Telegraphic News of the World Briefs of the Day
A condensed telegraph digest covers events from around the world including General Buller in Dundee and Stevens’ capture, Dawson gold rush reports, Congo Free State expansions, railway labor reforms, and political moves in the U S and Europe. Incendiary fire destroys Clifton grandstand, court tax decisions on money orders, gas line explosions in New York, and notable crimes and political shifts nationwide.
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Dawson
Koyokuk
Senate
Germany
Congo Free State
British Push to Laing's Nek and Mafeking Relief News
London cheers relief at Mafeking as British forces under Lord Dundonald advance toward Laing's Nek amid global updates. The report notes a string of events from storms of politics to disputes over licenses and overseas tensions.
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Lord Dunnald
Laing
Nek
American laundry plant sold to China in playing card venture
An American laundry plant was exported to China with over 5 million dollars invested in China for card manufacture. The note mentions easy coal mining in Shansi at 13 cents a ton. David T. Haraden died at Roxbury Massachusetts after 76 years with a piano maker firm.
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China
Shansi
David T. Haraden
Roxbury
Mass
Iano
Plague in Bay City Prompts Suppression Efforts
San Francisco reports bubonic plague in Chinatown with six deaths over six weeks and ongoing cases. Authorities, aided by Federal quarantine officer Kenyoun and Chinese interpreters, conduct mass fumigation, seaward inspections, and restricted travel while News censorship and local fear aim to hide details.
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St. Louis
Texas
San Francisco
Esquimalt
B. C
George B. McClellan
Little Mac
Bryan
Chinatown
Health Board
Kenyoun
Angel Island
The
Ho Yow
He Woon
York
Pacific Street
Stockton
Williamson
Wing Chut Kin
Dupont Street
Sie Woon York
Pacific
Ho Sam
Thin Moon
Pacific Hospital
Yong Hoop
Clay
Wing Ching
Chalmers
Kellogg
Astoria
Fulton
Hastings
Bay City
Columbia
Boiler explosion kills two on Illinois Central train No 21
Two men died and seven were wounded when the locomotive boiler exploded on the south bound Illinois Central passenger train No 21 today. The dead are Charles Price, engineer of Centralia Illinois and Tom Wright of Odin Illinois. The fatally injured are Sam Ascoff Fred Crawford and John Hampton, section hands.
Government treaty ruling could cost millions in duties
Judge Townsend holds the 1808 treaty with France lowers duties on brandies and liqueurs by 50 cents a gallon. The Nicholas import case favors the importer as the French treaty text differs from the American copy, potentially reducing revenue by millions annually.
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France
New York
Townsend
United States Circuit Court
Board of General Appraisers
Customs Administration Act
George S. Nicholas
Nicholas
United States
Aguinaldo Proclamation Circulating Among Filipinos
Circulating in Manila a document dated May 4 from Pollilo island purports to be Aguinaldo’s proclamation. It attacks the McKinley commission as unauthorized by Congress and urges Filipinos to resist surrender, welcoming the commission when it arrives and seeking freedom and independence.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Pollilo
Luzon
McKinley
Congress
Catarmna
Forty-third Regiment
John C. Gilmore
Pambugan
Samar
Lennox
Eleventh Cavalry
J. F. Bell
Sime
Legaspi
Liago
Mafeking Relieved as British Forces Break Siege
May 21 dated dispatches report Mafeking siege abandoned after severe bombardment by relief forces. General Buller announces Newcastle occupied ringed by laagers. Second division and Third cavalry brigade to concentrate there. Enemies burned chapel, damaged railways, and retreated across Muller’s Pass toward the Free State.
