London in dumps as British defeat and guns seized
Reports from Bloemfontein describe a Boer victory near the water works at Mealie Spruit. Broadwood’s force loses seven guns and about 350 casualties, with 200 missing as Lord Roberts sends French with cavalry to support. The Boers, under General Dewet, close on Bloemfontein amid disrupted communications.
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Roberts
Chestermasters
Remington
Broadwood
French
Royal Household Cavalry
Tenth Hussars
Royal Horse Artillery
Pilcher
Roberts Reports Loss In Boer Ambush
London war office dispatches Colonel Broadwood losing seven guns and all baggage after an ambush by Boers on Saturday. Casualties total 350. Despatch from Lord Roberts dated Bloemfontein April 1 notes Broadwood near Thaba N'Chu, thirty eight miles east, with incoming forces reported in two columns.
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London
War Office
Broadwood
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Srumdston Betel
British officers listed as missing in Bloemfontein dispatch
London reports Lord Roberts dated Bloemfontein April 1 8 15 p m lists missing officers from Q and A batteries. Four Q battery officers wounded two missing. one gunner killed, forty NCOs and men wounded or missing. All A battery except Major Taylor missing, two cavalry regiments lightly hit. enemy withdraws toward Ladybrand leaving wounded officers and about seventy men at waterworks. Ambulance to be sent. No mention of guns recaptured.
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London
Broadwood
Chronicle
Bloemfontein
Tyre
Dewet
Lord Roberts
Household Cavalry
Tenth Hussars
Pretoria
War Office
Taylor
Ladybrand
Boers Mass Along Vaal River With Thousands In Action
Great Boer activity along the Vaal river with about 6,000 burghers assembling between Fourteen Streams and Christiana. Some 700 men hold Witrand and 400 laagered at Boetsap as forces concentrate in the region.
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Kimberley
Vaal
Christiana
Witrand
Klipdam
Boetsap
Man charged with fast driving after buggy incident
A. C. Pepe swore out an affidavit in Mayor Scherer s court charging Chris Rodenbeck with fast driving. Pepe claims Rodenbeck s horse and buggy struck his child Sunday afternoon and alleges the accident might have been prevented if Rodenbeck had not been speeding.
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A. C. Pepe
Scherer
Chris Rodenbeck
Mr. Rodenbeck
Reception to Sigsbee in St Paul Puts Honor on Captain
In St Paul Minnesota on April 2 Captain Charles D Aigebee U S Navy arrived in city after being given a salute for his service. The event honors his role and marks a formal welcome to the local reception.
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St. Paul
Minn
Charles D. Aigebee
U. S
Will
Reverend D N Hillis resigns from Chicago Presbytery
Dr. W C Gray presented the resignation letter of Rev D N Hillis of Plymouth church Brooklyn at the Chicago Presbytery meeting. Hillis cites doctrinal disputes and a shift from Presbyterian creed urging revision while seeking transfer to Congregational denomination. presbytery votes to refer the matter to a committee for possible action.
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Chicago
W. C. Gray
The
Interior
Presbytery
Presbyterian Church
Hillis
Abbott
Henry Ward Beecher
E.a9
Cen
Billie
Wayne Journal Resigns to Enter Chicago Spice Trade
Wayne Journal resigned his position Sunday afternoon and will move to Chicago to join his brother in the tea coffee and spice business. Mrs Rudolph and the children remain at their Lakeside home.
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Wayne Journal
Chicago
Rudolph
Lakeside
Welch-Smith wedding at Baptist parsonage Roanoke
Miss Nellie E. Welch and Prof. Bert Smith of Roanoke were married at the Baptist parsonage Saturday evening by Rev. L. L. Henson. The couple, known in Roanoke for teaching and community involvement, left for Roanoke shortly after the ceremony.
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Baptist Parsonage
S$ O
Nellie E. Welch
Bert Smith
Roanoke
L. L. Henson
The
Baptist Tabernacle
Linden Quartet In Demand As Singers Win Notice
The Linden Male quartet from this city is gaining recognition and fielding requests from other towns. They sang last year in some places and have upcoming engagements on March 13 in Roanoke for commencement exercises and March 27 in Antwerp, Ohio, with a concert scheduled at Angola on May 1.
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Linden
Roanoke
Antwerp
Ohio
Angola
Death in Colorado Remote from Shipka Ranch
Joseph Slater learns his mother in law Christina Davidson died last Thursday at Shipka Ranch eighteen miles from Denver Colorado. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church near her home Sunday afternoon. Mrs Slater was at her mother’s bedside when she died. Davidson formerly lived with her husband in the city and he died two years ago after moving to Colorado. William Davidson, a son, also a machinist, moved to Colorado and has managed the farm since his father’s death.
