Roberts Near Klip River in Rapid Cadre Advance
London dispatches report Lord Roberts marching 20 miles to 18 miles from Johannesburg with French and Ian Hamilton forces engaging Boers ten miles to the left. Boers abandon positions as farmers surrender arms and horses. Mafeking siege casualties rise to 80 percent among white combatants.
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London
Lord Roberts
Kiip
Borg
War Office
Roberts
Ian
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Relief Association
United States
Hay
French
Ian Hamilton
Mafeking
Tragedy in Minnesota as Wise family shot at Anoka
Anoka Minnesota May 29 A farmer William Wise his wife and four children were struck by gunfire last night. William Wise Sr 58 was shot in the shoulder and is dying. William Wise Jr 7 was killed. James Wise 11 was wounded and lost two fingers. Mrs Wise was shot in the back abdomen and arms and is dying. Eliza and Martha escaped by hiding in a closet. Authorities surveil two persons as possible suspects.
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Ainoka Minn
William Wise
Here
Wfe
William Wise, Jr
James Wise
Boxers Attack Railway Station Near Pekin
Reports from Shanghai and Tien Tsin describe Boxers burning the Liuloni station on the Lui Ban railway twenty nine miles from Pekin. They wrecked track and cars and killed several Chinese workers while Belgian engineers remain safe at Fingial.
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Pekin
Rising not Considered Serious
A dispatch from Accra reports Col. Wilcox’s relief force en route to Kumassie has encountered opposition and one officer wounded. Earlier dispatches mentioned three European officers killed and many Housas wounded in previous fighting, but the government expects no serious expansion of the rising.
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London
Colonial Office
Accra
Gold Coast
Wilcox
Kumassie
Housas
Passenger special derailed near Labelle injuring sixteen
A C.P.R. passenger special was derailed by a damaged road bed near Labelle in the morning. Sixteen people were injured, including Alderman Gouin MP. The engine cleared the bad spot while the rest of the train slid down the embankment and three cars overturned.
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Montreal
C.P.R
Labelle
Alderman Gouin
Judicial Commission to Probe Election Corruption
Ottawa reports the government will announce a judicial commission this week to investigate election corruption. Sir Wilfrid Laurier said the commission’s personnel and scope are largely decided and info will be provided to the house by midweek. The debate touched on fisheriesInspector ties and police force conditions.
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Ottawa
Judicial Commission
Wilfrid Laurier
Charles Teppr
Wilfrid
Rochett
Louis Davies
Manitoba
Selkirk Journal Company
Selkirk
Inspctor
Wallace
Winnipeg
Patterson
Pattee
Phillips
Northwest Mounted Police
Eclipse of the Sun Observed Across Cities
Toronto reports a successful solar eclipse observation from the observatory with precise contact times and sharp photos. The temperature dropped five degrees during greatest obscuration and then rose, while Washington notes equally favorable conditions and a MIT expedition led by Prof Alfred E Burton confirming clear weather and latitude data.
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Toronto
Toronto Observatory
Washington Ga
Alfred E Burton
Massachusetts Institute of Technocology
G. L. Hosmer
WOUNDED AT MAFEKING RELIEF
A special cable from Toronto reports Gunners W W Patton and W McCollum of the Canadian Artillery were slightly wounded in the Mafeking relief. Private Rasberry of C Company Royal Canadians and Trooper Harry Hammond Clements of the Mounted Rifles died of fever. American correspondent Julian Ralph has arrived and may lose his leg from a wound.
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Patton
McCollumm
Canadian Artillery
Toronto
Mafeking
W.W. Patton
W. McCollum
Rasberry
C. Company
Royal Canadians
Hamilton
Harry Hammond Clements
The
Mounted Rifles
Northwest Mounted Police
Julian Ralph
London Daily Mail
Tragedy Near Shoal Lake Claims Local Farmer
William Ross a 55 year old farmer seven miles southwest of Shoal Lake was found shot dead about 70 yards from his home at 5 am after rising at 4 am. The death is considered likely self inflicted due to long standing crop failures and drought threats. Ross a widower leaves six daughters and recently moved from Ontario three years ago.
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Shoal Lake
Willaim Ross
Dreath
Ross
Ontario
Croker Backs Bryan for President in Interview
In London an interview printed by The Journal and Advertiser quotes Richard Croker declaring strong support for William Jennings Bryan for president. He predicts Bryan will defeat William McKinley on election day and states his belief in Bryan's chances.
