Town at foot of mountain razed by Central America eruption
San Francisco reports a near total destruction of Retalbulen near Mount Tacona in Guatemala. About 1000 residents killed as lava, ashes, and pumice cover the region. Crater glare and smoke linger after a quake in April.
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San Francisco
Central America
Italy
Retalbuten
Mount Tacona
Guatamuala
Caampanin
Tujachiawo
Palena
Champanin
Shosu
Fat Point
Tacona
Quezaltenago
Ketalbulen
Bay
Chamnanicvo
Santa Maria
Government votes £50,000 for Lord Kitchener in South Africa
London June 6 Parliament approved a grant of fifty thousand pounds to Lord Kitchener for services in South Africa. A heated debate featured Liberal and Irish nationalist opposition including John Dillon and John Redmond, who charged policy and conduct of the war. The closure was forced after lengthy protests, with 380 votes for the grant and 44 against.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
London
Edward
House of Commons
A. J Balfour
Lord Kitchen
Egypt
Henry Campbell-Danaernan
Ulueu
Lord Kitchener
John Dijon
Dilton
South Asia
Redmant
Unionize Farm Hands in American Labor union bid
In Denver on June 6 the American Labor union convention adopted a resolution inviting the National Brewery Workers association to join the movement. The effort aims to organize farmers and farm hands of the west and enlist their cooperation in political contests against the American Federation of Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
American Federation of Labor
National Brewery Workers Association
American Labor Union
West
Trophies of Henry's Visit
Berlin notices Emperor William has given hundreds of souvenirs from Prince Henry's U.S. trip to the Hohenzollern museum. A striking cartoon shows President Roosevelt in the German garde du corps uniform and William in a U.S. army officer outfit, both bowing.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Prince Henry
United States
Hohenzollern Museum
President Roosevelt
Garde du Corps
United States Army
Countervailing Sugar Duty Passed in India Council
SIMLA June 7 The sugar bill empowering the government of India to impose a countervailing duty on bounty sugar until the Brussels convention takes effect passed the council today. The viceroy, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, urged refiners to improve methods and justify the protection offered by the duties.
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Simla India
Government of
India
Lord Kurzon of
Kedleston
Union Pacific Buys Stock Holdings Rise
NEW YORK June 7 The Evening Post reports Union Pacific Railroad company increased its holdings of Southern Pacific stock from 375000000 to 90000000, signaling a major shift in railroad investments and market influence.
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Union Pacific
New York
The
Evening Post Today
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific
Immigration Increases At Port Of New York May
New York June 7 official figures show 82 054 immigrants landed at the port of New York in May compared with 73 667 in April.
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New York
Port of
Spain appoints de Ojada as minister to Washington
From Morocco to Washington. Senor de Ojada, former Spanish minister to Morocco, has been gazetted minister of Spain at Washington, succeeding Duke de Arcos.
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Madrid
Senor de Ojada
Morocca
Spain
Washington
Duke de Arcos
Boers Granted Parole by Bermuda Officials
In Hamilton Bermuda on June 7 Boer officers held in prison camps on the islands near the city have been granted liberty on parole. The decision widens postwar release moves by authorities and impacts the status of prominent prisoners in the Bermuda area.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Kruger In Good Health News From The Hague
Reports of Mr. Kruger's illness are unfounded. The Hague dispatch says he is in good health and enjoying robust health, countering rumors of infirmity.
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Kruger
the Hague
King Albert of Saxony in Critical Condition
Dresden dispatch reports King Albert of Saxony, ill for some time, remains in a critical condition as of June 7. No further medical details are given.
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King of
Saxony
Dresden
Albert of Saxony
Balfour faults liberal pace on South African war
In London at a Conservative banquet A J Balfour charged the liberal plan delayed peace in the South African war. He argued only by unnecessary concessions was peace bought and that Liberal calls for earlier settlement were untenable because General Botha demanded independence at the time.
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London
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Botha
Hardware Dealers Organize in Nebraska Association
About sixty retail hardware merchants from various Nebraska points gathered in Hastings on June 6 to form the Nebraska Retail Hardware Dealers association for mutual protection. They aim to curb trusts and prevent excessive price rises on goods in their trade.
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Hastings
Net
Nebraska
Nebraska Retail Hardware Dealers Association
Money In Strawberries At SHENANDOAH Local Field Trial
SHENANDOAH Iowa June 6 The local strawberry crop comes in strong with high prices. Gardener Henry Field has already sold 200 dollars worth of berries from a single one acre patch and expects the acre to yield near 1000 dollars in total.
