General DeWet Again Defeats British Forces in Week
A Daily Mail dispatch from Brandfort Free State reports General DeWet’s three Boer defeats of British forces in a week at Meerkat sfontein with 600 killed or wounded and 900 prisoners taken plus 12 wagons. London reports doubt but Boer rumors persist amid strategic moves near Brandfort and Bloemfontein.
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Dewet
London
Daily Mail
Brandfort
Free State
Meerkatsfontein
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Methuen's Camp Near Boshof in Free State
Methuen's force lies encamped at Zwartzkopfontein in the Free State, about 0 miles east of Boshof. The position is described as a staging area during ongoing operations in the region.
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Methuen
Zwartzkopfontein
Free State
le —Iord Méthuen
Boshof
Boshof affair reconnaissance near Bloemfontein reported
Lord Chesham leading yeomanry and the Kimberley mounted corps reconnoitered eastward and encountered only a small body of Boers who fled. Bloemfontein reports water supply satisfactory and entrenching on hills continues with civilian labor to be used. Troop sickness wanes.
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Boshof
Chesham
Yeomanry
Kimberley Mounted Corps
Bloemfontein
Desperate Boer Offensive Reports Near Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein April 9. Enemy forces estimated 3 000 to 6 000 moving cautiously in an effort to find a strategic opening. Capetown April 11. General Brabant and 2 500 colonial troops at Wepener fight three Boer commanders as reinforcements arrive. Wepener lies 60 miles southeast of Bloemfontein. Accra April 11. Governor Hodgson reports failed peaceful settlement talks with Kumassie tribesmen.
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London
Lord Oberts
Free State
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Meerkersfontein
Reddersburg
Wepener
Brabant
Natal
Lord Methuen
Boshof
Hoopfia
Brandfort
Bloemhoef
Transvaal
Naples
Fischer
The
Daily Mail
Sarah Wilson
Mafeking
Plumer
Cronje
Paardeberg
Berlin
Daily News
Reichman
Kornspruit
Carl Reichman
Bloemfontein
General Brabant
Capetown
Basutoland
Accra
Gold Coast Colony
West Africa
Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson
Kumassie
Wastage of Horses in South Africa Battle Area
Bloemfontein report notes constant arrival of remounts while British forces in South Africa lose at least 5000 horses monthly due to wastage.
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Bloemfontein
South Africa
Fight at De Wet's Corp Causes Casualties and Captures
British casualties in the fight at De Wet's Corp were 100 killed and wounded and 459 captured. The Transvaal volksraad has been summoned to meet in ordinary session on May 10.
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Dewet’s Corp
Lorenzo Marques
de Wet
Transvaal Volksraad
British naval gun fire drives inland near Hoopstad
Fourteen Streams reports heavy cannonading as Lord Methuen advances toward Hoopstad. The British employ a naval gun in the engagement, with forces moving from Pretoria.
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Pretoria
Lord Methuen
Hoopstad
Counterfeit Money Found in Upper Sandusky
In Upper Sandusky Ohio on April 11 a large amount of counterfeit currency was found on a principal street. The seized notes were mainly dollars and quarters and local authorities fear more counterfeit money has recently entered circulation in the town.
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Upper
Sandusky
Baltimore Man Arrested in Poison Plot Against Cincinnati Family
Charles C Winold, a traveling salesman, is held in Baltimore on a Cincinnati charge of attempting to poison his wife and children. He claimed his wife had divorce in Minneapolis, that he abducted four children to Marietta, Ohio, and said he would rather kill his children than let a stepfather care for them after a custody dispute.
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Baltimore
Charles C. Winold
Cincinnati
Winold
Minneapolis
Marietta
Hoboken
N. J
Texas floodclaims claim eight drowned in Iron county
San Antonio reports flood waters receding and warns the damage will be large. Eight of a 15 person traveling party, from the Queen and Wilson families of Voca McCulloch County, are confirmed dead at the Middle Concho river junction Kiowa creek in Iron County.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Middle Concho River
Kiowa Creek
Iron County
Queen
Wilson
Voca
McCullough County
New Jersey Elections Show Mixed City Results
New Jersey municipal elections favored incumbents in Newark with Mayor Seymour winning by 2300 in a largely party balance shift. Jersey City backed the Democratic ticket by 5200, Elizabeth reelected Mayor Mack with Democrats keeping the council, while others showed near stalemates across cities.
