British Losses Reported in Boer Victory Near Brandfort
London reports from Brandfort indicate a Boer victory with 600 British killed or wounded and 900 captured, plus 12 wagons. De Wet reportedly defeated British forces at Meer Katsfontein as well. The notices vary in detail between newspapers, with uncertain confirmation from British sources.
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the Mail
Brandfort
de Wet
Meer- Katsfontein
Daily News
Pretoria
Delagoa Bay
British Plans Unchanged in South Africa War
London dispatches describe a planned British advance into the Transvaal after securing transport and equipment. The British will attack northward toward Bloemfontein with Roberts and Buller, while diverting raiders and mounting a surprise with Waren and French cavalry. Reports say fighting continues at Wepener and Springfontein may be targeted, with Mafeking expected to hold. Envois doubt European intervention and note the Boer Peace Commission’s arrival in Europe.
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London
South Africa
Free State
Natal
Chieveley
Modder River
Stormberg
Transvaal
Lord Roberts
Redvers Buller
Bloemfontein
Waren
French
Wepener
General Brabant
Aliwal
Springfontein
Henry Rundle
Eighth
Elands
Sunday River
Europe
Great Britain
Messrs. Fischer
Wolmar Ansnd Wessels
Water supply satisfactory as Bloemfontein trenching advances
Bloemfontein report says water supply remains satisfactory and trenching on hills commanding the town proceeds vigorously. Civilian labor is to be used and sickness among troops is somewhat diminishing.
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Bloemfontein
British Casualties in Dewetsdorp Fight Revealed
Pretoria reports British losses at Dewetsdorp with 100 killed or wounded and 459 captured. The Transvaal Volksraad is summoned to meet in ordinary session on May 7.
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Pretoria
Lourenco Marques
Dewetsdorp
Transvaal Volksraad
Heavy cannonading reported near Elandslaagte and Sundays River
In Pietermaritzburg and Ladysmith on April 10 heavy cannonading and firing were observed in the Elandslaagte area and toward Sundays River. Dispatches say Boers have moved guns north of Elandslaagte and fortified Wessel's Nek, with General Buller likely engaging.
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Pietermaritzburg
Elandslaagte
Ladysmith
Sundays River
Bigvarsberg
Wessel
Nek
Buller
Boers Advance Threaten Orange River Bridge
Bethulie April 9 reports expect Boer forces to retake and destroy the Orange River bridge. Extraordinary precautions are taken as a Boer force sits twelve miles east. Boers hold the Free State east of the railroad and gain encouragement from victories at Reddersburg and Korn Spruit.
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Bethulie
Orange River
Free State
Reddersburg
Korn Spruit
Rallying for the Vote on Puerto Rico Bill Concurrence
Washington April 10. Ways and Means Committee voted 8 to 5 to recommend concurrence in Senate amendments to the Puerto Rican bill. Party lines aside, several Republicans may join Democrats. Majority expected to be narrow. final house vote before adjournment.
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THE
Tribune
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
McCall
Massachusetts
House
Committee On
Long
Kansas
Underwood
Alabama
Littlefield
Maine
Crumpacker
Indiana
Lorimer and Warner
Illinois
Lane
Iowa
Heatvale
Minnesota
Fletcher
Henry C. Smith
Michigan
Proctor
de Vries
California
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Congress
Messrs
Davey
Meyer
Louisiana
Mr. Davey
Mr. Long
Mr. Meyer
Boutelle
War Department
Puerto Rico
Riots in Westchester as Italian strikers shot. several hurt
A Westchester County strike by Italian laborers for higher wages and shorter hours led to a riot in Mamaroneck. Three men were shot, one severely, and others were injured by pickaxe and shotgun fire. Edged by arrests, deputies, and warnings from Sheriff Molloy, the aftermath saw mass flight of Italians and a tense effort to restore work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester County
Mamaroneck
Michael Griffin
Kuss
McCabe
Peter Barber
Nicholas Darti
White Plains
Frank Gillardi
Dominick Vitro
Frank Lodi
John Terono
Molloy
Banning
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Larchmont
Port Chester
Mount Vernon
Caver
Paonese
East View
John Krewett
Sound View Park
Griffin
Sound View
New Haven
Brentwood Plaza Company
Park
Pasquale Mestrachio
No. 1
John Venno
Genero Betto
Caverno Paonese
John Carroll
John T. Sivalis
A. J. Hunter
Judge McCabe
Long Island Sound
Boer Prisoners Moved to Mainland from Transport Off Simonstown
Cape Town reports the remainder of about two thousand Boer prisoners on transports off Simonstown have been moved to the mainland. The note adds that Rudyard Kipling and Sir John Henry De Villiers, Cape Colony Chief Justice, will sail for England tomorrow.
