Week Ending April 30 1900 Crop Bulletin Highlights
The report notes copious rains across the state with showers and some hail in the southeast. Wheat oats and spring rye show strong germination and growth. barley seeding partly finished. Soil moisture is ample, grass pastures good, and fruit trees in blossom. Local damage from hail is limited and generally no material losses reported.
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Aurora
Bon Homme
Campbell
Charlies
Clark
Codington
Custer
Davison
Deuel
Douglas
Edmunds
Fall River
Faulk
Grant
Gregory
Hamlin
Hanson
Hughes
Jerauld
Lawrence
Lincoln
Marshall
McCook
Moody
Pennington
Roberts
Sanborn
Turner
Union
Walworth
Yankton
Mine Disaster at Scofield Claims Dozens of Lives
A mine explosion at Pleasant Valley No. 4 in Scofield Utah at 10 25 am killed many workers. About 135 bodies have been recovered with rescue efforts continuing. Officials and company men coordinated aid and suspected blasting powder kegs caused the blast.
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Salt Lake
the Tribune
Scofield
Utah
Pleasant Valley Coal Company
Salt Lake City
New Christian Political Union Forms in Rock Island
The first national assembly of the Christian Political Union met in Rock Island Illinois on May 3 with W E Breaker of Davenport as temporary chairman. A permanent organization was created with 341 delegates and United Christian party chosen as the name.
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Rock Island
Ill
National Assembly of the
Christian Political Union
W. E. Breaker
Davenport
United Christian Party
Bryan Addresses 10000 at Columbus Auditorium
Colonel W. J. Bryan spoke before about 10,000 people in Columbus O at the Columbus Auditorium on the money question imperialism and trusts. Congressman Lentz presided and Bryan later attended a banquet hosted by the Columbus board of trade.
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Mr. Bryan
Columbus
W. J. Bryan
Columbus Auditorium
Congressman Lentz
Columbus Board of Trade
Mayor Estrada Mora Resigns as Havana Acting Mayor
Havana May 3 Senor Estrada Mora resigns as acting mayor citing private business pressure and fatigue from duties of the last 12 months under what he describes as military dictation. He had been known not to complete the term.
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Havana
Senor Estrada Mora
Indiana Fusion Populists Convene in Indianapolis
The state convention of the fusion Populists named delegates to the national Populist convention. The platform denounced trusts imperialism and the Porto Rico tariff act and supported fusion with the Democratic party.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Fusion Populists
Democracic Party
Mrs Frost Charged With Poisoning Husband in New York
New York May 3 Mrs Margaret Frost arrested on charges of poisoning her husband Charles Frost. Coroner awaiting stomach analysis. Defendant held without bail pending report. Mrs Frost denied the accusation and faced the arrest calmly.
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New York
Margaret Frost
Charles Frost
Wages Dispute Ends as 1500 Builders Return to Work
In Portspur on May 3 about 1000 bricklayers and 500 carriers struck for higher pay and shorter hours. The Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners scale was signed by the Master Builders' association and workers returned to their jobs.
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Burdick
America
Portspur RG
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Master Builders’ Association
Tennessee Coal Mine Fire in Bristol Nine Missing
Bristol Tenn May 3 The coal mines at Bristol are on fire prompting great fears for miners. It is reported that all escaped except nine who are unaccounted for. No reliable details yet.
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Tennessee
Bristol
Tenn
More Button Cutters Strike in Muscatine Pearl Factory
Sixty cutters in Lachirschs pearl button factory struck for higher wages. Workers from three of the thirty button factories in Muscatine are out, with a likelihood of further walkouts.
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Muscatine
Lachirsch
British Forced onto Defense Near Thaba N'Chu in Boer Skirmish
Dispatches from Lord Roberts indicate a heavier clash near Thaba N'Chu as Boer rear guards slow British advance. General Smith may command 15,000 to 30,000 troops. Boers estimated at 6,090 to 10,000 with artillery. Battle expected within days, with Mahekian reports of continued hostilities.
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London
Ladysmith
Thaba N’chu
Lord Roberts
Smith
Pretoria
Botha
Boshof
Lord Methuen
Warrenton
Mafeking
Ootsi
Morning Post
Plumer
Reinforcements Sent in South African War Dispatch
General Roberts reports from Bloemfontein dated May 1 that Ian Hamilton moved from Thaba N'Chu with mounted infantry and Smith Dorrien's brigade. He met strong Boer forces under Botha at Hautney, with reinforcements arriving and French and Broadwood to bolster lines. Casualties were light, about 30, as Maxwell's brigade advanced to Vlaksontors and Schauskraal without opposition.
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Hamilton
Botha
London
War Office
Roberts
Bloemfontein
Ian Hamilton
Thaba N’chu
Smith- Dorrien
Clement
Hautney
Broadwood
Bruce Hamilton
Spion Kop Dispatches to be Layed Before Commons
London May 3 in the house of commons the parliamentary secretary of the war office Mr Wyndham announced under exceptional circumstances he proposed to lay on the table telegraphic correspondence between the secretary of state for war the Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord Roberts commander of the British troops in South Africa regarding the publication of the Spion Kop dispatches
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London
House of Commons
War Office
Mr. Wyndham
Marquis of Lansdowne
South Africa
Lord Roberts
Farmers sell horses to Brown & Co for British cavalry use
In Langdon Minnesota on May 3 a group of farmers sold several horses at the South St. Paul stock yards to Brown & Co of Chicago. The buyers are acquiring horses for the British army cavalry and the animals were shipped the same evening to South Africa for $125 per head.
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Langdon, Minn
South St. Paul
Brown & Co
Chicago
South Africa
Locust swarm undercuts Mafeking garrison efforts
A Times dispatch from Mafeking dated April 20 reports whites and natives united in catching a swarm of locusts that passed over the town, illustrating the hungry conditions faced by the garrison.
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Mafeking
London
the Times
Boers Move Toward Winburg as British Pressure Rises
Dispatch from Bloemfontein states Boers retreating from Wepener and Denetdsdorp head toward Winburg due to the strong British force at Thaba N'Chau. Brandfort may be abandoned without a fight as the situation tightens.
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Winburg
Bloemfontein
Wepener
Denetsdorp
Thaba N’chau
Brandfort
Desultory Fighting at Thaba N'Chu Reports
The Times correspondent from Bloemfontein says combat at Thaba N'Chu is desultory. Mounted troops will sweep the front as a prelude to a definite forward movement, with forces now described as organized.
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London
The
Times
Bloemfontein
Thaba N’chu
Freights Collide in a Rock Cut at Span ish River
Two Canadian Pacific freight trains collided at full speed in a rock cut at Span ish river. Brakeman Cote was killed and an operator fell asleep. Damage to 11 cars estimated at least $50,000.
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Wignipec
Canadian Pacific
Spanish River
Cote
Imperial agricultural council petitions on meat inspection changes
The German Imperial Agricultural Council memorialized the bundesrat and reichstag urging modification of meat inspection arguing sanitary and economic reasons. The note cites ongoing debates over reforms to meat safety procedures and industry impact.
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Berlin
Imperial Agricultural Council
Reichstag
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