Forcing the Boers Back Near Mafeking and Winburg
London dispatches report Boer forces retreating on multiple fronts as British columns advance toward Kroonstad and Winburg. Mafeking garrison feared to hold for a month amid fever, with Lord Roberts poised to press toward Pretoria and supply lines.
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London
Natal
Mafeking
Kroonstad
Lord Roberts
Orf
Smaldesl
French
Laybrand
Free Tate
Warrenton
Transvaal
HP Ogberts
Lord Kitchener
Wilson
Ution
Stwo
Australians Break Boer Lines at Crossing of Vet River
A dispatch reports Boer forces entrenched opposite the Vet River crossing, but Australian and Queensland troops attacked under heavy fire. Guns and shelling supported the river crossing as Australians pushed across in the dark, seized commanding kopje, and by dawn pursued the retreating Boers, entering a strategic position by nine o’clock. A separate Boshof dispatch notes Methuen’s reconnaissance near Startkop piesfontein and Janger, with Boers withdrawing after light exchanges.
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Addition
Vet River
Kopié
Boshof
Methuen
Startkoppiesfontein
Hoshof
Five British to one Boer at Winburg Smaldeel
May 6 report from Smaldeel notes Lord Roberts’ forces pressuring Boer positions from Winburg to Smaldeel. British divisions push and outflank, with Hamilton and Hutton movements tightening Boer lines. Railways targeted, bridges and culverts destroyed, and camps found stocked with Mausers and ammunition.
Retreat of the Boers After Smaldeel Skirmish Near Vet River
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts saying Boer forces crossed the Vet river and are encamped at Smaldeel jury van. The enemy retires toward the Zaid river and Kroonstad after a turning movement by mounted infantry. Canadians New South Wales New Zealand and Queensland mounted infantry pressed the enemy. Captain Anley of the Essex regiment praised. artillery and naval guns performed well. One killed, three missing, fifteen wounded, twenty five prisoners taken.
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London
U Ou. m
Lord Roberts
War Office
Stanideel
Vet River
Smaldeel Jury von
Zaid River
Kroonstad
New South Wates
N. Z. Ries
Queensland
Anley
Essex Regiment
Roberts
Wet River
General Roberts
Smaldeel Junction
Zand River
Snyman
the Times
Sayman
Mafeking
Plummer
Hunter
Paget
Warrenton
Yeomanry
Mayrick
Thabanchu
Rundle
Vaal River
Cape Colony
British Occupy Smaldeel as Boer retreat continues
British troops arrive without opposition at Smaldeel on May 7 as the Boer last train departs Saturday night. Boers suffer forty killed on the west flank with rear guards near kopjes ten miles away. Reports say the Boers retreat toward Kroonstad while the Zand river bridge is destroyed. General Roberts crosses the Vet river and camps at Smaldeel junction as Beers retreat toward Zand river and Kroonstad.
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Smaldeel
Kopjes
Kroonstad
Zand River
Convention Hall Rebuilding Progress Impresses Democrats
Kansas City May 7. National Democratic Committee sub committee tours the site after a fire April 2. Builders and mason crews work steadily as plans for a new hall advance. Members express surprise at the rapid reconstruction and confidence the hall will be ready for the July gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Democratic Committee
Kansas City
Convention
Kansag City Lang
Porto Rico case affirms constitution applies to island
Judge Lochren ruled Rafael Ortiz a Porto Rican detained in Minnesota state prison is within U S jurisdiction after a military murder conviction. He argued that the United States constitution applies in Porto Rico as in Minnesota and that Congress cannot govern new territories without constitutional extension. The decision emphasizes limited federal powers and asserts the island became part of U S dominion with immediate constitutional reach.
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St. Paul, Minn
Lochren
United States Circuit Court
Rafael Ortiz
Minnesota
Ortiz
Porto Rico
United States
Great Britain
Lincoln
Congress
Union
Supreme Court of the
Caun
Spain
Porto
Rico
Arizona
Extension of Constitution Applies to Island Cession
The ruling states Congress gains power from the instrument to legislate in respect to the island, making constitution provisions on personal and property rights part of U S law after cession. Offense character and punishment depend on law when act occurred, but trial manner follows law at trial. military law governs military court actions and habeas corpus is denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States Territory
Donnelly for President at Middle-of-the-Roaders Meet
In Cincinnati delegates consider Ignatius Donnelly of Minnesota as a presidential nominee rather than a runner up with Wharton Barker of Philadelphia. The Texas delegation was delayed by a railroad wreck. Mrs. Luna B. Kelly of Nebraska pushes universal suffrage. Donnelly arrives amid admirers and signals openness to the convention's decision.
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Minnesota
Cincinnati
Ignatius Donnelly
Wharton Barker
Philadelphia
Texas
St. Louis
Luna B. Kelly
Hartwell
Neb
Kellignan
Ignatius Donneley
Dennison Hotel
Mr. Donnelly
Pennsylvania
Wen
American Social Science Association Opens 1900 Meeting
Washington May 7 the general meeting of 1900 of the American Social Science Association began tonight and will run through Friday A large program includes papers with the annual address on The Education of the Negro by Charles Dudley Warner LL D read in his absence by Rev Joseph Anderson of Yale University H M Turner presiding.
