British War Office dispatches from Transvaal and a Syracuse homicide
In Transvaal a Roberts led maneuver near Johannesburg presses the enemy as French and Hamilton's forces engage to the left. Lord Roberts reports Kruger prepares to flee to Holland and a Times correspondent notes Steyn leaves with 100000 pounds. In Syracuse Ernest Hecht dies after chloroform homicide of Mrs Louise Foster. Hecht claims the act and a note hints at a planned liaison.
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Johannesburg
British War Office
Lord Roberts
Kurp River
Transvaal
Jan Hamilton
H. J. Whigham
Lorenzo Marquez
Pretoria
Kruger
Holland
Roberts
London Times
Kroonstadt
Broadwood
Lindley
Steyn
Piet de Wet
Neations
Lord Roberts Reig
Mary Wilbur
Louise Foster
Syracuse
N. Y
Bleeper Held Up on Union Pacific Train
Passengers on train No 1 from West Kansas City were robbed between Falls City and Stella Nebraska by a lone bandit after Verdon. The attacker boarded the sleeper, forced the porter to assist at gunpoint, then jumped at Stella after ten minutes with little loot secured.
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Union Pacific
Kansas City
Falls City
Neb
Stella
Verdon
Injunction Shields Chinese from Quarantine Discrimination
Federal Judge Morrow grants an injunction preventing federal and local health authorities from discriminating against the Chinese in plague precautions. Chinese cannot be forcibly inoculated or barred from entry or exit by federal quarantine officers in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Morrow
San Frengco
Eclipse of the Sun Across a 45 Mile Belt Tide
Government observers report great results from the sun eclipse seen across North America Europe and Africa. The total eclipse lasted 5 hours 23 minutes with totality from the Pacific west of Mexico to near Cairo Egypt as the Moon’s shadow moved 2500 miles per hour. Observers from New Orleans to Norfolk noted the event and photographed widely.
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Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Pacific Ocean
City
Mexico
Cairo
Egypt
Red Sea
New Orleans
Norfolk
Mobile
Hotels Prepare to Double Rates for Republican Convention Delegates
A Philadelphia correspondent reports hotels in Philadelphia plan to raise rates for the Republican convention. Per diem may rise from 2 to 4 dollars, 3 to 6 dollars, with rooms shared among multiple guests. Suites could run 40 to 75 dollars daily, and vacancies are filling as hotels steer visitors to lodging houses. Kansas City warns Democratic meeting guests may face similarly high or extortionate charges.
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Philadelphia
Kanesua City
Kansas City
Eclipse Observers Worldwide Seek Corona Clues
Nations and institutions from Montgomery to Norfolk deployed expeditions for a 1948 total solar eclipse. Observers studied the corona using telescopes and photographs, noting a slightly shorter totality than predicted and aiming to learn if the corona links to the sun rather than Earth or Moon.
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Montgomery
Raleigh
Norfolk
United States
Pinehurst
N. C
Barnesville
Tripoli
North Africa
War and Navy Departments
National University
Mexico
Siberian
Africa
Norman Lockyer
Royal Observatory
Alicante
Dublin University
Plateaia
Rtoyal Observatory
Lisbon
Barnard
Yerkes Observatory
Mercury
Kansas City Hotels Brace for Four Day Convention Visit
Delegations have booked rooms at major hotels for July 2 to 5, paying for four days even if the convention ends early. Hundreds of Kansas City homes will also open to visitors during the event.
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Kansas City
Vast City Directory Growth and Shifts in US Crime Stats
The St Louis directory lists 229265 names this year up from 155429 a near 50 percent rise. US crime data show only 6 percent of criminals are women, while smallpox cases total 7267 with 402 deaths in three and a half months.
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St. Louis
United States
Eal
Senate and House Actions Highlight Philippine and Alaska Debates
Senate debates Spooner bill granting full Philippines power to the President as Alaska civil government measures advance. Receives Clark of Montana credentials. House dedicates day to Alaska bill with amendments on Cape Nome dredging and a territorial delegate. Congressional actions include pensions for military widows, Cuban inquiry provisions, and budget bills.
