Pretoria Falls to British in War Office Dispatch
British forces announce official entry at 2 oclock Tuesday stating Pretoria is in British possession. Lord Roberts reports success north of Johannesburg with one brigade at Johannesburg. Pretoria to be formally surrendered upon demand. Drowning of James Phillips in Memphis after baptism aboard steamer Wichita noted in local item.
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Dune
Pretoria
War Office
Lord Roberts
Priorta
Jane
Lexpos
Johannesburg
Slumas
Lorenzo Marquez
Ange
James Phillips
Memphis
Tenn
Mirus
Mullipss
Wichita
Five Million Dollar Exposition Appropriation Passed
The House approved the Senate amendment to the sundry civil bill on June 4 authorizing a 5,000,000 appropriation for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. The vote was 127 to 75 after a late hour roll call, with opponents offering no substantive opposition.
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Congress
Washineton
House
Senate
St. Louis
Tves
Notorious Outlaw Killed Near Sagua in June Clash
Rural guards killed Juan Gonzales, famed outlaw, near Sagua on June 4 with four companions after a long career of arrests and evasions. Witnesses dispute whether Gonzales was captured or shot during a retreat, while some locals claim the band was pursued and executed as part of a strategy.
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Juan Gonzales
Sagua
Santiago
Saxrtaco Dg
Cuba
Ioziles
Vim Gonzales
Gonzales
Sheriff Pohlman's posse guards St Louis power houses
Sheriff Pohlman's posse comitatus guards the St. Louis Transit Company power houses. About 900 men are on duty with fifty to sixty stationed at each power house. They are armed with Winchester shotguns and buckshot shells for use if disturbances occur.
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Vosse Comitatus
St. Louis
St. Louis Transit Company
Pohlman
American Glass Shipment Opens Australian Market
American Glass for Australia reports that Pittsburg’s National Glass Company shipped over ten carloads of glass tableware and lamps to Australia, the first such foreign shipment. The cargo numbered more than 150,000 pieces manufactured by American workers on American machinery, signaling a new inroad into the foreign market.
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American Glass
Australia
Nirrsporg
Pittsburg Glass
National Glass Company
Desertion and Divorce Case in Newport Court
Newport reports a divorce petition by Gora Uroubart Voller against James Brown Potter. The complaint alleges willful desertion for more than five years and seeks divorce and custody of their daughter in the appellate division of the supreme court. The case details a long matrimonial dispute and court proceedings.
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Cora
Newport
James Brown Potter Newport
Gora Uroubart Voller
Supreme Court
Double deaths by own action near Noisewater
The bodies of John H. Halden and his wife were found under a tree in Noisewater. They swallowed carbolic acid, reportedly despondent over financial difficulties. The wife is said to have shared their sorrows. In Wax Horny, Wax Tex, cowboys fought Mexican cattle thieves on the Rio Grande, thirty miles south. no Mexicans were killed and a cowboy named Decatur Aves was mortally wounded.
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John H. Halden
Wax Horny
Tex
Iio Grande
Decature
Aguinaldo Reportedly Killed Near La Gat by March Marchers
An American detachment under Maj. March engaged Aguinaldo’s outpost near La Gat on May 19, killing or wounding an officer believed to be the Filipino leader. The body was taken by followers, while the Americans recovered Aguinaldo’s horse, diary, and private papers including anti occupation proclamations. Probers found copies of Senator Beveridge’s translated speech titled Death Knell of the Filipino People.
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Vigan
Luzon
Thirty-third
Aguinaldo
la Gat
Laboa- Ran
la Gaz
Maj. March
Philippines
Senator Beveridge
Murder over primaries in Anna illinois
Thomas Mayes a carpenter was shot by A L Thompson one of the Republican judges during a bitter Union County primary dispute at Anna Illinois The confrontation began at a poll booth when a fight broke out Thompson drew a 44 caliber revolver and fired the shot that struck Mayes in the abdomen Sheriff Crane arrested Thompson and he remains jailed in Jonesboro Additional clashes occurred later in the day including a man killed at Grand Town for voicing support for a contestant
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Carpenter
Anna
Ill
Anna, Ill
Thomas Mayes
A. L. Thompson
Union County
Roberts
Thompson
Mayes
Crane
Jonesboro
Grand Towner
Honoring Jefferson Davis at Confederate Veterans reunion
In Louisyiller Kentucky the tenth annual United Confederate Veterans reunion marked the 92nd birthday of Jefferson Davis with services at Reunion Hall and memorials to Davis Winnie Davis and Confederate dead. About 5000 attendees heard remarks by Ex US Senator Reagan of Texas praising Davis in a difficult historical moment.
