British Dispatches Report Relived Communications in Natal
London reports two hopeful war items as Roberts forces near Laings Nek and Buller gains local control of railway links. Telegrams describe north and south troops mending lines from Bloemfontein to Kroonstad, with victories, evacuations, and pursuit of Boer commandos amid ongoing railway repairs and casualties.
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London
Lord Roberts
Red Vers Buller
Laings Nek
Bloemfontein
War Office
Elly-Isenny
Hloningspruit
Roodeval
America
Knox
Hunter
Kroonstad
Builer
Joubert
Volksrust
Laing
Nek
Manjuba
Clery
Ingage
Buller
Natal
Charlestown Flats
Second Dorsets
Third Cavalry
Iketini
Hildyard
Derbyshires
Winger
Machadondorp
Steenkamp
Froneman
Dupley
Fourie
Nel
Jiward Methuen
de Wet
Lorenzo Marques
Middleburg
Lord Methuen
Rundle
Brabant
Orange River Colony
Lichtenburg
Johannesburg
Britain Eyes Crown Colony Route for South Africa
London reports government plans for civil settlement of South Africa making the Orange River Colony and the Transvaal Crown colonies with Milner as High Commissioner. Autonomy rejected, troops to stay for a period, possible Transvaal partition to Natal, Fitzpatrick to Cape Town for Milner advisory committee work.
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London
South Africa
Orange River
Transvaal
Alfred Milner
West Indies
Sierra Leone
Ceylon
Colonial Office
Centrres
Bloemfontein
Wkroenstad
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Natal
Mr. Chamberlain
J. P. Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Cape Town
Premier Schreiner reshapes Cabinet after resignations
Cape Town notes Premier Schreiner moves to re form the Cabinet following the resignations of Treasurer J X Merriman, Public Works Commissioner J W Sauer, and Minister without portfolio Dr T C Water. Bond caucus drew sharp criticism.
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Cape
Town
Schreiner
J. X. Merriman
J. W. Sauer
T. C. Water
South Africa Debate Over Rebel Amnesty Policy
The Bond led by Hofmeyr and Te Water favors general amnesty for rebels. Schreiner promotes a policy backed by the Imperial Government proposing a special tribunal to try rebels, with convicted leaders jailed and permanently disfranchised, and widespread disfranchisement for ranks and file.
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Messrs Hofmeyr
Te Water
British Offers Reported to End War Through Negotiation
A dispatch from Machado dorp dated June 10 reports that Louis Botha and Delarey have received offers of 410,000 a year to lay down arms. President Ipriger, Steyn, and De Wet are expected to receive similar offers. President Wri ger thinks Britain aims to end the war by cheaper terms than continued fighting.
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London
Daily Express
Machadodorp
Ipriiger
Louis Botha J
Delarey
Steyn
de Wet
Wriiger
Mining Chamber Deputation Heads to Johannesburg
The Colonial Office reports a telegram from Sir Alfred Milner stating 580 representatives from 131 mining and related companies will go to Johannesburg when Lord Roberts allows. Milner says efforts continue to reopen business but cautions Witlanders from returning until transport and food supply are stabilized.
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London
Colonial Office
Sir Alfred Milner
Chamber of Mines
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Lord Roberts
British Force in Swaziland Followup by Port Elizabeth
A Port Elizabeth dispatch dated June 11 explains reports of a British force moving through Swaziland. The Doris cruiser returned from Kosi Bay with whaleboats for landing an armed force, aimed at Swaziland, but Boers learned of the expedition and the landing did not occur.
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London
Swaziland
Port Elizabeth
Doris
Kosi Bay
War Office reports 23,064 casualties through June 9
The War Office casualty total stands at 23,064 up to June 9, plus 792 officers and 12,355 men sent home as invalids. The figures exclude sick in South African hospitals.
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London
War Office
Taunton Town Council Receives War Fund Donation
London report says Taunton Town Council receives a 69 pound donation from Taunton Massachusetts citizens for the Mansion House War Fund.
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London
Taunton
Mass
Mansion House War Fund
Texas Rancher Killed at Lindley
London June 12 reports among Yeomanry casualties at Lindley is W. T. Power proprietor of the Canyon Ranch in North Texas and son of Sir W. T. Power.
