Cholera Impacts Bom bay Rajputana Relief Efforts
Cholera ravages parts of Bom bay and Rajputana causing high mortality and disrupting relief work. Currently 5,730,000 people receive aid as the senate passes the sundry civil appropriation bill, with a $5,000,000 amendment for the 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. Viceroy Curzon reports rains in Mysore and scattered showers in other famine districts.
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Bombay
Rajputana
Senate
St. Louis
India
Lord Curzon of
Keddleston
Mysore
Debt total slips to 1.42 billion in May 1900
The May 31 1900 monthly debt statement shows debt minus treasury cash at 1 422 608 811 dollars, down 2 193 274 from April. Count Goluchowski spoke in Budapest on May 28 arguing the diiebund remains a premier peace alliance.
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Goluchowski
Buda-Pesth
Portugal Ready to Pay in Delagoa Bay Arbitration
The Portuguese government informed the arbitration committee that the minister of finance is prepared to pay and wants to know where the funds will be received.
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Delagoa Bay Railway
Monthly statement shows May 1900 national bank note circulation
The controller of the currency reports that at the close of business May 31, 1900 the total circulation of national bank notes was 300,453,689 dollars, up 15,210,563 dollars for the month.
Sheriff forms 2500 man posse to aid police
The sheriff of St. Louis began on the List the swearing in of a posse comitatus of 2,500 men chosen from the ranks of the better citizens to assist the police in suppressing lawlessness and to give protection to street car employees and others.
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St. Louis
Posse Comitatus
Fire Devastates Pitts-Kimbell Store and Nearby Theaters
A major blaze swept the five story Pitts Kimbell department store beside the Park theater on Washington Street Boston. The fire caused over 200000 in damage and inflicted heavy losses on the Park and Tremont theaters and the New England Piano Co.
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Pitts-Kimbell Company
Park Theater
Washington Street
Boston
Park and Tremont Theaters
New England Piano Co
Foreign troops escort special train from Tien Tsin to Pekin
A special train began from Tien Tsin on the 31st bound for Pekin with contingents of American British French Russian and Japanese troops to guard foreign consuls and residents. Rumor says entry through the outer wall may be resisted.
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Tien Tsin
Pekin
Convention hall seating plan for DNC approved
The seating capacity of Kansas City's convention hall as arranged for the democratic national convention has been submitted to the national committee and the sergeant at arms by architect F. E. Hill and approved. It provides for 22,266 persons.
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Kansas City
National Committee
F. E. Hill
New Pest Appears In Wheat Across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma
A green plant louse or aphis has been seen in wheat fields across portions of Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma. Entomologists say the pest is unlikely to cause major damage as the crop is currently strong enough to withstand its ravages.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Edict Prohibits Boxers Under Death Penalty
Shanghai dispatch reports a government edict signed by the emperor that bans the Boxers with death as the penalty. The message says the edict was issued in equivocal terms and framed as more an excuse than condemnation.
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Shanghai
Paris Council Debates Presidency After Nationalist Victory
The Paris municipal council met on the 30th for the first time since the nationalist win in elections. A tussle over the presidency followed, with nationalist candidate M Gribauval elected by 45 votes to 135 for socialist and radical nominees.
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Paris
M. Gribauval
President of Chili Opens Congress with Peace Outlook
The Chili president opened the hilian congress on the Ist and said Chili was at peace with the world. He expressed hope for an early settlement of the Peru issue, announced a budget surplus of $16,000,000, and stated the financial condition was flourishing while plans for new railroads and public works would be pursued.
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Chili
Peru
Pe-ria
Johannesburg Surrenders as War in South Africa Near End
Reports up to the 31st state Johannesburg had surrendered and Pretoria awaited Lord Roberts' forces. The fortifications were withdrawn and President Kruger moved toward Lourenco Marques. It is generally believed the war has practically ended.
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South Africa
Americans Honor Lafayette at Picpus Cemetery in Paris
About two hundred fifty Americans gathered at the Picpus cemetery in Paris on the 30th for the burial of Lafayette's grave marker, with speeches by Gen. Horace Porter the U S ambassador and Commissioner General Ferdinand W Peck and Lafayette the descendant. A number of deaths from various American sor ties were laid upon the tomb.
