Peace Talks Loom as Boer Delegates Arrive at Vereni ging
London and Pretoria reports converge on peace prospects as government leaders signal restraint until terms are signed. Delegates from the Transvaal and Orange Free State, including Generals Botha and Delarey and State Secretary Reitz, arrive at the Vereeniging camp where British authorities have prepared comforts and medical staff. A recent football match sees Orange Free State delegates beat Transvaal counterparts, with Scots Guards providing guard of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Poer
South Africa
Pretoria
Schalk-Burger
Transvaal
Lucas Meyer
Orange Free State
Botha
Inchief
Delarey
DeWet
Reitz
Smutz
Seyers
Landdrost Brand
Great Britain
Jameson
Vereniging
Vereniging Station
Vaal
Scots Guards
Defiant Mindanaos Tension Grows in Mindanao
Manila May 29 Col Frank D Baldwin of the Fourth U S Infantry telegraphed Brig Gen George W Davis in command of American forces in Mindanao saying peace in the Lake Lane district cannot be won until the defiant element is driven out. Natives posing as friends urge action to save their lives, Baldwin says they respect only power and the sword. Davis replies capturing Moro forts would be required but forbidden by current orders.
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Manila
Frank D. Baldwin
Fourth
U. S. Infantry
George W. Davis
United States
Mindansao
Lake Lane District
Col. Baldwin
Gen. Davis
Price of Beef Sparks Picketing and Union Strife
Chicago May 29 prospects of a sharp meat price rise and a clash between packers and Teamsters union No. 10 dominated at Union stockyards today. Peace talks failed after an ineffective conference and strike threats grew stronger. Two smaller unions already walked out. Swift and Company prepared sleeping quarters for packing house employees as hundreds walk out.
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Chicago
Packers and Teamsters
Swift and Company
Bright Sears and Co Connected by Private Wire
Bright, Sears and Co. are linked by a private wire, forming an exclusive communications connection. The arrangement suggests a direct line for rapid business coordination and confidential exchanges between the firm and associated parties.
Cats Taken into Yards Amid Strike Meats Distribution Conflict
A number of cats were removed to yards as the distribution of meat to local houses faced heavy disruption. The striking teamsters hindered deliveries, with police required to accompany any work attempted.
Chevalier de Ternay Commemoration in Newport
Newport prepares for a French naval commemoration led by General Brugere and the mission of President Leubert. The program includes unveiling the Count de Rochambeau statue, laying a laurel wreath on Chevalier de Ternay's tomb, and a wreath through France and America symbols. French mission arrives by train at 8:30 a.m. with Gov. Kimball and military escorts.
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Newport
R. I
Jacques D'Estadres
le Chevalier D'Artax de Ternay
Brugere
Leubet
France
Count de Rochambeau
Yorktown
Chevalier Ernary
America
Charles D. Kimball
Patrick J. Boyle
Unitarian Association Festival at Tremont Temple Speakers
Boston May 29 Hon John D Long presided at the annual American Unitarian association festival in Tremont temple. Speakers included Herbert Parker attorney general of the Commonwealth General Irving Hale of Denver Holland Professor Eerd mans and Rev Minot J Savage. About 900 attended the banquet and most seats were filled. Long opened with humor, Parker defended the republic from ruin by ambition or commerce.
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Boston
John D. Long
American Unitarian Association
Tremont Temple
Hion
Herbert Parker
The
Commonwealth
Irving Hale
Denver
Colo
Eerdmans
Holland
Minot J. Savage
New York
Long
Parker
Trusts and Tariff Dominate Early Democratic Campaign Plans
Washington May 29 A seven member committee was appointed to study trusts and tariff as leading campaign issues for congressional races. The executive committee confirmed Cable as chairman with headquarters in Washington and Griggs in charge. The full committee met and backed a pending irrigation bill for arid western lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democratic Congressional Committee
Congress
Cable
Griggs
Congressional Committee
Chicago
Red Cross Conference Opens in St Petersburg
The seventh international Red Cross conference opened with Justice Minister Monravne presiding in the Dowager Czarina’s presence. About a hundred delegates from several countries attended the ceremony and banquet at the Tamrida palace. Miss Clara Barton received a cordial reception for her leadership of the American Red Cross. Spanish delegates praised her work with Cuban prisoners.
