War dispatch reports Boer attack near Buffelspoort
Lord Kitchener’s Bloemfontein dispatch says General Delarey with 590 Boers attacked a Pretoria to Rustenburg convoy at Buffelspoort. Half the convoy burned, fifteen killed, twenty three wounded including Lieutenant Baker. Boers suffered losses. DeWet crosses the Caledon toward Odendal. Knox pursues as Caledon drift is held.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Bloemfontein
Delarey
Pretoria
Rustenburg
Buffelspoort
Baker
Commandon Nek
DeWet
Caledon
Karree Pont
Odendal
Knox
Secretary of War remits sentence for Charles H. Eagan restored to duty
Orders issued by the Secretary of War remitted the remainder of General Charles H. Eagan’s sentence and restored him to active duty in Washington. A second order states Eagan retired under the thirty years' service rule on his own application, promoting Acting Commissary General John Weston to the vacancy. Eagan had been disciplined for calling Lieutenant General Miles names during the canned beef scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of War
Charles H. Eagan
Washington
Eagan
John Weston
Miles Names
Guatemala Must Yield to Uncle Sam over May arrest
The State Department has noted press reports of arrest in Port Barrios of American railroad contractor May. It instructed Ambassador Hunter in Guatemala City to investigate and press for May's release if facts align with reports.
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Guatemala
Uncle Sam
State Department
Port Barrios
May
United States
Hunter
Guatemala City
Costa Rica
Dawes Commission
Storms lash British coasts. ships suffer wrecks near Jersey
Storms sweep the British coasts and rough seas hit the Channel. The Plymouth steamer Rosseall foundered off Jersey. passengers were saved but a boat with nine crew members is missing.
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London
Rosseall
Plymouth
Jersey
Mine Tragedy Claims Two Men in Swampkin Mine
Paul Prebles and Frank Andrews were killed by a coal fall at Luke Fidler mine in Swampkin Pennsylvania. They were working on a coal breast when a large mass collapsed, burying them. The mine is owned by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company.
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Paul Prebles
Frank Andrews
Luke Fidler
Swampkin
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Ill Lieutenant Hobson in New York Remains Unreachable
Lieutenant Hobson stays very ill in New York as hundreds of letters and telegrams arrive. Physicians forbid sending items to his room and many callers are refused access to see him.
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Hobson
New York
Fiend Captured Charged in Infant Burn Case
John Gibson of Catalettsburg faces jail in Marysville Ky after a serious incident with his infant step-daughter. Vic states the hot poker burns aimed to fake death as smallpox.
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John Gibson
Catalettsburg
Marysville, Ky
Vic
Explosion at San Andres de Lasierra Mines Kills Dozens
In Mexico City the dynamite blast at the San Andres de Lasierra mines killed or wounded many miners. Latest reports reveal twenty six bodies recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
San Andres de Lasierra
Three Men Killed in Rockfall at World Herald Mine
Three men were killed and two seriously injured when a heavy blast at the World Herald mine in Aurora Missouri loosened a bowlder in the roof. The accident occurred during blasting as the men worked underground.
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World- Herald
Aurora
Tragic Grand Trunk Crash Kills Six In Ontario
An engine on the Grand Trunk Railway at Inglewood Junction Ontario crashed into a hand-car carrying five section men. Every man aboard was killed instantly in the deadly collision.
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Grand Trunk Railway
Inglewood Junction
Ont
McKinley Opposes Fortification of Nicaraguan Canal
President McKinley will oppose the amendment to the canal bill that would fortify the Nicaraguan Canal. He rejects fortifications as proposed, signaling a focus on alternative security measures and strategic considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Seven Lives Lost In Sinking Off Hampton Beach
The schooner Mary A Brown foundered off Hampton Beach New Hampshire with all seven crew members perishing in the incident. The tragedy adds to a string of maritime dangers along the Atlantic coast this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Brown
Hampton Beach
N. II
Maine Judge Manley Set for IRS Commissioner Post
Hon. Joseph H. Manley of Maine, offered the position of Commissioner of Internal Revenue, will travel to Washington soon and is expected to accept the appointment in place of the late George W. Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Manley
Maine
Internal Revenue
George W. Wilson
Washington
Football season records show higher gridiron injuries
A compiled table reports eleven deaths sixty two serious injuries and one hundred fifty minor injuries on the gridiron this season nationwide. The toll exceeds the previous season.
