Peace Follows S Africa War as Kitchener Announces Surrender
Lord Kitchener dispatch from Pretoria dated May 31 reports Boer surrender terms signed by Boer representatives and Lord Milner. London crowds cheer peace, church bells ring, and Lord Mayor proclaims the terms. Kruger learns of peace and hopeful return to Transvaal. public holidays set for King Edward's coronation days June 1 26 27.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Lord Milner
South Africa
Mansion House
Joseph C. Dimsdale
War Office
King Edward I
Edward
Daily Express
Utrecht
Holland
Kruger
Transvaal
Transvaal Republic
President Roosevelt Plans Two Western Tours Next Fall
President Roosevelt intends two western trips in the coming fall, one to the southwest and one to the northwest. The routes may include Springfield Illinois Detroit Michigan and stops yet undecided. He may visit San Antonio and New Orleans and possibly accept a governor invited bear hunt in Mississippi.
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Roosevelt
Northwest
Springfield
Ill
Detroit
Mich
San Antonio
Mississippi
New Orleans
Unusual Volcanic Dust Haze Reaches Honolulu
A report links a volcanic eruption at St Pierre to striking atmospheric effects in Hawaii. Observers note a lurid sunset and an equally startling sunrise, attributed by meteorologist C C Lyons to volcanic dust carried from the St Pierre eruption, likening it to Krakatoa’s 1893 event.
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St. Pierre
Krakatoa
Herbert Seen Likely As Pauncefote Successor As US Envoy
London June 1 dispatch says Michael Henry Herbert nominally secretary to the British embassy at Paris will likely become the next British ambassador to the United States, succeeding Lord Pauncefote. King Edward’s approval is the main question and announcement awaits Pauncefote’s remains arriving in England.
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London
Michael Henry Herbert
Paris
United States
Lord Pauncefote
Herbert
England
Washington
Capitol
Legation
Marshal Shoots Stranger After Robbery Threats at Crawford
At Fremont house near Elk Horn depot Crawford Nebraska the town marshal fatally wounded a man who threatened two housegirls after a robbery dispute. The stranger, lodged at the hotel, refused to surrender and was shot by the marshal when he aimed at him. Ident
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Crawford
Neb
Fremont House
Elkhorn
Hdgemont
S. D
Lusk
Wyo
Fremont Youth Severely Hurt in Circus Feat
A sixteen year old boy named John Gannon from Fremont Nebraska was seriously injured during an athletic circus stunt. He broke his right arm and sustained other injuries after leaping from a twenty foot platform to seize a rope held by another performer. He is in hospital and doctors say recovery may take several days to determine.
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Fremont, Neb
John Gannon
Widow of Senator Fair Withdraws From Contest
Mrs Nettie O Craven has abandoned her bid to be recognized as the widow of Senator James G Fair. She received 50000 dollars in settlement to drop all lawsuits against the estate valued at twenty million dollars now resting with Charles L Fair and his sisters Theresa Oelrichs and Virginia Vanderbilt. Craven had sought a share of the millionaire's estate after an initial offer of 300000 and a demand of 500000 led to the dismissal of the proceedings.
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Nettie O. Craven
James G. Fair
Charles L. Fair
Theresa’ Oelrichs
Virginia Vanderbilt
Craven
Fair
Four Men to Be Garroted In Puerto Rico Executions
The governor commutes Antonio Torez Acevedo's death sentence to life imprisonment on grounds of age nineteen at the time of the 1898 crimes. The other four condemned men face garroting at dawn on an undisclosed date, with secrecy surrounding the exact timing to the public.
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Antonio Torez Acevedo
Ramon Troche Cadena
Hunt
Porto Rico
Acevedo
Two Horses Stolen in Dakota County
Two horses were stolen in Dakota County on Thursday night. One horse belonged to George Ashford of Homer, taken from his barn, and the other to Joe Stallbornes tied in front of the courthouse in Dakota City while he attended an entertainment. Sheriff Sides offered rewards for the return of the property and the capture of the thieves.
