British Relieve Force Battle Report From South Africa
Dispatches detail continued fighting near Walkerstroom and DeWet's dorp with artillery and rifle fire. British yeomanry and mounted infantry advance on the right, Boers entrenched but holding, with light British casualties. Brabant's advance guard nears Bushman's Kop as Dalgety's position is shelled, and Boer guns fire heavily at Maseru Basutoland. Troops prepare for marching order as Lord Kitchener implements discipline changes and Talmage rejects outside interference claims.
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Walkerstroom
DeWet's Dorp
Yeomanry
Royal Irish Rifles
Brabant
Maseru
Basutoland
Eneral Brabant
Bushman's Kop
Beran
Wepener
Dalgety
Reliet
Bushman’s Kop
Themfonstein
Daily Telegraph
Lord Kitchener
Talmage
Great Britain
South Africa
T. DeWitt
United States
England
Battle Likely to Have Fought One Interesting War News
London reports suggest General Sir Henry Rundle may have already fought a decisive Boer battle as he entrenched to await General Campbell and the Sixteenth brigade. News says Sir Charles Warren heads toward the Orange Free State for a civil post while various dispatches detail forces, casualties, and strategic moves across the theater.
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London
Henry Rundle
Campbell
Charles Warren
Durban
East London
Cape Colony
Orange Free State
Daily News
Lourenzo Marques
Irunday
DeWet
Prenches
Pretoria
Israongrad
Pre Ftoria
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Johanneshburg
Times
Date
Free State
Bigearsberg
Streams
Wklerksdorp
Kimberly
Russia
Baitia
Wiroenstadt
Laurenate
Majors Alborn and
Remington
Inteligence Department
Cape Town
Hospital Confession On Hidden Women In Men's Clothes
An article notes several patients refusing to strip, exposing women dressed as men. The writer adds that many battlefield corpses include disguise by women and accuses some of these women of atrocities against the wounded.
Milner Defends South Africa Governance Principle
Cape Town April 28 Sir Alfred Milner responded to a deputation from the Guild of Loyal Women of South Africa awaiting an address to the Queen. He warned against claims of two parties in South Africa and said imperialist governance should come from those who have made the land their home. He deplored intolerance and the current climate of suspicion.
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Cape Town
Alfred Milner
Guild of Loyal Wormen
South Africa
Kimberley Letter on Prices Under British Occupation
A Bloemfontein dispatch reports high living costs under British rule in Kimberley. Bread costs two shillings per loaf, sugar two shillings sixpence per pound, and Swiss milk three shillings a tin, with other goods raised accordingly.
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Kimberley
Bloemfontein
Sultan Backs Down in Turbulent Turkish Demands
The Porte replies that Turkey will compensate American missionaries under the same terms as other foreign subjects. Washington notes no official word yet on the reply and hopes for a friendly settlement. In Constantinople the US legation protests increased import duties and anticipates embassies to discuss proposed changes. The Ottoman officials’ tone has shifted toward settlement in line with foreign demands.
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Constantinople
Porte
Turkey
Washington
Secretary Way
United States
Fenian crime eyed after canal lock blast attempt
Port Colborne Ontario April 28 A dynamite blast aimed at Welland canal lock No 24 failed and three men were arrested Walsh and Nelson from the United States with a third unable to name himself The incident prompted alarms of Buffalo workers marching to free prisoners with troops guarding the jail Inspector Murray calls it a Fenian crime amid Boer sympathy rumors
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Port Colborne
Ont
Welland Canal
Walsh
Nelson
United States
Clifton
Buffalo
Inspector Murray
Provincial Police
Webster Davis Said to Be Candidate For Republican Nomination
A Washington dispatch reports ex assistant secretary of the interior Webster Davis has been receiving calls to permit his name as a candidate for the Republican convention. Davis said he plans to retire from politics to focus on lectures and literary work. The piece also notes labor protests over subsidies and a court martial investigation involving a Pennsylvanian National Guard officer.
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Kansas City
Washington
Webster Davis
Missouri
Iis
Delamate
Fourtad
Davis
Pam Moto
Bloodiest War Week Near Manila Report
Reports from Manila describe a brutal week in Luzon with 3878 Filipinos fatally hurt, 12 officers and 244 men captured, and extensive insurgent activity. General Pio del Pilar's 800-strong band reappears near San Miguel, while American casualties include nine dead and sixteen wounded.
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Luzon
Pio del Pilar
San Miguel
Pilar
Gomez
Tatangas
Wonde
San Jose
Ledolus
Thirty-fifth Infantry
Baliuag
Baleh
Thirty-seventh Infantry
Nueva Caceras
Smith
Seventeenth Infantry
Montenegro
Simith
Czar Grows Democratic Celebration Stirs Moscow Crowd
Moscow reports describe Grand Duke and Grand Duchess kneeling among worshippers at Uspenski cathedral during Cloud Friday service. The crowd saw the tapers relit after an early extinguish, leaving a strong impression of royal mingling with common worshippers.
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Uspenski Cathedral
Ani Evaring
Grand Puke
Grand Duchess Seree
Ecumenical Conference Opens in Carnegie Hall
An ecumenical foreign missions conference opens in New York City with delegates from almost all world churches except certain branches. Ex-President McKinley chairs, with evening addresses by McKinley and Governor Roosevelt. Delegates include leaders from Britain Berlin Australia and Jacob Chamberlain. Five thousand attend the Sunday service and many members preach locally.
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Canvones
New York City
New York
Ecumenical Conference On Foreign Missions
Carnegie Hall
Benjamin Blarkson
William Se. Ihinley
Roosevelt
Lew Wallace on the Turk in Washington
General Lew Wallace in Washington discusses indemnity controversy and asserts the sultan of Turkey is honest, defending Ottoman Christians and noting their central role to the state. He compares potential atrocities to past frontier killings and stresses the sultan’s protection of Greeks and Armenians.
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Washington
Lew Wallace
Constantinople
Garfield
City
Wallace
Post
Turkey
Abdul Hamid
William Melkinley
Fire destroys St Louis Chronicle plant despite no interruption
Outline of scattered 19th century facts notes the Chronicle plant burn on Saturday with no missed issues, loss estimated near 100000. Other items report Spindtling named US representative on Maris fair board, Maud Gonne suing a Dublin paper for libel, and various references to Beecher death and political shifts.
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St. Louis Chronicle
A.i Spintulding
United States
Maud Gonne
Dublin
Hbel
California
Detroit
Chas. Beecher
Trenry Ward Beecher
Georgetown
Mass
Meiniey
Chicago
Dewey
San Jacinto
Pexius
Chauncey McDepew
Montauk Clube
Brooklyn
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Silver Republican
Lincoln Republican
Excursion Tickets for Northern Illinois Teachers Meet
Reduced fare excursion tickets for the Northern Illinois Teachers meeting on the North-Western Line will be sold April 26 to 28. Limited to April 30. Apply to Chicago and North-Western Railway agents or the General Passenger and Ticket Agent at 22 Fifth Ave Chicago. A brochure on new Chic ago and North-Western lines is available upon request.
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F. H. Lord
Chicago
of Northern Illinois
North-Western
Chicago & North-Western R
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Manila Bay
George Dewey
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Magnetic cure claims in Freeport Illinois ad
The ad promotes a drugless cure for chronic diseases using nature’s remedy and facial treatment under the Weltmer and other magnetic schools. It cites local Freeport patients cured, offers confidential service, and lists Office 158 Stephenson St. Conscretion Bees.
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Nevada
Freeport
Stephenson St
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