England in Wild Ecstasy Over Ladysmith Relief
London erupts in jubilation as news of Lord Buller’s relief of Ladysmith spreads nationwide. Flags flood streets from London’s Mansion House to Glasgow, while the queen and Prince of Wales send congratulations. Buller’s fourth attempt ends the siege, with heavy British losses and Boer resistance near Colenso.
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Ladysmith
London
England
Kimberley
Cronje
White
Buller
Windsor
Mansion House
Stock Exchange
Lucknow
Sebastopol
Paul's
Foreign Office
Glasgow
Liverpool
Birmingham
Edinburgh
British Empire
Prince of Wales
Cojenso
Tugeeater
Ball
Rail Hill
Supreme Court Affirms Abdala Case Ruling
The court upholds a Georgia decision in the Abdala case involving the seizure of the British steamer Abdall owned by Atlas Steamship Co Kingston and leased to Spanish refugees. Justice Brown writes the opinion while the case centers on the Amidon blockade and the vessel’s voyage motive as pecuniary.
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Georgia Court
Abdala
Brown
Taide
Abdall
Atlas Steamship Company
Kingston
Genantanamo
Gr Union
Amidon
England's appalling losses in Ladysmith campaign
London dispatch reports casualty totals through Thursday reaching 12 834 with 2 319 added in the last fortnight. Regiments from Scotland and Ireland suffered heavy losses, plus British lineages including Gloucesters Northumb erlands and colonial units. Casualties by category include killed 1 993 wounded 6 838 missing 8 173 and disease 830. Total expected to exceed 15 000 with Buller’s Ladysmith movements still unascertained.
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London
Royal Qanadians
Victoria Mounted
Buller
Ladysmith
New York Chamber Adopts Resolution Opposing Porto Rico Trade Bill
At its monthly meeting the New York chamber of commerce unanimously endorses a resolution urging that trade with Porto Rico be blocked by customs duties. The body calls on Congress to redeem the nation’s pledges and promote Porto Rico’s welfare.
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New York Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Porto Rico
Carolina Monument to Honor Chickamauga Veterans
South Carolina allocates 10 000 dollars for a Chickamauga monument. A granite shaft topped with a bronze palmetto tree will mark the site with markers for Kershaw Gist Manigault brigades and Culpepper's battery. Completion is targeted by September 15.
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South Carolina
Chickamauga
Ee Cerone Run
Europe
Kershaw
Gist
Manigault
Culpepper
Lunatic Wins Bride After Hours of Acquaintance
A New Orleans hotel romance ends with a sensational arrest. A man in a US Army uniform, posing as Captain Clark of the Texas, marries Miss Warren of Cincinnati after a brief meeting, then flees to the Texas ship. He is identified as J J Moyse of Greenville, Mississippi, and is believed insane.
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New Orleans
United States Army
Clark
Texas
Cincinnati
Alex Aronson
Misa Bercha
Warten
St. Charles Hotel
Miss Warten
Captain Clark
Miss Warren
Mr. Aronson
Aronson
Navy
John Percival
Church of the Annunciation
St. Charles
O Clark
George J. Colaon
Lynch
Fox
Minself
Jackson Barracks
Colson
The
James E. Clark
J. J. Moyse
Greenville
Miss
Moyse
Correspondent Parstow Murdered in Possibly Lethal Shooting
The London Daily Chronicle correspondent at Mafeking, Parstow, previously reported accidentally shot on November 2, is said to have been murdered by Lieutenant Archison of the British Artillery. An inquest returned a finding of wilful murder and Murchison faces court martial.
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Parstow
London Daily Chronicle
Mafeking
Morning Post
Archison
British Artillery
Murchison
Porto Rico Tariff Bill Passes House With 172 161 Vote
The Porto Rican tariff bill, cutting duties from 25 to 15 percent and limiting life to two years, won in the House 172 yeas to 161 nays.Republicans Crumpacker Fletcher Heatwole Littlefield Lorimer McCall split with the bill. four Democrats joined Republicans. Brownlow was carried from his bed to vote, saying he would rather lose his life than see the bill defeated. The Payne substitute for 15 percent duties passed as the final amendment.
