Collapse of Transvaal Warfare Signals Imminent End
Report from the front states that Boer resistance collapsed as Grenadiers cleared Germiston and Elandsfontein. Gen French is at Landslaagte with guards at Germiston. Boers reportedly fled toward Pretoria while rail lines remain intact. Analysts predict the war’s near end as imperial forces plan to embark five thousand fresh troops to South Africa.
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Germiston
Landslaagte
Elandsfontein
Pretoria
Vaal
Fim
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Erse
South Africa
General Rundle Defeats Boer Commando at Senekal
Cape Town dispatch reports Gen. Rundle defeating a Boer commando at Senekal with 45 killed and many wounded. British forces occupy Heidelberg on the Johannesburg railroad toward Volksrust and the Natal frontier near Laing’s Nek. Johannesburg’s major employers are ordered to be ready to depart on short notice, while authorities limit public return.
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Cape Town
Rundle
Senekal
Heidelberg
Johannesburg
Transvaal
Volksrust
Natal
Laing
Nek
Depew Praises George Washington At Dunwoodie Seminary
Senator Chauncey M. Depew spoke to St. Joseph's Seminary students in Dunwoodie on George Washington. He defended Boer sympathy among the public in the English Boer War and criticized the Boer Peace Commissioners for not going to Washington directly, preferring an appeal to New York City officials.
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Depew
Yonkers
Chauncey
M. Depew
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Seminary
Dunwoodie
George Washington
City of
New York
Proclamation by Roberts on Johannesburg surrender terms
Lord Roberts reportedly plans a proclamation amid the Johannesburg occupation. It promises immunity for non combatants and returns to farms for burghers who surrender arms and swear not to fight. Private property will be respected except when British property is damaged, and authorities will punish deliberate damage.
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Caph T WN
Johannesburg
Lord Roberts
Premature rejoicings over Pretoria fall in Britain
London reports celebrations erupting in towns as rumors claimed Pretoria fallen. Chester declared a public holiday while Dover and Portsmouth flew flags and joined rejoicings. Joseph Chamberlain, at Birmingham, proposed sending a congratulatory message to the Queen on Pretoria and Johannesburg victory.
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London
Lord Robbists
South Africa
Pretoria
Chester A
Dover
Portsmouth
Joseph Chamberlain
University of Birmingham
Johannesburg
Surrender of Pretoria Sparks Mass Celebration
Reports say Pretoria's surrender to the British triggered wild celebration in St. John's with decorations on shipping and public and private buildings. A torch light procession of policemen, firemen, and societies occurred and a general holiday was declared for tomorrow as demonstrations continue.
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ST. Jotin
Prdtoria
Bermuda observes general holiday after South Africa news
Bermuda marks a general holiday with city illumination bands parading the streets and both whites and negroes singing the national anthem. Cheers for the Queen and Lord Roberts fill the air as South Africa news inspires unbounded enthusiasm.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
South Africa
Queen
Lord Roberts
iF KRUEGER IS CAUGHT
London rumors discuss actions against President Kruger if captured. Proposals include sending him to St Helena or trying him for treason. The Daily Dompress notes Wruger's London agent invested 140000 pounds in Transvaal land and mines before the war, possibly explaining the authorities' reluctance to blow up mines.
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London
Kruger
St. Helena
Dompress
Wruger
Transvaal
Gold consignments to Netherlands Bank wane amid Boer talks
A Brussels dispatch notes steady gold shipments to the Netherlands Bank for the Transvaal Government but smaller than before. It is understood Dr. Leyds has not had power to draw since Boer Peace Delegates arrived.
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London
Brussels
Netherlands
Transvaal
Lord Cecil Manners Captured by Boers
Lord Cecil Manners, serving as a newspaper correspondent, was among prisoners taken during Lord Roberts's advance on May 2. He is the son of the Duke of Rutland from his second marriage and was born in 1865.
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Lord Cecil Manners
Ondon
Lord Roberts
Duke of Rutland
Boers Urged Basutos to Rise in Maseru Correspondence
From Maseru Basutoland dated May 30 a Times report says a found correspondence shows the Boers invited the Basutos to rise and drive the British into the sea. Commandant Crowther’s house yielded the documents. The disclosure comes as London reports on imperial security.
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London
the Times
Maseru
Basutoland
Crowther
Emperor William Sends Telegram on Roberts Victory
London dispatch reports Emperor William telegrammed Queen Victoria congratulating Britain on the success of Lord Roberts, according to The Daily Telegraph Berlin correspondent.
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London
Emperor Wiliam
Berlin
Daily Telegraph
Lord Roberts
Ashantis Burn Haussa Quarters at Ku massie
Report from Cape Coast Castle on May 31 describes the Haussa quarters at Ku massie burned and many Tlavesas killed in the incident.
