Bloodier week in the Philippine war and siege at San Miguel
Manela April 23 report describes heavy losses for Filipinos with 378 killed 12 officers and 244 captured 1 444 insurgents possibly wounded. American losses 9 killed 16 wounded. Pilar's band and San Miguel night gatling fight surface amid ongoing Luzon operations. Also notes Montenegro capture and smallpox case in Colonel Smith. The Porte's stance hints at a settlement with foreign republics while U S officials await official word on indemnity talks.
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Manela
Manila
Luzon
Geenral Pio del Pilar
Nuatheering 300
Sein
Pilar
San Miguel
Satanges
Wende
San Jose
Sedous
Thirty-fifth Infantry
Neuva Caceras
Smith
Seventeenth Infantry
Montenegro
United States
Washington
Hay
Porte
Big Money in Electricity
The General Electric company annual report shows gross receipts for the year ending January 31, 1900 totaling 23,248,170 dollars. Dividends on preferred and common stock plus interest absorbed 1,282,670 dollars, with the patent account reduced by a large amount and the surplus increased by 2 dollars.
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New York
General Electric Company
Vests Up the t ee in D C April 28
The fragmentary notice from Washington records a political or policy item dated April 28. Details are unreadable, but the mention of vests suggests a clothing or equipment context linked to the capital.
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D. C
Police hunt for man linked to state house break-in
Police say a man connected to an attempted break in near the state capitol is being pursued. The man reportedly fled after the incident as investigators note possible ties to a broader crime ring.
Battle of Wepener Escalates as Relief Efforts Near
In Basutoland on April 23 Boer artillery harassed Colonel Dalgety's position while British guns replied. Boers form three divisions defending gaps to block relief columns. General Brabant's relief force nears Bushman's Kop, about twenty miles from Wepener as Basuto border troops stay ready. Continuous shelling and rifle fire marked the day.
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Maseru
Basutoland
Dalgety
Brabant
Bushman’s Kop
Wepener
Ayn Pak Ocean
Entre
Germany Unable to Help S.E No Reason Why Boor 7
Germany cannot assist Southeast Europe amid unresolved tensions with no stated rationale. The Boor 7 case remains unclear as officials offer no further comment.
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Germany
Uncertain Fate of Baden-Powell Amid Mafeking Siege
Boer reports claim Colonel Baden-Powell may be dead or ill as Mafeking resistance persists. London sources note absence of his name in recent dispatches, with officials denying information while rumors spread that Maj Lord Edward Cecil could assume command. Dispatches hint at Boer advances near Karee siding and continuing northern operations.
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London
New York World
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Eking
Owell
Sarah Wilson
War Office
Baden-Powel
Lord Edward Cecil
Lord Salisbury
Bloemfontein
Karee Siding
State Department Maintains Caution On Correspondence
Officials report the department acts decorously while awaiting positions it can sustain. Authority says Minister Status’ Constantinople dispatches are accurate and his written statements were confirmed by oral explanations to the department, despite attempts to cloud the issue with conditional promises.
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Ceclais
State Department
Porte
Minster
Constantinople
fractured OCR note hints at land payment and names
Fragmentary text shows mentions of land payments and names such as Castillo and Bree. The garbled lines hint at a legal or financial notice but no clear action, date, or outcome is readable. Source lacks coherent details to confirm a concrete event or affected parties.
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Lowe
Asf
Piiar
Bea Nebraskan
Ees
Batile
Dalgetty’s Po
Leagh
Rhodes
Cape
Inger Herman Bates
Nebraska
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