Peace Negotiations Hoped For By Monday Next
London May 29. Government leader Balfour said in the house of commons he hopes to announce Monday next the result of peace negotiations in South Africa. Cape Town uncensored reports say Boers occupy at least 22 localities in Cape Colony with raiders mobile and armed, defying pursuit. Rebellion described as rampant with aggressive incursions, while reports praise the meeting’s architectural features and lighting.
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London
Balfour
House of Commons
South Africa
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Corpus Christi Day Observed in Vienna With Ceremonies
Vienna May 29 Corpus Christi day was celebrated with a grand ecclesiastical ceremony. Emperor Francis Joseph, the arch-lukes and state and municipal officers attended high mass at the cathedral. The procession followed through the principal streets with the emperor bareheaded bearing a lighted host.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Arch-Lukes
Capt Charles A Hill Dies in Joliet at 68
Capt Charles A Hill longtime assistant attorney general and noted northern Illinois practitioner died aged 68 after 18 months with Brights disease. He served as congressman from the district in 1889 and distinguished service in the war.
Peoria road granted right to lay track to new factory site
The city council approved an ordinance to grade and lay a track from the Peoria road to the site of the Standard Table Of Cloth company plant at the west end of the city. A 24 foot crossing on Mill street may be required by council order. The track connects to the Peoria road south of Thirteenth avenue and a landowner’s segment is reserved for use by future owners.
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Peoria
Standard Table of Cloth Company
Mill Street
Peoria Road
Thirteenth Avenue
H. KE. Curtis i
Flag Day Proclaimed in Illinois on June 14
Gov. Yates issued a flag day proclamation designating Saturday, June 14, 1902, as Flag Day. The notice urges citizens to observe with ceremonies in keeping with the day’s patriotic character. Schools should hold patriotic exercises, and businesses and homes should display the stars and stripes.
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Yates
States of
The
Union
Big Fire Rages in Jersey Short Area West of Williamsport
Williamsport Pa May 29 word arrives of a large blaze at Jersey Short ten miles west of the city. Twenty business district buildings destroyed, city appeals for help from surrounding communities and state officials.
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Williamsport
Jersey Short
Wu Ting Fang Talks to Grartustes at Milledgeville
Milledgeville Georgia May 2 Minister Wu Ting Fang delivered the commencement oration yesterday to the graduating class of the Georgia Military college. The piece notes the student body and the ceremonial context with a formal tone reflecting the period.
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Wu Ting Fang
Milledgeville
Georgia Military College
Brassey’s View Urges Cheaper Shipbuilding and Imperial Unity
London meeting of the London chamber of commerce adjourned amid heat as Lord Brassey urged cheaper ship construction, improved decks, and imperial customs union. He warned against unwarranted alarm over American maritime power while calling for subsidies for mail carrying and denoting Britain’s need to stay vigilant in shipbuilding. Hamburg Americans seek to maintain German control with a four-fifths shareholder vote at two meetings to bind any transfer or dissolution.
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London
London Chamber of Commerce
Lord Brassey
New York
Hamburg
England
Liiauia
United States
Hamburg-American Line
Supervison
Germany
Two Explorers Missing Near Mont Pelee Volcano
May 20 dispatch from Fort de France reports Robert T. Hill of the US Geological Survey and George Kennan missing after an attempt to photograph Mont Pelee. Locals describe terror as eruption wounds Mount Morne Rouge and church-goers seek refuge while guides fled. Later, Hill and Kennan are reported safe in Fort de France.
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Robert T. Hi
George Kennan
Martinique
New York
Mont Pelee
Fort de France
Robert T. Hill
United States Geological Survey
Morne Rouge
St Pierre
Hill
Lincoln and Rockford Complete Carnegie Library Sites
Lincoln Neb May 29 formal dedication of the new Carnegie library building in Lincoln recounts a $75,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie and a city effort to secure a suitable site. In Rockford the $60,000 Carnegie library faced site disputes before a west river site was finally approved amid legal anxieties and public debate.
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Carnegie
Brown
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East Side
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Rock River
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Neb
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Andrew Cart
Varnesle
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C. H
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Des Moines
Wife an unbeliever
Grand Rapids, Mich., May 29. William E. Williamson, former pastor of the First Reformed church here, who left in 1888 after a legal decree separating him and his wife, is a candidate for matrimony again in Philadelphia. He will be married next month in the Second Reformed church, where he is pastor. The bride is Miss Carrie A. Betting, said to be a teacher in a private school. Some church members question Williamson’s divorce, obtained here after a non harmonious marriage to an eastern, younger wife who refused church involvement.
