Trust Inquiry Blocked In Prohibition For Ice Company Officials
Albany June 2 The Tammany led American Ice Company seeks to test the anti trust law of 1899 and block testimony before referee Myer Nussbaum. Judge Herrick issues writs of prohibition delaying exams of Charles W Morse and officers, with Mayor Van Wyck and others potentially named later. The action aims to preserve constitutional questions while witnesses may be compelled later.
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Albany
Tammany Ice Trust
The
American Ice Company
Senator Donnelly
Tammany Hall
Charles W. Morse
Myer Nussbaum
Ice Trust
D. Cady Herrick
Supreme Court
Davies
Morse
Nussbaum
van Wyck
John F. Carroll
Mr. Nussbaum
David Wilcox
Herrick
Wilcox
Mr. Morse
Tammany
Augustus van Wyck
Tammary Hall
Justice Chester
Justice Herrick
State of
New York
John C. Davies
Emery A. Chase
Daly, Hoyt
Mason
Justice Chase
Anti-Trust bill clears House amid party friction
The House passed the Sherman Act amendment by 237 to 1 amid a Democratic Populist surge and Southern bloc pressure. The measure broadens definitions, increases penalties, and allows threefold damages for violations, while dissenters warned of constitutional limits. A separate Sundry Civil bill also advanced.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Mann
Illinois
McRae
Arkansas
Supreme Court of the United States
Kansas City
United States
United States Circuit and District Courts
Watson
Indiana
Naval Academy
Grout
Astoria
Ore
Ray
Judiciary Committee
Overstreet
Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
Senate
Armor Plate Trust
Terry
Congress
Messrs. Swanson
Virginia
Driggs
New York
Bellamy
North Carolina
Messrs. Cannon
Moody and McRae
Babcock
Wisconsin
Grosvenor
Dolliver
House
Messrs
Aldrich
Alabama
Alien
Maine
Batley
Long
End of War Sparks Talk of a Reorganized Cabinet
London dispatch notes war's end leaves Britain debating a dissolution of Parliament and a reconstructed government. Ministers, led by Roberts and Kruger, plan annexation of the Transvaal, army reorganization, and permanent colonial forces as election dates loom. Liberal leaders seek unity to offer an alternative cabinet before voters while foreign affairs draw wary scrutiny.
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Stock Exchange
Johannesburg
Roberts
Kruger
Transvaal
South Africa
United Kingdom
Birmingham
Mr. Balfour
Chamberlain
Colonial Office
War Office
Lord Salisbury
Lord Rosebery
England
William Harcourt
Malwood
Henry Campbell-Bannermas
Glasgow
Bryce
Aberdeen
John Morley
Oxford
Morey
Liberal Party
Herbert Gladstone
Liberal House
House of Commons
Battle Watch Near Pretoria as British Advance Gathers Force
London reports 10000 troops guard Six Mile Spruit approaches to Pretoria, signaling a potential major clash before British occupation. Foreign attachés deem Pretoria defensible only with Lord Roberts forces. Rundle tightens grip near Senekal while Buller and Laing's Nek positions remain unclear.
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Six Mile Spruit
Roberts cautious as Boer resistance continues near Johannesburg
London dispatches report General Roberts pursuing a cautious advance with the Highland Brigade moving from Ventersburg toward Heilbron. Dutch forces, reinforced from Bethlehem, contest the line toward Bethlehem and Harrismith, while Colvile, Rundle, Clements and Brabant extend the eastern flank from Heilbron to Ficksburg.
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Colvile
Vaal
Free State
Rundle
Lindley
Senekal
Bethlehem
Brabant
Ficksburg
Clements
Heilbron
Harrismith
Cape Colony
Warren
Johannesburg
Pretoria
French
Roberts
Roberts reports occupation of Johannesburg orderly and smooth
London dispatch dated May 31, received June 2 says Lord Roberts sustained the Johannesburg occupation with orderly conduct under Dr. Krause Transvaal commandant aiding entry and introductions to department heads. The message notes continued official access and orderly administration as tensions ease in the Free State capital.
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London
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
War Office
Dr. Krause
Transvaal
Gul
Johannesburg Ceremony Marks British Flag Hoisting
In Johannesburg a crowd gathered as the British flag rose with a royal salute and cheers for the Queen. Troops including the Eleventh and Seventh Divisions, Naval Brigade, Heavy Artillery, and Royal Field Artillery participated, while units remained north of town to preserve order. Notes from Lord Roberts report casualties and actions during late May and June, with details on engagements near Ventsersburg and Heilbron.
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Johannesburg
Royal Field Artillery
Ian Hamilton
Wavell
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Marquis of Lansdowne
Henry Colvile
Highland Brigade
Heilbron
Ventersburg
Colvile
Lancashire
Grant
Rundle
Congress of the Bondites at Graat Reinet Cape Colony
The People's Congress opened at Graat Reinet May 31 with Dutch clergymen commoners and Bondites present. De Villiers presided as Pretorius urged that London interference caused the war and unity should rest on independence for the republics and an appointed Governor. Olive Schreiner predicted the republics would regain independence and a delegation was named to travel to Britain Canada and Australasia.
