Boers Defend Pretoria and British Advances Reported
Cape Argus special edition says Boers will defend Pretoria and claims Mafeking siege ended with Boer capture. British occupy western Waal river defenses at Klerkdorp. Bethelt? ambushed near Vryheid. 27 locomotives captured at Vereniging. Natal cleared of Boers except pockets in the southern Free State. Rundle patrol at Coloclin fired on.
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Cape Town
Cape Argus
Pretoria
Mafeking
Klerkedorph
Vereniging
Vaal
Ccape Town
Buller
Natal
New Jersey Students to Present Silver Service for Battleship
New Jersey's 200000 school children prepare to provide a 15000 dollar silver service for the battleship New Jersey authorized by Congress. A conference at the state house in Trenton will decide details with invited mayors and school superintendents. Mayor Hoos of Jersey City chairs, Conrad Ort of Camden is secretary.
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New York
New Jersey
Congress
State House
Trenton
Hoos
Jersey City
Conrad Ort
Camden
Fourth Luther League of America Convention Opens in Cincinnati
The fourth national convention of the Luther League of America began in Cincinnati on May 22 and will run for three days. E. F. Hilert of New York, president and editor of the Luther League Review, aided the local committee in preparations. A single low fare from several railroads helped attract a large attendance of prominent Lutherans from across the United States.
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Cincinnati
Luther League of America
E. F. Hilert
New York
League
Luther League Review
United States
Wife Poisoner Arrested in Houston Case
Special dispatch reports James Davis arrested on the charge of poisoning his young wife with food given during her illness. The Houston community is wrought up as the evidence appears clear.
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Houston
Tex
James Davis
City offers 500 prizes for library plans
San Antonio announces a competition for architects with a prize pool of 500 dollars for the most acceptable plans for the new library building. The May 22 notice calls for submission by qualified firms and outlines eligibility and judging criteria.
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San Antonio, Tex
Bids Open For New East River Bridge Here
The bids for the new East River bridge will be opened today. The approaches will differ from the present stone arch design being largely steel with masonry near street level. About six thousand tons of steel on the Brooklyn side and twelve thousand on the Manhattan side will be used.
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New York
East River
Brooklyn
Mahattan
Metropolitan Golf Championship Set At Nassau Club
New York May 22 The Metropolitan association prepares for its second annual golf championship at Nassau Country Club Glen Cove starting today. Preliminary play spans thirty six holes with 16 to qualify if under fifty entrants or 32 if more. Finalists contend in an 18 hole match, two survivors then vie in a thirty six hole final on Saturday. Herbert M Hartman of Meadow Brook currently holds the Metropolitan title from last April’s Garden City event as the association now lists about forty clubs with clubhouse and course investments exceeding 3 million dollars.
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New York
Metropolitan Association
Nassau Country Club
Glen Cove
Herbert M. Hartman
Meadowbrook
Garden City
Boer Envoys Visit White House Via South Porch
On May 22 three Boer envoys were received by the president and Secretary Cortelyon in the blue room. They joined a brief walk to the south porch where the war topic dominated the discussion. McKinley expressed willingness to mediate if possible but Britain refused. The president invited further calls at any time.
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Washington
Cortelyon
Executive Mansion
United States
McKipley
Great Britain
Stubborn Strikers A Non Union Conductor Shot Dead
A non union train conductor was shot and killed in St. Louis during a protest by striking workers. Police launched an investigation as tensions flared and union officials condemned the violence.
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St. Louis
Streetcar Strike in Simi and Kansas City Turmoil
In Simi the fifteenth day of the streetcar tie up shows firm striker resolve as the company imports workers who drift into the strike under moral suasion. A nonunion conductor C L Kilgore was fatally shot near Missouri Avenue. In Kansas City a labor riot at 724 Walnut Street left four policemen and a striker beaten, with one arrest and ongoing builder lockout fears.
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C. L. Kilgore
Missouri Avenue
la Salle Street
Kansas City
Walnut Street
Fox
Seaside resorts faced new safety and beautification laws
Trenton reports the new season promises to exceed past records with legislative aids for visitors. Life lines lifeboats and ready savers will guard beaches while danger signs improve warnings. Towns will fund music bands for public entertainments in beach pavilions. Asbury Park council may buy Bradley's Pier for 250000. Beaches will be kept cleaner from driftwood and debris.
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Trenton
N. J
Asbury Park
Lucky machinist inherits $9 million in California assets
Francis E. Brooks of London Ontario has inherited nine million dollars in estate assets. He travels to California to claim California Central rail stock car shops in San Jose a San Francisco building block mining stock and two homes in Oakland and San Jose. His uncles Charles and Joseph Pettit once built the San Francisco to San Diego railroad during the 1846 gold rush.
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London
Francis E. Brooks
California
California Central Railroad
San Jose
San Francisco
Oakland
Charles
Joseph Pettit
Brooks
Province
Quebec
San Diego
Powers Captured in Barboursville After Manhunt
Captain John L. Powers, accused as an accessory in Goebel's death, was captured last night in Barboursville Kentucky. He grew a long beard and was difficult to identify. Officers, on their way to Frankfort, were served with a writ of habeas corpus before catching the train.
