Kruger's Capture Reports Stir Peacocked War News
London dispatches relay rumors of Kruger captured and Pretoria surrender plans. British silence from Roberts fuels talk of a Pretoria power shift as Boer forces may reassert control, threatening a siege. Reports from Lorenzo Marques and Amsterdam note conflicting claims, with some signs of peace efforts and martial withdrawals.
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London
Kruger
Lorenzo Marques
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Citizens’ Committee
Johannesburg
Ian Hamilton
Daily Chronicle
the Times
Transvaal
Orange River
Ventersburg
Harrismith
Amsterdam
Het Haasje
Kriger
Rebels kill colonial troops at Douglas in Cape Town report
London dispatch from Cape Town says colonial rebels surprised a small British force at Douglas and killed sixteen, including their commander Colonel Spence. No official confirmation yet and report cautioned as unverified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cape Town
Douglas
Col
Spence
Whippings Reported During Boer Repression at Local Station
A May 30 dispatch from the War office describes Boers flogging natives during the occupation of a town. A whip and several knotted cords were found at the police station. A boy delivering a letter to a woman received twenty five lashes and a sympathizing boy fifteen lashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wrybure
Lady Georgiana Cur yon cables £17,000 for Mafeking relief
London reports Lady Georgiana Cur yon has cabled £17,000 to provide comforts and luxuries at Mafeking. The charitable act funds support for troops and civilians during the siege with the aim of easing hardship in the town.
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Mafeking
London
Georgiana Curyon
German papers criticize Roberts proclamation on Pretoria
Berlin dispatch notes widespread German press concern over Lord Roberts planned terms after Pretoria occupation. Critics urge protection for noncombatants and warn amnesty should prevail, arguing punishment of loyal citizens violates international law. Reports say war’s end seems near and Dutch influence may fade with republics dissolved.
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Berlin
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Vossische Zeitung
Kruger
England
South Africa
Lord Rosebery Views on War’s Ultimate Benefits
London June 2 report says Lord Rosebery, amid Liberal leadership rumors, is seen as willing to resume party leadership if a party majority desires it. The Plymouth Mercury letters note his stance on the potential gains of the ongoing war and its political implications.
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Plymouth Mercury
Lord Rosebery
Britain
Mercury
Thord Rosebery
the Times
London
Liberal Party
Canadian boy Ivan Ferguson wins note from Lord Roberts
Special to The New York Times in Chicago on June 1 says Ivan Ferguson, a Canadian by birth, received a letter from Lord Roberts acknowledging Canadian forces in the Boer War. Roberts replies that Canadians have shown splendid services and Ferguson is proud of the Field Marshal’s letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Ivan Ferguson
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Ferguson
Must Pay for Gold Seized by Boers
In London on June 1 Justice Mathews of the Queen's Bench Division ruled that insurance companies must pay policy amounts on gold requisitioned by the Transvaal before the war. Two claims for £100,000 each by mining companies were decided in favor of the plaintiffs, the judge holding no state of war existed at the time of seizure.
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London
Mathews
Queen's Bench
High Court of Justice
Transvaal
Senator Allen Attacks Boer Reception Controversy
Washington June 1 Senator Allen of Nebraska denounced the administrations handling of Boer representatives amid Sundry Civil Appropriation debate. He linked a British ambassador visit to the Boers and criticized Queen Victoria congratulation remarks while alleging Republicans hosted lavish entertainments at Boer expense. He lamented Democratic or Populist exclusion from these events.
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New York Times
Washington
Senator Allen
Nebraska
Congress
Allen
Hay
State Department
Queen Victoria
United States
Great Britain
Invites Boers to Colorado Investment Plan
Governor endorses a plan to relocate defeated Boers to Colorado’s Platte Valley. The Union Pacific Land Company offers one million acres under the Carey Act on Julesburg and Wyoming Divisions. They would transport the Boers and be repaid via installments once settlements prosper. agent E C Wantland travels east to meet Boer envoys.
