British Forces Press On in Vet River Campaign
London dispatch details Lord Roberts's troops marching to Wet River, crossing under heavy fire and advancing with Hamilton and Barton's brigades. Reports describe Boer positions at Rooidan and Winburg, British casualties and prisoner updates, and a night crossing with subsequent Boer retreat.
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London
War-Office
Lord Roberts
Pole- Carew
Wavell
Maxwell
Tutton
Twelfth Lancers
Kitchener
Macdonald
Highland Brigade
Black Watch
Hamilton
Kleine Vet
Flunter
Barton
Ruidam
Hunter
Miller
Thaba N'Chu
Rundle
Warrenton
Rooidan
Windsorton
Klipham
Waget
First Michigan Democratic Delegates Chosen At May Conventi on
Port Huron Michigan May 2 The first state political convention in Michigan elected delegates at large to the national convention and adopted resolutions on key issues. Delegates at large include Daniel J Campau Detroit Thomas K Barkworth Jackson Wellington R Burt Saginaw Rush Culver Marquette Campau also won a first delegate at large and aided slate choices. Port Huron Michigan May 4 The Michigan Republican convention selected delegates at large for the national event. Col Frank J Meeker Detroit Delos A Blodgett Grand Rapids Capt William K E Parnall Calumet William McPherson Howell Frank W Gilchrist Alpena were named with McPherson winning third place after a ballot. Alternates at large were Albert S Glasgow Jackson Herbert S Sands Pentwater William Barre Saginaw John N McCall Ithaca and Gerrit J Diekema Holland was named chairman of the state central committee. Des Moines May 4 Iowa Democrats chose delegates and alternates for Kansas City showing harmony with Bryan the preferred candidate and nearly 1 000 delegates present.
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Port Huron
Mich
Michigan
Daniel J. Campau
Detroit
Thomas K. Barkworth
Jackson
Wellington R. Burt
Saginaw
Rush Culver
Marquette
Campati
Frank J. Meeker
Delos A. Blodgett
Grand Rapids
William KE
John N. McCall
Ithaca
Gerrit J. Diekema
Holland
State Central Committee
Des Moines
Tor
Kansas City
Cato Sells
Vinton
Charles A. Walsh
Ottumwa
John 8. Murphy
Dubuque
George Baker
Davenport
Edward
Fevans
Avan Wagenen
Sioux City
L. T. Genung
Mills County
Daniel P. Stubbs
Fairfield
Iowa
Bryan
Polish Industrial buys Ellis Junction tract in Marinette County
The Polska Industrial company purchases Ellis Junction in Marinette County from H. Zeek. The 10 000 acre tract near Crivitz will be settled by a cooperative Polish community from Milwaukee Chicago and the old country. The deal includes houses sawmills a general store and lumbering interests. Estimated price exceeds 100000 dollars. Indiana Town Fire wipes out Rodimels livery stable and three stores causing 30000 dollars in loss.
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Milwaukee
Ellis Junction
Marinette County
Wis
H. Zeek
Polska Industrial Company
Crivitz
Chicago
Old Country
Indiana
Lesa
Petersburg
Ind
Rodimel
Washington
Railway collision injures dozens near Sevres and Chaville
A serious Western railway collision between Sevres and Chaville Sunday evening left thirty eight injured and three seriously hurt.
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Paris
Sevres
Chaville
Methodist Bishop Andrews Reading Sets Conference Tone
The second session of the Methodist general conference heard Bishop Andrews read an episcopal address signed by 13 bishops. It urged equal lay representation, addressed trusts and labor issues, liquor policy, and marriage reform, and called for militant political righteousness against national evils. Bishop Hartzell spoke on South Africa and Kruger, urging attention to Transvaal conditions.
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Chicago
Andrews
United States
Methodist General Conference
Board of Bishops
J. C. Hartzell
Transvaal
South Africa
Kruger
Six Drowned in British Ship Wreck off Cape Henry
The British steamer Virginia Capt. Charles Samuel on an iron ore voyage from Daquiri Cuba to Baltimore stranded on Diamond Shoal around six p.m. May 3 in heavy weather. Of 26 crew members including a stowaway, 15 escaped in one boat while the other boat swamped and six men drowned.
