Kimberley Relieved as British Forces Enter City
General French led the cavalry to relieve Kimberley on Thursday evening. Boers abandoned Magersfontein and retreated to Bloemfontein, with British pursuit continuing. Clements’ column fell back to Arundel to guard Naauwpoort rail junction amid Boer pressure. Boer losses reported at sixty dead or wounded and eighty captured. Natal reports Buller bombarding the Colenso position as Ladysmith relief looms.
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French
Modder River
Kimberley
Roberts
War Office
London
Magersfontein
Kimberiey
Bloemfontein
Clements
Rensburg
Arundel
Naauwpoort
North Cape Colony
Natal
Buller
Colenso
Ladysmith
Waterfal
Rondeval Drift
French Free
Jacobsdal
Henry
Hatchell
Kekewich
Alexandersfontein
Abensham
Where Is Cronje's Army
London reports from Reuters on Feb 17 note General French’s rapid march, with uncertain Kimberley events and Cronjé’s whereabouts. Roberts remains healthy as the British advance continues amid hot weather. Boer pursuits near Bloemfontein and Colenso bombardments unfold, while Delarey shifts, Buller may be active, and Spion Kop details arrive with Churchill praising soldierly honor.
Western Border Cleared By Roberts First Stroke In SA War
British forces after Kimberley action gain Mafeking and secure West Barkly Bechuanaland. French advances to Kimberley praised for mobility and planning while Kitchener seen as key organizer. South African campaign moves toward Bloemfontein and Pretoria amid hopeful London markets and stock activity. Trains ferried by New York Central lines.
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Paign
Jacobsda
Bloemfontein
Pretoria
Kitchener
Lord Wolseley
Lord Salisbury
South Africa
War Office
Roberts Dispatches From Kimberley Campaign Update
Lord Roberts reports French arriving Kimberley with artillery cavalry and mounted infantry. French says he dispersed Boer forces from Alexanderfontein to Oliphantsfontein and captured the laager and stores. Roberts notes Magersfontein trenches abandoned and Boers attempting escape, with Pontoon lines and Jacobsdal actions. hospital arrangements by German volunteers praised.
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Jacobsdal
Kimberley
Transvaal Dispatch Reports Boer British Fight Near Kimberley
Pretoria reports battles around Rondava Drift near Jacobstown with 2000 British troops attempting to reach Kimberley. Federal forces led by Delarey incur five wounded. Colonel Henry severely wounded and taken to Jacobsdal. Colesberg dispatch notes 60 British killed and wounded, 80 captured. Boers suffer no casualties near Ladysmith. Braawkrantz bombardment continues. all quiet around Ladysmith beforeHead Laager.
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Rondava Drift
Jacobsoa
Kimberley
Delarey
Henry
Jacobsdal
Colesberg
Ladysmith
Protective Committee Formed For Third Avenue Creditors
A new protective committee is formed to safeguard unsecured creditors of the Third Avenue Railroad Company amid the Kuhn, Loeb withdrawal. The panel includes F. P. Olcott, Louis Fitzgerald, and T. Jefferson Coolidge Jr., inviting holders to contact secretary Alvin W. Krech. Unfunded debt exceeds 17 million, with major holders in New York and New England.
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Third Avenue Railroad Company
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Isaac D. Barton
Elias
F. P. Olcott
Central Trust Company
Louis Fitzgerald
Mercantile Trust Company
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
Old Colony Trust Company
Boston
Third-ave
Alvin W. Krech
NewEngland
Mutual Life Insurance Company
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
National Union Bank
The
Morton Trust Company
National City Bank
Edward Lauterbach
Kuhn, Loch & Co
Lauterbach
Long Island Railroad Company
Barton
Wiliam H. Curtiss
William Rockefeller
Wall Street
Standard Oil
Metropolitan
Third Avenue
Kuhn- Loeb
Dr Hyslop to Seek Help for Psychic Research Fund
Professor James Hystop of Columbia urges public support for the Society for Psychic Research to fund investigations into hallucinations, automatisms, and apparitions. He cites costs, proposed staff, and plans to study insane patients and Planchette methods, with a public appeal to follow England's lead.
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James H. Hystop
Columbia University
Tribune
West One-hundred And-Forty-Ninth St
Society For Psychical Research
Weir Mitchell
Society of
England
Wales
Morgan Dix
Trinity Church
West Twenty-fifthst
Hyslop
Church
Hyssop
Gen Molineux Seeks Sympathy for Wife and Daughter-in-law
Public appeal from General E L Molineux at 117 Fort Greene Place Brooklyn NY dated February 16 1900 thanking supporters for belief in his son Roland Burnham Molineux and urging respect for his family while noting legal matters are in counsel's hands. He emphasizes his son's innocence and asks prayers for his afflicted wife Blanche Cheseborough Molineux and the daughters in affection and lawfully married daughter-in-law.
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Fort Greene Place
Brooklin
N. Y
Roland Burnham Molineux
Blanche Cheseborough Molineux
Grand Army of the Republic
Confederacy
Molineux Sentenced Amid Dramatic Courtroom Farewell
Roland B Molineux faced the death penalty after a dramatic address denying innocence and denouncing the district attorney. The scene at the General Sessions chamber drew a crowd as Recorder Goff imposed sentence for first degree murder with execution set for the week of March 26.
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Roland Burnham Molineux
Goff
General Sessions
Molineux
Weeks
Dewey Arch
Grand Central Station
Sing Sing
Penitentiary
Battle
Recorder Goff
Mr Weeks
Mr. Battle
Gardiner
Mr. Weeks
Roland B. Molineux
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Riet
Modder
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Epirita
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Dr. Lords
Gitmation
Criel
Witehire Regiment
Coles
Spion Kopere
Winston Churchill
Mafeking
West Barkly District
Bechuanaland
General French
Kim
Berley
Gen
al Roberts
Ensling
Railey
Lake Erie
New-York
the DiaMond Fields Club
Cecil Rhodes
Tre . Kimberley HospiTal
AI Ceqil Rhodes
City OF Diamonds
Gen. Roberts
Lomton
Lord Roberts
Kelly- Kenny
Naarwpoort
Transvaal
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cin Allboa
Cinrun
Atlantic City
Rudolf
Sea Baths
Adve
DR. Hyslop
Indianapolis
America
Gen. Molineux
E. L. Molineux
Roland
Reveille
Blanche
Mother
Necona
New York Central
Eufety
Murderers Row
Peisou
Mie Weeks
Behalz
Gaff
Tang Serp Rororant
Agee
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