War censor rumors sweep London over Natal siege
London dispatches report public anxiety over Buller’s operations near Springfield and Tugela. The war office notes two wounded, one dead, with transports ordered to Port Elizabeth as reinforcements arrive for French. Roberts and other fronts describe heavy firing and fresh attacks in Natal.
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Buller
Springfield
Springfield Bridge
Tugela River
Associated Press
London
Daily Mail
Pietermaritsburg
Natal
Roberts
Lord Roberts
Cape Town
New Zealand Mounted Rifles
Moddopr River
Modder River
Cape Colony
Rensberg
Nations Express Not Heard Of Open Door China Move
Paris report quotes The London Morning Post claiming letters from France Germany Great Britain and Russia seeking U S positions on the open door in China and the Philippines. The foreign office official said they had heard of no such communication and considered it news.
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United States
Associated Prom
Paris
London Morning Post
Washington Administration
France
Germany
Great Britain
Russia
China
Philippines
Foreign Office
Senate SHS Date Agrees to Vote on Financial Bill
The Senate has agreed to vote on the financial bill on Thursday February 15. No hour was set. Associated Press notes the date and action from Washington D C on January 17.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Green Bay Man 10 Runs for Congress
Gus tav Kustermann a Green Bay resident announces Republican candidacy for Congress in this district as incumbent E S Minor seeks renomination. He has been twice urged by the party in past campaigns and vows to persist despite anticipated opposition.
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Guorge Kostermann
Plano
Associated Press
Green Bay
Wis
Gustav Kustermann
E. S. Minor
Sturgeon Bay
Kusterman
The
Kustermann
Milwaukee Swindler John Wilson Arrested in Fraud Scheme
John Wilson of 211 West Warner Street was arrested by Postoffice Inspectors Bird and Farrell for alleged large scale frauds in Chicago under the alias C Nelson. Authorities say an accomplice in New York used multiple names as a financial reference. Wilson was held for examination and to be sent to an office for further action. The report also notes a separate item about a jockey replacement in London.
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John &. Wikkew
Milwaukes
Associated
Milwaukee
Wis
John A. Wilson
Wmer Street
Postoffice
Bird and
Farrell
Wilson
Chicago
C. Nelson
Ft Sealoo
New York
Onicego
Gates Opened to Let Drainage Water Flow Toward Mississippi
Jan 17 reports from Lockport and Joliet describe the lowering of the dam on the Chicago drainage canal allowing Des Plaines river flow toward the Mississippi. Governor Tanner signed the permit authorizing the release, while legal actions in Chicago seek to restrain sewage diversion into the Des Plaines. Col. Isaac Taylor framed the moment as the start of a broader link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi basin.
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Associated Press
Lockport, Ill
Chicago Drainage Canal
Des Plaines
Canal
Joliet
Tanner
Lockport Inn
Isaac Taylor
Canal Commission
Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Chicago
Ill
St. Louis
Kohlsaat
United States
District Court
Board of Trustees of the
Sanitary District
Sigqns
Springfeld
Lockport
Illinois
Joliet and
Washington, D. C
Trinot
Chtemgo
Island pacification push moves toward Bamar and Leyte
Col Rebbe with the Forty-eighth infantry sailed on the Hancock with gunboat escort. The mission targets the insurgent held islands of Bamar and Leyte while an American blockade and Tagal army levies have driven many civilians to near starvation.
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Manuie
Leyte
Mantle
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Hancock
Bamar
Tagal
Roberts Committee Divides Over Seating Roberts
A House special committee reports findings on Brigham H. Roberts of Utah. The majority favors immediate exclusion while Littlefield and Dearmont back seating him on prima facie rights before expulsion. The panel confirms Roberts held plural marriages and that such charges were public during his 1900 campaign. Chairman Taylor says full committee report comes Saturday with House action next Tuesday.
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Roberts
B. J. Roberts
Utah
United States
Louisa Smith
Lyed Ag Aud
Celia Dibble
Celia Dibdie
Margaret C. Ships
Taylor
General Wheeler Relieved From Duty in the Philippines
Washington January 17. War department reports no special significance to General Wheeler being relieved from further duty in the Philippines and sent home. He is near sixty four and ill from tropical service. if he resigned, the president will await a conference before acting. Orders directed him to return via San Francisco for consultation with the secretary of war.
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Ta Sarre
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department
Wheeler
San Francisco
Secretary of War
Basketball Exhibition Draws Youths and Spectators
Twenty young men lined up for basketball after the YMCA symposium, forming four teams. Visitors numbered around fifty, creating a scene of great interest as players and onlookers debated who showed more enthusiasm.
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Weil Trrongea
Mfly
Warships in Gulf Firming Up Transport Runs
British fear for mule transports safety as naval forces in the Gulf intensify operations. Royal Navy ships patrol key passages while crews prepare endurance moves to ensure animal and supply transport.