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Cape Henry
Virginia
Charles Samuel
Daquiri
Cuba
Baltimore
Diamond Shoal
Varnish Plant Fire Explodes on Staten Island
A series of explosions followed a fire at the Standard varnish works in Elm Park Staten Island after midnight. Varnish tanks blew apart and hurling blazing liquid created a spectacular display. Damage reached $150,000, but firefighters saved the main plant after four hours of effort.
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New York
Elm Park
Staten Island
Porto Rico Territory Ruling Extends U S Constitution
Judge Lochren of the United States circuit court remanded Rafael Ortiz to Stillwater prison holding that Porto Rico by cession became part of the United States and the federal constitution applies there and to its people.
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St. Paul, Minn
Lochren
United States Circuit Court
Rafael Ortiz
Stillwater Prison
Porto Rico
United States
Farmers Gain From Expanded Foreign Markets
Washington reports Frank H. Hitchcock argues U S expansion boosts farmers and manufacturers. He cites 1897–1899 export gains over 500 million dollars and predicts Cuba Porto Rico and Philippines as ready markets. He notes rising exports to China Japan and the East Indies and the link between farm sales and domestic manufacturing demand.
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Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
Department of Agriculture
Cuba
Porto Rico
United States
Philippines
China
Pacific
Japan
Asia
East Indies
Orient
The Value of a Cow and Its National Worth
The article notes total and per head value of U S cows as of Jan 1, with figures from 608,005,661 to 2 non readable. cites 1890s era politics and tariff policy. It argues cows are worth more under protection than free trade, presenting a $10 per cow gap as a lesson for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Democrats Seek Direct Senate Election Protection
The Kansas City platform is expected to call for the direct election of U S senators by the people. After the Payne and Brice episodes in Ohio and the Clark affair in Montana the Democratic party appears to need such protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
United States
Brice
Ohio
Clark
Montana
Iowa Democrats Nominate Delegates for Kansas Convention
Des Moines May 4 Iowa Democrats met in convention electing war delegates at large and district delegates to the Kansas City convention. Jeremiah B Sullivan temporary chair and Douglas Deremore permanent chair led a large harmonious gathering nearly 1000 strong. Delegates endorsed Bryan and urged unit voting. The platform denounces the single gold standard and imperial policy, supports direct senatorial elections, and backs Boer rights while opposing tariff, trusts and the Puerto Rico measure. Huffman reelected chairman Cedar Rapids chosen for state officers meeting, July last week.
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Des Moines
Kansas
Jeremiah B. Sullivan
Creston
Douglas Deremore
Waukon
Bryan
Kansas City
Walter Butler
M. T. van Oosterhout
Orange City
Cato Sells
Vinton
Charles A. Walsh
Ottumwa
John §. Murphy
Dubuque
George Baker
Davenport
Edward B. Evans
Avan Wagenen
Sioux City
L.T. Genung
Mills County
Daniel P. Stubbs
Fairfield
Wirst—Tl. L. Throop
Mount Pleasant
W. EF. Niel
Port Madison
Alfred Hurst
Maquoketa
J. Hy
van Lent
Muscatine
J. J. Trowell
Eagle Grove
A. M. Potter
Waverly
J. Reinke
Cerro Gordo County
A. J. Anders
Fayette County
Tiffth
K. C. Holt
Anamosa
Thomas Emmet
Grundy County
J. R. Gorrell
Newton
Thomas Kelley
Sigourney
A. R. Dabney
Madison County
J. S. Cunningham
Marion
W. T. Davis
Fremont County
Walter Dewey
Chariton
E. H. Bickford
Greenfield
J. M. Kelley
Council Bluffs
Charles. Bullock
Denison
E. J. Murtagh
Algona
J. M. Parsons
Rock Rapids
William Mulhaney
Iowa
Chicago
William J. Bryan
Congress
Republican Party
House of Representatives
Twenty-eighth General Assembly
Philippine Islands
Great Britain
South African Republic
United States
Democrative State Central Committee
George A. Huffman
Desaines
Cedar Rapids
A. E. Jackson
Iowa City
J. W. Rowans
Winter Wheat and Livestock: Iowa Losses Reported
The national department of agriculture issued an April 1 report on winter wheat rye and farm animals. Iowa winter wheat is at 79 percent and livestock losses include 11 753 horses 134 238 cattle and 32 8532 sheep. Hog losses are 7.7 percent though total hog numbers are not provided.
