Ladysmith Relieved Sparks World Wide Joy
London reports General Buller has informed the war office Ladysmith is relieved. Lord Roberts’ troops entered first, causing immense excitement as crowds cheered and newsboys sold extras amid praise for Roberts and King Edward. Reports note Cameroons of Cronje’s surrender and Canadian gallantry shaping the campaign’s course.
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Lord Dandonald
Lord Roberts
Bobs
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White
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Gape
Kitchener
Arandel
Norvals Point
Sterkstroom
Gamero
Paris
Cronje
Bloemfontein
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Double Murder Suicide Shocks Ohio Valley Farm Family
In Bellaire Ohio James Glenn a West Virginia farmer killed his daughter Ellen 17 and her lover Albert Marsh 23 after forbidding their romance. A shotgun blast wounded Marsh fatally and Glenn then killed himself by slashing his throat. Ellen died instantly and Marsh succumbed within an hour.
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Glenn
Bellaire
Ohio
James Glenn
Littlesburg
W. Va
Ellen
Albert Marsh
Marsh
Tariff Bill Passes House in Republican Victory
Washington March 1 The Puerto Rican tariff bill passed the House 172 to 161 after a heated battle. The measure reduces the tariff to 15 percent and lasts two years with party members Crumpacker Fletcher Heatvole Littlefield Juorimer McCall voting with the minority. Democrats Davey Myer Devries and Sibley with the majority. Six ill lawmakers were brought to vote including Brownlow who, carried by wife and doctor, pressed that he would rather lose his life than see the bill defeated.
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Song
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Indiana
Fletcher
Minnesota
Heatvole
Littlefield
Maine
Juorimer
Illinois
McCall
Massachusetts
Spanish thief arrested after Boston diamond robbery
March 1 in Beston Boston, Louis Valau maceda, a 9 Spaniard, was captured after a Diamond robbery at EB. W. Hodgson jewelers on Tevon shire street. He wore a diamond and, with a flour blast, helped two men grab 15 packages of loose diamonds before fleeing. Valuamaceda was caught. a second suspect escaped after entering a basement.
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EB. W. Hodgson
Tevonshire Street
Hogson
Hutchinson quits McKinley over Puerto Rico stand
John I. Hutchinson of Middletown, longtime Republican worker and former internal revenue collector, declares he will not vote for McKinley next fall. He says McKinley wobbled on Puerto Rico and he cannot support a party he views as unconstitutional. Hutchinson criticizes the party and urges a candidate with backbone, recounting his past role at the St Louis convention.
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Congress
Putnam Mystery of Poison Case Grows
In Putnam on March 1 a mysterious poisoning case centers on James Manson in Day-Kimball hospital. The attending physician notes precarious condition while Mrs. Manson, under cross examination, claims straightforwardness. Police focus on her movements and actions with mercurial tablets and a possible link to Kate Cobb’s prison notoriety.
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James Manson
Kimball Hospital
Teano CO
Briggs
Manson
Ben
Chappell
North
Grosvenordale
Band of Holiness
Charles Chappel
Wea 4
Mastford
Dr. Russell
James
Charles Chappell
Eastford
Beatford
Deep Snow Out West Delays Chicago Traffic
Chicago reports nearly 20 inches of snow in 24 hours with 48 mph winds, drifting ice and suspended trains. The storm spreads across Ohio Indiana Kentucky and parts of Michigan Wisconsin and Illinois while sleet falls south of Memphis. In Chicago temperatures drop to 22 F and business halts as streetcar lines are blocked.
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Tennessee
Missouri
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Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
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Towa
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Mississippi
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Arkansas
Bank ex-president on trial for $900000 embezzlement
The U S district court grand jury began the March docket with Charles H Cole, ex president of the Globe National Bank, charged with misappropriation and embezzling about $900000. Foreman Jeremiah J Chandler was appointed as the jury prepares to hear about 40 witnesses, with a report not expected before Friday. In New York a 20 year old bricklayer Thomas Giles was shot and killed by bartender Martin Murphy in Joseph Fallon s saloon after a quarrel over a $2 bill. Murphy was arrested. Yale students Francis Gordon Brown and M Robertson Parish were elected to Phi Beta Kappa, a rare athletic leadership inclusion at Yale.
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New England
National Cutters’ Union
National Cuttera Union
Appalachian Range
Hertofore
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Martin Murphy
Joseph Fallon
37Th Street
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New Haven
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Phi Betta Kappa
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Flushing
N. Y
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Yale Daily News pushes prompt action on Nathan Hale statue
Yale Daily News urges the Yale committee to report quickly on a Nathan Hale statue for the campus with hopes for unveiling in 1901. The piece argues many statues exist but none fit Yale as well, seeking a timely decision before the bi centennial.
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New Have
Nathan Hale
Yale
Yale Daily News
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