Buller Advances Pressing East Toward Potchefstroom
London dispatch reports General Buller making progress with his main column east of Botha’s Pass. Drakensberg crossed under slight opposition as forces moved to Gansvleid, capturing five Boer ambulances. Hunter advances from Lichtenburg toward Ventersdorp and Potchefstroom, Mahon close behind. Times notes a Cape Town ministerial crisis and Bond opposition to annexation. Komati Poort seized. Kruger reportedly fled to the hills.
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Buller
Botha’s Pass
Gansvid
Orange River Colony
Confused War Dispatches on Buller and Boer Movements
London reports a Buller dispatch shows edits and unclear details. Boers retreat twenty six miles northwest while trains delay for arrival of supplies. Rail disruption near Kroonstad strains Roberts and forces uncertain British plans amid six columns and scattered commands.
Buller reports Natal action and casualties
Sir Redvers Buller dispatch from Natal dated June 10 states the enemy of about two thousand withdrew twenty six miles northwest after our train ascent pause. He notes higher casualties than first thought: one officer wounded, two men killed, and thirteen wounded.
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Raiders Tear Up the Railway Near Honing Spruit
General Sir Forestier Walker telegraphs from Cape Town reporting enemy in three columns near Honing Spruit. The railway between America and Roodeval has been almost completely destroyed according to information received from natives early yesterday.
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British Consul Hay praised for Waterval prisoners work
Cape Town June 10. The British High Commissioner Sir Alfred Milner telegraphed United States Consul Hay at Pretoria to thank him for his services regarding the British prisoners at Waterval. Widespread gratitude is felt for the efforts of Mr. Hay and United States Consul-General Stowe here.
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Sir Alfred Milner
United States
Hay
Pretoria
Waterval
Stowe
General Hunter's Progress in Ventersdorp
General Hunter's advance column occupied Ventersdorp today with Boers surrendering in small numbers. Looting reported. General Mahon's column has rejoined Hunter.
Dr Jameson in Politics Petition Reply in Kimberley
Kimberley June 9. In reply to a petition to stand for Parliament Dr Jameson said he would accept as everything points to the federation of the different States in South Africa. Ex press via Pennsylvania Railroad leaves every evening. Advt.
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Buller in Boer Territory Advances Reported
London dispatches say General Buller camps near Gan Soleil at the juncture of the Free State Transvaal and Natal borders with twenty thousand British troops poised to press into the Transvaal. Rundle and Brabant divisions hold Hammonia while Boers concentrate around Bethlehem. six hundred Boers have surrendered.
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Dress catches fire at Grand Prix in Paris
At Longchamps before the Grand Prix de Paris Miss Lily Draper, an American guest staying with relatives Miss Perkins and Mr. Blake, escaped serious injury from a dress fire. The blaze started by a cigarette on the ground and was stopped by two Americans, Francis Welch and Major Mott, who smothered the flames.
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Hotel Dieu
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United States
Bicycle vs Car Tragedy on Bronx Street
A crowd on a trolley in The Bronx watched a wheelman race a moving car near Morris Park Avenue and Samuel Street. The bicyclist, identified as William Snyder, 21, collided with the car and was thrown under its wheels. He died from heart failure and massive injuries. police seek to confirm his identity.
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William Raymond
Fordham Hospital
William Snyder
East One-hundred
Eleven year old killed saving friend in street accident
Florence McGee, eleven, of 72 West 98th Street, died after grabbing her friend Ann Kahler, nine, to avoid a southbound streetcar. Both children were crossing Columbus Avenue at Eighty-first Street when a northbound car struck Florence. She was dragged under the wheels, saved the other girl but died twenty five minutes later at Luderman's drug store after ether. Police and Dr Knight assisted.
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Central Park
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Alonzo C. Hubbard
West Sixty-eighth-st
Luderman’s Drug Store
Eighty-first-st
Knight
Dr Paul Gibier Dies After Carriage Runaway
Dr Paul Gibier, renowned physician and founder of the Pasteur Institute, thrown from a runaway carriage on his country ground near Suffern. He suffered a skull fracture and died at midnight without regaining consciousness. He was accompanied by Mrs C V Hoern of Baltimore, and the accident occurred while driving through his grounds.
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Pasteur Institute
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Suffern
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Baltimore
Marching on Peking opens railway to capital
London reports a spreading anti foreign movement in the province. Destruction of railway property and mission stations continues while Christian natives are massacred. A strong foreign force departs from Tien-Tsin for Peking as reports of Russian railway plans surface from Shanghai and St. Petersburg.
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Dr Paul Gibier Dies After Carriage Accident In Woodland
A hunting party's frightened horse caused a overturned carriage injuring Mrs Hoern and Dr Paul Gibier. Gibier died at midnight. Mrs Hoern escaped with minor injuries. Gibier, born 1851 in Andre France, helped found the Pasteur Institute in New York and conducted cholera, yellow fever studies.