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Dakota County
George Ashford
Homer
Joe Stallbornes
Dakota City
Neb
Sides
Threshers Union Formed in Richardson County
Grain threshers in Richardson County have organized a union to set a uniform threshing price. Each member pledges to charge the agreed rate, and the group plans centralized purchasing for supplies like lubricating oil to secure bulk discounts.
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Richardson County
Bitter schoolhouse fire in Cushing district
The district No 23 schoolhouse one half mile east of Cushing Nebraska burned to the ground, likely incendiary. A long running dispute over moving the school into town preceded the blaze, with the country faction historically prevailing and the building uninsured at a heavy loss.
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Cushing
Neb
Prisoner Breaks Jail After Guilty Verdict in Nebraska
Harmon Schwaberow, 41, six feet tall and 200 pounds, was convicted of grand larceny in Valentine Nebraska. He escaped jail during an evening session as authorities pursue him toward the Sioux reservation in Dakota with a $500 reward offered.
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Valentine
Neb
Harmon Schwaberow
Harrington
Schwaberow
Dakota
Nebraska
Beef Famine as Chicago Butchers Strike Shuts Shops
Thousands in Chicago face beef shortages as butchers strike for concessions from teamsters. Northwest side shops close, Jewish butchers boycott yards, and ice coal deliveries stall. Police deploy reinforced stockyard presence as clashes rise.
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Chicago
Kansas fruit crop outlook from state horticultural officials
Secretary W H Barnes of the Kansas State Horticultural Society predicts a large fruit crop in Kansas this year. B F Sith of Lawrence reports his fifteen acre pear operation is thriving. Fred Wellhouse expects to ship 100 carloads of apples from his 800 acre orchard in sage county while much more will be sold at the orchard. The southeastern peach crop is in excellent condition but strawberries will be down due to last summer’s dry weather. Wellhouse plans an apple storehouse and cooperage at Leavenworth.
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W. H. Barnes
Kansas State Horticultural Society
Kansas
Barnes
B. F. Sith
Lawrence
Fred Wellhouse
Sage County
Leavenworth
Famine Worsens in Russia Amid Scourge of Scurvy
Famine conditions deepen in the Minzeling district with 6615 scurvy cases in 241 villages as of April 14, up from 2723 a month earlier. Siberian merchants warn of smuggling and trade drain as Manchuria floods with foreign goods and 300000 poods of Russian petroleum head to Christiania, Norway.
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Russia
Minzellinsk
Curia
Siberian
Manchuria
Siberia
Frontier Guard
Christiania
Norway
Sealing Schooner Hatzie Feared Lost Off Victoria
The Hatzie, a sealing schooner and the coast fleet's sole missing vessel from Victoria British Columbia, disappeared after a spring cruise begun February 15 during a February 24 storm. Captain Daley Ian led the voyage with Captain Farley, Mate P Dooley, A Medina, W Christian, a cook, and twenty four Kiowotok Indians aboard.
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Hatzie
Victoria
B. C
Halzic
Daley
Ian
Farley
Mate
P. Dooley
Medina
W. Christian
Cook
Kiowotok
Snakes Drive Depot Workers to Resign at Otoe
Workers at the Santa Fe block station in Otoe Kansas resigned after rains filled a boxcar depot with snakes. The men could not clear the reptiles and feared them as they grew timorous. Replacement workers were sent to fill the positions.
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Santa Fe
Otoe
Kan
Lincoln excursion sale offers farm lands and unimproved plots
Homeseekers offer a Tuesday June 17 excursion from Lincoln with land prices from 10.00 to 25.00 per acre. Travel cost 12.30. Write Green Bell Co. 121 So Tenth Lincoln for details. Clinton salesman listed.
