Guardsmen Attack Ends in Lieutenant Death and Wounded Officers
London dispatch reports Lieut. Lygon killed and Lieut. Col. Crabbe Lieut. Col. Codrington and Capt. Trotter wounded or captured during a clash with five Boers on a kopje. The piece notes no major campaign progress, mentions Mafeking relief delays, Cronje’s capture angle, and critiques Kitchener's role at Paardeberg.
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London
Lord Roberts
Lygon
Crabbe
Codrington
Trotter
Mafeking
Kimberley
Sir Forester Walker
Prince Alexander of
Teck Tave
Cape Town
Bloemfontein
Ladysmith
van Reenans
Cronje
Magersfontein
Kitchener
Paardeberg
Lord Kitchener
Prieska
Four British Officers and One Trooper Die in Boer Attack
London reports a dispatch from Gen Roberts detailing a patrol from Bloemfontein along Modder river when an escort-less party of grenadier guards and Golfstream guards was fired on by Boers. Lieut Lygon was killed while Lieuts Crabbe Codrington and Capt Trotter and a trooper were wounded. A wounded officer signaled for aid and Boer forces escorted them to a farmhouse for treatment.
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London
War Office
Roberts
Bloemfontein
Crabbe
Trotter
BE. Lygon
Grenadier Guards
Colrington
Golfstream Guards
Modder River
Lygon
Lieut. Crabbe
Col
Codrington
Relief of Ladysmith Fails to Reach Mafeking
London dispatch reports Lady Sarah Wilson saying Ladysmith is relieved but still besieged with strong Boer entrenchments between Mafeking and Col. Plumer. Some natives die of starvation amid prejudice against horse flesh.
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London
Sarah Wilson
Mafeking
Ladysmith
Col. Plumer
Bombardment and casualties reported in Mafeking siege
From Mafeking dated March 1, the Daily Mail notes continued heavy shelling and several casualties. Skirmishing persists in the trenches while a food shortage grows sharper. Boers violate Sabbath truce and push trench lines.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Mafeking
Clements Declares Free State Future Decided by Crown
Gen Clements entered Philippolis and addressed burghers at noon reading Lord Roberts proclamation in Dutch and English. He warned the Bloemfontein government would not return, urged citizens to accept the Inevitable and obey authorities, as landdrost and sheriff were under the Queen. Burghers began oath of allegiance and surrendering their arms.
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Philippolis
Norval
Pont
Clements
Lord Roberts
Free State
Bloemfontein
Arbitration of the Question Postponed in Delagoa Bay case
The Delagoa Bay arbitration judgment set for March has been delayed a few days. The postponement arises not from unsettled indemnity amounts but from signing difficulties and distribution among claimant groups. Once fixed, the court hopes to leave division to the parties themselves.
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Tierne
Switzerland
Delagoa Bay
Tamoree
Britain’s Casualties Total 16418 In Firefight Reports
London reports total British combat deaths wounded and missing amounting to 16418 excluding invalids at home. The tally reflects wartime losses across engagements, with government briefings confirming ongoing operations.
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London
March
Mounted Police Killings Stand in Hieemfontein March 24
In Hieemfontein on March 24, police killed Lieut. to Hon. E. Lyon of the Grenadier Guards and wounded Lieut. Col. Crabbe, Lieut. O. Codrington, and Capt. Trotter of the Coldstream Guards after they rode Cig nine miles beyond their camp.
Mounted police aid wounded on Modder River ambush route
On the Modder river members of the Johannesburg mounted police dressed the wounded and sent them to the British camp in an ambulance. The account notes the tense retreat as forces moved under pressure.
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Modder
Johannesburg
Kipling contributes lines on Stevens death in Ladysmith
London reports Rudyard Kipling, helping edit the war correspondents’ newspaper Friend, contributed four lines on the death at Ladysmith of G W Stevens, famed Daily Mail representative. The verse praises steady nerve amid war, pestilence, siege and fire, and declares truth as a guiding force unto death.
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London
Bloemfontein
Daily Mail Telegraphing
Rudyard Kipling
Ladysmith
G. W. Stevens
Daily Mail
Boer convoy seen as British forces move north
The Times reports from Rouxville dated Saturday that Commandant Olivier with a strong force and fifteen guns is moving north of Ladybrant. A large Boer convoy was seen from Basutoland heading toward Clocolan, and Gen. French may intercept it.
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London
the Times
Rouxville
Olivier
Ladybrant
Basutoland
Clocolan
French
Baden-Powell appoints board to study native question
A Times despatch from Mafeking dated March 14 reports Col Baden-Powell has appointed a board of officers to inquire into the native question. The London note is dated March 26.
