War About Ended As Occupation Gains Ground In South Africa
London reports peace near in South Africa with Kruger described as a fugitive and Johannesburg in British hands. Lord Roberts declares Johannesburg occupied and Pretoria abandoned as Boers retreat amid annexation talks and fighting at Senekal and with Warren attacked at Fabherspur.
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London
South Africa
Kruger
Lydenburg
Holland
Yoerd Noberts
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Transvaal
Free State
Bloemfontein
Market Square
Sinox
Explosion Claims Six at Home in Wisconsin Farmhouse
A dynamite blast at a farmhouse near Erilien Wisconsin early Thursday killed six in a single family and left no survivors to explain the accident. The explosion may have been caused by twelve pounds of explosive near a stove, with the victims including two adults and three children. A second incident near Marietta Ohio involved a premature explosion of 50 quarts of miner’s explosive, killing four and injuring several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwardker
Erilien
Wis
Broeho
Wight
Wil- Tigm
Broehm
Wiliam Broehm
Joehim
Tyes
YH. Stevens
MacArthur Dispatch Reports Luzon Surrenders and Captures
Dispatch from Manila notes small surrenders in northern Luzon and the capture of fugitive governor Benguet Aguinalda near Pabayan. Near San Miguel de Mayumo on May 3, soldiers were captured and several men killed or wounded, including sergeant and privates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War -Department
MacArthur
Manila
John A. Green
George Kinger
Thirty-fifth Regiament, L. Nl
Clark Case Agreement Ends Senate Credential Fight
The senate committee on privileges and elections reached an agreement with Senator Clark's allies to let the case rest, with no further action on Clark or Maginnis credentials and no further action on the committee’s original election resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Friends of
Clark
Montana
Maginnis
Anti Trust Amendment Defeated in House Vote
Washington June 2 The House defeated a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment giving Congress power to regulate trusts after two days of debate The tally stood 154 131 in favor against the two thirds requirement and the amendment failed to pass
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
YS Simert
Citizen posse on guard at St Louis powerhouses
The citizen posse comitatus began active service guarding Transit company powerhouses and car sheds at Park Avenue Easton Avenue and Southern powerhouses. About 900 deputies were armed and drilled with Winchester shotguns, ready to quell disturbances and arrest ringleaders under orders from J H W Cavender commanding posse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Posse Comitatus
Park Avenue
Easton Avenue
Southern Electric
Transit Company
St. Louis Transit Company
Sheriff's Posse
Policce Campbell
J. H W. Cavender
Oregon Election Returns Incomplete As Republicans Lead
Portland June 35 The Oregon election results show Republicans leading in several races with C B Wolverton for Supreme Court and W. Trailes for seed and Gairy commissioner winning in their contests. Moody leads in the congressional district races while Tongue runs ahead in one county for the First district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Org
Oregon
C. BE. Wolverton
Supreme Court
Sue
OW. Trailes
Moody
Tongue
United States
Melride
Terin eNpGres
Sy Owill Choos
Campaten
Werth Carlude
American Bullets Dispatch From Manila Tells of Insurgent Leader Shot
A Manila dispatch recounts Maj. March and the Thirty third regiment engaging Aguinaldo’s party near La Gat Luzon on May 19. An officer, possibly Aguinaldo, was shot or mortally wounded as followers hauled off the body. The expedition recovered Aguinaldo’s diary and private papers including a Spanish translation of Cleveridge speech titled The death knell of the Filipino people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ligan
Luzon
Manila
Aguinaldo
la Gat
Vigan
Laboagan
Senator Cleveridge
Manila welcomes Philippine commission on Hancock arrival
The Philippine commission arrived in Manila aboard the Hancock from San Francisco. Judge Taft outlined limited powers and a plan for gradual civil government with MacArthur as executive head until a civil governor appointment. The group will seek dwellings while preparing reforms and a comprehensive island wide school system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
United States
Hancock
San Francisco
Philippine Commission
MacArthur
Palace
Twenty-sixth Infantry
William H. Taft
Taft
Gen. Maccarthur
Gus
Gen. Macarthur
Melkinsey
Philippines
SineAtimue
Tam
Spooner
Mrs. John Sherman Dead in Mansfield
Mer Sherman wife of former Secretary of State John Sherman died after a paralysis stroke. The couple had returned to Mansfield from Washington a week earlier and planned a quiet summer at their home. Cecelia Sherman born in Mansfield was daughter of James Stewart, a lawyer, and she married Mr. Sherman when he was a rising lawyer. they adopted several daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
