Buller’s relief effort fails near Ladysmith dispatch
A Boer camp dispatch reports General Buller’s third attempt to relieve Ladysmith failed and his troops retreated south of the Tugela River. The War Office offered no confirmation. Gatacre says his force repulsed Dutch at two points and holds outposts at Pen Hoek and Bird’s River. Macdonald’s Koodoosberg Drift retirement called a reconnaissance. Pretoria dispatch notes Colonel Plumer driven back after storming Ramonsta.
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Ladysmith
Buller
Tugela River
War Office
Gatacre
Pen Hoek
Bird's River
Sir Hector Macdonald
Koodoosberg
Pretoria
Plumer
Ramonsta
Natal
Leora Roberts
Lord Kitchener
Cape Town
Tensor
Lord Roberts
Rosmead
Gat
Orange River
Free State
Hnes
Butler
Tucker
Modder River
Kimberley
Ountry
Bloemfontein
Modder
Roosevelt to See Platt in New York
Albany reports Governor Roosevelt will travel to New York to address the Tenement House Commission and meet Senator Platt at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Politicians believe the trip aims to halt moves to nominate him for Vice-President, with Platt's followers backing Roosevelt for that role while others push Odell or Woodruff for Governor. Roosevelt reportedly prefers renomination as Governor and opposes a VP nomination.
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Tribune
Albany
Roosevelt
New York
Tenement House Commission
Senator Platt
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Washington
Platt
Henry C. Payne
Milwaukee
West
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
Timothy L. Woodruff
Odell
Woodruff
Republicans
Francis Hendricks
Insurance Department
Admiral Dewey Denies Filipino Independence Recognition
A report recounts Admiral Dewey denying ever promising U S recognition of Philippine independence to Emilio Aguinaldo. The piece cites witness accounts from Hong Kong interviews in 1898, detailing Dewey's interactions, Spanish wartime context, and a Senate inquiry backdrop with Consul Pratt and Mr Bray.
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Admiral Dewey
Philippines
Aguinaldo
United States
the Tribune
Waldorf-Astoria
Singapore
Senate
Mr. Bray
General Aguinaldo
Pratt
Hongkong
Dewey
R. P. Hall
Petrel
Wood
Hong Kong
Hall
Levy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Spain
Emilio Aguinaldo
Governor Taylor Stands Firm Over Frankfort Peace Talks
In Frankfort Kentucky Governor Taylor did not sign the Louisville peace agreement and indicated no immediate plan to do so. Conferees including Republican attorneys Fairleigh Barr and General Lindsay met with him along with state officials as Democrats urged firmness. Reports say a signature may come within twenty four hours, with Republicans planning a possible meeting tomorrow.
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Frankfort
Taylor
Louisville
David W. Fairleigh
John W. Barr
Fairleigh
Senator Blackburn
Capitol Hotel
Barr
Dan Lindsay
Samuel J. Roberts
Lexington
Internal Revenue
Lindsay
Judge Barr
Mr. Fairleigh
T. L. Edelen
Caleb Powers
C. J. Pratt
Collier
State Powers
Powers
Mr. Powers
General Lindsay
Attorney Fairleigh
Edelen
W. C. P. Breckinridge
London
Weatherford
Egbert
Williams
Goebel
Port-Macdonalds Strange Move Shocks London War News
London reports delay and doubt as to Sir Redvers Buller’s relief expedition to Ladysmith. The War Office gives no confirmation of retreat or continued advance. Sir Hector Macdonald’s actions and possible orders to withdraw to Modder River stir uncertainty amid tense wait for official word.
War Office Silent on Boer Retreat Signals From Lourenco Marques
London reports say British forces may have retired across the Tugela after abandoning Ladysmith positions. War Office neither confirms nor denies the Reuters dispatch. Natal news lag raises public unease. Analysis notes possible partial withdrawal near Potgieter’s Drift and shifting brigades between Spion Kop and Doornberg.
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London
Reuter
Lourenco Marques
Lady« Smith
Tugela River
War Office
Redvers Buller
Ladysmith
Natal
Spearman
Pretoria
Potfitters
Kopsies
Spion Kop
Doornberg
Laurenco
British Troops Retire From Molens Drift In Tugela Stand
British forces abandoned the kopje at Molens Drift after a Boer cannon bombardment and fell back across the Tugela to their former position. A desultory cannonade continued at the Tugela while an armored train sortie from Chieveley landed 2,000 British troops on the Boer right near Colenso before withdrawal. Firing along the Upper Tugela and at Colenso continued into the morning hours.
