Col Mahon relief of Mafeking described by reporters
London dispatch details Col Mahon’s relief expedition to Mafeking. Hunter's mounted column marched 180 miles in five days, moving to cover the Boers and break their positions near the Vaal and Fourteen Streams. Col Plumer joined Mahon at Jammasibi. Mafeking relieved May 28. Casualties and missing reporters noted.
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London
Lourenzo Marques
Vaal River
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Machadadorp
Lydenburg
Europe
Col. Mahon
Imperial Lght Horse
Ladysmith
Kimberley Mounted Corps
Royal Horse Atillery
Fusilier
Vaal
Roodam
Hunter
Hart
Taungs
Pudimoe
Roodepoort
Vryburg
Mahon
Barkly West
Mafeking
Lord Roberts
Col. Plumer
Jammasibi
Daily Express
Majanamabili
Sarel Eloff
Kruger
Ootsi
Eloff
Baralong
Marsh
British convoy attacked near Lindley by Boers
A Kroonstad despatch dated yesterday reports a British convoy en route to Lindley was halted after an attack by the Boers. The outcome is unknown, but the Boers facing the main British army appear alert and aggressive.
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London
Kroonstad
Lindley
Mafeking Relieved As Mehon Enters City
London reports at 9.35 p m Lord Roberts war office dispatch from Kroonstad states Mafeking is relieved Mehon entered Mafeking on May 18 confirming the siege’s end and a crucial British advance in the war effort.
Russia Leases Coal Depot and Naval Hospital Site in Corea
In Parliament, Foreign Office secretary Wm St John Broderick stated Britain believes Russia has leased a site at Masampho treaty port in Corea for a coal depot and naval hospital. The site remains under treaty terms, with no exclusive British rights, while Koji island pledges limit future concessions.
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House of Commons
Foreign Office
Wm. St. John Broderick
Russia
Masampho
Corea
Koji
Mr. Broderick
Mutiny Aboard Navarra Kills Captain and Mrs Acosta
Tacoma dispatch reports a mutiny aboard the Navarra bound for Manila with hemp. Captain Acosta, Mrs Acosta, and the mate were killed two days out from Sorsogan. Boatswain led the uprising to settle a grievance, crew later drifted to Mindoro. Heads rolled for the ringleaders and seven sailors received prison terms of ten to twenty years.
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Tacoma
Wash
Navarra
Sorsogan
Philippines
Manila
Navarro
Lucas River
Mindoro
Acosta
New British Steamer Mariposa Destroyed by Fire
The steamer Mariposa commanded by Captain Walker from St John New Brunswick February 23, via Cape Town March 26 was gutted by fire at Albon bay South Africa. The blaze began in the deckload and the vessel was beached and totaled.
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London
Walker
Albon Bay
South Africa
St. John
N. B
Cape Town
King of Siam Coming to Visit America Next Year
The Pacific Mail steamer City of Pekin docked with five hundred Japanese and fifty Chinese in steerage and Rear Admiral A Duplessis de Richelieu among cabin passengers. He says the King of Siam will visit America next year.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail
City of
Kingston Police Subdue Maroon Squatters in Crown Lands
Armed police visited the Maroon squatters on crown lands May 19 and secured a quiet outcome. Reports from Kingston also describe a bold attempt to terrorize Scarborough Tobago last week, with the police station set ablaze and the city menaced. Esk steamer seamen saved a portion, leaving inhabitants terrorized.
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Kingston
Crown Lands
Scarborough
Tobago
International chess tournament rounds in Paris clash
Round one of the Berger system determined pairings for the third round at the Paris tournament held at 16 Boulevard Monte Marte. Marco defeated Brody, Sterling lost to Marcozy, Schlech ter beat Tschigorin, Mortimer and Mason drew and will play Wednesday. Burns beat Rosen, Showalter defeated Didier, Janowsky toppled Marshall, and Ivasker defeated Mieses.
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Brody
Sterling
Marcozy
Schlechter
Tschigorin
Mortimer
Mason
Rosen
Burns
Didier
Showalter
Marshall
Janowsky
Ivasker
Mieses
Lawlessness in Martinique Riots Reported In Kingston
Kingston Jamaica May 21 The inter island mail brings news of the Martinique rioters trial and sentence The public prosecutor sought light penalties with six months imprisonment the highest The government views rioters as agitator puppets while newspapers note waning respect for law and rising crime statistics in Martinique
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Kingston
Inter-Ial
Island of
Martinique
Bavaria's King Paralyzed In Final Illness
Munich reporters say Bavaria's king is paralyzed unable to move speak or eat with death hourly expected. Officials and physicians monitor his deteriorating condition as the royal household braces for the end of an era.
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Munich
Bavaria
Alger Denies Cuban Investments Linked to Triscoia Railroad
Former Secretary of War Alger angrily rejects claims of Cuban property investments connected to the Trisco nia government railroad in Cuba. He asserts no money was invested by him or associates, and he refused to join any Cuba ventures. He defends the railroad project as a rush job with no time to audit costs.