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Lincoln
Beauty treatment death prompts coroner inquiry
Miss May Thompson died six hours after a face beautifying treatment by a specialist. A facial massage physician used a plaster cast during the procedure and authorities suspect heart failure possibly induced by suffocation. Police and coroner will investigate the unusual death. Miss Thompson was employed as a periphonepher by Sprague Warner & O.
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Miss May Thompson
Chicago
Miss Thompson
Declares Checks Bogus Suspect Arrested in Nebraska City
A man who gave the name Harry Carroll passed several bogus checks Thursday in Nebraska City. He cashed $7 with Mrs. G W Anderson and $8.50 with Bader Bros plus $8.75 on A S Paradise, failing on others. A victim grew wary and detained him, finding $13.50 cash and a conductor card listing W Auld of Durango Colo in his pocket.
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Harry Carroll
Nebraska City
G. W. Anderson
Bader Bros
Paradise
W. Auld
Durango
Col
Pierce Neb Plans Fourth Celebration With Subscriptions
Citizens meeting in Pierce Nebraska appoints committees for the Fourth of July celebration. A subscription paper shows about 1500 dollars raised. Speakers of note are being lined up and the afternoon will feature various sports with a large purse for a baseball game.
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Pierce
Neb
Two Russian Jews Rescued After Forcing Detour in High Waters
Elmdale dispatch reports two Russian Jewish men attempting to ford Diamond Creek near here lost their wagon, team, and $75 in money. They clung to tree tops for hours until rescued by local residents, exhausted and destitute.
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On- Elmdale
Kan
Diamond Creek
Elmdale
Fire Devastates Jerry Shore Business District
A two hour blaze in Jerry Shore Pennsylvania destroyed sixteen buildings in the business section and caused losses estimated between 25000 and 30000 dollars. Warnings of total destruction prompted calls for aid to Lock Haven and Williamsport, but the fire was brought under control upon arrival.
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Jerry Shore
Lockhaven
Williamsport
Otis Skinner Secures First Theatrical Engagement
The article recalls Otis Skinner's youth and his persistent efforts to find work. A pivotal moment came when P T Barnum, a friend of Skinner's father, sent a letter recommending him as an honest and trustworthy candidate. Skinner later reported to the Philadelphia Museum, securing his first engagement and preserving the two letters as cherished keepsakes.
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Otis Skinner
P. T. Barnum
P. T. “Barnum
Philadelphia
Skinner
Career of Bishop J. M. Thoburn in the Orient
The Bishop James Mills Thoburn, a missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has spent a lifetime in the Orient. Since 1888 he has served as missionary bishop of India and Malaysia and is highly familiar with East Asian peoples. The Ohio native is 66 years old and has just testified before a senate committee about the Philippines.
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Orient
James Mills Thoburn
Philippines
Senate Committee
Methodist Episcopal Church
India
Malaysia
Ohia
Early Days of Marconi and Family Roots
The article notes Guglielmo Marconi owed much of his success to his mother Signora Annie Jameson Marconi born of John Jameson the Dublin distiller. She aided his musical education in Italy and accompanied him on travels guiding his early electrical interests from boyhood.
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Gugllielmo Marconi
Signora Marconi
Annie Jameson
John Jameson
Dublin
Italy
Giuseppe Marconi
Signora
Sankey Leaves Methodism for Lafayette Ave Presbyterian
Ira D. Sankey, famed co worker of the late Dwight L. Moody, joins the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church of New York after leaving Methodism. Born in Lawrence County Pennsylvania in 1840, he joined the Methodist church at 15 and became a choir leader in Newcastle. He has published several collections of sacred songs and sacred music.
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Serting
Methodist Church
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church of
New York
Dwight L. Moody
Sankey
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania
Newcastle
Senator Tillman Described as Akin To Theatrical Orator
An observer returning from Washington says Tillman should be seen in kinetoscope to appreciate his speeches. The speaker’s facial expressions and gestures heighten impact, with pauses followed by explosive, memorable lines. His sentences are described as pictorial and dramatic.
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Senator Tillman
Washington
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Dwight
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