Crowding to the Cities Reflects British Rural Decline
London dispatch reports census trends show British villages depopulating while urban centers grow. Low farming mood under free trade persists, with no clear plan to relieve overcrowding as King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra rest at Sandringham awaiting events in London.
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The
New-York Tribune
CABLE
the Tribune
London
Great Britain
Sir Howard Vincent
James Lowther
Henry Chaplin
England
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Sandringham
St. James’s Palace
Russia
Scotland
Glasgow
Boers capture British amid Boer War activity near Kroonstad
London reports Lord Kitchener pressing through the war of attrition while Boers raid the Kroonstad district. They derailed two trains and, after a sharp fight, captured and looted twenty five members of the Prince of Wales's Light Horse before releasing them. Colonel Plumer's force seized a small laager of forty five, including the Transvaal State Engineer Munnick and his father, former Landrost at Boksbure. Mr. Cummings, visiting Durban for the Canadian Government, notes promising Canada Natal trade prospects.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Kroonstad
Prince of Wales’s Light Horse
Plumer
Transvaal
Munnick
Johannesburg
Landrost
Boksbure
Cummings
Durban
Canada
Natal
Plague Cases Rise in Cape Town Across 48 Hours
Cape Town reports sixteen new bubonic plague cases in the last forty eight hours with eight among Europeans. Since the outbreak began there have been 319 cases and 217 deaths.
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Cape Town
Wilson disputes Boer horse inoculation claims
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture has no information supporting English charges that Boer emissaries infected horses shipped to South Africa with glanders. Secretary Wilson doubts the story but notes possible, unverified acts by ship attendants. No inspections were requested or conducted by the department.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
England
South Africa
Wilson
Camden land boom near Philadelphia spurs steel plans
George W. Jessup, Camden Board of Trade member, bought twelve farms between Gloucester City and Mount Ephraim in Western New Jersey for H. C. Frick and partners. Purchases, totaling over 400 acres on one Saturday, hint at investment for a steel plant. Investors back 59 million dollars, with Camden expected to grow to 30,000 to 50,000 people in coming years.
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Philadelphia
the Inquirer
Gloucester City
Mount Ephraim
New Jersey
George W. Jessup
Board of Trade of
Camden
N. J
Inquirer
Jessup
H. C. Frick
Pittsburg
Saturn
Prince Henry de Croy Hidden Jewels on Arrival
Belgian nobleman Prince Henry de Croy aboard the Potsdam arriving from Rotterdam and Boulogne was found to carry concealed jewelry and cash after a Customs inspection at Hoboken. A ring with emeralds, a bracelet, shawls and snuffboxes were seized along with a sealed cash and draft package. The inspector said the property would be confiscated though the owner could recover it after appraisement.
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Prince Henry de Croy
Leopold
Potsdam
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Fifth St
Hoboken
Andrew McCort
Custom House
McCort
Harrison St
Brooklyn
Tribune
P. H. Cray
Washington, D. C
Referees Bill Hearing Draws New York Bar Group
The New York County bar committees chosen by John E. Parsons and ex-Judge Charles F. Brown travel to Albany for Governor Odell’s hearing on the Referees bill. Opposition labels it impracticable and notes the bill shifts referees power to the Appellate Division for New York County. A petition against the measure, signed by over a thousand city lawyers, is to be delivered to Odell.
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Bar Association
John E. Parsons
Charles F. Brown
New-York County
Albany
Odell
Supreme Court
First Judicial District
Appellate Division
New York County
Charles Bulkiey Hubbell
New York
West Eleventh St
Hubbell
Angry Bulldog Bites Man Near Metropolitan Museum
A large bulldog attacked a man on the grass north of the Metropolitan Museum of Natural History. Charles Reilly, 54, and his daughter Grace, 15, were nearby with their terrier Gyp when the dog leapt at them. Reilly was bitten on the calf twice, rushed to Roosevelt Hospital, and a nurse warned his wounds were dangerous. The dog belonged to James Earll, 59 West Seventy sixth Street, who was away yesterday afternoon. Reilly requests the dog be shot.
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Metropolitan Museum of Natural History
Charles Reilly
Eighty-second-st
Central Park West
Grace
Gyp
Julian Goldey
Goldey
Reilly
Columbus Ave
Roosevelt Hospital
Pasteur Institute
James Earll
West Seventy-sixth-st
Earll
Railroads oppose Fifty-ninth street North River bridge plan
The New York and New Jersey Bridge Company faces unanswered questions as Erie, Pennsylvania, Ontario and Western and other railroads with Jersey side terminals dispute Fifty-ninth street as impracticable for freight and passengers. Pennsylvanian backers push a Twenty-third street passenger bridge, arguing it serves more lines and lowers costs, with Pennsylvania Railroad cited as chief backer and supporter of a river crossing closer to Manhattan.