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Picpus
Paris
En. Lafayette
Horace Porter
Unite States
Neral Ferdinand W. Peck
Lafayette
Missionaries Face Extreme Peril in China Crisis
At Chang Hsin Tien China the situation for missionaries is dire and aid is urged. Reports say Boxers ruthlessly murder converts, and unless assistance arrives soon the missionaries may share their fate.
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Chang Hsin Tien
China
Political Week in Review: Senate and House Actions
Legislative notes from late May to early June show Senate debate on a secret U S Britain understanding, a $5 million Louisiana Purchase Exposition appropriation, and stalled naval and trust measures. House actions include Alaska civil government passage, pension bills, and a failed constitutional amendment to regulate trusts.
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Senate
Wellington
United States
Great Britain
Mass
State Department
Lodge Joe
Industrial Commission
St. Louis
Gallinger
N. S
Teller
Committee On Foreign Relations
House
Secretary of the Navy
Decora
Military Academy
Judiciary Committee
Congress
California
India
Hale
Richardson Seeks Wheeler for Major General Post
Representative Richardson of Tennessee called on the president on the 31st with a Tennessee legislature resolution urging the appointment of Gen Joseph Wheeler as a major general in the regular army. Also noted: the overdue ship Renny Clement arrived 300 days from Hamburg for Kize Chau, Ninety percent insurance paid, and Aguinaldo papers seized after insurgent skirmish. Armenians urged to cease outrages. Russian pressure on the Porte. a bench warrant issued for W S Taylor connected to Goebel murder. Kruger greeted by Philadelphia messenger boy. Transvaal fighting ongoing. United Confederate Veterans re-elected. Los Angeles Chamber sent 1000 to Bombay for famine relief.
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Richardson
Tennessee
Joseph Wheeler
Renny Clement
Hamburg
Kize Chau
China
Reinaurance
Manila
Aginaldo
Cayayan
Aguinaldo
Constantinople
Cantrill
Frankfort
W. S. Taylor
Kentucky
Taylor
William Goebel
James Smith
Philadelphia
Kruger
Pretoria
Transvaal
New York Herald
United Confederate Veterans
Louisville
Chamber of Commerce of
Los Angeles
Cal
Bombay
India
The Posse Comitatus Formed in St Louis Street Strike
Sheriff Pohlman forms a posse comitatus to quell street railway unrest in St Louis. Gen J H Cavender leads staff with Farrar Batchort Hall Bartholow Kennett and Rowse. A battalion will grow into a regiment with riot shotguns. 327 citizens sworn. transit cars under guard. motorman Edward Ray shot on Kossuth Avenue may lose left arm.
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William Freudenau
E. C. Rowse
Pohlman
Missouri
Board of Police Commissioners
Edward Ray
Union Line Division
Kossuth Avenue
Kelly Well Explosion At Marietta Details Deaths
The Kelly well nitro glycerine blast near Marietta Ohio is the day’s focus with updated casualty figures. Names listed include Wm Watson Thomas Daniels Hazleton Spears Wm Carpenter Sr Herman Spears fatally injured Dawson Stotlar Henry Stotlar an aged man seriously wounded John Stotlar Walter Daniels and other listed individuals.
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Marietta, O
Kelly Well
Wm. Watson
Marietta
Thomas Daniels
Hazleton Spears
Wm. Carpenter, Sr
Herman Spears
James Spears
Dawson Stotlar
Henry Stotlar
John Stotlar
Walter Daniels
Dewey Cloudburst Destroys Crops In Illinois Town
A cloudburst Thursday night heavily damaged Dewey Illinois with torn sidewalks flooded fields and damaged homes. Farmers suffered major losses as corn and oats seedlings were uprooted and some cattle may have drowned in the rising waters near Champaign. The rain began Sunday night and ended with a final downpour Thursday evening.
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Champaign
Ill
Dewey
Here
Insurance policies must pay on gold seized in Transvaal
London June 1 Justice Matthews in the queen's bench division ruled insurance companies must honor policies on gold requisitioned by the Transvaal before the war. Two claims each for £100,000 were decided in favor of mining companies, with the judge finding no state of war at the time of seizure.