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London
Yeomanry
Lindley
W. 7T. Power
Canyon Ranch
North
Texas
W. T. Power
German tariff agitation stirs support for existing treaties
Berlin groups plan joint autumn meetings backing current commercial treaties as the Reichstag prepares a new tariff bill for next winter. Leaders of Freisinnige and Moderate Radical parties backed continuing the policy with no grain duty hike, while National Liberals favor higher agricultural duties.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Society of Berlin Merchants and Manuacturers
Freisinnige
Dr. Warth
Prince Frederick Leopold Forgiven and Appointed
Berlin June 12 Emperor William names Prince Frederick Leopold commander of the Division of Guards at Potsdam. The act ends his banishment begun after the princess skated on a public pond and fell through the ice. The Emperor had previously refused forgiveness and return to Potsdam.
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Prince Frederick Leopold
Berlin
William
Potsdam
Cassel
Swedish Turners Arrive for Berlin Exhibition Tomorrow
Swedish Turners arrive from Paris and will present an exhibition before the Ministry of War and high officials in Berlin. Emperor William is expected to attend. An evening contest between Swedish and German Turners follows before municipal authorities and teachers.
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Berlin
Paris
Ministry of War
William
Rochester and Pittsburg Coal Agency in Europe
Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company has established a general agency at Leipsic to service Europe. It will offer immediately 100000 tons of bituminous coal at a price making importation feasible.
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Berlin
Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company
Leipsic
Europe
German Textile Workers Discharged En Masse
Berlin June 12 Aachen Association of Employers of Textile Workers votes to discharge ten percent of the weavers due to lack of work.
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Berlin
Aachen Association of Employers of Textile Workers
St Louis Street Car Strike Quiet as Service Returns
June 12 report says no major developments in the street car strike with service on all city lines, some above schedule. Police and posse protection cited. more workers hired and night service continuing. Southern Electric line operates amid difficult protection in wounded districts.
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St. Louis
Baumhotz
Swallows a Diamond Young Man Accused of Stolen Earring
Charles Leonard of 2 Hall Place is charged with snatching an earring from Blanche Wilson of 215 West Thirty-first Street. Leonard allegedly swallowed the earring to avoid arrest as he fled toward Seventh Avenue and was captured by Roundsman Corey at the West Thirtieth Street Station. An ambulance surgeon treated him after he coughed and gagged at the desk. Leonard denied the Worms story.
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West Thirtieth Street
Charles Leonard
Hall Place
Blanche Wilson
West Thirty-first Street
Wilson
Leonard
Seventh Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Corey
West Point Holds Ceremonies and Graduations Open to Public
Gen El Well S Otis and aides arrive as cadets salute and officers review. Gen Miles presides over dress parade with Otis Chaffee Brooke Gates present. Memorial Hall dedication honors West Point graduates. alumni banquet and reception follow.
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West Point
N. Y
el- Well S. Otis
Stanley
Slayden
Hudson River
New York
Col. Hein
Col. Mills
Adjt
Rivers
Brooke
Nelson A. Miles
Corps of Cadets
Miles
Otis
Chaffee
Gates
Col
Hein
Root
Viele
United States
Army of the United States
Post
West Point Graduates Listed by Merit in 1880 Class
The West Point graduating class standings were announced with 56 names listed in order of merit. The top five are designated as star members with full branch choices, followed by groups allocated among artillery cavalry infantry and ordnance, with remaining graduates choosing cavalry or infantry only.
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West Point
N. Y
George B. Pillsbury
Lowell
Mass
Edward M. Adams
New Orleans
Gustave R. Lukesh
Akron
Ohio
Edmund M. Rhett
Charleston
John R. Slatery
Athens
Charles R. Lamson
Gloucester
Francis A. Pope
Topeka
Kan
Gilbert A. Youngberg
Cannon Falls
Minn
Stanley B. Hamilton
Reno
Joseph A. Gear
Reading
Penn
Frank Whitlock
Winona
Charles F. Martin
Claredon
Ark
Robert FE. Wood
Kansas City
Willis V. Morris
Dayton
Washington
William P. Stokey
Canton
William I. Westervelt
Corpus Christi
Texas
Edwin G. Davis
Samaria
Idaho
Walter S. Grant
Ithaca
Frederick L. Buck
Erie
Jay P. Hopkins
Cassopolis
Mich
Charles M. Wesson
Centreville
L. T.hilman
Indianapolis
Ind
Upton Birnie, Jr
Philadelphia
Archibald H. Sunderland
Degvan
Ills
Clarence Deems, Jr
Baltimore
Raymond H. Fenner
Virginia City
Mont
Morton C. Mumma
Findlay
Charles L. J. Frohwitter
Boston
Frank P. Amos
Kimball
Neb
Edward P. Nones
Louisville
Herman Glade
Brundwick
Arthur P. Shide
Port Chester
Clifford C. Carson
Muncie
Harry E. Mitchell
Mattoon
Julian A. Benjamin
Garrison
Ernest K. Allen
St. Louis
John Watson
Merriam
Samuel R. Gleaves
Wytheville
Vario
Frank S. Bowen
Sharonville
Fred C. Doyle
Lewis
Merry
San Antonis
James P. Robinson
Ottawa
James Goethe
Varnville
S.C
Robert E. Jackson
Middletown
Conn
Varie S. D. Dixon
Dixon, Ky
Verin Lv S
Rockwell
Monroeton
Pressby K. Brier
Winsboro
S. C
George T. Perkins
la Crosse
Wis
Joan W. Wilen
Martinsburg
West Va
John McManus
Chester
George B. Comly
Augustine McIntyre
Chattanooga
Tenn
Charles G. Harvey
Ilc
Wilkesbarre
Deaf and Dumb School Graduates Shine at 82nd Commencement
At the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb on the Hudson, eighty-second annual commencement featured sign language translations by Principal J. H. Currier. Cadet Louis A. Cohen and Smil Mayer spoke in sign, the 400-strong student battalion was praised by Gen. Francis V. Greene, and kindergarten pupils performed with finger-spelled songs and acts.
