Consul Hollis Meeting Kruger Sparks Dispatch
Washington notes secretary Hay says Consul Hollis had no authority to visit the Transvaal and officials will not react to the incident. Hollis returned by special train after a two hour interview with President Kruger at Machadodorp, bearing friendly dispatches urging peace.
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Washington
Hay
Lorenzo Marquez
Hollis
Kruger
Department
Transvaal
United States
Con
Sul Hollis
Trans- Vaal
Machadodorp
May 1900 Failures Largest on Record for Month
Dun's Weekly Review reports May 1900 set a record for failures in the month, with twenty three million seven hundred seventy one thousand one hundred fifty one dollars in liabilities. However, no single failure shook commercial credits and overall liabilities rose modestly. The surge stemmed mostly from five smaller “other commercial” collapses, while ten large manufacturing and trade failures totaled under eight million dollars.
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New York
Dun’s Weekly Review
Sit
Dan
Wheat Soars as July Wheat Gains Amid Dry Weather
Chicago markets show July wheat rising nearly a nickel with active trading on June 7 and 8. The advance stems from continued dry conditions in the northwest and Helgian fly damage in Indiana Ohio Michigan and Illinois, lifting prices.
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Chicago
Northwest
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Tlinois
PARDONED BY McKINLEY LIFE CONVICT FREED
J e Harrison a life convict at Anamosa Iowa has been pardoned by President McKinley after serving two life sentences for train and stage robberies near Birmingham Alabama and Huntsville Alabama. The dispatch notes other military and industrial items from the same region.
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Je Harrison
Anamiosa
Anamosa
Iowa
Jet Harrison
United States
McKinley
Harrison
Birmingham
Ala
Uwuntsville
British Policy in China Faces Delays amid Boxer Upheaval
A June report notes Britain’s Salisbury government shows apathy toward a coordinated international response to the Boxer crisis in China. Diplomats mention plans to seek alliance with the United States while avoiding further entanglements until the South African War ends.
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Ae Ib
Cama
Salisbury
Associated Press
Great Britain
London
British Foreign Office
United States
Russia
China
Congress Adjourns After Short Session Ends
Congress adjourned sine die at five o clock p m June 7 ending the first session of the Fifty Sixth National Assembly. The naval appropriation bill remained unresolved with conferees disagreeing but later the Senate announced concurrence in the amendments and both houses passed the bill before adjourning.
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Fifty-Sixth
National Assembly
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Fire destroys Minnesota town of Virginian on Mesaba Range
A June 7 report states Virginian Minnesota, the largest settlement on the Mesaba iron range, was entirely destroyed by fire. The business district including brick blocks, Moon Kerr Lumber Company mill, and Hard’s Bowing House was wiped out, and the telegraph office was burned, cutting communication with the town.
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Virginia
Mesaba Range
St. Paul
Virginian
Minn
Messabia Iron Range
Moon &Kerr Lumber Company
Hard
Wind storm devastates Faulkner area in Kansas report
A June wind storm nearly demolished Faulkner Kansas and surrounding farms. The school house, church and several dwellings and barns were destroyed while many farm houses were blown from foundations and crops suffered heavy damage. No fatalities reported.
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Faulkner
Chetopa
Kan
Churel
Ambushers Fared Poorly Amid Treachery Near Tael
Captain Crenshaw and forty infantrymen were ambushed by a local guide near Tael. Crenshaw and one private were badly wounded. Ten attackers died and three were wounded as the group scattered.
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Manila
Crenshaw
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Tael
Tinplate Mill at Joliet Closes Amid Labor Dispute
The Joliet tinplate mill at Great Western Tinplate Works shut indefinitely after payroll of about 5,000 weekly and 30 workers, tied to the discharge of an Amalgamated Association delegate. A separate Paris note mentions an American Mechanic being milled in Paris. An elevator accident killed a Chicago worker named Tony Stringer at an Amerean machine company cantilever exhibit.
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Joliet
Great Western Tinplate Works
Amalgamated Association
Paris
Tony” Stringer
Chicago
Amerean Machine Company
Boer forces regroup as Kruger and allies hold Pretoria
The report notes Boer commander with guns withdrew toward Delagoa Bay to link with Kruger as Transvaal forces stay intact. Kruger Botha Steyn and Reitz are safe and planning to organize pursuit within a week. Roberts likely to lead campaign with Buller expected to strike Laings Nek.
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Delagoa Bay
Kruger
Transvaal
Steyn
Botha
Reitz
Pretoria
Roberts
Buller
Laings Nek
Boston Club Denied Admission At Milwaukee Convention
The General Federation of Woman’s Clubs refused to admit the New Era Club of Boston because it is composed of colored women. Massachusetts delegates urged reconsideration. Iowa and Nebraska delegations condemned the color exclusion and supported unity.
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Boston
Milwaukee
Wis
Et Nial
General Federation of Wonn's Clubs
New Kira Club
Massachusetts
Iowa
Board of Directors
Federation
Nebraska
New Era Club
Ruffin
Moors Preparing Attack as French Posts Face Heat and Thirst
London dispatches describe thousands of Moors massing near Figuig ready to strike French outposts. French columns at Zonbia endure extreme heat and thirst as entrenchments are planned to repel the assault.
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London
Figuig
Zonbia
Freury
Market quotations from Sioux City to New York
Market quotes show grain, livestock, and dairy prices across major cities. Prices include wheat No 2 values, corn, oats, hogs, cattle, sheep, butter creamery, and eggs Western. Weathered figures indicate ranges per commodity across Chicago Sioux City Cincinnati Detroit St Louis Milwaukee Buffalo and New York markets.
