Struggle in Drifts Amid Rain Lit Trenches
Dispatches from April reporting at Thaba N'Chu and Wepener describe British trenches flooded by rain forcing men to climb banks where they were shot. Reports note Boers probing British right wing, Yeomanry and mounted infantry repelling attacks, light British casualties, and Boers moving south. World war era tone and multiple locations including Wakkerstrom Brabant Maseru and London frame ongoing engagement details.
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Thaba N'Chu
Orange Free State
Jammersburg Drift
Wakkerstrom
Col. Brabazon
Yeomanry
Wepener
London
Walkerstroom
Wet's Dorp
Royal Trish Rifles
Brabant
Maser
Basutolant
Dalgety
Maseru
Basutoland
Brabanys
Bushman’s Kop
Boer War Echoes From South Africa Amid Distrust and Hardship
Reports from Lourenzo Marques and Kimberley describe fortifications around Pretoria and Kroonstad, with hundreds of guns and mines and 105000 men in the Geld. Dispatches claim Boer lists were falsified, while a nurse reports prisoners dressed as women and atrocities cited. Milner presses imperial unity as Free Staters profit from occupation with bread and sugar rising sharply.
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Pretoria
Kroonstad
Johannesburg
Lourenzo Marques
Times
Free State
Biggarsberg
Streams
Klerksdorp
Kimberly
Campbell
Russia
India
Kroonstadt
Sanna
Koorn Spruit
Alborn
Remington
Intelligence Department
Republics
Cape Town
Deadly dynamite attempt at Welland Canal lock
An attempted dynamite blast damaged lock No 24 of the Welland canal at Port Colborne Ontario on Saturday night. Three men were arrested Walsh and Nelson from the United States. a third unnamed man. Reports said 400 Buffalo grain shovelers would come to release prisoners though Buffalo dispatches deny involvement. Police term the act Fenian crime or Boer sympathizer plot. Authorities guarded the jail and prepared troops in readiness.
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Welland Canal
Port Colborne
Ont
Walsh
Nelson
United States
Clifton
Buffalo
Murray
News Facts In Outline From 1890s Figures And Events
The report notes a St Louis Chronicle plant fire with no missed issues and $50,000 loss. Spaulding named US representative on Paris fair sports board. Maud Gonne sues a Dublin paper for libel claiming a government spy tag. California gold output 1890 shows $15,840,043 and $504,012 silver. Detroit ships resume steady passage on the lakes. Rev Charles Beecher dies in Georgetown MA at 154. McKinley to attend Dewey victory Chicago celebration. San Jacinto anniversary observed in Texas. Depew turns 66 with Montauk Club dinner in Brooklyn. Philippine naval station expands to forty eight vessels, twenty eight large.
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St. Louis Chronicle
A. G. Spaulding
United States
Maud Gonne
Dublin
California
Detroit
Chas. Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Georgtown
Mass
McKinley
Chicago
Dewey
San Jacinto
Texas
Chauncey M. Depew
Montauk Club
Brooklin
Illinois Steel shuts Joliet mills for repairs
Joliet April 23 operations were suspended at three red mills of the Illinois Steel company. Between six hundred and seven hundred men are thrown out of employment. Chicago April 23 president Eugene J. Burlington said the closing is only for repairs and temporary.
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Joliet
Illinois Steel Company
Chicago
Eugene J. Burlington
Miinois Steel Company
Ousting Clark: Senate Committee Finds Montana Seat Void
In Washington on April 23 the senate privileges and elections committee reports its findings in the Clark case. It declares William Clark of Montana not legally elected due to briberies and corrupt practices by his agents and Montana election law violations. The committee unanimously recommends adoption of a resolution voiding Clark’s senate seat.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Clark
Montana
Tne
William Clark
Destructive Apr Rain Drowns Mobile Rail and Mississippi Storm
Destructive floods worsen around Mobile as rivers rise and railroad bridges wash away. The Louisville and Nashville line, previously untouched, now cannot safely haul freight or passengers for Illinois Central Northeastern Mobile and Ohio railroads. A West Pascagoula River bridge near Scranton was washed out. In New Orleans, the heaviest rainstorm of the season floods streets and sidewalks with water, forcing Hafts to reach streetcars.
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Mobile
Ala
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Illinois Central
Northeastern & Mobile and Ohio
Massacre of Chinese Catholics by boxing society near Pao-Ting Fu
In Tien Tsin on April 25 members of the boxing athletes society massacred numerous Chinese Catholics near Pao-Ting Fu in Po-Chi-Li province. A German gunboat arrived at Taku while other foreign war vessels departed for the area.
