British suffer a crushing defeat at Meerkatsfontein
Dispatches from Brandfort and Pretoria report General DeWet’s third defeat of British forces within a week at Meerkatsfontein. About 600 British troops killed or wounded, 900 captured, 12 wagons taken. Boers suffer five killed and nine wounded. Lord Roberts faces water shortages as Carrington heads to Beira.
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Transvaal
DaWet
Lord Roberts
War Office
London
Daily Mail
Brandfort
DeWet
Meerkatsfontein
Daily News
Pretoria
Delagoa Bay
Laurence Marquez
Netherland Railway Company
Kroon- Grad
Kroonstad
Boers Resume Attack At Wepener In South Africa
London reports the Boer assault on General Brabant's force at Wepener resumed at dawn. Brabant of 2000 to 3000 troops holds rough terrain while Boers increase numbers marching toward Springfontein. Dispatches note troop movements, radio bans, and rising local tension in Fauresmith Philippolis districts.
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London
General Brabant
Wepener
Aliwal
Prabant
Springfontein
Smithfield
Free State
Bpringfontein
Bloemfontein
Roberts
Free
Plumer Retires After Engagement with Boers Near Mafeking
Bulawayo reports Colonel Plumer attacked the Boers between Ramathlaba and Mafeking on March 21. Boers held a strong position six miles from Mafeking, forcing Plumer to withdraw to Ramathlaba and then to his base under heavy fire. The British losses were three officers and seven men killed and three officers and forty four men wounded, with eleven missing.
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Bulawayo
Plumer
Ramathlabama
Mafeking
Ramathla
Laurenco Marquez
Gaberones
Leader's lament on British reverses near Bloemfontein railway
The Leader cites reports from Hur and British sources condemning the British army's reverses near the Bloemfontein railway. It criticizes lack of care and leadership and recalls the old description Lions fed by asset while questioning lessons learned in recent years in commissioned ranks.
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London
Hur
Bloemfontein
Boers Forced From Mafeking Reported In Wires
Colonel Maden Powell reports from Mafeking on March 21 that Boer forces have been driven back enough to place the town beyond heavy gunfire range. He adds that holding Snyman could enable trapping the enemy forces nearby.
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Mafeking
Bulawayo
Maden- Powell
Snyman
Cannonading at Elandslaagte reported near Pietermaritzburg
Heavy cannonading began this morning in the Elandslaagte area near Pietermaritzburg as March 16 operations or events unfold.
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Elandslaagte
Pietermaritzburg
Ladysmith Firing Report From Sunday River Front
Heavy firing was heard this morning toward Sunday river and lasted several hours. No details of engagements received. Reports say Boer forces moved south of Biggarsberg and posted heavy guns north of Elandslaagte area.
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Ladysmith
Sunday River
Lbigearsberg
Elandsiaagte
Gatacre Defended Amid Boer Fight Dispatches
London reports defend General Gatacre amid the Reddersburg clash as British reinforcements arrive from Springfontein. Boers retreat eastward in small bands while British strategy and war coverage draw mixed moral effects and political unease during Parliament’s Easter recess.
Plumer's Column Retires Under Boer Pursuit at Mafekin
Colonel Plumer with 270 horsemen and a small escort reached Kamathlabama and moved toward Mafekin. Facing a larger Boer force in crescent formation the British held for an hour then withdrew while Boers pressed the retreat for 10 miles toward Jamathlabama. Casualties: British 3 officers and 24 men killed or missing 11. Boer losses described as serious.
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Plumer
Jamathlabama
Rivers Encouraged by Recent Victories
Rethulie Orange Free State April 10. Boers seek to retake and destroy the Orange river bridge. A Boer force lies 12 miles east and holds the Free State east of the railroad, buoyed by gains at Reddersberg and Korn Spruit.
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Rethulie
Orange Free State
Orange River
Free State
Reddersberg
Korn Spruit
Hay Finds Nothing Wrong in Pretoria Mail Inquiry
United States Consul Hay in Pretoria reports to the state department that after a careful search there was no tampering found in the official mail of the consulate regarding Consul Macrum's charge.
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Hay
Washington
United States
Pretoria
State Department
Macrum
Uiat
No Interference Found in Consulate Communications Report
A consular report states no evidence supports the statement and that there is no interference with official communications between the department of state and the consulate. The consul confirmed communications via telegraph and mail are proceeding without obstruction.
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Department of State
Anxious England news on Boer war reports
London observers cite no new news from Lord Roberts for three days while Boer reports raise public anxiety. Meerkatsfontein and Reddersburg battles are debated with Methuen advancing from Boshof toward Hoopstad as Boer negotiators seek a truce. Fischer cites 38,000 Boer soldiers at the front.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Free State
Pretoria
Reddersburg
Wenener
Natal
Lord Methuen
Boshof
Hoopstad
Brandfort
Bloemhoef
Transvaal
Naples
Mr. Fischer
Desperate Dutch Rising Hinted After Ladysmith Fall
Bloemfontein correspondent reports enemy forces between 3000 and 6000 men seek a strategic opening. Remounts arrive, Argentine cavalry underwhelmed, and letters found in Ladysmith documents suggest the fall would trigger a general Dutch rising.
