British Encamp On North Bank Vaal After Contested Front
British forces push 14 streams to encampment on the Vaal river north bank as Boers retreat except at Mafeking and near the frontier. Lord Roberts may advance 40 50 miles then rest to repair railways while French reportedly moves to intercept. Six thousand four hundred eighty troops sail for South Africa amid reports of Maserat Basutoland etc.
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London
Vaal
Narrontier
Mafeking
Kroonstad
Lord Roberts
Smaldeel
French
Ladybrand
Free State
Kekewich
Kimberley
South Africa
M E Conference Work Leads to Memorials and Decisions
Chicago May 8 reports show the IM.E. conference addressing memorials on amusement clause discipline and church state issues. Delegates consider reports from Central Pennsylvania and Chicago, with actions referred to committees. New York May 8 notes gold export estimates and a joint vote in the state legislature on new defenses and expenditures.
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Chicago
Im.e
H. T. Ames
Central Pennsylvania
W. H. Cardwardine
D. E. Ackerman
Alabama
Mmmittee
Defenses
Peoples Party Convention in Sioux Falls Moves to Tent
Delegates arrive for the Peoples Party convention in Sioux Falls South Dakota with plans shifted from the city auditorium to a large tent seating 8000 to 10000. National Chairman Butler will call the meeting to order Wednesday at 2 pm with Pettigrew or Jov Lee delivering welcome. temporary chair to be named. GovernorsRodgers of Washington could not attend prompting another selection. Party discussions focus on choosing a vice presidential candidate leaning toward Charles A Towne while others push for a populist choice.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
People’s Party
Butler
Pettigrew
Jov
Lee
Gov. Rodgers
Washington
Ilon
Charles A. Towne
Minnesota
Building Collapse Buries Seven In Kansas City
A three story brick building at 1302 Grand Avenue in Kansas City's business district collapsed, burying seven people in the ruins. Jacob Goodman operated a second hand store on the ground floor and Mrs. Mary Sohn ran a boarding house upstairs. Former mayor John W. Moore, aged 70, was severely injured. The structure, condemned months earlier, had been weakened by nearby excavation for a new building.
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Kansas City
Grand Avenue
Jacob Goodman
Mary Sohn
John VW. Moore
Ortiz Case Declines Release From Minnesota Prison
Judge Lochren in St Paul files full opinion denying Rafael Ortiz a Porto Rican convict’s bid for freedom from Minnesota state prison. Ortiz was condemned by a Porto Rico military tribunal for murder of a U S soldier and later commuted to life. Claims lack of military jurisdiction and civil trial were rejected.
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St. Paul, Minn
Lochren
United States Circuit Court
Rafael Ortiz
Minnesota
Oriiz
Porto Rico
United States
Ortiz
Deaths of Soldiers Reported by Gen. MacArthur
Washington May 8 Gen. MacArthur cabled the deaths of soldiers including John C Howard pyaemia. C O Wincke Burton Q Cottrill malaria. Henry J Adams Clayton S Weed typhoid. Victor J Senechend Thos Hill insolation. Thos J Welsh cholecystitis. Thos Osborn variola. James Jackson Brights disease. James R Tyson meningitis. Sergt Wiley J Brickey wounds. Jos E Rhodes perinephritic abscess. Geo W Howe Sisemon E Sexton dysentery. Courtney Smith tuberculosis. Sergt Alexander C Blair killed by unknown parties.
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Washington
Gen. MacArthur
John C. Howard
C. O. Wincke
Burton Q. Cottrill
Henry J. Adams
Clayton S. Weed
Victor J. Senechend
Thos. Hill
Thos. J. Welsh
Thos. Osborn
James Jackson
Mine Disaster Toll Reveals 199 Killed at Scofield
W G Sharp reports to Pleasant Valley Coal Co treasurer on Scofield mine disaster. He cites 199 total deaths, 195 bodies recovered, 7 injured, 103 escaped, 105 widows and 270 orphans. The figures reflect the ongoing recovery and social toll.
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Salt Lake, Utah
W. G. Sharp
Pleasant Valley Coal Co
Scofield
Baltimore Liveball: McGraw and Robinson Open to St. Louis Terms
Baltimore on May 8 reports that McGraw and Robinson the manager and catcher from last year’s Baltimore league team have been released to St. Louis and will likely accept the club’s offered terms.
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Baltimore
McGraw
Robinson
Docks and Oil Works at Constable Hook Destroyed in Fire
Fire at New Jersey Storage Co. tied to Standard Oil works caused about 500000 in damage. Adelphi oil tanker and three barges burned. ship Josephus owned by Arthur Sewall destroyed. Private losses around 100000. Officials cite pilers trucks as source, denying striker arson. Fire response from Brooklyn Jersey City and Staten Island water tugs aided.
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New York
New Jersey Storage Co
Standard Oil Co
Constable Hook
N. J
Oil
Oxford Copper Works
Adelphi
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Staten Island
Josephus
Arthur Sewall
Maine
China
Telegraphic Brevities Report Across Nation
Rain quenches forest fires near Menominee Michigan and most danger passes. Reading stove works strike settled with 250 workers returning. Bartholdt renominated by acclamation in Missouri tenth district. Reading carpenters strike near end as 300 carpenters sign union scale. John C. Baird named U S attorney for Hawaii and Daniel A. Rey U S marshal. Herbert W Bowen receives Persian honor Grand Cordon of the Lion and Sun.
