Peace terms rumoured from Pretoria amid Mafeking relief riots
London reports a telegram to the foreign office from President Kruger proposing peace terms. The British demand unconditional surrender. Riots break out in London Aberdeen Belfast and elsewhere with attacks on officials and property as crowds cheer Mafeking relief news.
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London
Daily Express
Foreign Office
Kruger
Lord Salisbury
Mafeking
Aberdeen
Belfast
United Kingdom
Finschley
Harleston
Cronwright Schreiner
Olive Schreiner
Oiera
Gordon Highlanders
Castle Barracks
Lord M. Cecil
Chay
Ton Chapel
Australian Federation
Coliseum
Lr Creighton
Windsor
Lord Roberts
Lord Lansdowne
War Office
DeWet
General DeWet
Botha
Philip Botha
Petersburg
Steyn
Pretoria
Transvaal
Daily Telegraph
Cape Town
Chicago
Kroonstad
United States
Hay
Buller
Laing
Colville
Runde
Ficksburg
Brabant Clears Boers at Clocton in Major Capture
A May 16 dispatch from Mequarling's Nek reports General Brabant has captured 14,500 Boers at Clocton. The news item notes the victory in the ongoing campaign, highlighting the scale of the roundup and its impact on the theater of operations.
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London
Daiiy
Mequarling
Nek
Brabant
Clocton
Boers Evacuate as British Patrols Reach New Castle
Report from Dundes May 37 describes British infantry marching through New Castle at five o clock with residents gathered along streets. Boers reorganize on Heldberg hills as rebels stockpile arms, and Johannesburg visitors note Boer leaders unsure of their fate. Looted furniture found in town hall. a three-span bridge at Ingagone and the station are destroyed. water works damaged but repairable.
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Dundes
New Castle
Erlock
Heldberg
Johannesburg
Meller
Sclel
Boers Disheartened Amid War Tensions Report
London May 21 The Times correspondent reports recent Transvaal arrivals say Boer burghers have lost confidence and wish to return home. Kruger seeks one last stand to avert broader war as foreign officers urge defense of Pretoria. A clash on dockside injures three Dutch sailors.
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London
L Laurence Marquez
The
Times
Transvaal
Kruger
Pretoria
Netherlands
Freistand
Cape Town Sends Praise to Baden-Powell at Mafeking
Citizens in Cape Town flood with telegrams offering congratulations to Colonel Baden-Powell at Mafeking. An immense demonstration is planned for tomorrow as towns and villages everywhere join the tribute.
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Cape Town
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
British Troops Enter New Castle Hoist Union Jack
The British troops entered New Castle today and raised the union jack over the town hall. The Boers moved through Tuesday as a disorganized mob and Natal is practically clear of Boers.
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New Castle
Natal
Knoxville Council Invites Sheper Commissioners to Visit
Knoxville Tennessee May 20 The city council unanimously passed resolutions inviting shepherd commissioners now in the country to visit Knoxville.
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Knoxville, Tenn
City Council of
Knoxville
Shelper
General Wet Ready to Surrender Conditional War Command
Special dispatch from Kroonstad reports General lie. Wet is prepared to surrender his entire command on conditions.
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London
Kroonstad
Lie. Wet
War Office reports relief not yet received on MafeXing
On May 2 at 11 15 p m the War Office announced that Tobd Roberts has not yet received official word about the relief of MafeXing.
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Tendon
War Office
Tood Roberts
MafeXing
Mafeking Relief Report Amid Confused Preceding Battles
Lourenco Marquez reports in The Standard and Diggers News that Mafeking relief is confirmed. A Sunday engagement near Maribogo led relief forces to breach Boer lines, enter the town, and begin bombardment.
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Lourenco Marquez
Standard and Diggers
Mafeking
Maribogo
Boers Retreat After Skirmish With British Forces
Reported engagement ends with two Boer dead and five wounded. British casualties described as considerable. Boers said to be fleeing, with no explanation offered.
Roberts Dispatch Reports Mafeking Relief and Surrenders
Lord Roberts dispatch dated May 20 reports Mafeking relieved and enemy forces retreating to Senekal and Ficksburg. Free Staters surrendered fifty rifles and 3,000 rounds, another 5,000 rounds to a Yeomanry unit along the Boshof to Bloemfontein telegraph line. A field cornet and 20 burghers surrendered at Boshof. Hoopstad saw Methuen seize 250 rifles and 400 000 to 500 000 rounds.
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London
Lord Roberts
Boer force around Mafekeng captured by British
Laurenco Marquez reports for Daily Mail that on Thursday the entire Boer force surrounding Mafekeng including its guns was captured by the British in a sweeping operation.
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Mafekim
Relief of Mafeking Announced To Regiments In Parade
News of Mafeking relief read to troops in Kroonstad on parade. Boers in khaki imitate British soldiers visiting farms and repeating the proclamation. Those who accept terms face immediate arrest and removal.
