Roberts announces annexation of the Orange Silver State
Capetown May 29 Lord Roberts yesterday announced to his troops the annexation of the Free State, which will hereafter be called the Orange Silver State. The dispatches indicate rapid British movement toward Johannesburg and a likely entry into the Transvaal capital within days.
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Orange River State
Johannesburg
Capetown
Lord Roberts
Free State
Orange Silver State
London
Pretoria
Roberts
Transvaal
Klip River
French
Hamilton
Orange Free State
Corrector Snyder Reports Japanese Unemployed in Seattle
Snyder of Seattle notes Japanese residents without work in the city. The investigation reveals large numbers, with more than three times 28 landed in Victoria and 48 brought to Sound ports. If a shipment is rejected in Tacoma such as 10 of a batch, the next ship may unload in Victoria, risking long crossings. Rejections in Tacoma would require return to Japan. Glenogie sails Wednesday, limiting time to appeal to Washington.
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Corrector Snyder
Seattle
Victoria
Sound
Japan
Tacoma
Washington
House Proceedings in Senate Bills and Quarantine Measures
Washington May 2 Representative Grosvenor presents the rule on pension bills to avoid interference with conference reports and cites obstructive tactics by a South Carolina member. The special rule is adopted then displaced by another member. Discussion on surveys, chairs, and a Hollah Hawai i appropriation conference report follows. May 29 committee favors reporting a resolution to compel Prussia to revoke the August 14 1896 order affecting Mutual Life, and reports a quarantine law amendment with limits on anchorages.
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Washington
Grosvenor
South Carolina
Talbert
Dalyell
Charles B. Dougherty
St. Pennsylvania
Foss
Tlinois
Dyas
Brett
House Committee On Commerce
Kingdom of Prussia
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Senate
Plot to wreck Welland Canal tied to Clan na Gael
Montreal dispatch reports Dominion secret service traced a plan by Carl Dullman J Nolin and John Walsh to strike Canada in vengeance for sending troops to South Africa. Emissaries funded by Clan na Gael via Maud Gonne wired through Ireland to America before the explosion. Fred J Aflen linked to Clan na Gael in Dublin helped purchase tickets. Agents caution Maud Gonne may not have known the canal was the target.
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New York
The
Herald
Montreal
Dominion Government
Carl Dullman
J. Nolin
John Walsh
Welland Canal
Canada
South Africa
Dublin
Clan-na-Gael
Maud Gonne
Clan Na Gael
Dominion
Ireland
America
Quebec
Joan of Arc
United States
Fred J. Aflen
Alderman Pile
Walsh
Nolin
Maud Goune
Revolution Ends as Hernandez Captured in Venezuela
Caracas on May 29 reports General Joses Hernandez, the revolutionary lieutenant, captured by pre st troops. The uprising is now considered ended and authorities declare stability restored in the capital and surrounding regions.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Joses Hernandez
Two Men Shot in St Louis Street Strike Clashes
In St Louis on May 24 a Sixth Street line car was stopped by crowd obstructions at Broadway and Miller. The motorman and conductor fired at least 25 shots into the crowd wounding William Brennan in the knee and Dolly Mitchell in the wrist. Both workers were arrested.
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St. Louis
Sixth Street
Broadway
Miller Streets
William Brennan
Dolly Mitchell
Two Of Seventy One Japanese Pass Tacoma Inquiry
A special board in Tacoma examined 71 Japanese aboard the Glenogle after their rejection by Immigration Inspector Walker. Only two passed the examination satisfactorily while 60 were rejected outright and 9 more narrowly avoided rejection upon consulate guarantees to secure employment within 60 days. Several were refused for infectious disease or as contract laborers. The Glenogle had brought 354 Japanese to Tacoma on this trip, marking an unusually high rejection rate and highlighting local unemployment concerns.
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Tacoma
W. A. Fairweather
S. W. de Lacey
Robert Watchorn
Washington
Walker
Senate action on land and appropriations measures in May
In Washington on May 29, senators reported a house bill authorizing disposal of Choctaw orphan lands in Mississippi, which passed. Hale announced the last general appropriations and deficiency bill would be called up soon. Pettigrew’s resolutions on Oklahoma grazing leases and Crow Creek reservation management were approved or referred, and Teller’s Boers sympathy resolution was laid before the Senate and sent to the Foreign Relations Committee on a 40 to 46 vote.
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Washington
Senator Jones
House
Mississippi
Hale
Committee On Appropriations
Pettigrew
Secretary of the Interior
Oklahoma
Pettgrew
Secretary of the Treasury
Crow Creek Reservation
South Dakota
Teller
Senate
Bacon
Committee On Foreign Relations
Calumet mine fire halts work at Hecla shafts
In Calumet Michigan May 2 3% all men idle due to fires in No 2 Hecla shaft of the Calne and coal mine. Management cannot chase workers from several shafts because gas from the fire has spread to parts of the mine. Fire may spread further and force additional layoffs.
