Advance on Pretoria Battles Amid Burgher Resistance
Lord Roberts dispatch from Vet river reports Hutton crossing the river under heavy fire and Boer dead left on the field. Hamilton and Hunter notes describe heavy engagement near Ruidam with Barton’s brigade. casualties to be reported. Miller captured wounded, Lilley found dangerously wounded at Brandfort after missing.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Vet River
Pole- Carew
Wavell
Maxwell
Hutton
Hamilton
Household Cavalry
Twelfth Lancers
Kitchener
Macdonald
Highland
Black Watch
Hunter
Kleinoet
Barton
Ruidam
Rooidan
Miller
Thaba N’chu
Rundle
Brabant
Lilley
Victoria Mounted Rifles
Brandfort
Netherlands
Cuban Forest Inspector Refuses American Oversight
Colonel Whiteside returns from inspection in Santiago and Puerto Principe. General Rabi, living near Bayamo, is praised for his fighting record yet declines any American position. He states the forests belong to Cubans and sees no reason for U S inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago de Cuba
Whiteside
Santiago
Puerto Principe
Manzanillo
Bayamo
Tenth Cavalry
Rabi
New Way to Head Off Strikes
President Allen N. Johnson of the Little Rock Traction and Electric Company was named receiver by Judge John A. Williams of the U S district court. Johnson said the strike prevented operation of cars, and the court issued a restraining order to stop interference with car operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Allen N. Johnson
Little Rock Traction and Electric Company
John A. Williams
United States District Court
Johnson
Williams
Fire destroys St. Louis hay storage and lumber yards
The Mississippi Valley Hay Storage company and the Offner Lothman Manufacturing lumber yards at Branch and Second streets were wiped out by a Saturday night blaze. Total losses are estimated at 550000 dollars.
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St. Louis
Mississippi Valley Hay Storage Company
oHfner Lothman Manufacturing Company
Branch
Second Streets
No U S Minister to Ankara Until indemnity Claim Issue Settled
Washington on May 7 reports the State Department will not send any United States minister to the Turkish capital until the dispute over American indemnity claims is resolved to the department's satisfaction.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Insurgent officer Pantelon Garcia captured near Jaen
Manila reports General Pantelon Garcia the top insurgent commander after Aguinaldo was seized by Lieutenant E V Simith on May 6 in Jaen New Ecija three miles northeast of San Isidro. In Washington the House passed the sundry civil bill totaling about 61.5 million dollars, higher than any prior bill. The fortifications bill moves to conference.
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Manila
Pantelon Garcia
Aguinaldo
E. V. Simith
Washingon
Million Dollar Blaze Destroys Mallory Line Pier
Fire at the Mallory line steamship pier foot of Maiden Lane New York destroys the pier and its cargo. Loss set at 1 000 000 dollars with one death a nine month old girl. Captain Charles Lewis and family escape after a dramatic water rescue aided by Captain Timothy Boylan.
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New York
Mallory Line
Maiden Lane
East River
Charles Lewis
Sherwood
Lenna
Rosie
Lecis
Timothy Boylan
Boylan
Dewey Leaves St. Louis After Honor Parade
A two day celebration for Admiral George Dewey in St. Louis closed with a large parade. A cadet horse détourned into the crowd injuring several people before the parade ended. The admiral and Mrs. Dewey then stayed at the Planters' hotel and later attended a Loyal Legion gathering before departing for Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Missouri
Loyal Legion
George Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Admiral
Baseball and church: quadrennial Methodist session opens
Weekend baseball scores from Chicago and surrounding cities show scores across the National and American Leagues with St Louis, Boston, Brooklyn and Chicago games. The Methodist Episcopal quadrennial conference in Chicago begins its fourth day with devotional services, a roll call, and an address by Dr. W. Pearsons criticizing political methods in church elections.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Boston- Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
New York
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Detroit
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Buffalo
Minneapolis
Ilwaukee
Milwaukee
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fayette L. Thompson
Jacksonville
Mich
Monroe
Walden
Dc. W. Pearsons
Chester Wild West Scene Ends With Chief's Arrest
In Chester on May 7 a Cheyenne chief Rolling Thunder fought with Arapahoe chief Flying Cloud during a wild west pageant. Rolling Thunder chased Flying Cloud from his tepee through streets until two policemen arrested him. Ancient tribal enmity cited as motive.
