BULLER'S MOVES SHAPING UP AS SLOW ACTION
London reports suggest General Buller with 25 000 men detours west and north to avoid hard terrain. British forces eye large operations as General French returns from Rennberg with forces bound to seize Norvalspont. Boers near Colesberg and Norvalspont are described as increasingly active while Natal and railway links remain pivotal.
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London
Buller
Bir
Henry Green
Bulmer
William Green
War Office
Inythers
Natal
French
Rennberg
Lord Roberts
Coles
Neuwpoort
Sommers
Psec
Remains Lay In State For General Lawton
Fort Wayne Indiana February remains of Major General Henry W Lawton lay in state in the city. A military and civic procession escorted the casket to the courthouse rotunda. The bar post shell battleflag of the Thirtieth Indiana volunteers, commanded by Lawton in the Civil War, was presented by fellow survivors.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Henry W. Lawton
Court House
Symon
Lawton
Indiana Volunteers
Tae
Ninth
Indiana
Oe Lawton
Logan in state as thousands pay last respects
Thousands crowded the rotunda to view Major John A Logan in a flag heaped coffin in Memorial Hall Chicago February 5. Veterans guard the casket as mourners pass through then the body is moved to a train for the journey to Logans hometown in Founga town Ohio.
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Chicago
Fet
Jotn A. Logan
Memorial Hall
Foungatown
Ohio
Logan
Record of 1896 Electoral Vote Growth and State Additions
The article analyzes the rise in presidential electoral votes from 1888 to 1896, noting Idaho Montana North Dakota South Dakota Washington Wyoming state additions and a jump to about 14,000,900 votes in 1896. It cites Utah granting woman suffrage, Colorado expanding it, and border-state shifts, estimating the 1896 total around 15,000,000 with ongoing voter restrictions in Mississippi Louisiana and Carolina.
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Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
Southakota
Washington
Wyoming
United States
Utah
Colorado
Ent
Maryland
Kentucky
Missouri
Mississippi
Louisiana
Carolina
Unfinished Business and Stamp Tax Rhetoric
A fragmented excerpt presents political snippit language about a bill and mortgage concerns. The speaker mentions paying rent, stamping a note, and pledging to respect a country’s will. The target individual is Judd’s Jony Jollings, criticized for introducing the bill.
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Judd
Jony Jollings
Canal Bill Sparks Senate Objections Over Treaty Alliance
A Washington report says senators oppose ratifying the Clayton-Bulwer treaty as it affects the Nicaraguan canal. Leaders Platt, Huinley, and Mason push for revision to require U S control during war and to fortify the canal. The treaty’s current form likely blocks passage in the Senate.
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New York
Washington
Platt and Huinley
Connecticut
Mason
Illinois
Great Britain
United States
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Rheumatism cure praised in advertise form
An old advertorial piece touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as cleansing blood of uric acid and relieving rheumatism. It claims the medicine has no alcohol or narcotics and includes a testimonial from a resident of <place>. The note also mentions Dr. Pierce’s free Medical Adviser and a Northern Pacific Pullman sleeping car service between Anaconda, Butte, Billings, St Paul, and St Louis with two cars on the night train.
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Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Joe
J Beie
Will County
Mai
Pierce, Buffaloe N.Y
Northern Pacific
Anaconda
St. Paul
St. Louis
Butte
Billings
Burlington
Reward notices and piracy concerns in Montana mines
The notice pays twenty five hundred dollars for information leading to the detection and conviction of trespassers at the Michael Devitt lode claim and the Pennsylvania Lode Claim in Montana. It names companies Batterman of Batterson and the Boston and Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Company, with dates and locations in Silver Bow and Deer Lodge counties. The document also mentions early steamship berths from Portland to Cape Nome and confirms co partnership at Metropolitan Market, Butte with Levi Cartier Herman Diestel and N J Bielenberg on January 23, 1900.
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Michael Devitt
Montan i ‘Butter and
Eeton Consolidated Aoreing Company
Batterman
Pennsylvania Lode
Bilger Bow County
Montana
Boston
Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Company
C. &. Batterman
Thomas J. Bennetts
Den
Centerville
Siiver Bow County
Thomas J. Bennetts & Company
North Main Street
Silver Bow County
Thos
Bcadden
State of Montana
County of
Silver Bow
BYRTH
Herman Diestel
N. J, Bielenberg
Levi Cartier
Moea Pas
Silver Row
Levi Ata Ae Herman Dies
N. J. Bielenberg
State OF
Butte City
Orton
Wheyeat
A. D
Williams
Alabama
Copper
Alter
Mavaina
Caledonia
James M. Orton
C. M. Parr
Notice of Patent Application for Spokane Lode Claim Helena
Public notice from United States Land Office Helena Montana dated January 25 1800 announces Henry Bartlett and Michael Donahue of Butte applying for a patent for 1.84 acre Spokane lode claim in Silver Bow and Jefferson counties with detailed survey bearings. The notice lists adjacent claims Mary Ellen Lode Bear Paw Lode Anaconda lode Sullivan lode and boundary coordinates and states if no adverse claims are filed the patent will issue.
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Ing
United of Land Office
Helena
Montana
Henry N. Bartlett
Michael A. Donahue
Butte
Spokane Lode
Silver Bow and Jefferson Countex
Milo
Brelining
Beara
Recorder of
Silver Bow
Jefferson Counties
Mary Ellen Lode
James W. Murphy
Josephine Lode
Bear
Notice of co owner contribution under revised statutes
Within ninety days after service or publication of this notice you must pay your share of expenses. Your portion totals one hundred dollars, as co owner to one half of the claim. If you fail or refuse, your interest will become property of the subscriber under section 2824 of the revised United States statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Oberman
Rackarock Lode
Camp Creek
Silver Bow County
Montana
United States
United , States
Mining Patent Application Notice in Summit Valley
United States Land Office Helens Montana December 9 1898 notice that Joalah H Trerise of Butte Montana has filed for a patent for 1444 linear feet of the Copper Trust lode extending feet east and 1234 feet west from the discovery point in Summit Valley unorganized mining district Silver Bow County Montana with details of location and claim.
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Montana
Om.cial Survey Ag
Cornar No. 1
United States of America
Ward Copper Trust
United States
United States Land Office
Helens
Notic
Joalah H .Trerise
Butte
Copper Trust
Point of Discovery
Summit Valley
Silver Bow
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87. Paul and
Cape Nome
Portland
Broadway
RSE
John WN. Kirk
Second Judicial District
Monca
Silver On
Beef Straight Quarry Company
District Court
Hutte
Clinton C. Clark
Will Hardcastle
Coombe
Publicaciom
Get
Tos. H. Harper
U. 8
Discovery Shaft
Anaconda Lode
Charles X
Larrar Bie Et al
Michael Sullivan
Mortana
George D. Green
Register
Combination Mining and Milling Company
Buatnesa and Works
Combination
Granite County
Combination Mining and
Granite
Jease B. Mebler
Jroom
Werner Ziegler
Bi-Metallic
Philipsburg
Salemn
Board of Trustees
Jesse B. Mellor
Secretar
Wallace M. L. Dernie
Butte, Mont
Nervita Medical Co
Hinton & Accents
Fae
Newbro Drug Co
A. Augendre
Bale Agen
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