Battle Near Thaba N'Chu as Roberts Presses Forward
London reports heavy fighting near Thaba N'Chu with British forces under Lord Roberts forced onto the defensive. French commands about 15 000 to 30 000 troops while Boer numbers range from 6 000 to 10 000 with artillery. Dispatches warn that delays could persist for days, and Botha may be beaten back by massed British forces. A Times correspondent notes a desultory front as mounted troops prepare a renewed forward push.
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Ladysmith
Thaba N'Chu
Lord Roberts
French
Pretoria
Lord Roberte
Thaba N‘chu
Botha
Bloemfontein
The
Times
Boshof
Loni Methuer
Warrenton
Mafe- King
Qotsi
Prosmtunteln
Ordon
Denetsdorp
Thaba N’'Chu
Governor Allen Inaugurated In Porto Rico Event
The inauguration of Charles Herbert Allen as the first American governor of Porto Rico took place Tuesday in San Juan. The ceremony drew large crowds as troops, sailors, and civic groups lined the plaza and Governor Allen took the oath of office amid a display of pageantry and a hopeful, patriotic address.
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San Juan
Porto Ries
Cable
Harles Herbert Allen
United States Navy
Porto Rico
Oelock
Allen
Davis
Cavaalry
Artilery
Lie
Goverter Alien
Bteev Asm
United States
Henner
Goel
Indiana Populists Meet in State Convention at Indianapolis
The fusion Populist wing allied with silver Republicans met in Indianapolis. State Chairman Hanna presided temporarily. T. N. Lief was named chairman of the permanent organization. A platform backed by anti trust and government ownership was adopted. Delegates to the national convention were nominated from districts, with a Sasson committee appointed to confer with Democrats.
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Hisan
Indianapolis
Hanna
John Mederff
T. N. Lief
John Metert
McAkinney
England
United States
Philippines
Mount
Bryan
Creits
Warrick County
Thos. W. Force
Martin County
J. Pfrimmer
Harrison County
O. P. McLean
Decatur County
H. H. Morrison
Putnam County
N. T. Butts
Randolph County
William P. Atkinson
Marion County
John R. Brunt
Madison County
W. Titus
Boone County
J. M. Zion
Tippecanoer County
Julius Rosenheimer
Howard County
Karl Gerner
de Kalb
John G. Bender
Marshall County
H. Shockley
Lebanon
W. W. Lake
Fountain County
Julias Rosenheimer
John Medert
Eight Hour Strike Spreads Across Major Cities
Philadelphia leads a nationwide eight hour workday strike as nearly three thousand building trades workers quit. Unions seek standard eight hour day with wage gains, with similar action reported in Duluth and Minneapolis and warnings of broader walkouts in Omaha Cincinnati Pittsburgh Denver St Louis Boston New York and more.
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Philadelphia
Josep B. Allen
Allied Building Trades’ Council
Building Trades
Duluth
Minn
Minneapolis
Woodworkers’ Union of
Twin Cither
Omaha
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Denver
St. Joula
Boston
New York
Change of Venue Granted in Goebel Assassination Case
In Frankfort Kentucky Judge Cantril granted changes of venue for five defendants charged with complicity in the Goebel assassination after testimony from about forty witnesses. The named defendants include Caleb Powers John W Davis Henry E Youtsey Harland Whittaker and Richard Combs. The proper county for move could not be agreed upon with Bourbon proposed by the defense and Bourbon objected by the prosecution who called for a special term. Judge Cantrill took the matter under advisement.
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Frankfort
Cantril
Goebel
Caleb Powers
John W. Davis
Henry E. Youtsey
Harland Whittaker
Richard Combs
Caterel
Explosion at Pleasant Valley No 4 mine in Scofield area
In Winter Quarters Camp near Scofield on the Rio Grande Western line an explosion in Pleasant Valley Company No 4 mine killed many workers. Rescue efforts report 177 bodies recovered by Tuesday midnight with ongoing efforts to recover the rest. Officials Sharp and Welby traveled to the scene by special train to oversee relief and count the dead.
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Utah
Pleasant Valley Company
Winter Quarters Camp
Scofield
Rio Grande
Sharp
Coal Company
Welby
Railroad Company
the Tribune
Boers Escape Despite Elaborate British Operations
London reports on April 3 8 a m show no progress toward a main advance as French cavalry return to Bloemfontein. Papers lament the costly maneuvers and delay while Boer forces melt away to farms amid cautious disarmament.
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Lord Roberta
Standard
French
Bloemfontein
Daily Chronicle
Lord Roberts
The
Times
Paardeberg
Ward Roberts
Post
Daily Mail
Long
Colenso
Thaba N'Chu
Fight to the Death Three Hundred Natives Armed With Bolos
Officers report an April 16 clash in Nueva Camarines South with 80 Filipinos killed and no American casualties. Forty-fifth Regiment detachment and two Maxims cornered bol o wielders while Balch’s cavalry killed 50 bolomen in a river. Another action at Sorgogon Albay saw 53 insurgents killed.
