Rumors Fleeting as Lords Roberts and Kitchener Arrive
London reports show public impatience over British camp inactivity in Cape Town area. Rumors claim Buller’s forces lack ammunition and a shell famine at home, while analysts expect a central Bloemfontein drive only after Roberts and Kitchener land. A Tugela battle rumor lacks corroboration.
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Lord Roberts
Kitchener
Cape Town
Buller
Roberts
Bloemfontein
Roberta
Tugela River
Methuen to be Relieved and Return Home
London reports General Methuen, commander at Modder river, will be relieved within two weeks and ordered home due to declining health and mental strain. War Office officials confirm the plan as Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener head to South Africa to assess and possibly reassign commands amid battlefield pressures.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
London
Belmont
Wolseley
War Office
General Methuen
Lord Methuen
Modder River
Methuen
Wauchope
Black Watch
Lord Robets
Lord Kitchener
Cape Town
Africa
Lord Roberts
Daily Mail
South Africa
Ladysmith
White
Bloemfontein
Pretoria
Multiple Tragedies and International Tensions In Brief
Reports from McPherson Kansas Seattle and Paris recount a mother killing her two children and herself a sailor suicide and a soldier’s death in battle police arrest for drunkenness and a potential treaty setback with France grave concerns in Washington over the reciprocal pact while a Danish Norwegian settlement expansion progresses near Athens Alabama ends with plans for a Danish Norwegian colony near Athens driven by Oliver Hanson and vast land purchases.
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Senate
Death, marriage, and crime in brief notices
Mrs R A Davis of Brady Texas was mortally wounded when fleeing and her husband a wood hauler is jailed for the offense. In Ripley Tennessee two murder suspects Henry and Rogers Gingery remain at large after a double slaying. Miss Cecelia Sherman Miles, daughter of the army commander, married Captain Samuel Reber in Washington.
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Joseph Christie
Christie
Joe Christie
Brady
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R. A. Davis
Ripley, Tenn
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Ripley
Tennessee
Henry and
Rogers Gingery
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