Within the Boer Lines The Burghers in Camp and on the March
A vivid, period-voice account from the Boer War era describing Villebois-Mareuil and foreign volunteers among the Boers. The piece portrays camp life, wagons, religious faith, and the discipline of Boer fighters, with excerpts from Villebois-Mareuil and reflections on British observations of the laager and siege conditions.
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Ulittle
Othing
Sp Cole
Count de Villehoia Mareuil
Foreign Legion
Bnt Gennite
Train gong Tom’s raid crowds Ladysmith defenders
Fragmentary note describes Fifteen men, mostly thirty to forty years old, crowded into a scene related to the weaponized orders and bombardment of Ladysmith, mentioning Kop and a daily train gong that signals bombardment.
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Hind
Kop
Ladysmith
War claims humane conduct in Boer camp visit report
A Dutch visitor recalls a humane wartime scene near General Joubert. He describes hospitality amid danger, with Joubert in talks beside telegraph wires while his wife peel potatoes under fire and a native attendant brings coffee to sustain the camp.
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Boor
Joubert
Eva
Labor and efficiency issues among Chinese workers in 19th century railways
A 19th century report notes that Chinese laborers work slower on time pay and faster on piecework, needing strong foremen and disciplined supervision. It cites European comparisons, including eleven coolies aiding an Engineering representative, and links rigid labor plans to higher theft of small parts and components on railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eoen
London
Grand Jury to Probe Goebel Assassination Claims
The grand jury for Kentucky will investigate the Goebel assassination, naming members such as Frank Othge and George Broek. Judge Carter urged a fearless, impartial inquiry, while Combs (colored) faced jail as an accomplice. Indictments against Governor Taylor and other Republicans on usurpation charges were anticipated by Commonwealth's Attorney Franklin.
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Hpelulwie
Frank Othge
George Broek
William Graham
Lewellyn Gaines
W. St. George
F M. Featherstone
Robbers Sutter
Charles Bridgeford
George Be
Commonwealth
Tallow Dick’? Combs
Goebel
Frankfort
Cantrill
Franklin
Taylor Mnil
Holt
Brooklyn Democrats Set Jefferson Birthday Dinner
Anniston’s J Wilcott to speak at a Brooklyn Democratic event on the 12th supporting Van Wyck for president. The speech aims to launch early campaign momentum against Bryan’s nomination and promote Van Wyck’s figure as a national revivalist. The setting underscores the party’s eastern strategy and a July Fourth tone.
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Wiles Wit
Meroklyn
van Wyck
J. Wilcott
Anniston
Brooklyn
Dinger
William J. Bryan
Augustus van Wyck
Trouklyn
Willet
Boiler explosion kills two at Atlanta lumber yard
An eighty horse power boiler weighing several tons exploded Monday at the G. O. Williams Lumber Company's brick yard in Atlanta, killing two white men and injuring six others. The dead are John M. Smith, 55, owner, and James Perkins, 25, engineer. The injured include Walter Evans, 21, fatally, Rufus Glass, Ed Hardeman, Tom Glass, Charles Hardeman, Charles Reiley, and Sam Banks, all wounded or hurt by debris.
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G. O. Williams Lumber Company
Atlanta
John M. Smith
Janes Perkina
Walter Evans
Rufus Glass
Ed Hardeman
Tom Glass
Charles Hardeman
Bemorralie Pankey Defeats Hammond in Utah Congress Race
Judge William H. King, Democrat, wins Utah congressional seat over Republican Hammond by about 2000 votes. King secures victory in a close race as the district returns show a clear margin for the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemorralie Pankey
William H. King
Congress
Utah
Hammond
Million Dollar Fire Strikes Newport Arkansas Plant
A half million dollar blaze devastated the Union Compress company plant in Newport Arkansas on Sunday night. The fire destroyed cotton on the platform and five railroad box cars, with total losses around $1,850,000 and only partial insurance coverage.
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Newport
Ark
Union Compress Company
Iron Mountain
White and Black River
Man Kills Brother In Law in Kansas City Reading Scene
John W. W. McKimm aged 20 shot and killed Dr B F Shaw his brother in law as Shaw read a Sunday school lesson to his 5 year old daughter in Kansas City. McKimm a presumed insane ex inmate of a sanitarium threatened to kill the rest of the family and was restrained after a struggle.
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Creey
Kansas City
John W. W. McKimm
B. F. Shaw
Shaw
McKimm
Charleston Exposition Promises South Carolina Boost
A Charleston meeting of business leaders for an interstate and West Indian exposition planned for autumn 1901. Prominent state figures attended as subscriptions neared one third of capital stock with full funding anticipated after public share sales. The project has strong local support and received legislative approval.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Oll
Thuelaem
South Jarolina
General Assembly
Sumner Leaves New York for Manila With Troops
The Sumner transport with 782 volunteers and 50 officers sailed from New York for Manila on Saturday. Congressman Driggs of Brooklyn praised the voyage but called charges of extravagance true and urged further investigation. The ship will stop at Gibraltar, pass the Suez Canal, and reach Manila around June 25.
