Decisive Boer battle looms as Rundle trenches near Bloemfontein
London dispatches report General Sir Henry Rundle entrenched to await General Campbell and the Sixteenth brigade. News from the theater notes mixed accounts on Bloemfontein, Modder river, and possible delays, with Boer activity continuing in Natal and threats to Methuen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Henry Rundle
Campbell
Bloemfontein
Daily Chronicle
Modder
Lourenzo Marques
Colonel Dalgetty
Lord Roberts
Lord Metheumn
Boshoff
Frankfort
Methuen
Kimberley
Tole-Carew
Samas Post
Natal
Charles Warren
Free State
Redvera Buller
Lord Kitchener
Hague
Berlin
Paris
Washington
Strength of the Boers in the War
London reports from Lourenumzo Marquez for the Times say Boer strength peaked at 150000 in the field with colonial rebels. Current muster is about 80000 including 50000 in the Free State 10000 in Baggsberg 15000 in Fourteen Streams and Kloerkadorp districts. Burgher lists were allegedly falsified before the war to mislead British intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lourenuzo Marquez
Times
Free State
Baggsberg
Streams
Kloerkadorp
War Strife Around Manila Surges in Week of Bloodshed
Reports from Manila tally 578 Filipinos killed and 2 icago 44 captured with many wounded. The week likely ends with about 1000 insurgents killed and 25 allied casualties. Hospital facilities are scarce, risking higher death tolls among the wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Oficlal
Mount Sinai Hospital Receives 200600 Donation for Building Fund
Meyer Guggenheim and seven heirs donate 200600 dollars to Mount Sinai Hospital for the building fund. The gift honors Barbara Guggenheim, mother of the donors, and supports a perpetual memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mount Sinai Hospital
Meyer Guggenheim
Barbara Guggrueim
Rules tightened by National Cycling Association meeting
An adjourned NCA board meeting in Buffalo set rules banning motor pace machines over twenty inches wide, except handles, requiring continuous race records, demanding off dead heats in pro championships, and ordering riders to wear trunks after July 5. If the ACU reinstate suspended riders including Major Taylor and the Butlers, they may register with the NCA. Benjamin Munroe of Memphis was reinstated in good standing after paying a fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cycling Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Board of Control
American Cyclists’ Union
Rain and Wind Storm Hits Brenham Area
A fierce rainstorm with high winds swept Brenham and surrounding areas at noon. Flooded waterways stalled farming as crops lagged about a month. Wind damaged several homes, including a Watrousville house owned by Alex Simon and a West Brenham residence of George Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenham
Texas
Brazos
Alex Simon
Watrousville
George Tucker
West Brenham
Fort Worth Man Guilty of Murder Sealed with Death Penalty
In Fort Worth on April 23 the jury found Andrew Runnels guilty of murder in the death penalty case. On January 7 he and Cal Leach attacked B Pierce as he passed through "the acre" at night, striking him with a rock after an argument over a song. Leach testified Runnels delivered the fatal blow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Andrew Runnels
Runnels
Cal Leach
B. Pierce
Acre
Pierce
Leach
Firee Dying Out in Minnesota Forest Fires
Duluth reports indicate the worst of the forest fires is over as fires die out though damage runs into thousands of dollars. Dry underbrush and timber keep lingering danger despite the improving scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Forest Fire District
Young Man Drowned Near Lancaster
Willis Bacon 19 son of John Bacon traveling freight agent for Texas and Pacific drowned yesterday while boating near Lancaster. A companion survived and recovered the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Texas
Willis
John Bacon
Texas and Pacific
Lancaster
Roberts Reinforcements Highlight Boer Strength Near Wepener
London reports indicate Lord Roberts seeks to envelop the Boers and cut off their retreat northward as reinforcements arrive to aid the Wepener relief. A Thabanchu dispatch says fresh cannon and ammunition have reached General Dewet at Jammerburg drift, with one Dalgetty gun smashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Roberts
Wepener
Imes Imen
Thabanchu
Dewet
Jammersburg
Dalgetty
Harriefontein
War Office
Bloemfontein
Leeuwkop
Poar de Kraal
Kop
Pretoria
Morning Post
Frankfort
Lord Methuen
Floods Halt Rail Traffic Across Mississippi Storm Damage
Heavy rain disrupted service from New Orleans to Purvis Mississippi, with Illinois Central and Mississippi Valley trains resuming and Louisville and Nashville facing delays near Pascagoula. A major loss of livestock and washed away homes reported around Purvis, with one drowning at Jackson and more casualties feared as telegraph lines return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisville and Nashville
Pascagorula
Purvis
Miss
John Horton
Jackson
Severe hailstorm damages in Llano and Hays counties
Reports from Austin say a severe hail storm struck Llano and Hays counties two nights earlier. In parts of Llano trees were stripped of leaves, animals were killed, and hail pierced cabin roofs. In Hays County witnesses described a storm lasting about forty-five minutes with hail large as a man's fist punching through iron roofs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Llano
