Standstill on the front amid a massive artillery duel
British and Boer forces remain 1400 yards apart as heavy cannon fire roars across the lines. General Buller weighs night attack plans while Bul Wer’s troops brace for a possible breakthrough amid cautious cabinet deliberations and strained communications from Lisbon to Lagos.
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Jan
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Butler
Spear
Ena Campy
Hint
Eunray
Pont Fun
Hulunkep
Warren
Creunot
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Gustan
General Buler
Lansdowne
Ufhes
Mall Advvices
Datty
Lisbort
Lsted
Brewan 1
Afticulis
Ant Marines
Puppressnit
Wilberforce
Roberts Flayed in Debates on Utah Polygamy Case
Washington Jan 24 The House resumed debates on the Roberts case as galleries filled with ladies. Mr Powers argued against Roberts citing precedents. Mr Landis attacked Mormon practices while defending expulsion, then urged restraint and warned of a legal burlesque. In the Senate Pettigrew criticized treaty concealment on slavery in the Sulu archipelago. Lodge and Spooner backed action. A Cumberland Sound dredging appropriation and census bill discussion followed.
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House
Roberta
Senate
American Register
Powers
Roberts
Powera
Peg
Utah
England
Roderik
Snoderaw
Tenn
Semaing
Jietce
Roberto
Bernie
Bandi
Ind
Jority Pope
United States
Ptah
United State
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Mormon ‘Church
Margaret (. Shipp
Chris Hat
Roberte
Kelsald
Araduit
Statuary Hall
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Robert
Hale
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Allen
Puerto Figo
Cuba
Spain
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Jon C
Sul
Imands
Ohio
Sogemer
Mir Pettistew
Spooner
Congress
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Joto
Sula Archipelagy
Pettigrey
Lodge
Massachusetts
Cumberland Sound
Florida
Georgia
Carter
Mont
UP GO RATES TO SHIP ARTICLES ACROSS WEST
Chicago reports railroads west of Chicago will raise rates on nearly all articles by about 10 percent effective Thursday. Merchants and shippers in the region bounded by Chicago St Louis on the east and Pacific coast on the West protest the change. A meeting of railroad representatives and protesting shipowners will occur in Chicago February 1 to discuss the new classification. More than are ready to use the new system.
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Chicago
Chronicle
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
Mrs Bair Hurt in City Railway Collision
A rear end crash on the Went Sixth avenue city railway injured Mrs. Erma Barr, mother of J. K. Bair, as electric cars eastbound collided near the white post between Tyler and Polk. The impact threw her to the vestibule floor. Parker, in charge of the second car, was blamed for the accident. Both cars suffered significant damage and ran together due to the forward car being behind time.
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Sixth Avenue
City Railway
Erma Barr
J. K. Bair
Balr Wan
Parr
White Post
Tyler
Polk Streets
Mr& Ttralight
Mra
Bob
Parker
France Orders Steel Freight Cars From Pressed Steel
Chicago dispatch reports the French government has ordered steel freight cars from Pressed Steel Car Co of Pittsburgh for the Paris Lyons and Mediterranean railroad. The plan aims to equip government lines with steel cars for transport needs and potential future conversions. Victor Poyris and AL Paris of the Paris Lyons and Mediterranean railway division oversee the rolling stock. shipments to France are expected shortly, with each order totaling about 100,000 pounds.
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Chicago
Tripune
Pressed Steel Car Company of
Pittsburg
Ordre
Paris, Lyons & Mediterranean
War Department of France
France
Orier
Lyons
Victor Poyris
AL Paris
Paris’ Lyons
Anti-Trust Conference Grows With National Interest
In Chicago the American Anti-Trust Society executive committee reports the upcoming conference will attract far more delegates than expected. Over 500 accepted invitations with many more likely, signaling rising public interest in antitrust topics. The leader notes that a government ownership approach to railroads is viewed as the strongest remedy.
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Jan c
Salvini's Stage Property Sold for One Ninety Nine
Columbes January 24 The stage property of the Ist e Alexander Batvini, originally valued over 330000, was sold today by the administrator for 1.79 to George Waklemir connected with a local scene studio.
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Salvini
Columbes
Iste
Alexander Batvini
George Waklemir
Iocal Scene Studio
Mabini Letter Urges Filipino Americans to Understand Each Other
A Mabini letter to Herald correspondents in the Philippines urges calmer relations with the United States. It argues Filipinos do not hate foreigners and seek liberty and prosperity under a government aligned with their needs. The message asks Congress to hear Filipino desires, including civil commissions and closer contact with Filipinos.
