Spionkop evacuated as Warren advances in South Africa
London reports General Warren evacuated Spionkop on Tuesday night and captured the Boer position without strong resistance. Buller’s noon dispatch records 24 January British casualties of 6 officers and 15 others killed, 12 officers and men wounded, 3 missing. Colonel Buchanan Riddell of the King's Royal Rifles among the dead.
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Buller
London
Spionkop
Warren
War Office
Ladysmith
Sir Frederick Carrington
South Africa
Lord Gosford
Lord Wolseley
White
Lord Gifford
Buchanan Riddell
King’s Royal Rifles
Niger
Spion Kop
England Confident As Buller Gains Spionkop
London reports General Buller praised troops as splendid after taking Spionkop. General Warren’s assertion that miles of adjacent Boer entrenchments are untenable is viewed as true by experts. French may advance daily as a semicircle forms around Boer positions. Kruger’s complaint to Steyn is summarized in Pretoria.
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London
Buller
England
Spionkop
Warren
Miles
Ladysmith
French
Standard
Rensberg
Colesberg
Pretoria
Kruger
Steyn
Disagreement Reported Among Allies Over Modder River Action
Statements attributed to Mr. Kroger express regret that only about 000 Free State men fought at Modder River while many stayed in camp. President Steyn's address to the Free Staters is cited, underscoring tensions between allies and suggesting official confirmation of internal disagreements.
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Modder River
Steyn
Free Statere
Kroger
Free State
Confesses Crime in Meeks-Edlinger Murder Case
Phillis Tella from Fort Scott Kansas allegedly confesses to the killing of Leopold Edlinger alongside Amos Phillips, who claims an alibi and says Mob violence forced his jail removal. Phillips describes the sequence culminating in Edlinger’s death with an ax as George Meeks is implicated. Sheriff Brooks hides him en route to the penitentiary.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Amos Phillips
Bates County
Missouri
Meeks
Sheriff Brooks
Leopold Edlinger
el Meeks
George Meeks
Edinger
Phillips
Edlinger
Oklahoma
Bourbon
Crawford
Brooks
Helena
Ark
Frank Brown
Wm. Tucker
Mississippi
Jeffries
Thompson Place
Brown
Jackson
Frisco to Build Sapulpa to Denison or Sherman Line
The Frisco railroad plans a Sapulpa Creek Nation line to Red River at the Texas line, ending near Denison or Sherman with possible service to both. Outlay is estimated at 5 to 6 million dollars, funded by three St. Louis trust companies.
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St. Louis
Jane
Frisco
Sapulpa
Creek Nation
Chickasaw Nation
Red River
Texas State Line
Denison
Sherman
Spencer for Missouri Senator Seat Favored by Judge Spencer
Washington reports Judge O M Spencer of St Joseph Mo general counsel for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad will seek the Missouri Senate seat to succeed Senator Vest whose term ends in 1903 and who will not run again. In San Antonio Mrs O C Roose aged 50 burned to death after saving her daughter and returning for valuables. home valued at 20000 insured for 5000. In Maryville Garnet Vansandt 19 killed himself by morphine amid lifelong illness and mental distress.
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Washington
O. M. Spencer
St. Joseph
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company
Missouri
Vest
San Antonio
O. C. Roose
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Batavia
Johnson's Creamery
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Cen
Texas
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Dowell
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Landreths
Mandeville & King
Ferrys
Liza
Dray Line
F. A.lee
F. A. Lee
Phillis Tella
New Branch Road
Sapupia
Indianapolis
United States Glass Company
Pitttsburg
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana Gas Belt
Wilkesbarre
Ashley
Frank McLaughl
Peter Frey
Michael Bird
Charles Haney
Bill Smith
Miss Blam
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Henry Oppenheimer
Henry Michel
Chicago
Samuel M. Nickerson
The
Art Institute
Groce
Ries
Mike
OR Coe
Eyog
Spencer
West’s Sea
Maryville
Garnet Vansandt
Sheridan
Bryan Water, Ice, Light and Power Company
J. L. Hearne
Bryan, Texas
City Bakery
RE. Griesser
Webb Bros
Dee Mike, Jr
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