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Louisyiller
United Confederate Veterans
Jefferson Davis
Davis
Winnie Davis
Hayes
Varina Hayes
United States
Reagan
Texas
Dynamite attempt targets St Louis street car barns
In St Louis an attack with dynamite aimed at the St Louis Transit Company barns at Easton and Prairie Avenues woke 150 employees and police, with many cars and valuable property inside. It is the second such attempt in three days. The blast caused little damage but sent patrols scrambling as the east shed swayed and sleeping officers were hurled from their cots.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Transit Company
Easton and
Prairie Avenues
Two Fatal Mine and Rail Accidents Reported
In Aylerville Indiana William Clements aged 17 died when his head was severed as a mine cage lifted him. his father Ward Clements was gravely injured attempting to save him. In Hamilton Ohio a fast freight derailed near the city killing five, including three train workers and two unknown youths, with eleven cars wrecked.
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Sprinef isLyp
Wm. Clements
Aylerville
Clements
William
Ward Clements
Hamilton
Ohio
Cincinnati
Lawianapolis
Timothy Mahoney
David Starker
Ambrose Smith
Col Sutton Acquitted in Michigan Clothing Fraud Case
Col Eli R Sutton of Detroit and regent of the University of Michigan, a prominent Republican, was cleared of complicity in the state military clothing fraud after indictments against several military board members. Meanwhile the U S transport Sherman departed San Francisco for Manila via Honolulu and Guam with heavy commissary loads and passengers including wives and families of officers bound for the Philippines.
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Col. Sutton
Lansing
Mich
Eli R. Sutton
Detroit
University of Michigan
Unil
State Military Board
Manila
San Francisco
Sherman
Honolulu
Guam
Philippines
Gen Otis Likely New Command At Department Of The Lakes
A Washington dispatch to the Times Herald reports Maj. Gen. Otis is likely to be assigned to command the department of the lakes with headquarters at Chicago within the next few months. The move would place a senior general in charge as strategic posts around the lakes undergo study and reorganization.
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Otis
Cutcaco
Washington
Times-Herald
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
Sensational Scene at Confederate Veterans Reunion
Louisville reports the tenth annual United Confederate Veterans convention adjourned June 1 after a sensational scene over a resolutions report commending Gen Daniel E Sickles at Fredericksburg Col J H Shepherd of Richmond va argued ex Confederates should not accept anything from Yankees Gen Gordon calmed the hall by offering a kindly message to an enemy All officers were re elected by acclamation The parade planned as the drawing feature was postponed due to rain.
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Louisville
United Confederate Veterans’ Convention
Committee On Resolutions
Daniel E. Sickles
Fredericksburg
J. H. Sheperd
Richmond
Gordon
United Confederate Veterans
Navy explores armor to counter soft nose shells
Naval ordnance experts discuss armor solutions to defeat the advantage of soft nosed projectiles. The Bureau of Ordnance has received several suggestions to nullify the effects of soft nosed shells, aiming to protect American warships while preventing other nations from copying the concept.
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Washington
Naval Ordnance
Bureau of Ordnance
United States
Against the Amendment House Votes Not to Incorporate One Condemning All Trusts
Washington reports the House defeated a joint resolution to amend the constitution to regulate trusts. The vote was 154 ayes to 181 nays, eight short of the two thirds needed. Five Democrats and one silver Republican joined Republicans. two Republicans sided with Democrats. Populists voted against.
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House
Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
Fleet of Twenty Three Foreign Warships at Taku
Twenty three warships are at Taku, including nine Russian three British three German three French two American two Japanese and one Italian. Russian ships carry 11,000 troops from Port Arthur with field equipment aboard while 14,000 Russian troops remain on standby at Port Arthur.
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Taku
Snanavat
Port Arthur
Express Company Robbed of 5000 Dollar Package
Mines City Montana paper reports a robbery at the Northern Pacific Express office. A $5000 package and $300 from ticket sales were stolen while night operator Fred Morrow was away. Station agent Gipson was represented, two strangers seen near the station are missing.
Saloon Man Shoots Wife then Kills Himself in Pronto
Otto Schuster, a Pronto saloon keeper, shot his wife once in the chest and twice in the head and then shot himself in the head. He survived a scalp wound. Jealousy is the suspected motive.
