Cronje Grateful for Allied Treatment as War News Continues
London dispatch reports Gen Cronje thanking British officers for kindness shown to 4000 prisoners after Modder River. Gen Clements notes Achtertang terrain and rail link to Jouberts siding. Norval’s Pont bridge remains contested. Gatecre cites diminishing Boer numbers at Stormberg. Baden-Powell says Mafeking defenses hold on Feb 15 amid active enemy. Osfontein weather improves grazing for horses and transport.
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London
Wear
Lord Roberts
Osfontein
Cronje
Wolmarans
Modder River
Clements
Achtertang
Jouberts Siding
Norval
Gatecre
Stormberg
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Os- Tromtein
The Queen's Interest and Boer War Front News
The Queen abandons her spring outing and will visit London briefly. Boer front reports show retreat in Cape Colony as Lord Roberts notes activity. Colonial forces plan to reinforce with 2,500 troops. Ladysmith faced near starvation with four days of supplies remaining.
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London
Rivera
Bise
Netthey Hospital
Cape Colony
Lord Roberts
War Office
Onsland
Afrikander Bund
Abrahom Kraal
Jie
Kraal Spruit
Modder
Roberte
Clamberlain
Ladysmith
Jilly News
Retreat From Kensburg Across Ikensburg Territory
March 5 report from Bloemfontein states the Federals will abandon Ikensburg and have begun retreat under mounted burghers protection. President Kruser urged Natal burghers to fall back on Biggarsberg while he returned to Pretoria yesterday.
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Kensburg
Bloemfontein
Orange Free Strate
Laurento Marques
Ikensburg
Kruser
Natal
Biggarsberg
Pretoria
Ineffectual Escape Attempt by Prisoners on Train
Four prisoners on route from Paardeberg tried to escape from a moving train but failed. Cronje's forces amounting to about eleven hundred troops have been placed temporarily aboard the British steamers Mongolian and Manila in Table Bay.
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Cape Town
Paardeberg
Cronje
Mongolian
Manila
Table Bay
To Intercept the Boers in Zululand March Plan
Durban reports a force of about fifteen horses sent into Zululand to march on the Boers north of Biggarsberg. A heliographic communication system links Weenen and Eshowe, enabling rapid orders.
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Durban
Zululand
Biggarsberg
Weenen
Eshowe
Princess Agnes Salin-Salin Plans Ambulance Corps Drive
After arriving in Chicago on March 6 Princess Agnes Salin-Salin will lead fundraising for a new ambulance corps to serve in the South African war, targeting wealthy patrons for outfitting and equipment.
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Ambulance Corps
Chicago
Agnes Salin-Salin
Brabant advances to seize La Buschagnes Nek in Cape Colony
Gen Brabant’s colonial division advanced after a night march and forced the Boers from La Buschagnes Nek on the Dordrecht Jamestown road. British shell fire drove the Boers from three positions as two Boer guns engaged. British losses were six killed and 18 wounded.
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Dorderich
Cape Colony
Brabant
la Buschagnes Nek
Dordrecht
Jamestown
Boer Forces Issued 46 500 ID Cards in the Field
The Berliner Post cites a private Hamburg letter claiming the Boer republics issued 46 500 identification cards to Boers in the field, representing the total federal forces.
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Berlin
Berliner Post
Transvaal
Hamburg
Cecil Rhodes Plans Return Voyage to England
Cape Town reports Cecil Rhodes is present and expects to sail for England on Wednesday marking a planned return voyage amid ongoing developments.
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England
Cape Town
Cecil
Modern Paganism Indications in America Warns Cleveland Clergyman
Cleveland March 6 Rev George Vahey pastor of St Johns cathedral in a lenten sermon denounced plays such as Sapho and the Degenerates as signs of a pagan spirit across the nation He warned they promote immorality and erode virtue He urged immigration laws be tightened to bar actresses with immoral plays from entering the country to curb spiritual leprosy.
