and died on the street. An inquest is reported but officers are expected to be exonerated.
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Cartersburg
Ind
Merlin Moon
Lyve
Piarrs Snoderass
Ity
Tie
Ward
Tam
Moon
Vie Troutde
Pie
Lindell
Oscar Welty
Jerry Kirkman
Welty
Kirkman
China Invades Amur as War Declaration Shifts Power
London dispatch notes that China’s invasion of Amur signals war against Russia and could free the Czar to act independently, possibly seizing Pekin. Britain and Germany reportedly plan to declare war on China, with France and the United States expected to follow.
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New York
London
Yicarsday
Amur
Russia
St. Petersburg
Prussia
China
Pekin
Siberia
Pacific
Hove
France
United States
Canton Riots Highlight Li Hung Chang Departure
London dispatch reports Canton unrest as Li Hung Chang leaves. Pirates infest the river and loot a passenger launch, stripping several aboard and stealing about $13,000. French gunboats and Anamese troops protect suburbs while Chinese girls are targeted amid the chaos.
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London
Central News
Hong Kong
Canton
Li Hung Chang
Gers
Loot of Scenes From Treat of War Plundered City
Reports describe wide scale looting in Tientsin and Shanghai amid Chinese chaos and foreign guard actions. Looters seize silks, jewelry, silver, and coin from palaces and safe rooms while British and allied troops attempt controlled seizure and distribution of plunder.
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Tien-Tsin
Shanghai
Barfleur
Endymion
Orlando
Iuard
Dorward
Anen
Duel with pitchforks leaves two Russian farmers dead
An Aberdeen special reports a fatal Enmons county fight between two unnamed Russian farmers. They fought over hay land and died from pitchfork wounds with no witnesses. Bodies found in the field show a brutal struggle and multiple puncture wounds.
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Sioux City
Aberdeen
Emmons County
Indiana Charities and Crossing Tragedy Across Indiana
Coverage reports six month inmate totals for Indiana state and benevolent institutions with costs and per capita figures for hospitals, prisons, and schools. It notes inmate increases in hospitals for the insane and declines in correctional inmates, plus a breakdown of maintenance and construction expenditures.
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Indiana
The
Board of State Charities and Corrections
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Institution For the Deaf
Institution For the
School For
Michigan City
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Industrial School For Girls and Women's Prison
Reform School For Boys
Tragic collision claims three teens near Shelbyville
Three Shelbyville girls around 17 or 18 die after a buggy is struck by a fast westbound train near Prescott. Miss Mary Wheeler, Miss Josie Zoble, and Miss Katie Schaeff were returning from a neighborhood picnic when the Big Four crossing failed to spare them. Conductor in charge, engineer unaware until impact. Second buggy witnesses describe the airlifted body of Wheeler. Separate Madison dispatch reports on Jefferson county Poor Farm conditions and a melon shipping boom in Knox County with large shipper firms Winkler Vollmer & Bey Bros. directing most exports.
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Shelbyville
Mary Wheeler
John Wheeler
Josie Zoble
Michael Zoble
Katie Schaeff
Nick Schaeff
Prescott
Miss Wheeler
Connelly
Henry
Madison Special
Jefferson County
Elizabeth Butler
Manley
Knox County
Vincennes
Winkler, Vollmer & Bey Bros
Cypress
Purcells
Utica
Mineapolis
Chicago
Johnson Township
Vincennes Township
Duel Between Counts Ends With Wounding Near Paris
In Paris outskirts Sunday Count Orlowski and Count Bont de Castelaine dueled with swords after a quarrel over a newspaper article. Orlowski was wounded in the thorax and doctors halted the fight. The duel rules required continuation until one combatant could not continue. Castelaine accused Orlowski of provoking the dispute.
