Boers Rally Under Louis Botha Amid Pretoria Delays
London dispatch reports Commandant General Louis Botha may be a capable successor to Joubert as Boers retreating forces evade pursuit. Roberts dispatch hints at unseen troops and lingering commandoes near Springfield while Chermside prepares to clear the Free State. Critics urge Roberts to refrain from direct action as Dewey demonstrations face union opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aliwal
Springfield
Dewet
Dorp
Chermside
Free State
Broadwood
Bloemfontein
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Manipulated Tax Receipts Charged to Edward Blair
Edward Blair a former employee in the Chicago treasurer and county clerk offices was arrested charged with manipulating tax receipts and records in a case that may involve county and property owner losses reaching thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Blair
Chicago
Sixteen-Year-Old Peter Goeletz Convicted of Murder
Peter Goeletz, sixteen, was found guilty of second degree murder for shooting and killing his father in Hays City Kansas on March 29. He confessed at trial, claiming his father had been cruel, and received a twenty five year sentence at hard labor in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Goeletz
Hays City
Kan
Rumor of Cuban uprising reaches Madrid dispatch
A Madrid commercial house received a Cuba dispatch claiming Jesus Rabi has led an insurrectionary movement in Santiago province. The message asserts the rebellion is supported by the chief towns of the area, though details remain unverified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Cuba
Jesus Rabi
Santiago
Seader
Murder belief sparks mystery around Adolph Spitzel
Adolph Spitzel, famed in sport ing centers of America, died in Hot Springs Arkansas from a brain concussion. He was found on resort steps with blood at mouth, nose and ears, a nearby stone noted. Police or investigators consider the death possibly a murder, details scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beliove Ha
Adolph Spitzel
America
Hot Rings
Ark
News in Brief from Nebraska to Texas
Reports from Fremont recount a tornado wrecking farm buildings between Wahoo and Cedar Bluffs in Saunders county Nebraska. Fort Valley near Macon Virginia reports a wreck on the Southwestern railway with several killed. Comptroller Dawes allows Pender National Bank to begin with 25000 capital under John A. Wlachter as president and John Forrest as cashier. Dodge county Nebraska man Henry Hoestetler arrested at Green Bay Wisconsin for embezzling 2100. The House Friddy passed a pension bill of 40 dollars monthly to Mrs Stotsenburg widow of Col J M Stotsenburg First Nebraska. effort to raise to 75 failed. A flood in Waco Texas causes substantial damage with three drownings and property loss around 50000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Wahoo
Cedar Bluffs
Saunders County
Neb
Fort Valley
Macon
Southwestern Railway
Dawes
Pender National Bank of
Pender
John A. W.lachter
John Forrest
Henry Hoestetler
Dodge
Dodge County
Green Bay
Wis
House
Friddy
Stotsenburg
Col
J. M. Stotsenburg
Nebraska
Waco
Tex
Hull Fire Wages Havoc Across Hull and Ottawa
An Ottawa dispatch reports a disastrous Hull fire wiping out half a dozen churches and schools and about 1,000 Hull dwellings and shops. The blaze crossed the Ottawa river reaching Vic toria island and Chaudiere, burning mills, power houses, foundry, and much of the Lumber piles. Total loss estimates reach 15 to 20 million dollars with 12,000 to 15,000 people homeless and 2.5 million dollars in insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Hull
Orlock
Hull Court House
Mackey~Milling Company
Victoria Island
Victoria
Chaudiere
Mangled on handcar leaves young worker fatally injured
Otis Brown, recently married three weeks, fell from a crowded handcar on the steel gang near Wymore. He suffered a broken shoulder head crushed and paralysis from the chest down as the car passed over his neck. The gearing under the car mutilated the body. doctors fear he will die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wymore
Steel Gang
Otis Brown
Rush of new banks streamline local finance boom
Newly chartered banks expand the banking landscape with six incorporations in one week. American Savings Bank of Lincoln gains approval with Rev. Lewis Gregory as president and directors including S. I. Burnham, A. J. Sawyer, and Lewis Gregory. Paid up capital is $25,000. Adams acquitted. Jeannette Adams, who killed her husband in Cincinnati, is cleared on murder charges citing self defense after alleged cruelty. She plans to move with her children to Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Banking Board
American Savings Bank of
Linegin
Lewis Gregory
S. I. Burnham A. J. ‘Sawyer
J. W. McDonald
N. Z. Snell
Freeman
Aire
Adams
Jeannette Adams
Union Pacific Railway
Cincinnati
North Bend Elevator Burned In Nebraska Fire
A strong southerly wind fed a blaze that destroyed the Dowling and Purcell elevator east of North Bend depot Nebraska. Firefighters confined the flames to the elevator while Charney and Watson lumber yard nearby suffered scorching. The building contained a large grain stash and the loss is listed near six thousand dollars with solid insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bend
