Cronje Unbeaten Despite Siege as News Delays
Reports from London and Natal describe General Cronje holding a square mile siege with British forces circling him. News confirms no new details from the front, while editorials criticize naval proposals amid ongoing war coverage. The piece also notes a new Texan charity forming the North Texas Free Eye Ear Nose and Throat clinic with prominent local women leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rew
Trados
Texas
Theritatile
Texan
North Texas
Seth Miller
W. J. Townsend
A. Kean
Charles Dexter
Sam Smith
Schwain Kiest
Clifton Church
T. J. Westerfield
SM. Winley
Lewis Dabney
A. Harris
Boe Mippen
J. W. Everman
Edward Gannon
Murphy
Philip Sanger
J. Ki. Oldham
Turner
Royal Ferris
Kom. Bargher
Seheelpof
Kr.n. Allen
Lena Cowart
Mabel Wilson
Russian war minister Kuropatkin blamed for Herat plan
London February 24 The St Peters burg correspondent for the Daily Telegraph says General Kuropatkin Russian minister of war and Boer sympathizer organized a plan to seize Herat and got military council approval then proposed to the emperor that it could be done without a listen He was surprised when the emperor refused to support any movement leveraging Britain's difficulties The emperor expressed intention to maintain strict neutrality despite popular sympathy Moraviett opposed the plan and Kuropatkin's position is described as shaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Petersburg
Daly Pelegraph
Kurepathkin
Kuehk
Military Council
Seise Herat
Emar
Naghund
South Africa
Erxar
Great Britain
Iis Majesty
Triplets Born Near Lindale Texas in February
Mrs. Tom Tucker near Lindale in this county delivered triplets on a Tuesday born weighing six pounds six pounds and five and a half pounds two boys and a girl all healthy. mother and infants thriving. family reports.
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atHreldayler
Texas
Tom Tucker
Lindale
Wreck of the Tracd near Mineola injures several
A Westhound passenger train from St. Louis on the Texas and Pacific rail road collided with other cars near Mineola about 2 oclock yesterday afternoon. Twelve or fifteen passengers were hurt but none fatally. Edward Poy son of Alderman Reward Foy Dallas suffered a serious head cut. W W Parker a St Louis hardware salesman sustained severe head injuries. Fireman Dobbs of Longview was badly hurt jumping from the engine and was taken to the Marshall railroad hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallas
Texas
St. Lewis
Texas and Pacific Rairoad
Mineola
Welock
Edward Poy
Alderman Reward Foy
Dallas
W. W. Parker
St. Louis
Cotton Mill Plan Moves Forward in Greenville Texas
A proposed Greenville cotton mill aims to raise 1000 shares at 50 dollars each totaling 50 000 dollars. President Holmes of the board of trade oversees the plan with 10 percent down and 0 percent at call until full payment. The effort seeks broad local participation and promises dividends for shareholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fotton
Greenville
Texas
Holmes
Board of Trade
Heavy judgment in Woodward v McKinney known in Sherman
In Sherman Texas yesterday the county court abstracted a judgment from June 10 1977 in W F Woodward v J S McKinney for 1018 with 825 costs though over 600 had been paid. At 3 percent monthly interest the amount reached 41189 25 and seventeen executions have been issued since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Texas
W. F. Woodward
J. S .McKinney
Farmers Congress in College Station Plans Session Dates
The executive committees of Texas Farmers' Congress and the State Horticultural Association meet in College Station Texas on February 24 in joint session. They plan to arrange definite dates for the next congress session and its programs, discuss railroad rates, and secure an agricultural exhibit at the college during the next congress.
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Parmers Congress
Woman Shot in Grnham Texas. Rissey Beasley Injured
A night time shooting in Grnham Texas wounded Rissey Beasley. The 45 caliber bullet struck her left thigh and glanced upward into her side, leaving her unconscious and unable to speak. Investigation ongoing into unknown shooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grnham
Texas
Rissey Beasley
Warrant Charging Kidnapping Near McKinney
Farmer near McKinney files a warrant against a moving man and his adult son for kidnapping his 16 year old daughter in a case near his residence. The event occurred on February 24 and was sworn out after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney
Texas
Brown
Siegle Brown
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion to be completed this year
Washington reports the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion comprise about 200 volumes with no sets available yet for distribution. Congress allotted sets to senators and representatives in 1882. many recipients have died or libraries closed. Final volumes should be completed this year with about 100000 volumes in the War Department, awaiting distribution to members once legislation allows. Cronje death struggle news from London remains unsettled as British forces push Boer defenders at Colenso and Ladysmith signals.
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Washington
Texas
Office of Records and Pensions
War Department
Forty-seventh Congress
Department
Congress
Oronje
London
Cronje
Lord Roberts
Berlina
Brussels
Seat of War
Colenso
Krobler
Kloof
Mlannan
Ladysmith
Durban
Ag Sool
Fire devastates Paris suburb alcohol and oil warehouses
A blaze in Saint Quen near Paris ignited six large warehouses storing alcohol and oil. Explosions followed as crowds watched. 150 hurt with several serious. Firemen among the injured as walls collapsed and flames spread, finally brought under control by afternoon after repeated blasts.
