Fooled by the Boers in a Pretoria Prison Deceit
London dispatch details Boer cunning that lured thousand British prisoners away from Waterval toward Pretoria only to place them at Noort Gedacht. It notes President Steyn at Bethlehem with a small group while northeast burghers show war weariness. Far East news warns of Japan's concern over Corean persecutions and possible political crisis. American Missionary Conference reports danger to missions in Pao-Ting-Fu with burned chapels and massacred Christians.
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Coprricht
New-York Tribune
THE
Tribune
London
Pretoria
the Express
Waterval
Lord Roberts
Ries
Pao-Ting-Fu
General Buller Exploit in Transvaal Campaign
London dispatch details General Buller and Hildyard divisions seizing Van Wyke Hill and advancing on Laing’s Nek, with light British casualties and hopes to render Laing’s Nek untenable. Reports also cover Boer prisoner fate at Waterval, Waterval hostage risks, and unclear actions by Roberts, while China crisis looms with Boxers, Russia, and foreign office policy under scrutiny.
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London
War Office
Buller
Buffalo River
Utrecht
Vryheid
Laing’s Nek
Newcastle
van Wyke Hill
Laing
Transvaal
Ermelo
Lydenberg
South Africa
Waterval
French
Roberts
Komati Poort
Rundle’s
Methuen
Steyn
Bethlehem
Pandora’s Box
England
China
Russia
Foreign Office
Peking
Claude Macdonald
Dowager Empress
Li Hung Chang
Salisbury
A. Ee
Pio del Pilar Captured as Otis Frames Philippine War View
Manila dispatch reports General Pio del Pilar captured near Manila with no organized Filipino force. General Otis arrives in Washington after briefing on the situation, asserting improvements, few rebels, and 550 armed troops in the Philippines. He notes Aguinaldo’s uncertain whereabouts and discusses censorship and press aid. A second item covers Police Commissioner Hess clashing with a drunk Officer Rye at Broadway, Rye’s suspension, and disciplinary warnings.
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Otis
Philippines
Washington
United States
Manila
Aguinaldo
Cagayan
Luzon
New York
Hess
Cadillac Hotel
Broadway
Fortythird St
Mr. Hess
Forty-first St
John James
Charles H. Rye
Burns
Rye
Supreme Court
Dr. Johnson
James
Station House
British forces seize Van Wyke Hill in South Africa action
Dispatch from London reports General Talbot Coke with the Tenth Brigade and the South African Light Horse seized Van Wyke Hill on June 6 after light resistance and sniping. Four killed and thirteen wounded. Artillery cover boosts positions near Inkewelo. General Hildyard assaults the Berg spurs with success. enemy.outflanked and retreating. Roberts silent on further plans.
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Yellow Boom Farm
Talbot Coke
South African Light Horse
van Wyke Hill
Inkewelo
Hildyard
Botha’s Pass
Laing
Roberts
London
Botha
Remarkable Discovery By General Funston in Forest
Vancouver reports a Manila Times account of General Funston locating a hidden cache under a cliff in May while leading eighteen troopers. The cache held thousands of state papers from Aguinaldo and Dewey era, plus shells and dynamite. The cache was concealed under nipa and protected by alarm bells. several entrances were found.
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Funston
Bongabon
Pontabagan
Rio Grande de Papanga
Malolos
Malolos Audencia
Manila
Dewey Denies Writing To Aguinaldo In Manila War Memo
Detroit dispatch reports Admiral Dewey refuting The Manila Times claim that Funston’s forces recovered files with Aguinaldo Dewey correspondence. He states he never wrote to Aguinaldo and describes employing natives for certain tasks while denying promises. He adds if more U S troops had been present from the start there would have been no trouble.
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Detroit
Admiral Dewey
Manila Times
Rumored Capture of Hodgson in Ashantee War
London dispatches report a rumor Hodgson the Gold Coast Governor fled Coomassie after a siege by Ashantees and surrendered. Accra advices claim fifty thousand Ashantees in arms and insurrection spreading. White forces may not enter the interior during the rainy season.
