Brandfort Kopje Victory by Seventh Division
Brush Tebuer of Brandfort reports a successful operation by the Seventh Division with aid from the First and Third cavalry brigades under French and Le Gallais mounted infantry. The enemy retreated to Brandfort as our troops held the kopjes. Casualties include Captain Going killed and several officers wounded among the Scottish Borderers, with about 100 rank and file.
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Tucker
Kopjes
Going
Sellar
Luard
Peebles
Curgonven
Edwards
Coulson
French
Boers Near Bloemfontein Lose Ground In Bold Attack
British forces under Tucker and French assault kopjes near Kare Siding south of Brandfort. Australian contingents and 400 New South Wales mounted infantry drive Boer right flank while infantry breach fronts. Boers retreat toward Brandfort, hospital on near kopje evacuated, and farmers flee Jaager farms.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberta
Bloemfontein
Karee
Kare
Brandfort
Tucker
Knight
New South Wales Mounted Infantry
Legallai
Scotts Greys
Inniskillings
Johannesburg
Kruger Warns Women and Children to Leave Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein correspondent reports President Kruger issued a proclamation ordering women and children to depart the city within five days as preparations to bombard and destroy Bloemfontein proceed. The notice follows intensified hostilities in the region.
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Kruger
Bloemfontein
Loxpon
Daily Chronicle
British Tactics in Transvaal Meant to Contain Marauders
British forces intensify operations to disrupt Transvaal raiders harassing Free State towns. Reports indicate Transvaal bands focus attacks on Free State defenders who refuse to join.
Senators Hear Push to Strengthen Interstate Commerce Law
Washington March 31 Senate committee on interstate commerce hears support for amending the law. James M Langley of the Merchants Association of New York and Edward P Bacon of Milwaukee urge strengthened powers for commissioners. H Dousman of the Chicago board of trade cites railroad rate discrimination demanding broader enforcement.
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Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
James M. Langley
Merchants Association of New York
Edward P. Bacon
Milwaukee
H.¥. Dousman
Chicago Board of Trade
Langley
United States
New York
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Bacon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dousman
After the Tork Powerful Russian Army Corps at Sebastopol
Sebastopol dispatch reports the Euxine squadron fully equipped for instant service and troops with full war kits arriving from the interior. The garrison is described as becoming a powerful army corps as staff from naval and military services brace for forceful actions to bring Turkey to its senses.
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Lonpor
Sebastopol
Daily Graphic
Turkey
Russia Demands Coaling Site and Kojedo Halt
The Times dispatch from Seoul reports Russian Minister Pavloff pressed Korea for a coaling station at Atkinson Point Masanpo harbor and then shifted to a site within Masanpo treaty limits. He also demanded non alienation of Kojedo island to any power, signaling Russia seeks Kojedo for strategic control of the Korean strait and likely provoking Japan.
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the Times
Seoul
Korea
M. Pavloff
Atkinson Point
Masanpo Harbor
Japan
Kojedo Island
M. Yavloff
Atkinson
Masanpo
Kojedo
Russia
Korean Strait
Columbian Theater in Chicago Destroyed by Fire
The Columbian theater in Chicago, among the oldest popular playhouses, was destroyed by fire causing a total loss of 190000 dollars. The blaze started in the Iroquois club laundry on the sixth floor, with rapid spread. Two firemen rescued several frightened laundresses from the ninth floor as crowds cheered from the street.
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Cuicano
Columbia Theater
Iroquois Club
Arbitration Promises 9 Hour Day and Wage Increase
Union officials and manufacturers report assurances to grant a 9 hour day or equivalent and a small wage rise. The five week strike has cost workers about 450000 in wages. Firms also suffer large delays on contracts with no precise loss figure for manufacturers.
Three Men Wounded In Pistol Fight At Dusor Mines
Striking miners at Herald mines Berwyn and White Coal Mining Co attacked remaining workers. Over 100 shots fired wounding three: Dibbledis with arm wound, a boy McClure, and Doubleday in hand. Sheriff arrested 40 participants.
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Herald
Berwyn & White Coal Mining Company
Dibbledis
McClure
Doubleday
War Between Unions In San Francisco Over Wages
San Francisco March 31 Wear is on between the International Union of Bricklayers and Masons and the San Francisco Bricklayers association. The International union will cut bricklayers wages from five to three fifty and reduce masons wages accordingly starting April 1. The local association will resist to the bitter end with backing from the building Trades Council which bars its men from jobs involving International union workers.
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Curiaco
Chicago
Cleveland
Paterson
N. J
Philadelphia
Columbus
San Francisco
International Union of Bricklayers and Masons
International Union
Cleveland Denies Endorsing Bryan for Presidency
Ex President Grover Cleveland tells an Associated Press man in Princeton that reports of his planned support for William Jennings Bryan are false. He says he has not indicated any course for the coming campaign and has given no attention to elections.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Associated Press
W. J. Bryan
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