British commander lures Boers into death trap in South Africa
Special cable reports Lord Roberts moving French and other divisions toward the Riet River. Ladysmith conditions ease as ammunition runs low. Boer losses in Dundonald skirmish mirror British casualties. Colesburg remains critical. Roberts aims to strike from rear if Boers advance beyond Colesburg and Colenso.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Lord Roberts
Riet
Roberts
Ladysmith
Kimberley
Remfontein
Lord Dundonald
Buller
Colenso
Colesburg
Rensburg
Arundel
Colesbury
Lancers Surprise Boers Near Ladysmith in Engagement
February 18 report from Ladysmith area says General Botha crossed the Tugela with a small force to a deserted British camp. He engaged fifty lancers, resulting in thirteen killed, five wounded, and nine captured. One prisoner sent to summon British to retrieve the wounded.
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Ladysmith
Botha
Tugela
Volunteers Prove Proficient in Long Range Weapons
Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India, told Chiswick listeners that volunteers can wield long range rifles and cannon and defend fortified positions. He argued a properly reorganized English volunteer force could prevent a successful invasion, and noted Indian frontier mountains would worsen invaders as they penetrated.
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London
Lord George Hamilton
India
Chiswick
England
Boers Hold Upper Tugela Position Near Chieveley
Ladysmith February 12. Since Friday the front has been quiet. English forces with cannon moved toward Chieveley and found the Boer position on the Upper Tugela unassailable, explaining why a British attack did not occur.
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Ladysmith
Chieveley
Tugela
Chamberlain says natives will be aided if Boers invade Zululand
In the House of Commons Joseph Chamberlain stated that if native territories are invaded by the Boers the natives will be encouraged and assisted in defending themselves. He confirmed Zululand invasion reports and warned unrest would spread to Natal natives. The Natal Ministry said it could no longer assure the peaceful attitude of the Zulus amid the invasion.
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London
House of Commons
Zululand
Joseph Chamberlain
Chamberlain
South Africa
Natal
Home Government
Boer Finance Minister Seizes Mines Revenue Amid Coining
Reports from Pietermaritzburg say the Boer Finance Minister is commandeering 200000 pounds monthly from mine output. The Transvaal Government minting 190000 Kruger sovereigns each month. Fictitious English florins dated 159 and 1896 minted with imperfect dies and circulated at Delagoa Bay last month.
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Commercial Tribune
Pietermaritzburg
Natal
Transvaal
Delagoa Bay
Boers Receiving Substantial Supplies From Delagoa Bay
London dispatch says the republics are obtaining substantial supplies of sugar coffee and other goods through Delagoa Bay via Lorenzo Marques. The telegraph reports the flow of supplies to the Boer republics has increased, easing shortages.
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London
Times
Lorenzo Marques
Cape Town Dispatch Reports British Evacuations and Shutdowns
London reports Cape Town correspondent says the British evacuated Rensburg and moved to Arundel. The article notes Goa Bay firm and heavy consignments due within a fortnight with munitions still passing.
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Goa Bay
London
Cape Town
The
Daily Chronicle
Rensburg
Arundel
Boers Damming Klip River Near Ladysmith
Despatch from Pretoria cites Lorenzo Marques reporting two thousand Kaffirs at work night shifts damming Klip River. About 10,000 sand bags filled as the operation progresses under British fire. The citizen doubts the effort will succeed.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Lorenzo Marquez
Pretoria
Ladysmith
Klip River
Says He Is Kruger's Brother
Ludwig Kruger, an elderly farmer near Adrian Michigan, claims to be brother of Dam Paul Kruger of the Transvaal Republic, but local Kru gers dispute any relation and say no kinship exists.
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Kruger
Commercial Tribune
Adrian, Mich
Ludwig Kruger
Blissfield
Dam Paul Kruger
Transvaal Republic
British Casualties at Rensberg Reported
Official list from London shows February 10 to 12 casualties at Rensberg: 4 officers and 7 men killed, 6 officers and 14 men wounded, 2 officers and 8 men missing. Officers killed include Colonel Coningham of the Worcester Regiment and Major Greddy plus Lieutenants J Powell and J C Roberts, all Australians.
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London
Rensberg
Coningham
Worcester Regiment
Greddy
J. Powell
J. C. Roberts
British army orders 2500 mules for New Orleans port
The British army agents secured a large mule contract totaling 2,500 head for delivery at New Orleans. The order is split among Kansas City, St. Louis, and Texas dealers. A first consignment of 100 cavalry horses departs Kansas City today bound for New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Kansas City
St. Louis
Texas
Kanas City
Windsor woman arrested for Detroit drug smuggling scheme
Mrs. Elsie Smith of Windsor Ontario was arrested in Detroit on a charge of smuggling phenacetin and coal tar products. Her husband A S Smith ran the operation from a room at 17 Howard Street storing $400 worth of drugs and coordinating delivery to the US Express office. Special agents and Washington officials are investigating the case.
