England Faces Anxiety as War News Darkens Ministers Blame Press
London reports gloom in the new year with miscalculations in South Africa. Boer victories are cited but not followed up, while shortages at Ladysmith and Mafeking raise ministerial nerves. Dispatches discuss Buller’s campaign, reinforcements, and the Tugela flood as battles loom.
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London
England
South Africa
Stormberg
Magersfontein
Colenso
Ladysmith
Kimberley
Mafeking
Standard
the Times
Buller
Majestic
Durban
Modder River
Baden-Powell
War Office
Lord Methuen
Colesburg
Rensberg
Dordrecht
Penfield Holds Key to South Africa Situation in Geneva
Frederick C. Penfield former consul general at Cairo is staying with relatives in Geneva and possesses crucial information on the South Africa matter. He declines to speak for publication. Mrs. McMurdo, widow of Colonel Edward McMurdo who led the Delagoa Bay railroad project, had been connected to events surrounding the line.
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Portugal
England
Germany
Delanoa Hay
Penefield
Geneva
N. Y
South Africa
Frederick C. Penfield
Cairo
Penfield
Edward McMurdo
Delagoa Bay
Lorenzo Marquez
Pretoria
Transvaal
Fenian plot and Devine killing reported across states
Foggy dispatches from Burlington Vermont and Cheyenne Wyoming describe alleged Fenian plans to stockpile dynamite and supplies near the Canadian border and an ambulance corps. separate report states R M Devine, famed Wyoming character and foe of rustlers, was killed at his Howard County Kansas home.
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Burlington
Vermont
Maine
New Hampshire
Red Cross
Cuba
New England
Cheyenne
Wyo
R M
Bob) Devine
Howard County
Kas
Devine
Wyoming
Hole-in-the
Carey Bros
Kansas
Convictions in Three States Mark New Year
In Omaha Tom Collins is sentenced for life for the murder of Charles R. Grove a Third ward politician who ran a Dodge street saloon. In Independence Robert Krone wealthy cattleman is shot by William Greathouse a halfbreed Indian after a dispute over cattle. Greathouse claims self defense and Krone dies from a head wound. In Owensboro Kentucky Hugh and [text cut] are convicted of murder in a case reported the same day.
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Omaha
Tom Collins
Charles R. Grove
Grove
Dodge Street
Collins
Independence, Kans
Robert Krone
Nowata
I T
Here
William Greathouse
Krone
Greathouse
Arnolds Guilty in Murder and 21 Year Sentences
Lucia Arnold and an accomplice were found guilty of murder and sentenced to 21 years each. The pair allegedly attacked Luther Robinson during a September Democratic convention in Owensboro after a liquor spree, injuring him fatally before being captured days later. The case drew threats of violence but produced a generally satisfied court judgment. Dr W B Hunn reports 27 small pox cases at Farmersville with six active, one death, and hopes the outbreak is under control as quarantine ends.
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Lucia Arnold
Arnolds
Owensboro
Powers Station
Luther Robinson
Robinson
McKinney
Tex
W. B. Hunn
Farmersville
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Howell
Bryan
Kandy Kitchen
Berwick Bay
Lowney’s and
Gunther
N. Jametta
Brogdon's Market
Trant’s
R.L. Brocdon
Dee Mike
Great Britai
Frederick Penfield
Mook
Bob” Divine
Owensboro, Ky
John B
Mike
Harper
Chicago
L. Hearne
John B. Mike
Texas
Hall’s Drug Store
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