Pretoria Surrender Talks End In Unconditional Terms
Lord Roberts reports Pretoria to be taken after Boer leaders proposed an armistice to settle surrender terms. Botha agreed not to defend the city, but Roberts insisted on unconditional surrender. Mrs Botha and Mrs Kruger are in Pretoria. officials with flags of truce reported the terms and the British move to occupy the town.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Ian Bramilton
Listehen
South African
Sanberg
Gotha
Oter
Botha
Roberts
Iad
Mesdames Botha
Kruger
Anajesty
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Bloemfontein
Ferreira
Disastrous Loss for Thirteenth Imperial Yeomanry at Lindley
Lord Roberts reports the Thirteenth Imperial Yeomanry failed to reach aid for Colonel Stragge near Lindley on May 31. Methuen sped from Heilbron toward Kroonstad but arrived too late. Boer forces 2000 to 3000 strong routed after a five hour clash. Eton celebrated Pretoria occupation with ovations to Lord Roberts and telegraphs from students.
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Transvaal
London
Lord Roberts
Methuen
Thirch
Heilbron
Kroonstad
Stragge
Pretoria
Eton
South Africa
Buller
Barton
Lyttleton
Wutton
Dundonald
Tord Roberts
Envoys of Transvaal Arrive. Chicago Welcomes Delegation
The Transvaal envoys Messrs Wiskey, Wolmarans and Wessels arrived in Chicago with Mrs Iischer. They were met by a committee led by Mayor Harrison and warmly welcomed.
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Chicago
Transvaal
Messrs Wischey
Wolmarans
Wessels
Iischer
Harrison
Badger Girl Sings Hit at Waldorf Astoria Club
Miss Anna Wickisch of LaCrosse aged 28 sang at the College Women's club meeting in New York's Waldorf Astoria under Mrs. Angus Cameron's patronage. She performed Vander Stuecken Oh Come in the Summer Night and George Chadwick Before the Dawn. A product of LaCrosse German ancestry, she studied in Paris and Berlin and returns to concert work, likely to be a soloist at Davenport Saengerfest this summer.
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New York
LaCrosse
Wis
Anna Wickisch
Waldorf-Astoria
New York City
Angus Cameron
Hickisch
Vander Stuecken
George Chadwick
Miss Hieckisch
LaCrosse High School
Paris
Berlin
Engagement Reported At Pei-Tuo River Mouth
A June 6 dispatch from London reports serious fighting as boxers move toward Tiensin. A US navy cipher notes Admiral Ikenioff at Taku forts says engagement has commenced with fifty seamen landed to reinforce a battalion of marines ashore. The message is partly illegible but indicates reinforcement efforts underway.
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London
Daily Mail
Mien Tsin
Tiensin
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Ikenioff
United States
Newark
Taku
Pei-Ito River
Kempry
Navy Department
Subcommittee to Review Hotel Rates and Hall Progress
John I Martian will act for the national sub committee and report that progress on the new convention hall is good and hotel rates are reasonable. The alleged rate exploitation is dismissed as tommy rot.
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Kansas City
Covernor W. J. Stone
John I Martian
Ile
People's Trust and Savings Bank Opens in Galesburg
Springfield June 6 The state auditor grants a final permit to commence business to the People's Trust and Savings Bank of Galesburg with a capital of $100,000.
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Savings Bank For
Galesburg
Springfield
Hls
State
People’s Trust and Savings Bank
Calesburg
Capital
Peculiar Rail Incident Involving Woman From Naperville
Josephine Frederick of Naperville Illinois was found unconscious beside Burlington tracks at Hawthorne Chicago after claiming a robbery. She wore a gone packet of cash and checks, but police think she jumped from a moving train. The episode, dated June 6, shows injuries and a note of recovery ahead. A separate Cicero incident features Michael Donovan aboard a wagon and a vest pocket pistol prompting a kneeling apology to Mrs Will Darst of Bushnell.
