British Occupy Pretoria Amid Peace Talks (South Africa)
May reports say Pretoria will be occupied within two hours with Kruger at Waterval Boven and Burgomaster de Souza guiding order. British officers released to tend troops, crowds await arrival, and guerrilla resistance possible.
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Ehose
Pretoria
Kieep
Toris
Kruger
Weaterval Boven
The
Daily Mail
Rosslyn
Prestoria
H R
Waterval Boven
Burgomusser de Souza
Gregorowski
Church Square
Sanly
Reuter
Transvaal
War Office
Tord Roberts
London
Bord Rosshyn
Dissolving Boer Forces and Waterval Boven Location
Dispatch from Lourenco Marques reports Commandant Beraus surrendered Johannesburg to Lord Leberts. Boers dissolve. five trainloads of fugitives head to the coast from Pretoria. Waterval Boven lies east of Pretoria on the Delagoa Bay railway. Lydenburg may host the remaining Boer government. Portugal-Tranvaal tensions loom. Portuguese defenses ready for possible clash.
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Jad
Waterval Boven
Lourenzo Marques
Beraus
Johannesburg
Leberts
Pretoria
Pre‘toria
Hlandsfontein Junction
Tela
Traffic Closure Forced by Military Movement at Lourenco Marques
In Lourenco Marques in May 80 the goods traffic to the Transvaal was officially closed as a military movement unfolds. A Transvaal Boer commando reached Woman Poort while Portuguese troops are ordered to ready for frontier action and the coastal fleet is to concentrate here.
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Lourenzo Marques
Here
Transvaal
Woman Poort
Filipinos Rush a Town in Luzon Ambush
Manila May 81 56 a m insurgents burst into San Miguel de Mayumo Bulacan garrisoned by three companies of the Thirty-fifth volunteer Infantry. They slaughtered five Americans and wounded seven as Captain Charles D Roberts and two privates went missing. Nearby, bandits attacked the Forty sixth Infantry escort between Tlang and Silane, killing three in the raid.
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Manila
San Miguel de Mayumo
Bulacan
Luzon
Thirty-fifth Volunteer Infantry
Charles D. Roberts
San Miguel de Maquino
Iforty Sixth Infantry
Tlang
Silane
Ladrones
Plague Opinion Echoes in San Francisco Chinatown
Dr Sel love reports that a Chinaman corpse found in a Chinatown undertaking shop likely died of the plague. He and Sam expect autopsy and animal inoculation to confirm. In Minnesota, judge Williston rules the plumbers license law invalid, finding Peaslee improperly licensed and deeming the law against public policy.
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San Francisco
Sellove
Chinatown
Tam
Sam
Stillwater
Minn
Hidee W. CG. Williston
District Court
M. OM. Peastee
Dwyer Plumbing Company
St. Paul
Stenm
Peaslee
Dwyer Company
Williston
Mysterious Disappearance of Peter St Mary at La Crosse
Report from La Crosse Wisconsin on May sbl noting Peter St Mary of Caledouin Maine vanish amid suspected foul play. Sheriff district attorney and posse search as parents refuse comment. He is 28 and crippled since childhood. Two boys killed by lightning near Springfield Jacksonville. George Osterholt 17 and Clyda Williams 17 died after seeking shelter under a tree in a field while a storm struck. Washington notes debate on trust reduction aid bill with Decoration Day adjournment. 180 pension bills passed, adjournment at 2 pm. Milwaukee reports locomotive firemen may drop memberships if promoted to engineer. Usakash Wisconsin reports George Kussow 10 killed by freight train after being struck between ears.
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Waielerval
Lord Roberts
Vryburg
Mafeking
Geysdrop
Hunter
Baden-Powell
Snyman
Victoria
Natal
Mildyard
Lyttleton
Vryheid
Laing
Pretoria
la Crosse
Wis
Peter St. Mary
Aledouin
Mian
Oa Posse
Suringfeld
Uls
Ming @l
George Osterholt
Aed
Clyda Williams
Stephen Dunlap
Springfield
Jacksonnyville
Corm
Washington
Mary Odbeihe
Usakash
George Kussow
Depere
Winnebago
Memorial Day Confederate Veterans Gather Near Antietam
In Hagerstown Maryland on May 31 a monument to both gray and blue soldiers was dedicated with President and cabinet present. Veterans from both sides attended along with senators governors and other dignitaries amid speeches and floral tributes across multiple cities from New York to San Francisco and Louisville.
