Dawn of a new era in United South Africa
Cape Town May 31 marked the formal unification of the four South African colonies into United South Africa with Viscount Gladstone as governor general. General Louis Botha was named to form the first ministry as the new central government centralizes power and sets Pretoria as administrative seat and Cape Town as parliamentary home.
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Transvaal
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Orange River
United South Africa
Viscount Gladsone
Legislative Palace
Union
South Africa
Centra
Pretoria
Supreme Court
Bloemfontein
Senate
House of Assembly
Orange River Colony
Louis Botha
Botha
Political Rise of General Botha to Premier and Minister Roles
A biography recounts General Botha rising from a Transvaal Volksraad member to supreme commander and then premier. It highlights his two year struggle against the British, his pivotal role in a formal surrender, and his leadership as premier with a cabinet including Smutz interior and defense, Sauer railways, Hertzog justice, Mallon education, and Hull finance.
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Transvaa! Volksraad
Transvaal
Botha
J. F. Smutz
Interior
J. W. Sauer
J. B. [Ertzog
S. Mallon
S. C. Hull
Finance
Taft opposes Alaska railroad aid in favor of general law
President Taft announced he will not approve legislation aiding specific railroad interests in Alaska. He supports a general law applied to all who meet its provisions, modeled on Philippine policy. The move followed opposition to the Alaska Great Northern bill and accusations linking opponents to the Morgan Guggenheim syndicate.
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Washington
Taft
Alaska
Philippine Islands
Congress
Ballinger
Alaska Great Northern
Morgan- Guggenheim Syndicate
Blame Shifts in Sugar Refinery Conspiracy Trial
In New York on May 3 1, defense for James F Bendernagel former cashier of the Williamsburg refinery rested after casting all blame on Oliver Spitzer former dock superintendent who has confessed He is one of three defendants accused of conspiring to defraud the government by underweighting raw sugar imports Ernest W Gerbracht former superintendent and Charles R Keike secretary treasurer face defense next day Gerbracht expected to testify followed by Heike
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New York
James F. Bendernagel
Willamsburg
American Sugar Refining Company
United States
Oliver Spitzer
Bendernagel
Ernest W. Gerbracht
Reinery
Charles R. Keike
Trust
Gerbracht
Tien
Heike
Permit for Jeffries Johnson Fight Granted
San Francisco on May 31 the board of supervisors granted a permit for a forty five round July 4 fight between Jeffries and Jonson with only two dissenting votes and no preliminary discussion. The decision clears promoters to proceed with arena construction amid church and civic protests.
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San Francisco
Jeffries
Jonson
Board of Supervisors
Treat Former U S Treasurer Dies in New York Hotel
Charles H. Treat former treasurer of the United States under Roosevelt died of apoplexy at the Victoria Hotel in New York. The 68 year old Maine native and longtime Republican figure in Maine and Delaware passed away after a sudden collapse. He leaves a widow.
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New York
Charles H. Treat
United States
Roosevelt
Hotel Victoria
Treat
Frankfort
Maine
Delaware
Three Hundred to Sail for European Cruise from Annapolis
At graduation exercises Friday 300 midshipmen will depart Annapolis for a training cruise in European waters under the naval program led by Ned. The voyage follows completion of their studies and marks a key milestone in the maritime training schedule.
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Annapolis
Ned
May St
European
Senate focuses on railroad bill amid mine bureau funding
Senate debate centers on the railroad bill with Senator Cummins signaling support as amended. House discussions allocate and amend funds for the mines and mining bureau totaling $488,000, including $310,000 to investigate mine explosions and $100,000 to analyze coal lignites ores and minerals. Further amendments await action when the sundry civil bill returns.
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Washington
Cummins
Senate
LaFollette
Curtiss
Bureau of Mines and Mining
Bureau
House
Mines and Mining Bureau
Douglas
Ohio
Deputy Gillespie Killed by Cap White in West Virginia
Deputy Sheriff T R Gillespie of Raleigh county died after a quarrel at Sanaford on the Piney branch line. Cap White, a colored man, took Gillespie's revolver and shot him twice in the abdomen. Gillespie died at Hinton hospital before surgery. He left a wife and two children in Tip Top Virginia. burial arrangements pending.
