Battle Rages Near Wepener as Boers and British Clash
Reports from Aliwal North and London describe heavy fighting at Wepener with Boer commandoes attacking from De Wet’s dorp and Rouxville. British Vickers and Maxims inflicted damage while artillery found range. Brabant’s force, 2 000 to 3 000 strong, held rough terrain as threats move toward Springfontein. Detachments and troop movements intensify as Lord Roberts plans potential cuts northward.
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Aliwal
Wepener
de Wet
Dorp
Rouxville
London
General Brabant
Brabant
Springfontein
Smithfield
Maseru
Godfrey Lagden
Basutoland
Masern
Free State
Ploemfontein
Lord Roberts
Philadelphia Demonstrates for Kruger by Schoolboys
In Philadelphia the Academy of Music hosted 22 000 pupils sending a pro Kruger greeting to President Kruger. Speakers included Webster Davis W Rourke Cochran and Thomas J Meek. Edwin Markham recited and 300 singers performed patriotic songs as a 16 year old messenger prepared to deliver the message in Pretoria.
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Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Kruger
Webster Davis
W. Rourke Cochran
Bouter Wessels
Bloemfontein
Orange Free State
Thomas J. Meek
Edwin Markham
Linccoln
United Singing Societies
James F. Smith
Tage
Pretoria
New York
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Public Schools
Greater New York
Creek Indians to settle in Minnesota under Curtis Act
Craks Come North Elbora Ja April 11 The Creek Indians are moving north to locate in Iowa Minnesota and the Dakotas. An agreement lets Creek families take up 240 acres each under the Curtis act in exchange for relinquishing government control of their schools and abolishing tribal government.
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Crarks
Elbora
Towa
Minesota
Dakotas
Local Desk Finds Hidden Heir in Probate Case
In Danbury Connecticut on April 11 Mrs. Tamer Bailey of Southeast No V becomes prospective possessor of a $50,000 estate after a fire and strange desk find. Miss Sarah Cluson died two years ago at her home in Unisby. A secret drawer in Miss Cluson's desk reveals an heir likely Mrs. Bailey, with Mrs Haley noting the discovery.
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Danbury
Conn
Tamer
Bailey
Southeast
No V
Sarah Cluson
Unisby
Uinkey
Miss Cluson
Haley
War ships needed off Hina and withdrawals debated
Washington reports difficulty manning new battleships and other naval craft delaying any withdrawal of large ships from the Philippines. Admirals Remey and Kempff due soon, naval force divided into squadrons, with ships at Hong Kong, Chow, Shanghai and Takao acting as refuges and repair points as tensions in the East persist.
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Prrsant
Washington
Admiral Watson
Philippines
Remey
Kempff
United States
Asia
Navy Department
Watson
Hong Kong
Oo Chow
Formosa
China
Yorktown
Castine
Shanghai
Wheeling
Taka
Navy Transfers Dry Tortugas Island Base to Navy
President orders exclusive naval control of Dry Tortugas island for a new naval base and rapid completion of a large coaling station. Gen Otis reports Philippine advance with Mindanao and Jolo troops occupying multiple sites with minimal resistance and rifles and artillery surrendered. Agricultural appropriation bill grows by 390,778 with added scientists and seed distribution funds plus weather warning towers and meat inspection boosts. A Green Point fire destroys several factories, costing up to 600,000 in dunnage and damage, affecting Edward C. Smith and other firms.
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Navy
Washington
Army
Uhe Navy
Isha
United States
Washingson
Philippines
War Department
Otis
Bates
Surigao
Cagayan
Higanea
Isanis
Dapitan
Mindanao
Joe Archipel
Washington, D. C
House
Weather Bureau
New York
Green Point
Edward C. Smith
North Carolina Pine Lunhee Company
A. Z. & J. J. McCollum
George W. Diper
Wood and Paint Works
Post & McCord
Ion
Against Polygamy in National Reform Push
New York leaders of the Good Citizens league campaign for a constitutional ban on polygamy. The drive centers on a speech opposing Brigadier H. Roberts of Utah joining Congress. About 75,400 copies of Landis of Indianapolis speech circulate, with an order for 200,000 more issued today.
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New York
Good Citizens’ League
New York City
House
Brigadier H. Roberts
Utah
Landis
Indianapolis
Defense of Manila Affairs Report Clears Administration
Washington April 11 A war department report from Chaplain C Pierce defends the Manila administration and rebuts charges by the ex chaplain of volunteers who accused American troops in the Philippines of wholesale intoxication and a sharp rise in saloon activity. The chaplain says the figures were distorted.