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Denver
Col
Gov. Thomas
Valley of the Platte
Colorado
Union Pacific Land Company
Julesburg
Wyoming
E. C. Wantland
Union Pacific
Envoys to Visit Lincoln for Personal Interview with Bryan
Gov. Poynter has word from Washington that Boer envoys will visit Lincoln during their Western trip. A city committee moves to arrange reception as the envoys seek a private talk with W. J. Bryan to learn his stance on national policy toward the burghers if elected president. Bryan declines to discuss the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Poynter
Washington
Citisens
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Kumassi relief reported as May 26 entry by Hall
The Colonial Office cites a dispatch from Cape Coast Castle claiming Captain Hall with a relief party entered Kumassi on May 26. Governor Hodgson and refugees were en route to Fumsu, with 3,000 troops marching to aid Kumassi. The report hints at possible enemy action north of Fumsu and warns the rainy season delays punitive action until autumn.
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London
Colonial Office
Cape Coast Castle
Hall
Kumassi
Frederick Mitchell Hodgson
Fumsu
Numsu
Gov. Hodgson
Nigeria
Africa
Census Taking Begins in City With Mixed Reactions
First day reports show census workers, led by Supervisor Charles S. Wilbur, progressing smoothly in the First District despite suspicions among Chinese residents. A Chinese laundryman Charley Lee refused to answer questions, prompting consular proclamations to reassure Mongolians. Interpreters aided multilingual districts while police offered support. Brooklyn reports include livestock counts and residents' cooperation amid widespread curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Wilbur
Wilbur
Mr. Wilbur
Charley Lee
East Sixty-fifth Street
First
Second Avenues
Wilburn
United States
Mott, Pell
Dovers Streets
Merriam
Census Bureau
Ho Yow
San Francisco
Chow Tszchi
Chinatown
Treasury Department
China
Chris
Troubles in Brooklyn Census Takers Overwhelmed by Questions
Supervisor Walter B. Atterbury released more than 600 enumerators into Brooklyn amid a flood of questions and friendly smiles. Three workers quit within an hour, one baffled by how to register a nameless newborn in a South Brooklyn tenement, another deterred by what he called damphool questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mott, Pell
Dovers
Wilbur
Tompkins Avenue
Walter B. Atterbury
Brooklyn
Census Enumerator At White House Reveals Early Contact
In Washington on June 1 census enumerator Henry Ross visited the White House before the President's arrival and filed basic data with Secretary Cortelyou. The President will provide additional information personally or by card if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Henry Ross
Cortélyou
Ss H H Clark Dead In Asheville
S H H Clark a former Missouri Pacific director and Union Pacific president died in Asheville North Carolina. He ranked among the era’s most influential railroad men and was Jay Gould’s ally in the Missouri Pacific system. He began on the Jersey Central Railroad around 1855 and rose through all ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. H. Clark
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Texas and Pacific Railway
International and Great Northern Railroad
Union Pacific Railway
Asheville
N.es
Clark
Jay Gould
Missouri Pacific
Jersey Central Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific System
Union Pacific System
Sidney Dillon
Union Pacific
The
Clarke
Union Pacific Road
St. Louis
Missing 36th Precinct police dog in Morrisania found
The 36th Precinct dog, mascot of the Morrisania mounted unit, vanished during a police parade after Officer Hefferman moved to collect his promotion. Dressed in a full police uniform with Tiffany shield bearing 36, the brindle bulldog may have been seen near the 69th Precinct in Brooklyn where a St Bernard mascot also roams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirty
Sixth Precinct
Stoon
Morrisania
Morrisania Mounted Squad
Tiffany
Hefferman
Roundsman
Apa
St. Bernard
Sixty-ninth Precinct
Brooklyn
Buttons
Sixty-ninth
Subscriptions to Actors' Home fund totaling over three thousand
The New York Herald reports yesterday receipts from numerous donors including Whude Adams and J H Bliss among others. Total for the day 3204 dollars and for fourteen days 56507.25 dollars. Donors span Empire Theatre Co Cleveland W F Cody Liebler & Co and many others with contributions listed in the article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald Fund
Actors’ Home
Whude Adams
Empire Theatre Co
Hyde & Behman
Cleveland
W. F Cody
Rs Walkes
Itis
Alain Man
W. C. Miller
Acnaeco
City Damage Reports Across Manhattan Street List
A long list records damages and amounts across multiple New York streets from early morning to evening. Names like Gottlieb & Son and Feinstein & Co appear with damages ranging from slight to $500. Locations include Hudson Bainbridge East Thirty-second Chrystie Goerck and East One Hundred and Sewentieth, with incidents logged at 5p to 10:15p.