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Charleston
W. Va
T. R. Gillespie
Raleigh County
Sanaford
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Cap White
Gillespie
Hinton
Beckley
Tip Top
Mayor Gaynor Offers $30,000 Prize for Flight to St Louis
May 31 news from New York states Mayor Gaynor announced on behalf of the New York World and the St. Louis Post Dispatch a $30,000 prize for a successful aeroplane flight from New York to St. Louis.
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New York
Gaynor Today
The
New York World
St. Louis Post Dispatch
St. Louis
Seniors of Maine University demand no baccalaureate address
In Bangor on May 31, university seniors formally ask President Fellows to refrain from speaking at the baccalaureate. Tensions with the faculty grow after recent expulsions of some undergraduates, signaling ongoing friction on campus.
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Bangor
Maine
University of Maine
Senator La Follette seeks curb on railroad rate hikes
Senator La Follette introduced a resolution calling on the attorney general to sue immediately to halt railroad rate increases. He also sought a joint resolution declaring rate increases unlawful without consent from the interstate commerce commission.
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Washington
la Follette
Interstate Commerce Commission
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Outlook
West Virginia shows partial cloudiness and cool temperatures with a gradual warmup later in the week. Virginia expects mixed skies with showers in the north and lighter winds, followed by warmer conditions midweek.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Corporation tax cases to be reargued before full bench
Washington May 31 Supreme Court with ad journment until October reopens fifteen corporation tax cases heard last spring for reargument before the full bench. No date set. two cases including constitutionality already slated for October first session. The doctrine traces to Taft and the Payne Aldrich tariff act. The Windsor Vermont Flint Stone Tracy suit sparked a wave of similar actions nationwide.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
Hughes
New York
Benen
Taft
Congress
Secion Thiryeight
Windsor
Vermont
Maxwell Evarts
William M. Sivarts
Stone-Tracy Company
Dwigh Tuxbury & Sons
Stella P. Flint
Samuel N. Stone, Jr
Stone-Tracy Co
Evarts
Supreme Court
Flint-Stone Tracy
United States
Wyoekoff van Derhoff
Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company
Francis L. Line
Home Life Insurance Company
Fred W. Smith
the Northern Trust Company
Chicago
William H. Minor
the Corn Exchange National Park
Cedar Street Company Ve. Park
Roosevelt Advises Britain Boldly on Egypt Policy
Theodore Roosevelt, honored with the freedom of London, urged Great Britain to set Egypt in order or withdraw. He praised British rule in Uganda and the Sudan but warned that timidity and sentimentality could do more harm than force. He condemned Egypt's nationalist party as chaotic and unfit to guarantee justice.
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London
Theodore Rooseet
Weiup Witte
Guild Hall
American Statesman
Africa
Col. Roosevelt
Great Britain
Egypt
Ugenda
Soudan
Nationalist Party of
Roosevelt Given Freedom of the City at Guildhall
Theodore Roosevelt was honored with the freedom of the city of London at Guildhall. The presentation, in a gold casket, drew over 1,000 guests including Cabinet ministers and city officials. The ceremony followed centuries of tradition with Lord Mayor and dignitaries in ceremonial dress.
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London
Theodore Roosevelt
Guildhall
United States
Roosevelt
Reid
Rooseveolt
Historc
General Grant
City of London
Roosevelt Receives cordial London reception and meeting
Mr. Roosevelt, appreciating the warm welcome from London residents, concluded the formal ceremonies and later met city officials and many distinguished attendees at a reception with his family.
Horatio Seymour Centenary Observed in Utica
Utica observes the hundredth birthday of Horatio Seymour, Democratic leader and former New York governor, with local historical society exercises marking the 1868 presidential nominee’s birth.
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Horatio Seymour
Utica
N. Y
New York
General Grant
Mechanical Engineers aid meet gathers national figures in Atlantic City
Several hundred members of the Mechanical Engineers' Society of America gathered at the Marlborough-Blenheim in Atlantic City on May 31 for their semi annual meeting. The assembly included renowned engineers from across the country.
