Johannesburg 15 Occupied Kruger Flies From Pretoria
Reports from London and Pretoria claim Kruger and cabinet officials fled to Lydenburg after Johannesburg fell to British forces. Telegraph lines to Lourenco Marques are silent amid suspected cuts. Boers retreat toward Lydenburg as 20,000 may move, with scattered guerrillas and a looming stand.
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Btondon
Lord Roberts
War Office
Johannesburg
Tincasty
Lretoria
Krguer
Lourenco Marques
Pretoria
Lydenburg
Liling
Nek
French
Ian Tamerlton
Daily Mail
Lord Lieberts
Transvaal
Bennett Burleugh
Daily Telegraph
Mlandsfontein
Hamilton
Aretoria
Iverest Battersby
Morning Post
Cermeston
Vaal
Germeston
Kruger
Armor piercing shells and naval reform sparks debate
A Washington dispatch reports naval ordnance experts discuss a new armor device to counter soft nosed caps used by U S warships. The push aims to keep American ships protected as other nations may adopt the innovation, with Rear Admiral Watson to command Mare Island station and surgeon ranks under reform. In separate news, three men were killed by lightning near St Clair Michigan after a boat mast was struck.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Naval Ordnance
United States
Watson
Mare Island
Congress
Navy
Army
Reypen
Hientemuits
Long
B. 2
McCabe
The
Arden
St. Clair, Mich
Arnie Morrison
Frank Campbell
William Medlar
Light
Governor orders mustering out 10 guard companies
Frankfort Kentucky June 2 Governor Heckham issued an order mustering out ten companies of the astute guard in an afternoon action.
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Frankfort
Heckham
End of the War Reports Near Pretoria and Johannesburg
London dispatches claim Pretoria will be occupied within hours with the Boer forces dissolving. Lord Roberts may have captured Johannesburg. Watervalboven stands 130 miles west of Pretoria, and Lydenburg could become the new seat of government. Reports note prisoners released and a demoralized, fleeing population toward the coast.
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London
Pretoria
Reuter
Transvaal
Earl of Rosslyn
War Office
Lord Roberts
Daily Mail
Ilretoria
Watervalboven
de Souza
Greygorowski
Lord Rosslyn
WateryAlboven
Delagoa Bay
Waterval
Wintervalboven
Loer
Lydenburg
Lourenco Marques
Kraus
Johannesburg
Klansfontein Junction
Death of Hawaii Chief Justice Judd and Hawaii party steps
The Gaelic brings Honolulu news dated May 22 reporting the death of Albert Francis Judd, Hawaii chief justice and former attorney general starting in 1878. It notes Hawaii Democrats organizing a territorial party, a large meeting in Honolulu, plus a Japanese plantation riot with fatalities and injuries. Also reported is Ernest Hogan winning $2,260 damages against the Canadian-Australia Royal Mail Steamship Company for refused passage on the Miowera.
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Albert Francis Judd
Supreme Court of
Hawaii
Judd
Lunalino
Mona
Ernest Hogan
Royal Mail Steamship Company
Hogan
Honolulu
Millionaire donor unveils Lincoln and generals statues in Muskegon
Charles H. Hackley unveils bronze heroic statues of Abraham Lincoln General U S Grant General W T Sherman and Admiral Farragut in Muskegon with G A R members in charge of ceremonies. The New York sculptors Nyehaus Rhind created the works which cost 48000. Hackley has given about 500000 in gifts to the city including a library schools lands and statues.
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Muskegon
Mich
Abraham Lincoln
U.S. Grant
W. T. Sherman
Admiral Farragut
Charles H. Hackley
Hackley
Mataafa Causes Trouble in Samoa as King Wants Rule
News from Tutuila and Tututla reports factional tension after Germany hoisted the flag in Samoa. Mataafa claims natives retain rights to govern under the Berlin treaty while Dr Solf navigates a fragile administration. In Tutuila Commander Tilley oversees Old Glory's return and the flag-raising planned for Manua.
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Apia
Samoa
San Francisco
Berlin
Mataafa Party
Tutuila
Tilley
United States
Aberenda
Pango- Iunzo
Senate Debate Turns Caustic Amid Armor Clash
Washington June 4 Senate session featured sharp exchanges over naval armor and defense spending. Hale attacked Britain over South Africa while Aldrich accused him of irrelevant speeches. The body moved toward conference on a defense bill as pension and academy measures passed.
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Washington
Senate
California
India
Hale
Great Britain
South Africa
England
Aldrich
Norman
Secretary of the Navy
House
Tillman
Allen
Teller
Pettigrew
Hanna
Miles
Corbin
Actress Della Fox Committed to Insane Asylum
Della May Fox, the well known actress, was today committed to an insane asylum by Justice McAdams on petition of her brother and on evidence of physicians, showing that she is laboring under delusions in New York.
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New York
Della May Fox
Justice McAdams
Stanford University awards contract for chemistry building
A contract for the new chemistry building at Leland Stanford University was let by Mrs. Jane L. Stanford. The total contract value is slightly above $100,000.