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William EL. Williamn
First Reformed Church
Philadelphia
Williamson
Second Reformed Church
Carrie A. Betting
Profits by Example Report of Fatal Quarrel and Fire Loss
Louisville May 20 Archie James four Negro six years old and John Blick a young Negro quarreled on Second street. Black cut James throat killing him instantly. Blick arrested by two policemen as crowd of Negroes tried to mob the prisoner. Officers dispersed the mob. Brady jailed. Losses $10,000. Insurance Greenfield Ltd May 29 fire destroyed Greenfield Manufacturing plant stock and machinery valued at $10,000 with $1,000 insurance.
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Archie James
John Blick
Second Street
James
Blick
Brady
Fnally
Tnsurane Greenfield, Ltd
Greenfield Manufacturing Company
B. M. Palmer
New Orleans
RB. M. Palmer
Henry Ward Beecher
Amherst College
Rock Island Rocky Mountain Limited Wreck Near Avoce
Des Moines May 20 The east bound Rocky Mountain limited Rock Island's fastest train wrecked near Avoce while speeding to make up lost time. Tender left the track tearing up ties for nearly a mile. Tracks broke and gearing gave way but only front cars damaged. Passengers seriously injured.
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Des Moines
Rocky Mountain Limited
Rock Island
Avoce
Kansas Republicans Nominate Ticket At Wichita Convention
In Wichita the Kansas Republican convention nominated W I Ballerville for Governor with D J Hanna as Lieutenant Governor and Joseph T Burrow for Secretary of State. Seth G Wells would be Auditor, Erle for Supreme Judge, and C S Scott for at large. Roosevelt sentiment featured, while Ohio adjourned after a Hanna dominated meeting.
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Kan
Publican
W. I Ballerville
D. J. Hanna
TW City
Joseph T. Burrow
Smith Center
Seth G. Wells
Erle
Hf. S. Mason C
Potte
Cunningmu
C. S. Scott
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Ohio Republican Convention
Hanna
Kentucky Quarantine Sparks Vaccination Drive Across Indiana
Louisville reports the state health board seeking to modify or withdraw Indiana quarantine due to smallpox. Vaccinations surged in New Albany and Jeffersonville, with inspectors to monitor trains, ferries, and bridges into Kentucky, and travelers to show vaccination certificates.
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Ring Ap
Board of Trade
State Board of Health
Indiana
Latfon Allen
New Albany
Jeffersonville
Ind
Kentuck
New Threats and Strikes Roil Chicago Meat Trade
Chicago May 29 and St Louis May 29. Pickets and non union drivers challenge Swift Armour and other packers as union teamsters push a broad strike. Delivery wagons move under police protection while clashes disrupt Fulton market and stock yards. Sargent warns of possible sympathetic action in bituminous fields if coal strike lingers.
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Palmer House
Chicago
Fulton
Strr
gYorts
Stephen S. Conway
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
South Water
Market Streets
Clo Nd Avenue
Halsted Street
Northwestern Railroad
Wells and
Kinzie
Paul J. Sorg Dies Former Ohio Congressman at 62
Paul J. Sorg, former Ohio congressman and tobacco magnate, died at his Middleton home after a prolonged illness. He was 62, survived by a widow, a son, and a daughter. Sorg rose from night-school education in Cincinnati to serve two terms in Congress.
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Middleton
Paul J. Sorz
Ohio
Cincinnati
Congress
U P General Assembly Meets in Pittsburg
The 44th United Presbyterian Church of North America assembly opened in Pittsburg with 253 delegates. Rev. Dr. James C. War of Erie was elected moderator as reports from boards began to be read.
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Pittsburg
44Th
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church of North America
James C. War
Erie
Keeess
D'Essaner Found Guilty of Grand Larceny In Lawsuit
Chicago May 29 The jury found George D'Essaner guilty of grand larceny for stealing 40000 dollars belonging to Mrs Harvey his mother in law.
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Chicago
George D'Essaner
Harvey
Circus Quarantine In Climax Town In Smallpox Case
A thirty person circus is quarantined in Climax after a local physician diagnosed smallpox in a child. A rope surrounds the tent and three guards monitor the area. The circus arrived Friday and the case prompted the quarantine order.
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Kalamazoo
Reallys Circus
Climax
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