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Missouri
Reading
John C. Baird
Wyoming
United States
Hawaii
Daniel A. Rey
Hallinois
Herbert W. Bowen
Teheran
Persia
Will Go It Alone In Middle-of-the-Road Populists Convention
Cincinnati May 8 Two presidential candidates are discussed for the middle-of-the-road populists in Cincinnati Ignatius Donnelly of Minnesota and Wharton Barker of Pennsylvania. Donnelly is urged as a possible presidential nominee not just a running mate The Omaha declaration of principles is expected to be reaffirmed with added planks. Donnelly rejects fusion with the social labor party and signals preference for the Omaha platform.
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Cincinnati
Ignatius Donnelly
Minnesota
Wharton Barker
Pennsylvania
Deaver
Robinson’s Opera House
Luna E. Kelli
Hartwell, Neb
Dennison
Mr. Donnelly
Bryan
Spain
Omaha
Donnelly
Social Labor Party
Fire at Ware Furniture Co. plant devastates Atlanta area
In Atlanta May 8 a large fire destroyed the Ware Furniture Co. plant just outside the city, burning forty cottages housing workers and suffering injuries to two men. Several hundred thousand feet of hardwood lumber burned. Estimated loss around $200,000 with about half insured.
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Atlanta
Ware Furniture Co
Wm. Dickinson
Thos. Warner
Storms, trials, and war news from early 1900s Indiana to Luzon
Monday’s brief notes report Governor Wm. 8. Taylor visiting Indianapolis, severe Texas storms with damage in San Antonio, and Senate votes on army and fortifications funding. Resignations at American Steel and Wire Co. and wartime moves: Gen. Hunter joins Paget near Warrenton, Lord Roberts advancing to Pretoria, Aguinaldo and Pinar gathering forces in Luzon, MacArthur seeking reinforcements, and a fatal jail-yard execution in St. Louis. The North Eighth street collapse kills two and injuries seven.
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Taylor
Kentucky
Charles Finley
Indianapolis
Ind
Texas
San Antonio
Hunter
Paget
Warrenton
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
James Nettles
St. Louis
Samuel W. Mann
North Eighth Street
Cora Everson
Melvina Nelson
Russia and China tensions in Manchuria report
London reports friction between Russians and Chinese in Manchuria on the railway project. A detachment of 35 Chinese soldiers killed a Russian Cossack captain, leading to pursuit and Chinese officials punished by Beijing. Several Russian engineers have been murdered or mutilated by Chinese brigands.
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London
St. Petersburg
The
Times
Manchuria
Pekin
China
Prize Fight Attraction Offers Paris Bout If Jeffries Wins
New York May 8 report says the Jeffries vs Corbett winner may meet a top American heavyweight in Paris next September. Hippodrome des Toreadors rep Haller is in town and will offer a Paris bout large enough to entice the champion. Brady for Jeffries said if he wins, Sharkey would be sought for a Paris match. Also notes Taylor's arrest for passing counterfeit $20 notes and a US commissioner hearing.
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New York
Jeffries-Corbett
Coney Island
Paris
C. Haller
Hippodrome Des Toreadors
Mr. Haller
W. A. Brady
Jeffries
Sharkey
Democratic committee approves rebuilt Convention Hall plan
Kansas City officials report the sub committee of the national Democratic committee met and approved the reconstruction of Convention Hall after the April 4 fire. They expressed confidence the hall will be ready for the July gathering and were impressed by the progress made.
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Kansas City
Convention
National Democratic Committee
Kansas Citians
Markets Report Cincinnati and Chicago May 7
Cincinnati markets show flour and grain price ranges with spring and winter varieties, No 2 red wheat around 74 1/4 cents, No 2 corn about 48 cents on track, oats 26 cents on track, and varied live stock prices for hogs cattle sheep lambs veal. Chicago quotes wheat No 2 red 72 cents, No 2 winter 65 1/4? cents, No 2 spring around 64 671/4 cents, with No 3 related figures.
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Cincinnati
Memphis Celebrates Dewey Victory With Flower Parade
Memphis Tennessee May 8 crowds filled the streets as the city hailed Dewey and his wife in a grand celebration culminating in a stunning afternoon flower parade. New Orleans May 8 Professor Edwin A Alderman former UNC president accepts Tulane University presidency.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dewey
New Orleans
Edwin A. Alderman
University of North Carolina
South
Tulane
Juniversity
United States Leads World Wheat Output Seemingly Secures Markets
Daniel Cleverton argues that by 1899 the United States surpassed Russia in wheat production and is increasingly supplying Europe and distant markets. He notes Russia’s decline since 1894, U S exports rising to 23.4 percent of world production in 1896, and maps showing global wheat distribution with Africa minimal production. He cites rising exports to Chile Argentina and England with American wheat fetching higher prices.
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UCH
Russia
Europe
East
South America
Siberia
Poland
North Caucasus
Finland
Central Asia
trans-Caucasia
United States
Africa
South Africa
Cape
Colony
Natal
Australia
Chile
Argentina
British Indias
England
Aussie
Lyddite shells questioned amid Boer trench claims
A London Truth writer disputes the lethal impact of lyddite shells in South Africa. He argues air concussion would not mass kill and notes trench losses and Bayonet charges suggest Boer defenses may be more resilient than reported.
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Bays & Writer
London
South Africa
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