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Society of Boxers
Tien Tsin
the Boxers’ Society
Pao- Ting Fu
Po-Chi-Li
Lien Tsin
Silis
Taku
No writ for Carter Supreme Court refuses case of convict officer
Washington April 23 The Supreme Court refused to grant a writ of certiorari in Oberlin M Carter's case. Carter was convicted by court martial for irregularities while in charge of engineer works in Georgia. Canton April 23 President and Mrs McKinley returned to Washington from New York and will remain there until this evening then depart for Canton Ohio likely staying until Friday.
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Seme
Washington
Supreme Court
Oberlin M. Carter
Georgia
Canton
McKinley
New York
Ohio
The Turkish Incident and U S Requests
The Turkish porte replies that Turkey will compensate American missionaries under the same terms as other foreign subjects. Officials in Washington withhold judgment due to lack of official information. The U S legation and embassies protest increases in import duties and seek prior consultation on changes.
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Constantinople
Porte
Turkey
Washington
Hay
United States
Great Ecumenical Mission Conference Opens in New York
An international ecumenical conference on foreign missions convened at Carnegie Hall in New York City with nearly all nations represented. Ex-President Benjamin Harrison chaired the opening session, with addresses by President McKinley and Governor Roosevelt. Five thousand attended the evening service as delegates, ministers, and observers gathered to discuss proposed changes and diplomatic discussions with embassies.
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New York City
New York
Ecumenical Conference On Foreign Missions
Carnegie Hall
Benjamin Harrison
William MacKinley
Roosevelt
Christian Church
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
Harrison
de Judean Smith
Boston
R. Wardlow Thompson
A. Schreiber
Berlin
Joseph King
Jacob Chamberlain
Robert A. Speer
McKinley
United States
Lew Wallace Endorses Abdul Hamid in Turkish Controversy
General Lew Wallace, former minister to Constantinople, declares he knows the Sultan Abdul Hamid and vouches for his honesty. He argues the sultan protects Christians and laments American casualties, comparing the Turkish leadership to the Apache conflicts, amid indemnity debates and other late Washington news.
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Lew Wallace
Washington
Constantinople
Garfield
Wallace
Post
Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Khurd
William McKinley
Canal Bill Dates Set For May 1 2 In House
Washington April 23 unanimous consent was granted to set aside May 1 and 2 for consideration of the Nicaragua canal bill. The session focus centers on scheduling and procedural steps for debate and potential passage.
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Washington
Hepburn
Governors Gallstone Operation Deliberations In Illinois
Springfield April reports state Governor Tanner remains comfortable as doctors consider gallstone removal. The decision to operate or postpone remains undecided though early-week plans discussed. Physicians warn locating stones is key. operation is delicate but usually successful. AlMnols Mine Owners Must Employ Licensed Managers and Examiners in Illinois. Attorney General Akin rules illegal to replace licensed mine managers with unlicensed staff even if compensation rises. "impossible" to obtain a license is not a substitute. Campaign Against a Pest in Urbana, Ills. Also noted.
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Springfield
Ills
Tanner
Senn
Chicago
Taylor and Dixon
Governor Tanner
AlMnols
Uls
aAttorney- General
Akin
Mine Managers’ Association
Eradication efforts against San Jose scale intensify in Illinois orchards
State Entomologist Firbes and his corps reported success against the San Jose scale in several districts. Seventeen orchards over five miles were fumigated using hydrocyanic gas, with years of toil expected to fully eradicate the pest.
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Tors
Firbes
Iis Corps
San Jose
Woodworth
State Militia Commander Removed Amid Shakeup
Gov. Tanner abruptly discharged Capt. B. M. Shaffner from command of the state militia and naval service. Albert A. Michaelson of Chicago named to succeed Shaffner, a physics professor at the University of Chicago. Other items: Webster Davis denies candidacy for delegate. Labor Federation to protest ship subsidy bill. a high Pennsylvania National Guard officer faces court martial over an alleged offer to serve the British in South Africa.
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Springfield
Tanner
B. M. Shaffner
Naval Service of the State
Albert A. Michaelson
University of Chicago
Schaffner
Indianapolis
State Federation of Labor
Congress
J. W. Deters
South Bend
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania National Guard
George St. Snowden
South Africa
W. S. Powell
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