Roberts Withholds Pretoria News From the Press
London reports no new Pretoria telegrams beyond Thursday evening. General French's cavalry moved near Irene, while Lord Roberts' position showed him near Johannesburg and advancing from the east. Official messages slow, press telegrams delayed, and Boer bulletins conflict with field reports of a major late effort to halt Roberts.
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London
Pretoria
French
Irene
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Orange Grove
Lorenzo Marquez
Lindley
Elandsfontein
Klipsriverburg
Vereeniging
Bloemfontein
Bankers Resort To Arms In Pretoria Panic
Special cables report chaos in Pretoria after Kruger and Reitz depart Lydenburg. Government functions suspended, treasury notes condemned, and over 1,000,000 gold sovereigns shipped to Lydenburg amid fear of bank raids. Officials’ May salary checks dishonored leaving families without income. A rumor of commandeering gold sparks armed resistance readiness.
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Commercial Tribune
Pretoria
Richard Harding Davis
Delagoa Bay
Kruger
Reitz
Lydenburg
Treasury
Gregorowski
Johannesburg Quiet After British Takeover
Lord Roberts reports Johannesburg is quiet as residents surrender arms and ponies. Commandant Botha of Zoutpansberg and 100 prisoners captured. a Creusot with eleven wagons of supplies seized earlier. Imperial Yeomanry repelled near Kroonstad Lindley. proclamation of Orange Free State annexation announced at Bloemfontein with royal salute.
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Roberts
Johdiffesburg
London
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Roberts
Orange Grove
Johannesburg
Botha
Zoutpansberg
Orange Free State
Bloemfontein
Pretyman
Kelly Kenny
Orange River Colony
High Stakes Forecast in Transvaal Crisis
From Pretoria May 30 a senior official warned that the next two days would decide Transvaal fate. Either the region would be defeated losing independence or the British army would suffer a major disaster. A false report of Kaffir tribal fights caused alarm in Warberg district.
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Commercial Tribune
Pretoria
Republic
Lydenburg
Transvaal
Makgpan
Warberg
Reitz predicts long British garrison in Transvaal
Berlin June 3 Dr Reitz Transvaal State Secretary tells the Cologne Gazette that England will need a permanent 50 000 man garrison in the Transvaal and that rebellion may be expected for centuries He adds many Boers may trek to German South Africa.
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Berlin
Reitz
Transvaal
Cologne
England
German South Africa
Boers Likely to Fight Guerrilla War a Year, Says Montague White
Montague White former United States Consul at Pretoria in Chicago predicts Boers will either defend Pretoria and retreat to mountains or abandon the capital and retreat to the mountains. He says guerrilla warfare seems their likely continuation given political constraints and English opposition from Salisbury.
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Montague White
Chicago
Transvaal
Pretoria
United States
Boers Demand Independence and Resist Suzerain Authority
Mr White argues the mountain warfare offers a year of resistance and outlines terms for independence. He asserts Boers would surrender dynamite monopoly, franchise, liberal education and language, and would disarm to some extent but reject suzerainty.
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England
White
Didnt Sell Blood Sister of Reynolds Faces Scandal
In New York on June 3, Joseph A Reynolds claimed he would sell blood to feed his ailing wife but none applied. Neighbors and passersby gathered, chanting Yankee blood for pay as envelopes flooded the box. Reynolds cited a famous sister Marie Allen and displayed an iodoform gun as a relic.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Joseph A. Reynolds
O'Rourke
Bellevue Hospital
Reynolds
Russell Sage
Marie Allen
Charlie Bigelow
Manhattan
Anna Held
Bigelow
Marie
Paris
Counterfeiter Confesses On Deathbed In Missouri
Sweet Springs Missouri June 3 H H Massey on his death bed due to cancer of the face has turned over his counterfeit outfit to authorities and disclosed details of the operation from his sickbed.
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H. H. Hassey
Sweet Springs
H. H. Massey
Congress Ends Busy First Session Fifty-sixth
Washington June 3 The Fifty-sixth Congress closes a six month term marked by broad work on territorial policy gold standards and national projects The Senate and House advanced treaties naval bills antitrust measures and a Nicaraguan Canal bill while investigations into Cuba Brigham Roberts and Polygamy drew attention The fiscal act sets a 150 million treasury reserve and total appropriations run near seven billion dollars
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Washington
Spain
Philippines
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
House
Senate
Congress
Brigham H. Roberts
Quay
Pennsylvania
Clark
Montana
Cour d'Alene
Idaho
Roberts
Great Britain
Germany
Samoa
United States
Tutuila
Pago Pago
France
British West Indian Islands
Chicago Police Chief Warns Public of Criminal Tricks
Joseph Ripley publishes a newspaper warning Chicago residents about common con schemes and deceptive tactics used by criminals. He urges vigilance and informs readers how to spot fraud and protect themselves.
