British Success at Biggarsberg North Natal Reported
London dispatches state General Buller achieved a success at Biggarsberg in northern Natal. Dundee may be occupied today as residents hope to return home. Other reports describe Boer and British movements, with French cavalry in contact and possible strategic shifts toward Vryheid, Utrecht, and Laings Nek.
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London
Associated Press
Pietermaritzburg
Natal
Dundee
North Country
Biggarsberg
Stone Hill Farm
Helpmakar
Dundonald
Bethune
Pomeroy
Buller
Drakensberg
Vryheid
Utrecht
Laings Nek
Lord Roberts
Harrismith
Kroonstad
French
Transvaal
Cape Town
Orange Free State
Botha
Cecil Rhodes
Beira
Portuguese East Africa
Reuter Telegram Company
Webster Davis
United States
South Africa
Mafeking
War Office
Pursuing the Boers near Thaba N'Chu
The Eighth division stretched thirty miles along the front as it advanced. Generals Greenfall and Brabant pursued the Boers to Newberry's Mills and seized large flour and grain stocks. Brabant's main force with Campbell's guards and Boyce's brigade cleared the region as the Boers split and withdrew toward Clockland.
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Thaba N’chu
Eighth
Greenfall
General Brabant
Newberry
Brabant
Campbell
Guards
General Boyce
Clockland
Buller advances from Ladysmith presses Boer lines at Helpmakaar
A Stone Hill Farm dispatch reports General Buller began the advance from Ladysmith on Thursday. British and Boer forces clash near Helpmakaar as Methune's right flank outflanks the Boers along the Biggarsberg. The attack continued Sunday and Buller's march proceeded smoothly while the British push forward.
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London
Stone Hill Farm
Natal
Buller
Ladysmith
Helpmakaar
Methune
Biggarsberg
Pennington to wed Mrs Durant after elopement in London
Edward J. Pennington the airship promoter, long a local figure, will marry Milwaukee widow Marie Alice Durant. The couple previously eloped to England while Pennington faced a string of failed ventures from Circleville to Mt. Carmel and Chicago, with fortunes rising and falling before his New York return and divorce settlement.
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New York
Metropolitan
Edward J. Pennington
Milwaukee
Marie Alice Durant
Pennington
Circleville
Ohio
Defiance
Fort Wayne
Ind
Owego
Kan
Cincinnati
Mt. Carmel
St. Louis
Bellville
London
Picnic and Banquet for Fort Wayne Salesmen
At the Fort Wayne Commercial Exchange meeting it was decided to host a stag picnic and banquet at Robison park on Saturday June 6. Charles Falk serves as president and Robert Millard as picnic committee chairman. About 150 traveling salesmen are expected to attend the swell affair.
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Fort Wayne Commercial Exchange
Exchange
Robison Park
Charles Falk
Robert Millard
Deister Case Notes Unclear In Eighth District Brief
Local report has fragmented wording about Mra Deidrich Deister and a string of wells. The text is incomplete and omits concrete actions, dates, and outcomes, leaving the main subject and context indeterminate.
Bishops to Stay Declared Effective and Funds Questioned
The May 14 general conference of the Methodist church discussed confining book concern profits to superannuated ministers. Debate over subsidies and funding of church papers ended with the matter tabled. Delegates moved to elect bishops under the two thirds rule and considered editorial appointments amidst ongoing funding questions.
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Chicago
General Conference of the Methodist Church Today
Buckley
Fitzgerald
John T. Riley
Oklahoma
Hurst
General Conference
London
Albert R. Rich
Erie
Rich
Eaton
Troy
N. Y
Eastern Book Concern
Methodist Church
Lewis Curts
Western Book Concern
Committee On
W. M. Buckley
New York
The
Christian Advocate
Report on episcopacy approves acting bishops list
The session extended to hear Chair man Buckley’s Report No. 2 on episcopacy. The report deemed the present acting bishops effective and the conference adopted it after a brief debate before adjourning for the day.
