Boers Press Advance Amid Central Africa War Reports
Dispatches from Bloemfontein and surrounding towns indicate Boer forces concentrating near Glen south of Bloemfontein as Lord Roberts strengthens troops and artillery. Reported raids near Vivenfontein and Taungs involve the Johannesberg mounted police. British forces recall from Barkley district to Kimberley as Maseru dispatches note Boer positions and Buller’s potential invasion route.
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Leadora
Bloemfontein
Glen
Lord Roberts
French
Wer
Johannesberg
Vivenfontein
Campbel
Taungs
Barkly West
Warrenton
Ramne
Lord Methuen
Barkley
Kimberley
Lord Roberta
Kennhardt
Parsons
Free State
Maseru
Ladybrand
Clucolan
Busutoland
Buller
Pretoria
Mefeking
Gen Clements Seizes Fauresmith and Reports Arm Decline
Gen Clements occupies Fauresmith without opposition on March 20. A prospecting shaft yields a one pounder and a Martini Maxin with buried ammunition. Residents start settling. Col Pilcher reports Ladybrand on March 26. En route, his column is attacked. one Zeree wounded and five missing.
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Clements
Fauresmith
Bloemfontein
Col. Pilcher
Ladybrand
Zeree
Boers Active Near Glen North of Bloemfontein
A Bloemfontein dispatch reports Boer forces moving toward Glen about 15 miles away. Troops including the IH division and part of General Es cavalry are being sent up from Bloemfontein. Johannesberg police continue raids on disarmed burghers returning to farms.
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Keobdos
Daily Chronicle
Bloemfonsage
Glen
Bloemfontein
Johannesverg Wed
Frontiersmen strengthen lines after return of Brab’s staff
General Brab and his staff have returned from axwille and are now actively engaged in holding the southern frontier of the Free State. Detachments are being sent to strengthen positions already occupied as Commandant Olivier is closely watched by Br Godfrey Langdon and General French.
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Mltwa
Brabet
Axwille
The
Free State
Olivier
Gorth
Godfrey Langdon
French
Kimberley War Update Reports Mounted Troops Near Key Points
The report from Kimberley says Lord Roberts may advance mounted troops from Barkley district. They were at Likatlong when orders arrived. Reoccupied Campbell and moved toward Waersates Barkly West and Taungz in strong force.
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Kimberley
March &C
Me' Fina
Barkley District
Indicted Captain Charged With Murder Aboard Steamer
March 30 report from Tex says Captain H. of the steamer Lawrence is indicted for murder in the killing of Michael Wain’s mate during a gun race incident on board. The case names the officer in charge and outlines the homicide charges.
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Tex
Lawrence
Michael Wain
Goebel murder probe shifts across Kentucky state
In Frankfort the Goebel assassination inquiry loses momentum as detectives leave Beattyville and the capital, with local officers taking over. The arrest of Tallow Dick Combs on an old Clark circuit capias may precede charges of complicity, while Gov Taylor and other officials depart for private matters as state work rests with deputies.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
Marek &C
Goebel
Ende
Tallow
Dick Combs
Beattyville
Beckham
Capital Hotel
Peacock special sets coast to Chicago rail record
From Los Angeles to Chicago the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Peacock special covered 2265 miles in 58 hours and zero minutes beating all prior runs. Carnegie Steel vice president A R Peacock arrived 11 hours earlier than expected and paid about 4000 dollars for the coast to coast trip with an average speed near 89 miles per hour.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Cal
Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe
A. R. Peacock
Carnegie Steel Company
Pennsylvania
M. Peacock
Delagoa Bay railway award burdens Portugal with large payment
In Berne on March 30 the Delagoa Bay railway award orders the Portuguese government, as defendant, to pay the United States and Great Britain claimants 15 314 000 francs in legal Swiss money plus 5 percent simple interest from June 1 1889 to payment, in addition to 28 000 francs already paid in 1890.
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Berne
Switzerland
Delagoa Bay
United States
Great Britain
War clouds rise as fleets move toward Korea crisis
Shanghai dispatch reports Korea seeks distance from nations to shield against Russia. Russia demands landings at Masampo as its fleet maneuvers to intimidate Korea. Loyalist sources note a 40 ship Japanese fleet review planned off Kobe next month amid renewed Russia Japan tensions.
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Shanghai
Korea
Russia
Masampo
London
Daily Mail
Kobe
Japan
War Office
Tokio
Yokohama
Mikado
M. Pavlcf
Seoul
St. Petersburg
Chemulpo
Port Arthur
Japanese War Preparations Reported In Navy Maneuvers
The Garonne arrives from Manila with news of Japan’s wartime buildup against Russia. The Russian fleet at Nagasaki ignored harbor authorities and anchored freely. Capt. Conrad notes strong war spirit in Japan due to the czar’s Korea influence, with a grand Japanese navy assembly planned for month’s end, to be followed by maneuvers exclusion of foreign press and public.
