British Forces Face Setback at Bastard's Nek in Battle Report
London reports Lord Roberts mobilizes 35 000 troops to strike the Magersfontein lines and lift Kimberley siege while Buller rescinds advance due to ground. Kimberley endures high mortality rates and siege pressures as Boers bombard and near town collapse. A dispatch notes heavy British casualties at Bastard's Nek and difficulties securing Vaal Krantz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Roberts
Magersfontein
Jacobsdal
Free State
Cronje
Kimberley
Bloemfontein
War Office
Wield Marshal Lord Roberts
Modder
Buller
Vaal Krantz
Ladysmith
Harding
Monner
Anti-Trust Conference Opens in Chicago Central Music Hall
Chicago holds a meeting of the Anti-Trust league at Central Music Hall. Mayor Harrison welcomes delegates. William Prentiss elected temporary chairman. Afternoon speeches progress slowly as resolutions favor government rail and telegraph ownership, repeal of special privileges, and direct popular legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Anti-Trust Conference
Anti-Trust League
Central Music Hall
Lockwood
Harrison
William Prentiss
Illinois
Committee On Resolutions
Belgium and France oppose Nicaragua canal control by US
London report cites Brussels dispatch that Belgium and France will protest any treaty that would hand over the Nicaragua canal to the United States alone. Their agreements with Nicaragua require shared control of ocean connecting waterways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
the Standard
Brussels
Belgium
France
Nicaragua
United States
Distress Rising From Famine Relief Reaches 3 784 000
London reports Lord Curzon states famine distress grows as relief reaches 3 784 000. Peking notes tsung li yamen informs foreign legations emperor will hold new year audience February 19. Floods in Portugal follow rapid snowmelt on Douro. Springfield jury chosen in Carterville miners murder case. Dr Edward Lorenz Holmes dies aged 73 in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Indian Office
Curzon
Peking
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Death of Col. Richard W. Thompson in Indiana residence
Special dispatch from Terre Haute reports Col. Richard W. Thompson died at his home in Indianapolis on Friday morning after a period of unconsciousness. Thompson, born 1809 in Virginia, served as Indiana state legislator, congressman, War Governor Morton ally, Camp Dick Thompson commander, judge, and former secretary of the navy. His widow was Harriet E. Gardiner of Columbus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Navy
Terre Haute
Ind
Indianapolis
Richard W. Thompson
Culpeper County
Virginia
Mildred Ball
George Washington
Thompson
Indiana
House of Representatives
Harrison
Tippecanoe
Tyler
Congress
Union
Morton
Dick Thompson
Eighteenth Judicial District
Internal Revenue
Hayes
Navy
Panama Canal Company
Col. Thompson
Death in a Collision at Ford River Switch Escanaba
Chicago & Northwestern passenger train No 21 known as the Felch Mountain accommodation wrecked in a rear end collision at Ford River switch at 6 30 PM Thursday Nine killed three missing five seriously and four slightly injured The dead include W L Hill William Dillon Miss Seymour Charles Martin George R Black Sam Green and others The Metropolitan train had stopped at the switch to take a passenger amid dense smoke from coal kilns obscuring rear lights and preventing warning to the oncoming freight crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Escanaba
Mich
Chicago & Northwestern
Felch Mountain
Metropolitan
Ford River Switch
W. L. Hill
William Dillon
Miss Seymour
Richard Roberts
Peter Legg
James Green
Cole Nee
Seymour
C. Green
Outlook Is Good as Trade Review Reports Continued Activity
R G Dun & Co notes industries are producing at record levels with new business enough to prevent widespread stoppages or price declines. Woolens show strong volume and machinery orders signal foreign demand. speculation remains cautious. Pig iron output and stock changes are reported, with price stability in several sectors and modest declines in others. Failures: 245 in the U S and 33 in Canada, versus last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Africa
Bessemer and
Grey Forge
Pittsburgh
Southern
Chicago
United States
Canada
Pitcher John Taylor Dies at 28 in New York
