British Losses Reported Near Johannesburg Frontline
London dispatch reports continued Boer resistance despite high level claims of ending the war. Lord Kitchener cites heavy fighting near Winkfontein, 40 miles from Johannesburg, with 174 British casualties including four officers. Delarey forces inflicted close-quarters losses over five hours.
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London
Mr. Chamberlain
Lord Milner
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Transvaal
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Gold Reef
Winkfontein
Durban-Johannesburg
Clement
Magalisburg
Vinkfontein
Delarey
Babington
Pretoria
Dixon
Philadelphia Times
Prisoner draft for Barbados reported by Barbados press
A Barbados report states the Imperial Government plans to draft Boer prisoners for shipment. Kingston Jr. notes the staged move as part of imperial policy during the Bermuda season.
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Barbados
Kingston, Jr
Imperial
Queen Wilhelmina in Berlin Watches Kaiser Review
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and the Prince of the Netherlands observed the German Emperor’s review of a Berlin garrison amid heat and dust. The event drew hundreds of Americans including U.S. Ambassador White and Senator Beveridge. Queen Wilhelmina spoke with Mr. White about Hague Peace Conference ties.
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Berlin
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Bourgomaster
Mr. White
United States
White
Albert J. Beveridge
F. W. Holls
E. W. Morgan
New York
Schieren
Brooklyn
Landis
San Francisco
Wiliam H. Beehler
Beehler
Kerr
Carnegie May Lose His Castle? Carnegie and Sutherland Case
Edinburgh dispatch reports Sir Charles Sutherland filed to set aside Carnegie’s purchase of Skibo Castle. The action targets the former owners, with Carnegie stating no interest in the suit and noting his residence at Skibo during visits.
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Gablegram
Philadelphia Times
London
Edinburgh
Charles Sutherland
Skibo Castle
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Atlantic
Sutherland
Labor Riots in Russia at Alexandrovsky Near St Petersburg
London reports the May 20 clash at Alexandrovsky drew 3500 rioters against police. Police injuries numbered twelve before troops fired, with two dead and seven wounded per the police. Relatives claim forty killed and 150 wounded. Witnesses describe large numbers of wounded carried to hospital.
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London
Alexandrovsky
St. Petersburg
German Government Explains Marge... Island Acquisition Report
Ambassador White said the Margearita harbor plan was explained to American authorities five weeks earlier. The German vessel had only proceeded with shooting practices there. A semi official note appeared in the Berliner Post tonight.
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Berlin
Margearita
White
Washington
Berliner Post
Rhodes Seeks Chinese Labor Curbs in Rhodesia
Cecil Rhodes told the Chamber of Mines in Bulawayo that legislation should govern the importation and detention of Chinese workers. He cited the need to recruit labor for the 160 mile railroad to the Wauki coal fields and urged measures to control Chinese in mines.
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Rhodes
Bulawayo
Matabeleland
Cecil Rhodes
Chamber of Mies
Wauki
Trying to Float the Corinthia
The British steamer Trent arrived at Kingston and passed Point Graves, then moved toward the wrecked Corinthia. The Corinthia was bound from New Orleans to South America with 1,400 mules for the British army and wrecked on the Haitian coast last May. The Bear was alongside the wreck, and the Corinthia remains heavy and unsettled.
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Kingston
Trent
Point Graves
Coward
New Orleans
South
Corinthia
Kaiser Decorates General Bonnal in Berlin Ceremony
Berlin reports on May 31 that the Kaiser decorated General Bonnal, director of the French theater group Pieria. The ceremony marked a formal honor in the German capital with Bonnal receiving the distinction.
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Kaiser
Bonnal
Berlin
Relief Work for Filipinos in Manila and North Road Plan
A relief organization formed in Manila to aid provinces hit by insurrection allocates 2000 laborers for Benguet road building to curb lawlessness from unemployment. Also reports Goodrell and Cochrane reprimands by Rear Admiral Rodgers after a dispute in Ol ongapo, and Greenleaf declines Philippine health post.
