British Casualties and Boers Shell Mafeking Report
London reports from General Buller detail Metcalfe’s rifle brigade sortie to capture a Boer howitzer hill, its destruction, and British losses including 11 killed and several wounded with six captured. Mafeking's siege continues with intensified shelling and deteriorating water and rations. bayonet tactics and officer casualties are noted along with broader calls for more troops to South Africa.
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London
War Office
Buller
White
Metcalfe
Ferguson
Paley
Davenport
Bond
Ladysmith
Gatacre
Stormberg
Cape Town
the Times
Morning Post
South Africa
Downham
Gordon Highlanders
Lord Methuen
Modder River
Orange River
Canada
Kimberley
Magersfoutsin
Daily Mail
Bank Robbery Sparks Captain Pursuit In Des Moines
Des Moines reports a bank robber, W. D. Sansom, forced the First National Bank assistant cashier to hand over nearly $400. He fled toward the country but was captured within an hour in a barn after sheriffs and others pursued him. The bank had foreclosed on Sansom's farm, and authorities suspect revenge motive. The other items note a non-union worker’s lack of legal redress, a new strawboard trust forming in Indiana, and a New Jersey labor case about intimidation and coercion linked to strikes.
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Bnd
Des Moines
Sao City
W. D. Sansom
First National Bank
Sansom
Battie
Sancom
Crown Port
Ind
Walton
Lake Lodge Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Inland Forge Company of Chicago
New Strawboard Trust
Inpranapolis
Strawboard Trust
Crawford Fairbanke
Terre Haute
M. N. Williams
Anderson
W. T. Durban
Indiana
American Strawboard Company
Joliet
Lima
Trexton
Reid
Cumberland Glass Manufacturing Association
Glassblowers’ Union
Bridge
New Jersey
Persucaion
Ingram
C. O. Ingram
Mount Ayr
United States
Aattle
Mopper River
Black Watch
Gordon Highlanders
Highland Brigade
Diet of Glass Alleged Poisoning in Sanderson Murder Trial
Marie Robertson testified that Mrs. Sanderson fed the victim powdered glass in porridge for two weeks before his death. The witness quoted Mrs Sanderson saying paralysis followed the glass and that a physician was not summoned until two days before death. Robertson collapsed after cross examination.
Sioux City Railway Sold To Tods Of New York
Sioux City and Northern railway was sold under federal court order to William Stewart Tod and Robert E. Tod of New York for 1,500,000 to satisfy 1,920,000 in bonds plus 400,000 interest. The property will operate with the Sioux City and Western as part of the Great Northern system. receivers move to Dubuque for sale confirmation by Judge Shiran.
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Teds
New York
Sioux City and Western
Bay Northern
Sioux City
Sioux City and Northern Railway
Federal
Howard S. Baker
William Stewart Tod
Robert E. Tod
Tods
Great Northern
Warwick Hough
J. Beals
Dubuque
Shiran
Anti trust meeting in Chicago February twelfth
Telegraph items report the anti trust conference planning a Chicago meeting on February 12. Other notes mention Democratic committees organizing traveling anti trust clubs, a railway order banning cigarette use, and a summary of deaths and crimes across several states.
Methuen’s Magersfontein Defeat Shocks British Forces
News from Magersfontein and Modder River details show General Methuen’s forces of about 11 000 men suffering a serious reverse with heavy casualties. Reports describe fierce Boer resistance, high heat, and evolving strategic questions as British leadership weighs retirement plans and reinforcement needs.
Dinsmore Held for Trial in Lane Killing at Odessa
The preliminary examination of Frank L. Dinsmore before County Judge Frank Brown concluded with a not guilty plea and a waiver of further exam. He is charged with fatally shooting Fred Lane on December 4 at Odessa and will remain jailed until the district court term in January. The murder of Mrs. Dinsmore awaits chemist reports on stomach, liver, and tongue evidence. Mrs. Tawe is held on a $10,000 bond as a witness for the state.
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Lane
Kearney
Neb
Frank L. Dinsmore
Frank Brown
Fred Lane
Odessa
Dinsmore
Prohibition Party Chooses Chicago for National Convention
The Prohibition national committee met at the Palmer House Chicago selecting June next year for the convention. Chicago offered to pay all expenses provide a hall seating over 10000 and rail discounts. Delegates from 18 states attended with spirited bids from South Bend Indianapolis and Columbus.
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Chicago
The
Prohibition Party
Palmer House
South Bend
Indianapolis
Columbus
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Col. Metcalfe
Mafeking Te &Till
Sioux City Railway
Sheldon
Security Bank
Illinois Centrals
Omaha
Illinois Central Road
Fort Dodge
Illinois Central
Boong
Tama Reservation
Northwestern
Boone
Minnesota
Preston
Minn
Prosper
Spring Grove
Nabol
Chicago Record
Democratic Committee
Southern Railway
C. Swinkleton
Louisville
Wheeler, Mich
Theodora Nelson
International Moulders’ Union
National Foundrymen’s Association
Racine
United Miners’ Union
Rogers
Arkansas
Texas
McKinley
Frank J. Thompson
Lafayette Memorial Commission
Loubet
France
Congress
Elizabeth Upham Chase
Central Falls
K. L
Trust
Samuel McLntosh
Bloomfield
Edward Johnson
Mclntosh
Magersfontein
Mothuen
Pingree
Feralytent
Detroit
Lincoln
Lnncoln
Omahta
St. Louis Pressman
Louis
St. Louis
Star
Post-Dispatch
Bowman
International Web Pressmen’s Union
Dee Moines
Orpar Ramos
Il Kahir
Mystic Shrine
Imperial
F. Q. Evans
J. W. Geiger
Marion
R. T. Forbes
Cedar Rapids
Wood
Cuba
Wasminton
Leonard A. Wood
United States ‘Volunteers
John R. Brooke
Brooke
Army
Secretary of War
John C. Wathon
Wepraska Crry
Ramsey
Jessen
John 0. Watson
Dow City
Ill
San Francisco
Kilpatrick Bros
Wyoming
John Knapp
Dr. Williams
Jor, Shoumaker
North Yakima
Wash
jJames R. Cor
Atall Aeugaists
Airantrom
Wil Hams
Foley
Louise Prickett
Bryan Ave
Danville
America
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F.parson & Co
Sbuer
Cou Jhead
Ely
Drucglate
ELY Brothers
Warren St
New York City
California
Kansas City
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake
Pacific Coast
Southern
John Sebastian
Ghicago
Os Prings
Audubon
Tso
Igap
Lgava
Griswold
Heine Cine
Rocky P McOntain
Els
Scientific American
BolidaHiow
York Go Sermon
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