December Atays
Mr. Sherman
Memphis Baptized Man Drowns After Steamer Baptism
In Memphis Tennessee on Monday James Philips conducted a baptism aboard the steamer Wichita. Less than three minutes after the rite the man, Plait lips, fell overboard while boarding to don dry clothes and was swept away by the swift current as horrified onlookers watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Sacramento
James Philips
Wichita
Ohio Farmer Murdered in Buena Vista Doorway
Ohio farmer John Shank of Buena Vista was found murdered at his doorway Monday morning after his head was split. Jacob Stump, 65, brother-in-law and former local preacher, was arrested on suspicion and is described as mentally deranged. The two men had prior trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Laurelville
John Shank
Buena Vista
Jacob Stump
Stump
Emperor William Grants Audience to New York Krieger Bund
Potsdam reports Emperor William granted an audience to the delegation of the New York Deutsche Krieger Bund on June 5, reflecting ongoing German American ties and public diplomacy efforts in Potsdam and at the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Potsdam
Emperor William
New York
Deutsche Kriegerbund
Found Bonds Hidden in Magazine in Bonner Will Case
New York June 4. In the will contest over Robert Bonner the publisher Robert Edwin Bonner testified he found bonds worth 70 900 after his father's death. He said his father had shown where they were concealed between magazine leaves in a bookcase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Bonner
Robert Edwin Bonner
Senate panel backs Otis for major general post
Advancement for Otis Washington June 5. The senate committee on military affairs reported favorably the nomination of Gen Otis to be a major general. On Senate executive session, a request for immediate action was opposed and the nomination was laid over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis
Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Gen
Senate
Bank cashier dies after horse kick in Pana
E A McCracken cashier of the First National Bank and father of the Y M C A in Pana died Saturday from injuries after a kick by the family horse on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pana
Ill
E. A. McCracken
First National Bank
Indefinitely Postponed National Broom Makers Meeting
Mrs. B M Donaldson secretary of the National Association of Broom Manufacturers says the association meeting scheduled for June in Chicago has been indefinitely postponed and a new date will be announced. The notice comes from Sidney Ohio and involves members across the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Population estimate from Chicago school census
Chicago figures show the school census increasing by 166,642 over 1858 to a total of 2,018,230. The result sits just below the government census estimate of 2,020,000 and about 17,000 above the directory estimate of 2,001,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Census Army at Work Enumerators Count by State
Washington reports 52,631 census enumerators at work nationwide. Pennsylvania leads with 4,676 workers followed by New York with 4,492. Alaska has two enumerators and Nevada 53.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania
New York
Alaska
Nevada
Trade Turbulence and Prices Fall Amid May Failures
R G Dun reports May failures surge in brokerage and commercial lines while manufacturing and trading failures rise. Domestic prices drift lower with pig iron and coke costs easing. May shipments lag behind prior years, with 160 US failures and 21 in Canada, as Africa news shifts money markets and a rebound in South Africa awaits industrial restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Africa
South Africa
Gray Forge
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Nolanthracite
Bessemer
Philadelphia
Lehigh
United States
Canada
Injunction Dismantled in Cigarmakers Case
Justice Andrews in New York dissolves the broad injunction against the Cigarmakers International Union No. 144 restraining strike benefit payments and support to strikers. Samuel Gompers had denounced the order as un-American and illegal after urging workers to ignore it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andrews
Supreme Court
Cigarmakers’ Union
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Justice Freedman
Gompers
Justice Andrews
Cigarmakers’ International Union No. 144
Levy & Co
Bloodshed on Broadway Ends in Dual Police Shootout
Albert Koenig, a union supporter, blasted Officer Crane with a shotgun near the Southern Electric power house on Broadway. Officer Maher then killed Koenig with a revolver shot after Koenig threatened further violence. Crane lies dying at Alexian Brothers hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Albert Koenig
