War Dispatches From Transvaal Near Johannes burg
A Kobe dispatch reports Klip River line advances toward Johannesturg with Boer positions abandoned. General Roberts and French engage Boers as Ian Hamilton’s forces push forward. Casualties mount in Mafeking siege. 22 officers and many men reported killed wounded or missing. President Kroger warns Johannesburg residents to flee or risk mines destruction. Winter clothing and cash aid sent to Pretoria prisoners.
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Loados
Klip
Johann London
Kobe
West Austral Mounted Infantry
Ian
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Relief Association
United States
London
Roverts
French
Ian Hamilton
Mafeking
Tragedy in Minnesota and Boxers Near Pekin
A Minnesota tragedy unfolds as William Wise and family are shot in their home nine killed and wounded as the Wise children Fate records a grim night with one child dead and others badly injured. Separate dispatches report Boxer attacks near Pekin with railway disruption and casualties among Chinese workers. A Canadian derailment near Labelle injures sixteen including Alderman Gouin. Further brief notes from Accra and London mention colonial reliefs and regional tensions.
Judicial Commission to Probe Electoral Corruption
Ottawa reports say the government will announce the judicial commission to investigate electoral corruption during the week. Sir Wilfrid Laurier stated the commission’s personnel and scope are nearly decided, though the Justice Minister’s absence hindered final protections. The inspector of fisheries for Bayiwoba was not found to be a part owner of the Selkirk Journal, and scrutiny of expenses continued. The house then moved to supply as Mr Wallace objected to Winnipeg and outport increases. The prime minister, NWMP head, described the state of the forts as satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Wies
Willid Laurier
Charles Topper
Ter Commission
Wilfrid
Rockett
Lovier Davies
Bayiwoba
Selkirk Journal Company
Selkirk
Insector
Wallace
Winnipeg
Ovtporta
Patterson
Winipeg
Pattee
Phillips
Northwest Mounted Police
Eclipse of the Sun Observations at Toronto and Washington
The eclipse was successfully observed at Toronto Observatory with fine weather and many photographs. Contact times were 761 85 seconds earlier and 10.16 54 seconds earlier than predicted. In Washington the expedition led by Prof Alfred E Burton reported perfect weather and detailed observations from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology party.
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Washington
Toronto
Toronto Obervatory
Warhington Ga
Alfred E Burton
Massachusetts Institute of Technocology
G. L Hosmer
Wounded and deaths reported from Mafeking relief
A cable lists wounded Gunner W Can. Patton and W. McCollum Indian Artillery. Private Rasterrr C. Compa Royal Canadians and Trooper Harry Hammond Clements Mounted Rifles die of fever. Julian Ralph arrives. Shoal Lake farmer William Noms found shot dead, suspected suicide after crops fears. Croker endorses Bryan in U S presidential race.
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Toronto
Mafeking
W Can. Patton
W. McCollum
Rasterrr
C. Compa Royal
Shoal Lake
Abay
Willaim Noms
Hie Hovee
Grouth
Row
Ontario
Army Across Theyall Joers In Extended Route Into Transvaal
London dispatch dated May 28 reports British forces crossing the Vaal River into Transvaal with troops encamped on the north bank. Casualties numbered four as operations include rail and mine actions and rapid redeployments near Mafeking and Kronstadt amid a broader push into the region.
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London
Lord Roverts
Vereeniging
Vaal
Baden Powell
Bolawayoa
Mafeking
Smallpox at Lake Ports Reports in Port Arthur area
Dr Bryce, secretary of the provincial board of Dealt, reports eight smallpox cases in Port Arthur Hospital with one death and two suspects in camp quarantine. Fort William shows three areas in the hospital and many houses under surveillance. Compulsory vaccination is under rapid enforcement in both towns. A single case is noted near Sawbill in West Algoma for which a nurse and doctor were dispatched.
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Port Arthur
Bryce
Provincial Board of Dealt
Fort William
Hapital
Villance
Sault Ste Marie
Atelier Collingwool
West Algoma
Jas Steele
Clearwater Mining Co
Winnipeg
Wabigoon
Pacific Ocean Freight Rates Hike After San Francisco Conference
A week long conference of trans continental railways and Pacific steamship firms in San Francisco led to renewed freight and passenger rate controls. Rates shift to 12 1 2 cents per pound on certain routes with changes in other charges. summary of adjustments and implied safer market expectations released.
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Transcontinental Railways
Pacific Steamship Companies
San Francisco
Continental Railways
Oriental Steamip Companies
J. O. Stubbs
Northern Pacifc Railway
Bar
G. H. Bosworth
C.P. KR
Nominations Listed for British Columbia Provincial Race
Victoria May 28 Candidates announced for the June general election across districts such as Nanaimo, Victoria City, Chilliwack Vedder, Hamilton Cowican Ford, Delta Oliver, Dewdney Whetham, Kootenay N and S, Lillooet, New Westminster, Vancouver four seats, Yale and Yale East. Parties include Government, Conservative Oppositions, and Prov. Party with Labor and coalition names noted.
