British Troops Seize Bloemfontein After Battle Near Station
Lord Roberts cables that General French has reached Bloemfontein and occupied two hills commanding the town after a hard fight with the Boers. About 121 wounded and 60 to 70 killed or missing. Bloemfontein, capital of the Orange Free State, lies on a high plateau with limited fortifications and a small population of about 4,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Roberts
London War Office
French
Orange Free State
War Office
Bloemfontein
Roberts
Steyn
Orange Stree
US President and Hay Handle Boer Peace Mediation Request
Kruger and Steyn ask the United States to relay peace terms to Britain through Adelbert S. Hay. McKinley directs Pretoria to transmit Boer terms to London as a potential wedge to broader mediation. The move keeps US from initiating negotiations, awaiting joint invitation.
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Kruger
Steyn
Britain
United States
South Africa
Great Britain
Mel Ninsey
Hay
Adelbert S. Hay
Pretoria
McKinley
Side Lights on the Boer War
Side Lights on the Boer War surveys gun orders from Krupp and Creusot, pigeon signals from Lady Smith, and Boer fortress aims. It notes native Indian troop debates in India, Gen Symons widow remarrying, Crone’s fame, Buller’s rough camp life, and wartime veterinary inoculations.
Sheldon As News Censor and Christian Paper Founder
Topeka Kansas pastor Rev Charles M Sheldon launches the Topeka Capital as a Christian newspaper. The first issue carries prayer by Bishop John H Vincent, famine appeals for India, and editorials against war and saloons, with market news suppressed and only Christian ads permitted. Critics doubt long term viability.
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Topeka
Kan
Charles M. Sheldon
John H. Vincent
India
Curzon
Sheldon
Gong
Costly Paris Visit Rates Rise for Travelers
A Chicago writer in Paris reports steep costs in the French capital. Hotels up 40 to 50 percent, stores including clothing and silk goods swelling prices 20 to 60 percent since 1889, with medicines and daily necessities far dearer. Only cab fares remain cheap, while many Americans plan to return home.
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Chicago
Paris
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Britain Rejects Mediation as Boers Stand Firm in War
Lord Salisbury’s reply to US mediation overtures denies Boer independence and signals Britain will press the war in South Africa to the limit. Washington says it will act only as a conduit for messages between Britain and the Boer republics.
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Great Britain
State Department
Washington
United States
Kruger
Steyn
South Africa
Lord Salisbury
Russia
France
Isinger and Steyn
South African Republic
Orange Free State
London
McKinley Signs New Financial Bill Into Law
President McKinley affixes his signature to a financial measure in open session, making it law. The bill fixes the dollar as the unit of value, expands bank powers, lowers minimum capital for certain banks, and allows greater national bank circulation, with an expected increase of about 863 million in circulation.
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McKinley
Senate
Gage
Secretary
Treasury Bureaus
General Fund
Treasury
Redemption
United States
Faith and Church Activities Across Nations
The piece notes salary averages for Methodist preachers in the United States at 475.35 dollars, while reporting the Young Men's Christian Association in Rome is six years old and thriving. It covers plans in Brooklyn to spread gospel to every adult in 1900, England missions giving 109000 dollars, efforts for Christianization in Hailo, a Paris summer Roman Catholic congress, Moody funds, and church organization trends.
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United States
Young Men's Christian Association
Rome
Brooklyn
Presbyterian Church In
England
Hailo
Paris
D L. Moody
Northield
Congregational Church Building Society
Guinness Rogers
Gratton Square Chapel
London
Crystal Palace
Bradford
Zulu Charlie Swift of Foot Brings Ladysmith News
A Zulu courier named Charlie, educated in an American mission, carried messages into Ladysmith during the siege. He hid a dispatch for a besieged mother and a Natal Times correspondent note in his trousers, endured Boers checks, escaped during a prayer meeting, and delivered both letters before returning to Pietermaritzburg.
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Lee
Pietermaritzburg
Ladysmith
Johannesburg
Impendwoni
Nkosi
Charlie
Ailso
Natal Times
Estcourt
Kraal
Tie
Pietermaritzbrug
New York Press
Animals and Mirrors Captivate Canines and Monkeys
A crowd watches a performing monkey place a cocked hat before a mirror then study its own reflection with amusement. Dogs largely ignore portraits, mistaking them for surfaces or enemies. Cocoro the Greek cook cherished his reflection, and a minister’s daughter’s canary famously kissed them good morning. The Ideal Father casts motherhood as dove like and fatherhood as an eagle, guiding children with strength and love.
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Tie
Cocoro
London
Barnetta Brown
Ladies’ Home Journal
Transvaal envoy and other European political notes
A mixed collage discusses Dr W J Leyds as Transvaal agent in Europe and praises Taft as a new commission chair. It mentions Crown Princess Stephanie and Crown Prince Rudolph, Japan’s Yoshi Hito betrothal, Lord Pauncehouse’s ambassadorial tenure, and diverse biographical snippets from Britain and America, including Archibald Forbes and Justine Morrill.
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W. J. Leyds
Transvaal
Europe
South African Republic
Leyds
Iy Poe
Yoshi Hito
Japan
Mutsu Hito
Sadako
Kujo
Fujiwari
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Kimberley
America
C. A. Borel
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Cronje
St Great Britain
Krupp
Germany
Cape Colony
Territe
Orange River
Buller
Stern
Coles Kop
Moses
Prince Hohenlohe
Alsace-Lorraine
Mercier
Paris Eclair
Mackenzie
Francisco
de Heescher
Kiel
Powers
Lord ‘Salisbury
Noacgasacag
Eoe Epprepre
Charlie Swift
William H. Taft
Mol
Alphonso
Uniteds
Grant
Yale
Iiyyster
United States District
John W. Heyron
Islands
Stephanie
Dave
Belgium
Rudolph
Aust
Elen Yay
Riage
Tria
Wooths
Lord Panefote
Lord Pauncefote
Harrison
Cleveland
Ihinley
Jlian
J.C. W. Beckham
Gov. Taylor
Kentucky
State Senate
Hector Macdonald
Waueloope i Vil
Hish Land Brigade
Heles
Ghanistan
Egypt
Soudan
Africa
Archibald Forbes
Moray
Seotland
Aberdeen University
Prince of Wales
Forbes
Archibald Fur “A
Justines. Morrill
Vermont
John Sherman
Shella
Sam
Jen. MacDonald
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