Death at Magersfontein an epic Highland stand
British troops led by General Hope attack entrenched Boers on rocky heights at Magersfontein. Highland regiments press the trenches while heavy losses mount. General Hope and many officers fall as the Black Watch and Seaforths force a costly assault amid wire entanglements and artillery fire. By 130 p.m. reports tally around 3,000 dead and wounded.
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Mana
Joopet
Tom
Lwad
General B
Reo
Offeers
Black Watch
Seaforths
Nis
Methuen
Modder River
Grim English Lion Bares Teeth as Cronje Foe Stirs
A fragment notes the British force, led by Lord Roberts, pressing toward Cronje’s laager with imagery of the lion of England showing fierce resolve in the siege, signaling a turning point in the conflict.
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Old Cronje
England
Friars in the Philippines Stir Catholic Sentiment
In Manila on January 18 Catholics react to Archbishop Chapelle and rumors of friars regaining power in parishes. Filipinos lobby against Dominican influence, seeking priests unaffiliated with brotherhoods. Otis releases a statement assuring individual liberty and opposing forced ecclesiastical appointments.
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Threeerom All
Manila
Archbishop Chapelle
Philippines
Mgr. Chapelle
McKinley
Mer. Chapelle
Chapelle
Otis
Ciracies
American money for Russia fuels U S industrial ventures
Washington January 18. plans show at least 15.6 million dollars of American capital to Russia this year for plants in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Westinghouse Electric plans a 2.5 million dollar factory in St. Petersburg. Crane Brothers and Standard Pump Works invest about 2 million each in Moscow. Singer to duplicate a large Moscow factory with 2 to 3 million. Baldwin Locomotive to build a 2 million plant between St. Petersburg and Moscow. Additional firms, including car builders and shoe machinery makers, seek sites near the named cities with government backing. Contacts are led by M Routkowski, Russian embassy financial attaché, and U S Consul Thomas Smith. Cramp shipyard plans offered for Constadt but no decision yet.
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Sig Marufacturing
Millows
Washington, D. C
Russian Empire
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Westinghouse Electric Company
Pittsburg
Crane Brothers of
Chidge
Standard Pump Works
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Bakinin Company
Russia
M. Routkowski
Thomas Smith
United States
Cornstadt
Australians Ambushed by Boers Near Rensberg Cape Colony
A patrol of sixteen men from the New South Wales Lancers and South Australians was ambushed by Boers. Two escaped to report five dead Australians and one wounded found at the scene. Boer horses also lay dead. The fight occurred as Australians retreated to a kopje.
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Rensberg
Cape Colony
New South Wales Lancers
Kopje
Would Limit Inheritances
Albany January 18 opening remarks by State Bar Association President Logan urged a 10 million dollar statutory inheritance limit. He argued excessive wealth offers little public good and that wealth should be earned, not inherited, to avoid injustices and safeguard power.
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Albany
N. Y
State Bar Association
Logan
Three Die In Sunday Riot In East Eleventh Street
In New York a family row escalated into a riot on East Eleventh Street. Antonio Colletti Caspar Colletti and David Salvatore were shot and died. Vincenzo Spinella and his son Frank Spinella were arrested. Frank Spinella is still sought. Police reported a mob scene with multiple shots and casualties.
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New York
East Eleventh Street
Antonio Colletti
Caspar Colletti
David Salvatore
Collettis
Vincenzo Spinella
Colletti
Revolt in Negros Aims to Overthrow American Authority
Mail from Negros reports a January uprising in the southern island led by autonomous government officials. Lt. A. C. Ledyard of the Sixth Infantry was killed. Eleven officials were jailed on treason charges, some freed on bonds while others remained. General Smith found evidence police acted under autonomous orders to overpower Americans. revolt stalled, Negros tense for a week as two infantry companies reinforced Bacolol.
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Manila
Negros
A. C. Ledyard
Smith
Lollo
Bacololo
Sheldon to edit Topeka Capital for one week
The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon will edit every department of the Topeka Capital for the week starting March 15, with Dell Keyser offering to give the paper to him for the period. Prominent editors, statesmen and divines from New York Chicago and St. Louis are expected to help with suggestions.