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Hudson Street
John Herpad
Bainbridge Avenue
S. Leoke
Thirty-second
Peee Aamaee
Eighty-fourth
Thomas Smith
Chrystie Street
Louis Tes
Goerck
Gottlieb & Son
Saas
East One Hundred and Sewentieth Street
Morris Westerman
Dam
West Sixty-eighth Street
P. M
Prince Street
Feinstein & Co
Ce Street
G. Lizbion
Louisiana Ring Moves to Repeal Civil Service Bill
New Orleans reports show Democratic control of state and municipal offices pushing for unconditional repeal of the civil service law. Legislators in Baton Rouge and New Orleans leaders vow action, with Gov Heard likely to sign. Judge Moise blocks oath of District Attorney elect Gurley, amid ring pressure and local ire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Orleans
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
House
Senate
Heard
Moise
Gurley
United States
Fugitive Shoots Himself in Chicago Park
Hyman Meretzky of New York, pursued by the terror of prison, shot himself in Lincoln Park last night. His wife, abandoned with five children, sobbed in the Grand Jury ante-room seeking justice, then remember love and tried to aid him as he lay unconscious.
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New York Times
Chicago
Hyman Meretzky
New York
Lincoln Park
Grand Jury
Meretzky
Human Meretzky
J. Friedland
Soldiers With A Bull Run Near Gallipolis
Two military companies from West Virginia Military Academy and Ohio National Guard were chased by a mad bull near Gallipolis Ohio while returning from Mayor Smith funeral in Charleston. Soldiers broke ranks and the Captain ordered bayonet charge. bull withdrew with no casualties.
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New York Times
Columbus
Ohio
West Virginia Military Academy
Ohio National Guard
Gallipolis
Smith
Charleston
Bull Run
Notable Guests Listed by City and Hostelry Names
A list of notable guests and their home cities appears under various New York hotels including Waldorf Astoria Cambridge Grand Plaza Savoy Buckingham Manhattan and more. Names include John Burrows Frank Bulkeley Smith Reed Knox J Wheeler McGee G Shaughnessy E Mack J A Finch and others with affiliations and travels across Baltimore Worcester Pittsburgh Louisville Montreal Cincinnati Spokane Toronto Vancouver and beyond.
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Waldorf-Astoria
John Burrows
Baltimore
Frank Bulkeley Smith
Worcester
Reed Knox
Pittsburg
J. Wheeler McGee
Louisville
Ty. G. Shaughnessey
Montreal
E. Mack
Cincinnati
J. A. Finch
Spokane
Washington
Cambridge
Dr. Wever
Chicago
Baron von Breugel
Danzig
Germany
Savoy
Arthur F. Estabrook
Boston
Buckingham
Overton Lea
Nashville
Manhattan
Benjamin Sommers
St. Paul
Robert Lampson
J. D. Lockwood
San Antonio
Texas
Park Avenue
Loring Andrews
D. S. Potter
Giens Falls
Murray Hill
Frank White
Albany
W. T. Moffat
A. J. MacDonnell
Winnipeg
Fifth Avenue
J. Ross Robertson
Toronto
H. Watts
Montgomery
Ala
J. D. Lippincott
Philadelphia
Astor—Hilburne Chandler
Wilmington
Del
F. von Vorsen
Gemany
Hoffman D. Ross-Ross
Albemarle
Prof
Palmer C. Rickets
Troy
Robert Gilmour
Sturtevant
W. W. Coghill
Birmingham
Arrival of Buyers From Many Cities
A list of buyers visiting New York hotels and suppliers for dress goods nations and furnishings goods. Participants include Hutzler Brothers Baltimore D. Hutzler and J. Gutman Joel & Co Baltimore with 79 Grand Street and Everett House, Gutman Nathan & Co Baltimore 28 Howard Street Hotel Albert, Babbitt & Graham Detroit A. D. Graham dress goods, Drewry Hughes & Co Richmond C Gray dress goods 43 Leonard Street, Hotel Marlborough and more.
