Cronje Holds British Off in Fifty Mile Front Skirmishes
From Durban to London reports claim Cronje’s forces repelled British advances along a fifty mile front from Koodoosberg to Bloemfontein. Kronje rumored to have surrendered part of his command while Roberts concentrates to meet Rotha and Joubert. White reportedly captures Boer wagons at Ladysmith. Buller eyes a veiled expedition.
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Bloemfontein
Cronje's Wife Esteems Surrender Politely
In London, Feb 24, government reports show no new news on General Cronje. Descriptions praise Cronje's courage despite siege conditions while his wife is said to urge surrender to save troops. Boers retreat from Gatacre front. Ladysmith relief still awaited as Buller shifts strategy. Editorials fault naval proposals amid global naval arms race.
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Colenso
Free State
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Siege dragging on as Boers retreat and wagons head west
London dispatch from Lady Smith dated February 17 reports daily crowds on Convent Hill watching General Buller’s shells. The siege is tedious, Boer camps have largely abandoned old positions, and large wagon caravans trek westward with about six thousand said to have departed. A Boer river dam near Bulwana is noted with a peculiarly described director in a red petticoat.
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Daily Chronicle
Ladysmith
Convent Hill
Mounted Troops Praised for Gallantry in Kimberley
The Daily Telegraph in Kimberley quotes Cecil Rhodes praising mounted local troops for their gallant conduct in the siege. He notes many had never used bayonets, yet on November 24 and 28 they charged Boer positions, holding rifles in one hand and bayonets in the other.
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Daily Telegraph
Kimberley
Cecil Rhodes
Buller’s Advance Meets Heavy Fire Near Pieters
A Pietermaritzburg dispatch to the Daily Telegraph reports fighting advancing on the outskirts of Pieters with General Buller’s forces facing heavy gun and rifle fire from both sides.
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Firing at Ladysmith Reported After White Surrender
From Chiveley dated February 21 a dispatch says General White surrendered Ladysmith yesterday and took several Boer wagons. Heavy firing reported toward Ladysmith with actions by Sir George White or the Boers.
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Daily Telegraph
Chiveley
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George White
Money at Pretoria in Transvaal bullion report
Lorenzo Marquez of the Daily News reports from London that the Transvaal government holds 5,000,000 in bullion at Pretoria and is coining 35,000 sovereigns a month amid wartime strains. Telegraph wires to Bloemfontein are said to be severed and front news clashes grow confusing.
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Lorenzo Marquez
Daily News
Free State
Cronje
Bloemfontein
Free States
Transvaal
Pretoria
Lord Methuen Arrives to Administer Kimberley District
Lord Methuen arrived at Kimberley to act as Administrator for the district extending south to the Orange River. Colonel Kekewich remains in command of local forces. The siege ceases today and sixty four Boer prisoners are present.
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Lord Methuen
Orange River
Kekewich
England preps vast naval fleets for 1900 01 estimates
London reports naval estimates for 1900 01 totaling 27 522 600 pounds, up 928 100, funding officer and 4 020 more men for new ships. Plans include two new battleships six first class armored cruisers a second class cruiser two twin screw sloops two gunboats and two torpedo boats. Among 108 destroyers the Turpin er Viper reached 35 knots in preliminary trial.
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London
Governor Taylor Visits Louisville for Restful Refuge
Special despatch reports Governor W. S. Taylor spending a night in Louisville with United States Marshal James and C. E. Sapp. The visit was stated to be nonpolitical, focused on rest, sharing cigars and recollections. Taylor planned to return to Frankfort refreshed, with no meetings with attorneys or other political allies.
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Commercial Tribune
Taylor
Frankfort
United States
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C. E. Sapp
Collector Sapp
Columbus Republicans split after city primaries
Almost complete returns show the city administration aligned with Harry M. Daugherty winning nominations for Police Judge Earnhart and Lowry for Justice of the Peace. The administration carried Council seats in Wards Six, Seven, Thirteen, Sixteen and Eighteen while the Hanna Kurtz faction won in Wards Five, Nine, Fourteen and Seventeen. Both factions claim victory amid factional clash over state convention delegates.
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Columbus
Commercial Tribune
Harry M. Daugherty
Earnhart
Lowry
Hanna-Kurtz
Robbers Blow Open Ferry Safe Then Escape Across River
In Bellaire Ohio robbers boarded the ferry boat Charon between Bellaire and Benwood West Virginia last night and blew open the office safe taking about 150 dollars. Engineer Robert Fitch and night watchman Frank Brothers were blindfolded and forced to row them to the West Virginia bank where the pair disappeared into the darkness.
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Commercial Tribune
Bellaire
Benwood
W. Va
Robert Fitch
Frank Brothers
West Virginia
Belle Center Shooting Victim Robert Young Near Death
Special Despatch from Bellefontaine Ohio reports Robert Young shot at Belle Center and has taken no nourishment since the wound. Doctors say he cannot survive the night as the town remains in high excitement.
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Tommercial Tribune
Bellefontaine, O
Robert Young
Belle Center
Young
Prisoners Escape Train Climb Then Recaptured En Route
Herbert and Treon Faught, jailed for fighting in Jackson County, escaped while handcuffed on a train between Jackson and Dayton. They were chased, boarded a freight, recaptured at Chillicothe, and returned to Dayton Workhouse for five months each.
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Treon Faught
Jackson
Marshal Callahan
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Chillicothe
Farmer William Baker Hangs Self After Civil War Wound
In Bowling Green Ohio near Tontogany William Baker a farmer killed himself this morning. His wife witnessed the death as he hanged himself from a beam in the barn after suffering severe pain from a Civil War wound. She tried to support him but failed.