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Chicago
Josephine Frederick
Naperville
Ills
Burlington Railroad
Stlawthorne
Hawthorne
Cicero
Michael Donovan
Llawthore
Will Darst
Bushnell
Mrs. Darst
Wisconsin
Fifty-Second Avenue
Twelfth Stree
Donovan
Draft
Donovanu
ELECTION OF JUDGE WAND DEFeated in Every County in District
Springfield Ill June 6 Judge Hand elected judge of the supreme court for the fifth judicial district defeating Judge Craig who served on the bench since 1872 Hand won thirteen county majority about 12000 Craigs home county Knox carried by 1750 Craigs failed to land Democratic colors in any county this time Also reports on weather crop week showery conditions and warm weather causing rapid vegetation growth Two little girls suffocated at Dewey Station Belleville Ill June 6 Residence and saloon of Dom Williams burned at 3 am Williams two daughters aged 5 and 7 suffocated Bodies rescued before flames reached them Site No 1723 Five buildings burned in seven years Governor Turner commutes Henry Lyons murder sentence from twenty years to time served Purdy sought for extradition embezzling funds from Singer Mfg Co in Chicago John T Purdy wanted by Missouri Governor Tanner issues requisition Lyons condition driven insane Samuel V Coulter declared insane in Pana Illinois Governor Supreme court June term docket heavy Boggs elected chief justice Acted to restore order in educational column on personally conducted schooling and character building.
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Springfield
Ils
Judge Hand
Supreme Court
Wirth Judicial District
Judge Craig
Secretary of State
Fifth Judicial District
Inox
Belleville
Dotm Williams
Dewey Station
Williams
Public Endorsement for Doan's Kidney Pills
Mrs. Clara Zidere of Freeport testifies that after suffering kidney trouble and sleepless nights she found relief using Doan's Kidney Pills purchased at Emmett and Burrell's drug store. She reports improved sleep, eliminate back pain, and overall health gains after completing the box. Doan's Kidney Pills cost 50c per box. Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo is sole U.S. agent.
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Freeport
Clara Zidere
Elm Street
Dean
Emmett & Burrell
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Sin Killer Evangelist Holds Wild Kansas Style Meetings in St Louis
The Negro evangelist known as the Sin Killer operates in St Louis delivering a powerful sermon that stirs wild scenes in Vineyard’s hall. Lepers, sinners, and seekers cry for forgiveness as he rants, moans, and gesticulates while urging fund appeals before benediction. He boasts of taming crowds with intense preaching and “steam” to summon converts.
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Texas
Sin Ktiller
Kansas
Sin Killer
St. Louis
Vineyard’s
Longest Words and Linguistic Frustrations Across Stairing Text
A correspondent cites nonintercommunicability as a top English word. An 1892 diary extract notes the Free Church of Scotland as antidisestablishmentarians, with ten syllables. It references Italian length, a proverb line, and a Balkanic rhyme about rising too high and falling.
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Benson
Free Kirk
Scotland
Alto Sal
Ile
L'all Mall Gazette
Chicago's Patriarch Henry Graves Claims Century Residence
Henry Graves, a Chicago resident since 1831, asserts he is the oldest inhabitant of the city. He arrived with a 13-person family by schooner from Ashtabula, Ohio. Alexander Beaubien is the only other man from that era still in Chicago, though not continuously. When Graves arrived, Chicago was a small village with only three or four white residents and a garrison on campaign.
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Chicago
Henry Graves
Ashtabula
Alexander Beaubien
Afr. Graves
Favorite Prescription promotes women's health cure
The article extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for irregularities during the critical period of womanhood. It claims it cures obstructions to health, grants vitality, and frees women from weakness, offering a free pamphlet and a 1,005 page medical advisor in exchange for postage and stamps.
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Pierce
People’s Common Sense Medical Advisor
R. V. Pierce
Buttulo
N.Y
Stover Mfg Stockholders Meet to Vote on Capital Rise
A special meeting of Stover Mfg Co stockholders will be held at the company office on Monday July 2 1900 at 8 o'clock p m to vote on increasing capital stock from 250000 to 500000 Directors listed as D C Stover W A Merrigreen A S Hep O d Zieauer The meeting seeks approval to double the company’s capital stock.
