Reported Reverse in South Africa Battles Stir Government
London dispatch notes reticence of officials over battles in South Africa including a Boer report of a May 2 Pretoria defeat with 36 killed 80 wounded 600 prisoners and six guns. The War Office claims no official information and rumors of Botha contacting Kruger and 10 000 Zulus on the warpath circulate in The Sun and other sources.
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London
Vladfontein
South Africa
War Office
Pretoria
The
Sun
Botha
Standerton
Kruger
Netherland
Kitchener
Syn
Zululand
Collision at Brandon Triggers Runaway Locomotive
A mixed train from Melba to Hamilton derailed near Brandon when air brakes failed. The yard engine’s crew abandoned, sending a locomotive runaway toward Winnipeg until halted at Chater six miles away. Four pigs and four people observed casualties. one fireman injured.
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Brandon
Melba
Hamilta
Winnipeg
Chater
Here
Trolley Cars Runaway Kills One Injures Dozens in Wilmington
Three loaded trolley cars on Wilmington’s new People's Street line ran away on a steep slope Friday, killing Joshua Gillman and fatally injuring Vlner Jones, with about 25 others hurt. Nearly 100 passengers rode back to the city from Brandywine park as crews battled the crash. The line had just opened and operators may not be familiar with the heavy grade.
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Wilmington
Del
New People’s Street Railway
Joshua Gillman
Wich
Vlner Jones
Wpdach
Brandywine Park
Slaves in Zanzibar Prefer Bonded State Despite Decrees
Ninety eight percent of Zanzibar and Pemba slaves reportedly favor remaining in bondage according to Foreign Office correspondence on freed slave decrees. In 1900 fewer sought freedom as many expect limited present gains and Brit ish administrators note masters improve terms to attract service.
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London
Zanzibar
Pemba
Foreign Office
Drowning at Dyment Claims Missionary Peter Iverach
Winnipeg reports the death of Peter Iverach a missionary for the Presbyterian home mission committee in the Dyment district Western Algoma He drowned and the body was to be sent to Winnipeg on the first train Dr Duval arranged body transport and F Thompson signed the telegram asking where to send the body.
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Winnipeg
Peter Iverach
Presbyterian Home Mission Committee
Dyment
Algoma
F. Thompson
Dr. Duval
Heat and Storms Ravage Continent Causing Crop Losses and Deaths
London reports days of intense heat across Europe with heavy thunder storms and hail. Crops are ruined in multiple areas and numerous fatalities attributed to lightning across varied locales.
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London
Election result boosts Liberal majority in Saffron-Walden
London reports the Liberal candidate increased the majority in the Saffron-Walden division by 682 votes amid ongoing byeelec tion coverage.
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London
Saffron-Walden
Fase
Around the World News Roundup June 1 3 8 1900s
A digest of brief items from multiple cities covers royal travel plans, a rancher’s wife found dead, beef import rules for the British army, Rockefeller funding medical research, actor James A Herne’s death, labor strikes in Sydney, Salvation Army talks of reconciliation, priesthood training changes in St Paul, a Montreal suicide jump, William Whargreaves death, and a lawsuit over alleged theft and false arrest involving Chinese laundry workers.
Tragedy at Thunder Hill Ends in Cook’s Death
In Golden British Columbia on Wednesday morning, Frank Lascel les, driven by a delusion that an intruder would force entry, shot and killed his Chinese cook. The incident is described as the saddest tragedy the valley has known.
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Golden
B. C
Frank Lascelles
Thunder Hill
Prussia considers state aid after poor crop prospects
Berlin reports Count Von Buelow as president of the Prussian ministry has urged all government departments to prepare measures for state aid to counter a harvest that threatens failure over large areas of the monarchy.
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Berlin
Prussia
Count von Buelow
Riot at Shorncliffe Camp Sparks Fatal Bayonet Clash
A Dublin Fusiliers detachment rioted at Shorncliffe camp Kent on Saturday night over imagined grievances. Guards were called, shots fired, and a reinforced guard repelled with bayonets. Two guardsmen suffered serious bayonet injuries as the two hour riot ended.