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Cleveland
America
George Vahey
St. John’s Cathedral
Sapho
Father Vahey
United States
Resisted to the Death in Jackson Police Shootout
In Jackson Mississippi on a Saturday night Policeman Frank Ruckam was shot in the head and wounded while attempting to arrest two Black men. Officer Joe White returned fire killing one suspect named Judge Grant. the other surrendered. They were tied to a $400 jewelry theft from L. A. Hart’s residence. A staged house search recovered about $1000 in jewelry and Hart's missing items. Jesse Grant and a colored woman were taken into custody.
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Jackson
Miss
Frank Ruckam
Joe White
Ruckam
L. A. Hart
Grant
Jesse Grant
Hart
Tannery in Spartansburg Destroyed by Fire
Fire yesterday gutted the Western Union tannery at Spartansburg with contents. Loss set at 80,000 fully insured. Corry opera house and other town properties damaged. opera house loss 40,000 with small insurance. other losses 5,000 insured. Citizens could not fight the blaze.
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Curry
Western Union Tannery
Spartansburg
Corry Operahouse
National Hotel
Corry
Operahouse
Yvette Guilbert Narrowly Escapes Fire in Paris
In Paris on March to Mlle Yvette Guilbert nearly burned alive while asleep in her chair due to curtains bursting into flames in her Avenue De Villers apartment. Smoke choked her as attendants carried her to safety while she recovers from kidney operation.
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Yvette Guilbert
Paris
Mlle
Annvalid
Avenue de Villers
Mutinous Convicts Revolt at Tourah Prison Near Cairo
A severe uprising by about 70 inmates at Tourah prison prompted a volley from a window after blank cartridges failed to quell the revolt. Five mutineers were killed and two fatally wounded before surrendering and being placed in cells.
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Cairo
Tourah
Memory of a Celebrated Case Narrows in New York
Martin Mahon proprietor of the New Amsterdam hotel and key figure in the Fayne Moore badger case died yesterday in Redlands California of lung trouble at age 54.
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New York
Martin Mahon
New Amsterdam
Fayne Moore Badger
Redlands
Cal
Dangers of Photography at Met Life Event
Nearly 30 Metropolitan Life Insurance agents were injured when a small grandstand collapsed from a 10 foot drop during a group photograph. The report notes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a top grip and cough remedy once offered to the public.
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Chicago
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Lodginghouse Fire in Bowery Ends in Six Deaths
A seven story Bowery lodginghouse at 44 to 48 Bowery burned early yesterday morning killing six tenants and injuring three. Firemen and police rescued others as flames swept through 132 rooms with 90 occupied. Bodies were found on the fifth floor and taken to the morgue. Dominico Milano ran the establishment.
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New York
Bowery
Charles Buttie
John Clark
Edward Doyle
Henry Jackson
Stephen Carney
Martin Gallagher
Edward Walker
Buttie
Dominico Milano
Co operative Factory Proposed by Glass Workers Union
In Anderson Indiana yesterday top officials Dobbins Fody Morehouse Halen Rowe King Morrison and others formed plans to create a cooperative 12 shop glass factory in the Indiana gas belt to produce prescription ware. Location eyed Eaton or Summitville with James Morrison named superintendent and amalgamation plans delayed until after July trade conventions.
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Anderson
Ind
Kuntsler
Voldele
Dobbins
Fody
Reading
Morehouse
Philadelphia
Halen
Elwood
Rowe
Toledo
King
Alton
Ills
Morrison
Mellberron and Canning
Muncie
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Indiana Gas Belt
Eaton
Summitville
James Morrison
No Fear of an Uprising
Gen James H Wilson, military governor of Matanzas Santa Clara, says Cuba faces no trouble and that reports of Cubans preparing a rising are malicious or misinformed. He states such reports are false and driven by those who know better.
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Matanzas
Cuba
James H. Wilson
Department of
Tragedy in Steubenville Husband Kills Wife
Will iam Chappell aged 30 of Steubenville Ohio entered Ella Millers Alley C house yesterday and fired four shots at his wife Ethel aged 22. Two shots struck. she will die. Chappell later surrendered to officers on the scene and confessed.