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Kroonstad
Mafeking
Milner to Close Public Offices After Mafeking News
London reports an extraordinary Gazette from Cape Town stating Sir Alfred Milner will close public offices today in response to believed authentic news of Mafeking relief. New Zealand will observe Wednesday as a holiday to honor the event.
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London
Gazette
Cape Town
Mafeking
Alfred Milner
New Zealand
General Hamilton Marches Eastward with 7th Division
A dispatch from Hitsook near Kroonstad reports General Hamilton and the 7th division moving eastward without opposition as of Saturday. The route went via Kroonstad, and the origin was London. The update reflects ongoing operations in the region.
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London
Hitsook
Kroonstad
Hamilton
Poet Laureate Describes Mafeking Relief in Verse
Alfred Anastin the poet laureate writes of Mafeking relief with lines about enduring waves fame and true glory. The verse praises England’s story and the enduring vigor of national memory.
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London
Alfred Anastin
Mafeking
England
Alger Denies Cuba Railroad Ties and Investments
Ex Secretary of War Alger denounces claims of involvement in the Cuba railroad project and related property investments. He states he never invested in Cuba, never spoke with senators or others about such interests, and has refused Cuban ventures since leaving the War Department.
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Detroit
Alger
John Harrington
Cuba
Fenator
Bicycle Races at Vansbury Track Feature Kramer Wins
About 4.90 persons witnessed the Vansbury track meet in Newark led by Frank Kramer. He won the Olympia open half mile, rode a dead heat with McFarland in another pro event, and secured top placing in the two mile handicap with McFarland. The match between Faton and Freeman went to Eaton in straight heats. The money was divided.
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New York
Vansbure
Newark
Frank Kramer
McFarland
Faton
Freeman
Olympia
Orange
Fisher
Chicago
Portland
Ore
Jay Faton
H. B. Freeman
Eaton
A. McFarland
Mertens
Last Day for Spanish Resident Registration in Manila
AP Manila report notes May 11 as the final day for Spanish residents in the Philippines to declare intention to remain Spanish. About 2,500 have registered in Manila, with several hundred unable to register due to treaty constraints.
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Associated Press
Manila
Philippines
Spain
Miners injured in Memphis lunch house quarrel
Edward Whittington and Dennis Brogan, coal miners, entered the lunch house of F. M McKenna in Memphis Tennessee. A quarrel ensued during which Whittington was shot by Mrs. McKenna and Brogan was fatally wounded.
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Memphis, Tenn
Edward Whittington
Dennis Brogan
F. M McKenna
Whittington
Reception for Boer envoys electrifies Washington at Grand Opera House
A large crowd packed the Grand Opera House in Washington for a Boer envoys reception. Senators and representatives voiced strong sympathy for the South African republics, urging U.S. support and adherence to the Monroe Doctrine amid calls to opposing England.
Fairbanks Boom Planned by Indiana Delegates for 1904
Indiana Republican leaders and delegates announce plans to back Senator Fairbanks at the 1904 GOP national convention in Philadelphia. They expect broad statewide support and anticipate Fairbanks will be named chairman of Indiana’s delegation with about a thousand delegates expected to attend.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Philadelphia
Senator Fairbanks
Landis
Fairbanks
Hanna
Consolidation Talks Between Pressed Steel Car and American Car
Chicago report indicates negotiations are under way to merge the Pressed Steel Car company with the American Car and Foundry company. American Car and Foundry holds 30 million dollars each in 7 percent noncumulative preferred and common stock. W K Bixby and William McMillan lead the effort. Pressed Steel Car carries two million dollars in capitalization. The firms, though not direct competitors, focus on different car types with potential economies from centralized control.
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Chicago
Pressed Steel Car Company
American Car and Foundry Company
W. K. Bixby
William McMillan
New York
Formeer
Porter Falls in 2H Mile Bicycle Race Ending in Injury
In Cincinnati on May 20 the 2H mile match between Charles E. Porter of Detroit and John Nelson of Chicago ended when Porter fell near the end of mile 17 and could not continue. Nelson led after a midrace scramble, with motors pacing both sides. The best mile ran 1:38.5, average 1:45, and other events included a five mile motor race, a 2 mile tandem, and an amateur mile winner.
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Cincinnati
Charles
Porter
Detroit
John Nelson
Chicago
Nelson
Motors
H. Geishmeyer
D. and
J. Otte
Tom Cooper
Fortune Hunters Board For Cape Nome From Seattle
A record crowd gathered along Seattle docks on May 21 as three steamers and one sailing vessel set sail for Cape Nome. The Benator Oregon Aberdeen and the Joseph L Eviston carried about 1200 passengers and 5000 tons of mining gear and merchandise, with far larger crowds bidding them goodbye.
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Seattle
Wash
Cape Nome
Eldorado
Benator
Oregon
Aberdeen
Barkentine
Joseph L. Eviston
Strike Off After Carpenters and Allied Trades Clash
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and the Allied Trades league ended a three week dispute in Philadelphia as the United Labor league declared the Allied Building Trades league should leave the carpenters to work out their own salvation. Employers broadly signaled agreement to wage and eight hour day demands.
