British War News From Ladysmith and Kimberley
From Pietermaritzburg reports Lord Dundonald entered Ladysmith with 1600 men though unconfirmed elsewhere Warren presses ahead but Boers hold lines. a Boer prisoner boasts it would take three months to reach Ladysmith. Kimberley reports a new 28‑pounder “Long Cecil” gun and Barkley West proclamation against British objects.
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Daily Telegraph
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de Beers
Fighting of Sunday Described From Spearman’s Camp
London reports describe a tough day of fighting as British brigades attack along the line at Spearman’s Camp. Boers hold strong positions in rocky hills and ravines but British artillery and determined assault push them back to a weather kopje. Casualties are heavy unknown, with rumors of Boer withdrawal and a planned resumption of the battle tomorrow.
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John Bull
London
Daily Mail
Rom Spearman
Dongas
Doyle and Austin Discuss Monument for Kruger at Club
At the Authors' club Alfred Austin and Dr. Conan Doyle discussed a replacement for war with science and peace. Doyle said he would go to the front with a stethoscope, praising Kruger and proposing a monument as grand as St Pauls Cathedral inscribed To the Memory of Man Who Federated the British Empire.
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Vousa Doyle
London
Alfred Austin
Lareate
Conan Doyle
Authors’ Club
Great Britain
Kruger
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Death of the Duke of Teck ends troubled social season
London report says the Duke of Teck died after a period of insanity following his wife’s death. He was 68, with a noted military career, and his passing hastened by a paralysis attack. Court circles deem it a merciful release amid looming mourning and a quiet social calendar. The Duke married Princess Mary of Cambridge. Prince George, Duke of York, married Princess May, daughter of the Duke of Teck.
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Duke of Teck
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Princess May
Duke of
Teck
Kansas City Thug Arrested in Saloon Robbery
C G Morledge alias Martin, an alleged actor and traveling photographer, was arrested after a 4 am spree in East Twelfth Street saloon where two revolvers were leveled at a bartender and $85 taken. He confessed to earlier robberies at two central restaurants last Sunday morning, saying he needed cash for a traveling show. Morledge claims to star in the Metropolitan Theatrical company.
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C. G. Morledge
Frank Marley
Martin
East Twelfth Street
Station House
Morledge
Metropolitan Theatrical Company
Innocent man not hanged in Washington confession claim
A Washington deathbed confession attributed to Mrs. James Van Horn contradicts earlier reports of her murder confession. The case references Thomas Egan, hanged July 13, 1882, and describes alleged events of a quarrel, a device, and strangulation in the murder. The Sioux Falls Dispatch summary cites Egan's attorney detailing the full confession.
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I’alls
James van Horn
Washington
Thomas Egan
Egan
Igan
I.gan
United Mine Workers Nomination Shakeup and Activity
Indianapolis January 23 United Mine Workers vice presidential race sees Van Horn drop out leaving Reese and Lewis to vie on next ballot as the scale committee works its report likely to operators today with Illinois Ohio Indiana groups meeting opposing large wage increases. Secor of Milwaukee charged with embezzling 17000 from Goodrich Transportation pleads guilty and awaits requisition papers pledging return to repair books and accept punishment.
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United Mine Workers
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Reese
Lewis
Scale
Ilinois
Ohio
Indiana
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New York
Methodist Missionaries to Philippines Begin Work
The Methodist church plans active missionary effort in the Philippines under Bishop J. N. Thoburn. First trio to Manila includes Miss J Wismer, Miss Mary J A Cody, and Miss Mostes from Michigan and Norton of Ohio. They sail on the Chita Wednesday with Miss Anderson heading to Malaysia.
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San Frrancisco
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Manila
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Mary JA. Cody
Norton
Ohio
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Michigan
Bo Anderson
Maliasia
Pritchard Tillman Chandler clash over race vote issues
In Washington yesterday Senator Pritchard of North Carolina attacked Morgan's call for negro votes, arguing the race question endangers state and national stability. Tillman retorted with crude slurs as Chandler and Money sparred over Mississippi elections and negro postmasters. The session also covered a failed bid to halt Chicago drainage canal actions and a new probe into polygamy.