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St. Petersburg
Gaynor-Greene case schedule in Quebec court
In Quebec Superior Court Justice Andrews continued the Gaynor-Greene proceedings. Taschereau secured a delay to answer motions to quash habeas corpus writs, due by June 3, with prosecution reply by then or June 3 and hearing set for June 7. Contempt rule against Detective Carpenter also continued to June 7. The court adjourned to June 7.
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Quebec
The
Superior Court
Justice Andrews
Gaynor-Greene
Andrews
Taschereau
Platt Proposes Death Penalty for Train Robbery
Senator Platt of New York introduced a bill making train robbery a felony with the death penalty for the offense. The measure, announced in Washington on May 29, targets mass railroad thefts and aims to deter such crimes.
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Senator Platt
New York
Washington
Platt
Snow Arrives After Rain in Berkshire Hills
Hoosick Falls New York May 29 after 48 hours of rainfall the weather turned very cold. Lower Vermont and Western Massachusetts were visited by snow damaging fruit and early vegetation with no estimate yet of the losses.
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Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Vermont
Massachusetts
Bruns wick Stock Boys Clothing Sale at Low Prices
A. G. Pollard & Co offers boys waists at 10 cents, wash pants at 10 cents, and wash suits from 39 to 49 cents in blue and black cheviot and denim. Sizes range 3 to 9 years for pants and 3 to 8 or 13 for shirts and suits. Basement.
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Brunswick
A. G. Pollard & CO
Worcester City Hospital chief pleads guilty to larceny
Dr. Charles A. Peabody former superintendent of Worcester City hospital pleaded guilty to one larceny count in superior criminal court. Judge Jabez Fox sentenced him to three to five years in state prison with the first day in solitary confinement. Peabody, 57, had run the hospital for over two decades amid a chaotic books condition and about $9000 unaccounted for over years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Charles A. Peabody
Worcester City Hospital
Superior Criminal Court
Jabez Fox
A. S. Pinkerton
Peabody
City Hospital
E. F. Fletcher
Boston
Charlestown
Trains Crash in Alma Sickened Officials Hurt
A Burlington railroad gravel train collided with another at Alma Wisconsin injuring six aboard including Supt Cunningham and consulting engineer E J Blake. Injured S D Purdy and D C Cunningham have legs and likely fatalities. W L Breckenridge and J B Witler also among the seriously hurt. One man, E J Blake, was dead.
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Alma
Wis
Burlington Road
Cunningham
E. J. Blake
Burlington System
Chicago
S. D. Purdy
Northern Division
Slayings After McFetridge Verdict Spark Fatal Beating
Chicago May 30 The McFetridge murder trial verdict triggered another killing as drunken celebrants left the acquittal party. Walter Nolan a prize fighter led a group that assaulted John and Robert Warke on the street after one declined to cheer. Nolan struck Robert and a club strike killed him within minutes. Nolan and several partygoers were arrested.
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Chicago
McFetridge
Walter Nolan
John
Robert Warke
Mel Fetridge
Warke Brothers
Nolan
Philippine resolutions adopted by Free Religious association
In Parker Memorial hall Boston on May 29 the Free Religious association, during its annual meeting, adopted the Philippine resolutions in full as drafted by Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham for the American Unitarian association. The debate featured Rabbi Fleischer and participants including Mrs. Ednah D. Cheney Col T. W. Higginson Rev C. W. Wendte. Officers were elected, with Ednah D. Cheney as honorary president and E. Edwin D. Mead as president.
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Boston
The
Free Religious Association
Parker Memorial Hall
Paul Revere Frothingham
American Unitarian Association
Fleischer
Ednah D. Cheney
Mills Close For Memorial Day Observance
Mills closed their gates for Memorial Day and decided to remain shut through the weekend, with Saturday reduced to a half day to grant operatives a two day rest until Monday.
