New Move For Peace Boer Officials See Kitchener
Pretoria dispatch reports Boer government officials including Schalkburger and Meyer traveling by special train toward Balmoral and then to Kitchener in hopes of negotiating peace. They will travel to Kroonstad under safe conduct while British forces press near Rhenoster Kop. London regards the move as a fresh effort to end the war despite cautious expectations and censored communications.
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Sutte
Ode
Wolock
Bealmoral
Walmoral
Schalkburger
Lord Kitchener
Kroonstadt
Schallebarger
Rhenoster Kap
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Balmoral
Durger
MM. Schalkburger
Treit Meyer
Kroghi
Mr. Steyn
de Wet
Delarey
London
Steyn
Mr. Schalkburg
Assailed by the Moros Near Paran-Parau Mindanao
Gen. George W. Davis at Zamboanga reports a Nak detachment of seventeen men attacked by about two hundred Moros near Paran-Parau Mindanao. One gunner died. Moros captured the detachment’s transport four pack mules. United States transport Lazard arrived in Manila with a detachment of the Twenty-seventh Infantry and a squadron of Cavalry. Four more cholera cases and two more deaths from malaria are reported. The health officer believes precautions avert an epidemic.
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Mindanao
Geo. W. Davis
Zamboanga
Mingmao
Nak Corps
Paran-Parau
Gunat Corps
Moras
United Stat Irtasport Lazard
Manila
Twenty-Seventh Infantry
Vie Healeh
Ges
Chafee
Third Infantry
Tates
Grant
San Francisco
Unclear Mail Fraud Scheme Leads to Fraud Trial
Charles T. Graham president of the Couples Publishing Co Philadelphia and Willa J. Gellowas former aide to the company are charged in a mail fraud case. George Choment and others face trial for using the mails to defraud with agents and deposits tied to alleged fake solicitations. Post office authorities report ongoing investigations and similar cases by inspectors. Mrs French killed in an apparent accident at her Boston residence, with medical examiners attributing death to a fall from a building elevator shaft. Charles French, her husband, faces related inquiries.
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Ibys Publishing Company
Alluway
Multan
French
Boston
Pevatur
Lilia
Draper
AL French
Big flood hits Bangor as bridge spans fail
The Bangor area endures a flood as the Maine Central railroad bridge collapses its middle spans into the river. Flooding swamps streets and stores while many businesses report losses and water reaches deep into the city core.
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Tarnser
Bisine
Bangoers
Bookkeeper Charged With Forgery In Indianapolis Case
An Indianapolis live stock firm bookkeeper Arthur J. Simpson was arrested Friday on forgery charges. The affidavit cites fraud of 4 685 dollars allegedly obtained by Simpson. Detectives say firm members implicate Simpson’s associates, hinting at a larger scheme totaling about 30 600 dollars. Simpson has a wife and several dependents.
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Indianapolis
Arthur J. Simpson
Watman-Black-Chamberlain Pany
Live Stock Commission
Simpson
Simpay Winers Dynin
War Revenue Repeal and President Protection Bills Passed
Senate passed two measures on Saturday the war revenue repeal and a bill to protect the president. The revenue bill advanced after a short speech with opposition from Senator Cilinan over a tariff change. The president protection measure drew long debate led by Senator Renster Patterson, with Senate Banks supporting it. amendments were rejected and the bill passed. The act imposes death penalties for killing the president or other high officials and outlines penalties for aiding or conspiring to kill, with provisions to empower military protection.
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Senate
United States
Cilinan
Hiss
Avetier
Renster Patterson
Colorado
Banks
Part of flood freed big gorge above Chamberlain
Thursday night the water in the Missouri River at Chamberlain rose rapidly, about nine feet by morning, then fell about one foot. River authorities say the flood pool has been released, though the river remains three feet lower than normal. The channel is heavy with drift, and more water may be needed to avoid obstructions.
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Chamberlain S
Turing
Missouri
Chamberlain
Imerra
Hardbuck
Dorsett
Tohn Dorsett
Crescent
Ife
Brooklyn man leaves fortune to adopted daughter in crash tale
Frank Conger of Brooklyn died in a Detroit hotel and bequeathed six million dollars to his adopted daughter Oressa Stewart Conger, taken from her dead mother after the Lake Shore railroad wreck at Handining. The girl is now 24 and inherits income, as the will states. The case notes lack of natural heirs. Miles remarks spark Senate military affairs discussion as retirement possibility looms.
