Fall of Pretoria Reported By London Dispatches
London confirms British forces nearing Pretoria as President Kruger and cabinet depart. Correspondents say Pretoria's government may relocate eastward while 20,000 Boers regroup near Lydenburg. British casualties remain reported as slight in clashes with General French and General Hamilton.
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Kruger
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Mid- Wlesburg
Lord Roberts
Lydenburg
Laings Nek
French
Hamilton
Four killed and seven injured in Ohio glycerine blast
An explosion at a Kelly farm oil well near Marietta Ohio on June 1 killed William O Watson H E Selton Frank Speers and Thomas Danast and fatally injured James P Speers Herman Speers Dawson Staller and William Carpenter. Three others were seriously hurt. Fifty quarts of glycerine were lowered in a 370 foot well. a jack squib failed to detonate the main shot causing a violent blast and deadly injuries.
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H. E. Selton
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Thomas Danast
James P. Speers
Herman Speers
Dawson Staller
William Carpenter
Gomez at Santiago Sees Black Party Leaders
General Maximo Gomez arrived in Santiago de Cuba from San Domingo and spent the day with Black Party leaders who welcomed his return. He refused interviews saying he would not discuss Cuban or Dominican politics and was in a bad humor. Gomez departed for Havana that evening.
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San Domingo
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Havana
Beckham to Disband 10 Kentucky Guard Companies
Governor Beckham issues an order mustering out 10 state guard companies, most from mountain towns, as he argues regiments now carry too many companies. Additional disbandments are expected as he trims excess units.
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Kentucky Guard
Franxfort
State Guard
Endorsement Unanimous for JG Mills for Minnesota Railroad Chief
The board adopted unanimously endorsing JG Mills of University of Wisconsin Harbors Minn as a man suited for the position of railroad and warehouse commissioner of Minnesota.
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JG. Mills
Uw Harbors
Minn
Minnesota
Temporary Chairman Praises Bryan at New Jersey Democratic Convention
At Trentos New Jersey on June 1 the state Democratic convention met with nearly 600 delegates. Temporary chairman Colonel Zalick praised William J. Bryan as a necessary leader amid fears of imperialism militarism and trusts. The convention showed strong Bryan sentiment but did not instruct delegates to vote for Bryan in Kansas City.
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Colonel Zalick
Bryan
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
United States Bank
Lincoln
William J. Bryan
Senate Finally Passes Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill
After an eight hour session the Senate approved the sundry civil appropriation measure. It keeps a $5,000,000 allocation for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held in St Louis in 1903 and includes a $20,000 start on the memorial bridge between Washington and Arlington Cemetery. Amendments address claims for New York Pennsylvania Virginia Delaware California Oregon and South Carolina. Two general appropriation bills remain.
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Washington
Arlington Cemetery
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Virginia
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Military Academy
Find McGowan Guilty Courtmartial Sentences Two Years
The naval courtmartial found Captain John McGowan guilty of scandalous conduct and neglect of duty for the killing of a Filipino while commanding the Monadanock in the Philippines. He is sentenced to a two year suspension on half pay and to be reprimanded by the secretary, with a unanimous clemency recommendation under review by Secretary Long.
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Long
Fire Ravages Rainy River Forest Lands Saving Lumber Ruin
Rainy river district forests burn in Rat Portage with millions of dollars in timber destroyed. Firefighters battled to shield storage areas but failed to stop the spread. Officials report extensive lumber losses across the region.
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Ont
Rat Portage
Rainy River
Railway Advances and Railway Plans Across the U.S.
The Pennsylvania tests nickel steel rails while Swiss observers gauge Mont Blanc project progress. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe buys 1 500 900 yellow willow cuttings to plant along eight miles of embankment near Stockton California to prevent washouts. San Francisco Market Street Railway awards long serving employees with a stepped bonus of one to three cents per hour per tenure.
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Mont Blanc
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Stockton
Cal
Market Street Railway Company of
San Francisco
Telephone contracts upheld as legal in Pennsylvania suit
A Pennsylvania court rules that a contract made by telephone is legal and binding. In New Haven a man who asks for a chew of tobacco cannot be charged with begging. Two English judges decide hairdressing and shaving will be professions. This places barbers outside the Lord's Day labor ban under Charles II.
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Pennsylvania
New Haven
Russia’s security stance and East Asia balance
The Philadelphia Ledger notes Russia has a safe side and faces no northern threat. The Buffalo News recalls Russia’s historic desire for a Korean port blocked by Japan’s navy. The Baltimore American warns England would choose sides if war with Japan ensued, to safeguard interests in China and preserve regional balance.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Buffalo News
Japan
England
China
Baltimore American
Three Hundred Fifty Foreign Officers and Men On the Road
A special train with seven nations departs for Pekin including Americans British Italians French Russians and Japanese with five quick firing guns. They are expected to face resistance at the first gate of the capital as ultimatum replies from the tsung li yamen are awaited. The Times Pekin correspondent reports railroad damage at £80 000 and says the government favors the Boxers while few arrests have occurred and no serious injuries to foreigners are noted.
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Penin
Pekin
the Times
House Debates Anti Trust Amendment Under Heated Session
The Washington Texas house opened debate on a judiciary committee's constitutional amendment to empower Congress to define regulate control or dissolve trusts monopolies. Democrats call it political pretext unnecessary and aimed at electioneering. Republicans deny bad faith as the tally shows 236 votes needed but only 186 present.
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House
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Hypnotized by Neely claims shake post inspectors report
Acting Post Director Bristow says Inspectors Seibold and Neal backed April 23 finding Neely's accounts correct because they relied on Reeves report. Bristow says no outsider could audit Neely's office without seeing grave irregularities and accuses Seibold and Neal of Neely's influence. They remain employed to possibly aid further clarification.
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Post
Seibold
Neal
Neely
Department of Posts
Army Targets Ransom Hold on Captives in Luzon
Captain C. D. Roberts of the Thirty-fifth U S volunteers and two men are captive after being seized by Filipino insurgents near San Miguel de Mayamon Luzon. Roberts is the son of Lt Colonel Cyrus N. Roberts and was born in Dakota in 1873. The War Department expects the captives may be held for ransom while the army pursues them.
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C. D. Roberts
Thirty-fifth
United States Volunteer Infantry
San Miguel de Mayamon
Luzon
Cyrus N. Roberts
Thirteenth Infantry
Dakota
Wyoming
War Department
General Otis Quarantined on Transpacific Arrival
San Francisco June 1 The arrival from overseas of Major General Elwell S Otis remains under quarantine due to three smallpox cases aboard. Otis and cabin passengers may land next Sunday or Monday, with steerage travelers held longer, unless Washington changes plans.
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Elwell
Otis
General Otis
Washington
Scores From The Diamond In Major League Action
American League game in Chicago Kansas City won 4 to 0. National League games in New York tied 4 to 4 with Pittsburg. Philadelphia routed Chicago 8 to 2 at Boston. Cincinnati defeated by 1 at Boston.
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Kansas City
National League
New York
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Boston
Cincinnati
Paris Show Builds 70 Ton Barrel for Exposition
A 70 ton wine barrel was built at Nancy for the Paris exposition costing 880000 francs. Amateur photographers pay 10 cents extra each time they enter the exposition grounds with cameras. A congress of world street railway companies is proposed under Paris exposition auspices in September.
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