Buller Holds Ford Across Tugela River
London dispatch reports General Buller’s second Tugela crossing attempt after seizing a ferry at Poeters Drift. Casualties at Ladysmith listed as 13 killed and 42 wounded among ranks, with Lt Col William Dick-Cunyngham among the wounded. Western front correspondence describes Modder River actions and Boer defenses, noting a dramatic river crossing and heavy exertion under heat as the campaign develops.
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London
Buller
Tugela River
Ladysmith
William Henry Dick-Cunyngham
V. C
Gordon Highlanders
War Office
Luady Aethuen
Lord Methuen
Magersfontein
British flour seizure in Delegoa Bay satisfactory to U S
Washington January 12 Associated Press cabinet met Secretary Hay read Britain’s reply to representations over the flour seizure in Delegoa Bay. Cabinet members said the British answer was entirely satisfactory. Resolutions of inquiry on the war were discussed and full information promised. A dispatch from General Otis reported further Luzon successes.
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Associated Press
London
South Africa
Graspan
Modder River
Buller
Calenso
Times
Modder Tiver
Guards
Modder
Kimberley
England
Washington, D. C
Hay
Delegoa Bay
Congress
Otis
Luzon
Name of Steamer Not Yet Known in Fatal Wreck
Reports from St Johns Newfl detail a two masted wreck off St Marys Bay with only three survivors seen at night. The vessel is described as a new passenger steamer, likely with five or more aboard, now breaking up in heavy seas while rescue efforts are delayed. No names of the ship or crew are known.
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Newtowntlana
Associated Preas
St. Johns
N. FL
St. Mary's Bay
Fiona Bay
Kite
Pacentia Bay
St. Mary's
Tre Att
Poison trial expert testifies on Mrs Adams stomach contents
Prof Witthaus, chemist, testified in the Meliniex poison case that Mrs Adams likely ingested about twenty grains of cyanide of mercury. He said ten grains could have been fatal. Recalled witnesses Mrs Adams’s daughter and others sought the history of the glass involved in the poisoning.
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Associated Press
New York
Witthaus
Adame
Mra. Adams
Vananough
Worry Cornish
Mra. Rogers
Stand of the naval brigade at Gras Pan and Boer assault
A Times report praises the naval brigade at Gras Pan for advancing in extended order under heavy fire. Commander Ethelstan was mortally wounded as Marines, led by Lieutenants Taylor and Jones, breached the outer works amid fierce shelling. The Yorkshire volunteers aided the assault, suffering heavy losses while the Boers withdrew, many wounded or dead in a bloodied hilltop scene.
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Gras Pan
Times
Ethelstan
Kose
Taylor
Jones
Sanger
Transvaal
General Otis cites large capture in southern Luzon
Washington January 12 General Otis reported to the war department on operations in southern Luzon south of Manila noting the capture of many Filipino officers and a large number of prisoners with arms and ammunition Among the captives is General Ristay
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Southers
By -Ansaniite Press
Washington, D. C
Otis
War Department
Luzon
Manila
Ristay
Cleveland firm leases Ropes gold mine near Ishpeming
Corrigan McKinney & Company of Cleveland Ohio have leased the Ropes gold mine six miles north of Ishpeming Michigan a mine over a thousand feet deep that has yielded three quarters of a million in gold and silver They will reopen it and work the old tailings totaling about 150000 tons valued at four dollars per ton with low costs to save the material
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Cleveland
Fim
Lshpeming
Br Associated
Ishpeming
Mich
Corrigan, McKinney & Company
Ohio
Ropes
Here
Eccentric American Woman Dies in Paris Leaving Hidden Fortune
Paris Jan 12 An aging American recluse known as Lady Livingstone dies in Paris under mysterious circumstances leaving a vast fortune with no will found. Neighbors’ complaints and a broken room reveal disorder. two parrots are the only known companions. Officials report no heirs or designation in the documents found.
