Mrs Botha’s London Visit Sparks Peace Rumors
From Bendon, June 10. War Office reports no meeting between Kitchener and Botha near Standerton last week, but Mrs Botha’s arrival in London fuels peace rumors. She is believed to be on a peace mission with no firm information. See further for military updates, reforms, and theatrical notes.
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General Blood
Transvaal
Botha
Ermelo
Amsterdam
Kitchener
Beyer
House of Commons
War Office
Naval officer on trial for scandalous conduct in private debt case
Washington reports Captain Robert E. Impey faces court martial for alleged improper statement to a dentist over a $50 bill. Despite a near forty-year naval career, the Mare Island commander defends that a signatory error tainted the letter. Navy officials pursue full accountability. Yonkers clergymen clash with police over Sunday golf amid broader reform debates. no arrests in Yonkers, but matches held in New Rochelle, The Bronx, and Mount Vernon with varied municipal response.
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Washington
Robert E. Impey
Impey
Naval
Naval Academy
Mare Island Navy Yard
Navy Department
Captain Impey
Department
Merrill Miller
Henry Glass
William H. Whiting
James M. Forsyth
George ©. Reiter
William W. Mead
Thomas Perry
Commodore McCracken
Lieut Springer Killed and Officers Wounded at Lipa Battle
In a battle with insurgents at Lipa Batangas on June 10 Lieutenant Anton Springer of the 21st Infantry was killed. Captain William H Wilhelm and Lieutenant Fitzhugh Lee Jr both wounded, along with five enlisted men. Lieutenant Charles R Ramsay of the same regiment was also wounded.
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Anton Springer
21St Infantry
William H. Wilhelm
Fitzhugh Lee, Jr
Charles R. Ramsay
Lipa
Maine Question Settled By Telegraph To Tribune
Washington June 9 the government will resist the proposition that the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission should consider responsibility for the destruction of the battleship Maine in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898. The government notes Article 7 of the peace treaty relinquishes claims and that Congress settled indemnities in a 1808 act, implying the commission should not reopen the Maine inquiry and should defer to the political branches.
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Washington
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Maine
Havana Harbor
United States
Spain
Congress of
Havana
Congress
Government of
Congress of the United States
Cuba
Polished Crook Held At Grand Central Station
Dr Franz Von Berger alias Egon Borges, a renowned swindler with two continents on his resume, was arrested at Grand Central Station by US Deputy Marshal Bernhard and Pinkerton's Hunsdorfer. Wanted in England for a £500 bank check theft, he faces arraignment in Ludlow Street Jail. A refined woman companion vanished after the arrest, likely another victim. He boasted a past as a director in a Cleveland charity, and officers say he plunders widely under elegant guise.
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Egon E. Borges
Grand Central Station
United States
Frederick Bernhard
Frank Hunsdorfer
Pinkerton Detective Agency
England
Deutsche Bank
London
von Berger
Ludlow Street
Alexander
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Grand Union
Cleveland
Ohio
Bernhard
Mrs Botha visit in England meant for health not peace
Rev Dr van Broekhuizen arrived from Pretoria asserting Mrs Botha is in England for her health and not to arrange Boer terms. He says Delarey talks of peace while Boers, now more active, prepare for a long war with 16,000 fighters and arms hidden across Transvaal and Orange Free State.
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Transvaal
Orange Free State
Philippine civil rule in Luzon outlined at San Isidro
Manila reports the Philippine Commission reorganized Nueva Ecija provincial government with Captain Kreps as governor Lieutenant Day as treasurer and Lieutenant Lyles as supervisor. Judge Taft warned of tax needs under limited customs powers, and noted possible land value gains if free trade with the US is granted. Insurgent actions in Sorsogon Tayabas and other parts of Southern Luzon noted. General Cailles surrender rumor denied.
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Philippine Commission
Nueva Ecija
Luzon
San Isidro
Jacob F. Kreps
22D
Richard C. Day
34Th Volunteer Infantry
de Witt C. Lyles
Taft
Washington
United States
American Astronomical Commission
Sumatra
Wray
Sorsogon
Atimonan
Tayabas
Cailles
Cardinal Gibbons Work at Rome
Rome reports in trustworthy quarters that Cardinal Gibbons during frequent talks with Cardinal Rampolla Papal Secretary of State Monsignor Nozaleda Archbishop of Manila and other high officials is negotiating to extend the Apostolic Delegation’s jurisdiction from Washington to Cuba and the Philippines while settling properties of religious orders in the Philippines.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Rampolla
Monsignor Nozaleda
Manila
Philippines
Cuba
Washington
The Evacuation of China
Peking reports Great satisfaction as the court plans to return to Peking in September with foreign troops mostly withdrawn by mid month. Japanese reliefs accompany remaining forces while Voyron keeps one French brigade. Britain aims to finish departure by September end with ten transports to India.
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Legation
Japan
Voyron
China
India
Waldersee Lands in Tokio After Arrival at Yokohama
Count von Waldersee arrived today on the German cruiser Hertha from Taku at Yokohama and immediately proceeded to Tokio.
