Relief News Rumors Stir Over Ladysmith Situation
London reports indicate a possible advance against the besieged town with bets on Ladysmith's relief within hours. British movements near Weenen and Groblersklop are cited while official circles doubt Tugela crossings. Other dispatches note Mafeking bombardment and a Dutch peace appeal by clergymen.
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London
Tugela River
Warren
South Africa
Colenso
Weenen
Pietermaritzburg
Ladysmith
Hussars
Groblerskloof
Buller
Springfield
French
Coleskop
Stormstroem
Birds River
Pretoria
Mafeking
Forces Strike Filipino Insurgents Near Santo Tomas
Report from Jan 15 describes American units clashing with bolomen and insurgents from the Zeambel mountains. Casualties listed include 40 enemy dead, 60 Spanish prisoners and $20,000 captured. Schwan’s troops suffer minimal losses while Cheatham and Wheaton's forces advance through Santo Tomas to Lipa and Roasio with several hundred prisoners freed or detained.
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Cheathaw
Anderson
Thirty-eighth
Lipa
Santo Tomas
Roasio
Schwan
Manila
Wheaton
Cavite
Balanga
Supreme Court Dismisses Louisiana v Texas Quarantine Suit
Washington January 15 The U S Supreme Court dismissed the suit Louisiana v Texas and the Texas health officer over quarantine during yellow fever in New Orleans Justice Fuller stated no direct issue between states was presented The near end of Molineaux trial for Mrs Adams murder in New York and rail traffic issues in Chicago and Washington are noted with political illness in Mississippi and a miners case in Kansas.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Louisiana
New York
Roland B. Molineaux
Katherine J. Adams
Osborne
Chicago
Earling
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company
Ottumwa, Ia
Milwaukee Road
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Road
Davenport
Ottumwa
Gulf
Railroad reward awarded to officer in train robbery case
Judge Gates awarded Policeman O Malley the 500 prize paid by the Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis railroad for capturing John F Kennedy the train robber. Three claimants contested the reward and the railroad handed the funds to the court for distribution. Next Cotton States Convention set for August 21 Raleigh North Carolina. Sir Benjamin West painting The Raising of Lazarus sold for 7500 to fund a new Episcopal cathedral in New York City.
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St. Louis
Thayer
Court of Appeals
John P. Reese
United Mine Workers of America
Fort Scott
Kas
Reese
Kansas City
Gates
O'Malley
Memphis Railroad
John F. Kennedy
Atlanta
Daniel
Cotton States’ Association of Commissioners of Agriculture
New Orleans
Raleigh
N. C
New York
London
Benjamin West
Westchester
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Ben S. Read
Liza
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F. A. Lee
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The
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Netherlands
Great Britain
England
Ottawa
Ont
Clifford Sifton
Interior
Africa
Eales
Chieveley
Frere Camp
Durbar
McLaurin Seriously II
Jackson
Miss
McLaurin
Longino
Jones
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
John B
Mike
Ryan Water, Ice, Light and Power Company
City Bakery
K. Griesser
Bb Bros
Dee Mike, Jr
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