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Cape Town
Simonstown
Rudyard Kipling
Sir John Henry de Vilers
Cape Colony
England
Frick to Sell Carnegie Stock Amid Tense Ties
Pittsburg April 10 Special. H C Frick plans to dispose of all Carnegie holdings worth about 16 million dollars soon. Frick and Schwab reportedly on poor terms, raising questions about future moves. Carnegie Company denies plans to take in the Cramps or to supply them armor plates. Frick declining to discuss projects, mentions interest in Morse venture near Philadelphia. Potential consolidation with the Cramps is uncertain and unconfirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
H. C. Frick
Carnegie Company
Carnegie
Frick
Schwab
Messrs. Frick
Messrs
Carnegie and Schwab
Morse
Wilmington
Philadelphia
Report from The Times on a Dutch uprising signal
Telegraphic dispatch notes the enemy's general push to find a strategic opening with 3000 to 6000 troops. They move cautiously, remounts arrive, while Argentine horses are unpopular with cavalry. Found documents suggest Lady Smith’s fall was to trigger a broader Dutch uprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Steyn and
Fischer
Ladysmith
Peace Envoys Reach Naples Amid Armistice Talks
Boer Peace Commissioners Fischer Wolmarans and Wessels arrived in Naples welcomed by Orange Free State and Transvaal officials. They will stay for several days as Kaiser Wilhelm II hosts discussions with Miller and Van Boeschoten. Fischer downplays British proximity to Pretoria and attacks on the Prince of Wales, denying Dr Leyds campaign links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Messrs. Fischer
Wolmaraans and
Wessles
Muller
Orange Free State
van Boeschoten
Transvaal
Brussels
Messrs
Miller
Corriere d'Italia
Fischer
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Prince of Wales
Lipido
Leyds
Cramp Shipyard Denies Carnegie Frick Merger Talks
Philadelphia officials deny negotiations to unite Carnegie Frick interests with Cramp shipbuilding. Edwin S Cramp rejects dispatch about Atlantic City conferences as a factual error. A Cramp director dismisses the report as ridiculous and not worthy of discussion.
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Philadelphia
Carnegie-Frick
Cramp
Edwin S. Cramp
Atlantic City
Cramp Cor Easy
Rumored Tornado Destroys Texas Town of Lebanon
It is rumored that Lebanon in Bee County was swept by a tornado early today. The town is reported completely demolished and all wires are prostrated with no details obtainable.
