War Deaths Stir Commons Over Boer Concentration Camps
In London, June 19, Mr. Broderick said 40,229 people were in concentration camps in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony. May deaths totaled 98 adults and 318 children. The debate exposed Liberal rifts over policy as 253 to 134 refused adjournment on Boer women and children. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman opposed the camps. About 50 Liberal Imperialists abstained in protest.
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Transvaal
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Broderick
House of Commons
Lloyd
Far East
Henry Campbell-Bannermann
Bannermann- Harcourt-Morley
Boers Gain Strength in South Africa War
London dispatch says Boers are recruiting from Dutch Cape Colony districts and the war mood persists. A Commons debate will consider suspending the Cape Colony constitution, with lawyers noting only an act of Parliament could do so and the government unlikely to risk opposition.
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New York
South Africa
Tribunes
London
Cape Colony
Mr. Chamberlain
House of Commons
Boers Will Never Give Up Lecture Tour Fundraises in Denver
Commandant W. D. Snyman of the South African republic lectured in Denver to aid Boer prisoners. He dismissed race animosity, calling it a political war driven by gamblers and speculators. He urged continued resistance with prayers from wives and daughters as widows and orphans endure hardship awaiting victory.
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Denver
W. D. Snyman
South African Republic
South Africa
Snyman
Kitchener Moves Amid South African Skirmishes
London reports Lord Kitchener has not yet cabled details of the reverse at Steenkloef spruit on June 12. Small engagements continue in South Africa as Scheerper's commando remains at Murraysburg and Kitchener relocates to Bloemfontein.
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Lord Kitchener
Beaston
Steenkoelspruit
South Africa
Scheerper
Murraysburg
Cape Colony
Bloemfontein
Queen Regent directs Maine claims to US government
Madrid reports a cabinet council chaired by the Queen Regent decided that any claims by American subjects over the destruction of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor should be addressed to the Government of the United States under the Treaty of Paris.
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Madrid
Maine
Havana Harbor
United States
Paris
Machinists in South threaten nine hour day strike
A Savannah committee of union machinists notified Plant system superintendent Symonds that they demand a nine hour day with ten hours pay. About 150 workers are employed in the Plant shops. If no reply by noon tomorrow the entire shop workforce may strike.
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Savanah, Ga
Symonds
Noted Bridge Builder Clarke Dies at New York Home
Thomas Curtis Clarke, consulting engineer and former president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, died at his New York residence. Born in Newton Massachusetts in 1827, he graduated from Harvard in 1848 and designed more than 250 miles of iron and steel bridges, viaducts, and elevated railways.
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New York
Thomas Curtis Clarke
American Society of Civil Engineers
Newton
Mass
Harvard
Earl Russell Charged With Bigamous Marriage in US
London reports Earl Russell was arrested at Bow Street on a charge of bigamous marriage to Mollie Somerville after an earlier marriage to Mabel Scott. The case details his Reno license in April 1900 and a possible Lords' trial if convicted.
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London
Earl Russell
United States
Bow Street
America
Mollie Somerville
George Cooke
Cumbernauld
Sotcland
Mabel Scott
England
Somerville
Nevada
Servant Girls Union Planned in Chicago Labor Drive
Chicago leaders of the Woman's International Labor League announce a plan to organize the city’s house servants. The federation-backed campaign aims to set wage scales eight hour workdays with holiday overtime pay, and weekly recreation time. Over 600,000 women in Chicago could join the effort.
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Chicago
Woman's International Labor League
Chicago Federation of Labor
Mormon agent seeks land concession for Yaqui settlement
James Cannon, a Mormon agent in Mexico City on June 19, seeks a government concession to settle 1,000 Mormons in Sonora on lands taken from Yaqui Indians. He says peaceful aims and urges no rifles while stating a commissioner would assess Indian attitude and, if peaceful, a contract to purchase Yaqui lands would be made.
