Roberts Plans Subduing Boers No Light From Dispatches
London May 1 dispatch from Lord Roberts reports persistent Boer attacks around Thabanchu April 27 28 but British positions held with brigades under Gordon Dickson and others in support. Casualties include Lieutenant Geary and five others. Queen Victoria decorates defender of Ladysmith with Royal Victorian Order amid Windsor visit.
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Wepeuer
Rundle
Tan Hamilton
Smith-Dr .Mien
Hamilton
Brabhut
French
Thabandy
Cape
George White
Windsor
Victoria
Ladysmith
Splon Kap
Boers Blowing Up Railroads Reported
London dispatch dated May 1 says Boers have blown up several railways to disrupt movements around Mafeking. Fever is rife but the garrison remains in good health apart from that.
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London
Mafeking
Southwo
Tragic Fall Kills Stationery Engineer in Ansonia
Ansonia May 1 John Cadogni a stationary engineer met a fatal accident while his assistant hoisted a bin to the top of a fifty foot order lift using an engine and rope. Cadogni lost his hold near the top and fell breaking his neck and sustaining severe injuries.
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Ansonia
John Cadogni
Well Known Citizen Dead in Willimantic
Willimantic May 1 One of the best known citizens died at his home from heart failure after weeks of ill health He leaves a widow and three children He was a member of several societies including the F and A M and the Odd Fellows and was known as a leading town figure.
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James Sterling Yard
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Trenton Academy
Long Branch News
Ocean County Courier
Hightstown Gazette
Kings County Visitor
Monmouth Democrat
Third Regiment
Coal Mines on Fire at Firdp Bristol Tenn
May 1 report from Bristol Tennessee states coal mines at Firdp are burning with grave risk to the miners who entered earlier today. No estimate of number of workers remaining in the shafts is available.
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Bristol, Tenn
Noble Reappointed as Dairy Commissioner
Hartford on May 1 reports John B. Noble of East Windsor has been re appointed dairy commissioner by Governor Lonnabury. The term will run two years.
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Hartford
John B. Noble
East Windsor
Lonnabury
Stockton May Day Report Of Gages In The Bay
Stockton May 1 report states that Gages ran into the bay during a transition or incident. Details are sparse with partial phrases from a telegraphic snippet, hindering full clarification of persons, places, or outcomes. Further confirmation pending from the original dispatch.
Captain Donovan Testifies At Bradley Court Martial Trials
Hartford May 1 witnesses described Captain Bradley’s conduct and language amid tensions during the Bradley court martial. Captain Donovan of New Haven accused Danaher of aggressive questioning while relations with the judge advocate caused confusion. Private Walsh corroborated details of the Kobs affair and Bradley’s intoxication. Court adjourned to tomorrow as misinterpretations emerged.
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Meriden
Andrews
Supreme Bench
Otlock
Donovan
Company
New Haven
Tie
Danaher
Kobs
Niantic
Prussian meat bill compromise excludes sausages and canned meats
Count von Posa dowsky-Wehner announces the Prussian government agreement on a meat inspection bill. Sausages and canned meats are excluded while pickled meat in pieces over eight pounds may be admitted if thoroughly pickled. If underpliced, it is treated as fresh meat and may enter only as whole carcasses. The settlement must be re-evaluated after December 31, 1903.
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Berlin
Count von Posadowsky-Wehner
Interior
Buffalo Strikers Await Hall Developments in Philadelphia Eight Hour Day Fight
Buffalo reports indicate 3,000 men are out as negotiations stall. Commissioner Webster receives messages from New York Central and awaits word from Mr Waitt and Mr Brazier. In Philadelphia, the eight hour day drive gains momentum with unions uniting building trades and many agreements signed as police are deployed in anticipation of trouble.
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New York
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Waitt
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Carriers’ Association
Krazier
Joseph Allen
Allied Building Trades Council
Building Trades
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Allied Building Trades Counci
Allen
Big Railway Deal in New Brunswick Reach for Cross-Border Link
St John May 1 Superintend McPeake announces a railway firm seeks to buy the Shore Line and win government consent to build a St Croix river bridge at St Stephen. The bridge would link to the Washington County railroad in Maine and allow a through line to the west. Speaker Hill says he will help finance the bridge project.