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Shenandoah, Ia
Henry Field
Brisson Refuses French Cabinet Forming Request
Paris June 6 M Henry Brisson former premier and radical republican went to the Elysee on President Loubet’s summons to form a new cabinet but Brisson declined the assignment.
Rains Help Winter Wheat In Kansas Region
Heavy rains fell along the St. Francis branch from Beaver City to Herndon boosting winter wheat prospects. Farmers report crop coverage now appears assured across Cedar Bluffs area and surrounding towns.
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Kan
St. Francis
Beaver City
Herndon
Priest and Miner Drowned in Las Animas River
Denver June 6 Rev Cornelius O Rourke a well known Silverton Colorado Catholic clergyman was drowned in the Las Animas river.
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Denver
Cornelius O'Rourke
Silverton
Colo
Las Animas
Appointment of Michael Herbert as ambassador to the United States
London reports near universal approval of Hon Michael Herbert to succeed the late Lord Paunceford as ambassador to the United States. No dissent recorded. Newspapers lavish praise for Herbert and Foreign Secretary Lansdowne as he departs soon for America.
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Herbert
London
Michael Herbert
United States
Lord Pauncefore
Lord Lansdowne
America
Strike Not Over Yet In Chicago Meat Yard Dispute
Quiet in the stockyards after a settlement of the tearosters strike leaves workers wary. Packers may rehire only nonactive teamsters, provoking fears of renewed trouble. Agreement ratified but discharged union men say they were singled out. investigation ongoing. The compromise includes no discrimination against union teamsters and a fair wage scale.
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Chicago
Mauraing
Stokyvardy Em- Cloves Union
Buteberg Puntor
Miia Donnelly
Salt Lake witness ties murder to divine revelation
James Sharp, father-in-law of James R. Hay killed last December, testified in Peter Mortenzen's trial that God revealed Mortenzen’s guilt. Sharp said the Holy Ghost instructed him and he saw a vision of blood leading from railroad tracks to Hay’s burial site.
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Salt Lake
James Sharp
James R. Hay
Peter Mortenzen
Mortenzen
Hay
Sharp
List of British Losses in South Africa June 6 report
London reports an official war office tally up to May 30 showing total British force losses in South Africa at 97,477. The figure breaks into killed, wounded, prisoners, disease deaths and invalided home, with 28,424 dead or permanently incapacitated and 7,792 killed or died of wounds.
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London
War Office
South Africa
Four Men Garroted in Porto Rico Murder Case
In Ponce Porto Rico on June 4 four men Bernable Acevedo Jose Torres Ramon Troche Cadena and Juan Torres were garroted for murder robbery and outrage tied to the 1898 Guayo Atantas事件 They confessed as they walked to the scaffold one helped adjust the garrot and forgave the executioner another resisted the cloth turning death after a 15 minute struggle The group was part of a band that also attacked Antonio Delorado del Pino in Adjuntas on September 30 1898 during which Del Pino was hanged ears cut off and his household looted
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Ponce
Porto Rico
Bernable Acevedo
Jose Torres
Ramon Troche Cadena
Juan Torres
Guayo
Atantas
Antonio Delorado del Pino
Adjuntas
Pino
Nebraska crop conditions show light rainfall and slow growth
The Weather Bureau reports a dry week in Nebraska ending June 2 with mean temperatures about two degrees below normal in the east and two above in the west. Rainfall was scarce, with only isolated showers. Winter wheat and oats improved, corn growth slow but steady, alfalfa cutting general, potatoes in unusually good condition, pastures plentiful, stock thriving, cherries poor but apples promising.
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United States Department of Agriveure
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Roosevelt nominates Jewell to Martinique consul post
President Roosevelt selects John F Jewell of Galena Illinois to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Consul Prentiss at St Pierre Martinique. The nomination will be sent to the Senate and the department seeks his quick arrival at Fort de France to assume duties and relieve Consul Ayme at Guadaloupe handling Martinique affairs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mount Pelee
Martinique
John F Jewell
Galena
State Department
Prentiss
St. Pierre
Senate
Fort de France
Ayme
Guadaloupe
Supreme Court rules on rail rate case in livestock transport
The Supreme Court affirmed the Interstate Commerce Commission s authority to reduce terminal rates charged by the Chicago Burlington & Quincy and others for livestock cars. Justice White delivered the opinion, upholding the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Chicago
Justice White
Circuit Court of Appeals
Seventh Circuit
Boer Prisoner Totals Named in Commons Question
London June 4 Reuters War Secretary Brodrick told the House of Commons the total Boer prisoners in South Africa and elsewhere is 6 563. Among them 78 are under 15 and 1 026 are over 60 years old.