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Joseph Ripley
Appropriation Bills Dominate House Action This Week
Washington reports say conference results on appropriation and related bills will occupy the House’s closing days. The Great oleomargarine bill remains the main issue with threats to delay adjournment unless the measure is voted. A potential plan may allow an hour for the oleomargarine bill on Tuesday if a two thirds vote can be secured.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tawney
St. Louis Exposition
Miles- Corbin
Counterfeiter Reveals Fourteen Years of Forgery Enterprise
The man tells his attendant he creates a full silver counterfeiting outfit and halves of his own coins. He claims fourteen years of spurious coinage and says most of it has circulated away from home. Several pieces are in circulation locally, though he says he passed only enough to cover his necessary expenses while destitute. He asserts his workmanship is good and readily passed as real money.
Holyoke School Board Encourages Marital Progress Among Principals
Confidential talks with unmarried principals lead to engagements and marriages. In two Holyoke school buildings there were bachelor leaders, with a third man recently out of college. The committee praised conduct and indicated policy favors matrimonial commitments.
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Commercial Tribune
Holyoke
Mass
Carmody
Puerto Rico and Hawaii Legislation Shapes United States Territories
A historical overview details acts creating a civil government for Puerto Rico and a territorial government for Hawaii. It covers revenue measures, constitutional questions, and the balance between local autonomy and federal oversight, noting debates in both houses and the President's role in admissions and governance.
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Puerto Rico
Congress
Ways and Means
McCall
Massachusetts
United States
House
Senate
Hawaii
Territories
Senate expected to adjourn next Wednesday
Washington June 3 There is little doubt the Senate will agree to the House resolution to adjourn the session next Wednesday After passage of the last appropriation bills the remaining differences are expected to be settled and business closed by the adjournment Leaders from all parties favor ending the session with early daily sittings and late adjournments The final days will focus on conference reports and speeches on political topics with about six senators seeking speaking slots.
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House
Senate
Philippines
Congress
Grand Army of the Republic
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Sabbath Observance Meeting In Cedarville
In Cedarville Ohio on June 3 the Reformed Presbyterian Synod held a Sabbath observance meeting. Town pulpits were filled as ministers addressed the gathering led by C D Trumble F H Atchison J W Sproull W M George S J Crow and D C Coulter. Rev J M Foster of Boston preached the evening union service.
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Commercial Tribune
Cedarville
Reformed Presbyterian Synod
C. D. Trumble
F. H. Atchison
J. W. Sproull
W. M. George
J. Crow
National Civic Federation forms Advisory Council
Chicago June 3 The Advisory Council of the National Civic Federation is organized with Franklin H. Head as Chairman and R. M. Easley as Secretary. The plan includes an Executive Board of thirty and a national body of five hundred. members include notable figures across business, academia, religion, and labor. The organization aims to study national issues and promote informed public sentiment and legislation.
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Chicago
National Civic Federation
United States
Franklin H. Head
R. M. Easley
Machinists Demand Shorter Hours in Philadelphia
Philadelphia union machinists voted to press employers on Labor Day for a nine hour day with a minimum wage of 28 cents per hour. If unmet, a strike is planned. About six thousand machinists exist in the city with half organized. eight firms employing a thousand workers have agreed to the demands.
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Philadelphia
Engineer Killed in Burlington Rear-End Collision
Alliance Neb June 3 A disastrous rear end collision on the Burlington three miles west of Alliance killed Engineer Hunting instantly and badly injured Fireman Johnson and Brakeman Ellis. Freight Train No 30 ran in two sections with the second crashing into the first amid heavy property loss.
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Burlington
Alliance
Neb
Here
Hunting
Johnson
Ellis
Old Delegates Invited to 1900 Republican Convention
Senator Hanna endorses invitations to surviving delegates from the 1856 Pittsburg and Philadelphia conventions. Fourteen delegates are named with birth years and residences, including Bryant of Princeton and Upson of Akron. The piece notes historic 1856 events and that the 1900 gathering will be in Philadelphia, forty four years later.