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London
Matthews
Queen's Bench
High Court of Justice
Transvaal
Liverpool stocks of breadstuff and provisions listed
Liverpool on June 1 reports stocks of breadstuffs and provisions: wheat 1,178,000 centals, corn 935,000 centals, flour 28,009 sacks, bacon 12,900 boxes, hams 7 60 boxes, shoulders 2,700 boxes, butter 800 ewts, cheese 25,100 boxes, lard 16,400 pounds prime western, and 1,970 tons of other kinds.
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Liverpool
Diaz designates 100 rurales for US president guard
A dispatch from Mexico City reports President Diaz has named 100 rurales to attend the Pan American exposition in Buffalo as a complimentary guard for the United States president.
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Chicago
Mexico
Diaz
Buffalo
United States
Confederate Reunion Opens with Gordon Address in Louisville
Gen John B Gordon opened the tenth annual United Confederate Veterans reunion in Louisville with a patriotic address praising Kentucky. Doxology and welcome followed as officers were re elected the next day, and the 1901 meet was set for Memphis with resolutions approving parks, history teaching, graves care, and memorials to Confederate women.
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John B. Gordon
Memphis
Louisville
United Confederate Veterans
Georgia
J. W. Poyntz
Third Georgia Infantry
Dixie
Maryland
Poyntz
Weaver
Col. Young
Gen. Gordon
Gordon
Col
Bennett Young
Charleston
Kentucky
Sui Generis
Great Republic
Woods
Helms
Hansons
Marshalls
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Union
Confederacy
The
Wade Hampton
Army of Northern Virginia
8. D. Lee
Army of Tennessee
W. L. Cabell
Trans-Mississippi
J. J. Horner
Arkansas
Carwile
Franklin
Tenn
Texas
United States
Confederate States
North
South
Winnie Davis
Limestone Female College
Gaffney
D. C
Daniel Bk. Sickles
Army of the Potomac
Fredericksburg
Society of the Army of the Potomac
English colleges for women at Oxford and Cambridge
The article notes women at Oxford are limited to Lady Margaret Hall and Somerville College. Newnham, founded 1875 and led by Miss Clough, is renowned. Girton, oldest in England, began in 1869 seeking Cambridge exams. Newnham fees around 425 dollars. Girton charges 525 dollars for the year covering tuition board and rent.
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Lady Margaret Hall
Summerville College
Oxford
Newnham
Miss Clough
Arthur Hugh Clough
Girton
England
Sage Wisdom From Sawhaw Says Health Glorified
Sage remarks warn against blaming gamblers for life’s ills and urge health and discipline. Advice covers marriage, habits, morning routines, and legalistic writing, with a tale of imperial Chinese tea culture requiring strict care, avoidance of fish breath, thrice daily baths, and glove use for courtiers during harvest.
A Shift in Speech for Women on Marriage
A saying notes that young women under 25 may say “When I marry,” but once older the proper phrasing becomes “If I marry.” The remark reflects evolving language around plans and commitment among women.
Senator Sullivan Praises Peruna Cure in Letter
Mississippi Senator W V Sullivan writes from Oxford praising Peruna for catarrh relief. He reports illness, improvement, and urges others to use Peruna as a national cure with no substitutes. The note promotes The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus, C. offers a free book on catarrh.
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W. V. Sullivan
U. S
Mississippi
United States
Hartman
Oxford
Miss
Peruna
W.V. Sullivan
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, C
Reporters Adjourn Senate in Civilized Coup
The Chicago Inter Ocean recounts a quirky Illinois senate moment where two reporters, fanning themselves with a Panama hat, persuaded Littler to adjourn. They initiated the vote, both shouting ay, and Littler declared the motion carried as observers sought interviews.
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Chicago
Illinois Senate
Dave Littler
Littler
Lerter
Ayel
Clergyman Dismisses Gardener for Theft with Character
A kind-hearted pastor dismisses a clever gardener who stole from his allotment. He writes a character note praising the man yet notes he extracted more from the garden than any prior worker, a paradoxical closure quoted from Collier's Weekly. The remarks appear amid a string of editorial lines from Chicago papers.
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A. B
Collier's Weekly
Clara Kopp Endorses Mrs Pinkham Advice for Women
Clara Kerr of Rockport Indiana writes of four years of doctoring and poor results before Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her symptoms including back ache nervousness and cramps She urges other suffering women to seek Mrs Pinkham's counsel noting her vast experience in female ailments and the value of her remedies and advice.
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Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Clara Kerr
Rockport, Ind
Cvuaka Korp
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