Peace terms for South Africa announced in London
The first lord of the treasury A J Balfour read terms from Lord Milner and Boer leaders offering surrender of arms, return of prisoners, Dutch taught in schools, no tax to fund the war, a three million pound restocking fund, and eventual self government with military withdrawal. Britain celebrates with varied public rejoicing across the kingdom.
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London
House of Commons
Treasury
A. J. Balfour
Balfour
South Africa
Lord Milner
Steyn
Bremner
C. R. de Wet
Her
Edward VII
Lord Kitchener
Botha
Delarey
Com‘amandant DeWet
Transvaal
Orange River Colony
Britain
Ireland
United Kingdom
Schalk-Burger
Farmer
Transvaal Republic
Edward
Gas mine explosion kills sixteen in Galicia province
Sixteen persons die and four are wounded when a gas explosion tears through an crocolite mine in Galicia. In New York Rev Dr William A McAfee pastor of First Presbyterian Danville Pa dies after a severe surgical operation. Supreme Court adjourns until October 13.
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Vienna
Galicia
New York
William A. McAfee
First Presbyterian Church
Danville
Sr. McAfee
Princeton Soolege and Seminary
Chicago
Madison
Wis
Fatal crash during Staten Island speed test injures five
At Grasmere Staten Island on a mile speed test under the Automobile Club of America one man was killed and four others hurt when a small egg-shaped car veered into spectators. Andrew Fetherstone, Richmond borough assessor, died instantly. John Brick, Mrs Ella Hay, Capt. Thomas Taylor, and Charles Bowden sustained various injuries as the crowd scattered.
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New York
Grasmere
Staten Island
Automobile Club of America
Andrew Featherstone
Richmond
John Brick
Stapleton
Ella Hay
Concord
Thomas Taylor
Charles Bowden
Mr. Baker
Mr. Fetherston
Brick
Taylor
Fire wipes out many hotels at Rockaway Beach
A fire at Rockaway Beach on Sunday killed Max Kasten and Mrs Lydia McKrow both 32, with several others injured. It destroyed numerous hotels and local buildings including Kasten's hotel and the Collonade, costing about 120000 dollars. A burned candy maker's body was found among the ruins. The blaze likely started in Kasten's kitchen from a gas stove or boiling candy.
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New York
Max Kasten
Lydia McKrow
Rockaway Beach
Thomas S. McKrow
Frank
Martin Hanson
Morris Kasten
Long Island City
Young McKrow
Kastens
Kasten's
Collonade
Walvers
Sagamore
Burns
Seaside Avenue Museum
Annex
Peterson’s
Mousette
Harry Genette’s
Herr Bros
Morrison Stables
Brennan’s
Kasten’s
Heilprin Tops Mont Pelee Crater for Scientific Observations
Prof Angelo Heilprin, with two guides and Mr Leadbetter, scaled Mont Pelee in French Martinique. He documented a vast 500 by 150 foot crater crevasse, three vent openings, violent eruptions, and mud columns, noting the summit’s topographic changes including a lake bed exposing the crater edge.
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Fort de France
National Geographic Society
Angelo Heilprin
Mont Pelee
Leadbetter
Heilprin
Fallaise
Lake Palmiste
Grand jury reports municipal corruption in St Louis
St Louis April grand jury, aided by Circuit Attorney Talk, delivered a dramatic final report to Judge Douglas on Saturday. Four indicted public officials have been arrested and are in bond awaiting trial as a new grand jury is impaneled to continue the investigation. In other items, a McKinley memorial bell concert in Lincoln, a fatal fire in Cleveland, an oat deal in Chicago, and banking agents designated for Hong Kong and Manila.
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St. Louis
Joseph W. Talk
Douglas
Uncle Sam
Washington
International Banking Corporation
The
Guarantee Trust Company
New York
Hong Kong
Manila
Treasury
French Delegates Leave Boston After Washington Statue Unveiling
The French Rochambeau mission departed on the Gaulois battleship after a gratitude filled farewell dinner with Roosevelt officials and Boston representatives. Salutes rang as the Gaulois left the harbor with Kearsarge and Olympia, honoring Gen Brugere and Vice Admiral Fournier. Maj Berthelot, injured at Charlestown yard, improved and returned to France aboard the Gaulois.
