Artillery Duel in Ladysmith British Camp
A special dispatch from Ladysmith reports a heavy artillery duel near the British lines as Boer forces press the town. British rearguard actions, mounted troops, and royal artillery supported by infantry are described, with strong emphasis on the resilience of Ladysmith and the difficult fighting along the front.
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Ladyssmith
Hess
Ladysmith
Leaidon, Moy
British War Office
White
Monkay
Ladyemith
Ladyamith
Heyal
Nacal Feld
Seeig Aurea
Ifebembneram
Parquahsek Farm
Bern
Emeng
Thie Advarice
Tenth Mountain Artillery
Gloucesters
Royal Likih
Tera
Tudor Liewiarant
Colcorel
Carlen
Adse Deraty
Nichulton
Bellerdes
Ralsskoen
Poland
Tambton
Lieut
Cameron
Culum
Miles
Nickelson
Usia
World News Brief on Ladysmith Surrender and War News
Dispatches describe the Ladysmith surrender near three miles from the town with vast ammunition losses and many casualties. Reports note uncertainty in official lines, while foreign sympathy grows and the War Office to publish telegrams on Sundays at post offices.
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Licktess
Colum
Ladysmith
Tiitt
Colt Carlton
Ladyarith
White
Dundes
Glencoe
Atlantic
United States
Great Britain
War Office
Tadaim, Sundmy
Blizzard Strikes Mountains Halted Wires in New Mexico
A blizzard rages in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado cutting Santa Fe wires south of La Junts. Tuesday snow fell in Colorado with temperatures well below freezing. A high wind accompanies the storm and all communication is shut off. Efforts to repair fire damage proceed but were unsuccessful by afternoon.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Santa Fe
la Junts
Ownership by Soldiers Opens State Offices for Reunions
State officers plan to open offices to veterans for reunions, allowing former soldiers to use desks and couches, stretch out on governors table, and host friends. Apartments assigned to each company will serve as headquarters with access from Wednesday through late night. Assignments include Governors office to Field and staff, Attorney General to Company C and F, and Auditor, Treasurer, Adjutant General, and State Superintendent offices allocated to specific companies.
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Wien Ol
Governos
Camany B
Kattorney Gentral
Misiea
Adjutant General's
State Superintendent's
Representative AP report on UK reform permit for United States officers
London reports that Britain must reform to allow four U S officers to observe the Transvaal war while only one observer is normally allowed per recognized capacity. Captain Stephen L Hommedieu, U S military attaché in Lisbon, has been selected. Colonel Samuel S Sumner remains in London.
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London
Novay
Associated Press
United States
Transvaal
Stephen L'Hommedieu
Lisbon
Hamuel S. Sumner
Armour's Big Order for Cape Town Soldiers
Armour Packing company received a large order to deliver bacon to Cape Town South Africa for British troops. The shipment includes tins of 2% and 5 pounds, with full delivery by November 3 at Cape Town. The firm plans prompt shipment from its mine to keep busy for several days due to the special tin sizes.
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Kansas City
Armour Packing Company
Cape Town
South Africa
Armour Company
Fire and Explosion Ruin Chicago Great Western Building
A brief fire followed by an explosion wrecked the Great Western Building on West Washington in Chicago late November. No injuries reported as authorities investigated the blast and its cause.
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Chicago
West Washington
Ex-Kansans Parade Admission Opens For Civics
Ex Kansas City residents in Missouri win a spot in the marching line after a civic division is added. The reception committee lengthens the parade route to include a citizens division and more groups, with civic bodies to report at Fifth Street for placement.
Students Coming KU Delegation Massed at State House
Five hundred Kansas University students will assemble on the state house grounds to greet the Twentieth Battalion. They will form on the south side of the parade line opposite the GATt formation and will deliver the familiar yell that unsettled the Tagals. The party arrives on a Lawrence special at 9:39 and marches to the state house. Captain Fuller will place them to guard the steps. E H Crosby urged restraint at the Santa Fe depot to avoid panic or disorder.
