Boers Proclaim A New Capital At Jamestown
A small Boer force revisits Jamestown and proclaims it the capital of the Orange Free State. They loot the district while British forces suffer casualties and mobilize local defenses. Fighting near Reitz and along wagons ends with Boers driven off and De Wet staff officer wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caphp Town
Jamestown
Orange Free State
Barkley West
Cape Police
Lyndale
Orphendale
Fouche
Glen Almond
Aliwal North
Jacobus Botha
Cape Assembly
Botha
Elliot
de Wet
Reitz
de Lisle
Delarey
War Costs $6 250 000 Per Week
In London the House of Commons heard figures on the South African war as a weekly cost of 6 250 000 dollars. Authorities estimate 1000 to 2000 invaders in Cape Colony and 1 484 typhoid cases in April with 187 deaths among troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Cape Colony
Filipino Hillsmen Peaceful After Benguet Tour
Messrs Worcester and Moses of the Philippine Commission returned from districts of Benguet and Lepanto Batangas province. They found conditions peaceful despite mining and blasting concerns. They noted a peaceful hillsmen stance and a progressive townsfolk wish for districting similar to Benguet’s model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Manila
Messrs
Worcester and
Moses
Philippine Commission
Benguet
Lepanto
Batanzas
Venezuelan judge jailed over prison visit code
The Venezuelan Supreme Court president Dr Fortainne and his secretary were arrested for enforcing a code requiring judges to inspect prisons. He found over forty inmates in Caracos prison jailed without cause and ordered an inquiry before being detained after General Castro canceled the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Willemstad
Curacoa
Supreme Court of Venezuela
Dr. Fortainne
Fontaiine
Caracos
Queen Victoria Sherry Auction Opens at Christies
The sale of 5,000 dozen royal sherry bottles from Buckingham St James Windsor Marlborough and Sandringham residences began at Christies in London. A bottle bears the V. R. or P. W. royal label indicating its cellar origin. The first three dozen fetched £1 10s. a dozen attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Buckingham
St. James
Windsor Castle
Marlborough
Sandringham Houses
Christie’s Auction Rooms
V. R
P. W
Grape-Nuts Credited For Family Health Improvement
A North Carolina mother recounts how Grape-Nuts aided her family starting with a Charlotte mayor's physician recommendation. She reports a 15 pound gain from regular use and credits the product with lifting her 18 month old from severe dyspepsia to rapid improvement after feeding with warm milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C
Charlotte
Happy
Henderson Sees King Edward With US Speaker in London
June 25 London D B Henderson speaker of the US House and Henry White witnessed King Edward inspect the Yeomen of the Guard at Marlborough House. Henderson was presented by White. Choate hosted a luncheon with many dignitaries present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
D. B. Henderson
United States
House of Representatives
Henry White
Edward
Marlborough House
Mr. Henderson
Mr. White
Joseph H. Choate
Henderson
Lord Roberts
Lord Pauncefote
Joseph Chamberlain
Henry Fowler
M. P
Clement A. Griscom
International Navigation Company
Michael Hicks- Beach
Lord Strathcona
Mount Royal
Charles T. Ritchie
James Bryce
John Morley
Anthony E. Ashley
Captain Lee
William St. John Brodrick
A. J. Balfour
William Court Gully
House of Commons
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Herbert H. Asquith
Harrison
George Wyndham
Ireland
J. P. Morgan
Clinton Dawkins
House
J. P. Morgan & Company
Mr. Choate
House of Lords
Earl Russell Indicted in London on Bigamy Case
Grand Jury at Old Bailey finds a true bill against Earl Russell for bigamy. The Recorder says trial will be in the House of Lords and that U.S. divorce laws do not bind Britain. A Lords committee will arrange procedure. Kaiser's assailant not prosecuted due to mental irresponsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Old Bailey Court
Earl Russell
House of Lords
