Night of Boers Attack at Bluebell House
On a moonlit night at Bluebell's home in a frontier setting, cavalry of Boers surround the house. Adam Leslie and Bluebell confront the raid as two horsemen, led by a determined young leader, threaten to burn the estate while Gerald Moore appears as a key figure.
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Bliebell
Bluebell
Marie
Adam Leslie
Leslie
Miss Elizabeth
Auntie
Straigh
Mr. Leslie
Elizabeth
Moore
Judas ‘Iscariot
Gerald Moore
Bluebell Carried Off as Boer Captives Seize House
A night raid by Boer commandos turns deadly when Adam Leslie dies after a confrontation with Moore. Bluebell is captured by a masked rider and forced onto a horse, bound and blindfolded, as a dangerous escape unfolds toward an uncertain fate.
Deadly glycerine blast kills and wounds locals at Whipple well
In Marietta Ohio on May 1 a glycerine shot on the Kelley farm caused a premature explosion. Four were killed instantly and four fatally wounded while three more were seriously injured. The crowd at the derrick fled as the blast ripped through the area. The Humes Torpedo company had lowered fifty quarts of nitroglycerine into the drilling. The go devil failed and a jack squib exploded first triggering the tragedy. Victims were local prominent citizens. Local relief with nurses doctors and supplies arrived from Marietta and surrounding towns.
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A .Marietta
Whipple
Kelley Farm
Humes Torpedo Company
Kruger and cabinet away to defend the capital likely
Dispatches report President Kruger and cabinet leaving Pretoria to administer Cape Town temporarily. The Boer government seat may move from Middlesburg to a location further east as forces retreat toward Lydenburg with Laing's Nek defenses threatened.
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London
Pretoria
Kruger
Lorenzo Marquez
Middlesburg
Lord Roberts
Lydenburg
Laing
Nek
Cleveland man kills niece then shoots self at home
Carl Raub fifty dies after shooting his fifty year old niece Miss Bertha Yucker assistant principal of Orchard street kindergarten school and then kills himself. He had been connected with a Cleveland German newspaper and left a note of despair over business troubles. The motive remained unclear.
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Carl Raub
Cleveland
Giege
Bertha Yucker
Orchard Street
Raub
Justice Andrews dissolves injunction against cigarmakers union
In New York on June 1 Justice Andrews of the supreme court dissolved the sweeping injunction against the cigarmakers' union that barred members from paying strike benefits and supporting a striker's family when the head of the house was out of work.
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New York
Fire Destroys Pitts-Kimball Store in Boston Blaze
A five story Pitts Kimball department store fire on Washington Street Boston caused 200000 to 250000 dollars in damage. Adjacent structures including Park theatre New England Piano building and Tremont theatre also suffered water damage.
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Pitts-Kimball Company
Park Theatre
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
New England Piano Company
Tremont Theatre
Badly Injured In Runaway at Fairfield Nebraska
Charles Wristley suffered a dislocated shoulder two broken ribs an injured ankle and severe bruises after a line broke during a team of colts run at Fairfield Nebraska He recently moved to Fairfield from Banner county.
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Charles Wristley
Fairfield
Neb
Mr. Wristley
Banner County
Beating at Geneva Leaves Man Seriously Injured
Henry Beister struck Henry Naighbor with a piece of timber in Geneva Nebraska after Naighbor arrived to fetch a road scraper. Naighbor sustained serious injuries and a motive is unknown. No arrest has been made.
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Henry Beister
Geneva
Neb
Henry Naighbor
Naighbor
Beister
Eclipse Observations Reported From Naval Observatory Contacts
Weather favorable for sun eclipse viewing noted by naval observers in Washington. Three parties under Professors Skinner Updegraff and Brown reported successful observations from Pinehurst North Carolina Barnesville Georgia and Griffin Georgia. Contact occurred near predicted time with a fine corona and seventeen instruments used.
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Naval Observatory
Washington
South
Pinehurst
N. C
Aaron N. Skinner
Barnesville
Milton
Updégraff
Griffip
Stimson J. Brown
C. H. Davis
Observatory
N C
Merthy
A. N
Senate Approves 5 Million for St Louis Exposition
A Senate amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill commits 5 million dollars for the 1903 St Louis fair with a condition that 10 million more be raised by authorities. The offer was from Mr. Cockrell of Missouri and adopted without debate. Gallinger moves to reconsider, but likely failure.
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Washington
Senate
St. Louis
Cockrell
Missouri
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Nebraska Normal School President Candidates Named
The state board of education will meet in Peru next Monday to name the rest of the normal school instructors and elect a president. Candidates include W A Clark in Chicago, A K Goudy of Peru, J W Crabtree, Oscar Chrisman of Emporia, W S Reese of Westfield, S D Magers of Houston, C M Young of South Dakota, Dr H E Bolton of Milwaukee, and John A Klingsorge of Oswego.
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State Board of Education
Peru
State Normal School
W.A. Clark
Chicago University
A. K. Goudy
J. W. Crabtree
State University
Oscar Chrisman
Emporia
Kan
W. 5. Reese
Westfield
Ill
York College
S. D. Magers
Houston
Texas
C. M. Young
South Dakota
H. E., Bolton
Milwaukee
John A. Kleinsorge
Oswego
N. Y
Mrs Weeks Declared Insane in Nebraska Case
Mrs C H Weeks of Long Pine was examined by insanity commissioners at Ainsworth and declared insane. The case has drawn attention as the first signs appeared months ago when she embraced Westerism. The woman, wife of a respected resident, was taken to Norfolk for handling.
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C. H. Weeks
Long Pine
Ainsworth
Train Strikes Wagon Near La Platte Nebraska
A B and M train struck a wagon four hundred yards west of La Platte injuring the driver and breaking the wagon owner Jacob Mc Daniels collar bone. The wagon belonged to Mc Daniels. Horses ran away after being cut free and one horse suffered severe injuries colliding with a wire fence.
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la Platte
Neb
Jacob McDaniels
Old Wound Causes Death Of Columbus Resident
Thomas M. Wilson of Columbus Nebraska died at eighty two from an old bullet wound in the hand received during the war that became infected and caused blood poison. A native of Ireland he came to the United States in 1861. He leaves a wife and two children.
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Thomas M. Wilson
Columbus
Neb
Mr. Wilson
Ireland
Foot Tragedy Near Ashland Rails Claims Teen
Ralph Dean aged seventeen son of Ira Dean of Ashland Nebraska suffered a crushed left foot when it was pinched between freight car bumpers as an extra freight train halted at a crossing. He stood on the car bumpers attempting to cross.
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Ralph Dean
Ira Dean
Ashland
Neb
Lightning Strikes Norwegian Lutheran Church in Nebrasks
A severe electrical storm hit Hartington Nebraska with heavy wind and rain. Lightning struck the Norwegian Lutheran church causing minor damage.
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Hartington
Neb
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Cabinet
Gover
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