Royal toast as Roberts victory echoed at Balmoral
London reports Queen Victoria with the Duke and Duchess of York and royal ladies toasting Lord Roberts and the army after Pretoria. A beacon blaze on Craiggewan mountain lit the countryside while news watchers note British gains, Boer leaders elude capture, and key figures move between towns as dispatches reveal casualty and prisoner counts.
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London
Toria
Duke and Duchess of York
Princess Christian
Victoria
Tord Roberts
Balmoral
Craiggewan
Lord Roberts
Botha
Pretoria
Baden-Powell
Hunter
Lichtenburg
Redvers Buller
Bennett Burleigh
Johannesburg
Kruger
Middleburg
Burleigh
Mr. Scull
Unconditional Surrender Ordered for Pretoria
Lord Roberts refuses any terms with General Botha as Pretoria is to be taken by British forces. A flag of truce delivered Botha’s offer of armistice but Roberts demand for unconditional surrender stands. Officials from Botha later sought to surrender with a flag of truce. possession to occur at 2 PM.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Ian Hamilton
Sandberg
Botha
Tit
la. m
Despatch on Lindley Yeomanry Disaster in South Africa
Lord Roberts reports the Thirteenth Imperial Yeomanry overwhelmed near Lindley on May 31 and surrendering to a superior Boer force. Methuen raced 44 miles in 25 hours but arrived too late to save Col. Spragge's unit. Boers routed in a five hour running fight. Captain Spragge’s yeomanry captured. release hoped soon for the Irish Yeomanry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Roberts
War Office
Imperial Yeomanry
Trish
Lindley
Lord Methuen
Pretoria
Thirteenth
Methuen
British Forces Suffer Casualties at Fabersput
London June 5 report says during Gen Warren’s action at Fabersput May 29 with 700 British troops facing 1009 Colonial rebels the engagement ended with one Canadian artilleryman killed and ten wounded.
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London
Warren
Fabersput
Fight Will Continue After Pretoria Fall
Chicago June 5 Boer envoys arrived as shouts from newsboys filled the hall. Mr Fischer said the news does not surprise him and the fight will continue. Mayor Harrison led the welcome and Wessels noted AP despatches confirming Pretoria’s fall. He warned organized resistance may shift tactics but burghers will not be conquered.
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Chicago
Pretoria
Transvaal
Fischer
Harrison
Wessels
Associated Press
Lord Roberts
China
Dean's Ointment Heals Leg Sores at Bowling Green
A patient in Bowling Green reports relief from a burning itching leg sore after using Dean's Ointment. The remedy claimed to provide permanent relief from discomfort and itching.
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Dean
Lenhart
Bowling Green
Frisco Chinese Refuse Medical Detention Plan
San Francisco health board tightens plague measures in Chinatown. Plans a Mission Rock detention station sheltering about 1500 Chinese and stricter quarantines while Chinese leaders vow legal action and resist confinement. Ho Yow says Chinese will risk lives rather than submit to detention and doctors will collect blood samples to test causes of death.
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San Francisco
Cal
Health Board
Chinatown
Mission Rock
Bay
Ho Yow
Board of Health
Diploma mill bosses arrested in Chicago medical college case
Government officers arrested Metropolitan Medical College leaders in Chicago on charges of using the mails to defraud. President James Armstrong Vice-President J H Randall Secretary Thomas Armstrong and ex-secretary Charles M Hovey face hearings set for June 14. The institution, also called Independent Medical College and National Law School, sold degrees for medicine and law from 3 to 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Metropolitan Medical College
West van Buren Street
James Armstrong
J. H. Randall
Thomas Armstrong
Charles M. Hovey
United States
Humphrey
Independent Medical College
National Law School
Post Office
Gould
Moors Massing Against French in Algiers Action
Special despatches from Algiers describe thousands of Moors gathering at Figuig and nearby areas, planning a determined assault on French advanced posts. French columns linked at Zoubia suffer from heat and thirst as camels perish, while defenders brace to entrench and possibly strike toward Figuig if required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
London
Figuig
Zoubia
Joliet Steel Company Dissolved After May 31 Vote
Chicago, June 5. A certificate of dissolution of the Joliet Steel company was filed with the Cook county clerk. The certificate notes the dissolution decision was reached at the stockholders meeting held May 31. The Joliet Steel company was controlled by the Illinois Steel company.
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Chicago
Joliet Steel Company
Cook County
Tllinois Steel Company
Coal Price Decline Prompts Ready-to-Order Notice
Notice from John P. Quinn offering first class, thoroughly screened coal at summer rates with delivery. Weighing at city scales at his expense. Orders by mall, telephone or in person. Pick up points listed at several local stores including J J Gaynor and T F Maserley. Contact details and street addresses provided.
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John P. Quinn
Dix Street
J. J. Gaynor
Prescott St
T. F Maserley
Cluer and McKinley Clash Over Quenume Bill At State House
Beacon Hill June 5 The House rejected the bill to repeal the overtime law for women and children to offset stoppage of machinery. Mr McKinley and Mr Cluer pressed divergent views in a sharp debate on the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Hill
House Today
McKinley
Cluer
Labor bill clash shapes House vote in textile debate
In the opening session, rivals clash over a proposed labor bill affecting women and children. Donahue moves to substitute for the committee report. Parker and others oppose, noting party lines and concerns about enforcement, with references to Lowell and Fall River figures. The measure is rejected 78 to 70, 106 to 84 on further votes.
