Terms of Peace Announced in South Africa
London reports the terms of peace for the Boer War as announced by A J Balfour. Burghers to lay down arms, surrender weapons, and accept royal sovereignty. Free passage home with protections and civil governance to follow. Dutch taught in schools. franchise deferred. war taxes avoided. Stock Exchange and nationwide Dublin cheers accompany.
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London
Beuse
Treasury
A. J. Balfour
Balfour
South Africa
Lord Milner
Mr. Steyn
Bremner
C. Rosenet
Hertzog
Orange Free State
Schalkburger
Reitz
Louis Botha
Delarey
Edward VII
Lord Kitchener
General Botha
Dewet
Transvaa
Orange River Colony
Transvaal
Oranges River
Tranevaal
South African Republic
His
Ireland
United Kingdom
Edward
Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
The
Joseph
Dimsdale
River tragedy and new ventures in Washington state
George Shaw drowned in the Columbia river. A new bank with capital of 25000 opened at Edwall. A large scale fruit cannery is planned at North Yakima. Universalists plan a 16000 church at Spokane. A North Yakima bank has been organized with 75000 capital. The Spokane river reached its highest level since 1894 flood. Rail work by Washington and Great Northern reaches Curlew with rails hoped to Republic by June 15. University of Washington team beat Washington State College 84 to 37 at Pullman. Spokane shops workers get about five percent wage raise starting June 1 per Northern Pacific policy. Charles Russell & Son saw mill at Dragoon destroyed by fire, loss 5000, insurance 3000. Dayton capitalists to build a 200000 malting plant in Columbia county powered by Turners plant. Everett lumber shipments noted, April totals 18500000 feet. Attorney General Stratton finds no poll tax exemption for Spanish-American veterans in fourth-class cities. Mrs Hudson of Wenus Creek killed crossing a bridge. 65 with several children. Montana debate on railroad pools favors Washington Agricultural College and University of Montana. Washington team wins. Samuel Bullard dies on Valencia voyage. Everett engineer J C Wright saves a three-year-old from oncoming train. A wife’s wisdom phrase ends with financial saving.
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George Shaw
Columbia River
Edwall
North Yakima
Universalists
Spokane
Washington and
Great Northern
Curlew
Republic
State University At
Seattle
State Agricultural College
Pullman
Northern Pacific
Charles Russell & Son
Dragoon
Dayton
Wash
Columbia County
Turners
Division of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Everett
Stratton
Peter Hudson
Wenus Creek
North
Yakima
Missoula
Mont
University Hall
Washington Agricultural College
University of Montana
Montana Boys
Washingtons
Board of Judges
Samuel Bullard
Valencia
San Francisco
Bullard
J. C. Wright
Milltowns
Miners and Mines News From the Past Week
Reports from Thunder Mountain and Boundary regions note ore shipments surpassing 200,000 tons for 1902 with several mines planning expansions. The Granby smelter faced coke shortages amid Fernie disaster, while the Rambler Caribou mine resumed operations with a 100 ton daily mill. أخبار
Switch Misplaced Causes Wreck Near Cedar Rapids
Des Moines reports a switch error on the Chicago & Northwestern near Otis seven miles from Cedar Rapids. Westbound train No. 1 was waiting for No. 6 to pass when the head brakeman threw a switch early. The last sleeper derailed and struck the No. 1 engine. Eight or ten sleeper passengers were bruised. two were seriously hurt.
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Des Moines
Chicago & Northwestern
Otis
Cedar Rapids
Tornado Strikes Lead North Dakota City Damages Homes
A small tornado hit Lead North Dakota on Saturday at 1 pm, demolishing about 20 buildings and injuring three people none fatally. The storm struck the northeast area and swept through the town as wind and rain lashed the Black Hills region.
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Lead
N. D
Black Hills
Auto speed test claims life of New York official
A June 1 accident in Grasmere Staten Island during automobile speed trials under the Automobile Club of America killed Andrew Featherstone assessor of the borough of Richmond and injured four others.
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New York
Grasmere
Staten Island
Automobile Club of America
Andrew Featherstone
Richmond
Carrie Nation Pardoned By Kansas Governor
Carrie Nation leaves Shawnee county jail a free woman after Governor Stanley grants a full pardon and remits a $100 fine. She was jailed May 16 for smashing saloon fixtures and had been sentenced to 30 days plus the fine at a dollar a day.
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Topeka
Kan
Carrie Nation
Shawnee County
Stanley
Washita River Floods Anadarko In Three Hours
In Anadarko O T the Washita river rose about 16 feet in three hours washing away tents and outbuildings and flooding the town to four feet. In New York Whitelaw Reid sails for England on the Cunard liner Umbria with his wife’s daughter aboard.
