Exposures on South African Hospitals Spark English Outcry
Burdette-Coutts disclosures provoke broad coverage in The Times and other papers. Cape Town Archbishop condemns hospital mismanagement, noting lack of warm clothing and sick on bare ground. Testimonials from survivors and medical men fuel controversy as opinions diverge on ambulance quality and medical care.
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Lonpox
South Africa
England
Times
W. A. Burdette-Coutts
Westminster
Cape Town
Society of Good Hope
Cape
Hanbury Williams
John Hanbury Williams
Alfred Milner
Burdette-Coutts
Frederick Trieves
London Hospital
Ambush and bayonet charge near Poassi
Colonel Carter moved from Kiawassa with 400 men to reinforce Captain Hall at Bekwai. Near Poassi heavy fire, several officers and men fell. A stockade was found and carried by bayonet after a half hour of fighting. Casualties: six officers and eighty soldiers for the force, with about fifty natives killed and many wounded. natives estimated at 10,000, half armed with muskets.
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Care Coast Castle
Carter
Kiawassa
Hall
Bekwai
Poassi
Ronpell
Edwards
Wilkinson
Woolley and Metcalf Win Prohibition Nominations at Newark
The Prohibition national convention adjourned sine die after nominating J. G. Woolley of Illinois for president and Henry B. Metcalf of Rhode Island for vice president on the first ballots. Swallow withdrew from the presidential race. Metcalf led the vice presidential ballot. A quick call for contributions raised over $7,000 for the campaign.
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J. G. Woolley
Illinois
Henry B. Metcalf
Rhode Island
Woolley
Silas C. Swallow
Pennsylvania
Hale Johnson
Homer L. Castle
Pittsburg
H. B. Metcalf
Thomas R. Caskardon
West Virginia
E. L. Eaton
Iowa
Metcalf
Dr. Swallow
Stewart
National Committee
Not at Tien Ts in Word Received Raises Fear for Legations
Washington officials fear Chinese advices show foreign legation members in Pekin are not with Admiral Seymour's relief column near Tien Ts in. No word from Minister Conger fuels concern that he may not be in Tien Ts in, despite late dispatches stating the relief column is there.
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Washington
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Seymour
Conger
Legation
General Sir Leslie Rundle skirmishes with Boers near Seneral
London notes a sharp artillery and rifle clash near Seneral on Friday as General Sir Leslie Rundle declines to attack a large entrenched Boer force. Outposts northeast of Pretoria remain active. telegraph lines between Standerton and Newcastle are cut, forcing heliograph use. Commandants Dewet and Botha reportedly pact not to surrender while in the field, with 12000 rifles surrendered to the British. President Kruger remains at Machado dorp.
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London
Leslie Rundle
Seneral
Pretoria
Standerton
Newcastle
Redvers Buller
Dewet
Orange River
Botha
Kruger
Machadodorp
Boers’ Middleburg Entrenching as Foreign Corps Run Riot
Times correspondent reports Boers fortifying in the Middleburg hills while Irish, Hollander and Italian corps threaten discipline looting stores and farms. Bar gold fuels local market suspicions of inferior quality and widespread smuggling of stolen gold out of the Transvaal.
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London
Times
Transvaal
Middleburg
Arrest of Representative Botha on treason charge
Cape Town reports the arrest of Representative Botha, allied with ex-commissioner J. W. Sauer, upon arrival in Aliwal North on a treason charge. The event unfolds amid Cape Colony Parliament affairs as authorities move against dissent within the government.
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Botha
Cape Colony
Cape Town
J. W. Sauer
Aliwal North
Kruger's Grandson Arrives at St Helena
JAMESTOWN St Helena June 29 S Eloff president Kruger's grandson captured by the British at Mafeking landed here with 11 officers and 908 troopers mostly foreigners. Prisoners sent on to Deadwood camp. Most Boers at Deadwood are healthy with only one death from enteric fever so far.
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Kruger
St. Helena
Jamestown
S. Eloff
Mafeking
Deadwood
Lord Kensington Dies of Wounds in South Africa
London dispatch reports Lord Kensington of the Life Guards aged 37 died from wounds suffered in Bloemfontein. Paris dispatch notes French cruiser Vauban and transport Carvain with 500 marines and artillery battery have sailed north from Saigon.
