Reliefs and Battles in Natal Reported by War Dispatches
London reports heavy fighting near Ladysmith as Warren begins trench investment and Buller advances north. Dispatches note skirmishes, potential decisive actions, and strategic moves including Gatacre northward and French threatening enemy lines. Casualties cited reach 6425 with Ladysmith siege losses included.
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Spearman
Warren
Aban
Mayne
Dundonald
Acton Homes
Kruger
London
Tugela
Buller
Ladysmith
Orange Free State
Cape Town
General Roberts
French
Fear Revolt in India Spreads to Bengal
A Moscow dispatch reports mounting danger in northern India with Bengal at risk and British authorities alarmed. It states the rajah of Golkhar is prepared to revolt against British overlordship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Moscow
Moscow Stock Exchange
Bengal
Golkhar
Editors Meet in Galesburg to Fight Paper Trust
The panel editors of the Military Tract Press association held their annual meeting in Galesburg Illinois to combat the paper trust and press for lower newsprint prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg, Ill
Panel Military Tract Press Association
Nual
Editors urged to lobby Congress over price duty clash
The piece notes an advance in price beyond the duty and calls editors to oppose the combine and write congressmen for prompt action. It also reports nine miners indicted for the Carterville killings were moved from Marion to Vienna for trial under guard, with Company B assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Combine
Vienna
Marion
Ill
Cartervile
Fourth Mlinors
Bank Robbery Sparks Town Battle in Indiana and Ohio
Reports from Silver Lake near Goshen Indiana detail a bank robbery at Farmers Bank carried out by masked men who blew the vault with nitro glycerine and fled with about four thousand dollars in paper money and fifteen thousand in silver after a confrontation with local citizens. In Ellersville Indiana two robbers looted a village bank of around four thousand dollars and escaped on a hand car. A separate United States Senate style update covers Roberts committee reports, smallpox quarantine in Harrisburg Illinois, famine costs in Calcutta, and Osman Digna’s capture reported from Cairo.
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Goshen
Ind
Silver Lake
Farmers’ Bank
William Price
W. W. Herric
Adam Stout & Co
North
Manchester
Bloomington
Ellersville
George Fryhofer
Ambushes Reported in Luzon and Cuba Tensions Rise
General Otis reports a Laguna province pack train ambush with two dead nine missing and five wounded among the Thirty Eighth Infantry. The Forty-fifth Infantry struck insurgents, eight killed three wounded and seventeen captured with two American wounded. In Santiago de Cuba dissension grows against General Wood policy. Havana issues civil military authority order and Peoria forgery arrest of J W Wilson.
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Washington
Otis
Laguna Province
Thirty-eighth Infantry
Forty-fifth Infantry
Santiago de Cuba
Miro
Castro
Rabi
Wood
Grand jury findings prompt warrant for arrest
State's Attorney John Daily swore out a warrant for the arrest after a recent grand jury. Local authorities are exerting themselves to ensure no miscarriage of justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Daily
Diphtheria Strains Oakland as City Halts Public Gatherings
Diphtheria spread in Oakland Illinois prompts mayor to issue a proclamation banning street play for children under 14 and closing schools. Sixteen cases reported with two deaths of Dr. F J Scott children linked to funeral attendance. The first decedent was thought to have membranous croup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Ill
F. J. Scott
Unnamed man dies after stroke suspected in sleep
A man fell into a deep unconscious state Friday night. Doctors and friends failed to wake him as his condition worsened over days. He breathed freely at first, then slowed until death, with physicians concluding a stroke of brain or spine paralysis as the cause.
Plunk Plunk Naputals United in Danville Marriage
Frank H. Plunk of Indianapolis and Miss Estelle D. Plunk of Urbana wed at 11 15 a m Thursday at the Love residence on North Vermilion street with limited guests. They left for Indianapolis to start their life together. The bride is Mrs Love’s sister and the couple share a surname but are not related.
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Decatur
Ill
East Condit Street
John S. Laymon
Ella Laymon
M. B. Spayd
United Brethren Church
Layman
Danville
Frank H. Plunk
Indianapolis
Estelle D. Plunk
Urbana
I. A. Love
North
Vermilion Street
E. B. Randle
M. E
Mrs. Love
Miners Idle in Europe Stir Civil Strikes Across Regions
Vienna reports coal strikes Expand in Moravia and Bohemia with 11 000 miners at Klando and 16 000 more in the Ostrau to Krawin area. Fears of a coal famine worry northern empire manufacturers as labor unrest grows. In Washington a Senate caucus discusses procedure for sergeant at arms and secretary with likely selections. In Illinois a Fulton county jury convicts Cary Thurman of killing Albert Hammond while acquitting Ellsworth Emery, sentencing Emery’s co-defendant to ten years.
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Europe
Vienna
Moravia
Bohemia
Klando
Ostrau
Krawin
Hammon A. Lewiston
Ill
Ellsworth Emery
Cary Thurman
Albert Hammond
London Mills
Fulton County
Emery
Thurman
Mrs Admiral Dewey Ill With Laryngitis In Washington
Mrs. Admiral Dewey, of Washington D C, is ill with laryngitis and confined to bed. Her condition is not alarming but forces cancellation of all social engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Dewey
Washington, D. C
Tatro's Case Proves Fatal
Monticello Illinois report: Fred Tatro who had been asleep since January 2 died on Thursday without regaining consciousness indicating a fatal outcome from an undisclosed condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tatro
Monticello
Ill
Fred Tatro
Victory Near Mabalacat Defeat Touts Filipino Forces
Manila dispatch reports First Lieut. McRae with a Third Infantry company severely defeated Gen. Hizon and the remnant near Na balacat. In Watseka Illinois a fire destroyed the First National Bank brick block causing $56 000 in losses.
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Mabalacat
Manila
McRae
Third Infantry
Hizon
Nabalacat
Watseka, Ill
First National Bank
Death of John Ruskin in London
The noted author and critic John Ruskin died today in London at the age of 1 year, marking the end of a prominent literary career in the field of art and social criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ruskin
London
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