War progress gossip in Commons on looming Kroonstad capture
In London lobbies MPs wager Roberts will reach Pretoria in two months and target Kroonstad next week. Boers under Botha mass 15–20 thousand with 46 guns, while Roberts can field 20–35 thousand and 140 guns. Steyn reportedly near Thaba N’Chu with 8,000 men as Brabant and Rundle push forward.
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Steyn
Thaba N’chu
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Rundle
Durban
Buller
Springfield
Populist Convention Nominates Bryan for President
At Sioux Falls the Populist national convention nominated W. J. Bryan for president and C. A. Towne for vice president by acclamation after hours of debate. The platform denounces financial policy, calls for free coinage, trusts curbs, and direct elections while endorsing municipal ownership and territorial autonomy. The crowd cheered as Bryan was hailed, and Towne was later nominated by acclamation amid fevered excitement.
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Roberts Reports Doers Flying North Before British Advance
London May 12 The war office received a dispatch from Lord Roberts in which he notes the enemy’s retreat from a 20 mile river line and that cavalry and horse artillery pursue along three roads. Roberts says they are across the Zand river and pressing the Boers from Welgelegen.
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Tucker
Hamilton
Powers Send Collective Note to Transvaal President
A Pretoria dispatch reports European powers sent a collective note to President Kruger stating they will hold him personally responsible for mine safety and will back England in enforcing compensation if mines are destroyed.
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Transvaal
Lonpos
Pretoria
Kruger
England
Women Ready to Form Volunteer Defense Corps
Pretoria May 9. President Kruger received a telegram from a burgheress proposing a corps of women volunteers to defend Transvaal independence. She states readiness to mobilize if called.
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Kruger
Burgheress
Transvaal
Government rejects sale of mining rights in Pretoria
Pretoria session ends with a government plan to sell mining rights rejected by the raad 12 to 0. The government sought permission to set prices to be approved, but the motion failed and the session closed.
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Pretoria
Raad
Alsace Lorraine Question Drives German War Pact Mediation
The Hanover Confirms reports that France would answer only one question if war with Britain arose, namely Alsace Lorraine. The article suggests a three-way German-leaning bloc or dreibund rather than a continental federation against England.
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France
Hanover
Associated Press
Alsace-Lorraine
England
Germany
Abolish Hawaiian Postal Savings Banks Bill Proposed
Senator Daniel of Virginia introduces a bill to amend Hawaii territorial government act to end the postal savings bank. It would pay depositors and retire Hawaii's public debt not exceeding 4 million dollars, including postal deposits.
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Washington
Daniel
Hawaii
Postal Savings Bank of
Islands
Cockran Sets Conditions For Bryan Support
W Bourke Cockran spoke at a Montgomery race conference stating he will back Bryan only if the Kansas City platform differs from 1896 and opposes McKinley policy. He declared opposition to militarism imperialism and trusts and warned he will support the ticket only if the platform and spirit favor change.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bryan
W. Bourke Cockran
Kansas City
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Opposes Flag Advertising
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers unanimously disapproved attaching any advertising to the American flag and approved a $50,000 charitable fund for indigent members, the largest such appropriation in its history.
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Milwaukee
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Joliet Building Trades Strike Declared Off
Joliet with Dis lies Joliet May 12 The building trades strike in Joliet that began April 1 has been officially declared off. It was a victory for the master contractors and affected between 600 and 800 men tying up all building in Joliet for several weeks.
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Joliet
Jolliet, Dis
Steel and Wire Company Leaders Resign in Shuffle
New York on May 12 officers of the American Steel and Wire company announce that John Lambert has resigned the presidency and John W. Gates has resigned the chairmanship of the board.
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New York
American Steel and Wire Company
John Lambert
John W. Gates
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