Mrs. Botha Arrives in London Amid Peace Rumors
London dispatch notes Mrs Louis Botha's arrival stirs talk of a peace mission. She and Mr Fischer refuse to comment as speculation links her to possible talks with Lord Salisbury Chamberlain and Kruger. Military figures doubt success of any negotiations and fear renewed pro Boer agitation.
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The
New-York TribuNe
CABLE
TRE Tribune
London
Louis Botha
Southampton
Fischer
Cape
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Chamberlain
Holland
Kruger
Lord Milner
Dunvegan Castle
South Africa
Botha
Belgium
Europe
British War Office
General Botha
Lord Kitchener
Standerton
Johannesburg-Durban
British Die In Wreck and Two Boer Laagers Captured
Cape Town reports Thursday night actions in which two Boer laagers were surprised and 42 prisoners captured along with 15 000 rounds of ammunition. A Pretoria wreck on June 7 caused nine British deaths and many injuries. Colonel Steele sails to Africa to command a division of Baden-Powell's constabulary with 2000 men in Lydenburg district.
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Cape Town
Cape Colony
Pretoria
Steele
Africa
Will
Baden-Powell
Montreal
South Africa
Lydenburg
Breee
Canadian Mounted Police
Northwest Territories
Strathcona Horse
Mrs Astor gifts police pension fund gift noted
A letter to Police Commissioner Murphy from Mrs John Jacob Astor accompanied by a fifty dollar donation to the Police Pension Fund. The coachman employed by Mrs Astor attempted suicide and was treated at Presbyterian Hospital where a Mrs Astor representive requested he remain in the hospital.
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Murphy
John Jacob Astor
Mrs. Astor
Presbyterian Hospital
Bellevue
Astor
East Fifty-first-st
Paris duel at Parc des Princes ends with Regis wounded
In Paris at the Parc des Princes the resumed duel between Max Regis the Algiers mayor and M Laberdesque ends after Regis is wounded in the forearm. The fight was halted as seconds and spectators clashed and threats of additional duels were raised with several journalists named.
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Paris
Parc Des Princes
Max Regis
Algiers
M. Laberdesque
M. Regis
Laberdesque
M. Brescher
Gaucher
Thomegueux
Regis
Gerault Richard
Petite République
Temps
Troubles in the Balkans Prompt Balkan Concern
Rome reports suggest a Balkan crisis brewing as the Albanian question and Macedonian unrest raise fears of a regional surprise. Signor Guiccardini warns Italy cannot be a puppet and cites Austrian propaganda. Count Goluchowski and others weigh imminent Southeast European instability as Signor Prinett postpones a key speech.
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Rome
Signor Guiccardini
Budget Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Macedonia
Italy
Bizerta
Vallona
Durazzo
Europe
Signor Prinett
Man Hurt as 500 Pound Flagstone Falls on Foot
John Cap forty from 124 East Third street had been jobless six months and was put to work by Degnon and McLane on a rapid transit tunnel project at Reade and Centrests. He slipped while moving a five hundred pound flagstone and it crushed his right foot. surgeons at Hudson Street Hospital say amputation is likely after only fifteen minutes of work.