New York on February 8 reports pitcher John Taylor died Wednesday at New Brighton Staten Island from Brights disease. He pitched for Philadelphia for years and last season with the Cincinnatis who reserved him for this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Taylor
New Brighton
Staten Island
Bright
Philadelphia
The
Cincinnatti’s
Lincoln’s Birthday Observed in Major Cities
Chicago marked Lincoln day with memorial ceremonies in Memorial hall and a Marquette club banquet for 500. New York suspended business as patriotic societies held events and Delmonico’s hosted a Republican dinner with remarks by Cousins Griggs and Schulman. Philadelphia and Boston observed the holiday with closures and limited celebrations reflecting a nationwide commemoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lincoln
Memorial Hall
Marquette Club
Auditorium Hotel
George Adams
D. L. Russell
North Carolina
Murat Halstead
Bartlett Tripp
Illinois
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Delmonico’s
Republican Club
Congressman Cousins
Iowa
Griggs
Samuel Schulman
Edwin Markham
Berkeley Lyceum
Hampton Institute
Virginia
Philadelphia
Prothonotary’s Office
Common Pleas
John A. T. Tull
Town
House Committee On
Col
A. K. McClure
Presbyterian
Wyncote
Boston
Stock Exchange
Funeral for Col. R. W. Thompson in Terre Haute
The funeral of Col. R. W. Thompson took place Monday in Terre Haute with Gov. Mount and state officers in attendance. Thompson lay in state two and a half hours at the First Methodist church as schools closed and business paused. The procession featured local groups including the Jackson club and Thompson club with the One Hundred and fifty ninth regiment, Masons, and democratic organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
R. W. Thompson
Methodist Episcopal
Company B
One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment of Volunteers
The
Masons
Thompson Club
Jackson Club
Rioting Strikes Martinique Island. White Residents Seek Refuge
Port de France Martinique Feb 13 rioting by striking laborers leaves Francois scene of violence. White residents flee to Port de France for protection as racial tensions rise with blacks outnumbering whites. Thirteen dead five dying and six wounded reported from Francois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port de France
Martinique
Francois
President nominates twenty commissioners for Paris Exposition
The president sent to the Senate a list of nominees to be Commissioners of the United States to the International Exposition at Paris. The selections include Bertha Honore Palmer of Illinois Brutus J. Clay of Kentucky Charles A. Collier of Georgia Michael H. DeYoung of California and other appointed figures from multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
United States
Paris
Bertha Honore Palmer
Illinois
Brutus J. Clay
Kentucky
Charles A. Collier
Georgia
Michael H. DeYoung
California
William L. Elkins
Pennsylvania
O. H. Fethers
Wisconsin
Peter Jansen
Nebraska
Calvin Manning
Iowa
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Henry A. Parr
Maryland
Henry M. Putney
New Hampshire
Alvin H. Sanders
Louis Stern
New York
William G. Thompson
Michigan
William M. Thornton
Virginia
Arthur E. Valois
Thomas F. Walsh
Colorado
Historic Bowlder Tells Jefferson Davis Tale in Vincennes
A large bowlder in front of Mrs. J. H. Rabb’s house in Vincennes Indiana is linked to a romance involving Lieut Jefferson Davis later president of the Confederacy. Davis wooed Miss Taylor daughter of Capt Zachary Taylor later president of the United States while Davis commanded Fort Knox near the city. The stone once stood on the Wyant farm southeast of Vincennes beyond the highlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Ind
J. H. Rabb
Jefferson Davis
Miss Taylor
Zachariah Taylor
United States
Fort Knox
Wyant
Highlands
White House meeting on army canteen liquor ruling
Mrs Lillian Stevens and two WC T U leaders met President McKinley to urge reconsideration of Attorney General Griggs ruling on liquor sales in army canteens. The president said the AG's interpretation must stand but pledged support for future legislative efforts if Congress clarifies the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lillian M. Stevens
National Woman’s Christian ‘Temperance Union
Anna A. Gordon
Margaret Dye Ellis
Department of Legislation
McKinley
Stevens
Griggs
Ellis
W.C. T.U
Suffragists adopt resolutions at national meeting