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Chicago
Whens
St. Louis
Doorn
Ave. Cincinnali
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
Ste
Stoers
New York
Rainhart Flats Owner Kills Wife Then Attempts Suicide
Odebolt special reports Charles D. Reinhart owner of Rainhart flats in Sioux City shot his wife three times and then tried to take his own life. He and his wife argued in the morning and he drove her toward relatives near Lake View before the crime on the road. The horse turned back and was halted near Asi B. Smith’s home. Mrs Reinhart died, Reinhart survived and said he planned the deed. He bought a revolver in Odebolt earlier that day. Reinhart owns 600 acres near Odebolt. He had been a quiet citizen. his wife was about 85 years old and he was 28.
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Odebolt
Charles .D. Reinhart
Rainhart Flats
Sioux City
Lake View
Asi B. Smith
Masons Attend Cedar Rapids Grand Lodge Session
The fifty seventh annual session of the Iowa Masons Grand Lodge drew over 1,000 Masons to Cedar Rapids. Officers for the next year were elected including Grand Master William S. Eaton of Osage and Grand Secretary T. S. Parvin of Cedar Rapids. The next meeting is set for Davenport.
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Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge of Towa Masons
Cedar Rapids
Grand
Wright
M. P. Miller
Washington
Davenport
Indians Seek Ten Thousand in False Arrest Suit
Wa-Ta-Ta-Wa, elder Muskwakie medicine man, sues United States Indian agent H. M. Rebok and Tama County Sheriff Claus H. Tode for 10000 dollars claiming false arrest and imprisonment. Other tribe members, including Ta-Ta-Pi-Chee and Selah-Pue-Ka-Chee, press similar grievances and seek writs of habeas corpus in federal court.
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Cedar Rapids
Rebok
Tate
Ta-Ta- Pi-Chee
Selah-Pue-Ka-Chee
Aps
Malin
Throat Cut on Toboggan at Ripley Resort
John Lauserman foreman for Zitterell contracting firm building Hopkins block near Lake City was badly wounded on a toboggan slide at Ripley three miles south of Lake City. He was pulled from the water by barber J J Woods just in time to save his life after a throat cut requiring seven stitches.
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Ripley Resort
Lake City
John Lauserman
Zitterell
Hopkins
Conrad
J. J. Woods
Police chase leads to arrest in city assault cases
Smith, a railway dining car employee, is held after multiple attacks on white women reported in the city. Miss Jon, Mrs. Leasure, and Miss Foote identify him as the assailant in separate incidents at homes on South Street and in the western city area. Detective work continues.
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Smith
John Leisure
Avenue 1
Winfield Kane
Griffin land contest case grants Griffin 80 acre tract
The secretary of the interior ruled in the Griffin land contest, granting Mr. Griffin the right to prove up on an 80 acre tract in Sheldon once valued at about 75 000 dollars. Elias Drake, president of the Sioux City and Pacific Railway, had claimed the land through purchase by his company. The decision ends years of appeals after Griffin filed in Des Moines in 1882 and Sheldon has grown around the land.
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Secretary of the Interior
Griffin
Northwest
Sheldon
Des Moines
Elias Drake
Sioux City and Pacific Railway
Fnally
General Land Office
Land Office
Fort Dodge Man Sues City Over Pest House Confinement
Charles Anderson, a Swedish resident, sues Fort Dodge claiming wrongful quarantine for smallpox. He says forty days in the pest house caused loss of job and clothing, after a physician summoned police during his visit and a threat to shoot. The city is defendant in the damage suit.
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Fort Dodge
Snes City
Charles Anterson
Anderson
Paroled prisoner confesses in Des Moines bank burglary
Des Moines police arrest Ollie Blair on charges connected to the Shel dahl Savings Bank robbery of 1600 dollars. Blair admitted involvement and named three other local men. he said four men carried out the plan and that much of the loot was damaged by the explosion. Blair, a parolee, had recently been released from Anamosa after a prior sentence.
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Sheldahl
Des Moines
Ollie Blair
Sheldahl Savings Bank
Blair
Anamosa
Wife Bankrupts Husband Case Heard By Judge Shiras
Judge Shiras in a Dubuque federal court rules a wife with a provable debt against her husband can petition to bankrupt him. The case involves Frank Novak of Town City whose absence and attached property triggered the proceedings and creditors claims. The report also notes the marriage of W. C. McNamara and Miss Mary McAllister in Sioux City with legal challenges from the girl’s parents, resolved by Pender Neb. court on June 4.
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Shiras
Federal Court
Dubuque
Frank Novak
Town City
Novak
W. C. McNanmra
Mary
McAllister
Sinny City
Amy June
McNamara
Sioux City
Dakota City
Neb
McAllisters
Pender
Jgard
Fatal Laudanum Dose Ends Cedar Falls Oculist Career
Dr J H Shane an oculist from Cedar Falls endured years of opium use and a hard drink habit. He took a two ounce laudanum dose at the Jones House in Bristo which proved fatal, ending his professional practice.
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J. H. Shane
Cedar Falls
Jones House
Bristo
Striking for Higher Wages on Northwestern Line
About fifty men building the new double track system west of Colorado struck for higher pay. They had been earning 1.50 dollars per day and demanded 1.75.
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Stee)gan
Colo
Lord Roberts Victory Promises End of War, Jubilant Britain
Report from London describes Lord Roberts declaring progress toward ending the war with occupation of Proto g. Electric euphoric crowds flood streets as gun salutes and praise for the queen fill the air. Generals Botha and Meyer vow to preserve order as British troops advance amid ongoing resistance and strategic contortions across the theater.
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Watervil
Botha
Lucas Meyer
Erals
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