Next Fight Where Hunter Is Now Warre nto Burghers At Laings Nek
London May 26 reports say British forces near the Vredefort road and the Vaal with a likely next clash decided by Monday. General Hunter is at Vryberg on the 24th and Buller sits at Laing’s Nek with Boer opposition. Warrenton dispatch notes operations 80 miles forward and ra tion shortages amid forced marches. War Office says 11 60 troops will be sent next month and presses on with recruiting policy.
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London
Vredefort Road
Vaal
Marshal Roberts
Johannesburg
Hunter
Vryberg
Buller
Laing’s Nest
Warrenton
War Office
Secretary of State For War
House of Lords
South Africa
Trouble in the Isle of Jersey sparks British French clashes
Crowds in St Helier Jersey clash over pro Boer sentiment as troops bayonet charge to block demonstrators in the French quarter. Thirty arrests reported and British official blamed for restive order. Also from London a Leyds denial on bribery claims and a Rhodes siege anecdote of ham and eggs delivered to hospital.
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London
St. Heliers
Island of Jersey
Edward Hopton
South Africa
Kinnerley
Rhodes
Boxers Attack Chinese Villages as French Missions Suffer
A Shanghai dispatch reports Boxers burned two villages in Szuchuan Hu Peh and massacred many converts at French missionary stations. General at Shi Nan Fu sent a regiment to the scene. Soldiers were ambushed and twenty six were killed. Reinforcements have been dispatched from Ichang.
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London
Shanghai
Szuchuan
Hu Peh
Shi Nan Fu
Ichang
Louisa Foster Murdered in Syracuse by Ernest Hecht
Louise Foster was killed in the Collins block by Ernest Hecht who first poisoned her with cholera form and then attempted suicide saying she started it and I ended it. Hecht confessed the crime and the murder occurred Thursday night in Syracuse New York. The report also states A B Bridges named to succeed D W Keyes as first assistant freight agent for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway with headquarters in Milwaukee.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Louise Foster
Collins’ Block
Ernest Hecht
Hecht
C. M
St. P
Milwaukee
Wis
The
Daily News
A. B. Bridges
D. W. Keyes
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Mr. Bridges
Geners Southwestern
St. Paul
Chicago grain frauds eclipse New York failure in scandal
May 26 Chicago reports a major warehouse fraud in the elevator trade. Lloyd J. Smith and clerk C N Twaddle are accused of selling 100000 bushels of grain against uncanceled receipts held by A O Slaughter Co. The scheme questions the validity of warehouse receipts as collateral and prompts a strict investigation by warehouse commissioners.
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Chicago
New York
Lloyd J. Smith
Chicago Eevator Company
A. O. Slaughter & Co
C.N. Twaddell
Heir Doubles Estate Penalty After Marriage Choice
Gustav Jorns forfeits $18 000 from his father's will by marrying Gertrude Garms without consent. After years of romance the couple wed recently in Evansville Indiana, prompting the will's condition that the share be divided among siblings.
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Springfield
Gustav Jorns
Jorns
Gertrude Garms
Miss Garms
Janas
Evansville
Ind
Neely case awaits federal papers and Buck bail claim
Officials say expected Washington papers to initiate another civil action against Neely have not arrived. Buck lawyer asserts bail funds of 20000 dollars belong to him and an attachment will be served. In Merrill Wisconsin William Sievert dies by suicide after marital turmoil and remarriage plans unravel.
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New York
Neely
Washington
Gordon M. Buck
Wind and cyclone wreck farms across Texas
A wind and electrical storm strikes Mineral Wells and Lavaca county damaging farm property. E M Ballard’s Mineral Wells building is wrecked and the Mossy Grove academy is destroyed. No injuries reported as farms are swept clean.
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Dallas
Tex
Mineral Wells
E. M. Ballard
Haletsville
Lavaca County
Academy
Mossy Grove
Wisconsin election expense filing push heads to court
In Madison on May 26 a test of the expense filing law is promised within days. Of fifty spring election candidates thirty two have not filed the required statements, including Mayor Haven, and a local supporter of the law plans to pursue enforcement through the courts.