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Boston
France
America
Washington
Count de Rochambeau
Lisbon
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Rochambeau
Gaulois
Kearsarge
Olympia
Boston Light
Brugere
Fournier
Berthelot
Exposition praises and sea losses mark Charleston fair close
Charleston day ends the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian exposition with strong advertising value but weak stockholder returns. In Japan 360 fishermen drown in May storms off Hokkaido amid wrecks across Teuri and Yokoshiri islands. Whitelaw Reid sails to England as U S envoy to King Edward's coronation. New York Univ to award master of letters degrees to Gould Butler and Draper. Manitoulin elects conservatives reducing government majority to four. American schooner Amelia Hearn wrecked on Abaco reef. crew saved.
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London
South Africa
Whitechapel
Buckingham — Palace
Costers
Mafeking
Ladysmith
King
Edward
Charleston
S. C
South Carolina
Whitelaw Reid
New York
United States
King Edward of England
England
Cunard
Reid
Helen Gould
New York University
Helen Miller Gould
Emily Ogden Butler
Henry Draper
Woman's Advisory Committee
Nassau
New Providence
Amelia Hearn
Griffith
Baltimore
Taupan Bay
Abaco Reef
Bahamas
Chicago Labor Troubles Turn Violent in Swift & Co Strike
Bloodshed and arrests marked Monday as Chicago teamsters clashed with citizens and police during the Swift & Co. strike. Officers used revolvers and clubs to quell mobs along West, South Water, and Halsted streets, with injuries reported among police, strikers, and workers.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Teamsters
Packing Company
Lieut. Collins
Central Detail
West Side
South Water
Lake Streets
South Water Street
Halsted
Division Streets
Division
Nelson Morris & Co
Sergt. Mooney
Lieut. Moore
PUMP MEN QUIT WORK IN ANTHRACITE STRIKE
Union calls out all engineers firemen and pumpmen at collieries not granting eight hour day and current wages. Early reports show partial adherence with a larger test due today. In New York a conference between Vanderbilt and Senator Hanna hints at possible end to the miners strike.
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Wilkesbarre
United Mine Workers of America
New York
W. K. Vanderbilt
Hanna
J. P. Morgan
Oregon Election Results Report From Portland and Statewide
Incomplete returns show Republicans ahead statewide with governor race undecided. W J Furnish trails his ticket in some areas while George J Chamberlain may win Multnomah County. Tongue reelected to Congress in the First district and Williamson wins the Second by large margins. Also, a Milwaukee note reports John Malaney shot and killed by a hired man amid jealousy. housekeeper wounded.
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Portland
Ore
George J. Chamberlain
Thomas N. Tongue
J. N. Williamson
Milwaukee
Waukesha
Wis
John Malaney
Mukwonago
Joseph Minett
Malaney
Tornado Hits Near Louisville Killing Farmer Ward
A noon Monday tornado struck near Louisville injuring a farmer, killed Ward, damaged a hotel, and wrecked many barns and windmills as reported from Dubuque Iowa.
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Farmer Hilled
Dubuque
Louisville
Ward
Man Kills Ex-Policeman in Quarrel Over Stepson Case
Marietta Ohio June 3 J M Gregg shot and killed E R Riggs near St Marys West Virginia Monday. The quarrel arose over Riggs stepdaughter at Gregg's home. Riggs a former St Marys policeman. Gregg was arrested.
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Marietta
J. M. Gregg
Bnt
E.R. Riggs
St. Mary's
W. Va
Crege
Riggs
Gregeg’s
St. Marys
Gregg
Supreme Court Upholds State Quarantine Power
Washington June 3 The United States Supreme Court ruled that states may pass laws excluding bodies of people from entering quarantined cities or communities, recognizing state quarantine powers in protecting public health.
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Sustaina
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Tornado Strikes Crosse Wisconsin Causes Damage
A tornado hit Crosse Wisconsin Monday night at 9 30 p m blowing off roofs and breaking windows main street signs were cleared and several injuries reported none fatal a rumor of a southern town being wiped out circulated but telegraphs were down Milwaukee area also hit with rain and wind gusts uprooting trees and damaging homes across Racine Fox Lake and surrounding towns reports describe a 150 foot funnel cloud and debris scattered citywide
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Crosse
Wis
Main Street
Brownsville
DeSoto
Milwaukee
Fox Lake
Fred Wisher
Miss Lindsay
Henry Mathews
Racine
Oberlin College Head Dr. John H Barrows Dies
Dr John H Barrows president of Oberlin College died at his home in Oberlin Ohio at 2 40 this Tuesday morning after several weeks of pneumonia His death was due to heart failure He was born July 11 1847 in Medina Michigan and had a career as a minister lecturer and author including works The Gospels Are True Histories and I Believe in God and The Life of Henry Ward Beecher He served churches in Springfield IL Paris France Lawrence MA East Boston MA Chicago IL and taught at Oberlin College before his death.
