Pretoria Falls as Boers Abandon City
London reports Lord Roberts confirms Pretoria fell to British forces after intense fighting. Ian Hamilton's mounted infantry followed retreating Boers to 2000 yards from the town, flag of truce offered surrender terms, and the town is to be taken possession at 2 pm. Mrs. Botha and Mrs. Kruger are in Pretoria. Several British officers remain prisoners at Waterval.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Ian Hamilton
Delisle
South African Republic
Sandberg
Botha
Royal toast at Balmoral and Roberts victory news
Queen Victoria, amid court notables at Balmoral, drank to the health of Lord Roberts and the army. A large bonfire lit on Craiggown mountain illuminated the countryside as Britain rejoices over Roberts victory. Reports state the Yeomanry battalion lost numbered 400 to 500. General Botha and most men escaped Pretoria. Baden Powell linked with Hunter at Lichtenburg. President Kruger allegedly carried £2,000,000 to Middleburg. American reporters Burleigh and Scull toured Johannesburg after Roberts seized the city.
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Balmoral
London
Queen Victoria
Lord Roberts
Craiggown Mountain
Botha
Pretoria
Jubilation In London After Pretoria Fall
London celebrates Englands victory with scenes echoing Mafeking relief. Crowds roar in city streets long after midnight with horn toots, peacock feathers, and ecstatic cheering as revelers kiss and push each other amid drunken chaos and noisy barrooms trying to sing God Save the Queen.
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London
England
Pretoria
Mafeking
Baden-Powell
Kruger
Queen
Disaster to Thirteenth Imperial Yeomanry Report
Dispatch from Lord Roberts dated Pretoria June 5 reports the Thirteenth Imperial Yeomanry surrendering May 31 near Lindley to a superior Boer force. Methuen moved to assist but arrived too late to save Colonel Spragge’s yeomanry as the Boers attacked.
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Imperial Yeomanry
London
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Lindley
Methuen
Spragge
Stout Dying as Iowa’s Richest Man Nearing Death
A. L. Stout of Knapp Stout lumber reports dying at 86 in DuyssyveE Iowa. Other brief items note Andy Payne held in $1000 bonds after preliminary examination for assault in Castana, a severe storm at Clear Lake that wrecked Willow creek bridges with crop damage, and 17 year old Charlie Irwin killed by a runaway horse in Anamosa.
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A. L. Stout
Duyssyvee
H. L. Stout
Iowa
Knapp & Stout
Clear Lake
Willow Creek
Anamosa
Charlie Irwin
Local Bigamy Arrest Sends Lincoln Suspect to Jail
Sheriff Norris arrives with W N Gorn after a Wednesday Lincoln Nebraska arrest on bigamy charges. In default of bonds the defendant is jailed awaiting next term court action.
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Biramise
Coruina
Norris
W. N. Gorn
Lincoln
Neb
Keane to Succeed Hennessy as Dubuque Archbishop
A Rome correspondent reports Archbishop Keane, former rector of the Catholic University of Washington, appointed to succeed the late John Hennessy as archbishop of Dubuque. The papal bull creating Keane archbishop has been sent for acceptance or rejection.
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Keane
Hennessy
Rome
Catholic University At
Washington
John Hennessy
Dubuque
Granger Divorce Suit Ends Without Divorce
Des Moines June 1 Judge Bishop refused to grant a divorce to H T Granger. He found Granger entirely to blame for pre reconciliation domestic troubles and noted post reconciliation issues suggest both were in error. The Grangers are prominent and regarded the case as a sensation.
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Granger
Des Moines
Bishop
H. T. Granger
Grangers
Building and Loan Hearing Scheduled for Next Week
Des Moines reports a general building and loan hearing planned before the state executive council. An informal session decided to hear building and loan interests next Tuesday and Wednesday if Attorney General Remley can attend. The aim is to explain changes needed in articles under the new law taking effect in July. Governor Shaw Returns Home from Chicago to a Busy Schedule. He will attend commencements at Carroll, Marble Rock, Ogden, Iowa City, Williamsburg, Central City, Mechanicsville, and Cornell College through mid June.
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Roosevelt
Beveridge
Sperak
Des Moines
Weaver
Republican State Central Committee
Washington
Iowa
Spooner
State Executive Council
Remley
Shaw
Chicago
Carroll High School
Marble Rock High School
Farmers’ Institute
Ogden
Iowa City
Williamsburg High School
Central City
Mechanicsville
Cornell College
Station agent curses nation as Salix crowd roars
Station Agent C E Schmidt of the Sioux City and Pacific road narrowly escaped a mob at Salix during the Memorial day parade. He shouted a hostile slogan and after a chase he surrendered at the post office where he apologized publicly and begged forgiveness. Tar and feathers talk arose but was dropped as heads cooled.
