Roberts Silent as Cronje’s Hold on Paardeberg Drifts
London dispatch reports General Roberts still silent and Cronje stuck at Paardeberg Drift. De Wet may move from Petrusburg to aid Cronje while Lady Smith relief and Mefeking status remain unconfirmed. British advance faces stubborn Boer resistance near Pieter's.
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Tribune
London
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Paardeberg
Cronje
de Wet
Petrusburg
Petrysburg
Cronje a heroic figure amid siege and relief talk
London dispatch reports Cronje's defense at Koodoosland draws British admiration as rebels in Natal and the Free State may mass to threaten a relief. Updates on Tugela crossings, Ladysmith bombardment, and Dutch reinforcements vary with no decisive dispatch yet.
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Cronje’s Laager A Mass of Flames From Modder River
London dispatch reports from Modder River that the Boer laager was in flames last night and troops sheltered in trenches. General Cronje’s wife is said to be urging surrender. emphasis on rapid movement and remounts affecting the campaign. The timing of the dispatch is uncertain, likely Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Clements
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Brabant
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Death toll at Paardeberg Drift exceeds one hundred
The official report lists 146 men killed on Sunday February 18 at Paardeberg Drift. Included are 63 Highlanders and 18 Canadians among the fallen.
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Paardeberg Drift
Kimberley Whips Rebels Hold Big Siege Gun
Dispatches report Boer 100-pounder saved and hauled by oxen beyond Riverton. Cavalry saw Boer parties but avoided wider engagement. Magersfontein ammunition seized. Cecil Rhodes to England. Rhodes praises local mounted troops for gallantry at Kimberley and the November redoubts assaults.
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Magersfontein
Cecil Rhodes
England
W. E
White makes another sortie at Ladysmith
Reports from Chieveley dated February 21 say General White led a sortie from Ladysmith capturing Boer wagons amid heavy fighting. The Daily Mail notes crowds on Convent Hill watching shell bursts and Boer camps retreating westward with about six thousand moving west.
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Puller
Lord Roberts
Bulwana
British Occupy Fort Wylie After Tugela Crossing
British forces crossed the Tugela north of Hlangwane and occupy Fort Wylie. Boers shell Groblerskloof and hills south of Ladysmith while Thorneycroft's Horse made a probing crossing but retreated. Buller reports casualties among Somersetshire Light Infantry as the action continues.
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Crealock
Keith Falconer
Parry
Somersetshire Light Infantry
Franchise Tax Act Moves to Fund Tax Commission
Albany reports indicate the Franchise Tax act is propping revenue, with the Legislature approving a $49,309 appropriation for the State Tax Commission. The Commissioners say valuations for street railways gas and telegraph firms in Rochester Buffalo Ithaca Jamestown and Gloversville rose by about 16.5 million. Protests can be filed March 6 to 8 in Albany as NYC valuations begin next week.
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Lester S. Stearns
Senate
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Preacher Victim of Footpads Watch Recovered From Suspect
Patrick Walsh fifty one laborer of 469 Columbus avenue was detained after claiming to have found a gold watch. Rev Samuel W Reed who recently joined the Evangelical Lutheran Church identified the watch. Reed reported a knife incident in the Park and later the watch was found on Walsh.
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Columbus-ave
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Samuel W. Reed
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Rittig
West Fifty-sixth-st
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Fifth
Sixth Aves
Sensation in California club over resignations at Burlingame
Walter Hobart and Charles Baldwin quit Burlingame Country Club after directors demanded removal of Baldwin's sister Mrs. Edward Parker Deacon amid lingering Paris scandal ties. Baldwin, Hobart tied to prominent families, including Baldwin as son of Rear Admiral.
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Mystery of Miss Hunt Ends With Suspicion and Diamonds
Miss Anna Hunt twenty eight of 129 West Forty first street was jailed at West Thirtieth street station on a suspicion charge after being accused by Mrs Edna Austin of planning theft. Mrs Austin chased her with a dress suitcase believed to hold diamonds valued at 500 and a sunburst amid other pieces. Detective Barry took both women to Mrs Austins home where the case against Hunt was pursued.
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West Forty-first-st
Schurman Endorses Jeffersonian Philippine Government Plan
President Schurman told Armour Institute faculty and students that the Philippine Commission favors a government and constitution identical to that drafted by educated Filipinos and envisioned by Thomas Jefferson for new territories. He noted McKinley accepted the plan and will send a second commission to implement it, while publishing the 1898 Paterno constitution for comparison.