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Philadelphia Times
Manila
Geronimo
Buencamine
Blas Villamor
Abougi
Benguet
Greenleaf
Logan
Public Health of the
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Engineers’ Department
Goodrell
Maneil €. Goodrell
Henry C. Cochrane
Rodgers
Marine Brigade
Cochrane
United States
Olongapo
Kempff
Washington
Cabinet Fails to Conclude on Philippine Tariff Question
Washington May 31 The Cabinet could not reach conclusions on the Philippine tariff situation linked to Supreme Court insular decisions. Attorney General Knox will study the decisions to determine their bearing on tariff relations and report to the President and advisers the government powers involved. There was little discussion due to unclear understanding of the decisions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Knox
Philippines
China Accepts Indemnity as Negotiations Near End
Pekin May 31 China's unconditional acceptance of 450 million taels as the indemnity to be paid to the powers has pleased foreign ministers though a few minor details remain. Ministers favor raising the customs to ten percent and taking five million taels yearly from the likin tax, yielding about 23 million taels annually after interest. They would approve this if China stops collecting all likin duties on foreign goods.
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Pekin
China
China Coaches Indemnity Guarantee Negotiations
Washington dispatch states Tekin ministers negotiate how to guarantee the loan while Chinese plenipotentiaries decide among themselves. Russia and France press for an international joint guarantee, but the United States refuses citing constitutional limits on executive power.
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Washington
Tekin
United States
Russia
France
General Cummins Leaves Tientsin for India as Germans Depart
General Cummins with the last of his brigade sails toward India today. Officers occupy hotels, many of them Germans preparing to leave China. All the sick are being shipped out. Eighteen transports are at Taku with more expected.
Spectator Says Supreme Court Upholds Imperialism
The Spectator will say the Supreme Court decision aligns with common sense and the trend of American world power. It asserts that if American commerce aims global reach, the United States must become a world power. The Spectator and Saturday Review view the ruling as upholding imperialism.
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London
the Spectator
Supreme Court
America
The
Spectator
Saturday Review
Shakespeare's Plays Still Popular in London Speech
Beerbohm Tree closed his season at Her Majesty's Theatre with Twelfth Night and mocked debates on degeneracy in public taste. He claimed his Shakespeare profits funded losses on popular plays.
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London
Beerbohm Tree
Her Majesty's Theatre
Grand Duchess Olga Improving After Typhoid Attack
ST. PETERSBURG May 31 The Czar's eldest child Grand Duchess Olga contracted typhoid fever early in the week but authorities report no cause for concern and expect a favorable recovery.
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Olga
ST. Petersburg
Swedish Minister of Marine appointment noted
Louis Palander of Vera is named Swedish Minister of Marine succeeding Gerhard Dyrssen who resigned May 7. Also a Berlin society to aid German Jews is founded, similar to French and English groups. A German government plan to charter thirteen steamers to repatriate Chinese laborers is reported alongside various diplomatic moves in Pekin and Berlin.
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Louis Palander
Vera
O Marine
Gerhard Dyrssen
Berlin
France
England
China
Imo
Ned Bs Ember
Hamilton Responds On American Built Locomotives
Lord George Hamilton Indian Secretary defends British rails in reply to Sir Alfred Hickman. He cites preference for British manufacturers, notes limited American orders during strikes, and urges British firms to improve price and delivery to beat American competition. He discusses the Goktelk viaduct case and Burmah Railway Board findings.
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London
Lord George Hamilton
House of Commons
Alfred Hickman
Alfred Sickman
Great Britain
India
America
Goktelk
Burmah
George Hamilton
Philadelphia
Burmah Railway Board
Belgian Guards Mutiny Shocks Antwerp Streets
Elite Belgian guardsmen paraded singing the Marseillaise as police protected officers from revolting troops. A reprimanded guardsman insulted an officer and was arrested, triggering a breakdown in ranks and property damage before the march continued. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman praised Carnegie's education philanthropy in Edinburgh, calling it harmony with Scottish ideals.
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Antwerp
de Greaeh
Campbell-Bannerman
Carnegie
Edinburgh
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Prince Bismarck Attacks Buelow Policy in Hamburg Talk
In the Hamburger Nachrichten Prince Herbert Bismarck criticizes Count von Buelow s foreign policy. He accuses the government of anglophile tendencies and asserts his father would not have approached Great Britain to harm Russia.
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Berlin
Prince Herbert Bismarck
Hamburger Nachrichten
Count von Buelow
Great Britain
Russia
French Explorers Slain in Peru
A telegraph from Cuzho reports French explorers MM. Reveaux and Le Moner were assassinated by Italian Gianone in the Valley of Convencion. Gianone was later killed by Indians. No further details have been received.
