Drive Out Boers as British Forces Reach Key Positions
Dispatch from Bloemfontein reports Lord Roberts detailing Pole-Carew and French units advancing to Kariefontein. Leeuw Kop seized, enemy fled leaving rifles and ammunition. 25 First Worcesters missing with 18 returning from an outpost. Pretoria notes ongoing fighting near Denetsdorp. mines banned Sundays. Ladysmith quiet. Cape Town contractor Bam arrested for harboring Boer prisoners in clerical disguises.
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Rundle
Worcesters
Wood
War Office
Worcester Regiment
Pretoria
Denetsdorp
Transvaal
Lord Roberts
St. Helena
Adelbert Hay
Ladysmith
Bloemfontein
Cape Town
Bam
Simontown
Bannered Charge at Leeuw Kop in British Assault
London reports from The Standard’s Bloemfontein correspondent describe a cavalry clash at Leeuw Kop forced to retreat to north as infantry attacked. General Pole-Carew and Stephenson's brigades advanced to envelop. Welsh Warwickshire and Sixth Yorkshire guarded west. Guards south with field batteries and naval guns. Essex Regiment, under darkness, finally drove last Boer from Paarde Kraal at sunset.
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London
Bloemfontein
The
Standard
Leeuw Kop
Dickson
Pole-Carew
Stephenson
Adva
Welsh
Warwickshire
Yorkshire
Guards
Essex
Paarde Kraal
Evacuate Bushmans Kop as Boers retreat before Brabant forces
Fighting began at Bushmans Kop as General Brabant's colonial division and General Hart's infantry pressed the Boers who evacuated their position overnight. Casualties reached 25 wounded. Brabants forces moved northeast with Basuto watchers as Wepener nears relief amid a running engagement and Boer withdrawal.
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Brabant
Maserv
Bushmans Kop
Hart
Bushmanshop
Basutoland
Wepener
Dalgety
Denetsdorp
Rundle’s. Wepener
Rundle Advances Slowly Toward Wepener
Loxpon April 25 General Rundle progresses inch by inch toward Wepener amid Boer scrutiny. Thaba N’Chu news notes Commandants Dewit and Villiers arriving and an attack on 3,000 British under Gatacre misidentified as Rundle. British kopjes held, left wing reportedly pushed back. Boer losses listed as one killed and five wounded. A Brandfort report says a 10 man British patrol near that town on April 21 suffered one casualty.
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Loxpon
Rundle
Wepener
Thaba N’chnu
Dewit
Villiers
Gatacre
Brandfort
Reinforcements Around Wepener Indicate Larger Boer Force
London reports Lord Roberts' relief column to Wepener shows Boers gathering in stronger numbers around the town. The Times notes guns, big and small, are available where needed. Boer messages claim cannon and ammo reach General Dewet at Jammersburg drift, while Dalgety’s gun is reported smashed. Paarde Kraal vacated. Leeuw Kop seized by the British after a night evacuation.
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Wepener
London
Lord Roberts
the Times
Thaba N’chu
Dewet
Jammersburg Drift
Dalgety
Kariefontein
Lord Robberts
War Office
Bloemfontein
Leeuw Kop
Paarde Kraal
Kop
Sixty nine Rebels on Trial in Cape Town
Cape Town April 24 69 rebels faced trial despite a postponement request arguing unfair conditions for a fair trial. Three prisoners received five year sentences, others were sentenced from three years down to six months depending on age.
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Cape Town
Maine Arrives at Southampton With Lady Randolph Churchill
The hospital ship Maine docked at Southampton in the afternoon from South Africa. A small crowd welcomed the liner and cheered as they spotted Lady Randolph Churchill on deck.
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Maine
Southampton
Southampnton
South Africa
Lady Randolph Churchill
Gun foundry at Pretoria equipped in Boer war effort
The Lourenzo Marques correspondent for The Times reports foreign ordnance experts have equipped a large gun foundry at Pretoria. The first gun has been sent to the Free State. Caliber details are unknown at present.
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London
The
Times
Boer War Department
Pretoria
Free State
Chicago ambulance corps chief returns from Pretoria
Marques correspondent for The Daily Mail telegraphs that Dr. McNamara of the Chicago ambulance corps has arrived with the corps banner and says he is disgusted with the whole proceedings.
Aeronauts sail to organize balloon service for Transvaal
St Peterssure reports a party of aeronauts leaves for South Africa to organize a military balloon service for the Transvaal. They carry the required balloons and equipment for the mission.