United States
Great Britain
De Marchi Engaged for U S Opera Season
London June 25 De Marchi the Italian tenor, following a Covent Garden debut Saturday night, has been engaged by Maurice oe for the opera season in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Marchi
United States
London
Covent Garden
Maurice Oe
Unitedates
Mixed Cablegrams and global notices from 1900 era
Cablegrams report Cardinal Gibbons leaving Florence for Milan. A French senatorial army committee selects two years’ military service. Erik the Peat relief steamer reaches St Johns. Shy¢ to take stores at Sydney N S and sail July 1. Portia Knight engages Sir Edward Clarke for embezzlement suit against the Duke of Manchester. A soldier’s cap etiquette sparks clashes in Pampeluna. Archibald Sampson and John B. McDonald sail from Colon for New York. Salt Union of England denies open to international salt trust. Alaska reports trial cost and witnesses in murder case from 1800.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Florence
Italy
Milan
Erik
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Shy
Sydney
C. B
Portia Knight
Sir Edward Clarke
Duke of Manchester
Pampeluna
Spain
Archibald Sampson
United States
Eucador
John B. McDonald
New York
Colon
Colombia
Salt Union of
England
International Salt Trust
National Salt Company
Canadian Salt Company
Canada
Dawson
Alaska
George O'Brien
Lynn Wallace Relf
Fred Clauson
Seattle
Ole Oleson
The Florida Razorback
A Forest and Stream feature extols the Florida razorback hog as a self reliant, intelligent animal thriving in diverse habitats. It describes its long tail, keen senses, powerful snout, and bravery, noting its ability to outrun trains, forage deeply, and fetch premium prices in August market conditions. The piece contrasts it with fin breeds and praises the hog for feeding and clothing its owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Nature
Borneo
Neighbor Praises Daughters Piano Like Flowing Brook
In a neighborhood exchange the new neighbor compliments a piano playing daughter, comparing her music to a brook. The father agrees, noting a murmuring sweetness in the music that matches the streamlike quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Man Awakened From Loud Rail Car Snore in London
A London Standard note describes a railway carriage incident where a passenger slept soundly as others prepared to rouse him for his loud snoring. One traveler urged restraint while a second commented on the noise. The piece ends with a garbled aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Standard
Strikers Stand Firm as Reading Strike Enters Week
Reading, June 25. The Reading Railway and Reading Iron Company strike leaders and management weigh Baers ultimatum as 1,28 men are enrolled and 75 workers quit. Union influence grows with Iron and Steel Workers discussing action and possible Gompers visit, while merchants fear supply shortages.
Five Strikers Return to Work at Reading Car Shops
Five of the striking car builders returned to work in the Reading car shops at Nicetown amid President Baer’s discharge deadline. The strikers, confident of victory, have set up headquarters opposite the shops and plan an open meeting tonight at Friendship Hall on Germantown Avenue. A telegram from A H Bescher, chairman of the armrest conference and Reading strike, promised support to the strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Nicetown
Baer
Rankin
Reading Company
Car Builders Union aids Brill's car shops organization
Members of the Car Builders' Union No. 8005 A. F. of L. traveled to Sixty third street and Woodlands avenue last night to assist in organizing the workers at Brill's car shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Car Builders’ Union
A. F. of L
Sixty-third Street
Woodlands Avenue
Brill
Strikers Return to Work in Schuylkill County
In Schuylkill county through Palo Alto St Clair and Schuylkill Haven the Philadelphia and Reading car repairers see slow returns to work. Six men went back at Palo Alto and one at St Clair today while Saturday saw about 40 return. Labor leaders push to reclaim all 600 workers in the district within a few days despite ongoing intercepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Pottsville
