Foreign dispatches note quiet on Pretoria and varied reports
The issue reports Lord Roberts silent on Pretoria operations and war correspondents barred from details. Others cite a May 29 clash in the Free State with heavy British casualties, while Lorenzo Marques offers conflicting Pretoria news. Additional items mention Panamanian rebel threats and various political events.
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Lord Roberts
War Oifice
Pretoria
Free State
Kroonstad
Jindley
Lorenzo Marques
Loubet
Autenil
Gladstone
Yem Ching
Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town Buyers
A brief notice lists arrivals at local hotels and out-of-town buyers visiting the area. The item summarizes recent guest check-ins and notable visitors, reflecting tourism and commerce activity.
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Ivice
Marine Intelligence
Miss Helen Gould Tours Cincinnati Institutions
Special to The New York Times from Cincinnati on June 3 describes Miss Helen Gould visiting Second Presbyterian Church and City Hospital. She toured the children’s ward and chapel, drew a large crowd, praised hospital organization, and planned visits to Berea College and possibly the Chamber of Commerce.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Helen Gould
Second Presbyterian Church
Miss Gould
Chamber of Commerce
Postal Clerks Hire Counsel To Fight For Bill In Congress
The National Association of Post Office Clerks faces controversy over a supposed corruption fund. Ex congressman Campbell and James R Davies allegedly received a $3000 retainer to push a classification bill, with clerks later asked to pay $10 each. Critics call the fund an improper tactic while supporters insist dues cover expenses and denial of any extra assessments.
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Timothy7 J. Campbell
Manhattan
James R. Davies
Brooklyn
United National Association of Post Office Clerks
Congress
Upper West Side
New York
Campbell
Washington
House
Davies
Senate
Post Office
New York City
NEW York Times
Pacific Street
Donnelly
Trolley Car Runaway Crashes Ferry Hill Incident
An Amsterdam Avenue trolley car packed with passengers ran downhill from Fort George toward One Hundred and Seventieth Street, colliding with a disembarking car. Motorman halted it, but women and children jumped to escape. The Kelly family suffered serious spine injury to Mrs. Susan Kelly. other members incurred various injuries. No arrests reported.
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Amsterdam Avenue
Fort George
Seventieth Street
Kelly
West Ninetieth Street
Susan Kelly
Mamie
Tommie
Nellie
Moses Reuben
Henry Street
Reuben
Here, Off at St Louis Luxury Train Schedule
Daily through service departs here after June 2 at 10 00 A M and arrives in St Louis at 2 00 P M the next day. Luxurious car travel with unexcelled meals and reasonable rates. Unrivaled scenery.
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St. Louis
Lackawanna-Wabash Luxurious
Postal clerks oppose bill as a heartless swindle
Washington reports say postal clerks are deliberately robbed by lawmakers who know no repayment is possible. Members of the Postal Committees call the action a swindle on men unable to lose the money. Neither House nor Senate bills to aid clerks have any chance, with the House bill described as slumbering.
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New York Times
Washington
House
Senate
Clerks Allowed to Raise Fund for Classification Bill
The Postmaster General was asked if the department would act on postal clerks raising money to influence passage of the Classification Bill. He said there is no regulation forbidding it, but the policy disapproves of such attempts, and no action likely will be taken.
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Philadelphia
Panama
Machias
Colon
W. J. Bryan
Eliot Danforth
Loud
Gibson
Campbell
Senate
Gorman
Mitchell
Hale
Reed
San Francisco
Washington
Congress
Refineries Begin Restart After Six Months Idle
About five to six hundred sugar workers will return to the Mol lenhauer refinery at Kent Avenue South Tenth and South Eleventh Streets Williamsburg this morning. Frederick D Mollenhauer a refinery director said operations will run at full capacity from today. The Doscherg refinery in Long Island City will stay open and employment is expected to rise.
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Great Britain
United States
Gomez
Havana
Stephen S. Wise
Madison Avenue
Mollenhauer
Kent Avenue
South Tenth
South Eleventh Streets
Williamsburg
Frederick D. Mollenhauer
Doscherg
Long Island City
Ground broken for Jesuit college at St Andrews on the Hudson
Ground will be broken tomorrow near Poughkeepsie for a new Jesuit college to replace the old at Frederick Maryland. Contracts total about 100000 dollars and the buildings will be ready for occupancy at the start of the 1901 02 scholastic year.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
St. Andrew’ s-on-the-Hudson
Frederick
Hyde couple injured in runaway carriage collision
Mr and Mrs William T Hyde of New York City vacationing in Greenwich were thrown from a carriage but sustained only bruises. A runaway caused by a bicycle collision led to the accident as they enjoyed their summer home.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
William T. Hyde
New York City
Police chase over roofs ends fatally in Harlem
A dawn chase of burglars ended on a four story Harlem tenement roof where one man, Alexander Crow, 21, died and another, William Dickson, 20, was seriously injured after falling from a clothes pole. Police say the men were pushed. tenants allege a rooftop fight. James Smith, 27, was arrested for examination.
