British General Reports Relief at Ladysmith and Tugela Crossing
The war office dispatch from General Buller details the crossing of the Tugela near Langewicht Spruit and the ascent of Pieters Hill by General Barton and the Dublin Fusiliers. Casualties are low, with about 60 prisoners taken and noted stout defense under Baulwana and Natal gunners.
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Pieters Hill
London
War Office
Hlandwana
Langewicht Spruit
Tugela
Sandbach
Royal Engineers
Barton
Sixth Brigade
Dublin Fusiliers
Northcott
Kitchener
Warren
South Lancashire Regiment
Baul- Wana Mountain
Royal Naval Force
Natal
Ladysmith Relief Reported With Four Thousand Casualties
General Buller reports a successful attack on Pieters and a likely relief of Ladysmith. Casualties total about 4000, with White's force near collapse. Heat and disease strain the garrison as Klip River conditions hinder water and supply. The political and military press remains cautious about confirming relief dates.
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Athaea
Buller
Williams
Ladysmith
Nineteen Officers Suffer in Ladysmith Fighting
A Pieters Station dispatch from February 15 reports heavy losses among 12 ammunition units near Ladysmith during fighting on the Railway Hill area. Royal forces describe fierce assaults by [units obscured] with multiple officers among the casualties.
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Ladysmith
Don
Pieters Station
Royal Fs
Armistice Arranged Over Wounded Left Unattended
Dispatches report British wounded left on a hillside for 36 hours amid an armistice. General Buller arranged a truce allowing military operations to continue with no shooting, as Boers attacked the British left and were repulsed with no serious casualties. The water granted by Boers is noted.
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London
Winston Churchill
Colenso
Buller
The
Times
British forces seize 5000 small arms at Paardeberg
London dispatch reports 5,000 small arms captured near Paardeberg. Citing heavy shelling, Boer trenches suffered negligible damage while weekly Boer casualties include about 80 wounded. dead numbers not yet known.
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London
Morning Post
Paardeberg
Kitchener at Arundel as Boers retreat to Norvalspont
Cape Town dispatch reports Lord Kitchener at Arundel with Boers pulling back to Norvalspont and Stormberg remaining quiet as of February 27.
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Arundel
Lonpos
Cape Town
Norvalspont
Stormberg
Rensberg Occupied by British After Skirmish
ARUNDEL February 27. Rensberg was occupied after a brief skirmish with no serious opposition. Neither the town nor the railway suffered damage.
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Rensberg
Arundel
Ruined by the Cyclone Porto Rico Firm Seeks Insolvency
The Porto Rico company a New Jersey corporation based in Philadelphia petitioned for a declaration of insolvency. E. Simpson was named receiver as the cyclone of last year destroyed substantial property. Liabilities stand at 797000 with assets of 85000 mostly franchises, plus 175000 cash sunk in Puerto Rico.
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San Jcan de Porto
No agreement yet in Iowa miners and operators wage talks
Drs Moines March 1 The conference of miners and operators trying to fix a wage scale for Iowa effective April 1 has failed to reach an agreement. Miners demand a 25 percent wage rise while operators offer 5 percent. Both sides insist on no concessions and a several day continuation is likely.
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Drs Moines
Iowa
Unprecedented Snow Storm Sweeps Large Parts of Nation
Springfield Illinois reports a 30 hour snow storm that dropped 18 inches and later continued as 30 hours more of snow. Pioneers recall the 1830 big snow in Sangamon county with 3 to 4 feet. street cars halted for a day and railroads 2 to 6 hours late. A passenger train on the Bluff line is stuck at Curren twelve miles out with no immediate relief.
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Springfield
Ills
Sangamon County
Bluff
Curren
Snowstorm Strands Chicago and Midwest Rail Traffic
Snow blanketing Chicago and the Midwest halts traffic as trains run hours late. The storm, the worst since 1598, averages about seven inches across Illinois Missouri Kansas southern Michigan northern Indiana and southeastern Wisconsin with widespread power and telegraph damage.
Fall of Three Feet Snow Storm Paralyzes Michigan
Michigan shivers under the worst snow storm in years. Detroit reports fifteen inches with up to nearly three feet in Paw Paw. Trains are hours late or out, street cars idle outside Detroit, freight service halted to keep lines open for mail and passenger trains.
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Detroit
Michigan
Paw Paw
Snowstorm Buries Toledo Area With Two Feet Possible
Twenty inches of snow blanketed Toledo and northwestern Ohio with more forecast to exceed two feet on the level. City business and trolley service collapsed, with only three car lines operating. Oil fields in the region shut down as snow paralyses pumping.
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Ohio
ToLodo
Toledo
Worst Storm Reported in Years in Denison and Territory
A severe stormblanket hit Denison Texas and the Indian Territory with six inches of snow in the Territory. Railroad traffic slowed dramatically as trains ran hours late and service was disrupted across the region.
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Denison
Tex
Indian Territory
Western New York Braces as Heavy Snow Falls
Dispatches from western New York report a heavy snowfall with a foot on the level in several areas. Trains are reported moving as usual despite the storm.
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New York
Kentucky Senate confirms dozen Taylor appointments
Frankfort report says the Republican senate confirmed twelve appointments by Governor Taylor for officers at various asylums and charitable institutions. The Democratic senate also approved a batch of appointments by Governor Beckham.
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Frankfort
Republican Senate
Taylor
Democratic Senate
Beckham
Royal Baking Powder Endorsed for Light Pastry Quality
The housewife will find the Royal Baking Powder indispensable in making finest foods. It makes hot bread hot biscuit cake and other pastry light sweet and excellent in every quality. Royal Baking Powder Co. 100 William St New York.