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New York
The
Journal and Advertiser
Richard Croker
London
Wm. T. Stead
United States
Mr. Croker
Wm. Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Boers Fortify Extended Line After Vaal Crossing
London dispatches report British forces on Transvaal soil with crossings of the Vaal River. Casualties total four in the Vaal operation. Kronstadt notes General Hamilton's advance across the Wonderfontein drift. Mafeking supply lines restored with Canadian artillery aiding from Beira. May 27 battles near Ficksburg yield captured Boer wagons and a Maxim gun.
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London
War Office
Lord Roverts
Vaal
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Bulawayo
Col. Plumer
Beira
Kronstad
Hamilton
Transvaal
Wonderfontein
Maseru
Ficksburg
Kruger
Smallpox Report Tracks Ontario Port Arthur and Fort William
Dr Bryce reports eight current smallpox cases in Port Arthur with one death and two suspects in camp quarantine. Fort William shows three hospital cases with several houses under surveillance. Compulsory vaccination expands as no new cases in five days. vaccination driven for railway workers and mining camps west of Fort William. Outside case found near Sawhill involving Clearwater Mining Co manager Steele. Winnipeg nurse and Wabigoon doctor sent.
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Port Arthur
Fort William
Bre
Bryce
Provincial Board of Health
Sault Ste Marie
Steele
Clearwater Mining Co
Sawhill
Winnipeg
Wabigoon
Pacific ocean freight rates rise after San Francisco conference
Montreal May 28 substantial increase in Pacific ocean freights after a week long conference of transcontinental railways and Pacific steamship companies. Agreement to hold until January next with rates for tea and matting rising. silk unchanged. Kingston Jamaica May 28 British subjects imprisoned in Panama without trial. twelve cases investigated by the British consul with only six released and two dying.
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Montreal
Transcontinental Railways
Pacific Steamship Companies
San Francisco
Oriental Steamship Companies
J. C. Stubbs
Northern Pacific Railway
G. H. Bosworth
Gr. R
Kingston, Ja
Panama
Fatal Blow Ends Pugilist Eddie Teabont
Eddie Teabont, Bridgeport light heavyweight, was carried in insensible after a Friday boxing match with William Forsyth. He died at 2 20 this afternoon without regaining consciousness. Forsyth is jailed as bond issues hinder the preliminary hearing.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Eddie Teabont
William Forsyth
Forsyth
Manitoba Legislature Debates Budget and Reforms
Winnipeg reports cover multiple sessions in May with Greenway’s tax amendment, first speeches by Bertrand and Lagemodiere, and Meyers’s charges against the late government. Workers discuss estimates, adjourn amid prayers, and proceed with committee of supply, while other notes note boundary petitions and law amendments. In Holland, a mill accident injures engineer Mr. Brown, requiring months of recovery.
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Winnipeg
Greenway
Bertrand
Meyers
Lagemodiere
House
Committee of Supply
Holland
Brown
Drowning Accident in St. Regis Lacrosse Factory Area
Peter Squires foreman at Frank Lilly's lacrosse factory in St. Regis drowned on Saturday after a boat capsize during a crossing incident involving Squires his wife and children a week earlier his heroic rescue of the woman and child is noted while the husband perished. The item also includes a quoted exchange and a later Washington Star reference.
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Cornwall
Peter Squires
Frank Lilly
St. Regis
Squires
Skin
Uncertain Birthdays Across Historic Figures
The New York World notes the ambiguity of birth dates for Cardinal Manning François Sarcey Lord Beaconsfield and Duke of Wellington. Conflicting claims place their births in various years and places with no precise day confirmed.
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Cardinal Manning
Francois Sarcey
Lord Beaconsfield
Lord Barrington
John Street
Bloomsbury
Adelphi Terrace
Arthur Wellesley
Duke of Wellington
Countess of
Ireland
New York World
Stage Glints and Tours Highlight Early Theatre Season
Coquelin shines as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables. Maude Adams ends her season May and will not perform again until Oct 23. Letters from Europe show strong demand for American performers. O'Mara tours Ireland, Rankin Davenport Daly may join The Rounders in London renamed The Night Owls. Bernhardt gives matinees in Paris to aid poor students. Irving marks his 62nd birthday in St Louis with a fundraiser. Edna Wallace Hopper tops racebooks amid her theatre fad. Mansfield to present an English Don Juan where the hero dies and is revived in spirit land.
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Coquelin
Jean Valjean
Will H. Fox
Lizzie B. Raymond
Music Falls
Great Britain
Maude Adams
Eurepe
Joseph O'Mara
Ireland
Phylls Rankin
Harry Davenport
Dan Daly
Robespierre
Edna Wallace Hopper
Chris and the Wonderful Lamp” Company
Richard Mansfield
Spirit Land
Alexander
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