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London
Daily Mail
Accra
Frederick Mitchell Hodgson
Gold Coast
Coomassie
Round Trip Jersey Tickets To Philadelphia At $2.50
The Central Railroad of New Jersey offers a $2.50 round trip fare to Philadelphia during the Republican Convention and the North American Turnfest. Tickets available in New York at Liberty Street and South Ferry, valid for June 11 to 21 and return by June 26.
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Philadelphia
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
New York
Liberty Street
South Ferry
Advt
Czech Deputies Disorderly In Reichsrat Session
The Czech deputies disrupted the Reichsrat until 1 am, ramming gongs and hammering desks while relays of deputies worked to Maintain the uproar. Premier Dr von Kerber appeared and closed the session by order of Emperor Francis Joseph.
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Vienna
Reichsrath
von Kérber
Francis Joseph
Fire at Choate Residence in London Deliberately Narrowly Contained
United States Ambassador Choate's residence at No 1 Carlton House Terrace London suffered a roof fire shortly after midnight. Firemen confined flames to the roof and quickly extinguished them. No injuries reported as household members were calmed by rescuers. The blaze likely started in an stere es apea rs. Meanwhile an afternoon reception was underway.
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London
United States
Choate
Carlton House Terrace
S. W
Ibassador
Forteenay
Vice Presidential Hopefuls Narrow Across the West
Washington notes two weeks before the Republican National Convention. Discussion centers on Western candidates with Indiana Senator Fairbanks a leading option alongside Spooner of Wisconsin Dolliver of Iowa and Hitt of Illinois. Administration interest leans toward Hitt though Roosevelt’s status remains uncertain.
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Washington
Congress
McKinley
Central West
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Long
New York
Fairbanks
Spooner
Dolliver
Representative Hitt
Republican National Committee
Hitt
Roosevelt
Move to shelve Woodruff sparks VP talks
Albany June 8 Special Friends of Lieutenant-Governor Woodruff are angered by rumors that Senator Platt and Republican leaders might nominate him again for Lieutenant-Governor. A state officer urged Woodruff to decline another term and consider Congress to boost national ties. Pamphlet editions of Woodruff speeches circulate to delegates and Brooklyn Republicans plan to back his vice presidential nomination in Philadelphia.
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Albany
Woodruff
Platt
Republicar Machine
West
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
National Committee to Meet in Philadelphia Next Week
National Committee members are expected to arrive in Philadelphia as work finishes on the National Export Exposition Auditorium for the Republican National Convention. The transfer to Sergeant-at-Arms Wiswell is set for Wednesday, with arrangements for the monster night parade on June 18 and accommodations for visiting clubs organized by the Allied Republican Clubs.
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Philadelphia
Wiswell
Citizens’ Committee
National Committee
Hanna
Kerens
Missouri
Young Republican Club
Joseph H. Manley
Maine
Allied Republican Clubs
J. Hampton Moore
Kerens and Payne head to Philadelphia for convention seating plan
R C Kerens of Missouri and H C Payne of Wisconsin, members of the Republican National Committee, traveled from New York to attend a Philadelphia sub committee meeting on seating delegates for the Republican National Convention. Philadelphia Republicans plan to honor Kerens with a loving cup today.
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R. C. Kerens
H. C. Payne
Republican National Committee
Missouri
Wisconsin
Waldorf- Astoria
Philadelphia
Kerens
Payne
West
McKinley
Congress
Cash Gone At New Orleans Postoffice
Four thousand dollars disappeared from the New Orleans postoffice money order department yesterday. Detectives Rainey and Woodworth are examining staff and the crime scene while authorities keep details private. The theft involved a money pile shielded by heavy partitions and a potentially open wicket, but officials argue such an act would be highly difficult to pull off without detection.
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New-Orleans
Money Order Department
Police Department
Rainey
Woodworth
Post Office
Tien-Tsin in danger tied to Peking dispatches
Washington reports the China crisis shifts to Tien-Tsin with Admiral Kempff’s plain language dispatches. Conger seeks clear instructions to protect American lives and property while preserving independence from alliances. Telegraph links to Peking communications hinder Conger’s potential reinforcement requests.
