News From Front War Hopes Cronje Cut Off
London reports guarded news from the war. officials say no confirmation by 1:36 pm though rumors claim Cronje is stalled and being pressed. The first Cape Town Kimberley train cleared the siege area as Buller shells Boers near Monte Christo likely aiding a relief attempt for Ladysmith. Dispatches say Boers retreat toward Dundee and Heis Makaar with small garrisons and two guns.
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London
Lincolnshire
Orborn House
Windsor
Kitchas
Cronje
Buller
Monte Christo
Ladysmith
Pietermaritzburg
Zalaland
Dundee
Heisimakaar
Accort Tarkastadt
Bargersdorp
Stormberg
French relief of Kimberley signals victory and relief
The British column under General French broke the Boer siege at Kimberley after fierce shelling and a rapid, heat strained march from Modder River. Residents endured ration shortages as protracted fighting ended with the Boers retreating from Magersfontein and Chieveley.
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Modder River
French
Kimberley
Cecil Rhodes
Brentveldt
Cronje
Magersfontein
Monte Christo action and Brazilian protest noted
Wave achieves a clear success capturing the enemy position at Monte Christo while Boers retreat with guns and wagons. British casualties are few. London reports officials deny Brazilian minister protests against a British raid in the Amazonas area and say no such raid is known locally.
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Wave
Monte Christo
London
British Foreign Office
Amazonas
Supreme Court reverses AP restraint ruling in Inter Ocean case
Springfield Feb 20 The Illinois Supreme Court reverses the Cook County circuit and First District appellate rulings in the Inter Ocean Publishing Co versus Associated Press case. It remands for decree to restrain AP from suspending or expelling the petitioner from membership and from withholding news per the contract. The opinion by Justice Phillips states the press's franchise serves public use and must be controlled for the common good.
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Springfield, Ills
Inter-Ocean Publishing Company
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Cook County Circuit Court
Appellate Court
First District
Circuit Court
Justice Phillips
Split and walkout at Populist national committee meeting
Lincoln Neb Feb 20 Antifusion leaders split from the Populist national committee after many followers were rejected by the credentials committee. The group formed a belt and a new committee while others adopted the credentials report and adjourned, likely to empower a three member panel to call the national convention in the same city as the Democratic gathering.
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Lincoln
Neb
National Committee
Antifusion
Credentials Committee
Suspects Whittaker and Sutton Taken to Frankfort
Reported Feb 20 Louisville dispatch states Iarlan Whittaker and James Sutton, both suspected in Governor Goebel’s assassination, transported to Frankfort in handcuffs and shackles. Sutton showed calm, Whittaker anxious about protection by officers. Also noted are a Memphis bank suspension, a robbery at Orphans Home post office, and fruit tree condition reports from Denison.
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Louisville
Iarlan Whittaker
James Sutton
Goebel
Frankfort
Dallas
Tex
Orphans Home
Northern squadron to aid San Jacinto anniversary
The north Atlantic squadron will not visit Matanzas but will sail to Galveston around April 20 to aid in the San Jacinto battle anniversary. Mount Calm reports incorporation election passed by 14 votes. officers to be elected. Texarkana inmates escape jail annex via brick-wall tunnel from the jail annex.
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Washington
Matanzas
Galveston
San Jacinto
Hillsboro
Mount Calm
Texarkana
Tex
Burrow Convicted in Conley Killing for Two Years
Meridian Tex February 20 The jury finds Ed Burrow guilty of killing R M Conley and imposes a two year penitentiary term.
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Meridian
Tex
Ed Burrow
R. M. Conley
Burrow
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