Philadelphia
Reading
Schuylkill County
Palo Alto
St. Clair
Schuylkill Haven
Striking Workers Denounce Aid as Wives Work On
Rochester N Y June 25 A general strike has been ordered for tomorrow with a monster demonstration in the afternoon. A 5 percent levy on all unions has funded aid for strikers families yet few have taken it up. Women have gone to work raising money for support and urge husbands not to take aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Timms
Rochester
N. Y
Striking Silk Mill Workers Arrested in Paterson
Paterson New Jersey police arrest sixteen former Paragon Silk Mill workers including several girls for harassing non union staff. They face a hearing Thursday as tensions rise amid the silk weavers strike. Wilmington reports three more Harlan & Hollingsworth workers return to duty while eight or more former strikers drift away, signaling wavering unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
Paragon
Central Railroad Strikers Stand Firm at Ashley Shops
In Wilkes Barre on June 25 a Reading striker delegation met Central Railroad of New Jersey workers in Ashley. The Ashley men refuse to return until all their demands are granted, halting resumed work today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Baer
Wilkesbarre
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Ashley
The
Central
Strike Ends as Non-Union Miners Join Union in Wilkes Barre
In Wilkes Barre, the Mocanapua Colliery strike by 600 workers ended when the previously non union miners joined the United Mine Workers. The union decision to call off the strike followed the workers returning to work today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Mocanapua
West End Company
United Mine Workers
Drifton Machinists to Camp During Strike Silence
Special from Hazleton June 25 reports the Drifton striking machinists planning a camping period after securing a large tent. They will set up on a hill north of the town following Reading’s example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Hazleton
Drifton
Reading
Work on Warships Suspended Due to Strike
A Navy Department report says work is entirely suspended on the armored cruisers California and South Dakota and on the monitor Wyoming and the cruisers Tacoma and Milwaukee at Union Iron Works San Francisco because of the machinists strike.
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Washington
Navy Department
California
South Dakota
Wyoming
Tacoma
Milwaukee
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Labor Notes Cigarmakers Plan Meeting on Machinery
The cigarmakers announce a joint meeting tonight at the Labor Lyceum to discuss union attitudes toward new machinery. An officers election is set for Saturday July 13 by Cigarmakers Union No. 100 with candidates Don Abrams Kalamazoo Herman Christen Gibson Weber and W F Lentz representing Chicago Philadelphia Kalamazoo and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Lyceum
Six and
Brown Streets
Cigarmakers’ Union
Don Abrams
Kalamazoo
Mich
Herman Christen
Gibson Weber
Philadelphia
W. F. Lentz
Chicago
Odd relic of Lee shown as evidence of a Confederate soldier
A colored paper contains a brief Civil War exchange about Nelson Banes, a Confederate Private deemed unfit due to a stutter. Lee forwarded the letters with a disapproving note, and inquiries traced the mishandling through Claiborne, Branch, Joynes, and others in Petersburg Fredericksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Carter R. Bishop
National Bank of
Petersburg
Lee
Nelson Banes
John Herbert Claiborne
Banes
E. B. Branch
General Smith
Richmond
G. W. Smith
Fifth Virginia Cavalry
San Claiborne
R. E. Lee
G. French
Daves
Claiborne
Captain Branch
Joynes
Seen
Httle
Tes
Coincidence Quoted About Sensations Reforming Men
A Washington Star fragment records a young man and an older friend discussing coincidence in motives. The exchange centers on sensations driving reform and hints at wealth shaping opportunity and hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Washington Star
