Rumors of General Methuen’s Health and Cavalry Mishap
London reports stir over General Methuen’s alleged mental and physical decline amid front line tensions. Wauchope’s death at Modder River fueled criticism of Methuen’s tactics. Cavalry misfortune near Naanpoort sparked social chatter about London’s elite units. In Chattanooga, Julia Morrison James was acquitted of murder after a dramatic trial finish.
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London
Metheun
War Office
Lord Metheun
Methuen
Wauchope
Modder River
W. F. Recardo
Horseguards
Col
Joe Clift
Samuel Bosworth Smith
Estis
Destructive Fire in San Antonio Clothing Store
Fire by explosion of a gasoline torch destroyed Dalkowitz Brothers clothing stores at 508 and 505 Commerce Street and the Globe hotel above. Steubing saddlery, Villegas tailor shop, and Mattie Freeman restaurant and lodging house damaged. Dalkowitz loss $35,000 insured for $18,000. Globe hotel $500. Steubing $500. miscellaneous $200. Building owned by E H Terrell valued at $15,000 less half. Rescue of E L Lippard, Brenham merchant, from Globe hotel after smoke exposure.
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San Antonio
Tex
Dalkowitz Brothers
Mos
E. H. Terrell
E. L. Lippard
Brenham
Globe Hotel
Texas Commissioner Projects Cotton Yield Drop
Johnson of Texas told the Southern Commissioners of Agriculture convention in New Orleans that Texas normal cotton would be three million bales, but 1899 output should not exceed 2,600,000. He cited diversification cutting cotton acreage by 8 percent, plus floods in the Brazos bottoms and drought as causes.
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Johnson
New Orleans
Convention of Southern Commissioners of Agriculture
Texas
Brazos
Drouth
Americans Win At Santa Tomas Road Engagement
Manila January 12 Colonel Bullard with the 39th infantry moves three columns from Calamba with two artillery pieces and assaults ten insurgent companies entrenched at Santa Tomas Road. Rebels resist fiercely making three stands. Twenty four insurgents killed sixty captured. Filipinos retreat toward Lake Taal carrying their dead. One American killed and two officers slightly wounded.
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Manila
Bullard
Calamba
Santa Tomas Road
Lake Taal
Blackburn's Election Confirmed in Kentucky Senate
Frankfort Kentucky January 12 The election of Hon J C S Blackburn to the United States Senate was confirmed by a joint session of the General Assembly. No vote was taken the journals of the two houses showing the vote Tuesday were compared and if the candidate had a majority in each house he would be declared elected.
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Blackburn
Frankfort
J. C. S. Blackburn
United States
Senate
General Assembly
Wolf Shot by Residents in Sherman Neighbors
In Sherman Texas at Pacific and Willow streets residents woke to a volley of gunshots. A neighbor’s pet wolf tried to raid a calf, prompting the owner and others to hunt it by electric light, ending with the wolf’s death.
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Sherman, Tex
Pacific
Willow Streets
Kentucky House Adopts Joint Probe Of Bribery Allegations
In Frankfort on January 12 the Kentucky House approved a senate resolution creating a joint committee to investigate the Wallen-Harrell bribery allegations. An amendment was adopted to have the speaker appoint two Democrats and one Republican on the committee, with the senate asked to name its members similarly.
Shipment of Beeves from Cuero to Eagle Pass
Cuero Texas January 12 Col M J Baker bought around here and shipped Tuesday over the Southern Pacific to Eagle Pass sixteen cars of beeves. Baker puts the cattle on the mesquite grass along the Rio Grande and they will be sent to the Chicago market.
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Cuero
Tex
Col
M. J. Baker
Southern Pacific
Eagle Pass
Mr. Baker
Rio Grande
Chicago
Goebel Engaged to Daughter of Senator-Elect
Lexington Ky Jan 12 It is reported that State Senator Goebel the gubernatorial contestant is engaged to Miss Corvins Blackburn daughter of Senator elect and the marriage will take place when Goebel s contest is decided.
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Lexington
Goebel
Corvins Blackburn
Buller moves east of Colenso amid Boer withdrawals
London notes Buller’s dispatch hints at crossing the western Boer line near Colenso and approaching Ladysmith within 14 miles of White’s outposts. Reports tally rising deaths from enteric fever and dysentery in Ladysmith, outpacing battle casualties, underscoring unsanitary siege conditions.
