Police Court Altercation At Depot Ends With Delay
In police court J M Barch and a negro named Jake Smith fought at the 8 A S depot yesterday morning. Buren cut the negro with a knife, cats required surgical attention, and Mayor Smith postponed action until after recovery. Geo Cooper, colored, was fined 2045 dollars for a back ordinance violation. Two young negroes hanging around the depot were sentenced by the mayor to a severe cowhiding.
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J. M. Barch
Jake Smith
Smith
Geo. Cooper
George
British Casualties Grow as Lists Expand
London reports rapid casualty tallies, totaling 12,054 up to March 1 with 3,519 added in the last fortnight. Scotch regiments lost about 2,060, Irish regiments 3,000, Gloucester and Northumberland units next, and colonial forces including Royal Canadians and Victoria Mounted Contingent. breakdown shows killed 1,908 wounded 6,838 missing 8,178 and diseases 830. General Buller’s Ladysmith push casualties not yet ascertained but likely raise total past 18,000.
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Royal Canadians
Victoria Mounted
Buller
Ladysmith
Ladysmith Relieved by British at Last
London reports official news that Ladysmith has been relieved after a four month siege. General Buller leads a victorious advance with Dandonald and the Natal Carbineers into the town, amid heavy casualties and hard fighting at Railway Hill Pieters Hill and other Boer positions. The nation rejoices as Boers mass on the Transvaal frontiers. Hood's S.S. parilla promotion ends with a health appeal.
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London
Ladysmith
Redvers Buller
Natal
Dandonald
Natal Carbineers
England
Colenso
Togela
Boller
Railway Hill
Pieters Hill
Hiwange
Balwana
Orange Free State
Transvaal
Joubert
Majulei Hill
Cafe Fina
Hood
British Take Colesberg Junction After Evacuation
General Clem ents reports that Colesberg was evacuated by Colesberg authorities and a force occupied the junction. He entered Colesberg to a welcome, secured ammunition, arrested several men, and returned to Rensburg. The railway line was reported clear and in operation to Lanewelewnan's Siding, with remaining blew up portions held by four troops.
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London
War Office
Roberta Paardeberg
Clements
Colesberg
Colesberg Junction
Rensburg
Lanewelewnan
Cali Verte
Calesberg
Calesberg Junction
Queen Congratulates Roberts After Surrender News
London dispatch reports Queen Victoria sends warm congratulations to Lord Roberts on General Cronje’s surrender. Roberts replies soldiers honor her message. General Roberts thanks the queen for the telegram of gracious sympathy and encouragement. Also advertised remedies from Ore Minzts Cough Cure and DeWitt’s Little Early Risers with testimonials from Palmer & Sons.
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London
Lord Roberts
Cronje
Anid
Lord Roberta
Boblertas
Calvin Zimmerman
Milesburg Pa
Palmer & Sons
Relief of Ladysmith Sparks British Plans Ahead
London reports the Ladysmith relief underway with Lord Dundonald maneuvering toward Balwans Hill as General Boller and White’s forces close in. Roberts may face reinforcements and a tougher foe, prompting cautious forecast of the next moves in the campaign and strategic concerns. Pain-Killer Perry Davis advertised with claims of stomach, liver, and nerve relief.
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London
Ladysmith
Lord Dundonald
Balwans Hill
Boller
Roberts
Kimberley
BBY
Ace
Baller
White
Lord Roberts
Paller
Free State
Perry Davis
Price
Storm rages in the West with heavy snow and winds
Snowfall blankets Illinois Missouri and surrounding states as railroads report delays from thirty minutes to five hours. Chicago traffic stalls under drifting snow with blocked streets and tied up cable cars. Telecommunication lines suffer damage from sleet and wind across Tennessee Mississippi Louisiana and nearby areas.
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Atlanta
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Michigan
Indiana
Iowa
Wicconsin
Shere States
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis
Centralia
Ill
Independence
February winds and rain set records and shifts in climate
February brought extreme winds and heavy rain, breaking twenty year wind and rainfall marks. The Atlanta Constitution notes 10,557 miles of wind travel, rainfall near record highs, and February temperatures well below normal, with an average of 41 degrees compared to a 48 degree normal. A separate oath from J. Cheney & Co. advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure, with testimonials and a Toledo address.
