Boers Lose Again at Eland Slagte Battle
Gen. Hunters dispatch notes heavy losses as Boer forces are forced from Eland slaagte. Death list highlights gallantry of officers amid the big battle with casualties reported among key commanders.
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1899
Page
1
General Symons Still Alive and London Bids to Boers
London dispatch reports General Sir Archibald Hunter updating Ladysmith on October 21 to 22. Troops under White move toward Elandslaagte with armor and artillery, aimed at reopening the Dundee railway. Boers hold Elandslaagte, halting rail traffic between Ladysmith and Glencoe as infantry and cavalry pursue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Archibald Hunter
Ladysmith
White
Elandslaagte
French
Moddes Bridge
Fifth Lancers
Fifth Dragoon Guards
Natal
Devonshire Regiment
Manchester Regiment
Gordon Highlanders
Imperial Light Horse
Natal Volun
Glencoe Station
Glencoe
British Win at Elandslaagte
CAPE TOWN October 21 midnight Generals White and French have carried the Boer position at Elandslaagte.
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Elandslaagte
Cape Town
White
French
Officers exposed to fire in British victory at Kopje
The Official list shows heavy officer losses in the Boer War action on the Kopje. Sir Wm Penn Symons mortally wounded. two Colonels, three Captains and five Lieutenants killed. a Colonel, three Majors, six Captains and ten Lieutenants wounded. Subsequent dispatches credit valiant but unsafe tactics for the high officer death toll.
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London
Wm. Penn Symons
Kopje
Hussars
Artillery
Leicestershire Regiment
King’s Rifles
Irish Fusileers
Dublin Fusileers
Boers Discouraged and Ready to Dodge Major Offensives
Cape Town dispatch reports Boer forces demoralized and unwilling to take risks. Schreiner shifts toward Milner policy, while Rhodesia news shows Boers crossing rivers and={failing to advance}. Telegraph says Boers suffered about 1000 casualties at Glencoe in recent action.
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Joubert
London
Outlook
Cape Town
Geome
Schreiner
Cape
Alfred Milner
South Africa
Cape Colony
Rhodesia
Tull
Pitson
Rhodes Drift
Pont Drift
Bains Drift
MacLouisie
War Office Reports Casualties in Natal Action
The War Office lists losses from yesterday's fighting between Glencoe and Dundee in Natal with nearly 200 men missing or killed, in a notice printed in London. The notice appears with continuation on the second page.
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London
War Office
Glencoe
Dundee
Natal
Dewey Home Chosen In Washington D C
The Dewey House Committee selects 1747 Rhode Island Avenue NW known as the Fitch house as the Admiral’s home funded by popular subscription. The location near Connecticut Avenue is described as highly desirable and the funds are believed to cover the house furniture and incidentals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dewey House Committee
Rhode Island Avenue
Fitch House
Connecticut Avenue
Nelson's Signal Flown Again on Trafalgar Anniversary
London marked Trafalgar Day with Nelson's column garlanded in Trafalgar Square and the ship Victoria in Portsmouth Harbor flying Nelson's signal England expects every man will do his duty for the first time since the battle.
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London
Trafalgar
Nelson
Trafalgar Square
Victoria
Portsmouth Harbor
England
Turkey Foot Restored on Historic Toledo Rock
After a week of excitement Turkey Foot Rock returns to its stone pedestal at the old site. The Centennial Company faced possible prosecution and chose to yield the relic for restoration at Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Turkey Foot Rock
Centennial Company
Blasting Mine Blows Up One Hundred Boers Nearby
A brief wartime item reports a British dynamite mine near this place destroyed about one hundred Boers within days, with the explosion noted in a distant location. The incident is described in a concise military update from the period.
