16 May 1900
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Newspaper
Portland Daily Press
Location
Portland, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1900
Page
1
London dispatch reports Mafeking relief pending as food lasts to June 10. Boer resistance near Harrismith, Lindley, and Kroonstad described. Kruger aligned with Transvaal leadership. British officers slow to predict final outcome amid shifting front lines and Portuguese relations strained.
Dispatches from Lourenco Marques narrate heavy, close combat at Mafeking on Saturday with conflicting claims of relief and fall. Reports note Boer artillery, attempts to encircle, and possible captures including Baden-Powell, while British forces reportedly fought to lift the siege and engage near Pretoria.
Mason, Lewis & Co. advertises $625,000 of one per cent first mortgage gold bonds of the Sioux City Traction company. The firm notes the company operates on double its first mortgage interest and controls all street railways in the city.
Reports from Lisbon state President Kruger ordered the Portuguese consul in Pretoria to leave the country. The Portuguese declaration on food and clothing has damaged Delagos Bay for the Transvaal and the war office issued a British casualty abstract totaling 20 085 since the war began, excluding field sick and invalids with 5 001 wounded sent home.
Dr. Howard Hanson was arrested about 9 o'clock at 43 Hanover Street by Officers Skillings and Fickett on a serious charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. The arrest followed a police sting after a woman linked Hanson to protection money over a house at 11 13 Hanover Street. Hanson, about 35, is married with a young child and had prior ties to city police and medical practice. He remained in custody at the city marshal’s private office and bail was not set.
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