Rosebery warns empire faces peril amid coalition talk
London dispatch reports Lord Rosebery's warning in parliament that Britain stands in peril as a possible coalition of Germany France and Russia could seize the Transvaal and Free State if England wins only partial victory. The piece notes stock market panic fears and strategic moves around Kimberley Jacobsdal Ladysmith and Bloemfontein.
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Lord Rosebery
Germany
France
Russia
England
London
Commercial Tribune
Rosebery
Lord Salisbury
Salisbury
Kimberley
Transvaal
Free State
Leyds
Stock Exchange
Rosebery's Vivid Analysis Highlights Britain's Isolation
London reports Lord Rosebery's forceful critique of Britain's isolation amid war news. The piece contrasts Rosebery's tones with Salisbury's cautious diplomacy and notes naval mobilization steps shadowing political debate.
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London
Associated Press
Buller
Kimberley
Lord Rosebery
Great Britain
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A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Lord Salisbury
London Times
Standard
Morning Post
Telegraph
Foreign Office
Queen Opens Famine Fund in Calcutta Meeting
In Calcutta the Viceroy Lord Curzon presided at a famine fund launch attended by Maharajas and British officials. The Queen opened the fund with £1000, later contributions reached £50000 with gifts from the Maharajas, the East India Company, and Curzon amid a plague-linked famine in Bombay.
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Calcutta
India
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Darbhanga
British East India Company
Lord Curzon
Bombay
Boers claim bold Kimberley maneuver and wider raids
Special cables from London and Pretoria report Boer forces feigning retreat to Kimberley, claiming 2000 British troops cut through to retreating forces with booty and prisoners taken. Reports from Jacobsdal note a large convoy at Riet River seized, while Lord Roberts captions list captured booty. Buller activity noted, with no news of fresh British advances.
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Colesburg
Lord Roberts
Cape Town
Modder River
Kimberley
Ladysmith
Transvaal
Buller
Vaalkrantz
Roberts
Commercial Tribune
London
Pretoria
Jacobsdal
Riet River
Standard Oil Plan to Free It From Antitrust Attacks
A Cincinnati despatch reports Standard Oil plans a full reorganization to evade antitrust actions. The Standard Oil Company would form one New Jersey corporation, buying out all constituent firms and dissolving them, including Ohio and Solar Refining, Buckeye Pipe Line, and others. The move aims to allow nationwide operation and avoid ongoing Ohio proceedings.
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Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Solar Refining Company
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Standard Oil Trust
Ohio
Sulzer Attacks Republicans Over Trusts in Congress
In Washington on February 17 the House passed the legislative, executive and judicial Appropriation bill after four days of debate. A lively exchange featured Mr. Sulzer of New York charging the GOP and the administration with backing trusts, citing the Chicago antitrust conference and the money trust. Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio mocked Sulzer, defending party leaders and denying Hanna's involvement as he praised Attorney General Griggs.
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Chicago
Money Trust
Ohio
Monnett
Mark Hanna
Standard Oil Company
United States
Standard Oil
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Hanna
Ohioan
Griggs
Department of Justice
Murderer Hickey Found Dead Near Tragedy Site
A Kingston Tenn dispatch says Tete Hickey who shot Maggie Jones and wounded John Billingley at Lizzie Kirklin’s home last Wednesday night was found dead in the woods near the scene yesterday. The top of his head was blown off and suicide is suspected.
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Commercial Tribune
Chattanooga
Tenn
Kingston
Tete Hickey
Maggie Jones
John Billingley
Lizzie Kirklin
Young Hanna and Daisy Gordon De Maude Wedding Planned
Dan R. Hanna son of Senator Hanna to wed Daisy Gordon de Maude in Cleveland Monday amid divorcees background. May Harrington Hanna recently divorced for cruelty. Bride’s grandmother is wealthy William J Gordon’s granddaughter and her brother William Gordon to attend.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Dan R. Hanna
Senator Hanna
May Harrington Hanna
Daisy Gordon de Maude
William J. Gordon
Hanna
Washington
Gordon
William Gordon
British rear guard enters Kimberley after Modder River
Report from Pretoria dated Friday February 16 states about 2000 British troops pierced the Federal lines at the Modder River and reached Kimberley. Federals then harried the rear guard capturing booty many oxen and several prisoners.
