Roberts Nears Final Advance Toward Pretoria
London April 17 Lord Roberts appears near to beginning his main advance toward Pretoria with 76 000 troops in parallel western columns. The date remains uncertain though expected by week’s end or early next week as Boer activity tightens strategic options. Elsewhere Boer scouts report British moves toward Wepener and Thaba Nchu with divisions and commanders unnamed in shared dispatches.
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Bloemfontein
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Rnroad
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Maseru
Basutoland
Reddersburg
Rouxville
Wepener
Commandent Oliver
Dalgetin
Thaba Nehu
Afghan Amir Rebuts British Afghan Policy in Autograph Letter
Lahore April 17. An autograph letter published with the ameer's consent criticizes Britain's Afghan policy amid Russian designs on Herat. He denounces aloof Indian government responses and argues Afghanistan cannot consent to railways and telegraphs, urging deeds over talk. He praises past alliance with Britain but warns actions are now required.
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Punjab
Great Britain
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Herat
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Ameer
India
Government of India
Striking Carpenters Attack Nonunion Workers in Chicago
A band of workers claiming Carpenters union representation attacked nonunion carpenters on Madison Street in Chicago. Six nonunion carpenters left the site with two men, Peter Brouillard and an unknown assailant, seriously injured. Union pickets also assaulted a supervisor at the Western Electric building near Jefferson and Harrison. Police charged into a crowd of about 150 pickets, used clubs, and dispersed them as protection around the site was bolstered.
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Associated Press
Carpenters' Union
Madison Street
Western Electric
Jefferson and
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Taday
Pittsburg Seeks Cruiser Name For New Armored Ship
Pittsburg chamber of commerce delegates adopted a resolution urging Secretary Tong to name one of the new armored cruisers “Pittsburg” in a formal petition presented at the April meeting in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburg
Death by own action shocks Des Moines social circles
Des Moines April 17. Frank Jaquith secretary of the Des Moines Sprinkling Company and a prominent local figure was found dead today with a bullet wound over his heart. Despondency is believed to have driven him to take his own life.
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Ties Moines
Frank Jaquith
Deg Moines Sprinking Company
Insurgent Surrender Near Camaling Amid Filipino Army Reorganization
General Montenegro, allied with General Macabulos, surrendered to Colonel Smith near Camaling in Pangasinan as they endeavored to reorganize the Filipino forces. Smith’s column nearly surrounded Montenegro’s troops, who quit after facing American resistance and artillery. Meanwhile insurgents attacked San Jose Batangas and Santa Cruz without gains, as fighting raged in Mindanao at Cagayan with 12 hundred attackers confronting Portueth regiment. Americans suffered 15 casualties and 12 wounded, with many enemies killed or captured.
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Montenegro
Smith
Camaling
Pangasian
Macabulos
Seventeenth
Macehuing
San Jose
Batangas
Santa Cruz
Cagayan
Matulla
Crye
Mindanao
Harticks
Feller
Six Armed Men Rob Cries Out in Tenderloin Saloon
Six gunmen raided a Crieata Chicago saloon at 455 State Street attacking bar keeper Henry Schuler and rifling the till. Four of the robbers were captured after a clash with four officers in an alley, firing at officers before being subdued. The heist occurred near Harrison Street station with only a small sum recovered.
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Crieata
Associated Press
Chicago
Henry Schuler
Tenderloin
Harrison Street
Philippine Commission Sails for Manila Route Set
The Philippine commissioners sailed from San Francisco on the transport Hancock this afternoon. The ship will stop at Honolulu, Yokohama and Hong Kong on its voyage to Manila, with arrival expected after several stops.
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Saila
San Franklaen
Associated Press
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Cal
Hancock
Honolulu
Yokohama
Hong Kong
Manilla
Sanborn Withdraws From Ninth District Race
The Milwaukee Journal reports that A W Sanborn of Ashland has withdrawn from the congressional nomination contest in the Ninth district. This leaves a clear field for Webb Brown of Rhinelander who is expected to receive the nomination without doubt.
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Iy Assochited Press
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Wis
The
Milwaukee Journal
A. W. Sanborn
Ashland
Sanborn
Webb Brown
Rhinelander
Death at Kenosha Ends Prosperous Wisconsin Leader
Milwaukee April 12 Associated Press report from Kenosha says a prominent former mayor and wealthy longtime figure in southern Wisconsin died this evening. The well known man had earned wide respect and recognition across the state.
