FOOLED BY THE BOERS Continued Dispatches From The War
Reported scenes at Elandsfontein describe streets filled with women and children as fighting rages. British troops cease fire to chase chickens while burghers surrender and looting occurs. Loyalists and refugees crowd towns as columns move toward Pretoria and Lourenco Marques hosts rumors of Kruger seeking asylum. US Consul Hollis meets Kruger over peace talks. Washington denies formal authority.
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Elandsfontein
Lord Roberts
Lourenco Marques Station
Kruger
Netherlands
Friesland
Middleburg
Bronkhorst Spruit
Pretoria
Bremersdorp
Swaziland
Beira
Lourenco Marques
United States
Hollis
Transvaal
Machadodorp
Kriger
Washington
Hay
Laurenco Marques
State Department
London Café Chantant Aids Canadian Contingent at Carlton
A Carlton Hotel cafe chantant organized by Mrs. Norton raised support for the war damaged Canadian contingent. Attending were prominent figures including Lady Randolph Churchill the Earls and Countesses of Chesterfield Yarborough Miss Muriel Wilson Mme Albani Miss Edna May Mrs. Langtry and Mrs. Carter among many famed musicians who assisted in making the event a great success.
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London
Carlton Hotel
Norton
Lady Randolph Churchill
Earl
Colonel Plumer Occupies Zeerust
Mafeking May 29 Colonel Plumer occupied Zeerust yesterday without opposition as normal conditions return to the district Supplies arrive daily and the area regains stability.
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Plumer
Zeerust
Mafeking
General Rundle Demonstrates Against Boer Positions
In Orange River Colony near Hammonta in June General Rundle led about five hundred Queenstown Mounted Rifles two guns and Cape Mounted Infantry under Colonel Dalgetty. Boer out posts were driven back and their laager located but the force returned without engagement.
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Hammonta
Orange River Colony
Rundle
Brabant
Queenstown Mounted Rifles
Cape Mounted Infantry
Dalgetty
Astraea Victrix and War Fragments From Cape Town
The Saturday Review prints Swinburne's Astraea Victrix including stanzas praising faith love and national pride with lines about dawn of retribution. Fragmentary war dispatches from London June 8 report Cape Town organizing efforts and ongoing military coverage.
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London
Saturday Review
Algernon C. Swinburne
Cape Town
Grape-Nuts Prize Letters Offer Gold Boxes for Truthful Testimonials
A Postum Cereal Co. contest awards 330 prizes for letters about health gains from Grape-Nuts. Ten top writers receive $10 gold pieces, next twenty get $5 gold pieces, and the 300 remaining prizewinners receive $1 greenbacks. Submit plain letters with specific health improvements and include 20 named references. entries mailed to Battle Creek, Michigan, with prizes mailed July 3.
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Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
Milner staff begins Transvaal annexation march
Dispatch from Pretoria notes Milner’s team forming government machinery and rapid annexation moves. Officers of Lord Roberts visit the Presidency on June 5 as burghers surrender arms and British troops prepare guarding. Only shell that struck Pretoria hit the U S Consulate the day before occupation.
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Transvaal
Sir Alfred Milner
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Presidency
United States
Ice Trust Price War Sparks Public Contempt and Confusion
An article reports the Ice Trust selling ice at 30, 40, and 60 cents a hundred, provoking public hatred and claims of extortion. Officials deny reductions, while reporters press for clarity. City contracts with the trust and a rival ice dealer’s dispute trigger imminent court actions in Brooklyn and Albany.
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The
Ice Trust
East Side
Trust
Debate Over Trusts and Ice Monopoly Laws
Economic forces failed to curb the ice trust as politicians and city officials allied with Tammany to exclude rivals. Professors and reformers debated trusts, with Gunton arguing trusts are rare and beneficial, seeking state supervision for municipally franchised firms while Harriman noted price hikes for larger profits. The discussion warned that new trusts would reemerge even if current ones are broken.
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Gunton
Standard Oil Company
Harriman
Dr. Peet Resigns as Columbia Coach of Crews
Columbia University faces upheaval as Dr. Walter Peet resigns from coaching the rowing crews amid internal criticism. Captain Mackay says Peet will still assist graduates, three crews will enter the intercollegiate regatta, and possible interim leadership by graduates. The Spectator lauds desire to fix training methods while noting discontent over past routines and recent poor showings. Regatta day features multiple events with three eights listed and entries limited by boats available. Cornell announces its crew lineup for the big race against Pennsylvania, Columbia, Wisconsin and Georgetown, with a set order for varsity and freshman boats.