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John Cap
East Third St
Degnon & McLane
Reade
Centrests
Cap
Hudson Street
Explosion at Vestal explodes freight train cars killing four
A Lackawanna freight train was struck from behind near Vestal New York at 9 45 PM causing a dynamite explosion in the second car from the caboose. Four men were killed and others injured while four freight cars were demolished. Mock glass fronts and windows across Vestal and Union were shattered by the blast. The shock was felt thirty miles away.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Lackawanna
Vestal
Here
Union
Candidates discussed amid anti-Tammany talk in city
Friends of W F King Jacob A Cantor and F Norton Goddard back candidacy as John C Sheehan remains hopeful Herman Ridder criticizes professional politicians for steering the conference and Crimmins as mayoral hopeful The German American Reform Union and Greater New York Democracy figures weigh candidates for the ticket with talk of unity against Tammany and potential candidates King Cantor and Goddard are floated along with Sheehan and Crimmins
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W. F. King
Jacob A. Cantor
F. Norton Goddard
John C. Sheehan
Herman Ridder
German-American Reform Union
Tammany
Citizens Union
John D. Crimmins
Ridder
Mr. Ridder
Platt
Crimmins
Tammany Hall
William L. Strong
Republican
anti-Tammany
Wiliam F. King
Merchants’ Association
King
Cantor
Greater New York Democracy
William Hepburn Russell
Lawson Abandons Cup Bid as Independence Off Defends
Boston June 8 Thomas W Lawson accepts the New York Yacht Club decision returning his draft charter for the Independence and agrees no further discussion is useful He will try to arrange races for the season showing what a modern Boston boat can do Her first engagement is at Newport against the Constitution and the Columbia on July 2 4 and 6
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Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
New-York Yacht Club
Lawson
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Newport
Lawson Accepts Prematurely Ended Discussion On Race Challenge
Thomas W. Lawson agrees with the New York Yacht Club challenge committee that further debate on whether Independence should meet Constitution in trial races is pointless. He does not commit to terms left open, keeping a chance the Independence enters. Oddie notes Newport races prize, and the path to trial entry lies with Lawson’s stated action.
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Commodore Ledyard
Thomas W. Lawson
Challenge Committee
New- York Yacht Club
Lawson
Oddie
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Oddie
Newport
Newport Yacht Racing Association
New-York Yacht Club
Morgan
Mr. Lawson
Frisco Train Wreck Near Severy Causes Fatal Injuries
Wichita Kan June 8 The Frisco passenger train leaving at 10 oclock wrecked between Severy and Fredonia. A sleeper and a dining car burned. Ten injured with two certain to die. A special train with physicians has departed Wichita.
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Wichita
Kan
Severy
Fredonia
Derailed eastbound train and local fires across the nation
Telegraphic notes report an eastbound Union Pacific overland limited derailed near Hanna Wyoming with no injuries. a Hamilton Paint and Copper plant fire in Dallas caused about 90000 dollars in losses. a Golden West Hotel fire in Chicago injured seven but not fatally. a man in Pontiac attempted suicide after heartbreak, rescued and deemed temporarily insane. Pain's fireworks advertises a new 4th of July catalogue from 2 Park Place Cortlandt.
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Texarkana
Tex
Cheyenne
Wyo
Overland Limited
Union Pacific
Hanna
Dallas
Hamilton Paint and Copper Company
Hamilton Company
Mrs. McKinley Shows Signs of Hope in Illness
Washington reports two hours of medical consultation with a full bulletin stating Mrs. McKinley's illness stems from a blood infection linked to a bone felon in the index finger. Endocarditis on the mitral valve shows improvement as she rests at the White House on her birthday.
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Washington
McKinley
Los Angeles
Destructive Tornado Rips Eastern Kay County Oklahoma
A powerful tornado struck near the Kansas line crossing Kay and Grant counties, leveling Eddy and damaging Tonkawa. Three people died, seven injured, with extensive destruction to homes, farms, and crops from Tonkawa to Blackwell including two churches and about thirty houses in Tonkawa.
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Perry
Okla
Oklahoma
Cherokee Strip
Kansas State Line
Old
Kay
Grant
Oklo
Kay County
Eddy
Tonkawa
Blackwell
F. H. Crawford
Salt Fork
Temperature records set in Dubuque June low
Dubuque Iowa reports a June 6 low of 39 degrees the coldest in fifty one years. The prior low was 40 degrees in June 1877.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Giant Klondike nugget found as washup at American Hill
Seattle reports a nugget valued at 264 dollars found in the recent Klondike washup on American Hill. News from the camps notes thriving water flows and active washing while many sites like Sulphur Creek El Dorado Hunker and Bonanza resume heavy work. Legal actions arise as suits target Doyle Matson concessions in the Klondike.
