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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1902
Page
1
Kitchener and Milner signed on behalf of Britain completing the Pretoria agreement Saturday night signaling a peace accord in South Africa.
London crowds erupt in jubilation as Lord Kitchener announces Boer surrender terms. King Edward sends messages of peace while Kruger reacts with disbelief. Celebrations sweep clubs churches and streets across the empire amid prayers and orderly rejoicing.
The Daily Graphic and other papers laud the Boer and British courage as celebrations spread. Officials confirm a document containing terms of surrender was signed by Boer representatives and Lord Milner and Lord Kitchener, with Monday proclaimed a general holiday in South Africa.
The Senate will vote Tuesday at 4 o clock on the Philippine civil government bill and devote time to speeches. A Nicaraguan canal bill discussion follows, with Spooner route provisions likely debated. Cuban reciprocity terms are outlined but not now set for action. Senators Hanna Kittredge Harris Mitchell Foster Turner Morgan plan addresses, while party caucus aims to unify Republicans on the Cuba measure.
Prof Angelo Heilprin, with three guides, ascended Mont Pelee amid violent eruptions and mud ejections. He spent over two hours at the crater rim observing three vents and the River Fallaise activity, returning exhausted but safe. bridge damage from mud flows hindered others on the excursion.
Subesidence of 8st Vincent Kingstown reports La Soufriere’s latest eruption at 3 am with thunderous noise and an earthquake shock. Dense vapor rose high enough to be seen from Kingstown, the crater cloud illuminated like fire, and vivid lightning within the crater. No damage. eruption ended after about an hour as weather remained fair despite dense cloud cap and heavy rain in the leeward mountain area.
A traveler reports St Vincent may subside as leeward areas likely drop, while heavy rains cause floods washing away homes in the island’s windward region. Rabacca storehouse and wharf are buried in mud. Mont Pelee erupts again in Martinique on May 27, with ash clouds seen far from St Pierre.
In Lancaster on June 1, Walter Powell and Daniel Treewitz, both about seventeen, collided while bicycling at Wheatland avenue in the dark without lamps. Powell died at St Joseph's Hospital from a fractured skull, while Treewitz, initially thought uninjured, showed severe internal injuries with grim prospects for recovery.
Reports from Willemstad Curacao say Carupan in Bermudez was reoccupied by government forces on May 28 after rebels fled two days earlier. General Matos leads about 6,400 men marching toward Caracas, two weeks out. Coro and Valencia are threatened as uprisings spread. Uribe Uribe meets Castro in Caracas after arriving from Port of Spain.
Dinner aboard the Ganlo marks the farewell function of the special embassage to this country as the mission takes its departure from the United States.
On June 1 in Boston the French Rochambeau mission toasted U S France friendship aboard the battleship Gaulois before departing for Lisbon and home. Dignitaries from both nations attended a farewell dinner with statements of lasting alliance and mutual respect.
Accompanying the battleship Kear- and the Olympia, a 21 gun national salute was fired and returned by the Olympia. In Boston light seven teen and then fifteen gun salutes honored General Brugere and Vice Admiral Fournier as American ships escorted the French men of war home. Many who did not return plan to visit the St Louis exposition site. others head to New York. Among them are M. La Grade and M. Jean Guillemin, M. Robert de Billy, the embassy secretary at Washington, M. Jules Boeuve, the chancellor and others including the Vicomte De Chambrun, the Berlin attaché, and Count and Countess De Rochambeau. M. Croszett will visit Yale then Columbia University for a degree. M. Cambon and Mme. Cambon stay in Boston. Major Berthelot, wounded in Charlestown navy yard fall, is improving and left for France aboard the Gaulois.
Washington and Boston dispatch reveal a public exchange between General Brugere of the French Rochambeau statue mission and President Roosevelt. Brugere thanks the U S for its hospitality and friendship, and Roosevelt replies that the welcome has pleased the American people and wishes prosperity to France.
The Wichita Kansas river rose four and one quarter feet by noon and may climb two more feet overnight. Rain threatens heavy rainfall could overflow the Little Arkansas river and breach banks. Fourteen city bridges lie in peril as railroad streetcar lines brace against possible collapse. May rainfall totaled ten and a half inches, a new May record.
The heaviest rainstorm of the year hit Burlington Iowa this morning with six to eight inches of rain. The Mississippi River rose a foot in twelve hours and continues to climb, threatening further damage to crops and homes.
In Portland Oregon the register for tomorrow's election stands at 90000 a drop of over half from the presidential vote. Republican leaders express confidence in their ticket while Democrats anticipate Governor candidate Chamberlain winning by about five thousand. In Cleveland Senator Hanna declines suggestive talk on hosting the next Republican national convention noting self interest claims and his current unlikelihood as a candidate.
A second public meeting in New York under the Israelite Alliance of America pressed for protection of American citizens in Russia. Speakers included John De Witt Warner and Goldfogle with Joseph J. Corn presiding. The group amended former resolutions to urge the federal government to secure uniform treatment for all citizens regardless of race or creed and planned simultaneous meetings in major cities.
Cincinnati June 1 Imperial tentate special train of Shriners with around 600 aboard arrives at dawn over the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern. Delegations from Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington join McGee party from New York. Eastern Shriners hosted by Syrian Temple at breakfast and join in journey westward as three trains depart toward San Francisco.
In Marquette Michigan on June 1 the bodies of the two Carlson brothers and the two Lavine brothers were recovered tonight. This marks the third body found after a lengthy search lasting seven months and substantial expenditures following the quadruple drowning incident.
Wilkes Barre Pa June 1 The eve of a pivotal week in the anthracite miners strike finds unions rallying engineers firemen and pumpmen to demand eight hour work days. Both sides ready for escalation with an army of coal and iron police and thousands of potential nonunion workers. President Mitchell says the union faces an unprecedented mobilization and predicts a decisive outcome for organized labor.
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