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Elsie Smith
Windsor
Ont
Detroit
Dowling
Gregory
A. S. Smith
Smith
Howard Street
Mrs. Smith
United States Express Office
Parker
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minn
Chicago
Cincinnati
Department
Washington
No. 17
Bodies of 200 American Soldiers to Return Home
The US transport McPherson sailed from Santiago de Cuba carrying 200 American soldiers bodies including 74 who died of yellow fever last year. Families of officers refused to sail to New York on the ship. The McPherson will add more bodies at Baracoa and Mayari. Quarantine rules are to be set by Marine Hospital officials on April 1.
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Santiago DE Cuba
United States
McPherson
New York
Baracoa
Mayari
Marine Hospital
Murdered by a Darning Needle in Norfolk
Mrs Wm J Garland wife of a Norfolk saloon keeper was found dead in bed. Autopsy shows a darning needle stabbed just below the left breast piercing the heart and causing instant death. Her husband, a wealthy man, was arrested and charged with the crime but protests innocence.
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Norfolk
Wm. J. Garland
Fhoebus
Laborer killed by dynamite blast near Hinton West Virginia
James Williams a railroad worker thawing eleven sticks of dynamite at Sandstone nine miles below Hinton was instantly killed at noon. Only fragments of his body were recovered. Williams’ home is listed as North Carolina.
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Commercial Tribune
Hinton
W. Va
James Williams
Sandstone
North Carolina
Cox Ripper Bill Passes Senate Faces House Debate
The Cox ripper bill cleared the Ohio Senate 18 to 13 and moves to the House. Senator Nippert urged quick action while Senators Harbaugh and Harding surprised by opposing or framing the measure as party driven.
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Cohen
Sieber
Brown
Nippert
Harbaugh
Long
Harding
Salaries Fixed At Methodist Church Meeting
In Chicago the Book Committee of the Methodist Church fixed bishops salaries for the year at 4750 for effective bishops and 4500 for missionary bishops. New York agents receive 5000 while Western agents get 4750. Superannuated bishops salaries were set and editors and book sellers debates continued with decisions postponed. John Farson hosted editors at a Union League Club dinner.
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Chicago
Book Committee
The
Methodist Church
General Conference of the Methodist Church
New York
Taylor
Foster
Bowman
John Farson
Methodist Social Union
Union League Club
Second suit over mining deal reaches 1.35 million
Akron attorney Charles H. Howland files a 1.35 million dollar damages suit against George Gallen and others including the Canadian Copper Company and executors of Thomas W. Cornell. The action on behalf of Vermillion Mining stockholders accuses fraudulently obtained control and underdevelopment of rich Vermillion lands in Ontario’s Sudbury district known for nickel mines.
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Commercial Tribune
Akron
Canadian Copper Company
Charles H. Howland
Cuyahoga Falls
George Gallen
Steverton Burke
C.W. Bingham
Henry P. Mcintosh
Cleveland
Anglo-American Iron Company
Charles Baird
John
Sudbery
Onitario
Theodore Thomas wills music library to Newbery Chicago
The famed conductor Theodore Thomas plans to leave his music scores manuscripts and complete concert programs from 1855 onward to the Newbery Library in Chicago. He notes the collection will document forty five years of American music history and serve future historians.
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Chicago
Theodore Thomas
Newbery Library
United States
Thomas
Anniversary of Maine Destruction Observed in Havana
The second anniversary of the destruction of the U S battleship Maine in Havana harbor was observed with hundreds of Americans visiting the wreck, the flag flown at half mast, and laurels placed on wreckage. Prayers were offered from a searchlight platform by Dr McGee and Father Jones. Memorial services were arranged by the municipality at Church of Mercedes with Governor General Wipe and civil and military officers in attendance.
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Havana
Maine
United States
McGee
Episcopal Church
Father Jones
Catholic Church
Church of Mercedes
Wipe
Flowers for the Dead From Mrs Shillington
Mrs Shillington of Chicago sent a box of roses to the Navy Department for graves of the Maine disaster victims at Arlington cemetery. The flowers were handed to Colonel True who placed them on the Maine dead in Havana Harbor anniversary observance.
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Colonel True
Maine
Family Smothered by Gas in Chicago Home
Mrs Jeannette Schwartz and her two children Lulu nine and Henrietta four months were found dead in bed in Chicago from asphyxiation. While J T Schwartz kept his saloon busy in front the family in the rear were slowly smothered. Gas jets likely turned on accidentally.
