British Stoppe d Huttons Forces in Skirmish Near Winburg
London May 10 Gen Hustons Mounted infantry brigade with Canadians and Gen Frenchs cavalry pressed along the railway northward after crossing the Zand river. Hutton repelled Boers who opened fire with eight to ten guns and recaptured the river crossing. Boers retreated during the night, British advance continuing beyond Winburg.
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London
Huston
Hutton
Lord Roberts
Smaldeel
Hamilton
Broadwood
Bruce Hamilton
Winburg
Mafeking
Muay
Baden-Powell
Transvaal Volksraad
Kruger
Transvaal
Great Britain
Republic
Pretoria
Adelbert Hay
United States
England
German Reich approves funds for Cameroons and Samoa
The budget committee of the Reichstag allocated 865,000 marks for additional troops in the Cameroons and 252,000 marks for German Samoa. Gov. von Puttkamer confirms the French victory over Chief Rabah and states tribal revolt in Cameroon has been subdued to prevent further devastation.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Cameroons
Samoa
von Puttkamer
Rabah
Cameroon
von Puitkamer
Contested House Election in Ninth North Carolina District
In Washington on May 10 the house reviewed Pearson versus Crawford. The majority report held Pearson’s victory tainted by fraud intimidation bribery and bloodshed, while the minority rejected these claims. Debate remained along party lines.
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Washington
House
Pearson Vs. Crawford
North Carolina
Pearson
Rumor says Kumassi fallen and Akims join insurgents
Reports from Accra on May 10 claim Kumassi may have fallen and suggest Akims, Kwahus, and Kapanzas are secretly aligning with insurgents. Wireless lines are down to Prahsu, hindering verification.
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Accra
Gold Coast
Kumassi
Prahsu
Lanse Statue of Longfellow Senate Spotlight
A damaged fragment notes a May event in Washington involving a statue honoring Longfellow. The senate context suggests official proceedings or unveiling discussions in the capital.
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Longfellow
Peoples Party Convention Opens With Enthusiastic Sioux Falls Attendance
The Sioux Falls People's Party convention seats about 500 delegates with 600 to 800 alternates and visitors. After resolving credentials and organization, Hon. Thomas Patterson of Colorado was elected permanent chairman by acclamation, with J H Curran Leo Vincent and Wm M Deisher named permanent secretaries. A five member sub committee was formed to plan order of business.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
People’s Party
51St Iowa Regiment
Thomas Patterson
Colorado
J. H. Curran
Kansas
Leo Vincent
Wm. M. Deisher
Pennsylvania
Patterson
James A. Weaver
Iowa
Marion lLutler
North Carolina
Pettigrew
Populist convention in Cincinnati adjourns after votes and reorganizing
The Cincinnati populist convention opened with ex congressman M W Howard as temporary chairman and J C Allen and B Richardson named temporary secretaries. Delegates were chosen by referendum amid proxy disputes. Kansas voting rights were adjusted and the body adjourned after committee reports on permanent officers and credentials, with Waite Peek named for leadership roles.
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Cincinnati
M. W. Howard
Alabama
J. C. Allen
Oklahoma
Far] Richardson
Illinois
Kansas
Committee On Permanent Organization
Col. W. L. Peek
Georgia
W. H. Waite
Colorado
Illinois Republicans Nominate Ticket for State Offices
Peoria May 10 The Republican state convention names Richard Yates for governor with W A Northcott as lieutenant governor James A Rose for secretary of state James S McCullough auditor M O Williams treasurer and H J Hamlin attorney general Trustees of the University of Illinois named S A Bullard Alex McLean and Carrie Theems Alexander Richard Yates Jr son of the famous war governor is 39 born in Jacksonville and previously served as Jacksonville city attorney and ran for congressman at large in 1892.
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Peoria, Tit
Richard Yates
Jacksonville
W. A. Northcott
Greenville
James A. Rose
Pope County
James S. McCullough
Champaign
M. 0. Williams
Galesburg
H. J. Hamlin
Shelby County
University of Illinois
S. A. Bullard
Springfield
Alex. McLean
McDonough County
Carrie Theems Alexander
Belleville
Dick” Yates
Ilinois
Morgan County
Kentucky Visitor Calls on War Department Official
W S Taylor of Kentucky met with Assistant Secretary Meikeljohn at the war department in Washington. The meeting sparked speculation, but Meikeljohn downplayed significance, noting Taylor is an intimate friend who had just returned to the city and visited him.
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Washington
W. S. Taylor
Kentucky
War Department
Meikeljohn
Colombian Revolution Extends Beyond Original Limits
Washington May 10. Reports from the Colombian conflict indicate the revolution has spread beyond its initial area and now poses a serious menace to the very existence of the present government as cable reports fail to reach.