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Washington County Railway
Maine
Speaker Hill
New Brunswick
Filipinos Kill American in Catubig Siege
Major Gilmore of the Forty third volunteers reports from Calbayon Samar that a detachment was besieged by insurgents at Catubig for five days. Nineteen were killed and two wounded before relief arrived by forced march, the besieged force was relieved and the insurgents scattered.
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Gilmore
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Calbayon
Samar
Catubig
Died in Plymouth church amid church meeting
Miss Mary Pratt aged 77 died suddenly of heart failure after an apoplexy attack during a Women’s League meeting at Plymouth church Brooklyn. She joined the church in 1856 under Henry Ward Beecher and was among its oldest female members.
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New York
Women’s League
Brooklyn
Mary Pratt
Miss Pratt
Henry Ward Beecher
Ringling Bros Circus Parade Dazzles Waterbury Crowd
The Ringling Bros parade in Waterbury impressed a large crowd with a longer, sleeker show. Notable feats included John O Brien and sixty-one horses, Lockhart’s elephants, and Mile Tournore on the trapeze, praised for unity and novelty.
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Spader Johnson
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Striking Miners Enjoined by Judge Halsey in Pa
In Wilkesbarre Judge Halsey permanent ly enjoined striking Temple Coal workers and United Mine Workers from interfering with pump runners and engineers at the collieries. He ruled workers may refuse to work but cannot threaten others seeking to work, upholding the personal right to work. Also notes Melba denial of marriage reports and a Chicago broker’s ear bee operation story.
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Halsey
Temple Coal Company
United Mine Workers’ Association
Two Painters Die in 35 Foot Fall from Scaffold
Albany May 1 A scaffold gave way aloft sending painters Hugh McDade and Newton Lovejoy 35 feet to the pavement. Both men were middle aged and instantly killed while painting a four story house. They leave families. Rio de Janeiro May 1 The Portuguese cruiser Don Carlos I arrives with General Cunha to attend Brazil’s four hundredth anniversary discovery ceremony.
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Hugh McDade
Newton Lovejoy
Brasil
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Don Carlos I
General Cunha
Portugal
Brazil
Connecticut Grand Army encampment opens at Winsted
Winsted hosts the thirty third annual encampment of the Connecticut Grand Army of the Republic with hundreds of veterans arriving by rail. Officials report attendance, parade, and campfire plans as Governor Lounsbury and staff are due. Reports show post totals, finances, and memorial duties, along with home care recommendations for veterans.
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Lounsbury
Palmer Post
Samuel B. Horn
George L. Andrews
J.N. Lyman
Enard
C. S. Dewey
William Setuitz
Skxemp
E. D. Smith
John Horn
James Baker
Shaw
Department of Connecticut
John B. Thacher
Mike Tiernan Signs With Derby for Pennant Push
Big Mike Tiernan, longtime star with the Giants, has signed with Derby. Manager Denny received Tiernan’s contract and urged the ex-giant to arrive ASAP, signaling Derby’s plan to win the pennant this year.
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Giant
Mike Tiernan
Polo Grounds
New York
Giants
Derby
Tiernan
Bix
Moulders Laid Off Amid Labor Trouble at Waterbury
Rumors of labor trouble swirl around Waterbury Manufacturing in the molding department where most workers were laid off last evening. The cause remains unclear as Buffers and Polishers local officials report no new comments. a meeting Thursday evening is planned to decide the next steps, with discontent centered on foreman E F Willette and wage issues cited as minor. John Begley of Bridgeport, a head agent for the Buffers and Polishers, attempted settlement efforts yesterday. Local union leaders regret public exposure and hope it does not widen estrangement.
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Waterbury Manufacturing Company
Buffers
E. F. Willette
Molders’ Union
Union of Buffers and Polishers
John Begley
Bridgeport
Police Court Doings At City Session
This morning's city court session lasted a few minutes with Judge Burpee presiding. Angelo Managuici and Joseph Mangini had charges of breach of the peace and carrying concealed weapons nolled after each defendant paid 20 dollars. Hannah Siyon was sentenced to thirty days in jail for intoxication. The case notes reference a prior Bank street incident involving an Italian man named James Genni and a knife. Arden Donovan avoided trial by promising to honor his wife's request to leave her alone and not support himself or their children.