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Paris
Bani de Castilaine
Anna Gould
New York
Orlowski
Bont de Castellaine
Count Orowski
Castelaine
Campania Sinks Embleton in Dense Irish Channel Fog
A London cable reports the Cunard steamer Campania struck the Liverpool bark Embleton in fog on the Irish channel. Embleton sank instantly with seven survivors. about eleven crew members including the captain are believed drowned. Campania returned to Liverpool with damaged bows, five and a half hours late.
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London
Irish Channel
Cunard Line
Campania
New York
Liverpool
Embleton
New Zealand
Neasly Wins Point in Extradition Case of Neely
Judge Iacombe of the United States circuit court ruled that an indictment alone cannot justify extradition of Charles F. W. Neely charged with defrauding the postal department in Cuba. The court postponed decision, awaiting further testimony at the case proceeding set for July 24.
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New York
Iacombe
United States Circuit Court
Charles F. W. Neely
Postal Department
Cuba
Neely
Colored Jew Samuel Wolskowicy visits Goshen after hotels refuse him
The South Bend Times reports a man claiming Jewish faith sought aid from Goshen Jews. Rabbi Weinstein verified he is a genuine Jew, Samuel Wolskowicy, educated and multilingual. He hails from Makomby Egypt near Cairo, part of a 7,000-strong colored Jewish community with schools and synagogues. Wolskowicy once served in the Greek army during the Greece Turkey war era.
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Goshen
South Bend
Rabbi Weinstein
Samuel Wolskowicy
Macomby
Egypt
Cairo
Wolskowicy
Greece
Turkey
Ossified Man Captivates Starke County
The Plymouth Independent reports Edward W. Greer in Starke County is ossifying. His heart action is impeded by a crust of stone, with only his face perspiring. Doctors foresee a perfect ossified body specimen for science.
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Starke County
Plymouth Independent
Edward W. Greer
A Mother Deserts Her Family Ends in Mishawaka
Nor man Weaver, a laborer, returns with five children after a fruitless search for his wife and mother who deserted the family a year ago. The troupe, aged 5 to 18, endured heat and neglect while wandering from Mishawaka to South Bend Niles and Benton Harbor, Michigan, totaling about 120 miles. The exhausted children were taken to the orphanage.
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Mishawaka
Norman Weaver
Weaver
South Bend
Niles
Benton Harbor
Mich
Orphane’ Home
Lively Centenarian Mrs Mooney Walks Three Miles
Princeton centenarian Mrs John Mooney aged 101 walked three miles to the post office on a scorching Saturday. Despite offers of a carriage, she refused saying her folks would tease her.
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Princeton
John Mooney
U S May Seek Cooperation With Imperial Forces in China
Washington weighs an unexpected option to ally American troops with Chinese imperial forces to prevent China’s dismemberment. Officials consider a coup d etat if Wu’s diplomacy aligns with imperial troops, while troops move toward Pekin with General Chaffee arriving by July 30 to command about 4000 U S soldiers.
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Washington
United States
China
Conger
Pekin
Chaffee
Face to Face in Middleburg Big Fight In Progress
Lord Roberts attacks Middleburg in force as Boers under President Kruger defend. Dispatches report De Wet broke through cordon near Lindley, with fighting continuing toward dusk and minor casualties.
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Middleburg
de Wet
London
Cape Town
Lord Roberts
Kruger
War Office
Pretoria
Little
Lindley
Hunter
Hamilton
Mahon
Pole-Carew
Ersten Fabriken
Krugersdorp
Potchefstroom
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Koers
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Stewart Abo
Cameroons
Clestig
Woolley
Prohibition
Nero Hall
Weestead
Altes
Li Hung-Chang
Signa
Chamien
Cious Plunder
Anese John In
Contro
Foo
Nale
South Dakota
Indiana Charities
Jew—State Notes
Rose, Johnson & Yates and Decker
Rose
Hig Farm
Kokomo
Mary G. Rheubottom
Wakarusa
Christian Church
Millersburg
Wakas
Wakarusa Tribune
Avupa Gould
Fred Count
Roos
Neasly
Empire
Telegraph
Ohio
Wilmington
Indianapolis
Eeoonosas
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