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Mexico City
James Cannon
Sonora
Cannon
Mormon Church
Brazil Settles American Claim Settles indemnity for Baptist chapel destruction
Washington reports a cable from Consul Bryan in Petropolis stating Brazil has paid the indemnity sought after a mob destroyed the Baptist Chapel in Nichtheroy province. The payment resolves the dispute between Brazil and the American Baptist mission.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Bryan
Petropolis
Nichtheroy
American Baptist Mission
Accident injures actress at Lyceum on trap door
Cleveland June 19 Mrs Anna Chapman of the Eugenie Blair dramatic company now at the Lyceum theater fell through a trap door tonight fracturing her skull. Her condition is stated as serious.
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Clevlland
Anna Chapman
Eugenie Blair Dramatic Company
Lyceum Theater
Graves of Soldiers Decorated
On the siege anniversary in Tien Tsin, ladies decorate graves of soldiers of all nationalities commemorating the fallen.
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Tien Tsin
Cherokee vote blocks Dawes Commission arrangement
President Washington disapproves a Cherokee Indian council act to appoint a committee to renegotiate with the Dawes Commission after the tribe, by popular vote, rejected the agreement by over 1000 votes.
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Washington
Cherokee Indian Council
Dawes Commission
Fire and ice hinder Nome steamer voyage and Nome fire
The Nome City, first Nome fleet steamer, arrived from Cape Nome after sailing June 8. A May 25 fire in Nome destroyed several buildings, with Judge T P Ryan and his wife losing possessions. Losses total 126,500. crowds aided containment as ice packed roads disrupted hoses. The vessel discharged cargo on ice, faced a breaking channel, and then found open water before proceeding up Puget Sound.
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Port Townsend
Nome City
Nome
Cape Nome
Puget Sound
Stedman Avenue
First Street
Old Court Building
T. P. Ryan
Jeanie
United States
Washington Gossip Pensions, Banks, and International Loans
Commissioner Evans reports 43,399 names added to the pension roll in the first 11 months of the fiscal year. Illinois is owed 98,797 for Spanish War volunteers, part of a 530,745 claim total. Midwest state debts include Indiana 123,020 Iowa 56,055 Michigan 122,852 Minnesota 148,207 Wisconsin 11,511 and others with varying totals. Treasury notes on national banks show 4064 banks, with totals for resources deposits and loans up from 1900. War Department orders lay up army transports between New York and West Indian ports, not sold but kept for emergencies. The U.S. declines Russia and France loan guarantees for China. U.S. claim is about 25,000,000.
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Uncle Sam
Illinois
Middle West
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Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Comptroller of Currency
Treasury
War Department
New York
West Indian
Secretary of War
Cuba
Porto Rico
Department
General Bad
Death of ex Governor Pingree in London
Ex Governor Hazen S. Pingree of Michigan died in London at 11:35 p.m. He had been attended by doctors who promised to return. His son H S Pingree Jr was at his bedside for four days and reported his sudden death after a last change in condition. The body will be embalmed and taken home. An intestinal cancer diagnosis offered no hope. pain increased near the end and nourishment was hard to retain.
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London
Hazen S. Pingree
Michigan
Mr. Pingree
Pingree, Jr
Pingree
United States
World Map in White House War Room Details Global Boundaries
A vast map prepared by the coast and geodetic survey is hung in the White House war room. It marks all global coastlines and territorial sovereignty, shows ocean cables, coaling stations, and repair docks for ships, with every foot of land noted.
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War Room
White House
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Designating exclusive ports to curb immigration
Commissioner General Powderly supports exclusive ports of entry on the Canadian and Mexican borders to regulate aliens entering the country. Vandals at the Capitol dig holes in the mosaic floor before the Supreme Court entrance. President McKinley’s coachman and footman wear new dark green liveries with silk hats. Attorney General Knox bought Mrs. George W. Childs's K Street residence, reportedly for about $150,000, a premier private city home.
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General Powderly
Supreme Court
Capitol Building
McKinley
Knox
George W. Childs
K Street
Boilermakers End Strike in Tacoma Agreement
Tacoma reports the boilermakers’ strike ended today with workers returning to nine hour days and union recognition. It is expected machinists will resume work before week’s end.