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American Social Science Association
Washington
Charles Dudley Warner
Ll.d
Warner
Br. Joseph Anderson
Yale University
H. M. Turner
Textile Workers Convention Opens in Augusta Georgia
The eleventh annual National Union of Textile Workers convened in Augusta Georgia with Prince Green of Columbus as president and Peter Gulman of North Adams as secretary. South Carolina mill territory and the Augusta Union are well represented, northern mill districts sparse. The session aims to organize, receive reports, and set up three days of business.
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Augusta
National Union of Textile Workers
Prince Green
Qolumbus
Peter Gulman
North Adams
Mass
South Carolina
Milla Dn
Columbus and
Augusta Union of Textile Workers
Nort
Excape
Gesalon
Three Story Building Falls Buries Seven In Kansas City
A three story brick building at 130 Grang avenue in the business district collapsed this afternoon, burying seven people in the debris. Jacob Goodman’s ground floor store and a rooming house above owned by Mrs Mary Sehn were housed there. John W Moore, former mayor of Kansas City, was seriously hurt. The structure had been condemned and weakened by excavation for a new building on the adjoining lot.
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Kansas City
Grang Avenue
Jacob Goodman
Mary Sehn
John W. Moore
Kansan City
Sam Harris camp of Confederate Veterans chartered
Camp Sam Harris Sons of Confederate Veterans at Carrollton elects officers led by J. B. E. Brown as commandant and Charles L. Walker as first lieutenant commander along with J. Q. Brockley adjutant and other posts filled including treasurer, chaplain, surgeon, quartermaster, color sergeant, and historian.
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Sam Harris Sons of Veterans
Carrollton
Sam Harris Camp of Sons of Confederate Veterans
J. B. E. Brown
Charles L. ‘Walker
J. Q. Brockley
E. B. Broadnax
J. R. Adamson
W. H. Shaw
W. L. Fitts
Moonshine Saloon figure links Atlanta man to bank case
In Columbus Ga a United States court case centers on the Moonshine Saloon in Atlanta and a Chattahoochee bank receivership. Annis, an Atlanta man, failed to meet an Opelika bid appointment, with the receiver tracing him to Decatur Street saloon. The story notes assessments against bank stockholders and a court ruling on liability, plus aSelma vote for a new city hall and courthouse.
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Columbus, Ga
Decatur Street
Atlanta
United States Court For
Western Division of
Georgia
United States Court
Chattahoochee National Bank
Chattahoochee
Connelaville Spa and Coke Company
Newman
National Bank
Plourney
Chuattahooches
Flournoy
Chattahoochee Bank
Conrad Schrier
Schrier
Bank
Sehrier
Opelika
Flo
Annia
Annis
Wear
Fitzgerald, Ga
Catarrh: direct cause of consumption, claim by Dr Leininger
An article asserts catarrh leads directly to consumption and cites Dr Geo Leininger of Chicago, claiming a germ destroying cure using solidified Formaldehyde, supported by medical men worldwide and notable cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hathaway
Geo. Leininger
Chicago
Ininger
Lr. Gen
Leininger Chem
Formaldehyde Inhaler Claimed To Cure Catarrh
An advertisement extols Dr Geo Leininger's Formaldehyde Inhaler as a permanent remedy for catarrh asthma and bronchitis with testimonials from E Kllen J W McMurray and others. It claims rapid relief or cure, notes druggists can sell it, and offers a booklet free through Scar Co Chicago.
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E. Kllen
Poplar Blur
Geo. Leaminger
J. WH. McMurray
Seymour
Geo. Leininger
Harry Bray
Meyer Bras
Drug Co
SL. Louis
Geo
Scar Co
Chicago
L. B.A
EL OR. Pritchard
Sseretsry
Department of Halth
Chicaco
Ives
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Cumnande
French's. Cavalry
Pretoria
al Buller
Atlons
Biggarsberg
Erts
Sin
Sonstad
Unter
Nd Paget
Smalded
Oécu- Winburg
Winburg
Hamilton
Hutton
Pole-Carew
Tucker
Maxwell
Modder
IDARS
Igrtess
Aerbert W. Post
Labama Street
Island
The
Moonshine
Receiver
Selma’s New City Building
Bema
Aim
Waay
Selma
Hathaway
J. Newton Hathaway, M. D
Hathaway Aiso
Losa
Kewton Hathaway
Hashaway
Saa
Broad Sky
Perry Crisler
Mayfield
Kan
M. Metzger
Long Bros.’ Grocery Co
Bank OF England
Bank OF France
Imperial Bank OF Germany
Bank OF Russia
Mutual Life Insurange Company
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Richard A. McCurdy
Robert F. Shedden
Sossx
Atlanta, Ga
Hunnicutt & Bellingrath Go
Traynhasi & Ray
Decatur ST
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