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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1900
Page
2
The report notes Boer retreat from Wepener with diminishing guns and baggage and warns Roberts must press encirclement or face repetition. It highlights relief efforts around Wepener, damage from Boer bombardment on Dalgety and livestock, and Mafeking’s dire daily rations of soup and skilly.
From Pretoria dispatch dated Tuesday the Boers have reoccupied Boshof as British forces retire. The report notes the shift in territorial control during ongoing fighting.
London reports from Lorenzo Marques describe a daring attempt to destroy the Komatiport bridge thwarted by firemen who raised the alarm. Boers guarded surrounding hills as Irish American ambulance troops, led by Colonel Blake, departed Pretoria after an audience with President Kruger.
A Kimberley dispatch to the Daily Mail dated Wednesday reports the Boers forming a fresh laager near Windsorton. The force includes Prieska Campbell and Griqua land rebels, about 600 strong, while Lord Roberts is said to be waiting for 20,000 horses and no major fighting is expected until late May.
On Wednesday night April 2 the Boers shelled Warrenton as British forces under Colonel Paget moved guns to the river bank within 1000 yards of Boer trenches. Daybreak brought a heavy bombardment with shrapnel and lyddite, forcing the Boers to retreat after a long duel. No British casualties reported. The Boers withdrew to the east and sniping revealed their laager moved back.
The Times dispatches from Mafeking Basutoland dated April 25 describe three fights with 22 casualties and 33 killed 132 wounded at Dalgety’s command. Boer depots in Lydenburg districts and 700 shells daily from Begblec foundry at Johannesburg are noted. General Run dale arrives at Denets dorp.
At Dedham Mass the W J Young murder case against William J Young moves toward closure with defense contending the fatal hammer blow was struck under provocation. Alfred E Avery argues absence of premeditated malice and notes Young as a nervous, excitable man. Witnesses describe his temperament and past conduct. Court adjourned until morning.
London April 2 The War Office releases Sir Redvers Roberts casualties before Denersdorp occupation. Captain Denny of the Thirteenth Hussars is killed. A captain, two lieutenants and twenty two men wounded. Captain Prothero wounded at Karreefontein has died.
Lord Roberts reports Bloemfontein despatch dated April 2 detailing Pole-Carew's division moving to Roode Kop with no casualties. Cavalry and horse artillery repelled the Boers with heavy losses. The force crossed at Valsbank and Chermside's division occupied Dewetsdorp after the Boers evacuated overnight.
The Boston Press Club hosts a housewarming at its new home No 2 Sewall place on Wednesday May 2 with a 4 PM entertainment and a later programme. Wilder D. Quint leads a feature called the Waste Basket to be emptied at 9 PM for visiting newspaper men.
In Superior Court Thomas Cashman of East Boston was found guilty of assault with a knife on his wife Hannah Cashman and on a man named Taylor. The jury rejected a murderous intent count. Cashman, a fisherman, had claimed he found his wife in Taylor’s room twice in one day.
San Francisco reports the plague has disappeared and the U S consul issues a clean bill of health to the schooner Bertha Miner departing from Honolulu for Puget Sound on April 14. The bulletin comes via the steamship Australia and dates April 17.
The sixty eighth annual meeting of the New England Cotton Manufacturers Association opened in Chipman Hall Tremont Temple with about 100 owners agents and stockholders present. Proceedings included tributes to the late president Frederick I Clarke talks on waste in cotton mills and export opportunities in manufactured cotton and a demonstration on lighting buildings by refracted daylight.
In Marblehead on April 2 two men forced entry into James Barry’s house while the family was away. Mrs Barry’s sister returning home was seized and choked before the pair fled, and police launch an investigation.
The Lawrence and Mather School Association of South Boston held its eighth annual banquet and reunion at the Hotel Thorndike. Edward Baldwin and Edward I. Aldrich spoke for the school committee. Amos M. Leonard and Augustus D. Small also spoke. Officers elected included John B. Godfrey president, James A. Cook, Charles F. Leahey, and Captain John J. Hanley as vice presidents. William A. F. Norris secretary. M. F. Mullen treasurer. an executive committee of twelve was named.
An advertisement offers a free trial of a celebrated beauty remedy that claims to remove tan freckles moth patches pimples blackheads and sun damage. It cites testimonials from Flolen H Ralston of Newport Kentucky and directs readers to write to Mme M Ribaul t at 437 Elsa Building Cincinnati Ohio for mailing the treatment and instructions.
The April 26 issue lists sunrises and moon rise times, high waters, and a long roster of steamers and schooners sailing, clearing, or sailing orders. Vessels include Bengalia, Suntate, Bay State, Admiral Dewey, Windward, and many others with cargoes and passengers noted, alongside ports from Portland to Philadelphia and beyond.
May 4 and May 13 departures from Boston with round trip rates 27 and 35 dollars respectively. Tours include Philadelphia Gettysburg Luray Harper's Ferry Washington all expenses included and led by Royal Blue line staff. Itinerary office 211 Washington Street Boston run by A J Simmons N E B A.
Delegates at the open door trade congress in New York urged rapid action on reciprocity with foreign markets. Speakers from New York and Boston pressed for improved access to leather and shoes exports, urged repeal of hide duties, and called for broader inclusion in reciprocity treaties. The session featured remarks on the evolution of leather making and prospects for American exports, with attendees from Milwaukee, Detroit, New Orleans and other cities.
Mrs. Howard Tarleton of Lebanon Ohio claims she cured her son’s drunkenness using Golden Specific a powder mixed with coffee or food She urges every woman to write for a free trial package and promises trials mailed to show how easy it is to cure drunkards The discovery by Dr J W Haines of Cincinnati is promoted with a free offer to readers
Fred C. Crosby, 30, superintendent of the Northampton and Amherst Street Railway, was fatally struck when a heavy carriage ran over him this afternoon. He had married just two weeks earlier.
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