Boer position taken as Pole-Carew seizes Leeuw Kop
Lord Roberts reports the Eleventh division and French cavalry reached Kampftein and Leeuw Kop fell after Pole-Carew mounted infantry stormed the hill. Burghers evacuated hurriedly leaving rifles and ammunition. Rundle notes 25 First Worcesters missing with 18 returning from an outpost.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Pole-Carew
French
Rundle
Kampfontein
Leeuw Kop
Worcesters
Wood
Worcester Regiment
Capture of Leeuw Kop by British Forces
The Bloemfontein correspondent reports heavy fire from a pompom as General Dickson's brigade shifted north to meet infantry after a failed flank. Pole-Carew and Stephenson pressed from south and west with Guards and batteries as darkness neared, the Essex regiment then driving the last Boer from Paarde Kraal at Leeuw Kop.
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London
Bloemfontein
The
Standard
Leeuw Kop
Bays
Dickson
Pole-Carew
Stephenson
Welsh
Warwickshire
Yorkshire
Guards
Essex
Paarde Kraal
Dr McNamara Disgusted at Pretoria Banner Return
Lourense Marques correspondent reports Dr McNamara of the Chicago ambulance corps returned from Pretoria with the corps banner and expressed disgust with the proceedings. General Sir Charles Warren named Bechuanaland administrator and left for Cape Town. Eight separate ecumenical meetings were held in New York with various missionary topics discussed. Ossified Man Crampaian dies in Illinois weighing 25 to 30 pounds. Plague deaths and cases rise at Australian and New Zealand ports with Sydney reporting cases. Tammany Hall to send a 450 to 600 delegate contingent to the Kansas City convention.
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London
Lourense Marques
Daily Mail
McNamara
Chicago Ambulance Corps
Pretoria
Bechuanaland
Duriay
Charles Warren
Cape Town
Tammany
New York
Tammany Hall
Kansas City
Delegation Plans 600 in Kansas City Hotels and Trains
The group will lodge about 600 persons in Kansas City hotels and likely use two special trains for transport. Richard Croker is expected home around May 12.
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Kansas City
Richard Croker
Senator Morgan Seeks Quick Action on Nicaraguan Canal Bill
Senator Morgan chairing the senate committee on interoceanic canals talked with Chairman Hepburn about securing consideration of the Nicaraguan canal bill. He said his committee would accept house amendments and act favorably once passed by the house and reported back. The senate would not delay the bill and odds of passage look favorable.
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Washington
Morgan
Senate Committee On
Postoffice Bill Dominates House Debate on Extensions
In Washington on April 24 the House advanced the post office appropriation bill amid general debate. The minority opposed provisions expanding pneumatic tube service fast mail facilities and railroad costs, driving the day’s main contentions. Senator Nelson also introduced a bill extending Northern Pacific land grant adjustments to covered lands. The Supreme Court announced an April 24 schedule shift with adjournment planned to May 14 then May 31, concluding May 21.
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Washington
House
Nelgon
Supreme Court
Kentucky
Imperial trade authorizes rebuild of Kharpute mission property
Constantinople April 24 An imperial trade has been promulgated authorizing the rebuilding of the property of the American missionaries at Kharput and the construction of an annex to the Roberts College at Constantinople. Loypoy April 24 The Constantinople correspondent of The Daily Mail telegraphs that Washingtons energetic attitude and naval threat have made a strong impression at the palace and the question is expected to become acute today.
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Constantinople
Kharpué
Roberts College
Loypoy
Daily Mail Telegraphing Sunday
Washington
State Department Silent on Constantinople Dispatch
The State Department had no official confirmation of the Associated Press report from Constantinople about the sultan's trade concerning rebuilding American missionary property at Karput. Officials called the act friendly and possibly a step toward settlement, but no discussion of details or abandonment of the indemnity claim.
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Hineron
State Department
Associated Press
Constantinople
Kharput
Experiments With American Locomotives on German Railroads
Consul Mason in Berlin reports trials of American locomotives in Germany showing higher boiler pressure and heating surface yield greater fuel efficiency. The German railways study the American design but have no plan to import engines from the United States, instead using the locomotives as a model for local builders.
