Peace terms announced after South Africa surrender
The speech outlines Boer surrender terms including amnesty for many burghers, linguistic and education provisions, gun possession licenses, and a path from military to civil government. Funds and notes are allocated to aid restoration, with a British loan option and detailed colonial trial rules. The Commons and Lords respond with measured support amid celebrations and objections.
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Mr. Balfour
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Prince of Monaco Divorces Princess in Judicial Separation
Monaco courts decree the judicial separation of the Prince of Monaco and the Princess, formerly Alice Heine of New Orleans, widow of the Duke de Richelieu. The move follows years of divorce attempts and speculation about potential remarriage to a royal bride.
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Paris
Monaco
Petit Journal
Alice
Richelieu
Michael Heine
New Orleans
Prince Albert
Duchess of
Aosta
Prince Louis
Victor Bonaparte
Alice Eloise Heine
Princess and Prince of Monaco in 1880 scandal
The Prince, over fifty five, accuses Princess Mary of indiscretion with Isador de Lara, a Portuguese poet and composer thirty five. she, older by ten years, says admiration stayed only with his literary and musical works. They have not lived together for two years.
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Prince
Monaco
Mary
Tassilo Festetics
Isador de Lara
Rampolla Receives Taft at Rome on June 2
Rampolla, Papal Secretary of State, met Judge Taft, Governor of the Philippine Islands, in Rome with Bishop Thomas OGorman interpreting. Cable dispatch quotes London Chronicle: the American government seeks to deprive Philippine monks of vast estates but plans indemnity instead. Roosevelt to urge the Holy See to set indemnity.
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Rome
Cardinal Rampolla
Taft
Philippine Islands
Thomas O’gorman
Sioux Falls
Cabling
London Daily Chronicle
Roosevelt
Holy See
Morgan May Get Cunard
The Cunard Line Steamship Company informed shareholders that negotiations affecting the future position of the company are under way but no definite announcement can be made until proposals are submitted to the government. Directors declined further comment, and it is unclear whether Morgan or another syndicate is involved.
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Lord Milner
General Smuts
Judge Hertzog
Vereeniging
Mr. Chamberlain
Mr. Steyn
Pretoria
General de Wet
Orange Free State
London
Cunard Line Steamship Company
Cunard Company
Morgan
Von Buelow Snubs Diet Berlin Debates on Agrarian Protection
June 2 in the Prussian Diet the Chancellor Count Von Buelow refused to join debates on motions to increase agricultural protection, arguing Reichstag alone must handle the issue. Ministers left the chamber. A Conservative motion seeking stronger protection than tariff committee proposals passed 188 to 79.
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Berlin
Diet
Council of Ministers
Count von Buelow
Reichstag
Tariff Committee
Strikers Clash With Troops in Lemberg Standoff
In Lemberg Galicia Austria on June 2 a serious riot erupted as an infantry company returning from drill faced stone throwing by strikers at Sehnetzen Platz. Many soldiers were injured and windows shattered. The infantry charged, wounding about forty workers with sabres or gunfire.
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Lemberg
Galicia
Austria
Sehnetzen Platz
Queen Wilhelmina to Rest at Castle Schaumburg
An official bulletin from Castle Loo says Queen Wilhelmina will pass her convalescence at Castle Schaumburg in the Valley of the Lahn after a period of illness.
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Wilhelmina
the Hague
Castle Loo
Castle Schaumburg
Lahn
Roosevelt Aims Cuban Policy Linking Platt to Treatment
President discusses Cuban reciprocity and canal legislation with Senators urging united action. He says the Platt amendment obligates the United States to treat Cuba differently and suggests Cuba might have been better off fully independent. Debate centers on sugar interests and route choice for any canal plan.
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New Republic
Washington
Proctor
Nelson, Gamble and Kittredge
White House
Spooner
Congress
Elkins
Foster
Scott
Mitchell
Perkins
Nelson
Bard
Clapp
Gamble
Burton
Kittredge
Kearns
Dietrich
Jones
Nevada
Millard
Mason
Burrows
Pritchard
United States
Cuba
Mexico
Nebraska
Cablegrams on Black Sea wrecks limit to small craft
The wrecks in the Black Sea from the recent heavy weather are confined to small sailing craft along the Asiatic shore. There were few fatalities.
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Black Sea
Railroad Loses Its Suit in Coal Rate Case
Supreme Court Justice Brown delivers the opinion in Minnesota and St. Louis Rail Road Co versus the State of Minnesota. The case upholds the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission's power to fix a joint rate for hard coal from Duluth to southwestern Minnesota, applying the reduction to all read routes operating on the same basis. The commission’s rate is defended as coal specific, not general freight.
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Washington
Justice Brown
United States Supreme Court
Minnesota and
Shorthand Mastery Through Diligence And Practice
A veteran notes that stick-tortiveness and thorough rule mastery are essential for shorthand success. After coursework, ongoing daily practice, reviews, and dictation work from varied subjects, including legal terms, build reporting speed and accuracy. Continuous study and broad knowledge keep a stenographer improving, with potential for court or general reporting.
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Robert F. Rose
Leclaire Iowa Co operative Colony Profits Shared With Workers
Rufus Rockwell Wilson writes about Leclaire Iowa founded by X O Nelson as a cooperative colony. Profit sharing is based on earnings with dividends on wages and stock options. Workers receive about seven percent yearly on wages and thirteen percent on invested stock, with the company buying back stock when a worker leaves.
