Does Not End War Effective Force Kept at Two Hundred Thousand
London dispatch reports cheer from across Britain as the war continues. The government confirms 10,000 more troops and an effective force near 200,000. Cronje’s capture boosts morale though questions linger on Doers and big guns. Buller faces hard fighting in Natal while Ladysmith remains besieged. new armistice details emerge. Sloop Willie Bell tragedy follows near Orange Texas with two drowned including a sick wife and child.
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London
John O’groats
Land's End
House of Commons
Lord Roberts
Cronje
Transvaal
Magersfontein
Redvers Buller
Natal
Ladysmith
Orange
Texas
Willie Bell
Wingate
Mann Poole
Louisiana
Bancroft
Richardson
William Snead
Pooles
Jefferson County
Fry man arrested for Creek child murder plot
Frank Hakey of Fry twenty miles south of Sulsa is jailed in Muskogee on a murder charge. Reports say he sought to learn if a Creek child’s allotments would revert to him after the child’s death. The child died after severe burns. the mother alleges she was coerced to stay silent. Hakey has prior penitentiary time.
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Sulsa
I. T
Frank Hakey
Fry
Here
Hakey
Muskogee
Despondent Agent Shoots Self Near Kaufman Texas
J P Wolf station agent for the Texas Midland shot himself twice and died after leaving the station on a despondent mood. He was seen heading toward the town's south side at 11 pm and was not seen alive again. His wife notified authorities around 5 pm and a search began, with local students locating his body about a half mile from Kaufman.
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Kaufman
Texas
J. P. Wolf
The
Texas Midland
Huntington to visit Galveston and Pacific Coast trip
C P Huntington plans a March 7 departure for Galveston with his wife and staff to inspect docks and terminals, oversee dredging contracts, and coordinate traffic plans for the overland Texas routes before heading to San Francisco for the Southern Pacifico company meeting. Two men later allegedly murder Negro Joe Thomas in Kentucky.
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Galveston
New York
C. P. Huntington
Pacific Coast
Southern Pacifico Company
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Huntington
Overland
Texas
Hood
Damage suit verdict in Red River Oil case at Alexandria
Strahorn-Hutton-Evans Commission Company of St. Louis won a judgment of 732.91 against Red River Oil Company of Alexandria after a two week trial presided by District Judge EB Gunter. Damages sought were 25 000 by the commission and 28 000 by the oil company for defamation and feed-bill balance. Case to be appealed to the state supreme court. Also, Elijah Staunton, 58, at the Confederate Home, died after Jules Maner stabbed him twice during a quarrel over Africa war.
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Strahorn-Hutton-Evans Commission Company
St. Louis
Red River Oil Company
Alexandria
EB. G. Tunter
Commission Company of
Commission Company
State Supreme Court
Austin
Texas
Elijah Staunton
Jules Maner
Africa
Maner
Staunton
Land Reclamation Progress in Brazos Bottom after Floods
Brenham report details how Bra zos planters like Rout and partners rebuilt tenant houses and fences after July floods. Land was broken and weeds cleared, with much acreage restored and some soil deposits yielding richer, lighter sediment. A philosophical note on renewed prospects ends the account.
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Brenham
Texas
Joe Rout
Chappell Hill
Rout
Carlisle
Hughes & Rout
Brazos
Mine Explosion Kills Three Mexican Miners at Eagle Pass
A mine explosion at Colph coal mines near Eagle Pass Texas on February 27 trapped three Mexican workers Jesus Martinez Antonio Garcia and Francisco Gonzales and left several others badly burned. The nine men entered without a gas tester and the resulting blaze enveloped them. Martinez Garcia and Gonzales are expected to die from injuries while others remain maimed. The Doleh mine has one shaft and a worker named Wundeede narrowly escaped entombment.
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Eagle Pass
Magle Pass
Texas
Colph
Jesus Martinez
Antonio Garcia
Francisco Gonzales
Doleh
Belton Texas Cotton Mill Fund Gains Momentum
In Belton Texas on February 27 the drive to build a cotton mill advances with about $50,000 already subscribed. A countywide canvass follows as organizers prepare to form a permanent body. Col Thomas W Cochran returned from New York City with roughly $8,000 in subscriptions toward the project.
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Belton Mill
Belton
Texas
Gollcring Committee
Thomas W. Cochran
New York City
San Antonio Council okays bids for 100 mile water works plant
The San Antonio city council adopted a resolution authorizing the mayor to appoint a special committee to receive bids and investigate water works plans for a plant with 100 miles of piping and 100 gallons per person per day, 25 fire streams at 200 gpm, and 80 psi. The current contract with the water works company expires in 1904. In London Ironje's dispatch reports about 4000 beleaguered troops in Cronje's forces at Paardeberg with minimal hope of relief.