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Atlanta Constitution
Obsio
Zekepey
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
General Buller Returns From Ladysmith Dispatch
General Buller wires from Nelthorpe that he has just returned from Ladysmith and the country south of the town is clear of the Boers. The dispatch notes the garrison’s rationing and that troops need nourishment before returning to the field. A later patient testimonial promotes One Minute Cough Cure.
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London
Buller
Nelthorpe
Ladysmith
Surprise Hill
Clarke county ordinary race heats up as rivals line up
County politics in Clarke seethes as Judge H M Herrington faces opposition for re election and Capt Jerry B Ritch announces candidacy with Wingfield as deputy. Others canvass actively in this early stage of the Clarke race while readers await further developments. Mrs Harriet Evans recommends One Minute Cough Cure for croup and Palmer & Sons promote Peek's Cold Prame Cabbage plants via Warren J Smith & Bro druggists.
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M. Herrington
Clarke County
Jerry B. Ritch
8. B. Wingfield
Capt. Ritch
Clarke
Harriet Evans
Hinsdale, II
Palmer & Sons
Peek
Warren J. Smith & Bro
W. W. Peek
TACTICS MISUNDERSTOOD Boers see British victory by rail advance
From Paarderberg February reports describe a tacit armistice with Boer prisoners conceding British probability of winning. They now doubt relief efforts for Kimberly Mafeking line and misread Cronje’s strategies. Dispatch notes need for greater horse supplies for Lord Roberts.
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Paarderberg
Transvaal
Senator Clay Addresses Senate on Philippine Question
Washington March 1 Senator A B Clay of Georgia closed the morning session by addressing the senate on Philippine relations and the Bacon resolutions for a free independent government in the islands He opposed conquest or rule by force and defended administration policy while sparing no effort to rebuke Bacons stance and to praise the Georgian partisanship viewed from the Democratic side and galleries.
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Washington
Clay
Georgia
Senate
Philippine
Bacon
Philippines
Indiana
Baveridge
Bartlett defeats Republicans in Aldrich Robbins contest
Washington march 1 the house refused to take up the Aldrich Robbins contest after a party line vote 188 to 148. Judge Bartlett of Georgia led the maneuver and used influence to rally GOP members while authoring the minority report.
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Washington
House
Mann
Ilinois
Committee On Elections No. 1
Aldrich Vs. Robbins
Alabama
Bartlett
Georgia
Eberhart-Wright Wedding at First Methodist Church
Last night at eight o'clock after prayer service at the First Methodist church, John W. Eberhart Jr and Bessie White were united in marriage by Rev Ellison D Stone. The ceremony followed a surprise adjournment from Sunday school to the main auditorium with many friends in attendance. Eberhart, a popular Michael Bros salesman, and his bride, daughter of Mrs Will White, received warm congratulations from numerous city friends.
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First Methodist
Cobb Lampkin
John W. Eberhart, Jr
Bessie White
Congressmen send cable to Boer General Cronje
In Washington on March 1 Representative Fitzgerald of Massachusetts read a cable from U S lawmakers to General Cronje Capetown Africa praising him as he faces defeat. The message signed by about thirty Congressmen urged support for the Boer leader as hearings in the naval committee discussed shipbuilding and armor details.
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Washington
Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
Cronje
Oronje
Capetown
Africa
United States House of
Long
House Naval
South Carolina Senator Backs Philippine Expansion Plan
Washington March 1 One of the notable senate debates yesterday featured Senator McLaurin Democrat of South Carolina declaring support for expansion he dismissed imperialism fears as political and argued the Philippines would bring immense benefits to the United States especially the southern states through open trade and strategic gains
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South Carolina
Himeset
Washington
Senate
McLaurin
Philippines
South
Openamt Eee Ge
Congressman's mother ill prompts Georgia trip
Washington March 1 Congressman Tate was summoned to Georgia due to his mother's grave illness. Mrs Tate is staying at the Elkin Cooper sanitarium in Atlanta.
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Wa Tate
Mone
Washington, D. C
Congressman Tate
Georgia
Mrs. Tate
Elkin-Cooper
Atlanta
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