Gen Roberts Fads Boers Reports From Orange Grove
Dispatches dated Orange Grove indicate Johannesburg peaceful with surrendering Boers and few guns left. Col Sprigg’s yeomanry attacked between Kroonstad and Lindley. casualties to follow. Winburg dispatch notes Boers eight miles east of Senekal defending with two guns. Lourenco Marques reports Boers back in Free State northeast, near Ventersburg and Harrismith. Lady Georgiana Curzon cables 17000 pounds for Mafeking comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
Orange ‘Grove
Johannesburg
Creusot
Ainmuunition
Botha
Zoutspansberg
Senekal
Rundle
LinWey
Lourenzo Marques
Free State
Ventersburg
Harrismith
Georgiana Curzon
Mafeking
Annexing the Free State in a royal ceremony
Military governor Maj. Gen. George Prettyman proclaimed the annexation of the Free State as the Orange River colony. In Market Square a vast crowd cheered as Lord Roberts’ proclamation was read and the royal standard unfurled. Ladies of note watched, bands played God Save the Queen, and the Welsh Yeomanry escorted officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Prettyman
Free State
Orange River Colony
Market Square
Lady Roberts
Misses Roberts
Countess of Airlie
Henry Bentick
Settrington
Knox
Kelly-Kenny
Prettyman
Lord Roberts
Orange Free State
Lord Acheson
Largest Wheat Crop In Kansas Foreseeable This Year
Secretary Coburn estimates Kansas will harvest the state’s largest wheat crop on record. Winter wheat acreage is about 4,683,819 with yields potentially higher than 1892’s 70,900,000 bushels. If per acre yield matches 1892, total could reach about 85,666,600 bushels and the crop is said to be in prime condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
Three Yosemite Stage Hold Up Report Near Raymond Cal
A Raymond California dispatch details a bold hold up of three Yosemite stages Saturday. Highwaymen robbed passengers of about Syco. Sixth Cavalry troops were en route. a sergeant and trooper engaged the bandits who seized their rifles and held them prisoner during the robbery. The robbers fled as cavalry pursued, with potential severe punishment if captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond
Cal
Yosemite
Syco
Sixth Cavalry
Wore Defeats Rebels in Albay and Pangasinan
Lieut Jons T Stedje of Company L Forty-seventh volunteers led scouts in Albay with several engagements against insurgents. Seventeen enemy killed and twenty three captured including a captain. Explosive bombs and insurgent documents seized. Yubi burned. Sergt Brickley killed near Higao. Scounts of the Thirty sixth and Thirty fourth capture 32 rifles and 600 rounds in Pangasinan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jons T. Stedje
Albay
Yubi
Sergt
Brickley
Higao
Pangasinan
Boers Invited to Colorado for Settlement Project
Governor Thomas endorses a bold plan to bring Boer refugees to Colorado. Union Pacific Land Company proposes 1,000,000 acres to be settled under the grey lands act on the Julesburg and Wyoming divisions. No charge for the land, with repayment to begin after communities are established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Thomas
Valley of the
Platte
Colorado
Union Pacific Land Company
Julesburg
Wyoming
Lightning Kills Farmer Near Reading and More News
News notes report Obadiah Clark killed by lightning near Reading Pennsylvania. Other items include plague cases in Port Said Egypt, Seventh Infantry sailings from Seattle, Swiss annexation agitation, Boston fire loss around 250000, Bishop Kelly consecration in Richmond, a bridge death at Wilkes-Barre, Canadian forest fires, famine relief to India, arrival screenings at Tacoma, shipboard drownings in St Clair Michigan, and various political and economic updates from across the United States and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Obadiah Clark
Port Said
Egypt
Seventh Infantry
Seattle
Cape None
Switzerland
United States
Pitts-Kimball
Boston
Richmond
Benjamin J. Kelly
Savannah
James Cunyard
Wilkesbarre
Rainy River
Canada
Chicago India Famine Relief Committee
Lady Curzon
Tacoma
Lightnire
St. Clair
Mich
Charles A. Naulty
Newark
N. J
Bombay
India
Senate
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Springfeld
Texas
Alexandria
Smyrna
Turkey
Bank of
New Lisbon
Wisartd
Warner Miller
John Mackay
Congress
Phoenix
Ariz
Pan-American Medical Congress
Havana
The
Christian Church
Cincinnati
William Rockefeller
Connellsville
Suffolk County
New York State
Perry Belmont
William Broehm
Forest Junction
Wis
Chicago
Barnett
Pennsylvania
Julian B. Arnold
Adwit Arnold
California
England
Shelly
Grantham
Harrisburg
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
New York
Washington (Pa
W. J. College
Queen Wilhelmina
Spain
Germany
Great Britain
Jefferson Davis
Louisville
United Confederate Veterans
O'Grady Haley
Dominion Militia
Times Company
Philadelphia Times
Charles T
Maurice Brown
Hubbard, C
Alice Newman
Brown
United States District Court
Herring- Hall-Marvin Safe Works
Columbian University
Washington
Richard Wainwright
Gaynor
Brooklyn
William T. Miller
Franklin Syndicate Fame
Miller
Sing Sing
Daughters of the American Revolution
France
Boers Invited to Settle United States