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Hanna
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Washington
William Paul Weyand
Thaepiden
Republican National Committee
John Howard Bryant
Princeton
Ill
W. Penny Clark
Washington, D. C
Sidney Edgerton
Akronso
Allen Craig
Corry
Charles G. Davis
Plymouth
S.H. McCalmont
Franklin
George H. Frey
Springfield
Rush R. Sloan
Sandusky
Raeliffe Brinkerhoff
Mansfield
Jacob Weyand
Beaver
William A. Cook
William S. Lane
William H. Upson
Akron
R. M. Stimpson
Marietta
Fratricide Charged After Brother Vanishes and Body Is Found
In Columbia, Perry Gibson disappeared from his Darlington home and his brother Jule Gibson confessed to killing him Thursday. Jule buried the body in a distant cotton field after hauling it in a cart, leading to his arrest when the grave was discovered.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbia
D. C
Perry Gibson
Darlington
Jule
Jule Gibson
Thursday
Monon Machinist Killed By Backing Engine
Monon chief machinist Joseph Miers, 61, was run over and killed in Lafayette Ind today by a backing switch engine. He was somewhat deaf and did not hear the approaching locomotive. He leaves a family.
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Commercial Tribune
Lafayette
Ind
Joseph Miers
Monon
Drunken Row Ends in Double Killing in Kansas
In Atchison Kansas W D Rancer a quarryman shot and killed James Burgett and Carl Cathout laborers after a drunken quarrel over a strike. Rancer fired buckshot from a shotgun injuring both men whose faces were torn by the blast. He fled to his home shaved his mustache and was later captured and jailed.
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Atchison, Kan
W. D. Rancer
James Burgett
Carl T. Cathout
Rancer
Burgett
Cathout
Despondent Couple Die By Poison In Edgewater
The bodies of John R. Halden and his wife were found under a tree in Edgewater. They died by swallowing carbolic acid after running a small grocery and bakery at 153 North Center avenue. Financial troubles were noted as a likely motive.
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Chicago
John R. Halden
Edgewater
Halden
North Center Avenue
Saloon Keeper Shoots Wife Then Self in Jealous Tragedy
In Peoria NL Otto Schuster shot his wife through the chest and in the head then killed himself. Mrs Schuster is hospital bound and not expected to recover while the husband is jailed. Jealousy is given as the motive.
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Peoria
Otto Schuster
Riot Strikes in St Louis Toll Boy and Explosive Damage
A small scale riot amid a transit strike in St Louis led to the fatal wounding of Peter Frank, sixteen, from a stray bullet as a car window was fired upon. A dynamite blast later damaged Olive street line conduits but caused no injuries. police and deputies increase guard duty at power houses and car sheds with 90 officers on active duty amid subpoenas and patrols.
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ST. Louis
Tower Grove
Twelfth
Calhoun
Peter Frank
Young Frank
Olive Street
Maryland
Boyle Avenues
Belmer Avenue
Page Avenue
Spalding Avenue
Compton Heights
Chouteau Avenue
California Avenue
Grand Avenue
Easton ’ Avenue
Cass Avenue
Broadway
Fourth Street
Sixth Street
Northern
Central
Union Lines
Sheriff's Pohlman's Posse Comitatus
Pohlman
Gw. G. M
Hawes
Police Board
Bloodshed in Foreign Strike at Chalon sur Saone
In Chalon sur Saone France the strike escalated with rioters attacking gendarmes and cavalry as night fell street lamps were put out and missiles flew. Police fired killing one rioter and wounding twenty with fifteen gendarmes and two cavalrymen injured as reinforcements restored order.
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Chalon-Sur-Saone
France
Gomez Returns to Havana for Cuban Independence Drive
General Maximo Gomez is due in Havana and welcomed by Nationalist and Republican factions. Rumors say he seeks Cuba Libre backing and a plebiscite with a potential United States Senator among financiers offering up to 500000.
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Havana
Maximo Gomez
Gomez
Santo Domingo
Cuba
United States
Deutschland Runs Aground In Oder River
The German steamer Deutschland is aground in the Oder river. Warships Odin and Aegir and the salvage steamer Seeadler have gone to its aid.
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Deutschland
Commercial Tribune
Kyel
Oder
Odin
Aegir
Seeadler
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South Bend
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