Boers Disarmament Progress and Peace Celebrations
Lord Kitchener reports the disarmament of Boers proceeding well with 4342 rifles surrendered to date. Boer leaders accompany British officers for formalities, and surrendering units receive meals, keep horses, and are urged to settle on farms. Surrenders include four Americans. Milner travels with small escort. Thanksgiving services mark peace in British dominions and at Pretoria. Berlin hosts services with embassy members and Andrew D White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Transvaal
Botha
DeWet
King Edward
Edward
Balmoral
Cape Colony
Delagoa Bay
South Africa
Lord Milner
Johannesburg
Berlin
Andrew D. White
United States
John B. Jackson
New Discovery Uses Atmospheric Electricity Without Chemicals
A Las Palmas engineer Figueras reports a method to harness atmospheric electricity without chemicals or dynamos and without motive power. He believes the invention will trigger a tremendous industrial revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Mail
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Figueras
Senor Figueras
Unique bull fight features Romulus in Mexico
A bull fight at Plaza de Toros in Nuevo Laredo Mexico showcased Romulus the famed Mexican wrestler winning by tossing a wild bull from the San Luis Potosi ranch on the first attempt. One bull died and no horses were injured.
Oxford to Honor Choate with Civil Law Doctorate
London reports that at the forthcoming encema Oxford annual commemoration honoring its founders Joseph H Choate United States ambassador will receive the honorary degree of doctor of civil law from Oxford University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Oxford University
Oxford
Joseph H. Choate
United States
Report Finds British Army Officers Inadequate
London June 9 report by the committee on military training and education says junior officers lack military knowledge and are lazy while mediocrity is tolerated, leading to a lamentable level of inefficiency in the English army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Committee On Military Training and Education
Persian shah favors American musical machine over military bands
In Berlin on June 9 the shah of Persia showed greater delight in an American musical device at the Persian legation than in the crack military bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Persia
Taft Meets Pope on Philippine Church State Readjustment
Gov William Taft discussed Philippine church state relations with the pope in Rome noting that readjustment is a constitutional necessity and not hostility to the Catholic church. The pope expressed pride in the U S church and pledged broad, conciliatory handling of issues with a committee of cardinals to seek a satisfactory settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Wm. Taft
Philippines
Gov. Taft
United States
Vatican
Philippine Islands
Taft
Great Republic
Ireland
PISTOLS AND SHOTGUNS IN STREET CAMP BATTLE
In St Paul on June 9 a fight with pistols and shotguns broke out between three citizens and about 380 Italian workers at a Chicago Great Western camp near the Concord street car line. Four men were seriously wounded, with one death likely. injuries include abdomen and facial wounds to A Roberge and similar injuries to N Marcotte and Fred Wayman. The clash followed insults to Mrs Marcotte and Mrs Roberge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Chicago Great Western Road
Concord
A. Roberge
N. Marcotte
Minneapolis
Fred Wayman
Joseph St. Dore
New York Democrat Proposes June 28 Congress Adjournment
Representative Ruppert of New York introduced a resolution to adjourn Congress at 3 p m on June 28. The measure was referred to the Ways and Means Committee as Payne and other Republican leaders weigh the pending legislation and the uncertain legislative outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ruppert
New York
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Payne
House
Jail Break by Seven Prisoners In Bluffs
Seven prisoners in the Council Bluffs jail overpowered jailer Martin as he entered the cell room to give supper. They locked Martin and his wife in a cell and escaped. The jailer's wife tried to assist with a pistol but was overpowered and the weapon taken.
