Peace in South Africa Declared as Boers Sign Surrender Terms
London reacts with joy as Lord Kitchener, Lord Milner and Boer delegates sign surrender terms in Pretoria. News spread quickly, bells rang, crowds cheered, and prayers of thanksgiving were offered in churches. King Edward and Cabinet to address details. Kruger hopes to return.
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Lord Kitchener
Old England
Edward
London
Pretoria
Lord Milner
South Africa
Mansion House
Joseph C. Dimsdale
War Office
House of Commons
Daily Mail
Utrecht
Holland
Kruger
Transvaal
Great Britain
Broderick
Buckingham Palace
Strand
Piccadilly
Pall Mall
Kitchener
Bill
Howe
Canterbury
Cardinal Vaughan
Mr. Balfour
Balfour
Europe
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
United States Money for Philippine Treasury Shortfall
The secretary of war sent Senate Philippines committee Acting Governor Wrights cable about the insular treasury. After immediate U S money needs, about 600000 dollars of U S money remains. customs and internal revenue yield little. The treasury may seek Mexican dollars or gold bids, both seen as objectionable, risking depletion. Gold price today is 1 dollar for 2.41 Mexican, large orders unlikely.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Senate Committee On the
Philippines
Wright
Treasury
United States
Internal Revenue
Mount Redoubt Erupts Again Near Cook Inlet Coast
Mount Redoubt in Alaska erupted strongly on May 3 after two months of activity. Reported ash clouds blanketed the coast, and dense smoke obscured the shoreline. Observers in Seattle note the eruption reached a peak that day, with fire and brimstone visible from the peak.
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Seattle
Wash
Mount Redoubt
Cook Inlet
Steyn Paralysis Ends Participation in Peace Talks
Pretoria reports Acting President Steyn of the Transvaal is paralyzed and withdraws from the Veerinignn peace conference. He has been granted parole and moved to Krugersdorp, about fifty miles southwest of Pretoria.
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Pretoria
Steyn
Transvaal
Veerinignn
Krugersdorp
Harriman Plans Largest Colonization Drive to Oregon
Chicago June 1 The Harriman lines announce a colonization bureau led by G M McKinney to place 100000 colonists in Oregon and Washington in two years. A $100000 fund backs eastern agents across Indianapolis Des Moines Saginaw Louisville Nashville Pittsburgh Albany Portsmouth Mobile and other centers to recruit settlers and develop Oregon and Washington resources. The plan targets mining farming and timber potentials with Southern Pacific Union Pacific and related lines coordinating.
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Chicago
Harriman Lines
J. C. Stubbs
G. M. McKinney
McKinney
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Washington
Middle West
Indianapolis
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Saginaw
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kansas City
Missouri
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Louisville
Kentucky
Nashville
Virginia
Carolinas
Mobile
Ala
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Second Chief Named Head Chief of Coeur d'Alene Indians
Second Chief Peter Wildshoe is appointed head chief of the Coeur d'Alene Indians by succession. Meantime Tacoma shingle mills idle except Tacoma Cedar, with early production by packing room workers. Most mills expect to resume by morning. A Colville reservation resident, Blind Billy, is murdered by friends of Indian Questskan and Indian Miller, who head to Walla Walla prison for Chelan Willie killing. Mountain Home Idaho sheep herder Charles Stull found dead from an apparently accidental self-inflicted pistol shot. Representative Tawney urges reopening Bering Sea sealing talks with Britain to preserve the herd or allow limited preservation.
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Peter Wildshoe
Coeur d’Alene
Tacoma
Tacoma Cedar Company
Blind Billy
Colville Reservation
Wash
Questskan
Sam Miller
Walla Walla
Chelan Willie
Charles Stull
Charles Hurd
Mountain Home
Idaho
Oregon
Tawney
Minnesota
Ways and Means Committee
Bering Sea
Great Britain
Local market prices for poultry eggs meats and hides
The listing shows live weight and dressed prices for poultry and eggs, vegetables with per hundredweight figures, fruit prices for apples, livestock rates for beef hogs veal and sheep, and hides with several grade prices. A note states Spokane prices differ from the coast by 12 percent due to freights.
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Spokane
Persistently Advertised Real Merit Cited by Public
A quotation stresses that the public trusts repeated advertising as proof of value. It notes advertisers succeed by continuing to proclaim a product’s merit, implying consistent messaging builds belief and perceived quality. The line underscores sustained promotion as a strategic asset.