Massachusetts Representative Fitzgerald urged in the House a resolution inviting the Boers from the South African Republic and Orange Free State to come to the United States. The measure notes the republics offer refuge and open public lands for homesteading, directing the President to relay the invitation to their presidents. Commissioner Bingham Hermann praised Boer perseverance and suggested a migration could yield vast reclamation gains on U.S. lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
United States
South African Republic
Orange Free State
Bingham Hermann
United States General Land Office
Transvaal
Great West
Warrant Issued for W S Taylor in Goebel Murder Case
A bench warrant for W S Taylor, former Kentucky governor, follows an April 19 indictment naming him an accessory before the fact in the Goebel murder. The document, listing about 50 witnesses, orders arrest and custody in Franklin County. Deputy Sheriff John Suter holds the warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Taylor
Kentucky
Taylor
Goebel
William Goebel
Caleb Powers
N. W. Golden
John L. Powers
John Davis
Henry Youtsey
Charles Finley
W. H. Culton
James Howard
Berry Howard
Harlan Whittaker
Richard Combs
William 5. Taylor
Franklin County
Commonwealth
John Suter
War's Bitter Cost and Boer War Projections
London telegrams quote State Secretary Reitz claiming Britain promised war costs would be borne by Boers but that gold mine profits would be taxed to fund the effort. He says Transvaal paid no special tax on gold and predicts a 50,000 man garrison funded by mines, with prolonged future wars and rebellions. He namechecks Rhodes Wernher Bell as instigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reitz
Great Britain
Transvaal
Rhodes
Wernher
Bell
England
Rebels Near Panama Reported By Orinoco Telegrams
Telegrams from Kingston say on May 13 rebels were within six miles of Panama. Government troops prepared, British consul and families moved to Tobago, Colombian soldiers left to bolster the garrison. US warship Machias at Colon ready to land marines if needed. Gunboat Cordova sunk by rebels between Carthagena and Colon. Carthagena and Savanilla quiet. country loaded with paper money, gold premium at 1600 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
Orinoco
Colombia
Panama
Tobago
Colon
United States
Machias
Carthagena
Savanilla
May Lose Democratic National Convention
Senator Jones head of the Democratic National Committee faces vigorous complaints from National Committee members and Democrats nationwide over Kansas City rates. Many urge a meeting of committees to reconsider the decision to hold the convention in Kansas City and select a different, more desirable location. No action has been taken yet, though under serious consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Kansas City
Palisades paper mills burn in Hoboken blast
The Palisades paper mills at Hoboken New Jersey were burned Wednesday night, with a reported loss of 190 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palisades Paper Mills
Hoboken
N. J
Four killed and nine crippled in nitroglycerin explosion near Marietta
Four men were killed and four fatally injured with three crippled for life after a nitroglycerin blast at an oil well near Whiple east of Marietta Ohio. The explosion followed a failed go devil and a jack squib charge as workers from the Torpedo Company attempted to shoot the well. The accident drew relief from Marietta and nearby towns. eight deaths were expected, with uncertain injuries to John Stallar Henry Stallar and Walter Daniels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiple
Marietta
Itumes ‘Torpedo Company
Marietta Glycerin Company
John
Henry Stallar
Walter Daniels
National Debt Decreases in May 1900 Treasury Statement
The May 31 1900 monthly debt report shows total public debt at 1 418 392 340 including interest bearing and non interest debt while cash on hand equals 1 104 261 826 and demands liabilities 808 478 206 leaving a final cash balance of 29 783 529. May receipts total 45 166 053 against expenditures 40 351 525 yielding a 4 814 528 surplus for the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
United States
General Fund
Aguinaldo Possibly Killed Near Lagat After Pursuit
May 19 events report Maj March's unit engaging Aguinaldo's outpost near Lagat, killing or wounding an officer believed to be Aguinaldo and capturing two after a night trek. Insurgents fled as Americans recovered a richly saddled horse and found Aguinaldo's diary and papers, including a protest against U.S. occupation and Beveridge speech translations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj. March
Lagat
Aguinaldo
Philippines
Beveridge
Striking St Louis Streetcar Faces Sheriff Posse Push
The St Louis street car strike leads to sheriff orders to oath in 100 extra deputies, totaling 2,500 to preserve order. Officials report a surge of illness among summoned men seeking medical exemptions. Police plan riot guns as a peace measure after talks with Hawes Stone and Crow fail to yield a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Sherif Pohlman
Hawes
Police Board
William TE. Stone
Crow
Postoffice Safe Blown Up at New Cumberland
A daring early morning postoffice robbery in New Cumberland West Virginia used dynamite to wreck the building. Robbers secured 812 in cash and stamps with 1350 belonging to Postmaster J. B. Campbell. Neighbors paid little attention, mistaking the blast for Decoration Day celebration. No clues were left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Cumberland
