Relief of Mafeking Near as British Advance Presses
London May 8 dispatch from Lord Roberts reports railway damage at Branford and Wet River bridge ruined delaying supplies. Winburg held by Highland brigade as British advance continues toward Mafeking. Mafeking relief expected any moment amid few Boer outposts and calm on other fronts.
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London
Lord Roberts
War Office
Branford
Winburg
Highland Brigade
Staldeel
General Brabant
General Rundle
Thabanchu
Rundle
Stein
Gener French
Kelly-Kenny
Chermside
Cupown
Mafeking
Cape Town
Mafekine
Witle Caine
Boers Reinforcements Reported Near Mafeking
A dispatch received here dated April 26 states that Boer forces around Mafeking have been gradually reinforced, now numbering about 5,000. Colonel Plumer is attempting to contact Mafeking, using carrier pigeons, as he coordinates with the southern relief column.
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Lorenzo Marques
Plumer
Mafeking
Rlief
Will Stand Near the Zand Smaldeel May 7
General Hutton's colonial regiments advance is settled at Lodgelegen side. Reports say de Boe plans a big stand near the Zand river. The railroad south of the Vet river is repaired as engineers decide across the bed.
Charles F Neely Arrested In Cuba Post Office Probe
Muncie Indiana May 8 arrest of Charles F Neely treasurer of the department of post offices in Cuba shocks the city. Neely's friends expect a satisfactory explanation. He once ran Muncie's Morning News and owned large properties including Neely Printing Co and mining interests in Joplin Missouri. A post office inspector searched the local Cuba connection then no reports. Washington dispatch urges patience as Cuba post office war department dispute is cited.
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Muncie
Ind
Charles F. Neely
Department of Post
Cuba
Neely
Morning News
Heath
F. J. Claypool
Neely Printing Company
Neely Hs
Joplin
Governor Mount
Cammack
F. W. Neely
Washington
Post Office
War Departments
Ancient Philadelphia mint coin echoes goddess Diana
A coin collection at the Philadelphia mint features a Greek inscription Demos meaning The People and a Diana goddess design with a bow. Discovered years ago by Joseph Mickley, a Philadelphia violin maker and coin expert, the piece ties Philadelphia to Asia Minor’s antiquity.
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Philadelphia
Demos
Diana
Asia Minor
St. John
Europe
Joseph Mickley
Welsh Teacher Helps Bishop Preach Welsh Sermon On Time
A Welsh teacher who recently died aided a bishop to fulfill a boast of preaching in Welsh within three months of consecration. By instructing the bishop to place the tongue correctly and hiss like a goose, the bishop progressed rapidly and delivered the sermon in excellent Welsh, as noted by Youth's Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
The Roadside Idea and Odd Bits on Hair and Wigs
A collage of quips and curios from early 20th century papers. It riffs on food shows and aristocrats eating together, geese migrations in Hudson Bay, Defoe’s resting place near London's Bank, Roman blond hair wigs, and a jokesome misfortune about breaking a looking glass in a Philadelphia Record strip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Defoe
London
Bank of England
Marmaduke Jones Courtney Smith Act as If the Whole Thing
Puck quips about Marmaduke Jones Courtney Smith behaving as if he controlled everything. Willoughby Brown echoes the sentiment, noting the grandiosity and overreach in a brief, satirical exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marmaduke Jones
Courtney Smith
Willoughby Brown
Puck
Suicide Epidemic Provokes Public Debate In Boston Area
May 8 Boston reports a rising trend of deaths by own action, with experts and insurers debating moral and legal questions. A Newton Mass. cluster of suicides linked to Stevenson influence alarms residents as families and communities seek prevention, while identifying cases from Chicago to Hawaii and noting a high school alumni pattern among the victims.
