British Relieve Pressure as Boer Defences Weakening
Despatch from Buller reports successful river crossings near Tugela and Pieters Hill by the Sixth Brigade Royal Dublin Fusiliers and others with sixty prisoners taken. British artillery and naval volunteers receive praise for reduced losses amid heavy fire on Langewach and Bulwana mountains.
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Hlangwanse Plain
Langewach Te Spruit
Barton
Sixth Brigade
Royal Dublin Fusileers
Pietres Hill
Northcott
Kitchener
Warren
South Lancashires
Bulwana Mountain
Royal Navy
Natal
Snow Storm Paralyzes Chicago and Kansas City Regions
Chicago experiences the heaviest snowfall of the season with over a foot fallen since last night. Drifts block crossings and rail service is disrupted while many workers cannot reach downtown. In Kansas City and western Kansas, 18 inches to three feet bury the plains as trains delay and stock fears rise.
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Chicago
Kansas
Kansas City
Colorado Line
Golf rules under review at United States Golf Association meet
The U S Golf Association gathers in New York to consider adopting the St Andrews rules changes. Key points include removing penalties when a moving ball is caused by a player's swing and rules for dropping displaced balls near the original lie. The updated last ball last hole rule halves ties if both players lose their balls. The article also notes a separate incident involving Mexicans raising a flag over the American banner and American casualties in Cuba.
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New York
United States Golf Association
St. Andrews
Discrimination Probe Opened Over Coal Freight Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission began a hearing in Omaha to investigate alleged discrimination against James McGrew of Lexington Missouri by the Missouri Pacific Railroad. McGrew claims the railroad, which mines coal at Rich Hill Missouri, denies him the same rates granted to Missouri Pacific agents.
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Omaha
Interstate Commerce Commission
James McGrew
Lexington
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Missouri Pacific
Rich Hill
Dying for the Flag Mexican Mining Camp On
A brief item notes conditions at a Mexican mining camp tied to patriotic demonstrations. Details describe the camp’s atmosphere and tensions around display of the flag amid labor and regional politics.
Washington's Day Visited Lizzie Ore in Guaymas Mexico
A Washington's birthday shooting affray at Pilares de Tierra left three Americans and five Mexicans dead. The report notes subsequent domestic incidents and Midland news on court actions, a local postmaster marriage, and regional events.
Victoria and Albert royal yacht misfit prompts remodel
London reports indicate the royal yacht Victoria and Albert is top heavy and poorly trimmed due to boiler position and excessive upper deck weight. Plans call for deck reconfiguration, shorter masts, lighter upper structures, and large bilge keels to correct the defects.
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London
Prince Louis of Battenburg
Royal Apartments
Tariff Bill for Puerto Rico Debate Targets 15 Percent Duty
Washington lawmakers clash over a tariff bill on goods between Puerto Rico and the United States. Payne’s 15 percent amendment passes in committee, with revenue pegged around 1.25 million. debate lauded as historic by Grosvenor. House prepares for a final vote expected near party lines.
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Porto Rico
United States
House
Payne
Ways and Means
Sibley
Peaannsylvania
Grosvenor
Ohio
American Congress
Elks Prep For Record Grand Lodge Convention
Atlantic City gears up for the Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks convention expected to draw about 15 000 visitors. Since the St Louis session membership has surged and lodges compete to host a standout event.
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New York
Atlantic City
Grand Lodge of the United States Benevolent and Protective Order of Elke
St. Louis
Delegates Gather for National Editorial Convention
Editors from across the nation convene in New Orleans for the fifteenth annual National Editorial Association meeting. Proceedings promise a highly successful gathering with delegates already in the city.
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New Orleans
National Editorial Association
Outlaw Curry Shot After Wilcox Train Hold Up
Pinkerton detectives traced Curry from Cripple Creek to Kansas City then to Dodson where officers found him. He resisted with a pistol and was shot dead as he attempted to escape. The Wilcox Union Pacific train robbers are believed to be mostly killed with Curry the sole survivor.
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Lotus Curry
Lee Farm
Dodson
Curry
Union Pacific
Wilcox
Wyo
Pinkerton
Cripple Creek
Lizzie Lee
Gunning for a Man in Midland Hold Up
Special correspondence from the Herald reports a Midland suburban incident after a social party. A young man who declined introductions to three Midland women was confronted next day by a buggy with the women and a double barreled shotgun. They ordered him to halt and light out with menacing intent.
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Midland
Tex
Doubtful Report Of Deserted Soldier Near Odessa
Police doubt the Odessa sighting of a negro deserter on the railroad track after Mr. Sheemaker’s claim, noting witnesses may have mistaken details. El Paso investigators found reports of two so called negro soldiers along the river bank but concluded they were not black.
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Lockart
Odessa
Sheemaker
el Paso
Conaway Sues Mexican Central Railway for 15000 Damages
Today E. C. Conaway filed suit in federal court against the Mexican Central railway company for fifteen thousand dollars in damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received on December 20 1899 while acting as conductor. In Justice Spencer's court W. W. Wiley was fined five dollars and costs for using abusive language.
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E. C. Conaway
Mexican Central Railway Company
Spencer
W. W. Wiley
Labor conference proposes distinct labor group in Parliament
ITS OWN WHIPS LONDON Feb 28 In compliance with a Plymouth resolution a special conference of trade unions socialist and cooperative societies opened at Memorial hall to secure proper representation of working class opinion in the house of commons The conference proposes a distinct labor group with its own whips to agree on policy and engage in legislation in labor interest while ready to ally with any party opposing contrary measures.
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London
Trade Union Congress
Plymouth
Memorial Hall
House of Commons
Sam Woods
M.P
Western tobacco firms unite to challenge trust on coast
Five western companies with a combined capital of 3 million have formed a coalition to oppose the tobacco trust in the Pacific Coast region. They plan to abandon billboard ads and rely on newspaper advertising instead. The members are Henry Weisinger Tobacco Company Louisville R A Patterson Tobacco Co Richmond Sparker Bros. & Co Mount Airy Brown Bros. Winston and Richard Bond and Co Baltimore.
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Tobacco Trust
Pacific Coast
Henry Weisinger Tobacco Company
Louisville
R. A. Patterson Tobacco Co
Richmond
Sparker Bros. & Co
Mount Airy
N. C
Brown Bros. Winston
N.C
Richard Bond and Co
Baltimore
Metal Market Prices in New York
New York copper and silver quotes are listed with copper at 16, silver at 59, and lead at 4.45 on February 28.
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New York
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