Bandit Shoots Detective in Holden Missouri
A Missouri detective, John Jackson of the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway, was shot in Holden while pursuing three to six suspects planning an express car robbery. Officers wounded a bandit who was later captured, but Jackson died from the head wound. The motive and identities remain unclear.
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John Jackson
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Sedalia
Holden
Hardy
Missouri Pacific Railway
Missouri Pacific
Jackson
Dreadful accidents and fires hit multiple towns
A runaway electric car derailed near Dayton injuring crew and killing a woman, while mob attacks and panic spread after a Wyandotte quarry explosion killing one. Morristown Minnesota suffered a major fire wiping out 23 firms, and Bellaire Ohio Steel Works plant burned, causing 100000 loss and 2000 workers idled.
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Morristown
Faribault
Minn
Bellaire
Ohio
National Steel Company
Trains Collide at Fon Du Lac Injuring Several
A head end collision occurred at Fon Du Lac station on the Wisconsin Central Railroad injuring engineer William Qats fireman M J Dawson and several passengers none seriously. Cause cited as a mistake in orders. Gen Lawton's remains arrive in San Francisco aboard the United States transport Thomas with flags at half mast bearing Major John A Logan Jr Lieut Bennett and Dr J J L Armstrong.
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Wisconsin Central Railroad
Fon du Lac
Wis
William Qats
M.J. Dawson
Gen. Lawton
United States
Thomas
San Francisco Harbor
Henry W. Lawton
John A. Logan, Jr
Lieut. Bennett
J. J.L. Armstrong
Receiver named for Foresters of Illinois organization
Upon application by Charles J. Jones the Chicago judge Tuthill appointed a receiver for the Independent Order of Foresters of Illinois with its many branches and local chapters.
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Foresters
Charles J. Jones
Tuthill
Chicago
Independent
Order of Foresters of Illinois
Fire and wrecks strike across early 1900s headlines
A Durban dispatch reports a Boer shell factory destroyed in Johannesburg on January 20 with irreparable losses. An Erie wreck near Kent Ohio injures five after a signaling error allowed a derailed train to run. Major Charles N Rockefeller is alive and held in Southern Luzon. Sherwood Bros chair factory in New York gutted for nearly 900000 dollars. Mevenic Temple Fort Wayne notes Secret Service activity on February 12.
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Durban
Johannesburg
Oss
Erie
Kent
Ohio
Major Rockefeller
Gen. Otis
War Department
Charles N. Rockefeller
Caloocan
Luzon
Sherwood Bros
Water and
Jefferson Streets
New York
British Losses in Natal Deepens Global Alarm
Reports of heavy British casualties at Spion Kop and the Tugela front set Europe on edge as 1,500 killed and 150 captured are claimed by Boer sources. Gen. Buller admits a retreat after a failed relief of Ladysmith, with grim prospects for relief and renewed calls for intervention.
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Tugela River
Spion Kop
Ladysmith
Coluisn
Joubert
Warren
England
Buller
Natal
Tugela
White
Yorktown
Europe
London
British Retreat From Tugela and Spion Kop Fight
Dispatch from Gen Buller details Warren’s withdrawal to the south of the Tugela after Jan 20 to Jan 25, with heavy fighting on Spion Kop. It lauds Second Cameronians Third Kings Rifles and others, notes water shortages, and reports the successful concentrate of forces without losses. Also short notes on Jerome K Jerome, Judge Gottfried Krueger mausoleum, and Col. William L Prather.
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England
Buller
Tugela River
Spionkop
Spearman
Warren
High Table
Acton Homes
Honger
Ladysmith
Spion Kop
Tugela
Cameronians
King’s Rifles
Second
Lancashire Fusiliers
Middlesex
Thornycsoft
Woodgate
Jerome K. Jerome
Gottfried Krueger
Newark
N. J
Bas
William L. Prather
University of Texas
Sassyaghinn
British mood after Ladysmith siege turns grim amid Buller reverses
The piece notes Spionkop boosting British resolve yet Ladysmith stands unreleased with Buller’s retreat described as a rare military disaster. London compares the crisis to Yorktown, fears imperial collapse, and contemplates Russian moves on Herat as continental powers eye intervention.
Illinois anti trust law void by Chicago judge ruling
Judge Kohlsaat of the United States Circuit Court in Chicago declares the 1898 Illinois anti trust statute unconstitutional citing section 9 that exempts agricultural products and livestock from the act. The decision voids the entire law as class legislation contrary to federal and state constitutions. The case involved Union Sewer Pipe Company versus Connelly and Dee over about 6000 dollars.
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Chicago
Kohlsaat
United States Circuit Court
Wkohlsaat
Supreme Court of
Union Sewer Pipe Company
Thomas Connelly
William Dee
Connelly
Dee
Illinois
Union Sewer Pipe Company of
Ohio
May Be Peacemaker Mediator in South Africa
Reports say Washington may become center of interest if Ladysmith falls and Britain seeks neutral mediation. Analysts note potential for international intervention under humanitarian pretext and cite Hague influence, European sympathy for the Boers, and Russia's moves toward Afghanistan as factors. London discusses phonographs on battlefields to relay messages and wills from dying soldiers via chaplains.
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United States
South Africa
Ladysmith
Washington
Hague
Europe
Great Britain
Russia
Pekin
Afghanistan
London
Senator Goebel shot in Kentucky capital
Senator Goebel, rival of Gov. Taylor, was shot at 11 o'clock Tuesday in Frankfort. John Whittaker, a Butler County farmer, was arrested on suspicion after five shots rang out as Goebel walked toward the Senate. The crowd surged, militia and police swarmed the capitol, and Goebel was carried to a hotel with a bullet wound to the right side.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
Senator Goebel
Gov
Taylor
John Whittaker
Butler County
Goebel
Senate
Capitol
Adjt
Collier
Pell
State House Yard
Ife
Johnn FE. Miles
Whittaker
Americans rally for Boers in New York fundraiser
In New York City sympathizers held a large meeting to aid the South African republics and Boer sufferers. More than $5,000 was subscribed for the ill and wounded, with Congressman David A. DeArmond of Missouri as the first speaker praising liberty and opposition to tyranny.
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New York City
Rand Central Palace
New York
David A. DeArmond
Missouri
British Cape Town News In Brief From The War
Tucker arrives at Cape Town amid heat with no rise in sickness. Buller orders troops to respect Boer white flag only when arms are laid down. London correspondent Steevens dies of enteric fever at Ladysmith. Boers accused of soft nosed ammo at Oliver’s Hoek. Boer reply protests. European powers intervention idea grows in Vienna. Shields for British soldiers produced in Sheffield. German bark Marie seized by British cruiser at Delagoa Bay mouth.
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Tucker
Cape Town
Ladysmith
Buller
George W. Steevens
London Daily Mail
Oliver's Hoek Road
Vienna
Tiia
Sheffield
Marie
Australia
Dour
Transvaal
Delagoa Bay
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Xenia
Dayton
Hattie King
Alpha
John Cox
Detroit
Mich
Wyandotte
Mevenic Temple
Fort Wayne
Ind
Secret Service
Britain
St. Paul
Times
Africa
Cairo
Cape
America
Lucknow
Herat
General Joubert
Tam . Goebel
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