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London
Shorncliffe Camp
Kent
Dublin Fusiliers
Fusiliers
Escapee Lundin Nabbed After Jail Break in Fort Frances
Winnipeg reports the arrest of foreigner A Lundin by Detective Stodgil on Saturday night. Wanted in Fort Frances for jail breaking after a stabbing during a dispute, he had served one month of a three month sentence. He undermined his cell and fled, was away a week and in the city two days. He is six feet tall and described as a big burly man and will be sent back to Fort Frances.
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Winnipeg
A.lundin
Stodgil
Lundin
Fort Frances
Young man arrested in Winnipeg for $1200 railway cash fault
Detective Stodgill arrested a young man in Winnipeg at 4 oclock yesterday for defaulting with $1200 of Northern Pacific Railway funds. The man had been in the city three days and was known to many as a person of means and good position, causing a sensation.
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Winnipeg
Stodgill
Victoria
B. C
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Fighting Near Gold Reef City Intensifies West of Vladfontein
London reports severe battle near Vladfontein on the Durban Johannesburg line as Lord Kitchener says Dixon’s force faced Delarey and heavy losses. The garrison, largely Yeomanry, counted 174 casualties including officers. the enemy left 35 dead.
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London
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Gold Reef
Vladfontein
Durban-Johannesburg
Lord Kitchener
Clements
Magaliesburg
Pretoria
Dixon
Delarey
Tragedy At Flat Rock Dam Claims Eight Lives
A Philadelphia party of eight youths from the Elm Social club was swept over Flat Rock dam on the Schuylkill River. Seven drowned after the boat capsized, five girls and two boys, all from Philadelphia. The accident occurred during a picnic trip when the boat encountered swift current near Rose Glen. One boy clung to the keel, another swam to shore, while six girls disappeared beneath the water.
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Philadelphia
Flat Rock
Schuykill River
Schuylkill
Imperial Conference to Consider Imperial Council
London reports the imperial conference summoned by Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain to discuss an imperial council with representatives from each colony. Chamberlain would lead the Privy Council’s judicial committee, drawing a seven year salary of 30000 dollars. Penny postage prospers in New Zealand with half year returns showing rising letters and receipts.
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London
Rt. Flor
Jos. Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Privy Council
House of Lords
Judicial Committee
New Zealand
Major F S Muaud Appointed Secretary to Governor General
Ottawa reports Major F S Muaud of the Coldstream Guards has been gazetted as secretary and military secretary to his excellency the governor general, effective from May 25. The appointment confirms his high-level duties within the governor general’s office.
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Ottawa
F. S.muaud
Coldstream Guards
Fire razes six small houses on Amherst Street
Montreal residents report six laborer dwellings at 266 to 278 Amherst Street destroyed by fire overnight. Loss estimated around 4000 dollars with minimal insurance. Authorities attribute the blaze to children smoking cigarettes in bed.
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Montreal
Amherst Street
Resignations and Promotions Dominate Telegrams
London notes the Marquis of Steadfort resigning as lieutenant First Life Guards likely after marrying actress Rosie Boote. Seymour promoted to admiral after leading China Station. Other items report Buffalo as future headquarters for United Switchmen of North America and life insurance mandates for members.
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London
Marquis of Steadfort
First Life Guards
Rosie Boote
Bdward H. Seymour
China Station
Milwaukee
Coroner's jury finds accidental shooting in Ryan case
In Toronto on May 29 the coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental shooting for Thomas Ryan who was charged with shooting his sister. The jury criticized careless handling of the weapon and its improper placement where children could reach it.
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Toronto
Thomas Ryan
Train collision and dynamite explosion near Skyhomish
In Beverett Washington on May 29 a push cart carrying 48 boxes of dynamite was hit by a Great Northern freight train near Skyhomish. The blast wrecked three freight cars and 500 feet of track. The locomotive was blown up the mountainside and engineer McGrouly was seriously injured.
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Beverett
Wash
Great Northern
Skyhomish
McGrouly
Vanderbuilt Oratory Medal Awarded to Charles Van Marshall
At Vanderbilt University Founders Day, Charles Van Marshall of Soo Chow China received the university’s top honor, the Medal in Oratory, for his speech Miracle of the Twentieth Century. He urged China’s rise among the great nations facing long misunderstanding, and will return home this summer via Europe after three years in Nashville.
