Boers Near End of Resistance Enter Kroonstad
News from Durban and London reports Roberts entering Kroonstad without opposition as Steyn flees. Transvaalers abandon Orange Free State, Lindley becomes government seat, and protests over mutual aid rise. Burghers trek to Vaal river as Irish and Free State factions clash.
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London
War Office
Roberts
Free
Vaal
French
Free State
Steyn
Lindley
Great Britain Must Not Be Generous at Loyalists Expense
Kipling cites a Wesleyan minister urging annexation of two republics and warns England against generosity at loyalists’ expense. The piece notes The Saturday Review linking Salisbury’s stance to U S tensions and laments American sympathy with Spain during the Cuban War while Britain avoided discord.
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Great Britain
London
Rudyard Kipling
Cape Town
Kipling
England
South Africa
Saturday Review
Lord Salisbury
United States
Spain
Defend Our Empire With Our Right Arm Says Salisbury
Fragmentary British rhetoric notes discussions of oBers organizing receptions for delegates and a call to defend the empire. The speaker echoes Lord Salisbury urging action and resolve in political mobilization.
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Lord Salisbury
Towerman's Slumber Triggers Fatal Freight Wreck
In Philadelphia a tunnel crash on the Baltimore and Ohio line killed engineer George Laub and fireman George Hinchman, with five unknown tramps dead. Frank Lamtell surrendered and was arrested for negligence after the wreck, which caused about $185000 in property loss. The tunnel section led to a high-speed collision as the towerman failed to signal.
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Philadelphaa
Baltimore and Ohio
Frank Lamtell
George Laub
George Hinchman
Attempted assassination shocks Dunlap Iowa post office
Tom Taylor a prominent lawyer fired at E H Barrett school director on post office steps. Barrett wounded with two leg shots and a groin hit, carried home in agony. Taylor's son disarmed him and Taylor is jailed. Barrett's allies threaten lynching if Barrett dies.
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Dunlap
Tom Taylor
E. H. Barrett
Taylor
Barrett
Senate Rejects Armor Plate Factory Plan in Close Vote
Washington May 14 The senate narrowly rejects a proposal to create an armor plate factory for warships without fixing the price. Direct proposition goes 22 to 24, similar margin for amendments. A filibuster arises as the committee's plan nears a vote and the outcome remains undecided.
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Washington
Senate
Labor Federation denounces three Iowa officials
The State Federation of Labor denounces State Senator A S Hazelton of Council Bluffs Assistant U S district attorney George B Stewart of Fort Madison and Burlington city solicitor George C Tracey for interfering with the trades assemblies of Council Bluffs and Burlington and pressuring them to oppose the Titus bill before the last general assembly.
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Des Moines
State Federation of Labor
A. S. Hazelton
Council Bluffs
George B. Stewart
Fort Madison
United States
George C. Tracey
Burlington
Trades Assemblies
Press and Telegraph Committee Seeks Convention Seating
R H Lindsay chairman of the press and telegraph committee asks all newspapers wanting seating on the press platform at the Democratic national convention in July to apply before June 10. Send communications to 219 220 New York Life building Kansas City Mo.
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Kansas City
R. H. Lindsay
Press and Telegraph Committee
New York Life Building
Illinois sorority presents The Man in the Case at Music Hall
Phi Beta Phi of the University of Illinois hosted 250 guests in Music hall on Saturday evening. The group performed The Man in the Case with the sorority sisters, faculty, and members of various fraternities in attendance.
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Champaign
Ill
Phi Beta Phi Sorority
University of Illinois
Music Hall
Winthrop Mine Workers Quit Over Wage Dispute
In Ishpeming Michigan on May 14 workers at the Winthrop mines walked out Saturday due to unsatisfactory wage rates. No demands were presented and the strike was unexpected. New workers are being hired to replace those who quit, and all hoisting is suspended.
