Relief fund for Boer sufferers sent to Cape Town
The 75000 relief effort for Boer women and children in concentration camps moves via a $5000 certified check drawn to Theodore Roosevelt and sent through Governor Fates' December committee. Secretary Hay confirms Roosevelt will forward funds to the U S consul general in Cape Town for distribution as donors intended._checks of 1 each are encouraged and will be sent to the president as they accumulate.
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Chara
Roosevelt
Fates
South Africa
Hay
Peter Van Vlissinger
Ilinois committee
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Van Vinssingen
Reciprocity Battle Opens Floor Fight Over Cuba Tariff
Washington April 7 The long Cuba reciprocity clash shifts to the House floor this week as Democrats favor deeper tariff cuts and Republicans brace for a limited debate. The Payne bill seeks a 20 percent reduction on Cuban products after treaty changes and immigration reforms, with the party factions divided but likely to support the measure in the end.
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committee on ways and means
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Cuba
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Sister Mary De Paul Dies in Salem After Illness
Salem April 7 Sister Superior Mary De Paul of St Marys Convent dies after a long illness. Born Sarah Agnes Farrell in Newark New Jersey she became a Sister of Charity in 1361. She nursed wounded soldiers in Newark area and later served as mistress of the novices at Convent Station New Jersey. The funeral will be at Convent Station. New York April 7 A McLeod former president of Philadelphia and Reading railroad continues to improve after heart disease.
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Salem
Mass
St. Mary's Consent
Newark
N. J
Sarah Agnes Farrell
Charity
Convent Station
Newberges
ifr
McLeed
New York
Doornbal Farm Fight Details and Boer Attacks
Details from Doornbal Farm near Transvaal show a brutal three hour engagement where British forces repelled repeated Boer charges. Casualties included three British officers and 2 men killed plus 16 officers and 131 men wounded. Boers suffered 137 killed or wounded. Canadians fought fiercely as 2,000 Boers attacked with three guns while the British formed trenches after looting was disrupted. The British later entrenched and awaited General Kitchener as the Boers withdrew.
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Transvaal
Doornball farm
furly
Kitchener
Negro lynched near Amherst after jail break
James Cartier, a young negro, who shot Dor Thomas near New Glasgow in Amherst county, was taken from Amherst court house jail Saturday night and killed quietly a short distance from the village. The motive was an alleged arson claim by Carter.
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James Cartier
Dor Thomas
New Glasgow
Amherst county
Amherst court house
Thomas
Carter
Triflets Follow Twins in New Jersey Birth Record
In Bornsboro near Woodturf New Jersey, Daniel Newshafer and his wife welcomed triplet girls Saturday. The newborns arrive two years after twins, making a rapid family expansion as Mr Newshafer recovers from illness. The event may set local birth records amid village attention.
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Woodturf
N. au
Bornrsboro
Daniel Newshhafer
Newshafer
Dry Sunday in New York brings widespread liquor curb
New York on April 7 faced a rare dry Sunday as police and liquor dealers enforced the ban across Greater New York. Hotels stayed shut or served only with restrictions, while some saloons improvised or operated under controlled setups. In Manhattan and the Bronx 79 arrests for excise-law violations were logged from midnight Saturday to 9 PM Sunday.
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polica
Thomas F Byrnes
schcong
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tenderloin
Manhattan
Bronx
Rhodes German Scholarships Emperors Praise Rhodes Vision
Berlin dispatch notes Emperor William praising Cecil Rhodes for his global scholarships and vision, with Germany’s 15 Rhodes scholarships left to the emperor’s discretion. The piece underscores perceived ties among Germany Great Britain the United States and colonies as part of a Teutonic bloc. Also reports Episcopal bishops meeting in Cincinnati with appointments and missions on the agenda.
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Empire Builder
Berlin
bheques
Cecil Rhodes
Von Leanus
Rhodes
Germany
Mr. Rhodes
Great Britain
United States
William
Ceci Rhodes
Train wreck at switch in Michigan kills one injures five
Grand Trunk passenger No 6 derailed at Miketts station seven miles west of Lancing during a switch incident. Abraham Burnstine of Chicago is dead and five others wounded as the rear coach and a Pullman car derail onto a freight engine. The wreck sent seven cars and the engine into a ditch.
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Lancing
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Whale
Grand Trunk
Miketts
Abraham Burnstine
Chicago
Tragic England Scotland match crowds crush stand
At a crowded park in 7 April 1908 a football international between England and Scotland caused a section of the western terrace to collapse. About 21 people died and 250 were injured as barriers failed and spectators toppled onto others below. Police and authorities faced chaotic scenes as medical staff attended wounded amid a tide of grief outside the infirmaries.
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England
Scotland
Nascow
Tor ‘Ox Park
Frackville Man Marries Sweetheart After Ten Years
Frackville, Pa April 7 a ten year gap separated John J Joyce and Sallie Kerchner due to youth and poverty. Joyce returned from California to wed Miss Kerchner with Justice Shaw presiding in Pottsville. Also Carrie Nation arrested in Nebraska City for saloon disruptions before promising to leave by the next train. President Roosevelt leaves Washington for the Charleston exposition with a large party. Also Albert L Haseltine found dead in Augusta Me and Civil War veteran James Granger jailed. A man named Lejourne detained near Paris after threatening President Loubet.
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York
Anna Kessler
Harrisburg
J. H. Kessler
Washington
Frackville
Pottsville
John J. Joyce
Sallie Kerchner
Joyce
California
Miss Kerchner
Justice Shaw
Carrie Nation
Warpath
Nebraska City
Neb
Augusta
Albert
Haseltine
James Granger
Granger
American Basco Serenades Emperor in Berlin
An American tenor performed American and modern German songs before Emperor William at the Berlin palace last Wednesday. The event featured numerous attendees and songs that mixed national anthems with contemporary compositions, amid a tense atmosphere.
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Ernest Sharp
Emperor William
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