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Tate
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Wis
Wisconsin
Wenosha
Populist Leaders Debate Nomination and Name Change
At Kansas City Missouri on April 17 Wharton Barker urged that Bryan cannot secure the Democratic nomination or the required two thirds. He favored the possibility of Garman Cleveland or Olney as alternatives. A Missouri mass convention of the middle-of-the-road Populists reorganized to possibly adopt the Dupulir Government name and select a new state ticket and Cincinnati convention delegates.
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Wharton Barker
Philadelphia
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Bryen
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Olney
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Oreer
F. E. Richey
S J. Louis
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Cincinnati
Wisconsin man killed by wife in accidental gunfire
A Wisconsin special from Watertown reports Charles Wright of Emmett Dodge County was accidentally shot by his wife as she fired at a hawk approaching chickens. The shotgun blast tore through his body as he left the barn. Wright, about forty, leaves a wife and several children.
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Asseated Press
Milwaukie
Wis
Wisconsin
Watertown
Wie
Charles Wright
Emmett
Dodge County
Receiver Named For Chicago General Railway
The Chicago General railway was placed into receivership today with Frank H. Zellers named receiver by Judge Fudge Tutill upon petition of former president John I. Wileck. The firm owns a trolley line along Wabash Avenue to the drainage canal, spanning nearly eight miles, amid long running management disputes.
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Associated Press
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Frank H. Zellers
Guaranty and Trust Company
John I. Wileck
Yong
Wabash Avenue
Visit Returned Opens Hague Peace Talks
The minister of foreign affairs Dr De Beaufort, head of the ministerial conference, returns the Boer peace commissioner visit. He will dine with the premier this evening, joined by Dr Leyd the Transvaal diplomat and Dr Muller the Orange Free State minister.
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Ttacue
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Transvaal
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Orange Rea
Serious Trains Wreck Near Joplin Mo
Four men suffered cuts and bruises in a derailment of the Missouri Pacific passenger train a mile east of Joplin Missouri. The incident was caused by a cave‑in of an abandoned ginaming and left all coaches off the track but upright. Other passengers had heavy shaking but no serious injuries. Names listed include Everett Mtald John Johnson A F Johns and Edward H Hyde.
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Adonis Ames Contortionist Dies at 29
Milwaukee April 17. John Krouse known as Adonis Ames a celebrated contortionist with a world wide repu tation died today of quick consumption at his home in Wenwetosa a suburb of this city. He was twenty nine years old.
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Adonis
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Wenwetosa
Supreme Court rules advertising flag law unconstitutional
A Springfield dispatch reports the Alinojg supreme court held that the advertising flag law is unconstitutional. In Port Waron Michigan a steamer bound from Detroit to Chicago passed up Lake Huron today.
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Roosevelt Renomination Endorsed at New York GOP Meet
Delegates at the Republican state convention in New York hailed Theodore Roosevelt for renomination. Key figures, including Senator Platt and Chairman O'Dell, praised McKinley era policy, with Elsberg delivering the invocation and Quigg leading the resolutions committee. The platform backed Roosevelt and McKinley administrations, urging Republicans to unite for victory.
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O'Dell
Grand Central Palace
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Marble Collegiate Church
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McKinley
Westchester County
Lemuel BE. Quigg
Committee On Resolutons
T. C. Platt
Chiunyesi IM. Depew
Theodore Roosevelt
GE. B. O'Dell, Jr
Sherman Gard
Great Britain
Sherman
Monsrs. Pratt
Depew
Colbon’s Case 18 On Trial In Kentucky Court
In Frankfort Kentucky Colonel David Colson charged with the killings of Lieutenant Ethelbert Scott and I W Demare during a shooting fray at the Capital Hotel in the city months ago faced a court appearance. Judge Cantril postponed proceedings awaiting witnesses including Captain Golden and ex Congressmen John H Wilson while defense witnesses waited. The court adjourned until 1 30 p m with telegraph notices sent to absent witnesses.