Lowell Defeats Nashua In One Sided Morning Game
Lowell beat Nashua in a high scoring morning matchup 20 to 6. The Innings sequence shows Lowell with 28 25 6 7 628 and Nashua 20 43 0 12 10. Batteries Willis and De Roean for Nashua faced La belle and Coveney. Umpire Hassett and crowd of 700 present.
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Nashua
N. H
Lowell
Willis and
de Roean
Labelle and Coveney
Hassett
Manila Divides Lepanto and Bontoc into Sub Provinces
The United States commission enacted civil government reorganization in Manila on May 30, creating three sub provinces from Lepanto and Bontoc under a single governor and two lieutenant governors. Memorial Day was observed by military and civilians with cemetery services and grave decorations by the American club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
United States Commission
Lepanto
Bontoc
American Club
Funeral for Pascal Moileur Held at St. Joseph’s Church
The funeral of Pascal Moileur from 239 Aiken Street was largely attended. A 9 o'clock mass was celebrated at St. Joseph's Church by Rev. Fr. Dubreuil with Deacon Rev. Fr. Amyot and Sub deacon Rev. Fr. Nolin. Bearers included E, J H, J I Breault, D Lanthier, A Labossiere, and P Lanthier, burial followed at St. Patrick's Cemetery with Fr. Nolin officiating at the grave. Undertaker Archambeault directed the services.
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Pascal Moileur
Aiken Street
St. Joseph’s Church
Dubreuil
Amyot
Fr. Nolin
J. H
J. I. Breault
D. Lanthier
A. Labossiere
P. Lanthier
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Archambeault
Adelbert Ames Profile and Local Notices
The Boston Globe recalls Gen Adelbert Ames of Lowell noting his Civil War rise and Mississippi governorship, now retired from active duty. Thomas Quirk will lead the Cocheco print works finishing department in Dover New Hampshire. Florence Akerly marks her eleventh birthday with friends while Rev. Dr Huntington sails for Europe June 4 with Mrs Huntington and Mr. John H Kimball also set to sail that day. Mrs Sam Hugh Brockunier departs from Boston to Wheeling West Virginia.
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Adelbert Ames
Lowell
Miles
West Pointer
Wheeler
Horace Porter
Mississippi
Ames
Boston Globe
Thomas Quirk
Cocheco Print Works
Dover
N. H
Florence Akerly
Boylston Street
Charles W. Huntington
Boston
Europe
John H. Kimball
England
New York
Sam Hugh Brockunier
Wheeling
West Virginia
Wood’s Jewelry Sale Offers Graduation Timekeepers
Geo H Wood jeweler advertises a graduation watch safe as an inducement for graduates to begin life with a reliable timekeeper. Special prices on watches, a large varied assortment, and wholesale as well as retail sales enable low prices. All buyers urged to visit Wood’s during the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. H. Wood
Wood
Catholic World June issue features Corrigan frontispiece and varied Catholic topics
The June Catholic World issue presents a frontispiece portrait of Archbishop Corrigan and essays on the workingman's apostolate, European travels, Scottish hymns, Catholic public school questions, Pope Leo XIII, American bishops, Whittier associations, Henry Warland novels, and more by multiple religious writers.
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Catholic World
Corrigan
Father Cuthbert
M. Jane Withers
Scotland
Mary Catherine Crowley
Lorenzo J. Markos
Leo XIII
Bishops of America
Whittier
Mary E. Desmond
Henry Warland
John Burke
C. S. PP
W. F. P. Stockey
Granite cutters strike settles at Milford plant
Milford May 29 The strike of granite cutters at the George L Cutting Granite Company is settled. It is understood a compromise was reached and the men will return to the sheds on Monday. Also in Massachusetts Mohair Co Western avenue works, night overtime has been indefinitely suspended after more than a year.
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Milford
George L. Cutting Granite Company
Massachusetts Mohair Co
Western Avenue
Pacific Seaboard
Atlantic
Asia
Pacific
Union
Philippine Islands
Luke Wright
Tennessee
Philippines
Adna Chaffee
Robel New Hair Store Advertises Hair Goods
An old classified style advertisement promotes human hair switches and front pieces in short and long styles. It notes hair lengths up to 22 inches, pricing around 1.50 with a five cent option, and mentions made in own store under Mr. Rhodes supervision. Contact at 73 Reed Street, telephone 912-15.