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National Department of Agriculture
Four Bedford Boys' Truant Trip Ends in Near Fatal Gun Incident
Four Bedford schoolboys skipped class and carried a pistol into the woods. The gun discharged accidentally, Pierce Perry sustaining a bullet wound to the abdomen and teetering between life and death. Details of the incident remain unclear as investigators review the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Perry
Columbia Plans Government Service Course For Youths
The School of Political Science at Columbia opens a course for young men aiming at government service in the colonies. The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, celebrating its 79th annual commencement, claims to be the world’s oldest of its kind. President Sierra of Honduras entrusts Harvard with Copan ruins for ten years and excavation rights. About two dozen smaller girls’ schools in the West and South graduate nearly 3,000 girls from domestic science programs, says Edward Bok. They could have doubled class sizes with adequate facilities last autumn.
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School of Political Science
Columbia
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
London
Sierra
Honduras
Harvard University
Copan
Cambridge
Edward Bok
Wome
Scofield Mine Disaster Attracts National Attention
Reports from Scofield Utah describe a major coal mine explosion at Pleasant Valley Coal Company operations near Bolton. Initial figures suggested 250 to 300 dead from two connected mines with about 400 workers, many survivors escaped from the No 1 back level. Later dispatches reduce the death estimate to around 250 as crews tally confirmed casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake ‘City
Utah
Scofield
Bolton
Pleasant Valley. Coal Company
Mne
No. 1
Salt Lake City
Indiana Local Elections Shape Shifting Party Races
Indiana voters selected local officials Tuesday with races marked by party contests in several cities. Richmond Seymour Logansport Crawfordsville Terre Haute backed Republicans, while Democrats gained in Lafayette Greensburg Michigan City Bloomington Plymouth Bedford Laporte Lebanon Shelbyville Elwood Bloomfield Anderson Veedersburg. Brazil remained firmly in Democratic control for the first time in years.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Richmond
Seymour
Logansport
Crawfordsville
Terre Haute
Elxhart
Muncie
Lafayette
Greensburg
Michigan City
Bloomington
Plymouth
Bedford
Laporte
Lebanon
Shelbyville
Elwood
Bloomfield
Anderson
Veedersburge
Columbus
Brazil
Review of Trade Signals Moderate U S Recovery Ahead
R G Dun & Co reports April failures 209 in the United States and 27 in Canada, but notes no disaster in major industries. It says a necessary pause after last year’s price surge and expansion, with production and prices adapting to actual demand, and strikes in building trades yielding toward settlement.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Methodist Laymen Win Equal Representation at Conference
Chicago May 3 The Methodist laymen won the first session of the general conference granting them equal representation with ministers. The motion passed without opposition after parliament skirmishes, and the laymen secured all they sought in the quadrennial meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Methodist Church
Train collision near Orangeville kills four in family wagon
The Philadelphia Wilmington Baltimore Express struck a wagon at Orangeville in Baltimore County Wednesday evening. Four people, including Henry II Kline and a family of five, were killed with the fifth seriously injured.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia, Wilmington &Baltimore Express
Orangeville
Alex
Slaysman
Henry II
Kline
Marsh seeks new trial in Michigan guard case
Lansing May 4 Arthur F Marsh former inspector general of the Michigan national guard has filed a motion for a new trial arguing irregularities in the jury drawing after his conviction for conspiracy to defraud the state in the fraudulent clothing deal.
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Lansing
Mich
Arthur F. Marsh
Michigan National Guard
United Christian party selects candidates for president
Rock Island convention devoted the day to platform work. Ten. 8. C. Swallow of Harrisburg was named for president and John G. Woolley of Chicago for vice president. Public Debt figures: as of April 30 1900 the debt excluding cash in treasury stood at 1 124 502 085 up 12 545 727 from the prior period.