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Austin
Tex
Lebanon
Bee County
Stamford's New Mayor In Office
Stamford Connecticut April 10 Special Homer Cummings the Silver Democrat elected Mayor and new Common Council members assumed office. Cummings in his inaugural address proposed that the city own its own electric lighting system amid a pending lighting contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Conn
Homer
Cummings
Friends of the Electric Light Company
Lord Methuen Camped East of Boshof in Orange Free State
Lord Methuen's force is encamped ten miles east of Boshof in Zwartkopfontein Orange Free State on April 9. Since the Boshof affair, Lord Chesham with Yeomanry and the Kimberley Mounted Corps continued on the third page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zwartkopfontein
Orange Free State
Lord Methuen
Boshof
Lord Chesham
Kimberley Mounted Corps
Great Northern President’s Party Escapes Serious Train Wreck
Butte Montana April 10 James J Hill president of the Great Northern with road officials arrived after a high speed special train ditched on Northern Pacific track in Silver Bow Canyon six miles west of Silver Bow Junction. Engine and baggage car overturned but all aboard unharmed. New steel being laid and several rails torn up at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
James J. Hill
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Silver Bow Canyon
Silver Bow Junction
Cols Remedy Adverts Mention Jayne's Expectorant
For all Colds use the remedy Jayne's Expectorant advertised in the page notice. The short ad implies a universal remedy claim for colds and promotes this branded product as a general cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jayne
Hanover National Bank Seeks Tripling Capital to 3 Million
The Hanover National Bank Board unanimously recommends raising capital from 1 million to 3 million, issuing 20 000 new shares at 200 each, with 2 million added to capital and 2 million to surplus. Shareholders meet May 14 to act. double liability will lift total security to about 11 million.
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The
Hanover National Bank
Associated Banks
Hanover
National Bank
National City Bank
National Bank of Commerce
National Union Bank
Bank of Commerce
Hanover Its
American Exchange National
Capital
Boutelle Renominated by Bangor Republicans in Strong District Showing
In Bangor on April 10 the IVth Congress District Republican convention renominated Charles A. Boutelle, praised for Navy work and services to the district. The body of 265 delegates backed his acclamation amid concerns over his health, with physicians stating his condition improves and advising he stay in the Waverly sanatorium until fully well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Charles A. Boutelle
George A. Curran
Washington County
R. W. Shaw
Aroostook County
C. A. Brown
Piscataquis County
Boutelle
F. H. Parkhurst
Wainwright Cushing
Foxcroft
Atwood W. Spalding
Caribou
F. L. Shaw
Machias
Boston
D. A. Robinson
Waverly
Mass
Republicans renominate Burleigh in Maine district race
In Waterville Edwin C Burleigh of Augusta was renominated for Congress by the Republican district committee. Delegates A M Spear of Gardiner and Albert Pearse of Frankfort were chosen for the Republican National Convention. In Auburn Charles F Littlefield of Rockland was renominated for Congress amid praise for his recent Washington stand and regret he could not attend. STOLE GOLD FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
Congress
Edwin C. Burleigh
Augusta
A. M. Spear
Gardiner
Albert Pearse
Frankfort
Auburn
Maine
Charles F. Littlefield
Rockland
Littlefield
Washington
Jeweller Bergen Arrested for Mint Gold Theft
Benjamin C. Bergen a 32 year old United States mint weigher in San Francisco was arrested on a charge of stealing gold bullion. He confessed thefts since January totaling about 200 dollars from two jewelry shops bought bullion under the misbelief he was a miner. The case, tied to a long run of bullion losses, implicates a six year government employee with a father, Benjamin F. Bergen, a noted Oakland lawyer and politician.
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San Francisco
Benjamin c. Bergen
United States Mint
Leach
Morse
Benjamin F. Bergen
Oakland
Harvard Sues Boston Board Over Park Land Take
Harvard University petitions the Supreme Court to quash the Boston Park Commissioners actions in West Roxbury for a playground. The suit argues the board exceeded the annual $200,000 spending cap and has already spent over that limit since January 1900 on land acquisitions.
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Boston
Harvard University
Supreme Court
Boston Board of Park Commissioners
West Roxbury
Park Board
Airee
Nightly trains to St. Louis and Cincinnati depart Grand Central
The latest train service from Grand Central Station runs daily at 9 20 p m toward St Louis and Cincinnati via New York Central Big Four routes. Trains are illuminated by Pintsch Light.
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ST. Louis
Cincinnati
Grand Central Station
New-York Central
Big Four
Devery May Get Out Soon As Chief Likely Change Debated
Police circles expect Chief William S. Devery to retire soon and be succeeded by Deputy Chief W. W. McLaughlin. Officials deny knowledge of any plan while rumors swirl about talks with Mayor Van Wyck and other city leaders. Tammany figures distance themselves as Senators and committees shift attention to other matters.