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America
Sioux Orry
C. E. Schmidt
Sioux City and
Pacific Road
Salix
Senate turmoil over Pettigrew Cramp charge shocks chamber
In Washington a partisan Senate debate centers on Pettigrew's claim that shipbuilder Cramp gave 400,000 to the Republican fund in 1892 with contracts promised in return. Hanna and Carter deny the charge, Pettigrew asserts Cramp confirmed it, and Hanna questions Pettigrew's sanity as the day focuses on conference reports and business before adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
Hanna
Pettigrew
Carter
Bacon
Cramp
Philadelphia
Republican Campaign Fund
Republican National Committee
House in turmoil as ballots crowd galleries in Washington
The house faced dissolution as partisan clashes intensified amid presidential campaign tensions. Hull, Lentz, Grosvenor, and Gaines clashed while galleries filled with spectators and women in finery watched the night session, conferees pressed through supply and private bills, and lawmakers braced for an all night finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull and Lentz
Washington
Hull
Lentz
Grosvenor
Gaines
Turn Tables on Robber and Colorado Sheepmen Chase
In Strerine Colorado on June 6 two men robbed the King and Southgate sheep camp three miles northeast of town. They bound the owners and two employees. The sheepherders freed themselves with help from a neighbor, overpowered the robbers, killed one, wounded another, and captured the second assailant who claimed to be William Harris and William Read from Tennessee. James Lynch was wounded in the hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Strerine
Colo
King & Southgate
Here
William Harris
William Read
Tennessee
James Lynch
South Dakota Democrats Converge in Chamberlain for Delegates
Nearly all delegates to the Democratic state convention arrive in Chamberlain for the session to elect eight delegates to Kansas City. Five candidates compete for the national committee post as F M Ziebach of Yankton serves as temporary chairman for the meeting.
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South Dakota
Chamberlain
S. D
Kansas City
F. M. Ziebach
Yankton
Miners to Resume Work After Big Four Accord
Kansas City June 6. Seven of the mine owners in the Big Four group have accepted United Mine Workers terms, triggering a return of about 1,000 miners to work within a few days at Pittsburg Kansas.
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Kansas
Kansas City
United Mine Workers
Pittsburg
Kan
Penalty for Betting on Fights Passed in City
San Francisco officials enact an ordinance making betting on prize fights a misdemeanor. Violators face fines up to 500 dollars or up to six months imprisonment.
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San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Rev. W. W. Harsha Dies After Railway Fall
Rev. W. W. Harsha of Omaha died after a fall from a Missouri Pacific train at Kirkwood near St. Louis last night. His body will be sent to Omaha by relatives for burial.
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W. W. Harsha
St. Louis
Omaha
Missouri Pacific Railway
Kirkwood
Missouri Democrats face credentials wrangle at convention
Kansas City June 6 A protracted credentials dispute blocks Missouri state Democratic convention as ten St. Louis and three Kansas City delegations contest seats. Antimachine faction expected to win most seats. The body may endorse Bryan and reaffirm 1896 platform while efforts to block W J Stone from national posts surface.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Bryan
W. J. Stone
Senator Vest
Democratic State Convention Delegates and Platform
New York June 6. The Democratic state convention elected delegates-at-large David B. Hill Richard Croker Ed R. Murphy and Augustus Van Wyck to the national convention. The platform backs the Kansas City creed, opposes war taxes in peace, favors gold and silver parity and tariff abolition with Porto Rico, denounces trusts and entangling alliances, seeks liberal pensions and popular senatorial elections, and supports W. J. Bryan. The meeting, led by Hill, was expected stormy but concluded quietly.
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Braskan
New York
David B. Hill
Richard Croker
Ed R. Murphy
Augustus van Wyck
Chicago
Kansas City
Porto Rico
United States
W. J. Bryan
Hill
Republicans Win In Oregon Election Returns Lead
Port land June 6 Complete returns from 22 counties show Republicans carry the head of the ticket with a large plurality. Wolverton Republican for supreme court leads by 7 951. Tongue Republican wins First district congress by 2 421. Moody Republican wins Second district congress by 5 550. Republicans will control both state houses with a 22 vote joint majority. Woman suffrage amendment defeated.
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Oregon
Portland
Wolverton
Justice of the Supreme Court
Tongue
Moody
Congress
Rosewater Contempt Hearing in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard E. Rosewater on contempt charges yesterday with Rosewater appearing for himself. A decision is expected to be announced tomorrow.
Yesterday's Baseball Results Across Cities
Omaha defeated Des Moines 6 to 4. Denver beat Joseph 6 to 4. Sioux City fell to Pueblo 6 to 4. Philadelphia topped Pittsburg and Brooklyn 6 to 6. New York crushed Cincinnati 8 to 1 and Boston topped St. Louis 14 to 11. Chicago blanked Cleveland 1, while Minneapolis beat Indianapolis 12 to 2 and Detroit routed Milwaukee 38 to 2.
