Disagreeable Activity Reported as Boers Strike Telegraph
London dispatches detail Boer actions in the Orange River Colony including the cut telegraph line at Roodeval north of Kroonstad and a large Boer force moving toward the area. Reports note reinforcements to Kroonstad and Cape Colony lines, with concern over temporary disruption of communications and potential guerrilla activity.
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China News Across the Boxers Crisis 1900
The dispatches report the dowager empress ordering restraint toward Europe while urging aid to Boxer movements. Secretary Hay cites unsatisfactory conditions in China and broad discretion for handling them as violence escalates near Peking. Empress sends 3000 troops to guard the railway. reports warn of missionary danger and pleas for protection. The cabinet seeks to shield Americans while avoiding entangling alliances.
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Eight Die in Wisconsin Chicken Game Accident
An Evening Wisconsin report from Green Bay says eight men and a child were killed near Stockbridge on Oneida reservation when playing chicken. Viewers dropped timbers they were raising, causing a fatal collapse. Separate items note Gen Everell Dutton's death in Illinois, election results in Oregon, a National Socialist ticket, wheat frost damage in North Dakota, a Racine wheel works fire, a Montgomery Negroes congress, a Williamsport hanging, and lightning deaths in Jacksonville.
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Pretoria falls to British arms as surrender agreed
London dispatches reveal Pretoria was entered by Lord Roberts troops after Boers agreed to an unconditional surrender terms. Major developments include de Lisle’s flag of truce and Botha’s armistice demand rejected, while General Roberts presses toward Lydenburg and says resistance will be police action. Specifics mention prisoners, relief narratives, and ongoing war coverage.
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