Victorian Mounted Rifles Overwhelmed Near Welmansrust
Lord Kitchener reports a crushing defeat of 250 Victorian Mounted Rifles at Steenkoolspruit on June 12 near Middleburg. Only two officers and 50 men escaped to Beaston’s camp. many were captured or killed. Boers seized two pompoms. wider notes discuss De Wet, Rhodes, and Pretoria reports.
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Victorian Mounted Rifles
London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Welmansrust
Middleburg
Beaston
Steenkoolspruit
War Office
Senator Platt to retire from New York Senate seat
New York June 17 Senator Thomas C Platt will not seek reelection to the United States Senate when his term ends March 4 1903 He cites ill health and domestic bereavement as reasons for retirement Friends note his fatigue and the death of his wife heightening the possibility of a scramble for the seat with Vice President Roosevelt seen as a likely aspirant in a state where the post is highly sought.
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New York
Thomas C. Platt
United States
Senate
Senator Platt
Platt
McKinley
Fifth Avenue
Buffalo
United States Senate
Roosevelt
Pontiae Wins First Prize in Modern Woodmen Drill
St Paul Minn June 17 Pontiac ill camp won first prize of 500 for leading the Modern Woodmen drill contest closing Saturday. Its score 991 40 topped Rockford Ill 98 9 earning 400. Kansas City 98 85 300 Des Moines 98 5 200 Rock Island Ill 98 05 87 50 Topeka Kan 98 05 87 50 Dubuque Ia 97% 50.
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St. Paul
Minn
Pontiac
Ill
Rockford
Kansas City
Des Moines
Rock Island
Tll
Topeka
Kan
Dubuque
Houck Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
A Mount Vernon jury convicts George W. Houck of murder in the second degree after a three hour deliberation for killing widow Sarah Jane Hess in Bladensburg on March 10.
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Mount Vernon
Houck
George W. Houck
Sarah Jane Hess
Bladensburg
Osborn Dies Before Wedding at Princeton
E. C. Osborn longtime Princeton University treasurer since 1885 died of apoplexy in Princeton New Jersey. He was 51 and had been set to marry Mrs. O. M. Stiger of Princeton on the coming Monday.
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Princeton
N. J
E. C. Osborn
Princeton University
Osborn
O. M. Stiger
Five on Gallows in Screven County Executions
Five Black men Arnold Augustus Andrew Davis Richard Sanders William Hudson and Sam Bald win were executed in Screven county Georgia jail yard Friday afternoon. The drop at 12 20 left four necks broken and one death by strangulation. They had sung and marched to the scaffold, giving talks and receiving solace as locals supplied lemonade. The men were convicted in a murder tied to the Knights of the Archer, led by Andrew McKinney, with other leaders at large. A prior 1899 ambush killed Constable Milton Mears Fillmore Herrington and Capt Jesse Wade, sparking the arrests of five men now executed.
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Sylvania
Arnold Augustus
Andrew Davis
Richard Sanders
William Hudson
Sam Baldwin
Screven
Knights of the Archer
Andrew McKinney
Milton Mears
Fillmore Herrington
Jesse Wade
Joe Sanders
Capt. Wade
Herrington
Shreveport
Gov. McMillin
Tennessee
McMillin
Foster
Benton
Edwards
British American plan to settle indemnity gains support
Washington reports indicate growing belief in the British American approach to China indemnity. The United States refusal to guarantee the bond issue influences ministers toward acceptance. Details propose 30 year bonds at 4 percent with amortization and earmarked revenues under a foreign committee.
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Washington
Peking
United States
Magnate Arrested In Pennsylvania Train Bond Plea
Edmund C. Converse of the United States Steel executive board and former National Tube president was arrested at Greensburg Junction on a writ by James L. Devenny of McKeesport. Bond was set for the first Monday in September as Devenny accuses Converse of misappropriating proceeds from 3599 shares of McKeesport Duquesne and Wilmerding Street Railway stock. Converse had been touring plants with a large party of steel officials aboard a special train.
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Pittsburgh
Edmund C. Converse
United States Steel Corporation
National Tube Company
Greensburg Junction
Pennsylvania Railroad
Greensburg
Converse
Westmoreland Court
James L. Devenny
McKeesport
Duquesne & Wilmerding
Devenny
Cailles Surrenders to American Forces in Luzon
Manila reports Cols. Infant and Guivara sign for Gen. Cailles to surrender with his forces to the U S authorities at Santa Cruz in Kezuna province. The insurgent commander, said to number over 500, had resisted American efforts in Luzon and faced charges after years of fighting.
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Manila
Infant and
Guivara
Cailles
Santa Cruz
Kezuna
Washington
War Department
Department
Luzon
Baylake
Society of Mandlo- Ducats
Edward N. Jones, Jr
Eighth Infantry
Aguinaldo
Summer
Federal
Laguna
Malvar
Noted preacher dies in Denver after long illness
Rev. John L. Dyer famed as a western pioneer of Methodism died in Denver on Sunday from throat paralysis after a lingering illness. Born in 1812 in Franklin County Ohio, he rode circuits across Wisconsin Illinois and through Black Hawk war service before moving to Colorado in 1861. Known as The Snowshoe Itinerant for preaching to mining camps, he authored a book of the same title and is pictured among state Capitol displays.