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Columbia
Walter RB. Peet
Joseph W. Mackay
Delta Psi
Poughkeepsie
Dr. Peet
Harlem
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Peet
Annapolis
Columbia University
Hudson River
Ithaca
N. Y
Wisconsin
Georgetown
Robbins
Dalzell
Francis
Smallwood
Beardslee
Petty
Vanderhoef
Hartley
Guy Long
Francis Rowing Club
Syracuse University
Kugler
Toppill
Powley
Edmonston
Purcell
Pruyn
Chase
Bow
Tinan
L. G. Price
Merrill
Kuschke
van Alstyne
Hutton
Frenzel
Osborne
Benedict
Funkcane
Rowing
Syracuse
Postponement of Hearing on Ice Trust Cases in Albany
Judge E P Coyne said the Ice Trust cases will not be argued tomorrow in the Albany Supreme Court. The argument is postponed until Wednesday to allow related matters before Judge Chester and Justice Gaynor to proceed, including contempt show cause and writ restraint actions against Morse and the American Ice Company officials.
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Albany
E. P. Coyne
Ice Trust
Trust
Chester
Supreme Court
Morse
American Ice Company
Myer Nussbaum
Davies
Ice Company
Chase
Gaynor
Brooklyn
Coyne
Professors Gunton and Harriman Debate Ice Trust Critique
Professor George Gunton argued the Ice Trust would collapse like copper and wheat trusts, calling it a criminal conspiracy exploiting politics to raise prices. Harriman supported his Socialist Democratic stance while a Democrat guest was ill, framing the discussion at the West Side YMCA before Social Economic Club.
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Ice Trust
Social Economic Club
West Side
Young Men's Christian Association
West Fifty-seventh St
George Gunton
Job Harriman
Socialist Democratic Party
United States
Gunton
Harriman
The Question of Trusts at Williams College
In Williams College at Williams town on June 8 James B Dill a noted New York corporate lawyer presented The College Man and the Corporate Proposition arguing that college trained minds are in demand in business and professional fields He traced the evolution of combinations from pooling to watered stock and warned that while honest consolidation can aid growth bad motives lead to overcapitalization speculation and wage pressure He split corporations into honest partnerships built on cooperation and others driven by speculation or piracy noting the danger of so called gambling specialties and the misuse of the term trusts
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
James B. Dill
New York City
Dill
Dan
Beersheba
Abraham Lincoln
Wall Street
Hadley
Centralization of Control and Corporate Character
The article argues the word trust is misapplied as reproach and calls for publicity in corporate affairs. It favors national corporate law, criticizes overcapitalized speculations, and urges preservation of individualism through character and education as central to future corporate balance and orderly management.
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Europe
May Call Out St Louis Militia In Streetcar Strike
Governor Stephens weighed calling the State Guard to restore order amid the street railway strike after a merchants petition. Police favored mobilizing about three thousand troops. Violent incidents included a mob assault with arrests, a photographer shot, a bystander slightly wounded, and a dynamite stick found on a Lindell line car. The Transit Company claimed the strike’s backbone was broken as many strikers seek reinstatement.
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St Louis
Stephens
Citizens’ Committee
Merchants’ Exchange
State Guard
Campbell
John J. McCann
St. Louis Transit Company
Talty
Annie Swez
Annie Kiasek
Mary Tritina
Pauline Hensel
Reform School
Clark
Court of Criminal Correction
Schumacher
Miss Hensel
Thomas Reynolds
Albert Nichols
Frank Worth
George Hill
Joseph Ette
William Francis
United States Mots
Joseph Alfred
Southern Electric Line
Lindell
Olive St
Laclede Ave
Park
Compton Aves
Taylorave
Third St
Posse Comitatus
Union Line
John Goettling
Fifteenth
Chamberists
Southern Electric Division
Transit Company
Klausman’s Grove
Emma Enda
Lindell Division
Finney and Newsteads Aves
Strike at Scranton coal mines spreads in Del a Pennsylvanian coal region
In Scranton Pennsylvania on June 8 the strike of drivers and car runners at Marvin mine widens to Leggett's Creek Dickson and Von Storch mines of Delaware and Hudson Company. About 2500 workers idle as men demand wage increases to match Marvin figures amid a broader district dispute.
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Scranton
Penn
Delaware and Hudson Company
Marvin
Leggett’s Creek
Dickson
von Storch
Lackawanna Valley
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
German Expedition to Syria Probes Heliopolis Ruins
Berlin reports Emperor William has arranged an expedition to Syria with the aim of gathering extensive knowledge about the ruins of Heliopolis. The venture will operate with the active backing of the Sultan.
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Heliopolis
Berlin
William
Syria
Nile sudd cutting to boost Egypts cotton yield
An estimated 1,900,000 American bales of cotton are expected this year. The Nile's sudd removal promises a new era in Egyptian agriculture as waters will be richer in fertilizing material.
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Cairo
Nile
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Case OF Ice Trust
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the Social Economic Club
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Leiter
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Dela
Ware and Hudson Company
Meyer-Sniffen Co., Ltd
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P. O. Bor
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Connom
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J. A. Avrshecer, Author
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