Washington February 13 National American Woman Suffrage association adopts resolutions affirming government consent principle apply to women urging Congress to seek constitutional amendment denying disenfranchisement on sex. promotes equal terms for women in Alaska Puerto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines and calls for women included in Cuba census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Congress
United States
Alaska
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Cuba
Louisiana
France
Ireland
Paris
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
America
Anthony
Bank Robbery at Las Cruces Nets $3000
El Paso reports two unknown men held up the Las Cruces bank at 2 PM and stole $3,000 after forcing the cashier to open the safe. The robbers rode to the Rio Grande hotel, mounted horses, and rode toward the Oregon mountains. Sheriff Pat Garrett and five deputies pursued the pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
B. C. Bowman
Las Cruces
N. M
Rio Grande Hotel
Freeman
Oregon Mountains
Pat Garrett
Seven Die in Fire at Petersburg Home
Maria Smith and her six children perished when a house near Stoney Creek on the Atlantic coast line burned Sunday. The cause of the blaze is unknown and the origin remains a mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Maria Smith
Stoney Creek
Prison Terms for Stock Thefts Hit Iowa Farmers
Samuel Wilson of New Hampton Iowa received five years in the penitentiary for wholesale stealing of stock from farmers and stockmen. Samuel Kimbale and William Klatt were sentenced to sixteen and twenty months respectively for the same offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampton
Samuel Wilson
Samuel Kimbale
William Klatt
Two Boys Drown While Skating Near Paw Paw Lake
In Benton Harbor Michigan on February 13 1910 two boys Harvey Cook ten and Riley Keigley thirteen living near Paw Paw lake drowned while skating late Sunday. Cook lost his life trying to save Keigley.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Harvey Cook
Riley Keigley
Paw Paw Lake
Cook
Smallpox Suspected Assistant Postmaster At Reidsville
The post office department reports the assistant postmaster at Reidsville North Carolina is believed to have smallpox. Orders for fumigation of mail there have been issued if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Reidsville
N. C
Golf Champion Killed in South African Action
A Modder River dispatch reports Lieut. F. O. Tait, the amateur golf champion, died of wounds from General MacDonald’s reconnaissance at Jsoodoosbergz. He was a prominent figure in golf circles and served as an infantry officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Modder River
F. O. Tait
Des Moines Saloons Close Under Supreme Court Stay
Iowa saloons halt operations as stay order believed general, then clarified to apply only to the issuing case. Liquor wholesalers move stocks to safekeeping to avoid destruction amid the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Ottumwa Pastor Booker Fox Dies at 106
Booker Fox a colored Methodist minister died at his Ottumwa home at age 106. He preached 82 years and survived by his seventh wife, six living children, and about 100 descendants. Once a Tennessee slave and self taught with a remarkable memory, able to quote nearly every verse of Scripture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker Fox
Ottumwa
Tennessee
Farmer and wife execute infant sacrifice in cold
Charles Spencer a farmer six miles north of Louilla deliberately exposed his infant to the piercing cold robbing it of clothing until it froze. His wife stood by as neighbors learning of the act after a fierce struggle captured the couple claiming a divine warning compelled the sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Spencer
Louilla
Spencer
Help the Sick Poor Nurses to Aid Homes in City Regions
The White Cross Visiting Nurse Association with a central office in Chicago offers trained medical surgical nurses to the sick poor in their homes in country towns and cities. Nurses work under a local committee, and applications are to be sent to President Dr. S Sherin at 1017 West Van Buren Street, Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Cross Visiting Nurse Association
Chicago
S. Sherin
West
van Buren Street
Ill
Fire destroys Fayette landmarks including Hoover's bicycle store