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Chester
Rolling Thunder
Flying Cloud
Weaver Denies Populist Cabinet Plan
General James A. Weaver of Iowa traveled through Chicago en route to Sioux Falls for the national Populist convention. He dismissed as false a recent Indianapolis statement claiming he would seek a Bryan administration cabinet portfolio.
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Chicago
James A. Weaver
Iowa
Sioux Falls
Indianapolis
Bryan
Yale Beats California In Dual Track Meet
Yale won the Yale UC track meet with eight first place finishes and one tie. The California team captured three events and tied another, as the rivals competed Saturday in New Haven.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
University of California
Pope Appoints Bishop of Savannah
Formal notice received at the papal location here Saturday confirms Very Rev. Benjamin Keiley D D as bishop of Savannah Georgia. The appointment follows the retirement of the former bishop and moves Keiley into lead spiritual guidance for the diocese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Benjamin Keiley
D.D
Savannah
Plague Declares Port Said Djeddah Infected
The Hague reports official infection declarations for Port Said and Djeddah marking the spread of plague. Authorities issued the notices as public health measures in the Middle East and North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Hague
Port Said
Djeddah
Famine Report Highlights India Crisis and Relief Struggles
London dispatch describes cholera worsening famine in India with about 3 500 000 affected. Despite international aid and British government efforts, relief remains insufficient as districts face starvation, disease, and mass suffering amid depopulating conditions and bleak outlook.
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London
India
Monroe Doctrine Comment Draws Mixed American Watch
In London May 7 text discusses Secretary Root and the Monroe Doctrine. The Spectator argues the doctrine cannot survive a major continental power conflict and warns of possible humiliation if America avoids preparation. It notes Germany and other powers would test U S power before accepting any stance. Shanghai population rises to 700,000 since 1894 with new industries attracting migrants.
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London
The
Spectator
America
Lord Salisbury
Germany
the Spectator
Ten
Shanghai
Stricken on the Street Delays Sutton Trial in Lansing
In Lansing on May 7 Captain William F. Atkinson fell ill while walking with Elliott G. Stevenson and Colonel Eli R. Sutton. He collapsed, regained consciousness, but court was postponed. Atkinson has had two prior similar attacks in Port Huron and Detroit.
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Lansing
Mich
William F. Atkinson
Eli R. Sutton
Captain Atkinson
Elliott G. Stevenson
Colonel Sutton
Downey House
Court House
City Hall
Capitol Avenue
Atkinson
Port Huron
Detroit
Honor For A Heroine With Paris Honor Invite
A Marion woman Miss Jennie Creek earned a place in the French Legion of Honor after signaling a train fire as a 10 year old near Mill Grove. Charles H. Bundy started a fund to send her as a guest of the National Humane Society to the Paris expo but she cannot afford the trip. Also New York reports Tidal Oil executive Carl Wylie Scofield died aged 61 after building wealth in oil and later losing much of it. Cedar Rapids notes Cornell and Grinnell debated at Mount Vernon on franchise literacy in the constitution with Cornell winning.
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Indianapolis
Charles HH. Bundy
Marion
Jennie Creek
Mill Grove
Blackford County
National Humane Society of France
Miss Creek
Panhandle
France
French Legion of Honor
Humane Society
New York
Carl Wylie Scofield
Tidal Oil Company
Jamestown
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Cedar Rapids
Cornell
Grinnell
Mount Vernon
Sutton will probate and gifts seal copper stock plan
In Richmond Indiana on May 7 Miss Anna Hl Sutton aged 54 died last week and her will was probated. She leaves two hundred thousand dollars in copper mining stock to twenty one nieces nephews and three brothers. One hundred fifteen thousand five hundred in mining stock is left to the New York Colored Mission Institute.
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Richmond
Ind
Anna Hl. Sutton
New York Colored Mission Institute
Sutton
Ethelbert Wins Metropolitan Handicap at Morris Park
Ethelbert ridden by Danny Maher won the Metropolitan handicap at Morris Park on Saturday. Other notes include a report of rising German Atlantic cable work, a 200000 dollar Newport villa fire, and various European and American society items.
