Boer War Echoes Stir Chicago Audience
The address by Mr. Davis urged American sympathy for the Boers, criticizing British war aims in South Africa and warning against foreign domination of U S elections. He described Boer valor at Spion Kop and Dundee, recounted wartime atrocities, and called for stop to the war. Resolutions praised the Boers and denounced Britain.
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Tranavaal
United States
Alaska
Mr. Davis
Republic
Europe
South African
Englshman
Transvaal
South African Republic
Kruger
South Africa
Republic of Mexico
United States of America
Anrahan Tincoln
Pretoria
Great Britain
Spion Kop
Dundee
Blake
Joubert
Davis
Spionkop
Burgers
Buller
Athens
Sparta
Alexander the Great
Issus
Napoleon
Rwiigers
Hapsburg
Pickett
Crimson Heights
Gettysburg
Balamis
Marathon
Thermopylae
Drakensberg
Spion
Kop
Republica
Lexington Green
Saratoga
Bunker Hill
Brandywine
Washington
Valley Forge
New Orleans
Jackson
England
Grandaar
Earth
P. Souter Wessels
Moran
Washington Post
Pension Court of Appeals Proposed by Grand Army
Washington April 8 Efforts by the Grand Army of the Republic aim to create a pension court of appeals to review pension applications rejected by the pension office and interior department General A D Shaw and General Daniel Sickles are directing the draft bill in Washington for submission to the president and legal authorities before Congress. About 13000 cases denied by the interior department would go to the new court and enable final action during the current session.
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Shaw and Sickles
Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Pension Court of Appeals
Pension Office
Interior Department
A. D. Shrew
Daniel Bickles
Grand Army
Congress
Shaw
Maud Adams Statue Excluded From Paris Exposition
New York April 8 The United States commission official announced that the 150000 dollar statue of Maud Adams the actress will not be exhibited at the Paris exposition. Only Lafayettes statue funded by government and public schools will be shown. Commissioner Peck confirmed the decision and stated Miss Adams statue is not admitted within exposition gates. Steyns Brother Captured In eo igemfontein reports indicate Panother of Mr Steins brothers was captured and arrived yesterday.
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New York
A. H. Mattox
United States Commission
Parla Exposssion
Maud Adams
Miss Adams
Braun
Peck
Lafayetts
Paris
Steyn
No Guards About a British Camp in Boer Trap
A Bloemfontein waterworks affair report shows Colonel Broadwood’s rear driven into a Boer trap with no sentinels. Boers surround the British. Times and Daily Mail dispatches praise Boer cunning and fault British improvidence. Mafeking besieged, bread scarce, rations mixed with oats and measles.
Irish forces surrender after thirty hour siege near British position
During Tuesday night to Wednesday the Irish fought tenaciously at the British line, suffering from want of food and water as their ammunition ran out. With signs of aid nearby, they finally surrendered after about thirty hours of sustained combat. ten were killed and many wounded. Among the captives is Captain Tennant, described as General Gatdere's chief intelligence officer.
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Tennant
Gatdere
Famous Swazi Chief Killed and Swaziland Unrest Grows
A news report from Sobobo's Kraal Basalland notes the death of Sobobo and the tying of his women, with unrest rising across the unsettled country. A prominent Swazi chief MꞌQuenzie and two women were killed at his kraal, his son captured, and the kraal sacked. Reports claim Swazi queen ordered killings while Boers seek passage through Swaziland armed, and natives are marching and looting in multiple districts.
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Lorenzo Marquez
Sobobo
Kraal
Basalland
Bremersdorp
Swaziland
Gomez Opposes Advisory Board in Cuban Independence Debate
Havana April 8 General Maximo Gomez attacks the idea of a transtory advisory board or elected council during the Intervention as dangerous and a step toward prolonging it He notes the Paris Treaty is not Cuba's path to independence and praises autonomists while urging them to stay out of politics He fears old autonomist influence could gain power and weaken Cuban case The report covers police discipline under Rafael Cardenas Bank of Commerce Havana Arrarto on Cuban sugar production Luna cultivation and a large public demonstration in Gomezs honor with supporters urging him to stay in Cuba
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Havana
Democratic Union Party
Maximo Gomez
Paris
Cuba
United States
Gomez
Senor Montoro
New Party
Rafael Cardenas
Senor Arrarto
Bank of Commerce of
Eta
Prado
Gaston Mora
National Party
Senor Mora
Righuv Tepard
Autonomista
Atre
Putts
United States Congress
Monte Cristo
Friends of Independence
Social Relations of the Two Rages at Carnegie Hall
A April 8 discussion at Carnegie Hall on the negro future featured William H. Baldwin Jr of the Long Island Railroad, Felix Adier, Isaac Fisher, and Robert W. Taylor. They urged industrial education and equal suffrage while detailing lynching harms, educational gaps, and the need for formal justice.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Society of Ethical Culture
William H. Baldwin, Jr
Long Island Railroad
Felix Adier
Isaac Fisher
Robert W. Taylor
Tuskegee, Ala
Baldwin
South
United States
Mr. Baldwin
Hampton Institute
Tuskegee
Schofield School
Aiken
Congress
Taylor
Alabama
Insurgents Keep Americans Busy Across Luzon and Samar
Dispatches describe repeated skirmishes from Manila to Panay with insurgents attacking outposts and towns. Captain Sturgis reports a small victory near Manila, while a detachment seeks refuge in a church in Party. Lieutenant Gordon is wounded near Aparri as American forces press operations amid calls for reinforcements.