Abandoned plans for Dewey arch and wild weather toll
A severe gale along the New England coast caused shipping damage. Portland Maine saw two dead and two severely burned in a small house fire. Across the region, fires, mine accidents, robberies, and losses from floods and boiler explosions marked a day of widespread misfortune.
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New York
New England
Portland
H. E. Goodman
Chicago
Wintondale
Plymouth
Andrew Bushes
Mary
Andrew Talada
A. K
Narberth
United States District Court
Multiple incidents across the nation including robberies and disasters
In Chicago five highwaymen robbed a crowded car injuring the conductor and stole $217 from Edward Wright. A Chicago postmaster and assistant postmaster resigned after 38 years. A freight collision near Suisun killed five and injured twenty-two. A boiler explosion at Grannis Arkansas killed two and injured four. A Chicago passenger train struck three men, one killed. The American Car and Foundry Co. ordered 600 cars for Northern Spain with delivery by March 1. Additional reports note a suicide connected to insanity on Wyoming’s grave of a dog, and a Bermidiji Minnesota jury found not guilty in the Whipple murder after delay.
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Cardington
Ohio
Winona
Minn
Grace Robinson
Libby
Mont
Cleveland
Upton Moore
Heiley Heaton
Charles Mohr
Bellefontaine
George M. Weingard
Topeka
Kan
W. L. White
Grand Rapids
Michigan National Guard
Wiest
Crookston
Henry Zimmerman
Chicago
St. Paul
State Reformatory
Southern Pacific
Suisun
Cal
Charles Harris
P. D. Batson
Grannis
Ark
John Prow
St. George
Utah
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Harlem
American Car and Foundry Company of
Detroit
Northern Spain Railway
Reuben Lockman
Wyoming
Whipple
Bermidiji
Seattle
Great Northern
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
John W. Campbell
St. Louis
Manila
Richard Novak
Foley
Novak
Albert Olsen
Frank C. Robertson
National Cavalry Volunteers
Wichita
Kaw
Hancock County
Ilinois
Roosevelt
Rough
Jennie Williamson
Dewey
Cincinnati
John Burke
Baltimore and Ohio
Tiffin
Series of crimes and court ruling feature a turbulent era
The report lists crimes across states including Jacksonville Florida killings during arrest and a Georgia plant fire with convicts spared, plus a Pittsburgh towboat collision and large coal losses. It notes a Dallas murder involving burning details and a Supreme Court ruling upholding Jim Crow railcar segregation with a lone dissent by Justice Harlan.
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Tom Dodsworth
Volunteer
Pittsburg
Huntington
W. Va
Henry Johnson
Main Street
Paris
Henry Lawson
Lawson
Judy Jackson
W. H. Cox
Chattahoochee Urick
John Chapman
Kid Taulkner
United States Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
United States
Kentucky
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
Fire destroys Moensted oleomargarine plant in Aarhus
Fire at Moensted's oleomargarine factory in Aarhus Denmark causes a loss of 1 000 000 kronen. Reports include Rev Joseph Parker leading a London Sun program and Germans in China suffering casualties near Pao-Ting-Fu amid Boxer attacks.
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Moensted
Aarhus
Denmark
Joseph Parker
London Sun
Mr. Sheldon
Topeka
Captain Green
Thirtythird Infantry
Vigan
Island
Luzon
Lille
France
Tientsin
Pao-Ting-Fu
The
Royal
Royal Inspection and World Events Reported
The Prince of Wales inspected the Cemadian regiment and Household cavalry in London. A Naples dispatch says the steamer St Marie was wrecked with forty five dead or missing. Nanking powder magazine exploded killing thirty and injuring fifty. Russia’s population rose from 75 million in 1861 to over 136 million now. Oscar Wilde died in Paris in poverty under an assumed name. German education reform drafts propose compulsory English in higher schools replacing French.