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New Jersey
New York
Newark
Seymour
Board of Works
Jersey City
Elizabeth
Mack
New Incorporations in Columbus and Nearby Cities
Jaeger Hardware Company Elmore 10600 Century Building Company Elyria 100000 Mappes Pottery Cincinnati 10000 Jefferson and Warren Telephone Company Kinsman 20000 Milling ton White Sand Cleveland 25000 Middle Age Mutual Aid Cincinnati First Baptist Church and Society Cherry Valley name change to First Baptists Church of Cherry Valley amendment filed
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Columbus
Jaeger Hardware Company
Elmore
Century Building Company
Elyria
Mappes Pottery Company
Cincinnati
Jefferson and Warren Telephone Company
Kinsman
Millington White Sand Company
Cleveland
Middle Age Mutual Aid Association
First Baptist Church and Society
Cherry Valley
First Baptists Church of
Reinhard Private Bank Suspension in Columbus Ohio
The private banking house of John and Henry Reinhard has suspended. Assets total 152000 with liabilities of 140000 and deposits about 98000. In three weeks the bank absorbed 250000 in deposits, cited as the cause of the assignment.
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Columbus
Messrs. John and
Henry Reinhard
John G. Reinhard
General Law Proposes Home Rule for Municipalities in Senate
In Columbus on April 11 the Senate debated Lieber’s bill for government of municipalities by a general law with strong home rule provisions. Cities may retain current forms or adopt a constitutional convention to draft a charter. executive, legislative, and judicial powers would be elected by residents. The assembly also passed local and minor bills, including reports by county agricultural societies and appropriations for the Buffalo Pan American exposition, while withholding municipal ownership specifics. A conference demand on the centennial bill failed, stalling exposition measures. Gear’s bill creating a judicial court fund passed with one vote opposed.
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Columbus
Senate
Lieber
Siebert
House
County Boards of Equalization
Hendley
State Board of Agriculture
Reynolds
Griffin
Gear
Tiffin Township Sunday School Convention Evansport 1900
The program for the Tiffin township Sunday school convention to be held at Evansport on April 28 and 29, 1900, lists voluntary songs and topics. Notable items include discussions on participation despite speech fluency, neighborhood benefits of Sunday school, duties of superintendents and parents, minister involvement, teacher duties, and a closing call to attend and contribute.
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Tiffin Township
Evansport
Sudden Death News from Pleasant Bend
Miss Anna Reihm of Lake Odessa Michigan died Friday April 6 from measles at her parents home. A 25 year old betrothed to Wm Raim she planned marriage soon. Also notes on local schooling, Alvan McQuistion instructor, and visits by Wm Mootz and Hattie Myrice with groom’s family.
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Anna Reihm
Lake Odessa
Mich
Andrew Dirr
Dirt
Michigan
Raim
Wm. Raim
Dist No. 9
Alvan McQuistion
Wm. Mootz
Toledo
Cilde Guy
Miss Hattie Myrice
Celina
Boutelle Renominated With Parkhurst and Cushing Elected Delegates
In Bangor on April 11 the Republicans of the Fourth Maine district renominated Hon Charles A. Boutelle for representative and selected Frederick H. Parkhurst of Bangor and Colonel Wainwright Cushing of Foxcroft as delegates to the national Republican convention in Philadelphia. Delegates were not instructed.
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Bangor
Maine
Charles A. Boutelle
Philadelphia
Frederick H. Parkhurst
Wainwright Cushing
Foxcroft
Cowboys Find Hidden Gold Mine near Kingman Arizona
Two cowboys traveling through the territory left several sticks of dynamite near their camp seven miles north of present Kingman. In an unexplained blast the dynamite exploded revealing a gold mine, with reports claiming profits as high as 25 000 dollars per month.
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Hualipi
Kingman
A. T
Colorado River
Philadelphia Times
Market Reports From Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
Market totals show cattle ranges from good to prime steers at 4.00 to 5.40 per hundredweight and cows 3.25 to 4.40. Hog prices span 4.50 to 5.70 for mixed to heavyweight, with sheep and lambs quoted at 4.50 to 7.75 for various grades. Wheat corn and oats prices listed beside robust livestock bids.
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Texas
Market summary of cattle and hog prices from shippers to hogs
The report lists cattle categories with bid ranges from shippers and tops, including cows and heifers, stockers and feeders, and calves. Hog prices are shown for pigs, Yorkers, mediums, and heavy with stated values and decimals.
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Roberts
Netherlands Railway Company
Kroonstad
Pe-ru-na
Washington, D.C
Wm. Youngblood
Interior
Hartman
Washington
M’f’g Co
M.W. Howard
Howard
Fort Payne
Ala
Dr. Hartman
Thenterior
Congressman Howard
Alabama
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta, Ga
Pichi
Charles Winold
Baltimore Police
Grien
General Assembly
J.A Smith
Susquehanna Ave
Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
Montreal
C. Gorjon
Delmonico’s
Royal Baking Powder CO
William ST
School Convention
America
Das
John J Craine Sorg
MV Replogle
DE Partee
Hlsrock
Pres. Sec’y
Pleasant Bend
Boutelle
Pittsburg
Buffalo
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