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Japan
Seattle
Wash
Garonne
Manila
Russia
Naganaki
Conrad
Korea
Rush for Gold Draws Thousands to Nome Voyage
Fourteen thousand travelers have booked passage from Pacific east ports for Cape Nome Alaska on the first fleet of steamers sailing about May 1. Forty two steamers will depart from San Francisco Puget Sound ports and Portland nearly simultaneously. Many ships will run two trips and over twenty thousand people are expected to leave Pacific ports for the new gold fields this season.
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Portland
Pacific East
Cape Nome
Alaska
Nome
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Pacific
Long-lived Miss Pickard and 103-year-old Mrs Hyland Die
Trymouth Massachusetts March 30 Mrs Felicity Pickard dies at kin’s home aged 108 years 9 months 1 day. New York March 3 Mrs Cleary Hyland dies in Orange New Jersey aged 103 years and was totally blind in last year of life.
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Trymouth
Mass
Felicity Pickard
New York
German Russian press hints at new alliance to counter Britain
In Berlin March 30 Russian papers discuss potential German Russian cooperation to counter British power. Kreuz Zeitung cites Prince Trubetzky arguing Franco Russian links are not now a threat but England endangers peace. Paris notes Gaulois sees Britain preoccupied with Transvaal and borders, leaving Japan largely unaided.
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Berlin
Germany
Russia
France
England
The
Kreuz Zeitung
Prince Trubetzkey
Bloody Battle Near Navajo Springs Claims Casualties
A sheriff's posse clashed with a gang near Navajo Springs resulting in two posse deaths. Five outlaws were captured, two were badly wounded, and three escaped.
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Gallup
N. M
Navajo Springs
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Offer Refund Promise
All ragzistis will refund the money if the tablets fail to cure. E W Grove signature appears on each box.
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E.W. Grove
Murder Jealousy: Conductor Kills Man in Alabama
Kirminghan March 30 G B Wilmot a passenger conductor shot and killed O C Braxton with whom he lived and who is said to be too intimate with Mia Wilmot. The report notes Braxton's alleged affair and the resulting fatal confrontation. The item ends with a generic advertisement and a note about Kenwood youths shocked by a dangerous wire stunt reported by the Chicago Journal.
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Kirminghan
Ala
G. B. Wilmot
O. C. Braxton
Mia Wilmot
Kenwood
Chicago Journal
Russian navy expansion eyed and frontier lease feared
London reports The Times dispatch notes Russia weighing a large naval build up while Yokohama sources warn other powers may seek territorial leases near Masampo. A separate Tennessee incident describes a violent shooting at Ike Williams home as deputies tried to arrest James Harrill, with Williams family involvement and multiple injuries. all injured expected to recover. A Cork resident donates 1000 shamrock seed packets to be planted on Irish soldiers’ groves in South Africa.
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London
The
Times
S&j. Petersburg
Yokohama
Russia
Masampo
Dunlap
Tenn
Ike Williams
James Smith
Bosse
James Harrill
Willams
Williams
Arrill
Bill Thompson
Jim Turner
York
Cork
Africa
Vacher Seeks Relief for Wife's Severe Grippe Cough
G Vacher of 157 Osgooi Street Chicago reports his wife suffered a severe grippe with a bad cough. She tried Foley's Honey and Tar and found relief. The 50 cent bottle cured the cough entirely and left her better.
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G. Vacher
Chicago
Saya
Abo FoLey
Gista
Secretary Roots Cuba troop drawdown plan discussed
Washington reports Secretary Root held to a possible reduction in American forces in Cuba though Cuban elections delay shifts the timing. He noted troop withdrawals could extend into summer and that a Florida quarantine would not block redeployment northward to southern ports.
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Cebsn
Washington
Root
Cuba
Florida
Carolinas
College reverses ruling on Greek society reinstatements
McGint Retes and other women at Western College were barred for joining a Greek letter society Alpha Tau. The faculty expelled them but the ruling was rescinded after protests by several board of trustees members.
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McGint Retes
Miners Return to Work in North Central Iowa
Miners in north central Iowa will resume work next Monday after a December strike ending with an agreement signed in Fort Dodge. The new scale increases pay by 8 cents per day following a 16 week lockout. In New York City 800 Porto Rican residents joined 8,000 to 4,000 others at Carnegie Hall to show solidarity with Porto Rico and protest tariff plans.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Porto Rico
New York
Carnegie Ball
Markets Update From Indianapolis Grain and Livestock
Grain and livestock markets show firmer prices in March 20 reports. No. 2 red oats mix at steady to higher. hogs higher. cattle strong to higher with steady to higher bids. wheat active and higher with No. 2 spring wheat mixed in.
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Indianapolis
Loulaville
Chicago
Power Dam Contest Between Two Indiana Firms
A legal battle in South Bend pits Indiana Power company against S Joseph and Elkhart Power company over dam sites on the St Joseph river. Each seeks condemnation, with about 8000 horsepower planned for street railway power. Judge Hubbard orders Indiana to prove progress to secure the site.