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Ashantis
Haussa Quarters
Cape Coast Castle
Kumassie
Amend Named City College Trustee After Ridder Refusal
Edward B. Amend was appointed a Trustee of the College of the City of New York to succeed Herman Ridder who refused to accept. The appointment is understood to have been made at Ridder’s suggestion.
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Edward B. Amend
The
College of the City of New York
Herman Ridder
Ridder
Boston Boers Meeting Endorses Pro Interventions Resolutions
In Boston at Faneuil Hall a reception for the Boer envoys featured a large, applauding crowd as resolutions urging U S government to oppose Britain in the war and to intervene were unanimously adopted. Col Thomas Wentworth Higginson presided and voiced support for the South African Republics.
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Boston
United States
Great Britain
Faneuil Mall
Col
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Boer Envoys Hear Warm Boston Welcome and Seek Justice
Boers Mr Fischer and colleagues were received by Mayor Hart and Governor Crane in Boston as they urged sympathy and justice for their cause. They asserted the war continues, noted Boer retreat and claimed British losses, while praising American hospitality and calling for fair treatment.
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Lief
Fischer
America
England
Ingland
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Hart
Parker House
Leary
Thomas G. Gargan
James Jeffrey Roche
Citizens’ Committee
Isilroy
Common Council
Boston
Mr. Fischer
State House
Gov. Crane
House of Representatives
Senate
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Big steel plant planned in Utah coal land deal
Special to The New York Times reports a record coal land purchase negotiation by the Utah State Land Board in Price Utah. The proposed tract 35 miles long and 18 to 20 miles wide stretches toward Emery, with a price near 5 million dollars and Carnegie interests rumored to back the deal.
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New York Times
Price
Utah
Utah State Land Board
Salt Lake Valley
Salt Lake
Carnegie
Emery
NO NEW YORKERS FOR KANSAS FARMERS REJECT PROPOSED ARRIVAL
Topeka Kansas May 31 Kansas farmers oppose a New York plan to send thousands of idle men to Kansas to aid in wheat harvest They reject agitators and eight hour day advocates preferring workers who will harvest from sunrise to sunset and avoid sowing discord.
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New York Times
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
New York
Northwestern Elevated Road Opens for North Side Transit
The Northwestern Elevated Road began passenger service today at noon, expanding Chicago’s rapid transit system to radiate from a union loop to three city sides. Officials celebrated with feasting and speeches as residents of the north side welcomed the new line after six years of anticipation.
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New York Times
Chicago
Gold Discovery Reported in Taylor County Texas
Abilene reports a rich gold find in southeastern Taylor County seven miles north of Content. Old miner samples show gold bearing ore with values of 1207.40 and 2100 per ton. Location is on Jim Ned Creek, thirty five miles southeast of Abilene in broken hilly terrain.
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New York Times
Dallas
Texas
Abilene
Taylor County
Content
H. B. Cook
Denver
Col
Jim Ned Creek
Boone plans sweeping retirements of Cincinnati school leaders
Superintendent Boone aims to retire fifty to seventy long service teachers and principals in Cincinnati public schools including John Akels, George W. Harper, and G F Junkerman. Denials hover around others like J Remsen Bishop and E W Coy as Boone pushes for new, younger staff to fill top roles.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Boone
John Akels
Second Intermediate
George W. Harper
Woodward High School
G. F. Junkerman
J. Remsen
Walnut Hills
E. W. Coy
Hughes High
Board of Education
Robert Goelet Improves After Brookline Steeple Chase
Robert Goelet, thrown from his horse in the Brookline steeplechase on Tuesday, showed improvement today and was conscious at intervals. The incident occurred during the event in Boston, reported by The New York Times.
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The
New York Times
Boston
Robert Goelet
Brookline
Narada Reaches Southampton After Safe Atlantic Run
A cablegram from Captain Brand, master of the yacht Narada, reports the vessel's safe arrival at Southampton today after its voyage from New London. The message confirms all hands and cargo are accounted for and the trip was completed without incident.
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New York Times
New London
Conn
Brand
Henry Weakers
Narada
Enocee
Southampton
Roosevelt Tours Sweatshop District Seeks Strict Enforcement
Governor Roosevelt with James Reynolds and Jacob Riis toured the east side tenement district seeking strict enforcement of factory regulations. He inspected multiple tenements on Elizabeth Street and others finding unlicensed work and dirty conditions and called for licensing only where standards are met. He urged better record keeping and daily Health Department alerts to address complaints and urged inspectors to be held accountable.