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Washington
China
Peking
Tien-Tsin
Admiral Kempff
Tribune
Conger
Russia
Japan
Hay
Mr. Conger
Taku
Tor Conger
Tien-Tsin Battle Report Ties Chinese Port to Boxer Uprising
Dispatch links the Yong-Tsun clash to prior Boxers attacks along the Peking Belgian line and notes the foreign settlements at Tien-Tsin. Nine hundred troops, twenty-five warships, and local naval command under Captain McCalla shape defense. Rumors of Helena’s absence and Russian assurances affect expectations.
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Tong-Ku
China
Peking
Tien-Tsin
McCalla
Helena
Tien-Tsin-Peking
Yong-Tsun
Tien- Tsin
Manila
Remey
Admiral Kempff
Fleeing from the Boxers in China News Dispatches
London reports unsure returns on the Boxer uprising near Tien-Tsin and Peking. Chinese troops reportedly kill many Boxers while others say forces at Pao-Ting-Fu were defeated. Legation guards ready to act, Boxers threaten areas, refugees flood Tien-Tsin, and rail lines suffer arson as foreign powers coordinate.
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Tong-Ku
Pei-Ho
Taku
London
Tien-Tsin
Peking
Pao-Ting-Fu
Legation
Vienna
China
the Daily Mail
Sharp fighting near Lofa and Yong-Tsun reported
Chinese officials report four thousand Boxers surrounding fifteen hundred Chinese troops between Lofa and Yong-Tsun. Fighting ongoing with five hundred Boxer deaths and no casualty figures for the Chinese. A body of Boxers near the Taku road killed twenty-one of General Nieh's troops. News from Pao-Ting-Pu unavailable for three days, believed critical, with a reported Chinese defeat there. French cruiser D'Entrecasteaux, Jean Bart, and Russian cruiser Russia arrive at Taku.
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Tien-Tsin
Boxer Movement
Machang
Grand Canal
Peking and
Tien- Tsin
Neih
Lofa
Yong-Tsun
Nieh
Taku Road
Pao-Ting-Pu
D’entrecasteaux Jean Bart
Russia
Taku
Japan Core a clash rises from Corea audience row
Yokohama reports rising Japan Corean tensions after Corea’s Emperor refuses to meet the Japanese minister Hayashi Gonsouke. The incident sparks bitter press tone and fears of grave developments, with possible Russian influence suspected behind the affront.
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Yokohama
China
Japan
Corea
Corean
Hayashi Gonsouke
London
Daily Mail
Russia
Masamoho
Pirates seize launch near Hong Kong in pirate raid
A steam launch owned by Chinese merchants heading from Hong Kong to Canton with four kerosene laden junks was attacked by pirates off Cape Suiman eight miles from Hong Kong. The raiders looted the junks and escaped westward with the launch and its crew.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Cape Suiman
Rebellion in Southern China Reported in Four Provinces
Victoria B C June 8 news from the Orient via the Idzuma Maru reports a four province rebellion in Kwang Tung Kwang Si Kule Chow and Hu Nan under a single leader with an American rumored among leaders. Rebels number about 2400 with growing numbers as Li Hung Chang moves to arm troops and Mauser shipments arrive Canton.
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Victoria
B. C
Orient
China
Kwang-Tung
Kwang-Si
Kule Chow
Hu-Nan
Shanghai
Canton
Hal
Li Hung
Cantona
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Bethle
Orange River Colony
Far East
Seoul
the Times
American Missionary Conference
the Tribune
Pio del Pilar
General Otis
Chicago
San Francisco
Tion
Commissioner Hess
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ston
Vancouver
Dewey
Hodgson
the Reichsrath
MR. Choate
Grand Central Station
Best Plate
Phila
Delphia
MR. Kerens
Advi
Navy Department
Kempff
M’calla
Chang
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