British Forces Hold in South Africa Amid Skirmishes
London report notes Lord Roberts' main army at Bloemfontein while Col Plumer retreats to Crocodile Pools and Lord Methuen skirmishes near Warrenton. Generals Prender, Buller, and French are cited with cavalry movements and plans to lift Mafeking siege, plus a Delagoa Bay railroad arbitral award editorialized as timely.
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London
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Mafeking
Col Plumer
Crocodile Pools
Lord Methuen
Warrenton
Comdant Snyman
Basutoland
Kroonstadt
Jadybrand
Boller
Wistal
Biggarsberg Grange
Buller
Pretoria
Delagoa Bay Railroad
Sarbitutors
Delagoa Bay
Plumer Reports Boer Action and Casualties
From Lobatsi, March 14 dispatch via Col. Phumer states Boer forces attacked from Goode's Siding with a sharp engagement. Lieut. Col. Bodles withdrew to the main position. casualties include Lieut. Chapman and a corporal captured, with two missing. Dieut. K. J. Tyler died of wounds. one native soldier killed. Boer losses unknown. artillery shelled a ridge position until sunset.
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Qhondon
War Office
Phumer
Lobatsi
Goode
Chapman
K. J. Tyler
Lord Methuen Position at Warrenton Described in Dispatch
A Daily News dispatch from Warrenton dated Thursday reports Lord Methuen extending a new pont to secure a key crossing as a small force delays a ferry. The plan targets an opportune route while Boer forces near Mase Jug are pressed elsewhere and Methuen remains confident.
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London
Daily News
Warrenton
Lord Methuen
Boshof
Masejug
WVaat River Opposition Time Set to Emerge
Fragmentary OCR notes reference the WVaat river and a push aside opposition when the proper time arrives. The lines imply a strategic moment for action linked to a river site and timing. No clear names or organizations are readable in the provided text.
Free Staters Mobilize as War Preparations Increase
Reports from Kroonstadt and Bloemfontein describe large Free State mobilizations, with President Steyn issuing a proclamation against armed dissidents. Gen. Joubert reportedly commands forces at Kroonstadt as Milner moves to enforce martial law and pacify disaffected areas in Gordonia.
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Kroonstadt
Steyn
Pretoria report on Eloff isolating Plumer's forces near Gaberones
The Daily News from Lorenzo Marques reports from Pretoria that Commandant Eloff is isolating Col Plumer's forces near Gaberones.
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London
Daily News
Lorenzo Marques
Pretoria
Eloff
Col Plumer
Gaberones
Rebellion Suppressed in Priska District
Bloemfontein reports that the rebellion in the Priska district has been put down and General Lord Kitchener is en route back to the city.
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Bloemfontein
Priska District
Lord Kitchener
Severe Thunderstorm Strikes San Antonio Area
A historic storm drenched San Antonio and surroundings with inch and a half of rain in two hours. Three men received minor shocks, a house was struck by lightning, and bridge infrastructure over the San Pedro creek was washed away. Debris caused injuries to people and horses.
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San Antonio
Tex
San Pedro
Cannibal Attack on Officiers of Gen Pell At Dutch Guinea
From Dutch New Guinea comes word of three Gen Pell officers captured on shore while photographing being bound to trees and partially eaten by cannibals. Ernest Wiegen survived after arrow wounds and witnessing the gruesome acts as Dutch Sumatra and other authorities vow retaliation. Separately, Capt Thomas Wilson head of Central National Bank Cleveland dies of pneumonia during an overseas trip.
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Gen
Pell
Dutch New Guinea
Vancouver
B.C
Warrimoo
Dutch Guinea
Ernest Wiegen
Sumatra
Cleveland
Thos. Wilson
The
Central National Bank
Jerusalem
Secretary Root denies Alaska gold dredging concessions
Washington reports Secretary Root sent to the Senate the department's practice on dredging permits off Alaska. He denies any concessions to excavate the gold bearing sea bed in Alaskan waters. Boston notes the death of Dr Ulrich Jahn, who led the science section of the German village at the 1893 Columbian Exposition, in a private insane asylum.
