Mafeking Relief Reported as Siege Ended and Newcastle Occupied
The Pretoria dispatch says Mafeking’s siege ended with laagers and forts bombarded, British relief forces taking possession. London crowds celebrate the relief as Buller reports Newcastle occupied with focus on expelling enemy remnants and rebuilding damaged infrastructure.
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London
Pretoria
Mafeking
Associated Dress
Mansion House
War Office
Buller
Newcastle
Ngutu
Laing’s Nek
Ingagane
Nkader
Wakkerstroom
Miller's Pass
Free State
Laing
Nek
Bothas
Lord Roberts
Hutton
Kroonstad
Botha
Cornet Gassen
Johannesburg
London Explodes in Joy Over Baden-Powell Relief News
Londoners spend a night in the streets cheering and singing after news of relief reached the city. Crowds gathered around the Mansion House Marlborough House and war office with banners flags and illuminated buildings. Officials awaited confirmation from Lord Roberts as special editions rolled out.
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London
Mansion House
Marlborough House
Pall Mall
War Office
Parliament Square
Baden-Powel
Piccadilly
Fleet Street
Stread
West End
Lord Roberts
Associated Press
Windsor Castle
Lord Salisbury
Prince of Wales
Marlborough Fieogse
Public cheers mark royal declaration in west end streets
Crowds filled west end thoroughfares as the news spread. People chanted patriotic anthems and urged the proclamation with visible excitement, signaling a strong public reception to the royal announcement.
Aguinaldo Proclamation Warns Filipinos on Commission
A circulated May 4 proclamation from Polillo island urges Filipinos not to surrender arms to the McKinley commission and to welcome it while seeking liberty. It claims the commission acts without Congress and cautions against deception. In Samar, May 1, 760 enemy attacked the Forty third infantry. 209 rebels killed, 3 Americans wounded. Major Gilmore and 100 of the Forty third ambushed May 6 near Pandugan Samar. 75 enemies killed, no American casualties.
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Tagals
Manila
Aguinaldo
Polillo
Luzon
McKinley
Congress
Catarina
Island of
Samar
Forty-third Infantry
Gilmore
Forty-third Regiment
Pambugan
Strike negotiations break off for now in St Louis
Strikes and St Louis Transit Company end talks with no new conference in sight. Reinstatement terms remain unchanged as unions demand reinstatement to former positions. Transit President Edward Whitaker opposes discharging replacement workers who were hired during the dispute.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Transit Company
Edward Whitaker
Transit Company
Wreck on the Big Four at Kelling Down Indiana
May 10 at Thorntown a head end freight collision on the Big Four damaged two engines and eight cars. Brakeman Sherlock suffered a broken leg. Fr. Thompson has internal injuries. Trainmen jumped to safety. livestock and freight were damaged. Conductor George Smith admits error in train sequencing.
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Thorntown
Ind
H. A. Sherlock
Fr. M. Thompson
Sherlock
George Smith
Trail of Two Thugs and Because She Had a Sister
Chicago May 19. Police seek Bert Monroe and James Leonard for the O W Potter diamond robbery and porch climbing jobs totaling over 100000. A servant girl’s quarrel led to the inquiry. Dollie Curran, released after a week, confessed. A gold watch linked to the Buckingham place burglary pointed detectives to the pair.
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Chicago
Orth Side
Bert Monroe
James Leonard
Chick” Curran
Dollie
Linspector Heidelmeier
Chicago Avenue
Aldrich
Buckingham Place
Joseph Mahon
North Side
Edward Casey
Dolie Curran
Decilie Curran
Margaret
Jim
Margaret Curran
Bert
Dolie
Doll
Caseys
Dollie Curran
Leutenants
Monroe
Leonard
Mahon
Frisco and the plague report and other May events
May 19 dispatches detail San Francisco mayor Phelan downplaying plague rumors amid Chinese deaths and precautionary measures. Helena appoints Martin Maginnis as US senator to replace Clark. Kansas hosts national charities convention with 300 delegates. Hyderabad cholera tolls rise with thousands dying in Godhra and Gujarat famine camps.
