Pluck of Boers! British Suspect Chicago Ambulance Corps
London April 11 dispatch from Lord Roberts reports a Boer party defeated on April 5 offered stiff resistance for four hours before surrender within 11 yards. Casualties included seven enemy killed, eleven wounded, 51 captured. British casualties four killed, eight wounded. Chicago ambulance corps departure to Pretoria delayed amid filibustering suspicions. Boers pay 40 to 40 pounds monthly for recruits. about 35,000 Boers with ninety guns fortified between Kroonstad and Winburg.
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Cape Border Safe Tendon April 12
Bloemfontein Times correspondent reports general orders appoint General Shormside to command the Third Division, replacing Muggs. Brabaunt’s force shows dash but wavering at the final phase near the Basie border, with no imminent invasion of Cine Colony unless extreme risk arises. Commandant Miller unlikely to risk horses exhausted by prolonged campaign.
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Muggs
Genewl Brabaunt
Heine Alde
Ers
Faye
Inet
Basie
Milier
Capetown Arrival Reports Horse Transport Loss
Montfest April report notes the Monterey with the Strathcona Horse arrived at Capetown. All aboard were well, but the voyage claimed 163 horses dead en route.
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Montfest
Capetown
Monterey
Strathcona
British Casualties Report Through April 7 War Office
The War Office released yesterday afternoon total British casualties up to April 7. Killed in action 211 officers and 1960 men died of wounds 48 officers and 465 wounded.
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London
War Office
Casualties Reported From War Office Returns
The tally shows 163 officers and 3722 men died of disease. An additional 47 officers and 1485 men died in accidental deaths. Repatriated invalids total 283 officers and 4934 men. Overall, 18,265 casualties exclude the sick and wounded in hospitals. Last week adds about 10,000 wounded, bringing the grand total to over 23,000 officers and men put out of action.
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War Office
Will Aid Portugal On Boer Reprisals In Africa
London April 11 The British government and the Associated Press say Britain stands ready to aid Portugal if the Boers strike back but Portugal has not asked for help nor replied to Boer notices. The Beira transactions are defended by Britain and Portugal as justified by prior relations. The foreign office doubts Boer aggression and believes any reprisals would favor Britain by widening Delagoa Bay access.
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Associated Press
Portugal
Great Britain
Beira
Foreign Office
Delagoa Bay
Boers Extend Position Along 15 Miles of Hills
Elangslaagte April 11 last night the Boers set fire to grass on two hills near their extreme wings. The line extends over about 15 miles in a continuous ridge from Joneskop on the British left to a kopje guarding Sunday River bridge on the British right. During the night the Boers moved most of their cannons. Some unimportant skirmishing occurred today. The British still command Sunday River bridge. No new developments expected from yesterday’s action.
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Sunday River Bridge
Yestersday
Wepener Holding Its Own Amid Heavy Cannonading
Allwal North April 1. Lord Kitchener arrived with Jeff soon after. A big Boer gun was knocked over yesterday at Wepener. The garrison is holding its own and there has been heavy cannonading there again today.
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Lord Kitchener
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Wepener
Bloemfontein Defenses Near Completion
Bloemfontein defenses nearing completion allow the town to be held by a relatively small garrison, per a Daily Telegraph correspondent from London. The dispatch dated Tuesday notes permanent works edging toward readiness.
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London
Bloemfontein
Daily Telegraph
Porto Rico Hundred Percent Poorest Face Posthurricane Crisis
The island’s economy remains at a standstill after the August hurricane. About 95 percent of residents are in the peon class, with only 5 percent well-to-do. Prices rise for salt fish rice beans and landings worsen living standards. Americans exit in dwindling numbers as bankruptcies and failed ventures linger. Many Porto Ricans migrate to Cuba Venezuela and the Dominican Republic in search of work.
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Porto Rico
Associated Press
Porto Teva
Velela
Baty Domingo
Cuba
Porto Reo
Manila Library drives soldiers reading drive in Manila
The wife of Chief Surgeon Greenleaf A S Nu of the Pacific department started a circulating library in Manila for soldiers. Major Strong notes strong cooperation and abundant reading material for American soldiers in the Philippines. An agreement with International Express transports two tons of reading matter free of charge per outgoing shipment.
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Greenleaf
A. S. Nu
Department of the Pacific
Manila
Major Strong
Philippines
International Express Company
Cable project 3 million for San Francisco to Honolulu cable
The senate passed a 3 million dollar Pacific cable bill to build a line from San Francisco to Honolulu under navy supervision. Materials must be American made, ships may be chartered if needed, and the secretary of the navy can contract for construction if olaced beyond the navy’s capacity. Several US cities received public funding allocations.
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Honolulu
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Naval Affairs
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Hala
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Japan
Dear Mrs Piskham and Lydia E. Pinkham Help Women
Letters from readers praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health after years of weakness and illness. One woman describes severe pains and fatigue but improves after following advised treatment and letters from Mrs. Pinkham.
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