A fire at Hoover's Bicycle Store in Fayette spread rapidly, destroying the Sanborn block, Scobey & Duncan warehouse, city fire department building, offices of Drs Parker and Mclean, City Meat Market, James Dros grocery, and Dorman & Forbes rooms. Loss estimated at $60,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Fayette
Sanborn
Scobey & Duncan
City Fire Department
Drs. Parker and Mclean
City Meat Market
James Dros
Dorman & Forbes
Preliminary hearing halted in Goodrich murder case
In Sioux City the preliminary hearing of Oscar A. Goodrich for the murder of his partner John E. Robson was abruptly discharged by Justice Ferris after the prosecution had presented its evidence. The defense offered no evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Oscar A. Goodrich
John E. Robson
Ferris
Goodrich
Tragic Kerosene Explosion Claims Young Man in Marshalltown
William Shettel aged 20 died after a kerosene can exploded while he lit a fire in Marshalltown. He set several rooms ablaze as he ran through the house. His father was severely burned trying to extinguish the flames and the home was almost totally destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shettel
Marshalltown
Terrible Buzzsaw Accident in Brooklyn Fatality
A man named Evans was injured while cutting stove wood in Brooklyn when he slipped into a cutting saw. He suffered severe injuries to both arms and legs and a deep back wound. Despite medical efforts, he died shortly afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Evans
Courthouse Plans Awarded to H. C. Koch & Co. for Fort Dodge
The board of supervisors awarded the contract for the Fort Dodge courthouse plans to H. C. Koch & Co. of Milwaukee at a cost of $100,000. Other items note Waverly’s orphan home search success and civil service exams in Webster City on March 7 for post office clerk and carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Fort Dodge
H. C. Koch & Co
Milwaukee
Waverly
Lutheran Synod
Civil Service Commission
Webster City
William Dugan
South Garry Owen
Jackson County
Iowa College At
Grinnell
Iowa State Retail Grocers’ Association
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Milwaukee Road
Calmar
Humble
Shaeffer
Wyman
Joseph Herrod
Dubuque
Jeff
Hamburg
Bureglars
Bureglars Broke Into the Bank of
Waucoma
Dwight J. Norton, Sr
Washington
Wapello County Savings Bank
Ottumwa
Rudd
Anna Platt
Burlington
A. J. Edmonds
Milwaukee Yards
Mason City
Sioux City
Iowa Legislature Action Spans Feb to Feb in Des Moines
Record of Iowa Senate and House measures from Feb 7 to Feb 13 detailing proposed constitutional amendment submission to federal delegation, funding for asylums and schools, jail and tax reforms, salary hikes for officials, new departments, and statutes on liquor, education, and public works. includes appointments, appropriations, and procedural adjournment date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
House
Iowa
Senate
Clarinda Asylum
Veterinary Board of Examiners
Supreme Court
Mount Pleasant
Iowa Industrial School
Eldora
State Agricultural College
Executive Council
James W. Grimes
James Harlan
National Capitol
Iowa Capitol
Woodbury County
Cedar Rapids
Mitchelville Girls’ Reform School
Chickamauga
Marshalltown
Fish and Game
Department of Building and Loan
Glenwood
Fort Madison
Boards of Supervisors
State University
Iowa City
Mississippi
Missouri
Big Sioux
Westminister Duke Returns to Duty in South Africa
The duke of Westminster embarked on the steamer Norman at Southampton to resume his staff role with Sir Alfred Milner the British high commissioner in South Africa. Princess Adolphus of Teck and Lady Arthur Grosvenor accompanied him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of Westminster
Norman
Southampton
Alfred Milner
South Africa
Princess Adolphus of Teck
Arthur Grosvenor
Swenson Private Banks Suspend Business in Nicollet Area
A special report from St. Peter indicates the private banks of A. J. Swenson at Nicollet and Lafayette Minnesota have suspended operations. Liabilities are estimated from 4 060 to 46 000 above assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis, Minn
St. Peter
Green rooms and theater patrons in early Broadway lore
The piece notes theaters in Germany receiving about 500000 dollars a year in subventions and recalls Elizabethan green rooms. It mentions about a hundred New Yorkers who keep seats for original productions on Broadway and remarks on Chinese theater history with boys playing female roles. It also recalls Mme Schneider, famed for La Belle Helene, considering joining a charitable order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
