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Reports of Hernandez capture in Venezuela and bubonic plague outbreaks in Alexandria and Smyrna. Chicago hail, Kansas GOP timing, Franco American finance, and Havana army disputes. Obituary for Mrs. Elizabeth Deming Duer King. Treasury balances show cash and gold figures. Springfield purge shocks state workers. Philippine post profits, San Juan school term, and Admiral Dewey’s social trip. Paralyzed state of Mrs. Gladstone, land sales to H Smith, Smyrna plague note, Minneapolis pioneer Stevens, Phillips mill fire loss, Omaha fee trust case, Choctaw tax resistance, Tuskegee donation, yellow fever in Havana, Bangor lumber curtailment, and Hanna not chairing national committee.
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Omaha
Kansas
Havana
Elizabeth Deming Duer King
New York
Senate Committee On Finance
House Bil
Beer Co
Treasury
General Fund
Ghaws
Springfield
State House
Rose
Smith
Philippine Islands
San Juan
Porto Rico
Admiral Dewey
Washington
Grand Rapids
Mich
H. H. Kirkpatrick
Sherman
Texas
Milton H. Smith
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
West Galveston Bay
Hay
Smyrna
John H. Stevens
Minneapolis
Minnesota
St. Anthony Falls
Phillips
Wis
Flambeau Paper Company
Fee Trust
Sterret
I. T
Bourke Cochrane
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Tuskegee
Ala
Bangor
Eastern Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Cleveland
Mark Hanna
New National Committee
Kan
Neb
Stellaby
Major March Seizes Aguinaldo Escape After Rainy Pursuit
Major March and 125 men of the Thirty-third Regiment overtook Aguinaldo’s party near La Gat on May 19 after a long chase through forests and rivers. They killed four Filipinos and captured two, recovering Aguinaldo’s diary and proclamations. The body not confirmed, but officer casualties and a richly saddled horse suggest the capture or death of Aguinaldo or his adjutant.
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Vigan
Luzon
Manila
Thirty-third
Aguinaldo
la Gat
Laboagan
Major March
Philippines
Beveridge
Chico
Tiao
Aparri
British forces near Pretoria report limited progress
London dispatch notes General French at Irene eight miles south of Pretoria and Lord Roberts moving toward Johannesburg. Messages from the front are scarce with official telegraphs delayed to avoid revealing pending operations. Counterclaims from opponents flood Lourenco Marques, many inconsistent or unreliable.
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London
Pretoria
French
Irene
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Orange Grove
Lourenzo Marquez
Artesian Wells Located in Pearl Township County
Pierre South Dakota June 4 S A Coch rane state engineer of irrigation has located two artesian wells in Pearl township Sully county and expects them to flow before winter A new well is being sunk on C D Banton s Onida ranch bringing Sully countys total wells to four The King ranch Onida well last year proved artesian flow is possible in areas previously deemed unsuitable by ecological survey results
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Pierre
S. D
S. A. Cochrane
Sully County
Pearl Township
C. D. Banton
Onida
King Ranch
Actress Della Fox Committed to Insane Asylum
New York June 4 Della May Fox well known actress was committed by Justice McAdam in the supreme court to the insane asylum at Wave Crest Astoria L I on petition of her brother William H Fox and on evidence of Drs Austin Flint Jr and Edward D Fisher who showed she is laboring under delusions.
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Della Ox
New York
Della May Fox
Justice McAdam
Supreme Court
Asyuam
Wave Crest
Astoria
L. I
William H. Fox
Austin Flint, Jr
Edward D. Fisher
Rich Zinc Strike Reported at Sadie Well Shaft
A Kansas report from the Zinc Mining company claims a record jack strike at the Sadie Well property. Drill at sixty two feet reached 25 percent jack, with ten feet of solid material encountered.
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Kansas
Galens, Kimn
Combination Zinc Mining Company
Sadie
Neely Papera Signed for Extradition
Governor Roosevelt signed the Neely extradition papers and they were sent to Washington tonight.
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N Roosevelt
Washington
India’s Deplorable Famine Scenes From Bombay Presidency
Louis Klopsch of New York describes his famine tour of Bombay presidency. He cites cholera and smallpox sweeping camps, mass deaths at Godhera and Dohad, 90 percent hospital death rates, dire sanitation, corpses near patients, and vultures and dogs feeding on the dead as monsoon threats loom.
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Bombay
Louis Klopsch
New York
The
Christian Herald
Bombay Presidency
Gujerrat
Barolda
Godhera
Dohad
Ahmedabad
Viragam
Foreign troops march to Pekin gate with multi-nation force
A special train headed for Pekin carries Americans seven officers and fifty six men British three officers seventy two Italians three officers thirty nine French three officers seventy two Russians four officers seventy one Japanese two officers twenty four men plus five quick firing guns. Promotions in the volunteer army include Major Lloyd Brett to lieutenant colonel and C P Stivers to major.