Shah of Persia Awards Emperor William Persian Decoration
The shah of Persia, visiting Berlin, presents Emperor William with the highest Persian order. The insignia is set with diamonds valued at 22,000 marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Persia
William
New beef steer prices set at Kansas City stockyards
Kansas City stocks yards saw new price records for dressed beef steers on Thursday. A Hirsch of Formosa Kansas bought 65 cattle averaging 1,342 pounds at 7.60 dollars per hundred pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
A. Hirsch
Formosa
Kan
Meatpackers to Run Separate Businesses After Injunction
New York June 7 counsel for the meatpackers announces they will not appeal the permanent injunction against their combine and will henceforth operate their businesses separately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Child Kidnapping Victim Margaret Taylor Returns Home
Little Margaret Taylor, long missing since four years in eastern cities and foreign lands, arrives in Cincinnati Friday morning and is welcomed home by the Taylor family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby Taylor
Cincinnati
Margaret
Taylor
Price of Steel Plate May Be Raised In Steel Pool Meeting
Representatives of the steel plate pool met at the Waldorf Astoria on Thursday to discuss possible price increases. No business details were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Bryn Mawr College Receives Rockefeller Grant Match
Bryn Mawr College president Miss M Carey Thomas announced a $250000 contribution to meet the conditional Rockefeller donation of $230090. The gift supports the Bryn Mawr institution in Philadelphia on June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryn Mawr College
Philadelphia
M. Carey Thomas
John D. Rockefeller
Unique educational venture aims to establish farming school near New York
June 9 reports the planned purchase of 415 acres near Poughkeepsie for a permanent farming school proposed by Abram S Hewitt R Fulton Cutting John G Carlisle Mrs Seth Low and others. The project began with an elite committee and later formed a trustees board led by Theodore Van Horden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram S. Hewitt
R. Fulton Cutting
John G. Carlisle
Seth Low
New York
School of Practical Agriculture
Poughkeepsie
Abram S. Newitt
George T. Powell
Mr. Hewitt
Jacob H. Schiff
Seth. Law
Josephine Shaw
Lowell
Walter W. Law
Fulton Cutting
Thacher L. P. Luquer
van Norden
Powell
Hewitt
Wm. E. Dodge
France
Wanted for burglary in five states fading from law
Carbondale June 9 Harry Kelly plagued by a seven months chase. He was captured at Brazil Indiana while in charge of Sheriff Atwood of Ballard county Kentucky and escaped by jumping from a fast Illinois Central train about twelve miles north of Carbondale. He left the sheriff's irons and warning note to the detectives. Rewards offered for capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Harry Kelly
Brazil
Ind
Atwood
Ballard County
Illinois
Central
Duel in Rome Leaves Franchetti Ear Slightly Wounded
In Rome on Sunday evening, Signor Franchetti, a chamber member, and Signor Prinetti, the foreign minister, dueled at the Marqus Medleis villa after a heated Friday chamber debate on the Eritrean Italian East Africa budget. Franchetti sustained a slight ear wound. the two men were reconciled afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Signor Prinetti
Prof Pirth Takes Chinese Chair at Columbia University
Berlin reports Prof. Friederich Pirth, chair of Chinese philology at Munich, has accepted Columbia University's Chinese chair. He will start lecturing in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Friederich Pirth
University of Munich
Columbia University
New York
Treaty Extension Delays Danish West Indian Ratifications
Washington June 9 Secretary Hay and Danish minister Bruns signed a protocol extending for 12 months the period for exchanging ratifications of the Danish West Indian territory treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hay
Bruns
Excursion Train Wreck Kills One in Alpena Michigan
An excursion train of 12 coaches carrying over 500 people bound for Saginaw on the Detroit and Mackinaw railroad wrecked at Black River near Alpena. One man was instantly killed August Grosinski. three others were fatally injured and nearly 50 injured of varying severity. The derailment followed a rapid stop after the tender left the rails. Grosinski perished in the first car while his young son escaped uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpena
Mich
Detroit & Mackinaw
Saginaw
Black River
German Aid Society of
Hopper
August Grosinski
Grosinski
Wind and Thunder Storm Kills Two in Columbus Ga
A Sunday afternoon wind and thunder storm in Columbus Georgia killed carpenter J. J. Willis and Louis McClain. M. C. Cochran was seriously injured when struck near Willis. A clothes wire voltage caused McClain’s injury as well as unroofed homes across the residential area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