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Buckley
Woman jumps from hotel window in Cleveland fatality attempt
Miss Sarah Kapenburger of Plymouth Ohio leaped from the fourth floor window of the Forest City hotel in Cleveland early today. She struck the sidewalk with force and was badly injured in a public scene witnessed by hundreds. Her condition is serious and authorities note grief over her mother's death as a possible cause.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Sarah Kapenburger
Plymouth
Forest City
Kapenburger
Clark resigns from United States Senate in Montana
Senator William A. Clark of Montana announced his resignation in a formal address to the Senate. He presented a May 11 letter to Governor of Montana stating the seat should be vacant after a protracted investigation.
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Washington
William A. Clark
Montana
Senate
Clark
Helena
Mont
Legislative Assembly
Senate of the United States
Senate of the
United States
National Council
Seventh Legislative Assembly of
OW. A. Clark
Committee On Privileges and Elections
California
Spriggs
Workman Overcome by Gas in City Manhole
Charles E. Lathouse a Home Telephone lineman was overcome by artificial gas while working in a Main and Calhoun street manhole about 10 o clock Monday. He regained consciousness and will recover per Dr Bolling. A leak is suspected near the site as underground wiring for the new courthouse is underway. He was taken to the telephone office then to his Bloomingdale home.
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Home Telephone Company
Main
Calhoun Streets
Bolling
Lathouse
Court House
Main and
Bloomingdale
Smallpox Case Report Near Zanesville
Bluffton News reports Dr. Brose Horne, county health officer, investigated a smallpox like illness at George Houser’s home near Markle. Two well developed discrete smallpox cases were found in the Houser household. The house was quarantined and notices posted.
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Bluffton
Brose S. Horne
George Houser
Markle
N. Houser
Anderson
Huntington County
Wm. Houser
Allen County Horticultural Society Invites State Group
The Allen County Agricultural and Horticultural Society executive committee met at city hall and decided to invite the State Horticultural Society to meet in Fort Wayne in August. The committee scheduled another meeting for May 26 to make further arrangements.
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Allen County Agricultural and Horticultural Society
State Horticultural Society
Fort Wayne
Woman alleges knife attack by Henry Luhrman near Harmer Street
Nora Carr, wife of a Nickel Plate worker, says Henry Luhrman cut her with a knife after a midnight incident by the tracks. Luhrman denies the claim, provides an alibi, and posting bond set at 200 by Mayor Scherer as police continue investigation.
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Nickel Plate
Harmer Street
St. Joseph Hospital
Henry Luhrman
Luhrman
Carr
Borgman
Heine Luhrman
Whitney
Scherer
Leonard
Labr
Boers Welcome in New York As Envoys Arrive
The Maasdam carrying Boer peace envoys reached New York May 15 and was greeted by the Hudson with a reception committee. Among the visitors were William Van Rensselaer ex judge George M. Van Hosen and local officials who pledged protection and a forthcoming formal welcome.
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New York
Maasdam
Hudson
William van Rensslear
George M. van Hosen
Alderman Kennedy
Theo. M. Banta
Oakley
Louter Wessels
Charles D. Pierce
Orange Free State
Alfred Chassaud
Bernard Voute
Hoboken
Judge van Hosen
New York May 15 Protectorate Request for Transvaal and Orange Free State
A Pretoria commission arrived in New York to seek protection from the United States for the Transvaal and Orange Free State. They request possible eventual annexation as U S territories if independence cannot be maintained. Secretary Reitz urges appealing to the American people for shelter under liberty.
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New York
Pretoria
The
Herald
Messrs. Fischer
Wessels
Wolmarins
Transvaal
Orange Fee
England
United States
Reitz
Fire at Paris Exposition Damages Chateau D’Eau Basement
A fire broke out at the Paris Exposition in the Chateau D’Eau basement threatening the Salle Des Fetes and the American section of the electricity palace. Firemen confined the blaze after an hour, causing minor damage to a portion of the structure and some tapestries.
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Paris
Chateau D’eau
Palace of Electricity
Coal train crashes through bridge over river
Seattle on May 15 reports a coal train plowed through a bridge over the Raging river. Doctors and a wrecking crew rushed to the scene to assess and clear the damage.
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Seattle
Wash
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Steyn
Heilbrun
Lindley
Walsh
Vaal
Vanderg
Diggers
Johannesburg
Transvaal Volksraad
Deidrich Deister
Tamae
M. E. Conference
Charles E. Lathouse
Zanesville
Invited State Society
Nora Carr
Luhr
Man
Bond
H. Blaising
Haven
Wag
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