Boers Acknowledge Complete Defeat In Surrender
Times correspondent reports Vereeniging rebels accepted peace after long negotiations. Boers relinquish independence to save their race, with generous terms on personal matters and main political issues. Language and notes under dispute, repatriation and restocking plans set. Cape Colony rebels may continue briefly.
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London
the Times
Pretoria
Vereeniging
Cape
Cape Colony
Lord Roberts
Lord Kitchener
Retain Grain Duty In Britain War Finance Plan
London reports Sir Michael Hicks-Beach outlined war finances in the House of Commons. The £40 million budget will fund demobilization troop moves in South Africa, Boer prisoner transfers, and garrison needs, with large South Africa garrisons deemed potentially unnecessary in a few months. He also said the extra £15.75 million loan could be dispensed with and pledged continuation of grain duties while resuming the sinking fund to restore credit.
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London
Michael Hicks-Beach
House of Commons
South Africa
William Vernon Harcourt
House
Bourke Cochran Remarks on Boer Surrender Victory
Chicago reporter notes Bourke Cochran said the Boers won a great victory but adds he contends they were paid to surrender. The quote reflects wartime sentiment and political reaction to surrender news.
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Chicago
Bourke Cochran
Boer independence praised after long struggle with England and U S
The speaker argues the Boers won substantial independence while receiving £3 000 000, noting they faced the two most powerful nations and still held out, a view he says marks a victory for the Boers over the English government. He also states he is out of politics and uninterested in the Tammany fight.
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England
United States
Eee
Cochran
Cunard Line Moves to Create British Owned Fast Atlantic Service
The Shipping Gazette reports J Pierpont Morgan not involved in a new all British Cunard Line project. Cunard plans a fast Atlantic service entirely British owned and is seeking government support. Liverpool businessmen show sympathy and backing for the move.
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Mr. Morgan
London
Shipping Gazette
J. Pierpont Morgan
Cunard Line
Cunard ‘Line
Morgan
British Mercantile Marine
the Shipping Gazette
Liverpool
Combine
Morgan Burglar Remanded
John Barkley pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey after a Bow Street remand for attempting to break into J Pierpont Morgan Jr s London house. Police sought identification by American authorities before sentencing. A struggle yielded an American revolver Yale keys and lockpicks.
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London
John Barkley
Bow Street
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr
Old Bailey
Barkley
Jimmy
Virchow Trials Borax Use Across Eightieth Birthday
Berlin reports medical men debate borax as a health aid after Prof. Virchow, renowned physiologist, reveals long term daily borax use. He marked his eightieth birthday by taking a double dose, prompting renewed discussion on potential benefits and risks.
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Berlin
Germany
Virchow
No Rebellion Reported at Kawangsi in Hong Kong Dispatch
The Times correspondent reports at Hongkong that there is no rebellion at Kawangsi though armed bands terrorize locals and raid stations. Town attacks are unfounded and frightened officials have exaggerated the danger.
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London
The
Times
Hongkong
Kawangsi
Red Cross Conference Advocates Protection of Symbols
At the St. Petersburg dinner for International Red Cross delegates Prof. Martens lauds American humanitarian care in cities. Resolutions urge nations to bar Red Cross symbols from commercial use and require six months notice to manufacturers. Belgian Ambulance Corps calls for strict oversight of private relief expeditions and red cross recognition only by societies. Proposals urge international bureaus for prisoner information and action to ratify Article X of The Hague Convention.
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ST. Petersburg
International Red Cross Conference
Martens
University of
Red Cross
Belgian International Ambulance Corps
Red Cross Society
Yvonne de Treville Debuts at Opéra Comique in Paris
Miss Yvonne de Treville, formerly with the Castle Square Opera Company in America, sang Lakme at the Opéra Comique in Paris last night and was recalled three times after each act. Critics praise her voice for great purity and power and highly her performance.
