Mystery of Boer War Advance Delays At Rhenoster River
London May 25. Lord Roberts advance is delayed at the Rhenoster by a nonfordable river. Temporary bridges are under construction. British force formations near the Vaal include French cavalry on the left and Ian Hamilton’s mounted troops on the right. A referendum among Boer fighters on continuing the war may take a fortnight to decided, with 60,000 spectators at St. Peter’s Square for canonization ceremonies in Rome.
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London
Lord Roberts
Rhenester
Kroonstad
Rhenoster
Vaal
Lord Methuen
Vredefort
Parys
Free
Lydenburg
St. Peter's
Pope Leo
Sedia Gestatoria
Rome
Vatican
Boer Envoys Campaign Tour Across Western States
Washington May 24 The Boer peace commission tour plans are not yet final. Delegates will stay in Washington until next Tuesday before beginning a western tour. Fischer is drafting the itinerary but refuses to provide details. Wessels will likely attend a pro Boer meeting in Bridgeport with Lentz of Ohio Saturday night. An official statement before departure seems unlikely.
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Washington
West
Fischer
Wessels
Bridgeport
Lentz
Ohio
Tolstoi Excommunicated by Orthodox Church Edict
May 24 report from St. Petersburg says Metropolitan Antonius ordered clergy to refuse Count Leon Tolstoi communion and burial, declaring him disobedient and a heretic. Holy Synod approved, though some metropolitans sought public proclamation. Tolstoi accepts ban with quiet resignation.
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St. Petersburg
Antonius
Orthodox Russia
Leon Tolstoi
Count Tolstoi
Joanikus
Kiteff
Vladimir
Moscow
Holy Synod
Tolstoi
Brilliant canonization ceremony at St Peter's Rome
In Rome on May 24 the canonization of Jean Baptiste de la Salle founder of the Christian Brothers and Nita di Caseia a nun of the Augustinian order was held at St Peter's. The interior of the vast basilica was lit with hangings and the building filled with pontifical dignitaries diplomats and Roman nobility.
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Rome
Jean Baptiste de la Salle
Order of Christian Brothers
Nita di Caseia
St. Peter’s
Queen Victoria’s Birthday Celebrations Across Britain
May 24 reports describe Empire wide rejoicings over Mafeking relief and Lord Roberts advance. London hosts a carnival procession of war cars, tri color displays, torch parades, and school holidays with reduced business. A national thanksgiving prayer proposal is discussed by Lord Salisbury after a Commons debate. Washington notes Victoria’s birthday dinner at the British embassy.
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London
Mafeking
Lord Roberts
West End
House of Commons
A. J. Balfour
Lord Salisbury
Washington
Queen Victoria
Lord
Lady Pauncefote
Boxers Active in China Prompting Action
Shanghai May 24 The Boxers secret society members drill openly at Pekin and many high Manchus join the movement. Diplomatic representatives plan action with Senor DeCologan Spanish minister demanding immediate suppression or troops may land. Advices from Corea say Russian troops may occupy Masaimpho and block passes over the territory claimed by Russia.
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Shanghai
Boxers
Pekin
Imperial
Stan
Senor
B. J. DeCologan
Doyen
China
Cerea
Masaimpho
Corea
Russia
Mrs Gladstone Dies Would-Be Charity Icon in England
Mrs William E Gladstone widow of the former prime minister lies near death at Hawarden. Relatives gather at her bedside as she neared 1839 marriage to Mr Gladstone. Catherine Glynne, sister to Mrs Gladstone, wed Lord Lyttleton. She avoided public life though a devoted charity worker and convalescent home improver during the 1876 cholera epidemic.
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London
William FE. Gladstone
England
Hawarden
Chinese Ministers to Remain in Posts, Says Li Hung Chang
Chinese ministers at Washington and London will stay on for a time longer Li Hung Chang recommended retention due to unsettled questions surrounding the posts The decision aims to avoid upheaval while key issues remain unresolved in Pekin.
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Washington
London
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
China
Miles Defends Amateur Tennis Title In London Final
In the amateur tennis championship at London on May 24 HW Miles defeated J B Gribble three sets to five to retain the championship, continuing his reign as the title holder.
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London
BP. HW
Miles
J. B. Gribble
Stead Says Boer Delegates Seek Peace Without Independence
London May 24. At a Stop the War meeting William T Stead reported Boer delegates in the United States said they would accept any peace terms compatible with independence and asked if they should seek Lord Salisbury. Stead said independence must be surrendered for usefulness, noting the delegates then went to America where they faced official coldness and derision from authorities opposed to small states.
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London
Wm. T. Stead
United States
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Stead
America
Bristow cuts posts bureau in Havana reforms
Acting director-general of posts in Havana announced the abolition of the solicitor's bureau and its replacement by a law clerk and one stenographer to save 2700 annually. Inspectors remain busy with postal accounts and will report in about a month. General Wood orders thorough departmental overhauls with audits at treasury and North American Trust company, then the customs house.
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Havana
Bristow
Solicitor’s Bureau
Wood
The
Treasury
North American Trust Company
Custom House
Princess of Wales Opens National Bazaar in Kensington
London reporting that the Princess of Wales opened a three day national bazaar at Kensington this afternoon to aid South African war sufferers. The event greatly surpasses last year’s Charing Cross hospital bazaar in scale and scope.