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Ethelbert
Perry Belmont
Danny Maher
Morris Park
Andrew D. White
Berlin
Robert I. Porter
Webb Hayes
State Board of Agriculture of
Ohio
Francis Joseph
Austria
Newport
W. S. Welle
New York
Sandon
British Columbia
Fiti Girard
Chicago
J. W. Wassall
Bruce Clark
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Uuican Loop
William
India
Famine Fund
Atlantic Cable
Downturn in Chicago Hog Market and Grocer Prices
The Local Hog Market drops while wholesale and grocery prices shift. Rainy trade dampens Monday activity on Market Square as farmers stay away. wholesalers and packers influence price levels with meat and lard costs rising in some sectors. Nails, wire, boards, and lumber show notable price moves, signaling cautious optimism for end-of-week sales.
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Market Square
Muscatine Market Prices May 7 Muscatine Iowa
Market daily prices across wood lime cement coal grain and flour live stock and poultry dairy produce beeswax leather fruit vegetables and meats with figures for hogs sheep calves cattle lambs butter eggs cheese honey sugar lemons and bananas. Market unsteady to strong in parts with itemized per unit costs.
Tomer & Co. Sees H. E. McKay Manager in Chicago Market
Special Dispatch from Chicago markets notes I J Tomer and Co sees H E McKay named manager at the Muscatine office with post office and telephone connections in Chicago Illinois May 7 1900.
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I. J. Tomer & Co
H. E. McKayanager
Muscatine Office
Chicago, Ill
Destructive Nebraska Storm Strikes Omaha Area
A Nebraska storm near Wilsonville after 6 pm caused extensive damage with cyclonic gusts heavy rain and hail. Farm houses were leveled and several people injured though no fatalities reported. In New Jersey at Constable Hook strikers at Standard Oil attacked workers with rioters firing shots. police and deputies dispersed them and arrested two leaders.
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Omaha
Wilsonville
Neb
New York
Standard Oil Works
Constable Hook
N. J
Waukegan Bachelor Club Chooses 2 to Wed This Year
Waukegan Illinois May 7 The Bachelors Club plans two marriages at Hynen's altar within weeks. Cyrus W Blodget, chosen last year, has not yet wed and receives a short extension to comply. The club also votes that new president Charles K Lyon must marry this year.
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Waukegan, Uls
Waukegan Bachelors’ Club
Hynen
Cyrus W. Blodget
Charles K Lyon
French artillery adds smoke shell to guns
Paris reports a new smoke shell for French artillery. Previously Melville and shrapnel shells were used. The smoke shell, fired at opposing guns, bursts to blanket the area in dense smoke, hindering return fire.
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Paris
Chicago River Fire Threatens Nearby Lumber Yards
A blaze started on Chicago river surface near Thirty-seventh Street on a Saturday night threatening lumber yards and packing houses as oil emptied from a packing house into the river near Thirty-ninth Street and Center Avenue.
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Chicago
Thirty-seventh Street
Thirty-ninth Stze
Center Avenue
Tin and Sheet Metal Workers Strike Settled in Pittsburg
The Amalgamated Association of Tin and Sheet Metal Workers settled a two day strike in Pittsburg with ratification of Friday's agreement. Workers will receive about a 12 percent wage increase.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Associat of Tin and
Gasco Sets Two Cycle Records At Cats Festival
London May 7 T. J. Gasco broke the quarter mile record with a flying start in 25.2 seconds and also set the pursuit record at 2 minutes 5.6 seconds at the Cats cycle festival.
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London
T. J. Gasco
Appointed Judge at the Paris Exposition
Albert Lea Minn May 7 Mrs N Olberg a well known flax spinner of this city has received appointment as judge of the textile division of the Paris exposition and will soon sail for the French capital to serve in the role.
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Paris
Albert Lea
Minn
N. Olberg
Hair care caution for deafness risk in bathing
A warning advises not to wet hair if you have a tendency to deafness and to wear a silk cap while bathing and diving to prevent moisture-related issues.
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Ster
Dewey
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Gen. Weaver
California
Hueman
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Simla
Bombay
Ahmedabad
Presidency of Bombay
Root
Southern Indiana
Terre Liaute
Henry C. Steeg
Southern Indiana Railway
Eas
Endicott Dowd
Endicott
Muscatine Markets
Muscatine, Iowa
Graham
Illinois
Eos
Northwestern
Duluth
Liverpool
Nebraska
Constable Hook, N. J
Bay City
Stea Er
Isaac C. Elwood
American Steel and Wire Compar
T West Bay City Shipbuilding
Elwood
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