Boer Leaders Meet Kitchener in Effort to End War
Reports from Pretoria indicate Kitchener met with General Botha and other Boer leaders at Middleburg on February 27 to discuss possible termination of hostilities. The Sun claims surrender by Botha would follow terms and could include De Wet. A Pretoria dispatch notes a lengthy morning conference between Kitchener and Botha.
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Armistice Talks Do Not Halt South Africa Reinforcements
London reports from March 8 that Kruger says negotiations can only be armistice and the government shows no intent to slow reinforcements. The war office announced 12,000 troops to sail for South Africa within the coming week.
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Boers Defeated as Lichtenburg Attack Is Repulsed
London March 7 reports general Kitchener stating the Boers failed their determined attack on Lichtenburg. Our losses include 14 killed and 20 wounded, with Boer General Celliers killed. De Wet's force is scattered, Petrusburg reoccupied, and French reports seven guns captured plus large quantities of ammunition, horses, cattle, sheep, and wagons.
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Gibson elected U S senator for Montana term
Paris Gibson a Democrat of Great Falls was elected United States senator for the term expiring March 4, 1904. Born July 1, 1830 in New Hampshire, he built mills in Minneapolis and helped develop Great Falls Montana. In Washington Carter becomes St Louis exposition commissioner. no senator elected in Dover.
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Medals to Reward Soldiers and Sailors for Services
A Washington dispatch reports Secretary Long will award medals of honor and other rewards to officers and enlisted men who distinguished themselves in China the Philippines and Samoa. Leaders like Captain McCalla and Captain John T Myers are to be promoted or commended while a board reviews actions and possible medals. Medal values include 1500 dollars to recipients.
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County road verdict and Danish West Indies note denial
The jury imposed a 500 dollar fine and 16 months on the county road, totaling nearly five years of service. At the state department a denial rejected a London report that the US warned the Danish government over the transfer of the Danish West Indies. In New York, B C Anderson of Jefferson Brass Works Brooklyn was arrested on two bribery counts involving the Brooklyn Navy Yard and held on seven thousand five hundred dollars bond.
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