Boers in Cape Colony surrender totals rise to 10228
Reports from Pretoria date June 12 note 10228 Boers have surrendered with many youngsters among them and most under thirty. They claim ammunition came via Portuguese routes and some fight under General De Wet’s youngsters. Orange River Colony unit surrender explains ammunition used for hunting after peace. King Edward and British leaders express intent to repatriate burghers to farms. Ming of Italy buys West Virginia coal lands for about 8 million dollars.
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Pretoria
France
Germany
DeWet
Orange River Colony
Kroonstadt
Filliott
Edward
Kitchener
Ming
Italy
New York
Victor Emanuel
West Virginia
Pittsburg
Pocapontas District
Volcano Kilauea Signals Eruption and Explosions
Honolulu reports on Kilauea showing signs of eruption with two explosions on June 1. Red ashes gas and sulphur issued from the vent as tremors shook Honeka. Meanwhile Solace arrives from San Francisco with scarlet fever and is quarantined before heading to the Philippines. United States Agricultural Commissioner Jared Smith returns reporting pest havoc on Hawaii farmland. The Bank of Hawaii agrees to lend 140000 to aid the territorial treasury.
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Kilauea
Honolulu
Victoria
B. C
Solace
San Francisco
Philippines
United States Agricultural
Jared Smith
Island of Hawaii
Hawaii
Honeka
Bank of Hawaii
Territorial Treasury
Treasury
Indemnity Must go in Gold
Pekin June 12. Foreign ministers met as the British minister declared Britain ready to join a pro rata reduction of war claims to settle the indemnity dispute. The Japanese minister could not agree pending his government's instructions. Ministers insisted on gold basis payment despite China's claim it cannot pay if silver prices fall.
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Pekin
Great Britain
China
Burton Trouble Compromised
A Hot Springs report says a compromise between Congressman Burton and Republicans from Cleveland seeks peace over his withdrawal candidacy. A Burton committee and a general Republican committee will oversee the fall campaign.
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Burton
Cleveland
Hot Springs
Congress
Students Caught in a Storm Near Coppee Iowa
Telegraph and telephone lines to Washington report a storm hit a returning picnic party from Des Moines. Four wagon loads of students eight injured one fatally when a house sheltering nine graduates was blown apart in Coppee, nine miles south of Washington.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
Coppee
Arkansas and Manitoba AOUW Win $2000 Membership Gain
Portland June 12 The jurisdictions of Arkansas and Manitoba Ancient Order of United Workmen filed notices with the supreme recorder claiming they each won 2000 for achieving a 25 percent rise in membership during the year. They were the only two jurisdictions to reach the 25 percent gain.
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Portland
Ore
Arkansas
Manitoba
Ancient
Order of United Workmen
Supreme Recorder
Big Elephant Goes Mad in France Park Execution
A crowd of about twenty thousand witnessed the execution of Farnum & Baker’s largest elephant in a city park. While en route to the railway station the chained animal broke free, attacked its handlers, and had to be shot. Two hundred men then teed the rope used to strangle the elephant.
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Tours
France
Farnum & Baker's
Centennial celebration closes at West Point academy
Centenary events at the military academy near West Point end with a diploma ceremony for evacuating cadets. The program included speeches and a closing salute signaling the conclusion of the centennial observances.
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West Point
N. Y
Jens
Military Academy
Roosevelt Address Led by Gen Dick and Gen Miles Remarks
A Roosevelt appearance featured an address by General Dick from the aboard and remarks by General Miles. The event drew attendees and emphasized national leadership.
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Éentation Co
Aipiomas
Roosevelt
Gen
Iles
Caucasian petroleum producers form syndicate against Standard Oil
A St. Peters burg dispatch reports Caucasian oil producers meet to form a syndicate to sell abroad in competition with Standard Oil. After shifts in stance, they are hostile to Standard Oil but require government support, which is said to include lower railroad rates and possibly reduced export tariffs on oil.
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Berlin
Berliner Tageblatt
St. Petersburg
Standard Oil Company
Strikes Settled by Arbitration in Chicago
Arbitration resolves key labor conflicts in Chicago. Teamsters reach agreement with team owners and employers, and City Railway officials adopt an arbitration pact ending the last threat of a strike on the South Side traction lines. The accord lasts one year with full union recognition and no sympathetic strikes during that period.
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Chicago
Teamsters
City Railway Company
South Side
Clyde Fitch Suffering from Appendicitis Abroad
New York report says dramatist Clyde Fitch, who went abroad for health, is diagnosed with appendicitis by a Rome physician. He left Florence earlier, hurried to Berne for a specialist in hopes of avoiding surgery.
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New York
Clyde Fitch
Florence
Rome
Berne
Switzerland
Prices of Pictures Rise as Am Millionaires Dominate
Berlin June 12 The art critic of the Vossische Zeitung complains that American millionaires have raised painting prices so high that European collectors cannot compete. The critic notes that artworks leaving Europe do not mean a loss to the world and says European artists sometimes boast of American buyers’ genuine appreciation of art.
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Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
United States
O'Toole Released to Testify in Paris Case
New York on June 12 Joseph J OToole who was arrested Monday on the complaint of Charles E Mack ey and at the request of Paris police on a charge of involvement in selling a mythical American mining property in Paris for 5000 dollars has been discharged after agreeing to testify in Paris against Andre Veysett in the alleged swindling operation.
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New York
Joseph J. O’toole
Charles E. Mackey
Paris
Andre Veysett
Birmingham Leaders Indicted in Embezzlement Case
Captain Reuben F. Kolb Henry B. Gray Geo A Buinn Jr and W L Dodd prominent Birmingham citizens indicted and bonded on embezzlement charges involving funds of the defunct Continental Security Redemption Company and Birmingham Debenture Company.
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Birmingham
Ala
Reuben F. Kolb
Henry B. Gray
Geo. A. Buinn, Jr
W. L. Dodd
Continental Security Redemption Company
Birmingham Debenture Company
Baron George von Bleichroder Dies in New York Auto Crash
Killed by an automobile in New York on June 12 Baron George von Bleichroder is reported dead. The baron was noted for his European ties and residence in the city. Officials are investigating the accident and its circumstances.
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New York
Baron George von Bleichroder
Prus
Noted Paris and Berlin figure dies in automopiling accident
A dispatch to the Herald reports that Sia, a well known man in Paris and Berlin, was announced after an automopiling accident. The brief mentions his prominence in both cities and the accident incident.
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Sia
Paris
Berlin
The
Herald
St Louis to Host Next Credit Men’s Convention
Louisville elects Harry J. Trego of Baltimore as president and George F. Pulfer of Detroit as vice president. St Louis wins selection as the next meeting site.
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Louisville
Credit Men's Convention
Harry J. Tregoe
Baltimore
George F. Pulfer
Detroit
St. Louis
Hirsh Lekest Executed for Failed Vilna Governor Plot
Hirsch Lekest, who attempted to assassinate Lieut. Gen. von Wahl, governor of Vilna, was hanged on Tuesday June 10 in St. Petersburg after his May 18 night attack failed.
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St. Petersburg
Hirsch Lekest
von Wahl
Vilna
Imperial Troops Defeat Rebels Before Canton Siege
Chinese imperial forces break rebel siege of Kwei Lin, capital of Kwang Si province, after a campaign around Canton. Rebels driven back as imperial troops advance to quell uprising in the region.
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Canton
China
Kwei- Lin
Kwang- Si
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