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Seattle
Wash
Times
American Hill
Klondike
el Dorado
Dawson
Bonanza
Dawson News
Gold Commissioner's Court
Doyle
Matson
Fraudulent securities offered in Hartford sale probe
A man calling as Warner from New Haven showcased securities valued at about 250000 with 48000 in accrued interest to F R Bradley Son brokers in Hartford. They deemed the stocks genuine NY New Haven and Hartford Railroad Adams Express and United Express. He claimed the papers were found in an attic after a relative’s death. The suspect, possibly William H Warner of Woodbridge, is a Bennett Sloan & Co traveler. Also noted is a new daylight train to Buffalo by the New York Central starting June 17 from Grand Central at 9 20 am arriving 9 20 pm offering Hudson River Mohawk Valley views.
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Hartford
Conn
Warner
New Haven
F. R. Bradley & Son
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Adams Express
United Express
William H. Warner
Woodbridge
New Haven County
Bennett, Sloan & Co
New York
Buffalo
New York Central
Grand Central Station
Hudson River
Mohawk Valley
Adot
Canary Whistles Yankee Doodle Sells for 1290 in Chicago
Chicago report describes Louis M. Hedges paying 1290 for a two year old canary named Mississippi Dick. The bird, trained by O'Brien of St. Joseph Missouri, whistles Yankee Doodle clearly and was showcased over two days to Warren Avenue neighbors. The buyer plans to donate the bird to a city hospital for inmate amusement.
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Chicago
Louis M. Hedges
Warrenave
Mr. Hedges
Mississippi Dick
O’brien
St. Joseph
National Air
O'Brien
Mr. Hedder
Wrges
Acquittal Triggers Golf Play Debate in Yonkers
Jury clears B Adams of Sunday golf arrest prompting plans for golf and baseball on local links. Police chief endorses orderly play while clergy plan legal challenges and a county court review follows a writ restraining a retry. Empress Frederick health and European diplomacy color a broader London dispatch.
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Yonkers
B. Adams
Osterhold
Police Board
van Cortlandt Park
New York
Walter E. Hodgman
Saeghill Golf Club
Adams
Smith
Kellogge
Kellogg
Lent
Judge Lent
City Officials Start Steps for Larger Water Supply
Mayor Van Wyck and Controller Coler plan immediate actions to expand New York City's water supply. The move aims to boost district leaders' support before November and to promote city ownership, with engineers from the federal topographical bureau assisting and no debt limit issue due to past law.
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van Wyck
Coler
New York City
Tammany District
Croker
Tammany Hall
New York
Board of Public Improvements
Concord
Municipal Assembly
Water Supply Department
Ramapo Company
Schwab Buys Bethlehem Steel in Wall Street Rumor
Philadelphia reports Charles M. Schwab purchased Bethlehem Steel with 300000 shares costing $600000 above contracted price. Vickers' Sons & Maxim offered a $2,000,000 profit but Schwab declined. Foreign interests deny the reported deal as truth. Theories claim transfer to United States Steel or a shipbuilding merger.
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Philadelphia
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Company
Wall Street
Schwab
Vickers’ Sons & Maxim
England
Cramps
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Company
The
Philadelphia Dispatch
Mr. Schwab
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Royal Blue Five Hour Trains To Washington From New York
Rail advertises Royal Blue service from New York to Washington in five hours with departures from Fort Liberty Street at 11 30 A M and 10 P M plus the Royal Limited at 5 00 P M. Other fast trains run at 3 00 10 A M 1 30 5 08 7 00 P M with South Ferry departures and cafe car service.
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Washington
New_York
Royal Blue
Fort Liberty St
Advt
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Juliet
America
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Mrs. Campbell
Julian Ralph
Carlsbad
I. Ae. Ee
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J. J. Astor
Pinked Regis
Balkans
Stone
Very Truly, Thomas W. Lawson
Telegraphic Notes
Golden West
West Madison St
Pontiac
Mich
Frank Taylor
Oxford
Green
Pain
Park Place
Cortlandt
Adv
American
Ascot
Empress Frederick
MR. Yerkes
the Tribune
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Princess Victoria
West End
Parliament
Covent Garden
Frederick
Windsor
Buckingham Palace
Morocco
Queen Victoria
Edward
Madrid
China
Count von Waldersee
Middle Cina
Foreign Office
Germany
France
John Bull
Yerkes Syndicate
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Strand
Mr. Morgan
Metropolitan District Railway
Bethlehem Steel Purchase
Nature
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