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Manila
Sturgis
Nevaliches Road
Laguna
Gordon
Sixteenth Infantry
Aparri
Cagayan Province
Eighteenth Infantry
Capiz
Panay
Calbayon
Island of
Samar
Gilmore
Forty-third Infantry
Young
Luzon
Constance
James Bell
Bataar
Boers Reoccupy Towns Affects Basutos Minds
In Maseru Basutoland on April 5 natives react to Boers reoccupying Ladybrand Thabanchu and Bloemfontein waterworks. The event shapes native perception of British reverses and possible evacuation of Wepener, provoking concern about outcomes for Basuto observers and urging General Brabant to press advance.
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Maseru
Basutoland
Ladybrand
Thabanchu
Bloemfontein
Wepener
Brabrant
Horses Reaching British as Roberts Prepares Advance
London dispatch notes quiet front with memoriats and reinforcements arriving. British forces north of Glen are being augmented after enemy positions were cleared, with Lord Kitchener controlling the railway to the south. Troops are in good spirits but lacking clothing and boots.
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Roberts
London
Bloemfontein
Daily Telegraph
Scots Greys
Inniskillings Dragoons
Lancers
Glen
Lord Kitchener
British Guns Captured at Bloemfontein Waterworks
A government release states that at the Bloemfontein waterworks Boer forces captured eleven officers and 362 men, along with eleven guns, two ammunition wagons, other wagons and mules, near Pretoria on Wednesday April 4.
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Bloemfontein
Pretoria
Gatacre fails to locate missing British column
Bethany April 7 General Gatacre's force returned without any trace of the ill fated British column captured by the Redders burg commando. It is impossible to estimate losses, but the stubborn resistance suggests they were large.
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Gatacre
Bethany
Reddersburg
Too Late to Disperse Boers at Rietfontein
Colville’s Ninth Division under General Colville moved toward Hietfontein on Wednesday but arrived too late to break up a Boer leaders’ conference. The force returned today after failing to disperse the gathering. A Free State burgher named McCaskill, employed by the British as a conductor, was shot by the Boers. General Gatacre has retired to Bethany to guard the railway.
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Colville
Rietfontein
Bloemfontein
Dlvision
Hietfontein
Free State
McCaskill
Gatacre
Bethany
Interventions Hinted as Boer War News Reported
President Steyn in Kroonstad says burghers stronger than at start of hostilities. He warns surrenderers, notes a Transvaal loan for war, and claims Western powers seeking intervention. Prisoner fate and Boer hopes loom over British forces amid scattered battles and rail threats.
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Orange Free State
Lourenzo Marques
Steyn
Free State Volksraad
Kroonstadt
Free State
Transvaal
England
France
Russia
Germany
St. Helena
Johannesburg
Royal Irish Rifles Engage Boers Near Bloemfontein
In the eastern Free State near Bloemfontein on April 6, Royal Irish Rifles, marching to seize arms, were intercepted by a Boer commando that posted three guns. The Irish entrenched, mounted infantry scouted the flanks, and both sides exchanged heavy fire as relief forces lagged.
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Royal Irish Rifles
Bloemfontein
Free State
Davis shoots Wes Steel and confesses murder in Auburn area
In Fort Wayne Indiana on April 8 William Davis shot Wes Steel through the heart as Steel called on a neighbor. Bloodhounds traced the killer to Davis at his home where he confessed to the crime. Steel had threatened trouble over his wife. Davis was arrested immediately.