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Washington
Colombia
Kneeling Debate and Bishops’ District Residency Question
Chicago May 10 Delegates at the general conference discuss kneeling in prayer with some urging adherence to ancient custom while others cite pew space as a constraint The movement to restrict bishops to their districts gains momentum and promises to make them diocesan officers The committee on episcopacy delays recommendations and awaits reports on non effective bishops including Merrill and Andrews before Monday elections
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Chicago
Wesley
Tindall
Nebraska
McCabe
Committee On Episcopacy
Board of Bishops
United States
Episcopal
Committee On
Dewey Visits Nashville Amid Parade and Dinner
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey arrived in Nashville on May 10 to a cannon salvo and crowd-filled streets. They were greeted at Union Station by the governor and escorted by a Tennessee guard from the Philippines era. They dined at the Maxwell later that evening with state officials and chamber of commerce members.
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Nashville
Tenn
Adm
Tennessee Volunteers
Thatewey
Philippines
Funeral of Munkaczy Painter in Buda Pest Attended by Dignitaries
The funeral of Munkaczy the noted painter who died in Bonn on May 1 was held in Buda Pest on Wednesday. Military officials deputies cabinet ministers and art club members attended. Bishop Dessewffy officiated and the minister of public instruction gave an oration.
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Buda Pest
Munkaczy
Bonn
Dessewffy
Mayor Calls Calm Amid Vesuvius Cone Breach
In Torre del Greco at Vesuvius base the mayor urges calm as a new opening in the cone vents sulfur smoke. The principal guide house and upper cable railway depot are reported destroyed in the eruption. Meanwhile a Milwaukee steamer tale arrives with Boer prisoners from Cape Town via St Helena.
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Naples
Torre del Greco
Vesuvius
Guides
New Orleans
Halifax
Milwaukee
St. Helena
Cape Town
Neely in Muncie on embezzlement charge
Charles F. W. Neely, accused of embezzling Cuban funds, remains at home in Muncie for three days before a preliminary hearing in Washington. A Cuban postal service cable reached Ross C. Cowan, Neelys successor, asking his return to Cuba. Neely plans to travel after the next boat, with reports about large cash or diamond rings denied by officials.
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Muncie
Ind
Charles F. W. Neely
Washington
Maj. Rathbone
Cuban Postal Service
Neely
Ross C. Cowan
Cuba
Cowan
Los Angeles
Wage scale changes anticipated at Amalgamated convention
Indianapolis May 10 Many important changes are planned in the wage scale of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers as the 25th annual convention assembles next Tuesday. The wage committee meets Thursday to prepare a report. proposals include a 20 percent advance in tin plate, a 10 percent rise for tonnage and day hands in sheet and jobbing mills, and shifts in base scale for puddling. Some branches seek higher rates while the structural mis scale stays unchanged. Constitutional reforms also are suggested, including mill closures in July August and a six week vacation, with sheet mills closed June 30 to August 1.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Tin Plate
Sheet Mill
Amalgamated Association
Abduction of Ida Higgins Stuns Laporte County
Ida Higgins, daughter of a wealthy local farmer, was abducted last Friday by a South Bend man and held in Chicago until Tuesday. She was found in a deplorable state with severe injuries and is under medical care. authorities pursue the abductor.
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Laporte
Ind
Ida Higgins
South Bend
Chicago
Lake Shore
Miss Wiggins
Whitecap threat over barn fire and livestock dispute in Rushville
Joseph Stiers received a whitecap letter threatening arson of his barn and buildings the killing of his livestock and injuries if he continued to press for live stock kept off public highways. The Rush County Commissioners long ago adopted an order against cattle running at large on the pikes and Mr Stiers has pressed to enforce it.
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Rushville
Ind
Joseph Stiers
Stiera
Rising Sun Ind May Ten Swarthout Pressant Belt Tek
Unable to determine a clear statement from the readable text. The fragment references Rising Sun Indiana, May 10, and names Swarthout and Tek, but lacks coherent event or details.
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Ind
B. WW
Tek
Striking St Louis Rail Workers Hit by Dynamite Blast
A dynamite cartridge exploded under a Meramec Highlands Suburban line car at midnight amid a strike. A gunman fired into a crowd at Baptist Sanitarium grounds, killing Frank Lebrecht. Dan Donivan was arrested, suspected of firing the fatal shot.
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St. Louis
Meremac Highlands
Baptist Sanitarium
Frank Lebrecht
Dan Donivan
Donivan
Motormen Wanted For St Louis Line From Cleveland Office
An agent for the St. Louis Street Car Co in Cleveland opens an office to hire motormen for the city. About 300 men have reportedly signed on. no conductors are being hired as the strike tightens. In Kansas City a threatened strike at Metropolitan Street Railway Co could halt lines. 1,500 men seek 20 cents hourly after one year, 19 cents for others, and union recognition.
