Johannesburg quiet as surrendering arms in occupied town
London reports from Lord Robsts dated June 2 state Johannesburg is quiet with residents surrendering arms and ponies. Three Boer guns remain with for eazm contingents and the Irish brigade, while occupation proceeds with orderly ceremonies and a royal salute.
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Lord Robsts
Orange Grove
Johannesburg
Nesburg
Foreazm
Kroonstad
Lindley
Pretoria
War Office
Kraus
Transvaal
Royal Field Artillery
Ian Hamilton
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health Restorations
A dated testimonial compiling claims from Mrs. Gertie Landon of Harlem Missouri and H W Hutchinson of Newark Valley New York praising Hood's Sarsaparilla for rheumatism headaches and neuralgia. The letter attributes cures to the tonic and mentions personal improvements and strength gains.
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Hood
Gertie Landon
Harlem
Hood’s Pils Cures Liver Ailment with Beets Stespartin
A fragment notes Hood’s Pils claimed to cure a liver ailment. It mentions a remedy with Beets Stespartin as part of the treatment.
House Amends the Sherman Act to Strengthen Antitrust Law
Washington June 4 The house passed a bill amending the Sherman antitrust law making contracts or conspiracies in restraint of interstate or foreign commerce illegal. Parties to such undertakings face fines from 500 to 5 000 dollars and six months to two years in prison. Victims may recover threefold damages. The act also broadens the definition of person to include agents and officers and forbids use of the mails.
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Washington
House
United States
Delegates and Instructed Support in State Convention
Orendorff leads with claims of 383 first choice supporters from 631 delegates, 119 of them instructed. About 634 delegates were selected, with 157 instructed including Har rison and Alschuler. Cook county is key, with Ortseifen favored by the Cook delegation for 208 votes, while Alschuler backers claim strong country delegate support if Harrison is sidelined.
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Cook County
Carter H. Harrison
Samuel Alschuler
Alfred Orendorff
Charles K. Ladd
Nicholas Worthington
William R. Morrison
Cook
Adam Ortseifen
Alschuler
Ortseifen
Friends of
Harrison
Fulley
Two Shot at Polls in Illinois Republican Primary Fight
In Anna Illinois Thomas Mayes a carpenter was shot in the abdomen by A T Thompson one of the judges in the Republican congressional primaries. Thompson was arrested and jailed at Jonesboro as factional tensions flare across Union County. Nearby reports note a separate fatality in Grand Tower and other local incidents as the day unfolds.
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Ill
Thomas Mayes
Carpenter
A. T. Thomson
Union County
Thompson
Mayes
Crane
Jonesboro
Carbondale
Ills
Tillonois
Grand Tower
Congress
Combine of Paper Mills Form Wisconsin General Company
Papers unite in the General Paper Company of Wisconsin to control coal sulphur chemicals and stock used in paper manufacture. Mills stay under individual ownership but products and materials will be funneled through the General Company. The aim includes opposing the International Paper company in the east.
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General Paper Company
Wisconsin
Ceneral Company
International Paper Company
Trast
Bold Highwaymen Hold Up California Stages
In Raymond California on June 4, two masked robbers stopped three Yosemite Stage and Turnpike stages and private conveyance, taking about 150 from a Southern Pacific passenger and around 350 from each stage while two soldiers and troopers who had advanced to scout were captured. Professor Benjamin Ide Wheeler, UC president, was among the passengers robbed.
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Raymond
Cal
California
Yosemite
Rucker
E. E. Wilcox
Park
Buchanan
T. H. Griffiths
Southern Pacific Company
Roabed
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Extradition Bill Passes Senate Amid Tariff and Labor Debates
The U S Senate on June 4 passed a Cuba extradition bill allowing removal of alleged criminals to Cuba under Cuban court rules. The session closed with eulogies for Representative Green. In the House the Littlefield anti trust bill faced only eight votes against, while labor unions opposed the amendment. The day also noted Illinois railway licensing and Roosevelt signing news amid broader labor disputes and strikes.
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Washington
Senate
Cuba
United States
Representative Green
Nebraska
Littlefield
Mann
Ssmesx
Aldrich
Alshama
Is Aguinaldo Dead Prominent Filipino Officer Wounded Near LaGat
Report from Mana dated June 4 describes Major March with the Thirty third regiment engaging near LaGat on May 19. The American force killed or wounded a man believed to be Aguinaldo, whose followers removed his body and retreated after heavy fighting.
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Avinaldo
LaGat
Aguinalde
D Anial A Ray Appointed U S Marshal of Hawaii
The president has named Danial A. Ray of Illinois to the United States marshal post in Hawaii. Other items note the Dreyfus amnesty bill in the French senate and a failed strike order in Kansas City.
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Danial A. Ray
Illinois
United States
Marshal
Hawaii
Dreyfus
National Socialist Convention
DeLeon
New York
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