Pole-Carew Reinforcements Meet Strong Boer Resistance
London reports General Pole-Carew's reinforcement of Rundle at Bloemfontein is meeting stiff organized resistance. Essex Regiment advances to Paarde Kraal near Leeuw Kop as British forces push toward Dewetsdorp and Wepener amid rumors of Pretoria gun foundry and Warren’s Bechuanaland appointment. The action occurs Sunday with dark aid from rocky cover and heavy Boer rifle fire.
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the Tribune
London
Standard
Bloemfontein
Pole-Carew
Lord Roberts
Rundle
Kromspruit
Paarde Kraal
Leeuw Kop
Dewersdorp
Wepener
Ecumenical Conference Meetings Draw Huge Attendance
Morning and evening sessions across six churches, with a total estimated attendance of 16 500 at the Ecumenical Conference sessions in Carnegie Hall and overflow venues. Delegates arriving from overseas caused some confusion but arrangements were ready for today. Dr. Albert H. Henderson, medical missionary from Burma, has pneumonia at sea and remains critically ill in Presbyterian Hospital.
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Ecumenical Conference
Carnegie Hall
Tribune
Executive Committee
West Fifty-sixth St
Calvary Baptist
Central Presbyterian
Madison Avenue Reformed
Church of the Strangers
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Central Presbyterian Church
Albert H. Henderson
Burma
Presbyterian Hospital
British Relieve at Karriefontein Amid Outpost Skirmish
London reports Lord Roberts dispatching the Eleventh Division and two cavalry brigades to aid General Rundle at Karriefontein. Casualties include Private and officers from Welsh and Yorkshire units, with several missing from the Worcesters after a dark outpost action. Boers maneuver along a long eastern flank, delaying Roberts’ movement northward.
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London
Fleet Street
War Office
Kimberley
Lori Roberts
Worcester
Henry Rundle
Lord Roberts
French
Rundle
Chermside
Karriefontein
Pole-Carew
Prothero
Yorkshires
Fighth Hussars
Fourteenth Hussars
Royal Artillery
Seventh Dragoons
Jenkins
Rotton
Leeuw Kop
1St Worcesters
Worcester Regiment
Rebels Sentenced at Cape Town
Cape Town April 23 The trial of sixty nine rebels began despite a postponement bid. Three prisoners were jailed five years each and others received sentences ranging from three years to six months, based on age.
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Sunnyside
Cape Town
Sir Milner
Lord Roberts
Warren appointed Administrator of British Bechuanaland
Durban April 23 General Sir Charles Warren has been appointed Administrator of British Bechuanaland. He sailed yesterday for Cape Town.
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Charles Warren
British Bechuanaland. A
Durban
Bechuanaland
Cape Town
Boers Close In On Boshof Five Miles Distant
From Boshof dated April 23 the Daily Telegraph reports the Boers closing on Boshof with their nearest laager only five miles away. Communication with Kimberley remains open.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Boshof
Laager
Kimberley
British forces surround Bushmans Kop in Basutoland action
April 23 reports from Maseru Basutoland say General Brabant’s force outflanked the Boer position at Bushman’s Kop but darkness halted the maneuver. British infantry were seen approaching from two directions at dusk with the aim of surrounding the kop. Colonel Dalgetty’s garrison at Wepener remained unmolested.
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Maseru
Basutoland
Boers repelled as Brabazon scouts left flank
At Wakkerstroom on April 22 Colonel Brabazon and the yeomanry conducted a thorough left flank scouting mission after yesterday’s shelling. The Boers tried to turn the British right but were detected by mounted forces, guns opened fire and repelled the attack with no British casualties. Many Boers moved southward.
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Wakkerstroom
Brabazon
Yeomanry
Fighting at Jammersburg Drift Amid Rainbound Trenches
From Boer Camp at Thaba Nehu on April 22 reports say fighting rages day and night at Jammersburg Drift. English trenches clogged by rain force soldiers to climb banks where they are exposed to fire. The Black Diamond Express advertises a noon New York departure via Lehigh Valley with dining car service to Buffalo arriving 9:55 p.m.
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Thaba Nehu
Jammersburg Drift
New York
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Buffalo
Service & la Carte
Coler Denies Candidacy for Governor or Mayor
Controller Coler told a Tribune reporter at his Brooklyn home that he is not a candidate for any office including Governor or Mayor. He dismissed rumors of grooming by ex Senator Hill or other leaders and said he may stay in his current post to finish work such as municipal ownership of docks. He acknowledged visiting Hugh McLaughlin at Willoughby Street but denied political intent and stated he has no plans for renomination.