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New York Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Hudson River
Deaf and Dumb
Temple of Silence
Thomas Galllaudet
Graver
Charles A. Stoddard
Audubon Park
Louis A. Cohen
iSmil Mayer
Cohen
Francis V. Greene
Class graduates with prize distribution and valedictory
Edward Rappolt gave an essay and John Keiser, recipient of the Holbrook Gold Medal, delivered the valedictory at the institute's graduation. Prizes and diplomas were distributed to the graduates.
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Edward Rappolt
John A Keiser
Holbrook
Institute For General Excellence
Vassar Class Day Draws Record Attendance In Outdoor Ceremony
Poughkeepsie June 12 The class day exercises at Vassar College drew the largest crowd in the institution’s history. The ceremony outdoors behind Raymond House featured a palm backdrop, a long white muslin path, and a daisy chain by the juniors. Edward Atwater elected trustee. a $50,000 infirmary gift from Caroline Atwater noted. Prof Pilcher appointed art instructor. Phi Beta Kappa address by Prof Giddings criticized women’s clubs. honors awarded to several students.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
Vassar College
Raymond House
Junniors
Estelle Rice Armstrong
Detroit
Alice Prentice Barrows
Lowell
Mass
Miss Barrows
Eunice Rockwood Oberly
Washington
Vilda Sauvage
Newark
Eleanor Kendrick Samson
Bernberg
Maude Louise Ray
Franklin
Strong Hall
Annie Maria Crater
Freehold
N. J
Lucia Cole
East Orange
Edward S. Atwater
Cyrus Swan
Atwater
Caroline Swift Atwater
Louis F. Pilcher
Wesleyan
Columbia
Henry van Ingen
Pilcher
University of Pennsylvania
Phi Beta Kappa
Franklin H. Giddings
Vassar
Prof
Giddings
Andrews
Brownell
Burnham
Dorrance
Harmon
le Roy
Perry
Schmidt
Trowbridge
Vaile
Lovett
Ware
Barnard College Class Day Highlights and Graduates
Barnard College seniors held their annual class day in the Brinck erhoff Theatre with 39 graduates. The program featured roll call prophecy president's address class song and a valedictory. The Columbia seniors attended as guests of honor and the audience joined in a Columbia cheer. Notable graduates named include Theodora Baldwin Agnes Blossom Florence Lippincott Berg and many others.
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Barnard College
Brinckerhoff Theatre
Barnard
Columbia
Sone
Jeannette Bliss Gillespy
Florence Lippincott
Uates
Zim Brick
Comence Theodora Baldwin
Willina Barrick
Agnes Margaret Blossom
Elizabeth Eggleston Bryant
Valentine Laura Chandor
Dwight Dale
Susan Matilda Germann
Mary Loeckerman Goldsborough
Mildred Hubbard
Flor Keagly
Eleanor Keller
Stella Frances i
Ingsbury
Flor- Helen Cole
Margaret Crawford
Florence Ence Hutchinson
Louise Karger
Esther Elizabeth Hoffman Maplesden
Hilda Newelle Heller Schwed
Cora Cernot Scott
Flor- Mery Caldwell Woodhull
Alumni Gifts and Debates Highlight Princeton Dinner
Princeton reports $25,000 gift from Morris K. Jesup for an unspecified object, $300 annual bonds from Mrs. James McLaughlin for a classical fellowship, and $1,800 by the class of 82 to a fellowship fund. The event featured gymnastic displays, a Lynde prize debate, and a reception with notable guests including ex-President Grover Cleveland. The Board of Trustees backs alumni voice on the board, effective by 1901.