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Paris
Yvonne de Treville
Castle Square Opera Company
America
Opéra Comique
Lakme
William Clark Improves After Illness in Bath
London June 4 William Clark head of the Clark thread industry has suffered gout and influenza at Bath England and is now improving in health.
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London
William Clark
Clark Thread Industry
Bath
England
Fresh Air Home Opens in Montclair for Sick Children
The Fresh-Air Home on Grove Street Montclair officially opened led by Mrs H H Dodd of New York. It aids sick children from crowded New York tenements and works with settlement workers. Six wards from Dr Felix Adler are already present and gardening for pastime.
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Montclair
N. J
Grove Street
Re H. Dodd
New York
Felix Adler
Westinghouse Injunction Denied Over Tesla Patents
Judge Lacombe of the US Circuit Court refused Westinghouse Electric’s request for an injunction against Stanley Electric, ruling the case lacked jurisdiction because Stanley operated in Pittsfield Massachusetts. The patent infringement issue itself was not addressed.
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Westinghouse
Lacombe
United States
Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company
Stanley Electric’. Company
Nicola Tesla
Westinghouse Company
Stanley Company
Pittsfield
Mass
Lord Kitchener Leaves for England
The Times of Natal reports Lord Kitchener has departed to England while Gen. Lyttelton acts as Commander in Chief in South Africa. Boer surrender votes at Vereeniging total fifty four to six with plans for surrender and postwar relief arrangements under way.
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Durban
Natal
Times of Natal
Lord Kitchener
England
Gen. Lyttelton
South Africa
Pretoria
Transvaal
Vereeniging
Church Square
Baden-Powell
Botha
de la Rey
Europe
Schalk-Burger
Gen. Beyers
Rand
Kitchener Made Viscount and General in Britain
London announces Lord Kitchener has been created a Viscount and promoted to General. A government offer proposes a grant of 50 900 pounds to the war hero, opposed by Irish Nationalists. King Edward orders special thanksgiving services for peace in South Africa on Sunday.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Edward
House of Commons
A. J. Balfour
John Dillon
William Redmond
Swift MacNeill
Kitchener
Lord Roberts
Loudon
South Africa
Tragic Death by Own Action in Long Island City
Mary Denner eighteen, working in a Manhattan cigar factory, leapt from the Thirty fourth Street ferry Long Beach after a quarrel with husband Charles Denner eighteen. A passerby attempted rescue but failed. They lived on Freeman Avenue Dutch Kills, married five months.
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Long Island City
Mary Denner
Long Beach
Manhattan
Charles Denner
Rhoades
Third Street
Freeman Avenue
Dutch Kills
Manhattam
J J Hill Speaks On Commercial Expansion
In Chicago on June 4 James J Hill president of the Great Northern Railway addressed a large Illinois Manufacturers Association dinner. He urged robust commercial expansion as a national goal and praised railways as essential to growth and prosperity.
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Chicago
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway Company
Illinois
McKinley
Hill
Great Britain
United States
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Congress
Russell Sage Out Riding Finds Sage in Good Health
Dr. John P. Munn visited Russell Sage at 506 Fifth Avenue for an hour last evening. Sage, who had a brief illness, is now all right and has decided to take a vacation. He plans no trip downtown tomorrow as things are running smoothly.
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John P. Munn
Russell Sage
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Sage
Columbia Gets South Field for Columbia University
The New York Hospital accepts a 1.9 million dollar offer from Columbia University friends to buy two blocks in front of the campus known as South Field. Subscribers include James Stillman Archer Huntington Edwin Gould and other prominent financiers. Title passes Oct 1 with a one year option for the university to buy at cost, for future expansion. use as athletic field is possible only until needed for buildings or lecture halls.