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Sumner
New York
Manila
Driggs
Brooklyn
Ihe Yeaxel
Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Separate schools ruling in Alton colored schools case
The jury in the Scott Bibb et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Alton, known as the colored school case, returned a verdict Saturday for the city. Bibb, representing colored residents, claimed colored children were excluded from public schools. This is the third circuit court trial. an appeal to the Supreme Court will follow.
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Scott Bibb Yn
Alton
Til
Bibb
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Notable veterans gather at Shiloh battlefield reunion
The forthcoming reunion of Liun Anil veterans at Shiloh on April 6 promises to be a large, fraternal gathering of surviving Civil War veterans. Reparations for the event are being arranged. An extension of time allows Spanish residents in the Philippine Islands six more months to choose allegiance or retain Spanish subject status.
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Shiloh
Muay
Duke D' Arco
Philippine Islands
Train wreck near Withlacoochee River kills Americus man
A wreck on the Honossa line near the Withlacoochee river in Florida caused the death of D. Colney of Americus, Ga., about an hour after the collision with a wrecking train. Engineer J Mo Benton sustained severe injuries.
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Hallcomt Weediey
Honossa
Withlacoochee River
Florida
D. Colney
Americus
J. Mo Benton
Mississippi Democratic Executive Committee Meeting Called
Miller, chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee of Mississippi, has called a meeting of the committee for Monday, April 80.
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Missioning Democrace
Miller
Democratic Executive Committee
Mississippi
Robbery at Nashville Stationery Store Ends in Theft
Oscar Prickett was robbed at his Nashville Tennessee stationery store. The thief seized $400, a gold watch, and the pocket change Prickett carried, leaving him as the victim of a bold daytime theft in the city.
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Nashvilles
Oscar Prickett
Nashville
Tenn
Holler Explosion Forces Mill Wreck. One Killed
The Rutledge company mill boiler at Mullenan Arkansas exploded last Friday. Employee John Smith was killed and four others wounded as the mill was destroyed. A steamship Georges Crosse bound for Cuba with cattle and eighty passengers sank outside Santo Domingo port. number of survivors unknown.
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Georges Crosse
Cuba
Bante Domingo
Ohio Elections Show Republican Gains in Municipal Ballots
Ohio municipalities and townships swung toward Republican gains though Democrats made limited advances. In Cincinnati the GOP victory narrowed the margin from the previous election amid reduced factional fighting. Cleveland likewise saw decisive results as factions clashed. Dr Washington Gladden won a Columbus council seat amid a contested municipal franchise issue while Toledo elected an independent mayor Samuel Jones. Some smaller locales saw Republicans win offices never held before, with no major Democratic breakthroughs overall.
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Ohio
Mundey
Cleveland
Washington Gladden
Columbus
Repblicans
Toledo
Samuel Jones
Republic
Democrats Gain in Multiple Michigan Cities Election
In Monday municipal and town elections across Michigan, Democrats won key races including Lansing where J. F. Hommel secured a 616 vote majority, becoming the first Democratic mayor in a decade, and Grand Rapids where Mayor George R. Perry won reelection by 1,888. Detroit and Port Huron were exceptions with Republicans prevailing in Hastings and Atwater Rapids.
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Mall Michiges
Detroit
Port Huron
Lansing
J. F. Hommel
George R. Perry
Grand Rapids
Stuart
Petoskey
Hudson
Ann Arbor
Big Rapids
Mt Sugginaw
Luddington
Lapeer
Alpena
Mt. Clements
Sturgis
Niles
Adrien Luo
Jackson
Atouton Rapids
Hastings
Bt Joseph
South Pole Discoveries Reach Campbelltown With Survivors
Survivors of the South Polar expedition aboard the Southern Crow, fitted out by Sir George Newnes, arrive at Campbelltown near Bluff Harbor. C F Brochgravink led the party, leaving Hobart in December 1905 and trekking from the Southern Cross near Cape Adair, Victoria, in February 1899, with plans for return and full equipment for the expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbelltown
C. F. Brochgravink
Sir George Newnes
London
Bluff Harbor
Victoria
Resignation Sheds Light on Interior Official
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Webster Davis sent his formal resignation to the White House via his private secretary. No White House comment on acceptance or status was available. The report on fertilizer tag sales shows 1,443,110 sold in Alabama by April 1, with 911,700 sold in the West. Treasury data show over 1,020,000 dollars at March close, and $1,220,000 paid to public school teachers for the quarter ending March.
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Webster Davis
White House
Tragic Love Tragedy After Shot At Home
An 18 year old Bert Taylor of Hoke's Bluff attempted to kill himself with a pistol on a Sunday after a rejection. He went to the girl’s residence, stood on the porch, and fired a shot into his chest above the heart. He is said to be critically injured but likely to recover.
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Bert Taylor
Hoke
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