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Lord Kensington
London
Bloemfontein
The
Life Guards
Paris
Saigon
Cochin China
Vauban
British forces to quell Kumassi rising in Ashanti drive
Dispatches from Ashanti report the relief of Kumassi planned for this week. About 650 men of the British Central African native forces sailed June 24 for Ashanti to quell the uprising and restore order.
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Ashanti
Kumassi
Ashanti Conflict Briefing From Prahsu Dispatch
Advices from Prahsu Ashanti report the telegraph line reopened to Pumsu and Colonel Wilcocks’ force ready to move at once. Colonel Burroughs with 500 men is due at Wekwai in two days. Rebels near Fomen expected to clash as severe fighting looms.
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London
Prahsu
Ashanti
Pumsu
Wilcocks
Burroughs
Wekwai
Fomen
Havana Officials Seen Likely to Be Acquitted
Havana lawyers judge the accused customhouse officials in fraud cases on trial as likely to win acquittal. They say prosecutors face a determined fiscal effort to prevent convictions. The defendants come from Cuba’s prominent families and many belong to leading clubs, with some related to the chief justice.
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Havana
Cuba
Seymour Saved by International Force in China
Sey mour’s relief expedition is relieved after failing to reach Pekin and is returning to Tien Tsin. Russian Colonel Schielle commands 10,000 troops heading toward Pekin. Reports say 40,000 to 60,000 Chinese forces surround Pekin with Boxers active. few foreign casualties noted as Seymour arrives at Tien Tsin.
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Seymour
Pekin
Schielle
Admiral Seymour
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
Intruders Ordered to Leave Kiowa Lands
Washington reports a June conference among the secretary of the interior, the commissioner of Indian affairs, and Col. Randler. A proclamation requires intruders on lands ceded by Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indians to depart within 10 days or face U S troops enforcement.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Randler
United States
The Nominees for Prohibition Party Ticket
John G. Woolley, descendant of English Quaker Emanuel Woolley, born February 15 1850 in Collinsville Ohio, lawyer turned Prohibition lecturer, resident of Chicago since 1892. Henry B. Metcalf of Rhode Island, Prohibition vice presidential nominee, bank president and church superintendent, former Republican, long prominent in the Prohibition party.
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Emanuel Woolley
George Fox
New England
New Jersey
Collinsville
Ohio Wesleyan University
Paris
Ills
Minneapolis
New York
Chicago
Henry B. Metcalf
Rhode Island
Prohibition
Providence County Savings Bank
Church of Our Father
Pawtucket
R. I
Metcalf
Prohibition Party
Officials Doubt Cable From Pekin Dispatch
Washington officials question a cablegram showing legation ministers near Tien Tsin with Admiral Seymour. Minister Wu presented the message dated June 28 from Canton via the Chinese minister in London, but department officials remain doubtful about its accuracy.
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Washington
State Department
Li Hang Chang
Canton
Legation
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Seymour
London
Missionaries Escape as Wei Hen Property Destroyed
A cable message to the Presbyterian board reports Wei Hen was destroyed and foreigners escaped. The board had about 40000 dollars of property there, all lost, including missionary Dr. Fairries who, with others, escaped.
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Wei Hen
New York
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Presbyterian Board
Fairries
Jones to Remain NDC Chair as Bryan’s Choice
Senator James K. Jones, formerly chairman of the Democratic national committee, has left Little Rock for Kansas City. He is believed to be Bryan’s pick to be re elected as chair. Jones says his health is improved and maintains harmonious relations with Bryan, though he declines to discuss formal steps.
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Little Rock
Ark
James K. Jones
Democratic National Committee
Kansas City
Jones
Bryan
Associated Press
Captain Platts Mission Claims Chinese Emperor Agent
Captain R Platt arrived in Tacoma from China claiming to be the accredited agent of friends of the deposed emperor. He carries credentials and travels to Washington to seek intercession for the emperor. The mission aims to secure justice and may seek a protectorate from the powers.
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Tacoma
Wash
R. Platt
China
Platt
Washington
Immense Wholesale House in Du Vutu Plans Massive Eight Story Block
Marshall Wells & Co announce construction of the largest wholesale hardware house in the United States at Du Vutu. The facility will cover about 10 acres of floor space, measuring 200 by 220 feet on the main block, with two additional sections of 100 by 100 feet. It will rise eight stories, rated to carry 1,000 pounds per square foot on the lower floor and 450 pounds on the upper levels, with a high safety factor.