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Nueva Cameras
South Camarines
Bell
Forty-fifth Regiment
Balch
Thirty-seventh Regiment
Sorgogon
Albay
Forty-seventh Infantry
Gordon
Sad death of Mrs. Gen. Wilson in Havana fire
Mrs. Wilson wife of General Wilson the military governor of Matanzas province died after severe burns suffered when a match ignited her dress while riding to the General's office. She was burned about the face and body and died at home after hours of agony. Her daughter in the carriage escaped uninjured.
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Havana
Dewey Visit Draws Chicago Cheers and Grand Balls
Admiral Dewey and Mrs. Dewey arrived in Chicago on Monday to a cannon salute and crowds. They attended dinners and luncheons hosted by city committees and a grand Auditorium ball highlighted the visit before departing Thursday for Jacksonville and St Louis.
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Admiral
Boers Massed at Tintwa Pass Not Found in Natal Reports
Reports claiming large Boer concentrations at Tintwa Pass near Ladysmith lack foundation. Dispatches say only small parties remain in the neighborhood as Commandants De Beera and Vanniekerk position forces to respond rapidly if needed.
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Tintwa Pass
de Beera
Vanniekerk
Bryan Eyes Boers as South African War News Heats
Chicago dispatch reports William Jennings Bryan met with Mayor Harrison and ex Governor Altgeld in private talks after arriving unheralded on Sunday. He said Democrats would sympathize with the Boers if McKinley loses and urged good offices under the Hague Treaty, noting widespread Western support for the Boers.
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William Jennings Bryan
Harrison
Altgeld
Port Huron
Mich
Democratic Party
Bryan
Europe
America
McKinley
Russia
United States
Hague
England
Lkely
Good Prospect For Petroleum Fields In Indiana
State Geologist Blatchley reports promising oil prospects in Jasper county near the surf with thick oil used as lubricant selling at a premium. About thirty wells now produce three to twelve barrels daily, as Terre Haute dispatch notes. Demas Deming offers to fund a city library building if a viaduct over Ohio street is built, tying into a dispute with the Evansville and Terre Haute rail line and Southern Indiana Railway over grade crossing plans. The Evansville and Terre Haute tracks lie beside the proposed route, complicating council decisions and rail agreements. Demand for Health Board Bulletin referenced by state officials.
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Jasper County
Blatchley
Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Demas
First National
Ohio Street
John R. Walsh
Southern Indiana Railway Company
Evansville
Indiana
Dying Hero Williams Survives After Street Incident
In Fand For Health Board Bulletin notes a horse incident on a street left Williams with a broken right shoulder blade. He was knocked down and trampled but later regained consciousness.
Promised to Kill Himself and Did in Muncie
George Phillips an employee of Ault and Son shot himself Sunday night after drinking for the first time in six years. He told his wife he would kill himself and probably her if he drank again. He returned home at nine, had the baby put to bed, then entered the bedroom and fired two bullets into his heart. Wife and child were unharmed.
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Muncie
George Phillips
Ault & Son
Phillips
Valparaiso Silk Thieves Hit Store Again
A gang of silk thieves operated in northern Indiana for two years and returned to Valparaiso Sunday night stealing 1000 yards of plain silks valued at 700 dollars from J I Owenstein department store. They entered through a skylight and descended forty feet. Bloodhounds followed the trail for miles but the culprits remain at large.
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Valparaiso
Twin boys save fast train from wreck on Wabash line
Willie and Wilber Stonestreet twelve year old brothers living near Cedar in this county spotted a broken rail on the Wabash tracks. They hurried home and alerted others just as a fast express traveling sixty miles an hour neared, preventing a calamity.
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Auburn
Willie
Wilber
John Stonestreet
Cedar
This County
Health Bulletin Gains European and American Praise
Tiealth received letters Tuesday from German and Austrian governments requesting four copies monthly and praising its contagious disease statistics tables. The British Health Bureau chief also sought one copy and offered congratulations. Since its inception last October the Health Bulletin has drawn requests from nearly every European government, all Canadian provinces, and most major U S universities.
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Bureau of Health
Health Bulletin
Europe
Dr. Hurry
New South Wales
Dr. Pruden
Columbia University
New York
Johns Hopkins University
Princeton
Harvard
Yale
Pioneer Squire Dying in Plainfield at Ninety
Plainfield mourns as Squire Johnson aged eighty seven and longtime Hendricks County justice of the peace nears death. He recalls pre railroad days timber milling post office work and stories of mail carried atop stages and mud carts. He first saw ex President Harrison arriving as a collector on a frisky colt.
