Not Officially Confirmed War Report From Buller Front
Reported from London and Springfield detail General Buller moving 30,000 troops toward Ladysmith amid rumors and strategic guesses. Military experts debate Boer strength in Natal, while pockets of doubt, supply issues, and tailors strike disrupt uniforming and morale as volunteers flock to the frontier.
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London
Buller
Springfield
Spencer Wilkinson
Morning Post
Natal
Bukjer
George White
War Office
Yeomanry
Warren Led 11000 Men Toward Weenan Amid Quiet Sterkstrom
Cape Town reports support the claim that Sir Charles Warren with 11,000 men is heading toward Weenan and that important news may follow. Dysentery runs high in Ladysmith while Sterkstrom remains phenomenally quiet.
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Cape Town
Charles Warren
Weenan
Ladysmith
Sterkstrom
British Column Crosses Tugela to Relieve Ladysmith
A Durban despatch says a British column marching to Ladysmith has crossed the Tugela and faced Boer positions on the big river. 270 wagons with commissariat stores had left Frere and were expected to join Gen White by Monday evening. Traction engines aided hauling heavy wagons from holes and swamps. Patrols found Boer parties near Frere to Estcourt.
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London
Durban
Springfield
Ladysmith
Ugela
Tugela
Commissarat
Frere
War Office South Africans Form Committee to Remedy Defects
A new committee of South Africans and ex-officials led by Lord Loch forms to address defects in the War Office. They seek control over selecting officers for a South African corps versed in local topography and Dutch and Kaffir languages, challenging the War Office’s preference for its own picks.
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Icans
Anc
London
Associated Press
Lord Loch
Cape Colony
War Office
Making Boer Guns in France
A Daily Mail dispatch from Le Creusot reveals Schneider is working full time on guns and ammunition for the Boers. It says six heavy calibres are packed and ready for shipment with plans for about 30 more. A Hamburg report notes an export firm delivering 300,000 meters of barbed wire to the Free State.
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London
The
Daily Mail
le Creusot
France
Schneider Company
Transvaal
Hamburg
Free State
Despatch from Lord Roberts on Colesburg road bridge shelling
London dated January 16 reports Lord Roberts Cape Town despatch of January 15 at 6 20 p m stating French reconnaissance shelled the Colesburg road bridge with no casualties. Methuen and Gatacre reported no change.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Cape Town
Colesburg Road
Methuen
Gatacre
Canadian Hibernians oppose aid for Boers funds
In St John New Brunswick January 15 leading officials of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in New Brunswick refuse to back a plan from U S national officers to raise money among Irish Americans and Canadians for the Hibernian Boston organ. John Keating national president foresees a conference to coordinate fundraising for the Boers.
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St. John
N. B
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
New Brunswick
United States
Canada
The
Hibernian of
Boston
Massachusetts
John Keating
Hibernians in Canada split over Boer relief funding
St John county Hibernians discuss anti British sentiment and potential severance from the American order. John C Ferguson vows to resist calls for money to aid the Boers. Fredericton division consider provincial action. Michael McDade says Canada Hibernians will not support U S efforts and would act to protect loyalty to the British Empire.
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St. John
Massachusetts
Hibernians
Canada
United States
Transvaal
New Brunswick
Whitehead pirates disposed of by government in Dorchester
Halifax Nova Scotia January fifteenth. The last of the Whitehead pirates has been sent to the Maritime penitentiary at Dorchester. Captain William D. Dicks received a six year term after being found guilty of barratry. He and several Munro family members and other Whitehead residents were involved in decaying vessels, false beacons, scuttling to claim insurance, and arson for same purpose.
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Halifax
N. S
Whitehead
Maritime Penitentiary
Dorchester
N. B
William D. Dicks
Munro
French win control as ships shelled Chinese towns
Elim Branch reports from Shanghai that French warships seized Kwong-Chau-Wan bay and began operations by sinking two Chinese gunboats, destroying guns, and taking officers prisoner. They shelled 20 villages, drove back troops, and after a four hour battle at Vegluec inflicted heavier Chinese losses. Mandarins surrendered and are kept as hostages.
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Tacoma
Wash
Elim
Shanghai
Kwong-Chau-Wan Bay
Vegluec
Tesla proposes Atlantic wireless telegraphy to Paris
Nikola Tesla arrives from Colorado Springs claiming a perfected wireless telegraph system vastly superior to Marconi. He plans to telegraph from New York to Paris without wires and believes his device will transmit power across thousands of miles, aiding sea warfare and enabling messages to Paris during the fair.