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Hutzler Brothers
Baltimore
Richmond
Drewry
White Goods
Worth Street
Marlborough
Gutman, Joel, & Co
W. E. Dyatt
Grand Street
Farlington
Dwyer Brothers Mercantile Company
St. Louis
C. Gray
Leonard Street
Wasserman & Brother. & Co
Philadelphia
Penn
I. Noah
Fancy
Quentin
St. Joseph
Millhiser, M., & Co
S. Hirsch
Nations
Church Street
Hoffman House
Dives
Pomeroy & Stewart
Reading
J.A. Birkey
Walker Street
Albert
Rothschild
Chicago
C. Ww
Toles
Nathanson, R
Washington, D. C
S. Behrend
Prince, Ham & Co
Portland
J. S. Ham
Broadway Central
Davidson & Porter
Laporte
Ind
G. Davidson
Herald Square Hotel
Local Forecast Points to Showers and Cooler Temperatures
Local forecast calls for showers and cooler conditions with south to west winds. Yesterday, rains occurred in the Southwest and spread from the Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley, Tennessee, the lake regions, and Southern New England. Western and Northwestern States saw copious local rains followed by fair, cooler weather.
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Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Lake Regions
New England
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
Missouri Valley
Lake Michigan
Red River
North
St. Lawrence Valley
Gulf
Atlantic States
Mississippi
Ohio
Lake
Middle Atlantic
Atlantic
North Atlantic
NEW York Times
Weather Bureau
P. Ml
P. Mi
the Times
Printing House da
Cenaeseedvasageee Oe Weather Bureau
Postal and Shipping Notices From Tacoma Daily Mails
Public notices detail incoming and outgoing steamship mail schedules for China Japan Hawaii and Australia routes. It lists close times, destinations, and ships like Queen Adelaide Tropic Bird Mariposa Hongkong Maru Empress of Japan Warrimoo and others with dates through June. Also includes post office notices of expected mail arrivals from Japan China and Hawaii via Gaelic Breconshire and Gaelic routes and a daily list of incoming steamships with their origins and arrival dates.
