Boer General Joubert dies as Kruger may take command
Reports from London and Pretoria describe the death of General Piet Joubert chief of the Boer army from peritonitis. Possible state funeral and mausoleum burial favored. Louis Botha expected to assume leadership. Kruger may assume chief command and Villebois de Marouil named to lead foreign legion in the Free State.
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Piet Joubert
Pretoria
Daily Mail
Joubert
Louis Botha
Natal
Brussels
Kruger
Transvaal
Cuntry
Tugela
Pietermaritzburg
Frees
Hildyard
Estcourt
Barton
Moor River
White
Col. Marouil
Lourenzo Marques
Villebois de Marouil
Foreign Legion
Free State
Prinsloe
General French reports Boer strength near Ladybrand at 6440
General French arrives at Bloemfontein from Thaba Nchu and notes Commandant Olivier with 6440 men north of Ladybrand. Stores pile up at Bloemfontein as Lord Roberts plans an advance, possibly starting next Monday, with Boers observing from the Drakensberg passes.
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London
French
Bloemfontein
Thaba
Pretoria
Daily Mail
Mafeking
Michael Davitt
Kruger
Tyson Family Sought for $13 Million Estate Claim
Miss Elsie Tyson of Humboldt California sails to England with an Australian attorney to prove the claim of John Tyson’s descendants to a $13,000,000 estate of James Tyson who died in Melbourne in 1888. Attorneys in Melbourne have tracked the line across New Jersey California and England as they search for rightful heirs.
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Elsie Tyson
Humboldt
Cal
England
John Tyson
New Providence
N. J
James Tyson
Melbourne
Wilson
George Tyson
Morristown
Tyson
Tyson Brothers
Australia
New Jersey
California
Baltimore Suffered Two Major Fires Causing Large Loss
Two disastrous fires struck Baltimore yesterday causing about 200000 pounds in losses. The largest blaze hit Likes Berwanger & Co. at 12 East Baltimore Street, starting at 3 a.m. and burning until near noon. The second fire occurred in a Pratt Street building owned by F X Ganter housing Diggs Currin & Co. and Heiser Shoe Manufacturing. The first fire alone caused about 165000 dollars in damage.
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Likes
Berwanger & Co
East
Baltimore Street
F. X. Ganter
Pratt Street
Diggs, Currin & Co
Treasurer Herriott Attacks Council Over Railroad Tax
Des Moines reports state Treasurer Herriott issued a seven column statement accusing the governor and other executive council members of lowering railroad assessments for their interests. He targets Governor Shaw State Auditor Merriam and Secretary of State Dobson with insinuations.
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Des Moines
Herriott
Executive Council
Shaw
Merriam
Dobson
Consul General Warns Americans Against Seeking Jobs in Japan
GoWeY at Yokohama reports to the state department that Americans should not seek employment in Japan. He notes an annual rise in educated Japanese returning home and says officials aim to replace foreigners with returning natives as fast as possible.
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Washington
GoWey
Yokohama
State Department
Japan
Beveridge speech used as Democratic campaign document
Senator Beveridge's speech on the Porto Rican tariff bill free trade amendment, scheduled before the US Senate last Thursday, will be repurposed as a Democratic campaign document in Indiana and other states. Indiana Democrats secured a printed copy and will analyze it before distribution.
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Indianapolis
Beveridge
United States Senate
Indiana
Indiana Democratic Committee
Detroit to Host Knights of Pythias Supreme Lodge Meet
Detroit was chosen to host the supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythias convention next August after Major General Carnahan of Indianapolis approved the ground. In Champaign, funeral services for Professor George I. Morrow, longtime head of Illinois University’s agriculture department, were held at Paxton and then at 1 00 p m in Champaign.
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Detroit
Mich
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Carnahan
Indianapolis
Pythias
Champaign
His
George I. Morrow
Department of Agriculture
University of Illnois
Paxton
Macrums Charges and British Censor Open the House Hearings
Washington reports two house committees hearing salacious claims. Ex Consul Macrum testified that British censor held cipher mail and may have accessed US cable codes, while he urged disclosure of wartime facts. The military committee faced internal clashes as Hull and Lentz traded personal insults, promising a heated fight ahead.
Consul Howe Reports A Very Satisfactory Apology
A committee session revealed a dispatch from J G Stowe stating two consulate letters were opened by Durban censor and a satisfactory apology was returned. The note notes US mail to Pretoria avoids British censorship, while Russia seeks US views on future cable routes. In a political clash, Lentz accused Idaho deputies of immorality and clashes with Attorney Cheney led Hull to shut down the confrontation.
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United States
Pretoria
Stowe
Cape Town
Washington
Durban
Macrum
State Department
Steyn
Orange Free State
Cox
Cheney
Lentz
Idaho
Hull
Hay
J.G. Stowe
Lorenzo Marques
Great Britain
Russia
St. Petersburg
Lents
Virginie
Italian saloonkeeper regains speech after self harm at inquest
Vito Paoletto, who killed partner Michael Giavito Monday night and was speechless after, attempted suicide with a crutch during the Chicago inquest. The fall apparently revived his voice as doctors cite throat shock restoring vocal cord function. The coroner's jury sent him to await grand jury action.
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Chicago
Vito T Paoletto
Michael Giavito
Weckjer Paoletto
Ile
Paoletto
Paoletta
Lost check recovered after decades in Montreal
Simeon Tripanier, once in the First Connecticut volunteers, sent a 300 dollar check to his Montreal father that vanished. A brother spotted Tripanier’s name in a lost money listing, leading to a Montreal visit where the Bank de Parque paid 1260 dollars including principal and interest. Tripanier returned home. Rockford and Milford items note gas franchise politics and a bank burglary case, respectively. Des Moines reports C F Winnersrum named state labor commissioner amid debate on the office’s value.
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Merrill, Wis
Simeon Tripanier
Connecticut
Inh
Express
Montreal
Canada
Bank de Parque
Tripanier
Simeon
Bank de Paryue
To Cure a Cold in One Day Tablet Advertisement
An old newspaper ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a cure for a cold in one day. It states druggists refund the money if it fails and features E. W. Grove's signature on each box. Price listed as 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
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