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Pronto
Ill
Otto Schuster
Actress Della Fox Committed to Lunatic Asylum
New York actress Della May Fox was committed to an Astoria Long Island asylum on petition by her brother. Evidence indicated she suffers from a delusion and is considered insane.
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Della Fox
New York
Della May Fox
Astoria
Long Island
Arrest of Otto Matthews for Senator Wall murder near Staunton
Otto Matthews, employed three months, has been arrested in connection with the murder of State Senator Wall near Staunton NL in 1898. The case centers on the accusation of a homicide carried out in that locality.
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Wess Crry
Otto Matthews
Wall
Staunton
Market Quotations from Major U.S. Cities Show Wide Commodity Ranges
The report lists price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across Sioux City Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. It also covers grains wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and creamery butter with varying No. 2 grades and regional figures.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Three Men Receive Sentences for Garretson Assault
Daniel Gleason George Maxfield and Thomas McCue pleaded guilty to murdering and robbing Edward Newgaard, the Great Northern Railroad section foreman at Garretson. Gleason and Maxfield got four years each in the Sioux Falls penitentiary while McCue received two years. Mrs. Maxfield, once charged as an accomplice, pleaded not guilty and was discharged.
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Garretson
Sioux Falls
Maxfield
Daniel Gleason
George Maxfield
Thomas McCue
Edward Newgaard
Great Northern Railroad
Jones
Gleason
Maxfield A
McGue
Ther
May Lose Its Charter Over Libelous Advertising
Insurance Commissioner King weighs action after a Canton mutual company sent ads skewering his office. The firm’s organizer, previously tied to another company, was discharged and later hired to solicit business. The commissioner found prior accusations against the old firm unfounded and blocked the Canton charter until the man left his secretary role. The Canton company then gained a permit, but its ads may trigger charter annulment and officer arrests for libel.
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King
Canton
Canton Company
Insurance Commissioner
Yankton College Faculty Changes Ahead
Yankton College plans several faculty changes before the next year. resignations in physical culture and elocution may lead to department consolidation. Kingsbury takes a year off for recreation and study. Flannagan to lead French in her absence. possible sickness resignations for March. Cushing stays. Brtlett Tripp boom gains momentum in national party.
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Yankton College
Miss Lambkin
Chicago
Axford
Kingsbury
Held for raising check in South Dakota case
Samuel Lorimer, after preliminary examination at Sioux Falls, is held in a $500 bond to appear at the next circuit court term to answer charges of raising a check from $4.50 to $40.50 issued by A. J. Lieban. Mary Doyle loses arm after incident at Lead steam laundry. arm crushed from fingers to shoulder and amputated last week.
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Samuel Lorimer
Sioux Falls
A. J. Lieban
Mary Doyle
Marion Fox to Wed Miss Jessamine Lee of Vermillion
Cards announce the marriage of Marion L. Fox of Sioux Falls to Miss Jessamine Lee of Vermillion. The ceremony will be at the Vermillion Baptist Church on June 7 at 1 p.m. Miss Lee is the governor's daughter. The Fish and Hunter Lumber Co begins a new planing mill in Lead to replace the one lost in a fire a year ago, at a $25,000 loss.
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Fish & Hunter Lumber Company
Settle Quarrel in Ring at Woonsocket Duel
In Woonsocket a thirteen round glove match pitted Lah Tawks, an Englishman, against Ed Madden, an Irishman, in a schoolhouse ring three miles from town. Madden led early, but Tawks finished stronger, winning as the referee stopped the bout after the thirteenth round in a tense rematch two years after a prior quarrel. Nearly a hundred spectators attended.
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Woonsocket
Lah Tawks
Ed Madden
Tawks
Madden
Dispute Over Jurisdiction in Murder Case at Bad River
Van Moore, a self surrendered at Cheyenne Agency, is involved in the murder of a squaw at her Bad River home about ten days ago. The Cheyenne agent asks Deputy Marshal Strayer to take charge, but federal authorities say the U.S. court has no jurisdiction. Stanley County officials have refused to act since the victims are wards of the government, leaving the case unresolved.
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van Moore
Bad River
Cheyenne
Marshal Strayer
Pierre
Strayer
United States
Kennedy
Stanley
Stanley County
STATE UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT RISES TO 384
The 1899 1900 catalogue from Vermilion notes total enrollment at 384, up by 50 from the prior year. Of these 105 are men and 186 women. Commencement at University of South Dakota starts June 10 with the baccalaureate sermon. Class day on Tuesday the 12th and Wednesday ceremonies, ending with the president’s reception. The senior class includes eleven men and six women. All departments show prosperity.
