Kruger Asks Advice as War Rages in Transvaal Front
London reports President Kruger issuing a proclamation asking burghers to choose war or peace while Gen. Hamilton’s forces cross the Vaal and British units push to defend coal mines. Dispatches describe Boer fortifications from Laing’s Nek to New Republic and shifting positions near Klip River drift.
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London
Kruger
Newcastle
Transvaal
Kroonstad
Gen. Hamilton
Wonderfonteir Drift
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Bulawayo
Col
Plumer
Beira
Webber
Heilbron
Dilandslaagte
Lasdigsmith
Taaibosch
French
Vaal
Lindegues Drift
Henry
Klip River
Myerton
Transvaal Hills Sighted as Roberts Forces Advance
May 27 in Grootvlei near Vereeniging reports Lord Roberts forces moving southward. General French’s column continues its steady advance toward the Transvaal hills observed by a correspondent.
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Grootviel
Vereeniging
Lord Roberts
Transvaal
French
British flanks force Boers from positions in Transvaal
Reports say British flanking methods unsettle Boer lines near the Vaal. Boers abandon posts as Transvaal burghers trek homeward. Deserts of northern Free State farms with Transvaal ties grow, while rumors of British cruelty spread among locals.
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Henbron
Klipriverberg
Vaal
Johannesburg
Transvaal
Free State
Father O Donnell Linked to Suicide Case in Buffalo
New York report ties a Father John J. O Donnell to a suicide at the whirlpool rapids. M J O Donnell, a department of charities keeper, says a Buffalo telegram hints at the priest’s identity though he cannot confirm. Father Rhodes says the priest’s past melancholy and insanity led to institutional confinement years earlier.
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New York
M. J. O'Donnell
Whirlpool Rapids
Department of Charities
Buffalo
John J. O'Donnell
Providence
O'Donnell
Church of the Sacred Heart
Father Rhodes
Father O'Donnell
Rhodes
Europe
Riots Rage on St. Louis Streetcar Line
In St. Louis on May 28 a mob blocked a Jefferson avenue line car at Sullivan avenue and fired about 100 shots. Patrolman Veter Well was wounded, two strikers also hurt, crowd dispersed before arrests. dispute between railway management and workers temporarily settled with no further immediate danger.
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St. Louis
Jefferson Avenue
Sullivan Avenue
Veter Well
Bad Ivy
Fifth District
St. Louis and Suburban Railway Company
Streeters Invasion at Chicago Ends in Farce and Arrests
Chicago report of a thirteenth man invasion led by Captain George W Streeter at Lincoln Park. Forces set up barbed wire forts and fired on police wounding a boy. Niles as commander surrendered with others disarmed. police mobilized heavy force to restore order. Separate note reports death by self-inflicted wound of Robert Wiziarde in St Joseph after Kansas City arrival.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
George W. Streeter
Superior Street
Streeter
Lincoln Park
William Niles
Lis Gans
Niles
Fort Mreetor
Revere
Baer
St. Joseph
Robert Wiziarde
Kansas City
Wiziarde
Julia Marlowe
Kansatity
Chicago and Northwestern
Melrose Park
Emil J. Polock
Twenty-first Avenue
St. Charles Road
West Maywood
Frank Bellrose
Bartley Shooting Sparks Family Conflict in Toledo
Toledo report says grocer R A Bartley was shot and wounded by his stepson Charles Bartley a Chicago real estate man who had arrived in the city. Two shots were fired with the second hitting the side. Charles Bartley was arrested and both men refuse to discuss the affair amid financial dispute rumors.
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Toledo
R. A. Bartley
Charles Bartley
Chicago
Charles
Bartley
German immigrant William Sievert dies by his own hand
Merrill Wisconsin resident William Sievert of the Fourth ward killed himself at his North East Street home yesterday morning. He had come to Merrill from Germany years ago, left a wife there, remarried here, and after his second wife died last year planned to wed again until the truth about his intended marriage surfaced and his prospective spouse refused.
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Merrill, Wis
William Sievert
Fourth Ward
Is City
North East Street
Sievert
Germany
America
Taylor Weighs Exit to Lead Insurance Firm in Indianapolis
A dispatch from Indianapolis reports William S. Taylor, former Kentucky governor, plans to quit politics and relocate to Indianapolis as executive manager of a life insurance company. Southern Presbyterians adjourn with enthusiasm over a 1 million dollar Twentieth Century Fund for church education. Gold discovered in Sulphur Lick Creek near Elmville, Frankfort county, with funds to be developed.