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Kan
Charles M. Sheldon
Topeka
Detroit
The
Christian Endeavor Society
Sheldon
Dell Keyser
Topeka Capital Company
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Lynching in Kansas: Silgee and Meeks Hanged in Fort Scott
In Fort Scott Kansas George Silgee and Ed Meeks half brothers from Kansas City were lynched by a mob after being convicted of first degree murder in the death of Leopold Edlinger a German farmer near the city. The mob left the bodies hanging in the county fall yard as authorities were surprised and could not intervene. Accomplice Amos Phillips was yesterday convicted of first degree murder. Evidence indicated the trio formed part of a thief gang selling plunder in Bates County.
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Fort Scott
Kan
George Silgee
Ed. Meeks
Fall Yard
Kansas City
Leopold Edlinger
Edlinger
Bates County
Amos Phillips
Mystery of Consul Macrum Arrives in Rome
Charles E. K. Macrum former United States consul at Pretoria who left Lourenco Marques December 15th and landed at Naples last Thursday has arrived in Rome. He refused to be interviewed and denies carrying a letter from President Kruger to President McKinley. He plans to visit Paris and London amid rumors of a semi official mission from President McKinley.
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Charles EK. Macrum
United States
Pretoria
Lourenzo Marques
Naples
Corriere Italia
Macrum
Kruger
McKinley
Paris
London
Rome
Colorado notes show town changes and rail plans
Trinidad forms a village improvement society. R J Parker to head Santa Fe western division in Pueblo, succeeding Charles Dyer as Colorado & Southern general superintendent. Ridgway Populist laments starving burros. Governor seeks preservation of cliff dwellings. Silverton raids Chinese opium joints. Larimer wolves bounty. Paris exhibit plan by Colorado Fuel and Iron. Colorado Springs Cripple Creek rail anti trust clause. Boulder tax roll overhaul after Ames ruling. Victor council suspends Police Judge Boylan amid suspected misappropriation with court irregularities.
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Trinidad
R. J. Parker
Santa Fe
Pueblo
Charles Dyer
Colorado & Southern
J. E. Hurley
Rio Grande
Colorado
State Historical Society
Thomas
Teller and Wolcott
Shafroth
Bell
National Congress
Mancos
Silverton
Blair Street
Watson
Larimer County
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Rocky Mountain
Colorado Springs
Cripple Creek
Schoool
Grassie
Land Board
Campbell
State Board of Equalization
County Boards of Equalization
Boulder County
State Board
Ames
Denver
Supreme Court
Victor Council
A. B. Boyland
Justice of the Peace
A. Cavanaugh
Boylan
Meals on Street Cars Plan for Buffet Trailers
Chicago considers attaching buffet cars as trailers to street cars. Each car would seat twenty, charge 5 cents extra per trip. A conductor and porter would run the kitchen with a small range and urns, offering luncheon or breakfast while touring the city.
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Chicago
Craving for Stimulants Draws Attention to Health Warning
The piece notes rising stimulant use, linking it to exhausted nerves and blood and recommending Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to strengthen the stomach and cure dyspepsia constipation and nervousness.
Chile leases Juan Fernandez to German firm for canning unit
The Chilean government leased Juan Fernandez Island, sacred to Robinson Crusoe, to a German company that has built a canning factory and ships canned fish lobster and crabs to the South American market. The operation includes cattle and goat ranges with goats used for skins, descended from survivors of Crusoe.
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Robinson Crusoe
Chile
Juan Fernandez
Valparaiso
Allen's Foot-Ease and assorted notices from the era
In Winter Use Allen's Foot-Ease a powder. Your feet feel uncomfortable nervous and often cold and damp. If you have sweating sore feet or tight shoes try Allen's Foot-Ease. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25 cents. Sample sent free. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy N Y Dropsy treated free by Dr H H Green's Sons of Atlanta Ga The greatest dropsy specialists in the world Read their advertisement in another column of this paper. Our new cook has been with us three weeks on Yet you don't seem happy No she can't cook.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
H. H. Green
PABST
Pabst Chemical CO Matlee
Cme
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Hood
LaPorte
Texas
Giveston Bay
Gulf of Mexico
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Houston
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Gates
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Monterey
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