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Plainfield
Squire Johnson
Hendricks County
Johnson
Harrison
Indiana crop conditions improve with rains and warmth
Indiana weather bulletin notes slightly warmer conditions and local rains boosting crops and vegetation, especially in the south. Plowing and farm work slowed by rain. wheat fields, meadows, rye, barley, oats, and timothy green up. tobacco and early potatoes up. feed scarce on some farms. livestock in good condition.
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Wappenhans
Indianapolis
Boy Discoveries Halt Express On Narrow Raft Break
A report says two boys notified their father who informed Wabash agent J. M. Smith. Smith reached the scene as the St. Louis express neared, stopping the train just as the raft gave way.
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J. M. Smith
Fifty Poles Housed in Twelve Rooms Prompt Health Officials
Health officers in Muncie investigated a housing cluster where fifty Polish residents were found crowded into twelve rooms. Residents complained of filth amid a coalition blaming high rent and scarce housing for the conditions.
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Muncie Special
Police Crackdown Seizes Seventy Gambling Suspects
Superintendent of Police Quigley leads an Indianapolis crackdown on gambling with weeks of warnings. A large raid on Saturday netted seventy men and boys arrested across several gambling houses.
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Quigley
Indianapolis
Monument plans for William H. English in English Indiana
Indianapolis sculptor J. H. Mahoney met with English residents to select a park site for a statue honoring the late William H. English. The monument will stand near the sulfur springs park and be unveiled on Decoration Day with ceremonies. English helped establish a post office, secure a star route, and guide the court house site.
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J. H. Mahoney
Indianapolis
W. E. English
English
Ind
William H. English
Wabash Special Report on Mrs McDonald's Distressing Malady
Mrs. W H McDonald, seventy, of Waltz township, nears death from a peculiar disease. Her right arm swells to twenty four inches around from shoulder to cuff, twenty inches below the elbow. The flesh is as solid as wood and the growth climbs toward the neck, while the rest of her body is markedly emaciated.
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W. H. McDonald
Waltz Township
Determined death by own action in Muncie area
John F. Herman aged 28, a retired farmer from near Daleville, attempted suicide Monday night using a dull razor, dying about 1 am Tuesday. Despondency over his wife's death and poor health cited as cause. This marked the third self inflicted death in Delaware county since Saturday, with one prior unsuccessful attempt.
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Muncie
John F. Herman
Daleville
Delaware County
Willot Gastes Oat. Special on Subsidy Refusal
Fragmentary report notes Gaston refused a $15 000 subsidy for an extension. Town debates plans for the Waap project. Mentions Land EB Rosd and Harry Drew with unclear references about maps and railroads.
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Rosd
Harry Drew
House Routs Pneumatic Mail Fight and Hepburn on Cuba
The House struck from the post office bill a proposed jump in pneumatic mail funding as Moody and allies argued against favoritism and stock ties. Senate debated Nathan B. Scott’s seat, while Pettus pressed Cuba policy and Mason urged a pullout by July. The week saw pension bills pass and a canal debate stall amid cross party opposition.
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Philadelphia
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Appropriations Committee
Moody
Massachusetts
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Wm. H. King
Utah
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Senate
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Nathan B. Scott
West Virginia
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Alabama
Committee On Privileges and Elections
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Allen
Nebraska
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Teller
Mason
Cuba
John M. Stotsenburg
U. V
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Stotsenburg
Quinga
Philippines
Spain
Trade in the Philippines Contradicts Otis Proclamation
A Hong Kong dispatch to the Daily Mail argues the rebellion is not ended despite General Otis's claim of tranquillity. It notes open ports but no interior trade, compares the islands to Acheen, and urges free trade, Chinese admissions and friar expulsion as conditions for profitability.
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Hong Kong
London Daily Mail
Otis
Philippines
Acheen
Indiana Municipal Elections Shape Upset in Several Cities
Indiana voters produced light turnout with Republican gains in Rushville Mishawaka Wabash Jeffersonville Auburn and New Albany while Democrats carried most Elkhart wards and won a Democratic Labour fusion seat in one Muncie ward Terre Haute Republicans won all tickets but lacked Council control Anderson’s GOP mayor holds decisive vote as party lines remained loose across many cities.
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Rushville
Elkhart
Mishawaka
Wabash
Terre Haute
Auburn
New Albany
Jeffersonville
Anderson
Indiana Corn Growers Plan Autumn Show Exhibit
At a April 23 meeting in Indianapolis the Indiana Corn Growers Association voted to stage a corn and corn products exhibit in the late autumn. Judge Martindale was named committee chairman to secure aid from the Commercial Club Indianapolis firms and the railways. Prominent firms are expected to offer prizes and rail lines may provide incentives to growers along their routes.