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Bowling Green
William Baker
Tontogany
Baker
Floating in Water Leads to Reburial in Lebanon
Todd Due, a wealthy Indiana farmer from Cyclone, insisted via a spiritual medium that his son’s body in a metal casket within an iron vault lay in water and water would not escape. The body was exhumed and found floating in water. Due had a heavy oak coffin made and reburied the body.
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Lebanon
Ind
Todd Due
Cyclone
Due
Fatal Runaway Kills Monticello Farmer at Fifty
G J Mascum a 70 year old farmer and Mason was riding in a buggy when a runaway team killed him instantly in Monticello Kentucky. His leg was torn from his body in the accident this morning.
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Commercial Tribune
Monticello
G. J. Mascum
Terrific Fire at Spion Kop Sparks Boer Artillery Fury
Terrific blaze breaks out at Spion Kop as Boer artillery shells explode showering the British lines. Reports describe intense fire and heavy smoke with troops rushing to contain the flames and assess casualties. The clash underscores the siege's escalating intensity.
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Spion Kop
Cox Compromise On Ripper Repudiated In Columbus
In Columbus, Governor Nash pushes a one year amend to the Cox ripper plan amid opposition who call the proposal a surrender of self government. Nash openly supports the ripper while questions linger about Nippert and Clark bills and Bryan faction discontent over a July Democratic convention date.
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Commercial Tribune
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House
Cincinnati
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Cox
McLean’s Vice Presidential Endorsement Clash
In the state Democratic scene critics attack McLean aligning with Gorman while Bryan allies oppose him. Anti-McLean factions plan to block a proposed resolution supporting his VP bid at the Democratic State Convention.
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Colonel Bryan
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Freight Wreck Injures Six. Passenger Cars Burned
An east bound Panhandle freight derailed near No 4 Tunnel east of Dinsmore Pa when a slide caused its wheels to slip. Passenger No 9 known as the Greaser, following, struck the wreck and cars burned. Six men hurt include John M Miller J K Mylar Robert Weir James Newell John King and James W McCork. Steubenville and Carnegie wrecking crews with four surgeons were summoned.
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Dinsmore
John M. Miller
Pittsburg
J.K. Mylar
Beaver
Robert Weir
McKeesport
James Newell
Carnegie
John King
James W. McCork
Spies Plan Inquisition on Visitors Stirs Frankfort
Frankfort city officials approve a resolution to establish an inquiry on future visitors and to summon Governor Taylor for lists of state building occupants. The move targets two strangers in the city amid rumors of hidden bodies and threats to judges.
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Frankfort
Taylor
Court of Appeals
Death by own action identified in cold death case
In Denver on February 23, the body of Stuart St. Clair of Williamsport Pennsylvania, found in a Salton refrigerator car February 4, is identified. He had traveled under the alias James Hainlyn and foretold to his wife he would freeze to death.
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Saton
Stuart
St. Clair
Williamsport
James Hainlyn
Ft. Worth
Colorado & Southern
Eaton
Kruger's Nephew Lectures on the Transvaal in United States
A nephew of President Paul Kruger travels through the United States delivering lectures about the Transvaal Republic. He discusses politics, recent events, and narrow escapes from British pressures while addressing diverse audiences.
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Transvaal
Negro Ordered Out in Bellefontaine After Mob Mobbing
David Rickman a Black man who with Nellie Jackson white was tarred and feathered by a West Liberty mob last November received a warning from a group calling itself White and Colored Regulators to leave Bellefontaine by Saturday night or face further violence He has just returned from the Dayton Workhouse where he served a larceny sentence Rickman refuses to flee and seeks police protection
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Bellefontaine, CO
David Rickman
Nelle Jackson
West Liberty
Rickman
Dayton
West Span of Big Four Bridge Collapses in Terre Haute
The west span of the Big Four Railroad bridge over the Wabash River gave way at 2 35 pm as an eastbound freight crossed. Engine and thirty one of fifty cars plunged into the river. Three crew men were lost to the wreck with one dying later. Fireman Dan Ruddell died at St Anthony Hospital. Engineer Harry Adams and brakeman George Whiteman were injured. The incident delayed the Southeastern Limited and delayed traffic, with detours via Paris Illinois and Vandalia.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Wabash River
Paris
Harry Adams
Brightwood
Union Hospital
Dan Ruddell
St. Anthony Hospital
George Whiteman
Worthington
Southeastern Limited
Indiana man sues Spain for 200000 dollars
Victor Hockenstein of Spencer Indiana filed a claim for 200000 dollars against the Spanish Government alleging harm from Spanish soldiers in Cuba while in the Red Grass Society he served with in the Sudan campaign as a British army pensioner. He claimed in Havana that the Spanish blew up the Maine and was confined in Morro Castle.
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Ft Lawton Named for General Lawton Near Seattle
By direction of the President the new military post at Mongolia Bluff near Seattle Washington will hereafter be known as Ft Lawton in honor of Major General Henry W Lawton.
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Mongolia Bluff
Seattle
Wash
Ft. Lawton
Henry W. Lawton
Quay Seating Debate Dominates Senate Session
The Senate opened with the Quay seating dispute as Senator Penrose pressed to take up the case despite opposition. After sparring, a 34 to 28 vote moved the Quay resolution forward while Hawaiian Government bill proceedings continued with Mr. Morgan and Mr. West addressing the chamber.
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