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Madison
Wis
Haven
Baseball Scores From May 25 League Games
Scores reported from Chicago on May 26 show Cincinnati beating Boston 2 to 1 in ten innings, St. Louis defeating Philadelphia 3 to 1, Chicago defeating Brooklyn 12 to 3, and Pittsburg edging New York 4 to 3. In the American League Buffalo beat Kansas City 11 to 4, Cleveland defeated Chicago 8 to 4, and Detroit won against Milwaukee 5 to 2.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
New York
Buffalo
Kansas City
Cleveland
Detroit
Milwaukee
Despondent man declared insane after failed suicide attempts
LaCrosse Wisconsin May 26 Andrew Johnson 29 was despondent after a broken romance. After several suicide attempts he was taken by Sheriff Nelson. On probate court order he was examined by Drs Weston and Bowles who declared him insane and he was committed to Mendota by Judge Brindley.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Andrew Johnson
Nelson
F. R. Weston
J. A. Bowles
Mendota
Brindley
Washington Chair Factory Destroyed by Fire
A Washington Courthouse Ohio chair factory was destroyed by a morning fire caused by an explosion in the varnish room. The loss on building and stock is about 500000 with 20000 insurance, leaving over 100 men unemployed. the plant will be rebuilt.
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Washington Courthouse
Washington
Death of Pennsylvania's oldest Presbyterian minister
Pittsburg May 26 The Rev Dr Richard Lea aged about ninety apparently died at his New Alexandria home after a brief illness. He was the oldest Presbyterian minister in Pennsylvania and perhaps the nation and had been ordained sixty four years.
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Merrill, Wis
William Sievert
Fourth Ward
North East Street
Sievert
Germany
America
Pittsburg
Richard Lea
Pennsylvania
United States
New Alexandria
Lea
Evansville men charged in Nora Kifer death
Joseph M Kieth and his son were arrested at Elderfield charged with the murder of Nora Kifer. William Clark, who came to Evansville to marry the girl, was arrested as a witness.
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Nora Kifer
Evansville
Ind
Joseph M. Kieth
Elderfield
William Clark
Pursuit of Aguinaldo in Luzon Recaptures Prisoners
Gen. Young reports the追 pursuit through northern Luzon to capture Aguinaldo, release Spanish prisoners, and recapture Lt. Gilmore and his party. Tinio evaded repeatedly as Major March and columns engaged in the Tangadan and Tila passes, with Pilar mortally wounded.
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Washington
Young
War Office
Aguinaldo
Luzon
Gilmore
Navy
Otis
Pozorrubic
Tinio
Canyon
Lepanto
Tangadan Mountains
Tinto
Thirty-third Infantry
Tangadan
Hare
Howse
Gregorio del Pilar
Tila Pass
Pilar
Prisons Recaptured and Aguinaldo Retinue Details Reported
The report cites evidence of orders for bayoneting exhausted prisoners and notes recovered American prisoners McDonald Fitzgerald and Farley. It describes a December 16 pursuit where five insurgents fell and ten were captured, and mentions the capture of General Convencion’s party on December 17. It also records Aguinaldo related family detentions and Munroe’s Bayombong surrender ruse.
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Tinio
McDonald
Fitzgerald
Farley
Gilmore
Aguinaldo
Leyba
Sitayar
Cristobal
Siyar
Paez
Munroe
Fourth Cavalry
Bayombong
Castner
Lowe
Bayonbong
Canon
Pillmore
Vigan
San Isidro
Young
Post Office Safe Robbery Foiled by Olivet Escapees
In Olivet Michigan robbers attempted to loot the local post office safe but were tracked by Sheriff Shepard and deputies. After seizing two teams they fled toward Grand Trunk yards where three armed men engaged in a gunfight and were captured. A map of Michigan with Olivet circled and a list of Chicago contacts were found among their possessions.
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Charlotte
Mich
Olivet
Shepard
Grand Trunk
Michigan
Chicago
Edward C. Gilman
Hillsdale
James Gilmore
Albany
N. Y
Frank Graham
Buffalo
Portage Man Declared Insane After Delusion At Hotel Columbia
Fred Ready a 27 year old stonecutter from Portage Wisconsin attempted death by self harm at Hotel Columbia. He believed someone aimed to turn him into a Spaniard and was taken to Mendota after being adjudged insane. He had been drinking heavily and claimed Lancaster Wisconsin or Ade Indiana as his home. Two letters were found to his sister in Mountain City and a cousin in Lancaster. His recovery is described as remarkable despite blood loss.