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New York
Herald
Manus
Philippines
Senor Mabini
Aguinaldo
Congress
Congress of the
United States
Washington
Smith
Col. Denby
Anticommieian
Senor Mallat Wenue
Ely
Telands
Botton
Ald
Esolale
Benor Mabini
Manila
Maine
Weather Forecast Brief Indicates Transition From Winter
A readable weather blurb notes temperatures around 51 on streets and 83 on a department thermometer, with forecasts predicting fair but colder conditions tonight and Thursday. A low barometer reading in Flagstaff, Arizona, and a moving high pressure system north of Kansas are also mentioned, suggesting no severe cold ahead.
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Weather Bureau
Kovertment
Flagstaff
Ariz
Oregon
Washington
Kansas
County Attorney Delays Auditorium Injunction Plea
Petitioners seek to block the city contract for the auditorium alleging illegal letting to Black Laird Blackman with J Morse and A Starbird presenting the case. County Attorney Jetmore will decide after reviewing the exact petition and potential defendants, aiming for a Thursday decision.
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J. 8. Morse
Jetmore
Black
Lairt Hackman
Au. Morse
A. Starbird
Topeka
Black, Laird & Blackman
Builijing
Starbind
Assive
Starbird
Morse
Audh Cusen
Soort
Str. Morse
Albany Sails To Return New Cruiser For U S
Commander Joseph E Craig sailed on the American liner New York to bring back the cruiser Albany from Armstrong yards Newcastle. The vessel, purchased from Chile before the Spanish American War, will be turned over to the U S government within weeks. 240 sailors and 18 officers will man the Albany and sail on the Prairie to New York.
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New York
Joseph E. Craig
Albany
Armstrong Yards
Newcastle
United States
Chili
Spain
Cras
Philip V. Mohun
Ie Albany
War pensions bill eases disability rules for Spanish War aids
Washington Jan 24 The house pensions committee ordered a favorable report on a bill to allow service in the Spanish American war to remove disabilities against those who aided or abetted southern troops in the rebellion. The change affects widows children and others connected to those who survived or assisted the Confederacy and aims to apply to parents who served in the war with Spain.
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Washington
House Committee On Pensions
Spain
Postoffices to Close in Oklahoma Over Smallpox Threat
Government action closes Remus and Avoca offices for 20 days due to private outbreak risk. Mail from affected points to be diverted and fumigation planned for west of Weatherford. Routes to Romulus and Mud corrected to new destinations as officials ordered.
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Oklahoma
Washington
Postofice
Remus
Avoca
Weatherford
New Kansas Postmasters Appointments In Washington Dispatch
Changes of fourth class postmasters announced for Kansas towns today. Bitly in Chase county appoints An Harader, succeeding J G Winters who resigned, Arkton in Boward county names W A Rusa, replacing W A Custer who resigned.
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Kansas
Washington, D. C
Bitly
Chase County
Harader
J. G. Winters
Arkton
Boward County
W. A. Rusa
W. A. Custer
860000 Fire in Chicago Detroys Block on Coal Street
A large fire swept a Chicago block on Coal Street destroying a building housing William Goodrow & Co. The blaze caused extensive damage and prompted a rapid emergency response. no injuries are reported in the fragment.
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Chicago
Gan
Wiliam Goodrow & Co
Coal Street
Governor Seeks Jury Based Reform of Murder Punishment
A Kansas governor urges legislative changes to let juries fix punishment for murder, signaling possible death penalty use while noting current practice of life terms. He cites Fort Scott lynching and argues juries, not governors, should decide death versus life in first degree murder cases.
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Stanley
Kansas
Ilegisatire
Kasesa
Leach
Citer
Altudain
Fort Scott
Roe
Deat
Insane Man Makes Odd Request City Jailer Reports
Telegraph item recounts a strange plea from an insane man connected to a jailer case. The subject, a former inmate of Clarinde Tawar asylum, claimed a confinement escape and was reportedly relocated. Authorities were notified and weather notes follow with Chicago region forecast. Dr J H Hardin resigns Eureka College presidency effective end of term.
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Rilagattia
Otacy Agmitte Ie
Clarinde
Tawar
Hardin Rosiyns
Springfield
Tit
J. H. Hardin
Eureka College
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