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Chicago
Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt University
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Charles van Marshall
Soo Chow
China
Marshall
Europe
Jack the Ripper Returns Spark New Whitechapel Murder
London reports a sensational murder in Dorset Street Whitechapel near the 1888 Jack the Ripper site. Annie Austin, 28, died after being found dying in a low lodging room on Sunday. The killer fled and police were only alerted yesterday. No description exists and fear of more violence spreads through the neighborhood.
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Jack the Ripper
London
Dorset Street
Whitechapel
Annie Austin
Montreal Methodist conference delegate elected
Miss Henderson of Montreal chosen by Waterloo district as a delegate to the upcoming Montreal Methodist conference. A local preacher for years she would be the second woman to sit in Canada’s annual Methodist conference if she attends. Her brothers Rev J Trenderson of Staffa Ont and Rev W Henderson of Farnham Que are noted in connection.
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Deltwate
Toronto
Miss Henderson
Montreal
J. Trenderson
Staffa
Ont
W. Henderson
Farnham
Que
Waterloo
Canada
Northwest Assembly debates Doukhobor marriage ceremony reform
The Northwest assembly discussed Dr. Patricks marriage ordinance amendment to allow the Doukhobors to conduct ceremonies in their own way with a clerk or secretary verifying details. Premier Haultain and Mr. Bennett clashed over laxity versus conformity, and commissioners may replace clerks with a low license fee.
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Regina
Northwest Assembly
Haultain
Bennett
Government of
French Farmers Plan Cannon Use Against Frost and Hail
Washington reports Consul Covert at Lyons notes French agriculturalists aim to use cannon and smoke to combat frost hail and even grasshoppers. An international cannon congress is set for November in Lyons inviting Americans to participate. Experiments show horizontal cannon firings protect vines from frost while opposite rows suffer damage. Grasshoppers are forecast for Southern Algeria with cannons slated to strike them too.
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Washington
State Department
Consul Covert
Lyons
Algiers
Second Nelson smallpox case prompts railway fumigation warning
Nelson British Columbia reports a second smallpox case, Isaac Fleming, who arrived from Winnipeg and stayed in a shack. He was sent to the pest house after showing symptoms, highlighting the need for thorough fumigation of railway carriages traveling through infected districts to prevent westward spread.
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Nelson
B. C
Isaac Fleming
Winnipeg
Ile
City
Wleming
Smallpox Outbreaks Under Control in Ontario Camps
Dr Bryce returned from Hamilton where an outbreak of five cases in two families prompted swift action and no further spread is expected. Six cases at a camp near Havelock are progressing favorably with no anticipated new cases.
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Toronto
Bryce
Hamilton
Havelock
Death of Bernard Jennings Imperial Bank city manager
Bernard Jennings city manager of the Imperial Bank died suddenly at his St. Vincent street residence in Toronto on Monday night. He had chills earlier and was not believed to be seriously ill. He dined, then retired to rest and was found dead in his bedroom. Theard disease is suspected. He was about 50 and unmarried.
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Toronto
Bernard Jennings
The
Imperial Bank
St. Vincent Street
Inferno at hill-top pavilion and incline railway
A hill-top pavilion and its power house serving the incline railway burned yesterday in Duluth. A car descended the track on fire and crashed into Superior street. Several people escaped injury as losses reach around 60 000 dollars with 18 000 dollars insured.
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Duluth
Superior Street
Joss
McKinley Killed Aiding Arrest of Tramps in Carrollton
Carrollton Missouri May 29 Charles H McKinley son of a policeman was killed early yesterday while assisting his father in arresting a gang of tramps. Three of the gang were jailed after a lively fight with many shots exchanged. no additional arrests followed.
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Carrollton, Mo
Charles H. McKinley
Rambling Katie Wins Wanchester Cup Names Second and Third
Reports from London show Rambling Katie winning the Wanchester Cup with Parquetry in second place and Kilmar nock third. Separate dispatches note a deadly fire near Simbirsk destroys 135 homes with two women killed and many injured.
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London
Katie
Parquetry
Kilmarnock
St. Petersburg
Staraya
Simbirsk
Russia
Mutinous Guards Parade in Antwerp Spark Police Showdown
In Antwerp yesterday mutinous civic guards paraded the streets singing the Marsellaise provoking friction with police. Authorities were needed to protect officers from the revolting troops amid rising tensions in the city.