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Stover Mfg. Co
D.C. Stover
W.A. Merrigreen
A.S. Hep
O. d. Zieauer
Fort Dodge Swede Seeks Damages Over Quarantine
Charles Anderson, a Swedish resident, sues the city of Fort Dodge Iowa for damages claiming wrongful and illegal quarantine in a pesthouse for smallpox. He endured forty days confinement after a public scare and an encounter with a physician that led to police involvement. He seeks compensation for loss of position time and clothing.
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Fort Dodge
Charles Anderson
Anderson
Tie
Baseball Scores From National Game Widely Reported
Scores list yesterday's baseball results across leagues. Key games included St Louis 11 Boston 11 in Boston, Brooklyn 5 over Chicago, Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia, New York 38 Cincinnati 14, and Chicago 6 over Cleveland. Milwaukee 5 Detroit 2, Kansas City 10 Billito 3, Minneapolis 2 Indianapolis 2.
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Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Littsburg
New York
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Mansas City
Billito
Kansas City
Milwukee
Detroit
Milwaukee
Minnneapolis
Indianapolis
Minuneapolis
Baptism Tragedy Strikes on River Steamer Wichita
James Phillips was baptized then boarded the Wichita to dry clothing when, overwhelmed by religious fervor, he fell overboard and drowned within minutes. The incident occurred after church rites in Memphis, Tennessee, as the steamer carried him along the river.
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Memphis
Tenn
James Phillips
Wichita
Scarecely
Crop in Danger of Ruin in Bee Hunter’s Marsh
In Lyons Indiana on June 6 over 2000 acres of corn six to ten inches high were submerged by water from a few inches to several feet after heavy rains. The field known as Bee Hunter’s Marsh risks total crop loss as waters rise. In Madison Wisconsin on June 6 the Capital City hosted the Modern Woodmen picnic with 30000 visitors, 35 special trains and full crowds, no accidents reported.
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Lyons
Ind
Madison
Wis
Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin Association
Fifth biennial convention of General Federation opens
Milwaukee reports a lively opening of the fifth biennial convention with Mrs. Lowe delivering the biennial address. Business moves briskly and a color controversy is noted as possible for later discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
No Wheat Worth Harvesting in Trortonville
June 6 in Trortonville Ind there is not in this community a single acre of wheat worth harvesting and farmers face uncertain market conditions and low yields amid drought concerns and rising costs.
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Trortonville
Ind
Chicago Markets Report June 6 Grain and Produce Prices
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show wheat, corn, oats, and pork and lard futures with June and July contracts. Produce prices list butter eggs milk and fruit values. Chicago live stock prices reflect hogs cattle and sheep ranges with receipts and bid levels. Milwaukee grains show steady No 1 and No 2 northern wheat and related grains.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Texas
Milwaukee Gratin
Milwaukee
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C. M. Sturges
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Auwnira l Kempff
Tommy Rot
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Biarnard Sanders
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Wedeval Steel Company
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Cape Town
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Damon Kingsley
Simonstown
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Weather Bureau of Triveis
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Turner
Hinrry Lyons
Woo
Criminal Court
Cook County
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Tanner
Missouri
John Tl. Purdy
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St. Teouis
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Harvard
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Chicago Great Western Ba Y
F. H. Lord
Adams St
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Club Women
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Racine
Owosso, Mich
Andrew McWilliams
Weath
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Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
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Taribeen
H. J. Moogk
J. C. Bishop
Agnew, Mich
E. F. Jungkunz & Co
Cale Ornta
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Union Pacific
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
J. B. Sweatt
O. M
St. P. Ry
Delavan Elkhorn
Kansasville
Burlington
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Lake Kegonsa
Kilbourn City
J.B
Stephenson St
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First National Bank
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