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Washington
Root
Senate
Alaska
Boston
Ulrich Jahn
Midway Plaisance
Senator Berry Clears Field After Jones Withdrawal
Little Rock Arkansas March 24 The withdrawal of Governor Jones from the senatorial list leaves a clear field for Senator Berry and secures his renomination and reelection prospects.
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Little Rock
Ark
Gov. Jones
Berry
Sawmill Boiler Explosion Kills Two in Indiana
A boiler explosion at James Nickum's sawmill southwest of Muncie kills two men and injures several others. The blast wrecked the building on a 500 acre Bell farm. victims include Marion Carey and Thagwnas Sullivan with multiple fatal injuries.
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Muncie
Ind
James Nickum
Marion Carey
Thagwnas Sullivan
Clifford van Buskirk
Lon van Buskirk
James Dragstrim
James McCreary
Will Green
Nickamy
Bell
Indiana School Journal
Indianapolis
Powers Preliminary Hearing Opens in Goebel Assassination Case
Frankfort Kentucky March 24 The preliminary examination of Secretary of State Caleb Powers on charges of aiding and abetting in the Goebel assassination began before Judge Moore. Militia guards and deputy sheriffs held the Frankfort courthouse as Silas Jones testified that shots likely came from the executive building, with key witnesses including Warden Lillard Detective Armstrong Sheriff Bosworth and Capt. Davis providing cautious, inconclusive statements.
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Frankfort
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Moore
Lexington
Eph Lillard
State Penitentiary
Dee Armstrong
Bosworth
Fayette County
Powers
John Davis
Silas Jones
Bonds
Whitley County
Taylor
Secretary Powers
Capt. Davis
Attorney Pealsgrove
Sandy
Ife
Mr. Jones
Commonwealth
I. Wharton Golden
Polsgrove
Gov. Brown
Danville M E Church Pioneer Rev Hull Dies at 63
Rev John H H Hull a pioneer Methodist preacher in Danville Indiana is dead at 63 after paralysis in 1887 and three years of blindness. He came to Danville in 1884 and led the M E church for a period. Retired in recent years he was long esteemed and influential in the ministry. He began preaching in Ohio at age 15.
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Danville
Ind
John HH. Hull
M. E. Church
Ohio
Fire destroys Kokomo Japanning plant again
A blaze in Kokomo Indiana badly damaged the Japanning department of the wood enameling works for the third time in months. The fire totally wrecked a large portion of the plant, with losses exceeding 5000 dollars insured across fourteen companies. The damaged building had just been rebuilt from a prior fire ruin.
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Kokomo, Ind
Japanning Department
Kokomo
Japanning
Child Crushed by Wagon in Lafayette Street Accident
Raphael J. Cruze the ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Henry F Cruze was killed instantly when a loaded wagon passed over his neck as he skated on rollers in front of the Centennial school building in Lafayette Ind The accident occurred on the asphalt street and the youth tripped and fell forward under the wheels.
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Lafayette Ind
Raphael J. Cruze
Henry F. Cruze
Judge appoints receiver for Co operative Glass Co in Alexandria
Anderson Indiana March 24 Judge Ryan appoints Harrison Quick receiver for the Co operative Glass Co of Alexandria on petition by superintendent Charles Lithoge. The firm, an independent plant with 100 workers, has operated since its founding a year ago and is alleged to be hopelessly involved.
Wealthy Cowan woman caught shoplifting in Muncie
Mrs Isaac Kern a prominent Cowan society woman was detected shoplifting in an uptown Muncie store. She confessed saying she could not help stealing. She drove to Moores Hill with a buggy nearly filled with dress goods taken from stores.
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Muncie. Ind
Isaac Kern
Cowan
Muncie
No Agreement Reached After 14-Hour Miners Conference
Terre Haute Indiana March 24 after a secret session lasting nearly fourteen hours the joint conference of bituminous miners and operators broke up near midnight no wage or powder decisions were reached according to reports from the meeting.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Washington orders release of Nickum mail at Logansport
Authorities at Washington ordered the release of Nickum s mail held at Logansport post office. The telegram indicates a swift action to free the mail of S R Nickum. Further details were not disclosed in the available text.