Illinois Steel Works Machinists Strike Joins Wider Action
One hundred fifty machinists at the Illinois steel works joined the Chicago strike after a meeting last night. They stayed away from work today seeking union recognition and signaling readiness for a protracted fight.
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Chicago
Illinois Steel Works
Drowned While Rowing Across Niagara River
Ashton Smith 27 son of Rev Henry Ashton Smith rector of St Pauls Fort Erie died Saturday night while attempting to row from Fort Erie to Buffalo across the Niagara River.
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Buffalo
Niagara River
Fort Erie
This City
Ashton Smith
Henry Ashton Smith
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Murderous burglar robs, assaults couple in Norfolk home
In Norfolk Virginia on March 5 a burglar entered the Miller home while the family slept. George W Miller a baker and his wife were severely beaten and wounded. their 12 year old son woke to the attack. The assailant, described as a negro, took the household cash and fled. The victims are in critical condition with fears of death.
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Norfolk
George W. Miller
Miller
Archbishop Hennessy Dies at 74 in Dubuque
Most Rev. John Hennessy, first archbishop of Dubuque and a driving force behind parochial schooling, died yesterday at age 74 after a series of strokes. The funeral is set for Thursday at 10 AM with Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia delivering the eulogy.
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Dubuque
John Hennessy
Ryan
Philadelphia
Archbishop Ryan
Innocent Perish as Parents Attend Dance
In Olympia Washington on a Saturday night Charles Wenger’s children Charles Emma aged 9 and 5 burned to death while left with a 12 year old sister in charge. The sister was badly burned trying to save them and leapt from a second story window.
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Olympia
Wash
John
Charles
Emma
Charles Wenger
Simonton denies mill closings over weekly pay law
W L Simonton gas belt general manager of Republic Steel and Iron company's Mille in the gas belt says no mills are closing due to the weekly payment law. He notified State Factory Inspector McAbee that the company will comply with the law, albeit under protest. Simonton adds reports that all mills in the state are idle are false.
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Alexandria
Ind
W. L. Simonton
Republic Steel and Iron Company
Gas Belt
McAbee
Simonson
Flow Maintained Petition Seeks Sanitary Board Mandamus
Alexander J. Jones of the Chicago sanitary board asks the attorney general to begin mandamus proceedings against the Springfield Illinois sanitary board to force compliance with law on water flow into the drainage channel. He states the law requires a flow of 360000 cubic feet per minute.
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Springfield
Ills
Alexander J. Jones
The
Chicago Sanitary Board
Attorney General
Sanitary Board
Jones
Alleged Murderer Arrested in Sioux City
Sioux City Iowa reports the arrest of Jack McCrystal on March 5 charged with the December 30 murder of John Robson a prominent pioneer citizen and bridge contractor. Robson was attacked with a hatchet in his office motive believed to be robbery. McCrystal is described as a well known police court character.
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Sioux City
Jack” McCrystal
John Robson
Robson
McCrystal
Canadian indoor skating record broken in heat race
Preston Ontario March 5 The Canadian indoor skating record was broken in the first heat between Norvel Baptie North Dakota and James Woolner Collingwood. The 14 lap mile race saw Baptie win by 17 yards in 2 53 15. Woolner won heat two in 3 33 and Baptie won heat three and the race in 3 10 2 3.
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Preston
Ont
Norvel Baptie
North Duakota
James Woolner
Collingwood
Baptie
Woolner
Multiple incidents and trials reported across continents
Sparks and Berlin editor sentenced to four months for exaggerated statements. Jury finds Harry Armstrong not guilty of illegal government report entries. Chicago machinists strike tensions cause injuries. Hermes cruiser disabled off Cat Island. Minerva steamship drifting near Nourfolk coast missing crew of 40. Hancock launch boiler explosion injures two. Race trouble feared near Letohatchee Alabama. Turkish forces raise British flag near Klu Branco. Fire destroys Detwiler dwelling Fulton County Pennsylvania. three die. Prince of Wales condemns London squalor. Local electric railway car barges burned losing 70000. Toledo Detroit Rapid Transit to use superheated water power.