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Cincinnati
A_ dispatch
Indianapolis
William S. Taylor
Kentucky
Southern Presbyterians
Atlanta
Southern Presbyterian Church
Frankfort
Elmville
Base Ball Club Record Summary
Baseball standings and results show York beating Pittsburg 13 to 1 at Cincinnati and Boston defeating Cincinnati 4 to 0 at Chicago. Chicago loses to Brooklyn 0 with Chicago 1. American League results include Cleveland at Buffalo 5 8 and Indianapolis 11 over Minneapolis 0 0 with Detroit 4 2 Milwaukee 0.
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York
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Boston
Chicago
Brooklyn
Pitttsburg
Cleveland
Buffalo
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Minnecapolis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
P. C. Philadelphia
Brooklyn Cicero
St. Louis
Pitttsburs
Cincinnati Seers
Philadelphia
Pitisburg
New
Fighting with the Ashantis at Kumassi reported casualties
Accra reports three European officers killed and Captain Alpin with about one hundred Kausas wounded in a Lagos Hausas assault on Kumassi lines. Ashanti losses are described as great with three Maxims in action and a prior tally of three hundred Ashantis killed as the rising spreads.
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Accra
Alpin
Kumassi
Death of Koots county society man from cigarette habit
Valparaiso Indiana May 28 Guy Cannon a prominent young society man of Koots county is dead from excessive cigarette smoking. He had long struggled with the habit and consumed enormous numbers daily. Physicians warned him against further indulgence but he could not quit and died from the effects.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Guy Cannon
Koots
Cannon
President to name new industrial commissioner
Washington reports the president plans Charles Leitchman of Massachusetts to replace M. D. Ratchford as a member of the Industrial Commission. In a separate note the president sent nominations to the Senate: E. R. Stackable for collector of customs in Hawaii and Sergeant Major F. McC. Smith of the 38th U.S. V. to be first lieutenant.
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Washington
Industrial Commission
M. D. Ratchford
Charles Leitchman
Massachusetts
Knights of Labor
Senate
E. R. Stackable
District of Hawaii
F. McC. Smith
Eigth U.S. V
Market Notes From Muscatine on Fresh Produce and Groceries
Today’s Chicago quotations show scarce strawberries with grocers reluctant to raise prices after earlier cuts. Butter remains steady to lower, potatoes vary by grade with prices from 20 to 35 cents a bushel, and corn slips by about half a cent.
Muscatine Markets Report Spring Prices and Goods
Muscatine Iowa May 28 prices across wood lime cement coal and grain. Wood and lime range 2.25 to 4.50 per unit. flour sacks 48 pounds at 1.00. corn oats and oats prices listed with shipper and buyer quotes. Hogs sheep cattle and dairy values provided. sugar beeswax and leather notes. fruit vegetables and meats with assorted prices. hardware lumber finishing and box boards with listed figures. Market steady to strong. miscellaneous items include nails wire hogs and lemons.
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Sata
Ioc
Illinois
Pinna Am
Cessey
Lower Light
DeaVy
Kansas City
Omaha
Cattie
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Liverpool
Timetable for Rock Island Davenport Clinton R R opening
New rail line offers better Muscatine access with through sleeper service to Chicago. Through trains run daily except Nos. 15 and 16 which are freights. stops listed at Clinton Harrison Street Camanche Folletts Princeton Eastaire Tile Works Valley City Gilbert Davenport Rock Island. Through sleepers operate Rock Island Davenport to Chicago via Clinton and C N W. R R.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Clinton
Muscatine
Harrison St
Camanche
Folletts
Princeton
Es Ares
Valley City
Gilbert
P.m. Clinton
Eaeteire
Chicago
Building Supplies Price List Fragment
A rough catalog lists boards at varying prices with dimensions and units. It includes fencing materials, battens, shingles, lath, pickets and posts with several price points and lineal foot or per thousand measures.
Chicago Markets Special Dispatch Leads With Brokers
Chicago markets report from Muscatine with J Toner Co brokers and H E McKay manager noted for postal and telephonic services as of May 3.
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I J. Toner & Co
H. E. McKay
Muscatine Otice
Chicago
Railroad timetable extract for Monta Mon. and Wilton Muscatine
Passenger and freight schedules for Montezuma and Wilton Muscatine lines. Eastbound, southwest routes include Nos 12 16 8 7 11 15 16 with times from 4:02 a m to 7:58 p m. Trains 7 8 15 16 85 run daily except Sunday. some changes to Evang Washington.
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Muscatina Division
Montezuma
Chicago
Denver
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Evang
Washington
Muscatine
Wilton
Muscat
Saedipeaenthcaennaniat
Megnearin Tetanic Cetede Attenae
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