British warships near New Orleans amid Boer mule transport fears
Reports from New Orleans claim British warships linger in Gulf waters to guard mule transports to South Africa. London cables allegedly warned of two old hulks outfitted by American sympathizers with the Boers to seize the mules. Captain Marsham confirmed ships are within reach of the river mouth.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Ite
South Africa
Gulf
British War Office
London
Atlantic
Marsham
Juror falls ill in crowded courtroom during Campfield trial
Juror Bangs collapsed Tuesday amid a crowded courtroom and poor air quality. County Physician Barnett ordered windows opened to improve ventilation as attorney Barber argued Campfield's case, drawing tears from women spectators and sharp rhetoric about the Loker family and Franklin.
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Campfield
Barnett
Hiness
Jjuryman
Barber
Loker
Loker Nest
Loker Bank
Loker Spawn
Campilela
Landon
Mr. Barber
Joan Campfield
Penitentiary
Franklin
Rhs Piste Bas Fal
Senate Seeks Details on Delagoa Bay Seizures
The senate adopted a modified Halaf resolution requesting information from the State Department on alleged seizures and detentions of U S citizen property by British military authorities near Delagoa Bay South Africa. It also seeks steps taken to restore seized goods. At 2 10 p m Mr Toller addressed the sanction bill.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Delagoa Bay
United States
Great Britain
South Africa
Thorities
State Department
Toller
Defense Argued Doubt Over Sandon Murder Timeline
Lawyer Barber contends the state's case collapses as witnesses place Sandon at Campfield as late as five o clock on the murder day. He questions the hole in the head evidence, cites cases of deaths by fire and suggests Landon could not have escaped due to intoxication, challenging the verdict.
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Len
Sandon
Campfield Place
Mr. Barber
Barber
Landon
Oshkosh
Pettigrew Attacks Administration Over Philippine War Blood
In Washington the Senate closes routine business as Hoar's Philippine inquiry resolution is laid before the body. Pettigrew condemns administration over blood of soldiers and censorship, claims God aided McKinley in Philippine actions, and backs the information request. The Hoar resolution passes. a separate Maine resolution on British seizure of American flour in Delagoa Bay is laid before the Senate before Platt cautions against swift passage.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Hoat
Massachusetts
Lodge
Wingsachusetts
Philippines
Pettigrew
South Dakota
McKinley
Mr. McKinley
Hoar
Hele
Maine
Secretary of State
State Department
Detagoa Bay
South Africa
Platt
Connecticut
Direct Vote Favored for Election of Senators
Washington D C Jan 17 The house committee on election of the president and vice president approved a favorable report on a joint resolution proposing an amendment to allow direct popular vote to elect United States senators by the people.
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Hesse
Associated Press
Washington,d. C
House Committee On
United States
Gear Re-elected U.S. Senator by Iowa Legislature
Des Moines date line reports the Iowa legislature met in joint session and re-elected James H. Gear of Burlington to the United States Senate. Vote tally shows Gear 111 to White 32. Governor Shaw signed the certificate and sent it to Washington.
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Secewn Nimnell
Senate
Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
James H. Gear
Burlington
United States Senate
Gear
White
Shaw
van Teken
Washington
Filipinos Read Chapelle as Joint US Papal Agent in Philippines
Manila January 17 Archbishop Chapelle’s visit stirs Catholics of various nationalities. Filipinos claim he and President McKinley back restoring friars to parishes, sparking fears of oppression and a push for priests not tied to the orders. Otis promises Philippine liberty will protect locals if friars are assigned disliked curacies.
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Limpreseloh
Pope
McKinley
Briar
Associated Press
Manilla
Jan
Archbishop Chapelle
Philippines
Mgr. Chapelle
MeeKing Ley
Dominicana
Mer. Chapelle
Major Genergi Otis
Catholica
Otis
Sulzer Pushes Investigation Amid Pension Bill Action
In Washington on January 17 the House debated the urgent deficiency bill and moved to committee of the whole. Representative Sulzer of New York urged action on his resolution to investigate charges against Secretary Game regarding government deposits, while the House approved a pension appropriation bill totaling 145,315,250 dollars as estimated by the pension office.
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Campelan
Associated Preps
Washington, D. C
Hopkins
Illnois
Barney
Wisconsin
Sulzer
New York
Secretary Game
Bulger
Washington, D.C
House Committee On Appropriations
House
Carrig
Pension Office
Anarchy in Venezuela prompts French appeal for warships
dispatch from Caracas reports unrest as government funds stall withheld money forces arrests of Caracas and Venezuelan bank directors including Frenchman M Montauban and other foreigners. French charges d affaires representations ignored as Caracas colony urges dispatch of the French Atlantic squadron to the Venezuelan coast.
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Associated Presa
Patin
Jan
Caracad
Venezuela
Caracas
M. Montauban
Dewey and wife to attend Mardi Gras in New Orleans
A telegram to Congress member Adolph Meyer states Admiral Dewey and his wife will attend Mardi Gras in New Orleans this spring. The note also mentions uncertain weather forecasts with rain and possible snow, and mentions storms along the North Atlantic.
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New Orleans
Adolph Meyer
Admiral Dewey
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