Peace Announcement Expected Monday
London May 29 The government leader A J Balfour said in the House of Commons he hopes to announce the peace negotiations results on Monday next He cautioned he may not be able to, and urged not to debate the budget until the position is clear He claimed a misinterpretation of the phrase hung in the balance and affirmed confidence a full settlement will be announced Monday despite ongoing Boer resistance in Cape Colony with Malan’s forces active in multiple districts under Major Collett.
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London
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
South Africa
Malan
Middleburg
Cape Colony
Schepers
Krusinberger
Collett
Vereeniging
Transvaal
Mr. Morgan
Aguinaldo
United States
Manila
Spain
Fair heirs receive 50000 from Craven settlement
San Francisco May 29 Mrs Nettie R Craven abandons bid to be widow of late Senator James G Fair after receiving 50000 for withdrawing lawsuits against the estate. The estate valued at about 300000000 is now owned by Charles L Fair and his sisters Mrs Olerichs and Mrs Thersa Vanderbilt. Dismissals and appeals were filed and quit claim deeds recorded. Attorneys’ fees totaling about 2 5 million have been paid to Lloyd Wood Bishop Wheelers Garber Creswell Wilsons Knight Heggarty Budd and Herrin.
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San Francisco
Nettie R. Craven
James G. Fair
Charles L. Fair
Olerichs
Thersa Vanderbilt
Supreme Court
Craven
Lloyd & Wood
Bishop & Wheeler
Garber & Creswell
Wilson & Wilson
Knight
British Columns Move In Cape Colony War Dragging On
After sixteen months of effort the British columns have made little progress with troops kept moving. A correspondent notes success is largely due to luck rather than tactics and will persist as long as columns remain separated. The cabinet met briefly to finalize terms of what is described as the peace agreement, with Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain attending after recovery.
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Cape Town
Cape Colony
Joseph Chamberlain
Wear-Resistant Boy Shoes From New England Factory
The chief merit of a boys shoe is wear resistance. Our wear-resistors are praised for quality and durability. Made for us in a leading New England factory from first quality stock with McKay sewn construction.
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New England
McKay
Top Notch suits offered in blue serge for children
Readable ad copy notes blue serge suits trimmed with white braid with felled seams and trousers in sizes 3 to 8 years. Originally priced at 4.00, now offered at 2.75. Source reads like a vintage clothing sale notice.
Stockings for boys and girls withstand vacation wear
Durable stockings advertised for children enduring vacation use. Some pairs price higher reflecting quality and longer wear.
Ecuador’s ex-president Alfaro arrested amid coup plot
In Guayaquil on May 29, newspapers report former President Alfaro under arrest for conspiring to overthrow President Plaza. He allegedly urged Colombian authorities to suspend plans in Colombia and come to Bucador to aid him. Alfaro purportedly pledges aid to defeat Colombian conservatives after Plaza’s overthrow. San Francisco forecast notes cloudy Southern California tonight and fair Friday with fresh northerly winds.
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Guayaquil
Eucador
Alfaro
Plaza
Colombia
Bucador
Guayaguan
San Francisco
California
Morgan favorable to Philippine bill
Senate discussion on the Philippine bill includes Lodge amendments and an extension of constitutional rights to inhabitants debated by Morgan. He praises the measure as an improvement, warns against extending rights, and argues Aguinaldo was a tool of conspirators, not a defender of Filipino liberty.
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Mr. Lodge
Massachusetts
United States
Pettus
Alabama
Morgan
Committee On
Philippines
Mr. Morgan
Ala
Senate
Dewey
Aguinaldo
Philippine
Hank Junta
Junta
Hong Kong
Rochester Coldest City as Snow Fells
Rochester New York recorded the coldest conditions in the United States yesterday with a low of 36 degrees and traces of snow reported, as weather officials noted the nationwide chill persisted.
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Rochester
N. Y
Weather Bureau
United States
Federation Hold a Joint Session Between Miners and Unions
Denver May 29 The Western Federation of Miners and the Western Labor Unions held brief open sessions then a joint gathering at the invitation of the Federation of Miners. Leaders from both sides participated as they discussed labor issues and the push for a separate labor party amid President Boyce’s satisfaction at the response.
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Denver
Western Federation of Miners
Western Labor Unies
Federation of Miners
Boyce
Fatal shooting affray in Gotham New York
Police respond to alarm at 60 Second Avenue to find J. B. Kelday a cigarette dealer dead with a crushed skull. In an adjoining room N. Caraman a tobacco merchant lies shot through the head holding a pistol near a hammer. Police believe Caraman tried to kill Kelday with the hammer and then shot himself. Cause of the quarrel unknown. Both men taken to Bellevue Hospital with life expected to end.
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New York
Second Avenue
J. 8
Kelday
N. Caraman
Caraman
Bellevue Hospital
Will
Mrs U S Grant Buys Fine Lemon Grove
San Diego May 29 Mrs U S Grant has purchased the Lookout ranch lemon grove at La Mesa for 20000 dollars. The property regarded as one of the best ranch holdings in the county was formerly owned by A B Crower of Spokane.
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San Diego
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Mr. Balfour
Fair
Colonial Hotel
Mission and
Eleventh Streets
Pine and
Sansome Streets
Dinkelspiel Bros
Hoar
Washington
Senator Morgan
Congress
Aguinado
Federation
Gotham
A. H. Grennell
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