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San Francisco
Phelan
Board of Health
Clark
Helena
Mont
Smith
Martin Maginnis
United States
William A. Clark
Spriggs
London
Hyderabad
Gujarat
Godhra
Judge Confirms Sale of Centralia and Chester Railroad
In Springfield Illinois on May 19 Judge Allen of the United States circuit court confirmed the foreclosure sale of the Centralia and Chester railroad at Sparta on May 15. John R Walsh of Chicago bought the railroad for 450 000 dollars under the foreclosure decree.
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Springfield
Ills
Allen
United States
Centralia and Chester
Sparta
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Dollie Curran and the Caseys Watch Heist Unfolds
Chicago reports detail Dollie Curran’s confession linking her sister and a serving maid to a theft chain. Detectives pursued Monroe and Leonard but found no arrest as actions stalled by an unknown informer. Meanwhile Hamilton Manufacturing faces a Woodworkers' union strike with non union replacements.
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Two Rivers
Wis
Hamilton Manufacturing Company
Joliet Professor Russell Dies by Suicide in River
Professor Homer Russell a Joliet elder statesman and founder of the city’s first business college drowned himself in the Des Plaines river. The body was recovered. A New York native, he moved to Joliet in 1864 and later suffered a paralysis stroke three months earlier leaving him nearly incapacitated.
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Joliet, Illl
Hlomer Russell
Joliet
Desplaines River
Russell
New York State
Sutton case outlined as bankers testify in Lansing court
In Lansing on Thursday morning about a dozen bankers appeared in the Sutton case with ledgers. W. E. White testified on a 4000 dollar withdrawal from Fourth National bank and the use of funds for Simmons and stock purchases. Questions about White and White & White stock holdings were challenged, and the court limited examination of General White's finances.
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Lansing
Mich
Sutton
W. E. White
Fourth National Bank
Simmons
Knitting Company
White
Witness
W. L. White
White & White
Tuttle
General White
Two Killed and Seven Injured in Train Boiler Explosion
A boiler explosion on a southbound Minois Central train No. 1 at Dubois killed two men Charles Fricke and Tom Tom Wright and injured seven others including Sam Ascoff Fred Crawford John Hampton and Henry Holtall among others. Passengers and section hands near the track were shaken as the locomotive and cars were destroyed.
Czar Turns 32 Amid Nationwide Celebration
The czar was 32 yesterday as Russia marked the birthday with nationwide celebrations. In other news, seven killed and four wounded when Philip Northlund, a Scandinavian, attacked aboard the steamship Carl Prinz off Koping Sweden. Three blacks hanged in Alabama for murder. Rev. Robert Wood Barnwell elected bishop co adjutor of the Alabama Episcopal diocese. H C Baker appoints Julian Sullivan patrolman. Madison law students present Professor Andrew Bruce with a $30 baby carriage. Paris cabmen strike loom over wages and hours. Danish West Indies sale vetoed by government. Surdez reportedly in Chicago after receiving 30,000 francs from a relative in Switzerland. Duke of Orleans declines resignation from London Bachelors' club. Mrs. Hattie Powers injured by bicycle rider in Chicago. Richmond borough threatens secession from Greater New York. Dietz sues Philadelphia Commercial Museum as tool of sugar trust. Colombian troops crush insurgents after a seventy hour battle. America's corn kitchen opened at the Paris exposition.
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Russia
Philip Northlund
Carl Prinz
Koping
Sweden
Alabama
Robert Wood Barnwell
Selma
Ala
Alabama Episcopal Diocese
H. C. Baker
Madison
Wis
Julian Sullivan
Scofield
Law School of the University At
Madison, Wis
Paris
Danish West Indies
Louis Paul Surdez
Switzerland
America
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