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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1900
Page
1
A Cape Argus correspondent reports General Cronje surrounded at Pranderberg offering stubborn resistance. British troops shell the Boers vigorously and expect to capture the entire force as anxiety grows in England from heavy front line fighting and long casualty lists.
London reports Lord Roberts lists 49 killed and wounded officers up to Sunday, including two generals, but omissions raise anxiety. Observers doubt final results, noting lack of details on Welsh and Essex regiments and mounted infantry. Boer reports gain credence amid silence from Roberts dispatches.
The war office patch from Lord Rub Paardeberg on Tuesday February 20 notes Highland brigade casualties between February 16 and 19 include 1 officer killed Lieutenant Colonel Aldworth and 16 wounded. The wounded include General Hector MacDonald Major H. E. Maxwell of the Black Watch and Lieutenant Ackers Douglas of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Details of the fighting had not yet been received.
London February 22 war office dispatch from General Buller reports the Fifth division crossing the Tugela by pontoon at Chieveley Camp on February 21 and driving back the enemy. This confirms progress as British forces push inland in South Africa.
Victoria B C mourns the loss of 40 percent of its volunteers in South Africa with the flag at half mast at the United States consulate. A Pretoria dispatch reports Commandant Ferreira killed February 19 in what is described as an accident. Local Philadelphia results show Municipal League gains over regular Republicans and Democrats in magistrate races. Albert H Ladner William Eisenbrown J M R Jermon and John M O'Brien elected as magistrates.
Olga Nethersole, actress, was arrested in New York on a charge of offending public decency over the production of Sapho at Wallack's theater. She was paroled to her counsel, with the case set for Friday hearing, amid widespread denunciation from pulpit and press.
Dr Leslie Keeley, famous for the gold cure, died suddenly at his winter home near Los Angeles after two days of a severe cold. He suffered a heart failure en route to the bathroom, a heart specialist was summoned, but he died before arrival. He was 86 years old.
A westbound Wisconsin Central passenger train derailed three miles west of Curtis after a tender wheel broke. Sixteen passengers were injured, with no fatalities. The engine stayed on track as the rest of the train derailed.
Washington reports that Bellounts on Luzon conclude military actions with General Bates ending the expedition in two southern provinces. A mobile gendarmerie will police the islands, while insurgents under arms face guerrilla branding. Civil government plans advance as Otis and Denby face appointments and the Philippine commission is formed to govern locally.
United States will yield claims to Caygayen Bula and Cibiu islands south of the Philippine archipelago after Spain’s representations prompted the State Department to review charts and withdraw U.S. claims outside the Paris Treaty boundary.
The State Department response to the House resolution on Macrum charges confirms regular mail and telegraph correspondence with late Consul Charles B. Macrum at Pretoria and Lourenzo Marques. It notes a temporary Cape Town mail stoppage last November resolved by routing through a neutral path, with no uncured interference since then. It denies any secret alliance between the United States and Britain and asserts no constitutional allowance for such a pact.
John B. Wellcome, Clark’s campaign manager, testified before the senate committee. He claimed expenses for the senatorial bid did not exceed £25,000 and produced his bank book and checks for verification, though not released to the public. He alleged Daly supplied funds for the Whiteside exposure and blamed Montana’s supreme court for bias in his disbarment trial.
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