J. J. Willis
Louis McClain
M. C. Cochran
Willis
Upper First Avenue
Cochran
Phoenix City
Hazing incident in Madison ends with shooting scare
A hazing bee in Madison on June 9 started as harmless but turned dangerous after Harry F. Herrmann of New London ducked in the lake, returned with a revolver and fired during a street rush. The bullet struck Phil Kopplin of Laveu in the leg. Kopplin's injuries are described as slight. Herrmann was captured and given a second ducking as the crowd rioted. several other shots were fired without effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Harry F. Herrmann
New London
Phillip C. Kopplin
Laveu
Pardon Released Three White Men In Alabama Lynching Case
Governor Jelks granted clemency to Geo. Howard, Martin Fuller, and John Strength, three of four white men convicted in Elmore County for lynching Robin White. They had been sentenced to ten years and served one year in prison, marking a historic Alabama case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Montrose Merchant Arrested in Painter Killing
B F Newton a Montrose merchant was arrested after confessing to killing a journeyman painter. A newly dug grave in the woods was found and the painter's remains were buried there. Newton claims the death was in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluff
Ark
B. F. Newton
Montrose
Newton
Harvard Linguist Ferdi nand Bocher Dead at 68
Cambridge June 9 A M professor Ferdinand Bocher of Harvard University since 1870 has died Born in New York in 1882 to French parents he spent childhood in Normandy and later taught French in St Louis before his university career
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Cambridge, Mass
Ferdinand Bocher
Harvard University
New York City
Normandy
St. Louis
American envoy Whitelaw Reid settles in Queenstown
Whitelaw Reid, United States special envoy to King Edward's coronation, arrived at Queenstown aboard the Cunard steamer Umbria and is now comfortably settled in the Brook house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Whitelaw Reid
United States
Edward
Queenstown
Cunard Line
Umbria
Brook House
Canadian duty cuts boost Mexican coffee trade
Mexico City reports the Mexican consul general in Canada has notified that Ottawa has conceded a considerable reduction on duties on coffee imports from Mexico, easing the trade burden for Mexican exporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Department of Foreign Relations
Canada
Liberty Bell Leaves Charleston for Philadelphia by Special Train
The Liberty Bell departed Charleston on a Sunday, bound for Philadelphia, attached to a passenger train with an escort of Philadelphia council committees and citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
8. C
Philadelphia
Council
Skillful burglars loot Davies building offices in Dayton
Fifteen offices in the Davies building at Fourth and Main streets were burglarized by professionals using a jimmy and skeleton key. Losses total about 1000 dollars with thousands in cash left untouched. Diamonds valued at 700 dollars were taken from Harry Gillespie’s desk, while a fertilizer company safe showed tampering but remained closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Davies
Fourth
Main Streets
Jimmy
James McCallum Fertilizer Co
Harry Gillespie
Weller & McClure
Miss Sarah Duncan Weds George Herbert Winslow
Miss Sarah Duncan, niece of the late President McKinley, married George Herbert Winslow of Pittsburgh in a June ceremony at Bolton Avenue Presbyterian with 75 guests. Rev Chauncey Goodrich officiated. Grace McKinley was maid of honor and Dr Evyline Heard was best man. The widow sent wishes and a wedding gift check. The couple will live in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Sarah Duncan
McKinley
George Herbert Winslow
Pittsburg
Chauncey Goodrich
Bolton Avenue Presbyterian Church
Grace McKinley
Evyline Heard
Death in a Peculiar Manner at Cleveland Meet
Dayton man H. E. L. Zwick, serving as field judge at the Cleveland interscholastic field meet on Glenville tracks, was fatally struck when a hammer broke during practice. The blow hit him in the stomach as he stood 20 feet away, and he died two hours later. Zwick recently graduated from Case law school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
H. E. L. Zwick
Dayton
Glenville
Sherburn Wightman
Zwick
Case Law School
Ohio Sunday-school Convention closes in Findlay
The Ohio State Sunday-school association wrapped its 43d annual convention in Findlay on Thursday night. Elected officers include President W. E. Dudaley Cincinnati Vice President J. G. Slayter Akron Secretary Rev Joseph Clark D D Columbus and Treasurer N. D. Barrett Springfield. Next convention slated for Portsmouth in June 1903.