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Mississippi
Money
Chandler
Platt Introduces Senate Resolution for 4 Report
Washington January 43 Platt of New York introduced in the senate yesterday a resolution providing for four report.
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Platt
New York
Senate
Montana official testimony on Clark case
Washington January 23. Before the senate privileges and elections committee in the Clark case President Smith of the Montana National Bank and Representative Murray of the Montana house testified. Murray said he was offered 10000 to vote for Clark by persons he believed represented the candidate.
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Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Clark “Aise
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Montana National Bank
Murray
Montana House of Representatives
Clark
Interior official denied diplomatic mission claim
Washington January 23 report states that Webster Davis, assistant secretary of the interior, has no diplomatic mission. The departments deny he represents any U.S. government entity in his trip to South Africa, confirming he is there in a personal capacity only.
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Interior Departments
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Interior
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South Africa
Prof Hazen Fatally Hurt After Bicycle Crash in Washington
Henry A Hazen a professor of meteorology and chief forecaster at the weather bureau in Washington was fatally injured when his bicycle collided with a colored man at Sixteenth and M streets last night The impact threw him headfirst to the pavement cracking the skull and causing a brain hemorrhage Surgeons trepanned the skull and removed a large blood clot from the right side Doctors fear for his life as he was on his way to the bureau.
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Henry A. Hazen
Weather Bureau
Sixteenth
Wade Commands the Lakes in Permanent Commander Move
Chicago on January 23 reports General J R Wade named permanent commander of the Department of the Lakes. Wade, a veteran with a brilliant record, arrived from St Paul and faces rivalries for postings to the Lakes and New York stations. Other items note a House bill on electing senators by the people, Edison’s son injured in a New York car crash, Assumptionist priests on trial in Paris, and artist William Sonntag’s death in New York at age 55.
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Department of the Lakes
New York
Wade
Ile
St. Paul
Notable Deaths and Miscellaneous News From An Early 20th Century Ledger
Mrs Roswell Smith of New York who sent the first telegram over Morse s line died in that state Sunday aged 7 The total British losses in the recent fight at Ladysmith were 48 A Paris journal says Americans buy 7 000 000 worth of millinery annually A crazy horse was overran and captured by automobile in Chicago after a chase of half a dozen blocks Mrs Elizaell Davis Bloomington Ls wife of William O Davis publisher of the Bloomington Pantograph died Sunday at San Antonio Ited Covenrs it is said an aging trust immortalized to 100 000 000 is being formed to control all the crime dines in the Joplin Mo district The remains of Oba Ruskin will be interred in Cottiston churchyard The funeral will take place hursding Mrederies Wherfold former police chief at time of anarchist riots in 19s6 died Stradhy The timber consumed in the United States last year is estimated to age res tate 8 00 000 000 feet Posing Linklosliszyk will become the wife of Albert Ciszek a marriage license issued in Chicago There will be over 7 000 exhibitors in the American sections at the Paris exposition
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The Voice Calls For Salt Fish Prank Ends Politely
A Portland grocer on the Hill sought the owner of a noisy caller who asked if the salt fish was fresh and whether the pollock was good and dry. The caller urged a drink for the pollock, and the exchange ended with a remark deemed unsuitable for publication.
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Question Answered. August Flower in old medicine ad
The notice extols August Flower as the best remedy for indigestion and biliousness once trusted by mothers and grandmothers. It claims to cleanse the system, regulate liver action, and ease headaches and aches with few doses. Sample bottles at Emmert and Burrell's. church processions are banned in Mexico.
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Bucklin’s Arnica Salve Cures War Wounds Says Newark Man
In a Civil War tale a ball hit G. B. Stead of Newark Michigan causing grievous ulcers lasting twenty years. Bucklin’s Arnica Salve cured him. Advert says it heals cuts bruises burns boils felons corns skin eruptions and piles. 25 cents per box, cure guaranteed, sold by Emmert and Burrell.
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For Sale Cheap Groceries and Trade
For sale a small stock of groceries with a good established trade. Will sell at a bar gain. Address this office. Also 1-5dtf lessons in china painting by Mrs Hi V Brown at 74 Clark Ave. 1-5dtf
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