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State University
State House
Captain Fuller
Tront
Santa Fe
Mr. Crosby
Ambulances to Haul Wounded in Parade Observed
A parade plan provides for ambulances and a hospital wagon to carry weak or crippled soldiers who cannot march. Dr Huntoon will secure the wagon and Dr Fred Gortion leads the ambulance corps with ambulances at the railroad to receive the sick. Pryor's Band from St Joseph will perform two concerts for the event.
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Dr. Huntoon
Merment
Fred Gortion
Ambulance Corps Formorrow
Geo
W. Crane
Visitors Invited to National Hotel for Kansas Reception
The National hotel hosts a special decorated afternoon and evening reception with two convert times at 2 45 PM and 6 30 PM. Warenn of Information offers free telephone access for visitors and those seeking room rentals should notify the East Seventh street bureau. Extra sleepers are arranged for Santa Fe westbound No. 1 travelers departing Topeka Thursday night, providing overnight comfort to White and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Hotel
Kansas
Bureau of Information
East Seventh Street
Santa Fe
Topeka
Movement of Parade Formation and Route Details
The parade will form on Fifth street between Quincy and the Santa Fe depot. March route: West on Fifth to Quincy, north on Quincy to First avenue, west to Kansas avenue, south to Tenth West to Harrison street, north to Eighth avenue, east on Eighth to Jackson, south to near the Santa Fe office building, then entering the state house grounds. The reviewing stand is at the south entrance, with a countermarch and formation before it. If the last section arrives by one, the parade will likely proceed without two segments.
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Topeka
Kansas City
W. 8. Taugh
Tough
Anderson
Citimens
Kanana City
Fuller
Kansas Avenues
Tenth Avenue
State House
Fanta Fe
Fifth Strest
Fifth Street
Quincy
Santa Fe
Fifth
First Avenue
Kansas Avenue
Harrison Street
Harrison
Eighth Avenue
Jackson Street
State House Grounds
Commission to present preliminary report to president this week
Washington reports that the Philippine commission led by Admiral Dewey and professors Schurman and Worcester will deliver a preliminary report to the president before week’s end. The meeting at the White House included the president, Hay, and Root, with Schurman stating the document will cover issues the president wants clarified and will not address the Sulu treaty, a military arrangement.
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Washington
Philippine Commission
Dewey
Schurman and Worcester
Col. Denby
White House
Uurint
Schurman
Commission
Bates
Sulu
Hay
Root
Peaceful Negros and New Insurgent Movements Reported
General Hughes reports Negros Inland peaceful and orderly with brigands scattered and pursued. Younes column enters Cabanatuan north of San Isidro. Batson captures telegraph operator with note on General Lawton's death. Hays disperses insurgents near Talavera Cobai and seizes cannons ammo and stores. Steamer Lebuan with prize crew seized. Castine involved in cargo.
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Manila
Hughes
Visayan
Necros
Younes
Cabananatuan
San Isidro
Parker
Fourth Cavalry
Allaga
Batson
Avulnaide
Lawton
Altaga
Tarer
Haysith
Talavera
Cobai
Iain Gateon
Lebuan
Hong
United States
Castine
Hutchinson & Southern system gains Santa Fe officers
Chicago November 1 circular issued by President Ripley of the Santa Fe road announces the transfer of officers and employees to the Hutchinson and Southern system after midnight October 1, 1890. Existing Hutchinson and company staff will keep their positions until further notice or direction.