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Portage
Wis
Fred Ready
Columbia
Mendota
Columbia County Marble Works
Lancaster
Marshal Comstock
Elade
Jessie Ready
Mountain City
Grace Others
Ready
Brother murder arrest shocks St Paul community
Edward Erickson was arrested in St Paul on a murder charge for the February killing of his brother Martin FP. Gustav Wall, a former St Paul resident now in Montana, reported to Governor Lind that he witnessed the murder but fled, and for two years has suffered insomnia over what he knows.
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St. Paul
Minn
Edward Erickson
Martin FP. Erickson
Gustav Wall
Montana
Lind
Democrats discuss General Black as possible governor candidate
In Chicago on May 26 Democratic leaders consider General John C. Black for governor though silver faction critics echo objections raised against Judge Tuley and Nicholas Worthington He allegedly opposed Bryan in 1896 and reportedly received a sound money nomination offer. Eldora and Casey reports follow of drownings and a major fire with substantial losses.
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Chicago
John C. Black
Judge Tuley
Nicholas Worthington
Bryan
South Bend
Ind
B. F. Shively
Eleven Missing From Astoria In Mysterious Disclosures
Eleven persons are missing from Astoria Oregon after a storm left three drowned and others believed dead. The Mothers Congress at Des Moines adjourned ignoring woman suffrage. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will meet next year in Norfolk. The alleged ice trust members in New York held in 2000 bond each. Troops reportedly pursuing Aguinaldo in Manila. In Seymour Wisconsin a windmill tower fall almost killed a child. A Chicago baby fell from a third story and was unharmed. Greenwood Dairy association incorporated to erect a cheese factory at Greenwood Wisconsin. A W M Hoyt salesman in Chicago indicted for stealing 10000 from the firm. Union Steel to build a large plant near Webster Pennsylvania. Five men blew a Williamsburg Virginia bank and took 5200. First Passion play at Oberammergau draws great crowds. Tiffanys Paris exhibit bought by an American believed to be J Pierpont Morgan for the American Museum. San Francisco Chinese seek injunction against quarantine. Foreign powers threaten to land troops in China over the Boxers. Judge Chytraus rules property owners cannot recover from elevated roads.
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Ice Trust
New York
Manila
United States
Aguinaldo
Seymour
Wis
Nicholas Hehlein
Chicago
Greenwood Dairy Association
Greenwood
B. W. Johnson
W. M. Hoyt & Co
Union Steel Company
Webster
Williamsburg
Oberammergau
Tiffany
Paris
J. Pierpont Morgan
American Museum of Natural History
San Francisco
China
Judge Chytraus
Lightning Strikes Eva Hamilton at Kokomo Farm Yard
In Kokomo Indiana May 21 a bolt of lightning struck Eva Hamilton age 16 as she stood with her mother Mrs Hamilton and a 6 year old child in the Hamilton farm yard. Eva a Kokomo high school graduate would have received her diploma at last night's class exercises. Mrs Hamilton was knocked unconscious and near death, the child escaped unharmed. The bolt came from a passing storm cloud while her father John Hamilton stood inside the house.
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Kokomo
Ind
John Hamilton
Eva Hamilton
Illinois Man Sentenced for Murder in Baltimore
Charles Pipekorn, a Union Ins. saloonkeeper, was convicted of second degree murder for killing Katie ONeill, an inmate of a disreputable house in Baltimore. He received a twelve year imprisonment, the crime occurring last Christmas after a dispute over money he believed she had stolen and an attempted suicide followed.
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Baltimore
Charles Piepkorn
Ins
Katie O'Neill
Pipekorn
McKinley Named by Temperance Leaders in Chicago
In Chicago the American Anti-Saloon League hosts its annual convention with 105 delegates from 30 states. A delegate asks President Price about McKinley’s liquor stance, and Price calls him a practical temperance man. Also noted, B F Shively of South Bend plans a gubernatorial run with $300 in funds. New York reports C and E I Railroad declares a quarterly 144 percent dividend on preferred stock and 2 percent semiannual on common stock with ¼ percent extra.
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McKinley
Temperance
Chicago
American Anti-Saloon League
H. H. Abrams
Iowa
Price
William McKinley
House of Representatives
New York
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company
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Hershey State Bank
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Isle OF Jersey
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Eldora
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Ackley
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Iowa River
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Jasper Avenue
Gooch Stand
Boyce & Beamer
Astoria
Ore
Mothers’ Congress
Des Moines
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Norfolk
Yoyang
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J. H. Cosgrove
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