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Angelo Managuici
Joseph Mangini
Bank Street
James Genni
Hannah Siyon
Mitchell Avenue
Flynn
Arden Donovan
Forest fires devastate towns in Wisconsin and Michigan
Fires along the Northwestern and Milwaukee roads burn north and west of Marinette, uprooting about 200 families. The villages of Ames and Nathan across the border in Michigan are wiped out, with residents seeking safety in Pembine. Lumbering towns suffered millions of feet of timber lost as reports from Fisher, Mich indicate widespread blaze.
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Nathan
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Snow Falls in Wyoming as Sheep Station Stands
In Cheyenne Wyoming on May 1 rain drenched southern and eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska then snow began yesterday raising fears of heavy sheep losses, especially among shorn flocks. English Vice Admiral Henderson visited West Point for a grand cadet review and salute. Claude M Johnson resigned as chief of the bureau of engraving and printing in Washington.
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Henderson
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Gage
City News on Viewers and Obituary Highlights
Miss Mary Donovan of 196 Street visits friends in town. Henry Pennery, 13, of 305 South Main Street, dies. G A R encampment at Winsted draws Waterbury group. Edward Eggleston, author of The Hoosier Schoolmaster, lectures at First Baptist Church on his work and Eggleston's warm, sympathetic view of humanity. Eggleston born in Midland in 1837.
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Winsted
Henry
Xavier Pennery
South Main Street
Edward Ecgleston
Hoosier
Ralph Martsock
Old Jack Means
Wlat Creek
Eggleston
Midland
Waterbury rent dispute over probate office in new courthouse
Waterbury selectmen refuse to act on a county order mandating an 800 dollar annual rent for the probate district office in the new courthouse. Selectman Morris denounces county commissioner Walters from Cheshire as dictating terms, calling the arrangement unjust and costly to Waterbury taxpayers. The expected 2150 dollar annual figure is contested. commissioners press to enforce the rent.
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Morris
New Haven County
Board of Selectmen
Waterburye
Waterbury
J. D. Walters
Cheshire
Anorter
Walters
Brewer
State v Henry H. Robinson in Mellish blackmail case
In Willimantic May 1 county superior court opened with the case State vs Henry H. Robinson. He faced charges of attempting to blackmail Rev John Mellish, father of Bertha Mellish who vanished from home about two years ago. Robinson demanded money claiming he knew Bertha's whereabouts and would reveal she had been leading a badge unless paid. He pleaded not guilty and was held for trial in the higher court.
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Windham
Rowland Named Superintendent at Masonic Home Wallingford
Joan C Rowland of Fair Haven appointed superintendent of the Masonic home in Wallingford to succeed the late Clarke Buckingham Mr Rowland also serves as grand master of the grand lodge Buckingham is mourned while Mrs Buckingham remains matron and Mrs Rowland becomes assistant matron appointments take effect on June 1 1910
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Joan C. Rowland
Fair Haven
Clarke Buckinghaim
Rowland
Grand Lodge
Clark Buckingham
Body of Mrs Spriggs Found Mutilated Near South Berwick
In South Berwick Maine on May 1 the badly mutilated body of Mrs Fanny Spriggs, daughter of Thomas Abbott, was discovered in a barn near South Berwick Junction. Authorities deem murder likely but have no clue at this time.
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South Berwick
Fanny Spriggs
Thomas Abbott
South Berwick Junction
Inauguration of Charles Allen Governing Porto Rico
The governor Charles Herbert Allen, formerly assistant secretary of Porto Rico, was inaugurated in San Juan on May 1. The ceremony was impressive and included an inaugural address.
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San Juan de Porto Rico
Charles Herbert Allen
Porto Tien
Allen
Fire damages flour mill in Marietta Ohio
The Phoenix flour mill in Marietta Ohio suffered fire damage last night totaling about 75000 dollars. The blaze devastated a major Ohio Valley facility as investigators began outlining the cause and scope of the flames.
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Ohio
Phoenix
Ohio Valley
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