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East One Hundred and Tird Street
Alexander Crow
David Baird
Harlem
West One Hundred and Twelfth Street
William Dickson
East One Hundred and Third Street
James Smith
Third Avenue
Jow
Tenth Street
East One Hun
Fourth Street
Atrfair
Meyer Robinson
Second Avenue
Robinson
One Hundred and Third Street
Henry Bliss
Louis Sherry
Strong
Keppel
Sherry
Bliss
Smith
No. 205
Harlem Hospital
Branch Post Office U
Blackmar
Crow
Dickson
Scott
Gott
John Dickson
Robert Goelet Improvement Reported After Injury
In Baston on June 3, one physician says Robert Goelet has concussions of the brain from a steeplechase accident at the Country Club ten days earlier. Dr Porter, in charge, says the patient is improving slowly each day.
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New York Times
Baston
Robert Goelet
Country Club
Goelet
Porter
ONeills Mammoth Hat Sale Promises Low Straw Hats
O Neills advertises a mammoth sale on women's straw hats at prices cheaper than production cost. The ad invites readers to shop this season and directs to the Av[enue], 20th to 21st Street for details.
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O'Neill
New York Delegates Back Bryan to Kansas City for President
Democratic leaders at the Hoffman House decide New York to send a delegation to Kansas City pledged to vote for William Jennings Bryan. Ex-Senator Hill appears ready to avoid opposition while a heated platform debate continues among upstate and Tammany factions.
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Academy of Music
Kansas City
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Hoffman House
Hill
New York
Kings County
D. B. Hill
Edward Murphy, Jr
State Committee
Frank Campbell
Augustus van Wyck
James Shevlin
Hugh McLaughlin
John F. Carroll
Thomas F. Grady
P. H. McCarren
William Sulzer
John H. Girdner
Charles F. Murphy
W. F. Mackey
Erie
W. J. la Rouche
Kings
Albany
Murphy
Rensselaer
Richard Croker
van Wyck
Louis F. Haffen
Andrew C. Fields
A. A. McLean
Steorm Emans
C. E. Bloodgood
Elliot. Danforth
E. D. Cutler
Patrick E. McCaln
Francis J. Molloy
J. T. Cunningham
Thomas J. Whitne
Clinton Beckwith
J. H. Flannigan
Doupt
J. M. Carlisle
Thomas H. Dowd
B. J. York
John McCarty
Nicholas
Will Mackey Emerges as Strong Gubernatorial Hope
The article portrays State Senator William J. Mackey of Erie as a leading gubernatorial contender. Backers from across New York State, including Senator La Roche of Kings, believe Mackey can defeat any Republican candidate, even Gov. Roosevelt. His past success as U S District Attorney and broad county support bolster the claim.
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William J. Mackey
Erie
la Roche
Kings
Mackey
Gov
Roosevelt
Mather
United States
New York
Chinese Missionary Murder Shocks Pekin Area
Reports from Peking say Mr. Stevenson of the Yem-Ching Church of England Mission was killed and Mr. Norman is missing. Six men and two women, refugees from Pao-Ting-Fu, arrived. nine remain unaccounted. Cossack riders search for the missing and to ferry food to Yan-Liu-Ching. The Times correspondent notes rising northern tensions as Shanghai natives expect developments.
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Tien-Tsin
Peking
Stevenson
Church of England
Yem-Ching
Norman
Pao-Ting-Fu
Yan-Liu-Ching
Troubles flare at Wei-Hei-Wei boundary fight
Shanghai dispatches report ongoing trouble at Wei-Hei-Wei with a mob attacking a boundary commission. A fierce engagement left many dead as Chinese rioters clashed with troops led by British officers. Major Penecacre and Captain Pereira were killed.
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Tacoma
Washington
Shanghai
Wei-Hei-Wei
Penecacre
Pereira
Li Hung Chang Orders Canton Commercial Bureau
News from Hongkong reports Li Hung Chang orders a Canton bureau with HQ at Lin Hsiohhu house to monitor merchants for the reform party under the pretense of commercial supervision.
