Helena Grand Jury Hearings Tie Clark to Senate Purchase
Utah witness Hewitt testifies that Clark discussed paying for votes and that Daly supporters used money to influence Clark in the Montana senatorial contest. He details conversations with Charles W. and W. J. Clark and says prominent figures promised payments to secure Clark’s election.
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Daly
M. L. Hewitt
Clark
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Nolan
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W. J.A. Clark
Lyons
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Faulkner
Hewitt
Hoar
Chandler
Charles M. Jackson
Utah
W. A. Clark
Knutsford
Salt Lake
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Hie
Hanna
Montana
Parker
Perkins
Campbell
Steamer Wreck Rumor Linked to Senate Vote
The report notes no word on the unknown steamer wrecked on a reef in St Mary's Bay. M L Hewitt, a miner from Helena St Johns Newfoundland, said Charley Clark offered Senator Myers $10,000 for his vote for Clark for senator. The storm continues.
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Helena St. Johns
N. F
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Charley Clark
Gard
Senator Myers
St. Mary's Bay
Clark
Senator
Buller Moves for Ladysmith Relief in Western Turn
London dispatch reports General Buller may strike west of Colenso to cut Boer supply lines and relieve Ladysmith. Mention of Potgieter's drift, White’s army, and control of Tugela approaches. London observers note possible fresh cabinet impact and international law debates.
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Potgieter
Joubert
Baker
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White
Roberts
Capetown
Ladysmith
Colonno
Frera
Potgieter's Drift
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War Office
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Chieveley
Newspaper Men Shot in Denver Post Office
H H Tammen and Fred Bonfils proprietors of the Denver Post were shot in the paper’s office by attorney W W Anderson. Both wounded. Bonfils hit in side and arm, Tammen in shoulder and chest. Anderson arrested after leaving the scene. The clash followed a dispute over a fee connected to Parker the Cannibal and a pardon effort.
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H. H. Tammen
Fred Bonfils
Denver Post
W. W. Anderson
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Bonfils
Tammen
Lita
Packer
Exciting Incident in Glark Case Stuns Raleigh Hotel
In Washington at the Raleigh hotel lobby a Clark ally allegedly offered a bribe to a man testifying for Clark. A witness confronted the man with the money, counted it, and returned it after a scuffle. About fifty people witnessed the scene. The capitol hearing was postponed for lack of prosecution witnesses. Swede Murphy is reported missing amid denials from both sides.
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Washington
Raleigh
W. A. Clark
Anaconda
Clark
Capitol
Murphy
War Criticism From Australian Editor Amid Transvaal Conflict
Sydney journalist J F Archibald arrives in San Francisco and denounces Britain’s war in South Africa as unjust. He calls Australia’s troop deployment a loss of independence and brands Joseph Chamberlain a traitor while urging an end to the hostilities.
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San Francisco
J. F. Archibald
Sydney Bulletin
Australia
England
Transvaal
South Africa
Archibald
Joseph Chamberlain
Gladstone
London Volunteers Sail Amid Unprecedented Patriotism
London scenes on January 13 witnessed an extraordinary send off for the London volunteers. Crowds packed the streets from before dawn, police couldn't control the throngs, and handshakes and embraces caused uniforms to tear. The lord mayor, sheriff, and councillors traveled to Southampton to bid farewell aboard the transport Briton.
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London Volunteers
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Southampton
British Troops Advance and Hold Stingrafontein Position
A brisk artillery advance by British forces at Stingrafontein on the Boer's eastern flank drives Boer patrols back. A Boer counteraction to cut the line to Rensburg is repelled by New Zealanders with a bayonet dash, who seize the position and force the enemy to retreat toward Colesberg.
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Colesberg
Berlin
Lord Salisbury
International Jw
United Kingdom
Delagoa’bay
Spain
Rensberg
Cape Colony
Stingrafone Teln
Rengberg
Despondent Corporal Lindsay Ends Life in Winnipeg
Corporal Lindsay of the Northwest Mounted Police traveled from Battleford to Winnipeg to join Canada’s second contingent bound for South Africa. He sought vengeance for his father and brother killed in the Boer War but failed the medical exam and, overwhelmed by despondency, shot himself.
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Man
Regina
Lindsay
Northwest Mounted Police Force
Battleford
South Africa
Boers surround Lady Smith as capitulation expected
Vienna dispatch quotes from Pretoria reporting Boer forces storming all heights around Ladysmith and a capitulation hourly expected. The Vienna source suggests the report may refer to fighting from Saturday.
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Neue Freier Today
Br Sells
Pretoria
Ladysmith
Brusaella
Kitchener Real Leader in London South Africa Saga
London dispatch says Lord Kitchener should lead British forces in South Africa with Lord Roberts as figurehead, reshaping the command structure and influence. The report frames Kitchener as the decisive strategist guiding the campaign against Boer forces.
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London
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Lord Roberts
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