Hold the Hills and Blazing Transvaal Skirmishes
Louresto Marques June 4 reports President Kruger at Machadedorp amid 10000 Boer commandos around Pretoria and a second force at Bronkhorsts Spruit, with telegraphic links to the Transvaal shut. British notes on Roberts and French movements hint at near Pretoria, while Cape Colony debates war blame and Pro-Boer resolutions unfold.
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Bronkhorsts Sprait
Frichie Eloff
Kruger
Heyman
French met opposition. Roberts reports gains near Johannesburg
Johannesburg May 31 French reports May operations were opposed throughout the march yet he drove off the enemy from strong positions with little loss. He now holds the, area north of Johannesburg as directed. Two officers wounded, two men killed, twenty seven wounded. Brabant reports retreat of the Boers with the Basutoland border open for retreat.
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Johannesburg
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Lancashire
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Defeat of Anti-Trust Amendment Resolution in House
The House rejected a joint resolution for a constitutional anti trust amendment after a two day debate. The final vote 154 to 481 fell 38 votes short of the required two thirds. Some party splits occurred among Democrats and Republicans, with Populists voting solidly against. Night session approved ratification of treaties with Cherokee and Creek by the Dawes commission.
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Lase of Representatives
Congress
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Mon
Nappen
Mass
Sendder
N. Y
Sibley
Thayer
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Nev
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DeArmond
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McCall
Dawes Commission
Fighting the Trust Syrup Makers Rally in Chicago
Seventeen Chicago syrup manufacturers and many more in other cities claim the Glucose Refining company has orchestrated a two month attack collapsing their trade. Raw sugar prices rise while syrup prices fall, forcing 12 of 17 Chicago factories to close. others shift to different lines as a national Syrup Manufacturers Association plans an early July meeting to counter the trust and restore business.
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Glucose Company
Cmeaco
Tune
the Tribune
Chicago
Glucose Refining Company
Glucose Trust
United States
Arho
Acquittal of Colonel Sutton Shocks Michigan Court
Colonel EHR Sutton of Detroit and a UM regent was acquitted of complicity in state military clothing frauds. After the verdict the jury split after about an hour and forty minutes. Sutton and his wife cried. Mrs Sutton kissed each juror while Sutton admitted advising the sale of state goods later sold back fraudulently.
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Laxstxe
Mich
Ehr. Sutton
Detroit
University of Michigan
Pingree
State Military Board
Military Board
Quartermaster General
Sarsh
Widen Drainage Canal to Save Chicago Commerce
The Sanitary Trustees in Chicago propose widening the Chicago river to 200 feet and dredging to 20 feet from Twelfth street to the channel entrance. The project would require acquiring land for river improvements and nearby warehouses and yards, with an estimated total cost around 10.5 million dollars.
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Chncaco
Chicago
Sanitary
Twelfth Street
Sisseton Indians Seek 251,160 From Trust Fund Rejected
A Sisseton delegation from South Dakota asked Secretary of the Interior Mitcheors for 2511 60 of the trust fund credited to the tribe. The secretary refused, saying the funds belong to all members including children and no need justified early withdrawal. He noted Indians have annuities and Janus to meet needs.
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Wasmnatox
South Dakota
Secretary of the Interior
Four Refugees killed as searching party hunts the rest
The French consulate reports from Pao Ting Fa that 30 foreigners including six women and a child were attacked by 700 local attackers while escaping by boat toward Tien Tsin. Four were killed and four wounded. the survivors are ten miles away. An expedition proceeds to their relief as tensions rise with French arrival in Peking.
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Free Reclining Chair Car to Chicago Daily
Burlington line advertises daily 6:44 p m departure from Emmetsburg arriving Chicago 6:59 a m with dining car service and connections east and south. Also promotes reduced excursion rates to conventions and tours including Sioux Falls, Philadelphia, Charleston, Cincinnati, St Paul and more with ticket offices and booklets available.
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Peaceful Perin as 349 Foreign Guards Arrive for Dragon Festival
Arrival of American and foreign guards numbering 349 during the dragon festival calms streets and eases hostility toward foreigners. Refugees continue fleeing to the city as Boxer leaders remain at large and authorities take limited repressive action.
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Empress Orders Arrests of Chinese Managers Tenuous ties to British Firms
In Spances June 4 report the empress manager ordered Shan Si governor to arrest Lin the Pekin syndicate manager Kis head of Shan Si commercial bureau and Fan leading banker as they are deemed dangerous and linked to British enterprises. Twenty three warships now at Taku include Louisian British German French American Japanese and Italian vessels with 11000 Russian troops aboard Port Arthur and 14000 troops held in readiness.
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Lin
Pekin Syndicate
Kis
Shan Si Commercial Bureau
Fan
Taku
Spaycuai
Jone
Dreyfus Amnesty Bill Passes French Senate by Big Margin
Paris reports the Dreyfus amnesty bill approved in the Senate by 238 to 24 votes. The measure, government sponsored, aims to pacify political passions stirred by the Dreyfus affair. Waldeck-Rousseau echoed Gambetta on quelling impassioned dissensions to heal the republic.
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Senate
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SEND MORE CAVALRY Move to Suppress Philippine Rebellion
War department plans a summer deployment of several cavalry regiments to Manila to press operations after the rains. General MacArthur reports cavalry can yield swift results as troops adapt to local subsistence and supply lines amid ongoing insurgent activity.
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