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Louisiana
Fletcher
Minnesota
Heatwole
Littlefield
Maine
Lorimer
Indiana
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Georgia
Small
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Smith
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Stallings
Alabama
Gibson
Tennessee
Reeves
Illinois
Boutelle
Harmer
Pennsylvania
Bailey
Kansas
Sheldon
Michigan
Wadeworth
New York
Jate
Sparkman
Florida
Fox
Mississippi
Illamy
Cox
Tennesees
Epes
Virginia
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Tawney
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Underwood
Beda
McCall
Payne
Porto Rico
Republicana
United States
Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Treasury
Grosvenor
Ohio
Richardson
Roberts List Of Casualties In Three Days Fight
A London special reports Lord Roberts forwarded an additional casualty list from the three days at Magdeburg showing twelve killed, eighty two wounded and four missing. The list includes seven officers and four Canadian privates among the wounded.
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London
Lord Roberts
Pagrdeberg
Honor Shouts as Cronje Surrenders in Cape Colony
In Cape Colony crowds celebrate General Cronje's defeat and surrender. In Durban Natal the stars and stripes fly with the Union Jack amid jubilation.
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Cronje
Cape Colony
General Cronje
Durban
Natal
Editor Roughly Treated in Itato Mining Riot Probe
Wilbur K. Stewart publisher of Milan paper testified before the House Military Affairs Committee in Washington about his arrest after rioting at Itato. He described being arrested without a warrant by State Auditor Sinclair and an army officer and held overnight in Wallace jail before transfer to the bull pen. The officer wore U S army uniform and led the military forces. Stewart condemned the jail conditions as revolting to American citizens.
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United States
Washington
House Committee On Military Affairs
Wilbur K. Stewart
Milan
Sinclair
Wallace
United States Army
Large NC wedding ties two large families
A Raleigh license allowed the marriage of Charles Montague aged sixty three father of ten children to Polly Maront aged fifty three mother of sixteen children. The couple wed in North Carolina on Wednesday.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Charles Montague
Polly Maront
Publishers Seek Tariff Elimination On Wood Pulp
Chattanooga dispatch reports E. E. Adams president of the Tennessee Press Association has named a committee of Tennessee publishers to draft and present to Congress a memorial requesting removal of the tariff duty on wood pulp. The measure follows a national movement by publishers against ruinously high paper costs attributed to the paper trust.
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Chattanooga
E. E. Adams
Tennessee Press Association
Tennessee
Congress
Newspa
Paper
Ladysmith Relieved as Boer Resistance Breaks
London war office dispatches report General Dundonald and Natal Carbineers entering Ladysmith at night while Dundonald pushes toward Nelthorpe. General Clements notes Colesberg entry and Boer retreat, with leading figures arrested and inhabitants unharmed despite indignities.
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Dundonald
Natal Carbineers
Ladysmith
Nelthorpe
Renssera
Clements
Innie
Colesberg
Inniskilling Fusiliers Caught in Boer Trap at Railway Hill
London report from Pieters dated February 24 describes the Inniskilling Fusiliers Dublin Fusiliers and Connaught Rangers assaulted Railway Hill under heavy Boer fire. The column suffered heavy casualties with 252 killed or wounded while defending a trench position as Major Littleton’s brigade relieved them. Armistice was agreed to allow both sides to recover dead and wounded.
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Oronje
Natal
England
Railway Hill
Inniskilling Fusiliers
London Mail
Date
Pieters
Dublin Fusiliers
Connaught Rangers
Thackeray
Sanders
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Sitwell
Osprein Maitland
Gordons
Thorold
Welsh Fusiliers
Littleton
Kopjes
Colenso
Pieters Hill
Donga
Lyttleton
Hart
Treaty 18 Eliminated Clarifies Canal Construction Rights
The United States and Great Britain reportedly agree to modify the Clayton Bulwer treaty, releasing Britain from claims to legal control of the Nicaragua canal after its construction, with England not opposing the canal's building.
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United States
Great Britain
Bee
United
Nicaragua Canal
Nicaragua
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