Week’s Hectic World Wide Happenings Across Newspapers
A rapid digest of dramatic events including executions in Sing Sing, a governor’s race dispute in Kentucky, a fatal accidental shooting in Ohio, plague fears in Chicago, infections from an infected vessel, Cuban investment denials, Samoa and Filipino battles, Pacific coast rail accidents, post office leadership shifts in Cuba, Senate debates on pneumatic mail, Armenian tax oppression, Mafeking relief praise, and varied disasters and political maneuvers from Europe to the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ragsell A. Alger
United States Aupreme Court
Kentucky
Beckham
Senate
Northern Pacific
Spokane
Poss Rathbone
General Gryron
Cuba
Lodge
Post Office
Vast early 1900s news montage with mixed events
A garbled wrap of global and domestic items notes Boers surrendering near Vryburg, a plague stampout in Hopolulu, labor injunction tensions, Cuban Puerto Rican finances, a coal mine explosion near Raleigh, a lynching in Pueblo, and various political, mining, and disaster notes across the United States and abroad.
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Vryburg
Kimberley
Hopolulu
War Department
Raleigh N. C
Pueblo
Col
Roberts Advance Delayed as Boer Referendum Looms
London May 26 Lord Roberts infantry advance is delayed at the Rhenoster river by a deep ford unable to cross. Bridges are under construction and Boers retreating toward Kroonstad destroy rail lines north of the Rhenoster. British forces form a crescent near the Vaal with French on the left and Hamilton on the right. A referendum on continuing the war is reportedly under way among Transvaal forces, with results expected in about a fortnight.
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London
Lord Roberts
Rhennoster River
Kroonstad
Rhenoster
Horna
French
Vaal
Ian Hamilton
Pretoria
Lourenco Marques
Lydenburg
Transvaal
Germany complains over U S meat import rules
Washington dispatch reports Germany contests U S Treasury reporting rules on ingredients of German manufactured goods imported to the United States. Berlin seeks amendments to end compulsory disclosures amid ongoing meat inspection bill debates in the Reichstag. Spectacle at St Peter's marks Lavelle's canonization with a vast ceremonial display in Rome.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Guys
United States
Germany
Treasury Department
Berlin
State Department
St. Peter's
Rome
Om &T. P’eter
Jean Baptise de Lavelle
Order of Christian Brothers
Rute di Costa
US issues warning to China over Boxers threat
Washington May 28 The United States informs the Chinese government that it expects prompt and thorough suppression of the Boxers and guarantees for peace life and property of Americans in China If the Chinese government fails to observe the warning the course of United States action is not specified Conger acts alongside European powers but not in a concert of action The instruction stresses protection of Americans and maintenance of order in China.
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Washington
United States
China
Conger
State Department
Rioters Attack Street Car in St Louis Riot
Sympathizers of striking street car workers clash with police in St Louis on May 38, firing about 100 shots as a patrolman is wounded. Despite tensions, management and unionists settle differences for now, with limited transit operation and an attempted car bombing on Spaulding avenue.
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St Louis
Jefferson Avenue
Sullivan Avenue
Peter Wells
Pote
St. Loulse & Ruberban Railway Company
Tranait Company
Spaulding Avenue
Transit Company
Aguinaldo on Trail in Northern Luzon and Related Skirmishes
Reports from Manila and Seattle detail Maj Marsh pursuing suspected Aguinaldo escort through rugged Luzon country near Bangued with a Thirty-third Infantry battalion and Col Iwn units. Sergeant Barry and four privates of the Twenty-seventh Regiment died defending the president of San Mateo’s daughter from Ladrones who later ambushed them. seven attackers were killed. Lieutenant Elliott of the cruiser New Orleans died of apoplexy after a stroke. The Seattle dispatch also notes the Charleton’s voyage to Aparri with passengers and loot seen at the wreck site, including surgical instruments, amid cruDes’ suspicion of rebel capture across the mainland. Conflicting reports of British and Jersey tensions and pro-Bast attitudes accompany the day’s dispatches.
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Manila
dMstor Marsh
Thirty-third Infantry
Iwn
Bangued
Aguinaldo
Marsh
Barry
Twenty-seventh Regiment
San Mateo
Elliott
Craleer
New Orleans
Cavite
Seattle
Aparri
Charleeton
Fragmentary notes on fuel stores and California claims
A garbled report from an old Los Angeles area account describes store rooms and valuable fuel related to a six year period. It mentions districts, court or legislature terms, and a statement about sinking and a bond or bank. The text is highly corrupted and preserves few clear facts or names.
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California
Olae
Los Angeles
Lon Angeles
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the Telegraph Colums
Frits Meyer
Sing Hing
Ohio Statesman
Portland
Mataafa
Agusan
Caguan
Constantinople
Porte
Armenia
Mafeking
Dan Tonald
Laing
Nek
St Mary's School
Helmont
Lunea
William H. Hunt
Montana
Rsland
Puerto Rico
Atrikera
St. Louis
Texas
San Francisco
Poers
Requimalt
George B. McClellan
Little Mac
Bryan
Democrats
Apokane
Brian
James Hamilton Lewis
Bears
Johannesberg
Central Powers
Colima
Jalieco
Mexico
Ceneral Grant
Gi. A. R
Guadalajara
Amiotant Burgess A
Lloyd
The
United States Marine
Ise Beapital Se
Nosley
Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Wan Reseer
Milwaukee
Warren
Dougtne
Benjamin H. Howell
Brooklyn
Methodist General Conference
Terafik Pasha
Siberia
Manchuria
Kansas
Wichita
Dubber
Hrgan
Zapotalan
Johannesborg
Much Lander
Cape Nome
Pageteu
Pointe
St. Louie
Ackland
Alaska
Brady
Washburn
Minnesota
Iron Dyke
Union County
Pennsylvania
William R. Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
Yaquias
Torres
Philippines
Lusonm
Reeves Bros
Alliance
Ohio
Taylor
Bethune
Newcastle
Boere
Nathaniel P. Hil
Colorado
Denver
Point Claire
Montreal
Canada
False City
A. R. Handy
Frederic A. Bell
Roberts
Buller
Glaing
Purexing
Luzon
Jersey
el Jereay
Helier
Oas
Sotine
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