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du Vutu
Marshall, Wells & Co
United States
Cablegram from Admiral Kempff on Che Foo trend
Navy department received Kempff cable from Che Foo reporting about 12,000 foreign troops ashore. Soldiers ordered to report at Taku instead of Che Foo. Nashville substituted for Yorktown at Che Foo. Yorktown used as dispatch boat.
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Wasnhington
Navy Department
Kempff
Che Foo
Taku
Nashville
Yorktown
Work on Buildings Resumed in CuicaGco June 30
Bricklayers and stone masons have resumed work on several buildings after weeks of tie up. Industry activity increasing suggests the strike is nearly over. Other tradesmen have also approached the contractors seeking work.
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CuicaGco
Railway construction progress across the nation in 1900
The Railway Age reports about 193000 miles of railway in the country with 300 lines under construction. From January to June 30 about 1654 miles of track were laid, Texas leading while New Jersey and Maryland trail.
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CuicaGco
Railway Age
Texas
New Jersey
Maryland
Lady Randolph Churchill Wedding Postponed
London June 30 The Daily Express reports Lady Randolph Churchill's fiancé Lieutenant Cornwallis West has recovered and been sent to the front, delaying their marriage.
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Lady Churchill
London
The
Daily Express
Lady Randolph Churchill
Cornwallis- West
Goebel suspect requisition to Virginia governor
Frankfort June 30 Governor Beckham at the instance of T C Campbell has made requisition on Governor Tyler of Virginia for a Goebel suspect whose name is withheld. It is said this arrest will surprise the defense.
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Goebel
Frankfort
Beckham
T. C. Campbell
Tyler
Virginia
Cease to Exist: Chicago Building Trades Council to Adjourn
Chicago June 30 The building trades council will adjourn sine die at its next meeting effectively ending Chicago’s prolonged industrial war that has left thousands idle for over five months. A leading official indicated a proposal for quasi dissolution of the central body would be made and is broadly expected to pass.
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Cricago
Building Trades Council
Chicago
Ninth Infantry Sailed From Manila Harbor
Washington June 30 The war department reports an undated cable from General MacArthur saying a transport left Manila at 8:30 AM on June 27 with Colonel Liscum in command 39 officers and 1,271 men continued aboard.
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Washington
War Department
MacArthur
Manila
Liscum
Canton to Celebrate Fourth of July in 1900
Canton Ohio plans a big Fourth of July celebration with President McKinley General Wheeler and other notables in attendance. Admiral Dewey may attend if he is in the area. A Spanish cannon from Santiago will be presented to the city and McKinley is expected to give a speech.
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Canton
McKinley
General Wheeler
Admiral Dewey
Santiago
Hayti Adopts Gold Standard Unit in Dollar Value
Port au Prince reports from Minister Powell that Hayti has adopted the gold standard with the American gold dollar as the unit of value. The government’s move aligns local currency with U S monetary terms.
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Wasu Hington
Department of State
Powell
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Croker Plans Elberon Visit Before Kansas City
New York June 30 Richard Croker will stay at Elberon New Jersey as guest of ex Senator Edward Murphy before traveling to Kansas City. Croker has repeatedly said he would not visit William Jennings Bryan at Lincoln prior to the convention.
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New York
Richard Croker
Elberon
N. J
Edward Murphy
Kansas City
Croker
Mr. Bryan
Lincoln
German Loss at Tien Tsin Reported by German Commander
German commander at Taku reports in the relief of Tien Tsin that Lieutenant Fredrich and 10 men were killed and 20 wounded after an eight hour fight. In Bethlehem Pennsylvania, government orders Bethlehem Steel for guns including seven 10 inch and four 12 inch breech loading rifles and fourteen 12 inch mortars for immediate despatch to the Orient.
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Bern
Taku
Tien Tsin
Fredrich
Bethlehem, Pa
Bethlehem Steel Company
Orient
Hong Kong Bank Dispatch on Pekin Legations Safe
A London to New York dispatch from the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation reports authorities say Pekin legations remained safe through June 25 and were under government protection. The note comes from the London office via the New York agency.
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New York
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
London
Pekin
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