Austrian Count Reveals Cronje Delay Causes
New York dispatch reports Austrian noble Count Adelbert Sternberg describing Boer distrust of British movement and Cronje’s failure to grasp Roberts’s strategy. Chronology covers Magersfontein, Kalkfontein, and relief rumors for Kimberley as Boer camps misread English advance and transport actions.
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New York
Adelbert Sternberg
Neue Freie Presse
Orange Free State
Cronje
Lord Roberts
Count Sternberg
Magersfontein
Koffgfontein
Jacobsdal
Colesberg
Sternberg
Ramdam Ford
Inniskillings
Lord Kitchener
Kimberley
French
Kalkfontein
Albrecht
Colonel Wallace 1 Buried in Helena
State honors for Col R Bruce Wallace laid to rest in Helena after dying at Fort Huachuca. Massed attendance from all counties, parade, and military honors including 100 First Montana soldiers, Boston & Montana Band, and remarks by Governor Smith. He led a long line of veterans and officials in a formal farewell.
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Helena
Montana
R. Bruce Wallace
Fort Huachacha
Aviz
Butte
Boston & Montana
Wallace
Spahr
F. J. Adams
Great Fit
Asa Duncan
Missoula
J. F. Keown
Bozeman
John Hallaben
Anaconda
Louis P. Ganders
B. Eb, Calkins
Becker
Boston & Montana Band
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Stull
Calsson
Cais
Smith
Joseph K. Toole
Charles F. Lloyd
Clarence J. Boardman
Great Falls
J. F. Mercer
Fred 8
British Attack Sparks Boer Retreat at Magersfontein
Eyewitness report describes Boer panic as British artillery hit near Magersfontein. Cronje and Landrost Steyn debate defense moves while panic prompts evacuation toward Oliphantsfontein and Bloemfontein. Free State burghers push for retreat to protect cattle and property.
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Ourghers
Landrost Steyn
Jacobsdal
Modder
Cronje
Magersfontein
Sternberg
Bloemfontein
Oliphantsfontein
Villebiers
Free State
Major Kirkman Faces Court Martial For Insult Claim
New York dispatch says Major Kirkman U S V captain of regulars has been court martialed for conduct unbecoming an officer over an alleged insult to Archbishop Chapelle during a voyage to Manila. The archbishop reported the insult after Kirkman refused to air the stateroom window. If convicted he faces dismissal from the army.
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New York
the Times
Manila
Brooklyn
Kirkman
Archbishop Chapelle
Philippines
San Francisco
Chapelle
Manila Bay
Otis
Why Soldiers Were Needed Officers Powerless
Governor Steunenberg testifies under cross examination in the Coeur d Alene Investigation before the house military affairs committee. He defends martial law as needed amid ongoing rebellion and opposition to state authorities while admitting possible error. He cites labor organize in Shoshone as criminally dominated and declines to name alleged criminals. He says posse comitatus not used, citing crisis requiring decisive action.
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Washington
Steunenberg
Coeur d'Alene
House Committee On Military Affairs
Sulzer
Bunker Hill
Ane & Is
Posse Comitatus
Senator Davis Bill Proposes Puerto Rico Trade Pact
Washington March 26 Senator Davis introduces a substitute for the Porto Rican bill. It provides for trade between the United States and Porto Rico and extends national revenue laws to the island. The act is provisional and expires in two years. The senate committee on Porto Rico will not separate the tariff feature from the bill until after the republican caucus this afternoon.
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Washington
Davis
United States
Porto Rico
Senate Committee On
Bryan to Reach Sacramento by Overland Flyer
W J Bryan will arrive in Sacramento California by the overland flyer at 2 o clock tomorrow afternoon. He will be met at Roseville by a cohort of prominent democrats and a reception committee will greet him at the depot. A reception at the Golden Eagle hotel from 4 to 6 o clock precedes his evening address. At midnight he will depart for Oregon.