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Omaha
Des Moines
Joseph
Denver
Sioux City
Pueblo
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Boston
St. Louis
Kansas City
Buffalo
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Detroit
Games Today in Western and National Leagues
Western League matchups include Des Moines at Omaha Denver at St Joseph Pueblo at Sioux City in action. National League games feature Pittsburg at Philadelphia Chicago at Brooklyn Cincinnati at New York St Louis at Boston. American League games have Buffalo at Kansas City Cleveland at Chicago Detroit at Milwaukee Indianapolis at Minneapolis.
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Des Moines
Omaha
Denver
St. Joseph
Pueblo
Sioux City
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Chicago
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New York
St. Louis
Boston
Buffalo
Kansas City
Cleveland
Detroit
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Corn Bulls Aggressive Boost Prices in Wheat Dull Market
Corn led the Chicago Board of Trade today with strong demand and a firm close at July 4. Wheat remained dull but firm on drought theories and corn support, with oats up a shade and provisions higher. Closing prices show July wheat 7 1/8, July corn 38 1/4, July oats 21 1/4, and pork around 11.82 to 11.85 with lard and rib values also up. Cash quotes list No. 2 red wheat around 69 3/4 to 70 3/4, No. 2 spring wheat 65 3/4 to 66 1/4, No. 2 cash corn 88 1/4 to 89 1/4, No. 2 cash oats 22 1/4 to 24 1/4.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Chisago Live Stock Markets Report June 5
Cattle receipts at Chisago total 8000 with mixed to good quality prices from cattle to cows up to 5.65 for prime steers and calves reaching 7.75. Hog receipts hit 23000 with mixed prices from 4.05 to 5.20 for heavy and butchery ranges. Sheep receipts 8000 with lambs strong up to 6.70 and wethers around 5.40 for good to choice stock.
Kansas City Live Stock Market Reports June 6
Cattle receipts 6 600 brisk with heavy native steers 4.55 5.35 stockers 4.00 5.00 butchers cows 3.80 4.90 canners 2.75 8.30 fed westerns 4.45 Texans 3.60 4.80 Hoge receipts 18 200 active strong 5 10c higher heavy 4.95 5.05 mixed 4.85 6.00 light 4.76 5.00 pigs 4.50 44.75 Sheep receipts 1 200 desirable grades active strong spring lambs 6.85 7.40 clipped yearlings 5.60 5.85 clipped muttons 4.50 5.25 Texas grassers 4.10 5.00 feeders 8.50 4.50 culls 2.50 38 50
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Chisago
ChicaGco
Texas Fed
Texas Bulls
Kansas City
Kansas
Texas
Cattle and Hog Receipts Rise at Omaha Market
South Omaha cattle receipts reach about 8 000 as native beef steers sell from 4.10 to 6.40, cows and heifers 4.75 to 8.75, stockers 8.50 to 5.10, calves 3.50 to 7.00, bulls and stags 4.80. Hog receipts 10 200 with heavy hogs 4.00 to 5.00 and pigs 4.50 to 4.80, bulk 4.0 to 4.92. Sheep receipts 1 400 with yearlings 5.00 to 5.60 and wethers 4.50 to 5.15.
Boxers Approach Tien Tsin Three Miles Away
The Boxers are within three miles of Tien Tsin as of June 6, with British and other allied forces defending. Admiral Kempff reports landed reinforcements of 50 seamen to augment marines at the Taku forts, while evidence points to rising alarm and near-total mobilization in the region.
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Tien Tsin
Norman
WasHington
Secretary of the Navy
Kempff
United States
Newark
Taku Forts
Pei Ho River
Taku
Navy Department
London
Shanghai
Daily Mail
Higgs
Sixteenth Lancers
Tien Tsing
Boxers Tension Rising Amid Empress Order
The China Gazette reports the dowager empress orders the tsung li yamen to confront Europe rather than curb the Boxer movement. A viceroy order directs troops to block further foreign warship landings and to keep reinforcements from Pekin. Bern notes alarming Boxer updates with officials warning of dangers and a possible German Russian clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China Gazette
Pekin
Bern
Strikes at St Louis Transit Halt Talks Demand Harsh Terms
Negotiations between strikers and the St Louis Transit Company stall with a likely pause unless the union drops demands to discharge current workers. Assaults on passengers persist as William Sander of Tilsit and William Daneke of Houck report brutal beating on a transit car. John Krenhall from Mexico suffers severe scalp wounds and internal injuries in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Krenhall
Mexico
Coal Combine Sued for Damages in First Antitrust Case
Kansas City June 6 A jury in the United States circuit court found the Kansas City Coal Dilers club guilty and awarded Samuel Hartman 390 damages plus 500 in attorneys fees declaring the coal club a coal combine that damaged Hartman a coal dealer This marks the first damages suit under the 1890 antitrust law moors Preparing to Attack French Reports from Algiers describe thousands of Moors massing near Figuig as heat and thirst take toll on French columns with camels dying French fortify positions and anticipate either defense or an offensive move if needed
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Coal Cambine
Kansas City
United States Circuit
Coal Dilers’ Club
Samuel Hartman
Coal Club
Combine
Hartman
London
Algiers
Figuig
Zoubia
Missionary murdered as Boxers rise in Yong Ching
Pekin correspondent reports missionary Norman of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel was cruelly killed at Yong Ching on June 6. The murder appears linked to Boxer unrest and a late secret edict forbidding soldiers to fire on Boxers. Americans capture forty insurgents on Tablas after landings from Romblom.