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Berlin
Harry L. Armstrong
Continental National Bank
Memphis
Bas
Chicago
Hermes
Cat Island
Bahamas
Minerva
Nourfulk
Hancock
San Francisco
Letohatchee
Montgomery
Ala
Klu Branco
Samuel Detwiler
Fulton County
Prince of Wales
London
Cleveland
Berea
Elyria and
Robertin Electric Railway
Toledo
Detroit
Toledo and
Detroit Rapid Transit Company
Northern Indiana Teachers to Meet in Logansport
Eight thousand teachers are expected for the 18th annual Northern Indiana Teachers association meeting in Logansport March 29 to 31. Chief speaker Prof David Starr Jordan of Stanford University will attend and Booker T Washington may deliver an address. An art exhibit features works from Indianapolis Fort Wayne Richmond and other cities and the Indianapolis Sketching Club shows 75 oil paintings.
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Logansport
Ind
Northern Indiana Teachers’ Association
Douglass
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Richmond
South Bend
Huntington
Attica
Tipton
Muncie
Peru
Elkhart
Anderson
Indianapolis Sketching Club
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University of California
Booker T. Washington
Ward Named General Manager of Chicago and Southeastern
C M Ward is appointed general manager of the Chicago and Southeastern railroad with headquarters in Muncie Indiana. Vice President Harry Crawford announces the move. Ward replaces Dr Moore who moves to another company post. Ward brings 15 years with Baltimore and Ohio North Carolina and Pittsburg and Western lines as Midland extends to Muncie from Anderson and toward Brazil.
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Muncie
Ind
C. M. Ward
Chicago and Southeastern Railroad
Harry Crawford
Chicago
Mr. Ward
Dr. Moore
Baltimore and Ohio
North Carolina
Pittsburg and
Midland
Munele
Anderson
Brazil
Saloon Attacked Again Near Flora Indiana
In Flora Indiana on March 5 a saloon in Young America area endured another dynamite bombardment. Saloonkeeper Snider fled to a relative’s home as the attackers damaged the saloon billiard room and his residence. Police suspect a Deer Creek group and warned they may return to finish the destruction.
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Flora
Ind
Young America
Snider
Futners
Deer Creek
Mystery death at Arlington hotel in Richmond
In Richmond Indiana on March 5 a traveling man named William Lt Warner from Greenville C appeared at the Arlington hotel. He failed to reappear and was found dead in his room with a ragged skull wound and a revolver in his hand. The cause and motive remain a mystery.
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Richmond
Ind
Willam
Warner
Greenville
Arlington Hotel
Attempted Assassination in Burlington Indiana
Unsuccessful attempt to assassinate William E. Iverman, a prominent Burlington resident. Two shots fired from ambush. one narrowly missed his head. Iverman has actively urged remonstrances against the village saloon, and the attack is believed linked to those efforts.
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Burlington
Ind
Wiliam E. Iverman
Everman
Mills to Resume in State Under Weekly Pay Law
District Manager Shmonton of Republi Iron and Steel announces the last semi monthly payment will be made Saturday. Several mills will resume work one week from today with five thousand men returning to work under the weekly pay law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munele
Ind
Shmonton
Republi Iron and Steel Company
Fatal Contact With Live Wire In Kokomo
Charles Fisher, a skilled lineman in Kokomo Indiana, died instantly after grabbing a live telephone and trolley wire that had become crossed. The accident occurred while he stretched the line, and he touched the energized conductor with his bare hands.
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Kokomo
Ind
Charles Fisher
Sle
Death of Mrs Harris in Richmond Indiana
Mrs B L Harris mother of Addison C Harris United States minister to Austria died yesterday at Greensfork homestead in Richmond Indiana. The report notes her passing as a local obituary item reflecting notable family ties and regional loss.