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Rock Island
Ill
United Christian Party
C. Swallow
Harrisburg
John G. Woolley
Chicago
Washington
Tne
Fire Destroys Mallory Pier at Maiden Lane New York
Fire on the Mallory line pier at the river end of Maiden Lane, East River destroys the 200 by 50 foot pier and sheds with cotton and other freight. Loss estimated at $1,000,000. One life, nine month old Rosie Lewis, drowned. multiple rescues saved captains and families aboard barges and vessels nearby.
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New York
Mallory Line
Maiden Lane
East River
Charles Lewis
Sherwood
San Marcos
Stephen
Elkins
Trank Fox
Charles Lowis
Lena
Rosie
Locis
Timothy Boylan
New Brunswick
Nandout
N. Y
Boylan
Hudson Street Hospital
S. H. Hand
Joseph Plumb
Jeremiah Cronin
Arno
Michael Sheldon
Neneces
St. James
Garcia Captured After Long Hunt By Funston Forces
Gen Pantelon Garcia the top insurgent commander after Aguinaldo was seized Sunday by Lieut E V Smith on Jaen near San Isidro New Ecija. Funston’s staff pursued Garcia for weeks. he led a mobile guerrilla force and avoided capture until this turnover. Garcia commands several thousand fighters in the mountains.
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Manila
Pantelon Garcia
Aguinaldo
E. V. Smith
Funston
Jaen
San Isidro
New Ecija
Garcia
Arayat
Gen. Funston
Otis
Albany at Elswick works still delaying US voyage
The Albany remains at the Elswick works in England past the March expectation. Captain J Craig reports dynamos hold up progress and offers no reliable start date for sailing to the United States. Senor Eduardo Wilde arrives in Washington to present credentials as new Argentine minister to the United States. Captain Thomas Mein, noted California mining figure, dies of lung trouble in Oakland.
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Washington
Albany
Elswick Works
England
J. ¥. Craig
Craig
United States
Senor
Eduardo Wilde
White House
Legation
State Department
Hay
Oakland
Cal
Thomas Mein
California
Towne Favored as Bryan Partner in Nation-Wide Ticket
Democratic populist and silver republican leaders meet at the Sherman house to plan a unified presidential bid with William J. Bryan at the helm. Charles A. Towne of Duluth as Bryan's running mate is favored by all three factions, with a joint Kansas City conference to finalize the vice presidency.
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Chicago
Sherman House
William J. Bryan
Charles A. Towne
Duluth
National Silver Republican Committee
Bryan
Daniel J. Campau
Detroit
Michigan
J. G. Johnson
National Democratic Committee
M. F. Dunlap
Jacksonville
Marion Butler
North Carolina
J. B. Weaver
Iowa
Sioux Falls
Howards. Taylor
Ilinois
R. F Pettigrew
South Dakota
Fred Dubois
Idaho
Kansas City
Edgerton
Denver
National Committee
D. A. Mills
A. B. Gray
Colorado State Committee
Gen. Weaver
Minnesota
New York
Sulzer
Illinois
H. 8. Taylor
Butler
Gompers Defies Injunction In Cigar Makers Strike
Samuel Gompers, president of the AFL, arrives at a Central Federated union meeting in New York on May 7 and declares he will openly defy Justice Freedman’s injunction against cigar makers’ picketing and financial aid to the strike. He says he will urge strikers to continue despite the injunction and notes prior distant defiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel Gompens
American Federation of Labor
Central Federated Union
Buffalo
Justice Freedman
Gompers
Supreme Justice
No Minister Sent to Turkey Despite Indemnity Issue
It is announced that no United States minister will attend at the Turkish capital until the payment of American indemnity claims is settled to the satisfaction of the state department. Mr. Straus will resign his leave of absence, now indefinite in duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
United States
Straus
Two Week Estimate to Repair Flooded Colorado Road
Denver reports two weeks needed to repair damage to the Colorado & Southern railway line in Platte canyon after floods. Engineer Cowan cites damages around 200000 dollars.
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Denver
Col
Colorado & Southern Railway
Platte Canyon
Cowan
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Here
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General Conference
Agriculturista
Democrats
Dlect
Review OF Trade
Dun & Co
Rans
Turkey
Bombay
Virangam
Houston
Tex
J. W. Miller
Linson
W. T. Linecon
L. Q. Linson
Edgar Linson
Eugene Linson
Bone
Herschel Whittaker
State Fish Commission
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