Bold Boer raid disrupts British lines near Jacobsdal
London dispatch reports a Boer raiding party of about 400 crossing the Kimberley Bloemfontein wagon road Monday, moving toward Jacobsdal to cut a railway 16 miles west. Commandant Olivier gathers 5,000 troops and 25 miles of wagons in rugged country, while Roberts contemplates pace and possible Cape Town meeting with Lady Roberts.
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Washington House Debates Army Bill and War Topics
In Congress March 28 the House debated the army appropriation bill touching Porto Rican tariff the Boer war and the Philippines. Pierce renews his charge of a tariff deal Hull denies the anonymous author. Sulzer urges sympathy for the Boers Lentz denounces militarism and the war. Senate discussions cover the tariff free coinage amendment and the Alaska civil code bill. Root creates the Division of the Pacific with four departments under generals MacArthur Bates Hughes and Kobbe Otis as division commander.
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Goebel assassination case developments in Kentucky
In Frankfort on March 28 Democratic Governor Beckham delays troop decisions while grand jury convenes. W H Culton waives examination and confers with prosecutors. Youtsey seeks to offer a public statement. Powers Culton and Davis waived examination. Powers held for grand jury. Multiple regional dispatches note related political and military movements.
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Hanged Negro at Yazoo River Bridge Near Greenville
Reports from Greenville Mississippi detail the lynching of H Willis alias Wing Smith who murdered Ed B Johnson at a levee camp. A mob seized him on a train at Deer Creek bridge, hanged him from the Yazoo railroad bridge, and fired into the body before dispersing.
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