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London
Bloemfontein
The
Times
Messrs. Steyn
Fischer
Ladysmith
Forces encamped near Boshof as Chesham reconnoiters
Zwartkopfontein in the Orange Free State reports Lord Methuen's force encamped ten miles east of Boshof. Lord Chesham with yeomanry and the Kimberley mounted corps scanned eastward but met only a small Boer detachment that fled.
Boers Establish Heavy Positions Near Knight's Hill and Wesvels Nek
A Ladysmith dispatch reports the Boers placing a large gun on Knight's hill north of Blandsiaarte and another near Wesvels Nek station. Enemy forces are said to be strongly entrenched at Help muaakar and nearby areas.
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New York
The
Herald
Ladysmith
Knight's Hill
Blandsiaarte
Wesvels Nek Station
Helpmuaakar
Wastage of Horses in South Africa Estimated at 5000
Bloemfontein reports that mounts arriving continue to mount but authorities estimate British forces in South Africa have wasted no less than five thousand horses.
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Bloemfontein
South Africa
British casualties at De Wetsdorp total 599 in action
Pretoria reports 100 killed and wounded and 499 captured at De Wetsdorp. The Transvaal Volksraad is summoned to meet in ordinary session on May 1.
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Pretoria
T Laurenco Marquez
de Wetsdorp
Trans- Vaal Volksraad
Berlin Reichsman tied to Kornspruit action named American officer
London dated April 11 reports The Daily News Berlin correspondent claims the Boer forces at Kornspruit were led by Captain Carl Relchaman an American military attaché, though details remain unconfirmed.
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London
Berlin
The
Daily News
Kornspruit
Carl Relchaman
Boers Reported To Seize Artillery From Refugees
London dispatch cites Times correspondent at Laurenco Marquez claiming trustworthy refugees say Boers recently obtained at least 20 pieces of artillery including large caliber guns, brought overland. Continued on page ten.
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London
the Times
Laurenco Marquez
Senate set to vote on Quay seat in Pennsylvania case
The Senate, without objection, scheduled a final vote for April 24 at 4 p m on the seating of M S Quay as a U S senator from Pennsylvania. A day of tributes followed for Richard Parks Bland of Missouri with eloquent eulogies from several senators led by Mr West and Mr Cockrell. The body adjourned at 3 29 p m after adopting the resolutions.
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Senate
M. S. Quay
Richard Parks Bland
Missouri
Jones
Arkansas
Commission
Chandler
Quay
Pennsylvania
Burrows
Cullom
House
Lodge
Morgan
Hoar
Had River Reservation
Wis
Cockrell
Weet
Pike's Peak
West
Democratic Party
Chicaro
Bland
House of Representatives
Mr. Bland
Mr. West
Commonwealth
Nevada
Berry
Lindsay
Kentucky
Carter
Montana
Daniel
Virginia
Teller
Colorado
Allison
Iowa
Stewart
Montana horticulture board sets fruit future and rules
The Montana state board of horticulture wrapped its session with plans to label nursery stock whether grown in state, adopt the California apple box for shipping, and expand fumigation facilities at Missoula. They report strong fruit yield prospects for 1900, with 40,000 acres of trees projected over 10 years if planting continues.
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Helena
State Board of Horticulture
O'Donnell
Edwards
California
Montana
Butn
Semple
Daniel EK. Bandmann
Missoula
Billings
FE. Parsons
Kalispell
BR. A. Cooley
O’donnell
Cooley
Library of Literature
United States
Republicans Vote To Report Puerto Rico Bill As Passed
At a special Ways and Means Committee meeting the bill to report the Puerto Rico measure without amendment and move concurrence in Senate amendments was approved 8 to 5 along party lines. The plan envisions a territorial form of government for Puerto Rico and tweaks to tariff provisions.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Puerto Rico
Senate
McCall
Yeas— Payne
Dalzell
Hopkins
Grosvenor
Russell
Dolliver
Steele
Long
Richardson
Swanson
McClellan
Underwood
Representative Long
House
Representative Underwood
Creeks Move North to Iowa Under Curtis Act
Creek Indians from Indian Territory will settle in Iowa Minnesota and the Dakotas after a Curtis Act agreement. Each family may take 40 acres of land relinquishing tribal government and school control to the United States government.
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Chicago
Eldora
Iowa
Indian Territory
Minnesota
Dakotas
Indian Commission
United States
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Kimberley
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Atheh
R. P. Bland
Butte, Montana
Earth
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Gennett Electric Belt Co
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Doctor Hinz
Hinz Medical Institute
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