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Siaw
Frank Conger
Brooklyn
Detroit
Oressa Stewart Conger
Lake Shore
Handning
Venger
Stewart
Roches
Miles
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Theso
Woman Fires Five Shots After Spouse Choking quarrel
Liberty Kempt a Washington Ind business man dies minutes after his wife shoots him during a supper table quarrel. The wife, who escaped serious harm, told police she acted in self defense after he choked her. Police investigations continue as details unfold.
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Washington
Lnet
Liberty Kempt
Ind
Kempt
Ler
Dubuque Democrats Fail to Nominate Mayor Candidate
The Dubuque city Democratic convention on the 19th did not nominate a mayoral candidate. Speaker endorsements praised Mayor Berg, while efforts to appoint a campaign committee failed. The event proceeded to nominate minor officers amid a mood of reform and limited enthusiasm. Also noted was the departure of Prof. James Atkinson from Town State College, seeking editorial work as salary offers lag behind needs.
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Democrats
Berge
Phen
Parner
Knight
Berg
Dubhuque
Iowa
Joh S. Murphy
James J.iu
Steemera Committee
Equity
State Agricultural College Doe
Tames Atkinson
Town State College
Tomestead
Atkinson
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Calle
Bern
Ube
AL Hragal College
Hare
Lands Suckers at Sheldon in Electric Belt Fakir
A chaotic mixed report details a Sheldon scam involving an electric belt scheme with claims of large returns and bribes offered with cigars as investigators seek evidence. The patchwork item also covers local Elks plans in LeMars, railroad work near Tows, a mother and daughter reunion, dog bites in Floyd County, an Iowa official relocation, a suicide verdict, and charity funding decisions.
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Lemars Elks
Disappearance of Roy McNama at Cringetl College
The Grinnolh area reels over Roy McNama’s disappearance from Cringetl College. Police involvement follows a faculty platform mention as Rev J B McNama, his father, grieves and argues the death theory lacks evidence. Searches extend to ponds. parallels drawn with the Hagley case.
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Mwa
Grinnolh
Roy McNama
Fows College
Cringetl
Deep End
Fis
J.B. McNaof
I Niay
Phitform
Howeve Young
Uagley
Soldier Weds Philippine Native in Court marriage
Soldier Retin Weds Miss Lorch from the Philippines after meeting at a Union depot. They secured a license at the Justi office in Council Bluffs, with about thirty others attending the peaceful ceremony. The couple faced mild embarrassment but began their life together in Louisville and New Amsterdam after the wedding.
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Couneil
Montgome
Sidney Lorch
Coun
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Mery
New Amsterdam
N. Y
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Hee Howe
Louisville
Council
Alice of Justi
Plucky Play at Iowa City Opera House Fire Delays Show
Plucky Play actors performed in the Iowa City Opera House hours after a blaze. The building inside was waterlogged, smoky, and damaged, with fire crews removing heat before the troupe learned later in the evening there would be no play that night.
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Iowa City
Opr
Pocket Come Saved Life at Ames Shootings
A campus shooting on the State Agricultural College grounds near Ames left a student wounded as L. Campbell and others describe the incident. Campbell, son of a local farmer, fired at a fellow student after a dispute, wounding him in the breast. Meanwhile a lethal train incident in Webster City claimed a life, and Mrs. Patton was killed by a passing team in Williscay.
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Mna
JT. A. Campbell
Staite Agricultural Cell
Ames
J.A. Ience
Webster City
Campbell
Armer
Nene
Marshalltown
Tlenry Rockenfeld
Chelsea
Northwestern
Flo
Iowa Legislature Briefs and Local News Highlights
The report covers Iowa Senate and House actions including Bruce seat contest, committee appointments, and educational board debates. It notes bills on tax notice, assessor timing, court expansions, and school bonds, plus local items on deaths, appointments, hospital incorporation, and a Davenport train wreck with injuries. It preserves named individuals, places and institutions across Iowa and neighboring towns.
Inventor McCue of Stark County Gains Noted Praise
Thomas W. McCue, native of Stark County Ohio and resident near Akron, is praised by Thomas A Edison for his nerve pain remedy and other inventions. He studied electrical science little over a decade and has worked on a smoke consumer and an electric horse-sticker. He once lived in California and now resides at the McCue farm near Akron.
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Stark County
Ohio
Thomas A. Edison
Mtr. McGue
H E
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McCue
Akron
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