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House
Donahue
Fall River
Committee On Labor
Parker
Boston
Driscoll
Chicopee
Mellen
Worcester
Cook
Milford
Mills
Fall
Tiver
Cluer
Lowell
Whittier Mills
Walsh
Clinton
Massachusetts
Carey
Haverhill
McKinley
Dean
Wakefield
Porter
Lynn
Treiker
Northampton
Messrs
Apsey
Cambridge
Hagberg
Senate session and murder case in Suffolk headlines
Senator Maxwell presided as school visitors filled galleries from Saugus Swampscott and Chelsea. Sunderland's railway stock investment bill reported. Supreme Court hints on public gratuities to widows. Mrs Irma Buckner faces murder charge for stabbing husband Louis Buckner. continuance granted and she remains jailed at Dedham.
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Maxwell
Suffolk
Senate
Saugus High School
Swampscott High School
Gentlemen's Gallery
Chelsea
Committee On Towns
Sunderland
Amherst & Sunderland Railway Company
Soule
Thip Supreme Court
General Court
Buckner Murder Case Postponed In Milton Court
Judge Humphrey presided as Mrs. Buckner appeared in court sobbing and denying intent to murder. Clerk Churchill called the charge while a jailed companion sat nearby. Chief Pierce requested a postponement until next Thursday when District Attorney Harris could present the government case. The hearing was set for the 7th with Mrs. Buckner ordered held without bail at Dedham jail.
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Irma Buckner
Milton
Louis Buckner
Buckner
Dedham
Boston
Humphrey
Four Lancaster stamp counterfeiters plead guilty in court
In Philadelphia on June 5 four Lancaster cigar stamp counterfeiters pleaded guilty in federal court. William L. Jacobs and William Kendig were fined five thousand dollars each and sentenced to twelve years. Samuel Downey received two years plus costs. James Burns was fined and jailed for one and a half years. Former U S district officials Ingham and Newitt are already serving related sentences.
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Philadelphia
Lancaster Revenue
United States District Court
William L. Jacobs
William L. Kendig
Lancaster
Samuel B. Downey
Internal Revenue
Jas. Burns
Jacobs
Kendig
Downey
Burns
Baldwin S. Bredell
Arthur Taylor
McPherson
Fairbanks
O’dea
Ingham
Newitt
O'Dea
United States
Ellery P. Ingham
Harvey K. Newitt
Car Explosion Breaks Up Deputies Train in St Louis
A special car carrying Co. H of the posse comitatus on a Washington avenue line to the Jefferson La Salle shed struck explosives on the track at 15th and 22d streets. Two blasts lifted the car. 54 men aboard, two men injured slightly. About 3000 spectators gathered, stones flew, revolver shots fired, deputies fired into air and dispersed the crowd.
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St. Louis
Co. H
Posse Comitatus
Washington Avenue
Chateau Avenue
Jefferson Avenue
la Salle Street
15Th Street
22D Street
D. E. Fleischman
Samuel Schwartzburger
Six Men Fined in Portsmouth for Evading Fare
Six men, listing Boston as their residence, were fined in Portsmouth police court for evading fare on a Boston and Maine train that arrived last night. They boarded in motion, refused to pay or show tickets, and were arrested on arrival. Each was fined $1 and ordered to pay $6.90 in costs, or serve jail time.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Boston
Boston & Maine
James Kimball
John Clark
Max Brooks
Eli Garfink
Charles Anderson
Charles J. Molloy
Suffolk grand jury indicts two in Boston felony case
Everett F. Martin and Winifred Robinson were indicted by the Suffolk grand jury. Inspector McGarr will travel to New York to secure Martin and Robinson for transfer to Boston after requisition papers are obtained. Martin is already under arrest in New York for an alleged Boston felony.
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Boston
Everett F. Martin
Winifred Robinson
Suffolk Grand Jury
McGarr
New York
Martin
Committee to probe state grain registrar office
At Governor Tanner's request a five man committee will investigate the state grain registrar's office, run by Major Dan Hogan. The inquiry stems from recent trouble involving the Chicago Elevator company and Lloyd Smith over uncancelled receipts for 800000 bushels of chipped grain.
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Chicago
Tanner
Dan Hogan
Chicago Elevator Company
Lloyd Smith
A Boon for Women From Peruna Cure Testimonies
A Chehalis Washington reverend and two Columbia City women extol Peruna as a remedy for fatigue backache and “tired nervous” states. Rev Millie Wilson reports rapid improvement after starting Peruna and staying well with minimal doses. Amanda Schumacher credits renewed strength and youthfulness after taking Peruna and recommends the free Health and Beauty book from The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
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Millie Wilson
United States
Amanda Schumacher
Public Schools
Columbia City
Wash
Dr. Hartman
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, Ohio
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J. H. Fletcher
South Dakota
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Dr. Williams
Oregon Independent
Salem
Ore
Tall Druggists
Frisco Chinese
Joliet Steel CO
Theastate House
tueKinley
THE
Marburg
Mann
N. 3
Astoria
Astora
Chehalis, Wash
A. G. Pollard & CO
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Palmer Street
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