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Senate
Mr. Spooner
Philippines
Clark
Montana
Gov
Spriggs
Allen
South African Republic
Orange Free State
Jones
Arkansas
North American Trust Company
Havana
Secretary of War
House
Alaska
Manila
Secretaries of War and Navy
Messrs
Platt
Spooner
Hale
Neely
Bacon
Cuba
Cape Nome Beach
Congress
Morgan
Islands
United States
Lodge
Allison
Clouse
Talbert
8. C
Bridley
Olympia
R. W. Meade
M. F. Force
Ohio
District of Columbia
Washington
Baltimore and Potomac
Baltimore and Ohio
Long
Mary L. Stotsenberg
Col. Stotsenberg
Nebraska Volunteers
Cooper
Wis
Committee On Insular Affairs
Hay
E. G. Rathbone
Mr. Jones
Guba
Porto Rico
National Capital Notes and International Trade Outlook
This year Pacific exports are projected to surpass 100 million dollars. There were no fatalities from yellow fever in Havana during April. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Chicago drainage canal in October.
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National Capital
Havana
Supreme Court
Chicago
Oetabse
Rush to Cape Nome Dwarfs Earlier Gold Rushes
Reports show an unprecedented rush to Cape Nome with an estimated 40 000 to 50 000 preparing to depart. By sea, 5 100 have already sailed from Seattle Vancouver and San Francisco and 7 000 more are expected this month. Freight steamers race to Nome as mining machinery worth hundreds of thousands moves toward the new Alaskan fields.
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Cape Nime
Klondike
California
Yukon River
Cape None
Arctic
Seattle
Vancouver
San Francisco
Cape Nome
Hanchett
Alaska Steamship
Alaska
Lader
Pacific Coast
Cape Nowe
Denver
Bepaso
Price McCormick & Co Collapses in Cotton Corner Plot
The New York firm Price McCormick & Co. failed after trying to corner cotton, posting potential losses of 13 million dollars. The collapse sent Wall Street into a frenzy with cotton futures plunging and rumors about other brokerages intensifying the market turmoil. The firm included W G McCormick, Theodore Price, R M Stuart-Wortley, and George Crocker, a son-in-law of Rear Admiral Schley.
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Price, McCormick & Co
New York
Wall Street
Cotton Exchange
Will
W. G. McCormick
Chicago
Theodore Price
R. M. Stuart-Wortley
England
Schley
George Crocker
California
New York Cotton Exelianges
The
Produce Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Rail speeds and staff moves in 19th century rail lines
Reports list average speeds for several trains including Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe to Pittsburg and Chicago and Northwestern to Buffalo with times, while Union Pacific names Nilson as general agent for Burlington at Salt Lake City. Manitoba asks Northern Pacific about leaving Manitoba. Illinois section men pay rises to 1.25. Fourteen new Pullman sleepers built for Rock Island to run Chicago to Denver at about $20,000 each.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Lpeucork
Pittsburg
Carnegle
Cease
Chicago and Northwestern
IADB
New York
East Buffalo
New York Central
Omaha
Hennes
Grand Central Station
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
R. I. Nilson
Burlington Road
Salt Lake City
Utah
Manitoba
Northern Pacific Railroad
Ilinoia
Rock Island Road
Denver
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Indiana
L . M. Diestn
W. P. Eliott
Navy
William P. Elliott
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Menominee
Mich
Ingallieto
James B. Goodman & Co
Caleago
Agsinet Dewey
United States Supreme Court
Dewey
Meg Fuller
Southamp
Manny
Oistre i
Boston
Scohhert
Wichita
Tsut
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minn
Maj. M. ©. Wilkinson
Maj. Wilkinson
Leech Lake
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Cafe Nome
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