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Princeton
N. J
Patton
Morris K. Jesup
New York
James McLaughlin
Pittsburg
Penn
United States
George Armour
Brokaw Memorial Building
Prospect
Grover Cleveland
H. Stafford Little
Dean
Samuel R. Winans
M. Taylor Pyne
Alexander Hall
Porto Rico
Samuel Bryan Scott
William Sanders Elliott
John Bailey Kelly
Joseph Hall Hill
Joseph Addison Jones
Samuel McDowell
University Casino
Philip Hay
Christopher Augur
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Pyne
Bayard Stockton
University Board of Trustees
Drake University to Receive 500000 From Ex Gov Drakes Estate
Des Moines reported at Drake University commencement that ex Gov Drake named the school a joint heir to his estate valued at 3 million dollars. The university will get 500000 while about 200000 already was allocated to it.
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Des Moines
Drake
Drake University
Ice Trust denies price cut as independents offer 25 cents
American Ice Company officials continue to deny a price reduction while independent dealers in East Seventieth Street and parts of Brooklyn promote ice at 25 cents per hundred. Rumors of a Manhattan Ice Company surface as legal proceedings against Ice Company officers proceed in Special Sessions Court.
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Morse
Schoonmaker
Gaynor
American Ice Company
Trust
East Seventieth Street
Brooklyn
Ice Trust
Rockland Lake Ice Company
Clarence J. Shearn
Einstein & Townsend
Gardiner
Zeller
Shearn
Court of General Sessions
Court of Special Sessions
Special Sessions Court
Nussbaum
Chester
Albany
Smyth
Japan Bead and Bamboo Curtains at 93 Value
A rare collection features Japanese bead and bamboo curtains offered at a premium value of 93. The item is presented as a full width and length decorative piece with noted craftsmanship and period appeal. Enthusiasts seek authentic traditional screens for interior design.
Governor Roosevelt Deliberates in Ice Trust Case
Albany June 12 Gov Roosevelt meets with Attorney General Davies and Judge Coyne to review evidence from Justice Gaynor’s Saturday proceeding on the Ice Trust matter. He offers no statement on Mayor Van Wyck’s removal and says no report from the AG is expected for a week to ten days, likely after the Republican National Convention.
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Albany
Roosevelt
Davies
Coyne
Gaynor
van Wyck
Rochester
Bail for Woman Acid Thrower in Manslaughter Case
Annie Ryan, indicted in November for second degree manslaughter over an August acid attack on Mrs. Sarah McCarthy on Third Avenue, was released on bail of 3000 dollars after a coroner's jury exonerated her companion case. Hotel man James H Breslin provided security totaling 10000 dollars at the Court of General Sessions yesterday.
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Annie Ryan
Sarah McCarthy
Third Avenue
McCarthy
Ryan
James H. Breslin
Beal Charges Bankers Life Violated Insurance Law
John P Beal of Alleghany County Penn files complaint with New York State Superintendent of Insurance Hendricks alleging Bankers Life Insurance Company violated the insurance law and Penal Code. He says the firm discriminates against ordinary plan policyholders by issuing board or syndicate contracts and establishing secret renewal commissions funded by company expenses. He seeks a hearing and, if proven, action by the Attorney General to restrain violations.
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Albany
John P. Beal
Alleghany County
Penn
Bankers’ Life Insurance Company
New York City
Hendricks
Beal
Nightly damage report from Frankfort Street to Grand Street
A sequence of property damage incidents listed by time and location across Manhattan addresses from 12:10 A M to 10:15 P M. Entries name various victims and firms such as The New York Journal and The New York Tribune, Crane Finnman, Emanuel Gold, Joseph Goldstein, and others with damages ranging from slight to 1900 dollars.
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Frankfort Street
The
New York Journal
New York Tribune
Greene Street
Crane & Finnman
Madison Street
Emanuel Gold
Fir Avenue
Joseph Goldstein
Bleecker Street
H. Weitzer
East Seventy-ninth Street
Rosensto
Elias Mates
West One Hundred and Thirteenth Street
Grand Street
Goldberg & Block
West Twenty-seventh Street
Robert Thompson
Fire losses at Orton Brothers straw hat factory
Fire in a storeroom at the Orton Brothers straw hat factory in Foxboro Mass causes about 10000 dollars in stock damage insured. The building sustained minor damage.
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Foxborough
Mass
Orton Brothers
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