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Brussels
Antwerp
Two Sailors Drowned Off Newfoundland Schooner Colin Cooke
North Sydney reports two crewmen of the Newfoundland fishing schooner Colin Cooke drowned when their boat was run down by a steamer a few miles from the coast. The schooner could not reach them and the steamer did not appear to observe the collision.
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North Sydney
N. S
Colin Cooke
Appointment shuffle in Ottawa police ranks
Ottawa announces changes in the police service with Inspector Arthur Edward Snyder named superintendent after Gagnon retires. Inspector William S. M. Morris is appointed to succeed Perry, who was promoted to the commissionership.
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Ottawa
Arthur Edward Snyder
Mounted Police
Gagnon
William S. M. Morris
Perry
Wall Collapse In Four-Story Tenement On Third Avenue
A large portion of the side walls and most of the rear wall of a four-story tenement at 609 Third avenue collapsed yesterday morning. Eighteen residents were asleep inside. all escaped unharmed except two children who suffered bruises and a fireman who had three broken ribs.
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New York
Third Avenue
Mob Hangs Track in Alturas Horse Ring
Calvin Hall and three sons Frank Jim and Martin Hall with Dan V Yantis accused of horse stealing. A mob of about 40 masked men captured them at 1 am and hanged them from a bridge near Lookout. Officers were overpowered and aided by the mob. the group vanished within five minutes.
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Alturas
Cal
Calvin Hall
Frank
Jim
Martin Hall
Dan V. Yantis
Elopement Sparks Quick Flight From Sherbrooke
A Sherbrooke farmer's hired man eloped with his 16 year old daughter, ten miles to Ayer's Flats, then by train toward the city. Police halted them at Coaticook and jailed them at the Klondike hotel parlor where a ladder aided their escape by a waiting team. The enraged father arrived to find them gone and beyond reach.
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Sherbrooke, Que
Sherbrooke
Ayer's Flats
Here
Coaticooke
Hey
Klondike
Premonition Cited as Death Signal in Hydrophobia Case
Lincoln J. McCarty aged 68 died in a Lexington hospital after hydrophobia symptoms. He warned his wife and son he would die that night, then deteriorated rapidly. Doctors cite stimulant-related disorders as possible cause for his apparent death premonition.
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Lexington
Lincoln J. McCarty
McCarty
Cincinnati
Curiosity Shop Finds Hidden Masterpieces In Cheshire Home
A thrifty Cheshire couple bought three grimy pictures for 15 shillings in a Curiosity shop. After cleaning, experts identified one as an early Italian master, another as a Corot, and the third as an early Pyglish master.
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New York
London
Cheshire
England
Corot
Changes in the Map Why Patagonian Is Now Here
In Scribner's Magazine the article notes rapid geographic progress since 1825, with continents still largely unexplored then. It contrasts defunct borders and rising population expanding the western frontier, reshaping the map as new lines of settlement press outward.
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South America
Continents
Australia
New Holland
Africa
Mediterranean
Cape
Central Asia
Himalayas
China
American
Scribner’s Magazine
Finding Distant Thunderstorms Observed At Lago Maggiore
M T Tommasina describes a device using a self decohering carbon coherer and a telephone receiver to sense distant storms. Three copper antennas 30 m long enhance the effect, enabling observation of a violent thunderstorm up to 12 hours before it reaches the station on Lago Maggiore.
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M. T. Tommasina
Lago Maggiore
London
Apes and Men Protests by Haeckel on Fossil Ape Man
A Cleveland Plain Dealer correspondent reports Professor Ernst Haeckel defends the Dubois discovery of Pithecanthropus erectus from 1894. He says the finding settles human ancestry beyond doubt and that ongoing debates over bones and lineage are unnecessary.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ernst Haeckel
Malay Archipelago
Eugene Dubois
Dubois
American well drillers supply Paris with rapid artesian well
During the Paris exposition an American firm won permission to drill an artesian well in the Bois de Vincennes near Paris. It reached 1,935 feet in two months, far quicker than Parisian wells. The company offered to donate the well to Paris, and French journals hope the lesson from the new world will bear fruit.
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America
Bois de Vincennes
Paris
Railroads, The Nation’s Backbone And Fortune
The railways of the United States hold an $11 000 000 000 capitalization and employ over 875 000 workers. In the year ending June 30 1898 they paid more than $495 000 000 in compensation. The industry inspires a strong, almost magnetic, fascination among those who enter it.
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United States
National Magazine
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