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London
Princess of Wales
Kensington
Charing Cross Hospital
Famine Still Unchanged in Indian Districts
London May 24 Lord George Hamilton in the House of Commons regretted no material changes for the famine districts had occurred. He noted showers helped some areas but the monsoon was still awaited.
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London
House of Commons
India
Lord George Hamilton
Dartmouth Debaters Triumph Over Williams In Joint Meet
Williamstown May 24 Dartmouth won the annual joint debate with Williams on the question rail road pooling should be legalized under federal supervision. Dartmouth took the affirmative with Ernest B. Watson ofDorchester Harry I Sampson of Middleboro and Robert L Seale of Dover. Williams was represented by Rowland Haynes Worcester Earl Drake Chicago and John A Dyerf New York.
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Williamstown
Dartmouth
Williams
Ernest B. Watson
Dorchester
Harry I. Sampson
Middleboro
Robert L. Seale
Dover
Rowland Haynes
Worcester
Earl Drake
Chicago
John A. Dyerf
New York
President McKinley offers Saxton Porto Rico judge advocate
Albany May 24 on excellent authority President McKinley has offered to Charles T. Saxton formerly Lieutenant Governor and present judge of the court of claims the position of judge advocate of the island of Porto Rico. He will probably accept.
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Albany
N. Y
McKinley
Charles T. Saxton
Court of Claims
Porto Rico
Great Bargains on Paper Cover Books at Lawler Lowell
This week Lawler the fashionable stationer and bookseller at 79 Merrimack Street and 15 21 John streets Lowell highlights a large line of paper cover books. Regular 50c volumes are offered at 25c and cheaper selections at 15 and 10 cents. The current fiction range is beautifully bound in cloth and presents top titles of the day at 50c each.
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Lawler
Merrimack Street
John Streets
Lowell
Cuban petition drives reform of marriage law in Cuba
In Havana Archbishop Sbaretto and priests deliver a 71000-name petition to General Wood urging modification of General Brooke’s marriage decree to allow marriages by ordained ministers. The cabinet favors change and Wood will seek a supreme court opinion before acting. Also noted are Havana charter and election-law tweaks, a six-district city council plan, Estrada Mora’s independent mayoral bid, and a controversial Checa appointment at the customs wharf amid local protests. The Berlin Mills bridges are being repaired as water levels drop.
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Havana
Sbaretti
Wood
Brooke
United States
Cuba
General Wood
Supreme Court
Democratic Union
Havana City
National Party
Estrada Mora
General Rodriguez
Ilis
Checa
Bliss
Trouble at Brown as underclassmen oppose president Faunce
Brown University students clash over the sophomore class supper and the university's handling of Tuesday and Wednesday night events. Freshmen protest the faculty stance while a campus committee urges acknowledgment of regret. President Faunce suspends actions against the implicated sophomores as tensions ease.
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Providence, R
Brown University
Faunce
Abbott
Watertown
Mass
Flooding Drenches Intervale NH Towns and Mills
Rain-swollen Androscoggin River floods miles of Intervale in New Hampshire. Water covers roads making Milan inaccessible and forcing residents to move to safety by boat. Dams including Hrrdtl show strain as several gates open. Norwegian village homes see water in floors. mills report trouble amid the freshet.
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Intervale
New Hampshire
Manchester
Union
F. Ber
Androscoggin
Internati Paper Company
Hrrdtl
Milan
Fire Burns Maine Industrial School Building Erskine Hall
A Maine industrial school for girls in Hallowell, Erskine hall, was destroyed by fire this afternoon. The brick main building with a wooden ell, erected fifteen years ago, housed 32 girls and cost 14 000 dollars including furnishings. Fire started in the ironing room at 4 30 from an overheated stove and the flames could not be checked. The state carries no insurance. a new structure will be erected to replace the loss and the girls will be moved to the classical school building temporarily.
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Hallowell
Maine Industrial School For Girls
Erskine Hall
Body found on Narragansett Bay shore identified as Roxbury man
The nude, badly decomposed body of a 25 year old man was found on Narragansett Bay shore near Quonset Point by John T. Spink of North Kingstown. Investigators believe the corpse is Harry Platt formerly of Roxbury Mass, a hotel boarder at East Greenwich. No violence seen. clothes tied to boat rigging. Platt had borrowed H A Thorndyke’s boat three weeks earlier, later found deserted at James town Conanicut Island.
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R. I
Narragansett Bay
Quonset Point
John T. Spink
North Kingstown
Harry Platt
Roxbury
Mass
Platt
Updike
East Greenwich
H. A. Thorndyke
Jamestown
Conanicut Island
Turkeys Favored by Germans Over English in Rail and Cable Deals
A London Daily News dispatch argues that Turkish concessions betray English interests to favor Germany. It cites the Haidar Pasha to Ismid railway, the Smyrna and Aidin line, and a cable deal between Turkey and Romania, all showing German advantage and English loss. Russia’s assertive stance in Asia Minor is praised as a counterbalance benefiting Armenians and local inhabitants.
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Scutari
Privy Council
Ismidt
Germany
Smyrna and
Aidin
Eastern Telegraph Company
Turkey
Romania
Black Sea
Bosphorus
Constanza
Rumania
Russia
Asia Minor
India
England
Kars
Erzerum
Constantinople
London Daily News
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Carter & Churchill
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E. D. Steele
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