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London
Lourenzo Marques
The
Times
Transvaal
America
United States
Stanley Hollis
Ishpeming
Mich
Winthrop Mines
Murderer Adjudged Insane in Wisconsin Case
Sparta Wisconsin May 14 Elmer Benjam in the man who shot Mrs Emma Priest Thursday was adjudged insane and taken to the Mendota asylum.
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Sparta
Wis
Elmer Benjamin
Emma Priest
Mendota
Bubonic Plague Cases Reported in Sydney
Bubonic plague in Sydney New South Wales tallies 216 cases reported by yesterday with 73 deaths.
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Sydney
Torrid May Day in Fargo Temperatures Hit 95 to 100
Fargo observers report an official high of 95 degrees on Saturday with many thermometers recording around 100 in the heatwave. Strong sun and bright skies marked the day as residents sought shade and cool beverages across the city.
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Fargo
N. D
Ninety Five in the Shade Reported in Marquette
The Marquette area recorded a summer heat wave on May 14 with 95 degrees in the shade. Weather observers noted the high as the day’s peak amid rising temperatures.
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Marquette, Mich
Judges Halt Strikers in Metropolitan Car Tie Up
Judge William C. Hook in Kansas City issued an injunction restraining strikers and union leaders in a Metropolitan company dispute. The order bars interference with car operations, picketing, or harassing workers for seven days while a hearing is set. United States marshals will enforce the ruling as lines run normally. The strikers meet and ask Congress to limit federal judges in issuing such injunctions and to elect judges by the people.
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Kansas City
William C. Hook
Leavenworth
Kan
United States District Court
United States
Harry Bryan
Amalgamated Association
Michigan
Ohio
Kansas
Metropolitan
Kas
Federal Court
Missouri
Congress
Violent Street Railway Strike Pauses Across St Louis
May 14 report details a quiet sixth day of the street railway strike with police granting rest to officers, lines largely shut and dynamite damage on Papin Street, plus scattered riots and a mounted officer struck by a stone.
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St. Louis
Campbell
St. Louis Prausit
Papin Street
Laclede Avenue
Market News From Muscatine Rain Dulls Chicago Quotations
Rain drenched markets as business slowed. Green beans scarce and prices high while chickens in yards prompt a home grown green fodder tip from Orange Judd Farmer. Two to three shallow boxes with clover turf provide fresh green food for yarded fowls.
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Orange Judd Farmer
Iowa Nebraska Romance Sparks Sioux City Feud
In Sioux City on May 14 a drama erupts as W McNamara tries to abduct Miss Mary McAllister of Dakota County Nebraska after accusing her of infidelity. McAllister and Berry oppose him. a habeas corpus fight ensues with Mary confined at home for two weeks and forbidden contact.
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Sioux City
W. ©. McNamara
Mary McAllister
Dakota County
Neb
W. McNamara
Eastern Nebraska and Gulf Railway
J. J. McAllister
Nebraska
Miss McAllister
Joseph Berry
McNamara
McAllister
Berry
National Chair Association Formed At Detroit Meeting
The National Chair association was formed in Detroit with representation from chair manufacturers across the United States. Sixty factories are members, with fifteen more joining soon, including several western firms such as five in Chicago, three in St. Louis, and Wisconsin companies in Oshkosh and Sheboygan. Officers include President J. S. Ford of Chicago and Secretaries Spencer Swain of New York and Albert Raabe with N E Murphy. The group will not absorb existing regional chair associations.
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Sheboygan
Wis
United States
Detroit
West
Chicago
St. Louis
Oshkosh
Buckstaff, Edwards & Co
Port Washington
Wisconsin
Illonois State Fair to Host Cooking Lessons by Mrs Rohrer
Springfield reporters note the woman’s board of managers of the Illinois state fair met in Springfield on May 14 to arrange cooking lessons in the woman’s building during fair week. Members include Mrs R J Oglesby Elkhart Mrs Joseph Fifer Bloomington and Mrs N B Wiggins Springfield.