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Paris
Saint Quen
Cattle Shipment From Lockhart To St Louis
A shipment of thirteen cars of fat beeves was sent from Lockhart Texas on Saturday to St Louis over the Missouri Kansas Texas railway. The owners listed are Stubbs & Brown five cars John T Storey four cars I L Wootton two cars A A Storey one car and J M Cardwell one car. The cattle were large and in fine shape.
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Lockhart
Texas
St. Louis
Missouri, Kansas
J and ‘Texas
Stubbs & Brown
John T. Storey
I. L. Wootton
A. A. Storey
J. M. Cardwell
Free Fight in Kentucky Near Pound's Gap
A violent brawl at Bill Mullins home near Pound's Gap ends with one man dead and several injured. John Newberry dies two hours after being shot, Ed Newberry is fatally wounded, and 18 year old Luella Mullins is stabbed. Mullins is jailed in Clintwood amid threats of lynching tied to the Jennings brothers. Previous killings at Wond's Gap are noted.
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Kentucky
Louisyville
Whitesburg
Pound's Gap
Bill Mullins
Virginia
John Newberry
Ed. Newberry
Luella
Mullins
Kelleh
Dickinson County
Clintwood
Jennings Brothers
Angleton Horticultural Society Hosts Cantalope Growers
The Angleton Horticultural and Agricultural Society met at the courthouse to hear H Booth of the International and Great Northern railroad Edward Sells of the A R T company and M M Cox of the League City Truck Growers association discuss cantaloupe growing. The group plans about 200 acres and will coordinate carload shipments with Velasco Sandy Point Hague City and Webster.
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Angleton
Texas
Angleton Horticultural and Agricultural Society
Court House
H. Booth
International and Great Northern Railroad
Edward Sells
A. R. T.’ Company
Houston
M. M. Cox
League City Truck Growers’ Association
Angleton Association
Mr. Cox
Colonel Sells
Velasco
Sandy Point
Hague City
Webster
Will Withdraw Americans From Cuba in Steps
Washington reports the War Department plans to cut U S troop strength in Cuba from 9000 to about 5000 within six weeks and by summer. The plan includes forming three Cuban regiments with Cuban officers to replace U S troops and seed a Cuban army as control shifts.
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Washington
War Department
Cuba
United States
Cuban Independence Day Observed Across Havana
In Havana on February 26 Cubans marked independence with church masses political meetings and speeches by notable figures. Numerous picnics and several horse races accompanied the anniversary observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Kenton County Democrats Nominate Harbeen for Senate
Covington Ky February 26 The Democratic executive committee of Kenton county, the senatorial district of the late William Goebel, met Saturday night and nominated for the office Matthew Harbeen, the late Senator Goeshel's law partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goebel
Covington
Democratic Executive Committee
Kenton County
Wiliam Goebel
Matthew Harbeen
Senator Goeshel
Santo Domingo to abolish capital punishment and other world events
A sprawling 1900s style digest reports Santo Domingo plans to abolish capital punishment while Wake Island chosen for a Pacific cable station. It notes claims Italy owes Santo Domingo, plague-free statuses at Argentine and Portuguese ports, and regional political shifts in Brazil and Kentucky.
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Santo Domingo
Nawy Department
Wake Island
Pacific Ocean Cable
Senor Rodriguez Alvez
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Richard Buckner
Kentucky
Lexington
Benjamin Wood
New York Daily News
Fifth Avenue
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Tadysmith
Jondon
War Office
Balfour
House of Commons
General Cronje
Allence
Daily News
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Gatacre
Sterkstroem
Natal
Colonno
Daily Mall
Admiralty Board
Firenan Dobbs
Longview
Mareball
National Capital
Italy
Whittington Park
Hot Springs
Ark
Manila
Bolivia
Paraguay
Argentina
Uruguay
Kearsarge
Newport News
Decatur
Ala
Kinney Bros
Manos
The
Amazonas
M. Betzer
Parkland OK
Townsend
Alexander Gullet
Duncan I. T
Bullett
Gunnison Cal
A. E. Sitwell
Pittsburg and
Gulf Railroad
Kansas City
Topolobampo, Mea
Henry R. Brinkerhoff
Eleventh Infantry
Island of
Puerto Rico
James A. Buchanan
Fifth Infantry
Norman
J. T. Skinner
Chandler
Jean Shaddick
Hays Baumgardner
Sampson
America
Galapagos Islads
Munier Bey
France
Nichamimtiaz
Wm. McDonald
Bostonians
San Francisco
Nicholasville
Kenyon
Collins Park and Belt Line
Atlanta
Mortoman Green
Nash
Japan
Gumar
Great Britaan
Germany
Tatti Bros
New Mexico
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