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Transpacific
China
Japan
Philippine Islands
Tacoma
Society Islands
San Francisco
Australia
West Australia
New Zealand
Hawaii
Fiji
Samoan Islands
Campania
New York
Vancouver
Europe
Fiji Islands
Warrimoo
van Cott
Breconshire
Hongkong
Shanghai
Yokohama
Honolulu
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Roberts
Orange River State
Kroonstad
Adelberts. Hay
Choate
Lord Rosslyn
Devil Manners
Mr. Huay
Daily Mail
Lord Osslyn
Dr. Heyman
Richie Eloff
Ressano-Garcia
Valley of the
Platte
Cape Coast
Myrtle Avenue
Blackguard
H. H. Clark
Actors’ Home Fund
B. Altman & Co
Jane
New Yorker
Holland
E. M. Barton
Roland H. Boutwell
B. F. Dillingham
A. W. Mackenzie
Buehler
W. B. van Rensselaer
Grand—Powell Clayton, Jr
United States Army
C. H. Whittaker
Imperial
George E. Taylor
Rochester
F. H. Downes
Lynn
Mass
Walter Nash
George E. Trovey
R. H. Macy &Co
Wailivs
Shipping and Foreign Mails
Gov. Isi
Alps
Jamaica
Christiana
Gibraltar
County of Dumfries
Hamburg
Etruria
Liverpool
Hispania
Horrox
St. Lucia
Island
Stettin
Joquois
Jacksonville
Siagara
Nassau
Retoria
Alerno
Newcastle
Catalina
Havana
Cymric
el Paso
Gardenia
Hesperia
Rio Grande
Brunswick
Vimeira
Concho
Galveston
Friesland
Antwerp
Laurentian
Glasgow
Aller
Alliance
Colon
Floyd
Exeter City
Swansea
Flaxman
Er Luise
Bremen
Lahn
Oceanic
Buceres
Palatia
Pocasset
Werneth Falls
Lynton
Davis
Mauritius
St. Vincent
Czwarkinow, McDougall & Co
Funch, Edge & Co
Syrakusa
Behrmann
Michigan
Laverock
Atlantic Transport Company
Bar
Caracas
Woodrich
Porto Cabello
Ndses
Boulton, Bliss & Dallett
City of Augusta
Daggett
Savannah Mayoy
Ocean Steamship Co
Chesapeake
Delano
Mdse
H. C. Foster
Pola
Towill
Huelva
St. Michael
Sylvania Salt Manufacturing Co
1. Bowring & Co
Kaiser Friedrich
Bauer
Southampton
Cherbourg
Joes American Line
Garlands
Doherty
Cuneo Fruit Co
Jefferson
Dole
Newport News
Norfolk
OM Dominion Steamship Co
Sandy Hook
N. J
Evelyn
Tallahassee
Savannah
Helles
Fortune Island
Chattahoochee
Burton
Wells City
Bristol
Europa
Inagua
Norfolk, &c
St. David
Lyons
Cable
Havre
Georgie
Thompson
Brow
Asama
Fothergill
St. Michael, &c
Manila
Aladdin
Nor
Schrott
Lisbon
Auchenarden
Peat
Calcutta
Suez
Graf Waldersee
Kopff
Ae York
Plymouth
Auguste Victoria
Kaempff
Eagleton
Naples
Karamania
Johnston
Stege
Shields
Buffalo
Loveridge
Sid
Hull
Handel
Penrice
Santos
Johnstone
Ethiopia
Wadsworth
Siid
Moville
Columbia
Vogelgesang
Sempione
Ital
Dodero
Genoa
Tarifa
la Flandre
Gerdes
Dover
Spaarndam
Stenger
Beachy Head
Helies
Janssen
Sandsend
Sli
Ovean
Bowser
Rotterdam
Thingvalla
Laub
Copenhagen
Batavia
Main Sid
Thomas Anderson
Hbr
Beavley
Butt
Lewis
Werra
Wever
Nubia
Borden
Stettin, &c
Algonquin
Alleghany
Kingston
British Prince
Pernamweeee
Buco
NTOS
Cienfuegos
Santiago
City of
Grenada
Grena
Hindoo
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Aawene
Lamslases
Lucania
St. Thomas
Madiana
Oene
Marquette
Mexico
Nuevitas Viseee
Olinda
Peninsula
Azores
Pennsylvania
Ponce
San Juan
Potsdam
Yucatan
Ravensdale
Newfoundland
Silvia
Demerara
Turquoise
Prince
Paranese
Maranham
Ceara
Alamo
Belgravia
Eens
Troquois
Wilhelm der Kaiser Eeere
Wee
Majestic
Noordland
Entenee Patria i
Seneca
Tampico
ASM
Wee Vogel & Sin
Broadway
Cor
Houston St
Steres
Belat AdorTio Duay
Rye
Unites
SOE i Lbkirk
CoPy Reunien
H. B. Kirk & CO
N. Y
28Th St
88Th St
T. M. Stewart
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