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Victoria
Alterai
Reatord
Thomson
Neill
McPhee
Monroe
aidhan—Ford
Dickie
Fracer
Byanteon
Pooley Higgins
Harwant
Nanaimo
Yates
Oppugeter Gos
Eberts
Victoria City
Martin
Yates Brown
Beckwith
Turner
Helmcken
Hall
McPhillips
Caritoo
Hunter
Rogers
Kirchant
Jones
Cassiar
Irving
Clifford
Chilliwack
Vedder
Ashwell
Munro
Cowican
Ford
Delta
Oliver
Barrie
Forster
Dewdney
Whetham
MeBride
Kootevay N
Barnett
Wella
Armstrong
Kootenay S
Smith
Ferdie
Costigan
Lillooet
Graham
Pentice
Skinner
Lahore
Nelson
Reid
Revelatoire
McRae
Taylor
Richmond
McGueen
Gilmour
McPherson
Wilson
Wood
Garden
Tatlon
Cotton
Williams
Dixon
McLean
Yale
Beebe
Fulton
Deane
Yale East
Snodgrass
Raymer
Yale W
Marphy
Fire at Montreal destroys Teller Rothwell Co warehouse
Fire broke out in the Teller Rothwell and Co establishment on St Dizier street destroying the warehouse. Chaput and Fils wholesale grocers and Walter Grosse & Co hardware warehouses were endangered but saved. Notre Dame de Petite and the Sisters of the Congregation enclosure nearby were spared as firemen battled the blaze. The loss likely around 75,000 with several firms suffering water and smoke damage.
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Well & Co
Montreal
Teller, Rothwell & Co
St. Dizier Street
Treet
Chaput and Fils
Acros
Marrow Street
Walter Grosse & Co
Church of Notre Dame de Petite
Sisters of the Congregation
Charles Lecaille & Co
French at the Waal and Transvaal War Movements
London reports British forces under Lord Roberts near the Vaal River with General French’s cavalry in action and the Boers evacuating toward the south bank. Dispatches note railway damage and limited Transvaal news, with possible next engagements near Johannesburg and Heidelberg as tensions rise.
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London
Lord Roberta
Hamilton
Vaal River
Perth
Frenchs
Vaal
War Office
Bennet-Burleigh
Daily Telegraph
Vredefort
Lord Roberts
Erste Geluk
Transvaal
Pretoria
Lorenzo Marques
Portugues
Travavaal
Vecker
Krause
Klinke
Sebutte
Johannesburg
de Jagoa
Kroger
Lydenburg
Johnnesburg
Carrington
Rhodesia
Mafeking
Geo. Carringtons
Geo. Rundle
Trommel Fuesday
Wredefort Road
Prospect
Methoe
Vail
Klerksdrop
Horton
Waal
Jonapnesberg
Laing’ Nek
Buller
Heidelberg
Leing
Nek
Ottawa House Debates Reading Of Canada UK Stock Bill
Ottawa House discusses second reading of the bill on inscribed stock of Canada in the United Kingdom. A committee on Sir Henri Joly’s Weights and Measures bill makes little progress. Supply committee fixes 25000 for cold storage bait for deep sea fishermen and notes related creamery establishment method. Other items and discussions follow including fisheries estimates and smallpox notes with border measures.
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Ottawa
Fielding
Canada
United Kingdom
Henri Joly
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Louis Davies
Robertson
Pattee
Winnipeg
Chas. Tapper
Howe
Col Otter Convalescent Rejoins His Regiment
Col Otter is reported convalescent and has recovered from his wound, rejoining his regiment in the field.
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Col. Otter
Life imprisonment for three dynamiters in Welland canal plot
In Welland Ontario on May 7 three men were found guilty for a failed plot to blow up Welland canal locks. Justice Boyd sentenced all three to life imprisonment, noting motive beyond money and calling the act a treacherous blow to the state. EB Johnson urged the jury to view it as an attack on the country. The defendants showed no mercy plea as they were led away.
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Orarses
Welland Wellland
Ont
Fenianiam
Welland Canal
Rone
EB. F. Johnson
Clan-na-Grel
Boyd
Nolin
Walsh
Dallman
Fire destroys Arden home. two children dead in Kingston area
A faulty chimney caused a blaze at the residence of Elisha Newton in Arden near Kingston last night. The fire killed Newton's two youngest daughters, ages 6 and 8, left the wife and rest of the family homeless, and consumed the house. Newton was away from home at the time.
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Wen
Whee
William Wise
William Wise, Jr
James Wise
Bebim Buckshore
Will
Kingston
Arden
Elisha Newton
Newton
Bom
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Tiea Tein
Liplai
Lui Tan
Pekin
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Shanghai
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Accra
Gold Coast
Gol. Wilcox
Komasaie
C.P.R
Labelle
Alderman Gouin
Judicial Commission
Shoal Lakes
Croker
Bryan
Newark
The
Journal and Advertiser
Hichard Croker
Wm. T. Bread
Joers
Laing
Nex
New Republic
Lake Ports
Kingston, Ja
Panama
Panam
Pamber
Bridgeport
Coon
Kaden Teabout
William Forsyth
B.C
Methodist General Conference
Snce
Kumasel Acra
Alpin
Lagos
Goff
Majuba
Windsor
Unn
Ottawa House
Republic
Toarn
Federal Health Bureau
Lowia
Fang
Westen
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