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Idan
Paria
Associated Press
Paris
United States
Livingstone
Amore
Neally
Reciprocity talks slow as Kas... recuperates in Florida
Washington January 12 A P dispatch reports Mr. Kagan the special plenipotentiary for negotiating reciprocity treaties has gone to Florida to recuperate from a severe attack of the grip. In his absence officials expect no pressing of the reciprocity questions. A few preliminary steps have been noted toward a treaty with Germany but lack significance.
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United States
Germany
Reverend Hall in Hindeman Fatally Wounds Sister-in-Law
Middlesboro Ky Jan 12 Reverend Whitely Hall of Hindeman Knott County is reported to have shot and killed Mrs Lucinda Isaacs sister of his late wife and then shot himself in the abdomen He is expected to recover The motive appears to be the widow Innnce offer of marriage after the tragedy
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Middlesboro
Whitely Hall
Hindeman
Knott County
Lucinda Isaacs
Hin
Innnce
Death of Fort Wayne bishop Rademacher shocks Catholic community
Fort Wayne Indiana January 12 Rt Rev Joseph Rademacher bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne died at 11:90 this morning after an illness of about a year. The church and local residents mourn the loss of a long serving spiritual leader at age unspecified.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Joseph Rademacher
Medie of
Samoa partition slammed as treaty breach and crime
Malietoa Tanus in a London Times letter denounces the Samoa partition as a gross treaty violation and a crime against the law of nations. He condemns missionary greed and civilizational meddling in the South Seas, noting missions profit from Bibles and funds while sparking native rivalry and social harm.
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Associated Press
London
Malietoa Tanus
London Times
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Samoa
Holland
Denmark
France
South Seas
Africa
Oshkosh Saloonkeeper Accused After Teenager Drunk Incident
A fourteen year old boy was allegedly served liquor by a local saloonkeeper in broad daylight in Oshkosh. The youth, who drove a delivery wagon, was found staggering on High Street and taken to the police station after collapsing in a stupor. The assistant chief vows action once the boy’s full story is learned. The boy’s identity is kept private.
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Oshkoali
Dowling
Oshkosh
Wangoo Street
Main Ani
High Street
National Union Bank
Main Street
Washington
Corbett Taken to St Luke's Hospital After Shooting Charge
Henry F. Corbett known as the Racine Prisoner was moved to St Luke's hospital in Racine amid concerns for his mental state. A local attorney posted his bond and Corbett will be guarded at all times. If his condition worsens he faces transfer to the Northern hospital for the insane in Oshkosh Wisconsin.
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F. Corbett
Racine Prizoner
Dubkosh
Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Racine
Henry F. Corbett
St. Luke’s Hospital
Corbett
Oshkosh
Town Treasurer Robbed of $1000 in Platteville
Milwaukee Wis Jan 12 A Journal special from Platteville reports Glenhaven residents outraged by a robbery at Town Treasurer Joseph Gates office. The safe was cracked and about $1000 in county orders and notes stolen. Police have no clues and blame professional tracksmen.
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Clatteville
Associated Press
Miilwaukee
Wis
Platteville
Glenhaven
Joseph Gates
Steamer Hildur Sails With Gold to Buenos Ayres
New York January 20 The steamship Hildur sailed today carrying 64 million in gold to Buenos Ayres.
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New York
Hildur
Buenos Ayres
Canal Bill Reported and House Adjourns
The Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill passed the senate committee and was favorably reported with changes for a canal from Greytown to Bretg. In Washington the same day Catchings took the oath, Sulzer moved to appoint a nine member committee to probe treasury relations with New York banks and customs sale. objections led to a table motion and a reprint of the bill without Edmunds argument. The House adjourned at 12 20 p m until Monday.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Fletcher
Minnesota
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Greytown
Lake Nicaragua
Bretg
Pacific Ocean
Treasury
Secretary of War
Washington, D. C
Catchings
Mississippi
House
Congress
John Walter Smith
Maryland
Sulzer
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
New York Customs House
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Hopkins
Ilinois
Grosvenor
Ohio
Richardson
Tennessee
Edmunds
Payne
Fire destroys three stores in Colorado Springs blaze
A early morning fire in Colorado Springs damaged the May Clothing store and three other businesses as a high wind fanned the flames. The loss is estimated at 15000 dollars and the May Clothing, Nichola Grocery and Walter Shoe companies are listed as the heaviest losers.