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Yokohama
Count von Waldersee
Hertha
Taku
Tokio
Calabrais Wins Grand Steeplechase at Auteuil
Paris reports Calabrais wins the Grand Steeplechase of Paris over four miles and a half furlong at Auteuil with Caraiman and Viau following among thirteen runners. President Loubet receives enthusiastic cheers on arrival and departure amid large crowds.
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Auteuil
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Caraiman
Viau
President Loubet
Orleans Railway Prefers Simpler Locomotives
London reports The Daily Mail Paris correspondent says the Orleans Railway opposes American locomotives as too costly to maintain and ill suited to French gradients.
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Midland Railway
United States
Orleans
London
Paris
the Daily Mail
Policeman Rescues Two Boys From North River
At Morton street a 16 year old police officer John Malloy jumped into the North River to save 6 year old Charles Crinol and another boy after hearing a yell near the West Street bulkhead. The rescuer and boys reached safety. Crinol had fallen in while playing. The incident also notes a fast mail and paper train schedule from Grand Central Station.
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Clarkson-st
Morton-st
Charles Crinol
Downing St
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Charles St
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Molloy
Morton St. Recreation Pier
Duggan
Chnoi
Grand Central Station
Albany
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Chicago
Amendment Gains Votes In Cuban Constitutional Convention
Havana June report shows conservative delegates confident Platt amendment will pass as radicals swing toward acceptance. Outside pressure nudges undecided members to back the measure, aiming for possible independence while ending military occupation. Secret session to decide in coming days.
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Havana
Washington
Want Pharmacy a Profession Movement to raise licensure standards
A city movement aims to set higher educational requirements for pharmacists. The Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association backs placing laws on the statute books soon to raise the pharmacist to a professional status and to mirror medical education standards for entry to pharmacy programs.
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Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association
The
Association
Senator Beveridge Renews Steamship Concession Bid
London reports U S Senator Beveridge may secure from the Russian government a concession for a steamship line from the United States to Vindivastock or Port Arthur. In Pittsburg, Major W H Daly surgeon general shot himself in the temple, death attributed to insomnia and mental strain amid his role in the emb almed beef inquiry. Washington notes Miles says Daly’s death follows personal losses and health decline. Daly had aided in Cuban War era investigations and served with General Miles in Porto Rico.
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United States
Beveridge
St. Petersburg
The
Daily Mail
Vindivastock
Port Arthur
Pittsburg
W. H. Daly
Miles
Porto Rico
Washington
Daly
McKinley
Charles R. Greenleaf
Meral Miles
Root Arrives at Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo
Secretary of War Elihu Root arrived in Buffalo at 7:40 PM in a special Pennsylvania Railroad car. He was welcomed by Pan-American Exposition director-general William S. Buchanan and Capt. P Hains, with Major-Generals Corbin and Young, Colonel and Mrs Johnston, and Miss Edythe Patten in his party. Mrs Root and her daughter arrive tomorrow. Root tours the illumination and interior tomorrow as Army detachments prepare to receive him with honors.
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Elihu Root
Pennsylvania Railroad
William S. Buchanan
P. ©. Hains
United States Army
Root
Corbin
Young
Johnston
Edythe Patten
Mrs McKinley Improves Slowly Amid Hope For Recovery
Washington June 9 The slight improvement in Mrs McKinley health shown late last week continues though remains slight and does not ease the extreme gravity of the case Doctor Rixey says she is doing very well now resting comfortably and sat up briefly Surgeon General Sternberg notes no new developments Plans to move her to Canton if able with recent home improvements and cooling climate cited for benefit Officials and friends show sympathy by calls and cards while the President receives no visitors Detective searches for a lone attacker after a 16 year old boy was pushed under a moving Erie train in Hoboken The boy Robert Reed had a leg amputated after being rescued from the tracks where the assailant fled to Weehawken Heights
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Mrs. McKinley
Sternberg
Charles Emory Smith
Long
Miles
Cowles
W. C. Sanger
Hitchcock
Hay
Gage
Dawes
John F. Blake
Canton
Seventh-st
Erie Railroad
Hoboken
Robert Reed
No. 112
Grandst
Reed
Schutzen Park
Mascagni Signs Eight Week US Tour Deal
Italian composer Pietro Mascagni has signed a contract for an eight weeks tour in the United States with an Italian orchestra, leaving two months hence. The Rome correspondent of The Daily Express says he will receive £18,000.
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London
Pietro Mascagni
Rome
Daily Express
United States
Golfers rally at Yonkers as Sunday play spurs clashes
The Saeghill Golf Club hosts over thirty players from sunrise to sunset amid sunlit optimism. Dr. Price attacks police over Sunday golf arrests and mocks blue laws while clergy and officials weigh in on sports, saloons, and reform politics in a tense public debate. A new daytime New York Central train to Buffalo debuts June 17, from Grand Central at 9:20 am to Buffalo arriving 9:20 pm.
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Saeghill Golf Club
Adams
Ardsley
Yonkers
Yonk
Tribune
Saw Mill Valley
Buffalo
New York Central
Grand Central Station
Hudson’ Er
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