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Detroit
Mich
Alger
John Harrington
Trisconia
Cuba
Gen
Gen. Alger
Col. Hecker
Russell A. Alger
Quartermaster’s Department
Humphreys
Trisconia railroad cost and Cuba probe plans
Investigations into the Trisconia railroad built around Guanabacoa Cuba reflect profit concerns and wartime construction costs. Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn defends $342 611.84 outlay as reasonable given labor and material constraints amid postwar scrutiny.
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New York
Cuba
Trisconia
Department of War
Cabanas
Guanabacoa
United States
United States Senate
Liliuokalani to Sail Home After East Visit
Ex Queen Liliuokalani arrives in San Francisco and plans to sail to Honolulu on May 30 with secretary Joseph Heleluhe his daughter and Dr Charles Hamilton English. Cancer of the neck has afflicted her for three years and friends fear she goes to die. She seeks Congress to grant $250000 as a crown compensation, preferring a lump sum over a pension.
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San Francisco
Liliuokalani
Honolulu
Joseph Heleluhe
Charles Hamilton English
Washington
English
Right of Appeal Included in Australian Federation Bill
London May 21 Mr Joseph Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons that a complete agreement was reached with delegates on government proposals for the Australian Federation bill. The bill will provide that the right of appeal to a privy council is kept in cases where interests other than Australian are involved.
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United States
Hay
O'Bierne
Department
State Department
Alt
William Gwin
Babcock
White House
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A. D. W. Wilmarans
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Pretoria
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House of Commons
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Privy Council
Rathbone Suspended as Cuba Posts Director General
Washington May 21 The postmaster general announces Estes C Rathbone is suspended from the office of director general of posts of Cuba Joseph L Bristow fourth assistant postmaster general is named acting director general of posts of Cuba with no salary beyond his current pay All department records books papers supplies and properties of the Cuba posts department must be delivered to the acting director general Clarke Emory acting secretary of the department.
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United States
Lord Pauncefote
State Department
Hay
O’bierne
Washington
Estes C. Rathbone
Cuba
Jos. L. Bristow
Department of Posts of
Chas. Emory Ot . M. G
Bristow in Charge of Havana Postal Affairs
Fourth assistant Postmaster General Bristow assumed control of Havana postal operations, replacing Estes Rathbone who was suspended amid an investigation. Rathbone faces charges of negligence while Reeves cooperates with Gen. Wood, aiding the probe.
Neeley case hearing set in Washington tomorrow
Attorney John D. Lindsay, counsel for Charles F. W. Neeley, was told by Ray, chairman of the House judiciary committee, that a hearing would be granted in the Neeley case the next day. Lindsay prepared a comprehensive protest brief reviewing the extradi tion of Neeley to submit to the committee.
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New York
John D. Lindsay
Charles F. W. Neeley
Ray
House Judiciary Committee
Neeley
Washington
Lindsay
Judiciary Committee
President Sends Copies of Two Communications On Subject
The President sent the Senate a response to a resolution seeking a report on alleged negotiations for peace after the February 1899 Filipino uprising. Cable exchanges with Gen Otis in Manila reveal Aguinaldo sought to stop fighting but insurgent leaders made no peace proposal and continued hostilities.
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D. C
Senate
Ito
Adjutant-General’s
Otis
Manila
Torres
Aguinaldo
Insurgent Commission
Col. Arguellez
Malolos
Arguellez
Caloocan
Aguinalds
Mabini
Mills Resume In Danielson After Three Month Shutdown
Mills owned by the Chase Woolen company at Elmsville and Willingly resume operations in Danielson Connecticut today after a three month shutdown. About 800 workers are employed across the two mills.
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Chase Woolen Company
Elmsville
Drains on Uncle Sam's Pocketbook Expose Omnibus Budget
Washington May 18. A special correspondent surveys the sundry civil appropriation bill and its vast array of expenditures. Public buildings lighthouses epidemics Yellowstone limbs census soldiers homes life saving printing courts and many more items illustrate the heavy annual drain. Massachusetts delegation details and portraits accompany the fiscal overview.
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Washington, D. C
Uncle Sam
Sam
Yellowstone National Park
Life Saving Service
Fish Commission
Geological Survey
Zoological Park
New York Harbor
United States
Comptroller rules against Dudley and Michener in rifle contract
Washington May 21 The comptroller of the treasury ruled against the claimants Dudley and Michener for alleged breach of a contract to supply twenty thousand Mauser rifles and three million cartridges in 1898. He found no valid executory contract by correspondence and no evidence of work or expense by the claimants, denying equitable compensation.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Treasury
Dudley and Michener
Gen
Alger
Comptroller
War Department
Berlin Car Strike Settled By Mediation
Berlin reports a street car strike resolved after the burgomaster mediated. The workers accepted an offer from the directors for more frequent wage increases up to the highest scale.
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