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South Bend
Ind
Indiana Power Company
S. Joseph and Elkhart Power Company
St. Joseph River
Indiana Company
Elkhart
Thig County
Indiana Railroad Company
St. Joseph and Hikhart Company
Indians Company
Bubbard
Indiana girl aide arrested in kidnaping case
Marton Indiana on March 80 a 17 year old girl Kittie O'Brien who vanished February 15 returned from a convent in Columbus Ohio is now under arrest with her mother Lizsie O'Brien and brother G O'Brien of Crawfordsville charged with kidnapping The mother had claimed the girl ran away and the girl is said to be heir to a deceased relative authorities investigated and the girl alleges her brother took her to the convent
Congressman Faris Knocked Down in Street Fight
In Terre Haute Indiana on March 30 Congressman George W Faris was knocked down and bruised in a street brawl with H C Pugh former U S consul to Palermo. Faris suffered a blackened eye and a bleeding nose with no other injuries reported.
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Terré Haute
Ind
George W. Faris
H. C. Pugh
United States
Palermo
Catholic church contract awarded in Elwood Indiana
The contract for the new Catholic church in Elwood Ind has been awarded at 10704 dollars. The figures cover a rough building and a foundation already in place costing 4600 dollars. When plastering plumbing art glass windows and interior decorations are let the total cost will exceed 100000 dollars.
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Elwood
Ind
Fight at Pleasant Hill ends in injuries for several
An entertainment at Pleasant Hill near English Indiana erupted into a free for all. Weapons were used and several people were injured including William Miller and Janett Miller. William Ashby and Millard Miller were reported to be in alarming condition.
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Ind
Pleasant Hill
William
Janett Miller
William Ashby
Millard
Purdue memorial exercises honor late President Smart
Lafayette Indiana March 380 memorial exercises for the late President Smart were held at Purdue. Ex President Benjamin Harrison James W Noel and Mrs Emma Mont McRae spoke. The board of trustees took no action to fill the vacancy. Chesterfield Indiana March 30 The Indiana Bricks company abandoned this territory after drilling gas wells and is removing piping and casing from the wells.
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Lafayette
Ind
Smart
Purdue
Benjamin Harrison
James W. Noel
Emma Mont McRae
Board of Trustees
Chesterfield
Indiana Bricks Company
Family in Sullivan Suffering Verdigris Poisoning
In Sullivan Indiana March 80 all members of Robert Nash of Paxton are ill from verdigris poisoning after eating eggs from a crock bucket. Nash’s condition is serious and the family is under medical care.
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Sullivan
Ind
Robert Nash
Paxton
Mr. B
Mill Boiler Explodes Wrecks Evansville Area Mill
Robert Kiefer's grist mill near Selvin in Warrick county was wrecked by a boiler explosion yesterday. The engineer and several other employees suffered severe scalding injuries and the incident caused about $8,000 in damage.
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Evansville
Ind
Robert Kiefer
Selvin
Warrick County
Deed of a Bro Albany Young Man and Violent Assaults
A chaotic Albany report describes George Russell, in a deranged condition after drinking, attacking Mrs. Moore in her home and injuring her and children. Russell, 80, son of William Russell tied to a local glass works, was captured by officers. case pending. Separate item notes Judge Chamness ruling in favor of Alexandria city against MOE Gas for violating gas ordinances and threatening cuts for noncompliance. Another note mentions 18 year old Clan Myer missing from Versailles after leaving home. Chicago’s First Ward has 746 residents in one area. details unclear due to fragmentary text.
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Albany
Wollian
Ind
George Russell
William Moore
Russell
William Ressell
Mode
Sint Glass Works
Alexandria
Chamness
MOE Gas Company
Change of Pastorate in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne reports a change of pastorate as Hev. James Stewart Aineley, pastor of the Sen oenacot rok, accepts a call to a new shore. The notice notes his departure from the current congregation and outlines the ceremonial aspects of the transition.
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Fort Wayne
James Stewart Aineley
Sinking of French steamer Georges Croise near Santa Domingo
A French steamer bound for Cuba with cattle and 40 passengers sank off Santa Domingo after its crew allegedly left ports open. The New York arrival helped, four lives were lost, and survivors were saved by the Clyde steamer. The disaster is blamed on officer errors and late vessel entry. A separate advertisement touts Dr. King's New Discovery for coughs and chest infections. In Washington, Persia appoints Mofakkam Ed Dowle as minister plenipotentiary to the United States, with Bowen reporting from Teheran.
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Santa Itd
Banto Domingo
Georges Croise
Cuba
Stent
New York
Georges Creise
Washington
Sentenced for murder Dominion County case at Deer
Deer Missouri March 30. Bush aged who murdered the Rev. Mi his father in the av was sentenced to hem May 16. He showed no emo ron eentenced. A motion for a pew trial was overruled and the case was appealed to the supreme court.
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Sentercall
Deer
Hem
Supreme Court
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