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Philadelphia
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Allied Trades League
League
United Labor League
Allied Building ‘Trades League
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Yellow Fever Expedition Planned to Amazon
The Liverpool school of tropical disease committee will send an expedition to the Amazon to study yellow fever. The party travels via Patmor and will consult with expert Pat John from Hopkins University.
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Liverpool
Liverpool School Ofopical Disease
Amazon
Patmor
Pat John
Hopkins University
Clark credentials may be postponed in Senate
Washington May 20 Senator Chandler may seek to take up the resolution on Senator Clark of Montana but the Clark matter likely will be postponed. Clark may not present credentials and the issue could be deferred, with post office appropriation and Philippine questions taking precedence. Senate plans include several conference reports on sundry civil general deficiency and military academy bills with adjournment eyed after June 11.
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Africa
Senate
Cochran
England
Transvaal
Wellington
Teller
Washington
Chandler
Clark
Montana
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Post Office
Spooner
Morgan
Philippines
House
Boston Woman Found Dead with Dagger in Heart
Mae Butler 22% years old and married was found dead in Roxbury with a dagger in her breast. Edwin T. Wright, 21, is under arrest on suspicion of murder. He says he found her with the dagger after bringing her to his mother's home following a restaurant encounter. The case includes conflicting accounts and a reported killer named Fishbask, described as 35, six feet, well dressed.
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Boston
Wright
Benjamin Wright
Butler
Fishbask
Gossett
Bold Hotel Robbery In Kansas City Attacked By Night
A lone bandit robbed the Coates hotel strong box in the lobby at 11:30 PM, escaping on a tied horse. Diamonds worth 1200 dollars, about 250 dollars in money and 100 dollars in checks were taken. Witnesses included a Times reporter and Missouri National Guard official. clerks and a guest were nearby during the daring hold up. The robber threatened clerk Kelleher and fled with the loot.
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Kansas City
Coates Hotel
Times
James Sullivan
Fred Fleming
Missouri National Guard
William Gossett
Charles L. Mokes
J. W. Garvey
Kelleher
Sherman Clark
Clark
Kelleher Clark
Merit
Gossett
Murder of University of Pennsylvania Professor in Philadelphia
Professor R W White aged 28 of the University of Pennsylvania law department was struck down while returning from a train ride to Germantown. He died after being found with a crushed skull in a neglected part of Thirty second street. Police report robbery unclear as only his watch was missing. Three men, two of them negroes, were arrested on suspicion.
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Philadelphia
R. W. White
Law
University of Pennsylvania
Germantown
Thirty-second Street
Jealous husband shoots wife then kills two girls in Pueblo
Calvin Kimbleburn a former 25th Infantry corporal shot his wife twice in a jealous quarrel in Pueblo and then killed 11-year-old Jessie Skaggs with a revolver. Ethel Straus remained alive for hours. The victims were residents of the Fries orphan home.
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Pueblo
Col
Calvin Kimbleburn
25Th Infantry
Ethel Straussen
Jessie Skaggs
Fries Orphan Home
Kimbleburn
Mutiny on brig Navarre leaves three dead
May 20 Tacoma reports mutiny aboard the brig Navarre bound from Sorsogan in the Philippines to Manila. After a month missing the vessel was thought lost. Two days out from Sorsogan the boatswain led a mutiny, killing Captain Acosta Mrs Acosta and the mate with a knife.
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Tacoma
Wash
Navarre
Sorsogan
Philippines
Manila
Acosta
Prison official consoles condemned man before execution
New York May 20 Roland B Molineux urged calm for Frit Meyer in Sing Sing prison as Meyer faced the electric chair for killing Policeman Frederick Amith General Molineux had visited his son on Saturday and told him to be brave on Meyer's execution date set for tomorrow.
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New York
Roland B. Molineux
Frit Meyer
Sing Bing
Meyer
Frederick Amith
Deputy Coroner Kills Bathhouse Owner Then Takes His Life
Walter Williams deputy coroner shot and killed William A. Downer proprietor of a bathhouse at 150 Arapahoe street this afternoon and then killed himself. The killing occurred at the bathhouse with no witnesses present. Domestic trouble is given as the cause.
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Denver
Walter Williams
Willam A. Downer
Arapahoe Street
Sheriff Mt. Heads East Lake City for Extradition
Sheriff Mount departs Springfield for Utah to seek extradition of Moser wanted in Tazewell for the murder of his wife and three children near Tremont. The case involves an arrest warrant and pursuit across state lines.
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Mount
East Lake City
Utah
Moser
Tazewell
Tremont
Trial disclosures loom in Welland canal sabotage case in Dublin
London reports May 21 that disclosures may be aired at the trial of Notin Walsh and Diliman charged with attempting to destroy Welland canal locks. The men are known to Dublin police and letters indicate possible conspirators in Great Britain.
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Notin
Walsh
Diliman
Welland Canal
Dublin
Great
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