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Tacoma
Moran Bros resume work with guards at Seattle plant
In Seattle on June 18 the Moran Brothers Company restarts boiler and machine shop work with nonunion mechanics under armed guard. Twenty nonunion boilermakers and machinists return at $3.50 per day for ten hours, plus 60 nonunion carpenters at work. No striker demonstrations yet, guards patrol with rifles ready.
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Seattle
Moran Bros.’ Company
Post Offices to Consolidate in Seattle Area
Fourth class post offices at Fremont Green Lake Latona and Ross within Seattle will join the Seattle office on July 15. University Station will become a carrier station.
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Washington
Fremont
Green Lake
Latona
Ross
Seattle
University Station
Express Clerks Arrested in Jewelry Theft Case
New York June 20 three clerks Robert Pentcost C M Brown and Thomas McCarthy employed at an Adams Express Co branch were arrested on charges of stealing jewelry valued at 7000. The manager found two seals on packages tampered with and 12 packages missing during the investigation.
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New York
Robert Pentcost
C. M. Brown
Thomas MacCarthy
Clersk
Adams Express Company
Deserting Volunteers Brought Back
San Francisco June 20. Among 12 military prisoners who arrive from Manila on the transport Pennsylvania are two Fortieth volunteers serving five years hard labor for desertion. Soldiers say eight men deserted from the Fortieth in Mindanao from August to November last year.
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San Francisco
Water Before Feeding and Farm Fowl Warnings
An older agricultural column cites an English horse feeding experiment showing two horses killed after feeding grain before water versus water before grain. It notes better digestion when most grain is given at night and warns against pecking at high roosts. It also covers pea louse outbreaks and the pine-switch brush method for control in a rowed pea crop.
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Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Michigan
Wisconsin
Canada
Lumpy Jaw and Practical Farm Remedies
The article explains lumpy jaw in cattle caused by a fungous germ from weeds and grass. It spreads via feed and saliva, with treatment using iodide of potash and barn confinement, noting jawbone damage may persist and milk should be discarded from affected cows. It also describes a crude husking horse improvised from a plow axle and pipe for field use.
A hulking horse carting fodder in Ohio farming needs
G. D. Work from In Ohio Farmer notes a hulking horse used for carting fodder between shocks. He reports hauling five shocks at once and finds it very handy in winter when ground is frozen for wheeling fodder or straw.
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Ohio
Cost of Meat and Butter in Livestock Feeding
The Minnesota Experiment Station reports that 100 pounds of grain mixture with equal hay and roots fed to four steers yielded 24.19 pounds of gain, while an equal feed to four dairy cows produced 12.04 pounds of butter. The dairy cow may convert feed to milk or gain, unlike a steer that primarily stores feed as gain.
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Minnesota
Don’t Clip the Wing Says Poultry Writer
A Home and Farm poultry writer condemns wing clipping as cruel and risky to valuable birds, urging alternative care practices.
Melon molasses and maple sugar from farm crops
Georgia farmer D Hanz reports melon molasses from 270 melons yielding 30 gallons worth 15 dollars with price hinges on quality. The piece notes potential melon sugar if sweetness can be granulated but doubts competitiveness with sugar beet. It urges planting sugar maples as a reliable future revenue source.
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D. Hanz
Georgia
Weeder worth $1000 to Minnesota farmer over ten years
A Minnesota farmer praised the weeder at his home institute, saying it saved labor and improved crop care. He illustrated how he and a hired man used cultivators after rain, then a boy with a weeder on a pony. Early, regular weeding kept weeds in check. avoid wet soil for best results.
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Practical Farmer
Minnesota
Apple crop worth more than wheat, exports rise
The apple crop of 1900 totaled 215 million barrels valued at about 440 million dollars at two dollars per barrel, while the wheat crop averages around 300 million. The world market for American fruit expands as exports near four million barrels annually and reach European markets from St Petersburg to Liverpool.
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St. Petersburg
Liverpool
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