British Forces on the Plains Press Forward Toward Wepener
General Brabant's advance guard reached Bushmans Kop twenty miles from Wepener after sunrise gunfire. Boers hold strong positions with two guns. column reports 800 shells fired yesterday with little damage. British yeomanry attack on the right flank at Wackkerstroom. Royal Irish rifles seize a Free State flag amid entrenched Boers. The Times notes renewed Boer activity with heavy cannonading near Surrey rifles.
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Maseru
Basutoland
Dalgety
Wackkerstroom
Dewetsdorp
Yeomanry
Royal Irish Rifles
London
Times
Jammersburg
Surrey Rifles
Information From Reliable Sources on Boer Forces
The Times correspondent reports from Lisbon that responsible sources indicate the two republics once had about 105000 men.
Colonial rebels muster reported in informant tale
The informant claims 80,000 rebels remain capable, with 50,000 in the Free State, 10,000 in Biggarsberg, and 15,000 in the Fourteen Streams and Klerksdorp districts. It is alleged burgher lists before the war were falsified to mislead British intelligence.
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Free State
Biggarsberg
Streams
Klerks Corp
British Intelligence Department
Dispatch From Lourenzo Marques Reports Boer War Developments
From Lourenzo Marques dated April 20 General Dewet reportedly killed. European ambulance corps including Irish American support Boer efforts. Pretoria trench lines extend eight miles. Kroonstad holds 69 guns and PetoM seven French guns. Johannesburg mines charged with dynamite. fort dismantled. Bloemfontein letter notes inflation under British occupation with bread at 3s per loaf sugar 2s 6d per lb Swiss milk price listed.
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KreerRiey
Bloemfontein
American Officers in Cuba Accused of Doubling Salaries
April 23 report claims about a half dozen US army officers in Cuba receiving two salaries. Senator Chandler doubted the practice and Senator Bacon’s resolution seeks War Department confirmation. Root reportedly acknowledged some cases due to extraordinary official expenses.
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Wasuisaton
Cuba
Capitol
Chandler
Bacon
Root
Philippine Catholic Churches to Be Remembered From This Country
Gen Joseph Wheeler writes Miss Fannie Wheelan urging Catholic women to aid poor Philippine and Ladrone churches. He notes Guam churches request stations of the cross as a suitable gift. Wheelan collaborates with Mrs Thomas F Ryan of New York in supplying church items via the Tabernacle society.
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Wasahinetoy
Joseph Wheeler
Fannie Wheelan
Philippine
Ladrone Islands
Guam
Not Guilty Declared in Colson Murder Trial
Ex Congressmen David G. Colson was acquitted after a four day trial in Frankfort Kentucky for the murder of Lieutenant Ethelbert Scott and Luther Demarre. The jury deliberated 19 minutes and the crowd cheered the verdict while colonel Colson was surrounded and greeted by supporters.
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Scott
Frangfort
David G. Colson
Ethelbert Scott
Luther Demarre
Ford
Colonel Colsen
Colson
James Andrews Scott
Reader of cheap novels pleads guilty to arson
In Atcussey Kansas district court Thomas Woerman pleaded guilty to burning the residence of J C Fox a prominent citizen to play the hero He was sentenced to 18 years in the penitentiary He admitted he set the fire to claim rescue for the Fox family and said he hated facing them after the sentence. He was a reader of cheap novels.
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Atcussey
Kan
Thomas ©. Woerman
J. C O. Fox
Fox
Weeman
Aged Bishop Tobias Mullen Dies at 82
Rt. Rev. Bishop Tobias Mullen died at 2:45 at Ente Pa after paralysis on May 19 1897 He was 82 and served 33 years as bishop in the diocese The funeral is set for Thursday with attendance expected from 150 priests all diocesan bishops Cardinal Gibbons and other church dignitaries expected to attend
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Ente
Tobias Mullen
Cardinal Gibbons
Martinelli
Forest Fires Threaten Duluth Area as Winds Fan Flames
April 23 reports show fires burning across St. Louis county Minnesota with a dangerous blaze near central Duluth behind Lakeside at Comstock avenue. Homes near clearings risk destruction if winds continue and rain delays abate. Hibbing also faces fire threats with camps burned and pine stands destroyed.
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Mahoning
Hibbing
Fires Sweep Along Du Luth Extension of Great Northern
A North Dakota timber belt near the Duluth extension of the Great Northern faces one of its worst fires. Dry timber, lack of rain, and strong winds up to 30 mph ignite small blazes turning a 60 mile stretch north of Leech Lake into tinder. Towns along the area are at risk as the blaze grows.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Duluth
Great Northern
Leech Lake
Sensational reports denied after timber fires burn on boundary
Wisuirza April 23. Reports of loss of life are untrue. Thousands of acres of timber burn across the Minnesota Manitoba boundary in the Lake of the Woods district. Buchanan's tie camp lost 15000 dollars Kieth's 6000. Men escaped alive. six horses survived out of hundreds killed. Fires spread north.
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Wisuirza
Minnesota-Manitoba
Lake of the Woods
Buchanan
Tie
Kieth
Kansas City Convention Hall Enclosed By June Twenty Third
Progress on the reconstruction of the Kansas City convention hall accelerates with removal of debris and wall rebuilding. Gillett Herzog of Minneapolis will erect the steel structure with night work to meet a June fifteenth target for trusses and a roof contract over fourteen thousand dollars to be completed within ten days after the trusses go in, aiming for enclosure by June twenty third.
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Kansas City
Convention Hall
Gillett-Herzog Company
Minneapolis
Cannot Sell Twice Judge Rules In Tax Case
Minneapolis April 23 Judge Harrison rules in the Minnesota State case against Mary M Camp that the state cannot sell the same parcel twice for back taxes or resell land for prior year taxes. The ruling will be appealed to the supreme court and several related cases await its decision with interest from interested parties.
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Minneapolis
Harrison
Minnesota
Mary M. Camp
Supreme Court
Indictment Held Up in Goebel Assassination Case
Franklin county grand jury has completed its Goebel assassination probe. The indictment against Republican Governor Taylor for being an accessory to the murder is postponed until after the April 30 gubernatorial contest case before the Washington Supreme Court. No warrant will be issued before that date. Rumor of a requisition from Governor Beckham is unfounded.
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Frankfort
Franklin County
Goebel
Taylor
Supreme Court
Washington
Beckham
Nearest and Strongest Rake Described for Grass and Leaves
The entry describes a robust all steel rake with reversible use for grass or leaves. It features spring steel curved teeth and a polished ash handle, retinned for durability and shine.
National League and American League Scores Reported
In St Louis Pittsburg won 6 to 5 while Cincinnati defeated Chicago 7 to 6. Kansas City routed Minneapolis 10 to 0 and Chicago beat Milwaukee. InNebraska five Jackson children fell ill from a plant thought artichoke with convulsions. recovery chances uncertain. Edward H Al a South Dakota politician, insane in Chicago, confined in a padded cell at detention hospital due to overwork but expected to recover.
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Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Chicago
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Fameory
Neb
Harvey Jackson
Crocaco
Edward H. al
Huron
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