Boers and European War News In Telegraphic Roundup
The Intelligencer reports Senate debate urging sympathy for the Boers in their fight with Britain. It notes naval and pension measures in Congress, with private bills passed in the House and action on oleomargarine and eight hour contracts. Reports cover fires, arrests, disasters, and colonial affairs including Hawaii and India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Teller
Great Britain
Illinois River
House
National Guard
Paris
American Line
Philadelphia
St. Joseph River
Michigan
Secretary of the Treasury
Sanford B. Dole
Territory of
Hawaii
Pearson-Crawford
North Carolina
Clark
Montana
Minnesota
Pearson
Crawford
Happenings in Home and Foreign News and Industry
Brief round of industrial field notes, personal items, and political developments from domestic and international fronts. Includes notable market movements, regional updates, and assorted social happenings.
Labor unrest and disasters ripple across the nation
AFL leader Samuel Gompers tells cigar makers to ignore Judge Freedman’s injunction. Assassination in Gibara Cuba targets anti policy editor Senor Alberti. Hailstorm in Toledo damages plate glass. Bayonne oil pier fire costs 500000. St. Louis transit strike paralyzes city lines. Drownings in Kansas and Florida boating accidents. Hanged men in Alaska and New Jersey for murders. Fires destroy Geneseo hotel. Forest and boat tragedies unfold nationwide. Streetcar strike, boxing match result, and legal sentences highlight a volatile period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Freedman
Senor Alberti
Gibara
Cuba
Toledo, CO
National Storage Company
Standard Oil Company
Bayonne
N. J
St. Louis Transit Company
Frank
Sherman Cox
William Whitelaw
Watson
Kan
Martin Sivert
Juneau
Alaska
Christianson
James Nettles
St. Louis
Samuel W. Wann
Martin Arnold
Brooklyn
N. Y
Geneseo
Lafayette Carney
Sherman Deboray
West Sparta
M. R. Tutt
Eliza Flowerday
Jacksonville
Fla
Edward Clifford
Jersey City
W. G. Wattson
United States Navy
Corbett
Tom Sharkey
Joe Chownski
Chicago
Missouri Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Numerous political nominating actions and world events unfold
The report lists renominations and nominations across parties in Illinois Missouri Ohio Iowa and Maryland plus actions in Tennessee and Colorado. It notes naval bill debate and House pension bills, Manila liquor data, a boxing title claim, a Mass murder in Italy, mob executions, and global events including Spain Morocco and the Philippines.
Boers Fall Back as British Advance Races to Kroonstad
Explorers report a strange primitive tribe in Malaya province while British troops push toward Kroonstad. Boers retreat across the Natal frontier and Mafeking holds. Vesuvius erupts again. Tutuila raises the American flag amid native joy as Buller’s corps moves from Ladysmith toward the front.
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Siam
Natal
Mafeking
Kroonstadt
Mount Vesuvius
Tutuila
Samoa
Zand River
Kroonstad
Ladysmith
Buller
Loyal Legion Iowa Commandery Elects New Officers
The Iowa Commandery of the Loyal Legion met at the Grant club in Des Moines. Commander Charles A. Clark was absent due to inflammatory rheumatism at Colfax. New officers include Commander Capt Edward L. Marsh Des Moines and Senior Vice Commander Lieut David B. Hamill Keokuk with several others serving as officers and council members.
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Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Iowa
Grant Club
St. Des Moines
Charles A. Clark
Colfax
Edward L. Marsh
Des Moines
David B. Hamill
Keokuk
Henry C. Plumb
Joseph W. Muffly
Register
Warren 8. Dungan
Chariton
Charles H. Robinson
Charlies W. Fracker
Alvah L. Frisbie
Cornelius A. Stanton
Centerville
Eugene W. Rice
Sioux City
Charles A. Frick
Alex 8. Chadbourne
J. D. Fegan
Des Moines Faces Prolonged Saloon Idle Month
Des Moines remains without a saloon for at least this month as court rulings cite improper publication and notice in granting licenses. Saloons closed after petitions were gathered, with county supervisors approving the list on April 18. The board next meets June 4 for action, after which reopenings may occur unless delays arise.
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Des Moines
Board of Supervisors
Drainage decision to allow Woodbury Monona ditch
Judge Gaynor in Monona county district court reversed county supervisors and allowed the Woodbury and Monona drainage ditch project. Woodbury County granted permission in January. Monona County had refused. Gov. Shaw, a major local landowner, supported securing consent. Abutting landowners would pay for the costly construction to drain surface water and reclaim usable farmland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor
District Court
Monona County
Woodbury and
Woodbury County
L. M. Shaw
Iowa
Major surgeons and assistants listed for Iowa National Guard
The complete list names Maj. James F. Clark of Fairfield Maj. Charles B. Grant of Iowa City assigned to the Fiftieth regiment Maj. D. S. Fairchild Jr of Clinton and Maj. A. B. Pray of Lake City assigned to the Fifty second The assistants include E L Martindale of Clinton captain by service Lieut. A B Deering of Boone Lieut. E R King of Wilton Junction assigned to the Fiftieth regiment D A Jay of Eldon also to the Fiftieth Lieut. Wilbur Conklin of Des Moines Donald Macrae of Council Bluffs Lieut. B H Stover of Marengo assigned to the Fifty second and John C Hancock of Dubuque
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James F. Clark
Fairfield
Charles 8. Grant
Iowa City
D. 8. Fairchild, Jr
Clinton
A. B. Pray
Lake City
Fifty-second
E. L. Martindale
A. B. Deering
Boone
E. R. King
Wilton Junction
D. A. Jay
Eldon
Wilbur Conklin
Des Moines
Donald Macrae
Council Bluffs
B. H. Stover
Marengo
John C. Hancock
Dubuque
Milwaukee Engineer Claims New Water Air Power Method
James Clark of Clinton, a Milwaukee railway engineer, announces a novel power process blending water and compressed air. He claims no fuel, smoke, dust, noise, or visible machinery, with enclosed equipment and inexpensive startup. Capitalists are evaluating the invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Clark
Clinton
Milwaukee
Clark
State board appoints custodian for Knoxville home farm
Rh L McCoy named custodian by the state board of control to oversee the farm and building at the abolished home for the blind in Knoxville. The 40 acre farm remains state property with the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rh. L. McCoy
State Board of Control
Home For
Knoxville
Farm hand cuts throat in self-inflicted death near Odebolt
Philip Adolph a 40 year old farm hand living near Odebolt died by suicide with a jackknife at a farm three miles east of town after a period of severe gravel illness and a sudden violent collapse. He was found early the next morning.