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Boston
Chicago
Newton
Mass
Newton High School
Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson
Frank W. Adams
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Billy” Mendell
George Trofitter
Hawaiian Islands
Eight Hour Work Day Debate on Government Contracts
Washington reports Gardner committee proposal for an eight hour clause in all federal contracts. The discussion weighs social uplift from shorter days against uncertain business impact, noting no proven harm to industry and citing varied state experiences with eight hour laws and prior federal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ure
Washington
House of Representatives
Gardner
Committee On Labor
Extradition Granted for Arizona Mine Owner
Governor Roosevelt granted extradition for George W. Hull charged with perjury in a Rhode Island divorce case. Hull, alleged resident of Rhode Island, was found living in Arizona. He was arrested, brought before Judge Friedman, discharged, and handed to Rhode Island police.
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Albany
May 'S
Roosevell
Arizona
George W. d Hall
Rhode Island
Niiode Island
Hull
New York City
Friedman
Supreme Court
Chief Parker
Rhode Island Police
Bishop Dudley Preached In His Shirtsleeves
A Kentucky bishop faced a sleepy town with simple services and no Episcopal churches. The courthouse crowd rose as Bishop Dudley preached in his shirtsleeves, prompting a local pastor to admit villagers preferred the bishop over pompous ceremony.
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Dudley
Kentucky
Louisville Courier-Journal
Bishop Dudley
Street Railway Strike Shuts Down St Louis Transit
The executive committee urged a strike and two thirds of a mass meeting voted to strike. About 23,300 of 28,500 transit workers left their posts as cars were halted, with mobs clashing with police on Park Avenue and Mississippi avenues. One 16 year old was shot by a conductor and hospitalized.
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St Louis
Street Railroad Men’s Union
Mon
St Louis Transit Company
Park Avenue
Lindell
Eighteenth Street
Broadway
Washington Avenue
Park and Jefferson Avenue
Charles Doyle
Doyle
Nebraska Street
Shot the Superintendent in Hudson County NJ Jail Yard
New York report states May S Edward Clifford was hanged in the yard of Hudson County New Jersey jail at 10 144 this morning. He shot Division Superintendent William C Wattson of the Western Road on March 5 1895 after Wattson refused to reinstate Clifford as a railroad detective. Clifford had been on a protracted spree since reward for capturing Oliver Curtis Merry train robber. His share was about 1500 dollars. Clifford was reprieved multiple times. Governor Voorhees declined further interference a week ago.
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New York
Edward Clifford
Hudsoun County
N.J
Willian C. Wattson
West Shore
Weehawken
N. J
Wattson
Clifford
Oliver Curtis Merry
Wat
Kudson
Voorhees
Archbishop Kean Discusses Dubuque Appointment Rumor
Milwaukee May 8 Archbishop Kean in the city says no definite word on the New York report naming him for the vacant Dubuque Archbishop See following Archbishop Hennessy’s death. He calls the speculation guesswork and notes several others are mentioned, with Rome’s decision unknown.
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Milwaukee
Kean
New York
Dubuque
Hennes
Hennessy
Rome
Francis Weeks Released From Sing Sing Prison
Francis H. Weeks, the New York lawyer who robbed estates he served as trustee for about 1.59 million dollars, was released from Sing Sing on May 8 after serving six and a half years of a ten year sentence with time off for good behavior.
Typical Irish Piper James Duggan A Waterbury Figure
James Duggan of Newtown a typic al Irish piper entertained on Bank street and in Ruby's yard, playing tunes like The Green Fields of America and The Wearing of the Green. Born in Clonmel County Tipperary he details boyhood escapades, hardships after his wife’s death, and a roving life with plans to visit his youth scenes though age and illness threaten another Waterbury trip.