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Washington
State Department
Frank H. Mason
Berlin
Germany
Mason
United States
Deming pleads guilty in U S Army court martial
Captain Peter C. Deming commissary of subsistence pleads guilty to all charges in a San Francisco court martial. Findings will go to Washington for punishment. Also Japan to restrict emigration of Japanese workers to the United States.
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Deming Wiends
San Francisco
Peter C. Deming
Deming
Washington
Japan
United States
Bryan Leaves Lincoln for Kansas Speaking Tour
Colonel W.3 Bryan departed Austix Texas for his Lincoln home and plans to speak in Wichita Kansas on a Tuesday.
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Austix
Tex
W. 3
Bryan
Lancoln
Wichita Kan
Toute
Portage Floods Fail to Halt Levee Breach
A Portage Wisconsin flood scene reports a government levee break washing away a 30 foot section below the toll gate. The lower First ward floods, Milwaukee road tracks face washout, 100 workers arrive from Watertown under US Engineer Mann to reinforce. Many residents evacuate as water approaches homes.
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Milwavkez
Portage
Wis
First Ward
Milwaukee Road
Pacific Canal
Government Lock
Watertown
United States
Mann
Wisconsin and
Lock Streets
No Serious Losses Yet Duluth Fears Repetition of 1894 Fires
Duluth reports fires around the area with three freight cars destroyed between Hibbing and Virginia on the Eastern Minnesota line. Telegraph and telephone poles and lines suffer damage, raising fears of a repeat of the 1894 disaster if rains do not come soon.
Remey Takes Formal Command of Asiatic Station at Yokohama
Rear Admiral George C. Remey assumed formal command of the Asiatic Station at Yokohama, hoisting his flag on the Brooklyn and relieving Admiral Watson. Admiral Louis Kempff linked to second division with Newark as flagship to operate in Chinese waters.
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Washington
Navy Department
George C. Remey
Yokohama
Brooklyn
Admiral Watson
Asiatic
Louis Kempff
Newark
Former Iowa Lieutenant Governor Dies of Brights Disease
Matt Parrott ex lieutenant governor of Iowa died from Brights disease after a gradual decline. He grew ill in January and sought treatment in Eureka Springs Arkansas, then New Orleans for a National Editorial association convention presidency. He later went to Battle Creek sanitarium Michigan for care.
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Warren Loo
Matt Parrott
Iowa
Brights
Eureka Springs
Ark
New Orleans
National Editorial Association
Battle Creek,Mich
Venezuelan Revolution Report Suppresses Castro Regime
Dispatch from Kivaston Jamaica dated April 24 reports Castro’s own troops mutinying against him while officers plan another revolution. The public demands restored order and rights, and leading wealthy Caracas residents flee to Europe the United States and the West Indies due to the tyrannical regime.
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Kivaston
Jamaica
Venezuela
Trinidad
Castro
Caracas
Europe
United States
West Indies
Read this well known citizen's backache cure tale
A Rochester Minnesota woman credits Morrow's Kidne Oids and Liverlax with curing her long standing kidney backache rheumatism nervousness sleeplessness and stomach trouble She says her son was helped too and recommends the remedies priced 50 cents a box for Kidne Oids and 25 cents for Liverlax Available at all drug stores and J W Lauer's drug store Manufactured by John Morrow & Co Springfield Ohio
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Morrow
J. W. Lauer
John Morrow & Co
Chemists
Springfield
Opportunities for Business on Chicago and Northwestern Lines
A pamphlet outlining business opportunities along the new Chicago and Northwestern railway lines is available. Interested parties may request it from Chicago agents or the general passenger and ticket agent at 22 Fifth Avenue, Chicago.
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Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
Readers are urged that ordinary treatment fails for painful periods and that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound can help. The ad claims nine of ten delay treatment until health worsens, then seek Pinkham's aid. it asserts she has helped a million women and encourages others to not delay in seeking relief.
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Crown Cottage
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J. A. Wychgram
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West Fifth Street
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Winona
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Metate
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E. Third Street
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East Third Street
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