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Newspaper
Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Location
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1899
Page
3
London reports General Gatacre describes a serious reverse during the Stormers assault. He notes the enemy's position led to impracticable ground and mentions casualties and captures, though details are obscured by the garbled text.
North Dakota senators face a choice between General Allen and Major Heuninhan for a state senate seat amid jockeying for positions in Washington. Allen has backing from Joglakunee and Hamilton seeks a reading clerk post paying 4000 annually as field maneuvers continue. Back in Barns county Dr. L E Benson, recently in Cape Nome for mining ventures, returns to Valley City with a diamond horseshoe cravat hinting at profits. A resident of Williston, Al Martin, is stabbed during a dispute over money and remains at large.
What Is Shiloh is promoted as a grand old remedy for coughs colds and consumption used worldwide for half a century. It claims to have cured innumerable cases of incipient consumption and relieved many advanced cases. A refund is offered if not satisfied. Price 25 cents or 60 cents red. Beardsley, Druggist, 4th.
Reports from Carr Town and Lorpon on December 13 and 18 indicate heavy fighting near Modder and Tugela rivers. Dispatches suggest British and Boer forces planned simultaneous attacks, while news from Nasunpoort notes General French delaying withdrawal. Mafeking relief arrives Gaberone, Baden-Powell reducing rations as water remains plentiful.
General Forestier Walker reports from Cape Town that Gatero’s Stormberg assault failed due to underestimating distance. Marching long hours, troops faced heavy fire with losses. Second Northumb erlands and Irish Fusiliers held positions while guns suffered drownings and damage. Reinforcements and recuperation orders issued. Northumberlands misnumbering corrected to 366.
Steyn reports British attack on Stormberg Junction by six cannons collapsing after fierce resistance. Prisoners include Major Sturges and 6 officers with 280 NCOs. other British officers and NCOs captured. Boers claim several cannons and ammunition seized amid heavy casualties. Also notes a disastrous freight wreck at Priapatrá with two dead and one seriously injured.
A string of plain facts: a New York division crash near Plainsboro Princeton, N J killed engineer Spiegler and fireman Hinker with brakeman A G Baum badly hurt. Ex employee Neptune arrested for robbing a California courier office. Two thousand more Spanish prisoners released in Luzon in a month. Wilson proxies and Cuba command communications noted. Norfolk and Western train collision claims Engineer Bishop and injures Fireman Koontz. Wisconsin farmer Goggin found murdered near Ellsworth with skull injuries.
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