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Laager
Ladysmith
Molens Drift
Tugela
Chieveley
Colenso
Buller’s Third Relief Attempt Fails At Ladysmith
Leipsic reports that a dispatch from a correspondent in the Neuste Nachrichten says General Buller’s third attempt to relieve Ladysmith has completely failed. London’s dispatch notes Boer cross fire and the withdrawal due to lack of intrenchment at Vaal Krantz, with Buller possibly not yet recrossing the Tugela.
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Leipsic
Neuste Nachrichten
Buller
Ladysmith
London
Spearman
Vaal Krantz
Financial News
Tugela
Buller failures claimed as Boer truth in London
London accepts Boer claims of another Buller setback after the censor at Aden passes the reports read after Mr. Balfour’s Commons statement that Buller is not pressing his advance. Churchill says Vaal Krantz impracticable for needed guns, as Buller dispatches a fresh brigade to relieve tired defenders.
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London
Buller
Aden
Mr. Balfour
Methuen's Soldiers In Action At Koodoosberg Drift
British and Boer forces clashed near Koodoosberg Drift on February 8. Boers shelled a British hill position with two seven pounders while Seaforth Highlanders and Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders fought the intrenchments. Casualties arose as the British prepared to surround the Boers before a retreat toward Modder River. The arrival of General Babington with cavalry and horse artillery did not reach in time to join.
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Koodoosberg
Seaforth Highlanders
Argyll Highlanders
Macdonald
Babington
Modder River
Methuen
Modder
Gatacre's Two Victories and Macdonald Forwards at Koodoosberg
War Office dispatch reports General Gatacre repulsing the Boers at Pea Hoek and Bird's River and establishing security at both posts. It details General Macdonald driving to Koodoosberg and holding the drift against Boer attempts to dislodge him, with Babington reinforcing. The enemy has evacuated the position and is not in sight.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Gatacre
Pea Hoek
Bird's River
Macdonald
Modder
Koodoosberg
Babington
Boer guns shell Kimberley with no casualties
The Times reports from Kimberley dated February 8 that Boer big guns shelled the city all day without any deaths. The dispatch notes ongoing bombardment but no casualties among residents or defenders.
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London
Times
Kimberley
General Clery Leaving for England on Invalided Voyage
London Feb 10 The Daily Telegraph reports General Clery is en route to England invalided. The Standard Railroad of America claims top service between New York and Cincinnati with three fastest trains departing daily via Pennsylvania Railroad.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Clery
England
Standard Railroad OF America
New York
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania Railroad
Advy
Woodruff denies backing for Vice Presidential boom
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff said he did not open headquarters at the Waldorf Astoria nor solicit support for a Vice Presidency. He dismissed reports of efforts to campaign and stated he had not asked any friends to urge his nomination.
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Woodruff
Waldorf-Astoria
Senator Platt Talks Planned Meeting With Roosevelt
Senator Platt arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel from Washington about 8 30 PM declined to discuss his planned talk with Governor Roosevelt later today or the Roosevelt vice presidential rumors. Chairman Odell said the meeting at the hotel is likely and few legislators were present last night. An audience of Republican legislators and politicians was expected this afternoon.
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Senator Platt
Washington
Fifth Avenue
Roosevelt
Odell
Republican State Committee
Roosevelt Faces Clash Over Bath Soldiers Home Trustees
Governor Roosevelt learned that Bath Soldiers and Sailors Home trustees suspended commandant Colonel Charles O Shepard despite his request to pause actions until an ongoing administration investigation is finished Deputy Attorney General Mason had gone to Bath to relay the governor s desire for caution The governor plans to nominate six new trustees by March 1 must be Civil War veterans and backs Colonel Andrew Davidson for commandant to restore orderly management
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Albany
Roosevelt
Soldiers and Sailors’ Home
Bath
Charles O. Shepard
Shepard
Mason
Davies
Mr. Philbin
State Board of Charities Committee
Soldiers’ Home
Frank Campbell
Democratic State Committee
Board of Trustees
Andrew Davidson
Colonel Davidson
Riot in Martinique disrupts sugar harvest and harms troops
In Fort de France Martinique a mob of about twelve hundred miners halted cane harvesting since Monday. Troops deployed. an infantry post was attacked and nine killed with fourteen wounded. Two plantations in Le Frangois suffered incendiary fires.
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Fort de France
Martinique
le Frangois
Dewey Calls on Van Wyck at City Hall Visit
Admiral George Dewey and Mrs. Dewey visited Mayor Van Wyck at New York City Hall yesterday. The exchange included a joke about marriage and a warm greeting from a crowd outside the public office. Dewey later called on Postmaster Van Cott in the Waldorf area with Mrs. Dewey amid cheers from clerks and deputy marshals in the Federal Building.