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London
the Times
Mafeking
Baden-Powell
Boers Reoccupy Griquatown as Loyalists Are Imprisoned
On Thursday 400 Boers reoccupied Barkley West area near Kimberley. A column left Kimberley Friday to push them out. Reports say all loyalists, including women, have been imprisoned. The event occurred around March 24 with ongoing action.
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Barkley West
Griquatown
Kimberley
British cavalry enters Transvaal near Christiana
Prisoners report a British force has entered the Transvaal and penetrated 18 miles north of Christiana as Fourteen Streams fortifications are reinforced. A northward movement is anticipated. Bloemfontein reports a shift in sentiment with former allies ready to battle the Transvaal if required.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Kimberley
Transvaal
Christiana
Bloemfontein
Large church burned at St Ann's Eel Brook near Yarmouth
Halifax N S March 25 St Ann s Roman Catholic church at Eel Brook near Yarmouth burned Friday evening destroying the church and valuable fittings. The church seated 2000 and served a mostly French congregation. Loss about 10000 with 3000 insured. Some silver pieces trace back to Abbe Sigogne, a pioneer French missionary in America.
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Halifax
N. S
St. Ann's
Eel Brook
Yarmouth
Abbe Sigogne
America
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promises Health Power
A garbled ad style excerpt extols a great machine like the body and compares it to a powerful engine. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for stomach and digestion issues and claims to improve blood flow. It also mentions Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a remedy for liver and stomach concerns.
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Ivery
Irom
Pierce
The Queen's Visit to Ireland Sparks Broad Expectation
The Queen prepares for a landmark trip to Ireland seen as a bridge between nations. Dublin merchants expect five weeks of extended season commerce as St Patrick's events stretch to accompany the royal visit. The Duke of Connaught rises in popularity among troops and officers, though he laments not serving at the front while noting strategic skill and recent manoeuvres against General Buller.
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London
Ireland
Dublin
St. Patrick's Day
County Clare
Duke of Connaught
Bobs
Cape
Buller
Redvers
Lord Roberts Likely Next War Office Chief
London reports Lord Wolseley is suffering from cancer and will leave the post this November. Popular opinion favors Lord Roberts as successor with Lord Kitchener as adjutant general. Roberts would bring field experience and modern war methods to reform the War Office, shifting away from Wolseley’s infantry bias.
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London
Lord Wolseley
Lord Roberts
Lord Kitchener
War Office
England
Irish Leaders Address Irish Reunion in Liverpool
Mr John Redmond leader of the Irish Nationalist party in the House of Commons T P O Connor and Mr Timothy Healy spoke at a large Irish demonstration in Liverpool March 25 congratulating Irishmen on reunion. Redmond said they met on a common platform after a decade and shared the same views as O Connor and Healy. Healy argued the Queen’s planned visit to Ireland came despite ministers and urged a kindly welcome.
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Liverpool
John Redmond
House of Commons
T. P. O'Connor
Timothy Healy
Redmond
Mesere
O'Connor
Healy
Duke of Norfolk to Lead Sussex Yeomanry to Front
The Duke of Norfolk will sail to South Africa next Saturday with the Sussex Yeomanry, in which he has helped raise funds. He will not command the regiment, remaining lieutenant colonel of the Royal Sussex Regiment, but he is going to the front with the unit.
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London
Duke of Norfolk
South Africa
Sussex Yeomanry
Ted Press
Asseo Ta
Royal Sussex Regiment
Trial of Cunard Steamship Ivertila Torture Case
March report details a Cunard steamship trial involving a Boston service dispute and a claim of torture aboard a vessel. The proceedings reference New York as a destination with a scheduled event on April 14 and mention freshing sore om the fee.
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Savaeed
Cunard
Ivertila
Batt
New York
Witness Catton FG a Plan to Kill
A BOLA B PHOT records show witness statements about a plan to kill. Catton FG stands as a key figure in the testimony, with details emerging from the investigative notes and court filings.
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Catton FG
Goebel assassination conspiracy testified in Kentucky trial
Wharton Golden the primary witness described Caleb Powers ordering 10 mountain men to enter Frankfort with 45 caliber pistols to influence the legislature. He testified a plot to kill Goebel and clear Democrats from the Senate, with militia threats and payments across Knox, Bell, Whitley and Harlan counties. The cross examination begins Monday.