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Boxers Rise in China Stir Reignites Taiping Echoes
London dispatches report growing panic over the China crisis as Boxers threaten Peking while Russians and Europeans weigh decisive action. The plan floated includes reinforcing Tianjin with regiments from Wei Hai Wei and Hong Kong, with Britain facing pressure to craft a joint policy. Discretion in policy persists as Kruger’s surrender looms and tensions with Japan risk erupting into wider war.
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Great Britain
Tsung-li-Yamen
Peking Burning Rumors Prompt Foreign Alarm
From Tien-Tsin and London reports on June 8 to 10, rumors say Peking is burning though unconfirmed. British and other foreign troops repair lines near Yang-Tsu as gun cars advance. Foreign legations brace as mobs threaten and Empress Dowager feigns theatricals amid Boxer activity.
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Daily Mail
Tien-Tsin
Peking
Four Killed On Electric Road Collision in Providence
Lieutenant-Governor Charles D. Kimball was seriously injured in a Suburban Railway crash near Rocky Point. Four people died and more than twenty were hurt, eight severely enough for Rhode Island Hospital. An up car tried to steal a switch, causing a telescoping collision with a down car. Kimball received care at Warwick station. other victims named include Lewis C. Sanborn Arthur Luscomb George W. Baker and Dr. F. H. Peckham.
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Rocky Point
Rhode Island
E. D. Burrows
Kimball
Warwick
House of Representatives
Lewis C. Sanborn
Arthur Luscomb
George W. Baker
F. H. Peckham
Admirals reopen railway to Peking with foreign fleet guards
London dispatch reports joint action by admirals at Taku to force the Tien Tsin to Peking railway repair. About 1500 foreign guards and 100 Americans led by Captain McCalla protect the line with armored trains while laborers work. Shanghai cites 10000 troops to back ministers if needed amid Boxer unrest and potential spread of chaos. Asiatic artillery ordered from Hong Kong to Tien Tsin.
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Taku
Tien-Tsin
Peking
McCalla
Daily Express
Shanghai
New Chwang
Hong Kong
Buffalo sails from London to Southampton
United States training ship Buffalo under Commander Charles T. Hutchens departed London today and headed for Southampton.
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United States
Buffalo
Charles T. Hutchens
Southampton
Mrs Gladstone's Condition Precarious in London
The Paris medical bulletin reports Mrs. William E. Gladstone in fragile health. In Troy New York Richard Wilson a Navy veteran drowned at Lansingburg on the Hudson after a boating accident. He had bought a boat the previous night and invited two friends aiding their escape while the other two occupants survived. The Lackawanna Railroad promotes a new mountain train schedule amid expected heavy summer business.
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Troop Trains Start for Peking Amid Rail Attacks
About fifteen hundred foreign troops left Tien-Tsin for Peking by two trains this morning. Reports from Machoapu say the Huang-Tsun to Lo-Fa railway, a 33 mile stretch, has been destroyed with every bridge and all stations burned.
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Welsh Fusiliers Ready for Boxer Disturbances Move
Hong Kong report notes 250 men of the Welsh Fusiliers and attached sappers and miners ordered to stand by for a northern march due to Boxer disturbances. Replacements will be drawn from India as needed.
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Welsh Fusiliers
India
LOOK ABOVE THE HARLEM RIVER Suburban Home Ad Series
An advertisement promoting a suburban home near the Harlem River area, part of the New-York Central Four Track Series. It promises valuable information on the weas and directs readers to send a one-cent stamp to G. H. Daniels at Grand Central Station, New York for a copy. An additional ad touts Jayne's Expectorant as a sure cure for croup.
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U S Ambition in China Crisis Faces Limited U S Action
Washington reports that the United States will limit its official actions in China to protecting American lives and property, with Admiral Kempff ready to land up to three hundred Marines if needed. The policy aims to preserve open door commerce while awaiting broader foreign action and possible dynastic changes in the Chinese empire.
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Cossacks Attacked by Mob Near Tien-Tsin
A Shanghai dispatch reports Cossacks reconnoitring outside Tien-Tsin being attacked by a mob armed with spears swords and rifles. Several attackers were killed while a Russian lieutenant was wounded. Nan King rising grows. mob reportedly struck the Viceroy’s palace. Dispatches out of Peking are censored. Foreign ministers plan to bolster Peking garrison.
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Daily Express
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Peking
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Egypt
Cable notice: Shanghai reports cut lines between Tien-Tsin and Peking
The Commercial Cable Company issued a message from Shanghai stating that all lines between Tien-Tsin and Peking are interrupted. The brief alert flags potential disruption to telegraph communications across the route.
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Tien-Tsin
Peking
Governor Roosevelt Quietly Sees Personal Friends
Oyster Bay Long Island June 10 Governor Roosevelt spent the day with personal friends and did no business or discuss the Ice Trust question. His secretary Mr Youngs left for Albany stating the trip was not for a special mission.
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Roosevelt
Ice Trust
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Route Ad Varies Cities Over Allegheny Mountains
Advertises travel route from Cincinnati to Toledo Cleveland and St Louis via Ivania Zamise with picturesque scenery across the Allegheny Mountains.
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