Imminent Fighting in South Africa Reports Reach Front
The dispatches from Maseru and surrounding towns describe Boer forces sweeping into the Orange Free State, with ten thousand Boers raiding and British outposts under threat of a flank on We ponder. Meanwhile Brambant's and Gatacre's movements show entrenched combat and fortifications as tension mounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maseru
Ladybrand
Thabanchu
Modder
Orange Free State
Brambant
Wepener
Wepenser
Basutoland
Warrentown
Royal Irish Rifles Battle Endures in Eastern Free State
Reports describe Boer commando action near Bethany and Rouxville with Royal Irish Rifles, guards, and Brabant’s Border Horse engaged. Irish force, outnumbered, surrendered after about thirty hours, with ten killed, many wounded, and Captain Tennant among captives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Irish
Aliwal North
Royal Irish Rifles
Rouxville
Brabant
Bonsey
Border Horse
London
Bloemfontein
Orange Free State
Bethany
Tennant
Gatacre
Queen
Thei
Queen's Day Event At Irish Lodge Delights Children
Distinct scenes unfolded as Queen's Day April 7 in Ireland brought a party of children delayed by trains to the vice regal lodge gates. The queen learned of their disappointment via Lady Mayo and personally toured them on a country drive to their keen delight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Carnavon
Cape Colony
Kenhardt
Boshof
Orange Free State
Lord Methuen
Boyle and Williams
Yeomanry
Ueral de Vil- Ipbois
Holp
Pretoria
Lourenzo Marques
de Wet
Dorp
Bloemfon
Ireland
Dublin
Ditretn
Lady Mayo
Vice Regal Lodge
Deluge Drowns Austin as Dam Breaches
Floods across southern and southwestern Texas claim over fifty lives, with Austin suffering a heavy toll. The Colorado River dam and powerhouse cost about 1.75 million dollars, while statewide losses approach 3 million. The city faces long outages, minimal water and power, and mounting sanitary concerns as reports recount a dramatic dam break and rapid evacuation efforts. Henry Robell warned the city by riding to alert locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Dallas
Texas
Colorado Valley
Basitrop
Tex
Colorado River
Wate
Williamson County
Bastrop
Eve Thing
Dams Break Flood Drowns Dozens in Colorado River
A Colorado flood from a dam break swamped the power plant and valley below after heavy rains. Identified dead include John Baiz Walter Blossom Claude Franklin Frank Piaget Thomas Wirkpatrick and several others. unknowns include a colored family of four and a State University student. Eight men and boys perished in the power room. engineer Frank Jones escaped by climbing to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joln Baiz
Wallin Blossom
Claude Franklin
Walter Johnson
State University
Deleg
Colorado
Colorado River
John Baiz
Walter Blossom
Frank Piaget
Thomas Wirkpatrick
Old Dan
Frank Jones
Filipinos Not Yet Quelled In Insurgent Islands
Reports from Manila on April 9 describe ongoing clashes as American troops press operations across Luzon and Samar. Captures, ambushes, and repelled attacks leave units exhausted and call for reinforcements to subdue persistent insurgent forces.
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Manila
Sturgis
Nevaliches
Snch
Laguna Province
Pateo
Gordon
Sixteenth Infantry
Aparri
Cagayan Province
Capiz
Panay
Calbayon
Samar
Gilmore
Forty-third Infantry
Luzon
Young
Bell
Arrests of Dynamiters Threat to Cox in Cincinnati
Cincinnati April 9 Charles J. Figge and Dr Kh R Baxton were arrested on charges of sending or planning an infernal machine at George B Cox’s residence. Figge, in debt and remorseful, blamed Cox for his discharge. Baxton, from Bedford Indiana, resisted arrest and claimed a patent device for starting fires. He had posed as an explosives expert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
Cincinnati
Charles J. Figge
Kh. R. Baxton
George B. Cox
Hamilton County
Figge
City Board of Administration
Baxton
Beecher on Influence on Billiards and Duty
Mr Beecher faced criticism for attending a billiards match. A church officer questioned his influence, and Beecher replied that ministers should focus on their work and let the Lord handle influence, comparing such guardians to an old cat chasing its tail.
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Beecher
Fake from St Louis Says Governor Tanner Not Dying
Springfield readers reject St Louis fake claiming Governor Tanner is dying of consumption. The piece notes he has digestive troubles and that his son and private secretary deny any lung illness. The report also covers Chicago bankers convicted or awaiting sentences for insolvent deposits and other regional notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Chicago
Joliet
Mls
St. Louis
Tanner
J. Mack Tanner
Wedding Day Tragedy: Captain Ostheim Ends Life
Chicago April 9 Captain Louis Ostheim of the 1st U S artillery who was to wed today to Mrs Bruce Wood died by self inflicted gunshot at the auditorium Annex in his bed the revolver nearby and his position indicate suicide. Oakland April 9 H S Pitcher Livermore bank manager and cashier blew out his brains at his Livermore home in a personal crisis trusteeship of Thomas Varney estate valued at 600000 under court investigation.
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Rushand
London
Fontein
Boshof
Patrick Campbell
Imperial Yeomanry
Wisconsin
New York
Charles Boynton
Mineral Point
Wis
Chicago
Louis Ostheim
U. S. Artillery
Bruce Wood
Walter B. Physter
Auditorium Annex
Gakland
Oakland
Cal
H. S.pitcher
Livermore Bank
Livermore
Pitcher
Thomas Varney
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South African News
Hoers
Springficld
Redcutts
Simons Town
Royal Baking Powder
Burnham
F. J. Burnham
Thaba N’chu
Twelfth Lancers
Washington
Hague
United States
Newell
Chured
Arthur C. McGiffort
Presbyterian Church
Presbytery of
McGiffort
Havoc
Lake McDonald
Henry Robell
Paul Revere
Magoon
House
Secretary of War
Charles E. Magoon
Insular Bureau
Spain
Porto Rico
Philippines
Joliet Penitentiary
Charles W. Spalding
Globe Savings Bank
Robert Berger
Escrt
E. S. Dreyer & Co
Theodore Schnitz
George L. Magill
The
Savings Bank
Edward S. Dreyer
F Dreyer & Co
J. Churchill
A. W. Harlan
Avenue
Fairmount
Catlin
Vermilion County
Allan Gould
Harvard
Washington Avenue
Gould
Robinson
Ills
Knox College
Galesburg
Arthur Willis
George Johnson
Mae Stevenson
Clark Emery
Ada O'Brien
H. A. Parkin
State Evangelical Conference
Freeport
Tls
State Conference of Evangelical Association
Bishop Bowman
Presiding
Napersville
Uited States
Charles A. Bosworth
David Ross
Taylorville
State Board of Labor Statistics
Seventeenth Congressional District
Rockford
Mark R. Wolcott
Rocker
Bryan
Ill
Wabash County
Clinton County
Carter Harrison
Crimea
U.S. A
H. H. Pitcher
California Bank
Florida
Bat
Palm Beach
Senate
Government of
Hawaii
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