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Anadarko
O. T
Washita
New York
Pope Expresses Joy Over End of South Africa War
Rome reports the pope on peace news says he hopes to close his eyes on world wide peace. Seattle notes Mount Blackburn eruption in Alaska occurred April 11.
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Rome
South Africa
Seattle
Mount Blackburn
Alaska
World Happenings Review Terse Summary of Global Events
A weekly digest reports the Meade arrival in San Francisco with 28 officers and 854 infantry, the Syracuse strike by 200 garment workers for a nine hour day, a Leadville jail escape through a sewer tunnel, and a death by own action linked case in Chicago. It notes fires at Rockaway Beach, a shooting of Bert C. Lewis in Los Angeles, and Col Patrick Donan’s death in Portland. Also covers Denver building trades with nonunion labor, Morgan’s Rome-Venice-Corsair trip, 250 Americans in Berlin, and California fruit distributors forming a marketing cartel. Potential British ambassador pick, bank consolidations in Chicago, Hazleton guard deployments, Taft’s illness in Rome, and drowning rumors near Thunder Mountain accompany Spokane missing child Erwin Miller.
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Meade
San Francisco
Manila
Twenty-first Infantry
Syracuse
N. Y
Leadville
Col
L. Wachman
Chicago
New York
Max Kastan
Lydia McRowatt
Rockaway Beach
Thomas
McKrow
Frank Martin Hanson
Morris Kastan
Long Island City
Young McKrow
Bert C. Lewis
Los Angeles
Patrick Donan
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Portland
Conan
Denver
J. Pierpont Morgan
Rome
Venice
Corsair
New York Tribune
Athens
London
Berlin
Atlantic
California
California Fruit Distributors
East
Michael Henry Herbert
Paris
United States
Lord Pauncefoote
Herbert
England
King Edward
First National Bank
Metropolitan National Bank
Hazleton
Hazelton
Taft
Philippine Islands
H. E. Nutting
Lardo
Long Valley
Boise
Idaho
Thunder Mountain
Forester’s life amid wild birds and game in the woods
The writer extolls the forester’s intimate knowledge of wildlife. He tracks quail and partridge, nests and broods, ducks, ovenbirds, and other birds, and surveys feeding grounds for deer and saplings. He notes antlers, beds of grass and ferns, and the season’s lean but tasty camp fare of bass, venison, partridge, and small game.
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Paul Grywold Huston
Atlantic
Sand painting by W. O'Brien of McGregor
W. 8. O'Brien of McGregor has devised sand mixing a decorative method. He uses layered jars of colored sands to create rock formations glaciers and landscapes. One jar shows a snowy mountain backdrop and prairie scene with borders of multiple colors.
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O’brien
McGregor
Jaws
Repaid with Interest on a Rude Train Exchange
Two prosperous men riding to business in a crowded train exchange a casual farewell. One asks a lighter question then Tom returns, but the other quips that he still owes a five pound loan, prompting laughter as Tom moves to another compartment.
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Tom
Patti Praised After Lone Yorkshire Village Concert
In a remote Yorkshire village last winter, the famed Mme Patti performed at a local charity concert. Despite most performers being absent, she sang three ballads for the audience, earning heartfelt thanks from the chairman for her exceptional effort.
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Patti
Mme
Yorkshire
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Dixie
Warren
British Columbia
Granby Mining & Smelting Company
Fernie
B. C
Union Jacket
Porcupine Creek
Boundary
Ymir
Broken Hill
War Eagle
Centre Star
Rossland
Dominion Iron & Steel Company
United States Steel Corporation
Independent
Crow’s Nest
Kootenay Lake
Kaslo Slocan Mining & Financial Company
Chapleau Consolidated
Reno Lands
Mansfield Syndicate
Queen
Salmo
Holmes Syndicate
Granby
J. P. Porter
Porter Bros
Granby Company
Knob Hill
Phoenix
Lerd Mining Company
Whitaker Wright
Lord Dufferin
Selby
Crow's Nest Pass
Miscellaneous Mining News
Kendall Gold Mining Company
Montana
United States Marble Company
Stevens County
C. E. Mitchell
Colorado
Crippbeek
Poorman
Silver City
H. Bush
Lewiston
Mont. Price
Salt Lake
Utah
N. E. Graves
Graves
Oscar Stontagh
le Roi
Northport
Lead, N. D
Wichita River
Pope
World's News
Erwin Miller
Camp LiFe
Man
Wade
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