Ladysmith Relieved Ends Four Months Siege War News
London reports the relief of Ladysmith as General Dundonald and Natal forces enter the town. Buller dispatches confirm the Boers are driven from the area and the country south of Ladysmith is clear. Jubilation sweeps the UK with bells, flags, and public holiday declarations.
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London
Ladysmith
War Office
Buller
Lyttleton
Dundonald
Natal Carbineers
Nelthorpe
General Buller
White
Windsor Castle
United Kingdom
Glasgow
Liverpool
Birmingham
Edinburg
British Empire
Globe
Relief of Ladysmith Shifts War Mood Across Empire
London papers hail General Buller and General White for lifting Ladysmith siege and boosting Allied morale. Queen and Prince of Wales send congratulations. Circling moves by Lord Roberts and Kitchener prompt speculation on next steps as Boers question Bloemfontein's fate. British troops prepare for possible engagements as expeditions converge.
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Mansion House
London
Buller
Roberts
White
England
Ladysmith
Stock Exchange
Lucknow
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Westminster Gazette
Kitchener
General Buller
Prince of Wales
Portsmouth
Lord Dundonald
Bulwana Hill
Kimberley
Free State
French
Bloemfontein
British assault seals Pieters Hill in Majuba anniversary action
On Majuba Day, Colenso action sees British forces under Barton and Kitchener storm Pieters Hill and Railway Hill. Heavy Ilyddite shells shell the Nek trenches while Boers retreat, prisoners taken, white flags raised. British advances grant control of the hills and road to Ladysmith.
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Colenso
Majuba Hill
Pieters Hill
Nek
Barton
Kitchener
Wynne
Northcote
Railway Hill
Pieter’s Hill
Ladysmith
The Boer Surrender
London reports a strong but unclear note on surrender terms as the Boer forces respond March 1 with determined action. The dispatch hints at negotiations and possible capitulation, outlining stakes for British terms, and the evolving balance in the conflict.
Boer Losses Admit Heavy Casualties at Brabante Charge
Sterk Spruit Cape Colony February 28 The Boers concede that losses at Brabante charged James Town totaled fifty killed one hundred twenty three wounded and three hundred missing in action.
Roberts Sends News From War Front
London March 1 The War Office received a dispatch from Lord Roberts reporting General Clements actions at Colesberg Feb 26. He moved to Colesberg Junction, entered Colesberg to a welcoming crowd, seized some ammunition and rebels, then returned to Rensberg. He noted the railway clear to Lanewelewnauns siding and would report on blown culverts. Colesberg and Colesberg Junction held by our troops.
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St. Paul’s
West End
Foreign Office
War Office
General Buller
Lord Dundonald
London
Lord Roberts
Paardeberg
Clements
Colesberg
Colesberg Junction
Rensberg
Lanewelewnauns Siding
FIGHTING AT MAFEKING
A Cape Town telegram reports a February 17 Boer assault at Mafeking ended by firm defense. The Sunday truce was broken February 18 by a fierce attack, but Boers were repulsed with forty casualties while defenders suffered two killed and three wounded.
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London
Cape Town
Mafeking
British Troops Slaughtered at Railway Hill in Boer Trap
New York reports a severe British reverse as Inniskilling Fusiliers and allied regiments attack Railway Hill near Pieters but are hemmed in by Boers. Many officers fall, with 252 rankers killed or wounded before relief arrives at 10 o'clock. Cronje surrender looms over Natal news.
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New York
Cronje
Natal
England
Railway Hill
Inniskilling Fusiliers
London Mail
Date
Pieters
Dublin Fusiliers
Connaught Rangers
Fpieters
Thackery
Sanders
Inniskillings
Sitwell
Maitland
Gordons
Thorold
Welsh Fusiliers
Lyttleton
Kopjes
Queen’s telegram to Buller praises Irish soldiers
The Queen expressed deep concern for the heavy losses of her Irish soldiers and conveyed sympathy and admiration for their fighting qualities during the operations. The message was sent to General Buller on February 28 from London.
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London
Buller
Colesberg Occupied by Allied Forces During Innis Operations
Rensberg February 28 General Clem ents with a squadron of Innis killings entered Colesberg this morning to an enthusiastic reception. Boers are in full retreat as Allied troops advance, signaling a turning point in local engagements.
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Rensberg
Clements
Inniskillings
Colesberg
Refugees Endure Hardship at Hands of Boers
The text notes that the people are safe and not starving despite enduring many indignities from the Boers, though no violence has occurred. The passage emphasizes resilience amid occupation and distress.
Public census jobs go begging in Fort Wayne
Hon Sol A Wood of Angola supervises the Twelfth district census in Fort Wayne and Allen county. Fifty three enumerators are needed with March 15 as the selection deadline. Workers will earn about 70 dollars for twelve days, with forty seven voting precincts split among twenty eight enumerators. each must reside in the precinct. Three enumerators will handle special reports from local manufacturing institutions.
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Sol A. Wood
Angola
Fort Wayne
Allen County
Wood
Tts
Puerto Rican bill debate eases in Senate and House action
Washington March 1 The House resumes a listless tone after the Puerto Rican bill clash ending yesterday. Corrections to yesterday’s votes are noted as Snodgrass and Dewey amend their positions. Aldrich vs Robbins contest in Alabama is not taken up after Bartlett raises the question of consideration.
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Washington
House
Snodgrass
Tennessee
Dewey
California
Mann
Illinois
Committee On Elections No. 1
Aldrich Vs. Robbins
Alabama
Bartlett
Georgia
Arrests Reported for February 1900 in City
Lieutenant Lapp logs February 1900 arrests: intoxication 16, vagrancy 5, assault and battery 3, being a tramp 3, burglary 1, compel a child to beg 1, selling liquor without license 1, shooting inside city limits 1, petit larceny 1, obtaining money under false pretenses 1. This marks the city’s smallest monthly arrest total in two decades.
