Tugela Crossing Signals British Momentum At Ladysmith
British forces cross the Tugela under careful plan as Gen Buller moves toward Ladysmith. Reports note Boer repositioning and potential outflanking, with Warren Lyttleton and Dundonald's units poised for further action while the first brisk skirmish ends in British victory.
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Buller
Tugela River
Potgieter
Tugela
Ladysmith
Martinius Pretorius
Spearman
Warren
Sproenkop
Efe
Lyttleton
Ord Dundonald
Blaanbank
Uniform marriage and divorce laws push urged in Congress
A Roberts case sparked momentum for uniform nationwide marriage and divorce laws. The House judiciary committee led by Chairman Ray backs proposing a constitutional amendment to submit the issue to state legislatures. Debate centers on polygamy concerns and a ban on miscegenation, with some Southern lawmakers resisting federal oversight.
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Roberts
House
Judiciary Committee
Ray
Congress
New York
Pennsylvania
Utah
Tis
United States
Separate Schools Considered by Chicago Board of Education
A resolution to establish separate schools for boys and girls from the fourth grade through high school will soon be submitted to the Chicago Board of Education. Trustee Schwab notes concerns about boys’ behavior in cosmopolitan schools and the impact on girls, citing language heard on the streets.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Education
Schwab
Eyelids Save Woman Thought Dead in Illness
Mrs Christina Hirth of East St Louis narrowly escaped burial alive after doctors declared her dead at the county hospital following a three month illness. An undertaker noticed eyelid movement and slight body quiver while preparing to embalm, leading to revival and medical restoration after she was found breathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Hirth
East St. Louis
Jas
Worton
Arder
Illinois Best Showing At United Mine Workers Meet
Reports from the United Mine Workers of America convention in Indianapolis show Illinois leading in membership and finances. About 700 delegates attended with Pratt City Alabama hosting the largest local. Illinois built a strong chapter with 34,000 members and $112,000 cash on hand, as Mitchell outlined issues from Pittsburg agreement to eight hour work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers of America
United Minerkers—of—America
Indianapolis
John Mitchell
P. J. Keenan
Indiana
Pratt City
Ala
Illinois
W. D. Ryan
Ryan
Mitchell
Pittsburg
Order
Ind
Cuban census crew visits New York with records
In a major Cuban census effort, 1,200,000 people are counted. C H Olmstead and four statisticians, after months in Cuba, travel to Washington with twenty four boxes of records. Supervisors and 1,550 enumerators, all Cuban, aided the count, with many women acting as enumerators. The 1887 Spanish census may be reduced by about 400,000. total government cost estimated at 300,000 to 400,000 dollars.
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C. H. Olmstead
Cuba
New York
Washington
Manuel Rasco
Tavana
Senor-Basco
Interstate Commission Annual Report to Congress
The thirteenth annual report to Congress notes the act to regulate commerce remains defective and unaltered. It criticizes railroads for charging arbitrary rates and lacking a public classification system, while railway consolidation accelerates with no effective public control. The report cites rising railroad revenues, more failures, unlawful practices, and tariff circumvention, though enforcement is weak. It also discusses safety appliances reducing falls from trains and promising better train control, with 185 245 miles of railroads reporting dividends up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commission
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roberts Faces House Expulsion Over Mormon Case
A special House committee voted unanimously that Representative-elect B H Roberts of Utah is ineligible to seat despite a contrary finding on the facts. The report states Roberts married multiple wives, including Celia Dibble and Margaret C Shipp, and that such plural marriages were publicly known during his campaign.
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House
Utah
Roberts
Taylor
Ohio
Landis
Indiana
Freer
West Virginia
McPherson
Iowa
Morris
Minnesota
Miers
Lanham
Texas
B. H. Roberts
United States
Louisa Swith
Celia Dibble
Twvins
Margaret C. Shipp
Stop Big Canal Motion at Supreme Court
Missouri Attorney General Edward Crow and B. Schnurmacher moved at the U S Supreme Court for leave to file a bill of complaint against Illinois and the Chicago sanitary district to seek an injunction against opening the drainage canal. The court ordered the bill lodged with the clerk and copies to defendants, noting no notice had been given. Sam M. Burdett represented the drainage board along with Judge William M. Springer for the board.
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Washington
State of
Missouri
Edward ©. Crow
B. Schnurmacher
United States Supreme Court
Illinois
Sam M. Burdett
Drainage Board
Senator Lindsay
Kentucky
William M. Springer
Ilinois
Crow
Kruger Calls Burghers to Arm for Front Line
In a proclamation President Kruger urges every able bodied burgher to march to the front and directs Boer generals and commandants to trust in the Lord. He cites Psalm xxxiii and Psalm 83, warning to devastate wherever British forces advance and comparing British actions to an attack by the devil.
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Kruger
Cape Colony
Free State
Christ's Church
Volksstein
Transvaal
Plague Fatal in Honolulu as Death Toll Rises
The bubonic plague has killed twenty two in Honolulu with no recoveries among victims. About 2000 people are in quarantine camps while the city receives $250000 for sanitation and $20000 for a garbage crematory. New cases appear away from the outbreak and strict quarantines block passengers and freight. A shotgun quarantine is enforced on Kauai. The Chinatown quarantine was relaxed before Christmas, linked to the fresh outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Council of State
United States
Kanai
Chinatown
European officers press to join Boer forces
Telegraphic brief notes report European officers persistently joining Boer forces. George Gallagher and Nellie Walsh of New York perished from gas. A German general may be invited to reorganize Greece’s army. Ocean cable costs exceed 250 million dollars. Chicago Northwest University seeks 2 million dollars for new buildings. Angie Hooker, 25, suffocated at Covington Kentucky from no ramp explosion.
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George Gallagher
Nellie Walsh
New York
Greece
Chicago Northwest
University
Yoangie Hooker
Covton
Policy outline from Philippine Commission plan of government
President Schurman submits the Philippine Commission report detailing a government plan for the Philippines after peace. It proposes an American governor, an advisory council, a partly elective legislative assembly, and provincial governors with educated natives in subdivisions. Schurman says the aim is to balance good governance with Filipino self-government aspirations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schurman
Philippine Commission
Philippines
Phlippine Commission
Congress
Commission
Scottish churchmen seek suitable ministry candidates
In Scotland, church leaders report a shortage of suitable candidates for the ministry. The Moravian Church in Greenland has shifted its work to the Lutheran Danish Church. The Congregational international council in Boston spent 7434 dollars. London churches raised over 20000 dollars on Soldiers' Sunday for British soldiers' families. In Jenkintown near Philadelphia William W Frazer donated 25000 dollars for a non sectarian clubhouse and will support it. Glasgow evangelistic revival movement organized by the Glasgow Evangelistic Association aims to spread across Britain.
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Greenland
Congregational International Council
Boston
London
Jenkintown
Philadelphia
William W. Frazer
Glasgow
Glasgow Evangelistic Association
Great Britain
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Hia
Uncle Sam
Williamsport, Pa
Grit
Kenenene
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