Heavy Boer Offensive Report From De Wet Defeat
Reports from Pretoria say De Wet attacked and defeated a large British cavalry force near De Wet's dorp southeast of Bloemfontein, capturing 450 prisoners and supplies while inflicting heavy losses. Cape Town notes Roberts delays a major move due to horses and thin uniforms amid ongoing news censorship. Swaziland unrest grows as Sobobo is killed and natives face threats.
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Pretoria
Laurenço Marques
de Wet
Lord Roberts
Newnan Ananda
London
England
Bloemfontein
Cape Town
Hussars
Royal Irish Rifles
Colville
Reitfontecin
Free State
Coleshere
Stormberge
Mafeking
Reoccupation of Ladybrand and Bloemfontein Works Sees Boers
In Maseru Basutoland on April 5 the reoccupation of Ladybrand Thabo WChu and the Bloemfontein water works by the Boers was witnessed as a key aspect of the ongoing situation. The event, in view of its probable effect on native winds, signals heightened tension as natives are already reacting to the expulsion of the Boers by the British.
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Maseru
Basutoland
Ladybrand
Thabo Wchu
Bloemfontein
Actress Kily Coghlan Dies After Illness in Stamford
New York reports actress Kily Coghlan sister of Rose and Charles Coghlan died in Stamford Connecticut after a visit to Rochester New York. She fell ill with pneumonia following an attack of measles, and Rose Coghlan rushed to her bedside just before her death.
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Ily Coghlan
New York
Kily Coghlan
Rose
Charles Coghlan
Stamford
Queen Victoria's Dublin Jubilee Visit Draws Large Crowds
Queen Victoria received a joyous welcome in Dublin with large crowds and children in Phoenix Park. She briefly dispensed kindness to late-arriving youngsters and rode through lines of cheering processions. An estimated 35,000 to 52,000 attended, with further services and a country drive proceeding despite intermittent rain.
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Dublin
Lady Mayo
Vice Regal Lodge
Queen Victoria
Phoenix Park
Viceregal Lodge
Indy Mingoress
Otis Relieved in Philippines MacArthur Named Governor
Washington reports Gen Elwell S Otis is relieved of command in the Philippines and Gen Douglas MacArthur will succeed him as military governor in the new possessions. The War Department correspondence suggests Otis may not return to Manila, with no clear future assignment indicated. In Porto Rico Power reports five men condemned to death by garrote for murder were executed amid a grim public display.
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Washington
Elwell
Otis
Philippines
Gen. MacArthur
War Department
Gen. Otis
Manila
Porto Rico
Fire destroys home. five children perish in Richmond
Richmond report states a house occupied by a black family at Claremont on the James River burned, five of seven children perished in the flames. In Saratoga Ballston Spa, the Sans Couer opera house block and the Achat fer building burned Saturday, with losses around 150000 dollars.
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Mave Pertahed
Richmond
Claremont
James River
Saratoga
N. Y
Achatfer
Ballston Spa
Skirmishes Reported Across Manila and Provinces
Reports from April describe continued clashes between American troops and insurgents. Capt Sturgis struck an insurgent outpost on the Nevaliches road near Manila, killing two and capturing ten in full uniform. A Forty second infantry detachment in Laguna sought refuge in a church at Paeto under rebel pressure until reinforcements arrived. Lieut Gordon and his company engaged 26 insurgents near Aparri with Gordon wounded. A sergeant and a corporal of the Eighteenth infantry were killed in Capiz on Panay. Insurgents mounted a night attack on Calbayon in Samar, killing a sentry and locating Maj Gilmore house. Gilmore was absent and his cook killed. Americans later drove them out, with four killed and two captured. General Young in North Luzon requested reinforcements, citing exhausted troops and overstretched garrisons, noting insurgent raids and the need to punish before the rainy season. General Bell in southern Luzon reported similar shortages. The Samar town president and another native leader friendly to Americans have been assassinated, while another town president aligned with insurgents after threats.
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Manila
Bandar
Sturgis
Nevaliches Road
Forty-second Infantry
Laguna
Paeto
Gordon
Sixteenth Infantry
Aparri
Cagayan Province
Eighteenth Infantry
Capiz
Panay
Calbayon
Samar
Gilmore
Forty-third Infantry
Young
Luzon
James Bell
Bataar
Appeal In Granted In Kentucky Transcends Court Of Appeals
Chief Justice Haxdrigg of the Kentucky court of appeals on Saturday afternoon granted a writ of error to the United States Supreme Court. The action challenges the decision of the state court of appeals in the contest over the offices of governor and lieutenant governor.
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Frankfort
Haxdrigg
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court For the
United States
Denial by Mrs Dewey and Pattison Vice Presidential talk
A Washington dispatch reports Mrs. Dewey denies pressuring her husband to seek the presidency. Chicago sources say Emory Pattison is being groomed for vice president. A New York senator dismisses Hanna's retirement rumor, while a fire at Doonwell Brothers mills near Ann Arbor causes 24 families to lose work and about 46000 dollars in damage.
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Mera. Dewey
New York
The
Herald
Washington
May Hun
Chicago
National Democratic
Robert Emory Pattison
Pennsylvania
Kansas City
Pattison
Wife of Reverend Burned to Death Near Owatonna
In Owatonna Minnesota on April 10 the wife of Rev R L Ludlam was burned to death about two and a half miles north of town. The minister, working on a distant farm, saw his wife running toward him with her clothing in flames. She remained conscious briefly but died despite revival attempts.
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Owattonna
Minn
R. L. Ludlam
Here
Plans for Kansas City Convention Hall Erection
New Convention hall in Kansas City Missouri moves forward with debris removal. Hall directors hold 235000 dollars for a project expected to cost about 300000 dollars.
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Kansas City
Father and Son Drowned in Ironwood Sink Hole
Ironwood Mich April 10 Mike Barre and his eight year old son drowned Monday in a sink hole when the boy reached for a drill that fell in his sister’s water and lost balance. Barre died trying to save him.
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Ironwood
Mich
Mike Barre
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Sromersdorp
Victoria
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Hanna
Republican National Committee
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Platt Saya
Ann Arbor
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DR. N. B. Sherman
Calla
Hart's
E. G
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Marshall Ave
Court House
Marshall
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Box
F. G. Powers
Dental
Welch
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Marshall. Mich
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Chase Air
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