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Denver
Col
Nikola Tesla
New York
Paris
Colorado Springs
Marconi
Tesla
Colorado
Bolivian forces seize Galvez cruisers on Amazon
Rio Janeiro report says the Bolivian division sent to Acre captured the commission and all vessels on the upper Amazon. It also took the converted cruisers of the revolutionary government under Galvez, marking a bold advance in the region.
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Rio Janeiro
Acre
Amazon
Galvez
Langtry’s Husband De Bathe Says He Goes To War
Sir Hugo de Bathe, Lillian Langtry’s husband, sails to South Africa to fight the Boers. He tells a reporter he will win honor, claims he is 28 though peers say 38, boasts of plans to return with Krueger’s whiskers, and trains daily in flag drills aboard the Mexican.
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Sir Hugo de Bao
Lillian Langtry
South Africa
Cable
New York World
de Bathe
Madeira
Southampton
England
Krueger
Lily Langtry
Bryan Will Eat Tammany Hall Indicating Welcome
New York January 15. Tammany Hall plans an official reception for William Jennings Bryan next week in the form of a dinner at the Democratic Club to unite factions. Oliver H P Belmont will host an informal prearrangement dinner to foster a Bryan delegation from New York to the Democratic National Convention.
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New York
Tammany
William Jennings Bryan
Tammany Hall
Democratic Club
Croker
Here
Wantage
Mr. Croker
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
The McGiffert Case Charged By New York Presbytery
The Presbytery of New York met and considered charges against Rev. Dr. Arthur C. McGiffert. Read passages from his book. church officials indicated they would not entertain the charges and would forward the matter to the general assembly.
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New York
Presbytery of
Arthur C. McGiffert
General Assembly
Hood's Sarsaparilla Merit Cited in Cure Claims
A historical testimonial proclaims Hood's Sarsaparilla by merit, noting numerous cures and declaring there is no substitute for Hood's. The passage emphasizes trust in the remedy through personal endorsements and strong quality claims.
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Hood
Desperate Revolver Attempt Against Federal Judge
James Welch, involved in a damage suit against Northern Pacific after being removed from a Mandan train, aimed a revolver at Judge William Lochren in his chambers. Court Clerk Conway tackled him. Welch was disarmed and briefly confined but escaped by leaping from a second floor. He was later arrested across the street. Welch is described as a partial paralytic.
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St. Paul, Minn
Van
James Welch
Wm. Lochren
Federal Court
Welch
Northern Pacific
Mandan
N. C
Conway
American Firms Rush to Fulfill British Orders
Minneapolis January 15 A Colt agent says the company is working night and day on a rush order for the British government mainly for Colt machine guns. Union Metallic Cartridge Co also has a rush for several million Lee Metford cartridges.
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Minneapolis
Colt Company
Colt
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Molineux Linked to Barnet Death in Murder Trial Testimony
In New York on January 15 the state for the first time presented evidence aiming to connect Roland Molineux to H C Barnet’s death as motive for poisoning Mrs. Kather ine J Adams case proceeds. Witnesses including Rachel Green Minnie Betts and handwriting experts testified about Molineux’s past with Blanche Cheseborough and a possible pattern of letters and boxes akin to the Barnet matter. The day featured photo and handwriting testimony and references to Barnet’s possible identification as a prior caller to Cheseborough and to the Brown case methods.
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New York
Roland B. Molineux
Katherine J. Adams
H. C. Barnet
Molineux
Barnet
Rachel Green
Washington, D. C
West 75Th Street
Osborne
Blanche Cheseborough
Weeks
Minnie Betts
Miss Cheseborough
William J. Kinsley
Herbert H. Jackson
H. ¢ Barnet
Alberts. Osborne
Rochester
N. Y
Pin swallowing museum freak undergoes surgery in Brooklyn
John Sasel famed for swallowing metal items had pins nails and chains removed from his stomach after an operation at St John’s Hospital Brooklyn. Doctors report good rest and cautious optimism for recovery. Sasel quit the museum business December 16 and says he swallowed 320 pins the night he retired.
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New York
Jan
John Sasel
St. John's Hospital
Brooklyn
Sasel
Brass Express Company
Indictments In Kentucky Bribery Case Target Two Men
Franklin county jury returns indictments against John H. Whallen and Charles Ryan for unlawfully conspiring to bribe a member of the general assembly. Bench warrants issued. bonds set at $1000 each.
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Frankfort
Franklin County
John H. Whallen
Chas. Ryan
General Assembly
Whallen
Ryan
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement by Lowell Mother
A Lowell mother praises Doan's Kidney Pills for her boy's bladder weakness. She bought from Ellingwood & Co. and recommends them to other mothers. Pills priced 50 cents, mailed by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, sole US agents. Remember the name Duan's and take no substitute.
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Lowell
J. E. Hatch
Worthen Street
Dean
Ellingwood & Co
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Duan
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