Warren Named Administrator of Bechuanaland
General Sir Charles Warren has been appointed administrator of Bechuanaland and has departed for Cape Town.
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Bechuanaland
Dursan
Sir Charles Warren
Cape Town
Matt Parrott Death Ends Former Iowa Lieutenant Governor Career
Matt Parrott former Iowa lieutenant governor died of Brights disease in Water, Iowa. His illness grew serious in January after a trip to Eureka Springs Arkansas for rest, then to New Orleans for the National Editorial association convention where he was elected president. He returned home to plan a trip abroad but was advised to quit. Four weeks ago he was admitted to the Battle Creek Michigan sanitarium for treatment.
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Matt Parrott
Iowa
Brights
Eureka Springs
Ark
New Orleans
National Editorial Association
Battle Creek,Mich
Fire Rages Deep in Tilden Mine Near No 6 Shaft
Fire has burned since Sunday night in the Tilden mine at Bessemer Michigan, several hundred feet below the surface. All men have been ordered out of the mine as authorities anticipate further danger near the powder mine area by No 6 shaft.
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Bessemer
Mich
Tilden
No.6
Decree Promises Rebuilding of Mission Property in Constantinople
In Constantinople on April 25 a decree authorizes rebuilding American missionary property at Khartum and an annex to Roberts College. The Washington attitude and the naval threat have influenced the palace, with an imminent sharp turn in the question expected today.
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Constantinople
Kharput
Roberts College
Londox
Daily Mail Telegraphing
Washington
Sultan’s rebuilding offer may influence U S indemnity claim
Washington reports the state department has no official confirmation of a Constantinople dispatch about the sultan’s trade regarding rebuilding the American missionary property at Khartum. Officials view it as a friendly act and possible progress, but not a final settlement or abandonment of the indemnity claim.
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Washington
State Department
Associated Press
Constantinople
Kharput
Cabinet Will Not Quit Over Rivera Remarks Insulting
Havana April 25 The cabinet informed Governor General Wood they would not resign despite General Rivera’s recent declaration. They called Rivera’s remarks unwise and insulting to the American government, saying such an attitude harms Cuba’s cause.
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General Wood
Rivera
Havana
General Rivera
Cuba
General Rivera Resigns: Letter Written per Alliances
General Rivera resigns amid ongoing associations indicating a formal resignation letter has been drafted. Officials close to Rivera confirm the move follows internal discussions and is tied to his current role and affiliations.
Yankee ideas on German locomotive trials
In a state department report from Berlin Frank H. Mason notes trials of American locomotives in Germany. The engines with larger boilers and heat exchange are more economical than German designs. Mason says German builders are using US models as a guide, but there is no plan to import locomotives from the United States.
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Washington
State Department
Frank H. Mason
Berlin
Germany
Mason
United States
Multiple section meetings held in New York halls
In New York on April 25 eight separate ecumenical section meetings occurred in as many halls. Discussions covered work and prospects in China Burmah Asam Siam India Ceylon Oceanica Mohammedan lands Africa and the Americas as well as among Hebrews worldwide. Large attendance and missionary addresses marked the sessions.
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New York
China
Burmah
Asam
Siam
India
Ceylon
Oceanica
Mohammedan
Africa
North
South America
Senator Platt on Roosevelt as running mate
The Herald reports Senator Platt's statement that Governor Roosevelt is by instinct and training a soldier. If unanimously asked to run for vice president he will accept, but he won't be called. The comment followed a conference with the governor.
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New York
the Herald
Platt
Roosevelt
Ossified Man Joseph McMullen Dies in Illinois
In Champ Paton Illinois on April 25 Joseph McMullen known as the ossified man died. He weighed between 25 and 30 pounds though his height suggested a weight of 150 to 160 pounds. Doctors called his condition tuberculosis of the bones.
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Champ Paton
Joseph McMullen
Iamen
Plague Infected Rats Found At Three Australian Wharves
Melbourne report says plague infected rats found at Brisbane Auckland and Melbourne wharves. Sydney reports two deaths and eight cases from the disease.
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Melbourne
Victoria
Brisbane
Auckland
Mel
Pla
Sydney
Talmage Preaches in the Open Air in Manchester
After leaving his church in Manchester on April 24 Rev. Dr. Talmage faced an immense crowd unable to enter the building. He addressed them once more outdoors, delivering a sermon to the eager listeners gathered outside.
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Talmage
Manchester
Eng
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