Spion Kop abandoned by Warren amid uncertain outcome
The War Office released General Buller's dispatch from Spearman's Camp dated Jan 25 reporting General Warren's garrison abandoned Spion Kop during the night. The article reviews casualties, questions whether the move was strategic or a reverse, and notes Westminster Gazette commentary and cabinet discussions following the loss.
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Santon Kopp
Westminater Gazette
Associated Press
Westminster Gazette
George W. Smalley
Times
London
Great Britain
Sown Kop
Jalior
Warton
Lord Salisbury
Five Die and Eight Hurt in Train Crash Dynamite Explosion
A runaway freight train at Ashley on the Central Railroad of New Jersey derailed and exploded dynamite. Five men were killed and eight injured. six locomotives and seventy freight cars wrecked. The blast damaged nearby homes as crews cleared debris and investigated the cause.
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Michael Bird
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Law
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Robert Carroll
Cumberland Telephone Stockholders Ratify Consolidation
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph stockholders met in Louisville January 26 to ratify the consolidation with Ohio Valley Telephone, forming a 10 million dollar capital, 3100 per share. The merged system controls about 1000 miles of line from Carmi Illinois to New Orleans with 40,000 subscribers and 11,000 exchange stations. Nashville figures James E Caldwell William Litterer Goulding Marr L Landis John T Landis A G Sharpe of Atlanta attended. Three persons represented a controlled stake in Cumberland stock.
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Ohio Valley Telephone Company
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Carmi
Ills
New Orleans
James E Caldwell
Nashville
William Litterer
Goulding Marr
L Landis
John T. Landis
A. G. Sharpe
Atlanta
Cumberland Company
Thirty Hurt In Fatal End Collision Near Waycross Plant
A dense fog shrouded Waycross Georgia on January 26 as the Southern special train carrying 200 members of the Indiana Retail Lumber Dealers Association collided with a freight train near the Plant System hospital. Thirty passengers were seriously injured while engineers and firemen escaped. Cars were damaged and officials cared for the wounded.
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Indiana Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
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Jacksonville
Macon
Waycross
Piant System
Imasin
Boers Mount New Guns Amid Relentless Fortification
Report from Ledyamith notes Boer defenders strengthening fortifications and mounting fresh guns to oppose a relief column. General Baller’s artillery fire is impactful at distance, while dry weather reduces fever among troops and supplies remain steady. Heat reaches 107 degrees. cooking-main rivalry in Georgia turnout tops $890 with Chattanooga’s team prevailing.
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Alabama coal may break up a trust
New Orleans January 26. A new Alabama coal combine formed by B D Wood & Sons with the Southern railway and several coal companies plans to supply Alabama coal to the lower Mississippi river trade. The 50 000 ton order signals strong opposition to the Pittsburg coal trust as prices may drop and shift business from Pittsburgh dealers to Alabama suppliers and rail and river transport. Colonel Elmer E Wood says the arrangement will erode the trust’s power to set prices and hurt its city trade as railways ships and boats draw coal from Alabama.
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Southern Railway
Bloemingham
New Ontxaxs
Pitteburg Coal Trust
New Orleana
Monongahela River
Virginia and Alabama Coal Company
Sloss-Sheffield Coal Company
Southern Coal Company
Deer Creek Coal Company
Alabama
Elmer E. Wood
Alabama Coal Combine
Pittsburg Trust
J.S. B. Thomson
Southern Road
E Leak
Pittsburg
Alabama coal movement claims lower Mississippi markets
West Alabama coal operators state the shift to Pittsburg product has stalled for years but is now aided by Southern Railway and the Baby Barge line. They cite steady orders, averaging 250000 tons this year, boosting Walker County mines and keeping Alabama pits active in the dull summer. They note favorable river depth and year round navigation below Greenville.
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West Alabama
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Alabama
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River
Southern Railway
Alabama Coal
Mississippi
Walker County
Green
Roberts Seat Declared Vacant by House Vote
The Utah representative Brigham H. Roberts is expelled from the House seat with a 268 to 60 vote breakdown. The decision declares his seat vacant and ends a months long dispute over his eligibility amid party splits and committee recommendations.
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Roberts
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Republicaca
Wael Democrate
Raid on distilleries shocks Alabama moonshiners
In Muscadine near Hightower and Beecham three illicit stills were destroyed in a major wartime style raid by U S Deputy Collector J W Kitchen and Deputy Marshal Ernest Payne. About 5000 gallons of beer and large quantities of whisky were seized. Beecham operators W F Forrester and Ross Scratt were arrested, others fled.
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Ala
Axmston
United States
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Ernest Payne
Serang
Hightower
Beecham
Muson
W. F. Forrester
Ross Scratt
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