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Cleveland, CO
St. Louis Street Car Co
Kansas City
Metropolitan Street Railway Co
Price of Printing Paper Prompts Hearing Proposal
Washington May 10 The Ways and Means Committee heard a petition from newspaper publishers lamenting sharply rising paper costs. Nevada's Mr Newlands urged a hearing by May 29 1900 and requested data on 1899 expenses including bonds taxes wages and paper sales. The matter was referred to a customs sub committee for study. Bloomington Ill May 10 Col Leander Dyer a civil war veteran and G A R leader died aged 58. He served as Odessa consul and Memphis postmaster and commanded units in the Civil War leaving five children.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Newlands
Nevada
United States
Association of American Newspapers
Congress of the United States
Committee On Ways and Means
Association of American
Customs
Messrs. Payne
Dalzell
Hopkins
Grosvenor
Russell
Richardson and Robertson
Bloomington
Leander Dyer
Odessa
Russia
Grant
Memphis
Harrison
Dyer
Ain
Daveive
Cincinnati
Telegraphic Brevities Highlight Early 1900s U.S. Politics and Fire Loss
Navy department adverse report on Cathman gun. President approves Senate bill 1477 Grand Army pension bill. Rep McClellan of New York introduces repeal of war tax on beer. Corbett forest fires cause $200,000 loss settled. Charley White to referee Jeffries Corbett at Coney Island. Senate confirms S. B. Dole as governor and Henry E. Cooper as Hawaii secretary. Khedive hopes to visit U.S. in 1901. Rev Dr Latimer Whipple Ballou, long Universalist congressman and clergyman, dies in Woonsocket at 89.
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Navy
Department
Senate
Grand “Army
Corbett, Pa
Charley White
Jeffries-Corbett
Coney Island
Egypt
United States
Latimer Whipple Ballou
Woonsocket
R. I
Wednesday's News in Brief
A digest of short items reports India sees plague decline, St Louis streetcars halted by a strike, Sierra Nevada wreck near Melbourne with 22 dead, Corbett Pa forest fires burning five buildings destroyed. Illinois war governor nominee selected. Netherlands Peace Society seeks McKinley arbitration. Empire Pa ringed by fires. five houses lost three children dead. Gen Bragg aged 74 breaks leg at Fon du Lac. ships Kearsarge Kentucky Armstrong Goldsborough near commissioning. burghers note Free Staters Transvaalers quarrel and boost Mauser surrender. many burghers arrive with arms and horses for British.
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St. Louis
Melbourne
Corbett
Richard Yates
Dick” Yates
Illinois
Netherlands Peace Society
McKinley
South Africa
Empire
Edward
Bragg
Iron Brigade
Fon du Lac
Wis
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Armstrong
Goldsborough
Investigations Grow on Havana Postal Fraud Case
Reports from Havana indicate Neely did not act alone in postal thefts and that further arrests may follow. A suspect under pressure seeks defense help from Mr. Runcie as disclosures widen. Cubans mock the large defalcation tying to political honesty ideals. Berlin reports damaging gales with four ships lost near Leba and fishing smacks sunk in Bremen Kiel Flensburg areas with multiple fatalities.
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Havana
Neely
Runcie
Cuba
Berlin
Leba
Bremen
Kiel
Flensburg
Markets Report From Cincinnati May 9
Flour prices for several varieties range from 2.05 to 3.90 per unit with premiums for spring and patent grades. Wheat No 2 red quoted around 74 cents on track. Corn No 2 mixed 42 cents on track, yellow ear 48 cents. oats No 2 mixed 26 cents, No 3 white 27 1/4 cents. Hog prices show select butchers at 5.30 and packers 5.20 to 5.30. light hogs 4.90 to 5.10. Cattle demand steady with shipper and butcher grades noted as fair to good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
de City
Robinson Crusoe on Floriana Island Told by Pedro Guaza
The article recounts Pedro Guaza’s tale on Floriana Island in the Galapagos. It describes Guaza living alone after his party left, building a shelter near a spring, making tools, training donkeys, and surviving by hunting goats and pigs. He discarded formal wear for skins and tracked time with a stick.
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Weat
Ecuador
Ini
Floriana
Robb Crusoe
Ana
Tanner
United State
Floriana Island
Tanner Saga
New York World
Charles Island
Galapagos Archipélago
Chatham Island
Pedro Guaza
Chatham
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Munkacsy
Indiana
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New
Cleveland
House, Ways and Means
McClellan
New York
S. B. Dole
And
Henry E. Cooper
Hawaii
India
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Gunza
Gorta
Piga
Ginza
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