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William S. Devery
W. W. McLaughlin
Devery
Devery Will Be On the Shelf In A Few Days. Captain Thomas
Captain Thomas
Grand Jury
Tenderloin
Captain Price
McLaughlin
van Wyck
John F. Cearroll
Joseph Frankel
Abell
York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Tammany
John B. Sexton
Senator Sullivan
Hot Springs
District Attorney Gardiner Case To Resume Today
Commissioner Wilcox continues action on expunging the March Grand Jury presentment in General Sessions. Samuel Untermyer could not attend the yesterday hearing, now postponed to today. City Club charges against Gardiner to be examined as Wilcox’s investigation proceeds. Some members expect Governor to act on Wilcox’s forthcoming report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner
Foster
Samuel Untermyer
Wilcox
Counsel seeks Grand Jury minutes over disorderly house case
Edward B. Corey proprietor of the Haymarket asks Judge Foster for leave to inspect March Grand Jury minutes claiming the indictment lacks a definite location of the disorderly house. The ward is cited as Twentieth Ward while Corey owns multiple saloons there. Assistant DA Blumenthal opposes. papers filed but no ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Corey
Haymarket
Foster
Corey
Blumenthal
Double lynching aftermath spurs Emporia militia company
Richmond reports a petition from Emporia leading citizens calling on Governor Tyler to authorize a company of infantry. The move follows the March Emporia lynching and prior mob threats against Colton and O Grady, with Judge Wyn and the Commonwealth's Attorney among signers ready to organize immediately.
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Richmond
Emporia
Colton
O'Grady
Tyler
Judgewyn
Grand Jury
Commonwealth
Fierce gales drive schooner into Machias for repairs
The schooner Silver Spray commanded by M D Cole from New York to Lubec with coal put in at Machias, reporting a sequence of gales that swept all movable gear from her deck, ripped sails from the rigging, and caused further damage during the voyage.
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Machias
Silver Spray
M. D. Cole
New York
Lubec
Multiple Disasters Reported Across States April 10
Telegraphic notes detail a burned out post office in East Liverpool Ohio with mail loss, a deadly explosion at R Tuttle Co flouring mill in Columbia City Indiana, a deputy wounded by a highway robbery suspect killed by a posse in Brownsville Tennessee, and a revenue cutter Bear voyage from San Francisco to Seattle amid crew issues. Belmont County Ohio reports a murder near Somerton with threats of lynching, Barnesville police pursuing alleged stock thieves, and Susquehanna County Pennsylvania facing a smallpox epidemic with twenty eight cases and over one hundred exposed as quarantine and closures take effect.
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East Liverpool
Ohio
Columbia City
Ind
R. Tuttle & Co
Henry Frect
O. S. Young
Teamster
Poe
San Francisco
Bear
Seattle
C. Nome
Arctic
Wheeling
W. Va
Belmont County
Somerton
Clarence Warrick
En Brothers
Barnesville
Young Warrick
St. Clairsville
Susquehanna
Penn
Auburn Centre
Susquehanna County
Pennsylvania State Board of Health
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Meerkatsfontein
DRED
New-York Tribune
CABLE
Cording
Toria
Brand
Mail
Woun
Meerkatsfon
Tein
Kroonstad
Brit
Dersburg
Zwartkopjesfontein
Pre
Hoopstad
Vaal
Atlantic
the Daily Mail
Laurenco Marques
Daily Mail
Netherlands Railway Company
Meerkatfontein
Brabant
Kinal
Rouxville
Denetsdorp
the Morning Post
Bethulie Bridge
Bill
Tifree Strikers
Mamar
Westchester
Caverio Paonese
John Yenno
Roberts
the Times
Texas
President Hill
National City
National Park
James T. Woodward
Hanover Bank
Jewellers
Harvard
W. W. Mlaughlin
Emporia, VA
Telegraphic Notes
Brownsville
Tenn
Robert
Megro
W. B. Nash
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