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Chicago
Jeannette Schwartz
Lulu
Henrietta
Long legal fight in Kentucky heads for Supreme Court
The Kentucky gubernatorial dispute evolves into a prolonged court battle with both parties ready to push appeals to the U S Supreme Court. Democrats and Republicans clash over jurisdiction while claims of high level officials' involvement in the Goebel murder surface alongside an alleged damning letter.
Kankakee Woman Sues for 10000 Over Alleged Slander
Mrs Ida E J Clodge of Kankakee Illinois sues Mrs Sarah B Matson of Harriman Tennessee for 10000 damages alleging defaming statements connected with efforts to sell a 70000 acre timber tract in Roane County Tennessee. Edgar C Matson and others are named as co heirs.
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Kankakee
Chicago
Ida E. J. Clodge
Ill
Sarah 8. Matson
Harriman
Tenn
Clodge
Roane County
Matson
Edgar C. Matson
Chesterfield's Bride Marries Miss Enid Wilson in London
London confirms the marriage of Lord Chesterfield to Miss Enid Wilson in a grand ceremony. The couple's nuptials were expected to be spectacular with the bride in satin train and silver embroidery and the groom presenting the bride a tiara and £2000.
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London
Lord Chesterfield
Enid Wilson
Associated Press
Miss Wilson
Amendment Preserving Open Door to Bimetalism Adopted
A constitutional amendment passes by 46 to 29, maintaining the policy that keeps the door open to bimetalism. The vote reflects ongoing support for monetary flexibility and the use of multiple metals in coinage.
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Finance Committee
Nelson
Minnesota
Chandler
N. H
Senate Passes Currency Bill On Gold Standard Shift
The Senate approved the House currency bill substitute by 46 to 29 after ten-minute amendments. The measure fixes the dollar at 25.10 grains of gold nine-tenths fine and sets gold reserves, bonds, and bank note rules while maintaining parity with other forms of money.
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Senate
Caffery
Dem
Lindsay
Kyle
Jones
United States
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Doctor Quarantined Says Diphtheria Misdiagnosis
Dr S Gardner massillon health board member and former Cleveland State Hospital trustee was quarantined after being diagnosed with diphtheria by Health Officer Miller and Dr Gans. He denied the diagnosis and resumed work prompting police intervention. He intends to sue the decision in court.
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Cleveland State Hospital
Ohio Sons of Veterans
Miller
Gans
Gardner
Talk Silver in Berlin Prophecy Clash Over Balfour Plan
In the Prussian Diet Dr. Barth mocked Herr Arendt’s past prophecies that Arthur J. Balfour would trigger a silver era. Arendt argued the British Ministry broke its word as France and the United States opened talks, while Bimetalism would curb capital and the South Africa war revealed capital’s influence in England.
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Berlin
Ministry of Interior
Barth
Herr Arendt
Arthur J. Balfour
Balfour
France
United States
South Africa
England
Officials Silent on Macrum Mail Tampering Claim
Washington reports state department officials dispute ex Consul Macrum’s claim about mail tampering by British authorities. They found no record of regular reporting of tampered official mail and noted only general complaints about delays in delivering both official and private correspondence.
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Washington
State Department
Macrum
Department
Molineux Death Sentence To Be Announced In Court
Roland Burnham Molineux will be arraigned before Recorder Goff at 10:30 tomorrow morning and sentenced to death with the execution time to be named by the recorder. Sheriff Grell has arranged transport to Sing Sing.
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Goff
New York
Roland Burnham Molineux
Grell
M Laurin Offered Philippine Commission Post
Senator Mc Laurin of South Carolina met with the President and was offered a post on the new Philippine Commission. He thanked the President but said duty to his constituents keeps him in the Senate and he will consider the offer.
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Philippines
Washington
Mc Laurin
South Carolina
Philippine Commission
Senate
House Advances Legislative Appropriation Bill Amid Debate
The House completed 26 of 124 pages of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill without amendment. Debates touched on the Philippine question pensions civil service reform and a resolution to repeal the fifteenth amendment. The measure is expected to pass tomorrow.
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Washington
House
Boutell
Ill
Miers
Ind
Showalter
Grosvenor
Ohio
Gillette
Mass
Driggs
N. Y
Underwood
Ala
War Departments Eye Prewar Vessels for Philippine Line
The War Department negotiates with the Navy for several ships bought before the Spanish American War that are no longer needed. These well built vessels will join a regular semimonthly line to the Philippines after overhaul in San Francisco. The Pennsylvania sails to San Francisco for overhaul and assignment to the route.
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Spain
Washington
War Department
Navy Department
Navy
Philippines
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Belgian Socialist Deputy Demblon Faces Assault Prosecution
In Brussels on February 15, the Chamber of Deputies removed M. Demblon, a Socialist Deputy, after a fight in which he warned he would box the ears of M. Wiart of the Independent party. Demblon will be prosecuted for assault.
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Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
M. Demblon
M. Wiart
Independent Party
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