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Davis
Steel
Fort Wayne
Ind
Auburn
Wes Steel
William Davis
De Wet Defeats British Forces Near De Wet’s Corp
Report from Pretoria dated April 6 via Lorenzo Marques says General De Wet attacked and defeated a large British cavalry force at De Wet's Corp southeast of Bloemfontein. About 450 prisoners were taken along with ammunition and camp stores. Boers suffered two killed and four wounded. Other commandoes are quiet.
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Pretoria
Lorenzo Marques
de Wet
Bloemfontein
Death by own action of James McGehee in Macon
James McGehee a noted Macon printer was found dead in Benners hotel on Mulberry street after swallowing laudanum. He had been ill for years and expressed desire to die. He leaves a wife, funeral set for tomorrow at 2 30 in the afternoon. Macon Typographical Union to supervise. Some remarks cover his long residence in Macon and work with The Macon Telegraph.
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Macon
J. H. McGehee
Benner’s Hotel
Mulberry Street
Hig
Second Street
Macon Telegraph
Atlanta
Macon Typographical Union
McGehee
Georgia
Eily Coghlan Dies in Stamford Sister of Rose Coghlan
Eily Coghlan, youngest sister of Rose and Charles Coghlan, died in Stamford Conn after pneumonia. She had visited Rochester and returned in poor health, Rose Coghlan rushed to her bedside. Eily, born in Peterboro England, was a noted concert performer before illness. Her death follows the loss of her brother Charles. family survivor now Bly Coghlan.
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Rose Coghlan
Stamford
Conn
New York
Eily Coghlan
Rose
Charles Coghelan
Rochester
Fren
Elly Coghlan
Charles Francis
Anna’ Maria Coghlan
Peterboro
England
Charles
Francis
Belvidere
China
Haze
Bly Coghlan
Sydney Batam
Leadenhall Street Bank
London
Emiilor
Fu- Tope
Carl Rosa
Her Majesty's Theater
Covent Garden
Thicker Uniforms Needed in War Report
Bonnon April 9 Tae vape Town, correspondent says lack of horses and pneumonia among troops due to thin clothing lead Lord Roberta to delay a big move until forces are provided with thicker protective gear.
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Bonnon
Tae Vape Town
The
Daily News
Roberta
Bloemfontein Telegrams Report Calm Amid Turmoil
A Bloemfontein correspondent to The Morning Post reports no anxiety about security in the town despite threats to sever telegraphic links and disrupt railroads briefly. Civilians including Lady Bentinck and Lady Edward Ceek, arriving from Cape Town, depart under general authority orders.
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Bloemfontein
London
Morning Post
Bentinck
Edward Ceek
Cape Town
Loss Is Over a Million at Pittsburg Store Fire
An April 8 inspection of the Joseph Horne & Co department store building after a major fire shows stock valued at 1,000,000 across the structure largely destroyed by fire or water. The building sustains damage of at least 50,000, with both stock and structure fully insured. Also noted: recruits for British posts arriving from Liverpool to join the Pacific squadron and garrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Joseph, Horne & Cou
Halifax
Bsquimait
B. C
Liverpool
Telegraphic Brevities From a Turbulent Era
Various brief items report the death of Mrs. Kate G Hvddiestone at age forty seven in Chicago. an Oriental Express route change to Berlin to Constantinople. a Texas district GOP convention at Palestine electing C W Burkett and William Sanders as delegates. a German court case involving Emperor Kam and Prince Prosper Arenberg's murder sentence. a Berlin murder trial of Goencai and Hungerians for a widow and daughter of Herr Schulze with death sentences. and a Washington dispatch noting tainted Pan American castes and cautious reception of a proposal.
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Kate G. Hvddiestone
Chicago
Berlin
Constantinople
St and
Texan
Palestine
C. W. Burkett
William Sanders
Kam
Prince Prosper Arenberg
Germany
Africa
Goencai
Hungerians
Herr Schulze
Pers
Washington
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War Office
Olivier
Dewet
Times
Dei
Burnham
Natal
Hus
Lars
Trellef
Reitfontein
Free States
Foreign Legion
General de Villebois Mareull
Colesberg
Stormberg
Sannag-Post
Jagersfontein
Cronje
Lord Roberts
Mafeking
Regro
Tuskegee, Als
Heard
Forty-second Infantry
Church
O. F
de Wetsdorp
Hnea
Opera
Knoxville
Andy Tora
James M’gehee
Bimontown
Cape Colony
Aliwalworth
Rounville
General Brabant
Rot
Clarke
Mr. Ture
Meron
Count Ata
Uty
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