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Rinters
Trade Report Indicates Mixed U S Market Signals
R G Dun Co Weekly Review of Trade notes easing money market and hopeful crop prospects while labor strife and unseasonable weather limit retail sales at points. Wheat yields and high prices bolster agriculture and overall prosperity, yet textile stocks stay weak. Grain prices rise on light supplies then ease in option trading. U S failures total 194 versus 148 last year, Canada 20 versus 20.
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New York
R. G. Dun @ Co
United States
Canada
Idaho Gleanings Skimmed Notes and Local Events
Idaho news notes include a new opera house planned for Blackfoot, Bailey Lake drowned at Idaho Falls, Alex Boyd’s jail escape from Weiser, and Pocatello census tally of 1 362 pupils. Idaho athletes lost to Washington 42 1 2 to 79 1 2. Grangeville backs a $500 ferry over the Salmon river after a wagon bridge collapse. Lewiston Riparia line work to start by June 15. Edward Ervine’s body found on an island in the Payette river. Hailey boy Will Riggen injured after a fall from a vicious horse. Idaho wool sales exceed 2 million pounds across Welser, Payette, Caldwell, Boise and Mountain Home. Goode disbarment order nullified. McNamee suspended one year. Frank Millions dies near Boise when struck by a bridge underpass. Jail break in Payette valley and Boise. Police hunt Daly and Hansen for thefts. In other cities, June ordinations in Baltimore for Rev. J Harry Dorsey, and polo at Hurlingham ends with American victory.
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Blackfoot
Bailey Lake
Idaho Falls
Alex Boyd
Weiser
Pocatello
Idaho
University of Washington
Grangeville
Salmon River
Portland
Lewiston-Riparia
Edward Ervine
Payette
Payette River
Will Riggen
Hailey
Welser
Caldwell
Boise
Mountainhome
Supreme Court
Steele
Second District
Geo. W. Goode
Clay McNamee
Frank Millions
Dan Daly
Henry Hensen
A. J. McNabe
Overland Hotel
Mount Pelée Eruption Tops News From Martinique
Reports from Fort de France note Mont Pelee in violent eruption with north craters pouring hot mud toward Vive and ash and steam plumes. A government party in St Pierre burned bodies of victims before being forced to retreat amid black smoke and detonations. Distress relief and business recovery efforts are underway as US officials seek to project effective action. Concurrently Harvard defeats Yale 34 to 30 in intercollegiate meets at Berkeley oval with new records and Duffy surpassing prior marks.
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St. Pierre
Fort de France
Martinique
Dixie
St. Vincent
New York
Robert T. Hill
United States
George Kennan
Mont Pelee
Riviera Blanche
Ayme
Block
Nalle Through His Hands
A Birmingham reader from Huntsville reports Tom Harless, a Berkeley area farmer, was robbed near his Eslinger plne while eating dinner. Two gunmen forced him against a tree, tortured him by nailing his hands and pulling flesh, and held him there until dark before a farm hand rescued him.
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Birmingham
Ala
Huntaville
Tom Harless
Berkeley
English Fruit Culture in England and a Cambridge Jam Factory
The article notes fruit culture for large scale production in England, citing a Histon near Cambridge facility with a thousand acres and up to 800 workers. It describes the factory at the heart of the fruit farm and ends with a provocative remark about women and moral stories reflecting on Eve.
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England
Histon
Cambridge
SUCCESS IN BEGGING Street Mendicans to Who Sometime Make $50 a Day
An old beggar details the craft of begging, noting that the money comes from middle class sympathy and sharp storytelling. He claims daily earnings from seven to ten dollars, with peak days bringing up to fifty dollars, sometimes more during gala times, and stresses that pride is disposable for profit.
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New Orleans Times Democrat
Nature's Icehouse Birds Feed in Arctic Food Stores
The Arctic shelf provides vast fruit crops on cranberry and cloudberry bushes, ripening after the snow melts. Birds travel by tens of thousands to breed, finding preserved fruit beneath last year’s crop. Insects bloom with thaw, attracting insectivores to swarms of mosquitoes in the tundra.
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Arctic
Asia
Fall River Protects Wild Squirrels on Principal Street
In Fall River Massachusetts the community guards wild gray squirrels in the neighborhood. A squirrel recently approached a friendly citizen on the main street and took candy from a hand. The tale underscores that honesty pays, even if slowly.
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Fall River
Mass
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J. Harry Dorsey
St. Joseph's Seminary
St. Paul, Minn
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Sho Weu
Easien
Mount Pelee
Harvard
Yale
Berkeley Oval
Princeton
the Oval
Gohick
Caes
Schick
Arthur F. Duffy
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Dewitt
Plan of
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Beck
Nalle
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