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Rufus Rockwell Wilson
Leclaire
Iowa
X. O. Nelson
Mr. Wilson
Lecclaire
Supreme Court affirms states may bar immigrants from quarantined cities
Washington June 2 The U S Supreme Court ruled states may exclude persons from quarantined municipalities. The Britannia case involved 400 Italian immigrants seeking landing in New Orleans during a yellow fever outbreak. The ruling, delivered by Justice White, upheld state authority while Justices Harlan and Brown dissented.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Louisiana Board of Health
New Orleans
Board of Health
France
Supreme Court
White
Harlan
Brown
Brooklyn to Carry Pauncefote Funeral Vessel
The Navy Department orders cruiser Brooklyn ready for sea by June 25 to transport the late Lord Pauncefote’s remains to England. The funeral vessel is expected to sail for England around June 30 to July 1, with no delays in readiness.
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England
Washington
Navy Department
Brooklyn
Lord Pauncefote
French Artist’s Leaden Trick Exposed at Paris Salon
A London Express report describes a French artist who weighted a painting’s frame with lead to win a better hanging position in the Paris Salon. The scheme was uncovered when the lead was removed and the painting was restowed as normally as possible.
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London Express
Defends Transport Expenses by Quartermaster Long
Secretary Root forwarded Major C F Long's supplemental report defending transport costs at San Francisco. Long counters Colonel Chamberlain inspector general’s criticisms and argues transports were bought chartered and kept in service as economically as conditions allowed.
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Washington
Root
C. F. Long
San Francisco
Chamberlain
Army
Long
Transports during Spanish War Show Net Gain for Government
Wartime transport operations saved government funds and followed army regulations. In isolated cases high prices occurred due to urgent need, but overall, the San Francisco business community supported the government patriotically. Reflections on the community are unwarranted as the transport service saw far greater gains than losses.
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San Francisco
Chinatown installs Quong Gung the god at Mott Street
The Nin Yung Chinese circle in Manhattan opens a grand new joss house at 16 Mott Street for the god Quong Gung. Half of Chinatown gathers to worship as incense fills the dim room with gilded carvings, tapestries, and imported furnishings. Charlie Hing oversees the shrine while Nim Yung boasted as the strongest Chinatown sect in the U S.
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Quong Gung
Mott Street
New York World
Jross-house
Charlie Hing
Charlie
Nim Yung
United States
New York
Ching Wah Kung Shui
Mo di Mu
China
Nin Yung
Mother Cougar's Brave Fight Ends in Grizzly Kill
A story recounts Puma and his siblings facing a grizzly as Mother Cougar defends her cubs. She erupts in a fierce attack, but a brutal blow from the bear ends her life. The cubs flee, left bereaved and confused by the sudden tragedy.
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Puma
Birehereek
Mother Cougar
Long Vistas Aid Eyesight, Optician Advocates Parks
An optician in Ca nal street argues that city design limits vision more than color or glare. He urges long vistas, green spaces, parks, and broad avenues to rest the eye, reduce need for spectacles, and cultivate the eye’s finer faculties. The piece cites Chicago Record-Merald commentary.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Canal Street
Bride-Lifting Custom Across Britain and Far Lands
An old practice called bride lifting is described as a lively but harmless ritual. Villages in England and Wales staged barriers of stones or other objects to hoist the bride over them at her wedding, with kisses and a payment to the gossipy bystanders. Similar rites and beliefs appear in Syria Madagascar and Jewish traditions, linking stepping over objects to luck or misfortune.
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London Daily News
Alnwick
Northumberland
Viccar
William Crooke
Folk Lore Society
Wales
Glamorganshire
West
North of England
Crooke
Syria
Madagascar
Spite Church to Head Off Saloon
Brooklyn Times reports a tiny 16 by 35 foot frame church on Lenox Road near Fatbush Avenue built to block a hotel or saloon at the corner. Ground ownership is unclear, with Warren Cruiksbank named on the permit. The structure, said to seat 100, may be an annex to Lenox Road M E Church, amid mystery and unfinished neighboring buildings.
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Brooklyn Times
Lenox Road
Fatbush Avenue
George L. Thompson
Lenox Road M. E
Warren Cruiksbank
M. E
Episcopal Pig Sticking at Great New Guinea Feast
Bishop Stone Wigg notes during a visit to England that in New Guinea Episcopal duties include chief pig sticker at a major two day feast. About 2000 natives gathered from surrounding hills with a staff of the head station and five women invited. 108 pigs slated for slaughter amid continuous dancing from evening to dawn. The crowd hopes to make pigs talk as they die and a service was held urging minimal pain for the beasts.
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N. S. Tribune
Stone-Wigg
New Guinea
England
Heroic Chief Harry Edge Rescues Passengers in Water
The Caddo Indian Territory chief Harry Edge earned fame for opposing allotment plans and for dramatic rescues. He pulled women and children from a flooded train car, saved another girl with the help of Harvey of Franklin, and later rode a horse into a lions’ den to snatch a girl during a circus parade. His courage shielded himself from threats amid border chaos and he outsmarted foes during conflicts over allotment and tribal power.
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Harry Edge
Indian Territory
Chief Edge
Harvey
Franklin
Mr. Harvey
Washingtoncity
Bear Creek
Leona Dare
Miss Dave
Rangers
Jean
Rascal
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