China
Mme. Schneider
Opera Bouffe
Paris
London
St. Petersburg
Order of the
Little Sisters of the Poor
University consolidates athletics under one manager
At a Iowa City meeting the athletic board of control of the state university placed financial management of all sports under F. C. McCutchen. The board of regents supports a unified system with McCutchen on a fixed salary after a year of a surplus. Dr. A. A. Knipe will teach athletic and gymnasium work next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Athletic Board of Control
The
State University
F.C. McCutchen
Board of Regents
McCutchen
Circular to Iowa Teachers on Flag Day Observance
Richard C. Barrett Iowa superintendent urges teachers and pupils to join Grand Army of the Republic in observing Flag Day February 22 1900. He extols reverence for The Star Spangled Banner and Washington and asks schools include flag displays and Father of His Country image with planned exercises statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Barrett
Public Instruction
Iowa
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington
America
Between Two Fires State Treasurer Herriott Faces Tax Collec
State Treasurer Herriott sits between two legal dangers over taxes on insurance telegraph telephone and express firms. He is compelled to collect the disputed charges or face malfeasance charges. If he remits the funds he risks bondsmen paying the firms. About 150000 dollars is involved. Herriott has informed senate and house committees of ways and means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herriott
State Supreme Court
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Oleomargarine totals and covert Iowa usage
State dairy records show 79 922 pounds of oleomargarine shipped to Iowa in the year ended June 30 1899. Illinois and Pennsylvania consumed far more, while Iowa used far less per capita. Only 3 000 to 3 500 pounds were located in Iowa, suggesting over 75 000 pounds were sold surreptitiously as butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New Railway Line Planned From Fort Dodge to Boone or Story City
Fort Dodge and Southeastern railway organized in Fort Dodge by A R Loomis G W Mason J B Butler O M Oleson I B Meservey E G Larson J C Cheney G L Rich Webb Vincent and EF H Rich with capital stock of 250000. The 40 mile line will connect with the Iowa Central at Story City or the Northwestern at Boone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge & Southeastern Railway
Fort Dodge
A. R. Loomis
G. W. Mason
J. B. Butler
O. M. Oleson
8. I. Meservey
E.G. Larson
J. C. Cheney
G. L. Rich
Webb Vincent
EF. H. Rich
Iowa Central
Story City
Northwestern
Boone
Choir Strike At Grace Church In Cedar Rapids
The Grace church choir under Prof. Hall quit after rector Rev Dr Thomas EK Greene criticized them publicly. The organist and choir claim the rector was angry because a soprano faced the audience during a performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Grace Church
Hall
Thomas EK. Greene
Iowa
Legislature Faces Budget Shortfall In State Funds
Unofficial figures from the governor's office show that available moneys for extraordinary appropriations this legislative session total 1 256 000 dollars. Claims made for appropriations so far reach 1 528 000 dollars, creating a shortfall of 272 000 dollars.
Route Change Aims to Shorten Des Moines Chicago Run
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy will move the Burling ton and Northwestern from Burlington to Oskaloosa and use the new line for Des Moines Chicago service. This cuts the Des Moines Chicago distance by about 50 miles. Lethal Jackson, a Steamboat Rock schoolteacher, wins her long legal fight for reinstatement after being discharged for punishing a pupil. the state supreme court ruled in her favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Burlington & Quinecy
Burlington & Northwestern
Burlington
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Lethal Jackson
Steamboat Rock
State Supreme Court
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Douro
Springfield
Vienna
State Register
Carterville
Edward Lorenzoo Holmes
Roush Medical College
Ford River
Lees
Memains
Grigg
New Mexico
Iowa State News
University Athletics
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