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Springfield
Ill
R. J. Oglesby
Elkhart
Joseph Fifer
Bloomington
N. B. Wiggins
Sarah Rohrer
Thunder and Roddy clash for tribal leadership at Galesville
Tom Thunder of Winnebago presses his bid to block Thomas Roddy of Chicago from leading the tribe. For two weeks Thunder has made Galesville his base as he plans to fight Roddy to a finish.
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Galesville
Wis
Tom Thunder
Winnebago
Thomas Roddy
Chicago
Thunder
Roddy
Teuser Files Bankruptcy Petition in New York
Benjamin C. Teuser filed a bankruptcy petition in New York listing liabilities of 52 945.84 and no assets. The debts were incurred in West Superior Wisconsin.
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New York
Benjamin C. Teuser
West Superior
Wis
Muscatine Markets Price List for Wood to Lumber
Market prices for wood lime cement coal and grains live stock dairy produce and hardware with numerous per unit costs. Includes wood $4.00–$4.50 pine $2.25 hard coal $8.00–$8.50 soft coal $4.00 flour 1.05–1.06 per sack various grains oats corn rye etc. Hogs 4.60–4.75 calves 4–5 cattle 3.50–4.00 butter 15–17 creamery 25 eggs 12½ cheese 17–20. Nails 3.25–4.25 barb wire 4.90 finishing boards 23.37.
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Graham
Omaha
Kansas
Minneapolis
Liverpool
Building Materials Price List From Historical Trade Table
A historical price list catalogs mooring, siding, ceilings, and lumber items with unit prices. It includes shingles, lath, pickets, posts, fencing, battens, common boards, select joist, and rough dimension lumber, with several figures like 40 cents to 46 cents per unit and a line for shingles at 1.25 per unit.
Chicago Markets Special Dispatch Notes
A brief market dispatch from Chicago notes broker activity under a J Toner & Co listing with H E McKay as manager. The Muscatine office notice is included with postal and telephone details dated May 14 1900.
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A. J. Toner & Co
H. E. McKay
Muscatine Otice
Chicago
Hypnotist Steed Induces Jail Break in Geneva
In Geneva Frank Steed, held on an assault with intent to kill charge, allegedly hypnotized Turnkey Johnson to unlock his jail door. Johnson could not resist and aided Steed’s escape, later revealed Steed was a traveling hypnotist visiting the town.
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Indianapolis
Geneva
Frank Steed
Johnson
Steed
Fisherman Pearson charged with murder in daughter death
John Pearson of Stonington Michigan was arrested on a warrant alleging the murder of his 15 year old daughter. Neighbors had claimed mistreatment and the girl died after illness. authorities say Pearson buried the body while intoxicated. The case also notes Governor Scofield and vice presidential talks involving H C Payne.
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Escanaba
Mich
John Pearson
Stonington
Pearson
Milwaukee
Scofield
H. C. Payne
Payne
Wisconsin
West
Middle West
Tamayo Reports Orders Peaceful Elections and Cattle Taxes
Senor Diego Tamayo secretary of state says provincial reports show orderly voting. He will prepare a full report on cattle on the island and explore taxes or protection to aid native cattle against imported meat.
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Ilavana
Senor
Diego Tamayo
Tamayo
Martinsville jail guarded as unrest lingers after race riot
At dawn quiet prevailed in Martinsville Virginia as troops guard the jail where Charles Hairston is confined. Gov. will allow continued guard as long as sheriff needs. London reports Ruskin will estate worth about 1 000 pounds, codicil revokes art treasure bequest to Bodleian. treasures stay at Brantwood.
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Richmond
Martinsville
Charles Hairston
London
John Ruskin
Ruskin
Bodleian Library
Oxford
Brantwood
Cowherd Renominated by Acclamation in Fifth District
Kansas City on May 14 reports Hon. William S. Cowherd of Kansas City renominated for Congress by acclamation at the Democratic convention for the Fifth district.
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Kansas City
Independence
William S. Cowherd
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