Spionkop Fallout Prompts War News Anxiety London
London observers debate Warren's retreat from Spionkop as Buller’s terse dispatch fuels suspense. Reports link Majuba echoes and possible strategic consequences for Ladysmith, with Mafeking relief rumors and Cotterill outlooks on Cronje’s forces.
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Cronje
Buller
Ladysmith
Mafeking
Plumer
War Office
Warren
London
Lyttleton
Spionkop
the Star
Berlin
Pretoria
Tugela River
Goebel to be seated as House unseats Berry
In Frankfort Kentucky January 27 the minority report unseating Berry and seating Van Meter was approved, signaling Goebel will be seated. Republicans warn of bloodshed, noting Taylor’s elected and inaugurated status, while mountaineers’ sudden arrival hints at opposition to the people’s November will.
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Frankfort
Minority
Berry
van Meter
Goebel
Taylor
Flour seized at Delagoa Bay marked to Transvaal
London January 27 Ambassador Choate reports that some American flour seized at Delagoa Bay was addressed to the Transvaal government and will be confiscated. The development may reopen the issue of what constitutes contraband of war.
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Delagoa Bay
London
Choate
Transvaal
Death of Philip Armour Jr in Pasadena Cal
Philip D Armour Jr youngest son of the pork packer died in Pasadena California this morning from congestion of the lungs He was 31 and considered a bright young businessman His body will be sent to Chicago for burial
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Pasadena
Cal
Congston
Philip D. Armour, Jr
Pork
Chicago
Bank Robbery in Deerfield Nets $17000
The Deerfield Bank near Madison Wisconsin was robbed last night of seventeen thousand dollars. The robbers used dynamite to blow the safe and fled quietly as the town lacks a watchman.
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Madison
Wis
Bank of
Deerfield
Miners killed in collapse at Riverton coal mine
In Springfield Illinois on January 27 two Riverton miners were trapped by a roof fall. John Simmerman died instantly while Thomas Rose suffered broken legs as two tons of slate buried Simmerman in his room.
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Springfield
Ill
John Simmerman
Thomas Rose
Riverton
Simmerman
Rose
Illinois postmasters appointed in state
Washington Jan 27 fourth class postmasters appointed in Illinois are E. F. Stuenkel Everett J R Bell Millbrig and M S Cowger Rosehill with their assignments confirmed.
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Illinois
Washington, D. C
E. F. Stuenkel
Everett
J. R. Bell
Millbrig
M. S. Cowger
Rosehill
Cullom and Tanner Battle Opens in Richland County
The Richland county republican convention ends in a draw as Cullom and Tanner factions clash. Delegates to the senatorial and state conventions are chosen amid factional tensions with Kane, Reeves and Yates figures in play. Reeves and Yates speeches follow, while locals report mixed loyalties and a split on governorship endorsements.
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Olney
Ill
Richland County
Frank H. Simpson
Parkersburg
Harry Falconer
John Lynch, Jr
James E. Phillips
D. Horner
George Jones
F. H. Simpson
Jones
Yates
Reeves
Ed T. Bartley
George Butler
R. S. Rowland
Arch Spring
Robert Kinkade
Lynch
L. W. Mitchell
S. H. Byrne
John Wragle
J. N. Shafer
Fred Ameter
W. B. Johnson
McKinley
Goy i
Cito
John R. Tanner
Illinois
Shelby M. Cullom
United States Senate
Republican Party
R. N. McCauley
Walter Reeves
Streator
Hancey
Chicago
Richard Yates
Jacksonville
Callum
Springfield
Associated Press
Cullom
Tanner
Clay County
Richland
Clay
Illinois officials elect new officers and plan Bloomington convention
In Bloomington C C Brown is named president H G Paddock vice president M S Ketchum secretary treasurer A D Thompson D W Mead and M S Ketchum named trustees. The next convention will be held in Bloomington. Sheriff Downey of Pana has been held to the Montgomery county grand jury for $10000 in a shooting case concerning Thomas Furlong at Litchfield. Downey says he did not shoot.
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Macrum
Paris
Charles E. Marcum
United States
Pretoria
Rensberg
Colesburg
Splen Kop
Tugela
Spionkop
Ladysmith
Botha
C. C. Brown
Bloomington
H. G. Paddock
Moline
M. S. Ketchum
Champaign
A. D. Thompson
Peoria
D. W. Mead
Chicago
Pana
Ill
Thomas J. Downey
Montgomery County
Thomas Furlong
Litchfield
Furlong
Downey
Phoenix Telephone company reform on financing plan
City talks of financing and reorganizing the Phoenix Telephone Co with aims to buy stock at low price. Heaviest holder is Mayor Sabin and outside interests control most stock. Reform seeks to keep ownership with local residents and restore dividends under better conditions.
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Opposition Telephone Co
Phoenix Telephone Company
Sabin
Accident Injures Beloit Couple and Drowns Beloit Man
In Beloit Wisconsin on January 27 Charles Webb was injured fixing a corn sheller his hand mangled leading to amputation of three fingers by doctors Shurtz Shurtz. Also reported Albert Dennis Burns a Beloit College senior drowned skating on the river near the city. Levi Richner of Mansfield Illinois suddenly regains hearing after blowing his nose on a street near the bank.
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Charles Webb
Drs
Drs. Shurtz
Shurtz
Beloit, Wis
Albert Dennis Burns
Beloit College
Burns
Sweetwater
Mansfield
Ill
Levi Richner
Ferry Hall Glee Club Opens Season With Fine Concert
The Ferry Hall Glee club of Lake Forest college, twenty five members, opened its season in Waukegan Illinois with a fine concert. Future engagements are planned in Chicago Highland Park and nearby towns. A separate item notes the suicide of William E Francis a 45 year old Peoria Illinois traveling salesman in Boston Massachusetts at the Hotel Rexford following personal troubles.
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Glee Club
Waukegan
Ill
Ferry Hall Glee Club
Lake Forest College
Chicago
Highland Park
Ilinois
Boston
William E. Francis
Peoria
Rexford
Will awards funds to Jacksonville library and two local churches
Mrs. Hannah Welch wills $5,000 to Jacksonville public library and $10,000 each to the Christian church and Illinois College in a $35,000 estate. In Vienna, the fifth juror is secured in the Brush mines riot trial involving twelve miners and the deaths of five non union workers in Carterville in September.
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Ateney
Library and College
Jacksonville
Ill
Hannah Welch
Jacksonville Public Library
The
Christian Church and
Illinois College
Vienna
Cartervi
Japanese battleship Shikishima sails home on hurry orders
The Shikishima departed Portsmouth England today amid new China developments. In Illinois Horace Clark declared his candidacy as a Republican for Congress in the Nineteenth district.
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Salis
Portsmouth
Eng
China
Mattoon, HI
Horace&. Clark
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Spon Kop
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Bee
England
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Butler
Majuba
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Kop
Natal
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Colenso
Methuen
Modder River
French
Gatacre
Lucas Myers
New South Wales Lancers
Lorenzo Marques
Gobel
Phil Armour, JR
Wisconsin
Ineers and Surveyors
Moline, Ill
Illinois Society of Engineers and Surveyors Clos
ARE
Phoenix
Cchnois
W. Lewis
Neil Street
Champaign, IN
Marshall Field & Co
Choice
Vital Opera
Nemerous
Walker & Mulliken
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