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Indiana Corn Growers’ Association
Indianapolis
Judge Martindale
Indiana
Barrett Law Constitutional: Indiana Supreme Court Upholds
The Indiana Supreme Court on Friday ruled the Barrett law constitutional in a Shelby County case. It held that assessments for street improvements may be based on frontage with no regard to proportional benefits, upholding city council power without property owner petition. The decision involved Thomas B Adams and issued an injunction on a technicality.
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Shelby Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Thomas B. Adams
Pingree Endorses Democrats Hope of People in Election
Detroit report quotes Governor Pingree saying the people's hope lies with the Democratic party this fall. He notes his past as an independent Republican and rejects plans to withdraw from the GOP citing no action against Democrats. He criticizes trusts and asserts the Republicans won’t curb them.
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Detroit
Mich
Pingree
Democratic Party
Deluge in Colorado Devastates Eastern Rockies Region
Denver reports a 36 hour continual downpour along the eastern Rockies extending hundreds of miles with the storm center at the city. Weather totals show April rainfall exceeding eight inches, six inches above normal, and the year’s precipitation nearing two tenths of an inch, far above last year’s rate. Damage from the heavy rain is noted as production and property impact.
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Denver
Colo
Rockies
Young Indiana man acquitted in Montana murder case
Eli Fisher of Treaty county was acquitted by Benton Montana jurors after appeal funding and new testimony. He had been convicted justice last year for complicity in the murder and arson of three Lewistown ranchmen and sentenced to death. James Calder’s testimony helped overturn the verdict and his father and aid from subscribers aided the retrial effort.
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Wabash
Ind
Benton
Mont
Eli Fisher
Fisher
Lewistown
William
James Calder
Bill Calder
Gen Grant Anniversary Celebrations Across Several Cities
The birthday anniversary of Gen. M. B. Grant was observed on Friday April 27 with ceremonies in Pittsburg Galena New York and Boston. Julia Dent Grant hosted in Pittsburg with Charles Emory Smith speaking on National Developments. Governor Roosevelt attended Galena with Nellie Grant Sartoris and grandchildren. War Secretary Root presided in New York as Grant Memorial Association ran events. Boston hosted a Middlesex Club dinner honoring the general.
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M. B. Grant
Pittsburg
Julia Dent Grant
Americus Republican Club
Charles Emory Smith
General Grant
Galena
Roosevelt
New York
Nellie Grant-Sartoris
Sartoris
Algernon Sartoris
New York City
Grant Memorial Association
War Root
Boston
Middlesex Club
Colson Acquitted in Capital Hotel Lobby Shootings
Col. David G. Colson former Kentucky congressman was acquitted Saturday of murder in the Cap ital Hotel lobby incident January 18 in which Lieut. Ethelbert Scott and George Demaree were killed and four others wounded. The jury deliberated briefly finding self defense supported by strong evidence. an ovation greeted the not guilty verdict.
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Frankfort
David G. Colson
Congress
Kentucky
Wheeler
Ethelbert Scott
George Demaree
Capital Hotel
Col
Colson
Sultan’s sly bid to rebuild Harpoot structures eyed
The Daily Telegraph’s Constantinople correspondent reports the Porte offers to rebuild American structures burned at Harpoot, believing the move may close the dispute as Russia hints at opposing U S payment enforcement.
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London
Constantinople
Daily Telegraph
Porte
Harpoot
Russia
United States
Body Found in Woods Near Prospect Heights
The 19 year old Bertha Hoffman, daughter of a local cigar maker, was found dead in the woods near Prospect Heights Peoria Illinois with a bullet wound to the head and a revolver in her clutch. Charles Briggs was arrested on suspicion after he claimed the girl shot herself while riding with him, a statement police are inclined to doubt.
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Fpeoria
Ill
Bertha Hoffman
Prospect Heights
Charles Briggs
Briggs
Governor Allen Arrives in San Juan On Dolphin
Governor Allen arrived at San Juan Porto Rico Friday aboard the Dolphin. He was escorted by battleship Texas and cruisers New York and Machias. Puerto Ricans greeted him with enthusiasm as they joined in a demonstration in his honor.
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Washington
Allen
San Juan
Porto Rico
Texas
New York
Machias
Navy Department
Desperate Black Man Dies in Albin Mob Incident
George Gordon, described as desperate, was killed by a mob at Albin after a confrontation with Robinson plantation manager Skinner. Gordon reportedly fired at Skinner and was captured by a posse before dying near a tree limb.
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Webb
Miss
George Gordon
Albin
Gordon
Skinner
Robinson Plantation
Great Fire Destroys Hull Suburb Near Ottawa
A massive blaze in Hull, Ottawa Ont, Friday consumed five square miles of buildings. Seven lives lost and property damage estimated at 17 million dollars. Lumber stock destroyed and seven thousand people left homeless and destitute.
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Ottawa
Ontario
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