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London
House of Commons
Brodrick
South Africa
Boera Willing to Suffer Peace News Moves Boers
Bombay report notes mixed reactions in Boer prison camps to the news of South Africa peace. A majority rejoiced yet others said the end of conflict meant losing the purpose of their captivity and that they would have endured years more if divine judgment favored it.
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Bombay
South Africa
Packers Battle in Chicago as Meat Wagons Roar Through Streets
In Chicago on June 5 a four hour wage and hours talks ended with packers yielding on union recognition while refusing it. Riots erupted around stockyards with dozens injured as meat wagons, guarded by police, faced missiles from strike sympathizers. A day of clashes ended when President Frederick W. Job and the state arbitration board brokered a conference between packers and teamsters.
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Ata
Chicago
Itta
Unt
George June
Anglo-American Packing Company
Sixteenth Street
Michigan Avenue
Teamsters
Tookiog
Frederick W. Job
State Board of Arbitration
Supreme court holds bondsmen liable for defalcation
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that all six bondsmen W A Paxton Thomas Swade Cadet Taylor C C McNish E E Brown and John H Ames are liable for about 600000 if the defalcation occurred during former Treasurer Bartley s second term. The case goes back to Douglas County district court for a retrial to determine whether the loss happened in the second term or partly in the first. Commission member Roscoe Pound wrote the opinion.
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Lincoln Ned
Jone
Supreme Court
Bartley
Agtate
W. A. Paxton
Thomas Swade
Cadet Taylor
C. C. McNish
E. E. Brown
John H. Ames
District Court
Douglas County
Roscoe Pound
Heads Cut From Bodise In Austin double murder
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wachler were found in their east Austin home late this afternoon with their heads nearly severed. A note on the dresser stated that they both wanted to die. A butcher knife lay on the bed. the woman's head hung by a thread and the man’s throat was cut from ear to ear.
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Austin
Tex
Joe Wachler
Live Stock Market Review at South Omaha Cattle Trade
At South Omaha live stock markets cattle entries were light with slow, weak demand. Packers insist they paid too much compared with Chicago and attempted to push prices lower, while dry lot beef steers showed steadier prices and fat cattle moved slowly. Veal calves and stags stayed near steady as sheep offerings remained light with limited demand and mostly steady prices for small lots.
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Omaha
Chicago
Towar
Dean Bheey
Bral
Adele
Market standings show mixed cattle and hogs at regional sale
A rough market summary reports dressed beef steers at strong demand and high prices, with cows and bulls varying by region. Receipts include western and Texas stock, feeder and feeder cattle, with range prices noted for steers and heifers. Overall, market appears steady to strong with limited certainty due to fragmented OCR data.
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Kood
Ted Niva
Texas
nAlive Helfere Prue
Idvarn
Porkern
Eruption Described as Not Dangerous Near Albuquerque
Geologist Merrick of New Mexico University examines a crater fifteen miles from Albuquerque and describes a real fold and fault. He notes a constant stream of heated air and vapors from sandstones over lignite, with sulphurous oxide activity due to slow oxidation in the presence of water. Eastward, cracks filled with iron and limestone indicate a past water ascent along the fold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
I. CL. Merrick
New Mexico University
Weat
Allub
Boers Paroled After Island Camp Detention
Dermuda June The Goer officers long held in prison camps on the island near here have been granted parole and allowed ashore for interviews. Generals Cronje Wessels Botha and others expressed relief that the war is over and desire to return home. Rank and file Boers reportedly may ashore in groups of ten, while others are invited to a Government House at home event tomorrow.
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Masilton
Dermuda
Cronje
Wessels
Botha
Government House
Seegers Buys Hocking Coal Mine in Monroe County
George W. Seegers, general solicitor for the Iowa Central Railroad, has purchased the valuable Hocking coal mine in Monroe county for $560,000 at Oskaloona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des. Moines
George W. Seegers
Iowa Central Railroad’ Company
Oskaloona
Hocking
Monroe County
War Office Congratulates Kitchener on Campaign
The War Office cabled congratulations to Lord Kitchener on the energy, skill, and patience shown in the South Africa campaign. It asked him to convey to the troops the government’s profound sense of endurance, bravery, discipline, and humanity. Lord Kitchener replied with thanks.
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War Office
Kitchener
London
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
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