Boers Repulsed as British Press Focuses on Coming Fight
London reports a limited British victory at Springfield with six dead and five wounded, while French’s success is viewed as a side issue. Boers attacked French’s advanced post held by New Zealand mounted rifles and the First Yorkshire, were repulsed with about twenty dead and many wounded. News of reinforcements from Capetown to Elizabeth and stock prices rising on Ladysmith rumors indicate heightened tension amid unclear prospects.
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London
Ladysmith
Durban
Pietermaritzburg
Buller
War Office
Ker
Springfield
Springfield Bridge
Tugela River
French
Capetown
Elizabeth
Stock Exchange
New Zealand Mounted Rifles
Boston meeting favors the Boers in Transvaal war
George F. Hollis former U S consul at Capetown writes from Boston that England’s war in the Transvaal is unrighteous and that Kruger acted with patience and tact under Dutch pressures. He blames English arrogance for hindering reform and warns of misled public opinion in the United States and England.
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Boston
George F. Hollis
United States
Capetown
Harrison
Faneuil Hall
England
Transvaal
Kruger
Boers Open Artillery As British Silence Guns
Reneberg January 17 The Boers began an artillery duel this morning using a captured British fifteen pounder which the British gunners eventually silenced. British gunners kept up relentless fire on the Boer kopjes and dragged another gun to the summit of Kolenkop.
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Reneberg
Kolenkop
Boers Repulsed, War Office Dispatch From London
London January 11 The War Office reports a dispatch from Lord detailing Boer repulses during ongoing operations. The message confirms enemy withdrawal from certain positions and notes adjusted front lines and casualties on both sides as fighting continues along the front.
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London
The
War Office
Reed on Selfishness and Elevating Fellow Humans
Thomas B. Reed spoke at the University Settlement society annual meeting in New York praising the Genesis of the human race idea. He argued selfishness drives progress and urged uplifting others as the true work of men, noting urban overpopulation and education as paths to civilization. He warned that monuments fade, but the race endures only while aiding fellow man.
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New York
Thomas B. Reed
University Settlement Society
Reed
Mr. Reed
Casualty List From Manila to Washington Jan 17
General Otis cables war department with a lengthy casualty list dated Manila January 16. Deaths, typhoid, pneumonia, malaria, diphtheria, cerebral hemorrhage and other causes span multiple infantry and cavalry units including Thirty-fourth, Seventeenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-seventh, Sixteenth, and Fourth Cavalry. Also noted are cases of dysentery, neuralgia, cardiac dilation, tuberculosis, pulmonary apoplexy, gunshot wounds, accidental deaths, and death by own action across numerous regiments.
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Washington
Otis
War Department
Manila
Gotta Batch
Mindarino
Thomas Willams
Thirty-first
Applik
Robert McKnight
Winfield ,Marshall
Twenty-fourth
Edward Major
Seventeenth Infantry
Harry Thomas
Henry G. Wharton
Benjamin Haworth
Third
Wm. M. Brotherton
Eleventh Cavalry
Patrick Macon
Twenty
John M. Healy
Seventeenth
Adam Diehle
John 8. Tarvin
Wm. F. Lindsay
Arthur Turton
Benjamin Gardner
Benjamin Grace
F. Harter
P. Williams
Joseph Crane
Peter Robinson
Janith
C.F. Whitford
Geo, _Kitche
C.F. Adams
Cook
W. F. Tucker
Wm. G. Llewellyn
C. Oswald
Twenty-eighth Infantry
William Pollock
Third Cavalry
H. Willams
Joseph Cook
Wm. L. Milter
Thirty- Eighth
P. B. Craddock
Fourth Cavalry
George W. Curtis
Danish agent leaves New York for Washington in island sale talks
Captain Wo v Dirckinck Holmfeldt of Copenhagen, recently staying at the Hotel Manhattan, departed for Washington. He is among the Danish government’s accredited agents in ongoing negotiations over selling the Islands of Saint Island to the United States.
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New York
Dirckinck-Holmfeldt
Copenhagen
Manhattan
Washington
United States
Denmark to Sell Danish West Indies in Quick Pact
Captain Dirckinck reports progress toward selling Thomas St. John and St. Croix to the United States with negotiations aiming for a prompt conclusion. Initial asks ranged from 13 million to 7.5 million dollars, now said to be 4 million. Denmark would still retain Greenland Iceland and the Faroes if the sale proceeds. Ambassador Brun and Henry White have been active in backing the deal as the islands gain strategic value as a coaling station should the Nicaragua or Panama canal be rebuilt. The Danish government appears disposed to transfer control to the United States, with eventual completion anticipated by a Danish minister in Washington.