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London
Buller
Colenso
Tugela
Ladysmith
Daily Chronicle
St. Paul’s
St. Paul's Church Yard
Ludgate Hill
Fleet Street
An Interesting Announcement At Great Texas Chautauqua
The Great Texas-Colorado Chautauqua at Boulder announces a session from July 1 to August 15 with stronger programs and expanded facilities. It will hire top educational and platform talent, expand cottages tents and dining, and operate all services in house for guest comfort before opening.
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Boulder, Col
Chautauqua Association
Tragedy in Southampton County Ends in Shootings
In Southampton County Virginia on a Friday a deranged negro named Rix fired on three men, wounding farmers Thomas Hall and Geo Bradshaw and fatally shooting Quaker preacher Rev Mills Rayford. A posse pursued him. after resisting arrest with gunfire he was shot dead.
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Norfolk
Southampton County
Rix
Thomas Hall
Geo. Bradshaw
Mills Rayford
Denial Stresses No Milwaukee Road Control Talks
President Earling of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad flatly denied Ottumwa IA reports that Milwaukee officials sought control of the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf line and planned an air line from Davenport to Ottumwa as a Chicago to gulf through route. He said no such action is contemplated and the report is entirely new to him.
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Chicago
Farling
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company
Ottumwa
Milwaukee Road
Kansas City, Pittsburg
Gulf Road
Davenport
Gulf
Earling
Louisville Street Car Workers Demand Higher Wages and Union Rights
Six hundred Louisville street car line employees presented wage demands raising pay from 16 12 to 20 cents an hour and called for union recognition. They seek rights to arbitrate removals, buy uniforms in the market, and a better cash fare collection system. The company has until Wednesday to respond, with a strike threatened if demands are not met.
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Louisville, Ky
Louisville Street Car Lines
Purchasing War Material Across Nations
New York January 14. A Washington special reports officials say Germany France Russia England and the Transvaal are making immense purchases of war material. French and German gum manufacturers have refused to sell Krupp and French guns to England.
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New York
the Journal
Washington
Germany
France
Russia
England
Transvaal
Cabinet finds British reply on flour seizure satisfactory
Washington January 14 At a cabinet meeting Friday Secretary Way read the British government reply to U S representations regarding flour seized in Delagoa bay. Members said the answer was entirely satisfactory to the government.
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Washington
Way
Delagoa Bay
Cavalry Squadron Distributed to Western Forts
Washington January 14 The war department says the tenth cavalry squadron that arrived at Galveston from Cuba has been distributed among Forts McIntosh Clark Brown and Ringgold in Texas and will likely reach those posts this evening.
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Washington
War Department
Tenth Cavalry
Galveston
Cuba
MclIntosh
Clark, Brown and Ringgold
Vyex
No War News From London As War Veil Stays Complete
London reports no new war news as of January 14, leaving the public in ignorance of General Buller’s movements. The nation awaits further dispatches with eagerness and anxiety.
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London
Bloody Tomahawk Convicted In Circuit Court
In a circuit court yesterday the jury found Bloody Tomahawk guilty of case stealing. The verdict was reported by the Minneapolis Times.
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Minneapolis
Does It Hear That Fellow Who Sings to Pay Debts
From the Yonkers Statesman a quip on a singer keeping wolves away. The text jokes that some men are too lazy to run in debt while others never miss attending fires, implying varied human urges and habits.
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Bill
Jill
The
Yonkers Statesman
Swanson's 5-Drops Offer Ruinous Remedy Appeal
An appeal promotes Swanson's 5-Drops as a universal cure for rheumatic and various ailments. It claims dramatic effectiveness, offers trial bottles for 25 cents and large 300-dose bottles for one dollar, with six bottles for five dollars. Readers are urged to act now by writing Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co. in Chicago.
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Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Lake St
Chicago
Ill
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised Reward Offer
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co as proprietors and cites endorsements from West & Truax Toledo and Kinnan & Ma Toledo druggists. The copy promotes internal use and blood action, with testimonials and pricing details. Also claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic and No Cure No Pay policy.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney &O
Props
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Toledo
Wee, Kinnan & Ma
Ohio
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Gen. Methuen
Kentucky House
Swanson
Grove
Humanitarian Home
Incorporated
H. Teitlebaum
Las Vegas
N. M
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
Mra. J. Nichols
Princeton, Ind
Love
Penicks Tobacco Works Co
Penicks, Va
Brown
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