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Denver
Col
John L. Dyer
West
Colorado
New Mexico
Train Kills Four in Oak Park Crossing Crash
Four people die when a Pere Marquette passenger train collides with a double carriage at Hamilton avenue Oak Park Flint on Friday. Victims include Maj. George W. Buckingham and Miss Abbie Buckingham both of Flint and Mrs. Thomas Applegate and Mrs. William Humphrey of Adrian. Engineer says whistle was sounded and view obstructed by adjacent factory buildings. Mrs Applegate and Mrs Humphrey had stayed with Maj. Buckingham during the state G A R encampment.
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Flint
Mich
Pere Marquette
Hamilton Avenue
Oak Park
George W. Buckingham
Abbie Buckingham
Thomas Applegate
Adrian
William Humphrey
Maj
Buckingham
Wiggins
Applegate
Humphrey
Maj. Buckingham
Death of Gen. Frederick Knefler, Indiana leader
Indianapolis June 15 Gen Frederick Knefler president of the board of regents of the soldiers' monument and colonel of the Seventy-ninth Indiana in the Civil War died Friday night. He had been an invalid for several years and was one of Indiana's most prominent men.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Frederick Knefler
Board of Regents
The
Soldiers’ Monument
Seventy-ninth
Indiana
Conroe Fire Destroys 22 Businesses
Blaze that began at a drug store in Conroe Texas in the early hours of Friday morning wiped out 22 business houses, with most contents lost. Estimated loss reaches $100,000 and $25,000 covered by insurance.
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Conroe
Tex
Pittsburgh man convicted of first degree murder
John Biddle of Pittsburgh was found guilty Friday morning of the first degree murder in the killing of grocer Thomas D. Kahney after a robbery.
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Pittsburgh
John Biddle
Thomas D. Kahney
Young Men's Christian Association Jubilee Sermons
Boston filled more than a hundred pulpits as the international Y M C A jubilee convention neared its close. Delegates from diverse religious ranks urged wider sympathy and stronger financial support for the youth movement.
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Boston
Young Men’s Christian Association
Mob Hangs Man in Limestone County Alabama
In Athens Alabama on June 17 a mob hanged George Harris a Black man in the northern Limestone County area. Harris was suspected of setting fire to a farmer’s barn where a fellow worker’s stock was housed in the barn.
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Athens
Ala
George Harris
Limestone
Harris
Secretary Gage Buys More Government Bonds
Secretary Gage on Saturday purchased 36 150 short term four percent bonds for 113 8489 and 60 000 bonds at 113 8598 deliverable Monday, as part of treasury operations in Washington on June 17.
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Washington
Gage
Sixth Indictment Returned In Grand Rapids Water Scandal
Grand Rapids officials face a sixth indictment after a two week grand jury probe. The five named defendants plus others unknown are charged with conspiring on July 26, 1900 to secure a contract to supply Lake Michigan water through bribery of mayor, common council, and board of public works.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Jury
Lant K. Salsbury
Thomas V. McGarry
Stilson V. MacLeod
Gerritt Albers
Henry A. Taylor, Jr
New York
Lake Michigan
Common Council
Board of Public Works
Seventeen judges named to first instance courts
Manila June 17 Seventeen judges appointed to courts of first instance include eleven Americans and several named assignments: Kin kaid Texas Odlin New Hampshire Aparri Blount Georgia Dagupan Johnson Michigan Batangas Linebarger Illinois Nueva Caceres Carson Virginia Tloilo Bates Vermont Negros Norris Nebraska Cebu Carnock Illinois Zamboanga Ickis Iowa Jolo Whitsett Missouri.
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Manila
Kinkaid
Texas
Odlin
New Hampshire
Aparri
Blount
Georgia
Dagupan
Johnson
Michigan
Batangas
Linebarger
Illinois
Nueva Caceres
Carson
Virginia
Tloilo
Bates
Vermont
Negros
Norris
Battle in Africa Hails Mullah Campaign and Uganda Tales
A Somaliland dispatch reports heavy fighting May 28 as the Mad Mullah expedition struck a supply camp, British mounted infantry capturing 5000 cattle and forcing a retreat. Col. Swayne’s main force moved toward Zarba while Capt. MacNeill defended Zariba with 300 men. the Mullah’s 3000 followers attacked Zariba thrice and were repelled with 500 dead. Sir Harry Hamilton Johnson returns to London with accounts of Uganda’s depopulation, abundant game, a proposed national park, and notes on rubber trees and Congo ape-man photographs.