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Thomas
St. John and
St. Croix
Danish West Indies
Dirckinck
Authoritea
Denmark
Jan Bad Ter
United States
Everal
Christian
Nicaragua
Panama
Admiral Christmas
Constantine Brun
Washington
Henry White
Jegatton
London
Islamia
Greenland
Iceland
Foroer Islands
Roberts Case: House committee ends Utah polygamy probe
Washington January 17 a special house committee ruled on Roberts of Utah finding polygamy facts and split over seating procedure. Majority plans to publish a formal statement of facts while Littlefield and Dearmond seek a minority report supporting Roberts on prima facie rights before possible expulsion.
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Washington
Roberts
Louisa Smith
Delia Dibble
Ich
Marta Celia Dibble
Margaret C. Shipp
Taylor
Wee Dearmond
Tip
Pettigrew Attacks Administration Over Philippine Insurrection
In Washington on January 17 the Senate debated a resolution of inquiry on the Philippine conduct. Pettigrew announced plans to address the body and voiced charges that bloodshed since the war began is on the administration. He condemned press censorship to aid McKinley. The Hour resolution then passed, followed by Hale’s seizure of American flour by British authorities in South Africa. Teller moved to speak on the financial bill.
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Washington
Hoar
Mars
Lodge
Mass
Philippines
Senate
Pettigrew
South Dakota
McKinley
Hale
South Africa
Teller
Anarchy in Venezuela Arrests Shake Caracas Banks
A Caracas dispatch reports anarchic conditions in Venezuela after bank directors including a Frenchman Montauban were arrested for refusing to advance government funds. Foreign dignitaries are jailed at the fortress as representations from the French charge d affaires are ignored and Caracas’ French colony urges sending the French Atlantic squadron to the coast.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Montauban
Caracan
Eost
News to Them Acknowledgment Rumors Reach London Officials
Paris reports that the London Morning Post claimed Washington received letters from France Germany Great Britain and Russia asking what the United States knows about the pen door in China and the future of aD Arn. Foreign officials say this is the first time they heard of such action and consider it news.
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Paris
London Morning Post
Washington Administration
France
Germany
Great Britain
Russia
United States
China
Bundesrath Cargo Discharged After Manifest Agreement
A telegram from Bundesrath at Ire reports the ship’s cargo discharged under agreement with the manifest. The prize court has not yet rendered a decision.
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Dmourg. Dan
Bundesrath
Prise Court
Clark-Daly feud in Washington hearing over Montana race
Washington reports show testimony about a $30,000 bank balance rise linked to A J Davidson during Clark Clark campaign activity. Witnesses discuss Steele and Davidson money, with adjournment until Friday as Clark supporters face scrutiny and subpoenas for February 5. Normoyle, Finlen, Hauser, and Governor Smith noted in attendance.
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Washington
Clark-Daly
A. J. Davidson
Jacqueth
A. J. Steele
Wellcome
Davidson
Normoyle
Miles Finlen
Butte
Sam Hauser
Governor Smith
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Clark
Faulkner
Eeter
Wm. J. Cook
Thomas Cruse Savings Bank
Helena
Hon. J. K. Toor
Conk
Bank of Clark & Brother
Toole
Steele
Grand Jury
Montana
Rector
Missouri seeks injunction against Illinois canal
Missouri Attorney General moved in the supreme court to file a bill requesting an injunction against Illinois and Chicago to restrain operation of the newly opened drainage canal. The court heard the motion but did not indicate when a decision would be made.
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Washington
State of
Missouri
Supreme Court
Illinoia
Chicago
Senate to vote on financial bill February 15
Washington date January 17 reports the senate has agreed to vote on the financial bill the Thura lay day February 15. No hour was set.
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Washington
Senate
Fine Linen Towels at Sale Price in 75 Cent Deal
Premium linen towels offered in damask satin with openwork and white border. Includes sixe 22 by 50 inches with double knotted fringe, originally 1.25 each, now 75 cents. Also 23 by 44 inch towels in rich heavy quality, double fringe, advertised for sale.
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Sean Ree Wee
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E. E. Gee
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Yorkshire
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Onidson Bank
Hennessy’s
Punjab
Hennessy
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