Hays
Hays County
Missing 17 year old found near tram bridge
Preciliano de Leon of Nuevo Laredo disappeared from his home last Thursday night. His body was found in a pool of water under the tram bridge, about three feet deep, suggesting he may have encountered trouble in Nuevo Laredo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Texas
Preciliano de Leon
Nuevo Laredo
Gold Find Sparks Keene and Pierce Ranch Prospects
Johnson County Texas reports gold discoveries near Keene and on Clem Pierce’s ranch seven miles west. Pierce plans to produce a half bushel of dust weekly after a local druggist verified the gold by nitric acid testing, fueling feverish prospecting in the town and surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
Cleburne
Texas
Keene
Clem Pierce
Here
Pierce
Kenne
Destructive Groveton Fire Destroys East Sloan Street Block
A blaze discovered at 2 30 am gutted the east side business block on Sloan street in Groveton Texas. By 5 00 am the block lay in ruins with extensive losses reported including Cohen Bros and Av ery among others. Origin of the fire is undetermined and the Trinity County Lumber water works saved the remaining structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groveton
Texas
Sloan
Cohen Bros
H. J. Mangum
Nelms & Collins
Goodman & Finger
John R. Collins
A. M. Furlow
W.T. Alston
B. A. Platt
J. J. Baker
Post Office
Lee Goolsby
W. J. Stevenson
Aged Couple Wed in Waco in Late Life Union
In Waco Texas on April 23 Mrs M J Phillips and Mr Gid Graham aged about eighty wed with Justice W H Davis presiding. Graham from the Chickasaw nation had lived near Waco before and his bride is his late wife’s sister. The two plan to move to the Chickasaw nation after a farm stay and travel together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas
M. J. Phillips
Gid Graham
W. H. Davis
Graham
Phillips
Chicksaw Nation
McLennan County
Confederate Veterans in Caldwell Elect Officers
Members of Camp Rogers United Confederate Veterans in Caldwell Texas met on Saturday and elected officers including M. L. Womack as commander A. H. Adams first lieutenant George Law second lieutenant J. A. Pillow third lieutenant W. H. Green fourth lieutenant E. B. Bell quartermaster J. W. Matthews surgeon M. M. Myers assistant surgeon John Newcomb sergeant major William Baggett officer of the day I. N. Daniel color bearer L. M. Maddox vidette Thos Connley first color guard Thomas Hill second color guard J. F. Matthews adjutant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confederate Veterans
Caldwell
Texas
Camp Rogers
United Confederate Veterans
M. L. Womack
A. H. Adams
George Law
J. A. Pillow
Leutenant
W. H. Green
E. B. Bell
J. W. Matthews
M. M. Myers
John Newcomb
William Baggett
I. N. Daniel
L. M. Maddox
Thos. Connley
Thomas Hill
J. F. Matthews
Rebels Seize Bocas del Toro, Colombia Advices Say
Dispatches from Colombia report Bocas del Toro in Panama is held by rebels. Kingston observers note the strategic move amid Caribbean tensions and dispute lines forming near the Panama frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
Colombia
Bocas del ‘Toro
Panama
Insane Conductor Destroys Caboose In Laredo Train
A Mexican National freight conductor on the Laredo to Monterey run attacked a brakeman with an ax after going raving mad. The brakeman escaped by climbing over car tops to the engine as the train, moving at miles an hour, left him. The conductor collapsed but revived to reveal only minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Texas
Monterey
Missouri Pacific
Joplin
Whitney
Blue Grass
Kentucky
New York City
Lieut
McLaughlin
Washington
Puerto Rico
Bush fires near Minnesota border cause heavy property loss
No loss of life reported as fires destroy several lumber camps near the Minnesota boundary in Winnipeg area. The total damage is estimated around $100,000 with men and horses safely escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Minnesota Boundary Line
Paris exposition visits and regional fires noted
Globe Gleanings lists 250000 visitors to Paris exposition on the 15th, a Jefferson Kentucky flour mill fire causing 15000 dollars loss, and multiple regional incidents including wrecks, deaths, political moves, and notable deaths across the United States and abroad.
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Hoberte
Hoehoff
Shreveport
Allentown
W. T. White
Allen Brothers
Wadley
Jeff Riston
John Hughly
Ed Amos
Robert
Globe Gleanings
Grant County
Jefferson
Gen. Warren
Gen. Buller
Charles E. Smith
The
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
M. de Witte
Russia
Philippine Commission
San Francisco
Hancock
Ira E. Norton
Kingfished
Geo. H. Scripps
Scripps-McRae League
San Diego
Cal
Oklahoma
Morrill
Langston
Chicago
Presbyterian
Chandler
Senate
United States
Mary Field French
Eugene Field
Amhurst
Mass
John Cook
Little River County
Ark
Saxonholm
B. S. Story
Count de Lafayette
Louisiana Society
Arkansas State Sportmen’s Association
Fort Smith
Spain
Bellamy Storer
Silvera
Carter Harrison
d’Arcos
Glover Barber
Mississippi
Hillsboro
Tex
Frost
Memphis
Southern Railway
Huntsville
Ala
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