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Tacoma
Washington
Hongkong
Li Hung Chang
Canton
Lin Hsiohhu
Reform Party
Rebels Threaten Panama City As War Fears Grow
The Orinoco reports May 31 rebel forces within six miles of Panama. Government troops mobilize, families evacuate Yahoga, and 280 troops arrive from Savanilla to aid the garrison. US warship Machias and Cordova gunboat developments are noted amid a flood of paper money and gold premiums.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Colombia
Panama
Yahoga
Celou
Savanilla
United States
Machias
Colon
Carthagena
Celon
Runaway Survey Team Injures Rider in Brooklyn Incident
In Brooklyn on Eighteenth Avenue near Eastern Parkway a survey team returning from Bath Beach bolted when startled by a cyclist. Patrick Monahan and Frederick Murphy were thrown. Murphy suffered a dislocated right hip and severe bruises and was taken to Kings County Hospital. The others received severe shaking but escaped serious injury.
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Eighteenth Avenue
Brooklyn
Patrick Monahan
St. Mark’s Avenue
Frederick Murphy
Bergen Street
Bath Beach
Eastern Parkway
Monahan
Arkway
Boulevard
Murphy
Kings County Hospital
Suburban Homes Ad Seeks Info From Prospective Buyers
A classified advertisement invites readers to obtain complete information on a variety of suburban homes by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to George H. Daniels at Grand Central Station or by consulting New York Central ticket agents.
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George H. Daniels
Grand Central Station
New York Central
Governor Roosevelt reviews removal affidavit against Mayor Van Wyck
A formal affidavit for the removal of Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck was presented to Gov. Roosevelt by J. F. Einstein for W. R. Hearst The New York Journal. The claim cites Van Wyck as a stockholder in the American Ice Company with city contracts.
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Robert A. van Wyck
Gov
Roosevelt
J. F. Einstein
Einstein & Townsend
W. R. Hearst
New York Journal
American Ice Company
Einstein
Hearst
Oyster Bay
Mayor van Wyck
Justices Named Stockholders Taint Mayor Van Wyck Probe
Gov Roosevelt will review a list of American Ice Company stockholders tied to Mayor Van Wyck. The named stockholders include six New York Supreme Court justices: Barrett Ingraham Fitzgerald Fursman Mc Laughlin and Gildersleeve. They deny or deflect questions about holdings as the probe continues.
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Albany
N. Y
New York City
George C. Barrett
George L. Ingraham
James Fitzgerald
Henry A. Gildersleeve
Edgar L. Fursman
Troy
Chester B.mclaughlin
Port Henry
van Wyck
Augustus van Wyck
Randolph Guggenheimer
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
American Ice Company
West Ninth Street
American Tea Company
See Trust
the Times
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Kansas
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Savannah
Cardinal Gibbons
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Wee
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Jefferson Davis
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Aguinaldo
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Joseph P. Healy
Healy
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van Cott
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TIMES
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Timothy J. Campbell
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Kenny
Carter
MR. Loud
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Danforth
Coler
John T. Norton
Elliot Danforth
Allegany
Chautauqua
Perry Belmont
Suffolk County
Justice
D. Cady Herrick
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Ontario
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Fulton
H. H. Rockwood
Chemung
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Syracuse
W. C. Page
Monroe
John F. Gaynor
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McCarren
Gilmore
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Chicago
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Earnest Eforts
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Niagara
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James Connelly
Brockport
Jacob Gerling
Rochester
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Roy Hughes
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J. F. Barnes
C. F. Hickey
George W. Batten
H. W. Breckinridge
J. J. Kennedy
William Simon
Muller, Asa Bird Gardi
Er. Eigth
Patrick J . Ninth
John B
Drvver
Martin Engel
Sexton, Maurice F. Hola
Amos J. Cummings
John W. Keller
Patrick Keenan
George B. McClellan
O. Nas
A Bowe
Socal Nuuel
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P. F. Meyer
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M. P. Conway
Rice
J. H. Rockwell, James B
Eeee D. Lynn
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F. H. Wilson
C. E. Hart
Conrad Diehl
Buffalo
C. H. W. Auel
Norman E. Mack
Frank L. Bapst
Chicago Platform
Teutonia Assembly Rooms
NEW State Committee
John P. Madden
Shea
John L
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Anthony Burger
Edward Glinnen
Patrick Drvver
Julius Harburger
John T. Oakley
James W. Boyle
John J. Scannell
Daniel F. McMahon
Thomas J. Dunn
Harry Hart
Senator Mackey
Senator la Roche
London
North
Boundary Commission
New Chinese Commercial Bureau
Ice Trust
American Company
Herrick
Prohibition
Nussbaum
Justice Herrick
Ice
Barrett
Ingraham
Fitzgerald
Gildersleeve
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