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Washington
Administration of Affairs
Manila
War Department
C. Pierce
Death list in Texas reports flood toll and damage
Reports from Dallas and Austin detail rising rivers in Bastrop Fayette Whatcom and Colorado areas with dozens feared dead and property loss. Rail lines and roads washed out as flooding expands across the state causing widespread disruption and evacuations.
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Dallas
Austin
Coolorado
Auswa
Aslo
la Grange
Missouri
Transas
Caltifarara
Bermisa
Matagorda Island
Mearly
Austoin
Pex
Bastrop
Fayette
Whattan
Colorado
Whatton
Wayetto
Tex
Waco
Brazos
Convention hall progress and hotel contracts in Kansas City
April 10 report notes rapid work on the new Convention hall with debris removal underway. Land savings of 234,009 dollars cited toward a building near 300,000 dollars as delegates sign hotel contracts including Montana delegation members. Also covers Fourteen Streams bombardment near Warrenton with Boer opposition and a London pro Boer gathering at Shoreditch town hall led by Henry M Hyndman amid disturbances.
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Kansas City
Senatoy Clark
Fiteen
Montana
Warrenton
Thelsquish
London
Henry M. Hyndman
Ieader
Shoreditch Town Hall
Supreme Court strikes down Chicago anti cigarette ordinance
Washington April 1 The United States Supreme Court decided Graumillag against Chicago upholding invalidity of the citys anticigarette ordinance The decision was handed down by Justice Peckham who ruled the ordinance unconstitutional
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Supreme Coourt Alds
Chicago
Nok
Usuneetu Thease
Washington
United State Supreme Court Today
Graumillag
Peckham
Boers Amaze British With Unpredictable Movements
London reports say Boer forces operate across a wide area southeast and west of Bloemfontein while striking at British units. General Brabant holds 2,000 to 3,000 colonial troops in a defensive post. communications with Bloemfontein persist but few details reach the public. Lord Roberts commands about 15,000 mounted men as the Orange Free State situation remains unclear and London press frets over war leadership.
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London
Bloemfontein
Irish Rifles
Rowxville
Aliwal
Brabant
Jord Roberts
Ajril Ti
Sual
Bloamfontein
Lord Roberts
Orange
James Tinzette
Buller
Pension appeals court proposed by Grand Army leaders
Commander Shaw reports endorsement by eminent jurists for a new pension appeals court to speed and depersonalize review of claims. The measure, backed by General Daniel, aims to codify decisions and advise Congress on further legislation, following Shaw's survey of thirteen southern states.
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Shaw
Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
A. Shaw
Daniel T
Court of Pension Appeals
Shin
Board of Pension, Appeals
Acti Mike
Congress
Five Million On Charity From Chicago Appeal
Chicago famine relief committee reopens to receive funds following a cable from Umballa India dated April 8 1900. Lady Carson formerly Mary Letter Chicago sent a reply confirming support from her husband and herself. The message promises that every dollar will aid genuine human suffering as India seeks to relieve nearly six million people and brace for the worst.
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Daiy Curzon
Tuba Governare
Chicago
Lord Curzon
India
Lady Carson
Mary Letter
Umballa
Indic
Ander
Willis
Japan seeks foothold in Fookien and rail link plan in China
The Monmouthshire reports Japan commercialists push to secure mining concessions in Fookien Province near Formosa with a view to later rail concessions from Foo Chow to Kivu Kong, 560 miles, as part of efforts to expand exports and cut imports. Also in Washington Carter wrr motion to dismiss on final appellate hearing basis. and Seattle news on railroad receivers not bound by 1813 stock unloading limit, per Supreme Court opinion, defining applicability to "companies" and noting no legislative omission.
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Japan
Tacoma
Wash
Monmouthshire
Fookien
China
Tormosa
Japan Export Society
Inouye
Saiety
Foolien
Foo
Maniaa Carrera
Washington, D. C
Solicitor General
Richards
Circuit Court of Appeals
Second District Circuit Court
Oberlin M. Carter
Carter
A. 3
Rose
Supreme Court Today
Shirup
Congress
Nose Alignment Described as Abnormal in Face Study
The report notes a nose positioned exactly at the facial midpoint is abnormal. It observes a subsequent row of noses tilting to the right, indicating asymmetry in facial alignment.
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