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Graat Reinet
Cape Colony
People’s Congress
de Villiers
Pretorius
Legislative Assembly
London
South Africa
Great Britain
Canada
Australasia
Olive Schreiner
Kronwright
W. P. Schreiner
Reitz's Gloomy Forecast From German Gazette Letter
Berlin reports a Cologne Gazette letter from State Secretary Reitz dated April 26. It states Britain will fund the war by seizing half the mines profits and that Transvaal paid no special tax on gold. Instigators Rhodes Wernher Bell will suffer most, Britain to maintain fifty thousand troops paid by mines, wars to follow for centuries.
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Berlin
Cologne
Reitz
Great Britain
Transvaal
Rhodes
Wernher
Bell
England
Brabant Surrounds the Boers Near Ficksburg
General Brabant has the Boers surrounded five miles from Ficksburg as Basutoland forces under Chief Jonathan watch. Grenadier Guards suffer heavy losses with thirty killed and eighty eight wounded in General Rundle's engagement.
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Maseru
Basutoland
Johannesburg Handed Over to British in Orderly Ceremony
Pretoria May 31 report that Johannesburg was formally handed to British at 11 am in an orderly transfer. Lord Roberts led a small guard, banks are guarded, and there was a brief clash outside the city in which Australian scouts were shot. A message was sent to the nearest British general that the town would not be defended.
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Pretoria
Johannesburg
Lord Roberts
Kruger at Machadodorp and Boer forces around Pretoria
Lourenco Marques June 2. President Kruger remained at Machadodorp as Boer units totaling about ten thousand men maintained positions on hills surrounding Pretoria. A second large force sat Bronkhorst Spruit forty miles from Pretoria along the Delagoa Bay line. Public telegraph links to the Transvaal were cut as news remained scarce and feverish speculation grew. The Kruger party sent Frichie Eloff and Dr Heyman to move a large quantity of gold to safety.
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Lourenco Marques
Kruger
Machadodorp
Pretoria
Transvaal
Delagoa Bay
Bronkhorst Spruit
Frichie Eloff
Heyman
Welsh Siege Survivor Miss Hopson Arrives Aboard St Paul
Mrs L J Hopson a Welsh passenger recently trapped at Ladysmith arrived on the St Paul. She planned to sing at the ship’s concert but fell ill and required morphine. She would speak of her Ladysmith experience only after rest at the St Denis Hotel. She later refused to see a Tribune reporter.
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St. Paul
L. J. Hopson
Ladysmith
Tribune
Young Girl Murdered in Biloxi Mississippi
New Orleans report says Christina Winterstein thirteen was assaulted and killed in Biloxi a Gulf Coast resort on Mississippi Sound after attending a school concert rehearsal. She lived nearby with her parents and left at 11 o clock heading home. The crime remains under active investigation by local authorities.
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New Orleans
Christina Winterstein
Bilox
Miss
Gulf Coast
Mississippi Sound
Steel Works Shut Down in South Chicago
Illinois Steel Company halted operations in South Chicago, leaving an estimated six to seven thousand workers unemployed. Officials offered no comment while one source blamed overproduction amid labor strikes, predicting further closures. An attempt to reach E H Gary of Federal Steel was unsuccessful.
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Chicago
The
Illinois Steel Company
E. H. Gary
Federal Steel Company
Newark Youth Slays Stepmother in Family Tragedy
Charles A Naughty shot and killed his stepmother Mary Naughty at their home 53 Chambers street Newark after a quarrel over cooking and coffee. The weapon a cheap .22 revolver. he surrendered at Fourth Precinct station. Police say motive linked to property transfers by the father to his wife.
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Mary Naughty
Charles A. Naughty
Chambers St
Newark
Edward N. Naughty
Mary Garritt
Fourth Precinct
Minister Merry's mail stolen in Costa Rica case
News from Port Simon May 22 reports United States Minister Merry in San José had a postoffice box broken into on May 24 with letters stolen including one from Managua. The theft sparks international tension as Costa Rica probes the crime while the United States seeks answers. Local authorities deny responsibility. US envoy to Greytown travels to obtain official reports.
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Chicago
New Orleans
Costa Rica
Port Simon
United States
Merry
San José
Davidson
Managua
Nicaragua
Greytown
Seaboard Air Line Opens Florida Line With Free Car Service
The Seaboard Air Line Railway announces today the opening of its new Florida line. In cooperation with the Pennsylvania Railroad, free cars will run between New York and Tampa via Richmond and Jacksonville, with connections to Atlanta. New York offices are located at Noa and Lis Broadway.
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Seaboard Air Line Railway
Florida and West India Short Line
Florida
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Richmond
Columbia
Nad
Jacksonville
Tampa
Atlanta
Noa
Lis Broadway
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Nek
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the Tribune
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Congress OF the Bondites
Grenadier Guards
Krueger
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Steel Works
Illinois Steel
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Minister Merry
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Yosemite Reservation
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University of California
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