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San Antonio
Texas
Hicks
Ironje
London
The
Daily Mail
Paardeberg
Cronje
Lord Roberts
Admiral Sampson answers Concas report in Boston
Boston February 27 Admiral Sampson sharply denies Captain Concas of the Infanta Maria Teresa. He says Schley's maneuver was unnecessary the Brooklyn was not endangered by ram or wreck the Colon could not have been saved and was not pulled off the beach by the New York.
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Sampson Ansawers
Concas
Boston
Mass
Sampson
Infanta Maria Teresa
Naval Department
Schley
Brooklyn
Teresa
Colon
New York
Hard Wood Timber Lands Seeker Visits Nacogdoches
February 27 report notes Mr. George W. Burkett of Palestine visiting Nacogdoches County to seek hard wood timber lands. It marks the first such buyer in the area as pine lands dominated before. East Texas timber varieties abound and all buyers are welcome.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
George W. Burkett
Palestine
East Texas
Texas Midland Agent Found Dead in Box Car
T Wolf, agent for the Texas Midland railway at Wox Car Kaufman Texas, was found dead in a box car late yesterday afternoon. A bullet hole was in his left breast and forehead. He was last seen alive about 10 o clock yesterday morning. Justice Philloot held an inquest and returned a verdict of death by own action.
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Wox
Kaufman
Texas
T. Wolf
Texas Midland Railway
Philloot
Rebellion fears amid Afrikanderbund intrigues in Cape colony
Brus sel correspondent of the Mail reports a special inquiry among Boer circles confirming danger from the Afrikanderbund intrigues and the looming congress. If aims are not achieved the Bund could fan rebellion across the colony.
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London
Brussel
the Mail
Afrikanderbund
Board adjourns on minor state offices in Kentucky
Kentucky contest board adjourned in Frankfort without reporting on state minor offices. It is understood the panel will report early tomorrow and the winners will receive commissions from Governor Beckham and be sworn in at once.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
State
Beckham
Corsicana Sees Forty-Eight New Buildings This Year
In Corsicana Texas since January 1 there have been forty eight new buildings started, more than one each day excluding Sundays.
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Corsicana
Texas
Texanette local notes and scattered Texas events
In a roundup of Texas items, Manefield plans electric nights. Five prisoners escape at Texarkana. Jacksboro votes local option. Beeville aims at factories. A big pro Boer gathering in Dallas. Fred Fleming builds a $20 000 Corsicana house. Gatesville to get a $16 000 school. Measles outbreak near Granbury. Orphan Home post office robbed. $260 stolen. Ethel Vesey, 10, mentioned. A child dies burned near Georgetown. Cotton Belt and Santa Fe seek entry to Denison. Waco youths in Luzon battle. Templeton wed in Aberdee Miss. Boyle charged with Culberson killing. Local Hazel Lynch case recalled. Corsicana hog pen limits proposed. Child scalding at Ector. Wolf seen near Gainesville pens. Walter de Maud sails to Cape Town. San Antonio and Aransas Pass taxes reported. Hennessy named US commissioner for Indian depredations. New convent groundwork in Paris. Judge Meek injured in Fort Worth. O’Neil and Kelly die in Beaumont hospital. Accident at Sardis injures hunter. Parson Tomlin's death near Paris. Miss Tempie Clark narrowly escapes burn. McCarty vs H T C R R verdict for $7,800.
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Lenton
Little Cypress
Paducah
Joe Thomas
Eagie Wass
Barze
Providence
R. L
Narragansett Pier
General Wiley
Harold
James Hughes
Stonington
Sherwood
J. Hyland
Wiley
Chhildren
Udson River
Manefield
Texarkana
Jacksboro
Beeville
Dallas
Fred Fleming
Gatesville
Granbury
Orphan Home
Dallas County
Ethel Vesey
Warie
Munn
Georgetown
M. B. Templeton
Waxatachie
Aberdeen
Miss
Corinne Little
That City
R. E. Boyle
A. C. Culberson
Atlanta
Linoen
Tillie Ganaway
Houston
St. Joseph Hospital
Ector
Fannin County
Whitehead
Gainesville
Walter de 8
Maud
Fort Worth
Cape Town
South Africa
San Antonio and Aransas Pass
J. L. Hennessy
Denison
Bowie
United States
Clarksville Street
Paris
Sisters of Mercy Itte
Meek
Edward O'Neil
William Kelly
Beaumont
M. M. Bruce
Denton
A. J. Tomlin
Maxey
Tempie Clark
Terrell
Charles McCarty
Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company
Hempstead
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