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Frankfort
Goebel
Wharton Golden
Golden
Caleb Powers
Harlan County
Hurst
Mr. Hurst
Hamis Howard
Knox
Bell
Whitley
Harlan
Jackson
Powers
Col. Campbell
John Powers
John
Louisville
Caleb
John H. Wilson
Gov. Taylor
Secretary Powers
Treasurer Day
Taylor
Senate
Legrange
Dick Coombs
Hecker Smith
Republicans Deny Mine Laying Around Kentucky Arsenal
In Frankfort Kentucky March 25 the Republican adjutant general Collier refused claims that mines were being placed around the arsenal and capitol grounds. He said a few indiscreet men had dug trenches and pretended to lay mines to provoke a sensation, without his sanction. The workers have been sharply reprimanded.
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Frankfort
Collier
Arsenal
Capitol
Murray
Department store divides stock into labeled departments
Realizing convenience for customers, the store lists departments for meat poultry fish dairy produce and more. It details fresh pork mutton lamb veal turkeys chickens and foul cod haddock halibut oysters and shrimps plus butter eggs and cheese and a variety of dried and canned fruits and vegetables.
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Ita
Baxter the Note Shaver Convicted in Montreal Court
James Baxter banker and Ferdinand Lemieux accountant of defunct Banque Ville Marie were found guilty of fraud in Queen's Bench. Jury urged mercy due to Baxter's age about 70. Baxter used bank checks he did not own, cashed by teller Herbert with their misappropriation totaling about 1.00, Lemieux and Herbert taking one third commission. Herbert testified to the case.
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Montreal
James Baxter
Ferdinand Lemieux
Banque Vile Marie
Court O Queen's Bench
Ter
Baxter
Lemieux
Herbert
Chicago
Sealing Fleet Arrives From Ice Fielded Waters
Ships Marian and Hope reach Newfoundland ports with heavy loads as sealing season opens. Marian brings 11,000 and Hope about 14,000,-cruising Gulf of St Lawrence. Geet vessel from Labrador reaches shelter ports after a long voyage in harsh conditions.
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St. John's
N. F
Marian
Port Aux Desques
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Labrador
Coset Tenieht
Greenland
Annua “ Tey
Hae
Newfoundland
Ful Cargoon
Trains Schedules From Lowell to Rival Lines 1899
New York New Haven and Hartford and R EASTERN DISTRICT announce October 22 1899 timetable. Lowell Middlesex Street Depot trains to Taunton New Bedford Newport Providence Pawtucket Marlboro South Framingham and way stations at 7 16 11 45 am and 5 25 pm with connections at South Framingham to Boston and Albany for Worcester Springfield Albany and the west and at Concord Junction to Fitchburg for Boston and New York connections. Sunday service lists 7 15 am for South Framing Mansfield Pawtucket Providence and other way stations. C Peter Clark and A C Kendall sign as general superintendent and general passenger agent.
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Lowell
Middlesex Street
Taunton
New Bedford
Newport
Providence
Pawtucket
Marlboro
South Framingham
Way
Boston
New York City
South Framing Mansfield
Peter Clark
A. C. Kendall
Merrimack Street Depot
Middlesex Street Station
Lawrence
Salem
Mass
Wee
Haverhill
Ess
Boston and Maine Train Schedules Corrected 1899
Train times from Merrimack street depot Lowell and Middlesex Street Station Lowell to Boston and other destinations listed. Includes numerous departures on weekdays Sundays and special services to Lawrence Salem Haverhill Newburyport Exeter Dover Rochester Somersworth Saco Old Orchard Portland Augusta Waterville Lewiston and other routes. notes on seasonal and weekend changes. agent signatures.
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Newburyport
Amesby
Jane el P
Exeter
Dover
Rochester
Worth
N. H See
Somersworth
N. J
Saco
Old Orchard
Portland
Augusta
Roomnim
D. Waterville
D. m
Lewiston
Ngor
St al Rocklan
St. Johns
N. B. Life
Jomrand
Beeeeort
Bt. Johre
Portiana
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgewick
Rat Harbor
Jonesport
Machias
Frank Jones
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Redmond, Healy and O'Connor
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T. J” McDonald
Cor. Fletcher and Dutton Sts
A. G Pollard & CO
Palmer Street
Palmer St
A. G. Pollard & CO
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Merrimack St
McCall
McCall's
Sealers Inl
Piretee
PreScott St
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Eeetore
Etreet
Fitchburg Railroad
Hoosac Tunnel
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Niagara Falls
St. Louis
Cincinnati
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Burlington
Ottawa
U. S
Boston & Maine
R. R
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Pacific Coast
D. J. Flanders
New York, New Haven
Hartford & R
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Wilton
Sat Keene
Lebanon
Ranklin
Pee Warner
Reiki
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Claressont
Aioe
Eigntnetion
Essex Junction
Burdton
St. Albans
Central ‘Vermont
Quebee
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Sherbrooke
Cuxere
Dally
Redford
Byahn Junction
Vue
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Conway
Omee Northern Depot
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