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Tientsin
Pekin
Thirty-first Infantry
Lloyd M. Brett
C. P. Stivers
Benjamin Stark, Jr
Wilford Twyman
D. W. Strong
Thirty-fifth Infantry
Riot Strikes St Louis as Boy Fatally Shot During Strike Protest
A small riot on the St Louis Transit Grove line ended with Peter Prank a 16 year old struck by a bullet fired from a car window. He was taken to the city hospital where doctors fear the wound may be fatal. Police dispersed the crowd and the blast of a dynamite charge marred the Sabbath scene.
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ST. Louis
Lower Grove
Twenty-eighth
Calhoun Streets
Peter Prank
Young Frank
Kruger Near the Border
LOURENZO MARQUEZ reports on June 3 that President Kruger remained at Machadodoro midway between Pretoria and the Portuguese frontier. Boer forces around Pretoria totaled about 10 000 men on Thursday and another large command guarded Bronkhorst’s Spruit about fifty miles from Pretoria on the Delagoa Bay railway.
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Kruger
Lourenzo Marquez
Machadodoro
Pretoria
Transvaal
Delagoa Bay
Bronkhurst
Spruit
Boer Envoys Reach Cleveland For Mass Meeting
The Boer envoys arrived in Cleveland at 11 tonight from Buffalo to a large farewell and reception by citizens. They will address a mass meeting tomorrow evening at Gray's Armory after a downtown arrival march led by a deputation and cars and a bus.
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Cleveland
Buffalo
Tomorow
Gray's Armory
Fatal Wreck at Lima on Lake Erie & Western Line
Eastbound freight train near Sandusky City suffers wheel failure causing engine derailment and pileup of twenty cars. Fireman Enoch Bowsher and Head Brakeman J W Purtell die. Engineer Harry Bell is seriously injured with a broken leg and internal injuries.
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Lima
Lake Erie & Western Road
Sandusky City
Enoch Bowsher
J. W. Purtell
Harry Bell
Bell
Pretoria Uncertain as Roberts Quiets and Boers Move
London reports Lord Roberts remains silent on Pretoria while Lourenzo Marquez says messages indicate a panic in the city. Kruger’s whereabouts are disputed with claims of capture or possible surrender terms, and Boers clash near Ventersburg and Harrismith as forces maneuver.
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London
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Laurenzo Marquez
Lourenzo Marquez
Kruger
Citizens’ Committee
Johannesburg
Hamilton
Daily Chronicle
Free State
Ventersburg
Harrismith
Amsterdam
the Times
Transvaal
Funds to fight the plague in San Francisco
San Francisco merchants vote to raise funds to purge the Chinese quarter of plague risk aiming for $60,000 after an initial $30,000 subscription. A committee will push cleansing work to ensure no trace of bubonic plague remains and protect business interests.
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San Francisco
Trust Amendment Defeated in House Vote
The House defeated a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment to empower Congress to regulate trusts after a two day debate. The tally was 154 to 131, short of the two thirds needed by 38 votes. Five Democrats and one Silverite crossed party lines. two Republicans joined them. Populists voted against.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
Campbell
Montana
Daphen
Massachusetts
Scudder
New York
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Thayer
Newlands
Nevada
German Sugar Trust Begins Operations in Prussia
MADGEBURG Prussia June 2 as the German Sugar trust starts operations today refineries have withdrawn all offers from markets no further sales for twelve days then the trust will fix prices for home trade
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German Sugar Trust
Madgeburg
Prussia
President appoints two brigadier generals of volunteers
Washington June 2 The president named Colonel Luther H. Hare of the Thirty third volunteer infantry and Golvel J H Smith of the Seventeenth infantry as brigadier generals of volunteers in recognition of marked service in the Philippines. The appointments fill the only vacancies in the volunteer brigadier rank and were held to allow bestowal on specially deserving officers in the field.
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Washington
Luther H. Hare
Thirty-third Volunteer Infantry
Seventh Cavalry
Golvel J. H. Smith
Seventeenth Infantry
Philippines
S N H Clark Dies Aboard Rail Career Leader
S H H Clark longtime railway executive and director for Missouri Pacific and other Gould system lines died in Asheville North Carolina at age sixty eight. He led Union Pacific as president and general manager and served as vice president of Texas Pacific and International Great Northern before retirement in St Louis.
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Omaha
S. H. H. Clark
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Texas & Pacific
International & Great Northern
Union Pacific
Asheville
N. C
Clark
Union Pacific Road
St. Louis
Mr. Clark
Henry Clay Caldwell
Bill limits Peck's power over Paris Exposition 1900
Representative Levy of New York proposes a law transferring power from the commissioner general of the United States to the Paris exposition for appointing experts and paying staff. The secretary of state would oversee appointments and disbursements and monthly reports on staff and salaries.
