Signing of Peace Ends Boer War Negotiations at Pretoria
Colonel Flamiston and Captain Marker carried the document to King Edward after Boer leaders signed the peace pact in a quiet Pretoria room. Milner Kitchener and Gen De Wet attended the ceremony as representatives of the Orange Free State and Transvaal. Camp residents rejoiced openly as news spread of the end to hostilities.
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Pretoria
Kitchener
Milner
de Wet
Orange Free State
Gen. Schalkburger
Transvaal
Flamiston
Marker
Edward
Full Terms of Peace for South Africa End Hostilities
London June 3 The full terms of cessation of hostilities read by Mr Balfour outline burghers laying down arms and acknowledging King Edward VII, return home under transport, and guarantees on liberty property and future trials. It details language education, gun possession rules, civil governance, franchise timing, war-loss relief, and a 3 million pound grant with loan options. A Kitchener dispatch clarifies colony law impacts on rebels and Cape Natal subjects.
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South Africa
London
House of Commons
Mr. Balfour
Lord Milner
Mr. Steyn
Bremner
C. R. DeWet
Hertzog
Orange Free State
Delarey
Edward VII
Lord Kitchener
Batha
DeWett
Transvaal
Orange River Colony
Tys
South African Republic
Cape
Natal
Cape Colony
Cape Colony Premier Opposes Suspension of Constitution
Cape Town reports Sir John Gordon Spriggs saying Colonial Secretary Chamberlain informed him the imperial government does not plan to suspend Cape Colony's constitution. He states disfranchisement of rebel supporters will defeat enemies in the house as opposition rises and windows are broken in a hostile crowd.
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Cape Town
Cape Colony
John Gordon Spriggs
Chamberlain
Acreage of Cotton Dips Slightly From Last Year
The Agriculture Department estimates total cotton acreage at about 27.87 million, roughly 0.3 percent below last year after adjustments for undercounted Texas and other states. May 26 crop condition averages 95.1, well above the 21 year norm and only surpassed by 1886 and 1887.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Department
Death of ex Confederate veteran Patrick O Reilly in Austin
The dead and badly decomposed body of Patrick O Reilly aged 74 a former Confederate veteran and Confederate home inmate was found at Tinnins Ford two and a half miles southeast of Austin. He had committed death by his own action. He left the Confederate home last Sunday.
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Austin
Patrick O'Reilly
Tinnins Ford
Death by Own Action Claimed in Local Tragedy
Capt King reports O'Reilly who came from Galveston planned death by his own hand for some time and carried out the act. The coroner ruled death by own action. He was wealthy before the storm and lost everything. believed to have died since Sunday.
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King
O'Reilly
Galveston
Four Convicted in Adjuntas Murder Robbery Case
Ponce dated June 3 reports Barnabe Acevado Jose Torres Ramon Troche Caseno and Juan Torres found guilty of murder robbery and outrage. They confessed to crimes committed in October 1898 at Guayao suburb of Adjuntas and were garroted.
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Ponce
P. R
Barnabe Acevado
Jose Torres
Ramon Troche Caseno
Juan Torres
Guayao
Adjuntas
Joliet Endures Worst Flood in Its History
Joliet experiences the worst flood in its history with the entire lower city submerged and rumors of several lives lost. Authorities brace for further damage as residents evacuate and relief efforts mobilize.
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Joliet
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Bryan, Texas
Moneony Bros
Bryan
Market
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Otto Boehme
Colonel Hamilton
Captain Marker
King Edward
Miss Sue McLellans
Opera House
City Market
John W. Hicks
Prop
H. B. Dorsey
S. Caly Caen Saas
C. G. Parson’s
Hutchinson
D. Mike, JF
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