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Colorado Springs
Col
May Clothing
Losa
May Clothing Company
Nichola, Grocery Company
Walte Shoe Company
Eight Years Given Bank Cashier in Port Jervis Theft
Louis E Goldamth longtime cashier of the Port Jervis National Bank was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing about $100,000 from the bank. The period of theft ran from April 1898 to November 14, 1899, and the case was prosecuted in New York.
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New York
Louis E.goldamth
Aevistant
Port Jervis
National Bank
Germany’s Revenge Says War Material Exports Halted
Berlin reports that Germany will maintain strict neutrality and forbid war materials from leaving the country to Britain or the Transvaal. The Norddeutsche Gazette notes Germany asked Krupp to stop any planned shipments of arms, guns, ammunition, or other war munitions to either belligerent.
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Associated Presa
Berlin
Norddeutsche Gazette
Germany
Great Britain
Transvaal
Herr Krupp
Opening of Campfield murder case in crowded circuit court
The Campfield murder case opened this afternoon with a packed circuit courtroom. District Attorney Quatermass addressed the jury, noting the trial’s length and the juror Shalikopt incident, as women of prominence, including Mrs Eaton and Miss Flora Doe, attended. The defendant sat with his wife and child as Judge Burnell urged the proceedings to continue.
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Campfield
Circuit Court Room
Quatermass
United States and French Warships Arrive at San Domingo Harbor
At San Domingo on January 12 the US gunboat Machias and another French warship entered the harbor. The French admiral met with the government and rumors say the disagreement is being settled in a satisfactory manner.
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Jag
Associated Preas
San Domingo
Vila Haytian
United States
Machias
Santa Fe Wage Increase Denied After Talks
Chicago Jan 12 The report that the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railway signed a new contract with trainmen granting a fifteen percent wage raise is denied. A long conference between company officials and employees produced a factory adjustment on unequal rules, but no wage changes were finalized.
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Santa Fe
Chicago
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Plague Death Toll Surges in Bombay
In Bombay on January 12 the bubonic plague deaths jumped from 382 to 876, far exceeding the normal death rate of seventy five. The drastic rise underscores a severe outbreak prompting alarm and urgent public health concerns.
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Bombay
Lawton Fund Subscriptions Reach 80101 Dollars
General Corbin announced in Washington that subscriptions to the Lawton fund totaled 80101 dollars, an increase of nearly 8000 since the last report.
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Washington, D. C
Corbin
Lawton Fund
Weather Forecast Fragments From Minute Page
Fragmentary OCR weather notes indicate January conditions with mention of warmer trends, possible snow, and variable winds. Northern regions show milder temperatures while southern areas see lighter winds and cloudy or partly cloudy skies.
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Tugela
Springfield
Potgleter’s Drift
Theorth
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Springfeld
Frere
Johannesburg
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Poeter
SpringHeld
Lord Roberts
Roberts
Hector Macdonald
Rense
Berter
Royal Engineers
Yorkshire Light Infantry
Coldstream Guards
Furst
Jeriousias
Moddep River
Maidenhead
Colander
Chapal
Walla
Satiseactort
Mauritius
Khbeki
Sue
MR. Kasson
Lovesion
Sisrop Raberbacher
Weclarca
Malictoa Taunus
Tonga
Israel
TOWS
Kentucky
Frankfort
Gage
Ncuze Committee
Inter-State Commerce Today
Colorado Springa
The
Britain
Atty
Boone
Evidenci
Hemarkabkis Ose
Altormey
Qustermeser
India
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