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Coler
Tribune
Hancockst
Brooklyn
David B. Hill
Hill
Mr. Hill
Murphy
Auection
Willoughby St
Hugh McLaughlin
Albany
Purchase of Spanish floating drydock for Havana urged
The Senate plans to add a 225000 item to the Naval Appropriation bill to buy a Spanish steel floating drydock in Havana. Officials note the dock, built in 1887 and measuring 450 feet long with 10,440 ton lifting capacity, would serve U S needs in Southern waters and the West Indies, with transfer and mooring costs estimated at 25000.
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Washington
Senate
Naval
Havana
Navy
Hay
Navy Department
Storer
Madrid
Allen
Hale
Senate Naval Committee
United States
State Department
Spain
England
West Indies
Gulf Coast
Atlantic Coast
Port Royal
S. C
Navy Yard
Pensacola
Massacre of Chinese Catholics Reported Near Pao-Ting-Fu
April 23 dispatches say boxing athletes society members massacred many Roman Catholics near Pao-Ting-Fu in Pecheelee Province southwest of Tien-Tsin. German gunboat Iltis arrived at Taku while other foreign war vessels departed. No excess fare notices for Cleveland, Louis, or Cincinnati appear in the fragment.
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Tien-Tsin
Boxers’ Society
Pao-Ting-Fu
Pe- Chee-Lee
Iltis
Taku
J W Gates May Resign As Steel Firm Faces Change
Reports from Wall Street say John W Gates plans to resign as chairman of the American Steel and Wire Company of New Jersey at the May 7 directors meeting, citing ill health or a shift in control to Federal Steel affiliated interests. Joliet dispatches note Illinois Steel mills shut for repairs amid steel trade tensions as stock prices rise.
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Wall Street
John W. Gates
American Steel and Wire Company of
New Jersey
Gates
Federal Steel Company
Steel and Wire Company
American Steel and Wire Company
The
Stock Exchange
Joliet, Til
Illinois Steel Company
Gary
Ilinois Steel Company
Joliet
Jolet
Steel Company
Wire Company
Milwaukee
North Chicago
West Chicago
South Chicago
Chicago
Eugene J. Buffington
Cuban Cabinet Declines Resignation Over Rivera Plea
The Cuban cabinet told Governor General Wood they will not resign after General Rivera urged Cubans across parties to press the United States for a fixed occupation period. They condemned Rivera's remarks as unwise and insulting to the U.S. government, while Rivera claims a resignation letter is written and ready for delivery.
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Havana
Wood
General Rivera
United States
Rivera
Cuba
Spanish Steamer El Salto Makes Port With No Coal
The Spanish steamer El Salto under Captain Londa limped into Norfolk Virginia on April 22 from Rio Janeiro en route to Queens town via Philadelphia with no coal left. To reach a refueling port she sacrificed woodwork and masts, and only a lighter of coal later filled her bunkers. The ship and cargo were valued at $500000 and manganese ore was her cargo.
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Norfolk
el Salto
Londa
Rio Janeiro
Queenstown
Philadelphia
Hatteras
Hampton Roads
Weather Sets Unsettled Mood Across Nation
Yesterday unsettled conditions lingered nationwide with afternoon rain in this city followed by dense fog at 6:20 pm, especially over rivers and bay. Fog eased later with ferries operating, then settled again late night. Temperatures ranged from 52 to 62 degrees. Forecast called for fair weather Tuesday and Wednesday with a stationary temperature and fresh north winds.
Multiple early 20th century notices from U S cities
The dispatches report Sheridan undergoing repairs in San Francisco at about 150000 dollars. fire rages in Tilden mine, Bessemer. troops sail from Seattle for Valdes. a Detroit trust official hanged himself. a Lancaster hotel keeper commits suicide. Philadelphia residents found dead by suspected self inflicted causes. a pawnshop manager and a woman found dead in Philadelphia with suspect motives.
Record crowds fill meetings at Carnegie Hall and overflow churches
Attendance swelled through Carnegie Hall Central Presbyterian Church and Calvary Baptist Church with police help to clear aisles. Speakers reviewed a century of missionary work led by Eugene Stock and Andrew W. W. Raymond, noting growth from early societies to modern movements and listing key milestones and figures in global missions.
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Carnegie Hall
Central Presbyterian Church
Tin Calvary Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Andrew W. W. Raymond
Union College
Church of Christ
Eugene Stock
Church Missionary Society
London
British and Foreign Bible Society
Isié
American Board of Commissioners
William Wilerforce
England
East India Company
India
China
Africa
Niger
Congo
Zambesi
Nyassa
Tanganyika
Uganda
North Africa
Japan
New Guinea
Canada
Commodore Perry
Great Northwest
Dominion of Canada
America
Milimay
Kenwick
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China Inland Mission
Arthur T. Pierson
Missionary Review
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Trust Security and Safe Deposit Company
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Charles S. Rosenbaum
Florence Harold
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