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Lima
Peru
Cuzho
MM. Reveaux
le Moner
Gianone
Convencion
King Reduces Chaplains to Twelve
The Daily Mail reports King Edward will cut his ecclesiastical establishment from thirty six paid chaplains to twelve as part of royal household changes.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Edward
Postal Schemes Targeted by New York Post Office Order
New York Sun reports First Assistant Postmaster General John son bans clerks and superintendents from promoting stamp and postal card sales to outside buyers. Violations risk removal from office. Local abuse centers on New York City with estimated $200,000 annual stamp sales by agents, inflating postmaster salaries and clerks’ allowances. Postmasters allegedly discount stamps to lure buyers, profiting on large orders.
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Johnson
New York City
Gimbels Measures Cut-Price Embroidery Lines for Mothers
IHE white goods and embroidery trade at Gimbels in Philadelphia showcases a major sale of insertions and edgings for mothers. The event features huge stock from producers, with remnants and over twenty thousand dollars in extra merchandise, including dozens of styles of Nainsook Swiss and Cambric edgings and insertions priced from 8c to 95c, plus nainsook tucking and striped Madras fabrics at reduced yardages.
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Philadelphia
Gimbels
Victoria Dawn
Shoe sale cuts prices on 108000 pairs by forty percent
We offer summer shoes and oxfords for all ages with deep discounts. Women's oxfords in black or tan and patent leather go for $1.30 to $1.45, with many styles 40 percent off. Men’s and boys’ shoes from $1.55 to $2.40 plus rubber-sole outings. All sales backed by a guarantee of a new pair if the first fails.
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Te Co
Market Street
Watch and Waist Sale Highlights at Market Street Store
The store promotes Waltham and Elgin watches with varied prices and guarantees, plus a large selection of women’s shirt waists in multiple fabrics and styles. It emphasizes fit, novelty designs, and careful presentation across waists from 35c to 5.90 and watches from affordable to 58.00, with many 14 K gold options and serviceable guarantees.
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Waltham
Elgin
Othgre
End of June Sale Reductions in Girls and Misses Wear
A Philadelphia store promotes newness for children and women with deep cuts on jackets reefers and tailored suits. Discounts compare current prices with higher original figures as of June. items include Misses jackets, children's reefers, and tailored suits in Venetian cloth broadcloth and covert.
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Philadelphia
Security checks touted to cut rising fraud in checks
The New York Commercial reports that over 20 billion checks are used annually in the United States with about 18 thousand “raised” checks. It describes a security check system that limits payments to the amount written and approved, aiming to prevent fraudulent alterations.
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New York
United States
Ebeck
Hopp ers Frisk in Kangaroo Race Ends in Whisky Bottled Win
In a Denver Post feature, J L Stevenson recalls an Australian kangaroo race near Sydney witnessed at the New Union Hotel. Three hopping rivals dashed neck and neck across pasture while bibbed with red white and blue ribbons and baskets of beets soaked in whisky.
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Denver Post
J. L. Stevenson
Sydney
Australia
New Union Hotel
Henry Roberts
Queensland
Stevey
Roberts
Roberta
Gate
Local Dialect Exchange Sparks Inquiry
From Scribner's Magazine a clipped dialogue shows Casey and Grogan debating how to spell or pronounce a name. The slang heavy converse captures regional speech and character flavor with a humorous mishearing of Dunnobue/Densohue.
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Scribner's Magazine
Casey
Yix
Grogan
Over-produced Boys Clothing Sold At Reduced Prices
A leading New York maker of boys clothing over-produced many styles including double and single-breasted suits for ages 8 to 16. The sale offers substantial savings, with suits priced from $1.50 to $4.50 and varied fabrics such as blue serge, cheviots, and worsted. Sailor suits and wash suits feature prominently, with exclusive styles available at Gimbels on the third floor with hats.
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New York
Washington
Gimbels
British schooner runs aground near Bird Island Flats
The British schooner M. J. Boley en route to Windsor Nova Scotia ran onto Bird Island Flats yesterday morning. In Hong Kong the Celeste Burrill arrived from Nanjing partially dismasted after a force gale on May 30. In Boston a vessel tied at the berth with an eva-cock issue was towed to the mud. The Felicitas from Carrabel Gigant at Sonate Weealee is noted in transit.
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Windsor
N. S
Bird Island Flats
Celeste Burrill
Hong Kong
Generian Chanter Felietleem
Weirs
Boston
Felicitas
Carrabel
Sonate
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