War News and Lipton Race Share London Attention
London follows battlefield briefings from Glencoe Mafeking and Kimberley with keen interest in the Transvaal campaign. British losses show a high officer casualty rate as rushed reports claim cautious strategy and reinforcements for Buller’s force while Lipton’s America's Cup pursuit remains popular but secondary to war news.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Thomas Lipton
America
Columbia
Transvaal
Glencoe
Mafeking
Cecil Rhodes
Kimberley
Rhodes
Baden-Powell
Pretoria
Delagoa Bay
Aden
Eastern Telegraph Company
Orange Free State
Buller
Free State
Bloemfontein
Great Britain
Fortune Seeks Missing Akron Woman to Claim 150000
Rose Emery, once a poor dental office assistant in Akron, is named as the heir to a Pittsburg broker’s 150000 fortune but remains missing. Attorney E C Dalzell, tracking the woman, says she traveled from Cleveland to Pittsburg years ago and vanished after a series of suitors lavished gifts upon her. The broker died in Chicago on September 8 with no contact from Emery, who Dalyzell believes is abroad, possibly South America.
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Commercial Tribune
Akron
Rose Emery
Pittsburg
Rose
E. C. Dalzell
Palmer House
Chicago
Man Pleads Not Guilty in 15 Year Old Murder Case
Thomas Skelton of Princeton Indiana was arraigned on a murder charge from fifteen years ago and entered a not guilty plea. He claims he was faithful and accuses a deceased Texas man of being his wife's killer while vowing to prove his innocence amid local excitement.
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Commercial Tribune
Princeton
Ind
Thomas Skelton
Skelton
Texas
McKinley Named Trustee of Peabody Fund
President McKinley was formally notified of his election as a trustee of the Peabody educational fund. The notice was delivered to the White House by Dr. J. L. M. Curry, agent of the fund, and he succeeds former President Cleveland on the board.
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Washington
Mc Kinley
Peabody Educational Fund
White House
J. L. M. Curry
McKinley
Cleveland
Professor Threatens to Resign Over Favored Concert Taste
Ohio Wesleyan University dean Prof Marc Baker criticized a Gray Chapel concert as low taste praising cake walks and beer mingling with music. He recalled roof garden music in New York and vowed a serious concert next month, resigning if such reception repeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes
New York City
Baker
Well Known River Man Shot in Parkerburg Saloon
Captain Hilton a well known river man was shot in his Parkerburg saloon around midnight Jim Wilson a local character is jailed on charges. he allegedly fired first in a confrontation with Hilton and is said to have wounded Kate Burns in a suburban house through the door. He faces a Monday hearing.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Hilton
Jim Wilson
Wilson
Kate Burns
Negro Exhibit At Paris Expo Highlighted By Booker T Washington
Prof Booker T Washington head of the Tuskegee Institute met the President in Washington to discuss a distinctive African American exhibit at the Paris Exposition. He sought a small Tuskegee Institute display and the President pledged interest and directed him to Commissioner Peck for exhibit details.
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Washington
Booker T. Washington
Negro Industrial School
Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Institute
Peck
Explosion kills telephone worker in wife’s view
Special dispatch reports Eugene Crawley of Lansing Michigan killed at Bowling Green by a dynamite blast while blasting pole holes. He looked into a blast hole when a charge failed to explode and it went off. His head was blown apart and most of his bones were broken as his wife watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Eamgene Crawley
Lansing
Mich
Bowling Green
Consul Lane Married to Greek Bride at Smyrna
Relatives of United States Consul Rufus Walt Lane at Smyrna received notice of his marriage on October 7 to Miss Marie Psiach of Bournabat. Lane, a former Ohio legislator from Cincinnati, cast the vote that helped make Mark Hanna a U.S. senator and later received a consul post from the current administration.