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Logansport
Ind
Washington
Nickum
S. R. Nickum
Populist Convention Called for April Delegates
Jackson Mississippi March 24 Dr R K Prewitt chairman of the populist state executive committee has issued a call for the populist convention to assemble in Jackson on the 26th of April for the purpose of selecting delegates to the national convention in Cincinnati.
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Jackson
Miss
R. K. Prewitt
Cincinnati
Prisoner in Manila Believed to be Bill Redman
Report from San Francisco cites Evening Bulletin claiming a Manila prisoner may be the outlaw Bill Redman linked to multiple murders. An ex-Pinkerton detective and US Army corps member asserts the man is Redman, while the prisoner denies guilt. Jim Redmond and John Kennedy were indicted in 1898 for Miss Emma Schumacher’s murder in Kansas City. Redmond escaped, Kennedy was acquitted. Schumacher was killed December 8, 1897, during a grocery store robbery attempt at 17th and Campbell streets.
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San Francisco
Evening Bulletin
Manila
Bill Redman
Rough Riders
Redman
Pinkerton
United States Army Corps
Philippines
Kansas City
Jim Redmond
John Kennedy
Emma Schumacher
Redmond
Cuba
Kennedy
Cotton, Notorious Jailbreaker Captured After Lynch Threats
In Virginia Cotton, the Negro escapee from Portsmouth jail, allied with a white man, was captured at Stoney Creek, Sussex after an all night chase. He confessed to killing Justice of the Peace Saunders and Mr. Welton at Skippers and to multiple robberies, and named other involved parties. A mob at Emporia threatened lynching, but Governor and Maj. Cutchins ordered troops and pledged to protect the prisoners, quelling the mob’s fury.
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Richmond
Saunders
Welton
Skippers
Stoney Creek
Sussex County
Cotton
Portsmouth
Emporia
Greensville
Goodwin
Richmond Blues
Maj. Cutchins
Puerto Rico tensions rise after hurricane famine and riots
Situation in Porto Rico grows direr with widespread hunger and sharp price hikes. Demonstrations erupt in Mayaguez and other towns over US delay in policy decisions as tensions threaten riots. In New York Frank Erne defends lightweight title against Joe Gans after a brutal 12th round payoff.
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Tonee
Porto Rico
United States
Mayaguez Yunce
Arevido
Aguadilla
Fajardo
Juan Diaz
Guaquima
New York
Frank Erne
Buffalo
Joe Gans
Baltimore
Broadway Athletic Club
Erne
Gans
Conspiracy defendants sentenced by Judge Speer in Savannah
In Savannah on March 24 the confessed conspirators who pleaded guilty to a nationwide fraud scheme offering goods and not paying for them were sentenced by Judge Speer. Daniel Tyson received five years and a continued portion of the sentence was mentioned.
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Savannah
Speer
Daniel Tyson
Court sentences in 1900s case details and bishop's departure
The report lists multiple defendants with jail terms and fines, including W. E. Hutchinson and J. W. Hutchinson. Other names receive various 12 to 18 month penalties and fines. The article then notes a clerical organ denying that the Mexican episcopate showed discourtesy to Archbishop Averardi as he left with friends claiming he would not return.
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City of Mexico
Tiempo
Averardi
Mrs McKinley confined by grip attack in White House routine
Washington reports Mrs McKinley has been bedbound for two to three days due to grip. The condition is not considered serious and she has not been able to take her daily drive with the president.
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Washington
McKinley
SHORT SPECIALS TANGLED IN A CHRONICLE GLANCES
A jumble of items notes murders fires conspiracies and official acts. The text mentions a Kiel university institute, a fatal wife murder near Edgerton Kane, a New Orleans steamer with 1050 mules, and ongoing Barba incендiarism. It also cites consular appointments bank failures a Buffalo death and a Mississippi drowning rescue.
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Oceanographic Institute
Kiel University
Frank Garnont
Edgerton
Kane
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