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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1900
Page
8
British dispatches from Driefontein and surrounding fronts describe Boer positions at Mafeking and Bloemfontein as heavy fighting rages. Casualties include 102 Boer dead with several officers among the fallen, while British forces press advances and pursue improved positions.
Lord Roberts reports to the Orange Free State and South African republics that a boer force used the white flag and surrender gesture to lure troops into danger at Driefontein Farm. Several officers were wounded and explosive bullets found in Cronje’s laager as breaches of war usage and the Geneva convention are blamed.
A Greytown dispatch reports Bethune's mounted infantry and Umvoti mounted rifles forming a force to enforce positions as rebels surrender, ending resistance amid Natal tensions.
Durban correspondent reports an order from Pretoria dated March 1 directing field corners to return all women and children in the Johannesburg district and state whether each family has transport in case of sudden removal, a move that caused a public sensation.
London dispatch reports Boer prisoners at Simonstown tunnel under the camp lines, with the work having progressed significantly before discovery. The claim comes from the Cape Town correspondent of The Standard Telegraph.
Frankfort reports a political crisis as Republican and Democratic factions clash over access to the Capitol. Governors guard both offices, Powers and Davis attempt escape toward Lexington, are arrested after a struggle, and both deny guilt citing fear of unfair trials and a $100,000 reward. The two governments remain in hostile stances with two days until adjournment.
William Cunningham of St Paul a woolens and tailors trimmings dealer for fifteen or sixteen years after consulting creditors has chosen voluntary bankruptcy with liabilities put at 500000 and assets at 100000. His business operated across Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa the Dakotas and Montana and was the largest of its kind west of Chicago.
The Great Lakes Steamship Company will be incorporated in Delaware in about four weeks with 2 million dollars in capital, 1 million paid in. It will run two large passenger steamers between Buffalo and Chicago with stops at Mackinac Island Detroit and Cleveland. A weekly round trip is planned.
At a semi annual Iowa Association meeting in Sioux City resolutions set a summer school at Lake Okobegi and designated Des Moines as permanent headquarters. The discussions focused on shifting away from materialism toward spirituality among the age.
The Burlington city campaign began with the Republican nomination of C. J. Caster for mayor over incumbent Nauman. The election is set for March 20.
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