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London
Pekin
the Times
Norman
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
Yong Ching
Manina
Johnson
Twentyninth Infantry
Romblom
Tablas
Russian Troops Ordered to Pekin Dispatch
Shanghai dispatch says Russian forces moved from Port Arthur toward Pekin to punish Boxers after two Cossacks were killed and two wounded. The report appears in the Daily Express dated Tuesday.
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Pekin
London
The
Daily Express
Shanghai
Port Arthur
Hodgsons in Dire Straits Report From Accra
A Daily Mail dispatch from Accra says Sir Frederick Hodgson governor of the Gold Coast Colony may have fled Kumassi where he had been besieged. Rumors place him in difficult straits as Irish yeomanry reportedly fight free but capture looms.
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Hodgsons
Dire Straits
London
The
Daily Mail
Accra
Frederick Mitchell Hodgsons
Gold Coast
Kumassie
Great Straits
Federation of Women's Clubs opens fifth biennial convention
At Milwaukee 2000 women gathered for the fifth biennial convention with Mrs Lowe delivering the opening address. The Massachusetts delegation pressed to restore colored delegate Mrs Josephine Ruffin while Utah offered support. Ruffin refused credentials from white organizations and planned to sit with Massachusetts without voice. The opening drew crowded attendance and heightened color-debate within the federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukees Bar
Colored Sister
Milwaukee
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Lowe
Massachusetts
Josephine Ruffin
Board of
National Federation
Sarah Platt Decker
Denver
Charles Morris
Berlin
Wis
James Windsor
Des Moines
Iowa
Utah
Ovation at Chicago for South African peace envoys
A large Chicago audience welcomed three South African peace envoys at the Auditorium. An admission fee raised $5,000 for Boers widows and orphans. Judge E F Dunne presided as C H Fischer received a blazing ovation. ex Governor Altgeld urged continued liberty and potential U S intervention. Fischer and Wessels depart for St Paul, then Omaha, Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jane
E. F. Dunne
C. H. Fischer
Orange Free State
Fischer
America
John P. Altgeld
United States
Messrs. Fischer
Wessels
St. Paul
Omaha
Davenport
W. L. Stark Nominated by Three Conventions
In Overr Neb on June 6 the Democratic Populist and Free Silver Republican congres sional conventions all nominated W L Stark. Each group named officers with George P Marvine of Gage as chair and each secretary listed: Democratic E O Ketzinger of Gage, Populist Fred A Allen of Butler, Free Silver Republican General Delevan Bates of Gage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Stark
Overr
Neb
George P. Marvine
Gage
George BE. Dean
Saline
E. O. Ketzinger
Fred A. Allen
Butler
Delevan Bates
F. J. Briss
Thayer
Telegraphic Briefs from Senate and World News
The senate confirmed Brigadier General E. 8 Otis for major general. Count Leo Tolstoi writes a new work on railway laborers titled New Slavery. Arbuckle Bros raised coffee prices half a cent per pound. Senate rejected W D Bynum as general appraiser at New York port by a tie. At Grandent penitentiary four murderers killed overseer Faust and fled. two captured. Cottage City brings news of Bryan convention at Juneau. Ghent clash between police and strikers. one killed, three wounded. Chinese Six Companies seek injunction against Chinatown quarantine in San Francisco. St Louis strike prompts 500 citizens to urge militia protection of sites.
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Senate
Otis
Leo Tolstoi
Arbuckle Bros
W.D. Bynum
Port of
New York
Grandent
Faust
Cottage City
Seattle
Juneau
Bryan
Ghent
Board of Health of
San Francisco
Chinatown
St. Louis
Stephens
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Nebraska
Smoky Hollow Company
Avery and Hagues
Jackson
Fort Dodge
Fort Dongs
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South Omaha
China
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