Rumors of Peace Grow Yet No Surrender Confirmed
London reports deny Delary surrender with three Boer commandos and predict peace news may not arrive for two weeks. Foreign Office says amnesty for Cape rebels is the obstacle. Kitchener dispatches lack surrender notices. Boer delegates meet burghers and plan Vereeniging talks for May 25, signaling favorable outlook despite uncertainty.
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London
United States
Delary
South Africa
Foreign Office
Cape
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Stock Exchange
New York
Kierksdorp
Kemp
Pretoria
Reitz
Transvaal
Beyers
Pietersburg
Botha
Schalkburger
Delarey
Lucas Meyer
Orange Free State Forces
Steyn
Orange Free State
de Wet
Vereeniging
War cost estimate for South Africa reaches £223 million
London reports an official estimate placing the total cost of the South African war to March 90 at nearly £223,000,000, reflecting the substantial financial burden of the conflict.
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London
Behring Advances Tuberculosis Theory and Cattle Immunity
Advance sheets announce Behring’s forthcoming work arguing tubercle bacilli in man and cattle are the same species, differing only by host adaptation. He claims successful cattle infection with human virus and a vaccine method for young calves now used on Marburg farms, and notes his Nobel speech context. Also reports Whitehouse Hindlip expedition reaching Gilgisa Abyssinia and marching toward Addis Ababa.
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Berlin
Professor Behring
Behring
Marburg
Btim
Morgans Accept White Star Line Agreement
The Morgan group will fulfill their option to join the Atlantic shipping combine with White Star Line and receive 32,5000 in stock for their organizing and financing services. Separate dispatches note Wu Tingfang's potential headship of the foreign laws bureau in China, the fourth indemnity installment paid, and acquittals in a Prussian court martial trial.
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Peking
Wu Tingfang
Washington
Bureau of Foreign Laws
Police Draw Pistols in New York Raid on Pool Rooms
Police led by Captain Sheehan raided a West Fourteenth street poolroom in the Old Knickerbocker district. As the door opened, crowds rushed out and fought officers. pistols were drawn, forcing officers to subdue suspects with a club. Sixty-one prisoners were taken to the Tenderloin district. Captain Sheehan was knocked down but not seriously hurt.
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New York
Sheehan
West Fourteenth Street
Knickerbocker
Tenderloin
Death sentence for assassin who killed Sipiaguine
Reports from St. Petersburg detail the court martial death sentence for Balschaneff, the alleged assassin of M. Sipiaguine, minister of the interior. He is to be hanged on May 3 after a secret trial. identity and motives linked to anti-government conspiracies and student clashes.
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Balschaneff
Sipiaguine
M. Storaguine
Kieff
M. Sipiaguine
M. Pobiedonostieff
Holy Synod
von Plehwe
Finland
Convicts Wilson and Gannon Freed on Habeas Corpus
Willie Wilson, a Black convict, and Joseph Gannon, serving sixteen years for arson and robbery, had habeas corpus hearings in Leavenworth. Both were discharged pending appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Wilson’s death sentence for murder in the Philippine Volunteer Army was commuted by President McKinley to ten years. Gannon’s bond was set at zero. he could not post it and was returned to prison.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Willie Wilson
Joseph Gannon
United States Court
United States Supreme Court
Wilson
Philippine Volunteer Army
McKinley
Gannon
Supreme Court
Burglary at Daub and Preasler Grocery Ends in Shootout
Five burglars blew open the Crafton store safe at 18 o'clock. A clash with officers and citizens left Officers Westcott shot in the leg and Peak clubbed on the head. The trio fled with about $3. Three suspects were later captured, including leader Joseph Sullivan nabbed at Chartiers Creek.
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Pittsburg
Daub & Preasler’s
Craft Avenue
Crafton
Thomas Westcott
William M. Peak
Westcott
Joseph Sullivan
Chartlers Creek
Pittsburg May Day Strike Spreads Through City
Pittsburg workers plan a May Day stoppage as nearly 12,000 laborers across trades including structural ironworkers carpenters and painters refuse to report to duty over wage and eight hour day demands. Some unions seek compromise while others push for entire regional strike expansion across nearby towns and cities.