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Calimet
Mich
Hela
Hecla
Amydlid
Ie Calumet
No Beer Drinking Prompts Row in New York Class Night
May 2 New York reports junior movers of the senior class deny plans for beer drinking on graduation night. A joking prop caused editors and ministers to denounce the idea, drawing public controversy and misinterpretation.
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New York
Auch
Boy and matches spark fire in Anaconda home
Special to the Inter Mountain Anaconda May a small boy and women watches caused a good sized blaze in the rear frame building on East Fourth street around 9 this morning Clement Bt Jean and Mrs St Jean occupied the house The boy found game matches and set fire to cloth lining and wallpaper Mrs St Jean rushed downstairs to save money and children then flames spread A lamp exploded and worsened the blaze John Smith helped with water before firefighters arrived The fire did about 200 dollars in damage
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Anaconda
Fontaine
John Smith
Boxers Enlist Desperadoes in China Port Arthur Buildup
London dispatch reports China forming large overland columns to Port Arthur with 20,000 in readiness. Boxers claim support from Dowager Empress and Chang Tuan as they recruit across the north while tense exchanges unfold between Pekin and Taku. A small Chinese detachment clears routes between Tien Tein and Pein as naval units are asked to dispatch gunboats to Taku.
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London
Shanghai
Tale
Port Arthur
Tu Nanad Kiang
Princess Kiang
Chang Tuan
McCoy and Ryan Set for Six Round Middleweight Title Bout
Chicago May 29 Kid McCoy and Tommy Tyatt clash in a six round title bout for a $6,000 purse the lowest ever for six rounds. McCoy seeks to dethrone Bob Fitzsimmons as world middleweight champion with a decisive victory likely to be hailed as the title win. Both have met before with police halting a hours long exchange in Syracuse.
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Chicago
Kid McCoy
Tommy Tyatt
Tattensall'4
Bob Fitaimaions
McCoy
Ryan
Syracuse
Democrats Criticize Boer Envoys in U S Interviews
New York dispatch cites interviews with Boer envoys and U S Democratic figures. Sen Depew says envoys breached protocol by seeking audience with the public before the president or secretary of state. He warns their visits threaten U S neutrality and could aid Tammany in an upcoming campaign. President McKinley stance appears unchanged.
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New York
Les Nouvelles of Payor
Republic Way
Democrita
United States
le Temps
L'elair
le Journagle
le Matin
Depew
Pischer
Woeassells
Wolmarens
McKinley
United States Declines Boer Intervention Pleas
Secretary Hay faces public disapproval as the United States rejects any move beyond The Hague limits to aid the Boers. The debate recalls Genet and warns against influencing government decisions via public rallies. Sulzer calls the abstention a historic embarrassment, contrasting lofty democratic ideals with perceived motives.
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Hay
United States
Russia
Rance
Germany
Genet
Sulzer
Boxer Movement Shocks Washington on Allied Tensions
A May report from New York describes a Boxer movement with potential to threaten American interests in Asia. Rear Admiral Kempf heads sensor operations as a Hong Kong vessel arrives at Taku, while officials contemplate precautions and possible new guards to Pekin amid European powers' regional actions.
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New York
Helil Fom
Washington
Uhgiew
Prostellin
Admiral Kempf
Ble
United States
Conger
Kliaw
Kempi
Pekiy
Dae
Ching
Te Ia
Confederate Flag Return Debated At Chicago Encampment
Chicago May 26 A local committee for the encampment discussed returning Confederate battle flags from the War Department. Congress would authorize the act if feasible. the committee favored a ceremony but kept action contingent on federal approval. President McKinley and G A R officials were to oversee any transfer if Congress approves.
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Chicago
Congress
Atty
Mae
War Department
GA. R
Tier Committee
Gia
McKinley
We Comment
Goa
Tariff Reduction Proposed By San Juan Chamber of Commerce
Washington May 38 The secretary of state sent to Congress the resolutions of the chamber of commerce at San Juan Porto Rico asking Congress to reduce the tariff on rice from 2 dollars per hundredweight to 50 cents per hundredweight until January 19 1902 and to cut the olive oil duty from 50 cents to 10 cents per gallon until the same date.
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Washington
Congress
Chamber of Commerce
San Juan
Porto Meo
Striking workers seek wage raise on Lehigh Valley rail line
In Scranton on May 2 workers on the Lehigh Valley railroad from Sayre, Pa to Jersey City strike for higher pay. About 1,508 strikers demand their wage rise from 1.20 to 1.50 a day as talks stall.
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Scranton
Lehigh Valley
Sayre
Jersey City
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Berlin
Frederick William
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O. K. Lewis & Cos
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Knox
Ladysmith
Butte, Montana
Secret Service
Clan Na Gael Maud Gonne
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Manchuria
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Taku
Tien Tein
Maw
Here
Pein
Ure Lahan
Agulsan
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Itzsimmons
Dtgin
Janinr Selby
Duck O'R Mea
Harry Harel
Hilly Sit
Tyan
Awek Jeffries
Mica'y Lyra Pat Raaty
Sliver Parret
Mahwhy
Hogan
Rysaia Aimirers
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