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Scien
Rhodes
Robel New Hair Store
Eedt Stretephone
Real Daughter of the Revolution and Other Tales
June Lip Pincott presents A Real Daughter of the Revolution by Caroline Gebhardt a spirited love story with charm and wit Caroline Lockhart write A Diplomat from Chicago Ina Brevoort Roberts contributes The Harvest of Knowledge Mrs John King Van Mensselaer offers The First Love of Aaron Burr Phoebe Lyde pens The Pastoral Players a woodland summer romance Charles Morris discusses The New Atmosphere in clear up to date language John Gilmer Speed writes Tips and Commissions Mrs Llewella Pierce Churchill contributes At the Trader's Station in Samoa a humorous broadside
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Phoebe Lyde
Woodland Theatre
Charles Morris
John Gilmer Speed
Llewella Pierce Churchill
Samoa
Varied June fiction and misc articles in The National Leader
The June issue features six short stories by popular authors and miscellaneous pieces including How to Travel on the Continent by Jane A. Stewart The Church Dinner by Rev Anson P Atterbury D D The Social side of Church Work and A Missionary and His Dogs in the Wild Northwest by Rev Egerton R Young with Brides and Bridal Costumes The Orchard of the New World and Popular Plays and Players among other departments.
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Continent
Jane A. Stewart
Anson P. Atterbury
D. D
Wild Northwest
Egerton R. Young
New World
Address on Philippine war ethic echoes Lincoln rules
President delivers Arlington address praising humane conduct in the Philippines while warning against weak, indulgent views. He argues American arms fight for civil government, freedom, and rule of law, contrasting with insurgent cruelties and stressing self-government, Pacific interests, and national unity.
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Philippines
War Department
Abraham Lincoln
Union
Grant
Lincoln
Confederate Congress
Asia
Africa
Philippine Islands
Memorial Day Observance Across Augusta and Togus
Memorial Day was observed with closed stores in Augusta and Hallowell. Grand Army veterans decorated graves and led a parade aided by Sons of Veterans and Women's Relief Corps. At Togus National Home, Col. J Frank Supplee delivered the oration to about two thousand veterans who received flowers and heard a home orchestra performance.
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Eli Torrance
America
Henry S. Stevens
Edgar O'Connor
Second
Wisconsin
John J. Jenkins
Pattleground Cemetery
Old Fort Stevens
St. Elizabeth's
Shaw
Battleground Cemetery
M. K. Ailes
St. Elizabeth’s
Washington Gardener
New Jersey
National Cemetery, Soldiers’ Home
Augusta
Hallowell
Grand Army
Sons of Veterans
Women's Relief Corps
Togus
J. Frank Supplee
Baltimore
Memorial day parade honors Civil and Spanish War veterans
In Chicago on May 30 a Memorial day procession brought together Civil War and Spanish American War veterans. Business paused across the city as services were held in many churches. Perfect weather drew thousands to cemeteries for observances.
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Chicago
Lawmaker Moves to Revoke All Leaves of Absence
Washington May 29 Representative Payne floor leader of the majority introduced a resolution to rescind all leaves of absence previously granted. The majority leaders say the revocation is needed for the timeaction of business during the closing weeks of the session.
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Washington
Payne
N. Y
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Dr. Jameson
Defiant Mindanaos
Bright, Sears & CO
Chas
Woodward
Middlesex St
Mass
Exchange Building
Boston Stock Exchange
Rolston & Hooley, J.& Backe & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Nicholas G. Norcross
Insurance
Central Street
Lowell, Mass
Chevalier DE Ternay
Unitarian Association
RED Cross Conference
Berkshire Hills
Dr. Peabody
Burlington
Lawrence
Haverhill
Lippincott’s
Ledger Monthly
Arlington
Cook, Taylor & CO
Garment Department
Wright & Taylor
KY. Taylor
N. B
Hirshpield
N.ef
Doane Street
Masa
Sapolio
Lskemo Chemical Co
Princess Powders Mfg. CO
Ganal St
India Food CO
Stamford
Conn
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