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London
Foreign Office
Somaliland
Swayne
Zarba
MacNeill
Zariba
Harry Hamilton Johnson
Uganda
Henry M. Stanley
Africa
Sir Harry
Moantelgon
Congo Forest
Stanley
Great coal combine links Fairmont mines under new firm
June 18 Fairmont West Virginia reports the Watson coal operators have nearly secured control of the Fairmont region. A new Fairmont Coal Co with 12 million dollars capital will own 37 mines producing over 6 million tons yearly. Over four thousand workers and 5 800 cars shift to the new company on July 1.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Watson Coal
Fairmont Coal Co
Watsons
New York
Fairmont Coal Mining Co
Settlements End Chicago Strike With Nine-Hour Day
Five local manufacturers settled with striking machinists on June 18, restoring work across the five shops and granting a nine hour day without wage cuts. Firms belong to the Chicago Machinery Manufacturers association, with two also in the National Metal Trades. From about 2300 workers, 1600 remain unemployed.
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Chicago
Chicago Machinery Manufacturers’ Association
National Metal Trades Association
Organization of Employers
Lumber Yard Fire Destroys 15 Million Feet at French River
Toronto reports a blaze at the Ontario Lumber Co. yard on Georgian Bay’s French River destroying 15,000,000 feet of timber valued over $200,000. The fire, started on a timber pile, spread with strong winds, burning all boards while two schooners at the dock were salvaged as tugs were scorched attempting to move them.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario Lumber Co
French River
Georgian Bay
Fire destroys Buffalo ferry dock and mills
A fire on the Niagara river front at 2:30 a.m. destroyed two elevators one large flour mill the ticket office and part of the dock of the International Ferry Co. The loss is about 210000 dollars.
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Buffalo
Ferry Street
Niagara River
International Ferry Co
Fort Erie
Remarkable Ceremony At Hachenburg Prussia
Berlin reports a remarkable ceremony at Hachenburg with military attaches from the French and Austrian embassies and 55 German veteran associations. They dedicated two monuments one honoring Austrians who died in 1796 and the other to French General Marceau mortally wounded at Altenkirchen during a 1796 reconnaissance.
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Berlin
Hachenburg
Prussia
Austria
France
Marceau
Altenkirchen
Rhenish
Molineux Case Heard For New Trial In New York Court
The New York Court of Appeals heard Roland B. Molineux’s appeal for a new trial in the death sentence tied to the 1898 poisoning of Mrs. Katherine J. Adams. Milburn led the defense with Senator Hill present as spectator, arguing the lower court erred in admitting Henry S. Barnet evidence and criticizing Goff and Stafford on rulings and evidence.
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New York Court of Appeals
Buffalo
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Roland B. Molineux
New York
Katherine J. Adams
American Post
Harry Cornish
Parker
Vann
Bartlett
Gray
O’brien
Haight
Warner
United States
David Bennett Hill
John C. Milburn
Sing Sing
Lybar
Milburn
Senator Hill
Henry S. Barnet
Goff
Stafford
Railroads to Run as One Group Under Harriman and Hill
Chicago June 18 The Tribune reports two men will control rates for Harriman and Hill linked lines. J C Stubbs will oversee traffic for Harriman roads including Union Pacific and Southern Pacific with other lines. Darius Miller will manage Burlington Great Northern and Northern Pacific traffic. Both will coordinate transcontinental matters from Chicago.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Middle West
Northwest
E. H. Harriman
J. P. Morgan
Vanderbilts
J. J. Hill
J.C. Stubbs
Southern Pacific
Harriman Group of
Darius Miller
Great Northern
Hill Roads
Harriman
Stubbs
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railway and Navigation Co
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago & Alton
Illinois Central
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Harri
Easy Boss Platt predicts Odell as president
Senator Thomas C. Platt says Gov. Odell will likely be re-elected as governor and later become president. He denies ill health and states he intends to retire at the end of his term in 1903, dismissing rumors of resignation.
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New York
Diplomats Shifted in Post Changes Washington June 18
The State Department announced transfers among diplomats. Francis B. Loomis moves from Venezuela to Portugal replacing Irwin who resigns. Herbert W. Bowen, formerly minister to Persia, will head Venezuela in Loomis’s place, moving to Caracas.
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Washington
Francis B. Loomis
Venezuela
Portugal
John N. Irwin
Herbert W. Bowen
New York
Persia
Caracas
Mr. Loomis
Fatal Baltimore Fire Claims Two Lives
A Baltimore blaze killed Henry L Lineweaver, 72, from suffocation during escape and left Robert Berchett severely burned, with death expected. The fire began after gasoline exploded when a cat knocked a lamp in a second story room. A 4 year old, Herman Kierchner, also burned in the same fire.
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Baltimore
Henry L. Line
Weaver
Robert Berchett
St. Denis
Herman Kierchner
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Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Bulawayo
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Pontiae
Sylvania, Ga
Herald
Rockhill
State Department
China
Russia
Germany
Japan
Hague
Magnate
C. Converse
United States Steel Company
Train
Flint, Mich
Y. M. C. A. Convention
Mullah
Great Coal Combine
West Virginia
MR. Platt
ODELL
Journal and Advertiser
Gov. Odell
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