Jubilation Over Ladysmith Relief Sparks Empire Cheer
News that Buller entered Ladysmith and Colesberg was received with nationwide joy. Crowds surged in London and across the empire, with theatres, streets, and docks filled as flags waved and bells rang. Royal congratulations followed and celebrations spread to Dublin, Malta, Gibraltar, and India.
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London
Great Britain
Buller
Ladysmith
Pieter’s Hill
Lord Roberts
Mansion House Square
War Office
Empire
Dublin
Trinity College
House of Lords
House of Commons
South Africa
Balfour
General Buller
Nelthorpe
Trafalgar Square
Nelson
Roberts
White
Baden-Powell
St. Paul's Churchyard
Colesberg
Mafeking
England
Lady White
United Kingdom
Glasgow
Liverpool
Birmingham
Edinburgh
General White
Prince of Wales
Calcutta
India
Dispatches From Africa Electrified Empire In March
London reports recount Buller entering Ladysmith and Dundonald’s mounted force easing to the town. A later cable says nearly the entire Boer army retreated from the siege, with Ladysmith garrison reduced rations and nursing needed before returning to the field. The Commons heard the news but Buller’s report ended uncertainly.
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Roberts
Paardeberg
Ladysmith
London
Buller
Dundonald
Tragedy in Chicago as two Lutzs confront fatal shooting
Chicago report details C E Lutz shooting and killing Mrs. A D Lutz at 504 West Madison and wounding her husband A D Lutz. The suspect, brother to the victim, is arrested after being restrained by store employees. The case stems from family and business tensions in Acme Copying Co.
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Chicago
C. E. Lutz
A. D. Lutz
West Madison Street
Acme Copying Company
A. DD. Lutz
Campbell
Warren Avenue
Industrial Commission submits trusts report and reforms
Washington reports the industrial commission's preliminary findings urge full disclosure by promoters and corporate officers, inspection of incorporation records, and detailed financial reporting to protect investors. Recommendations include audit authority for the Interstate Commerce Commission, penalties as fines not jail terms, and timely operation of decisions. The text also notes U S protest of Britain’s war in South Africa and a telegram of sympathy to General Cronje with 100 signatures.
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Washington
Industrial Commission
Congress
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
South African Republic
Orange Free State
Congress of the
Great Britain
South Africa
Fitzgerald
Masachusetts
Cronje
Sensational Court Scene as Prisoners Escape Arrest Attempt
In Janesville Wisconsin on March 2 three burglars from DeKalb Illinois William Howe John Johnson and Thomas Terrell escaped after US officers failed to obtain warrants during a Rock county municipal court arrest attempt A chaotic melee followed with blows drawn guns and a six officer team briefly overpowering one prisoner before release and escape later noted in Iowa and LaCrosse dispatches
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Janesville
Wis
United States
Rock County
William Howe
John Johnson
Thomas Terrell
DeKalb
Lls
L. F. Patton
Henry T. Sheldon
Postoffice
Bird
Chicago
Gould
Milwaukee
Adams
Lewiston
Meehan
Huntley
Prairie du Chien
Body of Dan McCarthy Found in Box Car
Washburn Wisconsin March 1 The body of Dan McCarthy was found in a box car on the Omaha floor deck with a rifle beside him and a hole in his left temple The coroner s jury returned a verdict of death by own action McCarthy leaves a wife and three children at Redcliff.
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Washburn
Wis
Dan McCarthy
Omaha
McCarthy
Redcliff
Halloway Son Shot Dead At Dance In Wier City
Ottumwa report says William Halloway son of Dr J G Halloway of Bussey was shot and killed during a dance in Wier City on Wednesday night. Miner named Davis was arrested on the charge of firing the shot.
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Ottumwa
William Halloway
J. G. Halloway
Bussey
Wier City
Davis
Witnesses testify on Coeur d Alene crackdown and Hawaii bill
New Jersey and Idaho events dominate reports from Washington. William Stewart of Milton Idaho testifies about arrest and confinement in a bull pen and a guard killing a prisoner who went crazy after confinement. Edward Flanagan of Mullan also describes brutal treatment and extended detention. A standing line order is noted as a possible escape measure. In Congress, Hawaii territorial government legislation passes the Senate without division, while an amendment to pay Queen Liliuokalani 250000 fails. The Porto Rican tariff bill moves forward, and a House session adjourns after brief activity.
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Coeur d'Alene
Montana
Senate
Queen Lil
Washington
House Committee On Military Affairs
Merriam
Coeur d Alene
Idaho
William Stewart
Milton
Bull Pen
Johson
Edward Flanagan
Mullan
Hull
Edwards
Hawaii
Liliuokalani
Clay
Georgia
Philippines
House
Alabama
Resolution Expressing Sympathy with Boers in South African War
Selzer of New York introduced in the house a resolution declaring that the United States sympathizes with the Boers in their struggle for freedom and independence. The measure asserts the people of the republic stand with the Boers in their fight against oppression.
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Washington
Selzer
New York
Republic of the United States
Questioning Senate Committees Over $30,000 in Clark Case
In Washington on March 2 the $30,000 used by Whiteside in the Clark case was returned to Montana State Treasurer Collins and will be held five years with unclaimed funds added to the state school fund. Representative Campbell faced cross-examination by Faulkner about his detective instructions amid routine testimony. The same day the public debt report showed a Feb 28 total of $1,118,586,050 with a $6.75 million decrease since Feb 1, driven by more cash on hand.
