British Fight Delays Boer Retreat In South Africa
Dispatches describe ongoing fighting as Boer forces retreat south of the Orange Free State with British attempts to cut them off. Boers slip through broken country to form rear defenses while casualties and embers of command fall during maneuvers near Wepener Brandfort and Thaba N'Obu. Lord Roslyn arrives unwounded as Lord Robson reshapes the army for pursuit.
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Mdon
Orange Ee State
French
Horseen
Poleen
Chermside
Rundle
Aliwal
Wepener
Enches
Oronje
Bloemstein
Randfort
Thaba N’obu
Smalldell Station
Jaree Siding
Brandfort
Brabant
Ers
Pole-Carew
Tillery
Appeal to Georgia Voters by Women of the W C T U Augusta meeting
The Georgia W C T U meeting in Augusta passed a resolution urging prohibitionists to refrain from fielding candidates for state offices in 1900 and to push for a uniform Democratic primary on May 16. They argue that Democratic nominations often mean election and urge Prohibitionists to support representatives in the grand jury and prohibition efforts to drive whisky traffic from the state.
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Augusta
Georgia
Evens
Democratic Party
Explosion at Pretoria Arsenal Kills and Injures Dozens
A serious explosion at the Pretoria arsenal killed several workers and injured about 82 others. The blast damaged the building and surrounding structures as flames spread through the area. The manager Herr Grunrg was among the injured. the Red Cross assisted the wounded.
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Bie
Pretoria
Herr Grunrg
Red Cross
Bryan presses free silver in Wichita address and banquet
William J. Bryan arrived in Wichita Kansas on Tuesday sweeping speeches to 3 000 listeners and a Sunflower League banquet headlined by Bryan The speech defended free silver against English finance and empire and criticized the administrations foreign policy with emphasis on Monroe doctrine Cuba and Puerto Rico policies.
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W. J. Bryan
Wichita
Kas
Texas
Nebraska
Sunflower League
John 8. Crosby
New York
Allen O. Myer
Ohio
Mr. Bryan
England
Bryan
Cuba
Porto Rico
Eight Drown In Cloudburst At Waco Texas Flood
A cloudburst and high wind hit Waco Texas at noon Friday causing eight deaths within city limits and extensive property damage. The dead include Mrs Nancy Caudle Miss Clara Caudle Rosa Chapman Emma Decker Thomas Capps Frank Walker and two unnamed Black men. The rain lasted six hours driving bodies into the Brazos river and washing people from a bridge near city hall. Rescue efforts and warnings followed as rivers rose and authorities assessed losses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Waco
Texas
Nancy Caudle
Clara Caudle
Rosa Chapman
Emma Decker
Thomas Capps
Frank Walker
Brazos
Barron's Branch
Cerain
Prescott
Fire Department
Colorado
Belton
Rockport
Tennessee to Erect Monument for Civil War Hero Sam Davis
Tennessee plans a monument to Sam Davis, the noted Civil War hero and Tennessee youth. A committee leading the effort has issued an address to the people of the South seeking cooperation in supporting the project.
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Tennessee
Sam Davis
South
Carter in Stripes Joined Leavenworth Prison
Oberlin M. Carter former Doughty Captain arrived at Leavenworth Federal Prison Friday under guard. He was dressed in prison garb and given cell 425, with prisoner number 2004. Carter will work as a bookkeeper in the harness broom shoe repairing and carpet weaving shops on the third floor of the East building.
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Doughty
Koowa
Oberlin
M. Carter
United States Army
Leavenworth
Kas
Thomas Harker
Fifteenth Infantry
Department of Justice
Carter
Big East
Nine killed as bridge collapse at Paris exposition
A condemned wooden foot bridge at the Paris exposition collapsed Sunday afternoon under a massive crowd. Nine people died and many were injured as debris buried those beneath as rescuers, soldiers, and police battled to free victims.
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Paris
Avenue de Sufren
Mrs Wilson Dies From Burns In Havana Ride
Mrs. Wilson wife of Major General James H. Wilson military governor of Matanzas and Santa Clara died after burns suffered when she stepped on a match while alighting from a carriage with her daughter. Daughter of Colonel John Andrews of Wilmington she married General Wilson in 1866 and leaves three daughters two of whom were with her in Havana.