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Washington
Levy
New York
United States
Secretary of State
Disfranchising the Negro Senate Action on Race Clause
Washington June 2 The senate privileges and elections committee considered Senator Pritchard’s resolution to strike race based exclusion from the franchise as unconstitutional. The committee endorsed a substitute directing an investigation into whether such exclusion conflicts with the constitution. If approved by the senate the investigation will be undertaken by the committee.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Pritchard
Senate
Bank Robbers Arrested in Chicago Safe-Job Trio
Three men described as expert safe blowers were seized in Chicago at Ogden Avenue and Oakland Boulevard after a struggle. Detained are Frank Dwyer alias Rutledge of Ontario Canada, Thomas Jong, and Fred Harris, linked to bank raids near Toronto. Authorities say they stole about $900 plus mining stock from two Aurora banks.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Ogden Avenue
Oakland Boulevard
Frank Dwyer
Rutledge
Ontario
Canon City
Colo
Thomas Jong
Fred Harris
Aurora
Toronto
Mexico Tightens Quarantine to Halt Plague Spread
Mexico City June 2 The president acting on health board moves to expand the sanitary code to stop bubonic plague entry. Vessels with plague patients or that touched plague ports in ten days face quarantine off Vera Cruz or Acapulco, with a ten day quarantine and disinfection of all clothing and effects.
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Mexico
The
Republic
Board of Health
Vera Cruz
Gulf Ports
Acapulco
Pacific Coast
Cheyenne Native Captain Roberts Captured by Filipinos
Captain Charles B Roberts of the Thirty fifth volunteer infantry and two of his men were reported captured near San Miguel de Mayo by Filipino forces. Roberts, son of Lieutenant Colonel Cyrus S Roberts, grew up in Cheyenne and graduated Cheyenne High School in 1891 before entering West Point in 1894, graduating with high honors in 1896.
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Roberta
Cheyenne Bay
Cheyenne
Wyo
Jime
Charles B Roberts
Thirty’ Fifth Volunteer Infantry
San Miguel de Mayo
Cyrus 8
Robertc
West Point
Boxers Damage Railroads. Christians Murdered Daily
Times correspondent reports railway damage estimated at 30000 pounds. The government supports the Boxers rather than condemns them. No foreigner seriously injured yet, but native Christians are murdered daily in the country.
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London
Times
Bept Beckham orders mustering out ten state guard companies
Frankfort Ky June 2 The governor issued an order mustering out ten state guard companies most from mountain towns and raised during the political excitement around the state election. Other disbandments are expected as regiments are over quota.
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Frankfort
Beckham
State Guard
Senator Mear's Odd Motions During Speech Noted
The report describes Senator Mear starting a speech with a recurring sequence of gestures including touching his throat tie waistcoat watch chain and cuffs before he begins. Adna Adams Treat of Denver Colorado is identified as possibly the oldest Mason, having joined in February 1823 and now in his 103rd year in good health.
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Senator Mear
Adna Adams Treat
Denver
Colo
Wood pulp paper and vast panel proposed for cold war clothing
Enginia argues a 100 foot wide panel 12 to 15 feet deep between Lake Superior and Grand Forks North Dakota is an engineering possibility. Arthur Rehan dies in Brooklyn at 38, brother of Ada Rehan and Mrs Oliver Doud Byron, once with Augustin Daly. A Vienna editor travels from Paris exposition to the present show by auto and plans a flying machine visit. Lompoc California grows mustard for national supply with 200 farmers on 2000 acres. In San Francisco Federal Judge Morrow blocks discrimination over bubonic plague precautions for Chinese residents.
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Enginia
Lake Superior
Grand Forks
N. D
Arthur Rehan
Ada Rehan
Oliver Doud Byron
Brooklyn
N. Y
Augustin Daly
Vienna
San Francisco
Cal
Morrow
Widow of Rough Rider to aid Philippines Red Cross
Mrs Capron widow of the Rough Rider captain killed in Cuba plans a May voyage to the Philippines to work with Red Cross. Since her husband’s death she has aided discharged soldiers securing jobs. The German torpedo flotilla drifts toward Rotterdam due June 9. Kedleston reports rain in Mysore and scattered showers elsewhere. Relief roll now lists 5,730,000 people.
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Rotterdam
Kedleston
Mysore
Health Commissioner restricts milk tickets to single use
Oshkosh health chief Wilkie urges dealers to issue milk tickets for one sale only and then destroy them. The move aims to curb disease spread by milk tickets and protect public health.
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Wilkie
Oshkosh
Studied as He Fought
Coggressman John M. Allen of Mississippi served as a Confederate lad, kept a pocket Latin dictionary at every camp fire, practiced Latin composition, and later entered Cumberland University.
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John M. Allen
Mississippi
Cumberland University
Local Calcium Carbide Supplier Ad in Omaha
Nebraska selling agents for Union Carbide advertise calcium carbide for acetylene gas production. Contact Pacific Storage and Warehousing Co. at 912 314 Jones St Omaha for orders and supplies.
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Nebraska
Union Carbide Co
Pacific Storage and Ware- Benue Co
Jones St
Omaha
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BOGS
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Peace Committee
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Laurentye Marquesz
S. N. H. Clark
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