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Philip Adolph
Odebolt
Kroonstad Falls as British Hold City in Orange Free State
London reports the British army occupies Kroonstad with no opposition. President Steyn moved government to Lindley while Transvaal forces retreat toward the Vaal river. Roberts notes little fighting and predicts minimal further resistance as Boer morale collapses.
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Lord Curzon
India
United States
Barotac
Lord Salisbury
London
Ireland
Zand River
Roberts
Smaldeel
Orange Free State
Kroonstad
Herbron
Siberia
Vaal
Lord Roberts
Zand
Luzon
Leyte
Vaal River
Steyn
Free State
Lindley
Burgher
Transvaal
North Somerset Imperial Yeomanry
Pole-Carew
Guards
Eighteenth Brigade Navals
Royal Artillery Company
Twelfth Engineers
The
Botha
de Wet
Daily Chronicle
Koonstad
Daily Telegraph
Lockhead
Kruger
Natal
Bethlehem
Noted Woman Dead in Bancroft Neb Death of Rosalie Farley
Mrs Rosalie Farley wife of Edward Farley dies at her Bancroft Neb home. She was daughter of Joseph Laflasche last Omaha Indian chief and a descendant of a French trader. Known as The Cattle Queen she leased thousands of acres from the Omaha tribe and ran large businesses.
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Mere
Rosalie Farley
Bancroft, Neb
Omaha, Neb
Edward Farley
Bancroft
Neb
Joseph Laflasche
Troneye
Laflesche
Afterthoughts on tact and aggression in society
A compact reflection notes that lack of tact causes conflict more than aggression itself. It contrasts transgression with mere force and suggests some people pursue lifelong work because other pursuits fail their taste. Indianapolis News voices a wary social critique.
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Indianapolis News
Drummer Narrates Awkward Romance on Long Train Ride
A New York drummer recounts a west to east train trip where he pursued a girl who ignored him at first. After fruitless attempts to engage her, she finally asks him to alight at the next stop, prompting the drummer to joke about settling down at home.
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New York
West
Crath
Toledo
Buffalo
Mes
See to the Walia Disinfectant Wall Coating Advice
Due to diverse classes using churches and schoolhouses interior walls become reservoirs for disease germs. Coat walls with clean Alabastine disinfectant cement. it renews easily, costs about the same as inferior coatings, and renewal is cheaper over time.
Paris Exposition Opens After Unusual Ceremony
A humorous account from the Cleveland Plain Dealer describes Looby, president of the French republic, presiding as workers remove obstacles. A painter, plasterer, and cart driver are cited as parts of the scene, until the exposition is revealed as open to the public.
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George
Looby
Any
Cainter
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Summer Resorts Across the North East Midwest Demand Tourists
The list highlights hundreds of charming summer resorts in Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan drawing visitors from the South and East. Places include Fox Lake Delavan Waukesh Oconomowoc Madison and The Dells Kilbourn Elkhart Minocqua Star Lake tenac White Bear Minnetonka Marquette on Lake Superior. Readers can request pamphlets of Summer Homes for 1900 and the illustrated Summer book In The Lake Country from Geo. H. Heafford, General Passenger Agent.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Fox Lake
Delavan
Lauderdale
Waukesh
Oconomowoc
Palmyra
Dells
Kilbourn
Elkhart
Madison
Minocqua
Star Lake Tenac
White Bear
Minnetonka
Marquette
Lake Superior
Lake Country
Geo. H. Heafford
Old Colony Building
Chicago
One Night to Denver via Chicago and the Union Pacific
The Colorado Special leaves Chicago at 10:00 daily arriving Denver at 1:20 the next afternoon with Colorado Springs and Manitou on the same day. No car changes. Dining cars provide all meals. A second fast train runs at 10:30 P M daily. New book Colorado illustrated mailed for four cents. Ticket offices Chicago and North Western Railway 193 Clark Street and Wells Street Station.
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Denver
Chicago
Union Pacific & North-Western
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Chicago & North-Western Re Y
Clark St
Wells St
How was Admiral Dewey's rank reduced when he wed
A playful historical quip notes Dewey's profession as admiral and jokes that marriage moved him to become Mrs Dewey's second mate. The line uses nautical wordplay to lampoon rank and domestic partnership.
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Admiral Dewey
Lane's Family Medicine Promises Daily Bowel Use
An old ad describes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement improves health. It touts effects on the liver and kidneys and lists prices of 25 and 50 cents with a one dollar “res head ache” note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Resourceful man reduces bill by concealing debts
Quotation style note from Chicago Daily News and Philadelphia Record discussing clever methods to contract liabilities and the notion that hiding debts does not shrink the bill.
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Philadelphia Record
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