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Oberlin
John H. Barrows
Oberlin College
Barrows
Medina
Mich
Michigan
Medina Seminary
Olivet College
Eastern Theological Schools
Yale College
Union
Andover Seminaries
Henry Ward Beecher
New York
First Congregational Church
Springfield
Ill
American Chapel
Paris
Eliot Congregational Church
Lawrence
Mass
Maverick
Boston
First Presbyterian Church of
Chicago
Wreck on Chicago & Northwestern at Otis injures passengers
A westbound Chicago & Northwestern passenger train collided with a sleeper derailed after the head brakeman opened a switch prematurely. Two men were seriously hurt and eight to ten bruised in the sleeper, with several others slightly injured.
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Northwestern
Otis
Des Moines
Chicago & Northwestern
Cedar Rapids
Monaco Courts Grant Judicial Separation of Prince and Princess
A Monaco dispatch confirms the principality’s courts have granted judicial separation at the prince’s instance. The princess was formerly Alice, dowager duchess of Richelieu and daughter of Michael Heine, a New Orleans banker. Carrie Nation pardoned by Gov. Stanley in Kansas. her $100 fine remitted. President Stickney of the Chicago Great Western declines to confirm or deny Morgan and Gates controls. Bainbridge, once slated for execution for aiding Booth, dies of apoplexy. Black Sea wrecks stay limited with few fatalities.
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Paris
Monaco
Petit Journal
Princess of
Alice
Richelieu
Michael Heine
New Orleans
Carrie Nation
Topeka
Kan
Shawnee County
Stanley
St. Paul, Minn
Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railway
J. Pierpont Morgan
John W. Gates
Republicans Meet Over Cuba Trade and Canals
Washington notes describe a White House conference with Senators Proctor Nelson Gamble and Kittredge focusing on Cuban reciprocity and canal legislation. The Elkins room meeting aimed to unite Republicans behind a Spooner plan while opposing tariff changes and preserving beet sugar interests.
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Washington
Proctor
Nelson, Gamble and Kittredge
White House
United
McKinley
Cuba
United States
Elkins
Messrs
Scott
Perkins
Bard
Gamble
Kittredge
Dietrich
Millard
Burrows
Foster
Mitchell
Nelson
Clapp
Burton
Kearns
Jones
Nev
Mason
House
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Congress
Elkins Conference
Senate
Spooner
Pope Attends Vatican Grotto Celebration in Gardens
June 3 reports an imitation Lourdes Grotto inaugurated in the Vatican gardens. His Holiness attended a garden party in state, riding an old six horse berlin, with mounted guards surrounding him. The court wore medieval costumes and ladies were allowed afternoon toilettes for the first time.
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Lourdes
Vatican Gardens
Berlin
Public Debt Shows Slight Monthly Decrease
Public Debt, Washington June 3. The May 1902 treasury statement reports the debt minus cash in treasury at 982,469,573 dollars, down 646,403 dollars from April.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Jail Sentence for Flirting in Mount Vernon
Police Justice Marshall of Mount Vernon sentences Alice Myers to 60 days in county jail for flirting by telephone with a Port Chester builder. W A Taylor of Cincinnati and his kidnapped daughter Margaret arrive aboard the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II from Genoa and Naples. Justice Scott sets September 22 for the second trial of Roland B Molieux in the murder of Mrs Kate Adams.
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New York
Marshall
Mount Vernon
Alice Myers
Port Chester
W. A. Taylor
Cincinnati
Margaret
Italy
Iwaiseria Maria Theresia
Genoa
Naples
Morneaux
Justice Scott
Criminal
Supreme Court
Roland B. Molieux
Kate Adams
Corn Belt Editorial Association Meets in Le Mars
The ninth annual Corn Belt Editorial session gathered in Le Mars with Sioux City Mayor E W Caldwell delivering Pioneer Newspapering in Iowa. A business session included papers read and discussed, a city tour, banquet at Washington hall, and a toast program. Next year’s meeting will be in Sioux City. Ford Reichman was elected president, E E W Caldwell secretary, and D O Stone treasurer.