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London
War Office
Buller
Dundee
Glencoe
Biggaraberg
Free
Wessel’s
Nek Station
Lord Roberta
Kroonstad
Prince Alfred's Guards
Pretoria
Mafeking
Newcastle
Ngutu
Ingagane
Nkader
Wakkerstrom
Muller
Free State
Laing
Nek
Serious warning on alum baking powders and how to avoid
The article warns of serious health risks from alum baking powders and cites medical and congressional findings. It explains that many powders are sold cheaply with gifts or schemes, and recommends avoiding low price products and those with promotions. It urges prudent housewives to identify and reject inferior powders to protect family health.
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Congress
Senate
President Steyn Leaves Pretoria for Free State After Talks
Pretoria reports President Steyn left for the Free State after meetings with Transvaal authorities. He urged the crowd to stay hopeful as 6,000 British troops surround Christiana and officials are taken prisoner. Reuter correspondent James Milne, once held, was freed and escorted to the border.
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Pretoria
Steyn
Transvaal
Free State
Christiana
James Milne
Reuter Telegram Company
Governor Smith Replaces Clark with Maginnis in Senate Vacancy
Montana Governor John Smith disavows Lieutenant Governor Spriggs action appointing W A Clark to the U S Senate vacancy created by Clark’s resignation. Smith names Martin Maginnis of Helena to fill the seat, cites alleged collusion and fraud. He also protests Chandler and Frye and addresses Montana voters in an open letter. Miles Finlen linked to the case.
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Butte
Mont
Smith
Here
W. A. Clark
Chandler
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Frye
Senate
Spriggs
Clark
Martin Maginnis
Helena
United States
Ilon
Montana
California
Thomas R. Hinds
Miles Finlen
Finlen
Territory
United States transport Thomas arrives from Manila
The United States transport Thomas reached Yokohama via Victoria on May 19 after arriving from Manila. Returning officers and men of the army dispute optimistic Philippine reports and warn of a long and devastating guerrilla war, making the outlook seem unsettling.
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Yokohama
Victoria
B. C
United States
Thomas
Manila
Memphis double murder shrouded in mystery at Jefferson Ave
At dawn in Memphis the bodies of Henry Reichman and Lily Radakin were discovered in the woman’s Jefferson Avenue apartment. Reichman had six gunshot wounds and Radakin one, with no weapon found. Authorities consider it a likely homicide.
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Memphis
Henry Reichman
Mra
Lily Radakin
Forest City
Ark
Jefferson Avenue
Reichman
Drinking and trouble cross paths in old notes
Fragments recall domestic violence and social quirks from 19th and early 20th century writings. A woman recounts a husband who cut her throat during drunken fits, a jail sentence follows, and a nurse explains the tragedy. Other vignettes touch on divorce, milk adulteration, and comic overheard exchanges.
Town Topic Quip Highlights Love Question
Wintergreen claims Young Goelin loves all the girls and Terwilliger asks which girl, the reply being that the girl who would love him would be no particular girl.
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Goelin
Wintergreen
Terwilliger
If men judged women by the way they treat their mothers
A quip from the Chicago Democrat states that if men judged women by how they treat their mothers there would be fewer marriages that end in divorce, reflecting a social commentary on spousal respect and family ties.
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Johannesberg
Chicago Breweries
Manila
Colima
Jalisco
Mexico
General Grant
Capitol
Senate
Guadalajara
Chicago
Democrat
Boers for Peace but One Reply Is Possible
A European wire reports a telegram to the British Foreign Office from President Kruger proposing terms of peace, sparking optimistic dispatches about Mafeking relief. Rioting and anti Boer demonstrations flare in London, Aberdeen, and Belfast as crowds react to news.
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United States Court of Appeals
London
Richard Croker
Tammany
Leland Stanford
Grace
Stanford Manson
Stanford Lathrop Children’s Home
Mead
Congress
Jefferson
Buller
Biggarsberg
Daily Express
Foreign Office
Kruger
Lord Salisbury
Mafeking
Gazette
Cape Town
Sir Alfred Milner
Aberdeen
Belfast
United Kingdom
Finschley
Harleston
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