Dowling & Purcell
Neb
Charney & Watson Lumber Yard
Knights of the Soil Organizes In Abilene Kansas
The first lodge of a new farmers organization called Knights of the Soil organized at Abilene Kansas with Samuel Landis as Head Farmer. Similar lodges planned across the state to form a farmers association to influence grain prices by regulating acreage and market supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Knights of the Soil
Abilene
Kan
Samuel Landis
Forest Fires Threaten Timber and Towns Along South Shore Line
Fires along the South Shore railway stretch between Ne storia and Saron Wisconsin threaten Sidnaw and Lakedsogebic areas as dry weather endangers timber and may put several small towns at risk if it continues another week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Forest
Nestoria
Saron
Wis
South Shore Railway
Sidnaw
Lakedsogebic
Bank Vault Burgled at Coulterville Loot Five Thousand
Burglars blew open the bank vault in Coulterville Illinois using dynamite and carried away about $5,000 in currency before escaping. Police search for suspects and review security footage and witnesses for leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coulterville
Paris Exposition Bridge Collapse Kills Six
A Paris exposition bridge collapsed under a crowd, killing six people and injuring about forty. The wooden bridge near the celestial globe sideshow had just been deemed unsafe, and its fall buried many beneath debris as rescuers and bystanders worked frantically to free victims. A seven year old girl was among the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Avenue de Sufren
Prison transfer of Oberlin Carter to Leavenworth
Oberlin M Carter late captain U S A reached Leavenworth under guard of Lt Harker and three soldiers. Special Justice Department orders barred interviews. Carter wore gray prison garb, assigned to cell 425 with prison number 2904.
Artist Arthur H Jones Killed by Cab in New York
Arthur H Jones a prominent engraver and wealthy Yonkers resident died after being struck by a cab while crossing near the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. He was seventy and noted as one of the world’s leading engravers, owning a mansion with a rare art collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur H Jones
Waldorf- Axgtorix
New York
Yonkers
Woman Auctioned Near Federal Building in Galveston
A woman named Margaret Connette was sold at auction near the Galveston federal building for 40 dollars. Police and federal authorities are seeking those responsible. She is reported as imported from Belgium along with other Belgian and French women under contract to the man who sold her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Connette
Federal
Galveston
Tex
Belgium
Body found in Solomon River near Abilene Kan
The body of John Blagg, a prominent farmers' alliance lecturer, was recovered from the Solomon River near Abilene Kansas. He appears to have been in the water for several days. Whether the death was murder or self-inflicted remains undetermined. Blagg was a prosperous farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Blagg
Farmers’ Alliance
Solomon River
Abilene
Kan
Blagg
Cadet Battalion Encampment Set for Beatrice
The four companies of the university battalion will hold their annual encampment at Beatrice. The encampment is scheduled to begin May 19 and end May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theuniversity Battalion
Beatrice
Lincoln girl Minnie M. Wray dies by own action in Chicago
Chicago dispatch reports Minnie M. Wray of Lincoln Nebraska registered at the Palmer House as L Gray and shot herself in a Chicago hotel room. A torn letter to O N Ohler of Moline Ill was found. Ohler planned to identify her death. Wray formerly worked for Miller and Paine and studied shorthand after graduating from business college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Palmer House
L. Gray
O. N. Ohler
Moline
Ill
Minnie M. Wray
Lincoln
Neb
George B. ‘Wray
North Tenth Street
Burlington
Spaulding Given Five Years With Suspended Sentence
Judge Cones presided at Madison Nebraska in a motion for a new trial for Leland Spaulding convicted of rape. After 33 objections and a jury separation issue, the court overruled the motion and sentenced Spaulding to five years in the penitentiary but suspended the term until June 1, leaving him in sheriff’s custody pending appeal to the state supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cones
Madison
Neb
Leland Spaulding
Spaulding
Supreme Court
Commissioner Shot at Hyannis Neb In County Dispute
Excitement rose in Hyannis Nebraska after reports that Ancel Connor shot Albert Calhoun county commissioner in the stomach. The severity of injuries is unknown and authorities have been notified. The shooting stems from a dispute over possession of property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyannis
Neb
Ancel Connor
Albert Calhoun
Tragic scalding death of toddler in Peru Nebraska
