World and Local News Nuggets from a 1900s Paper
A wide mix of world and regional items including a proposed Buffalo Bill European tour, tax and education notes in Russia and Italy, Colombia buying the Chilean cruiser Presidente Pinto for £130000, fatal accidents near Carbondale Illinois and Petersburg Alabama, drownings near Pana Illinois, hangings in Camden New Jersey, and a threatened blindness for former Orange Free State president Steyn. Other items cover a goose fight in Chicago, a university president injured in Champaign, deaths of notable figures, a carrier pigeon journey, a Guatemala-US treaty ratification, missing vessels, rioting in Jamaica, and transport accidents including a Grand Trunk derailment near Lan sing Michigan.
Fierce Transvaal Fighting Reports Heavy Boer and British Losses
Lord Kitchener’s dispatch from Pretoria dated April 13 details days of heavy action in the Transvaal ending April 8 through 13. Boer losses include about 200 killed or wounded or captured, with 100 British casualties, plus three guns and supplies seized. Commandant Potgieter was killed.
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London
Transvaal
Lord Kitchener
Molinspoort
Poort
Murray
Lincoln
Colebrander
Hamilton
Bulfontein
Orange River Colony
Boy Sentenced to Coastal Banishment for Plot to Kill Playmate
Leonard Robinson, 14, confessed to plotting murder of Jessie Danes. He is banished for three years to a remote Shinnecock Bay area, where he clams and hunts ducks. Parents sought reform school or asylum. authorities call this a concession by the girl's father and lack of legal remedy.
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New York
Leonard Robinson
Jessie Danes
Shinnecock Bay
L. L
Negro Shot in Head in Beaumont Texas
Murray Henderson, a black man, was shot in the forehead by a white assailant while sitting on a sidewalk. The rifle bullet lodged under the skin and was removed by physicians. Henderson remained only slightly wounded before the shooter was nabbed by Ira Tevis. Two new brick buildings to be used as banks near completion.
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Beaumont
Texas
Murray Henderson
Henderson
Ira Tevis
Kennedy
Batson Goes On Trial For His Life In Lake Charles
Edward Albert Batson is placed on trial for his life at 9 o'clock in Lake Charles Louisiana. The process includes requisitions, a special grand jury session, an indictment, and a petit jury venire. His mother Mrs Joseph Payne attends behind the accused and attorneys as jurors are examined.
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Lake Charles
Edward Albert Batson
Spickard
Joseph Payne
Sompayrac
Batson
Mitchell
Peace Terms Proposed for South Africa Division and Language Rights
Hague reports outline Boer acceptance of a British lord commissioner with a Boer executive in Pretoria, district governance with a British officer and Boer committee, and veto by Britain. Johannesburg to return to British control. war indemnity at least £10,000,000. disarmament after Boer prisoners are repatriated. Both languages recognized in schools courts and official documents.
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Pretoria
Johannesburg
South Africa
Great Britain
May Prefer Charges Against Smith After Acquittal
Washington reports Army and Navy officers expect Major Wallas to press charges against General Jacob Smith after his court martial acquittal for killing natives of Samar. An investigation by General Chaffee and a possible court martial of Smith are anticipated. Rumors say the War Department may rescind the order sending Smith to Texas.
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Smith
Washington
Army
Navy
Wallas
Marine Corps
Samar
Jacob Smith
Chaffee
Waller
Lamar
War Department
San Antonio
Department of Texas
Drowned by a Waterspout at Big Springs Texas
A waterspout swept Glasscock county on Saturday evening drowning John F. Pike a Confederate veteran over 60 who was crossing a ravine on horseback. His horse also died. A picnic party nearby escaped a similar fate amid heavy rain and hail. Separately Patrick Sutton’s will names John Alexander Dowle also known as Elijah II as heir to a $50 000 estate. The Shields murder case is on trial.
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Big Springs
Texas
Glasscock County
John F. Pike
Mr. Pike
Chicago
Patrick Sutton
Lake County
John Alexander Dowle
Zionists
Elijah II
Belgian Riots Turn Deadly as Police Fire on Mob
Brussels reports say yesterday's rioting left multiple dead and many injured as gendarmes fired Mauser rifles for the first time in years. The clash began when rebels threw missiles and revolvers, with other rioters firing from alleys as officers cleared Rue Haute.
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Brussels
Man der Velde
Chamber of Deputies
Socialist Movement
Belgium
Socialist Committee
Rue Haute
St. Pierre
Schnur Family Released From Prison in Vienna Case
Dr. M Neu stadester reports a Vienna cablegram about the release of the Schnur family held on murder charges linked to the disappearance of Schulim Schnur. The case involved a Jewish family from Dombrow Galicia accused after a young man’s alleged conversion and engagement to a Christian woman. A committee raised funds to send him back, with the doctor leading efforts. the youth has left the country under American supervision.
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New York
M. Neustadester
Vienna
Schnur
Schulim Schnur
Dombrow
Galicia
Southern cotton yarn mills plan massive trust
The Constitution says a committee of five will report favorably on forming a gigantic trust of Southern cotton yarn mills. F L Underwood proposes to issue 60 million dollars in stock to acquire mills, with payment partly in preferred and common stock. A Charlotte meeting on April 23 will decide on accepting the proposal, contingent on 60 percent of mills agreeing.
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Atlanta
Charlotte
N. C
F. L Underwood
Nassau Street
New York
New Jersey
Underwood
Mr. Underwood
Two Women Killed Near Mantua Station
Cleveland, April 14. Mrs. Martha J. Calhoun aged 75 and her daughter Mrs. Vaughn aged 46 were shot and killed yesterday near Mantua station forty miles from Cleveland. Will Vaughn stepson of the younger woman is jailed in Ravenna on suspicion with blood stains on his trousers. Mrs. Vaughn was shot five times in the head. the sixth bullet killed her mother.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Martha J. Calhoun
Vaughn
Mantua Station
Will Vaughn
Ravenna
Mrs. Vaughn
Mrs. Calhoun
Cholera Toll Rises as Manila Sees Alarming Spread
In Manila and its provinces the cholera situation worsens with 245 cases and 192 deaths in Manila and 418 cases with 318 deaths in the provinces. The US Army transport Grant quarantined at Legaspi after a teamster contracted cholera. four Americans were attacked with the disease, and one died.
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Manilla
United States Army
Grant
Samar Island
Legaspi
Luzon
Boers Ready to Propose Peace Terms at Pretoria
London reports from Klerksdorp suggest quick conferences and a willingness by Boer leaders to negotiate. Milner and Kitchener in Pretoria are seen as signaling that the Boers will push for honorable terms and accept maximum obtainable concessions.
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London
Klerksdorp
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
Lord Milner
South Africa
Brussels
Hague
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Richard Lyons
Pana
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Camden
N. J
Steyn
Orange Free State
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Kili Thomas
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Fla
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Jobin C. Gunn
Kimmundy
Japan
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Draper
University of Illinois
Champaign
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Washiuton
LA Hung Chang
Evang
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Asiatic
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William Chan
Prosperity
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Barnett
Criss
Supreme Court of Colorado
Postal Cable Telegraph Company
Union Pacific Railway
August Joachim
Davenport
Mississippi River
Jamaica
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Kan
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Dina
William Tanday Becandon
Mexico
Edward VI
Tang Yu
St. Petersburg
Thomas Gallagher
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Peter Lund
Montana
Dehart
Lund
Grand Trunk
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Kitchner
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the Hague
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Shields
Proposed Yarn Mills Trust
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