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New York and New Jersey
Raines
Tribune
Erie
Pennsylvania
Ontario and Western
Jersey
North River
Fifty-ninth St
Delos FE
Culver
West Ninety-fifth-st
Fifty-ninth-st
the Tribune
New York
Hudson
Mr. Culver
Pennsylvania Railroad
North River Bridge Company
New York and
New Jersey Bridge Company
Fiftyninth-st
Jersey City
New Jersey Shore
Twenty-third St
Long Island
Staten Island
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania Road
Samual Rea
Pennsylvania Company
Fiftyninth St
Pictures by Telegraph Show Transmitted McKinley Image Novel Method
A telegraph based process quickly reproduces McKinley’s portrait between Washington and New York, using Palmer and Mills equipment. The system, first demonstrated at an American Institute of Electrical Engineers event, can transmit from photograph directly, with minimal setup and rapid turnaround. It promises broader possibilities for electricity driven image transfer. Electric power from the Yuba River to Oakland marks a 140 mile transmission, touted as the longest in the world. A 4,400 foot copper cable span across Carquinez Straits carries 300 feet in the air, with 40 000 volt current and low loss, and further plans include extending to San José.
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McKinley
Tribune
Washington
National Capital
Home
H. R. Palmer
Thomas Mills
Cleveland
Ohio
Conversazione
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
the Tribune
New York
Gray
Palmer-Mills
Amstutz
San Francisco
Yuba
Oakland
Carquinez Straits
Ower
San José
Mond proposes cheap gas to power electric light
London April 29 The Daily Chronicle reports Dr Ludwig Mond has found a method to produce illuminating coal gas at two pence per thousand feet. The discovery could revolutionize electric power cost and influence open hearth steel production.
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London
The
Daily Chronicle
Ludwig Mond
Plague Officers assaulted in Calcutta during disinfection
Calcutta April 28 officials battling bubonic plague faced an assault by natives while disinfecting. Several arrests were made.
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Calcutta
Rampolla Has Not Resigned Denial from Rome
Rome reports the Vatican disputes claims by Patria that Cardinal Mariano Rampolla, Pontifical Secretary of State, has resigned. The Italia confirms Rampolla remains in office despite rumors circulated yesterday.
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Rome
Italia
Patria
Mariano Rampalla
Pontifical
Firemen’s daring rescue of two elderly women at Amsterdam Ave
Two veteran firemen Matthew J. Cummings and John Maclair entered a five story burning apartment at No 1712 Amsterdam Ave to save Mrs Elizabeth Niver and her sister Mrs Elizabeth Moore. Cummings crawled through smoke to reach the women and carried Mrs Moore to safety before returning for Mrs Niver who was severely burned. Mrs Moore remains in critical condition and Mrs Niver is recovering after hospital care.
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Amsterdam-ave
Matthew J. Cummings
John Maclair
Hook and Ladder Company
Martin Wallace
John Moore
Cummings
Maclair
No. 1
Mrs. Niver
Eliza
Mrs. Moore
Fire Department
Change in Cuban Views
Washington reports that Cuban Commissioners, after learning the Platt amendment details, conclude the U S will not annex Cuba while current politics hold and while the amendment remains, and they plan to urge its immediate adoption. The piece notes Republican policy favors antiannexation, while Democratic rhetoric once eyed annexation under statehood promises, with future U S guardianship and tariff considerations shaping Cuba’s political status.
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Washington
Cuba
United States
Havana
the Tribune
Platt
Connecticut
Spooner
Wisconsin
Cockrell
Missouri
Albert J. Beveridge
Grant
Des Moines
Tribune
McKinley
Jefferson
Ostend
Congress
New York
German Millionaire Murdered by Natives at New Britain
Fatally attacked while cruising on his yacht Herr Mercke a German millionaire and his private secretary Herr Caro were killed by natives of New Britain off Papua. Care’s body was eaten prompting Emperor William to order Captain Passchew to lead a punitive expedition from China to avenge the murder.
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Sydney
Herr Mercke
Herr Caro
New-Britain
Papua
Herr Care
Berlin
William
Passchew
Hansa
China
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Bridge Company
New York City
James 8. Clarkson
New York and New Jersey Bridge Company
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M’kinley
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