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Commercial Tribune
FT. Wayne
Ind
United States
Rufus Walt Lane
Smyrna
Marie Psiach
Bournabat
Lane
Ohio
Cincinnati
Mark Hanna
Innocent Man Pardoned in Kentucky Citing Faulty Testimony
Governor Bradley pardoned Asa Gilbert of Jackson County after affidavits showed his two year sentence for house breaking was based on mistaken testimony. Judge D B Redwine accompanied the affidavits. Joseph Eckhart of Newport was not pardoned.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Bradley
Asa Gilbert
Gilbert
D. B. Redwine
Joseph Eckhart
Newport
Why Famous Correspondent Became a French Citizen
A noted reporter explains his decision to obtain French citizenship and remain on scene during key events. The piece discusses career motives and the implications of journalism under foreign legal status.
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France
Dramatic Wellston Baby Abandoned Found Alive In Valise
A three week old baby was found alive in a valise at the Jackson, Ohio freight room. Two women from Coalton confess to abandoning the infant and were jailed, naming Eliza and Frances Daum as their Cincinnati home. Police pursue the parents.
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Commercial Tribune
Wellston
Ohio Southern
Jackson
Coalton
Welliston
Eliza
Frances Daum
Cincinnati
A Young Wife's Deed in Glasgow Tragedy
Luther Johnston aged about 30 near Dry Fork was accidentally shot and killed by his wife when a pistol left on the mantel discharged. The couple had married only about three months.
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Commercial Tribune
Glasgow
Luther Johnston
Dry Fork
William Brown Killed by Logs in Wells County
Wabash Ind Oct 21 William Brown a 49 year old married man was killed this morning near Reiffsburg Wells County when two large logs rolling from a wagon fell on him He jumped as they began to turn but the logs crushed him breaking his back and both legs He was found unconscious ten minutes later by fellow workers An ex marshal of Bluffton he had been at work on the logs when the accident occurred
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Paul Langenbede
Commercial Tribune
Brussels
Paris
London
M. de Blowitz
Galeries
Cremieux
France
Government of National Defense
Tours
Bordeaux
M. Cremieux
Wabash
Ind
Wm. Brown
Reiffsburg
Wells County
Bluffton
Judge Speakers Rally in Winchester for Party Tickets
Winchester Kentucky October 21 Judge J B White of Irvine spoke for the Democratic ticket and Judge Clifton Pratt for the Republican ticket. Both had small audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Winchester
J. B. White
Irvine
Clifton Pratt
Offer to Funston to brigadier in Philippines accepted
General Frederick Funston today received a War Department telegram offering a Brigadier's command if he returns to the Philippines after his former regiment, the Twentieth Kansas, is mustered out. Funston accepted the offer.
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San Francisco
Frederick Funston
War Department
Philippines
Twentieth Kansas
Funston
Pickpockets Strike In Findlay As Bryan Party Arrives
A gang robbed multiple locals during Bryan's arrival. Geo W. Graham lost 80 dollars and notes, Simpson Harris and John Trone had watches stolen, A J Fisher lost a pocketbook with 20 dollars and notes, Fred Kissell a purse with 5 dollars. The largest theft occurred at the I E W Depot as the Bryan party departed. H K McClellan reported his 825 dollar pocketbook taken on the train. Suspects escaped prior to capture.
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Commercial Tribune
Findlay
Bryan
Geo. W. Graham
Simpson Harris
John Trone
A. J. Fisher
Fred Kissell
H. K. McClellan
Train Robbers Fail in Bold Freight Heist Near Lexington
A seven-man gang attempted to rob a B. and O. S. W. freight train near Lexington early today. They threatened Brakeman James Chriswell and Conductor Gilchrist, forcing a stop signal but the train reached a yard and the robbers escaped. Howard Schlichter was later arrested and identified by the conductor as one of the gang. Police expect to capture the remaining members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Louisville
S. W
Lexington
James Chriswell
Gilchrist
Watson
Howard Schlichter
Lve
Chelsea
Jefferson County
Madison
The Spy's Flight Hanna Spoke Truth in Ill Health
Dewey's ill health may be a pretext to stay at home. The report suggests Hanna told the truth about the spy's flight and hints at potential motives behind the pretext.
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Dewey
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