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Gov. Roosevelt
James #. Reynolds
Jacob A. Riis
East Side
Houston Street
Consumers’ League
United Charities
League
Elizabeth Street
Mulberry Street
Hester Street
Department of Health
Tenement House Commission
O’leary
Reynolds
Boston
Riis
Rail Fatality on West Thirty-second Street
Robert H. Noble a Weehawken New Jersey provision inspector and dock weigher was killed last evening when a train backed out at West Thirty-second Street and Eleventh Avenue Noble attempted to pass between cars Engineer Gilbert Harden of 259 West Sixty-ninth Street was arrested and jailed at West Thirty-seventh Street Station
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Robert H. Noble
Weehawken
N. J
Thirty-second Street
West Thirty-second Street
Eleventh Avenue
Noble
Gilbert Harden
West Sixty-ninth Street
West Thirty-seventh Street
Porto Rican Teachers Arrive Aboard US Transport
The United States transport Creek reached Santiago de Cuba with a party of Porto Rican teachers bound for New York. The arrival was reported on May 31 with the delegation’s journey already underway.
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Santiago DE Cuba
United States
Creek
New York
New Jersey Democratic Convention Declines Bryan Delegation Instruction
More than a thousand delegates gathered at Taylor Opera House Trenton to elect Kansas City bound delegates. The majority backed a pro Bryan platform while rejecting a Chicago platform instruction. Robert Davis of Hudson led the anti Bryan effort.
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Trenton
N. J
Taylor Opera House
Kansas City
Bryan
Robert Davis
Hudson County
Meyer Zulick
Arizona
Monmouth County
Daly
Burlington
Yamden
Zulick
Dulin
Zalick
Hudson
Thomas Ferrell
Gloucester
Johnston Cornish
Warren
James E. Martine
Union
Michael T. Barrett
Essex
Kruger
Martine
Barrett
Cornish
Ferrell
Davis
George Pfieffer
Camden
Samuel Iredell
Cumberland
Harry H. Postall
Atlantic
W. J. Harrison
Ocean
David Crater
Monmouth
S. O. P. Taylor
Somerset
J. P. Salmon
Morris
W. Howard Lake
Hunterdon
W. B. Gourley
Passaic
Addison Ely
Bergen
E. P. Meaney
Frank McDermit
Edward Hoos
Jersey City
W. D. Daly
James J. Manning
Michael Doyle
McLaughlin and Hill Align Over Democratic National Plan
Ex Senator David B Hill met with Kings County leader Hugh McLaughlin at Remsen Street Brooklyn to sketch a joint stance for the Democratic State Convention. They oppose binding delegates to Bryan and avoid sacrificing principles, signaling a strategic tilt against Croker and the Kansas City instruction move.
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David B. Hill
Brooklyn
Hugh McLaughlin
Kings County Democracy
P. H. McCarren
McLaughlin
Remsen Street
Mr. Hill
Richard Croker
Kansas City
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Senator Hill
Hill
Croker
Moe. Laughlin
Danforth for Vice President in Genesee County Dems
Genesee County Democrats elected Henry C. Bostwick of Batavia John Wiss of Leroy and Lawrence D. Callan of Oakfield as delegates to the State Convention Bryan was endorsed and the Chicago platform reaffirmed with planks against militarism imperialism and criminal trusts recommended Elliot Danforth endorsed for the Vice Presidential nomination A resolution urged the State Convention to instruct delegates to Kansas City
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Batavia
N. Y
Genesee County
Henry C. Bostwick
John Wiss
Leroy
Lawrence D. Callan
Oakfield
Bryan
Chicago
Elliot Danforth
Kansas City
Annual Police Parade Heads Through New York Route
The annual parade and review of the New York police force will start at the Battery at 1 PM with Mayor Van Wyck and Police Commissioners. The parade marches up Broadway to Twenty third Street then Madison Avenue to Fifty seventh Street and Fifth Avenue to the Dewey Arch where Gov Roosevelt reviewed Memorial Day. Chief Devery will lead the mounted column with staff. Capt Allaire acts as Adjutant General. The infantry forms in five regiments, each commanded by a deputy chief and an inspector. Fourteen mounted platoons follow, then bicycle corps. Music, with bands for each battalion, accompanies the march. Capts Schmittberger and Creeden are excused from participation amid Lexow inquiry fallout, drawing mixed reactions from West 100th Street Station patrolmen.
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New York
van Wyck
Dewey Arch
Fifth Avenue
Devery
Anthony J. Allaire
Stephen G. Cook
Stephenson
Thomas
England
McCluskey
Dean
Cooney
William C. Egan
Bicycle Corps
Schmittberger
Creeden
Lexow
West One Hundredh Street
Capt. Schmittberger
4 11 44 Wins Trigger Riot of Prosperity in Negro Policy Areas
Dealers in luxury goods on Sixth and Seventh Avenues near Thompson and Macdougal Streets report a flood of money as the 4 11 44 negro gig slips out. Policy players jubilant, expecting the trio of numbers to hit in daily or nightly draws, with shops paying a dollar for each cent wagered.