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Royal Baking Powder CO
William ST
New York
Notorious Train Robber Killed in Dodge County
Lon Curry, known for the Wilcox Union Pacific holdup last June that netted about $50,000, was shot and killed by officers at Dodson near Kansas City while resisting arrest. A second item reports two shots fired at Venezuelan President Cipriano Castro during a carnival in Caracas. Castro escaped harm and remained in power amid a quiet city.
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Kansas City
Lon Curry
Wilcox (Wy
Union Pacific
Dodson
Here
Caracas
Venezuela
Cipriano Castro
Capriano Castro
Campbell on the Stand in Clark Prosecution
Congressman Campbell, principal counsel for the Clark prosecution, testified before the senate elections committee about his role and decisions. He described joining a preliminary conference backing Mr. Clark and confirmed his later withdrawal from Clark’s campaign tactics, denying Ben Hill’s statements.
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Washington
Campbell
Clark
Senate Committee On Elections
Friends
Ben Hill
Campbell Advised Hill to Open Bickford Letter
Campbell opened the Bickford letter affecting Whitesides' prosecution and admitted he had urged Hill to open it.
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Campbell
Bickford
Whitesides
Hill
Editor Testifies in Coeur d'Alene Mine Troubles Probe
Wilber H. Stewart publisher of a Mullan Idaho paper testified at length before the House Military Affairs Committee investigating the military role in the Coeur d'Alene mining troubles. He said his paper was not official with the miners and he did not take part in rioting though he was arrested and jailed in Wallace after being accused of publishing seditious matter. He described harsh treatment in the bull pen and said an officer wore U.S. Army uniform during the arrest. He did not finish his testimony.
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Washington
United States
Coeur d’Alene
Idaho
House Committee On Military Affairs
Wilber H. Stewart
Mullan
Ida
Bartlett Sinclair
Sinclair
Wallace
United States Army
Stewart
Archbishop Hennessy of Dubuque near death
Archbishop Hennessy of Dubuque is sinking rapidly. Dr. John A Murphy a Cincinnati physician for 42 years is dead. The Minnesota Middle of the Road Populist convention will be held in Minneapolis April 5. Emperor William play Der Eisen gahn first presented Tuesday night amid a storm of hisses. Steps begun to erect a monument over Nancy Hanks Lincoln mother of Abraham Lincoln near Lincoln City Indiana.
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Dubuque
John A. Murphy
Cincinnati
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Emperor William
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln City
Ind
Baltimore Democrats Declare for Bryan at State Convention
The Chicago Platform Democrats of Maryland held a state convention in Baltimore to select delegates for Kansas City. The silver wing pledges to contest gold seats if the regular convention backs the gold standard. The meeting endorsed the Chicago platform and William J. Bryan for president.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Kansas City
William J. Bryan
Men of Influence Delays in Cuban Fraud Trial
Havana reports that Spanish law delays favor postponing hearings in customhouse fraud cases. Friends of the accused claim four months pass before a court hearing. Influence targets Cuban officials connected to the case as families of the arrested: the best in Cuba.
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Havana
Cuba
Late Market Report from DuLuth Wheat Prices
DuLuth market notes show cash wheat values for No. 1 hard at 65 3 4 to 66 cents, No. 1 Northern 63 1 2 cents, No. 2 Northern 61 1 2 cents, No. 3 at 57 1 2 cents. Arrivals set No. 1 hard at 65 4 to 66 1 4 cents, No. 1 Northern 63 1 2 cents, May 65 4 4, July 66 4 cents. Flax bids arrive at 1.56 for May 1.58 and 1.11 for September.
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Duluth
Wheat futures show steady gains at Minneapolis market
In Minneapolis trading on February 28, No. 1 Northern wheat prices rise across contracts. February at 638 1/4 c, May at 68 3/4 c, July at 64 4/5 c, with on track No. 1 Northern at 63 4 c and No. 2 at 61 1/2 c.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Sioux City Cattle Market Mixed but Steady to Strong
In Sioux City Iowa on February 28 cattle market held steady to strong with beeves selling 4.00 to 4.75, cows bulls and mixed 2.00 to 4.00, stockers and feeders 3.50 to 4.40, calves and yearlings 3.75 to 4.70. Hogs were stronger with prices ranging from 4.60 to 4.72.
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Sioux City
Hogs and cattle market updates from SouTh St. Paul
Hogs rose 5c from yesterday with sales 4.70 to 4.89 per cwt. Cattle showed strong activity with stockers 4.00 to 4.50, cows 2.50 to 3.50, heifers 3.45 to 3.50, bulls 2.80 to 4.25, calves 5.00 to 6.00, steers 4.00 to 4.65. Sheep and lambs held steady. sheep 6.00 to 6.50 and lambs 5.50 to 6.80.
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South St. Paul
Commodity prices and futures from Chicago market report
Chicago market notes list Wheat May 63 6714 cents, Corn March 8354e May 84 35c, July 35c, Oats February 22c May 28549234 July 2244 22 60, Pork February 10.40 May 10.55 July 10.57 44 10.60, Flax Northwestern 1.60 Southwestern 1.60 May 1.58 September 1.12 October 1.10, Butter Creameries 18 23c Dairies 2c, Poultry dressed turkey 10c chickens 8 9c ducks 9 10c, Eggs Fresh 1d go.
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Northwestern
Southwestern
Ldgo
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