British Casualties and Ladysmith War Developments
Reports detail heavy British losses at Spion Kop and evolving strategies in the Ladysmith siege. Naval half pay warnings, renewed home defense talk, and tactics shifts from Lourenzo Marques to Pretoria reflect a broad wartime mobilization. Dispatches note timber and sandbags flooding Kilp River to drive troops from a bomb proof castle, while pass port controls tighten and Dutch support shifts. The Times, Morning Post, and Daily Chronicle pieces highlight strategic debates and morale as Buller eyes another relief effort.
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Lee
General Lochter
The
Daily Chronicle
Spion
Altm Nitre
Admiralty
Channel
Army
Navy
House of Commons
Times
Lourenzo Marques
Transvaal
War Department
Ladysmith
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Kilp
Pous
Reburn
O Ws
Afrikander
Bloemfoxtein
Pietermaritzbureg
Thornercroft
Spencer Wilkinson
Buller
Tugela
Plague, Fire, and Deportation Clash in Chinatown Disaster
Reports from San Francisco say a plague outbreak and a sweeping fire destroyed 12 blocks of Chinatown, leaving 6,000 to 7,000 residents homeless in tents. The Australis carried 42 deaths and 10 sailors quarantined as authorities faced a chaotic blaze while removing suspected locals. In Fargo, Judge Amidan ordered Moy Hall and Moy Foon deported over exclusion act issues. A murder box in Sioux City prompted police inquiries, and other national items include a Divine Healer extradition dispute, Roberts planning a Supreme Court bid, and Philadelphia baseball franchise troubles.
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Francisco
Australis
Holetul
Australia
Chinatown
Bre
Idk
Fargo
N. D
Amidan
Moy Hall
Moy Foon
Tal-Wah Company
Chicago
Kentucky Goebel sworn in as governor in tense capital
Frankfort Ky Feb 1 William Goebel sworn in as governor and J C N Beckham as lieutenant governor by Chief Justice Hazlerigg. Goebel propped with pillows, but capable of rising to take the oath. New adjutant general Castleman appointed, militia ordered to return home. Legislature adjourned amid threats, with both parties preparing for a volatile power struggle as Goebel consolidates control.
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Battmorr
Bennettan
Frediene
John W Whalen
State of
Maryland
City of
Baltimore
Alter FE Smith
Paca St
Yohn Chemical CO
Lincoln
Neb
Poynter
Tawa
S. J. James
Pottawattomie County
Ethel Yates
Council Bluffs
James
William Goebel
Frankfort
Williza Goebel
Kentucky
J. C.N. Beckham
Ussice
Hazlerign
Court of Appeals
Goebel
Haglerigg
Mr. Goebel
Leutenant
Beckham
Taylor
Hazlerigg
William E
Daniel Col Her
John B. Castleman
Louisville
Taylor Early
London
Capitol Building
Opera House
Court House
Capitol Hotel
Laurel County
Lature
Tayter
Guebel
Bendeof
Ube
Haylee le Weld
Sherif
Whiteley County
Saint Loularitte
Jamesa Sutton
Sutton
Victoria House
Tally
Harland Whittaker
Senator Goebel
Seventy Thousand Miners Called Out in General Strike
Indiana Ohio Illinois and Pennsylvania face a possible general strike as 70,000 miners in the competitive field may walk out within 24 hours after joint scale talks failed to reach an accord. Charges fly over interstate movement and the Iowa exclusion fuels uncertainty about an imminent shutdown.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Ohio
Iinois
Pennsylvania
Debating Aguinaldo and Dewey Stir Senate Clash
A feb 1 senate debate rages over Aguinaldo’s claim of Filipino republic recognition by Admiral Dewey. Pettigrew defends Dewey while Lodge and Hawley accuse him of treason. The scene marks a rare, high pitched clash as lawmakers pivot to Philippine policy.
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Loder
Dewey
Aguinaldo
Pettigrew
Admiral Dewey
Philippine Islands
Porto Rico
South
Linney
North Carolina
Republican Party
House
Williams
Mississippi
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Fairbank Company
Sikes
Ebert & Sons
Ent & Co
Irving. S. Biser
Irving S. Biser
Bee
W. Church St
Frederick
John N. Clary
Igen
Porsale
Lotteom
Dweling
Stabla
Thess & Son
Davidson & Lo
Reus
Bidlewen
Ernest Helfenstein
W. Patrick Sr
Frederick, Md
Jesse Marden
Chariie
Baltomore
Headacha
Albert L. Pearra
Felic LE Brua
Steel & Pennyroyal
Cath
Albert Pesarre
Deugeist
Sole Azent Etchison
Yohn
Bones
Thore
Central Hardware CO
Jersex Institute
Amelagtas Apradiy
Keeley
Meeley Institute
Coloma
Eane
Leaton
Splon Kop
Hololele
Express
Sioux City
United States Express Office
J. S. Bradford
Roberts
Brigham H. Roberts
Utah
Salt Lake City
Mr. Roberts
Congress
United States Supreme Court
American Association
Philadelphia
New
American Baseball Association
Lrucher
Newport News
Benjamin Chandler
W. W. Watts
Simpson
Chandler
Rex
Huntington
Jere B. Rex
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Washington
Republican National Committee
Coral Decame
Wilkesharre
E. A. Cory
Luzerne County
Quayites
Maranis of
Queensberry
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Young
Stewart
Penrose
Grand Army of the Republic
United States
Kentecky
Meartime Taylor
Iowa
Schley
Sampson
Uanuary Naval Register
Admirs MrNatt
Naval Academy
Admiral Bampson
Barker
Interstate Telephone Company
Hazleton
Interstate Telephone and Telegraph Company
C. W. Kline
Alvan Markle
Charles Mans
Delaware
New Jersey
Phate
Benjamin H. Snell
Lizzie Weissenberger
Bimona
China
the Times
Hwangsu
Hanking
Wu-Chang
Senate
Philippines
Mr. Pettigrew
Soath Dakeon
Eafurt
Macc
Thatel
Fenate
Ord
Tony Day
Edwardsville
Ills
Tobbers
Barnsboeck
Madison
House Committee On Public Lands
Secretary of the Interior
Sanbury
Anthony Conroy
Centralia
Mary Kemp
Senate Committee On
Phsician
Byte Case
Yew
A. L
Prarte
Marinas Street
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