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Cemadian Regiment
Household Cavalry
London
Prince of Wales
Naples
St. Marie
Marseilles
Nanking
Russia
Ministry of Finance
Oscar Wilde
Great Britain
Paris
William
Wreck on Mexican Central Railroad Causes Dozens of Deaths
A terrible wreck between Tamanacha and Symon on the Mexican Central Railway left a score of people dead and about sixty injured. The report lists widespread casualties and notes the incident as the day’s grave transportation disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamanacha
Symon
Root
House Committee On Military Affairs
Manila
United States
Vigan
Market Reports Show Wide Variations Across Regions
Chicago cattle bring 3.00 to 5.85, hogs 3.00 to 4.85, sheep 3.00 to 4.30 with wheat at No. 2 red T1c to T2e, corn No. 2 3hc to 3c. Indianapolis cattle 3.00 to 5.50, hogs 4.00 to 4.80, sheep 3.00 to 8.50, wheat No. 2 T2c to T3c. New York prices include cattle 3.25 to 5.65, hogs 3.00 to 5.25, wheat No. 2 red L5c to Toc.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Congress At Work In Busy New Session
Washington reports the Forty sixth Congress opened with the President’s message read and memorials observed. Major measures discussed include army reorganization, steamship subsidy, canal, Pacific cable, rivers and harbors, public buildings and war tax amendments. Debates loom on ship subsidy and Philippines policy as Congress prepares to adjourn March 4.
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Washington
Senate
House
Davis
Minnesota
Congress
McKinley
Gear
Frye
Henderson
Daly
New Jersey
Hoffecker
Delaware
Allison
Dolliver
Senator Gear
Dillingham
Ross
Vermont
House of Representatives
United States
Hanna
Mr. Payne
New York
Spooner
Philippines
Ladrones
Guam
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Iowa
Charleston
D. C
Hall of Military Affairs Committee
Sulzer
N. Y
Marsh
Great Britain
B. H. McCalla
W. C. Wise
United States Navy
Messrs
Hull
Grosvenor
Ohio
Parker
N. J
Messrs. McCall
Mass
Cochran
Kleberg
Texas
MacClellan
Shafroth
Colo
Cummings
Cox
Tenn
Secretary Gage Reports Year 1900 Treasury Finances
Secretary Lyman J. Gage presented a comprehensive annual financial statement to Congress. For the year ending June 30, 1900, total government revenues reached 669,595,431.18 dollars with major sources from internal revenue 295,327,926.76, customs 223,164,871.16, and postal service 102,354,579.29. Expenditures totaled 590,068,371 dollars, yielding a surplus of 79,527,000.18. The report covers gold standard effects, reserve movements, cash balances, and a notable rise in small denominations for crop movement. Expenditures by department include pensions, military, naval, and civil establishments. The note also details bond refunding savings, coinage, and foreign commerce highlights for 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
Congress
Internal Revenue
Postal Service
Philippines
Naval Establishment
New Reserve Fund
United States
Treasury
State of the Treasury
Gage
Gould
Prince of Wales Adds Spectacles Amidst Dated Royal Quips
Odde and Enos Prince of Wales now wear spectacles. It is estimated that only 1,000 buffalo remain alive. Caribou hunting in Newfoundland is reported as remarkably good. The Navy Department sells the old monitor Nantucket and the tug Cheyenne. Miss Clara Clemens, daughter of Mark Twain, plans to become a professional singer. Amos Dice of Galion Ohio, driven by drink, shot his wife and killed himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odde
Enos Prince of Wales
Newfoundland
Navy Department
Nantucket
Clara Clemens
Mark Twain
Amos Dice
Galion
Ohio
Rocotar
Root urges 60000 troops to restore order in the Philippines
Secretary Root’s annual report highlights duty in the Philippines Cuba Mexico China and Alaska. He urges 60000 soldiers for immediate future to guard 400 posts and train native forces, and proposes coinage of a special insular dollar redeemable in gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Root
Cuba
Portexico
China
Alaska
United States
Porto Rico
Griggs
Congress
Mercier Gries War Invasion Plans Unveiled in Senate
Gen Mercier in the French Senate Tuesday startled onlookers by outlining invasion plans against Great Britain. President Fallieres ordered him to stop as he risked divulging state secrets in the public session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telle
England
Gen. Mercier
Great Britain
Mercier
Fallieres
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