British Cavalry Break Into Transvaal With Light Boer Resistance
London dispatch reports British forces advancing toward the Transvaal. Buller pushes along the Harri smith railroad toward Van Reenen's Pass while Roberts moves to engage near Modder river. Casualty list shows 1859 total rank and file killed wounded and missing in the Ladysmith relief effort.
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London
Roberts
Natal
Buller
Harrismith
Van
Free State
the Times
Cape Town
Ladysmith
Durban
Zululand
Transvaal
Prendergast
Biggersberg
Drakensberg
Dundee
Long Tom
Lord Roberts
Osfontein
Modder River
Colville
Kelly
Kenny
Tucker
Ninth
Guards
Pole-Carew
Poplars Drift
Bloemfonten
Vatican Nomination Reconsidered Amid Cuban Opposition
A Rome dispatch reports the propaganda council will revisit Monsignor Sbaretti's appointment to Havana due to Cuban opposition. The church may instead promote him to a higher post while Sbaretti seeks recall to Italy.
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New York
Herald
Rome
Congregion
The
Propaganda
Monsignor
Sbaretti
Havana
Manifestec
Monsigna
Bbarotti
Italy
Virulent smallpox devastates Jonesville area
Jackson report to Hinds county supervisors details a severe smallpox outbreak in Jonesville with nearly 100 deaths in six weeks. Coffins were scarce, families wiped out, and three to five deaths daily among critically ill patients. Supervisors authorize physician purchases and a bill for 48 coffins.
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Jackson
Hinds County Board of Supervisors
Jonesville
Board of Supervisors
Chinn Sues Mrs. Banta for Libel in Goebel Case
Colonel Jack Chinn files a libel suit against Mrs. Kate M. Banta in Frankfort seeking damages of 25 000 for allegedly stating he shot Goebel from behind. The suit claims repeated slander in Frankfort and other times and places accusing Chinn of killing William Goebel.
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Jack Chinn
Frankfort
Goebel
Kate M. Banta
Chinn
William Goebel
Senate proposes $100000 to raise state guard for munitions recovery
In Frankfort on March 7 Senator Triplett offered a substitute for the resolution to form a committee to investigate removing munitions of war from the arsenal to London. The substitute would appropriate $100000 to equip a state guard under Governor Beckham and Adjutant General Castleman to recover cannon Gatling guns and other state military property allegedly in the possession of Republican Governor Taylor.
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Frankfort
Senate
Triplett
London
Beckham
Castleman
Taylor
Plague Case Reported in San Francisco Chinatown
A case of bubonic plague or similar illness is reported in San Francisco Chinatown with a Chinese patient isolated and the district under strict quarantine. No spread is feared. The report also notes the acquittal of Moses Schwartz and M. C. Weil in a bank downfall case in New Orleans.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
New Orleans
Moses Schwartz
M. C. Weil
American National Bank
Russian volunteers predict large garrisons at Port Arthur
Odessa Journal reports officers of cruisers returning from the far east believe huge garrisons will be formed at Port Arthur and Vladivostok used soon as leverage to force Japan to abandon Korea. A commander predicts Russian influence in the Far East will become dominant by year’s end, squeezing Japan to yield.
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New York
Odessa
Far East
Port Arthur
Vladivestock
Korea
Far Eastern
Social Democratic Convention Progress Reassures
Indianapolis March 7 The Social Democratic convention shows progress as committees report back and work continues, signaling a likely successful gathering. The report outlines ongoing tasks and anticipated outcomes for the convention’s proceedings.
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Indianapolis
Social Democratic
Howe Lumber plans night sessions after bank failure
Howe Lumber Company of Lowell, Mass announces it will hold night sessions to clear work and advance plans by tomorrow night after the Globe National Bank in Boston failed, leaving the company with unknown assets and liabilities in its 30 year history. Chandler, C. T. acquits Free Clark in murder trial. family feud over kinship trigger ends. Philadelphia mourns death of Congressman Alfred Harmer at age 75.
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Lowell
Mass
Howe Lumber Company
Globe National Bank
Boston
Chandler
C. T
Free Clark
Seymour Foreman
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Johnson Creamery
Blanke & Bro
Schossers
Houston
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John Wittman
Bryan, Texas
Art Norwood
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Mandeville & King
Ferrys
Ben S
Liza
F. A. Lee
Will
Mississippi
Schwartz and
Weil
Japan
Russia
Social Democratic Convention
JOHN B. _WIILEO
Clark
Congressman Harmer
Philadelphia
Alfred Harmer
Pennsylvania
Bryan Water, Ice, Light and Power Company
Exchange Hotel
Wilcox
Bryan Eagle
M. F. Heenan
Dee Mike, Jr
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