Sortie at Mafeking shows heroism amid costly losses
London dispatch details Colonel Baden-Powell's dawn assault on Gametree near Mafeking. British forces, including Captain Vernon and Captain Sanford, led a forward rush to within 800 yards of the fort, but heavy Boer fire and fortified defense left about twenty officers and men dead or wounded. Despite close siege, the fort remained impregnable and the attackers withdrew under armored train protection.
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London
the Times
Mafeking
Baden- Powell
Gametree
Maxim
Hotchkiss Gang
Williams
Sid
Lord Charles Bentinck
Panger
Gaps Police
Colon Horo
Vernon
Son
Sanford Ausl Vernon
Laisotenant
Paton
Scout Cooke
Sanford
Veron
Shot by parson and deacon ends chicken raids in Saddle River
In Saddle River New Jersey Jan 6 a Lutheran pastor awoke to thieves stealing poultry. Deacon William Packer carried a double barrel shotgun to the parsonage and fired at the robbers wounding them as they fled. No further details on suspects.
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Saddle River
Hackensack
N. J
J. M. Flatton
Lutheran Church
William Packer
Syho
Fought at the gallows in El Paso hanging two condemned men
Antonio Flores and Geronimo Para were hanged in the county jail in El Paso Texas. The execution was private and a trap gallows was used. Guards foiled a dash for liberty after a weapon fashioned from wire was found. Flores stabbed a ranger during the escape attempt and Para confessed innocence but remained defiant until the drop.
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Boon
el Paso
Tex
Antonio Flores
Geronimo Para
Ewa
Flores
Para
Ranger Bryant
Mitiny
Band
Font
Sheriff Boon
Granger
George Fusselman
Southern Pacific Railway
Hoe
Barber shoots Manning in Cheyenne mining camp
In Boize Idaho on January 6 Ernest Carheart, barber in Cheinang camp, shot Chris Manning at Manning's chair after recognizing him while shaving. Manning, a mining operator who had recent big sale proceeds, denies eloping with Carheart's wife, claiming the wife died years ago in Nevada.
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Carheart
Manning
Llyn
Boize
Idaho
Mortly
Cheinang
Ernest Carheart
Chris Manning
Garhead
Ching Manning
Cuarheart
Ying
Woom
Carhart
Nevada
Delegation Planned from Porto Rico for Washington Visit
Seventy delegates from coffee sugar tobacco and agricultural sectors met in San Juan and pledged to raise funds to send a Porto Rico delegation to Washington to press for agricultural relief measures. Lucas Mafleo and Enuar dan Gonzales named to present the case. sailing likely January 11. Five San Juan chamber delegates will join on the same steamer seeking free trade and a $10,000,000 loan. Republicans and Federals may also send two delegates each.
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Washington
San Juan
P. R
Congress
Porto Rico
Sonars Lucas A. Mafleo
Enuardan Gonzales
United States
War on trusts discussed with anti bribery reforms in Ohio
Columbus January 6. Attorney General Monott urges amendments to contempt laws to reach agents and corporations engaged in litigation manipulation by money. He also calls for a commodity rate statute to curb freight discrimination and for restrictions on newspaper advertising likely to influence pending legislation. A Manhattan Oil claim seeks 400000 from state land oil theft. Boston January 6. Health officials study a stowaway disease at Gallion’s Island. lab culture results due soon. officials doubt bubonic plague as incubation and transmission suggest other disease.
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Columbus
Ohio
Monott
Supreme Court
Ilegal
Minais
Manhattan Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Boston
Thomas Shea
Board of Health
Hill
Gallonp’s Island
Duigin
Antwerp
Durgin
Transvaal envoy downplays foreign artillery in war
In Amsterdam the Transvaal diplomatic head Dr Leyds denies German Bundesrath carried contraband and says only two foreign artillerymen served in the Boer army. He questions U S intervention chances and notes no need for foreign gunners. Also reports plans on Turkish trade exposition and Dewey Arch fundraising.
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Transvaal
Amsterdam
Jan
Leyds
Levis
United States
Quarrel Ends With Shot At Railroad Office
John M. Resley, a Cumberland clerk, shot Charles W. Galloway, superintendent of the Baltimore and Ohio Middle Division, in the latter’s office over car inventories. Galloway was wounded in the elbow and breast. Resley surrendered at the courthouse. Resley alleges mistreatment by Galloway. Galloway’s supporters dispute who drew first. Resley had previously faced a killing in 1879 involving his father.
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Cumberland
John M. Resley
Charles W. Gallowas
Middle Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Court House
Resley
Galloway
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore
Ltosh Clark
Daily Limes
Besley
Yale Banquet in St Paul Honors Hadley Guests
The sixteenth annual Yale alumni banquet was held at the Aberdeen hotel in St Paul Minnesota with President Arthur T Hadley and Mrs Hadley as guests of honor Charles Jelly a 71 graduate and now assistant county attorney of Honnapin county was toastmaster Speakers included Burnside Foster 72 General Charles Mc C Reeve 70 Wilbur N Booth 84 Daniel W Lawter 83 Amos P Wilder 81 and Ambrose Tighe 79 The event was one of the most brilliant of the season with a large attendance.
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Daniel W. Lawter
Amos P. Wilder
Ambrose Tighe
Seizure of American Goods Discussed with Lord Salisbury
Secretary Hay reports an interview in London with Lord Salisbury regarding British warship seizures of American goods. Salisbury will consider the representations and promises a speedy decision. In Boston the Squire Co assigns say creditors meeting likely the week after next and the Hast Gaarbridge plant progresses well.
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Washington
Hay
Ambassador Choate
London
Lord Salisbury
Choate
Squire Co
Boston
H. W. Chaplin
John P. Squire Company Corporation
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Frank H Judd & Co
Maple Streets
Parson Hutton
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Rockwood
Pittsburg
American Steel and Wire
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Harry Gibson
National Cycling Association
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Constantinope
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Constantinople
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John D. Rockfeller
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Chicago
Robert T. Tincoln
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Lote
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Batten
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Harriet Sanger Pullama
Pullman
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Philadelphia & Reading Road
Shamokin
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Brotherhood of Trasmmoen
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Tamaqua
Demuster Company
Liverpool
Eng
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Liverpool Agency
Sidh & Way Ag
Moriarty’s
Waterbury Furniture Co
Moriarty
Broadway
Brussels Carpets de Per Yard
South Main Stroet
Grand Street
J. G. Twining & Co
YALE
ST. Paul
Hadley and Mrs. of Flower
Tadley Gueats
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Barnum’s Block
Waterbury Jewelry Store
Ocean Steamship
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