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Havana
James H. Wilson
Department
Roberts Criticised Successor of General Joubert
London special says Commandant General Louis Botha is a capable successor to Joubert and may keep the Boers from obstructing transport. Roberts’s dispatch hints at gaps in knowledge of forces beyond French and Rundle, with pods of Boers near Springfield and Denetsdorp. The piece notes raids, need for troops to clear the Free State, and Hunter’s division moving to Kimberley to counter Boer strength on the Vaal river. A Bethulie railway bridge speeds stores to key South African conflict areas.
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London
Louis Botha
Joubert
Lord Roberts
French
Rundle
Brabant
Pole-Carew
Hart
Chermside
Allwal
Pretoria
Bloemfontein
Hunter
Kimberley
Vaal
Barkly
Mafeking
Bethulie
Poultney Bigelow
United States
South Africa
Griscom Unhampered In Handling Sultan Indemnity
Washington dispatch reports United States charge d affaires at Constantinople Griscom pressing vigorously for indemnity. Officials decline to reveal specific instructions, noting he does not heed them and has taken an advanced independent stance in the matter.
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Sultan
Washington
Griscom
United State
Constantinople
States Should Control The Employment of Convict Labor
The interstate industrial commission reported to Congress on prison labor. It recommends states enact laws to employ all prisoners in productive labor under state control, including care punishment reform and disposal of product, with prisoners supplying for state county and municipal operations.
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Interstate Industrial Commission
Congress
Queen Victoria Returns to Windsor Amid Royal Welcome
Queen Victoria arrives at Windsor Castle after a royal landing at Holyhead. Thousands greet the party as the special train is met with cheering and the singing of the national anthem at multiple points along the route.
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Victoria
Windsor Castle
Holly Head
International naval moves tied to Turkey indemnity claims
The Paris Figaro notes U S plans a Mediterranean naval demonstration linked to indemnity disputes. It questions whether a foreign power may act against Turkey without prior accord with Paris treaty signatories. It asks why Russia, not other powers, is singled out and whether Washington should show restraint.
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Paris Figaro
United States
Mediterranean
Turkey
Russia
Washington
Se or Perfecto La Costa Named Secretary of Agriculture
Senor Perfecto La Costa accepts the office of secretary of agriculture, succeeding General Ruis Rivera who resigned. Senor Estrada Mora, Havana acting mayor, will be offered the Havana mayoralty for the remainder of the term, ending after the elections.
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Senor
Perfecto la Costa
Ruis Rivera
Senor Estrada Mora
Havana
Public flogging draws thousand at Dover jail
In Dover Delaware a crowd of about a thousand witnessed nine black prisoners whipped for petit larceny at the county jail. Four received twenty lashes. Samuel Granger endured lashes and a one hour pillory sentence. The Chicago grand jury began a probe into the labor unrest on Saturday.
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Inn
Dover
Delaware
Warton
Samuel Granger
Delegation Seeks $5 Million for St Louis Exposition
A large delegation from the Louisiana Purchase territory led by Governor Jones of Arkansas and ex-Governor Francis of Missouri arrived in Washington to press the House committee on the Louisiana Purchase Centennial to urge a $5,000,000 appropriation for the 1908 St Louis International Exposition.
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Louisiana Purchase Territory
Jones
Arkansas
Francis
Missouri
Washington
House
St. Louis
House Breaks Record in Passing Private Pension Bills
The House passed ninety-one private pension measures on Friday. A widow of Colonel John M. Stotzenburg of the First Nebraska would receive $40 monthly. The conference report on the Hawaiian government bill was adopted 188 to 154 and moves to the president. May 9 set for General Grant statue ceremony by the Grand Army of the Republic.
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John M. Stotzenburg
Nebraska
Philippines
General A. 8. Grant
Grand Army of the Republic
More Evidence in Carter Case
The Atlanta Constitution reports new testimony in the Oberlin M. Carter case linking the vast Greene and Gaynor frauds. It cites bank examiner Edward S. Johnson’s findings showing contractor divisions of contract funds and Carter's investments, and notes Westcott’s denial of giving Carter money and a European absence during the trial.
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The
Atlanta Constitution
Oberlin M. Carter
B. D. Greene
John F. Gaynor
Savannah
New York
Congress
Greene and Gaynor
Carter
Mr. Westcott
Westcott
Greene
Gaynor
Edward S. Johnson
Griggs
United States
Erwin
Georgia
Johnson
Europe
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Kan
Chicago Times-Herald
Morse
William J. Bryan
City
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Botha
Joubert Seema
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Rivera
Grand Jury
Chicago
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