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Barboursville
John L. Powers
Goebel
Powers
Frankfort
Ex Queen Liluluokalani Sails From San Francisco May 30
Ex Queen Liliuokalani arrives in San Francisco and will sail to Honolulu May 30 amid reports she has three years of neck cancer. Dr English cites Honolulu climate as remedy while friends lament she is returning to die. Lilial's hope for Congress to grant a quarter million dollars as compensation for her crown.
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San Francisco
Liluokalani
Honolulu
English
Lil
Congress
Insurgent Battle Near Mindanao Surrounded by Rebels
In Manila May 22 a detachment of the Thirty-First Infantry fought insurgents on Mindanao and failed to dislodge them. Re-enforcements are en route as two companies remain surrounded near Worgoson by about a thousand insurgents. Luzon provinces show unrest and municipal organization remains unattempted. In Albaniy the first white man has died of bubonic plague.
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Manila
Thirty-First Infantry
Mindanao
Worgoson
Luzon
Albaniy
President McKinley to view eclipse from Norfolk
President McKinley will depart Washington on Saturday to observe the solar eclipse from Norfolk Virginia within the totality zone. He will travel aboard the United States despatch boat Delphie. Dairy lunch at 307 N Oregon street.
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McKinley
Norfolk
Virginia
Washington
United States
Delphie
Oregon Street
Ponte Clair village fire destroys thirty homes
The village of Ponte Clair about 15 miles from Montreal on the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific lines was nearly wiped out by a morning fire. At 10 o clock about thirty houses burned with no lives reported lost. Ponte Clair is a summer resort on the St Lawrence river.
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Ponte Clair
Grand Trunk and
Canadian Pacific Railway
Ponte Claire
St. Lawrence River
Copper and metal quotes issued from El Paso market
New York May 22 copper 168 sliver 604 lead 4.20 Mexican money quotation at El Paso today 474 48 recorded as market rates.
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New York
el Paso
Schlacks Resigns From Denver Rio Grande To Lead Camp Road
Charlee H. Schlacks resigns as assistant to the president and assistant general manager of the Denver and Rio Grande. He will become general president of the camp road, effective immediately, announced in Denver.
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Denver and Rio Grande
Denver
Colo
Charlee H. Schlacks
Camp Road
Confederate Memorial Day Cross Unveiled in Elmwood Cemetery
Norfolk announces Confederate Memorial Day as the unveiling date for a seven foot granite memorial cross in Elmwood Cemetery. The cross honors Father Ryan, poet priest of the Confederacy, erected in 1900 by the Daughters of the Confederacy of Norfolk.
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Norfolk
Daughters of the Confederacy
Elmwood Cemetery
Father Ryan
Ex-Senator N P Hill Dies at 68 in Denver
Ex-Senator N P Hill dies at noon in Denver at age 68 leaving a fortune over a million. Born February 18 1832 in Orange County New York he graduated from Brown University 1857 taught chemistry there 1859 64 moved to Colorado 1864 engaged in mining organized Colorado Smelting Co 1867 served as U S senator 1879 85 and member of the International Monetary Commission 1591.
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Denver
N. P. Hill
Nathaniel Peter Hill
Orange County
N. Y
Brown Univerality
Colorado
Colorado Smalting Company
U. S
International Monetary Commission
Moore and Hamilton Elected Bishops on Seven teenth Ballot
On the seventeenth ballot Moore and Hamilton were elected bishops of the Methodist church. The vote totals were Moore 534, Hamilton 510, Spellmeyer 71, Neeley 41, Day 14, Little 13, Barry 22, with 655 delegates voting and 444 needed for a choice.
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Chicago
Moore
Hamilton
Methodist Church
D. H. Moore
J. W. Hamilton
Spellmeyer
Neeley
Day
Little
Barry
Cripple Creek Wing Heads for Cape Nome Alaska
A party of thirty two Cripple Creek citizens left for Cape Nome Alaska carrying about four thousand pounds of goods. The group departed May twenty two from Cripple Creek.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Cape Nome
Alaska
National League Results From Pittsburg to St Louis
Scores and standings from the National League games across Pittsburg Chicago Philadelphia Cincinnati and St Louis. Teams Brooklyn Boston and others appear with marked outcomes and point totals amid a compact recap of the league action.
Third Army Corps Visitation At Gettysburg Address Planned
The Third Army Corps, oldest Civil War veteran society, visits Gettysburg site with many prominent members present. Gen. Sickles, sole surviving corps commander, will deliver an address to his old comrades.
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Gettysburg
Third Army Corps
Sickles
Fugitive on Trial Escapes Fort Worth Murder Suspect
A man sought with a $1,000 reward and under a 320,000 bond fled during a murder trial in Fort Worth. He boarded a Paso train, slept in a Pullman, and exited at San Elizario before vanishing. City officials suspected him aboard the train but he did not reappear.
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Fort Worth
Coffin vs Secton Trial Set in Judge Walthall Court
The civil suit Coffin versus Secton is scheduled for trial in Judge Walthall's court on Monday next, awaiting further judicial steps and proceedings.
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Coffin Vs Secton
Grand Jury In Session This Afternoon
The state grand jury was in session this afternoon, hearing cases as part of the ongoing legal proceedings.
Cripple Creek man leases Burge Art papers for first class work
O B Clark of Cripple Creek Colorado has leased the Burge Art papers at 212 and 214 Santa Fe Street and is prepared to do first class work at very moderate prices.
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O. B. Clark
Cripple Creek, Col
Burge Art
Santa Fe St
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