Jealousy ends in double tragedy in Philadelphia rooming house
William Jordan, 26, fatally shot Maggie Kitchen, 22, after writing a warning letter to her mother, then killed himself. Kitchen died later at Hahnemann Hospital. Police found Jordan with a .38 revolver and a letter confessing love and heartbreak. The case centers on a doomed love triangle and past threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jordan
Fairhill Street
Thomas Kitchen
North Sixth Street
Kitchen
Jordan
Hahnemann Hospital
Ray Brookshaw
Brookshaw
Negro Technological Bazaar Opens at Equity Hall Lombard
A four day bazaar opened yesterday at Equity Hall Lombard below Eleventh Street showcasing the handiwork and ideas of African Americans under the Colored American Equitable Industrial Association. Proceeds fund a training school for negro youths and an Old Folks Home. The association runs a negro colony at Williamsborough New Jersey seven miles from Cape May City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equity
Commencement Held for Institute for Colored Youth
The forty sixth annual commence ment of the Institute for Colored Youth will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 o clock in Association Hall Fifteenth and Chestnut streets. Papers and essays will be read by the graduates, followed by prize announcements and diploma presentations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute For Colored Youth
Association Hall
Fifteenth
Chestnut Streets
AUTOS IN WHEAT FIELD Plowing Harrowlog and Planting All In One Operation
Harper's Weekly describes California wheat fields using fifty horsepower steam traction engines called automobiles. These engines pull ten inch plows, four six foot harrows, and seed drills, performing plowing harrowing and planting in a single pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
California Wheat
Automobilea
Pacific Coast
Argentine Republic
California
Shortage of Seamen Hampers Portsmouth Ships
The London Chronicle reports a dearth of trained officers and men for the navy. The Cressy awaits commissioning at Portsmouth but cannot be fully crewed, with only half its complement available. The Eclipse also lacks sailors, requiring drafts from other ports that are equally short handed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Chronicle
Cressy
Portsmouth
Naval
Barnegat Bay Fishing Opens With Large Haul Reported
Barnegat City New Jersey June 25 The fishing season shows a propitious opening with unusually large crowds and a 2000 pound black bass haul by a five man party in three days Blue fish are sparse but advance schools suggest plentiful runs The Sunset Park Hotel hosted visitors from Trenton Bloomsburg Camden Lebanon Readington Philadelphia New York Forked River Beach Haven Point Pleasant and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Barnegat City
N. J
Sunset Park
Beasley
Trenton
Albright
Bloomsburg
Silver
Ethel Sutton
Camden
W. E. Davis
Lebanon
B. W. D. Wyckoff
Readington
W. H. DeHart
Raritan
W. 8. Cranmer
W. S. Johnson
John Willingmyer
Philadelphia
T. E. Rice
New York
F. K. Jennison
John Bunnell
Forked River
W. M. Baird
Charles P. Baird
Joseph Hopkinson
Beach Haven
W. A. Cook
George D. Osborn
Point Pleasant
Navy to halt summer cruises for Camden Naval Reserves
Lieutenant Commander De Unger announced no ships will be provided by the Navy Department for reserve cruises this summer due to lack of state interest. The Camden unit will instead split the Huntress into three crews for coast runs to Chesapeake Bay and Long Island Sound focusing on target practice seamanship and navigation drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Unger
Naval Reserves
Camden
Navy Department
Washington
Huntress
Camden Naval Reserves
Arch Street Wharf
Chesapeake Bay
Long Island Sound
Feud Sparks Stabbing Between Homesteadville Men
Elias Turner 65 was stabbed five times by Charles Stokeley after Turner found him trespassing on a small Homesteadville farm. Turner was hospitalized with a likely fatal lung wound. Stokeley was jailed in Camden awaiting results of Turner’s condition.