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Washington
Whiteside
Clark
Montana
Senate Committee On Elections
Collins
Campbell
Faulkner
National Bank Note Circulation and US Receipts Surplus Report
The comptroller of the currency reports total national bank note circulation at February 28, 1000 was 240.44. 78 an annual increase of 36,532,511 and a monthly rise of 2,447,685. A comparative statement shows a monthly United States receipts and expenditures surplus of 7,802,703.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
United States
Vow of a Young Woman Joins Wandering Pentecost Band
Miss May Walker of Dillsboro Indiana has joined a wandering Pentecost band after a near fatal operation. She vowed to devote her life to Pentecostal work if healed, saying she is redeeming the vow to her Maker. She was previously a Methodist member.
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Dillsboro
Ind
May Walker
Methodist Church
Young Indiana girl finds third broken rail in a year
Carrie Chambers a 14 year old girl living near Bicknell Indiana reports finding a broken rail on the Indianapolis and Vincennes railroad track as she walked to school. This marks the third broken rail she has discovered in the past year in the area.
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Westphalia
Ind
Carrie Chambers
Bicknell
Indianapolis and
Vincennes
Rosebery resigns Scottish Liberal presidency
A collection of brief notices reports Lord Rosebery resigning the Presidency of the Scottish Liberal Association and other political, legal, and social items. It notes Journal des Debats on Paris exposition readiness, a Philadelphia bookseller sentenced for Sapho sales, fatal fires in New York tenements, death of attorney Delos L. Atkyns, a Chicago watchman shooting, an unknown man found near Hazelhurst, Wisconsin, Mardi Gras planned by the Wisconsin Valley Association, estate news, and international trade and transport items.
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Lord Rosebery
Scottish Liberal Association
Journal Des Debats
Philadelphia
New York
Delos L. Atkyns
Binghamton, N. Y
LaSalle, Ills
W. P. Kinney
Chicago
Hazelhurst
Wis
St. Paul
D. B. Ten Eyck
King Christian
Premier Herring
United States
Chicago Markets
J Toher and Co brokers with H E McKay manager operate Muscatine office in the post office building Chicago division. Office contact listed as telephone Chicago Il dated March 2 1900.
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J. Toher & Co
H. E. McKay
Muscatine
Chicago
Wholesale Market Prices for Wood and Groceries in Muscatine
Muscatine Feb 28 reports on wood, lime, cement, coal and flour prices with numerous per-unit rates. Market notes show weak tones for several staples, with live stock, poultry, dairy, produce, hardware and finishing lumber items listed alongside assorted costs and per unit measurements.
Yetta Page-Clay Freed from Custody after Reform Promise
Yetta Page-Clay, once an inmate of Mitchellville reform school, is released from Polk county jail under a promise to reform and return to her forgiving parents. Her husband Tom Clay remains jailed as a penitentiary term looms.
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Des Moines Register
Yetta Page-Clay
Mitchellville
Polk County
Tom Clay
Rockford Completes $25,000 School House
Rockford finishes a $25 000 school house project. The new building marks a milestone in local education infrastructure for the district, likely expanding classroom capacity and opportunities for students.
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Rockford
Austria for Boers in Consulate Letter From Clinton
Col Frank W Mahin former Clinton Herald editor now Austria consul in Eich enberg notes sympathy for the Boers in Austria. He says a regiment could be raised here with funds to reach the Transvaal and that others seek his help to go. He mocks monarchal belief in a king’s infallibility and ridicules McKinley for claiming 1901 marks the new century.
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Clinton
Iowa
Frank W. Mahin
Clinton Herald
Eichenberg
Austria
The
Herald
Transvaal
Kaiser Wilhelm
United States
McKinley
Trade bustle and secret tells in a domestic vignette
A plainspoken reflection on trade dullness in other lines and the sharp edge of gossip between women. It notes a man’s realization of his wife’s patience when he becomes sick and needs care.
Anthes Lumber Company Incorporation Notice
Notice of incorporation for a Muscatine Iowa lumber and supplying firm. The Anthes Lumber Company will operate with 2000 dollars capital, four directors, and officers including C R Musser and E M Hoover. Stocks payable on subscription. business to start January 1, 1900, for twenty years. Directors named: Anthes, Weyerhauser, Hoover, Musser.
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Iowa
Anthes Lumber Company
Muscatine
County of Muscatine
State of
Sard Company
Georgce P. Anthes
C. A. Weyerhwuser
E. M. Hoover
R. D Musser
C. R. Musser
C.R. Musser
EK. M. Hoover
George P. Anthes
R. D. Musser
Musser
C. A. Weyerhauser
Geo. P. Anthes
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Relief of
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College Green
Malta
Gibraltar
Kruger
George White
Lord
Lansd
Cape Town
Government House
Tary
Africa
Des Moines
Klondike
LaCrosse
Klondinke
Hjalverd Lie
Dawson City
Coruta Dalene
Justice of the Peace
Witea
Towa
Goss
Lara— Mech
Indees Sm
Wy Reese
Kansas City
Muscatine Markets
Graham
Illinois
Fruit and Vegetables
Mahin
Royal Pearl Button Company
Towit
J. L. Girscer
W. H. Faye
Traove
All Newsdealers
Munn & Co
Washington, D.C
Ares
Chas. M. E. Patterson
Sweetland
Lowa
A. M. Cowden
Mr Milbourn
South End
Alcalisa
Grandview
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