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James Duggan
Newtown
Bank Street
Grand Street
Hin
Ruby's Stone Yard
Green Fields
America
Iimiberally
Duggan
Clonmel
Con Yipperary
Trea
Vayage
Blue Lane
Anchor House
West Gate
Nauve
England
Cornwall
Pecan
Integeah
O'Donnell
Wexford
Ward
Thorsfold
Waterbury
Strikers Remain Out at Waterbury Mfg Co
Waterbury strikers report no change in their walkout at the molding department. They contest pay and overtime claims, allege misconduct by ex foreman Millette, and say they would stay out for months with union backing. They discuss two or three signed statements and a rejected offer to switch foremen. They threaten a public demonstration if unable to secure work elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury Manufacturing Co
Alsterday
Millette
Waterbury
Democrat
Prisoners Transferred for Goebel Murder Trial
In Frankfort Kentucky on May 8 the prisoners Powers Yours Da Whittaker and Combs charged as accessories to the Goebel murder have had their cases transferred to Georgetown for trial in July and will be moved there today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Powers
Conductor Romaine Dead After Train Accident at Union Station
Romaine W. L. of Fishkill New York, conductor of the Highland, was run over at Union Station at 8 15 last evening, his both legs cut off, and died at the hospital today. He leaves a wife and two children.
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Hartford
W. LD. Romaine
Fishhill
N. Y
Highland A
Union Station
Injunction Controversy in Superior Court Hearing Set
In a Randolph Clowes dispute, Attorney ONeill moves to dissolve last Friday's injunction restraining further suits. He plans two new suits against O W Randolph administrator Midward Randolph to force surrender of options tied to Clowes finances. Colonel Burpee, for Miller, resists. hearing adjourned to Thursday.
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O'Neill
Clowes
Randolph-Clowes Company
Charles Miller
Superior Court
Ralph WI
Cowell
District Court
Colonel Burpee
Miller
Waterbury
New York
Tandrophlowes Company
Clowwes
Burpee
American Flag Hoisted Over Tutnila and Manna Islands
Advices from Auckland report that the American flag has been hoisted over Tutnila and Manna islands amid great rejoicing by natives. The islanders have granted formal cession of the islands to the United States, and will govern themselves under governors and a commandant. Quiet prevails in German Samoa.
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Auckland
N. Z
Iron Lane
Tutnila
United States
Manna
Suvernors
German Samoa
Asked to hang man pleads for execution at Juneau
Victoria B C May S News reports a gold mine at Lituya Bay where Martin Silvert killed Steve Fredrigo and shot at Christian sep then was captured and asked to be hanged. Silvert claims justice prevailed amid a robbery motive among company men.
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Victoria
B. C
Juneau
Martin Silvert
Steve Fredrigo
Christiansep
Dup
Ite
Silvert
Lituya Bay
Theft reported in Ansonia linked to Oxford man
John H. Chambers of Oxford filed a complaint against Frank Nash of Ansonia for stealing a horse promised for an hour. The horse was recovered two days later in Newtown badly treated, unable to travel, left in a waterless, food-scarce lot. Nash is at large. Engagement announced in New York marks Havemeyer family union.
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Ansonia
John H. Chambers
Oxford
Frank Nash
Chambers
Nash
Newtown
Eruptions at Vesuvius Grow Violent in Recent Days
Mount Vesuvius remains eruptive with crater explosions hurling lava and rock high into the air. Last night the activity intensified, accompanied by menacing rumblings and renewed danger.
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Rome
Mount
Vesuvius
King's Health Broken in Bavaria King Otto Near Death
Berlin May S. The health of the demented king Otto of Bavaria is completely broken and the end is expected soon.
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Berlin
May
Otto of
Bavaria
Mad River Grange Dance At Mill Plain Chapel
An entertainment by the Mad River grange is set for tomorrow night at the Mill Plain chapel. Refreshments will be served and dancing will be indulged in. The high school glee club has received an invitation to sing. Admission is 15 cents.
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Mad River Grange
Mill Plain Chapel
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Baden-Trowell
Amd
Will
Zand
Standard
Cape
Home Office
Bamdon
Watson
Department of Post Offices
Wiggins
Weary Watkins
Indianapolis Press
Hudson Bay
South
Bridget
Day
Francis Weeks
Waterbury Mfg Co
Conductor
Mr. Clowes
Henry O. Havemeyer, Jr
Theosdore Havemeyer
Charlotte Whiting
Augustus Whiting
City
Newport
City News
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