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Pittsburg
Structural Iron Workers
American Bridge Company
Cleveland
Wheeling
McKeesport
Sharon
Sharon Steel Company
Conciliators Meet Over Anthracite Miners Dispute
New York April 30 After two days of talks operators and United Mine Workers representatives brought by the National Civic Federation again referred the dispute to the conciliation committee. No fixed meeting date was announced though Friday or Saturday is probable. Mitchell said the conference is closed and no further comment. Baer for the coal companies said reports go to the federation, with Friday or Saturday set for the committee meetings. Public details remain unavailable.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
National Civic Federation
Committee On
Mitchell
Biz
George F. Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Republican Club
Knox
Union Funds Debate and Idle Mines Parade Regional Strikes
Reported committee action on constitutional and general laws, with a push to raise the defense fund from 5 to 10 400, plus secrecy around the measure. Miners and operators in the Chicago and Alton sub district fail to reach accord in Auburn and Springfield causing multiple mines to idle, involving 1 500 to 2 000 miners, as a broader strike threat looms. In Wisconsin, a warrant chase targets Dells Cece Pulp and conspirators over planned Saturday mill shutdowns and inflammatory acts.
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Ill
Chicago & Alton
Auburn
Chatham
Divernon
Greenridge
Carlinville
Girard
EAU Claire
Wis
W. H.hamilton
Watertown
N. Y
United Brotherhood of Paper Makers
Dells Cee Pulp Company
P. J. Ackerman
Charles Hess
Coconspiratore
Fighting in Colombia as government forces suffer heavy losses
Government forces clash near Chiriqui Grande in Colombia. Colonel Buendia leads 500 insurgents entrenched on a mountain summit. Government troops suffer sixty killed or wounded. Reinforcements and wounded reach Bocas del Toro as General Gomez heads there with a large force.
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Ferrera
Bocas
Chiriqui Grande
Las Penas
Buendia
Department of Santander
Guarumo
Victoriano Lorenzo
Canal Company
Gomez
Rebels in Rio Hacha Battle Turmoil in Colombia
In Panama April 30 reports confirm rebels captured Rio Hacha after Gen Follac misplayed a garrison attack leaving the town unprotected. Salazar notes evacuation due to disease, while 3,000 soldiers died from yellow fever and smallpox this year. Government forces eye transport for 4,000 troops from Honda. In Cauca the army is reorganized into eight divisions totaling about 16,900 men as one guerilla band remains active. The Panama fleet gains the Clapet steamer armed for war. Near Cumana Venezuela, General Gonzales is prisoner and Castillo mortally wounded as revolutionaries press on San Antonio. Carupano and Barcelona panic.
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Follac
Salazar
Fernandez
Honda
Magdalena River
Department of Cauca
Panama Railroad Company
Clapet
Caracas
Venezuela
Gonzales
Cumana
San Antonio
Castillo
Carupano
Barcelona
Indiana Delegation Weighs Zanzibar Consul Seat
Indiana lawmakers discuss post office appointments in the South and the Zanzibar consul vacancy. Rogers of Shoals has leave expiring next month, with candidates including Fuller of Indianapolis News, Davis of Gas City, and Stradley of Jeffersonville drawing support amid Indiana’s uncertain chances.
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Shoals
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Lawrence
Indiana
Hector Fuller
Indianapolis News
Thomas Davis
Gas City
Steele
H. Stradley
Jeffersonville
Rogers
U Department
The Mississippi Bubble Introductory Encounters in London
John Law and his brother Will are found lying under a hedge near London by Lady Catharine Knollys and Mary Connynge. A tale of swift love unfolds among three, with the fourth soon drawn into Cupid’s snares as the story promises fascinated reading.
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Will
London
Catharine Knollys
Mary Connynge
Senate Hears Cuba Diplomatic Funds Amid Russia Relief
Senate foreign relations committee approved funds for U S representation in Cuba including a minister at 12000 a year and three consulates Matanzas Cienfuegos and Santiago with caps of 3500 3000 3000 respectively plus a Havana consulate general at 5000 and legation staff salaries. The panel also backed favorable reports on treaties with France Nicaragua Ecuador and the Dominican Republic and four with Great Britain while Argentine and Jamaican pacts faced opposition. The action comes amid Russian famine relief strain and a broad agenda on remapped treaties and postings.
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Senate
Corrigan to recover from illness in New York report
In New York on April 3 doctors said Archbishop Corrigan was recovering from a slight relapse. His temperature was normal and he showed interest in affairs. He ate solid food today for the first time since his sickness began and no pneumonia remained. Recovery is expected with assurance.
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New York
Corrigan
Keyes
Retvisan Leaves Cramps Battleship Story
In Philadelphia on a damp April day the Russian battleship Retvisan built by William Cramp and Sons is discussed as it departs. The feature highlights the ship’s construction and the wartime role of the Cramp yard in U.S. naval expansion.
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Retvisan
William Cramp & Sons
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Stchenosvitch
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Delaware Bay
Kronstadt
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