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Kimberley
Pretoria
Jacobsdal
Modder River
Convict Teixido Tries Suicide Over Opium Conviction
Charles V. Teixido a Toledo prisoner serving five years for stabbing a man to wound attempted hanging in his Columbus penitentiary cell after being found smuggling opium. He was cut down and revived, saying deprivation of his drug caused distress.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Charles V. Teixido
Toledo
Gas at Ohio home nearly claimed two lives
State Railroad Commissioner Ray S. Kaylor and his wife were found unconscious in their Columbus dining room after inhaling half-burnt natural gas from a furnace. A neighbor's girl raised the alarm and doctors saved them before death. The gas entered the room due to incomplete combustion and a blocked escape pipe amid cold weather.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ray S. Kaylor
Geo. Waters
President Kruger Reports All Quiet After Boer Moves
A dispatch attributed to President Kruger, sent to The Hague after General French relieved Kimberley, arrives in New York. It states no uneasiness and that federal operations west are fully planned, aiming to reassure Boer supporters amid recent British setbacks.
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Hague
French
Kimberley
Holland
Spion Kop
Wright Deathbed Plight Of Noted U S Marshal
Lebanon Ohio February 17 Lot Wright famed United States Marshal in the 1884 election riots lies near death at his home after a brief illness appendicitis. A Cincinnati specialist was summoned and physicians hope to avoid surgery. Last week Judge Wright retired from Warren County Probate Court after serving in three major county offices and as census supervisor in 1890s. He was forming a law partnership with his son Willard when illness struck.
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Commercial Tribune
Lebanon
Lot Wright
United States
Cincinnati
Willard
May Run for Mayor in Cleveland on Streetcar Ownership
Former congressman Tom L Johnson plans to return to Cleveland this fall and push municipal ownership of street railways. He intends to enter local politics on the same platform Mayor Jones has in Toledo and may back a mayoral candidate or run himself.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Ohio
Johnson
Jones
Toledo
Fighting on Tugela River Battles Renewed
Despatches from Durban report renewed fighting on the Tugela River with daily engagements this week. British casualties are light, Buller may have reoccupied Vaal Krantz, Boers retreat toward the Free State, and wounded are arriving at Durban on four hospital ships.
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War Office
Durban
Tugela River
Tugela
Buller
Vaalkrantz
Free State
Zululand
Drawn fight at Dordrecht between Brabant's Horse and Boers
A Bird's Eye despatch reports a drawn engagement near Dordrecht on February 16 lasting eight hours. Brabant's Horse suffered eight killed and four wounded, while Boer casualties were unknown. The grass had been burned to expose British Khaki, and after the fight the British entered Dordrecht but withdrew later.
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Kimberley
Colesburg
Cape Town
Gatacre
Molteno
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London
Bird’s Fiver
Brabant
Four Bellepoint students rescued after icy river plunge
A dozen Bellepoint High pupils slipped from a temporary foot bridge over the Scioto River as they returned home. Four remained in danger overnight. Prof Sidney Northup and others acted in freezing water to pull two girls to shore after they sank twice. Bridge contractor Freedman Bruner saved Lottie Moore. A physician revived the victims with efforts.
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Commercial Tribune
Delaware
Bellepoint High School
Scioto‘River
Perry Hutchinson
Anna Hardy
Hattie McCloud
Lottie Moore
Sidney Northup
Freedman Bruner
Bellefontaine
Plague at Manila Leaves 32 Dead Amid 51 Suspected
The Manila plague report shows 51 suspected cases, 42 confirmed, 32 deaths with half the victims Chinese. Over the past week 12 new cases appeared mainly inside the walled city as 100 inspectors enforce sanitary rules under Major Edie. The health census lists Manila’s population at about 90,000, with 31,000 Chinese residents.
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Manila
Aselfh
Edie
Health Department
Woman Takes Poison After Love Rejections
Lena Gross of Waterford, Indiana, leaped from happiness to tragedy after being jilted by two suitors. She drank rat poison last night, dying before discovery. A letter she left explained her two love disappointments.
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Commercial Tribune
Laporte
Ind
Lena Gross
Waterford
Miss Gross
Are They Missing Two Reports on Attaches
London despatch reports two versions from Modder River dated February 16 evening about American and Australian attaches missing or unaccounted for amid ongoing events. The piece notes Lloyd's Weekly London carried the dispatch this morning. It hints at conflicting accounts and seeks clarification on the fate of the attaches.
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London
Lloyd’s Weekly
This Morning
Modder River
Death of Private Erickson Reported by General Wood
General Wood at Havana reports the death by suicide of Private Martin Erickson of the Hospital Corps on January 1. The notice was sent to the Adjutant General.
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Washington
Wood
Havana
Martin Erickson
Hospital Corps
Hepburn Bill Advances Nicaragua Canal Plan
The House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce backs the Hepburn bill to build a Nicaragua Canal. The report argues U S ownership and control within six to eight years, with a route through Nicaragua and Costa Rica benefiting commerce and naval power. It discusses costs from 40 to 145 million and potential tolls and economic gains, noting alternative routes and concessions claims.
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Hepburn
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Nicaragua Canal
United States
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