Rumors Of Buller Retreat And Natal Moves In War News
London dispatches report cabinet defense committee meetings amid rumors of General Buller retreating in Natal. Berlin and London sources dispute details, noting engagements near Spion Kop and Tugela river with contradictory Telegrams about losses and Pr toria dispatches. Meanwhile reports say Mafeking relieved and Steyn shifting to Pretoria as Boer forces consolidate positions.
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London
Defense Committee
Cabinet
War
Salisbury
Natal
War Office
Buller
Baller
Lyttleton
Spion Kup
North Cape Colony
French
Tonch
Gatacre
Roberts
Berlin
Preton
Warren
Sop
Tugela River
Pretoria
Brussels
Foreign Office
KOP Too Hot to Hold in Bullers Front Toward Ladysmith
London dispatch reports Warren abandoning the trench line after a single day of occupation near Bullers front toward Ladysmith. Telegrams cite General Warren’s losses and the retreat, with figures of killed wounded and missing, dated Spearman's Camp and Bullers Camp entries from January 25 to 26.
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London
Bullers
Towarl
Ladysuilth
Warren
Spearman
Jean
Buller
Wit A.m
Buchaoan
Bad Coasting Accident Halts Three Merrill Boys
Three boys were seriously injured when coasting on Center Street in Merrill Wisconsin collided with a Merchants' hotel bus as it traveled along Second Street. A woodpile blocked the view, causing the crash and the bus to pass over the bob. Injured: August Denne fourteen suffered a fractured right arm. Worth Hauscom fractured arm. Queran Filentreau bruised chest.
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Center Streets
Center
Second Street
Center Street
Merchants
Bob
August Denne
Worth Hauscom
Queran
Filentreau
Love in haste story told to Chicago police by a girl
A Springfield society woman Miss Lucille Chapman recounts how a charming traveler named Dreadeau lured her aboard a train to Worth then deserted her with plans of a church wedding. Police seek the man, a New York jewelry salesman, who misled her with fine clothes.
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Carterville
Hogus
Jimpert
Cullom
Tanner
Chica
Springfield
Lucille Chapman
At Worth
Charles Wendell
Arles Dreadeau
Forty-seventh Street
Lavek
Worth
Harrison Str
Chapman
New York
Dearborn
Tia Chi
York
Man Charged in Fieldfield Shooting Case
A Montgomery grand jury indicted Downey on a ten dollar charge for shooting Thomas Furlong ten days ago at Litclefield during an attempted evasion of officers. The sheriff denies the shooting and many residents believe Downey innocent.
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Hebi
Seu
Montgomery
Kate Claxton Declares Bankruptcy in New York
Actress Kate Claxton filed for bankruptcy in New York yesterday. Petition shows liabilities of 10,739 dollars and assets of 100 dollars, consisting of clothing and no accident insurance.
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New York
Kate Claxton
Kate Claxtor
Americans Executed Near Guaymas by General Torres
A Guaymas report claims six Americans named Cusick Eldridge Lunt Burns Webster and Will were shot last week near the Bacatete Mountains east of Guaymas by orders of General Torres. Troops faced resistance from natives and found Americans in friendly contact with Yaquis, hindering action.
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Torres
Yaquis
el Paso
Tex
Jan
Guaymas
Sonora
Mexico
David Cusick
Eldridge
George Lunt
Charles Burns
Lon Webster
Henry Will
Bacatete Mountains
Batete
Scale for Coal Digging Nears Agreement in Indianapolis
At the joint Scale Committee conference in Indianapolis both Mine Workers and Operators remain divided on run-of-mine demands yet show improved harmony. The miners stand united, operators refuse the run-of-mine path, and a continued joint session is adopted with broader state participation in the conference.
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Indianapolis
Operare al
Mine Workers’ Convention
Lowa
Van Meter Wins Kentucky House Seat in 51 to 45 Vote
The Kentucky contest over the seat in the house ends with Democrat Van Meter defeating Republican Berry by 51 to 45. The result is viewed by both parties as an accurate forecast for the Gorbel Taylor gubernatorial race.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
van Meter
Ausint Berry
Telegraph Briefs from the Era State of Plague and Deaths
A collection of terse items reports widespread illness in Honolulu and influenza cases totaling many thousands. It notes a Dowie preacher in Illinois, a governor seeking funds to improve the Erie Canal, and political miscues. Also listed are clergy, publishers raising Bible prices, a fatal Chicago accident, a man drowning himself in fare, and the Wisconsin Fishermen’s Association planning a Green Bay meeting. Additional entries mention Tolstoy’s illness and other brief domestic updates.
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Honolulu
Arkansas
Mason
Roosevelt
New York
Erie Canal
David M. Magee
Oxford
Merry
Stevens Point
Elizabeth C. Atkinson
J. T
Thomas H. Hodson
Galena
Apple River
Urs
Ces
Charles
Northwest
Chicago
Fort Worth
Tex
Wisconsin Fisherman's
Goebel Contested Seat Vote Hints at Supreme Court Reality
In Frankfort Jan 27 a House vote on the Van Meter contest against Berry is set to forecast party strength for the gubernatorial battle. Democrats claim at least 49 votes to 47 for Republicans, with Berry ineligible. A partisan split, leaders say, could shift with Van Meter Kerry contest shifts. If Goebel wins by joint ballot the Goebel camp bets on Supreme Court settlement.
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Supreme Court of the Nation
Cochran
Bry Frankfort
House of Representatives
van Meter
Berr
Payette County
House
Aken
Ider
Tina
Trimble
Lafferty
Rawlins
Hinton
Ore
Willingb Wd
Griner
Yvon
Supreme
Goebel Wits
United Supreme Court
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Bryan Will Accept Armistice Plan to Reunite Democrats
New York January 27 W Bourke Cockran urges nominating Bryan with a silver compromise until 1904 and endorsing the Chicago platform to unite the party. Bryan speaks in Delaware and Harrisburg then at Symrna. Hobart eulogy and census vote dominate House session. Manila cab repair bill delays amid tariff rises and La Grippe cure ad ends with Grove stamp.
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New York
W. Bourke Cockran
William J. Bryan
Cockran
Bryan
Chicago
Democratic Party
Doc
Found Dead by Rectory in Springfield
Father Daniel O'Sullivan assistant rector of the Immaculate Conception church was found dead behind the rectory in Springfield Illinois on January 27. He lay in a pool of blood with a triangular gash at the back of his head and is believed to have fallen from the steps in the night, becoming unconscious and freezing to death.
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Springfield
Daniel O'Sullivan
Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception
Locomotive Explosion Kills Three in Edwardsburg Mich
A Chicago and Grand Trunk locomotive exploded in Edwardsburg Michigan, killing the engineer, fireman, and conductor. Grand Trunk officials deny the fatalities, saying the men were only slightly injured.
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Edwardsburg
Mich
Chicago & Grand Trunk
Detroit
Grand Trunk
Deerfield Bank Robbed by Dynamite Ambush
The Deerfield Bank, 16 miles east of Madison, was robbed last night of about $17,000 after the vault was dynamited. Two strangers are under suspicion as authorities investigate the daring heist and its exact loot amid a quiet Wisconsin town.
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Loota Deerfield
Wis
Madison
Bank of
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