The two year old son of Mr and Mrs Will Noble died after a tub of boiling water spilled over him. Mrs Noble left the room to pour clothes in a tub when the chair was pulled, overturning the hot water and causing fatal injuries. The incident occurred three miles west of Peru, Nebraska, and the child suffered hours of agony before dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Noble
Peru
Neb
Drunken Man Slashes Wife and Ends His Life at Newark
Edward Norley forty five years old went to the home of C W Stuart where his wife worked as a domestic and cut seven gashes about her neck with a razor then cut his own throat with the same weapon dying within an hour The wife is expected to recover Norley once possessed eighteen thousand dollars but squandered it and took to heavy drinking His wife separated from him two years ago
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Newark
N. I
Edward Norley
C. W. Stuart
Norley
Strike at Nebraska City Empties Jobs
About thirty packinghouse workers at Nebraska City Neb protested for a two cent daily raise. Most quit or returned to work with seven staying. Three who got raises were later fired. The stoppage left many unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska City
Nebraska
Hail Reports Light Damage Across Cuming County Neb
Cuming county Nebraska received rain over the past week keeping ground in fine condition. Spring wheat and oats are growing well with a large acreage sown. Plowing of corn continues and farmers are in good spirits. Some areas were hit by hail but no damage reported.
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Cuming County
Neb
Woman Drowns Self and Child in Michigan Train Tragedy
A Millington Michigan report says Mrs. James Simonds who lived near Otter Lake deliberately jumped before a Michigan Central express with her two year old in her arms. Both died. Authorities note her mind has been unbalanced for months.
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Millington
Mich
James Simonds
Otter Lake
Michigan Central
Simonds
Crane Collapse Kills Three in Richmond Main Street Incident
An overhead bridge crane collapsed into Main Street in Richmond Virginia, tumbling a hoisting machine and killing three workers while injuring three others.
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Main Street
Richmond
Third-Golden Celebrations For Col and Mrs Girard
Col and Mrs Girard of Neuchatel Switzerland marked a remarkable day as they reached eighty, celebrated their golden wedding, and observed their daughter’s silver anniversary while also witnessing their granddaughter’s marriage in one day.
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Col
Mrs. Girard
Neuchatel
Switzerland
Allen's Foot-Hase advertised as foot cure
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Hase as the cure for swollen smarting burning and sweating feet corns and bunions with a powder to shake into shoes. It lists Druggists and Shoe Stores selling it for 25 cents and offers a sample by sending to Allen 5 Olmsted LeRoy NY. A separate note mentions easy harness cleaning requiring only a few minutes to sponge off after daily use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen 5
Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Poultry Compound Ad Seeks Farmers for Braced Payment
An old classified notice offers 18 dollars per week plus expenses to a man with one or two horse rigs to introduce a Poultry Compound and Lice Killer to farmers. It lists the Acme Mfg. Co. at 655 Wirth’s stamp, Des Moines, Iowa, with unspecified papers and a remark about needing brains to write and read them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirth’ Stamp
Acme Mfg. Co
Des Moines
Lowa
100000 Agents Wanted For Easy Work And Prizes
The ad promises big money for men women and youth with easy work and valuable prizes. It references C H Marshall Co Department 10 Chicago and urges readers to join a lucrative scheme amid other sensational lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
H. Marshall & Co
Dep't
Chicago
Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Promises Health Revival
Advertised medical product Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is claimed to relieve female troubles including painful menses and kidney and stomach complaints. Testimonials from Mrs Amos Fracimg of Romeo Michigan and Mrs Crana Stig of Diller Nebraska describe relief and lasting health after use. Another user, Mrs E F Custer of Brule Wisconsin, reports normalization of menses and reduced pain after taking the remedy.
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Dean
Prasuam
Pinkham
Amos Fracimg
Romeo
Mich
Mus. Privgyam
Lydia E. Pinkhoom
Mars
Crana Stig
Ier
Diller
Lydia
Mags
E. F. Custer
Brule
Wis
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Louie Hotha
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Pretoris
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Building Material Trades Council
Ontario
Misa Minnis
M. Wray
Itray
Crant County
Machigery
Piso
G. Hudsley
Vanburen
Ind
Christian Science
Carter
Gicago
Bengt
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
Montlon
N. E.pouclas
W. L. Douglas
Lake Bo
W. L Douglas
Brockton
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