Crane
Maher
Broadway
Southern Electric Power House
Lally
Four Courts
Koenig
Transit
Woenig
Alexian Brothers’ Hospital
Rev John C Lowrie D V Dies at 92 in East Orange
The death is announced of Rev John C Lowrie D V a leading Presbyterian missionary worker aged 92 in East Orange New Jersey Born in Butler Pennsylvania he studied at Jefferson College and the Pittsburgh and Princeton seminaries He served as assistant secretary then secretary of the board of foreign missions and was moderator of the 186a general assembly He authored several books on missions including Two Years In Upper India Manual of Missions and Foreign Missions in the Presbyterian Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John C. Lowrie
D. v
East Orange
N. J
Presbyterian Church
John Cameron Lowrie
Butter
Jefferson College
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Princeton
India
Inn
Lowrie
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Ise
Forty-second Street
Upper
Warrant Issued for Ex-Governor Taylor in Goebel Slaying Case
Circuit Clerk Ford received a judge order to issue a bench warrant for former Gov. W S Taylor. The warrant stems from an indictment accusing Taylor of being an accessory to the assassination of William Goebel. Deputy Sheriff John Suter holds the warrant in the sheriff’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Ford
Cantril
W. S. Taylor
Taylor
William Goebel
John Suter
Public Debt Shows Decline in May 1900
The monthly statement from Washington reports the public debt excluding cash in the treasury at May 31 1900 stood at 1 122 608 511 a drop of 2 193 274 for the month due to bond redemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Meet in Milwaukee as General Federation Club Women Convene
In Milwaukee on June 5 the General Federation of Women's Clubs gathers with 4 690 club women present and three times as many trunks arriving for the convention. Delegations caucused on the train amid preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Women club nominations stir national federation politics
The General Federation of Women's Clubs considers renomination for Mrs. Reg ega Lowe but she declines. New York backs Mrs. William Tod Helmuth, with Mrs. Charles Denison also involved. Massachusetts backs Annie West. New Jersey supports Emily Williamson. A color issue blocks Jo s e phine Rutlin from membership, while Indiana recognizes Rose Budd Stewart as president. dissenting clubs to be recognized within the federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regegca Lowe
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Colored Ciuhs
Josephine Rutlin
Boston
Board of
Ruflin
New England Press Association
Massachusetts Federation
Massachusetts
Board of Directors
New Era Club
Nuttin
Indiana
National Board
Rose Budd Stewart
Fort Wayne
Cluths
Women Wage Earners Urged to Form Clubs by Federation
In morning discussions led by Mrs Corinne Brown chairing the Industrial Department the federation urged wage earning women to organize clubs. Affiliation with the state federation would be required if state ties are sought, with clubs treated on par with other groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinne Brown
Industrial Department
General Federation
Triple Tragedy Tills San Augustine Feud
A feud between two factions in San Augustine Texas led to the deaths of Felix G. Roberts Galveston News correspondent Sheriff Noel Roberts and Sidney Roberts. Governor Sayres ordered militia to San Augustine. Stone Fort Rifles dispatched from Nacogdoches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
San A A Agustine
Felix G. Roberts
Galveston News
Noel Roberts
Sidney Roberts
Sayres
Stone Fort
Galveston
Nacogdoches
San Augustin
Felix Roberts
Sid Roberts
Noted Outlaw Hilled Near Sagua
Rural guards killed Juan Gonzalez the notorious outlaw and four companions near Sagua on Sunday in Santiago de Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago de Cuba
Juan Gonzalez
Sagua
Fire at Foxboro Town Hall Kills One Injures Three
A blaze at Foxboro town hall destroyed the building housing town offices and three schools. One man was killed and three others injured, with one in critical condition feared to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foxboro
Mass
Two Men Killed In Train Crash At Garysburg
Weldon North Carolina June 5 The Atlantic Coast Line fast mail collided with freight cars after an open switch at Garysburg Monday Two men were instantly killed and three seriously injured in the wreck authorities said
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon
N. C
Atlantic Coast Lines
Garysburg
British forces invest Pretoria as Boers plan defense
An undated wire from Pretoria via Lourenzo Marques claims Pretoria is invested by the British and will surrender after a formal demand. Boer leaders vow to defend the capital while Gen Delarey and President Kruger pledge resistance amid shifting troop movements north of Johannesburg and aimed at Pretoria.