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Sacramento
Cal
W. J. Bryan
Roseville
Golden Eagle Hotel
Oregon
Contempt Fines Sought in Helena Montana Ore case
Special to the Inter Mountain reports the supreme court set for April 11 the hearing on dissolving an injunction against the Montana Ore Purchasing company. Earlier contempt claims against officers including A P Heinze led to fines and further sanctions. Details cover affidavits by workers and local lawyers, with multiple court rulings noted and additional reviews filed.
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Helena
Mont
Supreme Court
Montana Ore
Pennsylvania Rarts
Clancy
Tre Boston & Montane
Montana
A. P Heinze
A. P. Heinze
East
F. T. McBride
Lindsay
Silas F. King
J. Ef. Malones
Acton
Cole Manufacturing Company Ve. Charles ‘Morton
District Court
Missoula County
Hunt
Judge Loud
Ottway Jackson
Brantley
Boston & Montana
W. F. Pod
Edward Finnegan
Mike Morrinsey
John Downey
George Stevens
B. Davis
Lee Tayen
Richard Dowe
James Courina
Mortana
Butte & Roster
Pennsylvania
Boston & Morana
Stutty & Boston
Until &Taves
Berkeley
Michael Deyttatte
Werge
Algters
Field Marshal Stewart Dead and ore theft disputes surface
Affidavits describe sacks of ore at the 700 and 800 foot levels near the Rarus shaft, with miners from the Montana Ore Purchasing Company allegedly breaking down ore and bulkheads erected to bar access by Boston & Montana and Butte & Boston agents. New evidence cites drift work, sacked ore, and alleged injunction violations across the William Devitt ground and Pennsylvania lode claim.
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Leither
Boston & Montana
Butte & Boston
Rarus
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
Finnegan
John Downey
Mike Morrissey
George Stevens
EB. Davis
Davis
Pennsylvania Lode
Amant
Affant
Montana
Michael Devitt
Pennsylvania
Butte de Boston
Will Ward
Lewia Janin
Finnegan's
Davie
Franex Morrissey
Train Wreck Wipes Out Express Team Near Oplika
Atlanta dispatch reports the fast mall on the Atlanta and West Point derailed between West Point and Oplika Alabama. Express messenger Oslin was killed and baggage master Blunt gravely injured. An engine bearing doctors left for the scene. reports say many dead or injured as the train, traveling about fifty miles per hour, blocked traffic.
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Atlanta
West Point
New Orleans
Oplika
Ala
Oslin
Blunt
Opiika
Powers murder trial adjourned due to witness illness
In Frankfort on March 26 the trial of Republican Secretary of State Powers charged as an accessory to Goebel's murder did not resume at 0 o'clock. Witness Wharton Golden was absent due to illness, with a doctor advising appearance at 1 o'clock and the court adjourned accordingly.
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Frankfort
Goebel
Wharton Golden
Peltigrove
Golden
Furious assault ends in double tragedy in Owoseo
In Owoseo Michigan on March 26 Charien Scott a separated husband burst into his wife house assaulted Mrs Scott and her mother with a chinch then shot himself. Mrs Scott dies and her mother Mrs Bergunva is seriously injured.
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Owoseo
Mich
Charien Scott
Mra. Scott
Bergunva
Millinery Opening Draws Montana Society Attention
Hennessy presents latest millinery designs from Paris modistes, promising an Easter display that elevates Hennessy’s Millinery to premier status in Montana. The pre season exhibits impress society leaders with novel, varied and elegant styles for Easter.
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Hennessy
Butte
Montana
Parisian Millinery Exhibit At Hennessys Department
Parisian styles headline Our Workrooms present a millinery exhibit featuring hats from the Grand Prix line. The display includes hats for street wear golfers and dress, with heliotrope basket straw, violet lace and velvet trim. Hundreds more new hats await Monday unveiling in the millinery department.
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Europe
America
Hennesay
Hennessy
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Major Kirkman
Hatto
Senator Davis’ Bill
Bryan
California
Stewart
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