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Joseph Slater
Bass Street
Christina Davidson
Shipka Ranch
Denver
Col
Baptist Church
Slater
Davidson
Colorado
William Davidson
Miss Elia Coghlan Admitted to Bellevue in Apparent Insanity
Miss Elia Coghlan sister of actress Rose Coghan and a known stage figure was admitted to Bellevue Hospital in New York today, believed to be insane after several days of illness and a violent episode yesterday prompting physician order for hospitalization.
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New York
Elia Coghlan
Rose Coghan
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue
Pecans Yarn on Un Ing Six Applicants
Five applicants to a church position faced scrutiny over a pecans yarn tied to ingship. Details remain unclear as the report outlines ambiguous ties and unspecified roles in the church.
Davis to resign as assistant secretary of interior
Walter Davis assistant secretary of the interior will resign this evening to speak for the Boers. He cites freedom to speak and his visit to the Transvaal as reasons and plans a Washington lecture on the South African republics to mobilize American sympathy.
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Washington
Walter Davis
Interior
Davis
Transvaal
Pretoria
Kruger
McKinley
Republican Party
Africa
Secretary of the Interior
Hitccock
Mr. Davis
Interior Department
Othr
Taylor Indicted? Judge Cantrell to Instruct Grand Jury
In Frankfort Kentucky on April 2 it was stated that Judge Cantrell would instruct the Franklin County grand jury to indict Governor Taylor and all Republican state officers for usurpation of office. Usurpation is a high misdemeanor with heavy fines, and Commonwealth's Attorney Franklin plans vigorous prosecution if indictments are returned.
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Frankfort
Cantrell
Franklin County
Taylor
Kentucky
Commonwealth
Franklin
Gubernatorial contest arguments begin in Louisville court
Arguments in the gubernatorial case were begun before the court of appeals in Louisville sitting in the chancery division of the circuit court. The proceeding centers on the gubernatorial contest and progresses in Kentucky's judicial system.
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Louisville
Court of Appeals
Chancery
Circuit Court
Novel scheme to end saloons in Aurora Illinois
The temperance effort in Aurora plans to raise a fund equal to one year of saloon licenses to reimburse the city treasury if licenses are abolished. Backed by evangelical ministers, the plan targets the 1901 city election as the moment to vote no license. Aurora operates thirty seven saloons paying $1,000 each in license tax.
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Aurora, Ill
Aurora
Association of Evangelical Ministers
Fort Wayne letter praised by Decatur Review readers
The Decatur Indiana Review prints a Fort Wayne Commercial Club letter outlining factory site inducements and praises it as a strong presentation. It was sent to A Webber of Decatur to learn how cities attract industries and includes replies from other cities. The Fort Wayne letter is commended as superior to others received by Webber.
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Decatur
Fort Wayne
Farm Houses Burn in Allen County Within Days
Two farm houses burned in Allen county over two days. Friday the home of James Chaney in Aboite burned, and the previous day William McBride’s Lafayette township farm house was totally destroyed with only 250 dollars of insurance.
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Allen County
James Chaney
Aboite
William McBride
Lafayette Township
New Home Planned for Imperial Waist Factory by Samuel M Foster
Samuel M. Foster announces plans to build a large four story fireproof structure for the Imperial waist factory, with a temporary Edgerton building used as store and cutting rooms. Location not decided, work to begin after July 1, as enlargement and consolidation aim to move all departments under one roof. The site may be on a land tract owned by Foster or a new purchase, with possible move to the south side of the city.
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Fort Wayne
Calhoun and
Wayne Streets
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows
Greensburg
Pickard Hardware
Columbia Street
Rebekah Lodge
Indiana
Rebekah
Order of Odd Fellows
Samuel M. Foster
Foster
the Sentinel
Harrison
Columbia Streets
Edgerton
West Main Street
Saan
Otten dorfers Urges Silence On Silver Issue
Oswald Otten dorf er Staats Zeitung editor says German Americans backed Bryan against free silver in 1900. He favors Bryan now over McKinley but urges the Kansas City convention to avoid reiterating the 1896 Chicago platform. He argues new issues threaten republic life and warns against imperialism and militarism.
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New York
Oswald Ottendorfer
Staats Zeitung
Bryan
McKinley
Kansas City
Republic
Chicago
Josiah Bookwalter Shows Signs of Recovery
Word from Indianapolis reports Josiah Bookwalter, critically ill, is slightly better. Attending physician says crisis passed and recovery probable, though he remains very weak and continues under care.
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Indianapolis
Josiah Bookwalter
Fort Wayne Post Office Sets March Sales Record
The Fort Wayne post office reports March as its busiest month ever with stamp and stamped paper sales totaling 9088.51 dollars. This exceeds all prior months and tops the 9000 mark for the first time. the prior monthly average stands near 7000 dollars.
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Fort Wayne
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