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Jane L. Stanford
Leland Stanford University
Quarantine Dispute Over Chinatown Plague Measures
In San Francisco a statement from the Chinese Six Companies claims no rush to litigation and urges stronger sanitation in the quarantined Chinatown district. They note only 9 to 10 cases, call for house and person isolation, and deem the cost secondary to stamping out a potential plague. The Chinese Consul supports municipal aid, while federal authorities withhold clean bills of health for ships bound for the Orient and Hawaii.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Board of Health
Suimit
Ho Yow
City of
Peking
Australia
Orient
Honolulu
Hawaii
Explosion at an oil well near Marietta claims four dead
Four killed four fatally and three seriously injured when nitro glycerine failed to detonate at a Kelly farm well east of Marietta Ohio. About 50 quarts of explosive set off, sending water oil and the unexploded charge into the air. Victims include William M Watson Selton Frank Speers Thomas Daniels and James P Speers.
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Marietta
Kelly Farm
Marietta Torpedo Company
William M. Watson
Hl. KK
Selton
Frank Speers
Thomas Daniels
James P. Speers
Terman Speers
Dawson Stallar
William Carpenter
John Stallar
Walter Daniels
Henry Stallar
Foreign forces head to Peking with mixed troops
A special train departed for Peking carrying Americans seven officers and 66 men, British three officers and 72 men, Italians three officers and 89 men, French three officers and 72 men, Russians four officers and 71 men, Japanese two officers and 24 men, plus five quick firing guns. Authorities expect opposition at the capital's first gate outside the wall.
Eight-Year-Old Hero Rescues Siblings From Burning Farm Home
In Media Pennsylvania a brave eight-year-old on a truck farm ran back and forth through flames to rescue his brother and sister as their mother and baby fled upstairs. The mother dropped a lamp and the fire worsened trapping them. The boy saved his siblings first then tried to save his mother before escaping to safety.
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Media
T. Steerbickslee
Ars
Free dispensary riot targets Chicago medical students
A crowd attacked a free dispensary at 510 West Eighteenth Street in Chicago, damaging the building before police arrived. A boy disappeared and was later found unharmed after reports of a fatal assault by doctors. several arrests were made as the mob demolished the premises and dispersed.
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Chicago
West Eighteenth Street
Plague Under Control Report Reaches Chicago
A private cablegram to Charles Oliver, head of New South Wales railway commission, says bubonic plague epidemic in Sydney is under control and dying out as he visits Chicago.
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Chicago
Sydney
Australia
Charles Oliver
Railways of
New South Wales
Alaska boundary survey moves toward Victoria meetings
American members of the international Alaska boundary commission arrive in Seattle and plan to meet British counterparts in Victoria to mark the line per the 1899 modus vivendi. Tilman and French expect field work to start mid June, with 12 locals aiding. costs shared by the two nations.
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International Commission
Alaska Boundary Line
Lynn Canal
Seattle
Washington
Wil
Victoria
C. H. Tilman
United States Coast and Geological Survey
O. B. French
England
United States
Ile
Mr. French
W. E F. King
J. L. McArthur
Trade Quietness Drops Prices Across Major Markets
Bradstreet notes a quieter trade and lower prices versus last week. Iron and steel and lumber show adjustment efforts. cotton markets are unsettled with weak quotations in several speculative lines. Dry goods face backward demand. boot and shoe makers hold prices, and lumber weakens with building trade jitters. Structural iron and steel remain firm. Cast iron pipe production stalls in the South. Wheat and flour week shipments total 3.70 million bushels versus 5.18 million prior. US weekly business failures reach 167, Canada 18, versus last week’s 155 and 24.
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Bradstreet’s
United States
Dominion of Canada
Reattle Markets Prices for Produce and Livestock
A dense list of commodities with quoted prices including onions at 9 dollars, lettuce, tomatoes 40 to 45 cents per dozen, potatoes 16 to 17, beets and turnips per sack, cabbage, apples 2 to 3.50 dollars, butter 22 cents, cheese 14 to 18 cents, poultry 14 to 16.50 cents, hay, grains, flour, millstuffs, fresh meats, and various farm staples with regional notes for Oregon Washington and California origins.
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California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Oregon
Young America
Wool
Valley
Agricultural market prices across regions for 1899 season
The listing shows regional wool prices from Nevada and Oregon ranges with per pound figures, hops at 11 to 18 cents, butter quotes for Fancy creamery and dairy varieties, eggs at 15 cents, and millstuff prices like middlings and bran. The data reflects historical commodity pricing by region and product.
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Nevada
Oregon
Valley
Fancy Ranch
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Jose M. Hernandez
Matamea
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Della Fox
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Astoria
Pendleton
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Sumpter
Granite
KK. J. Godfrey
Hiamilton
Grant County
William KE. McClure
Eugene
University of Oregon
Department of Law
Columbia University
Washington, D.C
Sapho
New England States
J.T. Rorick
Frank Taylor
Day Bros
Cascade Locks
Stevenson
Wind River
Yakima County
Wash
Telesaste
Union, Or
Pioneer Western Timber Company
Cape Nome
South Bend
J. D. Dyer
Nome
Knappton
Addison
Tacoma
N. J. Snively
J. H. Visslers
J. M. Baxter
Toppenish Creek
Toppenish Station
Timothy
Pacific Coast Trade
Reattle Markets
Portland Market
Walla Walla
San Francisco Market
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