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New York Hospital
Friends of Columbia University
University
James Stillman
Archer M. Huntington
H. McK. Twombly
Isaac N. Seligman
Edwin Gould
Samuel Thorne
George F. Peabody
D. Willis James
James Speyer
William E. Dodge
Stuyvesant Fish
Henry Villard
York Realty Corporation
Rabbi Hirsch Unmoved by Rabbinical Commission Report
Dr Emil Hirsch of Temple Israel in Chicago rejects New York Rabbinical Association resolutions declaring him no longer a Jew. He says no body governs independent congregations and Sunday services do not alter his belief. Rev Joseph Silverman of Chicago denies any truth to the report and notes the meeting lacked a chair due to the president's absence.
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Chicago
Emil Hirsch
Temple Israel
New York
Rabbinical Association
Dr. Hirsch
Joseph Silverman
Silverman
State injunction against beef trust issued in Albany
Justice Chester grants a permanent injunction under the Donnelly anti trust law restraining Armour Swift Cudahy Hammond Swarzschild and Nelson Morris from price fixing or supply agreements in New York State. The order bars uniform credit and cartage terms and directs compliance until further court order. A. B. Boardman says Packers will obey and continue normal operations.
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Albany
N. Y
Chester
West
Troy
D. W. Meredith
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
Hammond Company
Swarzschild & Sulzberger Company
Nelson Morris
Edward Morris
Ira N. Morris
Copartners
Nelson Morris & Co
Davies
Meredith
Armour & Company
Swift & Company
Supreme Court
A. B. Boardman
Boardman, Platt & Soley
Grosscup
United States Court
Chicago
Supreme Court Overrules Motion Against Packers in Missouri
The Missouri Supreme Court overruled the packing companies motion to quash the information filed by the Attorney General. It ordered a writ of ouster against Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing Co and suspended it on condition of complying with state corporate laws within five days. Other packers have until June 18 to respond.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court Today
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing Company
Millionaire jurors pack court for $240 claim
Theodore B. Starr sueing as administrator for damages to books and furniture in a lease dispute involving 121 Madison Avenue owned by Mrs. Rosalie Hay. The Seventh District Civil Court case before Justice Herman Joseph was dismissed after arguments by attorney Philip Carpenter.
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Herman Joseph
Seventh District
Theodore B. Starr
Fifth Avenue
Theodore B. White
Madison Avenue
Rosalie Hay
White
The Scramble for Wealth Debate at Princeton Leader
Francis L. Patton of Princeton University warned at a Chicago Presbyterian Social Union meeting that love of luxury threatens American national life. He argued national conscience suffers when free fortunes are pursued at the expense of conscience and honor.
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Chicago
Francis L. Patton
Princeton University
Presbyterian Social Union
Patton
American
Marconi System Expands Wireless Stations Coast to Coast
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company completes a Sagaponack station near Bridgehampton to support Nantucket Maritime information. The American Line plans Marconi installs on ships St Louis and St Paul. Coast Survey and Signal Corps contract for Alaska use. Primary station at South Wellfleet, Cape Cod, to handle transoceanic messages by June 22.
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Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Sagaponack
Bridgehampton
Eiis
Nantucket
American
Marconi
Philadelphia
St. Louis
St. Paul
United States Coast Survey
DET Ceate
United States Signal Corps
Alaska
Outh
Wellfleet
Cape Cod
Ping-Pong Championship at Columbia Club
The Columbia University Club hosted a smoker and dinner with a championship ping-pong match between Lewis N. Chase and Charles P. Read. The match, played on a special table in the lower dining room, featured deuce-filled games with Chase winning the first set 10 to 3.
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Columbia
Columbia University Club
Pease
Lewis N. Chase
Charles P. Read
Chase
Read
California
Lightweight worsted suits and shoes at Vogel & Son
A soft light undressed worsted ideal for summer suits. New effects shown with sack suits priced at 18 dollars. Also featured are "Every Size" low shoes at 2.50 dollars. WM. VOGEL & SON, Broadway Houston Street.
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WM. Vogel & Son
Broadway
Houston ST
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RED Cross Conference
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