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Admiral Dewey
United States Courts
Federal
van Cott
Admiral
Windmuller Buoyed by Carnegie Hall Concert Subscriptions Rise
Windmuller announces subscription increases from 1000 to 2000 dollars after slower progress than hoped. He says outlook for the arch has brightened following a Carnegie Hall concert, with many subscriptions coming from unexpected sources and some doubling.
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Windmuller
Carnegie Hall
Edwin R Holden resigns from Lackawanna presidency
Edwin R Holden, long time vice president overseeing the coal business, resigns effective March 1, amid a broad turnover in Lackawanna Railroad leadership as Samuel Sloan had earlier stepped down. Vanderbilt interests influence the overhaul with William H. Truesdale as Sloan’s successor and executives retire or are dismissed in a broad management purge.
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Samuel Sloan
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Road
Edwin R. Holden
Holden
Vanderbilt
Lackawanna Company
New York Central
S. R. Callaway
William H. Truesdale
Rock Island Road
Mr. Sloan
Truesdale
Western Railway
William K. Vanderbilt
The
Lackawanna
Sloan
Andrew Reasoner
Morris and Essex Division
Frederick H. Gibbons
Willis D. Hager
Lackawanna Service
John McKenna
W. R. Storrs
Coal Department
William F. Halistead
Scranton
Halistead
William F. Holwill
Consolidated Gas Company
William C. Whitney
Blowing Up the Palisades
Vandals resume damage at the Palisades as Carpenter Brothers quarries reopen near Fort Lee. Workers prepare four tunnels to house tons of dynamite for a single massive blast, hoped to be the largest yet, with timing weeks away.
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Palisades
Hugh Reilly
Quebec and Lake Huron Railway Proposal
Montreal February 9 Special A new Canadian project aims to connect the mouth of the French River to Quebec with an airline railway. Backed by American capital, the line would create a grain route from the Great Lakes to a seaport 250 miles shorter than the Perry Sound and Great Northern plan. Expected to handle fifty loaded wheat cars, the line includes dual elevators at each end and a $25,000,000 cost, with promoters from Michigan and New York among others.
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Montreal
Quebec
Dewey Arch Committee Receives Speyer Letter
Louis Windmuller, chairman of the Canvassing Committee of the Dewey Arch Committee, yesterday received a letter from James Speyer stating that the committee seems to be making progress. The letter hints at ongoing discussions and possible next steps for the project. Speyer’s message underscores the anticipated cooperation and the need for continued planning.
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Louis Windmuller
Dewey Arch
James Speyer
Hotel Berkeley Beachfront Adopts Direct Management
Fragmentary note indicates hotel renamed or rebranded as Hotel Berkeley Beachfront with new management. It mentions Atlantic cries and two days of operation under same management, suggesting a local business notice or ad. The readable words imply location on the beach and a management continuity rather than a closure.
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Atlantic Cryed Jotel
Berkeley
E Beach
Teo Day
Adot Ene Pa
Admiral Melville Inspects Newport Shipyard and Kearsarge
Rear Admiral George W. Melville Chief Engineer of the Navy and W H Bailey of the American Steel Tube Co visited Newport News after inspecting torpedo boat construction in Richmond. The party toured the shipyard and examined war vessels under construction including the battleship Kearsarge which will be commissioned here. Melville departed tonight for Washington.
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Newport News
George W. Melville
Navy
W. H. Bailey
American Steel Tube Company
New York
Richmond
Trigg Yard
Peter A. Rearick
Melville
Kearsarge
Washington
Kentucky Democrats Reassert Quorums In Louisville
Louisville, Ky Feb 9 The Democratic members of both chambers report a quorum present and Beckham vows to shield legislators from arrest. The day features actions on Goebel memorials, and preparations to defend the legislature with a defensive force while sessions proceed in the courthouse.
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Louisville
J. C. W. Beckham
London
Frankfort
Beckham
General Assembly
Castleman
Senate
Chancery
Carter
General Assembly of Texas
Goebel
House
Texas Jute
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Luzon
Wildman
Howard W. Bray
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Philippine Junta
Frank
Fort, KY
New-York Tribune
Redvers Bulger
Islysmith
House of Commons
Molen Drift
Con
I. Ev
Bulgler
CABLE
Jayne
Methuen’s
Colonel Shepard
van Wyck
Northwest
Admiral Melville
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