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Thompson
Macdougal
Hibernians Hold National Convention in Jersey City
The fiftieth annual National convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians met at Cavanagh's Hall in Jersey City with delegates from eight states and the District of Columbia. James Doharty presided as national delegate. finances showed 173 258.50 in securities and 22 500 in cash. A Bryan resolution was ruled out of order. Boers sympathy and Salisbury critique were adopted. Doharty McKnight and Cavanagh were re elected. Next meeting set for Brooklyn on May 29, 1901.
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William A. Doyle
Coffey
Willoughby Street
Tammany Hall
Bryan
Silver
Kings County
Constitution Club
Schermerhorn Street
Warden Hayes
Brooklyn Democrats
Brooklyn
McLaughlin
Hill
The
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Board of Erin
Cavanagh’s
Jersey City
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Ohio
Rhode Island
California
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
James Doharty
Terence Cassidy
William J. Bryan
Doharty
Lord Salisbury
Krueger
Felix S. McKnight
John Cavanagh
Ex-Judge Curtis Files Appeal Over Irish Ex-Convicts Case
Ex Judge George M. Curtis serving notice of appeal to the Secretary of the Treasury for James Fitzharris and Joseph Muller. Delayed second hearing transcript prevented timely forwarding. appeal will go forward today. Irish defendants to be held at the Barge Office until decision.
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George M. Curtis
James Fitzharris
Joseph Muller
Fitchie
Secretary of the Treasury
Fitzharris
Muller
Washington
Irish Palace Building Association formed in New York
Albany May 31 reports the incorporation of the Irish Palace Building Association of New York City by the Secretary of State. Its aims include mental culture and literary advancement for Irish men and women in New York State and the erection of a Manhattan building for the use of the First Regiment Irish Volunteers. Directors named are Roderick J. Kennedy William H. Walker and Edward Sassin of New York City.
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Albany
N. Y
Irish Palace Building Association of
New York City
New York State
Manhattan
Trish Volunteers
Roderick J. Kennedy
William H. Walker
Edward Sassin
Have You Selected Your Sailor Hat
Advertises a large New York selection at O Neill s located on 6th Avenue between 20th and 21st Streets offering sailor hats as a premier choice for customers.
Policeman Rescues Father and Son From Hudson Street Fire
At 1 am a three story frame building at 261 Hudson Street caught fire. Policeman Murphy raced through the smoke to awaken and rescue John Woranahon, 75, and his son George, 16, who were partially suffocated on the top floor. The blaze caused $500 damage. cause is undetermined.
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Murphy
Hudson Street
John Wornahron
George
Damon's Pythias remark marks arraignment in forgery case
In Jersey City Commissioner Linsley Rowe cites Damon and Pythias while refusing to discharge a prisoner. Vincenzo Fiengo, alleged to forge a $10 money order, was arrested in Westfield New Jersey after a deceptive name swap. Bellatto claims the suspect is actually Prof. Giu seppi de Felice. The case moves to Scranton for forgery charges or to New Jersey for obstructing a federal officer. The prisoner is held at Hudson County Jail under names de Felice and Fiengo.
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Damon and Pythias
United States
Linsley Rowe
Jersey City
Vincenzo Fiengo
Westfield
N. J
Janos Palaggi
Scranton
Penn
Ernest Bellatto
Giuseppi de Felice
Newark
Marshal Burns
Fiengo
Bellatto
de Felice
Rowe
Damon
Pythias
New Jersey
Hudson County
Pastor Chases Burglar in Atlantic City
In Atlantic City at the Arnol apartments Rev. Dr. Frederick J. Stanley pastor of the First Presbyterian Church awoke to a burglar in his bedroom. He lit a match to scare the intruder who fled. the pastor in pursuit shouted stop thief but the thief vanished after a short chase. Only a suit of clothes was taken.
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New York
Atlantic City
N. J
Arnol
Frederick J. Stanley
First Presbyterian Church
Stanley
City Contractor Sued Over Ten-Hour Workday Claim
Justice Andrews signed an order directing Joh J Reynolds to show cause why the city contract for West Fifty-seventh Street should not be halted. Howard Ellis of the Legal Advice Association filed for an injunction alleging ten hour days and nonunion wages. Edna Hannah, bluestone worker, sues as private citizen in a test case that could void city contracts if successful.
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Justice Andrews
Supreme Cour
Joh J. Reynolds
West Fifty-seventh Street
Howard Ellis
Legal Advice Association
Ellis
Reynolds
Edna Hannah
Bluestone
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Lyn
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Newako
RIK
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Richard Morgan
Havana
la Fernandina
Dr. Stanley
Astor Place, Cor, Lafayette, N. Y
Briarcliff Farms
Madison Ave
Seventh Ave
Fifth Ave
Briarcliff Manor
the Wise Mig. Co. Silversmiths
15Th St
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5Th Ave
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