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Demares
Associated Press
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David Colson
Ethelbert Scott
I. W. Demare
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Noom
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John H. Wilson
Fighteen
Judago Cantril
Hoar Declares for Philippine Freedom Expansion Policy
Senator Hoar addresses the senate arguing for continued expansion as freedom not despotism. He defends Aguinaldo and the Filipino quest for independence, urging protection of their self government while warning against imperial rule.
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United States
Aguinaldo
Mabini
David
Isaiah
Salomon
Paul
First General Election Under New Constitution Wields Tight Negro Bar
Heavy rains in New Orleans and across Louisiana accompanied a state election day marked by a severely reduced eligible voting pool. Three state tickets contest the race as voters choose a legislature and two U.S. senators. Registration fell from sixty thousand to twelve thousand four hundred, with only about seven thousand Black voters eligible.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
United States
Democrate
Wimberly Republicans
Caffery Republicans
Oshkosh District Ministers Meet at Omro Church
Oshkosh District Ministerial Association of the Methodist Episcopal church held sessions at the Omro Methodist church on Monday evening and Tuesday. A good attendance plus interesting and instructive discussions marked the meeting in Omro Wisconsin.
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Omro
Wis
Oshkosh
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Omro Methodist Church
Powell Brothers Drown in Florida Surf
Chicago report says William and James Powell sons of former Waukegan mayor John F. Powell were drowned at Melbourn Florida during a surf bath. They were pulled out by the undertow and succumbed to the sea.
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the Journal
William
James Powell
John F. Powell
Waukegan
Melbourn
Fla
Senator Hanna Improves After Illness
Washington April 17 Senator Hanna is much improved after suffering from the grip He was able to go to the capitol this afternoon providing a hopeful update on his health and return to public duties.
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Hanna
Capitol
Nomination for Alaska District Commissioner in Washington DC
The April week presents nominator Wyram J. Folsom of Alaska to be Commissioner in and for the district of Alaska. The appointee would reside at Tunoaty as part of the commission process and is presented today in Washington DC.
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Washington, D.C
WeeTaa
Wyram J. Folsom
District of Alaska
Tunoaty
Floods, Washouts Wreck Rail Service Across Several States
Reports from Louisiana Mississippi and nearby areas describe heavy rainfall causing widespread rail and road damage. Crops ruined, trains halted, and communications cut as lines from Jackson Mississippi to Meridian Alabama and Iowa area experience washouts. At least three drownings reported near Birmingham with coal shortages impacting industry. Tornado near Concordia Missouri injures five, one fatally, and damages property.
Porto Rican Affairs Discuss Cabinet Session And Elections
The April 1 cabinet meeting in Washington considered Port of Puerto Rico affairs. Officials anticipated a vote soon to select members of the popular branch of the government. Governor Allen will not receive specific instructions until after his May return from the island.
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Tia
New Industry for Oshkosh Forms to Make Stair Work
A stock company named Ft. R. Starkweather formed to operate the former Oshkosh match factory on Marten Street. Joseph Johanson of Chicago will co manage, bringing machinery to Oshkosh for fine stair work and interior finishing. Factory ready by next month with 40 to 50 skilled workers planned, capitalized at 5000 and to double soon.
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Ft. R. Starkweather Company
Marten Street
Joseph Johanson
Chicago
Starkweather
Johanson
Marlon Street
Whiamson & Libbey Sash and Door
Attachment issued against J H Shulkey in city case
An attachment was issued today from municipal court against J H Shulkey of the Morse School of Telegraphy to recover about 0 for a claimed goods and chattels debt. Dr Williams, a dentist, is the claimant. An affidavit states Shulkey planned to leave the state with his goods.
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J. H. Shulkey
Morse School of Telegraphy
Dr. Willams
Shulkey
Death of Nekim resident Godfrey Raddatz at age sixty nine
Godfrey Raddatz a well known resident of Nekmi died today from kidney trouble after months of illness. He was sixty nine and leaves a widow and two daughters Mrs B W Raddace and Miss Martha Schwartz. Funeral will be Friday at one from his residence.
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Martha Schwartz
Weather hints show rain then clearing on Wednesday
Fragmentary weather notes indicate possible Wisconsin and Virginia rain, with cooler air in the southeast. Indications suggest a clearing by Wednesday afternoon and a higher temperature shift toward the east and north, though details are unclear due to garbled text.
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