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Chicago
Ripley
Santa Fe Road
Hutchinson & Southern Partie
Hutchinson & Company
Mob besieges Oak Park church forces free Dowie
A mob sieged the Oak Park church of Dr Dowie from 7:30 pm to 2:46 am. City and Cicero police, aided by Zion Guards, rescued Dowie and about 400 followers. Windows were broken, a follower beaten, and two hundred remained near the hall until Dowie appeared.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Oak Park Church
Marion
Lake Streets
West Lake Street
Ripley
Cicero
Doc
Vallens
Dowle
Sage Arresta
Dowl
Trains Delayed by Blizzard From Santa Fe to Topeka
General Passenger Agent Black reports no advice on special trains carrying Twentieth Kansas soldiers due to a Colorado blizzard and downed wires south of Las Animas. Trains missed schedule at Albuquerque as Southern Pacific took longer into Mojave, but Black expects arrival in Topeka near on time with meals prepared in advance to save time.
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Black
Santa Fe
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Las Junta
Colo
Albuquerque
Southern Pacific
Mojave
City of Public Brings Home Manila Dead and Sick
The City of Public arrived in San Francisco from Manila via Nagasaki and Kobe after a 37 day voyage. The transport carried US enlisted sick soldiers, hospital corps members, and discharged troops. Seven deaths occurred during the voyage including Private A McKenney Nineteenth Infantry and Private Bea Garvin Thirteenth Infantry with other listed fatalities and names partially legible.
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San Francisco
United States
City of Public
Manila
Etober
Tren' Standalph
Cnmia Beventnenth Wesngalpee
Srienwal Corbpans
Yeti
Eutley Socameny 2
Fweneety-liret Infantry
Survey Begun on Santa Fe Route Toward Fort Jaen Ark
Wichita reports the Santa Fe began a survey from Arkansas City to Fort Jaen Arkansas via the McAlester coal fields. The line would parallel the Wichita & Southern extension of the Kansas Mid. local promoters say New York capitalists plan to finance if the project proceeds.
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Wichita
Kan
Santa Fe
Arkansas City
Fort Jaen
Ark
McAlester Coalields
Wichita & Southern
New York
Weather Hope for Fair Weather Thursday
Weather observer Jennings predicts fair conditions Thursday as a cold and precipitation wave sweeps southeast from the Pacific coast to the Gulf. The unsettled spell may pass by tomorrow. early temperature at 7 this morning was 23 degrees.
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Jennings
Pacific Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Restful Night For Hobart Amid Silent Illness Report
A New Jersey dispatch reports Vice President Hobart slept without disturbance at 7:30 am and his family avoided bedside vigils. Physicians and relatives release a formal statement detailing a long, complex illness dating to fall 1898, with heart and respiratory issues, and warn he cannot resume duties.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Thomasville
Henna
Hobart
Long Branch
Lake Champlein
Bislinces
Santa Fe Wins In $10,000 Damages Suit
A jury in Chautauqua County awarded $10,000 to the widow of A Sta Hope who was killed by a Santa Fe freight train near Sedan on July 4. The defense argued train personnel were not negligent and the accident resulted from Sta Hope's actions. The verdict favored Santa Fe.
Dead for days in Chicago apartment life ends in mystery
Mrs J Rush Brantley was found dead with a bullet to the heart in her first floor flat at 316 Forty week and street Chicago. Evidence includes bloodstains in the room a revolver with an empty chamber and lists of letters suggesting a double life. Neighbors saw little of her and her husband was away. A man who posed as her husband visited the flat weeks earlier on a Sunday morning. The coroner will seek to unravel the mystery surrounding her life and death.
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Chicago
J. Rush Brantley
Isin
Pinger
Stvot
Stromeen
Mra
Mabie Downs
Font Wan
Civen
Montreal
Twentieth Kansas Train Schedule Faces Possible Delays
Report from W J Black, general passenger agent, notes the first fret section left Raton at 2 20 pm with others soon following. If trains reach Junta by six to nine, Topeka should see the first section before noon tomorrow and the rest by noon the following day. Weather and timetable adjustments may affect arrival times and parade plans in Topeka and La Junta.
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W. J. Black
Journal
Raton
Junta
Topeka
la Junta
Binck
Topeka St Ho'elock
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Marshall
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