W. Va
J. B. Campbell
Capt Roberts and companions held by rebels in Luzon
Surprised during lunch by rebels near San Miguel de Mayumo in Bulacan province on May 29 Captain Roberts and two missing companions remain in rebel custody. Rebels promise humane treatment and possible exchange as earlier reports misstated the capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
San Miguel de Mayumo
Bulacan
Luzon
Abbott
Forty-second Regiment
Sinalion
Took Aguinaldo's Friend
General MacArthur reports in Manila that small surrenders continue in northern Luzon. Carino, Aguinaldo ally and Benguet governor, was captured near Kabayan. Near San Miguel de Mayumo on May 20, Captain Roberts and privates were captured. several others were killed or wounded. Rifles have been surrendered at Cuyapo and more are expected as Grant and Funstone pursue insurgents from San Miguel de Mayumo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Manila
Luzon
Carino
Benguet
Aguinaldo
Kabayan
San Miguel de Mayumo
Charles D. Roberts
John A. McIntyre
Lue A. Akens
John Gallen
Joseph McCourt
John A. Green
George Kinger
Cuyapo
Grant
Funstone
Robbers fatally mistreat hermit in Perry county case
James Finnegan, an aged hermit living in a remote part of Northern Perry county, was killed by masked robbers on Tuesday night. The assailants tortured him with a red hot fire shovel and bludgeon, injuring his head as they tried to seize money said to be inside his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Finnegan
Perry County
Presidential commutation and political denials report
The President commuted to ten years the life sentence of Jefferson Harrison of Alabama who robbed a mail car. Ex Senator Camden of West Virginia denies plans to run for the U.S. Senate or re-enter politics. Senator Fairbanks proposes a Cuba extradition bill as a substitute for the House extradition measure in the Neeley case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Harrison
Alabama
Camden
West Virginia
United State
House
Neeley
Fairbanks
Cuba
Bank Robbery Shocks Sheldah Town Near Des Moines Ta
Four robbers dynamited a savings bank in Sheldah about 20 miles north of Des Moines Ta Friday night. They secured 1600 dollars and held 10 citizens at gunpoint while looting vaults. The explosion damaged the bank as about 50 residents rushed to the scene. Two armed robbers kept onlookers back until loot was secured before escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldah
Des Moines
Feud Sparks Fatal Shot in Bartonia Indiana
Charles Stevens aged 24 was fatally shot by William Moorman amid a long standing feud over Stevens’s attention to Moorman’s daughter. Moorman had ordered Stevens from his premises several times. The incident occurred in Bartonia Indiana and details indicate motive linked to family discord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stevens
William Moorman
Bartonia
Ind
Stevens
Moorman
Foreign Marines Guard Legations as Boxers Battle Near Pekin
Telegrams from Tien Tsin report heavy fighting between imperial troops and Boxers at Lai-Shin-H Sien with uncertain result. Foreign legations guarded by American Japanese marines calm the scene as Chinese edict threatensBoxers. Russian French British Italian ships arrive. Americans land troops. hopes Boxers disperse before foreign action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien Tsin
China
Lai-Shin-H Sien
Pekin
Taku
Foreign Office
Lu Tai
Pang Tai
Chang Hein- Tien
Lu-Kow-Chiao
Chang Hein Tien
Fang-Tai
Cook’s Deadly Scheme Tells Grim Railroad Robbery Tale
A Cook on the Paint Creek Railroad project near Montgomery West Virginia poisons meat to stop thefts from a storehouse. Fourteen or more family men, killed by the poison, are found in a cave and surrounding area. Authorities have not yet intervened.
Epidemic of Black Cancer Strikes West Derby Village
An epidemic of black cancer rash sweeps West Derby Newport VI with three deaths in a week. Victims fell ill for two days before fatal symptoms emerged and were buried immediately. About 50 houses are quarantined and schools closed as authorities battle spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Derby
Newport
Russia Enlarges Naval Force Near China Port
Russian and allied warships gather at Taku and Shanghai with 11 000 troops aboard ships and 14 000 in readiness at Port Arthur. Diplomatic circles in Washington discuss Russia seeking control around Pekin and the Pei Ho river, while the United States and other powers move to curb expansion. The Boxers may disperse temporarily as tension eases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taku
Shanghai
Port Arthur
Washington
Russia
Pekin
Pei-Ho
United States
Conger
Boxers kill foreigners near Tein Tsin in China
Reported clashes describe Chinese forces surrounding a party of foreigners attempting escape to Tein Tsin. Four were killed and as many wounded in the incident. Meanwhile President Loubet of France renewed a visit at Auteuil without any sign of political disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Tein Tsin
Loubet
France
Auteuil
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gen. Roberts
Gold Reef City
Pretoria
Bloemfontein
Britain
Washington County
Ohio
Bulleta
Louis
Seven Nations
Tien Tain
Addison
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!