Ladysmith Relieved and Bloemfontein Still Besieged
London reports a relieved Ladysmith after General Donaldson entered the besieged town. Simultaneously Colesberg and Kimberley are said to be in British hands as Boer forces retreat. London crowds cheer Buller Roberts and White as Queen Victoria sends congratulations. Croneje surrenders, Paris papers debate mediation while Mafeking remains under Boer pressure.
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Ladysmith
London
Buller
Natal
War Office
Dundonald
Cronje
White
Colesbury
Kimberley
Free State
All
Pall Mall
Roberts
Clements
Windsor
Mansion House
Roberts, White
Mafeking
English warning on Rand handover and De Beers control
Cronwright Schreiner argues that handing over the Rand to Rhodes and De Beers would replicate Kimberley’s mining world. He cites mining compounds, reduced white numbers, and circulating money loss as drivers toward monopoly. He warns Johannesburg could fall under financier control if the compound system spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Marcis
Cronwright Schreir
Olive Schreiner
South Africa
Rand
Rhodes
Johannesburg
Kimberley
de Beers Company
Spanish War Veterans organize lodge in Urbana
A meeting will be held at the G A R hall in Urbana on Saturday night March 3 to organize a lodge of Spanish War Veterans Major W R Courtney named mustering officer All honorably discharged sailors soldiers and marines who served the United States in the Spanish American War are eligible and invited to join J Warren Keifer of Ohio is commander in chief of the organization
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
G. A. R. Hall
W. R. Courtney
United States
J. Warren Keifer
Ohio
National Refining to Open Twin Cities Agency
The National Refining company of Cleveland plans to establish an agency in the twin cities to distribute oils and related products. Local representatives have been here watching dealer demand, and a supply will be sent once tanks are secured. A local dealer noted price cuts by opposition to Standard Oil are possible but not guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onal Refining Co
Cleveland
National Refining Company
Twin Cities
Standard Oil Company
Editor Stewart Talks on Coeur d Alene Riot
Editor Stewart of the Mullen Mirror testified in the Coeur d Alene riot investigation describing prison conditions and denial of access to his attorney. He spoke of the death mine and said Johnson was killed or drowned by soldiers while en route to the asylum, claiming threats of hanging drove him to insanity. Stewart asserted martial law was unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Couer d'Alene
Washington
Stewart
Mullen
Idaho
Coeur d’Alene
Johnson
Coeur d Alene
Industrial Commission Recommends Trusts Publish Audited Reports
The industrial commission sent its report to Congress urging trusts to publish annually audited financials including assets liabilities profits and losses. The goal is to promote competition when profits rise and to protect consumers and employees from excessive prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Commission
Washington
The
Congress
Missionary Meeting at First Methodist Church
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the First M E church will meet in the church parlors tomorrow at 2 30 PM Members urged to attend and participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
First
M. E
Snowbound Trains Tie Up East West Routes
Heavy snowfall leaves Illinois Central and Wabash lines stalled near Urbana. Crews clear seven to eight foot drifts on the Tremont line and shoveled tracks to free five trains, with delays across east west routes. City and railroad workers clear crossings and preserve mail backlog while forecasting eventual relief and potential flooding if rain follows.
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Street Railway Company
Illinois Central
Urbana
Twin Cities
Central
Havana
Big Four
Tremont
Indianapolis
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Bloomfontein
Endonald
Colesberg
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Orange Free State
Great Britain
Review OF the Fiehy
Crouje
Cape ‘Town
O Prison
Cape Town
Pieter’s Hill
Colenso
Daily Mall
Dr. Jameson
Transvaal
Klip
Rensburg
Kitchener
Arundel
Norval
Pont
Sterkstroom
Africa
Innis
Fusiliers
Paris
Longsmith
William
Rhodestar
Stewart Talks
Bobbie
San Francisco Examiner
DR. Miles
Miles
Esex
Middleburg
N. Y
Champaign
Foudard
Awell
Oum Scree
Ted
Etery Threwert
Camelshair
W. Lewis
Prop
Neil St
Champaign, Ill
Walker& Mulliken’s
Neil Street
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