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Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Philippine Commission
McKinley
Louisiana Purchase
Pedro A. Paterno
Aguinaldo
Great Britain
Middle Islands
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House Committee Plans New Uptown Postoffice Walk-Through
The House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds with Postmaster Van Cott and Perry Heath will inspect site options for a proposed uptown postoffice. They will tour the General Postoffice and branch offices near Grand Central, meet at the Board of Trade, and be entertained by local committees in New York.
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Uptown
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Perry
Heath
New York
House
Board of Trade and Transportation
Broadway
Fulton St
Madison Square Garden
Grand Central Station
R. W. Bainbridge
Richard M. Walters
S. C. Mead
Newberry Lawton
C. P. Corbit
William McC
Board of Trade and Transportation Rooms
Union League Club
Nicaragua Wants to Retake Costa Rican Territory
New Orleans reports Harrison Hodgson confirms tensions between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Nicaragua seeks control of the Guiana coast strip to influence canal arrangements, with Costa Rica defending the area with 4,000 soldiers sent by President Iglesias.
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Harrison Hodgson
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Port Limon
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Hodgson
Iglesas
Guiana
Young Candidate Faces Questions From New York Backers
A politician, supported by a New York organization, dodged a question about whether he is too young for a second place on the ticket. The speaker smiled and steered the topic away.
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New York
Hanna
Mass Meeting Fights Gravesend Bay Park Plan at Coney Island
A nocturnal gathering of prominent Coney Island residents in Bowery rooms denounces the De Graw bill to create a Gravesend Bay salt marsh park. Officials and supporters defend the measure as citywide improvement with 140 acres, three miles of waterfront, and picnic grounds. A committee will visit Albany to oppose the bill in its current form.
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Owen S. Finnerty
John Lewis
Henry Cummins
John A. Shorter
D. W. Bailey
Albert Chambers
Albany
James A. McDonald
Senate
Coler
Brighton
West End
New York City
Corey Island
Michael J. Dady
van Wyck
McKeown
Third Avenue Syndicate Confirms Finance Talks
Vermilye Co Hallgarten Co and Ickelheimer Co announced they are examining Third Avenue Railroad finances at stockholders request and may confer with creditors. A plan to fund floating debt and form a leaseholding corporation was approved by the board. details to be public Monday.
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Vermilye & Co
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Henry Budge
Halgarten & Co
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Mr. Lauterbach
Henry Iden
Samuel Riker
William A. Read
Henry R. Ickelheimer
Lautere
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William H. Curtiss
Snowslide Fatality Ties Mine Owner in Colorado
Telegraphic notes report Chris Shmson, owner manager of the Lucky Friend Mine in Picayune Gulch near Silverton Colorado, killed by a snowslide while en route to the mine on snowshoes. Also: Yaqui prisoners moved from Yaqui country to Guadalajara under guard with long Sierra Madre crossing. A winter overland US mail route from Cook Inlet coast to Nome is to be tried led by Edwin Engelstad and Post office Inspector Wilcox. New broom sweep clean Lackawanna Railroad takes over dining car service.
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Lucky Friend
Picayune Gulch
Chicago
Guadalajara
Mexico
Manzanillo
Colima
Sierra Madre
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Wash
Cook Inlet
Nome
Edwin Engelstad
Wilcox
Real snake bite in saloon report from Hartford
Two men were bitten by a rattlesnake in a Front Street saloon in Hartford Connecticut today. One man remains in the hospital with slight chances of recovery while the other is in serious condition but likely to survive. The patients could not provide their names. The bite occurred as they stood near a cage containing two rattlesnakes.
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Kearsarge Likely to Represent Navy at Havre Rendezvous
Newport News report indicates the battleship Kearsarge will likely join a small squadron including New York and Massachusetts or Indiana for the Havre naval rendezvous in Paris Exposition time. Kearsarge will move to Newport for torpedo supply before the squadron sails.
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British steamship Torino reported lost in storm near Pensacola
Pensacola Florida February 23 It is reported here that the British steamship Torino which left Pensacola on Tuesday morning for Havana was lost in the storm Tuesday night The Torino should have reached Havana yesterday but nothing has been heard from her The next lines mention level and straight road timetables for the New York Central Lines with Pintsch light illumination.
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