Ladysmith Relief Reported As Buller Advances
General Dundonald with native carbineers and a composite regiment entered Ladysmith after a long, costly campaign. Buller claims the country to the north is clear and specifies his forces will move on Melthorpe. He notes 4000 casualties in relieving Ladysmith and describes hardships from fever and water pollution as the garrison holds out amid dire conditions.
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Dundonald
Ladysmith
Melthorpe
Buller
Lorpon
Pieters Hill
War Office
General White
Charlee Williams
Lord Wolseley
Tuniskillings Attack on Railway Hill Marked Bearing Point
The report notes 12 days of fighting ending with a Royal Tuniskilling assault on Railway hill. It records 24 officers leading the attack with 5 remaining, while rain in the tropical season compounded the terrain challenge as kopjes guarded their crests and no map existed to guide progress.
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Suiday
Royal
Tuniskillings
Two Shots At Castro United Venezuelan Leader Caracas
In Caracas on March 1 during carnival, a Venezuelan fired twice at President Cipriano Castro but missed. Castro was later acclaimed by the crowd as quiet after the incident. Castro, about 86, rose to power after the 1899 revolution and is linked to the Liberal party.
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Venezuela
Caracas
Castro
Capriano Castro
Cipriano Castro
United States
Uberal Party
Campbell on the Stand in Clark Prosecution Hearings
Washington March 1 Congressman Campbell principal counsel for the prosecution testified before the senate elections committee. He described attending a preliminary conference of Clark supporters forming the anti Daly campaign and said he slept through much discussion. He denied opening the Bickford letter but admitted advising Hill to open it.
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Clark
Washington
Congressman Campbell
Senate Committee On Elections
Friends
Mr. Clark
Ben Hill
Campbell
Bickford
Whitesides
Hill
ARE MEN OF INFLUENCE Trial of Havana Customhouse Officials Postponed
Havana reports show four months likely before hearing as Spanish law delays trials on customhouse fraud cases. Friends of the accused press influence on Cuban officials to hinder prosecutions, with arrests linked to a base faction.
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Havana
Minnesota Veterans Encampment Opens in Minneapolis
The Minnesota G. A. R. encampment begins in Century hall, Minneapolis, with Mayor James Gray welcoming delegates. Department Commander Searle presides as J. F. R. Foss and Gideon S. Ives contend for department commander.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota G. A. R
Century Hall
James Gray
Searle
J. F. R. Foss
The
Naval Veterans
Gideon S. Ives
Republic Iron and Steel Mills Close Indefinitely
All eleven Republic Iron and Steel mills in Indiana have shut down indefinitely. The closings follow recent suits filed in Muncie to enforce the weekly pay law by State Factory Inspector McAbbee. More than 6,000 workers are affected.
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Republic Iron and Steel Company
Indiana Plante
Muncie
Ind
Indiana
McAbbee
Buller reports capture of Pieters Hill after hard fighting
General Buller reports from Hlandwana that Langewicht Spruit passage was found and used to cross the Tugela. On February 25-26 Royal Engineers and Barton’s battalions scaled Pieters hill, the 60 prisoners taken, and the enemy driven from the sector with light losses. Royal Navy guns praised for support.
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Buller
Pieters Hill
London
War Office
Hlandwana
Langewicht Spruit
Tugela
Sandbach
Royal Engineers
Barton
Sixth Brigade
Dublin Fusiliers
Northcott
Kitchener
Warren
South Lancashire Regiment
Bualwana
Royal Naval Force
Natal
Armistice Arranged Amid Hillside Wounded Left Idle
British wounded were left unattended on a hillside for 86 hours before a local armistice allowed care. General Buller sent a flag of truce enabling ceasefire conditions but no shooting. Boer attack on the British left was repulsed with no serious casualties amid ongoing shelling. Dispatches note water supplied to wounded and quiet at Stormberg with Kitchener at Arundel as Boer forces retire toward Norvalspont. Rensburg occupied after a brief skirmish.
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Lowpox
Winston Churchil
Colenso
Buller
the Times
Dish and with no serious opposition in sight
The town and the railway report no injuries or damage from the dispute, noting peaceful conditions and no harm to either side while the conflict remains unresolved.
Ruined by the Cyclone Struggles of Porto Rico Firm
A New Jersey corporation with headquarters in Philadelphia, the Porto Rico company, operating in San Juan de Porto Rico, seeks insolvency relief. Receiver E. Simpson is named after a cyclone last year destroyed property worth 175000 in cash. Liabilities total 797000 with assets at 85000, largely franchises.
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Porto Rico
San Juan de Porto Rico
New Jersey
Philadelphia
E. Simpson
No agreement yet in miners and operators talks
Des Moines March 1 miners and operators failed to fix a wage scale effective April 1 the sides holding firm on demands miners pressing 25 percent raise operators offering 5 percent no concessions anticipated over several days of talks Also in Kentucky the Ward bill to raise 100000 to aid locating Goebel’s assassin passed the House Des Moines bill to abolish state printer and binder defeated in the lower house 65 to 48.
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Conference of Laws
Operata
Des Moines
Conference of Miners
Opera Toruin
Goebel
Frankfort
William Goebel
Des Motes
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