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Richmond
Ind
B. L. Harris
Addison C.hiarris
United States
Austria
Greensfork Homestead
Indications of Sun Moon Rise and Set
Weather brief notes indicate sun and moon rise and set times, with a northern Indiana fair region turning from rain to snow and much colder temperatures. The southern area faces a cold wave with snow forecast tomorrow and northerly winds.
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Indiana
Congressional Interesting Matters to Occupy the Attention of Both Branches
Washington plans a busy week with the Quay seating issue, the currency bill, and the Porto Rican government bill. Debates will feature Penrose Spooner Perkins Carter and Burrows on Quay, while Culberson Turner Pettigrew Nelson Depow argue for and against the Porto Rican measure.
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Washington
Senator Quay
Senate
Quay
Penrose
Spooner
Perkins
Carter
Burrows
Culberson
Turner
Pettigrew
Nelson
Depew
Foraker
House
District of Columbia
Aldrich-Robbins
Wise Young
Virginia
Texas Republicans to send two delegations to national convention
In Waco on March 5 the Republican party plans dual delegations to the national convention. County and congressional conventions across Texas have largely split, sending two delegations to the upcoming state gathering.
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Waco
Tex
Texas
Fatal stabbing near Pittsburg along railroad tracks
London Kentucky March 5 Edward Fretze was fatally stabbed last night near Pittsburg in this county by an unknown man while walking along the railroad tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pittsburg
This County
Edward Fretze
The Kind Inn in Aways Bought
Bear, the ten LM AEE, Jerusalem has fifteen hospitals, the Baron Rothschild's and others being very fine, all free and all full to over flowing. Too many people lose valuable time in experimenting with cough and cold care. They should take Forry's Honey AND TaR before it is too LATE. All druggista.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Baron Rothschild
Forry
Fatal Gas Explosion Kills Woman at Fisher's Station
At Fisher's Station Indiana on March 5 a natural gas leak in the Weaver farm residence caused a blast when adjacent room fire ignited the gas. Mrs. Fannie Denny, 40, died after severe burns. Marion Irwin survived injuries likely to prove fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher’s Station
Ind
George Weaver
Fannie Denny
Marion Irwin
No Further Trouble After Wabash Wage Concessions
Wabash Indiana March 5 Gen. Manager Ramsey approves wage increase and readjustment of runs demanded by labor leaders after refusing to confer with the unions. Increase applies to nearly every employee on the system and no further trouble is expected from the management’s prior stance toward the brotherhoods.
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Ramsey
The
Wabash
Wabash, Ind
Wabash Railroad
Remarkable recovery tale from Han nibal resident
Mr J E Lilly of Han nibal Missouri credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing typhoid fever pneumonia and threatened lung trouble after one bottle gave relief and a full recovery followed by strong health the medicine sold in regular 50 cent and 1 00 sizes with trial bottles free at C D Knoefel s Drug Store and guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Lilly
Hannibal
C. D. Knoefel
Carterville Miners Acquitted in Vienna Murder Trial
Carterville union miners facing murder charges over five deaths were acquitted by a Vienna jury after a 40 day trial. Four related charges remain pending as Williamson county prosecutors plan to pursue all cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carterville
Springfield
Ill
Carterville Union
Vienna
Williamson County
Destructive Troy Fire Damages Willard Block
A midnight blaze in Troy New York caused 100000 dollars in damages to the Willard block on Broadway, affecting both businesses and an apartment building. The fire broke out late March 5 and prompted extensive investigation by local fire crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N. Y
Willard
Broadway
Alibi Gaffe in Trial Quip Sparks Laughs
A witty exchange props up a trial scene as O Flanaghan faces questions about an alibi. Pat asks what an alibi means and the other mockingly says it is being two places at once, adding levity to courtroom tension.
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O'Flanninghan
Pat
Faun
World Renowned Skin Specialist Prescribes Healing Salve
The Host Salve in the World Is Banner Salve is a prescription based remedy by a world wide known skin specialist. It is said to heal piles burns scalds ulcers running sores and all skin diseases. Available at all druggists.
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Convent of the Annunciation
Washington and
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