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Hagerstown
Antietam
United States
Maryland
Benjamin Taaylor
Henry I. Douglass
B. Pf. Clarkson
John Walter Smith
Taylor
Antietam Battlefield Commission
Brosius
Arlington
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Paul
Kansas City
San Francisco
Lourisville
Detroit
Springfild
Uls.j . Muskegon
Miel
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Nashville
Knoxville
Youn
Dallas
St. Lois
John Clarke Ridpath Beset by Sickness in Hospital
Rumor of Ridpath's death circulated but physicians stated he is very sick yet not in danger. They reported slight improvement within twenty four hours and expect recovery from his illness at Presbyterian hospital in New York on May 1.
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New York
John Clarke Ridpath
Presbyterian
Ridpath
Men Who Wore the Gray Meet at Louisville
Reports from Louisville of the tenth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans opened with General John B. Gordon addressing about 3,000 veterans amid Confederate flags and cheering crowds despite rain. The event, largest in attendance since inception, featured Georgia delegates, a drum corps, and fervent veteran enthusiasm throughout the opening day.
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Louisville
John 3 B. Gordon
United Confederate Veterans
Lundert
Deleratios
Gener Jo O W. Poyntz
Presidiig
Georgia
Choorsia Dullatey
Maryland
Gordon
Dexter Man Hurt In Horse Kicking Fatal to Henry Simms
Dexter Michigan May 381 Henry Simms of Webster died from injuries after a horse kicked him Thursday. He was 61 years old.
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Dexter, Mich
Henry Simms
Webster
Wis
Semuor Hanna denies report on National Republican committee chair
Memorial Day observed at Manila as a general holiday. Five cases of yellow fever reported in Santa Clara Cuba. ten of the Second Cavalry who married Cuban women reside at the barracks. Colonel C C Patmore, Louisville and Nashville railroad general passenger agent, died suddenly of apoplexy. Nathaniel J. Hill, former Colorado senator, disposes of about 1.6 million. Nebraskans to march in Kansas City for the Democratic national convention. Supreme Court adjourns leaving cases on docket. Cologne strike among railway workers. Switchmen's union elects I. T. Thawley and J. J. Tipton in Detroit. Bourke Cockran donates 500 to Brooker's Nommakontid Institute at Tuskegee. All Nation's Tube branch houses except NY, Chicago, SF, Pittsburg to close June 1. Ahmed Ben Mussa, late grand vizier of Morocco, left £1 million fortune stored in Marrakech fortress.
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Semuor Hanna
New National Republician Committee
Manila
Santa Clara
Cuba
Tanong
Second Cavalry
CC. P uAtmore
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Sife
Nathaniel J. Hill
United States
Colorado
Kansas City
United States Supreme Court
Cologne
Switchmen’s Union
Detroit
I. T. Thawley
J. J. ‘Tipton
Bourke Cockrin
Brooker
Nommakontid Industrial Institute
Tuskeseou
Ada
Nations Tube Company
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Pittsburg
Ahmed Ben Mussa
Grand Vigor
Morocco
Murakesh
Desert Vast Sahara Holds Vast Dune Distances
The text notes Sahara as the greatest desert, spanning 2000 miles east to west and 900 miles north to south, while also mentioning other regional facts such as the South African winter, English churchgoer totals, and claims about Foley’s remedies.
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Sahara
England
Wales
New York
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Cornell
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John Clark Ridpath
McKinley Wis Ndanong
Peking
China
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Taku
Shanghai
Tien Tsin
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Reed
Guprnia
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W. F. Jungkunt
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W. F. Jungkunz
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Freeport, Ill
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Anton Lang
Joseph Mayer
Anna Flunger
Mary
Bongye & Parks
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Exchange
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Aug, Seitz, Fitchner & Meise
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Frank Bangasser
Chas. F. Beck and
C. Becker & Co
Nieman
Saos
Freeport
Ieman Bros
Star Clothing Co
Stephenson Street
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