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Atlantic City
N. J
The
Mechanical Engineers’ Society of America
Marlborough-Blenheim
Details of Alma Kellner murder revealed in Louisville
Police disclosures from St. Johns Catholic church basement outline the Kellner girl's disappearance on December 5 with gloves, handkerchiefs, and bloodied items found. They cite janitor Joseph Wendling as suspect, claiming the body was dumped in the basement and later buried at St. Louis cemetery after an attempted cremation. Mrs Wendling denies knowledge, while items in her home trunk link to the victim.
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Louisville
St. Johns Catholite
Alma Kellner
Kellner
Joseph Wendling
Wendling
St. Louis
Frank Fehr
Bos
Roosevelt speech draws mixed editorial tone in London
London papers treat Roosevelt's Guild Hall address without resentment. Conservatives welcome his blunt advice while The Standard praises its piquancy, The Telegraph calls it bitter medicine, and The Daily News criticizes it as a breach of international manners.
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London
Roosevelt
Guild Hall
Telegraph
Daily News
Railroads barred from general freight-rate increases
United States District Judge Dyer issued a restraining order against twenty five railroads in the Western Traffic Association from enacting a general freight-rate increase. The suit, filed by Frederick N. Jordan and Edwin P. Grosvenor on behalf of the Attorney General, alleges an unlawful combination and conspiracy.
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Hannibal
United States
Dyer
Western Traffic Association
Frederick N. Jordon
Edwin P. Grosvenor
Wickersham
New York Times Plans $25,000 Chicago to New York Air Race
The New York Times announced an arrangement with J. Shaffer of the Chicago Evening Post for a $25,000 aeroplane race between Chicago and New York. The terms were disclosed in a Times office statement.
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New York
The
New York Times
J. @. Shaffer
Chicago Evening Post
Chicago
Time
Investigation broadens as Illinois grand jury questions lawmakers
Sangamon county grand jury expands inquiry by subpoenaing Representative Foster and Staymates and Fish Commissioner Cohen. Rep McCullom testifies he voted for Lorimer for political reasons and knew of no monetary transactions. Questions focus on why Staymates and Foster backed Lorimer over Stringer.
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Mr. McCullum
Lorimer
Springfield
Sangamon County
McCullum
Louisville
Ill
Foster
General Assembly
Nathan H. Cohen
L. B. Stringer
McCullom
Foreign force moves amid Nanking outbreak fears
Report from Shanghai states Chinese warships and troops are sent to Nanking to quell a native outbreak against foreigners. Foreign nationals have been warned. Chinese soldiers in Nanking will be replaced by troops from Shanghai due to reliability concerns in a crisis.
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Shanghai
China
Nanking
Naking
Watson Returns to Democratic Party in Georgia
Augusta Georgia May 31 Thomas H Watson former Democratic congressman and twice Populist presidential nominee announced his return to the Democratic party.
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Tom Watson
Democratic Party
Augusta
Thomas H. Watson
Congress
United States
Champ Clark Sets Public Life Limit Around Age 75
In Washington in May 61 Champ Clark minority leader proposes retirement around seventy five. He notes he might retire earlier, adding a humorous aside about his timing.
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Champ Clark
Washington
Rail accidents kill and injure record in April
Harrisburg May 1. A hundred and one persons were killed and a thousand and fifty one injured on steam and electric railroads, the state record for April per the railroad commissioner’s report.
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Harrisburg
Pitched Battle in Cheyenne After Soldier Police Clash
In Cheyenne on May 31 a clash erupted after police clubbed a soldier. Fort Russell troops confronted police, resulting in three soldiers wounded by bullets.
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Cheyenne, Wy
Fort Russel
College Golden Jubilee in Canton Observed
Lutherans of the northwest joined dawn events to mark the golden jubilee of August and the college in Canton on May 31. The celebration highlighted historic ties, religious education, and regional ties among attendees.
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Canton
Northwest
Derby Run At Epsom Downs Tomorrow
The famous Epsom derby is scheduled to be run at Epsom Downs tomorrow as announced in London.
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London
Epsom Downs
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