Fourth district Democratic convention vote totals
The Fourth district convention reassembled and on convening Thursday morning the 528th ballot produced Garber 114, Adkins 78, Loree 63, Good 1. Garber gained 1 vote, Loree 2, Adkins lost 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celina
Garber
Adkins
Loree
Good
Miami National Bank Sues Heaths on Multiple Notes
The Miami national bank sues Fletcher S. Heath for 7168.23 with interest from February 1 1900 and Cyrus R. Heath and Fletcher S. Heath for 1350 with interest from November 29 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton, O
Miami National Bank
Fletchers
Boy stung by bees in Ohio farm incident
North Baltimore June 7 The two year old son of Mack Bryant was gravely hurt after he poked a stick into a hive. He was stung about a hundred times and doctors fear for his recovery as he remains in precarious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Baltimore, O
Mack Bryant Fles
Mary Johns Dies After Stove Fire Incident
In Arcanum Ohio on June 6 Mary Johns a 20 year old domestic sustained severe burns when set aflame by a stove. She died six hours later as authorities investigated the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcanum
Mary Johns
Canton Akron Electric Co Increases Capital Stock
The Canton Akron Electric Co increased capital stock from 600099 dollars to 1000000 dollars to assimilate the Canton Massillon electric line and complete the Navarre extension south to New Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton O
Canton- Akron Electric Co
Canton-Massillon
Navarre
New
Philadelphia
Bicycle Trick Rider Fatally Injured After Ladder Fall
Zanesville Ohio June 6 Professor H J Record the trick bicycle rider who spent ten days at Grant park was fatally injured Thursday night when he fell while riding down a 100 foot ladder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Grant Park
Furnace Men's Strike Ends in Promise of Settlement
In Youngstown Ohio a National Furnace Workers association committee met with Republic Iron and Steel Co officials to end the strike. The firm offered a ten percent wage advance for all workers above ordinary labor, a proposal seen as acceptable if all striking men accept. Committees from multiple mills continue talks and the outlook remains hopeful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, O
National Furnace Workers’ Association
Republic Iron & Steel Co
Hart
The
Republic Co
Narrow Escapes At Vulcan Iron Works Fire
Fire destroyed the Vulcan Iron Works Co plant in Toledo on Thursday with an estimated loss of 80000 dollars. About 150 skilled workers lost their jobs temporarily. Fire fighters battled through a fast spreading blaze that trapped men on the stairs forcing some to jump from windows. Captain John Matthews and firefighters Jones and Cotter were seriously injured by debris. Two workers Joseph Thomas and Ollie Wilcox were severely burned and rescued. Origin of the blaze is unknown and the loss is fully insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Vulcan Iron Works Co
John Matthews
Jones
Cotter
Joseph Thomas
Ollie Wilcox
Train Wreck Kills Brakeman and Injures Horses
A special horse train on the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis line wrecked near Hix Station in Bellefontaine Ohio. About 20 horses were killed or injured with brakeman James Bordon of Ansonia dead and engineer Daniel Kunkel and fireman George Royer of Bellefontaine badly hurt. Several horse owners including N S Argyle J J Ogles J M Garth and J W Pangle were injured but not seriously. The train was en route from St Louis to Ft Erie when it jumped the track at high speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefontaine
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
Hix Station
James Bordon
Ansonia
Daniel Kunkel
George Royer
N. S. Argyle
Nashville, Tenn
J. J. Ogles
Snakes Emerge From Oil Well Near Mt Cory
Findlay Ohio June 7 nearly a pair of five foot blue racer snakes emerged from an oil well hole near Mt Cory. Oil driller H A Harley of the Ohio company killed the first snake and immediately killed a second that followed. Both snakes exceeded five feet in length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
H. A. Harley
The
Ohio
Mt. Cory
Sherman biographer sails for Europe on Celtic
Senator Sherman's biography by former congressman Winfield S Kerr leaves Mansfield for Europe. Kerr, an executor of John Sherman’s estate, sails from New York on the Celtic Friday with his wife and daughter Caroline. The biography is set to appear next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Sherman
Winfield S. Kerr
John Sherman
Europe
New York
Caroline
Two Killed By a Train in Steubenville
Basil O Marino age 36 and Guiseppe Marino age 18, both members of a floating gang on the Pan Handle, were killed while walking along the tracks in Steubenville Ohio on June 7. They stepped from the road onto an east bound passenger train and were struck after moving onto the west bound track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville, O
Basil O Marino
Guiseppe Marino
Man Attacks Plate Fronts While Drunk. Suit Seeks Damages
Eaton Ohio June 7 Suits filed in court seek damages by attaching property soon to come into possession of Wm. Ross man. reports say he, while intoxicated, smashed plate fronts. He is now in the Mansfield reformatory.
Bavarian Brewer Confesses Stabbing Hartness in Dice Dispute
Maviler Niedermeier, 30, a Bavarian brewery laborer, confessed to stabbing A. W. Hartness after a quarrel over a dice game. Hartness died at St. Francis hospital Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mystery Well Sparks Berea Sand Field In Ohio
A "wild cat" well drilled by Wheeling parties near Uniontown Ohio flowed after a nitroglycerine blast, opening a new field in the Berea sand. In Columbus on June 7 Capt Byron L. Bargar and Capt Arthur W. Reynolds were elected by acclamation to lieutenant colonel and major of the 4th Infantry Ohio National Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Wheeling
W. Va
Berea
Columbus
Byron Il, Bargar
Arthur W. Reynolds
Ieutenant
4Th Infantry
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Gov
William Taft
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Prof. Bocher
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