Long War Ahead as Roberts Awaits Winter Gear for Troops
Dispatches from Bloemfontein describe looming winter campaign plans as Lord Roberts’ forces stockpile remounts and woolen khaki. Kitchener protects railways while Mafeking relief and Kimberley actions unfold. mines near Mafeking are uncovered and 250 pounds of explosives seized.
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Lord Hoberta
Lord Roberts
Kimberley
Bloemfontein
Lord Kitchener
Brabant
Gatacre
Free State
Mafeking
Cape Town
Sarah Wilson
Pretoria
Cape
Boshof
Shimberley
Steyn
Free State Road
Kroonstad
Fischer-Wolmarans
Irish Rifles
Rouxville
Aliwal
Gen. Brabant
London
Great Britain
Beira
Rhodesia
Br. Petersburg
Aftonbladet
Stockholm
Nicholas
Giant in His Day Ex-Minister John A. Bingham Dies
Former Ohio congressman and diplomat John A. Bingham died at 85 in Steubenville. He served in the Civil War era House, helped impeach President Johnson, and was Minister to Japan for twelve years before being recalled in 1885.
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John A. Bingham
Steubenville
Ohio
House of Representatives
Lincoln
House
Japan
Cleveland
Pblic
Congress
Bingham
J. A. Bingham
Johnson
Gen. Funston faces potential court martial over hangings
Reports from Manila discuss Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston's alleged execution of two Filipinos without trial during a clash near San Isidro. A Macabebe guide led Americans to rescue companions, but Filipinos fled as troops arrived. The incident sparks debate on reprisal killings and military discipline.
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Funston
Manila
Frederick Funston
San Isidro
Dam Across Colorado River at Austin Was Once Grand Structure
The Austin dam over the Colorado river, washed away recently, dates to 1804 with a reported cost of 1.5 million dollars. It stood about 1200 feet long with a seventy foot rise, sixty by sixteen feet in cross section, shaping water flow to maximize power and leaving a 12 000 to 14 000 horsepower yield for ten hours daily.
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Colorado River
Austin
Texas
Lowell
Mass
Julia Arthur Retires From Stage Over Ill Health
Ill health forces Julia Arthur to retire from acting with a permanent exit likely unless her condition improves. It marks a third cancellation in three seasons as her husband B P Cheney restricts future returns to brief ten week runs in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago. The actress, born in Hamilton Ontario as Lewis, debuted professionally at age 15 with Daniel Bandman.
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Julia Arthur
B. P. Cheney
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Miss Arthur
Hamilton, Ont
Lewis
Daniel Bandman
German actress shines in minor Shakespeare roles
A young actress rose to prominence in Portia Juliet Desde Mona and Ophelia. Her success led her family to send her to Germany and England to study. Return brought immediate recognition with the Palmer stock company.
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Portia
Juliet
Desde Mona
Ophelia
Germany
England
Palmer Stock Company
Aguinaldo Hiding in Manila Reported in War Department Letters
Manila letters to the War Department claim Aguinaldo is concealing in the city. A U S secret service official cites evidence he remained in Manila after Luzon forces dispersed. An army officer corroborates that Aguinaldo is not in Luson’s outer districts. A Brooklyn corporal describes a massacre of Filipino prisoners, claiming his company killed unarmed captives in the jungle.
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War Department
Manila
Aguinaldo
United States Secret Service
Luza
Luson
Brooklyn
Leonard Mygatt
Philippines
Twenty
Regular Infantry
Mygatt
Henry A. Powell
Brook
Otis to Return to U S End of May From Philippines
War Department in Washington announces Maj. Gen. Otis will sail for the United States within two months to be succeeded by Gen. Mac Arthur in the Philippines. Otis requested return for private interests and hoped to sail by May 1. Secretary Root presented dispatch to the President who approved the request.
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Als
War Department
Washington
Otis
United States
Division of
The
Philippines
MacArthur
Root
Railroads See Mergers and Expansions Across the Nation
During March the Iowa Central earned 196523 dollars, up 19733 from last year. Rumors place the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg road merging with New York Central. Arkansas rail workers note a Marion County boom in zinc rail sites. The Louisville and Nashville may own the Monon and gain lines into Chicago. Illinois Central to build large New Orleans freight yards.
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Iowa Central
Buffalo, Rochester and
Pittsburg
New York Central System
Arkansas
Marion County
Louisville and Nashville
Monon
Chicago
Eastern
Western
New York
Boston
Stone
Chicago and
Eastern Illinois
Texas
Central Passenger Association
Eastern Linen
Buffalo
Central America
Kansas City
National Committee
Reading Railroad
Vanderbilts
Heading Company
Lehigh Valley
Erie
Mexico Emerges as Sixth in Gold Production
Mexico ranks sixth among global gold producers with output rising last year by about 50,000 ounces from the prior year. The nation continues to lead in silver production, ahead of the United States, Australasia, and Bolivia, with silver output close to 3,000,000 ounces higher than the previous year.
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Mexico
Africa
Australasia
United States
Russia
Canada
Bolivia
Prosperous Mixed Farmer Built Vast Western Canada Estate
A Baldur Gazette profile highlights Mr. Creamer who from 1880 owns 1,280 acres near the town. He operates wheat, other grains, and pasture with 40 horses 60 cattle and 50 pigs. His barns granary and water system show modern farming for 1890 western Canada. Thousands of settlers migrate to free homestead lands offered by the Canadian government.
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Mr. Creamer
Creamer
Canada
High Water to the Tugela River
The Tugela River can rise as much as forty feet in a single night due to mountain thunderstorms. The surge endangers nearby settlements and prompts warnings for residents to move to higher ground.
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Tugela
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Hia
Dai and
Powerhouse
Austin, Texas
Hood
Itisa
Itu
It Sanita
Eatares
Keleomnines
Beny
Alabastine Company
Grand Rare Ration Gn
A. Nicrmsa
Land of
Plenty
Holmes
Indianay Lis
Ind
D. L. Caven
Columbay
M. V. McInnes
Morrill Block
Detroit
Mich
Gov't of Canada
S. Ayer
Ayer
Janz M. Brown
Town
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