England Encouraged by Small Victories in South Africa News
London reports mixed progress with minor British successes offset by broader campaign questions. Dispatches note Boer laagers include loyalists, Toronto and Winnipeg mobilizations for active service, and curious Boer inquiries about Roberts and Buller.
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London
Daily News
French
Pilcher
Douglass
Free State Command
Winnipeg
Man
R. OG. A
South Africa
Kingston
Toronto
British Loss Near Colesburg in January Skirmish
In the Colesburg district British forces attacked to storm a position but were repulsed. Commandant Choeman’s command reported heavy losses for the British, while the Boers claimed the attack as a notable com- pliment to the Transvaal and suggested Lord Roberts should command.
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Pretoria
Choeman
Com- Colesburg
Pliment
Tranavaal
Roberts
Canadians Strike At Sunnyside In South Africa War
Belmont and Montreal dispatches recount a Canadian led British force under Colonel Pilcher defeating Boers near Sunnyside. Toronto, Queensland, and Cornwall units fought with guns and mounted infantry, suffering two killed and multiple wounded while taking a laager and capturing tents and rifles.
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Modder River
Babington
Ninth
Twelfth Lancers
Belmont
Cape Colony
Associated Press
Dover Farm
Toronto Company
Rickards
de Rougemount
Ryan
Cornwall Light Infantry
Pilcher
Cook's Farm
de Rougemont
Toronto's
Queensland
Montreal
the Star
South Africa
Toronto
Cantain R. K. Barker
W. R. Marshall
L. 8. Wilkie
IF. D. Lafferty
Helmont
Adio
Butler
London
Charles Howard Vincent
Westminster Volunteers
City of London
Harry McAlmont
Warwickshire
Geo. Lynch
Ladysmith
Pretoria
Lorenzo Marquez
William Thompson
White
A Sensational Case In Montreal Seizes Money Lender
Montreal January 2. James Baxter a known money lender with a Chicago police record from the early seventies is under arrest in the city. He is charged with aiding and assisting James Herbert in a pending case.
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Montreal
James Baxter
Chicago
James Herbert
Bank collapse witness linked to Baxter payment scheme
Ter bert, a former teller for the defunct Banque Ville Marie, testified that since the bank’s failure he received $12 weekly from Baxter to stay hidden. The case centers on Baxter avoiding disclosure of his account, with the sensational potential of further revelations as the examination proceeds. Baxter previously faced US law four years earlier for alleged diamond smuggling in New York and Plattsburg, where a customs official whoOversaw him was dismissed after an escape.
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Banque Ville Marie
Terbert
Baxter
Herbert
United States
New York
Plattsburg, N. Y
James Hetterman
Exceedingly Cold Spell Hits Montreal In Early January
Montreal dispatch notes extreme cold lingering over the city causing many frozen extremities treated in city hospitals. The Ville Marie Bank teller Herbert faces police remand, a man named Vallieres dies by suicide at 60, and jeweler Thomas Allan of Allan & Co. dies of typhoid. Herbert the bank teller under arrest is allowed home dining under surveillance. Western Africa cable arrangements with Luanda and Cape Town allow wartime messages at the same east coast rates via Aden.
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Montreal
Herbert
Ville Marie Bank
Alex. Vallieres
Thomas Allan
Thomas Allan & Co
Canadian Pacific Telegraph Company
Eastern Telegraph Company
Africa
Luanda
Cape Town
Aden
Lynn T. Leet Plans Canada Exit to Escape New Jersey Tax
New York January 2 Lynn T Leet a Montreal banker 2 years old in this country escaped to Canada to avoid New Jersey corporate taxes He said Quebec plans a bill when the January 18 legislature convenes to allow foreign and American firms to incorporate there to evade hostile U S state laws and taxes.
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New York
Lynn T. Leet
Montreal
Ory
Kevesa
Gaga
New Jersey
Canada
Leet
United States
Quebec
Chicago Starts Flow Into Drainage Canal To Gulf
Water was turned into the 238,000,000 drainage canal at Ya.m. today and began to flow toward Lockport where it will join the Des Moines River and the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. Engineers cut a channel to carry 800,000 cubic feet of water per minute. Initial flow is 50,000 cubic feet per minute and will rise gradually. A week may pass before the canal is full and removing Chicago river sewage.
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Chicago
Til
Ya.m
Lockport
Des Moines
Linois
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Sanitary District
Chicago River
Dublin Adopts Extra Precautions Amid Military Alert
In Dublin on January 3, military authorities announce heightened security. TheConstabulary is fully armed and sentries are posted from sunset to dawn. Patrols roam all day as leaves of absence are suspended.
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Dublin
Emperor and Crown Prince Receive Japanese Minister
Berlin dispatch reports the Emperor and the Crown Prince hosted the Japanese Minister at noon. The minister presented the Order of the Chrysanthemum to the Crown Prince in a ceremony following the launch of a foreign decoration.
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Berlin
Selections Made at Ottawa for Western Contingent
The Miner reports Ottawa’s list of officers for the Second Battalion North West Mounted Rifles. Names include Commissioner L. W. Herchmer as commander, Major James Walker, Supt. Saunders, and several captains and subalterns. Canada’s contingent transport and leadership are detailed with postings to Calgary, Edmonton, and other centers.
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Ottawa
Ont
Sanadian Mounted Rifles
Herchmer
Jimon
Sifton
Pred White
North West Mounted Police
of Mounted Rifles
J. D. Moody
J. WY. Begin
J. A. Davidson
A. O. Macdonnell
T. R. Wroughton
Inglis
Calgary
John Yoglor
Manitoba Dragoons
T. W. Chambers
Edmonton
Maunsell
Ottawas
Halifax
W. B. Seartl
Wages Rise For 25000 Pittsburg Workers
GOOD TIMES Pittsburg Pa Jan 2 The wages of 25 000 men in Pittsburg were advanced today from five to 10 per cent and in some cases over a greater percentage.
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Pittsburg
The Miners Special War Bulletins Arrive Daily News
The Miner announces crisis in South Africa and plans full war news coverage. It will release bulletins as they arrive, with daytime updates rather than limited night reports, and will distribute patches through The Miner.
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South Africa
Hay
Minler
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