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London
Pretoria
Lourenzo Marques
Kruger
War Council
Great Britain
Delarey
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Ficksburg
Senekal
Heilbron
Lindley
Rundle
Redulphberg
Brabant
Ficksburg Road
New Mexico Capitol Dedication Fills Santa Fe With Ceremony
Santa Fe New Mexico June 5 dedicates its new capitol with a grand pageant. Gov Otero reviews the parade from the capitol steps as the lantern cupola light is raised. Chief Justice Mills Archibishop Bourgade and other dignitaries speak during the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
Oterio
House of Representatives
W. J. Mills
Peter Bourgade
P. A. Monzanares
Las Veras
Territorial
George TL Wallace
Ex-trov
Bradford Prince
Not Exorbitant Says Democratic Convention Sergeant
Sergeant-at-Arms Col John I Martin of the Democratic National Convention says Kansas City hotels are not overpriced and that five dollars per day is reasonable. He notes the hotels are among the best and a five dollar rate is fair. A national committee subcommittee meets June 14 to discuss hotel rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John I. Martin
Martin
Tommy Rot
National Committee
General Gomez Arrives in Havana Meets Politics Crowd
Gen. Maximo Gomez arrives in Havana on Monday morning to a cordial reception by political societies. He is escorted to his residence and salutes Gov. Gen. Wood who stands on the palace balcony as Gomez passes by in his carriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Maximo Gomez
Jie
Gomez
Wood
English towns population report and exotic notes
The text notes that the 3 percent largest towns in England and Wales total about 12 060 000 people. Belgium requires all cattle to wear ear rings after three months. Damascus reports a library surviving Tamerlane's 1401 destruction. Teutonic peasants supplied blonde hair for Roman princesses. A Livingstone grave tree fragment, inscribed by locals, is in the Royal Geographical Society. the tree decayed and an iron telegraph pole marks the explorer's death site. the inscribed block was carried from Chitambo near Lake Bangweolo to the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Wales
Belgium
Damascus
Tamerlane
David Livingstone
Royal Geographical Society
London
Chitambo
Lake Bangweolo
Africa
Otis Lands at San Francisco After Five Day Quarantine
Maj. Gen. E S Otis arrives in San Francisco from Manila after a five day quarantine on Angel Island due to smallpox aboard the Meade. He is greeted at the Occidental hotel and prepares for a Washington report on the Philippines, with notes on Aguinaldo and island prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Otis
San Francisco
Angel Island
E. S. Otis
Manila
Meade
Shafter
Maj. Arthur
Maj. Arthur and Capt. Wilson
Occidental Hotel
Aguinaldo
United States
Washington
Philippines Casualty Figures Reported by MacArthur
Secretary Root asked for Filipino killed wounded and prisoners since the insurrection. Gen MacArthur in Manila provides estimates: killed about 19 789 wounded 2 140 captured and surrendered 10 424 prisoners in possession about 2 40. No precise records, early reports only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Root
Senate
MacArthur
Manila
Congress
Cereral
THE BOER WOMEN IN OBJECTION TO FIGHTING IN TRAINS
Clevelanders greet the Doer en voys party at Hollenden Hotel. Abraham Fischer clarifies reports on Boer women in trenches. He says women offered to share hardships and die for liberty but men would not permit them to fight. Hospital service volunteers exist, but rifles in trenches are not used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland. O
Hollenden
Abraham Fischer
Striking Rail Workers Return to Duty in Buffalo Area
About 200 to 2,400 car repairers yardmen and freight handlers from several railroads report for duty in Wark Buffalo on Monday morning after six weeks on strike. Most crews expect to be back soon with pay increases, except for freight handlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Erie, Lehigh Valley
Lackawanna
Western New York
Pennsylvania
Captain Francis Martin Reaches Centennial Birthday
Detroit era captain Francis Martin of the United States marine revenue service celebrated his hundredth birthday at home in Detroit on Monday. He began seafaring at age 12, became a master at 21, and joined government service in 1831.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gqne
Detroit
Mich
Francis Martin
United States Marine Revenue Service
Martin
Boxers Burn Hong Kong Area and Paoting-Fu Attack
Reports say murders and robberies rise in China as boxers burn areas around Hong Kong. Huang Tsun station near Feng Tai reports a night assault on Paoting Fu city amid the unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong-Kong
China
Huang- Tsun
Feng-Tai
Paoting-Fu
Drowned in Sprint for Wager at Evansville Wharf
Evansville Indiana June 5 a Washington boy Ross Fulk drowned while attempting to jump from a barge to the wharfboat for a small wager in front of a crowded river excursion crowd. He came with his parents for a river outing and did not survive the attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Ross Fulk
Washington
Fulk
Republican Judge elected to Illinois Supreme Bench
In Galesburg on June 5, Judge J.P. Hand, a Republican, won election to the Illinois Supreme Court in the Fifth Judicial District, defeating independent Justice Al Mf Craig.
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Cape Town
Koomassie Meileved
Colonial Office
Cape Coast Castle
Hall
Koomassie
Frederick Mitchell Hodgson
Fumsu
Warren
Fabherspur
Col
Spence
Kislel
Ladyamith
Geteber
Belmont
Modder River
Cape
Tuneba
Beatmr
Ohin
Pusion
Republian
Low Aguinaldo
John Sherman
Puridkyssis
R. G. Duan
Enion
General Federation of Women‘s Clubs
Outlaw Hilled
N Bis
Gomes
Gen. ManeArthur
Pirot
Wark
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