Roberts Near Johannesburg as British Push to Crown City
General Roberts nears Johannesburg with a rapid advance described as a decisive movement toward the mining capital. Reports say Generals French and Hamilton fought Boer forces from noon to evening, while simultaneous encirclement and railway disruptions signal a widening British pressure.
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London
Roberts
Johannesburg
French
Ian Hamilton
N. J. Whigham
Lorenzo Marques
Pretoria
Daily Mail
Transvaal
Staats
Steyn
Kruger
United States
Hay
Louis Botha
Laings Nek
Heidelberg
Lydenburg
Zerust
Litchtenburg
Free State
Klip River
Hamilton
Orange Free State
Cape Town
Orange River State
Schley Stays South for Six Months in South Africa
Admiral Schley’s fleet will remain in South African waters for at least six more months. The Navy Department suspended docking requirements for the Chicago Montgomery and Wilmington, avoiding Cape Town or homeport changes despite overdue docking.
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Washington
Admiral Schley
South African
Cape Town
Navy Department
South Atlantic
Chicago
Montgomery
Wilmington
United States
St Louis Strike Turns Violent as Gunfire Wounds Two
In St Louis on May 29 amid a street railway strike, a motorman and conductor fired about 25 shots into a crowd on the Sixth street line at Broadway and Miller, wounding William Breeman in the knee and risking the loss of a leg. Efforts at arbitration show little progress.
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St. Louis
Sixth Street
Broadway
Miller Streets
William Breeman
Cane Belt railroad secures Quintana rights and facilities
Cane Belt railroad closes negotiations for right of way and terminal facilities at Quintana. Agreement covers depot grounds, 2000 feet of riverfront and 100 city lots plus construction of 1000 feet of wharf a roundhouse and machine shops. Road expected to reach Quintana by early next summer. Also reported are a shooting incident injuring Dolly Mitchell and arrests of a motorman and conductor. Rev Dr John Scudder of the Arcot mission dies at 64 in Kodai Kanai India after 39 years with the mission.
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Velasco
Tex
Cane Belt Railroad
Quintana
Cane Belt
New York
John’ Scudder
Dutch Reformed Church
Arcot Mission
India
Kodai
Kanai
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M. H. James
Bryan
John Wittman
Burt Norwood
Bryan, Texas
F. S. Wilcox
Esmapi Republic
General Roberts
Botha
Verma
Ol Companies Combine
Toledo
Producers’ Oil
United States Pipe Line Company
Pure Oil Company
San Antonio
Theodore Vincke
Vincke
McCurtain
Ardmore
I. T
Green McQurtain
Five Civilized Tribes
Alleyton
Burnet
W. D. Yett
Burnett
von Rosenberg, Jr
Travis
Georgetown
Dewey
The
Herald
Kansas City
Central and Western Passenger Associations
Schley
DRY AN Trincery Co
Zoom A. Searcy
Clark’s
East Main Street
D. B. Knox
Exac
A. T. Clarke
Dolly Mitchell
Daad
James Castles Furniture
New Orleans
N. Jametta
Grice & Zimmerman’s
Myers’ Hardware Store
S. W. University
Texas
Industrial and Real Estate Association
Mystic
United Confederate V Veterans
Louisville
Ee National L. Seducational Ass’n
Pigger B. Y. P. A
Cincinnati
Ohio
D. J. Price
Palestine
Paul M. Baylor
James Drug Store
Reedence Phore 131
J. F. Parks
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