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Corn Belt Editorial Association
le Mars
E. W. Caldwell
Sioux City
Pioneer
Iowa
Washington Hall
Ford Reichman
E E. W. Caldwell
D. O. Stone
Hawarden
Florence Putnam Elopes With Leonard Evans
Florence Putnam a 17 year old daughter of a prominent Dubuque businessman ran away with Leonard Evans 19. The couple fled after her father objected to their relationship and forbade further contact. Their whereabouts were unknown with Milwaukee suspected as a destination where Evans formerly lived.
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Florence Putnam
Dubuque
Leonard Evans
Milwaukee
Evans
Iowa Banks Report April Reserve And Asset Shifts
The abstract of the condition of national banks of Iowa excluding Des Moines shows a 26 percent average reserve, up from February. Loans and discounts rose to 66.57 million dollars, gold coin grew to 2.02 million, total specie fell to 3.49 million, lawful money reserve rose to 5.32 million, and individual deposits edged up to 65.75 million.
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National Banks of
Iowa
Dees Moines
Brant Identified by Hand Mark Linked to Multiple Thefts
Leonard Brant, noted by the absence of three fingers on his left hand, is held in Union county jail at Elk Point, South Dakota, on three grand larceny charges. Authorities accuse him of stealing a horse from F Grabbe of Union county, another horse from Frank Nelsey of Sergeant Bluff, and a buggy owned by F J Smith of Sioux City.
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Leonard Brant
Union County
Elk Point
8. D
F. Grabbe
Frank Nelsey
Sergeant Bluff
F. J. Smith
Sioux City
Jury Delivers Second Degree Murder Verdict in Wabash Case
In Shenandoah a jury finds Wesley Irwin guilty of murder in the second degree and sentences him to life. Edward Dennis also receives life for the same crime. Eugene Mason is acquitted. the case concerns the December murder of Oscar Miller in a Wabash land house.
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Shenandoah
Wesley Irwin
Oscar Miller
Wabash
Edward Dennis
Eugene Mason
Woman attempts suicide after love revealed in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Marylands, driven by passion for a married man, threw herself before a switch engine in Cedar Rapids. A brakeman restrained her and she was taken to the police station where she vowed to kill herself if she cannot have the man.
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Marylands
Cedar Rapids
Crop Outlook Report for Iowa From Washington Weather Bureau
The weekly crop report notes extremely warm conditions with heavy showers covering over three quarters of Iowa. Some flooding damage in limited areas, northeast district corn planting delayed and some replanting needed. Overall crop condition is fairly good with rapid growth in grass and small grain.
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Washington Weather Bureau
Iowa
Mining Fatality and River Gas Find Highlight Iowa Briefs
A roundup of Iowa incidents: Iver Svaleson crushed in Fort Dodge mine. Des Moines river bed gas bubbling in Ottumwa. brewery sale in Iowa City to Aurora buyers for 60000. newborn found dead in Hamilton woods. Clarion farmer hanged himself. Rock Island train derailment injuring students. Cresco bank president’s wife dies of consumption. Fort Dodge boy run over by streetcar. Hamp ton Chronicle editor runs for G A R commander. Ottumwa worker found dead at roundhouse. Dubuque club score high at annual tournament. Sioux City Western Union manager promoted to Milwaukee. Clarion drowning of 18 year old daughter. Muscatine man dies after neck injury in bar incident. Walthalls celebrate golden anniversary. Louise post office discontinuance. Crocker brigade reunion set for Sept 24 25 1902. Guy Potter Benton named Miami Univ president. Sarah Kuhn denied new trial. P J Garrigan consecrated bishop of Sioux City.
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Iver Svaleson
United States Gypsum Company
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Ottumwa
W. Kammerle
A. J. Feeley
Aurora
Iowa City
Dostal Bros
Hamilton
Miller
Clarion
Rock Island
Grinnell
Robert Thomson
Cresco Union Savings Bank
Johnnie Hanley
John Hanley
Roundhouse
Intottumwa
Dubuque
Fred Gilbert
Spirit Lake
Frank V. Moffitt
Sioux City
Western Union Telegraph Company
Milwaukee
William Graves
Dows
Bert Wooston
Muscatine
John Shaughnessy
Davenport
Daniel B. Walthall
Iowa Falls
Louise
Black Hawk County
Laporte
Springfield
Mass
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Cleveland
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