British pause in Bloemfontein amid financial and municipal duties
London dispatch notes the hold at Bloemfontein to let proclamations take effect while the administrator seeks secure lines of communication. Boers fracture into small groups as Mafeking relief lags, and Cape Town sees near-fire damage to state offices. Transvaal authorities recruit volunteers through Lorenzo Marques. A Boer relative in London denies mines danger and condemns Montague White’s statements as unauthorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bloemfontein
Free State
Methuen
Plumer
Mafeking
Roberts
Buller
Cape Town
Lorenzo Marques
Transvaal
New York
Krager
Montague White
Washington
Murder Charge Made After Shooting Aboard Warship
Ward of the steamship Lawrence faced a preliminary trial before Justice Hershberger on a murder charge in the shooting death of Michael Milligan of the gunboat Machias. Milligan died in port as Texas battleship and New York cruiser arrived. Ward posted a $5000 bond. A separate report from Waco, Texas, notes Clifford McLain, a young black man, was accidentally shot and killed while hunting near China Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
Clifford McLain
China Springs
Wreck of Fast Mail on Atlanta and West Point Line
A fast mail train wrecked between West Point and Opelika Alabama injures several passengers and kills Baggagemaster W B Blant and possibly an express messenger Oslin. Additional injuries include T C Mason A E Johnson William Hagedorn Louis Mendelsohn and a woman with a cut boot and a bruised child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
West Point
Montgomery
New Orleans
Opelika
Ala
Oslin
W. B. Blant
Blant
Smith
T. C. Mason
A. E. Johnson
Winton
N. OC
William Hagedorn
Louis Mendelsohn
Multiple local incidents and national events in Texas and beyond
A sprawling list reports deaths including eight year old burned girl in Lamar county and Miss Alma Pullin fatally burned in Kenedy. Crimes include a Whitney teacher killed by Ed Waite and Annie Yolande decapitated after railway track. Also notes on rail expansion, politics, finance, and notable figures like Mark Twain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rose
Lamar County
Texas
R. A. Fowlkes
Whitney, Tex
Ed Waite
Rice
Tex
Alma Pullin
Kenedy
San Gabriel
Cal
London
Eng
Jennie S. Butler
Galveston
Israel F. Brown
New London
New London, Conn
Bryan
Austin
Yucatan
California
Washington
Oregon
Bob Fitzsimmons
Kid McCoy
New York
Father Dalge
Lambert
Sayers
L. A. Clark
Greenville
Eighth Judicial District
Doolittle & Simpson
Dallas
W. M. Yandell
el Paso
Seguin
J. W. Bailey
Cameron
Cyrus K.holliday
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Topeka
Kas
Jo Wheeler
William Taft
Cincinnati
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Arthur Mildenberg
Annie Yolande
Edward Leasure
George Crotty
New York City
Cheyenne
Wyo
Paul Flemrey
Oil City
Amos Elder
Chihuahua
Mex
Utah
Social Labor
Social Democratic
Bering Sea Patrol Planned by U S Treasury
Washington reports the treasury department is finalizing arrangements to establish a five cutter Bering Sea patrol including Bear Manning Perry McCulloch and Rush. The Bear will depart in April with others soon after as the United States seeks to resolve Canadian sea claims and seal questions under pelagic sealing rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Bering Sea
Pacific
North
Notable Deaths and Arrests Reported Across States
Major L L Lincoln a Times-Democrat editor in New Orleans dies. British losses in the South African War total 16418. In Demopolis Ala a wreck kills fireman Will Russell. J A Lightfoot shot dead near Claude Tex. James Logue arrested claiming self defense. Father Tarrillon a San Antonio priest dies after stroke. Theodore F Sorrell Mexican War veteran dies in Pine Bluff Ark. Charles H Preston dies after attempting suicide in Vicksburg Miss then reaches Detroit Mich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martrora
Conn
L. L. Lincoln
Times-Democrat
New Orleans
Demapolis
Ala
Will Russell
J. A. Lightfoot
Claude
Tex
James Logue
Logue
Father Tarrillon
San Antonio
San Rosa Hospital
Theodore F. Sorrell
Pine Bluff
Ark
Charles H. Preston
Vicksburg
Miss
Detroit
Mich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ford
Richelieu
Batavia
Howell Bros
Grand Opera House
J. B. Mike
Joseph Muller
All Star Company
CHIL
Doomsey
J. B. Cruse
Bryan, Texas
Read’s Drug Store
B. F. Leman
Paul M. Baylor
James Drug Store
Bloempontein Halt
News
Vesta Hogg
Clara Gurley
Vienna
John Perkins
Brookhaven
Moses Angeline
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Bering Sea Patrol
Sonora
Torres
Torrin
Bona
H. M
John B. Mike
The
Bryan Water, Ice, Light and Power Company
Ana
Exchange Hotel
Beli
Wilcox
Bryan Eagle
M. F. Heenan
Dee Mike, JR
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