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Lapp
Senate to vote on finance bill conference report
Washington March 1. In the Senate the conference report on the financial bill will be voted on next Tuesday at 4 p m. Mr Hoar planned a brief address on the Quay case but will not interrupt Mr Clay of Georgia delivering his speech today. Mr Clay spoke on the Philippine question backing Bacon resolutions on policy toward the Philippines.
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Washington
Senate
Hoar
Clay
Georgia
Philippines
Porto Rican tariff bill reported with amendments
Washington March 1 Mr Fora ker chairman of the committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico has reported back to the senate the Porto Rican tariff bill passed yesterday by the house. The committee strikes out the preamble and all after the enacting clause and substitutes the senate Porto Rican bill with amendments. One amendment cuts the tariff on Porto Rican products to 15 percent of the Ding ley tariff to align with the house bill.
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Washington
Foraker
Committee On
Senate
House
Relief Union Report Shows February Donations
Miss Emma Jenkinson reports Fort Wayne Relief union received February gifts from Elks and several schools including 570 clothing items and groceries worth 21.1 dollars, 18.44 dollars in groceries and clothing, plus 15 clothing packages. The hub aided 31 families with clothing and groceries, 11 shoes, 67 women worked, 65 office calls and 35 phone calls, with two additional calls.
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Emma Jenkinson
Fort Wayne
Ellen Higgins
John Shoaff
Yates
Vienna Bakeries
Labor Yard
Miss Susan Lampoon Weds Blimer Riley at Home
Justice Huser officiated a Friday evening wedding at a Tagkson Street home uniting Blimer Riley and Susan Lampoon. The ceremony followed a prior note of home remedies for children and teething.
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Ay Blimer Riley
Susan Lampoon
Justice Huser
Tagkson Street
Porto Rican tariff bill sails through house by narrow margin
Washington reports the house approved a 15 percent tariff on goods between the United States and Porto Rico. The 172 to 165 vote, a slim 11 vote majority, followed party discipline with four Democrats crossing and five Republicans opposing. Leaders warned legislators about campaign-fund consequences while the president’s influence helped seal passage.
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Washington
House
United States
Porto Rico
McCall
Massachusetts
Littlefield
Maine
Crumpacker
Indiana
Lorimer
Illinois
Heatvole
Minnesota
Davey and Meyer
Louisville
Devries
California
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Congressional Campaign
American heroine hailed from Vancouver by Sydney reports
Miss Logan, twenty one, daughter of the late Rev Robert Logan the first Congregational missionary to the South Seas from Boston, has won the title heroine of the Caroline group. She is praised for fearlessness under famine and tropical danger facing the mission in the islands, as advised by Sydney dispatches.
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Vancouver
B. C
Miss Logan
Robert Logan
South Sea Islands
Boston
Congregational ‘Board of the
United States
Sydney
Native chiefs member injured in accident returns home
A native chiefs participant sustained a severe accidental injury and has since become an invalid. She will return home following the incident.
War Fund for Relief Authorized for Porto Rico
Washington reports Secretary Root has authorized 1 250 000 from the emergency war fund to aid hurricane distressed Porto Rico. General Davis will use the money to clear plantations and restart farming, easing starving natives and putting money into circulation while awaiting congressional reimbursement.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Porto Rico
Root
Davis
Foraker
United States
War Department
Congress
A Pastor Surprised by Church Council Ladies
The Christ's English Lutheran church council and their ladies surprised Rev. L. J. Metschman at his West Jefferson Street home on his birthday. O. R. Kelsey spoke for the group and presented a well-filled purse as a token of appreciation after an oyster supper. The gathering ended with warm good will and fellowship.
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Church Council of Christ’s English Lutheran Church
L. J. Metschman
West Jefferson Street
Alvin Joslyn actor dies at 52 in Pittsburgh
Charles L. Davis known as Alvin Joslyn owner of the Alvin theatre in Pittsburgh dies at his home aged 52 after pneumonia and a paralytic stroke. Born to theatrical parents, he debuted at age four in Brooklyn and built the Alvin theatre in 1890, amassing wealth before financial trouble led to selling diamonds and the bank taking charge of his property.
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Pittsburg
Charles L. Davis
Alvin Joslyn
Alvin Theatre
Davis
Benton
Brooklyn
Fort Pitt Bank
M Pherson Named Fort Wayne Club Manager
Angus McPherson has been selected as manager of the new Fort Wayne club in the process of organization. He is well qualified and expected to lead a successful start. Plumbers, painters and decorators are busy refitting the interior as the club aims to begin by March 15.
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Angus McPherson
Fort Wayne Ek
McPherson
Man Cures Fistula With Arnica Salve No Surgery Needed
Renick Hamilton of West Jefferson Ohio was told doctors 18 months earlier that a costly operation would be his only hope. He cured himself using Bucklen's Arnica Salve, hailed as the best in the world and a sure pile cure. Available at Dreier & Bros. drug store for 25 cents a box.
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Renick Hamilton
West Jefferson
Ohio
Bucklen
Dreier & Bros
Deadly street duel in Brewersville dispute over child
In North Vernon Indiana on March 2 at Sterra's store Al Fuller and school teacher Isaac Powers fought over a child correction. Powers was shot once through the lung and Fuller was hit three times. Both men were likely to die from their wounds.
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North Vernon
Ind
Brewersville
Sterra
al Fuller
Isaac Powers
Fuller
Powers
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WAR Fund For Relief
M’pherson
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