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Elias Turner
South Centre Street
Homesteadville
N. J
Cooper Hospital
Camden
Charles Stokeley
Davis
Merchantville
Camden County
Turner
Stokeley
County Republicans urge Stanger to seek Senate Presidency
WOODBURY New Jersey June 25 Many Republican politicians from the county urged Senator R. Stanger at Glassboro in recent evenings to announce his candidacy for the Presidency of the Senate. The Senator has consented and announced his candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Philadelphia Times
Woodbury
N. J
R. Stanger
Glassboro
Governors appoint ward line commissioners for Paterson and Elizabeth
Trenton June 25 Governor Voorhees named William W. Smith William Ferguson Joseph R Graham to revise Paterson ward lines and Addison Swift Noah Morrison Peter Egenols to revise Elizabeth ward lines under last winter’s act. A Republican majority leads both commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Voorhees
William W. Smith
William Ferguson
Joseph R. Graham
Paterson
Addison Swift
Noah Morrison
Peter Egenols
Elizabeth
William Wood Drowns at Burlington Island Park
Special to The Philadelphia Times reports William Wood of Philadelphia drowned at Burlington Island Park opposite the city. He was staying with grandfather Manager Long of the Pleasure Park and was missing from home last night. Today his body was found floating near the pier. He is believed to have fallen from the wharf while playing nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phila Selphia Times
Burlington
Juk
Wiliam Wood
Philadelphia
Burlington Island Park
Manager Long
Electric Light Contract Challenged in Cape May
Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Hendrickson granted a rule to show cause why the Cape May City Council ordinance granting a five year contract to the Cape May Electric Company for arc light service should not be set aside as irregular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Cape May
Supreme Court
Charles E. Hendrickson
Cape May Electric Company
Deficit Found in Bechtel Tax Collector Accounts
Former Paterson treasurer Cyrus W. Baldwin reports a deficit of 1678 dollars in the late Saddle River township tax collector Herman Bechtel's accounts. Bechtel's bondsmen have been notified to cover the shortfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
Cyrus W. Baldwin
Herman Bechtel
Saddle River Township
Bergen County
Bechtel
Suffering From Religious Mania in Gloucester City
Elizabeth Boylan was taken to the Camden County Asylum after displaying religious mania. She claimed divine direction to see the late Rev. Thomas J. McGormack, who has been dead for over two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Gloucester City
Elizabeth Boylan
Camden County Asylum
Iate
Thomas J. McGormack
New Jersey Notes on School Subjects and Reforms
George W. Stone, former head of Newton public schools, notes changes in course offerings. He discusses shifts in class levels for science and higher mathematics at Atlantic City High School and related implications for Sotees country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Stone
Newton
Sotees
I Wa
Atlantic C City High School
Under the Starlight and the Trust Question
In a soft exchange, the man insists no treasure equals a true woman's affection and cites their sufficient capital to form a trust, while the woman counters that love of an honest man surpasses riches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Washington Star
Ethel
The Grand Prix Linen Gown and Miss Bob White Suit at Gimbel Brothers
In Philadelphia on June 26 1901 Gimbel Brothers advertises a linen gown in French design Holland linen with pouch front blouse and lace trims priced at 12.50. A White India Linen Miss Bob White Suit is offered in multiple sizes for 5.0. The store notes daily closure at o clock and Saturday half holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Seasonal sale drives record-breaking textile bargains
Goods move fast as seasonable fashions and low prices attract shoppers. Main aisles and cotton goods overflow while popular fabrics like Scotch Ginghams, Irish Linen Lawns, Swisses and Batistes are heavily discounted from 25c to 12%c with appealing patterns and broad selections for house gowns and children's wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David & John Anderson
St. Gall
Bargain Clothing and Petticoats Offer Wide Range
Rural store catalog pages advertise cambric undergarments and night robes with prices from 18c to 1.25 for petticoats and gowns. Guimpes for children and gingham dresses on third floor. Men’s suits offered at half price with various fabrics and tailoring claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renee Scences
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Taft Commission
Venezuela
Castro
Kaiser
Leipzig
Imperial Court
Dietrich Weiland
Bremen
Emperor William
Florida Razorback
George F. Baer
Reading Railway Company
Reading Iron Company
Seventh
Besechor
Reading Railway
Bescher
East Penn
Reading Round House
Wayne Junction
O'Connell
Machinists’ National Union
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Cole's Hall
Iron and Steel Workers’ Union
Pxcelsior
Flynn
Pittsburg
Reading Road
Schuylkill
Tom
Wilmington
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
LABOR
Margaret Conrad
Ninth
Seltzer Streets
Maggie
Vine Street
Callowell
Lawrence Streets
Sixth Street
Paul Bros
Market Street
Third
Industrial School For Negroes
Jersey
Lieutenant de de Unger
Mundell’s Army
Gimbel Brothers
Guimpey
Paris
Mately
Gimbel Brothery
Ninth Street
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