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State University
Vermillion
University of South Dakota
Thrifty Indian Police Drive Stock Onto Reservation
Settlers along White River complain of arrest by Indian police when crossing the river to look for cattle. Indians allegedly drive cattle onto the reservation and collect a liberal fee for stock taken up. The issue has caused recurring tensions, including in the present case, with officials and settlers at odds over policing and fees.
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White River
Rosebud
Trial of Rural Free Delivery Near Spearfish
A rural free delivery mail trial will run around Spearfish starting mid June. Geo Olson of Denver, representing the postal department, reviewed a proposed 25 mile route serving about 125 homes, one church, four schools and roughly 800 residents who would receive daily mail.
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Spearfish
Congressman Gamble
Postal Department
Geo. Olson
Denver
Refuse to Pay License Test Case Beginnings
State's Attorney Perry has begun prosecutions against wholesale beer agencies failing to pay the required license. A warrant was served on the Hamm Company agent at Aberdeen and the case will be tried at the present term of circuit court. Wholesalers at several points in the state reportedly refuse to pay the license, and this will be a test case. Thought to Be Fatal Hargrave death worries Hankinson. The wife of J W Hargrave, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants' National Bank, arrived at Clear Lake with a team via Watertown to visit her parents. The horses ran away and Mrs Hargrave, springing from her carriage, struck her head and is thought to be fatally injured. A child escaped unhurt.
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Perry
Hamm
Aberdeen
J. W. Hargrave
Farmers’ and Merchants’ National Bank of
Mrs Fenton Arrested After Forgery and Flight
Mrs Fenton, charged with forging her husband's name to a draft at Mitchell and then disappearing, was captured at Sioux Falls by Sheriff Donahoe. Since escaping Mitchell she had been employed by a farmer's family near Sioux Falls.
Gold at Sisseton Fourteen Miles West Delivers Rich Deposits
Rich gold deposits discovered about fourteen miles west of Sisseton draw hundreds of seekers. Claims are rapidly being staked as prospects appear exceedingly bright for remarkable finds.
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Sisseton
Ex-State Official Seeks Nome trip and druggist arrest
Aberdeen friends learn W. W. Taylor left Seattle for Cape Nome and should arrive this week. A warrant is out for an Aberdeen druggist accused of illegally selling liquor. Governor grants extradition papers for Thos Bowen wanted in Lyon County Iowa for seduction.
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W. W. Taylor
Alaska
Aberdeen
Seattle
Cape Nome
Bowen
Gov. Lee
Thos. Bowen
Lyon County
Iowa
Rural Free Delivery routes planned and new body found
Rural free delivery is set up in Brown County southwest of Groton with a thirty four mile carrier route serving 200 farm houses. A petition seeks a second route northeast from Groton toward Claremont. A river floater near Omaha is identified as Henry C. Harding of Pukwana. authorities believe elopement of his daughter led to despondency and suicide.
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Brown County
Groton
Claremont
Omaha
Henry C. Harding
Pukwana
Census Army Moves Shows U S Growth and Power
The article details the 1900 census operation with 52,600 enumerators, 297 supervisors, and 2,000 special agents preparing to tally 75,000,000 people. It predicts population between 75 and 76 million, more cities over 100,000, and Westward political power shifts. It notes costs of 15 to 16 million dollars and centers of population near the Illinois line. It also covers Civil War survivors, with 925,000 veterans and 742,467 on pension rolls, and about 30,855 deaths in the year.
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Washington
South Africa
Uncle Sam
United States
Mulhall
Germany
France
Great Britain
Russia
China
Merriam
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
India
Columbus
Ind
Illinois Line
Congress
Electoral College
West
Virginia
Union
Massachusetts
Texas
Indiana
Michigan
Iowa
Evans
Commissioner of Pensions
Mayor bans public playing of Spanish airs in Havana
Havana the mayor issues an order prohibiting the playing of Spanish airs in public places. A second volume of the first Philippine Commission report includes Aguinaldo's proclamation appealing for a Christmas present to Filipinos. Representative Shafroth of Colorado seeks protection for numerous prehistoric monuments and cliff dwellings across Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.
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Havana
First
Philippine Commission
Aguinaldo
Shafroth
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
New, Mexico
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Honor Davis
South Dakota
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Kyle
Bartlett Tripp
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