Cautious advance as Boers retreat amid supply moves
London reports a cautious British advance in the Orange Free State where Boers withdraw with cattle and sheep after stubborn fighting. Commandant-General Botha’s skillful disposition slows a fixed engagement while British gains northward loom. Boers regroup near Kroonstad and Vet river as Natal remains quiet and casualties rise among officers and men.
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Hoth
Roberts
Kimberley
London
Orange Free State
Botha
Free State
Bloemfontein
Kroonstad
Vet River
Ladybrand
Mafeking
Natal
Bigginsberg Tange
Hatiukulu Mountain
Elandslang
Boltons insect collection donated to Illinois University
The Keatomo collection of Bolton insects, valued at 30000, is presented by Bolton estate executors to the University of Illinois. The gift doubles the entomology holdings and places Illinois near Cornell in equipment. Bolton, a longtime Chicago iron tradesman, died recently at age 50 and wished the collection housed in a fireproof building bearing his name. The collection will move from Chicago within two weeks to the university library building. The Syracuse milk boycott ends with the dairy board and public safety victory. Ice is breaking up on Adirondack lakes, signaling the first tourist influx as water levels rise and damage is feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Bolton
Chicaxo
Syracuse
Board of Health
Department of Public Safety
Adirondack Lakes
Saratoga
Racquette Lake
Blue Mountain Lake
Waters Pierce Oil denied Texas permit under federal ruling
Across Austin a Texas secretary of state denial blocks Waters Pierce Oil from doing business in Texas citing an Attorney General opinion that the U S Supreme Court has enjoined the firm from domestic operations. The company must limit itself to interstate work, with many stations to be phased out, potentially costing the firm thousands. Indictments against President H Clay Pierce and associates in Waco may be dismissed.
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Waters Pierce Oi
Augtin
Tex
Hardy
Waters Pierce Oil Company
Coxas
Smith
United States Supreme Court
Ita
Dowg
Texas
Interstate Operatons I
H Clay Pierce
Waco
Pierce
John D Johnson
St Louis
Waen
Senate approves army bill amid debates over treatment of volunteers
Washington May 4 the senate passed the army appropriation bill after spirited debate. Pettigrew cited letters from South Dakota regiment members complaining of treatment in the Philippines. Gallinger protested printing the letters in the Record while Hawley defended the conflicting travel pay notes from the adjutant general. The Pennsylvania appropriation bill also passed as the senate adjourned. A separate New York piece reports a lost boy found, malnourished with ulcers, and alleged maltreatment by his stepmother who had insured the children, with both parents jailed and the boys placed in Gerry Society custody.
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Everal
Pettigrew
Proctor
Manila
Casey
Gallinger
Pettigraw
Soltera
Philippines
Hawley
Pennsylvania
Senate
New York
Alexander Avenue
Gerry Society
Hey
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Jefferson Market
Meade
Gerry Ecociety
Brown's Appeal for Divorce in Atlanta Abuses Cited
Robert Brown seeks divorce citing years of abuse by wife Ida May Brown starting after their 1898 Chattanooga marriage. He recalls strikes clawing and horsewhipping at his Lloyd Street livery stable with witnesses present. He remains thankful a divorce will end the torment and allow him to untie the marriage knot. A separate item reports a Paterson NJ murder suicide note amid a drowning death believed caused by nervous breakdown.
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Dunkirk
L R Riggs
Portland
Congregational Church
Frefoma
Atlanta
Robert Brown
Ida May Brown
Hase
Chattanooga
Lloyd Street
Brown
Four-Waced Shootout at Panhandle Cattle Ranch Ends in Wounds
A four handed gunfight erupted at Noah Wise ranch 15 miles northwest of Quanah Texas in the Panhandle. Cage and Luke Beach opposed William Colling and Noah Wise with both sides firing pistols. One beach brother killed, the other badly wounded and an arm amputated. Wise survived with a shot gun loaded with black powder. Medical verdicts say both Beach brothers unlikely to recover. Nearby Erath County settlers had recent boundary disputes over public land.
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Dallas
Tex
Noah Wise
Quanah
Panhandle
Cage
Luke Beach
William Colling
Collins
Wise
Beach
Stephenville
Erath County
Asto Beach
Intern
Lake Beach
Princeton Yale Debate Heads to Washington Hall
Princeton and Yale debaters journey to Alexander hall near Washington for the seventh annual interuniversity debate on May 8. The topic asks whether the Hay Pauncefote treaty should be ratified as submitted to the senate with Yale holding the affirmative and Princeton selecting the subject. Judges include Prof W O Canning, Pres Andrey Vo, and W UL Strong. John G. Quartisle will preside.
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Princeton
Washington
Yale
Alexander Hall
Senate
New Haven
W Oa Canning
Coluntin
Andrey Vo
Raymond
Union College
W UL Strong
New York
John G. Quartisle
Secretary of the Treasury
Indicted leaders tied to Chicago bricklayers strike
May 4 The grand jury indicted George P. Gubbin president of the local union of bricklayers and stonemasons Anton Horn and Edward Williams on inciting strikers to attack common men Subpoenas target union leaders officers of the building trades council and many delegates The panel may probe police and Mayor Harrison inactivity during riots and an alleged contractor union pact in Buffalo meanwhile Buffalo road yard and car shop workers ended their strike returning to work as Central railway aligns scales with other roads while freight handlers' strike remains unsettled.
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Chicago
George P. Gubbin
Unien
Anton Horn
Edward Williams
Conumon
Building Trades’ Council
Harrison
I- 18
Buffalo
Central Road
Saveal Roads
A. M Waitt
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Gilbert
Willl
Haan
Rosiery
Lewis & Parker
Girgge
China
Hoyal Crest
the Optician
Eho Bank Street
Waterbury
HO Walt
Linskey
Pharmacy Union City
Peter Paul
Naugatuck
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
War Office
England
Cape Town
Wilkie
South Africa
Nobel Conde
Ishop Harty
Cee
Shale
Harty
Methodist Episcopal Church
Amenex
America
Kruger
United States
Settlea
Quincy
Mass
Barre
Port Jarvis
N. Y
Elizabeth J Mapes
T. Mapes
Henry Case
New York Cty
E. T. Sanfore
Port Jervis Baptist Church
Senator Pettigrew
Childels
Paterson
N. J
Jacob Kingland
Broadway
Danden
Walliam Doremae
Tagal
Bishop Potter Garicott
Hla Loyal Legion
Potter
Loyal Legion
Laboee Loader
Ortaide Deilera
Moriarty’s
Waterbury Furniture Co
Wathol
J. G. Twining & Co
Grana Street
Gately & Brennan
Credit Clothiers
Center Street
Ana Little Wl
Nell
Excelsior
Sailor
Ulao
Reenburg
Taylor’s Market
Mureaco
Sherwin William
W. H
Nian
Water Street
Enamal
Giron
Kopal
Alfred Peata & Co
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City Charmage
Unten City
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